Why I cannot put Sarah Palin a heartbeat from the White House.
A friend of my aunt's sent this to her. They used to teach together in California, but the friend now lives in Alaska. She and many other women in Alaska are horrified that Palin is the Rep. VP nominee. Here's why:
I know this is a little long but I think it's important
> for all of us to know. Many of you may remember Jeanne
> Ashcraft from the days when she lived in Placerville and now
> lives in Alaska. ~ Claudia
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Jeanne [I deleted her address here--Murphy]
> Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 8:18 AM
> Subject: On Sarah Palin
>
>
> I received this from a friend and am passing it on. Please
> consider forwarding it if you care to. I would add some
> other truths:
-- She fired the town librarian when she was
> mayor for not agreeing to remove books objectionable to her
> and her church from the library.
--She manages a state that is
> so wealthy and awash in oil money that there is no tough
> decision to be made on budget cuts, and no taxes to be
> raised or lowered. We all get $3,200 free money next week
> for our annual oil dividend and this year for a high fuel
> cost "rebate" of sorts.
--We pay no state income
> taxes, and in Anchorage no sales taxes. This isn't like
> managing the budget of a state like California which has to
> make painful cuts and firing decisions. She
> did support the Bridge to Nowhere, contrary to what she said
> in her first national speech, and only when national opinion
> against all of these amazing earmarks coming to Alaska
> swelled did she realize that it couldn't be built.
--She filed a lawsuit against the federal government
> for recently listing the polar bear as endangered, saying
> that the science isn't clear on global warming.
> Meanwhile, last week nine polar bears were observed swimming
> far out of range in the Arctic waters with no ice to come
> out on. They will no doubt die, and the scientists who
> observed them predict that there are many more. This
> happened last year also. Anyone who reads a paper or listens
> to the news knows that the sea ice is melting at a
> frighteningly rapid rate.
--Palin also just came out in
> opposition to a citizens' initiative against protections
> in the mining industry, which would have slowed or stopped
> creation of the Pebble Mine, which could threaten the entire
> Bristol Bay salmon fishery, the largest remaining salmon
> fishery in the world and the creator of 57,000 jobs. This
> isn't to say that the mine couldn't be safely built,
> but she rejected the idea that more protections should be
> put in place. How quickly we forget the Exxon Valdez!
>
-- This is also a hockey mom who thought that the words,
> "under God," were in the original Pledge of
> Allegiance. [Murphy here--it's not. It was added during Eisenhower, I believe.]
Nothing against hockey moms ... my
> daughter-in-law is among the best of them.
>
Here is an email I received:
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> This is from a Bryn Mawr college grad to her fellow alums
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
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