This election represents more than conservative vs. liberal politics. It's not about the war, or the economy. Everyone knows that these are very complicated things, and that nobody can realistically plan out how they'll handle them years in advance. The greatest sea captain cannot control the wind. The president is not all-powerful, or all-knowing. And we can't expect the next president to have a direct phone line to God.
This election is about American values. It's about sending a message -- mostly to ourselves -- that our values will not be compromised.
Everywhere I go, it's "Palin's hot, Palin's hot". What are you saying? Look at her. Have our standards fallen so low? Say what you will about Americans, but I always thought I could rely on our concept of hotness. I always thought it was something that could bring us together. But Palin is not hot. She's not even especially hot "for a politician" or "for someone her age". She wasn't even that hot when she was a beauty queen. Cute, yes, but not hot; and hey,
Hillary was pretty cute when she was young, too. And Hillary's now old enough that she doesn't need to be hot -- "handsome" will do. Palin's not there yet. She needs to be hot, and for someone who needs to be hot, she's just not hot enough. People need to stop acting like she is.
Is it a simple case emperor's-new-clothes syndrome? Is it a self-perpetuating myth? Hive mentality? Is America so drunk that
everyone's lookin' fine? Or has America's sense of hotness been so warped already? Whatever the case, it cannot be allowed to go unchecked.
This is about American values. A win for Palin will deal a death blow to America's sense of hotness. "Ugly Betty" and Dove's "Campaign for Real Beauty" were just the beginning. It's taken decades to get where we are now, and we cannot allow ourselves to move backwards. Now is the time to send the message that we will not stand by while the thing we value most -- hotness -- is stripped of all meaning.
Now, I would totally vote for Tina Fey. She's hot.