A Spin on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: Palin
October 5, 2008 by amanda
Filed under Editorials
photo credit: Fox News
By Kim Ngai, News Editor
For the first time since she was announced to be Senator John McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin wasn’t the topic of the day on This Week with George Stephanopoulos. She didn’t make headlines on the LA Times, and she wasn’t the subject of any major political pundits’ broadcasts on CNN.
Sarah Palin was a sensation when she was picked. She was different— a hunter, a former beauty queen and varsity high school basketball player. She was from Alaska. And if that was the “change” the GOP was looking for, they got it.
They got everything by nominating Governor Palin except for experience—the very same thing they have been hounding Obama on for the past year. Her foreign policy experience is that the fact that Alaska is neighbors with Russia.
Well, I’m pretty sure that Obama took a geography course once, too and learned that Alaska was next to Russia. And perhaps it would only be fair to add that since she’s governor, she’s also in charge of the National Guard. So is Arnold Schwarzenegger, my dear. And when was the last time you heard him talking about the last thing he did with California’s National Guard?
I have to admit that Sarah Palin is interesting—but for all the wrong reasons. Never have I seen someone who so strongly believes global warming is a climactic cycle that will end when Mother Nature wills it. Never have I seen someone who so strongly advocated Georgia being involved with NATO. She says war is hell, but by accepting Georgia into NATO, she would only be promoting it by taunting Russia.
Someone who inherits an almost debt-free state and leaves it owing 13 million is definitely someone who is a heartbeat away from the presidency, the highest position in the United States of America.
Palin also attempted to comment on our economic crisis. And it was a failure at best. She claimed that lending giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers.” However, Andrew Jakabovics, an economic analyst, added that her remarks were “…somewhat nonsensical because up until yesterday there was no public funding there [ in Fannie and Freddie]. Even today they haven’t drawn down any of the credit line they have given to Treasury.”
The Sarah Palin excitement has finally died down. Unlike the unfathomable reasons for why John McCain would pick such an inexperienced individual to lead our nation, there was a large reason why Palin was on headline news. She was interesting because she hunted moose and has a teenage daughter pregnant out of wedlock.
We let her personal life influence our own judgments. Republicans blamed Obama for hosting a celebrity show, but there’s nothing different than the Palin was being presented. It’s about time both parties focus on the real issues.
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What a bias article! Sara Palin is more than good looking and talented. She brings new energy to the world of politics. She might not have foreign policy experience (neither does Obama)but at least she has executive experience. That’s something all four of the canidates don’t have. You might have seen the VP debate. She held her own against Biden. I didn’t hear Biden answering back when she said that Biden would have been honored to be on the Republican ticket. Also I didn’t see Palin crying at the end of that debate like Biden was. She’s tough and strong. We need people like her to lead our nation. She realizes that pulling out of Iraq now, will just tell the terrorists that they have beated America. All those people who died, would have died in vain. And above all, she is a MAVERICK.
Spin is right.
Amen.
Hey guys
I’ve posted an article on here:
http://baronbannermisag.blogspot.com/
about how media has both influenced Obama’s campaign and Palin’s.
I think it’s related to this.
Pure Vitriol.
I have read this article and I find as subjective as anything I have read. It is very obvious that the author has a liberal point of view whose purpose in this article is to make Palin look like a caricature. Let me elaborate. The author states: “And if that was the “change” the GOP was looking for, they got it.” This point is baseless. When and where did the GOP say they were looking for someone to bring change? This has been Obama’s mantra not McCains. Her point that the only foreign experience she has is that she lived near Russia and juxtaposing it with Obama’s knowledge of geography thus making them equal is ridiculous to say the least. Why not compare actual facts such as her executive experience as governor and Obama’s experience as a senator and community organizer? In the same manner, why compare her and governor Schwarzenegger? Why not compare her with Obama. This begs the question, was Obama in charge of anything close to the National Guard she was in charge of?
The author points out that Palin is interesting to her because of her views on global warming and her view on Georgia being part of Nato. The first statement lacks any factual backing. The second shows the author lack of knowledge on the subject and makes a logical fallacy. She asserts that allowing Georgia in the UN would actually taunt Russia and lead to war. This is not a certainty but a possibility. Furthermore, it shows that she doesn’t understand the dynamic in the United Nations and how Russia wants to deny Georgia and other nations acceptance into it because of her self-interest.
Alaska in debt 13 million? Where are the facts? Can anyone understand this: “Someone who inherits an almost debt-free state and leaves it owing 13 million is definitely someone who is a heartbeat away from the presidency, the highest position in the United States of America”. Is this a sentence?
Palin’s comment about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac “gotten too big and too expensive to the taxpayers” a total failure? A bit drastic here. I’m sure she knows something about the economy if she was governor of Alaska? Palin’s gaffe or perhaps, mistake, is nothing compared to all of Biden’s gaffes. Can anyone keep track of them?
Sarah Palin excitement has died down? Huh? What are you reading or watching? The debate between Biden and Palin drew record numbers (70 million) more than any VP debate in history. Last Saturday she appeared in SNL and it got its highest ratings in 13 years. I wonder why? It must be all the liberals watching.
“Unlike the unfathomable reasons for why John McCain would pick such an inexperienced individual to lead our nation, there was a large reason why Palin was on headline news. She was interesting because she hunted moose and has a teenage daughter pregnant out of wedlock.” Where do I begin here? Unfathomable reasons? McCain has been clear as to why he chose her. “Lead our nation?” She is not. McCain would if elected. Talk about mud slinging and just plain demeaning on the last sentence.
The last paragraph makes a generalization that says more about the writer than about those of us who support Palin. I don’t support her because of her personal life nor do many others. Republicans “blamed” Obama for hosting a show? Huh? Also notice the typo?
This leads me to ask, who edited this article? Why is it so scattered? And why is the Baron Banner bias and does not allow an opposing view being posted? This is a clear violation of our freedom of speech and freedom of the press, basic rights under the Bill of Rights. This article stands here for the world to see but the following http://baronbannermisag.blogspot.com/ is being censored and denied publication. Why?
E. Galdamez, do you NOT realize that if McCain were to be elected as president he would most likely die in office. Meaning: Palin would lead.
She is not qualified, everything the Republicans accuse Obama of being.
Where is the logic in that?
“What is it exactly the VP does everyday?” -Sarah Palin.
I agree with anonymous. Palin is not qualified to lead our country.
VOTE OBAMA!!