Palin Comparison

 

 

They can't even look at each other!

 

Shock & awe! Shocked that McCain would pick such a lame duck and in awe that he has so masterfully sealed the fate of his parties election hopes. 

This is a man who berates Sen. Obama for his inexperience and then goes and picks the uber-rookie as his veep. I don’t know about you, but I feel a feeling of warmth come over me – almost like I am surrounded in a warm blanket when I realize, that, should McCain win this election (he won’t), and if, he kicks the bucket (likely) or falls ill (likely), that his veep, Sarah Palin would be able to steer this great nation because she once won a beauty pageant.

As an Alaskan however, she is ideally suited for carving up the oil resources in that state and we all know how much McCain and his party lurve oil.

Alaskans are also ideally placed to define America’s foreign policy. Alaska (although beautiful) is in the middle of nowhere, populated by only 600,000 people, and nobody wants to go there save for wildlife trips. This means it is fairly isolated. Ideal qualities to produce America’s ideology for foreign policy.

In addition, Ms. Palin, is pro-life but loves guns. I mean I am fairly intelligent but feel a little confused about this? She wants to preserve life at all costs but will blow your fucking head off if she had the chance or at least believes it is her right to. Ummm – yeah, right.

Oh but wait, she is a woman! So McCain hopes this will work out in his favor. Maybe – but not when the woman is about as experienced as a Mormon virgin on prom night. In addition, the only Palin I know who is qualified at anything is Michael and the last I heard, Monty Python don’t do politics.

Seriously though, Obama picked Biden as he acknowledged that he needed a wise owl on his team. Someone who would complement his skills and persona and help bridge the gap between him and the working and middle classes. Biden does that and above all he is an excellent politician and a true patriot – noting that true patriots do criticize and question (it’s how they make their countries better). Whereas, McCain it seems just picked his VP for the sake of it. He wanted to make a statement and break from the norm of other GOP’ers. I believe this was a huge error. People will a) see through this and b) realize the aging McCain who looks even older next to Palin, is simple handing the reigns (in the event of his death or illness) to a pro-life, gun-toting, in-experienced person who is not equipped to lead this country into an Arby’s let alone the future.

America – do you really want to elect a man who would pick his VP as a matter of one-up-manship? What does that say about McCain as a person – think about it. And, if you think all the Hillary supporters will now support McCain because he picked a female VP – think again. That won’t happen. Fundamentally, a woman has a right to choose whether we like it or not. If Palin was pro-choice this would have been a huge blow to Obama. But pro-life and pro-gun – NOT GOOD! 

So it seems the Republicans are shit out of luck and this was an ill informed choice by a man who is so out of touch he needs a nerve transplant – stat! Move over grandpa and use your time to babysit your new veep (and pray she doesn’t mistakenly shoot you)….

Hussein is Sane

Last night, whilst on vacation, I took some time out to watch Barrack Obamas speech at the Democratic National Convention on what was an auspicious day already.

I was blown away. I am by nature the most cynical of people but it is rare that one sees such a speech given by such a person in their lifetime. Although I don’t believe such an event is where you spell out the nuts and bolts of your policies (it’s more about show and soundbytes), I feel that he broadly gave us all an indication of what his presidency would mean.

In that speech alone, he racked up a bill of $250bn. The media were of course very quick to jump on that and take the stance of ‘where will this money come from’. I found this quite laughable. Have the GOP (Go On Prozac) not spent almost $1 trillion on a war nobody wanted or needed. That money alone could have put the US economy back on track, funded all of Obama’s plans and funded a military operation to finish the job in Afghanistan. Therefore is $250bn not a drop in the ocean? 

America needs vision. When I was a young boy growing up in the UK, I used to look to America for all that was new, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art and cool. It was kind of gutting when I moved here to watch that uber-prick GWB spend this countries money like a rap star in Louis Vuitton. I mean what has America done in the past 8 years? Sure GWB may have teamed up with George Lucas to produce the epic movie Start Wars – The Empire Takes Flack but where is the vision? I recall a young JFK pledging to put a man on the moon – a seemingly impossible task (without a joint or magic mushrooms) but against all odds he did it. In our time the challenge is to find alternate energy sources so that we may live in harmony with our planet that we are merely guests on. We have the means but we lack the will. Obama, I have no doubt, will give us that momentum.

The GOP (Go on Prozac – please), will twist all his words because they are driven by fear. Like a dog takes a leak against a parking meter on the sidewalk – the GOP know no better. In my mind the Republicans are the old guard and represent everything that is wrong with America. They are insular, resource intensive (Hum-V’s and oil), greedy, hypocritical (they believe they are doing God’s work yet serve to line their own pockets) and worst of all they are bigoted. You know there is a group of old white waspy folk sitting in a barn somewhere in Texas saying ‘there is no way we can let a ni@#er run this country – my daddy would be turning in his grave’. That is what Barrack faces. In the words of Bob Dylan “the times they a-changin’”.

His speech took a lot of courage. He pledged to help 95% of the population with tax brakes. Meaning the 5% of rich people should expect higher taxes (rightly so). He will close loop-holes giving fat-cat companies less breaks and ensure they pay their way. He pledged to reduce our dependence on foreign oil within 10 years – this is a tall order but again, the right thing to do. After-al, the world’s conflicts stem from this dependence. He threw caviar at Russia (but kept the Stoli in the bottle), signaled that Afghanistan is about to have fewer caves, Iran faces being the testing ground for the new F-22 raptor/F-35 if it doesn’t quit with its nuclear rhetoric (although Israel will tell you that Mahmood just has a big mouth).

I cannot vote – Barrack O’Bummer!!! But if I could – this man would get mine. Still trying to find out if I can buy someone’s vote via eBay – does anyone know? America wake up, smell the inevitability of your actions if you vote for McCain. This is, in my opinion, a dithering fool who has about as much integrity as Iraq’s former Minister of Dis-Information. His presidency will mean more of the same from a man who is part of the elite who thinks middle class means having $5 million/or less of wealth. Doing your job and serving in Vietnam does not make you automatically qualified to run the USA. Sure he was a POW but that was part of the job description. Mr. McCain has consistently used this as his basis for being a solid man. It was over 30 years ago – get over it.

As far as I can tell, Barrack Obama is a good man, with good intentions and I am certain he will change the way we see politics and politicians. He is sane; of sound mind and I believe last night, we witnessed an historic speech by the man we come to affectionately call ‘President Barry’. The only thing between Sen. Obama and the top job is the voting system… To be continued…