Sports N Politics’
Let me just take a spin down the old boulevard of news lately and see what it looks like. Oh wow I see here that it’s not the best weeks to be a Clemson fan, no one saw that one coming, at least not in tiger-town! And Gamecock fans remember a “Smelly” second half does not make a season. Oh and yes I will admit it I don’t think my Wolverines could beat either team right now! NFL season kicks off this Thursday night and I’m so ready for the new season so I can stop hearing about the super bowl champion Giants. I’m taking the Chargers and the Patriots in the AFC while in the NFC I’m going with Dallas and the Panthers, I think the Panthers are going to be a tough team that will have a struggle but that will make them very tough come playoff time Let’s take a look at the presidential campaign, what this? The Republican Party Receiving major amounts of coverage after announcing that Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin would be Sen. McCain’s running mate? Oh but the coverage isn’t because of the Governor’s career and her accomplishments in the very tough environment inside Alaskan politics’. It’s not because she is more like the people she represents, a working mother with kid’s and family issues yet able to become a productive working woman, the kind of modern woman any DEMOCRAT would tell you we should respect and honor and support in this modern global village we all, err some choose to live in. It appears to me that Governor Palin would no doubt be a celebrated pick as a symbol of the open minded, progressive thinking, women’s rights fighting, global warming believing, national health care supporting, tax raising, save everyone, and anti-capitalism party. She would be defended, protected, celebrated and hailed as a symbol of all that a modern woman can be! But ooop’s! she’s a republican. Hey Liberal! Don’t make me say the H-word! And by the way you’re right when you say that Gov. Palin is no Hillary Clinton. That, I’m in total agreement with you on. And I’m also very happy about that too. Beside’s she’s a “Hockey mom” which means she could kick the crap out of any elitist “Soccer mom”. Again please tell me America, and be honest, can you look at this woman, her family, her record, and her career and not be at least impressed that for the first time in our history, we actually have a honest to god, regular mom, person, mother, who is a fighter, who gets things done and will fight to change the grid lock of 2 party politics’ in “Old Washington”? Come on Liberal, deep down inside you kind of wish she was in your camp, joining you on the streets of St. Paul attacking old people walking down the street, destroying store fronts, public property, protesting god knows what and fighting with the police. I mean I know you don’t have a job liberal, so why would you want your candidate to become president and get you a job? I mean you wouldn’t have all that free time to travel, protest and destroy public property! And by the way who pays for the medical treatment you get after the injuries you receive when a cop has to crack you over the head with a night stick because you just kicked him, spit on him and beat up some old people?
September 11th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Brian,
I’m a little shocked by your response to Palin being named as McCain’s running mate. I mean, she’s pretty. She’s definitely a mom. She’s a Governor (for all of two years now) of an extremely small (population-wise) state. But Vice President material she definitely is NOT. My GOD! Ol’ JM could kick the bucket at any moment…does he have even a clue of the character, skills and knowledge needed to successfully lead this great country of over 400 million people that’s in a recession and at war?!!! If he did/does, then his selection of Palin could be considered nothing less than utterly irresponsible. Maybe people have been lulled into believing it can’t too tough a job because we’ve had a dangerously incompetent idiot in the whitehouse for the past eight years, but look where that’s gotten us! To be honest I was totally psyched when she was named JM’s running mate because (once again) I totally overestimated the level of intelligence of the conservatives in this country and assumed they would see it as clear evidence of JM’s extremely poor judgement. But alas, the very mentality that elected George W for a second term still prevails. I’m an independent not a democrat, but since there are only two choices in this election I am thankful that this time around there’s a democratic candidate, Obama, who’s judgement and capacity to lead this country out of the horrendous mess it’s in I can believe in. And Biden is an extremely competent and experienced running mate who also has the skills and knowledge to be president as well. Sorry to say it, but sarcasm, diversions, misleading half-truths and outright lies made by JM & his joke of a running mate don’t fool me or most other Americans both liberal & conservative. I’m deeply concerned that the level of education and discernment in this country have dropped to such a level that there are still so many who are taken in by such tactics hook, line & sinker. Even after they’ve been exposed to it for 8 years now, apparently there are still people who believe that maybe THIS time they are being told the truth. My God it’s sad.