Big election on small issues

When Obama said that we shouldn't vote on a big election for small issues, some of the people in this country were just not listening. They still want to vote on what someone does in their private life. I'm not just addressing the right who want to control what a woman does with her body, or those who want to make sure gay people cannot be afforded the equal rights the rest of us have. I'm talking about those who think Bristol Palin's pregnancy is an issue on both sides. The "right" think it's great and a fine example of deciding to keep a child, while the "left" want to point out that she's only 17 and was taught "abstinence only" along with even more who still claim that Trig is her child pointing to pictures taken of her before Trig was born and slim now that her mother says she's five months pregnant. Statments made are they "support the choice she made to have the baby" but they don't want anyone else to have the same right to decide what to do. Is it something to gossip about? Sure but it is not something to vote over. What happens in Palin's family has no bearing on your family or on mine.

Palin wanted all she could get for her tiny town, wanted to separate Alaska from the rest of the US and wanted the bridge to nowhere while she was supporting Stevens, then said she didn't want it because of the backlash. She then tries to portray herself as against earmarks. This all has to do with your family and mine. She has been under investigation for getting someone fired because they wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law, a State Trooper who was serving the people of Alaska. This also has to do with your family and mine. The actions of Palin have a lot to do with us.

Palin does not know anything about the big issues facing us. The people supporting her are focused on guns, abortion and gay rights. It's their right to think that the rest of it doesn't matter like global warning, science, diplomacy, energy conservation, the economy, the infrastructure, education on and on, all big issues that do matter to their family.

We cannot get thru to the "right" when it comes to what really matters to us and I think it's time we gave up trying. We need to focus on the people in this country, 60% who do not vote. We need to make sure they get it. That they understand when they decide to not vote, they end up supporting the people who have taken this country into a direction that is destroying it. We need to make sure the students understand that what the elected do today will affect the rest of their lives. We need to make sure people understand they are responsible for elections even if they do not pay attention.

An example of this is the amount of veterans being interviewed about John McCain. How many times do we have to read they are supporting him because he is one of them? After all, how can they miss that fact when almost every time he opens his mouth he reminds them? What they do miss is his deplorable voting record on veterans. They need to make an educated decision. If even knowing the facts about McCain's record they still feel loyal to him, it's a problem nothing can open their eyes to.

We need to pay attention and focus on the big issues and make sure they know what we face. If we focus on Palin's daughter, then we will get what we deserve. Stop wasting time on the sex lives of someone else when we can't even manage to feed the hungry or house the homeless now.

This is the last time I will post about Bristol Palin. Believe me, I've seen the pictures and had to stop myself from posting about all that is in the blog world. Wow was I tempted but then I read about another veteran who committed suicide and understood that the Palin story belongs in the gossip magazines.

Now this does matter
Palin's Alaska Town Secured Big Fed $$$ 384
Washington Post: Gov. Palin Hired Lobby Firm To Secure $27 Million For Town Of 6,700