Presidental Politics Part 2
Aug. 29th, 2008 09:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
strredwolfOkay, Obama went with Biden, which gains many positives. Of course, there's some negatives to. I won't get into ether, because of what happened to day over on the Republican side.
If you don't know, I do have issues with McCain. I would respect him if he wanted to change the Republican position, but unfortunately it's still in line with current policies of the White House. His Internet policy is completely wrong to boot (Pro-RIAA/MPAA, Pro-DMCA, Anti-Neutral). His health is worse than that of VP Dick Cheney, and there's questions over his POW status in Vietnam. McCain's own personal image looks like he's just constantly constipated (influenced by the right pose paired with a LOLcat, and a caption saying "We're poopin'").
And now, we find out he's chosen Sarah Palin.
My first reaction was "A governor from ALASKA?!? Oh great. Once again the Republican party picks a VP that has no touch of reality in the lower 48."
Now that I research her, she's only been governor for a year, a mayor for six, and a city council member for four. City politics and experience don't apply too well for the entire country, and being from Alaska makes it worse. She's also under investigation for firing a public saftey commissioner for not firing a state trooper... who was a brother-in-law and the two were having alot of problems.
She's anti-abortion. She found out her fifth child was diagnosed with Down syndrome before birth, and decided to raise the child. Her reasoning evokes a heavy religious bent which should be illegal in politics.
She's pro-drilling and pro-oil, being a member of a oil consortium.
And to tick off the enviromentalists, she's an avid hunter, a member of the NRA (which I respect), and wants to allow shooting from helicopters.
Add onto it that in an interview a month before, she reguarded the VP position as a waste of time and resources, not knowing what the job entailed.
Ugh. Alot of things tell me they only got her for the womens vote... and there's a high chance of it backfiring.
If you don't know, I do have issues with McCain. I would respect him if he wanted to change the Republican position, but unfortunately it's still in line with current policies of the White House. His Internet policy is completely wrong to boot (Pro-RIAA/MPAA, Pro-DMCA, Anti-Neutral). His health is worse than that of VP Dick Cheney, and there's questions over his POW status in Vietnam. McCain's own personal image looks like he's just constantly constipated (influenced by the right pose paired with a LOLcat, and a caption saying "We're poopin'").
And now, we find out he's chosen Sarah Palin.
My first reaction was "A governor from ALASKA?!? Oh great. Once again the Republican party picks a VP that has no touch of reality in the lower 48."
Now that I research her, she's only been governor for a year, a mayor for six, and a city council member for four. City politics and experience don't apply too well for the entire country, and being from Alaska makes it worse. She's also under investigation for firing a public saftey commissioner for not firing a state trooper... who was a brother-in-law and the two were having alot of problems.
She's anti-abortion. She found out her fifth child was diagnosed with Down syndrome before birth, and decided to raise the child. Her reasoning evokes a heavy religious bent which should be illegal in politics.
She's pro-drilling and pro-oil, being a member of a oil consortium.
And to tick off the enviromentalists, she's an avid hunter, a member of the NRA (which I respect), and wants to allow shooting from helicopters.
Add onto it that in an interview a month before, she reguarded the VP position as a waste of time and resources, not knowing what the job entailed.
Ugh. Alot of things tell me they only got her for the womens vote... and there's a high chance of it backfiring.
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Date: 2008-08-30 04:48 pm (UTC)I am a hunter. I say this to put what I am about to say into perspective. I dislike the NRA because it is no longer about gun ownership, but electing republicans. I dislike the gov of Alaska because she authorized aerial shooting of wolves. That is not hunting, that is gunning down animals from the sky.