When McCain elected Sarah Palin as his running mate, I found it half insulting. Yeah it was strategically a great move to steal Hilary Clinton's women supporters but how can McCain hate on Barack Obama for not being experienced enough when Palin is less qualified then Obama is. Palin's supporters claim that when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska she gained more experience then Obama ever could. Uh, I called BS! Wasilla had about 6300 residents when Palin left office... Can I let you in on a little fact? Most Fairfax County Schools have the same, if not more, students then she had residents. George Mason has more students then Palin had residents. Is that REALLY who you want as vice president, oh and God forbid Palin become president if (er, when) McCain croaks. If we are basing levels of qualification on how many people our candidates are governing over, then I would like to nominate my elementary school principal. She was a great principal and if she could handle a few thousand kids under the age of twelve, well golly gee, she can run this country! Or even our student government president, but I guess my principal would be better... cause she is a chick.
And for all those voters who had supported Hilary Clinton and quickly ran over to the McCain/Palin campaign only because Palin is a chick... how uninformed and shallow can you be? What ever happened to voting your interest? If every American was dumb enough to vote that way, I mean Paris Hilton could be president. Aaaand, that would be so hot! If people are going to vote according to gender, why not vote according to how hot the candidates are? That would mean the Obama/Biden campaign would crush! (Right?) Its outrageous that some Americans can't take the time to look up the candidate's position on atleast some of the issues, but instead they support and vote for candidates according to thier gender. Its just dumb!
But I can't hate too hard on dumb voters. Atleast they are voting. How about those Americans who aren't even bothering to register. Sitting in the JC at school, those nice ladies walk around and are pretty much signing up for you. You don't even have to get off your lazy butt, yet I hear a good number of students who say they aren't registered and just don't have the time or don't want to. ARE YOU SERIOUS? They are saving you the trip and the time, they are holding your hand and spelling your name out for you! You don't even have to think and you're turning them down? Oh man! You are so cool, I hope to be as cool as you someday. For those people, I don't want to hear you complain about anything! You don't have the right! You gave up that right when you decided you were too cool or too busy to register and vote. Americans before you fought thier asses off for you to have the right to vote and make a difference. By not voting you are saying you just don't care that they fought and died for your rights and freedom.
Guys this is by far the most important and ground breaking election ever! For the first time in our history we not only have a non-white candidate running but a female candidate! So vote and vote smart! Vote your interest! Do you want the government telling you what to do with your body? Do you want your father, boyfriend or brother to be absent in your life while fighting in Iraq? Do you want a repeat of the past four years? VOTE VOTE VOTE!
And for all those voters who had supported Hilary Clinton and quickly ran over to the McCain/Palin campaign only because Palin is a chick... how uninformed and shallow can you be? What ever happened to voting your interest? If every American was dumb enough to vote that way, I mean Paris Hilton could be president. Aaaand, that would be so hot! If people are going to vote according to gender, why not vote according to how hot the candidates are? That would mean the Obama/Biden campaign would crush! (Right?) Its outrageous that some Americans can't take the time to look up the candidate's position on atleast some of the issues, but instead they support and vote for candidates according to thier gender. Its just dumb!
But I can't hate too hard on dumb voters. Atleast they are voting. How about those Americans who aren't even bothering to register. Sitting in the JC at school, those nice ladies walk around and are pretty much signing up for you. You don't even have to get off your lazy butt, yet I hear a good number of students who say they aren't registered and just don't have the time or don't want to. ARE YOU SERIOUS? They are saving you the trip and the time, they are holding your hand and spelling your name out for you! You don't even have to think and you're turning them down? Oh man! You are so cool, I hope to be as cool as you someday. For those people, I don't want to hear you complain about anything! You don't have the right! You gave up that right when you decided you were too cool or too busy to register and vote. Americans before you fought thier asses off for you to have the right to vote and make a difference. By not voting you are saying you just don't care that they fought and died for your rights and freedom.
Guys this is by far the most important and ground breaking election ever! For the first time in our history we not only have a non-white candidate running but a female candidate! So vote and vote smart! Vote your interest! Do you want the government telling you what to do with your body? Do you want your father, boyfriend or brother to be absent in your life while fighting in Iraq? Do you want a repeat of the past four years? VOTE VOTE VOTE!
6 comments:
you are SO right! so many people are only interested in Palin's genitals not in her stance on ANYTHING. Its sick. Women need to be smarter than the average Tampax and vote for the people who will fix our country, not the ones who have vaginas.
I believe, McCain had to elect someone who would make his election victory a special page in history. People, voters, want to be a part of history and McCain gave his supporters a chance to be a part of history by choosing a woman as his running mate. I know this makes the American voters shallow or selfish, but lets not kid ourselves we are, especially behind closed curtains.
When Palin first came on the scene, I was very impressed with her but after seeing her interview with Katie… I am having doubts. An interesting percentage would be the number of “smart or educated” voters.
Atleast in her interview with Katie she admitted to not knowing anything. She couldn't even list one thing that McCain did in his years as senator that would make him a "maverick". How can she go around campaigning and claiming to be the "maverickette" and not have a clue... but I guess McCain doesn't know why either.
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/K/A/2/the-maverick.jpg
Everyone in this blog or in this class must vote on November 4th, because who knows: it could be a repeat of the 2000 election voting process again!!!!!!! A single vote from an independent or first time voter for either McCain or Obama could decide the election!!!!
I would simply like to point out that McCain chose Palin for more than just the Hilary voters, she's also there because she is difficult to criticize. I'm not to say she doesn't have faults, I'd very much argue the opposite, but it has been shown to be very difficult for the Obama campaign to criticize her without being called sexist, which Obama is already having problems with after his big fight for the nomination with Hillary. Her lack of experience is also a tricky area, as the McCain campaign immediately turns this around to say that Democrats are hypocrites because of Obama's short political career, justifying the Republican's continued attacks on Obama's experience by claiming that executive trumps legislative.
This Thursday is the Vice Presidential Debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. While I expect this will be similar to the first Presidential Debate, with no clear winner and no converts from the other's supporters, I have one lingering fear: that Joe Biden will act too aggressively towards Palin in the debate, which the McCain campaign will use to portray Biden as a bully and a sexist, dealing Obama a costly blow.
Wow, don't you think you are all being a bit rashly negative? Some comments here lead me to believe that many here are being a bit biased and simply only looking at her as simply a woman. Don't insult her intelligence, even if you don't believe she has it. Look beyond your preconceived opinions, dig deeper and don't listen as someone who has already made up your mind. This isn't an open intellectual environment but a Palin-bashing fest.;-) Just a little thought. I'm not going to vote for McCain because he has running mate is a woman but because of facts so don't let that be a road block for further thought.
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