Assignment 3 Nook

1. Blogtalk: Pregnant Pause
This article talked about news that Vice presidential candidate Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant. From this news, the article became a spin off of a thousand different Republican ideals such as pro-life, family values, etc. as the daughter is deciding to have the child. Frankly, who cares? It's not Palin's daughter that is McCain's running mate, it's Palin. Sure, family values can be a factor in choosing who to vote for, but Obama agrees, they shouldn't be dwelled upon so harshly.

2. Ratings: McCain Has Slight Edge on Obama; Could Be Decided by Supreme Court
This article was basically a comparison of popularity between both the DNC and the RNC. It seems as if McCain's speech had 38.9 million viewers, where as Obama's speech had a little less at 39.3 million viewers. Also, the RNC was the most watched political event on television since 1960, but had to be cut short due to Hurricanie Gustav. At this point in the race, the odds seem to be about even for each candidate according to the viewers.

3. Politics; not a word often used in my vocabulary. I am a very stubborn person when it comes to my values and morals, and I don't let anyone take my power to think on my own away, but when it comes to politics, I just don't have the desire to know everything I can about them. I am 17 years old and I miss this years election by one month, turning 18 in December, and I think that does have something to do with why I am not quite as politically active as the rest, but honestly I think politics are boring in some ways and I don't exactly want to spend my time getting to know which candidate has which values and who's better than who. I didn't get a chance to watch the RNC this weekend because I had other plans, but if I did in fact get a chance to see it I probably would've turned off the TV ten minutes in.