Sep 02 2008
Sarah Palin is quite the interesting figure
The troubled times that our great nation has entered was apparent again yesterday, as 130 protesters were arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota. The group apparently broke off from a peaceful march and began smashing shop windows, overturning garbage cans, even vandalizing police cars. What brought on this protest? Eight years of President Bush taken out on the start of the Republican National Convention.
In my opinion, the Republicans did a great thing to save face with their convention. Instead of having party-rallying speeches in Minnesota all day while the city of New Orleans got rocked once again by a hurricane, the convention was turned into a call center for relief. I said earlier that it would be interesting to see how the Republicans tried to top what the Democrats did in Denver. In my opinion they did that here.
Of course this doesn’t mean the G.O.P. is off of the hook. If police have to answer in full riot gear to protesters at the start of the R.N.C., then there are obviously some Americans out there who are very angry at the Republican party. There are still plenty of questions surrounding the McCain campaign, which brings me to the topic of this post — Sarah Palin.
Sarah Palin was born February 11, 1964. She served two terms as mayor of Wasilla from 1996 to 2002. In 2006 she was sworn in as Alaska’s governor, becoming the first woman and the youngest governor the state has ever had. Now this mother of five is running to become the first woman Vice President ever.
Forget Obama-drama, bring on the mama-drama…
Yesterday it was announced that Palin’s 17 year old daughter is pregnant, and (don’t worry conservatives) is planning on keeping the baby. But what does this do to her campaign? While some feel that this is an example of a true American story, others, are not so excited. In fact, bookmakers in London are giving 8-1 chances that Palin is dropped from the ticket period. 30-1 that she’s gone by the end of the week.
If McCain is leaning toward dropping the young governor, he didn’t indicate it at all today. “I just want to repeat again how excited I am to have Sarah Palin, the great governor of Alaska, as my running mate” McCain said earlier today at a firehouse in Ohio.
Dropping Palin, in my opinion, would be the wrong move for McCain. By announcing his running mate so late in the season, voters are already scrambling to learn everything they can about both Joe Biden and Sarah Palin. Having to learn a new candidate with so little time would only hurt the Republicans chances at another term in the oval office. It does raise some of my own personal questions about Palin though.
What is a mother of five, grandmother-to-be, doing running for Vice President? This is a time where her family needs her most, and likewise our country needs its leaders most. I know it would take Superman/Wonderwoman a much stronger person than me who could fulfill both of those roles at the same time. If McCain and Palin do take office in 2008, then who will suffer most, the United States of America, or Sarah Palin’s family?
