Sarah Palin, your fifteen minutes are up — please step away from the podium
When Senator McCain announced his running mate more than a month ago, the world was taken by surprise. News agency, tabloid writers, people like you and me, all started researching and Googling what Governor Palin is all about. Now, with more than 20 million hits under her name, we “know” her just a little better — and it’s scary to think she may be the 2nd in command of the most powerful nation in the world (and if actuary tables are to be believed, may very well become the first woman president of US).
There’s no doubt that many people at one point, had this thought in their mind, “I can run this country better than that guy in the White House right now.” But do you really think so? Think of the movie, “Bruce Almighty” where God gave his power to a common man. That’s the kind of power we as citizens, might be giving to Governor Palin if her party wins in November.
As Governor of Alaska, there’s numerous cases where she showered favoritism towards her family and friends. Is this acceptable? If we have someone in the White House who could be so easily swayed and lobbied for random causes because she hadn’t got a brain of her own except her desires and wants – what will happen to the country? One example from the aforementioned movie provides a good analogy — if God pulls the moon toward the Earth to woo a woman, disastrous calamities would befall the Earth. When Sarah Palin, a commoner like you and me, becomes the person in power, her short term insight and favoritism toward those who woo her would result in terrible consequences.
In the past couple of weeks, Palin was finally “prepared” enough by McCain’s camp advisers to be let out of the classroom and into newsrooms for interviews. I’m sure McCain regretted giving his stamp of approval to allow someone like Katie Couric talk to Palin on camera for the world to see. It’s evident that Palin have ZERO experience of how to respond to tough questions posed and it’s clear her teachers weren’t able to get her to see the world through the eyes of someone in power.
Couric: Have you ever been involved in any negotiations, for example, with the Russians?
Palin: We have trade missions back and forth, we do. It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia. As Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there, they are right next to our state.
During last night’s debate, it’s evident that Palin was picking out choice topics that her trainers/handlers have taught her and reciting as memorized to the American public. It wasn’t a “debate” – it was just a presentation of what the GOP camp wanted us to hear, except through Palin’s mouth. Hell, presentation isn’t even really a good way to put it — more like it’s a huge 1.5 hour of presentation of why we should pick McCain, because “he is the great American hero!” *cough BS* She cannot think for herself in a national sense, period. And for McCain to pick her, is to shortchange the American people of who should be in the VP seat, a position of considerable power and influence over American’s policy — foreign and domestic. Palin pick was a political move to get himself into the White House, it’s obvious that he didn’t think much of the pick before he went for it. Now, I sincerely hope, it’d become a irreversible decision that would doom the party.
I understand that there’s much truth stretching and bending last night. Ultimately, it doesn’t really matter whose facts is straighter when it comes to the past of who voted for what. This post contains the entirety of the debate, and I have to say, in my opinion, that the future presented by Biden/Obama camp, is better than their opponent’s. The future is what matters, and McCain camp is headed for the wrong direction. On top of that, McCain got a VP pick that can’t do anything by herself. All night, I kept waiting for her to give a real answer to the question presented by Gwen Ifill, and it never really happened. It’s as if it wasn’t even a debate, but just another venue for Palin to give a speech in. It’s utterly ridiculous that some people actually said she did well! Are they even sane?! She didn’t listen except for tidbits that she could hook on in order to parrot off what’s she have been taught to repeat.
In 10 years since I’ve obtained the eligibility to vote, I have never been this politically aware (thanks in large to my roommates Mo and Ricky). I used to vote just because I could ~ and I didn’t know who and what I was voting for when I went to the poll booth. For this election, I am confident to say I have learned enough to hope, as much as I can, for Obama and Biden to win in November 2008. Sarah Palin, please go back to Alaska and continue to be the governor of that great state and a wonderful hockey mom for your 5 children. Your fifteen minutes of fame is up, we really have enough of your folksy idiosyncrasies.
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