Mr. Chuck Todd said today in Meet the Press that he is worried about having an inexperienced president and a group of inexperienced Democrat senators serving at the same time. I would like Mr. Chuck Todd or any other political analyst to give me one strong reason why I should not be worried about having Sarah Palin and other “experienced” Republicans in charge of the White House for another 4 years.
What is worse Obama and new senators or Palin and same Bush crew?
McCain claims he has good judgement because he is is being around longer, and he will bring change to Washington because Sarah palin is more experienced than Obama. Then Sarah Palin repeats, she has more experience than Obama. Then Schwarzenegger and Julianne. Do they really think so?
Ask republicans who claims Sarah Palin is the best VP candidate if they think Sarah Palin is ready to be commander and chief, the president of The United States, if God forbid something happened to McCain? If they do not answer with a simple and clear yes, and after that you keep talking about her, the audience will notice you are just entertaining us with her.
Why McCain couldn't articulate to the American people the great plan some republicans claim he has? Why Schwarzenegger, Julianne and other republicans need to explain it for him? Who is running for president? What is happening with Senator McCain, can’t he lead? Can he make us trust him to lead us better than Bush ?
Even though the candidate running for vise-president has never matter much at the moment of voting for a president, this year it might. The reason for this will not be because this year candidate is a woman. Indeed, there are a few American women who are prepared to be not only the vice-president, but also the president of the United States. The reason will be because she has not convinced most Americans that she is prepared to be the vice-president nor the president if, God forbid, she had to do so.
By choosing a running mate with entertaining skills, but doubtful preparation to fulfill her duties, senator McCain has sent a message of having questionable judgment and short term vision. His decision seems to be aiming rescuing his campaign and hopefully getting votes on Election Day. Nevertheless, some Americans are giving McCain some credit for adding some excitement to his campaign; many others are questioning his judgment and long term vision abilities. Does McCain really believe that his actual running mate is the best prepared American woman or man to rescue America now? Unfortunately, many Americans will question McCain’s judgment and abilities to rescue this country weather his answer is yes or no. If he answers no, many Americans will believe that, this time, he had put his desires to win the election before this country. On the other hand, if he answers yes, “bet you” most Americans will disagree with him.
On May 2008 a group of "bodegueros", cab drivers, and concerned citizens of Perth Amboy, NJ were able to bring enough first time voters (mostly Hispanics) to the poles to exercise their right to elect their Mayor. This non-political group of people, which included high school students, distributed flyers for the last 7 days before elections with instructions in both English and Spanish on how to use a voting machine to elect their favorite candidates. These flyers also included a phone number of a free transportation for those needing it to go to vote, and hot line phone number to ask questions about where and how to vote or to report any abnormalities observed in the poles. The main theme on every flyer was “Your vote is power” or “Tu voto es poder”. On Election Day, the Hispanic community in Perth Amboy went to the poles, and surprisingly for those “in power” they changed the expected outcome. This case is an evidence of what we, minorities, have discovered: on Election Day our vote is as powerful as the vote of those “in power”.
