Politics as usual

I have a little more hope today than yesterday, with the election of Barak Obama. Although we as Alaskans still seem to be more interested in electing criminals who bring in pork funds than looking at the big picture and the well being of our state and country. The election is far from over up here as the House and Senate races are close enough to wait for all the absentee voting. Hard to believe that Sen. Ted Stevens can still pull a close race less than a couple weeks after being convicted. I don't really know what to think about that. I'm also not to certain that I am happy about Gov. Palin's return.

Now that's how you debate!

Aside from all of her comments about John "The Maverick" McCain (drink now please), Palin's uncertainty and reference to her note cards bugged me a little. The strategy she followed was apparently leaked out via the interweb. Thanks to Val for the link...



I think I blacked out for a minute there. What happened?

Too close to home

Discussing Sarah Palin amongst friends the past couple of days we came up with some interesting thoughts...

The Gov's comments about having fired the personal chef that came along with the job. This makes me more sad than anything for a number of reasons. One is that the chef was a good friend of a friend and she was crushed when she lost the job she so loved. The second is that the chef provided valuable catering services, not the "I don't care if it's midnight, bring me a deep fried peanut butter and ham sandwich" that the image brings to mind. Lastly, I would hope that the governor was so busy, that cooking for the family was something that he or she (this is not Palin specific) wouldn't have time to do. Being a high level public servant is much more than just a 40hr/wk job that you clock in and out of. The true reason the chef was fired, was that Palin spent virtually no time in Juneau (the State Capitol), having been paid a per diem for the 300 nights she spent at home in Wasilla.

Which brings us to the 300 nights she spent in Wasilla out of less than two years as governor. Her commute was somewhat ridiculous. Jana brought up the question of whether Palin will commute to Washington the same way?

Debates start Friday. Should be fun.