Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid

The strange thing about Sarah Palin is that she can be all things to all people. And she knows it. There are vast reserves of sexual energy that she uses to both emasculate and energize men. She uses the wife and mother card to reach busy and tired women who see her as the ultimate role model. She invokes a spirit of independence and of the mythical frontier by finding a way to cozy up to her town's bar keepers (without even having to drink herself) and by going out on hunting expeditions in a manner not seen since Teddy Roosevelt. And of course she embodies the spirit of the true believer in her faith based activities.

The real Sarah Palin showed up at the Republican National Convention and during the much watched Vice Presidential Debate. She is direct, charming, folksy, and ultimately quite convincing to both herself and to her audience. She relishes in zingers aimed at the heart of her opponents and has never not found a camera that she did not like.

If she was running for Miss America we could overlook her obvious narcissistic ways and dwell more on her perceived cuteness. But she is not running for Miss America and it is high time that all who have the opportunity to say so come straight with the facts.

Sarah Palin is the most dangerous major party candidate in our nation's history. Despite claiming to see Russia everyday (which she cannot from Anchorage or Juneau) she is completely unqualified for national executive experience. She has no working knowledge of the Constitution, no grasp on key events of the past, and sees the world in starkly (perhaps religiously) simple terms of black and white.

For all those who disdain both George Bush and Dick Cheney, they would be a much more welcome addition to Washington than the lady from Alaska. Wrapped up in a shell of ambition, self love, and a missionary zeal, the unknown governor would embark on policies that would not only destroy America but would almost definitely bring us war on many fronts. Her simplistic reactions towards Russia and Iran would move us perilously close to the use of nuclear weapons. Her mind, devoid of foreign policy concepts, is being filled in by the same neocons who persuaded Bush to attack Iraq instead of going right after Osama bin Laden.

America is living in tough times. How in God's name can someone lacking all intellectual pursuits and with relatively no knowledge of the complex interdependent global economy lead us out of the current recession? She can't and will not be able to.

"Drill, baby, drill" is more than a slogan with Sarah Palin. This tag line embodies her entire spirit. Oil and gas is and will always be our solution to a world that is short on these elements. Global warming be damned as we tie ourselves to a cross of black gold. By invoking the drill first slogan, Plain is really saying that we do not need the rest of the world to help us with any problems and we will continue the disastrous go it alone policies of the past eight years. And of course, just to appeal to those votes out there, well there are millions of men who get the hidden message.