small adventures: 2008

> Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:54:17 -0700
> From: moveon-help@list.moveon.org
> To: postmodernpeterpan@hotmail.com
> Subject: McCain's dangerous choice
>
> Dear MoveOn member,
>
> Yesterday was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the
> oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack
> Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one
> heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative
> with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a
> town of 9,000 people.
>
> Huh?
>
> Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:
>
> * She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half
> ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside
> Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.1
> * Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case
> of rape or incest.2
> * She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in
> 2000. 3
> * Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
> * She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5
> * She's solidly in line with John McCain's "Big Oil first" energy
> policy. She's pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables
> won't be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for
> listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would
> interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.6
> * How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin
> once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he
> called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the
> position.7
>
> This is information the American people need to see. Please take a
> moment to forward this email to your friends and family.
>
> We also asked Alaska MoveOn members what the rest of us should know
> about their governor. The response was striking. Here's a sample:
>
> She is really just a mayor from a small town outside Anchorage who has
> been a governor for only 1.5 years, and has ZERO national and
> international experience. I shudder to think that she could be the
> person taking that 3AM call on the White House hotline, and the one who
> could potentially be charged with leading the US in the volatile
> international scene that exists today. —Rose M., Fairbanks, AK
>
> She is VERY, VERY conservative, and far from perfect. She's a hunter
> and fisherwoman, but votes against the environment again and again. She
> ran on ethics reform, but is currently under investigation for several
> charges involving hiring and firing of state officials. She has NO
> experience beyond Alaska. —Christine B., Denali Park, AK
>
> As an Alaskan and a feminist, I am beyond words at this announcement.
> Palin is not a feminist, and she is not the reformer she claims to be.
> —Karen L., Anchorage, AK
>
> Alaskans, collectively, are just as stunned as the rest of the nation.
> She is doing well running our State, but is totally inexperienced on
> the national level, and very much unequipped to run the nation, if it
> came to that. She is as far right as one can get, which has already
> been communicated on the news. In our office of thirty employees (dems,
> republicans, and nonpartisans), not one person feels she is ready for
> the V.P. position.—Sherry C., Anchorage, AK
>
> She's vehemently anti-choice and doesn't care about protecting our
> natural resources, even though she has worked as a fisherman. McCain
> chose her to pick up the Hillary voters, but Palin is no Hillary.
> —Marina L., Juneau, AK
>
> I think she's far too inexperienced to be in this position. I'm all
> for a woman in the White House, but not one who hasn't done anything to
> deserve it. There are far many other women who have worked their way up
> and have much more experience that would have been better choices. This
> is a patronizing decision on John McCain's part- and insulting to
> females everywhere that he would assume he'll get our vote by putting
> "A Woman" in that position.—Jennifer M., Anchorage, AK
>
> So Governor Palin is a staunch anti-choice religious conservative.
> She's a global warming denier who shares John McCain's commitment to
> Big Oil. And she's dramatically inexperienced.
>
> In picking Sarah Palin, John McCain has made the religious right very
> happy. And he's made a very dangerous decision for our country.
>
> In the next few days, many Americans will be wondering what McCain's
> vice-presidential choice means. Please pass this information along to
> your friends and family.
>
> Thanks for all you do.
>
> –Ilyse, Noah, Justin, Karin and the rest of the team
>
> Sources:
>
> 1. "Sarah Palin," Wikipedia, Accessed August 29, 2008
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
>
> 2. "McCain Selects Anti-Choice Sarah Palin as Running Mate," NARAL
> Pro-Choice America, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17515&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=1
>
> 3. "Sarah Palin, Buchananite," The Nation, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17736&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=2
>
> 4. "'Creation science' enters the race," Anchorage Daily News, October
> 27, 2006
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17737&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=3
>
> 5. "Palin buys climate denial PR spin—ignores science," Huffington
> Post, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17517&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=4
>
> 6. "McCain VP Pick Completes Shift to Bush Energy Policy," Sierra
> Club, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17518&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=5
>
> "Choice of Palin Promises Failed Energy Policies of the Past," League
> of Conservation Voters, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17519&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=6
>
> "Protecting polar bears gets in way of drilling for oil, says
> governor," The Times of London, May 23, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=17520&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=7
>
> 7 "McCain met Palin once before yesterday," MSNBC, August 29, 2008
> http://www.moveon.org/r?r=21119&id=13661-4366561-dO2qc8x&t=8
>
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