My Joke of the Year

I'm just going to get right down to the point here. Sarah Palin is the most unqualified person in the entire country for the Vice Presidential office. Just some background for those of you who don't know her. OK, here I go, umm...ahhh.....well that was basically it. I, along with most Americans, do not know anything about this woman. She can see Russia from her house, which I guess makes her qualified for foreign policy. Well I went to Mexico once. Can I be Secretary of State? But in all seriousness, she was a mayor of a town with a population of around 7,000. And she was governor of Alaska. Alaska's population is around 670,000 people. This is 8% of New York City's population of 8.2 million. 8% of an entire city's population. Come on McCain, you could've at least picked Romney or Paul or somebody of a little higher qualification.

But that's another thing that really scares me. To think that McCain has met her once and talked to her on the phone once before picking her to run for the second highest office in America. This definitely has to say something about McCain's credibility. Would you have done the same thing if you were in McCain's shoes? I didn't think so and if you just answered that question as yes, you're a liar and are in denial. It's the bottom of the ninth in the seventh game of the World Series bases are loaded with two outs. Are you going to put in a rookie or are you going to put in a well-groomed veteran? And again, if you answered a rookie, you're a liar and in denial. And you're horrible with sports.

But if you get a chance and want a good laugh, YouTube interviews with Sarah Palin. The on with Couric is my favorite. Shes asked about many different things and she resorts back to the same answer over and over and it seems like she was told what her opinions were because when answering a question, it is always John McCain, McCain, McCain. If you're running for the Vice Presidential office, I expect you know what the Bush Doctrine is and have an opinion on what it's all about. A lot of conservatives are saying that it's not her job to know and that she is trying to cram a lot of knowledge in so she knows what she is doing before she gets to the White House. If the VP candidate is trying to cram and has been cramming for the past four weeks and still doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is, you should get the fear that you made a fatal mistake to your campaign.

A lot of conservatives were quick to jump on the bandwagon of "Obama isn't qualified enough". And I completely understood that. He wasn't and still isn't the most qualified candidate for the position. But when the commercials were rolling about Obama being a celebrity and not being a solid politician and it was just starting to reach it's maximum height, McCain picked Palin as his running mate. This decision even made conservatives heads turn. When your party questions your decision making and still isn't in full agreement of the pick, a flag should go up somewhere. And by the way, where is that commercial now? Every time I turn the station to a local channel, I rarely see that commercial anymore. So I guess in a way a flag did go up somewhere, they just kept it hidden in the dark because god forbid if anybody in Washington could accept defeat.

And the world has become so soft that the cast at SNL had to apologize for their skits about Palin. When has SNL ever had to apologize for anything??? Is it because the Republicans really don't want their poor nobody get ripped on? Sorry but SNL has been the one thing in America that was always politically incorrect for all the right reasons. They bring humor to real life events who are sick of hearing the serious sides of things. SNL has made fun of Bush more than a few times, I don't hear the conservatives begging on their knees for an apology there. Oh, wait, that won't affect the voting come November 4th. It doesn't look good for the Republicans if they have somebody bash their candidate on a National stage. But they need to take some looks around. If they are going to ask for an apology from Tina Fey, they must ask an apology from everybody in the media who as bashed Palin. But maybe that would be too hard to do seeing that every media falls under this category.

I'm planning on doing a study abroad my spring semester of my sophomore year and if McCain and Palin win this election, I just may stay out of the country.