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Palin: The Right Reasons She's Wrong for the Job

By Jeralyn

Again, we are not discussing Gov. Sarah Palin's family issues. Zero tolerance policy.

But, I won't be silenced from discussing reasons to oppose her and the Republican party.

• Max Blumenthal in The Nation: Ultra-Right Wing Christian Cabal Vetted Palin In MN Last Week

• Katha Pollit, The Nation, Wrong Woman for the Job

• Arianna Huffington: Saving the GOP and the Unbearable Lightness of Being Sarah Palin:

More...

If McCain had picked any of the far more experienced candidates on his short list, they would have come fully equipped with a long paper trail implicating them in the horror show that is the Republican Party of the last eight years.

Palin has barely left a footprint on the GOP scene. And the McCain camp immediately scrubbed one of the few marks -- an ad on her campaign website featuring an endorsement from newly indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens. So with a party brand as damaged as the GOP's is right now, lack of experience isn't a bug, it's a feature.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 01, 2008 (boomark / email).