The McCain Campaign

What the hell is John McCain thinking? How can the Republican Party spin the possibility that a 44 year old broadcast journalism major from Wasilla, Alaska is capable of becoming commander-in-chief? Two weeks ago they were all over pundit land railing that Obama was unqualified because he lacked experience. Now they have brought out the Governor of a state with fewer people than Austin, Texas to lead the free world.
She may be the ultimate right winger and have stood up to the corrupt good ol' boys in Anchorage, but I sure as the doubts don't want her for my president. It is terribly hard to understand the reasoning behind this choice. The world is a very complex and dangerous place. If we are so very nearly re-engaged in the "cold war", why would we want a hockey mom who has never had a passport to be eyeball to eyeball with Putin and Amahdenijad? This is insane.
If there was ever any doubt in my mind about my choice in the election....all doubt has been removed.
Speaking of the election. School has resumed, and we are studying the way government is supposed to work in this country. The kids are showing some interest in the conventions and campaigns. The school children of Texas are very much red state indoctrinated, so most will follow their Republican parents to the polls to vote against all those taxes Obama would put on the rich and well-born. I am quiet and when they ask for whom I would vote, there is short speech on my objectivity as a teacher. I do however, take the teachable moments to correct false and inaccurate information that they may have picked up via the Internet.
My goal as a teacher is to make sure that they are registered to vote if eligible and that they take their civic responsibility very seriously.