Sara Palin is, hands down, one of the single greatest disasters to happen to the United States.
Look, its true that the President is a figurehead for the country, and that the balance of power works to make sure that our executive branch can't mess things up to seriously. However, those in charge still wield a huge amount of power, and putting Palin as next-in-line Commander in Chief is like giving a chipmunk a remote detonator for a ballistic missle.
Palin is obviously a serious problem, or at the very least everyone I've talked to seems to believe so. But why do people insist on supporting her? Is it her everyday American appeal, her friendly winks, or her overwhelming knowledge about Russia, and what it looks like from a distance? Is it because, according to one of my neighbors, she's "smokin' hot"?
Unfortunately for us, the answer is apparently that our political system sucks. Its a populariy contest; candidates choose who to support, and who to run with, to draw various constituencies towards their cause. Its not about what the best choice for the country is, its about what the best choice to win is. That is the only reason Palin is even known today-though how a political official of that level of extreme stupidity managed to stay beneath the radar so far, I will never know or understand-is because she 'connects with everyday Americans' (Meacham, Newsweek).
Palin herself commented that people are outspoken against her because she is "a normal Joe Six-Pack" vying for the seat of Vice President. There are two things wrong with that:
1. She's not a 'Joe'. It's not clear what Palin knows about anything, and the fact that she confuses her own sexuality is frightening.
2. Those in charge can not be the average Joe Six-Pack. They can be a person who understands and responds to the average American, yes. But they also need to represent what is best about America, and about its people.
And therein lies the problem with Sarah Palin. She is a representation of America, but only of it's ignorance and stupidity. We need a Vice President who can display a good image about our country, especially amidst the current financial hardships.
And having a Vice President who plays 'peek-a-boo' with Russia does not speak volumes about the intelligence, and the greatness of America.
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Very funny post. I really liked it. I feel that Palin is trying to follow in Bush's footsteps and be the politician that the "average american" can sit down and have a beer with. Obviously, she is doing a poor job at portraying herself in this light, but the fact that anyone at all is buying into this is scary regardless of whether McCain or Obama wins.
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