I don't really want to comment on the US Elections (but I will anyway). In her interview with Charlie Gibson, Sarah Palin was asked if she had any hesitation about accepting the role of Vice President. She said not, and emphasised this by asserting that "you can't blink" in these kinds of situations. Implying that you have to act immediately.
Well she's wrong. The sign of a good leader (in any walk of life)is not one who acts without thinking but one who acts intelligently and with reason. The Canadian election has provided examples of people acting "without blinking" in the form of e-mails and press releases. They have lived to regret it.
I have never read Sun Tzu's fabled "Art of War" but I'm willing to bet that one of the pieces of advice isn't "act immediately with no fore-thought". Politics (once you are in power) is a game of chess, but too many of today's politicians think that boasting about their lack of thought is an electoral asset. The worrying thing is that they might just be right.
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Hi, Im from Melbourne in the land of Oz.
Two books come to mind which point out and explain how deeply irrational right-wing USA politics happens to be.
The Political Brain by George Lakoff
Between Jesus and the Market by Linda Kintz.
To my mind the second book gives a disturbing insight into who Sarah Palin is appealing to and energising.
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