by Steve Osborn
Mr. McCain, the Bush Lite contender for the Republican nomination, pondered deeply, (or his advisors did) on the question of his successor in office, should he become even more incapacitated after election. Apparently, their criteria was for a woman, not too well known, who would take the Hillary votes away from Mr. Obama.
As Barbara Boxer pointed out:
* The Vice President is a heartbeat away from becoming President, so to choose someone with not one hour's worth of experience on national issues is a dangerous choice.
* If John McCain thought that choosing Sarah Palin would attract Hillary Clinton voters, he is badly mistaken. The only similarity between her and Hillary Clinton is that they are both women. On the issues, they could not be further apart.
* Senator McCain had so many other options if he wanted to put a woman on his ticket, such as Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison or Senator Olympia Snowe -- they would have been an appropriate choice compared to this dangerous choice.
* In addition, Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska state legislature which makes this more incomprehensible.
At breakfast this morning, my wife pointed out the obvious choice for VP. Nancy Pelosi!
She has a lot of experience backing the Republican agenda. She is fanatically opposed to impeaching or limiting the Unitary Executive in any of its excesses against We the People or the Constitution.
She consistently backs any request for more billions for the Pentagon and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
She is in favor of another "preemptive" war in Iran, which is no threat to us or the world.
She is a multi-millionaire, who consistently backs any legislation to improve profits or limit restrictions on any corporation.
She backs offshore drilling and drilling in the ANWR, and on any other reserve set aside for our posterity.
She is a supporter of Big Pharmacy, Big Medicine, Agribusiness, Big Chemical, and is indifferent to the plight of the small farmer, the little businessman, or any of the other things that once made America great.
And lastly, she already refers to herself as the third most important person in the government, "You know, Bush, Cheney, then me."
I m sure that she would be happy to step over the body of the aging and senescent Mr. McCain to become the next Republican President of the United States.
And, maybe that would finally get her out of the position of Speaker of the House!
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