So by now we all know that John McCains running mate is none other than the Alaskan princess herself Sarah Palin. Plucked from the tundra, Palin has been shoved into the spotlight...along with all her extra baggage....and by baggage I mean scandal. The Pro-Life lovin' govenor has a 17 year old daughter (who happens to also be a mum herself). She hunts caribou, is an ex beauty queen and is read to lead.
After reading a well written article from Time magazine on Palin, I learned a few things. For one, some how or another, the topic of abortion and its moral complications are almost always brought up during debates. When she became mayor of her small Alaskan town, she sacked many people in office....some of whom had supported her during the race and had helped her get her position. When her 2 terms as mayor were up, her Step-Mum decided to have a go at politics. Palin decided not to support her step mother, because she was pro-choice. Instead of not supporting ANYONE in the race, she supported her challenger, because he has pro-life, just like Palin.
Now, I don't care what the issues are. When it comes down to it, the only people you have in this world are your family and friends...you don't screw around with them. You stick by them no matter what, and especially in an endeavour as big as running for a political position (even if it is just a small town election, they need all the emotional support they can get). That being said, if you don't think that your relative is in the right, then don't support anybody. Just stay out of the election all together, and wish her the best. But to publicly support her competitor is just bad politics.
So to say the least, I am not a fan of Ms.Palin.
What scares me most though, is that being a 72 year old male, McCain (statistically speaking) is most likely to kick the bucket in a few years. If he gets elected, and dies...then Palin will become president, if even for a short while. Like I said before, I respect all forms of politics, even small town mayors. Start from the bottom and work your way up...I'm good with that. But how McCain thought a mayor was able to successfully be his running mate is crap. Other that her small experience, how is Palin qualified to lead anything except possibly a caribou hunt? How could she handle leading an entire country, and the most watched and important country in the world? (sad, but true). What was McCain thinking?!
Well, McCain wasn't thinking. AT least, he wasn't thinking in a right state of mind. This election (from the start) has been all about land marks: First possible female president, first possible black president, first possible senior citizen president, etc etc. With Hillary Clinton out of the race, McCain must have thought that some women felt lost. Where was their suffragette saviour Hillary? Who were they going to vote for now? McCain suddenly had the brilliant idea to introduce a female vice president, attempting to give women another place in the election and get a leg up on Obama. This of course, is a scum bag thing to do, and my discontent for McCain deepens.
All I can say is that I hope that Obama wins, so we won't have to deal with another term of the same crap we've been getting for the past eight years. For what its worth, this Canadian is all for Barack. Once you go Barack, you'll never go back.
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