09.13.08
Conceivable Answers
Since the presidential election is coming up shortly, I figured I should get back to writing a few things at Moderate Wacko. Oddly enough, it’s harder to write during this time period, as I keep absorbing an absolutely massive quantity of news stories — by the time I get annoyed by a story, there are three more that are just as annoying. So I keep reading and not blogging.
Well, time for me to add to the noise of the internet again.
Here is a letter to the editor in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, September 10th. Considering how short it is, I’ll quote the entire thing:
Katty Kay and Claire Shipman’s discussion of Gov. Sarah Palin “actually pushing the combination of professional and personal ambitions beyond the sensibilities of this generation of working moms,” raises a question I had wonder about as well (“Let’s Talk About Palin’s Family Challenges,” op-ed, Sept. 6).Why in the world would she subject herself to such horrible treatment by the press particularly when she had a fantastic life in Alaska?
While recently reading “John Adams,” “founding Brothers,” “1776,” “Team of Rivals,” etc., I asked myself the same question about those people who chose to push themselves beyond comfortable and meaningful lives to endure excruciating discomfort for the purest of political endeavors.
The only conceivable answer is that there are special people who are compelled to make a difference for their country — they cannot refuse.
Jacquie Woodward
Harrodsburg, Ky
Evidently it’s inconceivable that there are some people who are so power hungry that they’ll put their families through anything in the quest for power and a form of immortality.