Last night while walking on Lake Avenue, I ran into a woman wearing an “Obama Mama” button. She is a die-hard Obama fan and one who had nothing nice to say about Republicans…mortal enemies in her mind. The vice presidential debates that were about to take place at 9pm that night were brought up, and she said, “How embarrassing, Sarah Palin is a bimbo.” I was clearly annoyed at her comment…clearly. Can you possibly imagine that all of a sudden, since its creation in 1854, that the Republicans, especially in these tumultuous times, would pick anyone other than a qualified and dynamic candidate? Again, her comment could have been brought on just by sheer enthusiasm for Obama and hoping that no one else could possibly have anything worthwhile to contribute. It is the vilification of people that I so abhor and it really needs to stop. Judging someone on his performance is one thing but character assassination is another.
As you witnessed last night, Sarah Palin was terrific. The momentum that McCain had been losing because of the Media and Tina Fey’s portrayal on Saturday Night Live of Sarah, was turned around by a stellar performance.
