Known by the company you keep

Didn't your Mother always tell you, "You are known by the company you keep?" Didn't your Mother always tell you "You should be tolerant of everybody, but choose your friends well?"

Having heard from Sarah Palin and her friends in Alaska on TV, I am voting for her and John McCain because of their love for America. And "dog gone it," we should be proud of our country, and never degrade it in speeches.

Sen. Obama wants to change our country, but I am scared of his changes because of his association with radical thinkers. Thinkers that have even bombed our country and have said they should have done more. I am scared that for 20 years Obama and his wife listened to their minister who hated America and even preached hate from his pulpit.

"Dog gone it," isn't it refreshing hearing Sarah Palin speak plain English? I don't want anyone to tell me what she has said. I hear her loud and clear. She understands my America.

DeLoris Doederlein

East Dundee