After I read all the assigned readings for tomorrows class the next thing on the list of things to do for tomorrow was to pick a topic for unit one assignment. Let me tell you it took much longer then I had anticipated for me to finally choose one. After I searched many random things in the library search and looked over many newspaper sites for an interesting topic I finally came up with the topic of family. The family of the Presidential candidates and more recently the family of the vice president candidates are affected and affect the decisions of many voters.
The other day I was watching the Ellen Degeneres show and Michelle Obama was on and she was talking about her six year old daughters first day at kindergarten and how she had to be escorted by body guards. Imagine that being your first day of school! Also this whole situation with Palin having five children and one pregnant daughter being the topic of conversation on all news stations. These families life's are being picked at the media. It is amazing to me how many people will make there decision off of the candidates families. I know for sure that I don't know one perfect family.
I found an article that really caught my attention because they were picking apart Palins family life and decisions. They are judging her abilities through her family life. This is an interesting topic for me and all disgusts me how people judge so quickly from such little information.
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- My name is Elsa. Im 18 almost 19 years old. I am a sophmore at TCU. I moved to TCU from San Salvador, El Salvador. I speak spanish and english. I love to have fun and laugh alot. My picture is of my mommy and me at my graduation. the mountain behind is acutally the volcano I lived on!
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(happy birthday, again by the way!)
I was thinking about doing this for my topic, as well! I know exactly what you mean, it really is awful how involved everyone is in the candidate's families lives...myself included sometimes. I do really feel bad for them though, hopefully we've seen the worst of it!
I agree whole heartedly. Choosing Governer Palin was actually a very wise decision by McCain. However, no matter who it is, when they are in the limelight, they will be followed, accused, and ridiculed. Obama's youngest daughter might be picked on later in life, because she has a big scary man in sunglasses following her around. Every detail of Palin's daughter's wedding will be tracked. People need to focus on the issues and the candidates, and leave their families in the background.
I would hate to live the life that these kids have to live. It's just not normal at no matter what the parents try to do. They can never be free and have fun like normal kids it seems to me. I'm glad I dont have to live like that.
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