My Governor

Yeah, my Governor rocks. That's right, I am a proud Alaskan, which includes the independent, out-of-the-box, unique streak that runs in almost everyone who lives up here. Which includes our Governor, Sarah Palin. I'm pretty sure most of you, even non-Americans, have heard about presidential hopeful McCain picking our state's leader.

Let's say that the announcement has everyone up here excited and talking. For the past several months, if you brought up politics, you were lucky if you only got rolled eyes. Some would tell you to shut up and not mention it again. But Sunday morning, you could hear whispers all over and the one distinguishable word was: Palin. Yeah, now everyone's talking about politics. And many people who were planning on staying home rather than voting because they didn't like McCain and Obama (nicknamed by many up here as "Obama Bin Ladin") scared them are now saying that they're planning to vote for McCain simply because he's running with Palin.

We like her up here, her approval ratings are amazing. I heard on the news that they are consistently in the eighties and occasionally into the nineties. Normally, I'm not into politics, and I don't talk about it, but this has gotten me interested in the coming elections, even though I'm still (by a month) too young to vote. Although I can't say I've ever met her, I have seen her once in my life, right before she became our governor. She was the commencement speaker at my friend Jennifer's homeschool graduation in 2006. I don't even remember who spoke at my graduation.

I have this to say to the rest of the country: Yep, my Governor pretty much rocks. It's about time that people remembered that Alaska is actually part of the US. And no- we are not off the coast of Baja. We're off by Canada. We're on the same continent. If you haven't heard, our Governor may be the future vice-president. Perhaps, even further off than that, she could be our president. Go Alaska, and go Palin!