McCain VP Pick

[dhw]

Well, give him credit, he did want a VP Candidate who could hit the ground running.

So he picked one already under investigation for abuse of power.

After all, why wait until after the election?

Comments

[tschuler]

Looks like someone already had some fun with her Wikipedia article:

"She, along with Senator McCain strongly support hatred towards African-Americans, so don't vote for them, VOTE OBAMA!!!"

[dhw]

One of my colleagues pointed out that this was a foregone conclusion.

If nothing else, John McCain's life points to always picking former beauty queens...

[arthane]

Gonna be an interesting campaign...

[fabozz]

Replacing the head of the State Troopers because he refused to fire a drunken, violent cop who got slapped with a restraining order for threatening to kill his father-in-law counts as "abuse of power"? Personally, I call that "cleaning house." I would have thought that "fewer drunken thug cops" would be a policy agenda we could all agree on.

[dhw]

Sorry, but the reason he wasn't fired was because the charges weren't substantiated.

And yes, deciding that due process wasn't good enough, and firing people for not firing someone who was divorcing your sister counts as abuse of power. Or is the system only good enough for other people?

[dhw]

Sorry, to be more precise:

He demonstrated a taser (which had just been demonstrated on him) on his step-son at the son's request.

He shot a Moose for which his then wife had a permit at her request.

He apparently had a beer on duty once.

And the witnesses to the "threatening his father-in-law" were apparently, his father-in-law, his then-wife, and her sister.

Not my idea of a perfect cop, but you don't get to over-rule due process because it's your sister and you are the Governor.

We've had 8 years of people abusing the system because they could, we don't need more.

[ebeeman]

Well, the investigation will determine the validity of this, as it should be, in due process. I would presume that the McCain campaign have vetted this closely for validity and the likely outcome of an investigation, before announcing her as the running mate.

---Ellen

[ebeeman]

Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton talking about her lack of foreign policy experience may be a little ill-advised. I don't think lack of experience is a topic that the Obama campaign will want to focus upon.

---Ellen

[dhw]

Agreed. Poor tactics.

It's best as a counter-punch, not a punch.