JLF: Sarah Palin is a Disaster. McCain? Not Doing Well Either.

She's against gay marriage, doesn't believe we are the reason for global warming, doesn't believe in a woman's right to chose (even in the case of rape or incest), she wants to drill in Alaska's wildlife refuge, wants creationism taught in school and sued the U.S. government because they dare label polar bears an endangered species.  (Didn't the White House understand that polar bears got in the way of oil drilling up there?)

This is not Hillary Clinton.  I mean... she's so far right, this isn't even McCain.  She's so far right, she's on the tip of the wing, waving back at Huckabee.  This is the blinded-by-faith and narrow-minded religious extremists we are fighting in Afghanistan.

What happened to McCain?  I remember in 2000 when he was a strong candidate.  He was like an older Bloomberg with Republican ideals, but flexible enough to be considered a human.  After Bush/Rove kicked his ass in the primaries, though, McCain fell in line with big business, tax breaks for the rich and cuddling the religous right.  He started denying science, like global warming and recessions.  His policies shifted from those for the people to those of the corporation.  Bush's lap dog, he still has yet to admit that anything has gone wrong in Iraq.  If we have to praise his service in the armed forces in Vietnam, we also have to acknowledge his dis-service to the armed forces in Iraq.  Denying the issues with the war is losing lives and crippling policy.

Now his 2008 campaign.  I don't know how he beat out the other candidates in the primaries.  How did this man, who doesn't know how many homes he has and struggles with reading, beat out Romney and Huckabee?  Granted, I don't want any of them as President, but I still don't know how McCain came out on top there.

He's been talking about "fighting" once he gets into office, but I ask you... what is he fighting?  Things now are exactly the way he wants them to be.  He's agreed with Bush almost every time as Bush has set insane policies, including torture.  So, what is McCain going to fight?  He's going to fight anyone who wants to change the status quo?  I listened to his speech again where he introduced Palin, and he says he's going to fight the Washington system that puts the politician first, the country second.  It seems like he's going to be beating himself up a lot.  And that Palin, too.  She might not be so fiery with a black eye. 

The first true test of a Presidential candidate is who he chooses to be the number 2.  The first member of his cabinet.  McCain?  In his first major decision as a would-be President, he picks a psycho, religious, inexperienced nut to be his running mate.  She's so inexperienced, she saiid this a couple of weeks ago. 

Who can look at this administration's 8 years and not know what the VP does?  What the f*ck bubble has she been living in?  A bubble called Alaska where a beauty queen/tv hournalist/hockey mom can be awarded the office of governor with just over 110,000 votes.  See, there is only one constituency in Alaska.  Big business who's trying to extract the planet of its natural resources, including coal, precious stones and oil.  They will place anyone in office who would vote their way.  She's only ever had to think about placating big business, and she's done a bang up job.  She fights to take polar bears off the endangered species list because they are getting in the way of the extraction!  That's all the experience she has, and that's not someone I want in any position of power.

Always your pleasure.

 - JLF


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