Why Obama Would Make a HORRIBLE President…

I’m driving home from work a few hours ago, checking out 560 KSFO and some host named Roger Hedgecock…porn star name in development.* All the talk about McCain picking Alaska governor, Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. The jokes and criticisms of this choice are pretty easy to make: Palin’s lack of experience, her ability to deal with world leaders or even handle being President if called upon, the strong pro-choice stance, etc. But this decision was announced the night after Obama’s big DNC speech, precisely calculated for maximum exposure. Time will tell how smart McCain’s choice was, but I don’t believe it’s merely some butt kissing ploy to appeal to Hillary supporters. No doubt a lot of thought and research went into this decision. I think passing Palin off as an unqualified “Hockey Mom” would be foolish in a race this important.

What’s up with my blog title? See, I was listening to Hedgecock talking to a caller, a woman who was wildly enthusiastic with Palin as a running mate. I’ve never heard of this governor until yesterday, so I’m curious to hear more about her. But excited twenty four hours after being picked seems premature. This caller starts railing against the “Democrats” and how they need to “get over themselves” or something to that effect…because it’s easy to label a group of people as having the same flaws because you don’t like their choice of candidate. She basically was onboard with Palin because she was a woman. Fine, it’s her choice.

BUT…then she goes off on this huge rant about how Obama keeps kissing Biden’s wife on the lips at all these public events and how it turned her off, was inappropriate, etc. Which leads me to two conclusions:

1. She was an Obama supporter and bailed upon seeing this ghastly PDA.

2. She never liked him to begin with because she’s A REPUBLICAN and not allowed to have feelings for anyone outside her party. Thus the kissing thing proves her point that he would make a horrible President and send this country into armageddon!

As if spending billions of dollars on wars in foreign countries doesn’t already put us on that path.

Listening to this grown woman act all offended like a high school girl gossiping in the hallway made me want to kick my radio…except I needed to keep my foot on the gas.

Yeah, I’ve seen a couple of these kisses. Hell, there was a joke about it on Bill Maher’s show last night. But do we STILL have to go down this tabloid road to pick our future leaders? McCain, Obama, Palin, Biden–they can play all the spouse swapping games they want as long as they can run the F*%! out of this country.

HELLO??? Issues? Health care? Figuring a way out of this stupid war? Illegal immigration? Affordable education? But noooo…this woman gets to tell millions of listeners how she’s offended by some kissing. And you wonder why the glass ceiling still exists in places…

If we don’t start challenging our candidates with real questions on what they’re going to do the popularity element of this contest will continue to get worse.

*oh, come on–it’s a joke! I’ll be happy to sign a peace treaty with no more jokes at the expense of bald guys and folks with “cock” in their names. Though lately I’ve been making the bald jokes on my own…