McCain's recent choice of Sarah Palin has booted him forward solidly into the heart of Americans. Sure, there are many who disagree with her politics or are scratching their heads over her lack of credentials but when push comes to shove I think what we Americans want is somebody we can trust and McCain, in a stroke of pure genius, pulled this energetic mother of five from an almost mythical land seemingly out of the proverbial magic hat. If nothing else, the Republican ticket now has our Attention.
On one of my many yahoo groups, somebody posted this today. It didn't take far into this missive to get my hackles up. This is exactly the sort of poor guilt-mongering exegesis that I was able to wipe cleanly off my feet on the way out the door of the ICCEC. Honestly, by the time we walked out of the CEC for good I felt if I ever heard the word submission again I would run screaming to the nearest bar. Until, that is, I read this article by Frederica Mathewes-Green and began to get a proper, Orthodox perspective of the scriptures with which I'd been beaten over the soul for the previous ten years. Anastasia's post on Orthodox priesthood also helped me realize that the suppositions about submission upon which I had based my supposedly Christian response to the men in my life were all out of whack.
I am solidly grooving with those critics of Sarah Palin who wonder how in the world is she going to get it all done and still be The Mom. I am all in favor of Mom-dom as a woman's first priority. However, who the heck am I to judge this one?! There are many who look at me and wonder how I get it all done - many, I'm sure, who come to the conclusion that I must be neglecting someone along the way. If God has gifted Sarah Palin for this position then so be it. I am not one to throw scriptures at her out of context and outside of church tradition. Perhaps we will be seeing a lot of media footage of our Vice President shuttling from place to place with a 5 year old son in tow. Who's to say she can't take her kids to work? I don't know how she's gonna do it and of course the jury isn't out yet as to who our next president will be so it may all be simply idle speculation. But for me this election isn't about the Issues (although there are several issues that are near and dear to my heart), it's about putting into office the sort of human being who will honor God in all of his/her decisions. Now, that is the heart of the matter and what I've read of Sarah Palin, she's the best thing going....
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What I have yet to hear mentioned by the "Can she do it all?" crowd is that, as the Governor, she has The First Dude to watch her back. Yeah, the marriage thing goes both ways, people.
The media try to portray him as a snowmobile racing bufoon, but I don't see why he could not look after the family, especially in DC where it doesn't snow that much. Just like I would if you would get yourself elected VP!
When I saw the url began with "Vision Forum" I knew it was NOT a place I wanted to visit. That is the kind of site that causes me great frustrations (and the need for the confessional!).
Wow - and I thought she was just getting smeared by the Democrats! Now she's getting it from all sides.
According to a Newsweek profile, the family makes it because the whole family pitches in, including the extended family. I am sure that if she goes to Washington, that will have to change somewhat. However a position like VP would actually afford many advantages for kids and a working mother than the type of job most of us have to take.
I think she's great and I hope they win. I for one would love to have that family in the VP mansion.
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