![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Sarah Palin
Sep. 4th, 2008 09:23 amI have a confession to make.
I like Sarah Palin.
From the clips I heard from her speech last night, she strikes me as eloquent and charismatic. She's got a sharp sense of humor. Also, I can't help but admire how much she has accomplished, all while facing the challenges of being a working mother.
But. BUT.
She advocates teaching creationism in schools. She would ban abortion under any and all circumstances, including rape, incest, and threat to the mother's health. She is against sex education and favors abstinence-only policies. She's a social conservative of the most extreme type.
Also, she isn't running for President. On nearly every single issue, I am with Obama rather than McCain.
So, while I like and admire Palin, I'm not going to vote against my own interests simply because I'd like to see a woman as VP.
I like Sarah Palin.
From the clips I heard from her speech last night, she strikes me as eloquent and charismatic. She's got a sharp sense of humor. Also, I can't help but admire how much she has accomplished, all while facing the challenges of being a working mother.
But. BUT.
She advocates teaching creationism in schools. She would ban abortion under any and all circumstances, including rape, incest, and threat to the mother's health. She is against sex education and favors abstinence-only policies. She's a social conservative of the most extreme type.
Also, she isn't running for President. On nearly every single issue, I am with Obama rather than McCain.
So, while I like and admire Palin, I'm not going to vote against my own interests simply because I'd like to see a woman as VP.
