On His Key Issue, McCain VP Pick Rolls The Dice
On His Key Issue, McCain VP Pick Rolls The Dice
Looking at OnTheIssues.org, here’s what we find on the national security positions of John McCain’s choice for vice-president:
Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy:
No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.
Sarah Palin on War and Peace:
No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org.
Sarah Palin on Homeland Security:
Promote from within, in Alaska’s National Guard. (Nov 2006)
In an attempt to bind himself to the extreme social conservative base of his party and make news with an unknown, stunt VP pick, McCain has shortchanged the issue which he himself insists is the most important — national security.
Remember — seems like years ago now, way back before the entire Iraqi government endorsed Barack Obama’s plan for Iraq — when John McCain and his flunkies were attacking Obama for having been to Iraq only once? Though she did visit Alaska National Guard troops stationed in Kuwait in 2007, Sarah Palin has apparently been to Iraq…never.
We’d like to perform Wonk Room’s mission and examine Gov. Palin’s views on foreign policy, but no record of such views appears to exist. While we appreciate that Gov. Palin’s son is preparing to deploy to Iraq, and we recognize her accomplishments in defending Alaska from Russian colonization and polar bear attacks over the last year and a half, there is as yet no evidence on the question of Palin’s approach to America’s national security.
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I vote to stricken the reference to polar bear attacks. As we absolutely (scientifically?) know, they are highly endangered and in no position to pose a threat to Alaska. She really is weak on security.
Of course the serious question is why does McCain need a VP pick that is strong in the same policy area as he is? Obama picked someone strong on security because he was seen as weak there. McCain does not need to double up his percieved strength as much as use the pick to reach out for other things that Palin represents.
I don’t know much about Palin (time to research!) but presumably Alaska is a prosperous state and maybe she has some economic credentials (or ties to big oil) that McCain wants to tout. I think we can all agree McCain needed to pick someone with an expertise in numbers, so let’s see what the extra scrutinizing now she is the official VP turns up.
August 29th, 2008 at 6:31 pmYes, that is a very serious question.
August 29th, 2008 at 7:56 pmIn fact, it’s as serious as a Heart Attack!
-is we learning yet?
McCain doesn’t know her, hasn’t vetted her, and picked her because it would create sensation. It does not make this a safer America. God forbid, he was elected and became unable to serve and someone with NO federal government policy experience had to take the reins of this country. Are we supposed to believe she is comparable to Hillary Clinton in any way, shape, or fashion? Hopefully, Hillary’s supporters will see through this and not become pawns in McCain’s last ditched gimmick.
August 30th, 2008 at 1:20 amNiphlegm says:
McCain does not need to double up his percieved strength as much as use the pick to reach out for other things that Palin represents.
I don’t know much about Palin…
And that’s part of the problem, mccain doesn’t know either.
What we do know is not reassuring. In her first press conference she lied about her support for the bridge to nowhere. she has used her power as both mayor and gov. to bully underlings. She endangered her youngest child by not going to a hospital after her water broke, instead she finished a speech she was giving, and then boarded a plane and flew for 15 hours to Alaska, then took another several trip to the small hospital in Wallisa. What does that say about her judgement?
The other part of the problem is that her main function is to be ready to lead if mccain can’t act as president. Palin was mayor of a village, she has been gov of a state with less of a population than NYC for less time than mcccain has been running for president.
She has admitted she doesn’t know what the VP does. She was picked because she has a vagina. period.
August 31st, 2008 at 10:39 pm