1. Lack of experience hypocrisy. McCain spent the entire summer attacking Obama over his lack of experience, and then picked a far less experienced politician for his running mate. McCain's 2008 presidential campaign actually started before Palin took office.
More Executive (Mayor and Governor) experience then Obama and Biden combined. I don't want an "experienced politician", I want someone who has demonstrated the ability to make the tough calls and get things done. Palin has done that (called out fellow Repubs on ethics violations, fired corrupt public officals). Obama voted "present".
2. A reformer under investigation. Palin is being sold as a reformer, even though she is currently facing an ethics probe (from other Republicans), and recently hired a lawyer to help her with that investigation.
See
http://www.armedpolitesociety.com/index.php?topic=14527.0 for details about "Trooper-gate" As I stated in another thread if Trooper Wooten was in Illinois, he'd be named Drew Peterson and Nancy Grace would be on him like the rabid pit-bull she is. Also if this was in Obama's Chicago, Wooten would have been slide into a a do-nothing job in city hall and Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan would have been promoted to bigger and better things. (Do a google search for John Kass and Pool Boy to see an example of the "Chicago Way" or see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-kass-08-aug08,0,7211347.column)
3. Family values: Her 17-year old daughter is pregnant. Not only did Palin thus expose her daughter to endless humiliation in front of the entire world by accepting the slot, but it isn't even clear if Palin told the McCain campaign about the situation before she accepted the slot.
Last I checked the 17 yo daughter is not running for anything.
Oh, and Palin opposes birth control, even for married couples.
And that affects me how ??
4. Extreme right-winger: Even though she is being sold to moderates, it turns out she is an extremely hard-core wingnut, supporting Pat Buchannan and a whole host of other disturbing things.
If she's a moderate, then I'm Bill Clinton.
5. Deep ties to Alaska pork: Palin claims she opposed "the bridge to nowhere," but she was actually in favor of it for a while.
Show me any polictian that is opposed to getting Free Money from someone else. In fact most pols brag about "Bringing home the Bacon". The fact that once it became a financial liability to Alaska, she opposed it.
6. Secessionist? Oh yeah, and she also might be a secessionist.
OOOOoooooooOOOOHHHHhhhhhhHHHH, scary militia-right-wing-seceesionist-gun-nut-TEOTWAKI party. Or not, once you read and learn more about that party. Plus she was not a member, but spoke before them. I guess since Obama spoke to the American Legion and VFW conventions, that makes him a veteran.
7. Lack of prior relationship with McCain: As it turns out, she only met, and talked with, McCain once before being selected
Yep, he should have nominated Cindy McCain, if there's anybody who he knows best, it would be his wife.
Palin was obviously picked entirely for political reasons
Yeah, the fact that she is the best choice available, matters not.
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Zeke, Your grasp of politics is only exceed by the depth of your knowlegde of the military.