Palin - Not So Hot

Some people really honestly think that Palin will draw the disenfranchised Dems who feel that Hilary was "dissed"? She couldn't be farther removed from Hilary on the issues. Any Hilary supporter who does that is probably a racist idiot.

Someone commented to me recently that Palin is "nearly bulletproof." Palin is far from bulletproof in my eyes. Firstly she is a religious wackjob (my opinion based on my view of religion) who wants to make bible study mandatory in PUBLIC schools. This is incredibly offensive to not only me as an atheist but to many other religious people who are not christians. And it is against the US Constitution that allows us freedom of religion, as well as freedom FROM religion.

McCain and Palin also want to outlaw abortion NO MATTER THE SITUATION. So if a woman is raped or a victim of incest and gets pregnant she has to carry and deliver the child. How completely heartless to impose your religious beliefs on someone who went through a terrible ordeal and now must face a tough decision. I feel uncomfortable even bringing it up so I will just end this saying this is a personal matter and the government has no business intruding on it.

This country is not a theocracy even if so many people in this country wish it to be so or think it is. We would all be well-served to remember that.

Palin is governor of an oil producing state and is in the pocket of Big Oil. John McCain is getting extensive fundraising from Big Oil. I have to worry if we will see the same access for oil companies and their lobbyists that we've seen from the Bush-Cheney administration with a McCain-Palin one. Plus we all know that Palin is under investigation by the Alaska state legislature. I would say that she is clearly not "nearly bulletproof".

Palin is governor of a state that had a population of 670,000 in 2006. Compare that to the population of, oh let's say, Illlinois. Go ahead. I don't think she is nearly as ready be a leader on the worldwide front as either of the presidential candidates or the vice-presidential candidate. Let's face it, at McCain's age and health conditions, Palin would be a heartbeat away from being president. And no one start on that stuff about her being in a state close to Russia. It's not like she is holding back the terrible forces of the Soviet Red Army. Anyone who doesn't think McCain chose her based on her looks and the simple fact of her being a woman is being incredibly naive. And I am sick of hearing about how "hot" she is anyway.

In other Palin news, check these out ....

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1318541.aspx
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/08/30/palin-booed-for-mentioning-hillary-clinton/
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CVN_BRIDGE_TO_NOWHERE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2008-08-31-15-28-19
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/1/4231/18477/878/581881
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/31/174153/834/246/581480

I am seriously laughing my ass off right now.