There is no one that causes me to have a reaction that I do, than that of Sarah Palin. I disagree with Sarah Palin 98.999% of the time. This was provoked in 2008 when she was unleashed, and my reading one of her books. Someone had posted a picture of the former governor of Alaska, it had a caption that read “Does this make you feel cold and lonely”… that and emphatically irritated and filled with an inferno like rage. People questioned whether President Obama was an American, what qualifications he had... I don’t necessarily believe holding a degree is a measure of one’s intelligence, but if you want to compare Palin’s and Pres. Obama’s…OK, done! What’s good for the goose should be good for the gander if you want to talk turkey in politics.
In her book she states “It was the mid 1960’s before divorce and single mother hood really began to take off in the U.S. And it was another 20yrs before the country really began to feel the effects of the decline of the family in rising crime rates, drug abuse, and long-term welfare dependency”…Granted there was an undisputed rise in some but disputed causes. The crime rates have gone done since the 1990's. The drug abuse rise is connected to the crime wave that both occured in the 1980's and there are actually more white people on welfare than any other race. I do not think it is fair to put that responsibility on people getting divorced, and solely on the decline of the nuclear family. Again, with this 1950’s ideal of womanhood and family, a woman couldn’t be the CEO of a company, women stayed with husbands that beat them; people didn’t have the socially acceptable option of being with a partner that was different than the norm. Women chose education and postponed marriage, but a good percentage still married and had children. She also states “I thought of this as I, along with so many Americans watched the horrific images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina”. First to assume, that Americans thought the same, that watching the aftermath of a national disaster, automatically triggered notions in our heads of how the supposed breakdown of the American nuclear family has lead to all that is wrong with the country. That’s like watching the freeway collapse in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and thinking about free trade.
Mrs. Palin criticized Murphy Brown for a “lifestyle” choice, by having a baby unwed and quoted Dan Qualye...Dan Qualye as in “What a waste it is to lose one's mind or not to have a mind is being very wasteful”, or as in "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.… No, not our nation's, but in WWII. I mean, we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century, but in this century's history"…Okay, Mr. Qualye. She also stated “When it comes to raising good citizens, all “lifestyle choices” are not equal”, number one, there is a difference between someone choosing to lead a non-traditional lifestyle such as a successful, independent woman choosing to have a child on her own, or man, or two loving people of the same sex wanting to have a family and providing a secure, and loving home, or an older couple wanting to take in foster kids…people who make conscious choices; as opposed to a parent who has had a spouse or partner pass away, or the spouse or partner leaves or the parent chooses not to be a part of the child’s life… I feel for Americans, These Americans so callously spoken of, American’s whose “lifestyle” choices are of different sexual orientation or whatever other circumstance under the rainbow, those Americans who are teachers, doctors, cops, and soldiers. There are many, not ideal, situations but that is not to assume it would result in not raising a good citizen. There are many a child that come from a wealthy, two parent home, that turns out to be all of the things this country looks down on, like for instance a teenage daughter getting pregnant out of wedlock. Those that live in glass houses… And many from a non-traditional situations that turn out to be pretty incredible people.
The part that will no longer enable me to continue reading out of fear that I will be stricken with a stroke; more so than her warped, antiquated view on feminism, sexuality, privacy, the need for the government to favor and dictate it’s laws through one religion over another or any religion for that matter and the killing of animals for political gain, is… “Although New Orleans was impacted the most, Americans along the Gulf Coast were all victimized by Hurricane Katrina. And yet those in New Orleans seemed to be the most vulnerable. They all had the same federal government and the same president. What was the difference? The difference was strong, intact families.” What was the difference?
Sea level, first off. Highly advanced, updated levees in great condition by the Army Corp. of Engineers, NOT. I wasn’t questioning why these people were poor. Why were these people stuck on their roof, or a highway with no assistance, and by that I mean dropping provisions and rescue missions with helicopters that would normally be provided to ANY OTHER COUNTRY that we go to “nurture”. I find it outrageous that she chose this example to bring light how, yes, we need for fathers and mothers to take responsibility... there is an overwhelming, chronic abuse of government resources that are set in place for emergencies, not lifestyles. Are you also trying to suggest that Americans don’t have enough survival skills when the Gulf of Mexico ends up in our living room? I can’t imagine having been in that situation with a hurricane, on my roof, for days, without a bottle of water being dropped, and having someone insinuate that I was overreacting. Had it been the middle class, who had been the predominate makeup of the population in that particular area, would Palin be so apt to use that example? Did Mrs. Palin say anything of the such, when Nashville was flooded. This country needs leaders of all parties, to differ in ideas yes, that’s the foundation of our greatness to come up with the best solution and to find common ground, but always preach unity. Politics is the art of compromise. We are a whole made up of the sum of its parts.
Sea level, first off. Highly advanced, updated levees in great condition by the Army Corp. of Engineers, NOT. I wasn’t questioning why these people were poor. Why were these people stuck on their roof, or a highway with no assistance, and by that I mean dropping provisions and rescue missions with helicopters that would normally be provided to ANY OTHER COUNTRY that we go to “nurture”. I find it outrageous that she chose this example to bring light how, yes, we need for fathers and mothers to take responsibility... there is an overwhelming, chronic abuse of government resources that are set in place for emergencies, not lifestyles. Are you also trying to suggest that Americans don’t have enough survival skills when the Gulf of Mexico ends up in our living room? I can’t imagine having been in that situation with a hurricane, on my roof, for days, without a bottle of water being dropped, and having someone insinuate that I was overreacting. Had it been the middle class, who had been the predominate makeup of the population in that particular area, would Palin be so apt to use that example? Did Mrs. Palin say anything of the such, when Nashville was flooded. This country needs leaders of all parties, to differ in ideas yes, that’s the foundation of our greatness to come up with the best solution and to find common ground, but always preach unity. Politics is the art of compromise. We are a whole made up of the sum of its parts.
I was left feeling “cold and lonely inside” as usual, and emphatically irritated and filled with an inferno like rage. I’m concerned, because I believe Palin WILL stand by her promises, WHEN she runs for a higher office. I hope that I, Democrats and anybody else that tries to incessantly demonize Palin will remember that doing so will ironically propel her into more popularity. A cruel, cruel paradox. So we must not become overzealous to do so. This is America, the land of the ugly dog contest, and I don’t want to suffer from hypothermia in 2012.
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