Save Tina Fey’s Life. Don’t vote for McCain/Palin Ticket.

So, I’m not the only person that would be completely done if McCain/Palin actually do win this presidential electino, apparently Tina Fey, along with most of the intelligent populus will either just will ourselves to die or leave.

“If she wins, I’m done,” Fey tells TV Guide. “I can’t do that for four years.  And by ‘I’m done,’ I mean I’m leaving Earth.”

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/10/if-sarah-palin.html

Why the company you keep is important

So like everyone else who’s been checking out the presidential debates I’ve become very annoyed at the back and forth between the candidates about who they’ve been associated with throughout their entire lives and it’s become a huge deal.

I’m not saying that we should completely disregard who our candidates for both the presidency and vice presidency have been around and associated without throughout the years, I’m saying that it should be looked and onced over but what is more important is their actions,  what they accomplished  over the years and how far they have come.

We need to be reasonable, intelligent adults here. This is our future and we need to focus on what is really important in this election which is whether or not we have someone that is capable of leading this country, that is who we should vote for, not parties or race or gender, but fact and qualification.

Be intelligent voters. Your voice counts, your choice this election reflects upon the entire country.

Internet Election, Bias Election

Since we’ve become so technologically advanced, it seems that a lot of focus us placed on advertising the candidates for our next upcoming election online. It seems that facebook and myspace jabs have replaced actually debates and town hall meetings. I get it, we need to cater to our youth, but we need to inspire our youth to care, not to make a decision based on popularity.

I praise both McCain and Obama for getting online, being on those mediums but how much relevant information can really be passed on through the internet? Things get skewed, misinformation runs rampant and mostly, you’ll get bashed horribly if someone doesn’t like you. There are two campaigns going on here, one that’s going on in the real world where people are willing to go hear these people speak and one online which is more of shitfest of one candidate going against each other, online you can pretend its anonymous and shift blame, you can call people names, call them out period and blame the intern who did it, the supporter who wrote the blog etc but to what end.

Palin’s family is too riske for someone that’s supposed to be conservative, she doesn’t help people that have special needs when she has a special needs child, her son is on drugs, she cheats on her husband. McCain cheated and left his wife for a hot(yeah…not really hot) but younger woman and moved on with his life, he reiterates over and over again that he was in the military and that he was a prisoner of war; his wife has too much money, they have too much houses.  Obama is black, inexperienced…did I mention black? Bi-racial, his pastor is a radical racist who is having an affair, his wife is too tough and calls him out during his speech, he’s too viral, he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Biden, that guy? that’s who their choosing?

It’s all bullshit. People see what they want to, predjudices and bias exist only if we allow it to. There shouldn’t be Black, white, female, male, old or young questions. There should be questions about our social security, our health care system, our economic recession, the bringing our troops home, the over all value of our dollar, the price of gas still being high when the price per barrel is cheaper….we need to be asking questions about our future instead of bickering about the classifications of the people running.

I don’t care if their democratic or republican, if they can take us there, if they can help heal our country from the idiocy that has befallen it for the past 8 years.

Use the internet for good, explain your policies in detail, let us know why you would be better, how our country can be better and we’ll stand by you.

While my personal choice if Obama this election, I do not feel like I should be judged, belittled or called names for my personal decision. I feel the same way about any one else’s.

 

Anastasia R.

Sarah Palin’s No Call, No Show

Photo credit: AFP/Getty Images

Well the latest in Palin news is that she will not be on the talk show circuit like everyone else. So far she has not done any solo appearances nor is she attempting to put herself out there like McCain has, I think the Republican party surmised that if she is kept hush hush then maybe those in the know would forget about the whirlwind that is Palin-gate.

First Oprah came out and said that she would not have Palin on the show, stating that she would not help platform her in any way shape of form (we all know about the oprah cult) but based on everything going on, she would love to interview her after the election. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/07/uselections2008.sarahpalin1

Then, everyone notices that she’s no where to be found at all unless she’s very close to the bosom of McCain. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/sarah-palin-w-1.html

Repubs are scared that she would be torn to shreds by people who know what they’ve been trying to supress about her, I dare her to get on a reputable show, no BS, no drama and talk and be interviews, not with questions her party asked them to ask but with questions the world wants to know the answers to.

 

 

Anastasia R

Palin can not use Barracuda

So, a few news sites are reporting that Sony BMG and Universal Music Publishing sent a cease and desist letter to the Republican party asking them to stop using “Barracuda”, The band Heart’s 1977 hit song. While it may have fit in with Palin’s high school nick name and the reputation she is attempting to create for herself (pit bull with lipstick on) it seems that Heart is not comfortable with her using that song to try to create that illusion of herself.

