Sarah Palin - An Individual Perspective

As the elections near, I think it’s important that we take the time to truly appreciate the abomination that is Sarah Palin. I have been privileged to discuss Governor Palin with many different people, from varying walks of life and it seems that you either love her, or you hate her…there is no happy medium. Many of the issues I have faced with Governor Palin seem to be the same issues that many others face. Certain questions remain unanswered.
My personal issues with Governor Palin lay in her unwillingness to answer certain questions and her general lack of knowledge on things that a candidate should be overly familiar with. I found it laughable that when Charles Gibson asked her what her opinion of the Bush Doctrine was, her response resembled that of a high school student to skipped the previous nights reading. (For those of your who aren’t familiar with the Bush Doctrine it is the phrase used to describe the various foreign policy principles of George W. Bush. Initially it described the policy that the U.S. had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves. In years to come it included additional elements, such as the controversial policy of prevent war, which held that the U.S. should despose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate, a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.) I also found it interesting that Governer Palin is in favor of the Ukraine and Georgia entering NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) and she leaves open option of war with Russia in the event of a Russian invasion of a NATO member.
I am also unwilling to put my nation in the hands of a person who believes that the war we are currently engaged in is “a task that is from God” Now, I’m aware I’m not a person of God and I don’t associate with any form of religion, but I do have a problem with someone that believes that war is “Gods plan”.
My last rant for this blog is in the form of questions. The question I pose today is this: How can a person be both pro-life and pro-death penalty? Isn’t the mentality of a pro-lifer that all life is sacred?

Question everything...

XOXO - Maxine

For more information on Sarah Palin:
http://gov.state.ak.us/

For more information on the Bush Doctrine:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_Doctrine

For the Charles Gibson interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNPGnZurs1k

For more information on NATO:
http://www.nato.int/