“I am aware that in presenting myself as the advocate of the Indians and their rights, I shall stand very much alone.”
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
Palin was a political Hail Mary, a long bomb in the closing minutes of a game that John McCain and Co. were certain to lose. They didn't care if she had the policy or political or emotional capacity to serve as vice president, let alone president. They were willing to drive the country off a cliff, if that's what it took to win.
As human beings, we need to know that we are not alone, that we are not crazy or completely out of our minds, that there are other people out there who feel as we do, live as we do, love as we do, who are like us.
I was able to support myself by acting alone about six years ago. Until then, I was just scraping by.
