Palin’s inexperience is the best part
Everyone knows by now that John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Although I haven't delved too much into the details of Palin's philosophy and her stands on the issues (since I don't particularly care much about either of the two state-sponsored parties and who they select to vie for the opportunity to violate the natural rights of everyone living within the borders of the American state and some of those outside), I have to comment on one facet of Palin's resume that I really appreciate. The media and the Democrats have immediately jumped on her inexperience as a fault. I agree that she's inexperienced in Washington politics and high-level politics in general---but I see that as a positive! How could you not? Do you want someone in the White House who's well-versed in the ways of using government power to oppress us and control our lives? Or do you want someone who has existed primarily outside the warped world of legalized coercion that permeates state and federal politics? I know where I fall. Don't get me wrong---I still recognize that John McCain is a statist, war-mongering parasite who doesn't understand the evil of government and wouldn't know an internally consistent philosophy if it slapped him in the face. Also, there are still plenty of items on Palin's resume that make a pure libertarian like me blanche. And I'll still do what I can do convince people not to vote for either him or his fellow parasitic, state-worshipping comrade-in-arms, Barack Obama. But I do find it amusing that Democrats are going after Palin for what is likely her best quality--her lack of experience oppressing people.
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