Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin’s speech told us a lot about her. It told us she can distort the facts and deliver mean-spirited zingers with the best of them. But it didn’t tell us the truth about Sarah Palin’s extremist positions. The following are points that prove it:
1. Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is “God’s task.” She’s even admitted she hasn’t thought about the war much—just last year she was quoted saying, “I’ve been so focused on state government, I haven’t really focused much on the war in Iraq.
2. Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools.
3. Palin doesn’t believe that humans contribute to global warming.  Speaking about climate change, she said, “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being manmade.”
4. Palin has close ties to Big Oil.  Her inauguration was even sponsored by BP. (Her husband works for BP.)
5. Palin is extremely anti-choice.  She doesn’t even support abortion in the case of rape or incest. She also does not support stem cell research, which is vitally important.
6. The only sex education she advocates is abstinence, which has been proven not to work – by Palin’s own pregnant teenage daughter!
7. As mayor, Palin tried to ban books from the library. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some had inappropriate language in them—shocking the librarian, Mary Ellen Baker. According to Time, “news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving ‘full support’ to the mayor.”
8. She DID support the Bridge to Nowhere (before she opposed it). Palin claimed that she said “thanks, but no thanks” to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But in 2006, Palin supported the project repeatedly, saying that Alaska should take advantage of earmarks “while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.” As mayor of Wasilla, Palin requested – and received – $27 million in federal earmarks. Twenty-seven million for a town of less than 9000 people. Some reformer!
9. Palin advocates the shooting of wolves from airplanes, claiming it saves game for hunters. In reality, wolves kill the weak and do not threaten the moose population for hunters.
She talks a good game; just like George W and you all know where that got us! Considering all of the above, do we really want this inexperienced woman, with views far, far outside the mainstream, just a heartbeat from the presidency?

As for Senator McCain, he voted 90% of the time with GW Bush. He continues to vote for and support tax breaks for big oil companies even though they had record-breaking profits last year. (Gee, maybe that’s why our gas prices are so high.)

McCain and Palin are definitely NOT what America needs!