It’s crazy to me that an older band like Heart would forgo any type of recognition with today’s “youth” and yesteryear’s fans by asking them to stop using their music. Fancy a rock band standing up for themselves.

In a quote from the two female members of the band as reported by Entertainment Weekly

Sarah Palin’s views and values in NO WAY represent us as American women. We ask that our song ‘Barracuda’ no longer be used to promote her image. The song ‘Barracuda’ was written in the late 70s as a scathing rant against the soulless, corporate nature of the music business, particularly for women. (The ‘barracuda’ represented the business.) While Heart did not and would not authorize the use of their song at the RNC, there’s irony in Republican strategists’ choice to make use of it there.

Hilarious.

Sarah Palin’s Affair

Does she cease to give us things to write about?

 

From: www.mediatakeout.com September 04, 2008. MediaTakeOut.com reported to you last week that there are a number of SCANDALS involving John McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin – now there’s another.

According to the National Enquirer, Gov Palin cheated on her husband with his friend and business partner. Here’s their exact quote:
One of the incredible charges that has emerged from the family feud is that … Palin, a mother of five, had an affair with a former business associate of her fisherman husband, Todd.

“Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guy.”
And McLame and his crew are trying to silence this report. MediaTakeOut.com has learned that the Republican attack team sent lawyers to the National Enquirer to try to shut the story down.

But, to their credit, the gossip mag isn’t backing down. Here’s their official response to any of McCain’s legal threats:

Following our John Edwards’ exclusives, our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign’s vetting process.

Despite the McCain camp’s attempts to control press coverage they find unfavorable, The Enquirer will continue to pursue news on both sides of the political spectrum.

 

Developing I’m sure.

Sarah Palin’s Party Animal

I hate to spread a negative image of this mother’s of two…but her Mother is in the spotlight and well, they should have tried to get these things under control. If it was Obama’s daughters (if they were older) it would have been all over the news from day one. Going to parties and hanging out with friends is no problem, but drinking underage and lewd conduct while you have two kids (well, now) is a bit over the top especially given the spotlight that your Mom is thrown into.

I’m starting to feel bad that this is coming to light, surely a few pictures and a few reports doesn’t make you  party animal and a bad seed but constant talk does make one wonder.

Sarah Palin, McCain’s Worst Decision

Now, I don’t know her personally and I haven’t heard her speak enough to know her policies on anything so I’m going by what I’m reading which is all negative.

First, I can not believe that the Republican party, who has been criticizing Obama based on his lack of experience would allow someone to be nominated for VP of their party when, that nominee doesn’t have any experience Governing more than a handful of people. Literally she got a State wide position and then she’s nominated not too long after so you can’t really argue anymore about Barack’s 4 year experience.

Second: She is riddled by controversy. Her Former Brother In Law being dismissed as a trooper while undergoing a custody battle with her sister, everyone trying to figure out whether she was pregnant or her daughter was pregnant and how could someone so conservative have a kid that has a daughter outside of wedlock and how could she “hide” it.

Third: Global Warming is not the fault of Humans. Do I even have to say anything else? Yes. I need to add that she wants to drill for oil in a wildlife refuge and things that Polar Bears are fine now because their population has increased.

Fourth: Wants to teach creationism in schools. I guess those who don’t believe in creationism can go suck salt. On the bright side, she says you can talk about evolution if you want but it won’t be taught.

Fifth: Is for the banning of same sex marriage and supported a constitutional amendment to deny health benefits to same sex couples. Now what kind of bullshit is that?

Sixth: Supports capital punishment, no teenage pregnancy by way of abstinance only, no abortion even if you are a rape or incest victim and is a staunch conservative in every definition of the word.

On a side note, I can’t help but notice that all the things that she’s so staunch about doesn’t really apply to her family, all of that, have a baby after you get married stuff kind of went out the window.

I can not believe that they chose this woman, out of all the possible candidates. As a woman, I don’t identify with her, I don’t understand her and I definitely won’t vote for her unless she radically changes all her positions. This is a woman that they chose to connect with the female voters that Hillary was drawing in, but I want to say this, when supporting Hillary you are supporting a proven track record of work and excellence. With Palin, we’re not going to see any of her work until she gets to office. This isn’t a work study program, you actually have to know what you’re doing before you get to the white house.

If women that were actually voting for Hillary are voting for Palin, their doing it based on gender, not on policy and just because another woman is in a position of potential power that doesn’t mean that its for the better. Hillary took us 2 steps forward and Palin has dragged us 10 steps backward.

Vote intelligently.

Anastasia R.