McCain’s Ball and Chain (and it’s not Cindy)
If Sarah Palin (the woman I am absolutely TIRED of dissing, but who remains a candidate for VP) is a simpleton, a mere mouthpiece for the Republican Party, then I pity her. If Sarah Palin is an outrageous, deluded liar, then I fear her. Either way, she is the awful mistake the McCain campaign has to live with.
The Anchorage Daily News Editorial page spells out the best interpretation of Sarah Palin’s bizarre reaction to the recent report on Troopergate:
She claims the report “vindicates” her. She said that the investigation found “no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”
Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian.
Page 8, Finding Number One of the report says: “I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.” In plain English, she did something “unlawful.” She broke the state ethics law. Perhaps Gov. Palin has been too busy to actually read the Troopergate report. Perhaps she is relying on briefings from McCain campaign spinmeisters. [...] Palin’s response is the kind of political “big lie” that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.”
According to Newsweek, the Palin camp attempted to skirt the original Troopergate findings by appealing to the Alaska State Personnel Board for a separate investigation. Surprise! They’ve expanded the investigation to address several other complaints against Governor Palin.
Still sure you don’t want to swap out your VP pick, McCain?
Common Ground
Please welcome our first guest contributor, Kim Meglen from Minden, Nevada!!
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So there I was enjoying my newfound camaraderie with the other kindergarten mothers dropping off their children, when I heard someone mention Palin. She is scheduled to be here in Carson City, Nevada tomorrow. One of the gals asked, “Are you going?” And I thought we all had another thing in common. So I replied, “To protest?” And all six of them said simultaneously, “NO, to support her!” What? How can this be? How could these intelligent women support someone who wants to take away their right to choose. Take away their daughters’ rights. And their granddaughters’. The right to govern their own bodies! How could they support a woman who hid her pregnancy from her constituents and family until her 7th month? How could they support someone who tried to ban great literature from her local library? I needed help understanding. And then I realized I would never understand. So as I sat there stunned into silence, the gal sitting next to me put her arm around me and said, “That’s why I never talk politics.”
Looks like it might be time to reinstate my Canadian citizenship!
Evil Barbie, or, How Liberal-Leaning Women See Palin
As a woman who loves to ride dirtbikes, there is a part of me that thinks Sarah Palin seems like a pretty awesome person. She really is macho, “tough as nails” as every news article seems to call her. I like that she’s the governor of Alaska where she clearly fits in and is an effective leader. But people, the population of Alaska is roughly 700,000. THAT’S THE SAME AS THE *COUNTY* I CURRENTLY LIVE IN! So, she very effective at running what in California would be called “local politics.”
Here’s what one commenter from a recent Times Online article wrote:
As a Yorkshire woman living in the United States we have known a LOT about Palin for a LOT of years. She is certainly no new comer to the socio-political scene. Her record is sound. Her belief’s a cornerstone of her politics. As a conservative I don’t like liberal John McCain – but Palin is AWESOME!
~Denise, Ruidoso, USA
“Liberal” John McCain? Ha! That is a hoot, but it serves to illustrate just how far right Palin is. She’s got that ultra-conservative thing down. And she’s an ex-beauty queen and mother of five children. SHE’S EVIL BARBIE! Because we all know that Evil Barbie doesn’t want women to have access to birth control. Evil Barbie thinks women should carry guns and shoot animals, but remember girls, never carry a gun bigger than your husband’s!
I think I’d like Palin as a person. Just so long as we NEVER discussed politics.
Why McCain Just Lost the Election
Rampant commentary floating around teh Internets about the bizarre choice of Governor Palin for McCain’s VP pick. A few hopeful GOP types are attempting a positive spin, but it’s just got QUAYLE written all over it. It seems like a desperate cry for Hillaryness. It won’t fly and here’s why. No fourty-four year old woman with five chillrens and two years as governor (of ALASKA! It’s not even daytime there half the year!) is ready to be president when McCain kicks the bucket. I’m not saying he will, but EVERYBODY KNOWS you pick a VP who can be president if the real elected guy dies. Biden’s got teeth and presidential hair. It’s clear he’s qualified, but Palin? McCain, you let the pressure get to you. You caved on some bad advice. Here’s a quote from the NY Times:
Mrs. Palin was fairly unenthusiastic about the vice presidency when she was asked about it during an Aug. 1 interview with Larry Kudlow on CNBC.
“I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does
everyday? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that V.P. slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.”
Boy, you sure can tell Karl Rove’s out of the picture, can’t you?
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