Well, you asked ;-)

Yesterday, my mom asked The Question. No, not how her granddaughter is doing, or how my DH is doing.

No. She asked about Sarah Palin and if I liked her. ::shudder::

See, my mom and I are polar opposites on things political---which is why discussions of politics rank up there with religion and taxes as Things We Do Not Talk About. We used to try and talk politics, but it degenerated into an argument pretty quick (with my mom's famous capper, "Well, you're young. When you're my age, you'll be a Republican." Uh, mom, I'm a married thirty-something with a toddler. How old do I have to be before I get a right to my own opinion? :-/)

Anyhow, she asked. And I told her about all the things that make me very uneasy about the choice of Sarah Palin as a VP. It's purely a mental exercise on my part; I haven't voted Republican for...well, ever, so it's not like I'm finding reasons not to vote for a candidate I wasn't going to vote for anyway. :)

My mom expressed shock at all of the things I told her, things which have been all over the news lately and which shouldn't be a shock to anyone not living in a cave since 2000. Which made me wonder---if my mom, who is a card-carrying Republican (except when she voted for Bill Clinton twice ;0))---didn't hear this stuff, who else has been drinking the metaphorical kool-aid? Hopefully, not the rest of the country. :-O

For the record, I don't think Sarah Palin is evil. I don't think she's a bimbo. Do I think she's absolutely the wrong choice? Yes. Do I find her views on pretty much everything to be scary? Yes.

And do I worry when it seems that people are drinking the kool-aid yet again? Yes. Please, America, wake up. Choose the candidate of your choice based on the issues, not on chromosomes or how much they're (allegedly) like you. Your country deserves better.