Sarah Palin and the Derelict GOP

I don't give a rat's ass how much money the GOP spent on Sarah Palin's clothes.

Here's what I do care about, and care about strongly: Sarah Palin, as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate, did not know Africa was a continent. She did not know which countries are members of NAFTA. I do not want to embarrass her for being dumb. That's a cheap, cruel laugh that lets her off the hook. If she cared to know these basic facts she would know. The very serious problem here is that she does not want to know, and that I do not respect at all. That makes me angry. My Vice President had damn well better care to have knowledge of the world far, far beyond a 5th grade level.

The Republicans knew she was dangerously unprepared, and yet they tried to hide it and install her in the second highest office in the country. This is a behavior tantamount to a taxi cab company sending out a drunken cab driver. They have become selfish and derelict.

Just before Nixon became President he argued a case before the Supreme Court that is considered by many legal scholars to be the finest presentation before the high court in it's illustrious history. Now look at what the GOP is throwing against the wall: Sarah Palin? The GOP has become awful. They have lost their self respect. They are truly, profoundly, perhaps irretrievably lost during this country's hour of need. Its game time and they are a no show.

Back in 2000 I assumed conservative voters saw something in W they truly, sincerely valued. I am so sorry to say that I am no longer sure that is the case. My Republican countrymen just voted for a person unqualified to teach 5th grade in a Presidential election. They voted for a woman who cares so little for the world she doesn't care to know Africa is a continent. Nobody in a clear, sober frame of mind could do such a thing. Something is wrong. There are 56 million Americans who would put our country in the hands of an ambitious boob. A truly ugly and dangerous spirit has been brought to light in these new revelations about Sarah Palin. W was no accident.

Republicans can no longer be trusted to run qualified candidates. Apparently they'll run a corpse if its dumb enough. That is a very, very bad thing, as they have been known to win the occasional election.

It has now become necessary to insist that every Republican candidate from this sobering point forward be tested on basic political doctrine, basic history, and basic geography. I urge all media to take nothing for granted. Make them prove they are qualified. They must go on TV and stand in front of a map and name all the continents, all the oceans and all the world's countries. I do not want to find out what GOP candidates don't know after the election.

There are stories coming out now that Palin aggressively lobbied for the VP nod. She should not have ambitions for higher office. Her ambition should be to go back to 5th grade and begin the long process of preparing herself for a complex and dangerous world.

Thank God there were Republican like George Will who stood up and said Palin was unacceptable. He cares more about his country than his party, and I respect that tremendously.

John McCain looked me in the eye and asked me to put my faith in Sarah Palin. I'm not a knee jerk Democrat. I actually listen to both sides and take them seriously and I consider everything my country's candidates say. I seriously considered voting for John McCain. I consider it my sacred duty to do nothing less. When he found out who she really was, he should have let her go. Obama would have rightly jumped on him for his impulsiveness and lack of judgment, but McCain would have proven he really does put America first and can correct mistakes, and I want those qualities in a President. He would still have the world's respect and trust. And what if he had won and these truths about Palin had come out? It would have crippled his Presidency at a time when the last thing we need is a lack of faith in our leadership.

From now on I will always equate John McCain with self annihilation. If you knowingly run a candidate that cannot possibly handle the job of President then to me you no longer exist. I have zero respect for you. Bury yourself in a hole and go away. I'd rather nail your balls to the floor and set the house on fire than speak your name.

I now make this bold prediction: The Republican Party is going to shatter into pieces within the next six years. Out of the ruins will come the DubyaRovePalin/Village Idiot Party who thinks "President" = "Pope" and "voters" = "sheep", and the respectable Social Conservatives Who Believe In Knowledge and Small Government Party.

The DubyaRovePalin/Village Idiots will win control of the once noble name Republican. The social conservatives who believe in knowledge and small government will most likely turn to the Democratic Party and solidify it as a centrist movement, which will push the far left toward the Greens and Libertarians.

Comments

[QuietLightTraveler]

I think the Democrats, now that they are the majority in congress, should find a way to censure or punish McCain in the senate for putting our country at risk. Maybe that would help discourage this type of thing in the future. You can't depend on the republicans seeing the folly of their ways as a result of this election loss because when you now look at pools you discover that many republicans still have a positive impression of Palin and even would support her for a 2012 run. They don't get it.
Our congress should enact some kind of law to make higher standards to qualify for presidential and VP candidates. In fact I don't understand why such candidates are not required to have some experience at the national level. Governor is not enough anymore.

[QuietLightTraveler]

There is a serious problem with the election process in this country. It should not be possible to sneak in a candidate as unqualified as Sarah Palin as the vice presidential candidate. You cant depend on the voting public to weed out candidates like that. Pepublican candidates sometimes win elections and someone like Palin could get elected into the VP spot if the republican Presidential candidate is popular and circumstances at voting time favor the republicans. And it seems the Republican presidential candidates may be prone to pick a boob like Palin in order to appeal to their equally stupid base.

[jcgrim]

I, too, am outraged that this uninformed, ignorant, diva was cloaked as an experienced executive to garner votes from the christian base.

However, I DO care that she shamelessly spent excessive amounts of other people's money on herself and her family. Worse, she abused lower level staffers by using their credit cards in excess of $20,000. What does that tell you about the veracity of her protests? What does this say about how she would spend taxpayers money?

Recall as mayor of Wasilla, she redecorated her office to the tune of $50,000 and left the city in deep debt over the hockey rink she championed. She charged the state for per diem travel costs (meals, room & board) when she was at home. She lied on her state travel reimbursement forms indicating her children had official duties at conferences that, according to conference organizers, they were not invited to attend.

These are patterns of dishonesty and power abuses that should not be ignored in anyone serving the pubic.

[ksmagenta]

Somewhere, perhaps over the rainbow, I dream of a political party that represents the values of common sense and fiscal conservatism.

[twofish]

The Democratic Party has already become the moderate Republican party in many ways. But everyone is going to have to give up their fantasy of small government. You don't run an empire with a small government.

[aleance]

A clear description of a stuff that makes us think...more often than not, we unfortunatelly have to witness situations of this kind, haven't we? I shouldn't wonder!!!

[LauraSerena]

Bwahahaha! If this weren't so true, I would think it was really mean. As it is, it made me laugh.

It is really pathetic that the Republicans were willing to entrust our country to this ignorant person, but I guess we really shouldn't be surprised when it comes from the party that gave us W, should we? We can only hope the Republican party does self-destruct. That would prove the existence of karma to me.

[infernoland]

Dang! What a post. I don't want to believe McCain didn't know. It doesn't make sense. I felt bad for Palin that the Republicans were throwing her under the bus but I guess...like you said...she wanted to be there. I do disagree with your wording "ambitious boob." I'm not sure if you were making a joke but I think you crossed the line Cusack! You must repent and make amends to the GOP for that very thorough smack down.