Sarah Palin 2012

[sarahe57]

Ed Stein, The Rocky Mountain News, Colorado

In this cartoon, Peter, one of God's first disciples is shown in heaven stating to God "Sarah Palin wants to know if she should run for president." On Peter's desk, a computer is shown. This represents the reports and opinions of the people about Governor Palin while she was running for vice president of the United States. As Peter says this, God responds, "Didn't she get my message on November fourth?". This symbolizes that he too, did not think that she was prepared for the responsibility of this important and crucial role.

This cartoon was funny and truthful at the same time. It is true that Governer Palin was indeed not qualified to be America's VP. Many people could see that she was not qualified, so what would make her think she would be qualified to be president. Being president takes more experience and responsibility, and those are two qualities that she did now show during the presidential campaign of 2008.

[roycastro]

The implications of this cartoon, as have been implicitly and explicitly stated before by others, qualify the opinions of many people that Governor Sarah Palin would be an inadequate leader. It's really funny when God sarcastically asks, "Didn't she get my message on November 4?"
To some, it does seem that only the work of God could have "saved" us all from Palin by Obama's landslide victory over the election.
In an interview, Matt Damon stated that he would vote for Obama because if McCain was elected president, there was a possibility that he could die; therefore making Palin president. Damon also stated that this was a "scary thought." Whenever there is an opinion, there is almost always someone else with he same opinion; if people think that Palin becoming president is a "scary thought," what makes her think that they will think any differently about her running in the 2012 elections.

[chelseas]

I definitely agree with you on this one. Palin did not come out on top to become vice president, so obviously people do not think she is fit to be in office, lt alone become our next President of the United States. The cartoon implies that having Palin in office was not meant to be and a sign that she should just go back to Alaska and be governor to the population of about twenty.

[daniellek]

I absolutely love this cartoon! I thought it was incredibly funny. It’s pretty clear that a majority of America’s population felt that she was not ready for the job of being America’s vice president. However, Palin seems to be delusional about her chances for winning the presidency in the 2012, and has publicly spoke about running in that election. Personally, I feel if she is unable handle the job of being the vice president of the United States, then there is no way she would be better suited as Commander-in-Chief. Palin should take the hint God gave her in the 2008 election and stick to her job as senator of Alaska.

[priyap09]

Even before the end of the 2008 election, Americans began discussing whether Sarah Palin will be the Republican Party nominee in 2012. Her unfavorable numbers outweigh the favorable numbers and she congealed her place as a mockery in the media. However, in the 2008 campaign, she subtly distanced herself from McCain and positioned herself for a presidential run. Unlike McCain, she repeatedly stated that her campaign tactics would be aggressive, supported a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage and contradicted him on policies regarding Pakistan. She also stated that she was discontent with the treatment of McCain campaign, keeping her out of the media spotlight and arranging interviews which turned into absolute disasters. However, there are some other favorable candidates such as Bobby Jindal, David Petraeus, Mitt Romney, Jeb Bush and many others.

[jonathons]

This cartoon is hilarious. It is showing clearly that a great amount of people would not like to see Sarah Palin run for president. I guess she didn't get the message on November 4th because she wants to run for president in the year 2012 and I guess she thinks she will be more qualified and have more of a chance than John McCain did, which I clearly doubt. Anything could happen from now to then but I believe that too many people like Obama for him to lose in four years unless he messes up big time.

[Mr. Wells]

Good discussion, ladies and gentlemen. The only good thing, to me, that came out of the McCain-Palin campaign was the fact that they disagreed with one another on some issues. For many, there is a tacit belief that Vice-Presidential candidates have to be yes-men (or -women) to the Presidential candidate. Why is that? The Republican campaign didn't have much credibility to me once McCain picked Palin, but the fact that they openly disagreed was actually refreshing.

Politicians should disagree, openly, and they should make their specific disagreements part of the public discourse. How else can we work together in a non-partisan way to affect the necessary changes to our country than by putting all our ideas on the table of discussion and sorting through them and determining how we can cull together those ideas to create tenable policy?

[Mr. Wells]

Good work overall, Sarah. This cartoon definitely sparked discussion, which is good. You could have elaborated on your argument a bit more. Great reply to classmate.

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