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Top Ten Reasons that Captain Janeway is Better than Governor Palin

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So, I was surfing around the internet last night, and I found something disturbing. Appearantly, there's a perspective out there in which Janeway and Palin are somewhat similar. I mean, I see that they both have strange hairdos on top of their heads, but, that's about it. I hope Kate Mulgrew never sees that! [j/k]

Anyway, I found it neccessary to clarify the situation, so I wrote this and I'm posting it everywhere that I can think of.

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The Top Ten Reasons that Captain Janeway is Better than Governor Palin

Gay marriage never came up, but I'm sure if Tom had broken up with B'Elanna and wanted to marry Harry, she would have performed the ceremony.

She didn't try to charge Kes for a telepathic rape kit after the incident with Species 8472.

Janeway shoots her compression phaser rifle at hostile aliens, not innocent animals.

No one would ever doubt that she loves and respects books.

She knows her party's Prime Directive and all of its positions on foreign policy, unlike Palin who doesn't even know what the Bush Doctrine is.

Being stranded in the Delta Quadrant for seven years means that she actually has foreign policy experience.

Even though her kids were weird alien lizard babies, she still didn't give them odd names.

She can handle an in-depth battle of wits with an alien inspector who could have had her ship dismantled, while Palin can't even handle an interview with Katie Couric.

When dealing with the Kazon, Janeway does not support the use of more firepower to make “peace.”

And, the number one reason that Kathryn Janeway is better than Sarah Palin…

She’s not a Republican, or any part of American’s frakked up political system, for that matter!
 
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1. Janeway isn't a religious nutbag.

2. Janeway, even after stranding Voyager 70 light years away, is still somehow more fit to lead.

3. Janeway has actually met foreign leaders more than once.

4. No significant other means no distractions like pregnant daughters.

5. Janeway's fugliness helps reduce sexual tension during tense negotiations.

6. Janeway knows the Earth wasn't around 4,000 years ago because she's actually met dinosaurs in one episode.

7. Manly testosterone voice > annoying Alaskan accent.

8. Old ass Admiral Janeway is still younger than Palin's immediate superior.

9. Janeway can name famous Borg battles with the Borg Queen without stuttering.

10. Janeway can see Quo'nos from her front porch.
 
I hear palin is likening herself to Xena...so she is a lesbian now? ;)
 
Xena was killed, and nobly refused to allow Gabrielle to resurrect her in the finale. I wonder if Palin would sacrifice her life for the sake of thousands of other people -- innocent war victims -- who she never met and were not of her own people?
 
1. Janeway never rambles or stumbles around when answering questions.

2. Janeway's got a much better physical presence--she just strides around like she's in charge 'cause she is.

3. Janeway would never shoot a wolf from a plane.

4. Janeway's a scientist.

5. Janeway's an explorer.

6. Janeway's a diplomat.

7. No "handlers" would be able to keep Janeway from talking to the press.

8. I'd follow Janeway into battle--Palin? Not so much.

9. Janeway could name all the places she reads up on the news.

10. Janeway's a Starfleet Captain--Starfleet Captains rule!

Scatta--great thread idea, and I love your top 10!
 
Xena was killed, and nobly refused to allow Gabrielle to resurrect her in the finale. I wonder if Palin would sacrifice her life for the sake of thousands of other people -- innocent war victims -- who she never met and were not of her own people?

I think I can actually answer this one on behalf of Sarah Palin...

HELL NO!
 
Xena was killed, and nobly refused to allow Gabrielle to resurrect her in the finale. I wonder if Palin would sacrifice her life for the sake of thousands of other people -- innocent war victims -- who she never met and were not of her own people?

I think I can actually answer this one on behalf of Sarah Palin...

HELL NO!

I would like to think that anyone of us would trade our lives for thousands...

Politicians included...
 
This is precisely why I will never get involved in politics. I'd never want to be publicly picked apart for something so irrelevant as stuttering. Although I am an Alaskan, I don't know that much about Palin. I still feel pity for her, though. :P
 
When did this become a serious thread? :vulcan:

Anyway, for those of you who seem to disagree, I'd love to see a jibing list of reasons you think Palin is better than Janeway.

Thanks, KayArr.

I love the lists. :rommie:
 
When did this become a serious thread? :vulcan:

Anyway, for those of you who seem to disagree, I'd love to see a jibing list of reasons you think Palin is better than Janeway.

Thanks, KayArr.

I love the lists. :rommie:

This is a great thread in my opinion. I laughed several times, which is exactly the intention of this thread.
 
No, I'd compare Janeway to Hillary Clinton.

* Was running alongside, competing with, and constantly compared to a black man. (Obama / Sisko)

* Has a whipped second-in-command. (Bill / Chakotay)

* Both have "my way or the highway" attitudes.

It's obvious!
 
So, I was surfing around the internet last night, and I found something disturbing. Appearantly, there's a perspective out there in which Janeway and Palin are somewhat similar. I mean, I see that they both have strange hairdos on top of their heads, but, that's about it. I hope Kate Mulgrew never sees that! [j/k]
Agreed!

It's obvious that Janeway is the complete opposit of Palin. It's strange that anyone would make that kind of comparison.
 
4. Janeway's a scientist.
This was my first thought; and I don't know why a comparison of the two would occur to anybody either.

Well, for one, Palin claims to be an expert in energy. Your mileage may vary with that statement.

Comparing Palin to a sci-fi series character... please continue doing so.

Frankly, I think anyone in politics is comparable to someone in sci-fi (or fiction, for that matter).
 
Well, for one, Palin claims to be an expert in energy. Your mileage may vary with that statement.
The Janeway character didn't "claim" to be a scientist: she was one. Palin is no energy expert; thus no comparison.
 
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