Another Installment of Palin Problems

I wasn't really sure if I could be any more adverse to having McCain/Palin occupy the Whitehouse. But they really are the gifts that keep on giving me reasons to vote for Obama/Biden.

I already covered several reasons why Palin is a just wrong for the job. But that doesn't stop friends and family of mine from cheering her on as 'spunky' or 'feisty' and joking that while they don't really care for McCain they sure would like to see this nutter sitting in the big chair. You know, Palin might be a firebrand for conservative values, and you might 'like her style' but do we still have to point out that all that doesn't fucking matter if her ideas are all wrong? This idea that permeates American conservatives that they would rather have a 'regular guy/gal' as president still blows me away. Elite has become a dirty word. In most professions we would clamor for an elite. No one wants the average neurosurgeon. You don't even want an average plumber working on your house. All other things being equal, you want the best. You want the elite...unless they're running for President of the United States.

This article outlines a few more reasons why Palin, and politicians like her, are dangerous. She believes that this war is "...a task that is from God." She thinks God would want people to  unite and build new gas pipelines. But perhaps most troubling, (especially to nonbelievers or nonchristians) she thinks, "all of that stuff doesn't do any good if the people of Alaska's heart isn't right with God." (in this quote 'stuff' refers to her policy plans)

Bush has shown us all how foolish this kind of thinking can be. Supporters praise him for being 'decisive' and 'sticking to his beliefs.' This is a delusion that people like Bush and Palin hold and it gives them absolute certainty without the possibility of alternatives. This is the EXACT same kind of certainty that Islamic terrorist use to justify violence against the infidels. They 'know' they are doing Allah's will. No, I'm not saying Palin or Bush are just like terrorists. I'm saying they both have delusions of belief that some all powerful being likes them better than the other guy and is giving them holy orders. We need leaders who rely on reason and evidence, not superstition and divine revelation to govern.