More Politics
Sep. 18th, 2008 02:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rhiannonmrFound this article a few days ago. I will link at the end to the MSNBC reprint of it since it is a New York Times article and they want you to register.
I've had misgivings concerning the Republican ticket ever since John McCain sewed up the electoral votes in the primary. I am not Republican, but I DO watch them to see what they've got and HOPE like hell they throw off the yoke of the religious right that hijacked them so many yrs ago. They've yet to do it, but one can hope that the party of Lincoln will do it eventually. When he(McCain) selected Palin as his VP running mate, I went straight to cynical here. First thought? He chose her because she's a woman, and he's trying to get the more disappointed Hillary supporters to vote his ticket. Now, I did not support Hillary, but I DO respect her and her supporters and I think I'd be insulted if I were one of her supporters to think that he thinks I'll support his VP candidate because she has the same reproductive system I have. Because Palin is NO Hillary Clinton, not even close.
Now with McCain his VP choice really is important. Man is 72. He spent 6yrs in that oh so healthy Hanoi Hilton(he loves to remind us of that!). He's had several episodes of cancer. And statistically he could pass away pretty much any time now. Former POWs have all sorts of health issues and he has some injuries that have never healed from Viet Nam. So yeah, he could go, and whoever sits in the second seat would be the next president. So yeah his VP choice IS critical.
So he chose someone that a good percentage of the US had never heard of. He chose someone who speaks directly to the Republican's 'base'. He chose a woman who surrounds herself with people who are dependent on her good will to stay employed, and governs using personal loyalty to her, not the state, as a guide to whether you are with her or against her. The article I am linking really does explain that. But if you depend on her to keep your job, you'd better agree with whatever she wants 110% because this woman is thinskinned and vindictive, a double whammy of not good for a politician. The triple on it? She takes it personally. If you disagree with her, you are against her, even if the disagreement is not major, you become the enemy. This is most definitely someone I DO NOT WANT in the White House.
Her personal views on right to life vs pro-choice piss me off. Her desire to insert the fundamentalist viewpoint into gvt policy pisses me off. I am all for separation of Church and State. Her lack of experience at anything outside of state and local politics frankly scares me since she's been running her office as governor as a private fiefdom. Yeah I SO do NOT WANT her or her partner in shame elected. The sad part? I once LIKED McCain. Not anymore.
Here's the link. Interesting reading.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26691018/
I've had misgivings concerning the Republican ticket ever since John McCain sewed up the electoral votes in the primary. I am not Republican, but I DO watch them to see what they've got and HOPE like hell they throw off the yoke of the religious right that hijacked them so many yrs ago. They've yet to do it, but one can hope that the party of Lincoln will do it eventually. When he(McCain) selected Palin as his VP running mate, I went straight to cynical here. First thought? He chose her because she's a woman, and he's trying to get the more disappointed Hillary supporters to vote his ticket. Now, I did not support Hillary, but I DO respect her and her supporters and I think I'd be insulted if I were one of her supporters to think that he thinks I'll support his VP candidate because she has the same reproductive system I have. Because Palin is NO Hillary Clinton, not even close.
Now with McCain his VP choice really is important. Man is 72. He spent 6yrs in that oh so healthy Hanoi Hilton(he loves to remind us of that!). He's had several episodes of cancer. And statistically he could pass away pretty much any time now. Former POWs have all sorts of health issues and he has some injuries that have never healed from Viet Nam. So yeah, he could go, and whoever sits in the second seat would be the next president. So yeah his VP choice IS critical.
So he chose someone that a good percentage of the US had never heard of. He chose someone who speaks directly to the Republican's 'base'. He chose a woman who surrounds herself with people who are dependent on her good will to stay employed, and governs using personal loyalty to her, not the state, as a guide to whether you are with her or against her. The article I am linking really does explain that. But if you depend on her to keep your job, you'd better agree with whatever she wants 110% because this woman is thinskinned and vindictive, a double whammy of not good for a politician. The triple on it? She takes it personally. If you disagree with her, you are against her, even if the disagreement is not major, you become the enemy. This is most definitely someone I DO NOT WANT in the White House.
Her personal views on right to life vs pro-choice piss me off. Her desire to insert the fundamentalist viewpoint into gvt policy pisses me off. I am all for separation of Church and State. Her lack of experience at anything outside of state and local politics frankly scares me since she's been running her office as governor as a private fiefdom. Yeah I SO do NOT WANT her or her partner in shame elected. The sad part? I once LIKED McCain. Not anymore.
Here's the link. Interesting reading.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26691018/
