The Worst Thing to Happen to Women in Politics: EVER!

As a female that likes to pay attention to politics and would consider myself to be politically involved, I just have to say that I HONESTLY believe that Sarah Palin may just be the worst set back for women in politics: EVER.

There are some brilliant and effective female politicians that have made and continue to make positive impact in this world; Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, serious left-wing Nancy Pelosi (sorry Jeff), Barbara Boxer and Condalisa Rice for example, but Sarah Palin is DEFINITELY not one of these women.

I have a friend who commented earlier this week that a very " Right Winged" friend of hers made the comment "When is this woman going to go away?" I completely agree. Her persistence has become so pervasive that I would have equate it to toxic black mold.

The level of her ignorance is staggering and I would love, L.O.V.E. to see her in a political debate with Barack Obama, who has brilliant mind and a firm grasp on political concepts. He taught Constitutional Law for crying out loud.
The thought of Sarah Palin being the Commander in Chief would make me sick if it weren't so laughable.

Some impeccable Sarah Palinisms (and my thoughts) below:

"So we discussed what was going on in Africa. And never, ever did I talk about, Well, gee, is it a country or is it a continent, I just don't know about this issue.''—Sarah Palin, asked about the post-election revelation by McCain staffers that Palin thought Africa was a country, not a continent, Fox interview with Greta Van Susteren, Nov. 11, 2008

(Possible contestant on "Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?)

"The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama's 'death panel' so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their 'level of productivity in society,' whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil." –Sarah Palin, in a message posted on Facebook about Obama's health care plan, Aug. 7, 2009

(Weird, I have really been waiting for this Death Panel Thing to take off. What's Up With That?!)

"We used to hustle over the border for health care we received in Canada. And I think now, isn't that ironic?" -Sarah Palin, admitting that her family used to get treatment in Canada's single-payer health care system, despite having demonized such government-run programs as socialized medicine that will lead to death-panel-like rationing, March 6, 2010

(Really? After mocking "Obama Care" you admit to using socialistic medicine because it was cheaper? Does Canada have a "Death Panel too?)

"I don't know if I should Buenos Aires or Bonjour, or... this is such a melting pot. This is beautiful. I love the diversity. Yeah. There were a whole bunch of guys named Tony in the photo line, I know that.'' - Sarah Palin addressing a Charity of Hope gathering , Hamilton, Ontario, April 15th, 2010

(Ohhhhhh? And here I thought that The United States of America was known as THE melting pot and FYI, I am pretty sure that there are a whole bunch of guys named Tony everywhere in North America AND Buenos Aires? WTF?)

"Refudiate,' 'misunderestimate,' 'wee-wee'd up.' English is a living language. Shakespeare liked to coin new words too. Got to celebrate it!" --a Tweet sent by Sarah Palin in response to being ridiculed for inventing the word "refudiate," proudly mistaking her illiteracy for literary genius, July 18, 2010

(So, you compare yourself to the brilliant playwright, William Shakespeare. . . . you maybe a bit more like the "Shakespearean Fool", say, for instance the character " Puck" from "A Midsummer Night's Dream".)

"He who warned, uh, the British that they weren't gonna be takin' away our arms, uh, by ringing those bells, and um, makin' sure as he's riding his horse through town to send those warning shots and bells that we were going to be sure and we were going to be free, and we were going to be armed." -Sarah Palin, botching the history of Paul Revere's midnight ride, June 3, 2011

(Does that once popular catch phrase "THE RED COATS ARE COMING! THE RED COATS ARE COMING!" ring even the tiniest bell? Seriously, this is first grade history people. Unbelievable.)

There are people in this country who whole heartedly think that this woman is capable of running what is arguably the most powerful country in the world. Give me a break.

FDR's Final Address

An excerpt from "Nothing to Fear" by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
FDR died on April 12th 1945, this speech was intended to be delivered at the Jefferson Day Dinner on April 13th 1945. It has eerie similarities to our current plights both politically and economically. He was unable to make this final address to the country, but his last address was found and published.

Americans are gathered together this evening in communities all over the country to pay tribute to the living memory of Thomas Jefferson-one of the gr; and greatest of all democrats; and I want to make it clear that I am spelling that word "democrats" with a small "d."
I wish I had the power, just for this evening to be present at all of these gatherings.
In this historic year, more than ever before, we do well to consider the character of Thomas Jefferson as an American citizen of the world.
As a minister to France, then as our first Secretary of State and as our third President, Jefferson was instrumental in the establishment of the United States as a vital factor in international affairs.
It was he who sent our first Navy into far distant waters to defend our rights. And the promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine was the logical development of Jefferson's far-seeing foreign policy.
Today this Nation which Jefferson helped so greatly to build is playing a tremendous part in the battle for the rights of man all over the world.
Today we are part of the cast Allied force-a force composed of flesh and blood and steel and spirit-which is today destroying the makers of war, the breeders of hate in Europe and in Asia.
In Jefferson's time our Navy consisted of only a handful of frigates-but that tiny Navy taught nations across the Atlantic that piracy in the Mediterranean-acts of aggression against peaceful commerce and the en the enslavement of their crews was one of those things which, among neighbors, simply was not done.
Today we have learned the agony of war that great power involves great responsibility. Today we can no more escape the consequence of German and Japanese aggression than could we avoid the consequences off attacks by the Barbary corsairs a century and a half before.
We, as Americans, do not choose to deny our responsibility.
Nor do we intend to abandon our determination that within the lives of our children and our children's children, there will not be a third World War.
We seek peace-enduring peace. More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars-yes, an end to this brutal, inhuman and thoroughly impractical method of settling the difference between governments.
The once powerful, malignant Nazi state is crumbling, the Japanese lords are receiving, in their home land, the retribution for which they asked when they attacked Pearl Harbor.
But mere conquest of our enemies is not enough.
We must of on to all in our power to conquer the doubts and the fears, the ignorance and the greed, which made this horror possible.
Thomas Jefferson, himself a distinguished scientist, once spoke of the "brotherly spirit of science, which unites into one family all its votaries of whatever grade, and however widely dispersed throughout the different quarters of the globe."
Today, science has brought all of the different quarters of the globe so close together that it is impossible to isolate them one from another.
Today we are faced with the pre-eminent fact that, if civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships- the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together and work together in the same world, at peace.
Let me assure you that my hand is steadier for the work that is to be done, that I move more firmly into the task, knowing that -you, millions and millions of you-are joined with me in the resolve to make this work endure.
The work my friends, is peace, more than an end of this war-an end to the beginning of all wars, yes, and end, forever, to this impractical, unrealistic settlement of the differences between governments by the mass killing of peoples.
Today as we move against the terrible scourge of war-as we go forward toward the greatest contribution that any generation of human beings can make in this world-the contribution of lasting peace, I ask you to keep up your faith. I measure the sound, solid achievements that can be made at this time by the straight edge of your confidence and your resolve. And to you, and to all Americans who dedicate themselves with us to the making of an abiding peace, I say
" The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith."


The correlation of our wars and influence on the world are clear. Whether it be Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya or North Korea. The intent and responsibility of the United States is ultimately peace.