On Palin
admin October 2nd, 2008
I’d feel sorry for her, if I wasn’t so completely opposed to pretty much everything she supports politically. I just don’t get how she can think the way she does, but then people have a right to form ideas as they choose. I’m also a bit worried about the Intelligence Quotient banging around in there. Why doesn’t she just admit that they has no foreign relations experience, that it is McCain with that experience and that was not why she was chosen? Why can’t she just make up some news source when asked what she was reading? Seriously, has she never heard of Fox News, CNN, Time Magazine, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, NPR….?
I actually find it offensive that McCain chose such a weak female candidate. I can only hope it is because he had such a hard time finding a woman who so strongly supported limitation of women’s rights and destroying our natural environment. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a female VP with kids,who was at least mostly qualified and able to hold her own when asked questions without prepared answers? The fact that she was the one chosen makes it appear as though she is the best to be had. Humph.
Anyway, this LA times article pretty much sums up my ideas.
“This isn’t the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women everywhere. It’s not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It’s about baking a new pie. Selecting Sarah Palin, who was touted all summer by Rush Limbaugh, is no way to attract most women, including die-hard Clinton supporters. Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,7541303.story
I have a friend who chided me that the focus on Palin’s inexperience is hypocritical when supporting a Presidential candidate with so little. True, Obama is a young candidate and lack of experience is a sticking point. I think he has plenty for the office, but that’s another discussion. The fact is that no one is perfectly prepared for the Presidency. People with lots of experience are chided as “Career Politicians.” The thing is that when presented with obstacles that he has not yet faced, he has the mental acuity to find a satisfactory answer. He has thought about the issues. He knows what the President does and he has been in Washington. I agree that #1 should be more important than #2, but when Palin provides such great material to Tina Fey, how can McCain compete?
I’ll be watching the debate during comedy hour with a bowl of popcorn since I’m sure that Palin will generate her share of laughs. Poor woman.