So High Above

Now that the McCain VP Choice, Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, a Governor for all of eighteen months begins to get some media scrutiny the foolishness of this choice becomes all the more apparent. The McCain campaign and the right wing media minions of the Republican Party are now hounding a talking point that Ms. Palin has more experience in Governance that Senator Obama. Their argument hinges on the facts that she was the mayor of a town of 7,000 and a Governor for 18 months. They conveniently forget to mention facts such as, she didn't even have a passport until 2007. It is hard to fathom someone running the United States who knows nothing about the rest of the world. It has also been noted that Sarah Palin is a Creationist, and supports Creationism being taught in Public Education as a matter of Public Education Policy. It is beyond resaon to think that the lessons of Creationism should be taught in the Public Education System. Those that preach Creationism believe that the ...

John McCain picked the Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin to be his Vice-Presidential running mate. Although I was not thrilled with Senator Obama's pick of Senator Joe Biden to be his running mate at least I can understand the reasoning. Senator Biden offers the Obama ticket international expertise and legislative prowess. What will Governor Sarah Palin offer to the McCain ticket? Governor Sarah Palin is the Governor of a State that is flush with cash and does not need to provide services to a major population. Her economic expertise is questionable, her international expertise is non-existent and her vision of the American future is the typical Republican Party line. The only reason that the desperate McCain campaign could have made the choice of Sarah Palin is in hopes of capturing the woman vote that feels disenfranchised by the defeat of Senator Clinton. Senator McCain has run a campaign based on slandering Senator Obama as a celebrity, and now he picks a real celebrity, a for...