Whoever you are, Taylor Marsh, your op-ed is barely worth responding to. But I’ll make it brief, so’s not to waste my time. Your opinions miss the entire point (or what certainly could be……it’s always tough to get into someone’s brain……McCain being the one we’re attempting to explore)……….but the point is that she’s an outsider………fought corruption in Alaska AFTER she was mayor for 6 or 8 years of that town. And she started “blowing the whistle”. Then the Governor wanted her fired and she went public with her findings. I’ll leave you to explore the rest; you certainly didn’t mention it in your irresponsibly sophomoric article. You mention “women’s rights”. Yes, I’ll grant you that………but I’ll clue you in on a little fact. Even though I have a teenage daughter, and the “right to choose” is tremendously important to me, I understand that this is an ancillary issue that’s not important at the national level. Even if SCOTUS overturned Roe v Wade, it would just take the matter to the states. And most states wouldn’t change a bit, and others might outlaw abortions in the last trimester. Is that a disaster? Of course not. It’s a shame it’s not like that now. So get over your obsession with that issue on a national level and the choice of Pres or VP.
Let’s get on to the most important issues of our time……economic freedom to keep more of our money and make the economy work better, drill our own resources to make it work better and be more like every other country with natural resources, and strong foreign policy to let the Jihadists know we’ll never give into their quest to crush democracies in the middle east. Taylor……..these issues are simple, clear-cut, and vital to our top leaders. Unfortunately, Obama, Biden, Pelosi and Reid are “old-style” and don’t get it. They’ll turn us into the European model that’d be catastrophic for us and our children, on all levels.
McCain thinks Palin “gets it”. I think it’s pretty god-damned obvious she does too. It’s not rocket-science…….but, alas, unfortunately, too many Democrats don’t understand the big picture about much at all…….and they (and evidently you) will therefore not understand choices that responsible Americans in national office should make. McCain choosing Palin is good on all the important levels……..and if they lose, it’ll be because the MSM and sheeple like you are too obsessed about the fringe issues, and blind to the big issues our country faces. Then, in a sense, I guess we’ll deserve Obama/Biden. But that would be a shame of the largest proportions, and for our kids especially who’ll be in the job market soon. -Steve Bourg, ellicott city, MD
