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Palin Pick Confirms McCain's Judgment is crap. Sarah Palin is as far as one can be form being qualified for Vice-President. A year and a half ago, her greatest political achievement was being the mayor of a town of about 6,500 people. One year into being Governor of Alaska she is under investigation for abuse of power for personal reasons.
Her position on abortion is to the right of the Popes, believing that is wrong in every case, including rape, incest and the life of the mother. She believes global warming, evolution and sexual orientation are all part of a vast left wing conspiracy. No one could be less tolerant of those different form themselves than this woman.
But the biggest problem with the Palin pick is not that most Americans would consider her to be a nut job - it is that given all the choices McCain could have made, he made this one. He barely knows her, and it is clear he knows very little about her other than she is a former beauty queen and the not very attentive mother of five. This mirrors the greatest flaw of George W. Bush. Bush's shoot from the hip, ask questions later attitude has gotten this country into the worst position it has been in since the great depression. McCain promises no improvement in policy or judgment.
