Since this seems to be “Sarah Palin Week” let’s chat about her a bit more ...
The republican base is thrilled. Unfortunately, these are the same people who thought George W. Bush was so wonderful they elected him twice. Today even they recognize the man is a failure and an embarrassment. Still, they don’t want to recognize their failed judgment and, incredibly enough, want the rest of the country to follow their lead, and failed judgment – again. What a bunch of losers.
On another level, something else is very clear. Sarah Palin is an extremist … on Evolution she thinks Adam & Eve were around 6,000 years ago riding dinosaurs … on Gun Control, she thinks there should be none … on the issue of Choice, she’s against it … and Climate Change? It’s all in God’s hands … what a nut job.
Still, republicans are happy because Palin allows them continue living in Neverland … you know, that wonderful place where they Never have to grow up, and their superheroes are Never defeated.
My question is how will her faith help us with a $10 trillion dollar debt, a world that's catching up on us, and a world that respects us less every day? How will her penchant for turning serious issues into a snarky high school pep rally help us deal with Russia, China, and the assorted thugs abroad? How will drilling in Alaska help when we consume 25% of the world’s petroleum but have only 3% percent of its reserves? How does drilling, and continuing the failed tax cut policies of republican presidents since Ronald Reagan, help with an unemployment rate that just hit 6.1%?
My friends, I teach American Foreign Policy and International Relations. It’s going to take a lot more than faith and mocking speeches to move mountains abroad … George W. Bush showed the world what happens when you use your “gut” instead of your brain … George W. Bush showed us all what happens when you listen to clueless ideologues who are ignorant to the world’s grand chessboard … finally, President Bush showed the world what happens when you pick a former cheerleader and a Red State governor to be president.
Today our nation needs knowledge, judgment, and respect for others if we are going to lead the world again. Palin possesses none of these qualities. John McCain may have been a P.O.W. but he’s also cancerous, 72 years old, and thinks Bush has done a fine job.
It’s time to drive a stake through the venomous heart of the neoconservative movement, which Palin represents. It has, after all, brought us nothing but record debt, failed leadership, and contempt from abroad.
The republicans don’t deserve another shot at this.
- Mark
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