My topic for unit one is McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as candidate for VP. This topic includes questioning how McCain chose Palin and what this reveals about him and the truth behind accusations against Sarah Palin. The editorial I found is called "Palin and McCain's Shotgun Marriage" by Frank Rich.
I'm not completely positive on where I want to go with this topic so far but I think the controversy concerning the effort put in by McCain to research Palin is interesting. The standards of researching VP candidates for nomination is called the "vetting process". The argument in the news right now is whether McCain actually put Sarah Palin through this process or if he chose her as a spur of the moment pick. If so, what do we not know about Palin and what does this say about McCain's ability to make good choices.
I like this topic a lot because it really plays into our discussion about how facts can be manipulated to reach different conclusions. For example, the other day I read an article about how Palin unjustly used her political position to get her brother in law (or something along those lines) removed from his job as a police officer. However, when interviewed the author admitted that Palin's had done this because the brother-in-law had been using his tazor on his 6 year old son. Stories can be spun in any direction direction depending on how it is told. I think this is the case for the article I found. Many of the accusations may be true but I am interested to see how much is left out.
The article I found is focused on two major issues. The first is McCain's ability to make well thought out decisions and second, Sarah Palin's credibility as a VP.
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Hey Danielle,
I, like you, do not feel like I know very much about Palin, and I am very interested to know whether or not McCain did actually carefully evaluate her credentials or if he just chose her on the spur of the moment kind of thing. When I was looking for an article, I came across a lot of articles talking about how Sarah Palin was not qualified, and the articles were wondering what McCain was thinking when he chose her. I also remember reading something that said she abused her power by getting involved in a police matter, but there were also rumors that it was not true. I am curious to see how all of the questions eventually turn out.
Michelle
I like Palin so far and I think thats a good topic to pick because not alot of people know much about her. The media is all over her right now and it's kinda fun to have a breathe of fresh air coming into this atmosphere. Love you Danny :)
Hey Danielle,
I think it is very interesting that all of the blogs written by the girls so far have been in some way or another about Palin. I think that shows that women in general are really intrigued by the choice of a woman by John McCain. You make some good points about how many have twisted the facts and made Palin seem like a bad person. I wonder if all the bashing on her will drive women to defend her reguardless of their political beliefs and potentially help the republican ticket.
I hope, for one, that people will not judge Palin on her ability to make decisions, under pressure. Her record has proven, time and again, that she is more than willing to take the unpopular way, in order to do what is judged as right. I think in the long run this helped McCain extremely well.
I think that your topic about Palin and McCain is a very good one to address because of all the stuff in the news about her being McCain's VP pick. I am interested to see how she handles all the pressure that comes with running for, and potentially being in the White House.
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