MoveOn Goes Off On Palin
This just in…
Who is Sarah Palin? Here’s some basic background:
- She was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.
- Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
- She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.
- Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
- She’s doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change.
- She’s solidly in line with John McCain’s “Big Oil first” energy policy. She’s pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won’t be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.
- How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.
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We also asked Alaska MoveOn members what the rest of us should know about their governor. The response was striking. Here’s a sample:
She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AK
She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She’s a hunter and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AK
As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement. Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be. —Karen L., Anchorage, AK
Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation. She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems, republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AK
She’s vehemently anti-choice and doesn’t care about protecting our natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AK
I think she’s far too inexperienced to be in this position. I’m all for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn’t done anything to deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This is a patronizing decision on John McCain’s part- and insulting to females everywhere that he would assume he’ll get our vote by putting “A Woman” in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK
So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She’s a global warming denier who shares John McCain’s commitment to Big Oil. And she’s dramatically inexperienced.
In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very happy. And he’s made a very dangerous decision for our country.
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August 30th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative. She’s a global warming denier who shares John McCain’s commitment to Big Oil. And she’s dramatically inexperienced.
I’m sold! Although her resume far outshines Obama’s.
August 30th, 2008 at 9:43 pm
She’s got my vote too Doo. Now if only we could get rid of McCain….
August 30th, 2008 at 9:54 pm
Ah the joys of misinformation:
Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
WRONG! Sorry, MoveOn; back to school to learn how to do basic research.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:08 am
They are scared shite-less.
August 31st, 2008 at 12:18 am
McCain chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary. —Marina L., Juneau, AK
Praise God!
August 31st, 2008 at 4:34 am
* She was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.
Obama has next to none as well if I recall correctly.
* Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
And this is necessarily a problem? This doesn’t change my opinion on her.
* She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.
I voted for Buchanan in 2000 myself.
* Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
Usually you just have to suggest it be discussed for this accusation to come out.
* She’s doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change.
And what if she’s right? Even if she ends up being wrong its not like one should get worked up over an opinion that is as much of a nonstarter like this one.
* She’s solidly in line with John McCain’s “Big Oil first” energy policy. She’s pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won’t be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.
Imagine that, someone who works for the people actually caring for people over animals. Will wonders never cease. Also looks like she’s a bit more knowledgeable than some of the MoveOn crowd when it comes to renewables, Idaho Power told me that the solar panels had only really gotten 3% better at most when I last talked to them (admittedly a little over a year ago).
* How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.
And so?