We all know that hypocrisy is nothing new to politics; we come to expect it from the people who will be running our country. Sad, but true.
But after MaCain nominated Sarah Palin this campaign season turned from a relatively mind one to an absolute circus. One day everyone was gushing over Obama’s acceptance speech of the Democratic nomination the next everyone’s running around in circles with their hands in the air like an asteroid was going to kill everyone alive and there was nothing we could do about it. Democrats seemed shell shocked as they scratched their heads and wondered “who the heck is Sarah Palin” while the Republicans response was “who cares? She’s pro life!”
Now there is some major hypocrisy on both sides of the ail that I want to address here so lets get down to it. First off, the Republicans who, to me, have the biggest share of hypocrisy to take. After Palins nomination the attacks came raining it, as is expected for someone who is potently one beat away from the presidency (especially if that heartbeat we are to rely upon is MaCain’s which may or may not be reliable). But what stunned me was the lengths Republicans would go to defend her. Now I expected a strong defense for their VP, of course, but the levels to which Republicans will go to defend Palin is something I haven’t seen for a VP before. Any attack on Palin is deemed “sexist” and unacceptable by the GOP. Time and time again I hear neo-cons like Sean Hanity ask, how dare they attack her with such frivolous attacks that make should be kept personal and have nothing to do with politics, such as the issue over her daughter. I agree, such attacks are stupid and have nothing to do with anything with politics. But here’s the hypercritical part; how on earth can the Republicans claim the moral high ground in defending Palin from frivolous attacks when they’ve been responsible for their own share of stupid attacks. Claims that Obama is a secret Muslim who’s going to overrun the country, or that he hates America because he doesn’t wear a flag pin or hold his hand over his heart. Ohhh, scary. If frivolous attacks against Palin are sexist and show a lack of morals for Democrats, shouldn’t frivolous attacks on Obama be racist and show the lack of character in Republicans? Ah ha, a double standard I see.
Another bit of hypocrisy is when Republicans defend Palins “experience” and try to make the case that because she has executive experience, however little, that automatically makes her qualified to be president (and please, don’t say “well Obama doesn’t have any experience either” because I’ll address that later). The Colbert Report had a pretty good segment addressing this. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/180273/september-02-2008/the-word---that-s-the-ticket. The actual segment is about three minutes into this clip so you can skip the first part if you want. Look, lets step out of party lines for a moment and face the facts; Palin has NO experience to be President at all. Let’s stop trying to make her into something she’s not. Maybe in another, oh, let’s say ten years, but not now, not yet. MaCain chose her simply to rally his base behind him and nothing more. If Palin was the front runner, would you really vote for her? I somehow doubt it.
Okay, now after I’ve made just about every Republican in the area mad at me, its time to do the same with the Demarcates. Oh, what’s that? You thought I was on your side? Sorry to disappoint.
Yes you democrats are just as guilty of hypocrisy as the Republicans; you don’t have the moral high ground either. Upon hearing of Palins nomination, the first response of many democrats was to attack her experience. Are you kidding me? Now look, I can attack her experience, I’m a Libertarian, but for Democrats who are supporting Barrack Obama, someone who also has almost no experience, how on earth can they turn around and attack Sarah Palin for her lack of experience. Let’s remember now, that although Palin is MaCain’s VP which puts her a heartbeat away from the presidency, Obama is the democratic candidate, he IS the heartbeat! How could you possibly attack Palin for her lack of experience when you support a candidate with arguably LESS experience?
Now I have the best of both worlds, I say neither of them is truly ready to be president because they both lack any sort of experience, although I also believe that judgment is far more important then experience, although that is something they both lack as well. Sorry people, but with Palin having a pregnant unmarried daughter and Obama being a secret Muslim, how can I trust their judgment? ;)
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