More Hypocrisy

Now I really do my best not to let my own personal political view run too rampant on this blog, because if you really wanted a rant about how bad this candidate is or how good this one is, you can find that just about anywhere. However when I see hypocrisy from either side it pisses me off.

McCain for a long time now has argued that Obama is simply to inexperienced to run the White House. Today McCain announced Sarah Palin as his running mate. This woman is younger than Obama, and has barely spent time as the Governer of Alaska. How does McCain reconcile this? Answer: He can't. He is a hypocrit and that is that. No excuse here, no spin-doctoring.

Now some will say, as some said about Obama, that not having much (or ANY in the case of Palin) experience in Washington politics is actually a good thing to have in a candidate for this election. Many believe "Washington is broken" and only an outsider can fix it. If this is the angle Palin wants to take, then all the power to her, but for McCain to mention his vast amount of experience and her lack of it in one breath, that is hypocritical.

In my opinion it seems McCain is trying a "please everyone" ticket. But honestly, he would have needed a Democrat VP, or an Independent. Palin is just as Republican as McCain, if not slightly more. She is anti-abortion, anti-gay, "loves hunting," is a member of the NRA, and her husband works for an oil company. You can't get any more Republican than that. She was even involved in a little scandal where one of her employees was told to fire Palin's sister's ex-husband (a police officer in Alaska) who was in a custody battle for the children. Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! Or maybe Judge Judy. Anyway, Palin is still under investigation for abusing her power. She claims she never ordered her subordinate to do it.

Nothing makes me madder than Hypocrisy.