John McCain’s bending to the religious right in choosing Sarah Palin and two ominous charges of abuse of power from her tenure in Alaska raise new concerns about how the Republican team would govern. The selection of Palin, who tried to oust a town librarian resistant to censorship and fired a law-enforcement official who was the boss of her sister’s former… return to article
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Reader Comments (3)Page 1 of 1 pagesYup, it looks like McCain did drink the Koolaid in picking Palin. Whether it’s censorship or trying to whack anyone critical of her, she would take us through another round of Bush-Cheney. Talk about more of the same!
Posted by Anthony227 on Sep 9, 2008 at 2:51 PM “To his credit, Obama promises to nominate candidates of diverse backgrounds with “feeling for what ordinary people are going through.” His non-ideological approach would broaden the spectrum of eligible talent considered for the bench as well as appointed positions in his presidency.”
No, I’m sure Obama will never appoint anyone with an eye on their world-view or politics. Just take them in order of application time-stamp, just as long as they seem to care.
And I’m sure Clinton or Carter or Johnson or Kennedy never asked anyone any questions other than Will you look out for ordinary people’s feelings?
I’ve seen campaign commercials more representative of reality than this article.
Posted by Natalie on Sep 17, 2008 at 5:45 AM McCain, god forgive him, wants in on the Bush legacy. Ideology first. Secrecy second. Integrity last. Competency gets ignored or punished. Corruption runs deep. Yet he hant even controled his own party! I say enough and send a message November 4.
Posted by MaryO on Sep 17, 2008 at 1:31 PM Page 1 of 1 pages -
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