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Yep, where the president has a stroke and those in power (not the elected guy) get to run the country until the substitute turns on the "establishment".
Palin has proven to be Dave, but continues to be the pawn even after the truth is known. Selected by those in charge to be their spokesperson. Chosen not because she looks like the president (aka Dave) but because she represents what her party thinks will sell to the American public, a pretty, non-established politician, and a hard working WOMAN who successfully juggles work, family and hunting down animals and bridges to no-where?
The folks in power send her out to repeat catch phrases that she has been told to say, clearly with limited understanding of what she is actually saying, while they hope and pray that a pretty face and a wink and a down home smiling face will erase the hard fact that she is way over her head in dealing with the complexities facing our country?
What's sad for me, as a woman, is that she represents my gender in a presidential election. A prom queen who is being manipulated by her party and seemingly goes along with the premise? A woman who doesn't defend a woman's right to choose? A woman who is against teaching birth control with a pregnant 17 year daughter? A woman who seems to be willing to be a token, talking head, only because of her gender? A woman who is way out of her league being manipulated because of her gender and willingness to seemingly toe the party line without comment.
In another venue we would decry this nomination. Is it that different than the beauty queen who gets the secretarial job even though she can't type, file or answer a phone?
Who knows? Sarah Palin could have been a significant player after a few more years in politics. Instead she's sold out her gender, her party and her political life by pretending to be a contender. It's a sad day.
