Regardless of her merits, choosing Palin is a reminder that the Republicans will do, say and try anything to win and how much that separates them from the Democrats. That should scare Democrats more than Sarah Palin's finger on the nuclear trigger.
Her pregnant, unwed 17-year-old daughter was educated in a Palin-endorsed abstinence-based health curriculum.
That abstinence education worked out real well......
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And interesting look at the choice for GOP VP by The Asia Times Worth a read.
HONG KONG - As much as Democrats fear losing yet another eminently winnable presidential election, Republicans are the ones running scared. Choosing Sarah Palin for vice president underlines the John McCain campaign's conviction that it can't win the election by conventional means, even though their man is virtually even in the polls.
With Palin and convention keynote speaker Rudy Giuliani, party faithful may contend they're showcasing the breadth of Republican values. Less charitable observers would say the Republicans are
flailing desperately in all directions. The lone unifying principle is stone-cold cynicism.
... She's totally an Alaska product - born here, married here and a cheerleader for the place. I don't think she's done a bad job as governor, even though I didn't vote for her, but words like 'local', 'parochial', 'limited' and 'uninformed' come to mind ... What you see is what you get, I think. Choosing her as a running mate is like choosing a student body president, but it may work."
Electric, shocking
She's reportedly electrified evangelicals, social conservatives, and gun owners that were worried about McCain, but she'll likely shock moderates as they learn more about her. For voters in the middle, Palin is a bait and switch, a wolf in sheep's clothing. She's a woman who thinks government, not a woman herself, should make pregnancy decisions, even in cases of rape or incest. (Her pregnant, unwed 17-year-old daughter was educated in a Palin-endorsed abstinence-based health curriculum.)She's an outdoorswoman who opposes protecting the environment. She's a fighter against corruption as McCain fancies himself, and just like McCain, she's got an ethics issue rattling in her closet, an ongoing investigation into her ex-brother-in-law's firing from a state job.