The Republican Party Thinks You're Stupid.

There's been some stretching of the truth in politics. That's true. But the GOP has completely lost their old rich minds this past week. And they're banking on the fact that you, America, are too stupid to know the difference.

My arguments against Sarah Palin:

There have been some ridiculous arguments against Mrs. Palin, such as "how can she put her family last when she has a new autistic child and a pregnant teen daughter?" That IS a little sexist. (although its WOMEN making that argument. Women being sexist towards women. Go figure.) No one ever makes a big deal when a male candidate with a family is running for office.
No, my problems with Sarah Palin are based on her policy choices, lack of LEGITIMATE experience, and shady (yes, SHADY) background. The pundits flip shit when we try and comment on how she runs her family. Yet her policies DIRECTLY try to tell us how to raise OUR families. Smell that? Its hypocrisy.

First, her policy stances.
-Sarah Palin is 100% against the woman's right to choose. No abortion, in any case. Not in rape cases, not in incest cases, not when the mothers life is in danger. Never. Now, I'm not necessarily pro-choice, either, but that's pretty extreme. And you expect Hilary supporters to vote for her? Get real!
-Palin is extremely pro-gun. We've already got the most gun deaths per capita in the world. I get that you live in the wilderness, Sarah, but most of us live in areas with police. Let them shoot people. I'm not saying we need to go the Taiwan route and ban guns altogether, but we do need better gun control. Our country is trigger happy enough.
-Palin wants to teach creationism in schools. She wants to control what our children learn about sex and science.

While they stand there and tell us to mind our own business about how she runs her family, their policies want to give the government more control over how we raise our children than ever before. Don't tell us to back off unless you're going to do the same.

Second, her lack of legitimate experience.
Democrats started off joking that the McCain/Palin camp would try and say something ridiculous like, "she can deal with an increasingly hostile Russia, because she lives in Alaska, and Alaska is real close to Russia." Only, now its not funny. Because the GOP has made that EXACT argument FIVE TIMES NOW.
Wait, McCain... WHAT?!?! You think that she knows 'energy policy' better than ANYONE in Washington?!? Are you retarded? SHE'S A HOCKEY MOM. She has ZERO background in energy policy. There's people in Washington who've spent they're whole lives studying this subject! Are you just making this shit up as you go?
Also, John, you ARE aware that she's never been to Russia, right? She's never been outside the U.S. until last year. That's not foreign policy experience. That's barely even tourism. And the 'old boy' network that she's going to crumble? Aren't you a major part of that network, John? Whatever.

Lastly, her shady background.
I won't go into this as much, because its ongoing. But just so we're all clear, she's under investigation for essentially getting her ex-brother in law fired as a state trooper for being an asshole to her sister. "In short, she's accused of using her pull as governor to get her ex-brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. The brother-in-law is embroiled in an ugly divorce and custody with Palin's sister. And after his boss wouldn't fire the brother-in-law, she fired the boss. Palin originally insisted there was nothing to the story. More recently, she was forced to admit the one of her top deputies had pushed to get the guy fired."
You were supposed to be the governor, not the bossy sister-in-law. That's called abuse of power.

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