At this point, if I had to vote in the 2008 election, I am not sure who I would vote for. I always pictured myself voting for Obama but after watching McCain's speech...who knows? I thought he had a very strong speech.
After his many "thank yous" he started to talk about Sarah Palin. She seems to have a strong background and knowledge about what her role would be in society. She was and still is a normal person who has had to work hard to get to the point she is at today. Palin's list of accomplishments goes on and on - Dealing with problems such as energy independence and corruption, budgets, tax cuts, reached out to ALL political parties to work for her. Personally, what I thinks her even more well rounded is she has a family, she is a wife, a mother to 5 children - so as McCain stated "...she knows what its like to worry about mortgage payments, and health care, and the cost of gasoline and groceries." This shows that she is...normal and can bring to the table what a vast majority of the world is also concerned with. McCain also described her as a strong person, she doesn't back away from a hard fight, she stands up for what she believes in - which is also a great characteristic. I dont think people take her seriously or have faith/trust in her for two simple reasons: 1) she is a woman and 2) she has a unmarried 17 year old daughter who is pregnant. Gender doesn't play any major roles in my mind. However I can completely understand how it does make her look bad. Then again, she is human too, she along with everyone else has her own problems that she has to deal with.
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