Liberty Postings

So, I’m thinking about running for president in 2012.  I’m turning 35 this year and I am a natural-born citizen of these United States, so I certainly get the green light from the Constitution.

I follow the news closely and, from what I’ve been reading and watching, I believe that I should be able to garner enough support to have a serious shot at calling the White House my new home.  Allow me to present to you my qualifications:

1. My name is Sarah.  Apparently, this is a good thing.  I even spell it correctly.

2. I am quick to pick up regional colloquialisms.  Since moving to Nashville from the D.C. area in 2002, I have learned to integrate “fixin’ to” into my everday conversation.  I even throw in a “bless her heart” every now and again.  I’m sure I can adjust my speech and sprinkle in some “you betchas” and “simple, small town gal from Alaskas” when the moment seems right.

3. I will not claim to have the “hot for teacher” look that the former governor from Alaska enjoys.  However, I used to be a high school teacher and I do wear glasses at night after removing my contact lenses.

4. I have already written a stump speech that uses all of these phrases — “Ronald Reagan,” “Founding Fathers,” “commander-in-chief not community organizer,” “government needs to balance its budget just like Joe Six-Pack does at the kitchen table every month,” and “communist.”  I was careful not to include any specific information.

5. When I was waiting tables at the Chili’s in Laurel, Maryland the summer after I graduated from college, I once walked out in the middle of a shift because I got overwhelmed by having four tables sat at the exact same time.  However, I told my manager I had to go because I was feeling really sick and I had to attend to my personal well-being.  That is kind of like deciding you don’t feel like being governor anymore and then just stopping, right?

In all seriousness, why are the same people who mocked President Obama for his lack of experience when he was running for the highest office in the land embracing Sarah Palin?  Her experience is no more impressive.  And, while I’ve seen no evidence that President Obama deserves the title of “smartest and most thoughtful man ever to walk the face of the earth,” as some people have awarded him, I also don’t see how Sarah Palin inspires confidence that she is a deep thinker who is ready to tackle the tough issues.

Yep … I think I need to pick up some nominating papers later today.  Place your pre-orders for “Moore 2012″ yard signs now!

OK … I need to brace myself for this one.  I am going to defend Rahm Emmanuel.  We all know the man is obnoxious and doesn’t really have a tongue that you want to introduce to your mama.  (And, by “tongue,” I mean that his language is crude, not that he would literally place his tongue on your mama … although you never know.)

Yes, he determined in a vocal fashion that liberal Democrats who were planning some advertised in-fighting to be “f______ retarded.”  Was it a silly comment by a man whose vocabulary is apparently so limited that  he is reduced to stupid slurs in an attempt to make a point?  Sure.  But, let’s all please stop being so hypersensitive.  And, even worse, let’s put an end to the faux sensitivity.  I’m talking to you, Palin.  Were you really crushed on behalf of your son when you discovered some off-hand comment that Emmanuel made several months ago?  Did you feel the need to scoop young Trig out of his crib, hold him to your bosom, and protect him from the evil intentions of the Chief of Staff?  I doubt it.  Instead, it probably seemed like a neat-o PR move.

Would I brush it off if Emmanuel went to the local schoolyard and proceeded to point and laugh at the special needs students?  How about if he took a large bag of donations to the local Goodwill donation spot, threw the bag at the nearest worker, and made some derogatory comment about the intelligence of the young man who helped him.  Of course not.  And, in that instance, termination would certainly be in order.  But, we all know (right?) that back-room political talk is ugly and often inappropriate for public consumption.  The phrase being criticized was not on the man’s teleprompter as prepared remarks that were intended to represent an official stand on a policy issue.  If that had been the case, absolutely fire him … and do it before he even has a chance to finish the speech.

I think that Senator Harry Reid published comments, in which he called then-Senator Obama “light-skinned” with no “Negro dialect” are much more offensive, and his statements were widely forgotten after 48 hours.  I guess Reid must find Obama to be one of those rare, “articulate” black men.  (definition of “articulate” — decribes a member of a racial minority who shocks white people by speaking in complete and coherent sentences.  Used in a sentence: “I mean, you got the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean” — courtesy of then-Senator Joe Biden)  I wonder if Senator Reid calls Obama “that uppity boy” when he thinks no one is listening.

Was Rahm Emmanuel’s choice of words a poor one?  Yep.  Is he a crass loudmouth who has the sensitivity of a tooth that has been the recipient of a thorough root canal?  Absolutely.  But, let’s not make this more than it is.