Palin is an accomplished and poised politician with a great family and compelling life story. But, too much is at stake in this election to simply focus on personalities, poise, and the politics of identity. Despite the nasty mocking GOP rhetoric, what attracts so many people to Obama is the hope for an America that transcends all this divisiveness. Obama's supporters don't need to look in the mirror and see a black man staring back at them in order to be inspired by his message. They are interested in his community values, his intelligence, his skills as a communicator and as a uniter. They like his ideas about a different and better America. Palin's speech was written by bitter and angry white males who are cowards that hide behind their sarcasm and mockery because they have nothing original or of value to offer the American people. They think they only people who are patriotic or "true" Americans look and think exactly like them and vote Republican. I'm really sick of the GOP and their morally corrupt culture of war, guns, torture, nationalism, fundamentalism and hate. I'm actually sorry to see Sarah Palin get used by the Republican Noise Machine. But then again, if she allows herself to be used by a repulsive bunch of Karl Rove type operatives who choose to plant her in front of a national audience to deliver juvenile insults, then that says something about her as well.









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