[Grovenet] Fwd: McCain's dangerous choice

Sat Aug 30 19:26:28 PDT 2008

>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>Yesterday was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the 
>oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming 
>Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen 
>to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious 
>conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently 
>was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.
>
>Huh?
>
>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.1
>Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of 
>rape or incest.2
>She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3
>Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
>She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5
>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.6
>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.7
>This is information the American people need to see. Please take a 
>moment to forward this email to your friends and family.
>
>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.
>
>In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's 
>vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along 
>to your friends and family.
>
>Thanks for all you do.
>
>-Ilyse, Noah, Justin, Karin and the rest of the team
>
>Sources:
>
>1. "Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008
><http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
>
>2. "McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL 
>Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=1>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=1
>
>3. "Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=2>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=2
>
>4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, 
>October 27, 2006
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=3>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=3
>
>5. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin-ignores science," Huffington 
>Post, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=4>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=4
>
>6. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra 
>Club, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=5>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=5
>
>"Choice of Palin Promises Failed Energy Policies of the Past," 
>League of Conservation Voters, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17519&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=6>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17519&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=6
>
>"Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil, says 
>governor," The Times of London, May 23, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17520&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=7>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17520&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=7
>
>7 "McCain met Palin once before yesterday," MSNBC, August 29, 2008
><http://www.moveon.org/r?r=21119&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=8>http://www.moveon.org/r?r=21119&id=13661-8029898-b0OC2nx&t=8
>
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