The Republican Party needs to wake up.
The debacle of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s lackluster performance in her debate with Sen. Joe Biden brings to light what the party allows itself to wallow in: the mud of self-delusion with eager declarations of the U.S. being the chosen country, a beacon of modern civilization of the entire world, despite reality contradicting their very claims. Our dear conservative VP candidate can keep repeating the Joe Six-Packs and Hockey Moms like they actually mean something, but those condescending labels of average America can only go so far to fool the American public that we still matter in this election.
Is the American public that willing to embrace the mediocrity that Sen. John McCain’s campaigning strives for? Do we really need to hear one more word of “maverick-ism” to think the Republican Party has an actual plan to change and execute the necessary decisions to pull the citizens out of the fiasco that both parties got us into in the first place?
Gov. Palin contradicted herself when she explained in her debate that during her work as Governor of Alaska she helped fight Exxon-Mobil from enforcing their own interests and exploits on Alaskan soil. Then, she eagerly advertised Alaska as an Eden of natural resources without directly answering questions regarding solutions for the energy crisis. The repetitive harping of Gov. Palin’s “Drill, baby drill,” offers no real plan for a long-term energy proposal; it seems that they expect that the majority of America is weak and quick to succumb to televangelizing get rich quick schemes. Another ugly proposal by the McCain campaign is the $3000 tax credit that eerily resembles Pres. Bush’s stimulus package, which offers very little in the long run concerning the security and welfare of the health of Americans.
America does not need these words of self pats-on-the-back for no job well done. It cannot afford the Republican Party’s pseudo effort to find solutions to remedy the economic crisis that is plaguing this nation, nor be presented with an idea that sounds more like a finger bandage for a severed arm. What we need is to be exposed to reality; we need to know what the real problems are and come up with realistic answers to solve and contain these problems.
The Republican Party does not need a cheerleader.