GOP's VP Choice

I omitted the sender's email below, but I have her full contact information if anyone doubts the genuineness of her post. 
Olivia - You may post it if you delete my name.  The person who sent it to me sent it to about a hundred others.  Happy to hear from you!  Want an update on Denver when you have a minute..

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	This is an email I received from a good friend in New York City.  She is a Bryn Mawr graduate, and is a physician currently engaged in cancer research at Columbia University.  This is an email she received from a Bryn Mawr classmate of hers who lives in Alaska. Because you, like me, may never have heard of Sarah Palin until today, you may find this an interesting perspective from an Alaskan resident. Bill Begin forwarded message:  Dear classmates -    As an Alaskan, I am writing to give all of you some  inforrmation on  Sarah Palin, Senator McCain's choice for VP. As an Alaska voter, I  know more than most of you about her and, frankly, I am horrified that  he picked her. The most accurate description of her is redneck. Her husband works in  the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay and races snow mobiles. She is a life  time member of the NRA and has worked tirelessly to allow indiscriminate hunting of wildlife in Alaska, particularly wolves and  bears. She has spent millions of Alaska state dollars on aerial  hunting of these predators from helicopters and airplanes, dollars that should have been spent, for example, on Alaska's failing school  system.We have the lowest rate of high school graduation in the  country. Not all of you may think aerial predator hunting is so bad,  but how anyone (other than Alaska wolf-haters, of which there are  many, most without teeth), could think this use of funds is  appropriate is beyond me. If you want to know more about the aerial  hunting travesty, let me know and I will send some links to  informative web sites. She has been a strong supporter of increased use of fossil fuels, yet  the McCain campaign has the nerve to say she has "green" policies. The only thing green about Sarah Palin is her lack of experience. She has  consistently supported drilling in ANWR, use of coal-burning power  plants (as I write this, a new coal plant is being built in her home  town of Wasilla), strip mining, and almost anything else that wil  unnecessarily exploit the diminishing resources of Alaska and destroy its environment. Prior to her one year as governor of Alaska, she was mayor of Wasilla,  a small red neck town outside Anchorage.The average maximum education level of parents of junior high school kids in Wasilla is 10th grade. Unfortunately, I have to go to Wasilla every week to get groceries and  other supplies, so I have continual contact with the people who put  Palin in office in the first place. I know what I'm talking about.  These people don't have a concept of the world around them or of the serious issues facing the US. Furthermore, they don't care. So long as> they can go out and hunt their moose every fall, kill wolves and bears  and drive their snow mobiles and ATVs through every corner of the wilderness, they're happy. I wish I were exaggerating.   Sarah Palin is currently involved in a political corruption scandal. She fired an individual in law enforcement here because she didn't like how he treated one of her relatives during a divorce. The man's performance and ability weren't considered; it was a totally personal firing and is currently under investigation. While the issue isn't close to the scandal of Ted Steven's corruption, it shows that Palin isn't "squeaky clean" and causes me to think there may be more issues that could come to light. Clearly McCain doesn't care.   When you line Palin up with Biden, the comparison would be laughable if it weren't so serious. Sarah Palin knows nothing of economics  (admittedly a weak area for McCain), or of international affairs, knows nothing of national government, Social Security, unemployment, health care systems - you name it. The idea of her meeting with heads of foreign governments around the world truly frightens me.   In an increasingly dangerous world, with the economy in shambles in the US, Sarah Palin is uniquely UNqualified to be vice president. John McCain is not a young man. Should something happen to him such that the vice president had to step in, it would destroy our country and possibly the world to have someone as inexperienced and inappropriate as Sarah Palin. The choice of Palin is a cheap shot by McCain to try to get Hillary supporters to vote for him. when McCain introduced her today, Palin had the nerve to compare herself with Hillary and Geraldine Ferraro. Sarah Palin, you are no Hillary Clinton.   To those of you who, like me, supported Hillary and were upset that she did not get the nomination, please don't think that Sarah Palin is a worthy substitute. If you supported Hillary, regardless of what you think the media and the Democratic party may have done to undermine her campaign, the person to support now is Obama, not Sarah Palin. To those of you who are independent or undecided, don't let the choice of Palin sway you in favor of McCain. Choosing her shows how unqualified McCain is to be president. To those of you who are conservative, I  guess you have no choice for president. But please try to see how the  poor choice of Palin tells us a great deal about McCain's judgment. While the political posturing inherent in the choice of Palin is obvious, the more serious issue is the fact that the VP is, literally a heartbeat away from the presidency. Sarah Palin is totally and unequivocally unqualified to be vice president, let alone president.    I know this is a lengthy and emotional email, but the stakes are high.  I thought it might help for all of you, regardless of political  affiliation, to know something about Palin from someone who has to live with her administration in Alaska on a daily basis.  Sandra Gray Schreiber, AAA Louisville, Ky 40207

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