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Why? I’m a stay at home mother, and Obama’s Socialist and economic plans for this country will prevent my family from being able to have one parent stay at home.

Obama’s connections and history point to the fact that he’s not worried at all about white America. According to Black Liberation Theology’s “pastors”, white people get what they deserve. You heard the latest clip of Barack telling the blue collar plumber who asked about his taxes being raised that Barack planned on spreading the wealth. . . made no apologies for his Socialist plans. SCARY.

The middle class will not grow as he says. It’s just that the middle class will become lower class with all the other lower class so that we’re all the same. . . except the rich liberal academic elite. Wake up America.

And I worry about the option to Homeschool. Obama is being influenced by radical philosophies that tend toward everybody being homogenous and having the state administer education to all children “for fairness”.

If Obama and the Democrats win this election, stay-at-home-mothers (or fathers)/one income households that are barely scraping by now will be forced to put their children in state-sponsored schools while both parents go out to work to carry the burden of not only the most needy. . . but the MOST LAZY.

That’s a whole nother story I could tell you about what I observed when I was in the hospital for 7 weeks pregnant with twins. There are a lot of lazy people draining our system and being carried on the backs of the hardworking Americans.

McCain/Palin ticket is our best hope. We need to kick those corrupted Democrats out of our government. What we’ve witnessed the past 8 years is propaganda to make the American people believe we are an evil country, deserve what we get, that Bush is to blame. . . nevermind looking at the corruption with Obama, Pelosi, Barney Frank, ACORN, etc. It’s a debacle.

Emily

A vote for Obama is a vote to kill your child’s ultimate potential.

It’s just that we wouldn’t have to be confronted with reminders about it on a daily basis.

This is a stretch, but it reminds me of a hypocrisy that has always bugged me. My dad is a doctor, and growing my many of my friends also had fathers who were doctors. So, at church, we’d be encouraged to keep the Sabbath day holy, but people would always want to list the exceptions, like doctors — of course they have to work on Sundays otherwise people would die.

Well, what about the janitors and cafeteria workers at the hospital? They have to work too, or people might die, but we don’t value their professions enough to remember them in our list of exceptions.

Probably not a great analogy, but for what it’s worth . . .

sylwia

Thanks for the discussion Jane.

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If Ned is still keeping up with this debate, please know, I’m not offended. I think it’s kind of funny that you called me “wonky.” I thought my sarcasim showed I was taking it with a grain of salt. Sorry that I seemed mad. And I suppose I do feel a strong sense of entitlement where this Country is concerned. A high price has been paid for the right to freely express our opinions. All of us are entitled because of what others have done for us. And I’m terribly proud of the fact that people in my family have been willing to spill their blood for my freedom, and yours, for over 200 years. And every military family member should be equally proud.

I have the right to my opinion and you have the right to yours. But, I fully state that I’m not certain about mine. I write that I’m still thinking about it. How is that so outrageous. And if along the way I wonder about a point or two that other’s think is laughable, that’s okay. I’m not “on the left.” I’m in center.

It’s great that Sarah Palin has zapped this election to life. I just hope all Americans can share their opinions and positions without fear of being told they are stupid, or being labled, or being told their ideas are way out there.

As a Mom- I’m reminded of something on Sesame Street – “You do it your way, and I’ll do it mine. Keep that funky rhythm and we’ll both be fine.” ha.

I’m just looking forward to the day that the lions lay down with the lambs, and we’re a good world. I just want leaders that will help bring that about.

I think that each of us are given special skills, abilities, and talents. It is up to the individual to decide how to use the talents and whether or not the person will use the talents, skills, and abilities to the best of their ability. I am so proud that we live in a country today that regardless of race and sex, we are going to select the candidate we agree with most. It seems to me all of the candidates, McCain and Obama, Palin and Biden have used their God-given talents to the best of their abilities in their lives. Imagine how the wastefulness of someone with had Sarah Palin’s talents and abilities not to use them to their fullest. She does have to make sacrifices and choices, as we all do. Luckily, she has a family support system to make those choices easier on her.

As for being back to work 1 day after giving birth to Piper and 3 days after giving birth to Trig, Gov. Palin makes me look like a wimp in this respect. Since I had twins and a c-section, I was certainly not ready to be back to anything resemlbing my normal life after our children were born. Still, these were her fourth and fifth children. I do not know for certain but I imagine she was not right back at work after giving birth to her first child. So, hopefully I am not a complete wimp.

