Sarah Palin – An Irresponsible Act

I respect John McCain, but I cannot respect his decision to make Sarah Palin his running mate.

She is not qualified to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency, and with McCain at 72 years old, there is a good chance the Presidency will fall to her.

Palin is an evangelical Christian, an anti-abortion, anti-feminist woman, anti-gay, anti-gun controls, sometimes pro-creationism, who comes from a state dominated by big oil and intense corruption.

Palin has no national or international experience whatever. Her major responsible job before less than 2 years as governor of Alaska was as mayor of a town of 8,000. She was also Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for a year, so she knows how big oil works.

Her strategic plusses for McCain: She will play well with the evangelicals (who have been falling off the Republican bandwagon) and some of the working class who Hillary spoke to but who have eluded Obama.

The Alaska papers vacillate between “home town girl makes good” and horror at the possibility.

The sleaze factor is back. Why does this remind me of Spiro T. Agnew, for those of you who remember? People who think they can use government to further their personal ends. Google “Palin Trooper Gate” and see what comes up. Palin has been under investigation for pressuring the Alaska Government to fire her ex-brother in law, who is a state trooper, as part of her sister’s nasty divorce.

Will America fall for this? The Hillary people certainly won’t. Sarah Palin is as far from Hillary Clinton as could be.

Mr. McCain, this was irresponsible.

Democrats: Every vote counts!

Bob

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