The real deal on Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin got herself elected Mayor of a town of 5,000 with a surplus and left it $22 million in the hole. While “reforming” the small town she hired a lobbying firm that got her another $27 million of federal funds with the help of the disgraced and 7 count indicted Senator Ted Stevens. She was for the bridge to nowhere, before she was against it just like her support for Stevens. She was a failure as mayor who came close to being recalled.

Some of her causes include, banning books, abstinence only education and shooting elk and wolves from low flying planes. Her husband is a member of a political party whose main purpose is to secede from the United States. In her less than 2 years as Governor of the least populated state in the union she’s abused her power to carry out a personal vendetta. And to top it off her own 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant.

If she were a Democrat she would be drummed out of political office and held up as a bad example. But she’s a Republican, so she’s qualified to be Vice President.

It’s amazing to see the compassion for un-wed mothers by Republicans these days. Of course it’s only because it’s one of their own. Republicans have fought tooth and nail against helping out young women like Palin’s daughter. They rarely pass up an opportunity to demonize the hedonistic and immoral Democrats who allegedly encourage this kind of behavior. But when it’s one of their own any criticism is off limits. They can call Hillary Clinton a b*tch and laugh to the cameras, but question Sarah Palin and you are sexist.

Beyond the hypocritical double standards of the Republican Party there are more concerns for the person they’ve chosen to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Palin believes Creationism should be taught in our public schools. She doesn’t believe global warming exists. Doesn’t believe species like the polar bear are worth protecting. Has admitted to having no idea what a Vice President does and despite her son preparing to ship out soon seems gleefully ignorant of what’s going on in Iraq accept that it’s a holy war Jesus wants us to win.

If it weren’t so serious, it would be amusing to watch the doublespeak from the Republican Party defending their pick for VP. All of the sudden, foreign policy experience is not important. Associations with groups that are blatantly anti-American are fine. Being ignorant of the position your running for is encouraged. Unethical behavior, a requirement. Women running for public office instead of taking care of their family is to be commended. As long as you’re a Republican.

For the record, I think it’s great that Palin hasn’t disowned or hidden her teen daughter’s pregnancy. I simply want to point out the blatant hypocrisy from the “family values” crowd who would skewer a Democrat in that position as well as the Republican Party’s ignorant faith in abstinence only education coupled with their aversion towards contraception. It would be refreshing to believe that Palin might reconsider her decision to slash funds for teen mothers in her state. But if she is like other social conservatives she is unable to empathize with others who might not be as fortunate as she is.

This decision not only reveals what sad and pathetic individual Sarah Palin is, it also reflects what a poor decision maker John Mc Cain is. Most people see this choice for what it is, a cheap campaign stunt to get the votes of right wing fringe lunatics Mc Cain used to abhor, and to appeal to those disaffected Hillary supporters. All 5 of them, that are really Republicans anyway. What’s worse are the poor unsuspecting rank and file Republicans who actually believe their party.