Wednesday, July 8, 2009

why is Sarah Palin

Someone who refers to the law department of the whitehouse lacks knowledge of the basic structure of the federal executive. When asked Palin said the "office of Law" at the whitehouse would reject ethics compaints against the president. This statement was given in a video interview with andrea mitchell broadcast yesterday. The issue of Palin's lack of knowledge is not new, what I am curious about is the supported for Palin who either jsut as ingnorant or more and therefore doesn't see Palin's ingnorance, or the supporter who does not care. Well if you think you have enough information to cast a vote and you think Palin knows enough because she knows as much as you. Well can't argue with a rock. If you recognize she may not know a lot about "stuff" but you don't care. I ask... do you pick your doctor based on whether they express the anger you feel. Do you want your boss at work to feel she/he is a victim of powerful forces arrayed against the company because it is a real american company. Do you want help with your taxes from someone who is not aware of all they legal ways you can reduce your taxes ? What disturbs me most is the assumption by many of her supporters that the shares and expresses their anger, fear, frustration, victimization and that is reason enough to support her as a leader. Certainly a leader must understand and even better feel what her/his followers feel, but there is a level of competaqnce about the functions of leadership without which failure is almost certain.
You have to know how to staqrt a car, how to work the steering wheel , brakes, and gearshift, and you have to know the rules of the road or you will crash.. Sarah Palin does not know enough of that to bew effective and if elected her followers will either have to expend a great deal of energy explaining why her failures are not her fault or come to realize, leadership requires more than shares feelings with followers, a =whole lot more