When Atheists Attack
We have all now witnessed apparently sentient human beings, once provoked by a reporter's microphone, saying things like, "I'm voting for Sarah because she's a mom. She knows what it's like to be a mom." Such sentiments suggest an uncanny (and, one fears, especially American) detachment from the real problems
of today. The next administration must immediately confront issues like nuclearproliferation, ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (and covert wars elsewhere),global climate change, a convulsing economy, Russian belligerence, the rise ofChina, emerging epidemics, Islamism on a hundred fronts, a defunct United
Nations, the deterioration of American schools, failures of energy,infrastructure and Internet security … the list is long, and Sarah Palin doesnot seem competent even to rank these items in order of importance, much less address any one of them.
.............What is so unnerving about the candidacy of Sarah Palin is the degree to which she represents—and her supporters celebrate—the joyful marriage of confidence and ignorance. Watching her deny to Gibson that she had ever harbored the slightest doubt about her readiness to take command of the world's only superpower, one got the feeling that Palin would gladly assume any responsibility on earth:
"Governor Palin, are you ready at this moment to perform surgery on this child's brain?""Of course, Charlie. I have several boys of my own, and I'm an avid hunter."
"But governor, this is neurosurgery, and you have no training as a surgeon of any kind."
"That's just the point, Charlie. The American people want change in how we make medical decisions in this country. And when faced with a challenge, you cannot blink."
The prospects of a Palin administration are far more frightening, in fact, than those of a Palin Institute for Pediatric Neurosurgery.
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3 comments:
Yes. It's absurd to think of this fundamentalist whack job being president of the United States.
We've had enough twisted idealism to last the rest of the century.
My hope is that video of Palin and her witch-hunting pastor is played at least 50% of the time that the MSM aired Jeremiah Wright's speeches. The Bennie Hinn style touching and praying over Sarah Palin's political aspirations are enough to drive away the 77% of us who aren't batshit crazy fundies.
My other hope is that a new video comes out of her babbling in tongues and fainting. That will drive away an additional 10% of even the fundie base.
We've atleast been Gumped twice now. Why not a third?
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