The Palin.

There she is. Your Republican vice-presidential nominee. You know her story by now. You know her daughter (who is hot, by the way) is knocked up big time. We know one of her sons is in the military. You may agree with her policies. (I have to make a dig here about how she doesn't actually seem to know what her policies are at this point anymore because she is being told what to say.) You may not agree with her policies. (Me. Over here! Me.) But I think it needs to be stated, that if her and John McCain won the election, she would be second in line to be the president of the United States of America. And I am not too crazy to think the McCain might not have four years left in his natural life. I would be sad if he died. And then shock would hit me. Sarah Palin would be the president of America. I cannot even begin to fathom this. I have nothing against her being governor of Alaska. Well, except for her wanting to explore ANWAR for its resources. We do need that oil. We need sooo much oil. Thirty may be the new twenty, but sunlight is not the new oil. We need fossil fuels. But, would I have something against her being president of this country? Yes, just a little bit. Or a whole bunch. Or a ton. Or a megaton. Something more than a megaton. Anyways...

This stems from me seeing a segment on the Today show dealing with "Real life hockey moms." The story was obviously spurred on because of Sarah Palin. So that is who we want running the country, a hockey mom? I understand it is very nice to see something in a candidate that you can relate to. And we end up voting for a candidate because we agree on the same issues, hopefully. (Unless the other candidate is black, then we would never vote for him, never.) But seriously, when did it become the thing to vote for people who are most like you? I will tell you this, I want to be voting for someone who is absolutely not anything like me. Just because I think I know what is best for this country, does not mean that I feel in any way that someone who is like me would be an ideal person to run the country. It has just become absurd. Yes, John McCain is a veteran, but just because you are also a veteran, that does not mean you have to vote for McCain. And yes, Sarah Palin is a woman, but being a woman does not mean you are required to vote for her.

As you can see...this idea of voting for a person because they share similar qualities with you is ridiculous to me. And this would be the exact reason why I pretty much hate every single person who has ever been a member of the NRA (this includes you Mrs. Palin). It is pretty uniformly the stance of every NRA member to vote for Republican because they share the idea that bearing arms, even assault rifles, is somehow the most important aspect in their lives. And you got angry when Obama claimed you clung to your guns and religion? How right he was. I don't know what else to say. I still don't know when that became the reason to vote for a president, because you are similar to him. I hope all the good ol' boys are happy with how their good ol' boy president turned out. I hope they are especially happy with how their good ol' boy president handled the economy and allowed businesses to do whatever they want.



I will refrain from providing a detailing of just how disgusted I am with the recent financial meltdown and just how angry I am with the idea of laissez-faire economics.