After watching the Republic National Convention last night I think I'll hold off on that permanent move across the border to Canada. Although it's tempting. Trust me, a pitbull with lipstick isn't the kind of leadership worth trusting. That's right, although pitbulls can be the sweetest pets on the planet, they can also turn their sentiment, grab a hold of your neck and squeeze the life out of a man, woman, or child. [And this is how Palin describes herself] . Now I know life looks a lot more progressive and artist-friendly [romanticized or not] on the other side of the Lakes, and I mean specifically during this Bush regime, but I think I'll stay home and fight the fight.
Sarah Palin said something last night that's forced me to put on my boxing gloves. And I don't mean the rhetorical kind, I mean the kind made to knock out a charging pit when your way of life is threatened. She said a community organizer isn't capable of leading a country because organizing a community doesn't have the same weight as being a mayor. And her fellow pitbulls cheered. She also said that when the dramatic speeches are over and the Styrofoam pillars are returned to their Hollywood studios [Woa!] and when Obama's finished parting the waters and healing the earth, the veil will, more or less, be lifted and we'll see the truth of his inadequacy... and her fellow pitbulls cheered.
I'll have to admit something: I felt attacked, a little. Besides Obama's clear and poignant agenda for economic reform, military strategy, education, healthcare, energy options, I believe in his passion. He's young, yes. His experience in literal White House policy-making is small. But that's why I like him. He has a fresh new perspective that's long overdue. An inclusive perspective that doesn't alienate or marginalize. You see, in my opinion, it's more to the world than just shuffling statistics and advocating for special needs children in an warped effort to win popular appeal. There's more to the country than impressing its citizens with your fighting power against special interest energy groups. There's this thing called hope. Personal and social evolution. There's a need for people to have a leader who recognizes issues with race, class, gender, climate, and a deteriorating sense of community and ensures them that being human matters and he'll advocate for that.
So when that's attacked or mocked, then this brother is ready to put on the gloves and duke it out with whomever, wherever, pitbulls included. Particularly pitbulls who mock passion and inclusiveness and gloats about wearing lipstick [and I'm not being misogynist].
