Palin's New Bank Account for 2012 Election: SarahPAC

Following closely in the footsteps of Hillary Rodham Clinton, Sarah Palin decided last week to launch her new political action committee: SarahPAC. For those who don't know or don't remember, Ms. Clinton started her political action committee, HillPAC, right before the 2002 congressional elections, with manipulative hopes of raising funds for a possible 2004 presidential run. Of course, her mathematical formula to attain power decided it would be best if she forego a run in 2004, and instead wait until 2008. And we all know that her decision really paid off in the end.

But Palin will not be outdone by Ms. Clinton, and it is all but official that she plans to run for president in 2012. According to her website the money raised will be

"Dedicated to building America's future, supporting fresh ideas and candidates who share our vision for reform and innovation."

What she leaves out in her little mission statement is that this money will also fund the hockey mom's "Aw Schucks Tour of 2009-2010." Really, this is what Palin said when asked what the money would be for:

"It's helpful to have a PAC so that when I'm invited to things even like to speak at the Lincoln Day dinner in Fairbanks, to have a PAC pay for that instead of have the state pay..."

So you're raising money in the form of a PAC so that you can travel 200 miles within your state? Right.

"We turn them down for the most part we say no, I'm not going to leave Alaska or I'll rarely travel outside of Alaska. Now a lot of people outside of Alaska don't really understand the way that we operate up here."

So, let me get this straight Mrs. Palin. You setup this PAC so that when you travel you would not have to use state funds, but you then say, "I'll rarely travel outside of Alaska." So again, the only reason you set this PAC up...was to travel around your state more easily? Odd. No wait, but it's my fault again for expecting Palin to make sense I suppose.

Let's put the cards on the table, so to speak. This PAC is a bank account for her 2012 presidential run. She will use the money to travel everywhere when she throws her hat in the ring for 2012. Please, in the interest of justice and all that is sacred, do not give money to this PAC. Republicans need a viable candidate for office, and Palin is certainly not the way to go.

Palin to Speak in D.C. with Obama

Aw schucks. Sarah Palin has decided to attend the exclusive Alfalfa dinner in Washington D.C. because... "President Obama is scheduled to be there" and because she wants to lobby Obama and certain congressional leaders on Alaskan issues. Right Sarah. We believe you. Is Sarah Palin now considered more than a Governor? Because I was really under the assumption that the people in Alaska elected representatives apart from the Governor to go to DC to promote Alaskan interest. You know, like, people called Congressmen and Senators. She probably slept through that day of American Civics in high school.

Politico is calling this a possible "preview of the 2012 stage," but, for the sake of the Republican Party and true conservatives, I certainly hope they are dead wrong. When Palin was asked in an impromptu meeting from reporters outside her office if this trip meant that she was running for the presidency she denied the charge not once, twice, or thrice, but four times.

"No. Not at all. Not at all. No." Obviously, in Palin's mind the more accurate script was, "Yes. Absolutely. No question. Yes." Alas, we wait and see.

Test of Our Republic

I wrote this piece back during the election...thought it may be a nice summary of how I felt about Palin during the election:

The aptitude of our American spirit is on trial this coming election. By that I mean, this election is not about a John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket vs. Barack Obama/Joe Biden ticket. This election is not about the vast policy differences between the two candidates, either. This election is a litmus test for the very survival of a competent and informed republic. Let me repeat, this election is a litmus test for the very survival of a competent and informed republic.

Before you go rolling your eyes and muttering to yourself, “Oh, here goes Mike again with his overstatements and critique of Obama” let me assure my readership that this has nothing to do with Barack Obama, for once. I will briefly just state, for the record (if not abundantly clear from my remarks of him over the last two years) that I think Barack Obama is an inexperienced, conniving politician who will probably bring change to this country, but it will bring about change to the detriment of this great capitalistic (sometimes Obama supporters forget that fact) country. That’s all I’ll say about him in this article. The focus of my thesis is (enter stage left in a bikini) Sarah Palin.

Pure and simple, we have a candidate that does not meet the minimum threshold of competency for an elected office higher than city council-woman. A governorship is a stretch for her, but a Vice-Presidency, perhaps Presidency position for her is undeniably scary. I say this as a conservative who has supported McCain, Bush, and pretty much every Republican that has thrown their name into any contested election against Democrats, so, let me just say that I am being intellectually honest to my conscience and nothing more.

Every McCain supporter I talk to says that they love McCain, and they don't like the Palin pick, but they're voting for McCain anyway. Now, can someone please explain why this position is simply untenable? Simply put, Palin could effectively run this country, pending a McCain death or accident, with a 5% approval rating. In other words, people that even voted for her, don't think she should be president. This is the quandary of this coming election, and the reason our survival of democracy is fundamentally at stake. We no longer have a democracy, we have an inherent two party system where thinking beings turn into masquerading puppets for their respective sides and cheerlead for that team regardless of who is picked.

What if McCain had picked my mom? My mom is a nice conservative soccer mom lady. She knows about Roe v. Wade, disagrees with it, couldn't tell you much more about any other SC decision, she read the St. Louis Post-Dispatch (entertainment section), she doesn't claim to have foreign policy experience because her grandma is from Italy, and she is a social conservative. Now I realize this is a stretch of the straw man, but still... I would NEVER in a million years, vote for my mother as President of the US. It defies the very sense of democracy. This witticism of mine is not of course directly on par with Palin, I mean the woman was a mayor and governor but still... I will say it again...

Sarah Palin does not meet the minimum threshold of competency as an elective candidate for Vice-President of the United States of America. If Palin is elected, this will only beget more people to give up on democracy, and I may be one of them. Vote third party this coming election, for the sake of democracy may be at stake.