Politics and Culture

1. Sarah Palin is an individual who's popular because of her story (mother, pro-life decisions, family) and sex appeal. That doesn't mean that she hasn't been a good governor or isn't smart. I'm just saying that that's why she's popular.

2. What endears her to 40% of the population, however, provokes the opposite reaction in a group at least as large. It may be a good or bad thing, but it's gotten to the point in the United States that a woman who's primarily associated with good motherly values has less of a chance than a pure business woman like Meg Whitman of gaining office. There just aren't enough old-fashioned mothers and men who appreciate them.

3. Someone might bring up the contradiction as well that such a traditional-minded person may actually prefer not to vote for such a woman as they might feel that politics isn't her role (I guess that "someone" is me). I don't believe it- I'd vote for Sarah Palin- and it may not be true, but I just wanted to throw it out there.

4. Sarah Palin may agree with that proposition as it applies to herself, however, if she resigned because she wanted to live a simple life with her family, which I think is the best explanation. People who can't fathom such a possibility do so because they're projecting their own love of politics and/or power onto her.

5. North Korea has launched several missiles this week.

6. Barack Obama still wants to cut missile defense.

7. In fact, Barack Obama has a habit of analyzing a problem and then doing the opposite of what's required to fix it. Cap and Trade during a recession, for example. A hyper Glen Beck below:

8. As Glenn Beck mentioned, some scientists say that the earth will cool until 2030. Logic: If carbon emissions cause the world to warm and the world is perfect at it's current temperature and the world is cooling, wouldn't that mean that we need more carbon emissions?

9. For more evidence that the left feels that conservative blacks, women, and Hispanics must be destroyed at all costs, read lefty blogs this week on Sarah Palin. No link necessary; any one will do.

10. Sarah Palin is 800 times more worthy of holding office than Joe Biden:

"We did it in Saddam's palace and I can think of nothing better. That S.O.B. is rolling over in his grave right now," Biden said of the former Iraqi dictator, who was toppled by a U.S.-led invasion in 2003 and executed by the Iraqi government in 2006.

Remember, Biden voted for the war, then opposed it. Then, he wanted to split Iraq up into three countries. Now, what does he want? Who cares?