The main stream media always seems to be able to find something negative in anything. So I generally find it useless for anything but a good laugh.
Their latest phony crisis? Listening to CNN, I heard this concern: ”will this woman, you know, overshadow the orginal maverick?” Oooo — Governor Sarah Palin might be a better candidate than Senator John McCain. Is anybody actually stupid enough to think that this is something McCain needs to worry about? Yes. The Liberal news media is concerned about how John McCain might feel. 
Ironically, I found a good cartoon on CNN (see here) that explains quite well what Palin does for John McCain. Palin, his pick, is going to help McCain become president. In addition, if she succeeds him in office, Palin will help McCain establish a lasting legacy.
Don’t you wish all our best leaders were so well overshadowed by their subordinates?
Your first mistake is to listen to CNN. Don’t feed the animals; no not ever!
Perhaps there is focus group data that convinced McCain to make this monumental blunder, but many good Republicans are not stomaching the anointing of “Tammy Faye” Palin, at all.
Some of us are especially disgusted by her “Wooten Gate” scandal. It showed that McCain’s team didn’t review her very well, but the worst part of this sleazy event is that it shows perky Palin’s true colors. She abused her power as Governor in an attempt to harm her ex brother-in-law. Then in a Nixonian maneuver, lied that she had had anything to do with the malicious acts.
Over at one of the typical GOP mouthpiece-blogs, they are trying to repackage this as a non-issue, because someone managed to cut a soundbite from a Trooper Wooten interview so it appears that in spite of everything, Wooten thinks Palin being on the ticket is, “…good for Alaska.” Probably because it will get her 3,000 miles from him.
When I worked in Alaska, the first bit of advice you get is to steer clear of the power brokers. Just like a small town out in the middle of nowhere, survival in Alaska depends upon not getting those with power pissed at you.
Other blog posts on “Wooten Gate” have failed to mention that the Commissioner who refused to can Wooten was, in fact, fired because he simply refused to do Palin’s bidding and fire her ex brother-in-law.
Since Trooper Wooten is still depending on Alaska politicians to keep him in his job, he will, of course, say only that which is seen as politically expedient. Alaska politics is a lot like the treachery we normally associate with the old Soviet Union.
Anyone who has endured a divorce and had other family members make stuff up about either the mother or father, knows how disgusting this episode was. Palin’s behavior was that of a corrupt political boss of the 1920s, out to settle a score, rather than the perky, trophy veep portrayed by the 2008 McCain campaign.
Readers should go to YouTube and search Wooten Gate and see for themselves.
McCain’s use of gimmickry in his choice of VP, insults the citizens of America. It is as if he is intentionally trying to lose this election and thumb his nose at the GOP base at the same time.
My disappointment has been perhaps exacerbated because I know that Mitt Romney would have been a great asset to the ticket, both as a campaigner, and a huge financial draw, who could have raised over $10 million per day, but most important, Mitt could have stepped in if something happened to McCain, and would have been a great President. If “Tammy Faye” Palin gets into the Presidency, every chicken-shit power on the planet will be making a go at what will be seen as a weakened United States.
We will be better off with Obama than with that corrupt tart, Palin. We will be better off with Barr, or even Nader, than to have Palin, who has proved that she will abuse any power bestowed upon her by the voters.
Palin is not suitable to remain as Governor, much less to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Some seem wedded to the idea that having a woman on the ticket clinches this election. However, the American voters sometimes surprise everyone by seeing through a phony, like Palin. If, as the campaign progresses, her actions in office are examined and held to the same standard of any Man who has held similar office, the citizens will be repulsed by her unethical behavior and abuse of power; an abuse specifically designed to use the power of the state to harm an honorable and long serving State Trooper.
Among Republicans who long to reign-in the power of government, especially of the Executive Branch, Sarah “Tammy Faye” Palin’s presence on the ticket, is seen as marching off in the wrong direction. Many of us are not joining that march.
J. Tyler Ballance – I don’t pretend to know everything there is to know about Palin. I do agree, however, that divorces are messy. For that reason, I expect McCain’s staff looked into the matter. I doubt Palin is tarnished by the issue nearly as much as you seem to think — without exactly saying why.
You propose Mitt Romney as an alternative? You must be joking. That guy flip-flopped on too many issues. And that I have researched (see here).
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