Palin Monumental Blunder as McCain VP Running Mate

Arizona US Senator and Republican Presidential nominee designate John McCain continued the long poor history of Republican choices for vice - presidential running mates with his choice of political neophyte and novice Alaska governor Sarah Palin. In the last 60 years, blunder after blunder has marked the Republican choice for a vice - president with few exceptions: Earl Warren (then California Governor) in 1948; Henry Cabot Lodge in 1960; Bob Dole in 1976, and possibly Jack Kemp in 1996.
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Time after time, the GOP Presidential nominee has struck out with his choice for a running mate and these names from past history and even the present clearly demonstrate that: Richard Nixon, William Miller, Spiro Agnew, George Bush, Dan Quayle, and Richard Cheney. Most of these men were poorly qualified at best and possessing noteworthy serious character flaws in most every way to be holding the office that was one heartbeat away from the presidency. Nixon and Bush used their poor record of vice - presidencies as springboards to the Presidency which were overall unmitigated disasters for the nation as a whole which has led to broad consequences for most citizens to this day. Both men also had serious character shortcomings and were almost certainly involved in criminal and unconstitutional acts while both as President and Vice - President. Agnew was an out and out crook, and Quayle was the most inept and incompetent Vice - President since Calvin Coolidge. Miller was an obscure New York congressman that was a disastrous choice by Barry Goldwater in 1964. And the disasters and mistakes that the seriously flawed and maniacal Richard Cheney has made as the most powerful vice - president in history ( in effect he was an acting president often in light of the shortcomings and serious inadequacies on many levels by George W Bush) are well known to most Americans with any awareness, consciousness, or intelligence. Finally, clearly the choice of George Bush Sr as his vice - presidential running mate by Ronald Reagan led to the eventual rise of unquestionably the worst President in the last three - quarters century, George W Bush (Bush Jr, Shrub, Bush the Younger, W) which has has dire and grave consequences and repurcussions for all Americans and many across the globe.
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Palin is just the latest in this long line of extremely poor choices. She has limited experience and has zero qualifications to be President should McCain suddenly pass while in office, at least a possibility given his age, health, and life experiences. Her service as a statewide or otherwise eminent elected official is less than two years and in a state that is as about as far away in significance and importance as can be. Government in Alaska is an afterthought for the most part with limited social services, a relatively small infrastructure, and an eternal oceanful of money coming in that all but ends any stress on government and even allows citizens to get a kickback of over $ 2 grand per year with no state income tax for any citizen. She has zero legislative experience other than as a small town councilwomen rubberstamping menial municipal programs like trash collection schedules and holiday party expenditures. Her viewpoints are about as far from the mainstream as Alaska is from the continental US. She is totally disbelieving of global warming and climate change in spite of it being most apparent in The Last Frontier in all of the 50 states; she is dogmatic in her views of environmental irresponsibility including favoring oil drilling in the ANWR, the slaughter of wolves from helicopters, and continued diminishing of habitat for threatened Arctic ecosystems for animals such as polar bears, walruses, caribou, and seals; she believes creationism should be taught in public schools; and she is an opponent of some Bill of Rights freedoms. Finally, like many noteworthy Alaska Republicans, she is under investigation by various law enforcement agencies for inproprieties and indiscretions while serving as an elected official, some of which may eventuate into criminal or at least civil proceedings. All in all, McCain probably could not have made a worse choice when all other individuals that were being considered are compared across the board on every level. The only worse choice would have been former Florida governor Jeb Bush, brother of George W Bush.
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It is quite obvious one of several other individuals should have been selected by McCain. These include Joe Lieberman, Tim Pawlenty, Willard Mitt Romney, Colin Powell, John Thune, Lindsey Graham, Chuck Grassley, Thomas Kean, Fred Thompson, and Charlie Crist; among others.
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Clearly the Palin selection by the McCain is a blatant effort to pander to women, rural voters, and disillusioned Hillaryites. It was most evidently a move built of desperation and attention getting after the overwhelming successes and positive messages coming out of the recently completed Democratic National Convention in Denver. And it will be a decision that will result in failure.
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http://www.coloradoindependent.com/6555/palin-flip-flops-on-creationism-in-schools/
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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/350759
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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/29/183255/841/290/579394
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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/anotherthing/351330/sarah_palin_wrong_woman_for_the_job
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http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/352178
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