>>>>Some will reflexively say this is just a partisan post. But I don't see how anyone can read this article with any degree of open mindedness and not be troubled about the prospect of this person becoming President of the U.S.
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>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?scp=13&sq=sarah%20palin&st=cse
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>>>"pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and blurred the line between government and personal grievance"
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>>>Wow. That would be a first in American politics - especially in the office of the President or VP.
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>>>Are you new here?
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>>I think it's a little worse than that. The more information that trickles out about her from the wall the McCain campaign has tried to build around her, the more she sounds like she still operates by the rules of junior high school. One of the things I found concerning about her is she seems to have had a habit of stonewalling and almost paranoid secrecy long before she was chosen by McCain. They didn't have to give her any lessons on acting like she is answerable to no one.
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>>She and her husband making decisions about budget cuts while refusing to talk to elected officials? Are you kidding me? Even Dick Cheney, the prince of darkness himself, wouldn't go there.
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>From Sept 13th by William Yardley:
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>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14todd.html

This is exactly the kind of stuff that concerns me. As do he number of high school classmates she put on the Alaska payroll at salaries much higher than they were making in the private sector. As Charles says, everyone brings in their own people, but they are supposed to be at least marginally qualified and not mainly social acquaintances.

BTW, I saw a funny line about the election, from David Letterman. "So we may have a vice president who likes to hunt. I mean, what could go wrong there?" LOL