Originally posted by Ally
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No. It's mainly a magnitude thing. I am talking about Sarah Palin's oathbreaking because that's what counts in so far as her suitability to run for public office. I do not care about her personal relationship failings because they are IRRELEVANT. But America seems to feel that what occurs in the bedroom is more relevant to a person's candidacy than what they do with their office and their professional behavior.
You want to get into Sarah Palin's personal evil? One could ask why she agreed to the nomination knowing it would put her unwed, underage, accidentally pregnant daughter in the spotlight and under the glare of all those lights. Unlike when Edwards ran for office, she had prior knowledge that there was a pregnancy bomb waiting to go off. Especially when she knew she'd be standing up there preaching abstinence only sex education with her daughter as a glaring example of that policy failure for all to point at. At least with Edwards there is absolutely no public policy concerned with extramarital affairs he'd be required to stand up and give a hypocritical speech about. Palin actually lectured on abstinence only education, despite a personal glaring failure of that policy. She knew going in what doing so would mean. I don't believe her daughter should have been brought into it, but everyone knew it was going to happen with Palin up there preaching abstinence only. Does her choosing to run over the well-being of her daughter mean she is unsuitable to be President? No. It says nothing about her professionally (except perhaps it's hard to believe anyone that clueless could be a good president) though it says loads about her as a mother.
If you want to talk about her professional evil, there's a lot more, but once again, it comes down to magnitude: Trying to fire a trooper who was engaged in a custody dispute with her sister shows how she uses her office for personal gain. Trying to fire a librarian for refusing to ban books shows she's a petty tyrant. There are numerous examples of her using her office for personal gain, which is not unusual, in and of itself but shows the kind of grasping, self-absorbed person that she is.
But there is a flat bottom line that sets her apart from all the other grasping politicians: She chucked her oath and her responsibilities when a better opportunity presented.
She abandoned the highest office in her state for more money and more fame, and people want to reward her for that with the highest office in the country. Anyone who actually believes this woman deserves the highest power in our land, seeing how she tossed aside the highest office in her state, has absolutely no fingers to point when it comes to holding people accountable for their actions.
You want to get into Sarah Palin's personal evil? One could ask why she agreed to the nomination knowing it would put her unwed, underage, accidentally pregnant daughter in the spotlight and under the glare of all those lights. Unlike when Edwards ran for office, she had prior knowledge that there was a pregnancy bomb waiting to go off. Especially when she knew she'd be standing up there preaching abstinence only sex education with her daughter as a glaring example of that policy failure for all to point at. At least with Edwards there is absolutely no public policy concerned with extramarital affairs he'd be required to stand up and give a hypocritical speech about. Palin actually lectured on abstinence only education, despite a personal glaring failure of that policy. She knew going in what doing so would mean. I don't believe her daughter should have been brought into it, but everyone knew it was going to happen with Palin up there preaching abstinence only. Does her choosing to run over the well-being of her daughter mean she is unsuitable to be President? No. It says nothing about her professionally (except perhaps it's hard to believe anyone that clueless could be a good president) though it says loads about her as a mother.
If you want to talk about her professional evil, there's a lot more, but once again, it comes down to magnitude: Trying to fire a trooper who was engaged in a custody dispute with her sister shows how she uses her office for personal gain. Trying to fire a librarian for refusing to ban books shows she's a petty tyrant. There are numerous examples of her using her office for personal gain, which is not unusual, in and of itself but shows the kind of grasping, self-absorbed person that she is.
But there is a flat bottom line that sets her apart from all the other grasping politicians: She chucked her oath and her responsibilities when a better opportunity presented.
She abandoned the highest office in her state for more money and more fame, and people want to reward her for that with the highest office in the country. Anyone who actually believes this woman deserves the highest power in our land, seeing how she tossed aside the highest office in her state, has absolutely no fingers to point when it comes to holding people accountable for their actions.
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