Feminists! Hillary Supporters! Women! Beware, John McCain obviously thinks we’re all stupid. In a move that was clearly competitive, designed to take the wind out of Barack Obama’s sails, he chose her to be his vice presidential running mate. I could look at Governor Palin’s comments to mainstream news media over the last couple of weeks and declare, without reservation, that there is no way she could perform in the role of President of the United States – well, in the event John McCain won and heaven forbid, didn’t live long enough to tell about it. When we cast our votes we do indeed vote for vice president as well as president and recent history has shown us that vice presidents have been called upon to stand in the big shoes.
My problem is not that Sarah Palin is wet behind the ears. Her speech in Ohio after McCain introduced her as his running mate was inspired. I was proud of her but I was not convinced of John McCain’s motives. It was clearly a strategic move and one I hope will not turn into an even greater mistreatment of Sarah. John McCain was boring the country, but more importantly, boring his own Republican party to tears. He was being outshined by the “rock star” and I’ll bet it kept him up nights. He devised a counter move. A move that would counter the momentum of the Obama/Biden ticket, John needed serious help. And here she came like the Calvary. She came wearing big hair and pumps, with a pregnant unmarried daughter and an infant son with health issues.
I think I missed the joke though, because she came as either a pit bull or a hockey mom but she was definitely wearing lipstick. She came on Hillary Clinton’s coat tails and Condoleezza Rice and Madeleine Albright and Geraldine Ferraro and Shirley Chisholm and they all wear lipstick. But what they wouldn’t do is allow a foreign head of state to gush over them in such obvious disrespect “You’re gorgeous! You'e really very gorgeous” I’m sure it is critical that her looks or persona be pleasing to them but come on –it sounded like a bad episode of Blind Date or something. Am I saying a man cannot pay a woman a compliment if she holds high office? Of course not. Let’s face it though a simple “You look beautiful today!” sounds like a sincere compliment, not like a pick up line. Hmmm, you think I’m being nit-picky huh? Well, for my vote, I could care less about Sarah Palin’s sex appeal because when that call comes at 3 o’clock in the morning I can hear her on the phone trying to talk policy and him on the other end “I’ll bet you’re even gorgeous in your pajamas!”
Yes, it’s my imagination at work because McCain and his people have kept her locked away someplace where there are no cameras. You would have thought they were preparing her for her presence on the world stage, but if you’ve listened to her talking to Charles Gibson or Katie Couric or any other news personality – you know that is not the case. They locked her away and when they let her out she sounds like a blithering idiot. “What do you mean Bush doctrine?” Then there was something about Putin’s head. Sarah Palin could not have been so inept on her own. (Can you imagine a conversation between her and George Bush? OMG an interpreter would be necessary) Clearly McCain’s camp, while constantly touting her sharing of his “world views” failed miserably to shine her up for the spotlight. Instead they seemed to have dumbed her down, reduced her to a trophy. I saw part of an interview with her and John and Katie where Katie asked her a question and John jumped in – wouldn’t even let her speak before he laid the roadmap for her next words. And when he allowed her to speak she began by saying “well, yes you’re absolutely right…”
Have no fear my fellow Americans! I decided who I was voting for before Sarah came on the scene, however I do wish she would do well during the debate because if she doesn’t, I fear for her sanity. I can see it playing out now…John stands before the American people talking about how horrible Democrats and news media pushed poor Sarah over the edge and regrettably she has backed out of the race. He’ll once again try to push the stupid button on our heads by trying to convince us that “they” are responsible for her heartbreak and demise. He’ll expect great sympathy from the American people as he announces some straight up white bread man in a gray pinstriped suit as his real running mate. John McCain really believes that we see Sarah as a bonafide candidate. We might have had she not been sent out to the big country unprepared. We might have had she not been treated like window dressing. Of course, if you believe as Madison Ave. does that “sex sells” we may all be surprised. After all, even M&Ms are sexy these days. Have you seen Green M&M? She wears lipstick too...
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