Idiot Watch 11/4
Sarah Palin's got more than a few problems. She's fast and loose with the facts, she has extreme views on abortion and she's untried and uninformed for the Executive Branch of the United States Government.
So attack her on the issues. Going after her because she winks and says words like "gol'darn" with no apparent irony is just poor sportsmanship - and petty. Somebody posted a comment to a recent blog entry that Palin is stupid. She's not that. Not by a long shot. The fact that someone disagrees with you, or even with the rest of the world, does not make someone stupid. But it can make you fodder for ridicule.
So she hunts moose. So what? This makes her a raving lunatic in the eyes of many. She advocates "predator control" of wolves by licensed hunters. Well, I've lived in Alaska... knew a family who had to move on with their lives after the wolves claimed too many livestock. There's a diff between tech-savvy terminators hunting elk and ridding the area of predators. This latter is called wildlife management. Good grief, I even read columnists attack her as a "baby factory" because she's got 5 kids!
I've been hearing much about how the Obama-Biden campaign is a CHANGE (yes, in capital letters) from politics as usual. Well, the personal attacks on Palin and McCain make me think otherwise. And make me ashamed to be considered "liberal" by so many.
No less a statesman than Joe Biden advised us all to question judgment, never motives. Sage advice. And that does make me hopeful about the Democratic ticket.
And a few more tidbits for you ravenous carnivores out there: Biden played fast and loose with the facts, too, during the debate. McCain does not favor abortion for rape and incest, even though I've seen Internet ads that claim he does. And Palin did not try to censor books in the Wasilla, Alaska library, has never been a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and has never insisted that creationism be taught in schools. We also know that she and Biden feel the same way toward gay and lesbian civil unions.
You know what? She's got a big family, she's driven, and she's intelligent.
Get over it, already.
So attack her on the issues. Going after her because she winks and says words like "gol'darn" with no apparent irony is just poor sportsmanship - and petty. Somebody posted a comment to a recent blog entry that Palin is stupid. She's not that. Not by a long shot. The fact that someone disagrees with you, or even with the rest of the world, does not make someone stupid. But it can make you fodder for ridicule.
So she hunts moose. So what? This makes her a raving lunatic in the eyes of many. She advocates "predator control" of wolves by licensed hunters. Well, I've lived in Alaska... knew a family who had to move on with their lives after the wolves claimed too many livestock. There's a diff between tech-savvy terminators hunting elk and ridding the area of predators. This latter is called wildlife management. Good grief, I even read columnists attack her as a "baby factory" because she's got 5 kids!
I've been hearing much about how the Obama-Biden campaign is a CHANGE (yes, in capital letters) from politics as usual. Well, the personal attacks on Palin and McCain make me think otherwise. And make me ashamed to be considered "liberal" by so many.
No less a statesman than Joe Biden advised us all to question judgment, never motives. Sage advice. And that does make me hopeful about the Democratic ticket.
And a few more tidbits for you ravenous carnivores out there: Biden played fast and loose with the facts, too, during the debate. McCain does not favor abortion for rape and incest, even though I've seen Internet ads that claim he does. And Palin did not try to censor books in the Wasilla, Alaska library, has never been a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, and has never insisted that creationism be taught in schools. We also know that she and Biden feel the same way toward gay and lesbian civil unions.
You know what? She's got a big family, she's driven, and she's intelligent.
Get over it, already.
Comments
Mark,
This is right on - the problem with many "hate" voters is that they just don't get the idea that good people can disagree on how best to solve the problems in this country. The other part of the equation is the fact that others use their hate to drive their own agendas and divide the people of this country along the lines that seperate us rather than those that unite us. Politics is a dirty business - there are many examples of this throughout our history but the petty bickering that marks the politics of today is amplified by the media and the internet - where you can saying anything and do anything to destroy a good person. The SNL skit this past saturday is a good example - the Biden impersonater was funny but what does it really say about our political discourse when the joke being made accuses a candidate of being unstable. I'm not upset about the skit but I am upset that there are many people out there that actually think along those lines. And the racial undertones of the campaign, while expected, still shows that there are too many people in this country that traffic in hate. I'm sick of this election and just want it to be over because whoever wins is not going to really change anything and the politics of destroy your opponent will remain the way the political game is played. I guess it's easier that way for many people because they really don't want to think for themselves anyway so they might as well have someone else do it for them. Talk to you later.
Ed
Posted by: Ed | October 6, 2008 08:55 AM