If Sarah Palin Were a Man...

If Sarah Palin’s name was Steven Palin you can be sure all the concern about her readiness to assume the presidency would not be in question.

First of all, reality check people. Sarah Palin is not running for president, she is the vice presidential nominee. How many times do we need to say this? She will only assume the presidency if something were to happen to John McCain. Let's say it again. Together this time...she will only assume the presidency if something were to happen to John McCain.

Second, if she had to assume the presidency, she is qualified and she would be ready. She has the experience. She has been a business owner, a City Councilman, a Mayor, and a Governor. She has taken on “Big Oil” and won. She has taken on corruption in her own party and won. She has lowered taxes and balanced budgets. She has negotiated energy contracts. She knows what this country needs to become energy independent and she has made executive decisions that affect the lives of people in the state of Alaska everyday.

If any man had half as much experience as Governor Palin, there would be not doubt about his readiness or qualifications. How do I know this? Just look at the three men running with, and against, her. Not one of them has the experience she has, yet no one questions their readiness or their qualifications. So, why do we keep hearing people say she is not qualified? Because she’s a woman plain and simple…that’s why they question her readiness.

Now, once again this extremely qualified woman has been dissed by another popular political figure. I was shocked to hear Colin Powell, a very popular black Republican, who I had hoped would one day run for president, throw his support behind Barack Obama.

Sunday on the NBC program "Meet the Press", Mr. Powell expressed disappointment in the "over the top" negative tone of the McCain/Palin campaign, as well as in McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as the vice presidential nominee. He said, "Now that we have had a chance to watch her for some seven weeks, I don't believe she's ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president. And so that raised some question in my mind as to the judgment that Senator McCain made."

Just what has he seen over the past seven weeks that makes her unqualified to be president? He was as cryptic as "The One" he is supporting. He raised a criticism of Sarah Palin and said she "isn't ready to be president", yet didn't say why. I have lost all respect for Colin Powell. He’s just another drone brainwashed by the Obama machine.

Sarah Palin has more experience in her little pinky, than Obama has in his entire body, yet do we hear anyone (other than a few Republicans) question his readiness? Instead, they bow down at his feet as if he were the second coming of Christ.

What has Barack Obama done that makes him more qualified than Governor Palin? Absolutely nothing!!!

He served as an Illinois State Senator for eight years and has only been a US Senator for two years (most of which he has spent running for president). He has never run a city. He has never run a state. He has never made a single executive decision. Yet, we stand on the precipice of letting this man, the most liberal and least experienced candidate to ever run for the highest office in our nation, make critical decisions that will affect our lives in the present as well as possibly change this country for future generations.

We stand on the precipice of letting a socialist “spread the wealth around” by taking money from hard working Americans who sacrificed their own time and money to become successful and giving it to people who haven’t.

We stand on the precipice of having our Democracy transformed into an Oligarchy, where all branches of government (Executive, Legislative and Judicial) and even the media will be controlled by one party. We can all say goodbye to fairness and the “checks and balances” our Constitution intended.

If Sarah Palin were President, she would protect our Constitution. She would protect our nation by standing up to our enemies. She would take on corruption in the government. She would be compassionate and tolerant of the views of others. She would try to help people by giving them opportunities to succeed instead of more government entitlement programs that would make them more reliant on government. She would use the executive experience she has obtained to make the right decisions for America and its people.

It seems that a slight majority of people might be ready to accept an inexperienced, extremely liberal man for president before it will accept an experienced, conservative woman for vice president, who might one day become president.

I am at a loss to understand what is happening to my country. I feel like I have been transported into another dimension where irrationality is the norm and where logical thinking people are at a disadvantage. God help the country I love.