Palin and McCain just not presidential – SNL will not improve likability October 18, 2008
Posted by irisia in mom, politics.Tags: Palin not likable, Palin SNL too late; Palin not presidential;
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As a marketer, I can understand the politics of needing to strategize to improve the effectiveness of their campaign. There’s a problem with Palin. People don’t respect her and they don’t feel she has credibility. They don’t have confidence in her. So, if she can’t quickly win the credibility and confidence factors – because she doesn’t have the meat behind these – she can at least try to make a surge in the likability area.
So her strategists are probably thinking, sh-t, this was such a bad idea to pick someone who is not qualified to be the Vice President. So, since the only way to go is up, why don’t we try to improve her likability and get a huge burst of publicity while we’re at it. This may help with the objective of improving likability if that one quality stands in a vacuum. But here’s the problem – it doesn’t. In order to be VP, she has to be presidential. She has to be qualified and likable to be considered, but she would need to be presidential on top of those. Is she presidential? Nope. We must be such a joke to other world leaders to put someone up for VP that has to go on a comedy show as her last ditch effort.
Nobody has captured this better than Baltimore Sun reporter By Frank Schaeffer October 18, 2008
Posted by irisia in politics.Tags: irresponsible politics; irresponsible campaigning, Sarah palin inciting violence; republicans incite violence
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Schaeffer says:
(To McCain) …“history will hold you responsible for all that follows.
John McCain and Sarah Palin, you are playing with fire, and you know it. You are unleashing the monster of American hatred and prejudice, to the peril of all of us. You are doing this in wartime. You are doing this as our economy collapses. You are doing this in a country with a history of assassinations.”
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/oped/bal-op.mccain10oct10,0,7557571.story
Sarah Palin a threat to domestic security and national security October 16, 2008
Posted by irisia in mom, politics.Tags: sarah palin national security threat; sarah palin domestic security threat; sarah palin incites violence
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The key to our strength as a super power is in the perception of our intelligence – both literally and figuratively. When the world sees Sarah Palin’s remarks on Russia, they will laugh at us. They will laugh at us for putting up a candidate with not only no experience but the apparent and actual utter lack of intelligence about foreign policy and national security.
Further, when the real terrorists hear her throwing around words like terrorist for anyone domestically that has never perpetrated, nor led, nor incited any acts of violence, they will brim with excitement at her stupidity. They won’t feel as if they’re dealing with a superpower; they’ll laugh.
But for Sarah Palin to incite cries such as “kill him” at her rallies, she is inciting not only violence but also fodder for the maniacal zealot who will believe a candidate’s stupidity and use her incite to violence as an invitation.
Shame on her doesn’t even begin to communicate her admonition.
Why does Palin irk me so much? October 12, 2008
Posted by irisia in mom, politics.Tags: palin irks, successful, women in leadership, women in power
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I’ve never been as interested, in tune, involved and captivated about a political race – ever. I think I started paying attention just out of social observation about how a really strong woman would do in a presidential election. Hillary tried her hardest and I really respect what she did; but even I, with as much admiration as I have and with as much as I wanted her to do well, felt annoyed with her demeanor when I watched her. Here’s the great irony. I want woman to do well. But, whether it be Hillary or Palin, I just sort of get that B feeling when I watch them.
But, that said, Hillary and Palin are in totally different leagues – totally different universes. Where Hillary is educated and brilliant and caring and philanthropic-natured and educated, Sarah is the opposite. Worse, Sarah is completely ignorant.
She reallyyyyy irks me.
