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Palin an odd choice for VP
Alaska guv's inexperience is glaring ‹ and a probe into the firing of her
public safety chief is due just before Election Day.
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 08/29/2008 09:51:28 PM MDT
"I served with Hillary Clinton. I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a
friend of mine. You, Sarah Palin, are no Hillary Clinton."
Sorry to steal Joe Biden's thunder, but we didn't want to wait for the vice
presidential candidates' debate to say the obvious.
Yes, John McCain, who argues with a straight face that Barack Obama's 12
years in the Illinois legislature and U.S. Senate aren't enough to qualify
him to run for president, has picked a running mate who just two years ago
was serving as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, population 5,470.
In short, the presumptive Republican nominee, an Old Soldier in all senses
of that term, drafted the political equivalent of the Unknown Soldier as his
co-pilot.
McCain's pick of Palin jettisons his attack that Obama isn't ready to lead
and looks more like a desperate "Hail Mary" campaign tactic aimed at female
voters.
In general, we like governors on the ticket. Many state chief executives
have excelled on the national stage, as Presidents Clinton, Reagan and both
Roosevelts demonstrate. They have executive experience in running a company
(the state) and meeting a budget.
But Palin, in office less than two years, is still a neophyte in her own
statehouse, let alone in the national arena.
Worse, the Alaska Legislature voted last month to investigate allegations
that Palin dismissed the state's public safety commissioner after that
official resisted pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a contentious
divorce from Palin's sister.
The legislature has hired a former district attorney to investigate the
troubling allegations and report by Oct. 31 ‹ just before the Nov. 4 general
election.
Talk about an October surprise. Has McCain harnessed himself to a political
time bomb?
It's true that in some areas, Palin has the libertarian credentials that
might appeal in the West, which is more than we could say for Biden. She is
strongly pro-gun. She opposes gay marriage but also vetoed a bill that would
have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state
employees ‹ thus allowing the benefits to be paid.
However, Palin is a fervent opponent of abortion, even in cases of rape or
incest. She also supports teaching the biblical theory of creationism
alongside evolution in public schools.
We were far from thrilled by Barack Obama's choice of Biden as his running
mate, and questioned his judgment. We're scratching our heads over this one,
too.
At least Biden, the veteran foreign policy specialist, is qualified to be
president if something should happen to Obama. Palin is not qualified to run
this republic if something happens to McCain, a 72-year-old cancer survivor.
Her selection was a not-so- thinly-veiled attempt to desperately court those
still- rankled Hillary Clinton voters.
But if McCain intended his running mate to be a bridge to supporters of the
superbly qualified New York senator, Palin's lack of credentials and her
hard-line anti-abortion stance precludes that.
It won't be the first time that Alaska has produced a bridge to nowhere.
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