MyThreeDaughters

I was hopin, just hopin, that this bein 2008, the girls could grow up in a world in which it was O.K. for girls to be smart. I never thought much about this, bein a guy, and it bein O.K. to be smart, but now I have three girls. And I’m thinkin.
And I’m wonderin if Sarah Palin doesn’t think it’s O.K. I mean, seriously, has she ever pronounced a g at the end of a word? Or is she tryin that hard to seem like someone Joe Six-Pack would like to be partyin with? (I know what you’re thinkin, but anyone who doesn’t mind droppin the g so much probably wouldn’t have a problem endin a sentence with a preposition.)
Yes, everybody drops a g once in a while (or else the phrase, “chillin like a villain” wouldn’t even rhyme, and that would be a crime).
But I’m startin to think her name is really “Sarah Paling” and she just dropped the g forever.
Now, to be fair (which I’m hatin doin), she’s not the only one doin this.
In a few short minutes today, I jotted down Barack Obama sayin, “…talkin tough about earmarks.” And I heard John McCain sayin, “…that’s what America’s been doin.”
So maybe it’s not just women, maybe it’s not cool in America to be obviously smart anymore.
Or maybe it’s just that times are tough. People are havin to cut back wherever they can. And if you can save a g here and a  g there, it really adds up.