My 2 cents on the whole thing:

Obama is not the messiah, nobody has the power to turn the tide over the very bad last decade for the US. To see him as a savior is plainly wrong, biaised and a blind assumption. He can just do his best and let's see how his best is. HOwever, if you let me chose between him, McCain (which campaign has been labeled as pure improvisation by most specialists for cause) and the greedy DLC monkey, Clinton, there is no choice possible. The savior? Sure no. THe best alternative? On paper, Most definitely. He's not perfect but did a few things he promised and to me, it's a good start:
- nobody from his cabinet is on the payroll of huge corporations
- Restablishing relation with europe and Canada, relation greatly wounded by the Bush-Cheney tandem.
- putting a limit to te wage of CEO from companies that receive government help to 500 000 instead of te many millions plus golden parachutes bonus.
- kept at least 2 republicans in place to work with the Democrats as he promised it
- Closing Guantanamo, one of te worst aberrations in the history of a country that has been built on liberty
- re-opening the ban on stem cell researches, one of the most important field of researches of the XXIst century.
- Repositioning the USA against the use of torture, which was mangled during the Bush era

To me, it is indeed a good start.

Thus said, Palin is one of the scarriest thing I've ever seen;

1) she supports the republican party... wearing the democrats scarf, after more than 10 years, can't you just make the difference between your elephant and a donkey? It says a lot about her aptitude when it'll come to more important issues: Palin Fashion Includes Scarf That Encourages Voting...For Democrats

2) She never had a passport and barely left Alaska. That in itself is her business but when she claims that she's good at international politics by stating that "Alaska is close to Russia therefore I have russian experience" is a lot scarier than a guy (Biden) asking by mistake to an handicap to stand up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWGS73v4_k

3) A Lady who finds the way to spend 150 000 in luxury clothes during the worst modern economic situation the US ever face is the wrongest thing ever, especially when it is during the sole campaign and that it has been bought with money from tax payers; Republicans spent $150,000 on Sarah Palin's clothes - Times Online

4) Using her handicap children and stolling him around like a circus monkey during the campaign to drag some pity in an attempt to picture her like a "household hero" is plainly wrong: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/03/us...3families.html Especially when that living hell is the first one to cut budgets for disabled children in her whole State: Palin’s Budget Cut for Severely Disabled Children in Alaska

5) FOr not knowing what a vice-president is supposed to do and to be in the white office: ""They're in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom." That's the superdumbness se answered to a third grader about what the vice president does. Interview with NBC affiliate KUSA in Colorado, Oct. 21, 2008

6) An ever more racist stint than Biden could have ever said: "Idon't believe in interracial relationships, I was born in Idaho and raised to believe that whites and blacks shouldn't mix or date each other" (1986)"

7) because freely and without any proofs, she makes one of the biggest and unacceptable accusation, saying that Obama is frolicking with terrorists: Palin: Obama's 'terrorist... pallin' around': The Swamp or Palin hits Obama for 'terrorist' connection - CNN.com


So yeah, here's why I hate Pallin and why I think McCain wasn't the man for the task, especially after he confesses he chose her after a 15 minutes conversation. HOw can you make such an important decision for te nation after a MERE 15 minutes? I sure do not contest what he did for the country but I sure do contest such dubious behavior at a such advanced age: The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin | Election 2008 | AlterNet