Day90 Saturday 11/27/10

ran 1.8 miles

• In an article from The Associated Press, discussing Barack Obama’s recent indulgence in foreign affairs versus the domestic interests of Americans, it is interesting how the recent spike of involvement on the foreign policy front is stampeding through the important matters at home, after an election that saw international topics as unworthy for discussion or campaigning. Furthermore, Obama spent only three days abroad (Czech Republic and Afghanistan in April) in the last year leading up to his parties “Shellacking” on November 2. I cannot say whether or not he has compensated for his yearlong lack of foreign diplomacy since the globetrotting began after the Midterm Elections, but he has certainly made up for the taxpayer money he did not spend last year on his extravagant trip to India.

• Sarah Palin, while being interviewed by Glenn Beck on Wednesday, had a slip of the tongue as she made a response to Beck regarding our South Korea ally when she stated, “…Our North Korea ally.” Beck quickly corrected her and she explained her verbal slip. The media, however, made headlines out of it with the intent to ridicule her. Palin criticized the media via Facebook and pointed out ten gaffes Barack Obama had, which the media did not see fit to report on front pages, once again pointing out the biased approach to reporting news that has sensationalized this country with misgivings. Among our heralded president’s slips were such follies as “My fellow Americans in all 57 states,” “The time has changed for come,” “We know that countries like Europe,” and “ The reforms we seek will bring greater inefficiencies to our health care system”. If you don’t remember hearing about these it is because, for the most part, the media did not deem them newsworthy.

The road to 2012 will be getting in gear soon. Some very critical decisions need to be made immediately among democrats and republicans, which will be foretelling of what Barack Obama’s real interpretation of November 2 was and what his reaction to America’s disappointment in his decisions over the past two years is.

Presidential candidates will be announcing their nominations before we know it. The names everyone seems to be talking about at this point are Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, and Mike Huckabee. Palin has received the most press recently after an interview with Barbara Walters in which she stated she was confident she could beat Barack Obama in a presidential race. Do you think Sarah Palin has what it takes to dethrone Barack Obama? Would you vote for her?

1,837.1 miles to go.