Palin: Republican Messiah?

[Joanne98]

I can’t resist. Despite my strong desire to blog about fluffy topics as some of my recent posts have um….backfired, I just can’t steer myself away from Sarah Palin. I find it hard, however, to know where to start. There are so many things I want to say, to discuss, and to expose.

In case you want to know my simplified position and you are too lazy to keep reading, please refer to the below comic


Sarah (not to be confused with Sara!!) supporters have proven to be fanatics already. They are turning out in droves to rally around her…oh, and that old guy that follows her around. NPR this morning reported that the calm, subdued Republican rallies with McCain brought out people in the hundreds. Those rallies with Palin are now in the thousands. There is no question that people like her.


The McCain camp is even concerned that if they split up to campaign separately to cover more ground, more people will show up to see Sarah. Regular American moms love her because she appears to be just like them. Conservatives love her because she appears to follow the party closely on many key issues. And let’s admit it…some support her just because she’s attractive. Her eyeglass style has become so popular that it is now on back order. Women are buying shoes like her. She has a “real world” appeal with “small town values” and she has become a real force in this campaign. It is ironic that she is rapidly gaining that ‘celebrity status’ that was so casually mocked by McCain when it applied to Obama. It appears that being a celebrity is working out in McCain’s favor…But there are a few issues that I’d like to address….

Hypocrisy runs rampant.
Her experience:
A mere few weeks ago, everyone was questioning Barak Obama’s experience. His experience as a lawyer, community organizer, state legislator, and US senator was deemed insufficient to lead the nation. But now, Palin arrives on the scene having been the mayor of a town of approximately 9,000 people for 6 years. (I’m being generous. I’ve seen numbers as low as 5,000…but really with numbers that small….its all the same.) She is currently the governor of Alaska, the largest state in the union….at least that is what keeps being said. Yes, she is the governor of the largest state, but the 48th largest state by population. Hmmm…..what about education though? Because if someone has the knowledge, that is truly the first step to being a good leader…

Palin spent her first college semester at Hawaii Pacific College, transferring in 1983 to North Idaho College and then to the University of Idaho. She attended Matanuska-Susitna College in Alaska for one term, returning to the University of Idaho to complete her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987. (NOTE: Her wikipedia article was mysteriously edited to get a “glowing make-over” 24 hours before the VP nominee announcement by McCain.)

Wow. It’s a shame that Obama attended of Columbia University and Harvard Law School….those are upppity schools…not for the common man.

I don’t think I would get so fired up about it if the same rules for judgment applied. If it were generally accepted that individuals could have different paths to the White House, that’s fine. But do not ridicule community organizers. That is an insult to all of those who put themselves second to help others. (Also ironic to belittle these organizers at the RNC after their rally theme of “Service” the day before…)

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