I Stand Corrected

So it looks as though I wrote about some information that was proven to be incorrect. Sarah Palin never requested to ban books from the Wasilla library, thank god.It seems as though she did ask the librarian to what the process was to remove books from the library but never asked to actually ban books. Palin stated that a parent had asked her the very question, and she followed through and asked the librarian the process.

Although, I am still not a supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket (or shall we say Palin/McCain) I am glad that this rumor has been dismissed, and wanted to make sure that I passed that along.

A Book Banner for VP? God, I hope not!

I have surprised myself these last couple of weeks by not writing about my crazy addiction to the political events that have made the century, and only 8 years in to it. I have watched the recent political events diligently, my emotions have ranged from extremely entertained to deeply saddened to deeply motivated and to deeply ashamed of the recent mockery of our political system. This mockery has clearly turned this presidential election from a campaign about who is better qualified to lead the leaderless American people to a game of trickery and deceptive actions that all of the US should be ashamed of. We should be focused on strengths of the candidates, each emphasizing what exactly they can do specifically for you and me, not a campaign based on hypocrisy and lies aimed at attacking the opponent.

And on to my points...

So I have been on an emotional roller coaster ever since Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska was chosen as the vice presidential candidate to accompany John McCain on his mission to claim the title of President of the United States of America. I'm confused on where to start since my mind is overflowing with thoughts regarding Miss Alaska. Do I start with discussing her time as a mayor in Wasilla, Alaska turned Governor of the state, or her family values that have resulted in her sexually exploratory daughter who has ended up with a baby bump, no wait, my personal favorite her request to a librarian to ban books (gasp), or a bridge to no where which she seems to manic-depressingly support... or abandon, or finally but not finitely her record of retaliation towards people that stand in her way and don't see eye to eye on her beliefs.

I don't believe that McCain picked his first choice for vice president, I think that he picked Palin because that was his only chance at trying to win this election. McCain is disconnected from Palin, clearly shown from their speeches that they gave at the RNC. Palin's speech was clearly made to the right, McCain's speech was clearly made with the moderate's interest in mind. She mocked Barack Obama as a community organizer who she stated had no responsibility, and McCain advocated community organizing by getting involved in the community to make a difference.



Palin is being used to attract the radical, evangelist, right wing conservatives, which I believe she will do successfully. This despite being a hypocrite and advocating abstinence only education when she proved perfectly doesn't work, hence her daughter Bristol's premarital pregnancy. It's funny because I empathize for Bristol and her boyfriend who has described himself as redneck. To be pregnant at such a young age is going to be tough for her not to mention she will be exploited by the media for a long time, much at her mother's doing. I don't think that her daughter's pregnancy really even matters in the long run in the race to the white house, i just think that it reflects poorly on the republican party and continues to build a case that supports their incredible goals at being the best hypocrites they can be.

Palin has proved that she is a wonderful speaker that engages the audience and a pro at reading a teleprompter. She seems like a loving mother, although I again question her family values leaving her family and her special needs infant to run the country with McCain not to mention in a way exploiting her daughter to the world by accepting this position. Now some may call that a sexist statement but let's all look at this as realists. She is a mother that chose to have 5 children, she should be responsible enough to parent them the best that she can. The case could also be made with Obama and his children, except his daughters are prepubescant.

Although her speech gained attention of the country, it was in my view in poor taste. She lied numerous times about Obama's stand on the issues, and portrayed herself as a scathing women who has an overly inflated ego about her self, and calls herself a pitbull in lipstick. I'm not even sure if that's a positive or negative thing. But she isn't telling the country everything we need to know. She wanted to ban books from library including the Harry Potter series, Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess, and others that you can find at the following link: Books Palin tried to Ban . She supported the bridge to nowhere until she didn't support it. She claims that she said "thanks, but no thanks Washington," for the money to build it, but in fact she took the money and used it in other ways. The state of Alaska had been working on reform long before they were introduced to Sarah Palin, but she seems to accept the reform as her own personal accomplishment done in only 21 months.

I want to see her give an interview to the Press, but unfortunately it seems as though that may never happen. The McCain campaign stated that they are going to focus on speaking directly to their audience, this is a cleaver way for the campaign to cover up what they really mean - they won't leave her vulnerable to more bad press and embarrass her and the campaign with her lack of knowledge on current events and the issues of today.

I feel badly for McCain because I think that he doesn't have control of his own campaign. He is a maverick, but not in this election. It seems that he is being controlled by the Republican machine that has ruined the name of this country and wants nothing more than to continue the same bad policies that support the rich and scheme the poor. Palin as choice for VP may help win him the election but will pave the way for another 4 years of Bush-like politics and a continuous downward spiral of our already failing economy.

A book banner for VP is not the choice the US needs, because we all know that VP is normally a 4 year stepping stone to the presidency. One can only imagine what that would be like.