irish.lemon

my mom scared the hell out of me last nite when i got home from class. she asked if i’d seen sarah palin’s speech at the RNC, to which i raised an eyebrow and reminded her that i missed both the cubs game and the RNC due to class. i’ve seen small chunks of the speech and it’s just like the rest of the empty-headed conservative drivel i’ve ever heard…but she scared me.

she’s a democrat turned independent who doesn’t plan – at the moment – on voting in november. however, last nite, i walked in the door and we started the dangerous conversation of politics. she said, verbatim, “you know, after her speech i really like that sarah palin. she seems like the right gal for the job and i agree with her”…

?!?!?!?!?!

there is no possible way this woman is my mother! she can’t be the very same who taught me to be self-reliant, distrust the government in solving social issues, and to always question authority and the motives of others…this very woman got sucked into the fundamentalist rhetoric of the GOP…

at any rate, anyone who reads this blog knows who’s side i’m on, but that’s not the point. the point is, QUESTION EVERYTHING…question your politicians. go ahead and pull a campbell brown, and piss off your [political] interviewee. they serve YOU…therefore, they should have nothing to hide.

but always remember that politicians are working out of self-interest before that of the people…