Palin Derangement Syndrome

Imagine if this image were replaced by one of Obama.
The cries of 'racism' and 'evil' would fill the airwaves.
But when a man in Los Angeles hangs an effigy of Sarah Palin outside his house there's no problem, read news report here.
If you want to know exactly what's wrong with our world you need look no further than the witch hunt currently being conducted against the Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin. For a collection of examples go here, and here.
Granted, her party's policies aren't much good, but neither are her opponents - both parties are lacking in new ideas, just wanting to pursue more of the same.
Also, her religion isn't much good either, but nor are any of her opponents, they all quote the priest and the scientist as and when it suits them.
But, politics is not about policies (yes you read it correctly) it's about character.
Sarah Palin's pitch is this:
Government does not know best. People know best and should be allowed to move their own lives forward. Ordinary people know more than they are given credit for. Top notch education and a lifetime in a political bubble does not automatically bestow great ability.
And for this she is being crucified by the Obamedia (Obama supporters in the media, how interesting, there is no Wikipedia definiton?!) who believe that government always knows best. The elite that will run government and do run media in the USA plan to create a bureaucracy in order to 'help people'. But the nature of a bureaucracy (as we should know in the UK) is that the help gets lost behind endless targets, reports, meetings and consultants, and all that happens is the redistribution of suffering.
It'll all end in tears. McCain wins and the media shouts 'cheat' encouraging further Palin Derangement Syndrome. Obama wins and wait for the backlash when folks realise that he is not what is seems. Either way, America is more divided now than at any time since the Civil War. And the media bear a large responsibility for that.
What's the real lesson?
A black man or a white man is still a man, and that equals no change.
Still, everyone has to learn.
I'll blog on cheerier subjects after November 4th.