Thank you deltec for the ONLY answer I received vs. 13 opinions. Nearly all of those opinions and your answer attacked Obama . Now that's a stretch worthy of any politician, but it was an uncomplicated question that could be answered with facts I could learn from or opinions which we all have ,just as we all have--- Anyway, you did have a rethink and also went the opinion route. Billy offered me finances--no, it was financial advice but I'm not sure of his qualification and will ask him for his resume and fees.Im not hurting financially from this administration ,so far, we'll see when all the shoes have dropped.Greybeard saw a lack of intelligence , stated his belief that I hadn't thought out my post,and questioned my motivation. WELLLLL that's coming from the top so it is one set of questions I WILL try to answer. In reverse order; My motivation was to learn how Palin ,whom I had never heard of , got picked. I heard all kinds of stories, non of which I had any means of veryfiing .I condensed and ran that list in my post. I wanted to know as much of the truth as I could find. You, being from Alaska had a lot of facts to share and you did ,and I thank you again. As far as thinking out these posts ,I feel I did quite well ,other than asking a question that seemed to offend people just by asking??? That might indicate the lack of intelligence, but if you were to read all of the opinions too , well, I am way at the back of that line. DAMMIT that's an opinion too and we all know what that's worth ! I never ONCE called anybody a babykiller! Jimster:well stated, more opinions but some good facts too,a regular breath of fresh air.