wallydownundy

You’d think distance would provide perspective. But no such luck with the US Republican party, its VP pick and the hurricane that wasn’t. I am flabbergasted to read that McCain’s VP choice was foisted on him by conservatives. He wanted Lieberman or Ridge but the conservatives chucked a fit. So Palin was chosen at the close of a short meeting. She’d had little review.

The mooseburger-loving Governor of Alaska has five children aged 18 years to four months. Her 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant - “and will be married.” Her son is on his way to Iraq. She’s got a lawyer defending her in the Troopergate Investigation, as she’s accused of using pwer to get her ex-brother-in-law fired. When his boss wouldn’t sack him she got the boss sacked. Her husband drove drunk and was arrested. But she’s Christian and opposes abortion and gays.

It is a comedy but given she’d be a stroke away from presidency it’s a travesty.

McCain has shown his hand. The firebrand Republican folded like a house of cards when under pressure. I don’t want his hand hovering over the button that declares war. His hot-headed reputation has an underbelly - he’s also a quitter when he can’t get his way.

Look out Washington DC - Sarah Palin is in town and she’s armed and dangerous!