McCain-Palin to steer US in the right direction

I know I am just one voice but I have watched the attacks in some of the media on your state, town, governor and her family with such disgust and disbelief that I am compelled to write to you. Please know that there are millions of us who have every respect for Alaska, her people and what she stands for in our American “quilt.”

In the spirit of Alaska lives the spirit that America was founded on. Of course, Sarah Palin is not an answer to all modern ills. She and her family are not perfect but live obviously by values that are much more representative of MOST of ours than of those on either the far left or far right fringes of society. I thank them, their families and your citizens for stepping up to the plate in what seems to be the most important election of our lifetimes.

Millions upon millions of us do not ridicule, criticize and demonize based only on what is outside our comfort zones. Personally, I cannot believe how unsophisticated and ignorant many are who pretend to be so worldly and knowledgeable. The vicious, uncivilized prejudice of the self-described elites merely shows them to be a big, huge NOT.

I grew up in a small town in Iowa. I am proud of that. I know what Arugula lettuce is but prefer hearts of Romaine. I live by my faith and know how to shoot a gun but “cling” blindly to neither. I don’t give a flying fig where someone’s ancestors come from but if they are Americans they need to be Americans first and whatever their descent is second.

I recognize a Monet when I see one but also a mare when she is about to foal and a grape ready to pick. I am an intelligent, well-rounded woman who is happy with my gender, deeply in love with my husband, confident that I am equal to him and secure in the reality that it doesn’t mean I want to be “the same” as him.

I had a baby when I was 17 and moved to California. That “baby” is now in his mid-30s, a wonderful husband and father and a self-made millionaire by the time he was 30 because America IS one, free nation under God with opportunities for ALL.

It is a sad and frightening day in America when a nuclear family that chooses not to banish a pregnant teenager or abort a child who will have special needs is judged so harshly by the very people who profess to be open-minded, progressive and peace-loving.

I hope we rise up and vote for the McCain/Palin ticket as I believe that will help us begin to steer our ship in the direction that is best for the MAJORITY in America.

Go America! Go Alaska! Go Governor Palin!

Karen Colasinski

Oxnard, Calif.