About a month ago, republican presidential candidate John McCain's nomination of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin came out of left field. I was skeptical about her nomination, and even though I had already determined who would be receiving my vote in November, I tried to keep an open mind and give her a chance.
She seemed to energize and excite a lot of the republican base and many others who were not already energized and excited by Barack Obama's democratic nomination for president. Even though I disagree with many of her political stances, was baffled by the McCain campaign's strategy to abandon the only argument they seemed to have at the time (Obama is "inexperienced"), and saw her quickly learn the McCain campaign's tactics to twist Obama's statements and ideas and turn them into ridiculous and often incoherent arguments, I thought the excitement she was generating was good for American politics. (Maybe US voter turnout will crack 60% for the first time since the Vietnam War era).
But now I'm surprised the McCain campaign is still allowing Sarah Palin to not only appear in public but open her mouth in public (in front of rolling cameras, even). It's pathetic and embarassing when the script for a Saturday Night Live skit featuring Tina Fey can be taken almost verbatim from a Palin interview.
Readers of my blog from the very beginning might recall a YouTube video featuring 2007's Miss Teen South Carolina, which I linked in one of my first posts while en route to Italy.
Whether you consider yourself a Republican, Democrat, or Independant; whether you can see through the contradictory campaign policies, arguments, "logic", and catch phrases Palin spews, or you choose to blindly agree; whether you are a fan of Keith Olbermann or abandoned him when he left ESPN's SportsCenter in favor of expressing his political views; I don't think it is much of a stretch to make a connection or two between Sarah Palin and the former Miss Teen South Carolina. (Feel free to fast forward to about 0:48 in the Palin video.)
Former beauty queens and incoherent thoughts? Mrs. Palin, are you sure you're against gay marriage? That's a shame. You and Miss South Carolina seem like a perfect match.
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LOL ~ I love the parallel and your hilarious comment at the end. But really, what an embarrassment she is for American citizens. Some of Palin's interviews seem like they belong on Jay Leno's show; where he randomly asks questions of people on the street and they embarrass themselves with their answers. I must admit that she did come across more rehearsed/better prepared for the V.P. debate. What about "the Talibani"?!!
Well said.
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