In other news, John McCain is an abject moron. He recently announced his running-mate and Vice Presidential hopeful, one Sarah Palin. If you're unfamiliar with her political career, don't be afraid. So is everyone, and here's why: She's governor of Alaska. On the surface, not such a bad move on McCain's part. But the operative word in that sentence is "surface." Turns out that Palin is a gun-toting, pro-life, fanatical right wing nut job. And that's only half the problem. McCain has given average voters absolutely no credit and assumed them no smarter than a bag of hammers. Hilary is out, so now there's a whole chunk of Democratic voters presumably up for grabs by either McCain and Obama. So what does Johnny try and pull? He picks a vice-presidential running mate who directly and decisively opposes the values of true Democrats in an obvious attempt to steal that vote away from Obama. Why is this so insulting? Basically, McCain has taken voters to be so blind, lazy and ignorant that he thinks a vagina and a pair of hips will be enough to persuade voters to elect a complete crazy face. He's basically latched onto Palin as a way to say "Hey, look at me, Democrats! I can be forward-thinking, too!" Too bad that in doing so, he's fetishized and objectified women to an absolutely insane degree (even if the woman he's objectifying is nuts), and assumed that the average female democrat will follow wherever their gender leads despite their values or beliefs.
It's insulting, it's patronizing and it's just plain gimmicky. McCain choosing Palin as his VP is no different than discount stores like "The Brick" or "United Furniture Warehouse" advertising no payments until 2015- what you're getting is pretty much crap, but dress it up enough and your average citizen is too much of a dope to tell the difference. Take a hike, McCain.
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