Sarah Palin's Biggest Problems - Where is She by the Way?

Sarah Palin is hiding. It's a fact. Joe Biden, Barack Obama and John McCain all give interviews. So far Palin has avoided them, officially, not by accident. That is her biggest problem to date in my eyes, because well If she's not ready for the big time interview than how can she be ready to be a heartbeat away from the Oval Office? And I mean that sincerely. Where is she and why is she hiding from the press?

According to AP reporter Sara Kugler today in "Palin Sticks to Script on Campaign Trail" anything talked about on the vice-presidential candidate's plane is strictly "off the record." Kugler also reports that McCain campaign manager Rick Davis has said that Palin will "agree to an interview when we think it's time and when she feels comfortable doing it." Palin is scheduled to talk with a "hand-picked" interviewer for ABC later this week. If you don't find this tight handling of the GOP's Veep candidate unusual, I do. Unusual and indicative of a candidate ill prepared to hold the second highest office in the land.

So what do you think Sarah is hiding? There are so many issues that could be considered controversial where she is concerned. Her biggest problems, from where I sit are three: her attempts at censorship and disregard for the First Amendment of our Constitution; abuse of power; and last but not least, pray out the gay.

Sarah Palin's disregard for the First Amendment became crystal clear back when she was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. According to internet rumor and a letter that has been circulating by a woman claiming to be an old friend of hers, Anne Kilkenny, Sarah Barracuda, attempted to fire the city librarian after she asked if she would be willing to censor or pull books if asked and received a negative reply. This is all documented in the Anchorage Daily News on September 9, 2008 and in articles found in the New York Times and other respected news outlets. By the way, the librarian kept her job. Nonetheless, Palin seems to have an issue with freedom of speech.

Palin's brother-in-law Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten appeared on CNN recently. He is part of the so called "trooper-gate" investigation that has been brought about to determine if Governor Palin abused the power of her office to push the Public Safety Commissioner to fire Mike Wooten. The Wootens apparently were undergoing a difficult divorce and custody battle at the time. The Public Safety Commissioner was fired. Why? We don't know yet.

The religious beliefs of Presidents has always been of interest to Americans. This election year in particular, both the Democrats and Republicans appeared on one or more "faith" based forums to discuss their beliefs under questioning. However, according to the NY Times on September 5th, 2008, "Maria Comella, a spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign, said Ms. Palin had been baptized Roman Catholic as an infant, but declined to comment further."We're not going to get into discussing her religion," she said." What we do know is that the Palins attend the Wasilla Bible Church which is nondenominational. We have heard that the congregation leans toward the conservative and sometimes beyond. According to the same NY Times article, "the church has also come under fire among some gay advocacy groups for promoting an upcoming Focus on the Family conference in Anchorage dealing with the so-called curing of homosexuality." Consequently praying out the gayness of folks has become a problem, and in my opinion one of the biggest problems for Sarah Palin.

There are many more rumors and potential problems I have a feeling, so where are you Sarah Palin?