You’re an idiot.
Posted on | September 29, 2008 |
Why? Why do people seem to want to vote for people “like them” for important public offices? It’s insane. But that’s what we’ve been told was one of the reasons that Bush “defeated” Gore in 2000, and I think it was also mentioned in his 2004 victory over Kerry. Because people would rather have a beer with W than with Gore or Kerry? First of all, W. is a recovering alcoholic so that doesn’t seem like the best context to put in in, but I digress, as usual. My point is, in what universe could that possibly be relevant to electing someone to run the entire country? Would you choose your brain surgeon by who was a more folksy fellow or dame? Or would you maybe, just maybe, choose the individual who was top of their class at Med School, had performed lots of similar surgeries with a high rate of success, and what not? Hey, my house is on fire and my infant son is inside, go ask that really nice gentleman on the corner to see if he can help. I know he’s a florist, but he’s just so funny and charming, I’m sure he’ll do better than a professional firefighter.
Or is it just me?
This is what confuses me about the initial success of the Palin-Gambit. Sure, we didn’t know that she was a moron right away, but we knew she didn’t have anything close to the experience needed to succeed on the world stage if the shit hit the fan. And people LOVED her. Why? Because she was “like them.” First of all, knowing now what we do about her, that might be something you want to keep to yourself in the future. But more importantly, how does that qualify her to be a leader in these wild and crazy times?
Do you think I want to vote for someone like me for Prez or Vice Prez? No fucking way. I wouldn’t vote for a cloned version of me to lead the country under any circumstances. You know why? Because I wouldn’t know what the hell I was doing, that’s why. That second day in office, when my chief of staff came to me and said: “Mister President, ” (which would be kick ass, by the way) “we have a crisis, there’s been a-” STOP. I’d cut him/her off right there and resign the presidency, effective immediately. I’m not up to that type of thing. (Just like Marcus Brody. “Marcus? You dragged poor Marcus into all this? He’s not up to the Challenge!”) Choosing to drop bombs on people, how many bombs, how many people, military, civilian, who to threaten and who to appease, who to impose sanctions on and who to let slide, and of course, as always, which turkey to pardon on Thanksgiving. No fucking thanks.
You think you’re up to it? You’re not.
But neither am I. And neither is Sarah Palin. Not by a fucking mile. Which means that the man who put his own interests before his country by choosing her, isn’t up to it either.
It’s that simple. If she’s not qualified- and she’s not even close, (as my favorite character in Some Kind of Wonderful, Duncan, said “You know it. I know it. Everybody knows it.”) that automatically means that McCain isn’t qualified either. Done and Done.