Let’s talk Sarah
When Sarah Palin was first introduced as the vice president choice of John McCain, a choice that blindsided everybody, I initially thought this was a pretty smart move. Her writer prepared speech was delivered enthusiastically and with passion. It also didn’t hurt the words were coming from an attractive middle aged woman. I thought it was a pretty smart attack on Democrats, a way to lure some avid Hilary supporters away although the very idea that you would vote for a candidate simply based on their genitalia is rather ridiculous. Hilary and Sarah couldn’t be more different on their political viewpoints. Any person that would have swung across party lines with the Palin choice was a little low in brain octane in my opinion.
Ok anyway, like I said I never heard of the woman before and based on her one speech I 
heard she sounded like a decent choice. Unfortunately for the republicans they were unable to bound and gag her for the rest of the campaign and lock her in a trunk. Sarah quickly exposed herself as an unqualified, bible thumping, gun toting, paper bulldog who embarrassed herself and the McCain campaign consistently every time she was allowed to speak without a script. I mean the Katie Couric interview was astonishing as well as the one she did with Chris Wallace. The only thing Sarah appeared good at was beating the shit out of certain key phrases that the republican puppet masters wanted her to say like “maverick”, “Joe the Plumber”, “Get er done”, “Hockey mom” and infinite basketball to politics analogies.
To me, the woman came off as incredibly outclassed for the position she was meant to take on and I believe I would have that viewpoint regardless of my political orientation. I didn’t need another dummy in the White House, regardless of party.
Anyway, the whole reason I even bring this up is on Facebook a former high school buddy of mine Tom has been very vocal in his support for Sarah Palin. He seems to think that she is just a terrific up and coming political figure and can basically do no wrong in his book. He even justified her quitting her elected position as governor because she was getting too much heat. That is just what I am looking for in a leader, someone that bails if they are scrutinized too closely.
When I heard Sarah’s speech she gave when she quit I was comforted to know that she had not lost one ounce of her ability to make rambling, nonsensical statements that are filled with nothing but empty metaphors that make no real sense. I mean seriously, how can you listen to that “I quit” speech and feel like this is what you want in the White House?
Tom also can’t stand Obama and seems to think that pretty much every single move he has made since he entered office was a bad one. He appears to be against the bail outs, stimulus packages, and various other measures that have been taken and in some cases continued from the Bush administration. These measures were taken in response to being handed the worst financial condition EVER from a prior administration. If Obama’s moves have been all wrong I would like to know what course of action would have been preferred by the naysayers? Should we let financial institutions and auto industry go belly up and just tell the millions of people losing their life savings and/or their jobs “tough shit” that is they way things go?
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think Obama walks on water. Tom made an interesting post about all of the “Czars” that Obama has appointed and I already mentioned my displeasure with the Cap & Trade plan that is in congress right now. I think a lot of the ideals that Obama spoke of when campaigning are getting drug through the mud of the entrenched political juggernaut that runs the legislative branch of government. Obama can’t wave a magic wand and make all of that bullshit go away. He has to try to work with the scum that have been there for years to try to get the best legislation possible out of congress. It seems that is a more difficult task than he thought.
I’m not a supporter of welfare mentality, big brother government or socialism. I’m also not a fan of rich people paying smaller tax percentages than Joe the Plumber, Dick Cheyney (f you I’ll do what I want) politics, orchestrated wars, rich insurance companies laughing at millions of uninsured Americans, or unregulated, greed driven money grabbing. Navigating a path down the middle of those two points seems to be close to unreachable.
I respect Tom’s opinion and I think he is a very smart guy which is all the more reason I am astonished that he thinks so highly of Sarah Palin and thinks SO negatively of Obama. In fact I encouraged him to be my guest commentator for the day so he can offer his view on the issues. I hope he does.