Once again Sarah Palin opened her mouth and something stupid came out:
"We believe that the best of America is in the small towns that we get to visit, and in the wonderful little pockets of what I call the real America, being here with all of you hard-working, very patriotic, very pro-America areas of this great nation,"
What can I say other than, you will never be more pro-American than me Sarah and I would never vote for you. You're the one that has done questionable things while being an elected official, a position that people in America trusted that you would perform ethically in. Unfortunately your idea of "pro-America" equates to those people that want to have you elected which is a minority of the country. Your ideas are radical, you clearly don't have any tolerance for people that don't think like you and you have not performed very well throughout your political career. All things that I think are not pro-American.
America was actually founded on immigrants, otherwise know as including others, which apparently most conservatives can't seem to remember. How many of their families came from Europe in the late 19th and early 20th centuries? Now because a new generation wants to make their way to America from places where people don't look like us, we don't want to let them in our country. Let's cut through all of the "they're taking our jobs" garbage and boil it down to what it mostly is - prejudice.
Then we have all of the educated and upward moving folks in cities that understand this. The people that you are implying are not "pro-American." I'm sorry I have a good job and an education and can see through crap being slung by the republican party this election. I'm sorry I know that a lot of people will be severely more at risk with a John McCain health care plan. I'm sorry if I see that the so called "war" in Iraq and Afghanistan can't be won by our brave soldiers because it is now a war of ideologies without true objectives from the top. I'm sorry if I happen to think that the wealthiest in America should pay proportionately more in taxes than the poorest people. But you know what? None of these things make me "anti-American" We are all Allowed under the American constitution to say and speak what we feel, a principle that makes this country what it is. Just because I don't agree with you does not mean that I do not love my country.
My love for my country will be expressed in my vote this November when I vote for Barack Obama.
Asked Tuesday by radio host Hugh Hewitt if she agreed that interviews with ABC's Charles Gibson and CBS' Couric were designed to embarrass her, Palin replied: "Well, I have a degree in journalism also, so it surprises me that so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago."
Source: AP
Apparently tough questions constitute a lack of ethics when the person being asked can't effectively answer them. At least that is Sarah Palin's definition of ethics as it pertains to journalism. What I find even more amusing is that she admits to having a degree in journalism in her comment to Mr. Hewitt. If I had fumbled so embarrassingly during an interview with CBS I would not come right back and say that I have a degree in the field. All this means is that she should have known what was going to happen if she has a background on how interviews work. I would argue that as a journalist, ethically you should ask the tough questions that need to be asked, if it proves the other person is incompetent in the process than so be it, that is not an ethical concern of the interviewer.
It's no wonder that the McCain campaign has kept this woman so sheltered from interviews and it appears they should keep doing so. All she has done so far is proven that she can't hold her own in the face of any tough questioning. Don't people think that this might prevent her from being a good leader? After all, the president and vice president positions are probably two of the most stressful jobs anyone can hold. Biden may be long winded, but at least he can answer a question intelligently without amounting to what eff3ectively is taking the 5th during an interview.
Obviously I don't support the McCain campaign, but I still have respect for the Senator. Unfortunately Sarah Palin has done absolutely nothing to earn any respect in my book and will unlikely be able to do so in the next month, especially with her track record so far.
