This presidential election has just taken a turn for the sinister. As excited as I am about Barack Obama (and now Joe Biden), I’ve hitherto felt that John McCain being elected would NOT be the end of the world.
Well, enter Sarah Palin.
Perhaps Jon Stewart would be the appropriate individual to introduce her:
Or, for a more conservative perspective: Steven Colbert
Let’s go ahead and bring a few facts to light about Sarah:
-two terms on the Wasilla City Council (pop. 5500)
-two terms of the Wasilla city Mayor
-twenty months as Governor of Alaska
But perhaps its time to let Palin speak for herself. Here’s her concise nomination acceptance speech:
(Or the full version, here.)
Her speech seems a little hollow, especially when juxtaposed to Joe Biden (Obama’s Vice-President nominee):
All of this is of great concern because
1) as Vice-President Dick Cheney has proved, the VP is far from a lame duck position (though, based on Palin’s interview, included in the Colbert and Stewart videos, above, Palin wouldn’t know it).
and
2) McCain has one foot in the ground. And, as Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green put it, “‘[Palin]’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she’s done to [Alaska]. What would she do to the nation?'”
Also, there’s another interesting, lingering question related to the timing of her marriage and the birth of her first-born son, Track Palin. This question is relevant only to the extent that Palin is a champion of conservative family values and government intervention into one’s bedroom and personal decision making. Read more about it at: http://www.americablog.com/2008/08/sarah-palin-and-children-conceived-out.html
