[dalakhani]

Originally Posted by miraja2

Well, that's not entirely accurate. On abortion in particular, Congress can't really do much of anything. Any movement on the abortion issue will have to come from the courts, and since the executive is the primary branch responsible for filling any vacancies there, the next president is actually very important.

As for Palin, it doesn't bother me at all that she has just been a mayor and the governor of Alaska. The supposed "issues" with her family don't concern me either. What worries me is that she is about as far right as you can get. What bothers me is that she thinks people can "pray away the gay," and that she believes creationism should be taught in the schools along with evolution as if they were just two different "theories," and that she is about as staunchly anti-choice as a person could be. Those are my issues with her in particular (and with the Christian Right in general) and I think people should either accept her or reject her on issues such as these (along with economic philosophies) rather than blindly voting for the Republican ticket because she seems somehow "tough" or against the ticket because she is too "inexperienced."
Now, you are certainly right in suggesting that the election of McCain-Palin isn't going to mean that kids everywhere will be subjected to the moronic "intelligent design" crap, but a potential Palin presidency would seem to continue the general anti-science, anti-gay, anti-choice positions of the Bush administration.

well said