Who are we electing John McCain or his sidekick Sarah Palin?

Howard Kurtz - The ABCs of Sarah Palin - washingtonpost.com

Yes who are we really electing John McCain or his sidekick Sarah Palin? It seems to me that we should be concentrating more on John McCain than Sarah Palin, don't you think? To put more emphasis on someone who has absolutely no experience, other than being the governor of Alaska and a small town at that. She has absolutely no experience in foreign affairs whatsoever. Besides my question to you is what is she going to do once John McCain is elected? From my experience most vice presidents don't do much of anything except go around the country as a cheer leader and nothing more. I don't know about you, but I don't think I want anyone as a vice president with as little experience as this woman has.

The only reason John McCain has decided to have Sarah Palin run for the vice presidency (sidekick) is because of the importance that Mrs. Clinton had on women voters. This is what the McCain campaign is striving for, nothing more than stealing the women's vote and nothing less. Obviously many women were disappointed in Hillary Clinton's loss for the presidential nomination. They were also very disappointed when Hillary was not chosen as VP. So what did John McCain do? Search for the next best thing, a woman who could steal votes from the Obama campaign.

But just who are we electing? John McCain or Sarah Palin? Perhaps they think that the American public is incredibly stupid. I think on the other hand that the American public is far from stupid. I don't think that this strategy of trying to manipulate people is going to work. After all, we went through eight years with the Bush administration and I don't think we want to go another 4 to 8 years with John McCain. Because in my humble opinion I think he is a Bush clone. Oh yeah, he comes across as a nice guy, but is he actually the maverick he claims to be? I don't think so. Obama stresses change. John McCain says I'm going to change things too. But will he really? Or will he succumb to the policies that were and are so popular with the Bush administration?

I think the American people have got to wake up to the reality that we definitely do need change and the sooner the better. Although some would like to see us leave Afghanistan and Iraq and the war behind, that is not possible, not after Bush Junior came in like the cowboy he is with Shock and Awe and completely destabilized Iraq. Now we are stuck trying to fix what we messed up and unfortunately I think it's going to take a long time to get that done. We may be able to pull some troops out, but not all of them. It is a sad fact that we have been trying for years to get Iraq off its behind and start doing something for themselves. The reality is we are working with people with very little education and very little motivation and a whole lot of fear. Neither we nor they can drive down the road without being in mortal fear of getting blown up. Unfortunately it's really hard to get someone out there to fight for themselves when it is so dangerous. The reality is that there is un-exploded ordinance everywhere. Photojournalists have all too graphically shown us the devastation this has done to woman and children who have either lost her legs or limb. So the reality is no matter who gets elected we can't just leave.

Even I wavered back and forth wondering who was the best choice for president. Yes Mr. McCain has his strong points and so does Mr. Obama. Personally I think Mr. McCain made a very bad mistake with Sarah Palin. Picking someone simply to get the women's vote and that is not the way to go. Not only that she is very inexperienced. Obama on the other hand has chosen as his running mate a very experienced person with years of foreign policy experience. I believe Mr. Obama is extremely smart, and I don't think that he would hesitate like past president Ronald Reagan, to ask for the best possible choice or should I say the most experienced people to run his administration. I think Mr. Obama will look for the best and the brightest as his advisers. The question is, can we say the same thing for Mr. McCain? There again do the Republicans need a woman sidekick that history has shown leans toward the religious right? The American people are sick and tired of the rhetoric of the religious right and we don't need any more of that. Or do we want someone like Mr. Obama, regardless of his race, who is most likely to use other people best qualified for the job? That is the choice we have to make.