Palin the Prancing Pawn

Although I am a registered Democrat, I weigh both sides and don't feel a single thread of undying loyalty to a specific party. This year, the Democrats clearly offer the better choice, but I still planned to eavesdrop on the Republican National Convention. I experienced a surprisingly negative response to Sarah Palin’s speech as I breezed by the RNC on television last night. (As you probably know by now, John McCain chose Palin as his VP running mate.) Surprising because I actually wanted to hear from Palin as a potentially history-making VP pick. Negative because I seemed to miss the point that every female in politics doesn't have the presence or capacity for independent thinking as Hillary Clinton.

As the cameras panned the crowd during Palin’s speech, I saw uber conservative women gazing in starry-eyed awe as if they were living vicariously through Palin. They appeared dreamy about a woman, who looks just like them, receiving a chance to serve in the second-highest post the White House has to offer. As many have commented, those women apparently saw an ordinary soccer mom who worked hard and “made something of herself.”

I didn’t see any of that. There were no stars in my eyes. Because all I could see was a woefully naive woman who doesn’t realize, or doesn’t want to acknowledge, that she’s a pawn in McCain’s failing effort to woo female voters still foaming at the mouth over Hillary Clinton’s loss – all while trying to appear progressive and ready for change.

McCain tossed Palin into the spotlight like a hand grenade… an obvious smokescreen to conceal the truth that he’s the worst candidate in this race. And I don’t believe for one second that McCain would have chosen Palin if Obama had selected Hillary Clinton. Period. Palin is McCain’s pawn, and I dislike McCain with a new passion for placing her in such a craptastic position.

Recognizing Palin as a pawn completely changed my perception of her speech. She took  immature childish poorly designed shots at Obama from his community organizing to the stage design at the Democratic National Convention. She talked about her stint as a Mayor in Alaska as superior to Obama’s experience. Essentially, I watched her morph into a mouthpiece for the same Bushie crapmania that trashed this country for the last seven years.

Palin graduated to full pawn status by stating McCain’s ability to differentiate “politics from campaigning.” To me, politicking represents the sneaky game of playing with voters’ emotions and twisting the truth - as opposed to an intelligent presentation of the issues. So far, McCain’s “campaign” misrepresented Obama’s position on taxes, compared Obama to Paris Hilton, and relied on McCain’s military service as some kind of be-all-end-all qualification for POTUS. How about getting to the issues? McCain admits to agreeing with George Dubya Bush 90% of the time. Anybody who agrees with Bush 90% of the time scares me senseless. It should scare you too. Will you vote for "more of the same" just to anoint sweet-face Palin or to avoid voting for a Black man? But I digress...

Palin is in over her head. She’s dealing with the wealthy and corrupt. Hell, she may be an aspiring member of that club if she hasn't joined already. Right now she’s the GOP sweetheart. Let's just call her Ms. Congeniality since that's a sweetheart term she's familiar with. (I digress again...) Like all other pawns, Palin is an obvious tool and dreadfully expendable. I don't believe for one minute that McCain believes Palin is a top-notch VP pick. He's hit the nth degree of politicking.

That makes me leery of Palin, sad for her children (especially her pregnant teenage daughter), and livid that a person like McBush McCain even has a chance at becoming the next President.

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