Politics....

I don't talk about politics much on here because honestly, I have not been too happy with what has been going on in government and sort of lost interest. With the presidential election going on as hard as you try to ignore it, you can't. So here is my story...

• I am a registered Republican.
• I voted for George W. Bush (GWB)...not once, but twice.
• My vote for GWB doesn't really "count" here in NY anyway because we go Democratic and are not even close to going the other way.
• If GWB was running again, I would NOT vote for him.
  
• I fell in love with Obama first at the Democratic convention 4 years ago after he made his "famous" speech. I even printed it out. I disagreed with some of what he said in that speech, but for once...someone REAL.
• I fell in love with him even more on Oprah (yes, sad, but I am sure I am not alone).
  
• I think that what Obama has done being the first African American presidential nomine is just amazing and will go down in history as being a changing moment for this country.
  
• I watched the Democratic Convention on vacation (remember, I am a Republican) and finished watching Obama speak that night and thought "this guy is going to win." and at that moment said to myself, "I think I am going to vote for him, I want to see who McCain picks as his VP, watch that convention and make a decision at that point."
• On vacation Chris, the boys and I were sitting in Salsarita's having lunch when the headlines came on. John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. We both had the same response, "who?". Chris and I saw the AK next to her name and thought she was from Arkansas...Alaska for some reason made it all worse.
  
• Enter the Republican Convention. I watched all week here and there and just couldn't get into it...until last night. I thought Huckabee was amazing, I thought Rudy Giuliani was good, and I thought Sarah Palin speech was one of the most amazing things I have ever heard.
  

I had many favorite lines from the night but the one that resonates in me is one from Rudy Giuliani who addressed the media's issue with Palin not having enough time for her kids and doing the job all at the same time. Giuliani asked the country..."When is the last time that asked a MAN that question?" Why is it okay for a man to be an executive and work but for a women it is looked down upon because she should be with her children? This is a whole another post for a different day, but I am SO glad this was addressed. Read THIS article on this very issue...it is perfect.

Anyway...as I listened to Sarah Palin last night address the issues, I laughed, I found tears in my eyes at times and I was just so inspired by her story and how she handed the tough issues. As she went through her issues one by one it reminded me why I am a Republican. I am honored my children and I live in a time that in one year are seeing the first African American and a women on tickets. In November history will be made one way or the other with the outcome of the election.

I have a personal thing with women doing amazing things...I have seen the "little boys club" first hand. I am part of probably 10% of my field and company being women. Sarah Palin is young, she isn't afraid of the media and what they have done to her over the last 5 days. She isn't afriad to stand up there in front of America and say "me and my family have issues just like EVERY other American family does". She isn't going to let the "little boys club" walk all over her.

For 5 days I was sort of worried about what would happen if McCain could no longer hold office if he won with this woman that no one have ever heard of.

I am no longer worried.

Sarah Palin is going to change the world whether she is VP or not...in so many ways she already has.