What is nepotism you ask? Well it's just the the practice of granting your friends and relatives jobs or special favors. Sometimes it's used in business, sometimes in politics. Although an unfair practice all around, it should, under no circumstances, have its place in politics, particularly the White House. However, I'd be a fool and a liar if I were to claim that it doesn't happen across party lines.

Sarah Palin seems to be the champion of nepotism throughout her years as mayor of the small town of Wasilla, and now the governor of Alaska. Sarah Palin has used her political powers to favor her friends and family, whether that be to give them jobs or fire them. Sarah Palin appointed a high school friend to head Alaska's Department of Agriculture. A former real estate agent, the woman sighted her childhood love of cows as her experience and qualifications for the $100,000 a year job.

Coincidentally, foes of Sarah's friends and family were suddenly without a job when she came into office. " Troopergate" which is the current legislative investigation involving Palin, her husband and a dozen others are under suspicion of abuusing her gubenatorial powers to dismiss the Health and Safety commissioner for NOT firing her ex-brother-in-law.

Sarah, the guy sounded like a jerk. I adore my sisters and would do anything for them. However, my sisters, like myself, know that personal vendettas and agendas have no place in politics.... especially in the White House.


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Karl Rove, a friend of Obama's?

No, not today, however his comments about McCain's recent vicious and distorted ads aimed at Obama have reinforced, even from the other side, that McCain has gone too far:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/14/campaign.wrap/

You may have not followed the link so I'll fill you in. Rove has come out to say that McCain's ads against Obama have gone too far. Don't worry, he throws some jabs in there about Obama's ads as well. After all, he IS Karl Rove.

You know Karl Rove right? The mastermind behind the most loathsome, innacurate and downright sleazy campaigns for politicians such as John Ashcroft and George W. Bush? Throughout his decades as a political consultant for Republican campaigns, he has been suspected of political foul play, particularly when it comes to " push polls" a tactic used when mysterious, non-campaign related phone calls are made against a candidate the night before an election.

Rove himself was under suspicion for such calls before the 2000 South Carolina primary between George W. Bush and John McCain. Voters received calls that asked them if they were less likey to vote for John McCain if they knew that he fathered an illegitimate, black child. Disgusting right? Yet, Rove seems to be adding his two cents to the McCain campaign as much as he can without being "officially" named a consultant. Karl Rove's hands are not clean Senator McCain ,and it disgusts me to think that you'd allow him to be a part of your campaign, whether officially or unofficially.

Just goes to show you that McCain's fear of Obama's well-deserved popularity has caused him to jump into the ring with the scuzz buckets who create his ads.

A slippery eel, Karl Rove is, having been suspected of countless dirty tactics to poison voter's minds against Democratic candidates, but never formally charged ( even though he was close to a legislative indictment for incidents that occurred a few years ago in the White House).

My stomach turns when I think of Rove, and now, McCain as well. However, my mind is a little bit at ease to know that the Republican's dirtiest player has still spoken out against them.