>>Re statistics, the life expectancy is another eleven years. Given the position of President and all the health care benefits that come with it, his would be considerably longer than than the average joe. If you take the probability of his death and multiply it times the probability that Palin could and would find a way to get creationism into the schools in what remains of his term, the resulting risk is closer to none than to slim.<<
Karen -
As a POW who has had chronic health problems, McCain's life expectancy is, sadly, shorter than average.
Together with all the healthcare benefits, the Presidency comes with very high levels of stress, which is another consideration.
I do agree that having Palin as President would not mean that there would be a much higher probability of Creationism being taught in schools. But that's really not the point. To me, a person who would want that, and who would want certain books removed from her local library, is a person who would most likely make all kinds of bad decisions, or at least, decisions that would run contrary to my view of what a good decision is.
I believe that within the past couple of days, you posted something about how the Supreme Court hasn't been so terrible despite the Bush appointments. I believe that if one more Scalia or Thomas makes it onto the Court, we will start to see some bad decisions coming down. And again, that would be bad from my own viewpoint, of course.
Do we need Justices who, for example, don't believe in the separation of Church and State? I'd say we do not.
- Allen |
