Palin: More Problems?

So here is my third politics related post. By now you should know I speak my mind and love to debate in the comments section (so feel free to leave your thoughts below whether you agree with me or not).

After a very heated and well spoken Democratic National Convention, Senator John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his Vice President. At first, I made a post about her stance on the social aspects of Conservatism (Gun Control, Abortion, forgetting to mention that she is also against gay marriage) as well as her stance on war, specifically the one in the Middle East.

In this post, I’d like to add on a few more thoughts, including some related to very recent breaking news.

McCain’s campaign chose Palin for a good amount of reasons, which I think have simply blurred their strength for a ticket to the White House. My first thought what that Palin was only aside McCain to gather up the lost, upset, and frustrated Clinton supporters. Now, I realize that is, bluntly put, not the case. Unless a portion of Clinton’s supporters stood head to head with all of Palin’s conservative views, there is simply no way, I believe and hope, that those disappointed voters could follow and support the McCain ticket.

Sarah Palin, is a headstrong Conservative who is against Gun Control, an NRA lifelong membership could tell you that. She is absolutely against the woman’s right to chose and against gay’s right to marry. She is considered more experienced in politics as a governor for almost two years (without counting her role as Mayor and Head of Council which lasted for about 10 years from 1992 to 2002, read more about Palin’s political history) than Obama as a senator for more than three. The key distinction: Palin has governed oil and the state of Alaska, while Obama has been working on reform and bringing people out of poverty in the state of Illinois.

Today, the press announced that governor Palin has an unmarried, 17 year old, pregnant daughter. What sort of example is that for the young women of America? Isn’t Palin supposed to an idol to all the women out there as the first potential woman Vice President? What do you think she shows and teaches all the mother’s out there about how they should educate a daughter that is still not thru with her teenage years? Why isn’t Palin’s daughter criticized just as are our modern teen celebrities who have recently fallen pregnant? Here is a quote from the Palins:

Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that, as parents, we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned … We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents.

I’ll conclude with a few points about Obama. One, there is the obvious fact that he is a man of color. In this country, racism has never ended and sadly never might. That plays against him, obviously. Now, Obama’s name is something totally separate. If anyone has a problem with the fact that Obama is named Barrack Hussein Obama, Jr. than think about this for an instance: Obama had nothing to do with his name. If anything, look at how Obama named his children: Malia Ann and Sasha, anything out of the ordinary about those? I find it disgusting to base one’s views on a leader by their name, yet alone the color of their skin. Those aspects of a persona should play a neutral to positive view only on how people should perceive them. What do you think?