In Corsair, newspaper of Santa Monica College, I found a cartoon that called upon me immediately :
In fact, this picture astonished me, because I totally approved the message at the moment I saw it.
Since last week, there’s one person that interests us a lot : Sarah Palin, candidate to vice presidency of the United States, and member of the Republican Party. She has got so many incredible experiences, that everyone is curious about her life : how is she going to take care of her future grandchildren, how is she going to take care of her own baby, affected by the Down Syndrome, a disease very rareand very hard to fight against. People are even starting to pay attention on her appearance, comparing her to celebrities, to focus on the place she lives, Alaska…
However, what happened to McCain ? Has he disappeared in a deep hole in the middle of nowhere ? Suddenly, the candidate for presidency of the US in the Republican side isn’t the principal topic of discussion anymore, presently, right now, everybody has eyes only for the beautiful and good-looking Sarah Palin! “Oh my goodness! Is this her? I think I’m gonna evaporate!”
At the beginning, McCain has got the brilliant idea of choosing a hot governor to help him in his road to potential presidency. Unfortunately for him, given the family facts (teenager Palin’s pregnancy) and the pushing forward of Palin by McCain (he wanted so to attract american citizens by the appeal of “nature in all its splendor”), this worked so well that it finished by turn against himself. It’s as if, suddenly, roles had been inversed… what is McCain doing now, facing Palin who is announcing Republican program and making propaganda in favor of her side?
I am wondering where a candidate for vice presidency has become as important as a candidate for presidency of the US. Before this campaign, I don’t remember any vice president of the US, I don’t know who is actually vice president of the US, in order to support Bush. Concerning about Obama, we don’t know a lot about his delegate, Joe Biden. Some people actually didn’t know about him, even after the Democratic National Convention, program that everyone is supposed to watch on TV at least once in the week. Why unexpectedly so much interest and passion for a candidate for vice presidency ? And especially about this woman in particular ?
In Corsair, the article that frames the cartoon is named “The American People Overcome Racism to Uphold Sexism”. In a first time, it explains that some people approve that “the unofficial verdict has proven women inferior to men, be they black or white”. We could actually interroge ourselves on why Hillary Clinton lost the primaries facing Barack Obama?
Today, we can wonder if our huge interest for Sarah Palin is due to the fact that she has the power, even upon McCain, or does she make a good figure in order to raise votes in favor of McCain?
Link :http://media.www.thecorsaironline.com/media/storage/paper772/news/2008/09/10/Opinion/The-American.People.Overcome.Racism.To.Uphold.Sexism-3424121.shtml
Mcains choice of a women VP is obviously political. He is trying to attract more women voters. In government class we learned that women tend to vote more democratic than republican.