The Obama I know.

McCain making a dumb statement against a good idea Obama had.

Setting the record straight.

A politician with a spine.

McCain policy adviser quotes.

“I beg to disagree with any candidate who would say we can’t drill our way out of our problem,”

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=300668510518137

McCain temper & discourtesy:

http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/7/5/00548.shtml

(and there is more … and worse)

This is not about Democrat or Republican.  This country is in a very fragile and vulnerable position, and we cannot afford another four years of ideologues who make decisions based on fantasies, fanaticism and lead with fear and lies.

Oh, and real hockey moms don’t even WEAR lipstick!

Pretty much covers what I’ve been thinking about it.

Palin has far less experience than Obama, and I find her positions on all sorts of things offensive to me.  Anti Free Choice.  For drilling in ANWR and for big oil.  Against sex education in public schools.  The list goes on.

And I probably know more about Illinois politics than you suspect I do.

The Republican (far) right has always railed against women who work out of the home and don’t take care of the children.  My comment would apply to anyone, man or woman, who makes a choice that prioritizes something over a young child in crisis when their publicly stated values would indicate the opposite.  The selection of Ms. Palin (the most UNqualified VP candidate we have had since Quayle, and Agnew before him) is disappointing on many levels.

Obama has young children who are not in crisis.  His decision to run, according to all that I have read, was after a lot of family discussion and an agreement on his path.  I am not saying that Mrs. Palin did not do similarly.  But the sequence and timing of events doesn’t seem to be very conclusive to me in that regard.

If Obama were in the same situation, I would criticize him as well.

Finally, my sarcasm is a form of political commentary which.  In the US, this form of commentary is not appreciated as much as in some other countries.  But to me it’s a matter free press and democracy.