Palin got it wrong on community organizing!

I totally agree with you sumpter! I am an Obama supporter, but being the open minded person I am, I watched last night thinking maybe, just maybe, there would be some glimmer that would make me understand all the support behind her and McCain. And I also wanted to learn more about Palin. Which didn't happen. To me she came across as very smug and elitist. I could never picture myself sitting down and having a cup of coffee with her. I don't think she really dug into any of the issues. She made snide remarks, but didn't back anything up with what her or McCain would do to solve the problems. Her remarks about community service totally offended me. Community service is the backbone of what makes this country great. Where would Katrina victims have been without community service minded people? My FIL went with his church group to NOLA right after Katrina and busted his butt to do what he could to help. Should that be laughed at? My aunt in Texas took in total strangers when Gustav was coming so they would have a safe haven, should that be mocked? I don't mean to get off subject, but her remarks about the "bridge to nowhere" about made me scream. The fact of the matter is she fully supported that project until she found out Alaska would have to pitch in to pay for it. Then she opposed it, but guess what? Alasks still kept all the federal money that was to go for that project! I didn't hear anything I was looking for in the terms of solving the energy crisis. It's almost as though she mentioned alternative energy sources as an afterthought. Like they weren't anything to be taken seriously. But coming from Alaska I would assume her state would reap great benefit from drilling for more oil there. Her environmental record is a joke, and just shows that she is more concerned with the revenue oil drilling would bring than she is about the environment. I for one am very dissappointed. Last nights spectacle just proved to me that she's more of the same. And shame on McCain for thinking that as a woman I'd fall for his transparent effort to get more votes.

Oh please give me a break! Did you watch the Democratic National Convention? They talked smack on McCain and the whole Republican party. That's politics. Last night was the Republicans turn. Obama went from being a community organizer to grabbing a senate seat. He has very little experience in anything else. She has more experience than being in the PTA. Mocking our rights? I don't think so. She was mocking Obama's running for president when he credentials are so thin. I think she did an excellent job of showing where Obama is weak.