Yes we’ve all witnessed the tidal wave of controversy that is Sarah Palin. I’m sure yet ANOTHER blog might not add incredible value among the oodles of opinions that have amounted as a cause of this joke. Nonetheless, I have an opinion, about my Dad’s opinion, about Sarah Palin. Sigh, my father is an avid supporter of the Republican campaign. He thinks McCain is the man and that Sarah Palin is, how can I put it, a “good choice”. Why oh why do you ask? My father thinks that Sarah Palin is simple and courageous, and THAT ladies and gentleman, is supposedly enough to warrant her being appointed VP of USA under McCain if he wins. “She comes from humble beginnings and she’s NOT afraid to expose that or her seemingly off putting family. Yet, she is very sharp and is not afraid to make decisions”. Come on Dad! Give me a break! A woman with NO national (except for winning a beauty contest at some point, servicing her people of Wasilla in THAT capacity) or foreign policy experience is supposed to know how to make the RIGHT decisions (its not enough that she might be ready to make A decision) at times of turmoil or challenge? Lest we forget, the Off Bush Administration has left the US and World in shambles and she would essentially have to pick up the pieces. Its not like she’d be gracing her presence in a time of tranquility.
This is the irony: my father is an Oil Economist – his job by default immerses itself into politics in order to stay afloat. The fact that my father has such bizarre judgement, especially when it comes to the US presidential and vice presidential candidacy, is beyond me.
Palin = disaster (a pig with lipstick as she’s so fondly dubbed). She didn’t even make it to become Miss Alaska from Miss Wasilla however is only a heartbeat away (pun intended) from being President of the United States. Oh Lordy. (Palin on the right)
What’s troubling is, and let’s not include my father in this mix b/c I think he is bewitched at this time (suffice it to say he is with McCain for his own, admittingly legitimate reasons, which I do not prescribe to), the very same people who will vote for Palin are the very same numb skulls who had voted for Bush – IMHO. If history repeats itself, we are in deeper shit than we are in now.
BUT there is hope b/c after this falacy of an administration that will soon come to an end, I think the American people are going to be smarter this time around. In light of this, Obama’s “The Change We Need” is such an opportunistic (in a positive way) marketing campaign – feeding from the emotionally exhausted American folk. SOOOO, with that in mind i’m thinking that a Circus trend at the White House will not sustain itself = McCain/Palin. Sorry Dad.
