Syndication07 Oct 2008 - 03:17:10 pm
One step forward, two steps back
I have to say, I was at first excited when Sarah Palin was named as McCain’s running mate. Not because I’m a Republican, I’m not. While some of my views run only an inch left of center, I am for the most part a liberal and avoid Fox News and the O’Reilly Factor like the plague. I was excited because she’s a woman. The second woman ever to make it on to the presidential ticket. Whether they win or lose an amazing feat, I at first thought. But then inevitably, I heard her speak. She created a huge buzz initially. People were excited by this self-proclaimed “pit bull in lipstick.” For me however, it just strengthened my allegiance to the Obama ticket. This was a woman who promoted abstinence only programs taught in the schools able to say with a straight face that they work. This all on the heels of the revelation that her seventeen year old daughter was knocked up by her hockey stick handling boyfriend. A proud hunter who chases down wolves to the point of exhaustion and will kill anything in her path, save for a 2 month old fetus. In the book Freakonomics, a far more reliable source than Palin, the drop in crime rate in the 90’s in large cities is largely attributed to Roe Vs. Wade as it has been statistically proven that 90% of unwanted children kept by their parents will end up committing a crime. Roe V Wade was passed in 1973. Coincidence that the crime rate dropped in the mid 90’s as a result of women having the right to choose. I think not. Gov. Palin is lauded as the Governor of the largest state in the country. A state which is largely uninhabitable and who’s population is the same size as the city of Memphis, Tennessee. And the general public I assume is flattered by her referring to them as “Joe Six-Pack,” and her constant references to the struggles of soccer moms everywhere. Soccer moms are not whom I first think of when analyzing the turmoil of this country. I for one am not particularly comforted by the thought of the volatile “maverick,” and beauty pageant veteran at the helm of this country when we are inarguably in the midst of a massive economic depression and fighting a war most often compared to Vietnam. I could go on for days about how and why I think voting McCain/Palin will be detrimental to the plight of this country, but I’d rather focus my attention elsewhere and not on the negative. That is my rant for today. Promise to follow with more mind pleasing fodder in days to come. Like my most recent dalliances with members of the opposite sex. GO BARACK! xo