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Subject: an Alaskan speaks about Sarah Palin
As an Alaskan, I am writing to give all of you
some information on Sarah Palin.
As an Alaska voter, I know more than most of
you about her and, frankly,
I am horrified that he picked her.
The most accurate description of her is red neck.
Her husband works in the oil fields
of Prudhoe Bay and races snow mobiles. She is
a life time member of the NRA and has
worked tirelessly to allow indiscriminate hunting
of wildlife in Alaska, particularly wolves and bears.
She has spent millions of Alaska state dollars
on aerial hunting of these predators from helicopters
and airplanes, dollars that should have been
spent, for example, on Alaska's failing school system.
We have the lowest rate of high school graduation
in thecountry. Not all of you may think aerial
predator hunting is so bad, but how anyone (other
than Alaska wolf-haters, of which there are many,
most without teeth), could think this use of
funds is appropriate is beyond me.
She has been a strong supporter of increased use
of fossil fuels, yet the McCain campaign has the
nerve to say she has "green" policies. The only
thing green about Sarah Palin is her lack of experience.
She has consistently supported drilling in ANWR,
use of coal-burning power plants (as I write this,
a new coal plant is being built in her home town
of Wasilla), strip mining, and almost anything else
that will unnecessarily exploit the diminishing
resources of Alaska and destroy its environment.
Prior to her one year as governor of Alaska, she
was mayor of Wasilla,a small red neck town
outside Anchorage.The average maximum education
level of parents of junior high school kids
in Wasilla is 10th grade. Unfortunately, I have
to go to Wasilla every week to get groceries and
other supplies, so I have continual contact with
the people who put Palin in office in the first place.
I know what I'm talking about. These people don't
have a concept of the world around them or
of the serious issues facing the US. Furthermore,
they don't care. So long as they can go out
and hunt their moose every fall, kill wolves
and bears and drive their snow mobiles and ATVs
through every corner of the wilderness, they're
happy. I wish I were exaggerating.
Sarah Palin is currently involved in a political
corruption scandal. She fired an individual in law
enforcement here because she didn't like how
he treated one of her relatives during a divorce.
The man's performance and ability weren't considered;
it was a totally personal firing and is
currently under investigation. While the issue
isn't close to the scandal of Ted Steven's corruption,
it shows that Palin isn't "squeaky clean" and
causes me to think there may be more issues that
could come to light. Clearly McCain doesn't care.
When you line Palin up with Biden, the comparison
would be laughable if it weren't so serious.
Sarah Palin knows nothing of economics (admittedly
a weak area for McCain), or of international
affairs, knows nothing of national government,
Social Security, unemployment, health care systems
- you name it. The idea of her meeting with heads
of foreign governments truly frightens me.
In an increasingly dangerous world, with the economy
in shambles in the US, Sarah Palin is
uniquely UNqualified to be vice president. John
McCain is not a young man. Should something
happen to him such that the vice president had
to step in, it would destroy our country and possibly
the world to have someone as inexperienced and
inappropriate as Sarah Palin.
The choice of Palin is a cheap shot by McCain
to try to get Hillary supporters to vote for him.
When McCain introduced her today, Palin had the
nerve to compare herself with Hillary and
Geraldine Ferraro. Sarah Palin, you are no Hillary
Clinton. To those of you who, like me, supported
Hilary and were upset that she did not get the
nomination, please don't think that Sarah Palin is a
worthy substitute. If you supported Hillary,
regardless of what you think the media and the
Democratic party may have done to undermine her
campaign, the person to support now is Obama,
not Sarah Palin. To those of you who are independent
or undecided, don't let the choice of Palin
sway you in favor of McCain. Choosing her shows
how unqualified McCain is to be president.
To those of you who are conservative, I guess
you have no choice for president. But please try to
see how the poor choice of Palin tells us a great
deal about McCain's judgment. While the political
posturing inherent in the choice of Palin is
obvious, the more serious issue is the fact that the VP is,
literally, a heartbeat away from the presidency.
Sarah Palin is totally and unequivocally unqualified
to be vice president, let alone president.
I know this is a lengthy and emotional email,
but the stakes are high. I thought it might help for all of you,
regardless of political affiliation, to know
something about Palin from someone who has to live with her
administration in Alaska on a daily basis.
Jackie S.
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