Sarah Palin
August 31st, 2008 by erb
From a recent Wikipedia summary:
- State Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican who has often feuded with Palin, remarked, “She’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president? Look at what she’s done to this state. What would she do to the nation?”
- Charles Krauthammer of the Washington Post wrote: “The Palin selection completely undercuts the argument about Obama’s inexperience and readiness to lead…. To gratuitously undercut the remarkably successful ‘Is he ready to lead’ line of attack seems near suicidal.”
- David Frum of the National Review wrote: “The longer I think about it, the less well this selection sits with me…. If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency?”
- In Alaska, the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner published an unsigned editorial that opined Palin “is not ready for the top job.”
And something I STILL haven’t heard any discussion of on any national news (well, CNN anyway): (See Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal)
On July 11, 2008, Palin dismissed Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, saying that he had not adequately filled state trooper vacancies, and that he “did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues.” She instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he turned down.
Her power to fire him is not in dispute, but Monegan alleged that his dismissal was a retaliation for his reluctance to fire Palin’s former brother-in-law, Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin’s sister, Molly McCann. On July 28, 2008, a bipartisan committee of the Alaska Legislature voted 12-0 to hire an independent investigator to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal.
And let’s not forget who we’re dealing with, in light of potential Supreme Court vacancies…
- In 2002, while running for lieutenant governor, Palin called herself as “pro-life as any candidate can be.” She opposes abortion for rape and incest victims, supporting it only in cases where the mother’s life is in danger.
- Palin opposes same-sex marriage and supported a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to deny benefits to same-sex couples.
- Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.
- In a televised debate, Palin supported allowing both creationism and evolution in public schools.
- She does not support re-legalizing of marijuana in Alaska despite using the drug herself at a time when it was legal under Alaska (but not Federal) law, stating concerns about the message re-legalization would send to her children.
- Palin has strongly promoted oil and natural gas resource development in Alaska, including opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to drilling.
- She does not believe that global warming is man-made.
- She opposed listing of the polar bear as an endangered species, and supported a controversial predator-control program involving aerial hunting of wolves.
- Palin is a life member of the National Rifle Association, and is popular among gun rights activists.
And how the fuck can can all these Republican pundits keep saying, over and over and over again, with a straight face, that Palin has more experience than Obama??? A soccer mom who’s pre-gubernatorial experience (pop. Alaska 670 thousand) was mayor of a town of 6,000, compared to a magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, who has dealt with the problems of Chicago (pop. 9 million) and Illinois (pop. 12.8 million)? Palin’s educational background? Second place Miss Alaska, B.S. in communications-journalism, minor in political science. Brief career in broadcasting as a sports reporter.
I just heard Rep John Boehner on CNN RIGHT NOW say that Palin has more executive experience than Obama and Biden put together, complaining about the liberal democrat media’s “appalling” behavior towards this “very accomplished woman.”
Do we really want this person a heart attack away from the most influential position in the world?
Disclaimer: I am not a Democrat.
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