Palin, McCain and the Weeks Ahead

These observations are from a man who was one of, if not, the chief engineer of our current president's policies! I voted for President Bush TWICE and he is leaving this country in the biggest mess in my 40+ years on this planet. The fact that any reputable news organization offers ANY forum to Mr. Rove is beyond my understanding. As far as I'm concerned, he should be ashamed to show his face, much less his words, in public!!!!

I wish the candidate would discuss global poverty more. According to The Borgen Project:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget

I think that a legitimate question would be WHAT she is inspiring. So far, it does not appear uplifting. It appears thuggish, and nasty.

Her behavior is not compatible with the religious teachings of Jesus --or any other major religious figure.

Who in their right mind would take anything that Karl Rove says as a good recommendation - He is responsible for the mess we are in - If I was McCain I would put a stop to his comments which just confirm how much McCain and Bush will be the SAME. Is our Country that stupid?

EXCUSE ME, NEWSWEEK? SINCE WHEN IS KARL ROVE A RELIABLE SOURCE? HOW ABOUT YOU STOP PAYING HIM FOR HIS OPINION, AND SEND HIM TO CONGRESS TO TESTIFY?

Zip it, Rove. America has grown weary of the Republican agenda of dishonesty, greed and fear. You offer McCain/Palin as an antidote to Bush/Cheney? Jeez, why not just abolish term limits? What a joke. Change is coming, Karl.

Zip it, Rove. As if McCain's not a "big spender, class warrior and cultural elitist". America has grown weary of the Republican agenda of dishonesty, greed and corruption. The funny thing is, you offer McCain/Palin as an antidote to Bush/Cheney. Jeez, why not just abolish term limits? Change is coming, Karl.

Please go away SOON !!!! Please just retire to a very exclusive gated community somewhere and never leave. The American people deserve better that what you and your Average Joe' Six Pack's have given us for the past 8 years. Let's see - Iraq, Katrina and Credit Crunches. ENOUGH !!!! GO AWAY!!!!

Why is it an that when Palin "connects" and "inspires" it's an asset but it's "celebrity" "koolaid" "emptysuit" "hotair" "rhetoric" when Obama does? Oh, that's right, it's only ok when it's republican. I can cite many more examples of this republican, rovian hypocrisy but there is far too little space in this comment box. Rovian doubletalk hypocrisy, that's what the republicans have come to represent. Grow up.

Haven't we learned? Weren't the last eight years presided over by the most average of Joes? Do we really want/need someone average, who claims that they can "relate to the common man"? This is the basic platform from which Sarah Palin is running and the topic which dominates many of her speeches.

Aside from being average, Palin maintains that she and her running-mate are the ultimate mavericks. Which, I believe, is the most ridiculous of claims a republican can make. I will address this later.


I don't understand how Americans can entertain the delusion that we need someone just like us in the Whitehouse. I would prefer someone in office who is exceptional and possibly overqualified. In other words, the polar opposite of me or anyone I know personally. Mediocrity does not qualify Sarah Palin to run this country.

That being said, Sarah Palin is not like you, nor is she a maverick. She and her husband made 1.2 million dollars last year, live in a mansion and are ridiculously attractive. Does that sound like your life? Just because she pumped out five future abominations against humanity and frequents her local ice rink does not mean she would befriend you, let alone associate with you. The only things you may share with Mrs. Palin are that you are white, straight, Christian and, if you are voting Republican, mentally handicapped.

Palin's bogus claim to an understanding of the common man is a desperate tactic, being employed to save a failing campaign. She may share the afore mentioned characteristics with you and I, but I would not say that her aptitude for field dressing a moose is a good representation of the aggregate.


Palin has proven, through her embarrassing interviews and incoherent ramblings, that she is completely unqualified to lead. In the Declaration of Independence there is a call for government legitimacy. This idea is loosely based on Plato's method of "The Philosopher Kings". In which only the best and the brightest should be eligible to lead. Sarah Palin may be bright, I'm not sure. But, stating that she is average automatically disqualifies her from the opportunity to lead, at least in my, and Plato's eyes. (It may seem cliche to base this argument on ancient greek philosophy, but I feel the point can be best proven when examined against the most general criteria.)

Sarah Palin has not proven her legitimacy as a candidate, and in that respect is not prepared to meet the needs of a country in peril.


Now, let me ask; Is Palin a maverick? No. She personifies the status quo in Washington. Her running mate, John McCain, voted with George Bush over ninety percent of the time. That ten percent in which he deviated from Bush may be considered "nonconformist" by a Republican, but the statistical buffs out there would disagree. There may be some dissonance within the campaign, (mostly because Palin doesn't understand McCain's policies) but that hardly qualifies either of them as "mavericks".

Ahh election time. One party pitted against another. One group, righteous. The other either evil or unenlightened. The media does a very sorry job of conveying accurate information. The people are bewildered or duped. What to do? Go back to the archives and see WHO SAID WHAT and When?
McCain may not understand the ecomony but he knew enough to raise questions about some of the agencies and their accounting practices. Its all in the archives. At least one Democratic Congressman has had the integrity to admit that he made a mistake when he discounted the concerns of the regulators. We are all human. We all make mistakes. Don't make a bigger one by ignoring the past when it is so easy for you to view the old C-Span programs. See who stonewalled the regulators. See who poured out their misguided venom. Now some of the very folks who brought us the meltdown are advising the Democratic candidates. Com' on don't be twice stupid.