[Anyone] Who Is Sarah Palin?

[totem at laplaza.org]

> Who is Sarah Palin?
> Here's some basic background:
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> 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
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> Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2
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> She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3
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> Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
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> She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.5
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> 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.


      



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