Palindrome

Really, how can this beauty-pageant winner and self-declared “hockey mum” be a serious candidate for vice president of the US? Are the Republicans just having a laugh?  Surely no Hilary supporter will switch to the Republicans as a result of putting this anti-abortion advocate on the ticket.  And she hates polar bears too, and she wants “creationism” to be taught in schools.

Unfortunately, American politics is not just a matter for Americans.  If McCain croaks during his tenure — not unlikely — Sarah Palin will be the most powerful person on the planet.  This is a woman who until recently was mayor of a small Alaskan town.  She only got a passport last year for a trip abroad.  Your average British Ibiza tourist has more “foreign policy experience.”  If Americans want to elect leaders who run America incompetently that’s their choice, but why should the rest of us have to suffer?

If this is how leaders are selected in a democracy, democracy works badly.  Compare China — or Singapore — where a non-entity like Palin never would come anywhere near the reigns of power.  Btw, why is it that Republicans always rise so quickly above their level of competence?  (Dan Quayle, George W. Bush, and now this woman).

Fun thought: I wonder when those naughty pictures she took as a 20 something will be discovered?  After all, most beauty queen wanna-bes did a trial shoot for a porn mag in a desperate attempt to launch their careers.  Those photos are out there somewhere.

This is a very good piece: “The Worst Vice-Presidential Nominee in U.S. History,” and so is “Lipstick on a Wing Nut.”