Who is Sarah Palin?

You know, the hardest part of writing all of this, in particular about Sarah Palin, is avoiding high blood pressure. It's a good time to practice meditation regularly. *taking deep breaths* That this women is seriously considered to be president of the United States, a leader in the world community... Ohhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm

Choosing a vice president at a time where we are in such difficult straits economically and around the world, was a critical choice for a presidential candidate. With John McCain's age, his being a cancer survivor, his own dad dying at 71, the way he mixes up his facts (although he held them together for the debate) his choice was even more critical.

Every interview with Sarah Palin shows once again how totally out of her element she is. I am not sure she could even get educated. If she was an intelligent, curious, interested woman, wouldn't she have had some opinions on Iraq before she was tapped to potentially be president? Who do you know who had so little interest in any of it and would you trust them to govern the country tomorrow?

She can memorize short talking points but as soon as she has to explain anything, it becomes embarrassing. This is just one tiny example and it's even worse if you listen to her while she's speaking: Palin on Kissinger's ideas.*

This woman is worse than an embarrassment. She should immediately be replaced by Joe Lieberman now that McCain is safely past that right wing Convention who would have rebelled at his actual preference. I might disagree with these two on everything, might think McCain has a better chance to lose with Palin on the ticket, but this is about our country in a difficult time. Nothing could be as bad as keeping Palin on the ticket where her only contribution is to win the vote of people who know as little about the world situation as she does.

How much of this did McCain know before he chose her? From what he says, it sounds like he knew (still only accepts) spin, not reality. He has learned well from George Bush. If you say something enough times, some people will believe it even if they see the truth in front of their eyes. This choice says more about John McCain than even Sarah Palin. Despite his words, this choice says that he's no patriot, that he would potentially leave such a woman in a position where she could become president; and he doesn't appear to be very farsighted.

Try this link to start learning about Palin's actual record if you have only been paying attention to her gender or gotten caught up in the tabloid spin: Once elected Palin rewarded friends and lashed foes. Does this sound like somebody we might already know? Somebody without a vagina? Clue: he posed on a flight deck of an aircraft carrier after the Iraq war was mission accomplished in 2002.

How about this: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin cut own duties and left a trail of bad blood. Does any of this matter? Do you care that she might think the world began 7000 years ago but she will lie if you ask her about that? Do you care that her answer to any world problem is either reform (not sure of what) or drill more oil followed by god will take care of it?

Palin has been operating in Alaska with a reverse state income tax (increased under her tenure and funded by you at the gas pump) and one of the higher rates of acquiring federal pork. Timothy Egan-- Moo. She is a 6 year mayor with a mixed or worse reputation who won the governorship based on religion, beauty, ambition, and a lousy preceding governor who was so corrupt that anybody would look good.

Palin's record is one of rewarding her high school friends with high paying jobs, lying about her accomplishments, firing those who don't tow the line, of ignoring any investigations, and of being in general clueless about anything but getting elected. She is another George W. Bush but prettier-- for now. She won't end up pretty.

The so-called PUMAs are smugly stating they will vote for Palin to pay back those who didn't give the nomination to Hillary. How very... Ohhhhhhhmmmmmmmm

Even though I know laughter is good for us, I have had a hard time finding anything in this humorous. I admit though the following became funnier when I heard her refer to the campaign as the Palin/McCain. From YouTube:

I'm the freaking Governor of Alaska. I didn't get there by just eating mooseburgers and popping out kids.

*After McCain saying once again that Kissinger didn't say we should negotiate with Iran over their nukes, here is the quote: "Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger says the United States should begin direct negotiations with Iran over its nuclear enrichment program. Kissinger, speaking Monday at George Washington University along with four other former U.S. State Department secretaries, said the next president should initiate high-level discussions with Iran "without conditions," ABC News reported."

Kissinger is saying he agrees with what Senator McCain said in the debate that there have to be preconditions but Obama didn't say differently. He has said there have to be preparation; but he also was not saying that the preconditions must be that it's all been decided and the figureheads get together for a photo-op. We have had a president incapable of negotiation but that has not always been the case, and it won't be if it is President Obama in January.