more on Sarah Palin as potential VP

[liveonearth]

PALIN
--is anti-choice
--is a religious conservative
--denies global warming
--until 1.5 years ago was mayor of a town of 9,000 people (Wasilla)
--is a hunter and fisherwoman
--was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago
--has no foreign policy experience (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin)
--opposes abortion even in the case of rape or incest (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=1)
--supported Pat Buchanan for president in 2000 (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=2)
--thinks creationism should be taught in public schools (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=3)
--doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=4)
--is in line with McCain's "Big Oil first" energy policy
--has pushed for more oil drilling (including in ANWAR)
--says renewables won't be ready for years
--sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species (bcs it could interfere with oil drilling) (http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=5)
--had met McCain once before last Sunday, when he called her about being VP and offered the job
(http://www.moveon.org/r?r=21119&id=13661-3248945-cjrpX7x&t=8)
--is awfully inexperienced to serve as backup president, and McCain turned 72 on 8/29/08

Comments

[gavin6942.livejournal.com]

I got the MoveOn e-mail and found it really disappointing. Like yourself, I know they're pro-Obama and biased against McCain, but I found this painted too much of a one-sided picture.

For example, her actual statements make it more clear that she's not pro-creationism, or at least not as much as it sounds in the factoid.

And, yes she's big oil (she lives in Alaska and her husband worked for BP)... but my understanding is that SHE is for drilling in ANWAR and McCain isn't, so this distorts McCain's record.

And she has NEVER (to my knowledge) denied global warming, she just doesn't think it's primarily caused by humans. I agree with her on that.

And what's wrong with pat Buchanan? I love Pat Buchanan.

[inibo.livejournal.com]

I thought the same thing. In a lot of ways Kos' smear is like an endorsement :)

[gavin6942.livejournal.com]

Well, it doesn't mean I like her any more than I did...

[inibo.livejournal.com]

I like her OK, just not the people she has now chosen to associate herself with.

[gavin6942.livejournal.com]

That's fair. The more I learn about her, the more I think her flaws are minor compared with her mentors -- say, Stevens and McCain.