Why Sarah Palin is a Bad Choice for Vice Presidential Candidate

This is probably because the Republicans are generally seen as the “warring” party, whereas the Democrats are the… “Democratic” party. Something that I find particularly annoying is all the politicians who claim to be “pro-life”. What does that even mean? Does it mean that politicians who don't proclaim they are pro-life are infact, “anti-life”? Now that's a scary thought. Another part of American politics that bothers me is the way that the Republican Party is classed as a right-wing party and the Democratic Party are classed as a left-wing party. In any other country in the world, the Republican Party would be a far right-wing party, and the Democratic Party would be a “less far right-wing” party, if that makes any sense. A better way of phrasing it is probably to say that the Democrats are midway between the far right Republicans and the centre. Why does America class their parties differently? It's the same way that Americans have a different date system. I regularly hear about 9/11, but what the hell actually happened on the 9th of November? That's a joke, I know that's its September 11th, but the dating system is still pretty ridiculous.

So, I've got a number of reasons that I don't like Sarah Palin and think that she wasn't a good choice. The first 2 reasons have nothing to do with my thoughts about her, but the way in which the Republican Party has damaged itself by choosing her.

The Republican Party has continually raised the issue of Barack Obama's supposed lack of experience. So the Republican Party go out and find someone with even less experience than him, who hasn't even been heard of by the greater world. Hell, most Americans probably hadn't even heard of Palin before McCain's shock choice. Palin also lacks international experience. She claims to have visited 3 other countries. These are Kuwait, Germany and Ireland. The stay in Ireland that she counts as a visit is infact nothing more than a stopover in Shannon Airport. By those definitions I've stayed in dozens more countries than I actually have. Could I say that flying over a country counts as a visit? Does Palin count flying through airspace as a visit?

The second reason that I found her nomination both puzzling and infuriating is that she is the clearest possible case of “style over substance”. McCain and his campaign team have continually criticised Barack Obama for his “attempts to turn the presidential race into a style over substance contest”. While I don't necessarily agree with that statement, I can see why the Republican Party would make the statement, it's understandable and not a blatant lie. But according to the world's press, Palin is a “beauty queen turned politician”. Either the Republican Party have made a major, obvious mistake or they are “lowering themselves to Obama's level”. I understand that McCain chose Palin, as it could pay off if he can attract disgruntled Clinton supporters, but surely there had to be someone else, who wouldn't give the Democrats the ability to turn all of the Republican criticisms of Obama back onto themselves. They've really shot themselves in the foot and given the Obama campaign a loaded gun full of ammo to use against the Republicans. Any future “insults” against Obama regarding his inexperience or “celebrity status” will be a case of the pot (Republicans) calling the kettle (Democrats) black.

Now down to the reasons that I don't like Palin because of her character and past actions. How anyone can possibly support her when she is clearly guilty of corruption and unfair dismissal is beyond me. Since when has it become OK to fire someone because they didn't fire someone who divorced your sister? If that was the norm, you'd find that unemployment and poverty would be considerably higher. Can you imagine being fired for standing up for an employee/colleague who did nothing wrong? If Palin was on the receiving end of such an action, I doubt she'd be so cool about it.

Then there's Palin's environmental stance. She wants the Polar Bear taken off the endangered species list because it lives in an area where there are untapped oil fields. That's a real case of profit before sustainability. If she is so pushed about ensuring a fuel source for the future, why doesn't she promote the sales of the Tesla? For anyone not in the know, the Tesla is a new 100% electric car with a top speed of 126mph.

I'm not going to attack or criticise Palin because her daughter Bristol is only 17 and pregnant. Even if that was a serious problem, which is really isn't in modern society, the state of her daughter shouldn't affect her career, unless she is trying to protect a murderer or something along those lines.

Anyway, I think I've outlined my reasons for Palin being a poor choice of running mate, so now I'll finish this article up so you can all make up your own mind.