Sure, I oughtta be writing about Sarah's desire to squish the environment flat under her heel (I could, for instance, discuss how gross it made me feel, living there, when I had to throw everything away because, at least in 1998, there was no recycling program in the state whatsoever), but I'd rather discuss her newb status, and how very unvetted she was by the McCain. You see, the McCain? Is a Maverick, because he's decided to feed on his own press like a pig standing over the world's largest trough, which apparently led to his insistence on picking his running mate using the advanced method of straw-pulling. A highly complex art, I'm sure you're already aware. (And how very fabulous it would be to have such a principled man leading our country!)
Please feel free to peruse the following articles that point to his having been, uh, unconcerned regarding the necessity to obtain critical information that would point to whether Governor Palin was the best choice for the role:
We gotcher HuffPo:
"On Saturday, a Democrat tasked with opposition research contacted the Huffington Post with this piece of information: as of this weekend, the McCain campaign had not gone through old newspaper articles from the Valley Frontiersman, Palin's hometown newspaper.
How does he know? The paper's (massive) archives are not online. And when he went to research past content, he was told he was the first to inquire.
"No one else had requested access before," said the source. "It's unbelievable. We were the only people to do that, which means the McCain camp didn't."
The Frontiersman did not immediately confirm the revelation. And there is no indication from the Democratic source that anything nefarious or problematic will be found in the archives. But officials with the paper did not recall inquiries by the McCain campaign."
And yer Strategy 08:
"From Andrew Halcro, who was one of the Republicans who ran against Palin in 2006.
The campaign of John McCain has sent a staff of eight people into Alaska to conduct background checks and vetting on Governor Sarah Palin.
Word is they have have eight rooms reserved at a Wasilla hotel.
Absolutely stunning. It is clear they did next to no vetting whatsoever."
And yer NYT:
"Aides to Mr. McCain said they had a team on the ground in Alaska now to look more thoroughly into Ms. Palin’s background. A Republican with ties to the campaign said the team assigned to vet Ms. Palin in Alaska had not arrived there until Thursday, a day before Mr. McCain stunned the political world with his vice-presidential choice. The campaign was still calling Republican operatives as late as Sunday night asking them to go to Alaska to deal with the unexpected candidacy of Ms. Palin."
Righteous, yeah? How killer would it be to have someone so very emerald in office? I am a huge fan of going green, and obviously, so is McCain.
In fact, I'm fairly certain that when I first heard the announcement of Sarah Palin as the McCain running mate nominee, I turned a very lovely grassy shade myself.
Perfect!
I hear nothing about the environmental issues of saving the Caribou and other endangered species from the Northern Alaskan region. Paylin went on to say their energy and natural gas pipeline strategy, is what America needs. What happens if the Republicans do drill and it all runs out? What then? Oh well, maybe by then it will be time for a new election. Wrong. This country needs to wake up on alternatives for energy like solar, not nuclear, which is costly and will run out also. Wasn't anyone paying attention to Al Gore?
Palin's speech said nothing about the deficit,which Bill Clinton cleaned up when he was in office. Or Hillary Clinton's healthcare for everyone.
Posted by: shannon davis | September 03, 2008 at 09:11 PM