There’s nothing like jazzing up an otherwise boring day by taking a look at John McCain’s stellar choice for a running mate. When she is discussed, one very important fact must remain foremost in your mind and that fact is that John McCain feels Sarah Palin would make an excellent President of the United States of America. That’s the job gang! If something happens to the big guy, the VP steps in and assumes the position. Think about that for just a second. Sarah Palin, the former beauty queen and self professed “bible believin’ Christian” is who John McCain would like to see running the US should he be unable to.
So, let’s take a little look-see at the many sides to Mrs Palin, shall we?
The animal lover- She strongly opposed having polar bears placed on the endangered species list as she feared that it would hurt oil & gas development in the bears’ Alaskan habitat. In 2007 she put her full support behind allowing Alaska Department of Fish & Game to hunt wolves out of helicopters as part of a predator control program, even though the majority of Alaskans were opposed. Sarah Palin also openly opposes bolstering protections for Beluga whales in Alaska’s Cook inlet as it may mess up oil & gas developments that have been proposed. As Governor of Alaska Palin strongly promoted oil & gas resource development in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Her astounding ability to separate Church & State- When speaking to students at her former Church in June of this year, Palin had this to say about the Alaskan gas-line; “I think God’s will has to be done in unifying people and companies to get that gas line built!” She also has rather strong views on the “explicit” sex education offered in the US school system and states that it will not get support from her. She believes that God would like children to abstain from sex until marriage and she feels that this should be the government funded message preached delivered in schools despite overwhelming statistics on teen pregnancy (snicker snicker…psst. Hey Bristol! Too bad mom made you miss the sex ed huh? They showed everyone how to use condoms that day!) Sarah Palin also believes that creationism should be taught to school children in conjunction with evolution. She briefly flirted with the idea of instituting book bans in Alaskan libraries, though that little dream was never realized.
Her unshakable record of ethics- Sarah Palin is currently under investigation for corruption. She allegedly fired Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner for failing to fire her ex-brother in law who was in the midst of a custody battle with her sister. When she became Governor in 2006 she went on a bit of a firing rampage because she felt some people just “didn’t fully support her.”
Her vast political & other relevant experience- Sarah’s political career began in 1992 and consists of 2 terms on Wasilla City council (population 7,025) 2 terms as Wasilla Mayor and 2 years as Governor of Alaska. Other than chairing the odd commission, that’s it. That’s the resume of the the woman who John McCain feels would be his best replacement should he ever choke to death on his own mouth full of crap. Her office in Alaska is making sure to point out at every opportunity that she has “unique experience on foreign affairs due to Alaska’s proximity to Russia.” WTF?????? She was just issued her very first passport in 2006. She has thus far visited Kuwait, Iraq, Germany & Ireland, however a spokesperson for Palin recently had to admit that the visit to Ireland was really just a fuel stop during which Palin did not exit the aircraft.
So there you have it. A general run down of some of the more memorable attributes of the (possible) future VP of your United Stated of America. Makes me very glad to be Canadian.
