Sarah Palin

Introduction

Sarah Palin began her political career in 1992 when she became a member of the Wasilla Alaska city council. She then went on to chair for the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commision, and then rose to Governor of Alaska in 2006. On August 29, 2008, Republican presidential candidate John McCain announced he had chosen her as his running mate. With this political background in mind, is Sarah Palin really qualified for the second highest position in our great nation? The answer is yes(celebrifi.com/gossip/Sarah-Palin-Writing).

Palin has described her party platform as "the right agenda for America" because of its "respect for equality and respect for life and an acknowledgment that it is individual Americans and American families who can make better decisions for ourselves than government can ever make for us" and stated that "individual freedom and independence is extremely important to me and that's why I'm a Republican.

Discussion

Even though Palin claims to respect equality and individuality, she is still a strong social conservative. She supports creationism being taught in public schools, opposes same-sex marriage, and is pro life... but thats ok because none of those things have anything to do with equality. The Bible says that marriage is the union of a man and a woman under god, and not two men nor two women. Maybe if she's persistent enough, she'll be able to stop interracial couples as well! The Bible is such a great platform to base ones moral/political beliefs on that we as Americans should start treating our citizens as they were treated in the Bible. When someone steals, they can be tortured accordingly and maybe crucified. Aristocrats were often depicted as owning slaves in certain biblical texts, maybe we should over turn the emancipation proclamation and re allow our wealthy to own slaves, because ...