Sarah Palin as your mom?

Okay, so the Vice Predidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden is tonight and we should be spending our time figuring the pluses and minuses of each candidate... wait, that's no fun, let's go all trivia on it instead....

Here's something you gotta love, there's a site called Shop the Vote that was born from a documentary called '18 in 08' that decided to motivate the 29 million new voters in the 2008 election.  It's all about participating, taking charge of your future, taking your voting right seriously, things like that.... Well, guess what the only survey question on the home page is?  Wait for it....'Would You Want Sarah Palin As Your Mom?'

Okay, so now take a moment and try to remember your youth...and putting yourself in that frame of mind, try to guess the answer before you look - remember these kids are all young, don't read newspapers, get their political views from Saturday Night Live and, if they are like a slightly older version of my 16 year old, think that being responsible means not leaving ALL their clothes on the floor of the bathroom after a shower, just the really dirty ones, oh and the towel.

The answer:

Yes (15%)
No (83%)
Who's That? (2%)

This is either really scary, or a saving grace depending on how you look at it.  Either they base all of their political decisions on how the candidates do or don't look and act like their parents... in which case we're all doomed, or they think that Palin is just a terrible person and would be a fine vice president... which says something about how low the standards of our political leaders have fallen, in which case we're still all doomed.... So forget the saving grace part.

Actually, I think they probably didn't think one way or another about Gov Palin, just wouldn't have wanted to be named Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow or Piper (her kid's names).  Want to see what you'd have been named if you were her child?  You gotta know there's a website out there that will tell you.