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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Ya know, the whole Sarah Palin thing was the final straw for me.  I've 
questioned the sanity and intellect level of the average sheople for years. 
I no longer question either their sanity or their intellect.  I am now 
convinced that they are all insane and have no higher an IQ than a truckload 
of rutabagas!

And I think most Dems hate her because she scares the beejeebers out of 
them!  McNasty's campaign was going down the John E.  It would have been 
beyond embarassing as far as votes are concerned.  He picks Palin and 
suddenly his campaign is rejuvenated.  The whole Republican Party was a like 
a bunch of old fuddy duddies sitting around the old folks home snoring. 
Palin was like someone replaced their Ensure with Redbull!

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
> Good.  I'll be anxious to read them.  I live in an Anti-Obama area, and
> for balance, I'm interested in knowing what those who were Pro-Obama are
> thinking these days.  They say his numbers are dropping and the
> honeymoon may be over.  The simple fact that the media is even
> discussing the 'end of the honeymoon' is amazing to me.  It has only
> been 6 months, and yet many of his supporters are already disillusioned.
> It had to happen as so many saw the Messiah instead of a President.
> Since you are in IL, I'm sure your media outlets are more friendly to
> the President and his administration.  Do you think his support base is
> still rock solid?
>
> I think we all realize that this list of homesteaders and homesteader
> wannabes is not really about homesteading, it is about community as much
> as anything.  It would be great if everyone talked about their homestead
> plans, projects, and doings, but they don't.  Generally, only about 15
> of us post at all, and I know that many have jumped ship, looking for
> more substance than opinion.  That is fine, too.  Personally, I'm about
> there myself.  I can blog elsewhere and not have what I say pop up in a
> Google search.  Being in the minority here, sometimes it is hard for me
> to not take things to heart when things get nasty.  Sometimes I get very
> upset and my feelings get hurt by the things that are said by those I
> like or respect.  However, in the end, I try to look at it as personal
> growth.
>
> To be honest, I kind of feel like you all know me pretty well after 15+
> years on the list.  I think I know some of you, too.  There's a lot of
> familial love on the list, and as long as we can avoid saying hurtful
> things to each other(which is hard because we know each other so well
> that we know which buttons to push), I think it is good to discuss
> things.    I try to read a variety of viewpoints, as I am sure you all
> do as well, and I know the media will spin their stories one way or the
> other by region or location based on demographics, so I think we must
> all be aware of the role the media plays in these discussions.  We are
> all tainted, to a degree.  I know many of you hate Sarah Palin, for
> example, but I live in a region of the country where she is wildly
> popular.  If you look at the info pages of my Facebook friends, you will
> see a huge number of Palin supporters.   It is interesting to me that
> the Dems, who are supposedly open minded and very liberal, want to sling
> mud at the families of Republicans.....Mary Cheney, Bristol Palin, etc.
> and the mud just stirs up talk of homophobia and pre-marital sex and
> contraception, all issues that find more tolerance in their own party.
> I just don't get why they throw stones at family members, something that
> used to be off limits.
> Anyway, back on June 1, right after Sotomayor entered the public eye, I
> wrote a blog entry about my feeling and thoughts.  It's rather long, but
> if anyone cares what I think on the matter, here's the link:
>
> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/2009/06/sotomayor-strike-one-for-president.html
>
> B
> --
> "Never expect magic from no where"  Baringo (Kenyan) working motto
> http://erthnsky.blogspot.com/
> EarthNSky Farm, NW Georgia, USA
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