Oct 02 2008
Lowering Expectations for the Vice-President
With tonight’s much-anticipated VP debates looming, I am still hearing talk about how the bar has been lowered for Palin since she’s not really much of a debater. Why? Would the bar have been lowered for Hillary? No. Expectations would have been high for her in this same position so why are people willing to give Palin some room here? She’s not running in yet another beauty pagent, she’s running for Vice President of the United States. With McCain as her running mate, odds are pretty good she might just end up being President so why, exactly, should the expectations be lower for her? Was it not the Republicans who kept saying the running the country is not ‘on the job training’? Why is it different when it’s their candidate who hasn’t an inkling of a clue?
I am saddened by this nation to hear that because Palin is a woman and new to this that it’s okay if she doesn’t do well and apparently if she gets her name right that will be above expectations. What is wrong with the voters? We are in a time where we need to restore our name and credibility in the world and how, exactly, will that be achieved by someone who, when asked what her views are or if she give examples of laws, she replies, ‘Well, I’ll look into it and have to get back to ya on that’?
Far be it from me, however, if some voters insist on voting for someone simply based on gender and/or party even if that candidate manages to make even Paris Hilton seem like Einstein.
