Our son sent me this one....

Back on September 26th, CNN's Jack Cafferty let us into his thoughts about Sarah Palin and her threat to our country...... "One 72 year old's heart beat away from the Presidency"





The go to CNN.com/CaffertyFile Scroll down to September 26th, and read the comments - if the world were not in so much peril from this woman's placement on the brink of 'leadership' I would be tickled by this quote "She’s no more qualified than Marge Simpson." said Jennifer in Winnipeg - then again Marge would present herself much better.

What to they want?

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Of course, They want a woman who is

"just like me!"

"Every morning I wake up and tease my hair 'till it's big enough to hide a rabbit in, tell my knocked-up teenage daughter that a marriage by shotgun is better than not getting married, have someone fired 'cause gosh darn it, I don't like them very much........ and then go shoot a moose for lunch."

"Then after I get Trig up from his nap and do his enrichment exercises - by screeching about 'terrorists' close to his ear; About 3:00pm I will meet with reporters, pose for some pictures - not answer any questions that I have not been fed the answers to -- and get home in time to remind my husband to 'smile - and not speak to anyone - ever. Double so about Troopergate.'"

McCain would call these "gotchas" we will just "Oh Sarah - say it isn't so..."

Populist?

Lots of people on television seem to be calling McCain-Palin "populists" all of a sudden. Wow, this is not a term that I have seen used much in my lifetime. (60 years) This is something I studied in history regarding the beginning on the last century - "the elites" vs. "the people" - trade unions - railroad barons..... Big business, little people... , Hooverism vs. New Deal....

Now it is field dressing a moose? Now it is spouse that is a fisherman? Now it is a car pool, hockey mom ---- vs. the ____________________(fill in the blank).

The devil's own spawn, said - "She's a populist," Karl Rove on Fox TV.

Some talking head on CBS said she was a "populist" --

I might like someone -- my neighbor might like someone -- we might decide we both like someone for the same reason, we talk around and everyone seems facinated by the same person........ That does not mean that that person is a populist, it might mean that she is popular or even a curiosity.... but it does not mean she is a populist.

Just Rambling - 'how you gunna keep 'er, down on the farm - after she sees Pair-ee"!

Of course, I have to remember, we are voting for President in November, not Potential President, and there’s no reason to believe that a Potential President Palin would have significant influence over policy in a McCain Administration.

(Even if Chaney did have a lot of influence on the current President Bush -- but she could.)

And maybe, if the Moose Hunter gets the Potential President job, and moves to the big city, she will experience the big world and find out she is not so sure about things. People do that, you know. From my life experience it was easier for me to be cock sure about the world before I had seen it, and when I felt I had control over all of what mattered to my family and I.

But, don't you think that, just being in Washington D.C. could expose her to things her family has never had to deal with. She will see poverty on a grand style -( much bigger than the local church can deal with by throwing a food drive); Violence, drug use, illiteracy, multi-generational dependence on social resources -- remember, this is a city that re-elected a mayor who was affected by drugs. 55% of the population in Washington DC is African American; Whites are a very small minority; One third of the population of Washington DC is functionally illiterate; according to Wikipedia the murder rate has declined to 169 for 2006. (The Alaska Law Enforcement Agency reported that the whole state of Alaska reported 36 murders in 2006 --- 36 for the whole state!).

What I am saying is that the good part of getting a Potential Presidential Candidate that has not been out of her own small town much is that there is a potential for learning. Maybe she will really be a 'loose cannon' and when she sees that she can't just send her kids off to school, or let them go out and do things -- (I know, I know -- the Secret Service are pretty good baby sitters) -- okay, so maybe if she lives in a town where the local news on the TV is about more than Salmon - she will start thinking about a world bigger than her self.

Maybe with the travel of campaigning she will see that people who will lose their houses this year, or have to stay in houses that are in lousy neighborhoods - or see people who are functionally illiterate but having children because they don't know about choice, or maybe do and don't have the money for "the pill"; maybe she will meet people who are less afraid of Al Qaeda than where food will come from next month; Working people, of every economic and educational group, who are making choices between filling prescriptions and making house payments.

I know I am probably a twit that I have a fantasy that the possibility that becoming part of Washington’s power centers will change Palin enough that she will see that her record will be meaningless if she ever does become President - or even Vice President. I have a vision where one day she will see that she needs to grow and grow FAST!

I guess McCain but he could have done worse -- but not much. The one good thing I see is that it might be hard to keep her down on the farm - after she see Pair--ee!

Service and Parenting (II)

I just realized that I left off part of my "point" about answering questions about 'whose going to watch the kids, honey?" And that omission probably says something about me -- I will work on it.

When I first started that other blog I was going to also make the point that every candidate that is offering to give up 100% of their time to service, (Like President and potential Presidents)-- should actually be required to fill out Parenting Plans (like they fill out financial disclosures) -- but that because this never came up before (compare to Desert Storm) -- no one ever thought of it.

So, since Mr. Obama, Mr Biden, and Mr. McCain are also candidates - they should just fill out the papers too. As should all candidates from now forward...

Ballad of Sarah Palin

Sing along to the tune of Davy, Davy Crockett ...


You can see the actual music video here:

Born in a Hospital in Idaho
Didn't meet McCain until a week ago
Now she might be our next V.P.
She openly admits that she used to smoke weed
Now she lives in the coldest state
Her husband took her fishing on their very first date
They got married and had five kids
She was doing politics, while he was catching squids

Sarah, Sarah Palin...........
Queen of the Alaskan Frontier

A card carrying member of the N.R.A.
Disagree with her, and she'll blow your ass away
Sarah's very fond of shooting MooseBald Eagles, Puppies, and even a Goose
Sarah isn't known for trying to conserve
She wants to drill for oil in a protected reserve
Doesn't support abortion, or being gay
Its not her fault, just the Republican way

Sarah, Sarah Palin..........
Queen of the Alaskan Frontier

And now we've come to the end of the song
Alaska's Governor is a Hockey Mom
Sarah soon will make history
As the first gun totin', nut job, female V.P.

Sarah, Sarah Palin..........
Queen of the Alaskan Frontier
Sarah, Sarah Palin..................
Queen of the Alaskan Frontier


The Ballad of Sarah PalinSong
Written, Directed, and Performed by Mason Storm
Produced by Warpedcorp

Gynecological Reasons to vote for Sarah Palin

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