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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from NOW NY: An [Beautiful] Open [Love} Letter to Senator Hillary Clinton

Dear Ones, This is as special as anything I have read about how we feel and why we feel that way.  So, I changed Marcia's Subject line to add what is in brackets, because that is how it seemed to me.  Olivia Anne

An Open Letter to Senator Hillary Clinton From: Marcia A. Pappas, President of NOW NYS August 28, 2008 Dear Senator Clinton: You gave a fabulous, eloquent, and dynamic speech at the Democratic Convention. It brought tears to the eyes of the millions of women who worked so hard for you. One phrase in your powerhouse delivery rings on in my ears. In your call for us to back Obama you asked: "Were you in this campaign just for me or were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?" For some people your question was a turning point. I was one of those people. And I need to answer you, not just because you are my wonderful Senator from New York, but because I want to give you the answer I know many are thinking, but lack the forum to express. You see, my dear Senator, I too sometimes have the occasion to speak for the invisible. In my capacity as President of New York State National Organization for Women, I often speak for the millions of women who are denied reproductive healthcare. I speak for the women who are beaten and abused by their partners, and whom no one believes. I speak for the women who lose their children when corrupt judges award custody to the abusers. I also sometimes speak for the millions of women who feel discrimination in the workplace, and for victims of rape and trafficking. Then, on a micro scale, I even campaigned for and won a contentious race, backed by supporters who believe I'm a person who speaks truth without fear. I was the person they trusted would work for justice in the lives of women and all oppressed people. So I know what you wanted to hear, Senator. You wanted to hear people in loud unison declare: "No, we were not just in it for you, Hillary; we were in it for the invisible."But for me, the only answer can be: "Yes, Senator, I was in it for YOU, precisely because YOU were in it for those people who feel invisible, and because YOU were the candidate who saw clearly that over fifty percent of the population was being ignored." Who are those people? Why they are the poor, the hungry, the underinsured, i.e. women and their children. YOU are the person who addressed the issues of that fifty-plus percent. YOU are the person who worked her entire life for that fifty-plus percent. YOU are the person who, in the face of rife opposition and ridicule, stood firm in favor of health care for the invisible. YOU are the person with a proven record on Emergency Contraception for all women, because YOU understand that without reproductive freedom, women are held hostage to unwanted pregnancies. And it is YOU who has proven, over and over, that you can deliver for the invisible. YOU were the candidate whose followers felt they knew so well, they could call her by her first name. Little girls yelled "Hillary" because they knew their future was in your hands. Single mothers saw hope for the future, knowing that their struggle would lessen under your leadership. Older women came out in the wintry Iowa Caucuses to finally vote for the first truly possible woman president. They looked into your heart, into your eyes, into your soul, and saw something different. And those of us, who traveled around the country, working for your campaign, watched you emerge as a new kind of politician. We saw YOU. Today, your popularity endures, bigger perhaps than even you imagined. Why? Because YOU represent the invisible. YOU persist as our symbol of hope, justice and equality. Please don't be afraid of it. Please embrace it. YOU inspired us, brought us to tears, made us laugh, and made us finally feel that we were not voting for the lesser of two evils. There are eighteen million people out here who are, like me, not ashamed, like me, to say: "Yes Hillary I was in it for YOU." Marcia A. Pappas President NOW NYS

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One of 18 from Ohio

Thank you, Michele, for your input.  We all are traveling those paths Hillary charted for us.  Best, Olivia Anne

michele.mueller@fuse.net wrote:

Hi Olivia...my name is Michele and I met you during the Francie Pepper phone banking era, along with Ella Drake. Your Team helped us help Hillary,  and several members of Team Pepper helped with KY's primary with great enthusiasm. During that time I had the pleasure to meet and work with Erica and Tyler. From there, some of us actually traveled to Indiana and Louisville to work for them with great pleasure.  Throughout those times, we had a common passion for a common cause, and her name was Hillary Clinton and everything she stood for. So much so, that many of us traveled state to state to continue to work for the same staffers for that same cause. Sarah Palin represents every single thing that Hillary has fought against almost all of her life. Here is a woman who is allowing herself to be used by a man named McCain, because he thinks he can appeal to women just because we have the same parts, it's ludicrous! As far as I'm concerned, she can be rewarded for h er work in Alaska as the best sharp shooter or hunter in her state...that's a talent, and she deserves a ribbon for that expertise.  I too, like many others, watched Obama accept our party's nomination last Thursday night, with an aching heart and tears rolling down my face, I reminisced all the campaign trail memories. But most of all, I will never forget March 2, that was the day that I had the privilege to travel with Hillary Clinton and introduce her at the Akron event as a volunteer from Southwest Ohio...she thanked us for our work, and all those who volunteered for her everywhere. And then she looked us in the eyes and said, "I will fight for you"....we believed her, we still do, and that's something Sarah Palin can't ever say, because she never has....thanks for listening, and thank you, Team KY, it was a pleasure to work with all of you....1 in 18 million,   michele

Another voice: Team Hillary Kentucky: Updates; & Erica Asks that: Please post to our group

Olivia Anne,

 

Thank you so very much for this update. I have not, and will not, forgive the Democratic Party, the Obama team, and the mainstream media for the way they savaged and also ignored Hillary during the primaries and convention.

 

It was so great to see and hear Hillary and Bill again at the convention. I am so proud of both of them! Hillary showed such grace and enthusiasm, and she and Bill BOTH showed extraordinary grace by going above and beyond the call of duty by endorsing Obama so strongly.

 

I was going to just not vote for president, but after seeing what the Republicans have done, I feel I must vote Obama, no matter how much I hate it. The election is now MUCH too important to be left to McCain and the trickery he is using by putting Sarah Palin on the ticket. Furthermore, the economy, the war, health care, and possible Supreme Court appointments must be controlled by the Democrats!

 

Sincerely,

Steve Troutman

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From Invesco: Even the ebulient Pat Vincent could not be joyful

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Mile High at Invesco & Feeling Pretty Low. But Hillary As Always Was Wonderful to US Today (Thank You, Jerry, for Everything)

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As your Pledged Delegate, I proudly cast your vote for President of the United States for the Senator from New York, Hillary Rodham Clinton

I have cast your vote for Hillary.  Most of our delegation has stood with you who sent the delegates to vote for Hillary.  Some have not.

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Hillary, just Hillary

The Women's Caucus this morning was so special. The guys seemed to most enjoy Eva Longorio, though. Had to leave early and race to WomenCount. Those fabulous gals still are giving--no charge for a lovely meal with wonderful women: Jehmu, Rosemary, and all of them. Rosemary proudly put on her Team Hillary Kentucky pin, and gave us a WomenCount blossom pin back. John West and Michele Thomas have donated the proceeds of what the media has proclaimed to be the most coveted pins in Denver to "Ditch Mitch"--2 of them. I've been offered $200 for the one I received. I said "No Deal!". Bids are being accepted for the two donated pins. At both the WomenCount and Emily's List events Hillary was her usual warm, powerful self. The rest of us were a mess. Can't wait to see our girl tonight! Check out the photo of Chelsea and Hillary at WomenCount already on the Blog. More when we steal the time. Xx Olivia Anne
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Jeff Harney got his credentials!

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Micah Spicer helps out the Press

Kentucky's youngest delegate, Hillary's man, is interviewed by NPR
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