The Obama Project@WindonWater.net

I have been watching the unfoldment of John McCain’s Vice-Presidential choice with a great deal of dismay. For one thing, many in the liberal camp began immediately to dismiss the choice as foolish. The party was on, and I was alarmed at the arrogance, and lack of awareness of the feelings on the other side of the debate.. Then there was the sexism. Sure its easy to cry sexism when someone else is doing it, but how about when it rears its ugly head on your own side? Terms like G/VPILF were offensive – and were introduced by the liberal camp. Even today I saw a headline calling Sarah Palin’s vetting process a casting couch. Classy, huh?

But the biggest sense of dread I felt has finally crystalized into something I’m ready to write about…and that is the clear and obvious difference between McCain’s and Obama’s vetting process. On the one hand, you have a careful, thorough process, on which Obama was involved with, and one which set clear standards intended to ensure good governance. That process yielded Joe Biden. On the other you have a minimum amount of vetting done to justify the term, a candidate who seems imposed upon by outside forces in the selection process, and seemingly no thought given to governance issues – only electoral ones. The high energy invested in protecting this choice reeks of the same cronyism apparatus that has plagued the Bush presidency, at the expense of lives (see: Katrina), and stubborn defense of bad judgement (see: Iraq II).

Is it too much to hope that we would elect a man who demonstrates thoughtfulness instead of rashness, soberness instead of bluster, and humility in service instead of selfish ambition?

QT

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