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you know i stay out of politics, for the most part, but this pick of McCain's for his running mate has me scratching my head.
i'm all for more estrogen in the white house, amen amen. and i've often said, if you want to clean that place up, put in a woman. i still think that way.
what scares me about Sarah Palin is 1) she doesn't have much experience, and with McCain's health in question (the guy is 72 with melanoma, for the love of jayzus) it's a strong possibility she may have to step into the big shoes. she's publicly stated she doesn't know what the VP job entails, and she has no foreign policy. two stints as mayor of a small town and one as a governor (and not even a full term yet) does not qualify you to lead this country, i'm sorry. i'm all for putting someone in there that's not caught up in the cesspool of Washington politics, but you have to know SOMETHING of what's going on, or they're going to eat you.
2) she is pro-life. she has received big kudos for recently giving birth to a Down's Syndrome baby. first, why the kudos? millions of women do this every day. and some choose not to. i don't want to see that choice taken away from anyone.
and speaking of that, she has five children, one of them a special needs child. hey, i know all about the superwoman syndrome, but can she really help to run the country and spend the time she needs with her family? what's her priority? and if the job is her priority, what does that say about how she considers her family?
3) she's pro-creationism. i have a problem with this.
4) she has a bachelor of science degree in journalism, with a minor in political science. that means she knows how to spin a story, and she has just enough political knowledge to make her dangerous. she won "Miss Congeniality" in a Miss Wasilla pageant, which means she is charming. i'm not sure what that adds up to, but i don't like odor it emanates.
5) she has also publicly stated she doesn't believe that global warming is "man-made," and yet announced plans to create a committee to address climate change and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Alaska. if global warming is not man made, then why bother? logically, this bothers me.
6) she is a proponent of oil resource development in Alaska. i don't believe environmental concerns are any kind of an issue for her, because she also instituted a bounty on hunting Alaskan wolves and objected to putting polar bears on the endangered species list, afraid it would interfere with her oil resource development. this is not a good thing, i'm thinking.
so, the republicans are over the moon at his pick, for the most part, and the democrats are as well. for very different reasons.
if this is an attempt to capture women's votes by appointing a woman, i'm afraid it's going to fail -- you have to pick the *right* woman. i don't think Sarah Palin's it, at least from my perspective.
sure did shake up the process, though, and maybe that's a good thing.
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i'm all for more estrogen in the white house, amen amen. and i've often said, if you want to clean that place up, put in a woman. i still think that way.
what scares me about Sarah Palin is 1) she doesn't have much experience, and with McCain's health in question (the guy is 72 with melanoma, for the love of jayzus) it's a strong possibility she may have to step into the big shoes. she's publicly stated she doesn't know what the VP job entails, and she has no foreign policy. two stints as mayor of a small town and one as a governor (and not even a full term yet) does not qualify you to lead this country, i'm sorry. i'm all for putting someone in there that's not caught up in the cesspool of Washington politics, but you have to know SOMETHING of what's going on, or they're going to eat you.
2) she is pro-life. she has received big kudos for recently giving birth to a Down's Syndrome baby. first, why the kudos? millions of women do this every day. and some choose not to. i don't want to see that choice taken away from anyone.
and speaking of that, she has five children, one of them a special needs child. hey, i know all about the superwoman syndrome, but can she really help to run the country and spend the time she needs with her family? what's her priority? and if the job is her priority, what does that say about how she considers her family?
3) she's pro-creationism. i have a problem with this.
4) she has a bachelor of science degree in journalism, with a minor in political science. that means she knows how to spin a story, and she has just enough political knowledge to make her dangerous. she won "Miss Congeniality" in a Miss Wasilla pageant, which means she is charming. i'm not sure what that adds up to, but i don't like odor it emanates.
5) she has also publicly stated she doesn't believe that global warming is "man-made," and yet announced plans to create a committee to address climate change and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in Alaska. if global warming is not man made, then why bother? logically, this bothers me.
6) she is a proponent of oil resource development in Alaska. i don't believe environmental concerns are any kind of an issue for her, because she also instituted a bounty on hunting Alaskan wolves and objected to putting polar bears on the endangered species list, afraid it would interfere with her oil resource development. this is not a good thing, i'm thinking.
so, the republicans are over the moon at his pick, for the most part, and the democrats are as well. for very different reasons.
if this is an attempt to capture women's votes by appointing a woman, i'm afraid it's going to fail -- you have to pick the *right* woman. i don't think Sarah Palin's it, at least from my perspective.
sure did shake up the process, though, and maybe that's a good thing.
Stuck for words? Visit WordWebbing, spinning words for any occasion.
Check out TSB for the most legal fun you can have with your clothes on.
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