Comments on: Looking in from the outside https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/ Sat, 13 Mar 2021 10:34:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Jason https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21922 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 11:42:00 +0000 #comment-21922 Now that we’ve got to know Sarah Palin better, I wholeheartedly agree with Glenda’s original assessment: she’s a terrifying choice for VP to an 82 year old candidate who’s had a tough life.

Never trust anyone who believes that their ideas, motivations and judgement are directly inspired by God.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21921 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:56:00 +0000 #comment-21921 It doesnt really matter who you vote for, in the end. We all know Bush didnt -really- win.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21920 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:05:00 +0000 #comment-21920 Yes, it’s that Preeta 🙂 . Thanks! I posted a comment on an earlier post of yours as well, but I don’t think you saw it. It’s the post in which you responded to something I said in an interview….

Thanks again for the congrats and the publicity here!

PS

]]> By: hrugaar https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21919 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:04:00 +0000 #comment-21919 So many people seem to have reacted badly to Palin, one wonders whether the Democrats had a hand in manoeuvering her into position as McCain’s running mate.

I’d have voted for Hillary – largely based on her previous experience and political naus, and that she was the only one of the candidates I could imagine being able to hold their own against other established world leaders.

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21918 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:41:00 +0000 #comment-21918 And is that Preeta S. the author? If so, you must be thrilled to bits by the wonderful reception your novel has been getting! Congratulations!

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21917 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:40:00 +0000 #comment-21917 I have wondered if McCain’s choice of VP was solely to attract the votes of those disillusioned by Hilary being shunned as VP by Obama.

What troubles me most is candidates and politicians who make decisions and policy to appease factions who have the power to elect them or keep them in office rather than what is best for the nation. And this is not unique to the USA.

]]> By: glenda larke https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21916 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:39:00 +0000 #comment-21916 My point – which I maybe didn’t express too well – is that it wouldn’t matter what potential or how much talent Palin has, she simply doesn’t at this stage have experience for what has to be the world’s most responsible and toughest job.

And yet, because of factors beyond her control – McCain’s age and health – and yet (always with the proviso of a McCain victory)she could find herself President theoretically within days of McCain’s swearing in. I sincerely hope that doesn’t happen of course.

My husband’s university has twice the number of students than the whole population of the small town she was mayor of! (Not to mention faculty and staff.) And her governorship is still in it’s early days.

I taught in a highschool for a couple of years. It didn’t give me the experience to be the headmaster.

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21915 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:32:00 +0000 #comment-21915 I’d have to disagree with Jason’s analysis on at least one point: Palin sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species, suggesting that she is even less ecologically minded than the already-frightening incumbent. (There’s other evidence, too, that she’s at least as bad if not worse, but that one is the most compelling point.)

I’ve always said that the rest of the world should have some say in American elections, given the power they wield internationally, and the worldwide impact of their policies. I console myself with the (perhaps dubious) belief that if McCain and Palin are elected, it really will be the end of the American empire, and then it won’t matter so much to the rest of us what rubbish they get up to within their own borders.

— Preeta

]]> By: Anonymous https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21914 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:32:00 +0000 #comment-21914 It does certainly matter what Usa will become, as it seems to be our old futur model, talking about France, and Europe. Or something like a past futur incoming from the past.

I’m stopping my brain right now and going back to my pencils ^^

]]> By: Jason https://glendalarke.com/2008/09/looking-in-from-outside/#comment-21913 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:41:00 +0000 #comment-21913 After perusing her Wikipedia page, my reaction is that there are (many) worse choices. She’s a mild variant of religious nutter, which is inevitable on the Republican side (pandering to the “faith-based community” being de rigueur). Who can tell how she would do if McCain died in office? Given the current incumbent, I’d have to say she couldn’t do worse.

It’s sad to think that no matter what the outcome, it’s going to be better than what the US has now.

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