"gutsy, folksy agenda"
do we need politicians with folksy agenda?
Or do we need serious polticians who give their citizens credit for their intelligence?
I don't need real politicians to be cute, attractive or entertaning.
I need them to have an educated long term VISION that is congruent with democratic principles.
I do not want to be treated like a common redneck, and this is how Palin approaches her audiences.

Maybe we didn't want a real politician. Maybe we wanted someone who feels like "one of us"
Maybe we didn't care how many terms he/she/it served in Senate

She is the one who understands - the potential dangers coming from Russia.

She is a real person with real life issues. Not like make belief super hero of our time the G-d sent , blah blah... friend of Biden and the new cheif - O...

i am not sure how to define "a real politician".
when this country was founded they did not have career politicians. They had people selected to represent their town/state.. i am actually not even sure if they were paid for their services.
However, now to be a politician means being a corrupt representative of special interest groups.
Democrats, republicans, who cares?
Do any of your represent your interests? Or some of the interests they really represent incidentally match up with some of yours?
As about Palin.. yeah she is different a bit from most politicians.. She is not that bright, but prolly smarter then 50% of the droolers in senate/congress.
It's entertaining to see what will transpire..

Or do we need serious polticians who give their citizens credit for their intelligence?
Do we have someone like this in our government NOW??
What exactly intelligent has he done since he got elected?? Or ever in his career?? Besides getting himself elected.

I do not want to be treated like a common redneck, and this is how Palin approaches her audiences.
Well, at least she is honest when she speaks, not treating me like a dummy-telling some kinda made up stories about his mom having had to fill out paper work when she was sick-what a horrible experience! Or doctors taking out a kid's tonsils because of the reimbersement. What a phony.

In order to avoid having "career" politicians spending their lives in government (just do your term, accopmplish your agenda on which you got elected, and go home), we need term limits. No more than two terms for a senator, and maybe 3-4 for congressmen. This will end corruption, worrying about being re-elected, etc.

Terms limits would be a beginning, however, aside from that we have to break up the dumb 2 party system..
I don't want to vote for religious freaks or communists.. so i don't vote.. same with most of the country.. most of us don't care to vote because the party lines don't represent us at all.
Make them get elected on narrow issues, have them form coalitions, etc..

So maybe Sarah bailed out early so she can form a new party? We need to shake up this political status-quo and creating a new party would be just the ticket. I certainly would not be surprised if she goes that route. More power to her. Current Republicans for the most part are disappointing, current Democrats - far worse.

I don't want to vote for religious freaks or communist
Sorry, was unable to hold myself from asking :-)
I definetely know who the "communists" are. :-)
But are Palin or Bush "religious freaks"? I mean it would probably never happen that this country will elect someone who openly admits they are atheists.
(Obama was saying he is "Christian", he definitely not).

Svetlana, yes.. they are..
i am not calling for a atheist.. just for a person who does not have to mention god as a driving force for their decision..
So to me Bush & Palin are religious freaks..