Lipstick on a Pig!

MerryGlenne

I'm the editor of skirt! in Augusta, GA/Aiken, SC

I'm a bargain shopper, a hippie, my own worst critic, honest to a fault, and always on a diet. I'm most happy at home with my new hubby and, the other love of my life, my six-year-old long-haired dauchshund Divot. ...

Friday, September, 12, 2008

McCain’s political makeover came as a shock to me. Obviously, some of his advisors do actually know what they’re doing...shocker! And now McCain’s jumped on the bandwagon as the new candidate for change. Hmmm...sound familiar?

It seems obvious to me that McCain is willing to slide on the coat tails of anyone as long as it looks like they’re headed for the White House. Well, there's no such thing as a free ride, McCain, and I hope others are seeing through your copy cat politics.

Hillary Clinton had the nation so excited about the possibility of having a woman in the White House for the first time (well, as President, I mean). And after Obama didn’t choose Clinton as a running mate (which, by the way, I think was a HUGE MISTAKE!), guess who found himself a little lady?

Smart? Yes. Am I falling for it? NO!!!

When Hillary was in the running, I debated often with family and friends. Many would argue, “You’re just voting for her because you’re a FEMINIST and she’s a woman.” Well, yes, I am a feminist. But, no, I didn’t vote for her in the primaries just because Clinton and I both have female reproductive sex organs. I voted for her because she thinks abortions should be legal, safe and rare; because she thinks we should have more jobs at home and a reduction in taxes; because she favors an increase in salary for teachers, smaller class sizes, and more after school programs; because she favors gun control, universal health care coverage, and redeployment from Iraq.

When I go to the voting booth, I vote for the candidate that is most like me; the one who shares my ideals and thoughts on how to make this country a better place to live. And when I look at Sarah Palin’s platform, the only similarity between the two of us, is that we both have vajayjays (and that’s certainly not enough for me!).

Palin is pro-life, even in instances of rape. She thinks benefits should be denied to homosexual couples. She favors more drilling for oil, even in her home state. She opposes endangered protection for salmon, polar bears, and beluga whales. She encourages mining, driling and fishing. She’s a lifelong NRA member and is a champion for the right to bear arms.

Now, I don’t think Obama was referring to Palin when he said his now infamous comment about putting lipstick on a pig. But I can certainly see why everyone’s so confused. The way I see it is that...

McCain + Palin = Same Old Republican Politics + Lipstick

And, to me, that’s not CHANGE!