John McCain & Sarah Palin

This is going to be "political", as a warning to those of you who don't like politics. But I thought it was time that I officially gave my endorsement on "Silly Nothings" to Senator McCain and Govenor Palin.
Now, I realize that no one really cares what I think about the candidates, but since it seems that being able to act or sing are the valued credentials for political influence, I figured, that since I have sung and starred in a couple home-movie productions, I would claim whatever authority this gives Tom Hanks and Chris Brown to be an expert on politics and state my support as well.
You all know that it was Govenor Huckabee I was hoping to see at the Republican National Convention this year, and was less than enthusiastic when instead, it was Senator McCain who won the nomination. I'll even go a step further to say that when I heard Gov. Palin announced as his running mate, I was in shock, and there was a significant part of me that did not like the nomination based on the fact that she was a woman (funny, coming from a woman), and that I didn't think she appeard to be Vice President material. Condeleezza Rice? Yes. Sarah Palin? No. She has young children and I thought she seemed more fit to speak at some mother's convention rather than be a VP.
However, after much research in the past few days, she has won me over. I'm gladly put to shame on my assumptions and am proud to be in the party that that would have her on the ticket. If you have not already, you need to watch her acceptance speech for the nomination at the RNC. It's excellent.
Along with her, my respect for Senator McCain has grown significantly and will definitely be supporting him to win the presidency come November. I realize that he is not the public speaker nor does he exude the charisma that Sen. Obama does. However, as I've always said, it's key to be a good public speaker when you're a senator/representative because that is your job. It's your job to convince people to vote for your bill...the power of persuasion. But somehow people think that transelates to the presidency. Public speaking skills does not make President Bush a bad president, nor would it make Sen. Obama a good president. Presidents are there to make decisions, not speeches.
I'll end with a quote made by Senator Obama when asked when life begins. He refused to answer the question that he considered to be a "theological question". No, Sen. Obama. When life begins is a bioligical question. When life is worth saving is a question of humanity. How you'll pay for the answers you give is the theological question. So in the words of Sen. Obama, when refusing to answer the question of when life begins, "It is above my pay scale". In that case, so is the presidency.