i'll take your biden, and raise you a palin

i'm not going to pretend i am the most politically savvy person in the world. however, i have my basics down, and have been following the 2008 election with much interest. (frankly, i feel like if you're living in the united states and NOT following the election with interest, you are either really rich or really oblivious. no offense, but feel free to take some.)

so palin. can i just say how upset i am that people are comparing this woman to hillary clinton? i, as a former hillary supporter, am furious. hillary clinton is a prochoice, anti-off shore drilling, yale trained lawyer, and has made a life's work putting her money where her mouth is. this woman went out on a limb for universal health care before it was cool. she lost that bet BADLY, and became the butt of republican jokes til present day (a self-satisfied mitt romney comes to mind, telling his supporters, "we certainly don't need hillary care.") but she did it, and that takes, for lack of a better word, balls. hillary is a trooper, and an absolutely brilliant woman.

palin is a former beauty queen, mother of five, pro-lifer with limited experience. she supports off-shore drilling (gee, as governor of alaska, i wonder who stands to benefit from such a policy?), and though she has some admirable environmental stances, she's popular with conservative republicans for a REASON people.

do we really want to overturn roe v wade? as a woman and a public health professional, i can't believe this is even still an issue. if people forget, just 30 years ago, abortion WAS illegal. it didn't work. and i know republicans seem to be truly enamored of failed policies these days, but hear me out. a lot of women died before roe v wade, especially a lot of poor women who couldn't afford to go to canada or mexico to end their unwanted pregnancies. is this a more christian approach? condemning young, desperate mothers to coat hangers and toxic concoctions? pathetic, absolutely pathetic.

that is a long way of saying: palin is no subsistute for hillary. if you were supporting hillary, ideologically it makes no sense to support anyone but BARACK OBAMA. so do it. yes you can!