She's 100 times more qualified than Obama. ************************************************************************ Right Wing Mike
http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike Bigfoot Hates Obama http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/5690856 I Wish Hillary had married OJ http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike/4236924 --- On Wed, 9/3/08, Helio Wakasugui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Helio Wakasugui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [OT] Palin: average isn't good enough - Sam Harris > To: "ProFox Email List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 7:27 AM > http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-harris3-2008sep03,0,5745350.story > Palin: average isn't good enough > She's not qualified to be president, and in picking > her, McCain shows that > he has little respect for the presidency. > By Sam Harris > September 3, 2008 > ยป Discuss > Article<http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oew-sh3-2008sep03,0,114892.graffitiboard> > So > let us ask the question that should be on the mind of every > thinking person > in the world at this moment: If John McCain becomes the > 44th president of > the United States, what are the odds that a blood clot or > falling object > will make Sarah Palin the 45th? > > The actuarial tables on the Social Security Administration > website suggest > that there is a better than 10% chance that McCain will die > during his first > term in office. Needless to say, the Reaper's scything > only grows more > insistent thereafter. Should President McCain survive his > first term and get > elected to a second, there is a 27% chance that Palin will > become the first > female U.S. president by 2015. If we take into account > McCain's medical > history and the pressures of the presidency, the odds > probably increase > considerably that this bright-eyed Alaskan will become the > most powerful > woman in history. > > As many people have noted, placing Palin on the ticket has > made these final > months of the already overlong 2008 campaign much more > interesting. Is Palin > remotely qualified to be president of the United States? > No. But that's > precisely what is so interesting. McCain not only has > thrown all sensible > concerns about good governance aside merely to pander to a > sliver of female > and masses of conservative Christian voters, he has turned > this period of > American history into an episode of high-stakes reality > television: *Don't > look now, but our cousin Sarah just became leader of the > free world! Tune in > next week and watch her get sassy with Pakistan!* > > Americans have an unhealthy desire to see average people > promoted to > positions of great authority. No one wants an average > neurosurgeon or even > an average carpenter, but when it comes time to vest a man > or woman with > more power and responsibility than any person has held in > human history, > Americans say they want a regular guy, someone just like > themselves. > President Bush kept his edge on the "Who would you > like to have a beer > with?" poll question in 2004, and won reelection. > > This is one of the many points at which narcissism becomes > indistinguishable > from masochism. Let me put it plainly: If you want someone > just like you to > be president of the United States, or even vice president, > you deserve > whatever dysfunctional society you get. You deserve to be > poor, to see the > environment despoiled, to watch your children receive a > fourth-rate > education and to suffer as this country wages -- and loses > -- both necessary > and unnecessary wars. > > McCain has so little respect for the presidency of the > United States that he > is willing to put the girl next door (soon, too, to be a > grandma) into > office beside him. He has so little respect for the average > American voter > that he thinks this reckless and cynical ploy will work. > > And it might. Palin's nomination has clearly excited > Christian > conservatives, and it may entice a few million > gender-obsessed fans of > Hillary Clinton to vote entirely on the basis of > chromosomes. Throw in a few > million more average Americans who will just love how the > nice lady smiles, > and 2009 could be a very interesting year. > > *Tune in next week and watch cousin Sarah fuss with our > nuclear arsenal ... > .* > > > > Sam Harris is a founder of the Reason Project and the > author of "The End of > Faith" and "Letter to a Christian Nation." > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: [email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > OT-free version of this list: > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > This message: > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or > medical advice. 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