crazy relatives, anyone?

I was speaking to a member of my family the other day. I won't be more specific than that, Christmas gatherings are close and I don't want to spend the day arguing, but suffice it to say that this relative and I are on the polar opposites of the political spectrum. This relative was actually telling me that Sarah Palin has five children and that should be her priority, not running for political office. This relative then when on to tell me that John McCain was a horrible man and that nothing he said could be trusted. I suppose he built that particular character trait while being held and tortured in a North Vietnamese prisoner camp, who knows. As for Mrs. Palin, I find it strange that the National Organization of Women love every woman on the planet, even the ones who have murdered someone, but they hate Sarah Palin with a passion that borders on maniacal. Odd, isn't it? Didn't they just spend years spoon feeding me the notion that Hillary was just as qualified as Bill and that I'd be getting two presidents for the price of one? How can they support the intrusion of a first lady who was elected to nothing, yet complain and snipe about a woman who not that long ago was simply a self described "hockey mom"and has risen to the potential of the highest office in the land? All this does tie in to the biggest corporation on earth, by the way. Not too lond ago, Cathy, in Illinois, related to me a conversation she had had at work. It was from her store manger who was urging her to consider her vote carefully in the upcoming elections. The wrong person in the white house and congress, she was told, would mean unfair regulation of the company, and more oversite into their dealings. This, she was explained, would mean that the company would have to spend more money on legal defense, and less on payroll. It doesn't take a genius to realize what they were saying. I knew that Wal-Mart could save me time and money with my shopping, I didn't realize they were also in the business of thinking for their employees, also. Information to have, I suppose. Are you financing a political agenda with that cheap can of paint you just bought? Think about where your money is being used after you give it to a Walton. You'll thank me later.