1. See my last post about Troopergate. Sarah Palin has shown that she has no problem abusing her power. She's currently under investigation and the findings are supposed to be released four days before the election. The Alaskan State Senator running the investigation is claiming that McCain is trying to stall his progress. Big surprise there.
2. See also my last post about Palin's firing of the Wasilla police chief. Again, she's shown that she's willing to throw her power around for personal gain.
3. See my last post one more time for reference to Palin's support for Ted Stevens. If you don't know anything about Stevens, check out his wikipedia page. The section on his ethical issues and federal investigations is six paragraphs long. There's plenty of dirt there.
4. And speaking of Stevens, it's interesting that Palin claims to be against Washington business as usual. She claims that she's opposed to the Congressional pork that Stevens is known for and that McCain is actively campaigning about. There's just one problem - She's not. When she was Mayor of Wasilla, the town of 6,700, she "employed a lobbying firm to secure $26.9 million in federal earmarks." Why does a little town of 6,700 in rural Alaska need nearly $27 million in federal funds? $15 million of it went to a rail project to connect Wasilla with Girdwood, the
home town of Ted Stevens. (Girdwood has a population of around 2,000.)5. Sarah Palin wanted to use her mayoral powers to ban books from the Wasilla library because they had "inappropriate language" in them. Seriously. When the librarian rightfully refused, Palin threatened to fire her. Good old book banning with a side of abuse of power.
So there you go, 5 baby-free reasons that Sarah Palin really shouldn't be our nation's second in command.
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Ross, have you applied for Tim Russert's position? You have my vote!
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