Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Lack of knowledge in foreign policy
It seems as though that the Mccain camp is trying to do anything and everything possible to make Sarah Palin is capable when it comes to foreign policy. It has been reported that both John Mccain and Sarah Palin are going to be at the United Nations when President George Bush addresses the international leaders at the General Assembly. This is supposed to show the world that she is ready to take on the vice president role and that she can quickly connect with international affairs as they come up. It is quite amusing that it has not even been a month since Palin was chosen as Mccain’s running mate and she is already being criticized at national level. First the whole pregnancy of her daughter came around and now she is being made fun of on shows like Saturday Night Live for being incapable and naive. I certainly am interested to see how Mccain and Palin can fix the mess that has been created. She just does not seem like she is capable of being a good vice president with her only qualifications being the governor of Alaska. This is a position where it takes no knowledge of foreign policy. This adds to the fact that the Mccain camp is struggling to try and make people feel like they are close to one another. They have made sad tries such as Mccain attending a Nascar event, but this is way too late when Obama has already been playing basketball with ESPN announcers and talking sports. I just do not get why John Mccain would pick someone with as little experience as Sarah Palin does.
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There are some reasons on why McCain picked Palin. She is known as a reformer, and that seems to be the main campaign push that he is making. He set out to "change" Washington and clean up the garbage on capital hill. She has cleaned up Alaska and is was that reputation that he was banking on. It was working beautifully for a few weeks. Then the economy went from bad to worse and the spotlight moved from Sarah Palin to the government bailouts of major banks. And as far as her lack of experience goes, experience has to be gained somewhere. If no one is going to give her a chance then how is she ever going to gain experience and actually develop her foreign policy? He is giving her that chance. It is a risky move to make but apparently he feels that it is worth the presidency.
This is all very true, it does seem that McCain has chosen someone with no real experience. Experience should be gained somewhere but NOT in a position that places her one weak heartbeat away from being President. She may (by some stretch) be semi-qualified to be Vice President, she is in no way prepared to lead our country in the main seat however.
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