I care about results and accomplishments, and I believe Palin has a good record for getting things done. She does have executive branch experience, and she has accomplished quite a lot in a short amount of time. She isn't entrenched in Washington politics. She has a record for standing up to wasteful spenders, even those in her own party. The one thing about our federal government that has me so sick is the wasteful spending. I want somebody who will go in there and reject big spending bills and cut our government down to size. Unfortunately, I don't think Obama will do that, and despite what McCain says, I'm not so confident anymore than he will do so either. She is also right on with her stance on energy and drilling, in my opinion.

I admit that she didn't do so well in some of the media interviews, but I really just chalk that up to poor preparation by her handlers. I do wish she had not be so stand-offish about what newspapers or magazines she reads while talking to Katie Couric, but I don't think that is a hard-hitting negative on her. Do you think Barack Obama is always cool and collected under pressure? Have you seen any of his inept videos? Not on TV of course, but check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GaU-ExYm30 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omHUsRTYFAU

Check out these sites too:

Glenn Beck shows how many of the things being reporter about Palin just aren't true: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/beck.palin/

This website gives a list of her accomplishments (and a cheesy video of her in a bathing suit during her beauty pageant days): http://hubpages.com/hub/Sarah-Palins-Accomplishments

I don't think Palin is just trying to "cute away" issues. I think she has a better stance on the issues than either of the people at the top of the tickets. That's why I like her. I don't think it was ever her intention to "cute away" anything. I think the media has done that to her, and Tina Fey's portrayal on SNL, while very funny, isn't helping any either. To be honest, I had heard a rumor a long time ago that she was a potential V.P. choice for McCain, but nobody in the media was talking about her, nor were they putting her on his short list (or any list for that matter), but I read up on her when I heard the rumor. And I just kept thinking that she was actually the person I wanted him to pick. Of course, I never thought it would happen (especially since she wasn't on any published lists of candidates for the job), so I was just as surprised as everyone else on the day he actually chose her. I remember driving to work that morning and listening to them speculate on who it might be. Romney, Huckabee, Hutchinson, Pawlenty, etc. And I was thinking that I wish it could be Palin. And then, lo and behold, it was Palin. And I only say that so that you don't think I've just been drinking the Kool-Aid and decided she was great because that's what everyone else was saying at the time.

And now I have commented more than anyone else on this blog, and I am sorry, Megan. I just really wanted to respond since I was asked here. I guess you can take this as my response to the comment you left on my blog as well. If anything further needs to be addressed after this, I'll be happy to answer any other questions too.

i have a question for you though. how can you really feel palin would be a good president (you said you'd vote for her over mccain) when she has displayed an amazing level of ineptitude and inability to respond to direct questions. her lack of understanding of the position she is up for is really scary – she will not be queen of congress, VP is a tie breaker vote. i just don't understand it. every time she opens her mouth she appears less qualified to be an elected official – whether a VP or even a governor.

you can't cute away issues. winking will not get rid of the economic crisis. have they relised this and that is the reason they are resorting to calling obama a terrorist? outright slander, by any candidate, to me is abhorrent. i've seen it from both sides during this election cycle, but calling obama a terrorist is not only not true but furthers the misconception by many small minded people that he is a muslim fundamentalist bent on turning us into a radical islamic nation.

When you said, "i don't like obama or mccain, so i'm not voting for either of them," did you mean the same thing? That you will just be voting against one of them instead of for either of them? As I read on through your blog, that is what it seemed like.

I still don't know what I'm going to do. I know I may be ridiculed for this, but I really do like Sarah Palin. I would vote for her before I would vote for John McCain, foreign policy experience or not. Neither Bill Clinton nor Ronald Regan really had any foreign policy experience before entering office either, and they both seemed to manage somehow. Now, I am with you on the "nuclear" thing (though I agree with the guy who said it is three syllables, which is how i say it). What I don't understand is WHY she keeps saying, "Nucular." She knows how to say it. I know she does. She said it correctly all throughout her speech at the Republican National Convention. But prior to the convention and in every appearance since the convention, she has pronounced it like George Bush. And what bugs me about him mispronouncing the word is that you KNOW people have told him at various points during his eight years in office how it is supposed to be said and that it bugs people that he mispronounces it ... yet, he still continues to do it. Arrrrgh! Not good for this former English major's nerves or soul. And I'm afraid Palin is doing the same thing. Did somebody tell her it's folksy or cute to mispronounce it? That's what I'm afraid of. If that is the case, I doubt she'll ever pronounce it correctly again.

Oh ... and one final thing. I have a blog too! You can check it out by clicking my name! Woohoo! I'll link to your blog on my mine.