So, I'll be honest. I have not been following the election stuff much. It is my habit to be politically apathetic. I don't know
anything. I wasn't even planning on voting because I feel like that would unwise, and unfair. Why should I vote when I don't know anything? I feel like people should know
everything they possibly can if they're going to vote in something as major as the presidential election. And I know me, and I know that I'm just not going to take the time to learn everything. Because... I just won't. ::shrug::
On August 30th, I found out that McCain's running mate Sarah Palin is an evangelical Christian who is strongly anti-abortion. And I know that McCain, despite being the the "peak of health", is
freaking old. And I
DO NOT want a woman who wants to take away my rights to my own body that close to the presidency. Sue me.
The next day I did a little research. I didn't even have to look very hard to find out all sorts of fun things about Mrs. Palin. These are just some of the really exciting facts that render me
absolutely terrified when thinking about the possibility of Palin anywhere near the White House:
* Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
Sorry, the phrase "keep your rosaries off my ovaries" comes to mind.
* Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
I dunno about everyone else, but I've always been real fond of that whole "separation of church and state" thing.
* She sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.
Does this one really even need a snarky comment form me?
* John McCain only met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time over the phone... when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.
ARE. YOU. KIDDING. ME? That is all.
* She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town of 9,000 people outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.
9,000 people, huh? Oh, wow. Austin only has about 77 times as many people.
All of this information was more than enough to get me off my bum and ready to vote for Obama; rather, not so much voting
for Obama, as I am voting
against Palin. I'm not even voting against McCain. I'm voting against Palin.
Yes, all that information was enough.
More than enough.
But it's not the end. I was lucky enough to stumble across this article today:
It appears that Mrs. Palin just flat out hates women. Because while she was Mayor of
the booming metropolis of Wasilla, the Governor of Alaska signed a bill ensuring that if a woman was raped, the state would pay for her medical examinations that would collect evidence to help the police solve her case and catch her attacker.
Only one town in Alaska objected to this law. Wasilla... Under Fearless Leader Sarah Palin.
If that information isn't enough to make everyone with half a brain despise this woman, I'm moving to England.
