I read something somewhere that struck me as odd the other day. It stated that a large percentage of men (far more than women) feel that Sarah Palin is not only qualified to be the vice-president, but also to lead this country.

Those are strong words.

I don’t even feel like Bush is qualified to run this country, so hearing that people think she is ready just baffles me. It got worse when my mother came home with tales from the gas station.

“Gas is nearly $4 a gallon,” she says “and an 80 year old man was pumping gas next to me and he said ‘this is why I want that woman in office. She supports energy.’”

She also supports drilling in ANWAR, the destruction of polar bears, and having Alaska secede from the United States. That’s not everything of course, but just some of her finer moments.

Could it be possible? Is it possible that many men are not thinking…well, at least not with their brains?

When I ask Palin supporters why they like her they often cannot give me a firm reason that is based on issues. Some things I do hear are:

“She’s good looking.”

“She knew she was having a Down Syndrome baby and kept it.”

“She’s a good mother”

My responses usually follow suit:

“Personally, I think she looks like a less intelligent Hitler in a dress.”

“Maybe we should nominate Bristol. I think she’s the real hero in this scenario.”

“So, she’s a woman that got pregnant out of high school and eloped (with the baby born eight months later) hoping no one would be able to do the math. She grows up to build a decent life that includes kids that follow in her footsteps by getting pregnant, but they presumably up the ante, and she handles her problems at home using shotgun weddings and the idea that she will become even busier (having less time at home) as vice-president. Oh, and while this is going on she is trying to dictate how we live, what we teach our children, and the books people read to ensure that we live the chaste life that her own family (her included) cannot seem to live themselves?”

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I think the title here says it all. So rather than drudge on with specifics, let’s hop right into the list, shall we?

1. First it’s the gays then it will be the horses, dogs, and farm animals - Naturally, everyone knows that if we let a gay man marry a man or a lesbian couple get married it will lead to animal lovers marrying chickens, dogs, and who knows what else. Therefore, by not allowing gay marriage we are doing our world duty to stop bestiality.

2. Incest will become common place – While bestiality would certainly be bad enough, it is necessary to never allow gay marriage because of the possibility that siblings and relatives will take it as their opportunity to get their equal rights. Gone will be the days of sharing family bathing time. Instead they will want equal rights to share their love in public, too, and it will be our fault because it all started with the gays.

3. Marriage is a sacred right between a man and woman – Everyone knows that in the U.S. marriage has always been between a man and a woman. Ignore the fact that this particular brand of marriage is a Christian concept and not all people, American or otherwise, are Christian. It simply should not matter. The point is the U.S. has never allowed it (just like blacks and whites could not get married) and we should not allow it now!

4. Homosexuality is unnatural – If it doesn’t happen in nature it should not happen with humans. Gay marriage is an agenda set to ruin society as we know it. If there are not gay penguins, gay whales, gay vultures, chimps, or other animals then there cannot logically be gay men or women.

5. If gays can marry they will have kids and they will make more gay people – Naturally, gay people will make their kids gay. Gay people are really just straight because their parents were straight, but they are pretending to be gay because they must really hate their parents. However, this façade will create real gay people when they raise these kids. Unless, of course, the kids hate their parents enough to pretend to be straight…then they will have the last laugh.

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