CNN has confirmed that Sherry Johnston was arrested on six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance at her home in Wasilla, Alaska.
During the recent presidential campaign, Sarah Palin and other Republican leaders spoke of small-town America and “Main Street values.” In Governor Palin’s hometown of Wasilla, Alaska (pop 7,028), police recently conducted a drug raid that resulted in the arrest of Sherry Johnston, mother of Levi Johnston, Palin’s soon-to-be son-in-law and father of her in-utero grandchild.
I’ve already made note of some of the attitudes and mentalities of people from Wasilla, so this arrest is no real shock. America was admonished for getting away from small town values. Metropolitan and suburban Virginia were referred to as not being the “real” Virginia. A culture war may be brewing as evidenced by the insanity that came about in the Palin rallies.
Apparently, the values of “real” America that need to be infused into the rest of the country involve close-mindedness and criminal behavior, not arugula consumption and elitism. That’s what Sarah Palin spoke about. This is her family member that has been arrested. These are the values that she says are correct.
I don’t know if Barack Obama will do a good job as president, but I think this country avoided disaster by not putting Palin in power. Whether Americans make the same smart choice in the future remains to be seen.
