I watched the Republican Convention last night. I was amused by Rudy Giuliani’s humourous speech. He put everything out there without hesitating to re-organize Obama’s community - I mean - campaign.

As many who were watching, I was waiting to hear Governor Palin’s speech. Since the news of McCain choosing her for Vice President there has been a lot of talk amongst homeschoolers about her, and MotherDear and sister have been reading up about her and her family. Aside from some “dysfunctions” in her family, she seems like a pretty accomplished and big business woman.

Reading her page on wikipedia about her successful political career is definitely impressive - Alaska’s first female governor and has been cutting excessive spending since taking office. She was described as “Reagan in a skirt”. She’s said to be a conservative Christian republican, and these are her political positions, which seem to be great:

Palin has called herself as “pro-life as any candidate can be. “She would permit abortion only in cases where the mother’s life is in danger, and supports mandatory parental consent for abortions.

She backs abstinence-only education and is against “explicit sex-ed programs” in schools.

Palin supports capital punishment.

Palin opposes same-sex marriage[ and supported a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to deny state health benefits to same-sex couples.
Palin has said she supports teaching both creationism and evolution in public schools, but not to the extent of adding creation-based alternatives to the required curriculum.

Palin has strongly promoted oil and natural gas resource development in Alaska, including in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). She has opposed federal listing of the polar bear as an endangered species warning that it would adversely affect energy development in Alaska. [Palin does not believe that global warming is human-caused.

Palin, a long-time member of the National Rifle Association, strongly supports its interpretation of the Second Amendment as protecting individual rights to bear arms, including handguns. She also supports gun safety education for youth.

Palin’s foreign policy positions were unclear at the time she was picked as McCain’s running mate. When asked for her views about troop escalations in Iraq, she replied “…while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place…”

When she came out on the platform and started her speech she seemed to have it all together. She’s a pretty sort of lady and doesn’t have an annoying voice. She spoke confidently. Gave the crowd time to be alive and then quieted things down when she wanted to continue. I was impressed with some of the things she cut out of the governor’s luxuries when she became governor… such as a private jet, a chauffeur, and a personal chef. I think those were wise decisions and an area where many political figures seem to miss about “helping the middle class”.

Overall I think Palin was a great choice for a VP. She seems to have everything we want and need…However, I believe that when you form an opinion of someone you shouldn’t just look at one side. You can’t just look at a beautiful, red, shiny apple and say “wow, that’s a good apple”, though you can believe it to be.

To really know if it’s a good apple you have to take a bite and look in a little deeper. I believe it is the same with people, especially people who will be running our nation. It’s not being critical of someone or being prideful. It’s simply being a responsible and informed citizen.

You have to judge someone or something to form your opinion on it. Whether it’s good or bad, it’s still a judgment, so for those who say “don’t judge, don’t judge” you already have, but your judgment has been in her favour.

A little more info on Palin’s personal life… She’s a mother of five, apparently going to be “homeschooling”. She’s a hockey mom, an Army mom, a “special-needs-child” mom, and a soon-to-be-grandmother of her 17yo unwed-daughter, Bristol’s, baby. Bristol apparently will be marrying the father of her child. Say what?

Some are praising her for keeping the baby and saying “no one is perfect, don’t judge”. While others are just not happy with it, and that is fine. I am not happy with it, and I don’t think it is judging as people are making it to be. It’s not that we are casting stones at her. I know Jesus does and would gladly except this family into His arms, but the fact that people don’t want to vote her into the White House, away from her family for the next four years, is their problem.

I wonder what the chances would have been of Bristol getting pregnant if Sarah Palin had been the Titus 2 Woman at home with her children. Is there any chance this happened because mom was always working?

During the speeches last night one image gave me shudders. The picture of Palin’s children and husband sitting with McCain’s wife will be a common picture in the coming four years. Only after, when Momma was done with work, did she receive little Trig into her arms. It saddens me.

If God hadn’t set-up the family as He did - the father the provider, the women as the keeper of the home, and the children always under their care - and I wasn’t a Bible-believing Christian then I would have no problem with Sarah Palin running with McCain as VP. However, God did and I am.

As a Christian I cannot endorse a woman, leaving her husband, her children, and her home, to go work with another woman’s husband.  Did I mention that Palin is also a member of Feminists for Life…. Christian Feminists is an oxymoron, imho. As for those who think she’s a modern-day Deborah, please don’t be for it.

I’m afraid you have no “great” choices here for the White House to pick from. Only the lesser of two evils, at least as a Christian, and for the record, I definitely think McCain is a superb choice compared to Barack Hussein Obama.

Blessings,