I was on the road last week when a woman who bought my book Woman to Woman: From Sabotage to Support in 1995 called my office. Yep, I’ve been writing about women not supporting, not helping and undermining other women since 1987 when that book was first published.
She thought it was just awful that so many, especially women, weren’t supporting Sarah Palin. “Supporting,” I questioned, “Rose, Sarah Palin isn’t qualified to be Vice President, much less President of the United States.” I referred her back to the section on the “Patty Principle” where women rise to a level that exceeds their competency levels … the female counterpart to the Peter Principle.
“But,” she said, “Sarah is a woman, we should support her, not speak negatively about her.”
“She’s not qualified,” I responded. “In fact, by supporting someone who is not qualified is in fact undermining her–you are setting her up for a colossal failure. I wouldn’t consider supporting Sarah Palin and think that anyone that does is foolish and ignorant.”
We continued our chat and ended the call. Is she still a Palin supporter? I don’t know. I do know that Palin has great energy, incredible camera presence and a fan club that numbers millions. I also know that she doesn’t tell the truth and she fudges the facts. She thrives on the rumors that circulate … even fueling them … that Obama/Biden are this and that. That they are unAmerican. That he pals around with terrorists. What kind of nonsense is this?
I’m sick of her drive to instill fear into the population; to spread hate via the hints that Obama is tied to the terrorists, Marxism and Socialist, that taxes will skyrocket, that the average “Joe” will be significantly harmed under a Obama presidency. McCain echoes everything that comes out of her mouth.
I actually voted for John McCain a few elections ago. I wrote him in vs. Bush #1. The person he was isn’t the person today. When I see/hear McCain today, I wonder, “What was I thinking…he’s no more qualified than my left foot.” When I watched Colin Powell on Meet the Presson why he was endorsing Obama, who I also wrote in as my presidential choice when Bush #1 was running against Clinton, I remembered why I wrote him in.
Sarah Palin is a Pit Bull and a Snake. If you have to deal with one, I would take the Pit Bull. With Pit Bulls, there are few surprises, they are very overt. They move like a Pit Bull, bark like a Pit Bull and bite like a Pit Bull. You are forewarned. Snakes are different. Being covert is their MO… oh, they hiss at everything, dropping rumors and innuendos, have nasty bites and can be fatal… but they often aren’t visible initially… not until they rattle their tales or rear up and strike. Palin is both.
OK, people, wake up. This country is in deep doo-doo. We owe a gazillion dollars–it has to be paid back. Our educational system needs to be whacked to wake up so our students can become competitive adults in the global world. Our global reputation is the pits. Health care in the USA has evolved from ideal to scary, the costs are outrageous and the consumer is at the mercy and whim of what the insurance companies will do next. Companies that were considered the hallmarks of profit and all things American are riddled with financial chaos and fraud. Corruption and incompetencies have become the norm with out political “leaders.”
It’s time to give the boot to most of them. People are hurting, families are struggling.
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