Posted by
faithfulmom on Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:39:13 AM
Being a neophyte political junkie, this election campaign made me obsess, a lot. When George Bush was first elected to office, I didn't like him very much. My reasons now embarrass me. I only got my information from the network news and ... People magazine. Al Gore was so much cuter. He looked like he should be a President. Not so much when he lost and whined and sued and threw a fit and on and on...As I stated in my bio, 9/11 changed all that. My family moved down south from NY and we have friends and family that we used to visit very often. As a matter of fact, we were in NY the weekend before 9/11 and left on Monday, 9/10. It was our tradition to leave by the Holland tunnel and wave good-bye to the Twin Towers. One of my adopted uncles (this is a Korean tradition, to adopt people and make them un-related relatives, more on this later) was married at the top of tower 2. I was a Maid of Honor.
On the morning of Tuesday, 9/11, my husband called me on his way to work and told me to turn on the news because there was something about a plane crashing into the Twin Towers. I told him that this was terrible joke. He said he was serious. I turned on the news just in time to see the 2nd plane slice into the building like a knife going into a stick of butter. I was totally transfixed in front of the t.v. I hadn't even realized that tears were pouring down my face until I caught the sound of my own sobs from my throat. On that day, I believed that God put George Bush in the White House because He wanted someone who would be strong, in will and in his faith.
I later learned that Bill Clinton, while in office, had the opportunity to capture and be rid of Osama bin Laden. However, he was too busy playing naughty games with prococious interns.
During the course of the "Shock and Awe" and the capture of Sadam Hussein, CNN and the rest of the netword 3 made me a media sceptic. Fox news sustained me throughout the 2004 elections and also through our current mess. Fox news was the only channel that presented Governor Palin as the remarkable person that she truely is. So begins my reason for being grateful to Mrs. Palin.
When 9/11 changed my view points, it also brought harmony to my faith and my politics. From a mildly liberal Christian who believed that although abortion was not the most appealing choice for women, every woman should have to choose for herself. I became completely conservative and believed that all life is precious and it is immoral for the government, of any country, to fund the killing of generations of children. From that point on I became the mom to avoid at church. All the other mothers would quickly move away if they saw me coming first. I was known as the woman with lots of children who actually wanted to talk about politics and policies while advocating breast feeding to new mothers who would rather not.
When John McCain became the Republican nominee for President, I pouted. He was too conciliatory toward the Democrats. He made deals with them instead of fighting them. There didn't seem to be much difference between him and the Dems. Then Sarah Palin was introduced as the Republican VP nominee. I almost didn't watch it because I was so miffed. But, when she started to speak, I found myself nodding my head and pumping my fist and getting excited. Here was a great role model for young, Christian mothers who might have kids be married and have a job too. Someone who didn't apologize for any of it and embraces all aspects of her hectic and I'm sure, harried life. Her comments about the only difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull is the lipstick made me realize that I too have been compared to such single minded brutes when defending my kids from the trash thrown at them by this culture.
She showed such grace and dignity through all the nasty gargage spewed about her and her lovely family. After every attack, she came out smiling and swinging. She's shown me that the RNC still has hope in future candidates. I know who I want to run for the Republican Presidential nominee in 2012. Thank you Sarah Palin, the anti-Hillary. Knowing that you will be the future of the RNC gives me some measure of comfort on this very sad day.