Palin tapped as McCain's VP choice

Not being from Alaska, I didn't know much about Palin until I started reading about her this morning. Her lack of experience is one thing, but it seems she has a truth problem. I read in the ADN that she has tried to get polar bears off the endangered species list by saying Alaska biologists support her, when they did nothing of the sort - and 9 different Federal government studies said polar bears should be on the list. Regarding Troopergate, it is one thing to call Monegan about her brother-in-law, but yet another to say she didn't call him. Why wouldn't she just admit to it? I hope the public will really try to learn more about her before creating a cult of personality around her. I think this is a great thing for Obama/Biden.

The choice of Palin to possibly and probably be in a position of power to control my grandchildren's future is frightening! I thought that I could tolerate the election of either party if I had to, but that is no longer an option. This decision of McCain's is a strong indication of his compromised judgement. Please...someone give him a mental health evaluation. This is nothing short of insane. Can you imagine Palin sitting across the table with world leaders? We are the joke of the century.

I'm still in shock. . . Good night, Desdemona!! I had nightmares about Palin all night. Why would she want to get involved with one of the Keating Five? I think maybe McCain chose her because she was the politician with the least amount of dirt in her background compared to the other possible running mates. Remember that McCain believes that his constituents are the rich & powerful & not the widows who lost their life savings in the Lincoln S&L & American Continental Corp fiasco. He claimed at the time he was concerned about ACC because they were a major employer. What did he do to help those employees? His concern was Keating. Here in Alaska at that same time banks were being closed right & left. I know, I lost my job along with hundreds of others when the bank I worked for was closed by FSLIC in Jan '91. So I then worked for a credit union, I should have been safe, right? Not so! In July 2002 my entire department was outsourced to CA. I remember we would get emails from the bosses reminding us to vote for the republicans, but I'm glad I didn't. I have no job, no health insurance, but I do have a vote. I didn't vote for Sarah Palin & I won't vote for her now. Andrew, I voted for you. I've never voted republican since they decided they wanted to have their own seperate ballot here in Alaska. Why do we continue to see these seperate ballots? Anyone listed as a republican has no choice, they get stuck with that ballot. (I still think someone should be making a big stink about that. Maybe some enviromentalists could get involved as it's a huge waste of paper!) Well, thanks for letting me vent. . .

Karma but you have to admit Andrew, this is pretty funny. A guy like you, who craves the attention of the masses, who, like the Buffoon known as Rick Rydell, continually seeks the patronage of people far greater than yourselves, just blew the chance of actually having the ear a Vice President of the United State of America. I can't believe you actually said; "In choosing Palin, McCain has put one of the least qualified politicians in the country a heartbeat away from the presidency." YOU'RE the guy who doesn't get it. McCain wasn't looking for a "Politician," he was looking for a running mate who will challenge the status quo in DC. He was looking for a person with honesty, integrity and the proven track record to take on all comers, no matter the size of the bully. He has found that in Sarah Palin. She not only regularly made the little people like you and Rydell look foolish and immature, she took on the real power brokers of this state and made them inconsequential. You’d have to look real hard to find an example of a person who has been so wrong, for so long about a person as you have been about Vice President Sarah Palin (OUCH! That must hurt every time you read that). You might as well take this blog down Andrew, you have become meaningless.

How can any woman in her right thinking vote for John Mccain. He has voted against your common issues. He doesn't believe you should have equal pay for equal work! He was on the campaign trail when this vote came up in the senate a couple of months ago and choose not to come off the campaign trail to vote for it. I would think since putting a woman on the ticket he would feel differently about our rights. Guess not. But, Hillary and Obama came off the campaign trail to cast that important vote. Why? Why would a woman vote for him? And if thinks because he has gun carring Sarah on the ticket that more women will vote for him he truly has lost his bearings. Here me out I am in Texas and women are outraged over this and yes we carry guns!

McCain's pick of Sarah Palin is astonishing. This is Dan Quayle in a skirt - is McCain serious? He met her twice at most before choosing her as the possible VP of our country? I've interviewed accounting clerks that often for internships in my small accounting department. Judging by McCain's body language yesterday at news conferences where he is standing next to Palin it seems McCain is not sure what to make of her. If McCain wanted a woman on the ticket to appeal to the Hillary's supporters maybe he should have considered asking Hillary. Surely there were other more qualified women out there. Move over Harriet Myers - I think you will have company in a few weeks.

