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SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 @ 06:13 AM

I try not to get political because, well, I just don't know a whole lot about politics. Thankfully for me, Governor Sarah Palin didn't speak very much about politics in her speech on Wednesday night. She spoke in insults and lies, and she pimped out her family as if her irresponsible daughter (who probably didn't even know that pregnancy was a product of sex, as her parents probably never told her) and her special needs son would tell me something about this woman as a Vice President. As if I care about her family. What can you do for me and this country?

I wrote this letter to the editor of the Baltimore City Paper:

After watching Governor Palin's speech on Wednesday night I was extremely disappointed. As a person who works for a non profit organization that serves some of the poorest Baltimore City residents, hearing someone so blatantly disrespect the work that my colleagues and I pour our hearts and souls into was incredibly unsettling. Do we really want a Vice President who uses sophomoric zingers to try to win the hearts of those who are too ignorant to recognize the tactic? I'd prefer fewer insults and more policy, but then again, as a community organizer, what do I know?

Governor Palin actually said that a main difference between being Governor and being a community worker is that as Governor you actually have responsibility. Hmm let's see...

re�spon�si�bil�i�ty [ri-spon-suh-bil-i-tee]
-noun, plural -ties.
1. the state or fact of being responsible.
2. an instance of being responsible: The responsibility for this mess is yours!
3. a particular burden of obligation upon one who is responsible: the responsibilities of authority.
4. a person or thing for which one is responsible: A child is a responsibility to its parents.
5. reliability or dependability, esp. in meeting debts or payments.
_Idiom

So what she's saying is making sure that 35 at-risk, lost and scared 8-14 year-olds don't join gangs and get into drugs isn't responsibility.

And teaching 17 homeless preschoolers language and life skills while their mothers fight addiction and try to find work and permanent housing isn't responsibility.

Because helping 300 non-violent male ex-offenders a year who want to make a change, turn their lives around and stop the cycle of going back to jail isn't responsibility.

Sarah Palin can take her childish insults and her scary policies and go back to Alaska. She has no place in the White House and she's an embarrassment to women everywhere.

God help us all if McCain gets elected.

Oryon

Atlanta, GA

April 2004

SEP 05, 2008 06:36 AM

I wholeheartely agree.

Tigerwong

Baltimore, MD

February 2005

SEP 05, 2008 08:59 AM

Amen, sistah!

Seriously, i couldn't stand listening to her. That speech was indicative of the state of politics, though. Issues = useless. Let's just fling insults and one-liners and people will vote for us becuse they remember who we are. Whatever.

Specifically on the community organizer bit, though i should quote Dailykos: "Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor."

Tigerwong

Baltimore, MD

February 2005

SEP 05, 2008 01:31 PM

Hate comments? From this site? Naaaaaaaahhhhh... Not too many people are so blind that they can't see thru her gender to her policies. And they are atrocious.

minimalism

Garwood, NJ

OLD SKOOL

SEP 05, 2008 02:52 PM

Thank you.

BenzoVodka

Pittsburgh, PA

December 2005

SEP 05, 2008 11:05 PM

I hate politics.... but I have to agree with you on this one.

Boxhamster

United Kingdom

July 2005

SEP 06, 2008 12:52 AM

I hope your letter will be heard. It's so strange that I haven't spoken to or met a single person who supported Bush, when it came time for the election and now McCain seems to be similarly unpopular, still Bush somehow got elected twice. I hope that this time around the results will be different, because then I think I might like politics again. At least US politics. Anyway, rambling again... You're doing a very, very good thing and this should be acknowledged, especially by your city council and government!

airyk

Baltimore, MD

OLD SKOOL

SEP 06, 2008 01:35 AM

The Daily Show had some of the best "let's show republicans making completely contradictory statements" that I've ever seen on an episode this past week. My favorite was Karl Rove saying that Palin being mayor of the 2nd largest city in Alaska (Wasilla, pop. ~5000) was a good qualification for being a VP. Then, of course, they show Rove in a different interview, saying that the fact that Tim Kaine was the mayor of RIchmond, VA (pop. ~200,000) meant nothing in terms of a possible VP bid, because it's only the 133rd largest city in America.

I was pretty pissed off at the jokes about Obama being a community organizer. Guliani also made a joke about Obama being a community organizer. Do these people even know what it's like to be in a disadvantaged community? Hooray for people that are COMPLETELY out of touch with reality...

These are the same people that pretended to care about the people of New Orleans when they put the convention on hold out of respect for the people of New Orleans. I got news for you...I don't think too many of them give a rats ass about McCain OR Palin. Fucking political WHORES. Oh, and here's a tip...when you fuck up really bad because you didn't do your job right the first time (Katrina) you don't deserve a pat on the back when you don't fuck up the second time. I don't congratulate myself every time I get out of my car just because I didn't run over any pedestrians. You're not supposed to hit pedestrians, just like you're not supposed to wait until the entire fucking city of NO is underwater before you say "hmm, let's send some help"

sorry about all that....i know you said you try not to get political, but i guess something about your post trigged the preceding response

Sassie

SUICIDEGIRL

Pennsylvania, USA

SEP 06, 2008 06:01 AM

im doing a bit better. thank you sweetie.

Adelayde

Annapolis, MD

September 2004

SEP 06, 2008 06:22 AM

I could not agree with you any more on this. I watched her speech with my jaw to the floor. It makes me sick that she threw her family into the spotlight like that.

Just remember, she's in Alaska... she has no true concept of what is truly poor. She has no concept of what happens in cities like Baltimore. Fuck her... seriously... throw her out on the fucking streets; see how she does.

Sorry... didn't mean to rant on your journal.

ShinraCorp

Lynnfield, MA

November 2004

SEP 07, 2008 08:58 AM

i hate politics but i find as you get older you are kinda forced into them. it sux. but i saw the same daily show episode that airyk did. funny crap but it pisses you off. i totally agree with your view on her zingers and how she should stick to facts and policy instead of trying to get a cheap rise out of people by saying ignorant statements that will only catch up to her later. and btw... i think thats awesome that you work for a non-profit doing community interaction. ive wanted to work for a non-profit for a while.

Mylf

Framingham, MA

April 2003

SEP 10, 2008 10:18 PM

I didn't listen to her speech. I knew I wasn't going to be able to handle watching it without getting another migraine, so for my health and sanity I stayed away. From what I read about it, I think I picked the right path.

And thanks for the comment. It is feels good knowing that other friends can relate to some of what I'm going through.

Alkaholic23

Salem, MA

January 2004

SEP 11, 2008 09:35 AM

this jeep still needs finishing wiring, body work, paint and some odds and ends. i think i might have found an old chevy pickup that i can put my engine in though.