Sarah Does America

Wait, there's more to life than politics and baseball?


Is it just me or is McCain's choice for VP vaguely insulting in a feminist kind of way? Does Sarah Palin kind of look like a porn star? Like she could rip off those glasses, let down her hair and ravage her constituency? I don't know anything about her, I've never heard of her before today, and she seems intelligent although she's against pretty much everything I believe. It's really not her I have a problem with, it's his choice of her for running mate. I'm certainly no cynic, but it seems obvious McCain is courting women upset with Hillary losing the nomination, and that means he thinks those women only supported Hillary because she's a woman. Isn't that kind of shallow? Not to mention the male votes he hopes to pick up because she's attractive.

Traditionally the vice president should be strong in the areas the president is weak - for McCain that would be domestic issues, and no I don't mean that kind of domestic. She's the former mayor of a small town and partway into her first term as governor of Alaska - not for nothing but what does Alaska have to do with mainstream America? I mean, beautiful state, nice to have you participating, but it's a long way from Idaho, where she's really from.

She supports Bush's economic policies and the war in Iraq, she's pro-life and wants to drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). So she's right down the line with McCain on many important issues, but he runs the risk of being called a hypocrite for saying Obama isn't ready or experienced enough when he chooses her to be next in line to what would be the oldest first term president in history. Not to mention she's currently embroiled in an ethics investigation involving a state trooper who divorced her sister, so his claim to being a reformer is going to ring hollow.

But really, since it actually doesn't matter, a VP pick isn't going to lose you votes, it's only going to gain them no matter who it is, and this will get him a few more stupid people votes, both male and female. It's going to be a close race, and with five possible supreme court seats up for grabs in these four years and McCain pledged to end Roe v Wade, there's a lot at stake. And no matter which way it goes, it'll be historic, as we'll either have a black president or a woman vice president. Next time how about a black woman president, like Cynthia McKinney? She'll never make it, she's too good a person, too honest. Hey how about a native American president? That seems fair...