Mrs. Pit Bull with Lipstick 2008
Introducing Alaskan governor, hockey mom, and senator John McCain’s vice-president nominee, Sarah Palin. During her vice presidential acceptance speech last week at the Republican National Convention, Mrs. Palin explained to a nationwide audience what the difference between a hockey mom like herself and a pit bull was, drum roll please.................................lipstick.
Cute stuff and she most likely sealed up the majority of the hockey moms votes out there in America but if you think about it, Sarah Palin is the lipstick on John McCain the maverick Pit Bull. Pretty ironic isn’t it? Of course, she is trying to paint herself as a pretty tough character in making such comparisons but what does that have to do with the hard issues we face in America today? Major issues that no amount of lipstick or make-up can cover or hide on their economially ugly appearances.
Let’s face it, all these candidates are wealthy enough that no matter what the price of gas or how much food costs, they never have to personally ever worry about it. At least McCain has seven choices as to where to lay down his head at night if he’s not out campaigning in stark contrast to the millions of Americans who watch as the mortgage crisis takes their beds away from them. Change shouldn’t be defined as to how many diapers you changed such in Sarah Palin’s case nor should it be defined as being a maverick who didn’t invite his own sitting president or vice president to his GOP party in St. Paul. Change means a totally different direction without playing the fear card all the time as the current party in charge of this country likes to do if their ratings in the polls seems to be slipping .
Back to my Illustration, there were several other choices I was leaning to in trying to come up with the perfect beauty queen banner around Mrs. Palin’s neck. Here are some of the few that didn’t make the final drawing. (There were other’s but under my terms of contract as a Christian and the law of the "Thou shall nots", I had to show restraint in the interest of my fellow sister in the Lord.)
1) Mrs. Stare at Me and not the Issues 2008 2) Mrs. Republican Ticket Cheesecake 2008 and
3) Mrs. One Heartbeat Away 2008 ect, ect..............
To her credit, most of the governor’s in this country have never placed in a beauty pageant. All I can say to that is it was a good thing Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney wasn’t competing against her :-) Yet in choosing Mrs. Palin to be his running mate you do have to wonder, "Seriously, what in the name of all that is commonsensical was John McCain thinking when he chose a hockey mom as his wing man!!!!!!" With all due respect, maybe we don’t know the extent of the torture Mr. McCain suffered mentally at the hands of the North Vietnamese after watching him announce his VP choice last week.
If John McCain somehow convinces the American people that he is the right man for the presidency then Mrs. Sarah Palin is one heartbeat away from that position as well. John McCain is no spring chicken so the odds of the ice princess, who melts our rational minds and hearts, from Alaska becoming the most powerful "man" on earth is pretty good. I’m sure she is a decent human being who has much to bring to the table in terms of leadership skills but to be the leader of the free world, your resume should have more on it besides PTA mom, mayor of Wascilla or first term Governor of the land of the midnight sun. As in the Tom Cruise movie "Top Gun", McCain’s pick may "take our breath away" but it shouldn’t take our sense of survival in a dangerous world away either!
In terms of experience, an argument can be made also about Barack Obama. Yet he wasn’t picked by just one man to possibly lead this nation, Obama was picked by millions of American voters who saw great potential in him to maybe one day be this country’s next president. Say what you will about Barack Obama but his choice for vice president, Joe Biden, never participated in a beauty contest nor has he ever tried to sell a jet on Ebay to turn a profit. What he does possibly have is the global experience that will make Obama a better well suited president and leader. The same cannot be said of John McCain and his eye candy VP unless foreign policy now includes how to field dress a moose or build or not build a bridge to nowhere. If Uncle Sam ever needed you to get out and vote, now is definitely the time to do it. And remember, the term beauty and the beast applies to both presidential tickets here!!!
Disclaimer:
This Blog was Not Paid for by the committee to Elect Barack Obama President of the United States.
I did it for free.
James Robert Kessler
Because of Him Art Ministry 2008
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