Party Rules Are Out the Door Tonight!

My argument to not vote for MaCain-Palin was based on lack of experience for Governor Palin but tonight she did much to dispel my fears. What Sarah Palin did was to convince me that I wasn’t wrong in the first place for initially feeling the way I did about Barack Obama. So what if I’m flip flopping – it’s my vote and I’m voting for McCain-Palin! I don’t want to make a mistake on my vote this year – it’s too critical. The Republicans didn’t play to my fear – I already understand the effects of terrorism. You need only read my story: Locked in Time – I Still Remember and Always Will. As one who served in the armed forces on active duty, I must do my duty to honor my country and understand that this election, above all, is NO GAME and party rules go out the door. As one who voted for democrats for nearly 35 years of my voting years, it’s time to move beyond party politics. Barack Obama has not yet earned that desk in the Oval Office and I agree with Mike Huckabee; Rudy Guiliani and Joe Lieberman. Joe is from Connecticut – my home state before I entered the military.

I was a staunch supporter of Hillary Clinton but Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton – she is her own woman and I liked what I heard tonight. She was genuine, feisty, well-informed and a true patriot and most especially and outsider to Washington politics. I love that most of all – and outsider, a reformer, another maverick. Everyone needs a Maverick on their team because without them, we may never hear the truth. You see, if we are to change Washington, we must bring change to Washington and both John McCain and Sarah Palin represent the type of change I want from my government.

One of my greatest concerns I raised as an issue in not voting for Senator McCain was his health. I questioned whether I wanted an “inexperienced” Governor of two years to become the President of the United States should Senator McCain pass on while in office. Tonight, Sarah Palin shot an A-10 bullet right at Senator Obama’s experience and I heard it very clearly. I like these Mavericks…look out Washington – real change is on the way.

Bonnie Tierney
Author & Veteran