Saturday 13 September 2008

Stupid Guides To Very Select Situations: #2- How To Beat Barack Obama In A Presidential Election


  1. Choose a female running mate.
  2. Accuse Obama of sexism.

With Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running partner, the underhand tactic employed by the Republican party to cling on to their hold of the White House was to select a vice presidential candidate based on their gender. It represents a last throw of the dice; an attempt to sway some of those undecided voters (the ones who backed Hilary Clinton) by public displaying a “21st century” style government of their own. If McCain were elected to power, and later died in office *touches wood*, then Palin would rise to the helm, and please all those pro-women voters.

I don’t question the credentials of Palin. She served the pleasing maximum two terms as mayor of Wasilla, and ran a successful campaign to become governor of Alaska. In fact, her glittering political CV suggests she is more equipped to run the US than Barack Obama is; for one, she’s run a city, and he hasn’t. She isn’t a full-blooded Republican, however, and has been known to go against her party periodically. Ironically, McCain also criticised Palin for some of her work during her time as Wasilla’s mayor.

Polls have already shown an increase in McCain’s popularity. The victor of the 2008 US presidential election is not a foregone conclusion just yet.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

If anything, selecting a female as a running partner was the worst thing the republicans could've done. Being the traditional "real american" party is what they are rolling with. If the Republicans were thinking that using Palin to counter the "hip" democrats, i believe they would've been extremely dissapointed with the results if she didn't have brains to go with it. I still predict a comfortable Republican win.

Mr S. said...

People shouldn't be so quick to judge Palin. We mustn't forget her sterling work in Alaska. Those penguins have never had it so good!