Opinion from an Alaskan

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin-mccains-next-trophy-girl/

Well, this Alaskan is sitting here in disbelief. This is a total gift to the Obama - Biden ticket. As the nation scrambles to figure out who Sarah Palin IS, the thinking people of Alaska are simply mystified. I’ll be posting about this a lot later in the day after I’m awake, (it’s early a.m. here in Alaska) but first impressions:

This woman is going to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency? 2 years ago she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. For those of you out of state, this is as small, and backwoods as it sounds. A dark horse candidate for governor, she was elected on the ‘anybody but Frank Murkowski’ ticket. Our previous governor went down hard in his primary bid for reelection, because basically he was the worst governor, ever. People questioned whether Sarah Palin was actually qualified to be governor of a state that has 1/2 a million people in it.

McCain obviously is looking for the Hillary vote since apparently he thinks women need no other criteria than a set of ovaries to mark their ballot, right? I mean women don’t actually make policy decisions, do they?

He’s also looking for the Evangelical vote. Palin, a creationist, anti-gay, pro-lifer will appeal to this crowd. Her fondness for creationism in schools, and the recent birth of a Downs Syndrome child can’t hurt here.

Did I say recent birth of a child? Why, yes. Our new Vice Presidential candidate has four children plus an infant son. She obviously feels caring for her newborn won’t get in the way of her Vice Presidential duties.

And don’t worry fellas. There’s plenty for you. Sarah won second place in the Miss Alaska contest! Didn’t they have a card for that in Monopoly? And John McCain knows how important it is to have a trophy wife Veep on his arm.

John McCain has just done something that Obama has not been able to do yet - prove to the world unequivocably that McCain doesn’t have the judgement to be President. He will never ever be able to hold his head up and say that Obama isn’t “ready to lead”.

out in front for a while. K&R

Where was he?

her husband is working for a foreign oil company. And international, foreign oil company.

Duh. My bad.

from what I've read...It seems Todd worked for BP for 18 years, then took a leave of absence for 7 months prior to the election. Now he's a commercial fisherman, maybe still works for BP, takes care of 5 kids, and he helps out in the Governor's office..

"The terms of Palin's leave of absence allowed him to keep his seniority at the company as long as he returned to work within a year, according to BP spokesman Steve Rinehart. Palin works as a production operator at a gathering center.

State law prohibits elected officials, including the governor, from using their positions "for the primary purpose of obtaining personal financial gain" or financial gain for a family member."


Poor judgement.

The media is LOVING on her. Tweety is not. But that's about it. I don't know why they have to be so 'respectful' of her when they have not had one iota of respect for Hillary Clinton - or our next President - Barack Obama.

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/

“Is this a joke?” That seemed to be the question du jour when my phone started ringing off the hook at 6:45am here in Alaska. I mean, we’re sort of excited that our humble state has gotten some kind of national ‘nod’….but seriously? Sarah Palin for Vice President? Yes, she’s a popular governor. Her all time high approval rating hovered around 90% at one point. But bear in mind that the 90% approval rating came from one of the most conservative, and reddest-of-the-red states out there. And that approval rating came before a series of events that have lead many Alaskans to question the governor’s once pristine image.

There is no doubt in my mind that many Alaskans are feeling pretty excited about this. But we live in our own little bubble up here, and most of the attention we get is because of The Bridge to Nowhere, polar bears, the indictment of Ted Stevens, and the ongoing investigation and conviction of the string of legislators and oil executives who literally called themselves “The Corrupt Bastards Club”.

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# Palin is currently in the middle of a controversial gas pipeline project in Alaska. She’s favored the ‘Trans Canada’ proposal that will run the pipeline through Canada, in effect shipping US jobs over the border. Many Alaskans, including former governors, have favored the “All Alaska Route”.
# She is also sueing the federal government over listing the polar bears as a threatened species. The science was even compelling enough to convince the Secretery of the Interior that the bears needed to be listed. But acknowlegement of this issue, and the potential disruption to development on Alaska’s oil-rich north slope spurred Palin to attempt to stop the listing.

:P

:kick: & recommended

with this...which is not going to make her real popular with the GOP..but maybe she'll be delegated to trashing science and a women's right to choose.

80% think she's easier to look at than Cindy!

My aunt lives in Palmer again now (after living with her son in San Diego for several years in between). The first time she lived there, we got to visit once, and I remember liking Wasilla. It's bigger than the small town my mom lived in at the time (Dansville, MI--pop 866 when we were there).

There is even a picture of Wasilla. There is a lot of information on Mudflat's blog.

NT

:thumbsup:

EVERYONE needs to read this.

one of the first Palin threads. I can't believe there are people flipping out over her. She will not sway women with a brain.

The monopoly comment was rich!

What we all feared is a rallying of the fundie vote - the very idea that the best interests of this country is going to be held hostage, yet again, to that group of freaks is simply untenable. Frankly, I'm sick. When I heard this pitiful excuse of a woman talk about Clinton's 18 million cracks in the ceiling, I thought how neocon of you, you feel entitled to walk right in and inherit someone elses hard labor and you're too stupid to know that to Clinton's ardent supporters, you are THE AntiClinton.

I recall an article that talked about John Boy's infatuation with the crap tables in Vegas, seems like he just played high roller once more. Well John it's not your wife's money you're squandering on this crap shoot, it's the fate of yours, mine and our country.

.. there is no way for any of us not up there to know all this stuff. Keep it coming!!