I find it very amusing that people are calling Governor Palin unqualified to be the Vice President. Lets look at the constitutional powers of the VP: (S)He presides over the Senate, casts a tie vote when necessary. Remember, it was John Adams that said: “My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.” The only other benefit is that at the State of the Union, (S)He sits next to the Speaker of the House. Ahhh, now here is an interesting point: If Governor Palin isn’t qualified to be Vice President, what qualifications did Nancy Pelosi have to be Speaker?
Many people aren’t aware that the Speaker really has more power to affect lives than the Vice President. Constitutionally, the House is the source for all spending bills. Its where the budget gets set. And today, its where Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House, the leader of her party, failed to assemble enough of her own party to pass a bill that was sorely needed. Knowing the vote would be close, knowing she didn’t have more than 2/3 of her own party behind the bill, what did the leader of the House do? She levied a 5 minute partisan monologue blaming the entire problem on the President!
Now, I’m not saying that she lost 12 Republican votes there. But she absolutely lost a few. And, I’m not saying that its wrong to blame the President. He deserves some of the blame for all of this. But. what happened after the lost vote? Rather than try to talk to the 94 Democrats who failed to support her, she attacked Republicans! Seriously, what was she thinking? When Gingritch and Hastert were Speaker, they were able to hold their party and the house together. Frankly, today, when America needed their legislature to act, they failed us. I haven’t seen anything crash around DC like this since that DC-9 flew into the Potamic. Republicans and Democrats couldn’t work together and now we’re in a bind.
This bill was flawed from the start – its been packaged as a “Bailout” when it’s really a loan, an investment. I’ve been known to make risky moves with investments and this to me seems like a good idea. Democrats were to scared to support this bill on their own and Republicans were too scared to work with Democrats. As John McCain would say… This, my friends, is about as bad as it can get.
When I see an absolute disaster occur like today – when both parties fail us so miserably, it makes me thankful that someone like Sarah Palin can come in, give an outside perspective and tell people they are ridiculous. That is exactly what we need. Nancy Pelosi is an absolute car wreck – the kind that clogs up the Cross Bronx for an entire rush hour. But you won’t hear that in the main stream media.
A vote for Obama is a vote for Nancy Pelosi and the weak, politically driven Democratic party to have unchecked control over two branches of Government. After watching today’s government activity, is that something we can afford to do?
