Palin

September 18, 2008 on 2:57 pm | In Politics | 6 Comments

Sarah Palin as vice-president of the USA is a terrifying prospect, and with John McCain at a rich 72 years of age the possiblity of President Sarah Palin becomes truly terrifying.

A small list of things. Sarah Palin:

  • is anti-abortion
  • is anti-gay
  • believes that global warming is not a man-made phenomonon
  • is pro-drilling for oil in wilderness preserves
  • has a husband who works for BP. Coincidental, no?
  • believes that polar bears will be fine if all the ice melts and will ‘just adapt’ to living on land despite evidence to the contrary.
  • thinks that Creationism should be taught in schools, and the evolution is rubbish.
  • is already embroiled in an abuse of power case as governor of Alaska. Interestingly, during the first week of her tenure as Mayor of Wasilla in Alaska, she fired the librarian (when it was stated that the library would not allow censorship of its books – no books were ever removed) and the chief of police (who was against allowing the legalisation of carrying concealed weapons which Palin supported). There were no reasons behind this case save political ones.
  • has been to Ireland (where her plane was refuelled) and Kuwait (not Iraq). This is the limit of her foreign policy experience.
  • supports capital punishment
  • supports the aerial hunting of wolves for sport with a bounty of $150 per set of wolf paws

She’s about as right wing as they come. I am actually terrified of the prospect of her getting into a position of yet more power. The most alarming US politician of the moment?

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  1. What scares me is that American women will vote for her because she’s a woman, irrespective of the fact that she is also about as far from a feminist as they come.
     
    God help America, and God help the world, eh? (In the looser sense of the phrase – she’s supported by the evangelical Christians an’all…)

    Comment by Lucy — September 18, 2008 #

  2. Honestly, you couldn’t make it up, could you?

    McCain was a relatively sane candidate before (considering his predecessor). She just makes his campaign look farcical.

    Comment by Dickie — September 18, 2008 #

  3. I gave up at the first point. She’s anti-abortion even to the point of if a woman is raped. No thankyou.

    Comment by hannah — September 18, 2008 #

  4. Also, I’m pretty sure McCain is only 72 :oP

    Comment by hannah — September 18, 2008 #

  5. @ hannah: Typotastic! Thanks for the point out, I did think he sounded VERY old when I went through it as opposed to just old. And yes, she is the definition of black-and-white right-wing christianity with all the bad things that brings.
     
    @ Dickie: Yuou are actually dead on. If you’d said a few years ago that this person with all these opinions would be running for VP you’d have drawn nothing but laughs.

    Comment by Callan — September 18, 2008 #

  6. That’s terrible, utterly terrifying. I hope to goodness the women of America can all have more sense than that. It’s the environmental aspects of her beliefs that worry me the most – I mean, the consequences of her acting on those beliefs will surely be the most long-term. Although that said, on re-reading that list…no, I am just terrified.

    Comment by Jenny — September 18, 2008 #

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