During my last weekly visit with my mom somehow the subject of the current massacre in Arizona was brought up. Being the impassioned liberal that I am, I immediately brought up Sarah Palin and how she might have indirectly caused this tragedy with her map and crosshair specifically targeting Rep. Giffords. I knew my mom likes Sarah Palin. Every week she tunes in to her Alaska show on The Learning Channel so I was expecting her to staunchly defend Palin but what came out of her mouth shocked me. She said “I like Palin! I don’t care about her politics! I’m not a citizen so why should I care about the politics!” My jaw dropped and I wanted to grab her, shake her, and knock some sense in to her. Continue reading
