meggiedarlin1's Journal

Palin
(bold added by me)

This was forwarded to me by a friend. Letter comes from Bryn Mawr graduate
who sent this out to her classmates.

Dear classmates -

As an Alaskan, I am writing to give all of you some information on
Sarah Palin, Senator McCain's choice for VP. 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 the

country. 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. If you want to know more about the aerial

hunting travesty, let me know and I will send some links to

informative web sites.

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 around the world 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 Hillary 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.