Like many I sat stunned before the teevee this a.m. as I witnessed one of the most cynical political ploys in memory. As Palin read through her talking points, and we discovered that the Republicans miraculously became feminists while the rest of us slept, I struggled to find a shiny light.
The teevee flashed pictures of the woman in question holding a very large weapon, in military uniforms and later, as the day wore on, the mainstream media began to report over and over that her favorite food was moose stew.
Palin has sued the Department of the Interior about putting the polar bear on the endangered species list.
Sarah may be profamily but the beautiful bears we are all pulling for, have been left out of her "life" quotient. As has the fate of the planet. Hey Palin, you have five children, but I want you to know that my family is much bigger--it includes wildlife and in my family we hold dominion over our own bodies. We don't hand over our lives to the government to mind.
Palin is a creationist, a prolife advocate in the extreme who expects to force victims of incest and rape to bear those children, but she is also painfully, painfully lacking in relevant experience. We are talking about the potential leader of the free world and her resume sounds like city council would be a better fit. Gravel roads? Walmart? Petty corruption?
ten things you didn't know about sarah palin turns up that she played basketball in high school and she hunts and fishes. Maybe the press needs to get on it as I am sure that the Wikipedia listing (which you may have altered hours before you announced governor Palin) needs a little more info than this for the job in question.
Well Mr. McCain and Mrs. Palin, you might have noticed that those 18 million cracks in the ceiling were pro-choice--ability to scrutinize relevant statistics is after all part of the job we are talking about. I cannot wait until Hillary comments on your pathetic attempt to lure those voters. It is has been revealed that McCain, the man who keeps touting his experience, only met Palin once or twice before inviting her to be his running mate. These are the efforts of someone who runs a quick-stop not the vetting of a possible president.
We are voters. We are working for a better world. The two of you don't just lack the judgement to serve, you lack the common sense to see the obvious: 18 million voters were electing a human being who they loved and admired: It didn't matter that she was wearing a skirt or a pantsuit or a pair of pants.
I hope I get to watch you both drowning in the self created sea of your own cynical formula. Adrift, far from home, sinking to the bottom of the news cycle like old advertisements whose pull date has passed. It won't be a real death like the bears, but it will still hurt.