Posted on 09/03/2008 9:11:50 AM PDT by Kaslin
She's not qualified to be president, and in picking her, McCain shows that he has little respect for the presidency.
So let us ask the question that should be on the mind of every thinking person in the world at this moment: If John McCain becomes the 44th president of the United States, what are the odds that a blood clot or falling object will make Sarah Palin the 45th?
The actuarial tables on the Social Security Administration website suggest that there is a better than 10% chance that McCain will die during his first term in office. Needless to say, the Reaper's scything only grows more insistent thereafter. Should President McCain survive his first term and get elected to a second, there is a 27% chance that Palin will become the first female U.S. president by 2015. If we take into account McCain's medical history and the pressures of the presidency, the odds probably increase considerably that this bright-eyed Alaskan will become the most powerful woman in history.
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Not to be an actuary or anything, but black males have an average life expectancy somewhere short of a 20 years less than white males. So, technically, Barack Obama is more likely to die in the next eight years than John McCain. Plus, we have evidence that McCain comes from a family line which lives longer. Obama can’t say that.
How qualified was John Edwards to be VP or President or VP? He was in the running for both positions in both campaigns.
Let's see John McCain's life expectancy according to life insurance companies should be around 80. He has already made it to his early 70’s and that makes it possible he will live past the expected average.
Now lets look at obamaboy. According to supremad girl, Michelle Obama, barrack could be shot getting gas one day. And we know he has tried heavy drugs before. So I would say that puts his chances of dying in office about the same as John McCain's.
It's obvious when you do not have a good platform to stand on you use what ever is there to beat your competition. The dRats will use anything.
if average isn’t good enough, then what is the left calling their VP pick? Oh yeah, down right Ef’en stupid.
Yeah, I agree. What if an elephant stepped on McCain at 13 o’clock in the morning? Bunch of nuts will come up with anything since they have nothing else.
3. Elitism
From the article: Americans have an unhealthy desire to see average people promoted to positions of great authority.
Unhealthy to our “betters” maybe.
And average articles from average liberal journalists who have an average brain are not worth reading. Moving along.
This is not the anit-christian Sam Harris is it? The one that wrote the nasty book. The neuroscientist?
Where are Obamas medical records? I dont believe they have released them. Why is that?
In an article written back in March, Walter E Williams had something to say about ‘average’ and Obama. His point was that both Blacks and America deserved a ‘Jackie Robinson’ to be the first black president.
His point was that someone as spectacular (all-star/best-ever caliber) as Jackie Robinson was needed to open the door to future black baseball players. Today, well, we can afford plenty of ‘average’ black ballplayers ... but the first one needed to be great.
In his opinion (and mine) Obama is no Jackie Robinson. Obama’s failings, said Walter, are in the areas of “character, values, and understanding”. That pretty well nails him.
On the other hand, as the first female vp/possible-future-president, Sarah Palin appears to be such a ‘Jackie Robinson’ caliber woman/politician.
http://townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2008/03/26/is_obama_ready_for_america
Showing little respect for the presidency is using the Oval office as a whorehouse".
Add to that the fact that McCain's mom is still alive at age 96 while Fauxbama'a mother died before her 55th birthday. So the actuarial tables would be trumped by ACTUAL family history which show's McCain's family as living longer.
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