One Wednesday November 5th, 2008 I went to work wearing a dark suit, white shirt and a black tie.  I work in a business causal environment so seeing someone in a suit usually means one thing, they have an interview.  I am not sure why but everyone always wants to be around you when you have an interview.  Maybe because they want to know more about possible openings inside the company, perhaps it is because there is someone in the world ready to move on up and people want to be close to this new power broker, but probably it is because in the cubical world that we live in, it is just what people do.

Anyway, I came in wearing a suit and as I suspected it got some attention.  I was asked where I was interviewing and with what group.  I let them know the sad news that I was not interviewing but rather that the prior night I had lost a dear friend.  Of course, the loss of friend is never an easy thing to deal with, no one is quite sure what to say and it is a sad moment to reflect on the mortality we all face.

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Sen. John McCain picked Sarah Palin to be his vice presidential running mate and I’m thrilled.

You see, I’m a conservative, and here’s what that means to me. I’m for small government, small taxes, and largely a keep-your-nose-out-of my-business-type government--unless someone is getting hurt. I think government should protect the country and keep roads paved, and that’s about it. Prisons? Privatize them. The education system? Privatize it. The healthcare system? I don’t know what we should do about that. We’ve done a bit of both privatizing and government intervention and it’s still a mess. I’ll leave that debate to people who have answers.

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Well let me go on record as saying I was completely wrong in who I thought John McCain was going to pick.  I was hopeful for Mike Huckabee but thought it would be Mitt Romney, I know people were talking about the governor of Minnesota or of Florida but I did not think that was the way he was going to go.

As I looked at the choices I really did not see how any of them, even my beloved Huckabee would really help McCain.  Here is what I felt John needed to do to be elected President:

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I really don’t consider myself a politically savvy character. Yes, I am an American. Yes, I vote. What party do I support? I prefer to keep people guessing. Here is hint: my favorite Presidents have been Ronald Regan and John F Kennedy.

After hearing the news, I couldn’t wait to get home and google this lady who might make history and find out as much as I could about her. My first impression was Wow! She is pretty damn attractive - especially considering she is 44, a mother of 5, and a politician.

She is the governor of Alaska. She is pro-life, pro gun, pro drilling, and a tree hugger (life time member of NRA). She seems to stand against corruption. That being said, she does seem to be far right and ultra conservative.

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I have said that you will not get positive campaigns until positive campaigns work.  I have just watched the Republican debate in Florida and I must say that I am very impressed with all the candidates.  Everyone answered the questions that were presented to them and did not turn ugly on their fellow Republicans.  Compare that to a couple of days ago in South Carolina, the Democrats were selling tickets to an ultimate fighting cage match.  Three candidates come in, only one walks out! Continue Reading

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