Even though this isn't a political blog, I feel the need to post on a political issue at this point. And that is the Republican nominee for Vice President, Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.
Simply put, this woman frightens me. Take a look at the interview she did with Katie Couric and marvel at her inability to put together a coherent thought or sentence. She seems to think that because she borders Canada and is close to Russia she has foreign policy experience, but if we used those kinds of qualifications Bush should have been better qualified to handle foreign policy since Texas borders Mexico. And we've all seen how well he's done with that.
And how can you go on a national news broadcast and not be more prepared for what the interviewer is going to ask? How can you not anticipate that you will be asked about how John McCain really is a maverick/reformer/agent for change and not be able to at least lie to back up your claims? She had nothing.
I know that most people don't vote for a candidate based on their VP pick, but how can anyone possibly vote for a candidate when they pick someone so grossly inexperienced to be their #2? How can you take seriously a candidate who rips into Barack Obama at every opportunity about his lack of experience and then picks someone to be VP who doesn't even have a fraction of experience, much less skill, to qualify her to national office?
I am liberal and a Democrat and proud of both. But, even if I weren't, I think that I am intelligent enough to see when I, as a citizen of this country, am being talked down to. The conservative pundits all harp on how the attacks against Palin are coming from the "intellectual elite." I want to know when it became a bad thing in this country to be intellectual and educated. Somewhere along the way the idea of education got wrapped up in elitism, but I'm pretty sure that there was a time that the country truly aspired to educate itself and its children. Now we are just saying to them that if they achieve an education beyond a certain level (and hold a certain set of political beliefs) they are "elite" and cannot be trusted.
Who I Am
- JD
- I am a committed Reform Jew interested in spirituality, mitzvot, Torah, and coming to observance as I understand it.
1 comment:
You're not the only one who's scared by Palin. And frankly McCain scares me as well. I used to think he was more credible than most Republican candidates. That if he was elected at least he would represent a the middle of the road. But in 2008 he seems like someone so desperate to be President that he will do anything that might get him elected.
If McCain is elected he will be the oldest President in US history. And seeing how much he has aged during the past few months voters would be foolish to ignore his VP choice. She may well be called upon to take over for him. If we vote for him we are voting for her as well.
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