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Forget about tokenism and other isms
[Read the article: McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A quick search about Gov. Palin on wikipedia produced the following:
"Palin initially expressed support for the Gravina Island Bridge project, commonly known outside the state as the 'Bridge to Nowhere.' However, once it had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending and federal funding was lost, Palin decided against filling the $320 million gap with state money."
The right somehow managed to spin that into "she's tough on corruption and wasteful spending"
"Palin has announced plans to create a new sub-cabinet group of advisors to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska. After she was announced as McCain's presumptive running mate, she stated that she does not believe that climate change is man-made."
Flip-flop!
"In May 2008, Palin objected to the decision of Dirk Kempthorne, the Republican United States Secretary of the Interior, to list polar bears as an endangered species. She threatened a lawsuit to stop the listing amid fears that it would hurt oil and gas development in the bears' habitat off Alaska's northern and northwestern coasts. She also called unreliable the climate-change models cited by Kempthorne and environmentalists that predict melting of Arctic ice. She said the move to list the bears was premature and was not the appropriate management tool for their welfare at the time."
She doesn't believe in science and she's beholden to Oil interests.
"While running for Governor of Alaska, Palin advocated the teaching of both creationism and evolution in public schools; but the next day, she said, "Creationism doesn't have to be part of the curriculum" and that she would not use "religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism" as criteria for selection to the school board."
Flip-flop!
So let's talk about the issues and about flip-flopping instead of McCain's cynicism or tokenism! Shall we?