And the politics continue . . .

I must admit I've not been watching the Republican convention as much as I watched the Democrats convention - but there haven't been any speeches I've really wanted to see - yet.  I'm hoping to be able to see John McCain's acceptance speech - but it depends on when it happens - if it's before 9 EDT then I probably won't see much of it because I'll be at work. 

I have been watching the Daily Show - great place for news!  It was very interesting Wednesday night - particularly when the show compared several "pundits" opinions on various things. (Strangely most of the pundits were from Fox News - go figure!)

For instance, when talking about a possible Gov. Kaine vice-presidential candidancy, Karl Rove said that he (Kaine) had been Mayor of the 105th largest city in the US and "apologies to Richmond" but it's just not that big a city and, by inference, doesn't give much experience to the possible candidate.  A few weeks later:  Sarah Palin was the Mayor of the 2nd largest city in Alaska and that gave her lots of experience - guess Alaska doesn't have very many large cities because the city she was the Mayor of has a population of 9,000 to Richmond's 100,000+. 

You'd think these people would remember what they had said - after all it was written down and taped! 

Oh well, I guess that's what makes ratings on news programs - but I find it annoying and misleading.  I just fear that too many people simply believe what is said on the various news programs and don't bother to do any of the research to see the facts behind the headlines.

I would like to see a woman in a vice-presidential or presidential role during my lifetime and I think that will happen but I REALLY don't want this particular woman.  I don't like much of what I've read and heard about her positions -

"Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor. "  TIME magazine September 2, 2008


Not exactly what I want a heartbeat away from the Oval Office - and I wouldn't have wanted her to be MY mayor either.
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