Finally, as for what the Veep does, it is an important role. Even if the Vice President does not (and hopefully will not) fill the unexpired term of the President. If a vote in the Senate is tied, the Vice President can let the tie stand or break the tie. While votes are not ususally that close, it has happened in the past 8 years and it winds up being a powerful tool the Vice President has. My point is, while the President is the most important role, looking at the Vice President’s values and policies is an important debate to engage.

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And, yes, you’re entitled to your opinion, but you’re not entitled to unquestioning acceptance of it no matter how long your family has lived here or how many of them served in the military, right?

Jane,
Regrettably, as Beth experienced and as many on the Left have encouraged, spite for (and demagoguery of) Dubya in the States by his political opponents has fomented spite for America (under the Bush administration) in other countries–especially Old Europe . . . it is certainly cool or hip to oppose Bush’s America. The guy’s a war criminal for heaven’s sake not to mention he’s raping the environment and shredding the Constitution by listening to phone conversations that Jihadists in other countries might be having with people in the U.S.

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I get what you’re saying about character qualities versus political ideas (I’ll leave off the “wonky”), but I think that though we can agree on what kind of character we’d like our president to have, it’s almost impossible, without being able to sit on the front porch with them (or work in the kitchen with them, which is what I’d like to do), to gauge for ourselves what their true character is through the opaque lens of image consultants and media reporting.

This is why we’re always so surprised when iconic leaders turn out to have clay feet, I think. And it probably points out why “likeability” is such a desirable quality for a candidate to have, and yet probably not very indicative of how good a leader they will be.

Anyway. Thanks for contributing to the discussion.

Beth — I was in Cairo with my husband and daughter for 2 years, including during the start of the current Iraq war in 2003. It was indeed interesting to be outside the U.S. while U.S. actions are occupying everyone’s attention.

I guess I don’t really understand why Europe would be so in love with Obama (while hating America, as you relate), but then I don’t understand a lot about European politics.

I certainly do want my site to be a place where people’s feelings and thoughts can be expressed without name-calling or harsh remarks. I’m hoping you weren’t too offended, and I appreciate your responding with humor.

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If I (or anyone else) had to be an “expert” before expressing an opinion, participation in our democracy would be very, very limited.

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Lauren — I read somewhere that 1 in 3 VPs step into the presidency. While that seems high, it is something to keep in mind.

The VP is essentially a figurehead. They do a lot of international relations PR and aid the Prez. in some basic duties but stewing about what her “working mom” choice will mean in regards to policies for our country seems a bit intense. She’ll give lots of lovely speeches and maybe even start a friendly national program or two, but she won’t make a single critical decision.

I just hate to see us spend too much time on her and take the spotlight away from the two men that are fighting for the presidency. They’re the ones we should be worried about.

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But, it’s still difficult to know just who will be best for our nation. Just because I have never encountered this kind of fever for one of our politicians when overseas, doesn’t mean that he’d be a terrible President. And- whether “Ned” likes my personal opinion or not- I have the right to it. And Palin does not impress me. And I have the right to say so- thanks to the many, many members of my family that fought for that right.

McCain gave a good speech tonight. – By the by- as a side note- my hubby told me last night he read that the odds makers in Vegas are taking bets that McCain will dump Palin before election day. If that terrible story mentioned earlier on this page that is flying wildly around the net- that Bristol is Trig’s Mom- somehow is true (young Mothers DO have a high rate of Downs babies- it’s not just older Mom’s) it won’t be good. It’s a wild story and I’m not hearing it from the mainstream news at all- which is good. Still, aren’t we all TIRED of our politicians being so busy dealing with scandal that they can’t get anything accomplished. I really want someone with as few skelatons in their closet as possible. But, what do I know? I’m just a “wonky” person.

Beth,
Are you pulling our leg? Given Obama’s resume and age, it’s hard to believe you’re being serious.

Jane,
You wrote, the “family values” party doesn’t really live up to it in their private lives, but to reiterate, won’t you agree that just because a person or a party doesn’t live up to stated ideals is no reason to jettison the ideals? I’ll concede that moralizing is another issue, but Democrats and Liberals are just as moralistic–though on different issues, as Republicans purportedly are.

I think a discussion of abortion or homosexual marriage is better left to another thread, but any argument comes down to a given person’s premises/assumptions and their accepted authorities.

Regarding the question you posed, I think a political party almost invariably plays to its candidate’s “strengths,” and what is a “strength” is affected by the political landscape (usually ascertained by polling) and even by the perceived strengths or weaknesses of said candidate’s opponent. That being said, I think most people would agree with the line Palin has uttered a couple of times about the importance that an elected official govern with “integrity, good will, clear convictions, and … a servant’s heart.” Those are all character qualities rather than wonky ideas like Beth references.

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