Recently there were a bunch of fundamentalist/conservative "nuts" claiming that Obama is the antichrist because he "came out of nowhere." I think Palin has Obama beat on that one! I wonder if these fundamentalists will start blogs claiming that Palin is the antichrist!

Alaska legislature approved a $100,000 investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's motivations in firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Palin has drawn criticism due to rumors that Monegan's firing was the result of his refusal to fire Mike Wooten, a trooper who is Palin's former brother-in-law. Palin has denied all this, but the way she's handled the whole matter was a demonstration of poor P.R. skills.

The most disappointing thing coming out of this is how easy the members of my party are so quick to dismiss any accusation or management problems (or lack of abilities) Palin has. Then to top it off most are so quick to vilify Monagen, someone they know nothing about. I really feel for him and his family right now. Here's a man just trying to his job and two months later is getting slammed nationally because of Palin's disingenuous. He doesn't deserve this crap.

I found this blog through an article about Palin in USA Today. The more I learn about her, the more I'm bewildered about her being tapped as John McCain's VP. I was a big supporter of Ron Paul, and my inclination has been either to write his name in or vote Libertarian. But as the day went on Friday, I kept thinking about this choice and wondering if something wasn't fundamentally wrong with John McCain's judgment. I don't believe I'm fear-mongering when I say that by choosing Gov. Palin, I sincerely believe that it puts America at risk. It's ironic, but until this point, the theme of the presidential campaign has been a referendum on Barack Obama's fitness and readiness for the Presidency. Now it's on John McCain's age, on John McCain's judgment. He's vouching for a person that he's met in person less times than the number of fingers on one hand. That's deeply troubling to me. In my mind all of a sudden, Obama seems to be the safer choice, when all along he's been the "new kid on the block". But the difference is that we've gotten to know Obama, and since the primary process is so painstakingly long and microscopic, indeed, 19 months now that Obama's been running, that he feels familiar. His VP pick was a reassurance that although he wants to bring change, he doesn't forget the value of experience and competence. But with McCain's selection, it completely undermines his central argument that Obama isn't ready, and it hurtles Sarah Palin onto the national stage and forces her to show in the next 9 weeks that she's got the knowledge, know-how, wisdom, and leadership to take the driver's seat at a moment's notice. For the record: I love Ron Paul. I want to vote for Ron Paul. But I love this country more, and if things get close, I'm pulling the lever for Obama/Biden.

Sarah adds a credible faith element but why do "conservatives" keep supporting Republicans anyway? Conservatives used to reflect an idea of smaller more efficient government with strong state rights in the true form of our Union, a Republic. It seems that a blend of neocons and single issue religious voters have become the core of the Republican party. A core that is more than willing to continue dismantling our Constitution. What about smaller more efficient government? It is known that part of the reason the cowardly attack on the World Trade Center succeeded was the amount of bureaucracy and "walls" prevented actionable measures from being taken on pre-911 info. They responded by creating Department of Homeland Security, the largest bureaucracy in the history of our country. With The Patriot Act we are expected to patriotically surrender our rights but they wouldn’t let our own armed forces go in and kill Bin Laden when we had him cornered. Don’t pretend it was ever because of the sovereignty of Pakistan when drone attacks in their borders are now almost routine. This is a strategy to pursue War not Victory. Now we have a Democratic candidate wanting to do to more to protect individual rights and the Constitution than the so called "conservative". Spin all you like but it has been "liberal" Democrats who of late like Russ Feingold and Dennis Kucinich who have railed to protect our Constitutional rights. Since "liberal" is literally derived from Liberty maybe it shouldn't seem so shocking. Trying to protect something as broad as the rights of all Americans is less easily condensed into sound bites or talking points. Since the two party system has us completely hostage to every variety of special interest aside from the interest of America and her people. I will support the Democratic ticket as the only option of party who has a chance at power and has the best current track record of protecting and upholding the Constitution as they are sworn to do. It truly is mankind's best defense against tyranny foreign or domestic. If this sounds like paranoia just look at the European Nations that have subjugated their sovereignty in the form of the EU. Then look into the NAFTA Superhighway and then the SPP of North America already signed by Bush and the leaders of both Mexico and Canada in an almost complete media blackout on March 23, 2005. Google them, Yahoo them, whatever just please don't just dismiss the loss of our rights and the encroachment on our sovereignty as the inevitable price to defeat the tactic of terrorism. America has defeated mightier enemies than fear before.

You were wrong. And I'm so sorry.