Blind Prophecy

Well, I would have put money on Tim Pawlenty, but the McCain camp surprised pretty much everyone by choosing Gov. Sarah Palin from Alaska. No offense to my friends from the beautiful state of Alaska – where I spent one of the most memorable summers of my life – but Alaskan politicians are batshit insane. Senator Ted Stevens (“The Internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes.” June 28) is about the most corrupt Senator left in office. Despite some bizarre libertarian leanings (relaxed marijuana policy, big support for federal subsidizing of many Alaska programs an people – a.k.a. “pork” for Stevens), no state has had less support for Democrat presidential candidates in history.

Palin herself is anti-choice, largely anti-gay (although, again, Queerty notes a libertarian streak when she vetoed an anti-gay bill after first taking office; Bilerico provides some deeper analysis showing a homophobic streak again), is a huge NRA flunky, supports teaching “creationism” in science classes, and is pro-death penalty. While I admire some of the anti-oil corruption work she’s done since getting elected in Alaska, she couldn’t be further away from me on important social issues without changing her last name to Huckabee.

I really hope Hillary stands firm on her pledge to do everything she can to get Obama elected, because McCain’s choice of Palin couldn’t be more transparent in his desire to steal Hillary supporters away from Obama.

And let’s remember that while history will be made at the end of this general election, a female Vice Presidential nominee of a major party is not itself historic. Mondale/Ferraro, anyone?

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