Presidential Confusion

I really have tried hard not to think about this, especially since it is so far away, but I’ve seen at least one news article on the subject every day for the past couple of weeks. There seems to either be some huge GOP support, some crazy GOP supporters, or some weird media infatuation with her, but there has been an immense amount of talk, speculation, and suspicion that Sarah Palin will be running for the Republican presidential candidate in 2012.

Really?

Are Republicans really that ignorant? It doesn’t really affect my view of her that she and McCain lost, after all, I’ve already tackled that here. But really? Sarah Palin? The woman who said that she actively read every newspaper in print? The woman who could not do an interview properly without John McCain by her side? The woman who did not understand a single piece of economic literature handed to her? The woman who used more buzzwords by herself than either John McCain or Barack Obama combined? This is the person that the Republican party is excited about? The woman who has less international relations experience than a college student who failed International Relations because it was at 7:30 in the morning? This is what the GOP wants?

Again, it is simply early speculation, and I really hope that she doesn’t even receive a single vote if she decides to run. Wait, let me rephrase that: I really hope that she doesn’t receive a single vote if she decides to run. It is simply absurd to think that this woman can somehow run the country. She was a nice, down-to-Earth person, but lacked any real convictions other than the almost radical conservative religious viewpoints that made her almost tyrannical. Sarah Palin is in no way qualified to run our country.

One of the biggest points I’ve heard made about her is that she put the Alaskan state budget on-line for citizens to view. I will most certainly agree that that is a remarkably good idea. However, if you look at Alaskan itemized budgets compared to, let’s say Texan itemized budgets, Alaska is seriously lacking in both complexity and volume. The idea is a great one, but we cannot say that she’s some sort of fiscal angel because of it. The problem is that it simply wouldn’t work in larger states (though I wish it would) and it certainly wouldn’t work in a modern day federal government (though I wish it would).

The Republican party is currently trying to acquire a fresh face to counter the Democratic party. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to realize that simply because a candidate is young does not mean that the candidate is fresh and viable.