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Yesterday, I received an e-mail from a Belgian friend, with a link to a certain website which lets the whole world participate in the American elections. It says literally: if the world could vote for US president. Just click here, and see the amazing results. Well, they are not that amazing. Apparently, the whole world wants some change, after eight years of George W. Bush.

What amazes me is that even presidential candidates make so many mistakes! One would imagine that especially people applying for this office (president or vice-president) are intelligent and well-educated people who know what is going on in the world. At least, that’s what I expect them to be. And then, I have to read that John McCain has even asked his enemy, the Russians, for money in order to beat his opponent! Somebody in his team made a little mistake by sending a letter to the Russian embassy. I don’t blame John McCain. But he’s responsible. Obviously.

But what is even worse than asking money to the Russians, is spending tax money on personal things, as his running mate Sarah Palin has been doing since she has been the governor for Alaska. Before being presented as the official running mate for vice-president on the Republican convention in August, this lady had a “make-over” done. She spent US $ 150,000.00 to look a little better. A little surgery over here, and a new wardrobe over there! No wonder that a teenage son of one of my friends over here told me she was a “milf”. I didn’t know what he meant with that, until I googled the word. Well, I can agree with that.

According to my Belgian newspaper, this lady spends on average US $ 4,716.49 each and every month at the hairdresser’s. Where does she find the time to be a “hockey-mom”? Where does she find the time to lead her community, or do any kind of decent work, if she spends that amount of money to have her hair done? Or is she being robbed by her hairdresser?

If my memory is correct, it was Bill Clinton who introduced the “soccer-moms” into one of his campaigns more than a decade ago. And the term: “It’s the economy, stupid!” brought Bill Clinton the victory against George Bush Senior, because the latter didn’t pay enough attention to it while campaigning. And according to specialists, John Kerry has lost the 2004 election already in April of that year, when it became public that he had his hairdresser flown in to do his hair for the inexpensive price of US $ 3,000.00! He had to appear in one or the other television show that day!

I wonder how the U.S. citizens will react to Mrs. Palin’s economic views. She’s been spending over US $ 20,000.00 for plane tickets and thousands of other dollars for hotel rooms for her kids! She billed the state of Alaska US $ 17,000.00 for sleeping at home! For sleeping at home! Can you imagine?

It is easy to blame Joe the Plumber for not paying his taxes. Maybe he should be rewarded for not paying his taxes? Because if this is the way politicians spend the taxpayer’s money, one should think twice before paying them.

Does Mrs. Palin realise that there are many American citizens who don’t make any money anymore? Who have lost their houses because they couldn’t pay their mortgage anymore?

Please Mrs. Palin, wake up to reality! And don’t blame your hairdresser if you lose on November 4th! And otherwise: soi belle et tais-toi! That’s French. And no, I am not going to translate it into your language!

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