[Vision2020] Curious

[Saundra Lund]

I'm wondering why it is that people who know *far* less about Palin's
qualifications and political history were so quick to hop on the Palin train
while her close friends (they jokingly refer to themselves as the "Elite
Six," which includes Palin) are still undecided?
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5755435

I find that very curious -- *not* that Palin has intelligent friends who
will decide how to vote based on the *issues,* but rather that so many who
know far less about her political history were quickly willing to decide
she's the best thing for this country since sliced bread.

Of course, as more is learned about Palin's history, some of those initially
swept up in the Palin wave are regretting their initial haste -- a friend
who was initially thrilled with McCain's choice of Palin forwarded me this
article with a note of regret about his premature enthusiasm.  He doesn't
see how swapping one good ol' boy network for another is what this country
needs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
&th&emc=th
OR
http://tinyurl.com/5tq6t

"WASILLA, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is
local, not to mention personal. 

So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture,
she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the
$95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister
cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification for running the roughly
$2 million agency.

Ms. Havemeister was one of at least five schoolmates Ms. Palin hired, often
at salaries far exceeding their private sector wages. 

<snip>"

Note particularly the bipartisan concerns.



Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
~ Edmund Burke

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