SNL, CNN, and Palin
I’m trying to stay politically neutral on my site, but when Jon showed me this I just had to laugh.
Palin scares me.รย It scares me that she may run for president in 2012. It scares me that people like her because “she’s just like me.” Really I don’t want ‘someone just like me’ as president. I haven’t the foggiest clue how to be president and I don’t think she does either.รย I don’t think the next four years will change my opinion. She’s so far to the right that I want to run left.
That said I am not endorsing Obama on my site, I’m just not endorsing Palin as president.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I like Palin because she’s just like me… So there we go. Will you elaborate about why she scares you? I feel the same way about Obama. At least she’s 2nd while he’s first.
October 29th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
I dislike it when people choose to vote for someone just because “they’re just like them.” I don’t want someone to be voted for just because they’re black, white, or a woman. I think it should be based on their political polices and whose policies and stances mirror most closely to what that individual believes.
Also, I don’t feel like she has enough knowledge about world politics, or even national. She was asked to be vice president and she didn’t even know what would be required of her. (She asked, “So what does the vice president do?” right after accepting. Not that I know exactly what VP does, but I’m not running for VP.)
I think there is a certain level of needing to be a politician to be a politician nominated for the office of president or even vice president.
Plus she is second, but to an aging nominee, so there is a high likelihood she could become first if McCain wins.
October 29th, 2008 at 2:53 pm
For me it comes down to competence. Both presidential candidates seem basically competent to lead, whether or not I agree with their politics. Palin, on the other hand, seems out of her depth in national and international politics. I imagine that she would need to learn a lot before she would be ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Her candidacy almost seems like a farce, like if McCain asked me to be his VP.
October 29th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
I understood the “what does the VP do” was a question she asked the media before she was asked. I also understood that remark to mean that she wasn’t considering it because the VP really didn’t do anything.
I don’t think it matters as much whether the VP is ready to lead if the president is.
I know there are concerns about McCain actually surviving a term which makes Palin’s competency a valid concern.
Sen. Obama served as a State Senator then pitched his hat in for a National bid. Served there two years and decided to run for president. I’m not too sure that he’s all that much more qualified than Palin.
However, we elected Clinton who had little experience beyond governing Arkansas, and everyone thought he was a good president. (I’m not ready to agree that he was becase he started the housing landslide by signing into law relaxed lending laws.)
I agree, don’t vote based on gender or race. It is tempting, however, as a woman to want to vote for a woman because we’ve had too many men in office. Too bad Sen. Clinton isn’t running.
October 30th, 2008 at 5:03 am
I get my impression about Governor Palin’s competence from her interviews and the debate, not necessarily from her resume. While she seems personable and probably a perfectly competent governor, she flounders on her knowledge of national politics. I really think I could answer the questions in her interviews just about as well as she did. That’s not a good sign. ๐
October 30th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
The issue I have with Sen. Obama is that he too lacks experience. The difference is he’s running for the No. 1 slot and Palin’s running for the No. 2 slot. (She’s actually not running, McCain is, she’s just his VP pick).
I do not question that Obama can talk and that what he says sounds good, but I question whether he can actually pull off what he’s saying. I heard Obama speak at the Healthcare Forum in early 2007 and he was boasting that he could fix healthcare in one year. I was incredulous, a year, even Sen. Clinton said it’d take a little time (and she’s the one who pushed healthcare to the forefront of this election). Now Obama’s a little more cautious in his answers.
Also, Obama’s all but admitted that he’s a socialist and Biden’s not helping that by spreading the story that Obama’s going to spread the wealth.
Dictionary.com definition of socialism is a theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of the ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.
Don’t get me wrong, I really don’t like McCain either. I still can’t decide for whom I will vote and time is of the essence, esp. if I don’t want to wait in lines on Election Day.
Lacey, I want you to know that you did get me to relook at Obama after I wrote him off.
October 31st, 2008 at 8:58 am
Did you see the SNL where they mocked the VP debate and Tina pulled out a flute at the end for the “talent portion” of the show.
October 31st, 2008 at 12:34 pm
I think Socialism is an interesting topic. The idea is to create equality within the people. I don’t agree with complete equality, but I do agree with the idea that there is more burden of responsibility on those who have more to help those with less.
Obama wants to put a higher tax on people with higher incomes. I agree that those who make more money should be taxed more than those who make less. I don’t necceasrily agree with where he draws the line of who is rich, but I think there is a higher burden if you make more money.
Should the factory worker making $20,000 a year be taxed 20% of their income, exactly like the $4,000,000 a year earning CEO?
That would mean the worker contributes $4,000 and is left $16,000 a year. The CEO contributes $800,000 and gets $3,200,000. Is that really fair?
I think their should be a progressive hike in taxes as someone earns more. Some people have a higher earning potential, and others do not because of various reasons including socioeconomic situations. We try to give those with less more opportunities through school and what not so they can earn more and thus contribute more to society and help those who are beneath them.
Some never move up but stay in poverty, whether it’s because they do not try to move up, or because they fail to move up, or they like to milk the system. Some people become wealthy because they work hard. Some become wealthy because they have others who work hard for them. Some people who have money evade taxes and do not pay money into the system while others do.
Those who have more should feel a desire to help those with less.
We just came into a higher tax bracket this year and are now paying nearly double what we paid last year in taxes, and we are not making double the amount. We also put the minimum amount in because we don’t like the IRS getting interest from our money. Is is fair that we now have to pay more? I think so.
I don’t aggree with Obama’s tax hike for those who make 250k a year, but where do we draw a line in the sand at who is rich and who is not?