melancholia of the road
the more i think about it, the more mc cain's choice of palin smacks of desperation and, of course, a large dose of hypocracy. mc cain said that the only qualification for his vice president would be "being ready to take over the presidency." yeah right, he has spent millions upon millions of dollars running commercials claiming that obama was too young and too inexperienced to be president and now he gives us a cheer leader? she was a mayor of a tiny town and now is the guv of a tiny state (population wise...i know how big alaska is). as guv of alaska she never ever ever had to worry about budgets or budget shortfalls because the state government of alaska is awash in money from the oil companies. i don't know anything about the town she mayored in but it had 7,000 people. incidently, when she was elected to governor she got 115,000 total votes or just a bit more than were in the stands when obama spoke in denver.
if johnny mc same is looking to get disgruntled hillary clinton voters i doubt that this choice will do him any good whatsoever and just could be the tilting point to move more and more independents over to the democratic side. we shall see.
after sacramento i go off to atlantic city and then back home for a week then back out again. while i love the driven road, i am not all that fond of the flying road. other than the shows themselves the towns are lonely and oddly sad. a form of melancholia overtakes me out here sometimes that i find very hard to shake. maybe it just that endless hotel hallway that gets me down; all of you who travel know the hallway of which i speak.
thoughts of those who have passed away; friends and family, running buddies and lovers, wives and sister and brother and, of course, mom and dad.
oh well, peace and love for all of us.
posted by Ron Shock | 6:25 PM
3 Comments:
She isn't meant to appeal to you. She's meant to shore up McCain's conservative base while not being too threatening to middle of the road undecideds. I think she does a good job at that. I think they want people to gripe about her inexperience, so they can point to accomplishments and claim that Obama has none.
Not only can they 'claim' he has none, it also has the added benefit of being true.
Ron, how big was the city that Obama was the mayor of?
How big (population wise) was the state that Obama governed?
What sort of job has Obama had in the private sector?
While Palin may lack experience, the one thing she has going for her is that no matter how limited her experience is, it is still more than Obama. And - she isn't running for president.
And yes - she is not meant to appeal to you. She is meant to appeal to the conservative base, which she does.
I know they try to dig up dirt on her. I know they will criticize her for being attractive, like you did calling her a cheerleader (although it's perfectly acceptable and a benefit if Obama and Michelle are considered attractive).
I think this pick was smart. I think a lot of the Democrats are nervous about this pick also. You are right, we shall see. I wish she had more experience, I'll admit that but I also know that calling attention to that is even more damaging to Obama.
I can't improve on Joe's comment. I will say that I don't think either pary has given us a great candidate in a long time. I find myself voting for the lesser of two evils usually. How many voters had no say in their primary elections, because they were already decided? I wouldn't have chosen McCain, but I'm forced to vote for him now. If their was a "None of the above" choice on the ballot, I think it would have won the last few elections.
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