10-04-2008
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Mr Harris trots out the usual atheist line which is very convincing, to atheists. the rest of his hyperbole on religious beliefs only ignores the religious beliefs of the vast majority of our previous presidents. I've a sense that the majority of voters will have little trouble with a Veep candidate whom believes in God. Just a guess on my part.
The rest of his article levels a series of accusations that might similarly be leveled at the Democratic presidential nominee himself, without acknowledging that Palin is the Veep candidate and not the principle.
For instance, his criticism of her not having met foreign leaders is stupendously ludicrous in that just a few weeks ago she was the Governor of Alaska only. How many foreign leaders had Obama met before he started his presidential campaign? Harris also ignores the fact that American presidential candidates traditionally come from the governorships of the country and not the Senate. This election is an anomaly in that both candidates hail from the Senate and have extensive foreign policy experience. The last Senator elected to the office was JFK and, before him, Warren Harding. The country has somehow muddled through without the benefit of Senators in the White House.
I can think of areas to legitimately criticize Palin in for lack of experience, and foreign policy is indeed one of them, but Harris' three page diatribe is not the basis for that criticism. He seemingly has trouble with Americans voting for the candidate they most feel that they can trust. And before anyone calls that odd, consider how you select a physician. Do you research all of his credentials? Do you ask for his mortality statistics from his practice? Or do you tend to go with the doctor whom you feel most comfortable with based upon his seeming knowledge and ability to explain matter to you?
That phenomena was what infuriated the left about Ronald Wilson Reagan. Secure in the knowledge that they had proved the man a dunce and an incompetent they were stunned when the American public elected, and re-elected, him by overwhelming margins of victory. We knew exactly what Reagan meant when he said it, even if he didn't say it exactly correctly or even accurately. And Palin has that same aura about her. It's the sense that you use the most in your daily life when meeting others. That sense that the other person is well grounded and of sober, sound judgment. And even more, that you can rely on them in the lurch to come through and to stand firm when times are tough. See JF Kerry and A Gore election results versus GW Bush for further illustration.
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