Chatbug Karen

How do you feel about McCain’s choice for his running mate? Sen. John McCain today announced Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his vice presidential candidate. Palin, 44, has been governor of Alaska since 2006. I like the fact that she entered a beauty contest to win a scholarship. No acne problems were going to keep this gal from going to college and moving up in the world. She studied journalism and worked as a sports journalist until deciding to get into politics. She became a city council woman and went on to become mayor of her hometown. Eliminating taxes was her main goal as mayor. She is well versed in the field of oil and gas resources. Palin held the position of chairman of the Alaska’s Oil and Gas Conservation Commission. I hope that gives her the tools to help our country get out of this oil crisis. Palin is the mother of five, of which the youngest was diagnosed in utero with downs syndrome.

I was surprised to see a full page article in our local newspaper this morning. It had a picture of John McCain and an article about how he is not technically savvy. From what I gathered from the article, he professes to only use the Internet when his wife helps him. If he needed information on travel insurance, he would have one of his staff members look up the information on the Internet. The article went on to say how much he was missing by not surfing the net. I have no idea if this full page article was an advertisement for McCain or not. There was no identification of any sponsorship to note who paid to have the article placed. Do they want us to feel like McCain is just like many people who do not use a computer in their lives? Do they admire that? Or do they think McCain is out of touch with today’s technology?