This has all the relevancy of the Pat Buchanan lapel pin she wore at a gathering in his honor in Alaska. It is petty and tells us who the real Sarah Palin is: a woman so shallow on her own merits but so driven by ambition that she will allow herself to be Karl Rove’s pit bull (with lipstick, to be sure), mouthing words that no real Christian (remember I Corinthians 13. or the Golden Rule) would stoop to utter in order to follow the only game plan Rove can muster, which translaters to “divide and conquer” (“playing to the base” being a mere subtext in the strategy - which worked once but the base is onto it now and the Republican party is splintered all to hell because of it - and that’s just a small part of havoc it has caused). This underestimating of American intelligence (we are not all Joe Six-pack or Soccer Mom and even some of us who are have brains!) is such an insult and these tactics will find the chickens coming home to roost. If this is the worst thing, and the only thing, they can throw at Obama, what does that say? But a bit of examination of the history of both Palin and McCain makes it quite obvious that neither is in a position to throw mud. What angers me most is that we are in the darkest days of America and all this defamation of character and shallow attack mode takes all the focus from issues that are threatening us with an entire sea change in our lifestyles, our economy, and our foreign relations. Neither candidate voted against that horrible “bail out” that Americans clearly did not want. I agree that Sarah Palin is compromising any political future she might have, and I doubt that many women would say she represents their best interests. I’m hungry for a woman in higher office but not someone of this calibre. We deserve a woman we can respect and with intelligence, personal integrity and a history to support her. It is clear that Sarah Palin does not have these qualities. I find her to be a very real affront and so is this style of politics. I’m too good for that and so is the rest of America, male and female.

Direct from the “family values” party…McCain Palin …lie, cheat and steal your way to the presidency. Can you imagine what the next generation will be like? No way, no how, No McCain Palin!

Hasn’t Mr. Ayers been a law abiding citizen and active member of his community for a good many years now? I guess no one can escape the past when there is an election on the horizon. One wonders if Ms. Palin will reconsider and cooperate with her own impending investigation of her abuse of power.