9.07.2008

Stop digging, Sarah Palin.

Can someone put a note on Sarah Palin's desk telling her, "just stop; you are just digging yourself deeper and deeper!"

I don't agree with the media attacking any politician for their personal past, but if the media is already doing it, why feed the fire?

After the Republican National Convention this past week, I came away with only one memory. Sarah Palin made herself sound like an insensitive, naive Republican, going on and on about how John McCain's time in Vietnam was more of a hardship than the adversities Barack Obama or Joe Biden have faced.

John McCain's selfless sacrifice and service to this country is an honorable feat that many of us will never comprehend, but in a country with so much diversity, how can one person's struggle be easier or more difficult than another individual's?

Joe Biden suffered through the sudden loss of his wife, death of his son, and suffered from multiple brain aneurysms. Barack Obama grew up watching his mother and grandparents do everything they could to raise him, and then lost his mother to cancer.

In this country, no one person's problems are worse or less significant than the other. Everyone should have an understanding and openness to not put down or diminish another's struggle.

So, think before you speak Sarah. Especially if what you are saying is being heard by millions.

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