Posted by
Gray Ghost on Friday, August 29, 2008 12:51:23 PM
In a very surprising move, Senator John McCain has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate. Heads must be "exploding" over at the Democrat Party Headquarters; and Barak Obama must be literally crying his eyes out. McCain has selected one of the most "Conservative" Republican governors in the USA. A governor who has made ethics an unwritten cornerstone of her administration. What has Obama got? Joe Biden (a Washington DC insider and "old white guy") who was originally elected in 1973 to the US Senate. (In 1973, I was graduating from Mississippi State University; and I have now had a 35 year career in engineering.)
Take a look at some of Governor Palin's accomplishments:
1. A successful push for an ethics bill in Alaska,
2. The shelving of pork-barrel projects supported by fellow Republicans in Alaska,
3. The "killing" of the "Bridge to Nowhere" project in Alaska that had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful spending,
4. Approval rating by the citizens of Alaska of over 80%.
Governor Sarah Palin is pro-life and a supporter of capital punishment. She opposes same-sex marriage. These items should make Conservatives very happy.
But what makes this choice by McCain so fascinating is what the election of a McCain/Palin ticket could set up. If McCain only serves one term (as he has discussed), then Ms. Palin would be poised to become the first woman president of the USA in 2012. (This would also tend to delegate a run by Hillary Clinton in 2012 for president to the "dust heap" of history.)