Another Rant by Bettyjean Kling:
Ahhhh, did ya see that debate last night? I like joe bidden and I am a Democrat so I thought he did a great job. He did not attack Sarah - he did not make any major gaffs and he spun the facts the way politicians always do. Had this been any other race - I would have been all so very pleased with the job Joe did and so would you and you know it!
But- there was something different about this debate and this race - very different for us Democrats this year - many of us were rooting for the other side- why?
Well - we were because for the first time in maybe a long time we put party politics aside and looked at things from a different perspective. We decided that party politics was not the be all and end all - not this year and sadly - maybe never again. No- this year - we must put country first.
Our party in an effort to take back the White House stooped lower than the other party has and without our permission to do, so selected a candidate who is attempting to brainwash the masses and take away our inalienable rights.
Our party- violated women's rights and eliminated a much stronger candidate in order to ensure they could get their own way against the people and usurped the rights of the people. Our party left us.
This year we find ourselves a people without a party - a people fighting against the shell of a party that was in order to break the backs of those who took it over. We the people have little recourse but to join with another party in order to defeat those who would take away that which our founders fought and died to give us.
So last night - when a scrappy, smart, terrific gal from Alaska with a few issues that did not quite match mine stood her ground against Joe and promised to give me back my government- I rooted for her! When she gave us her expected party spin as expected I took it with the same grain of salt I have always swallowed when the Dems spin.
And I loved the fact that with five (5) weeks under her belt in Washington world the outsider from Alaska held her own against the good old boy who has known the insider ropes for well over 30 years.
Yes - you did a good job Joe and you were a gentleman and I appreciated that and respect you for that but Sarah won my heart Joe. Not because she knew more but because she stood up to you and stands up for all of us and says we are coming at cha! And ya know Joe- I believe her- I just don't believe you.
One thing you drove home over and over last night was the track record - well Joe- you have one too. That track record tells the whole story - you can't hide. First you said one thing about Obama and now you are saying something else.
In addition, our party made it clear there is no place for women at the top in our party. Clearly we had a stellar candidate who would have won this race hands down against anyone the Republicans would have run. Clearly she garnered more votes in the primary than any other candidate in history but this party not only ran her out - they allowed her to be mistreated and violated leaving only the Republicans to come to her defense.
Finally, in the Republican Party there is room at the top for women- Go Sarah Go!
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