Palin vs Biden

As promised, here is my take on the debate. My political commentary might be boring for some of you to read, but for me sitting here and typing my point of view is my way of really establishing to myself what my point of view is. It makes me organize my thoughts into something that makes sense, at least to myself. Living on our own here in California, Tamara and I are realizing just how different Utah is from the rest of the country. Really, every part of the country is very different from all other parts, but to Utah's credit, it is the state that is least affected by the financial crisis, while California is possibly the most affected. I see the effects everywhere I go. Homeless and unemployment rates are getting higher, and taxes are going up. Stores, dealerships, and offices are closing down, banks are failing, and everywhere you look you see signs for Obama's campaign and gay rights. I think the difference, to be honest, is strong leadership in Utah, and the successful application of conservatism, which takes the government out of people's personal lives as much as possible. Therefore, without the meddling hand of government to screw everything up, a thriving free market keeps Utah afloat when the rest of the government-controlled country (especially the absolute socialist city of San Francisco) is sinking like a rock. Mad props to Utah.

Anyway, my point in all of that is that in only 6 months here in California my perspective on the political workings of this country have been changed. I was always conservative in Utah, but I never saw for myself the effects of a democrat-controlled government. Now, in the most liberal part of the country, I have to deal with their absolute nonsense legislation at a local level. I swear, every time I hear Gavin Newsom (the "Honorable" Mayor of San Francisco) say anything at all I just want to throw up. He takes away more rights and freedom of personal citizens every single day. He is all about government control and socialism, and he, like Obama and Biden, is an enemy of freedom. This state is a mess because of assinine (the democrat symbol is, coincidentally, a jackass) policies of democrats. No, not democrats, because the democrats of today are not the democrats of yesterday, like John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, or Franklin D. Roosevelt, who actually had some honor and respect for freedom and this country. The "democrats" of today, like Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Gavin Newsom, Billary, Obama, and Biden, actually have more in common with Castro, Lenin, and Marx. They are about control and power and blowing government up so that it controls nearly every aspect of people's lives. It makes me sick and horrified. I truly worry sometimes that one day I will tell stories to my kids and grandkids about the time when America let people be free and make their own choices and didn't control everything.

So the debate was so much better than the presidential debate a few nights ago. I think there was more riding on this debate than there was on the presidential debate. Both candidates were far more appealing and genuine. Biden, I have to give credit, was incredibly good at one thing: lying. I've never seen a more convincing liar. He denied several times that he and Obama had never said things that I had clearly heard them both say, like positions on the war, the troop surge, and Obama's experience. And Sarah Palin, I have to say, failed to call him out on his lying. He shamelessly called her truth lies, and she didn't defend them, and she didn't call him in his lies. I was puzzled by that. She was right on in so many ways, though. On nearly all of the issues I am right there with her and I was proud of her, but I do not think she went after Biden like she should have. Its like she was trying too hard to be nice. I wanted to see the pitbull with lipstick. Aside from that, I am re-energized by her. It is such a breath of fresh air into politics for a new kind of leadership in the republican party. Corrupt and greedy republicans have been making headlines for too long, and now that we have someone with a real engenuity makes me proud again of my party. I love seeing the media stretching so far to smear and destroy her and realizing just how not-stupid the majority of the country is. Only the Bay Area is as stupid as the media thinks :) The rest of the country doesn't buy their garbage, and good for them.