John McCain is sick in many ways, but he's mostly physically sick, and some medical professionals are asking for a full release of his medical records.
This should inspire rational human beings to consider the consequences of a Sarah Palin presidency. I won't rehash the various challenges to the integrity of her claims on behalf of maverickness (Firefox says this is not a word and squiggles it). Instead, I think we need to explore the possible future that may lay at our doorstep. It's a horrific thought for lefties, but it's also a horrific thought for centrists like me.
That's it. I'll admit it. I'm a centrist. Always have been. I admire the left, for their idealism. My mom threw out my Karl Marx book but I always held it dear to my heart and have felt vindicated during the last 20 years or so as sports and entertainment stars have "capitalized" on their fame and have begun to own their means of production. Eventually, a sports team will be owned completely by players because the owners will be so in debt, especially if these Silly Republicans stay in power, that they will be forced to turn over their books to the players. Marx said all along that capitalism needs to fully mature before communism can achieve fruition, and I agree with that. For that reason, I am a centrist, hard core, because I know we are still a long way away from that ideal. Also, I've never been into the notion that we need a redistribution of wealth. That is a mean, unfair program that no caring government would consider. If you want a modern world example of how that concept sucks, check out Zimbabwe.
But I digress.
In the tech world we have a thing where if a new computer language is introduced, and it sucks, some smart guy (much smarter than me) writes a paper called "xxx considered harmful."
Now, truth is, I'm still not that smart. Oh, I read a lot. I have to, because I'm not that smart. But I retain, like, 1% of what I read. That really sucks, by the way. Somebody will know I read a book and they'll say, what did you think about that passage, and I'll look furtively away, Palin-like, hoping they'll just go away.
The latest campaign strategy news is that Sarah Palin will go away, as long as we talk about McCain.
In a sense, I guess that seems like a good strategy, given the current Palin media bubble, but bubbles do burst, and it would be doing us all a disservice to not continue examining this creationist from Hell.
I'm not at all going easy on her because she's a woman. My wife listens to my diatribes and handles them with aplomb, so for me to stress about how insane Republican women who marry apes react to our attacks on her is a stupendous waste of energy.
So, finally, and sorry for my various segues, what would a Palin Presidency look like?
Well, very likely, she would inherit a war with Iran, whose current president is almost as loco as she is. Eventually, the war would spread throughout the Caucasus. Russia would lock down its interests in its southern reaches. China, also, would firm up its grip on its Muslim provinces. But instead of seeing these countries as allies (I thought we all hated Muslims!) a Palin presidency would potentially seethe at any Russian military maneuvers and launch a military strike through the Bering Sea. Okay, I'm kidding there. I mean, Kamchatka is, like, the last thing anybody playing Risk gets when they win. They just get it cuz it's there, you know? It's not like you focus on Kamchatka when you're playing Risk, unless you are the type that says, "I got Kamchatka, I won." Cuz if you get Kamchatka, you pretty much have the rest sewn up, right?
Again, I digress.
Other than Kamchatka, Palin would also inherit a housing mess. But free markets will come to the rescue so we shan't worry about that, right?
She would inherit the Iraq War Debt, but it's okay, cuz her son, who may be dead soon, will inspire millions to donate through a telethon thingy.
She will also inherit a very risky proposition with Chinese banks.
The list goes on.
At the end of her presidency, I think we will long for the days of arguing about whether WalMart should be in your small town. Because most small towns will be populated with nothing other than meth addicts and angry deer/moose hunters.
It will be an apocalyptic world where venturing into a small town will mean certain conflict. We are already seeing this, and have been for awhile. I'll never forget the time I parked my SUV (I drive a hybrid now so shove off) a few years ago in the Russian River area and got looked at by locals as if I was a foreigner.
Ever since the 80s, and this includes the Clinton years, America has disintegrated into a have/have not economy. I drove through Muncie Indiana about a year ago to see my son and I felt like I was in a third world country. The streets were hard to drive on they were so beat up. The buildings all looked bombed out or neglected. I've since been through other small towns in the midwest and they look the same. You would think these people would vote for our side.
But they won't.
Instead, they'll send their kids to Palin's war. And by then, that war will be a big one. It's hard to say what will trigger it, other than her utter lack of knowledge regarding history, but it is an absolute certainty that it will happen.
It's possible, under a Palin presidency, for a nuclear exchange between India and Pakistan, through her sheer, absolute lack of historical knowledge. Imagine her trying to talk sense into an angry Hindu Indian President who is trying to respond to a recent bombing of an important Hindu shrine.
The list goes on. The American currency, already under duress, would be inherited by a person who barely understands why her local teller won't accept rolled coins anymore.
The list goes on. I don't have time to describe it all. I do know that if she is elected, I am getting the hell out of Dodge.