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Republicans Trot Out David Dreier to Defend Failin' Sarah Palin

by: Bob Brigham

Mon Sep 01, 2008 at 23:29:40 PM PDT


On so many levels, this is a rich statement by the RNC Convention's Parliamentarian:

California Rep. David Dreier said Palin's daughter's pregnancy demonstrates her connection to other families who have similar issues.

Ah, empathy from an unmarried congressman who is trying to connect with voters instead of answer the questions about McCain's vetting process for who he thinks should have their finger on the trigger if his cancer catches up with him.

But it isn't about the daughter of Palin (who will probably join the Harriet Miers club faster than you can say "troopergate"). It is about McCain's reckless recklessness. Here he goes again, the polls showed that if he put Joementum on the ticket he'd be hated by everyone but Joe Klein so instead he over-reacted to his advisers and put on somebody with literally no qualifications and obviously zero vetting as troopergate is more than enough for her to look less mentally unbalanced than Eagleton.

But here in California, once again we have David Dreier working against the facts. Nobody thinks an abstinence-only/creationism debate is going to help the GOP, yet David Dreier sticks out his credibility once again to be a Rubber Stamp for the Bush Administration. This time, the Third Bush Administration.

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Sarah Palin? Yikes, that's scary! (0.00 / 0)
You are so right.  It's not about her family values or her daughter's pregnancy. It's about her character and her politics, and especially McCain's recklessness.

It is an insult to Hillary supporters for Palin (who wants to teach creationism in schools and doesn't think humans are causing climate change, as well as being anti-choice and having a worse than dismal environmental record including wanting to drill in ANWR) to compare herself to Hillary's 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. She is no Hillary.

It is scary that McCain is so impulsive. He met her once or twice, talked to her once, no one in his circle seems to know her either. The vetting team landed in Alaska the day before she was announced. Alaska Repubs are stunned that the campaign didn't talk to ANYONE in the legislature or business community.

What kind of judgment is that for such an important post? It reminds me of his joking song, "Bomb, bomb Iran." I truly don't want his finger on the nuclear trigger.

McCain claims he is independent and that is why he makes such a pick as Palin - because it is a refreshing change. But it is not independence as much as recklessness. Other words that come to mind - rash and unthinking.

By the way, it now comes out that:

1. Corruption-fighter? Palin was in favor of the "bridge to nowhere" until Congress killed it.

2. Sensible? In the 90s she belonged to the Alaska Independence Party which for a time wanted Alaska to secede from the union.

3. Ethical? She just hired a private attorney to help her fight the charges that she fired her public safety commissioner because he wouldn't fire her sister's ex-husband.  


We need volunteers for the Russ Warner campaign (0.00 / 0)
This just raffirms the need to get volunteers to call the campaign at their Monrovia, CA headquarters, and volunteer some time.

I and 5 other Pasadena DFA'ers spent almost 5 hours walking the hillside community of La Crescentia on Sunday knocking on doors.  We can't win this election with so few volunteers canvassing.

Anybody up for backing up their beliefs with some action?

http://www.warnerforcongress.c...

Warner for Congress

Phone: (626)698-1466

Headquarters Address: 837 W. Foothill, Monrovia, CA 91016

Mailing Address: PO Box 8070, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91701

Email: info@WarnerForCongress.com

 


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