Vice President Sarah Palin? @#!$% That!

As an Alaskan, I was intrigued when I heard about the possibility of Sarah Palin being picked as John McCain's running mate. Then I dismissed it, because of it's utter ridiculousness.

I think this means I was never meant to work in politics.

Here is a link to an Alaskan blog that tells more about Saracuda. I have to say I don't know much about her myself; she's been governor of my state since after I left for college, so I've been pretty out of the loop. An interesting statistic: Sarah Palin has been governor for as long as Barack Obama has been running for President.

I think "wtf" pretty much sums up my thoughts about that one.

If I needed anything to get me more jazzed about the election, this was it. I will work myself to exhaustion this year to keep this woman out of office. Not only because I don't like what she's done to my state, however. I am genuinely terrified about what she would do to this nation as Vice President or President. Running Alaska for two years does IN NO WAY mean she has adequate executive experience to run one of the most powerful (if not the most powerful) nations in the world. Anybody who says otherwise has either never been to Alaska or is smoking something pretty intense.

Which I may need if McCain/Palin actually wins.

Here's some thoughts from my Dad on the choice...

"Saracuda was an interesting choice by McCain but it also shows his desperation and stupidity.

OK, she's a woman....A lifetime NRA member and Pro-Pro-Pro Lifer; So, how will this bring Hillary democratic voters to the Republican ticket? If she's so pro-family, why is she stepping up to do this when she has a 4 month old special needs child at home?

Brought together a bipartisan legislature; you bet. In her first year in office, she vetoed $250 million in projects. However, her pen didn't touch projects for her district. Because of that, the next year the legislature put together a bill of all those things that she vetoed and pretty much told her they had a veto proof majority and that it was going to be passed. Saracuda could only negotiate away projects that were completed by other funds or delay them for a year to be sure they were ready for funding.G

Get on adn.com to read up on trooper gate. Her family seemed to take a lot of liberties trying to get a trooper fired (Sara's sister was divorcing him). Hey, he seems like a turd but that's not how you work through the channels. (Some now refer to the Palinistas as our "Alaska Hillbillies".)

After promising to live in Juneau, she only gave it four months before she moved back to Wasilla. She's allowing Directors of departments to migrate to Anchorage and really turning her back on the capitol city. I doubt she'll get as much support from southeast Alaska if she runs again.

Two years ago she was a mayor for a town of less than 9,000 people. How does this prepare you to be a vice-President? The number of people she represents in the state are probably fewer than what Obama represented when he was in the State House. Despite the concurrence from the State biologist regarding the Federal finding that polar bears are in danger, she says there isn't enough information (Sounds a lot like Bush here.....if I PRAY hard enough, good things will happen....)

Anyway, I'm sure you'll find other good information on the net about her. Have fun the next couple of months. Never get nasty, just stick to the facts. Cornered animals normally lash out as their last line of defense when they're backed into a corner, so be careful.

Yep...McCain's a desperate man....

Love....Dad (Cindi says hi too)"