Let’s get blunk in the place
Apparently the Republican candidate for Vice President is qualified for office because Sarah Palin world champion caliber when it comes to staring contests. Several times in her recent interview with Charles Gibson she mentioned how when faced with a critical choice she didn’t/hasn’t/wouldn’t/won’t blink. She knows what she’s gonna do and doesn’t hesitate to go after it.
Lots of people who like a simple worldview where right and wrong are absolutes and good and evil can be seen from only one perspective will find this to be a great quality in a candidate. I, on the other hand, fall into the category of people who do like a good staring contest but know when it’s time to end it and give the eyes a good blinking.
The barely noticeable reflex we call blinking is essential for eyes to function properly and just as not blinking in real life would be devastating to the eyes, not blinking in the metaphorical way Palin uses the term is devastating for an elected leader. Our Fine President is a no blinking type of guy and we’ve seen where is assuredness about how to defend this country is working out.
Now Palin comes along with her own crusade against pausing for thought before making critical decisions. She claims to know exactly what she’s do and she’s ready to stare down the Russians if it comes to that. She pretty much said she wouldn’t blink when considering whether or not to go to war with Russia and talked of staring down the country’s backseat leader Vladimir Putin. I think Our Fine President once talked of looking deep into Putin’s eyes. That seems to have worked out pretty well, huh?
This notion that our leaders should know what to do right away and never question their decisions is a bit absurd to me. Sure some choices can’t be delayed, but doing some research, listening to opposing views and considering contingencies for alternatives to the desired outcome are actually good things. Blinking only takes a moment, and since when do we consider helpful involuntary bodily functions to be signs of weakness?