In 2000, America had an opportunity to elect a sitting Vice President to the Presidency. 536 votes and 5 supreme court justices later we got a frat-boy.
Now a 72 year old man has nominated a young, charismatic woman to succeed him. She makes for an interesting contrast
He wrote a prescient bookthat foretold the death of the internal combustion engine
She tried to ban books from her local library
He chaired the committee on governmental waste. Actually accomplished something
She left her town with a deficit after inheriting a surplus.
He accurately stated that he ‘took the initiative in creating the Internet’.
She lied that she ‘told Congress thanks but no thanks’.
The media turned his truth into a lie.
The media turned her lie into ‘technically true’
He lives in a 26000 sqft home but buys carbon offsets to make up for the pollution.
She lives in her own house and bills the state for per-diem
He presciently called the coming war with Iraq a disaster.
She believes we have to go to war with Russia
He is on a first name basis with most world leaders
She thinks she knows Russia because if you stand on an island in Alaska and squint your eyes .....
He won the Nobel Peace Prize
She was runner up in a local beauty pageant
He won an Oscar for a world changing documentary
She was a sports reporter for the local TV station
He knows the details of the Dingell/Norwood bill on the patients bill of rights.
She doesn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is
He can quote chapter and verse on the scientific research on the melting of the polar ice cap
She thinks Polar Bears are not endangered
He thinks we should encourage alternative energy.
She knows all about energy and it is ‘drill here drill now’.
His daughter is an accomplished writer.
Her daughter is... pregnant.
Obama listens to him.
McCain is trying to shut her up.
Enough Democrats did not vote for him.
Most Republicans will vote for her.
So, if you don’t want Ms anti-Gore as your next Vice President.... get off your butt and do something – anything – to help Obama win.