the list of women who have really inspired me is short. my mom for sure, my wonderful girlfriend of a year Abbie, and thats probably it. certainly there hasn’t been anyone outside of people i knew personally. but today that changed.
in a total shocker move, John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. I hadn’t heard of her either. at first i was worried, because frankly I wasn’t fired up for McCain as a conservative leader and was sure he would screw this up. But that was definitely not the case.
Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska the past few years, absolutely floored me after I heard her speak and found out what she believed in. Completely unlike the typical thought of woman in politics (angry manhating butch femi-nazi) her political ideals actually match mine perfectly (pro life, tax cutter/spending cutter, for drilling/oil exploration , against same sex marriage, ect). She’s a lifelong member of the NRA, has a son in the military who is actually deploying to Iraq next month, and played point guard on her high school basketball team.
Mother of 5, married 20 years, a tremendous story of going from PTA member, city council member, mayor of her hometown, to running for governor, she is the perfect inspiration for not just women but for anyone. This has totally pumped me up for the election. no longer am i voting against obama, but now i’m voting FOR McCain-Palin. way to go McCain!
whats funny is she actually has more experience than obama–as the VEEP!. unlike the former community agitator and state senator, she’s actually RUN a government. a real leadership position. She wasn’t the product of some corrupt chicago political machine or friends with extremists and radicals. nope, just a regular person who had stuck to her principles.
hey she ain’t too bad looking either
