Opinion on Palin
I have not said much yet about Palin, but I did write a comment on a liberal blog that was bashing Governor Palin. Here is what I wrote:
“Palin is a the political picture of the “change” that Obama has yet to prove he can deliver.
Obama talks a good game about changing, but his record is filled with pandering to the suspect Chicago heavyweights like Mayor Daley.
Clinging to my Bible and my guns,
TheOzz”
Most private pilots in this country, or at least the AOPA members are familiar with Mayor Daley of Chicago. He is the guy who ordered that holes be dug in the middle of the runway of the Meigs Field in the middle of the night. The controversy section of his wikipedia page tells that story pretty well.
I am very pleased that Senator McCain did not choose a running mate in favor of abortion that might better appeal to Hilary hold outs or swing voters. I believe that many hard line conservatives might have stayed home on election day if he did.
Palin seems to have presidential potential. She has got to her position as governor using hard work and action based on solid values. In my opinion that is what it will take to launch a woman or black person into the White House for the first time in this country. I think the first woman and/or black president will also have to come out of the republican or at least a conservative party. Conservatives are not shadowed by the sense of entitlement that breads in liberal organizations that traditionally support democrats like the ACLU and NAACP.
Personally I can relate to Palin in many ways. She has a child that was diagnosed with a gentic defect before birth. I am sure that she was given the “you have choices” speach by her local doctors when the diagnosis was made. We faced this “choice” talk when my wife was pregnant with our second son Caden.