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I watched Gov. Palin (R-Alaska) speak on CNN last night.  I can honestly say, there’s been only two people in United States politics that have enraged me more than Palin: The Presidency of George W. Bush (I liked him as Gov. of Texas) and Hillary Clinton (But this isn’t about my beef with Bush Jr. or H.R. Clinton).

Her speech last night shows that she can be a shrewd politician.  She has a great ability to distort the facts.  Like many sites (including MoveOn.org) have said, she could easily replace Rush Limbaugh or Ann Coulter (another vicious cunt).  The speech she made last night, confirmed to be written by a Bush administration speech-writer, failed to show her extremist views.  Talking with people around the Stephen F. Austin campus, nobody really seems to know just how far right-wing Gov. Palin really is.  McCain didn’t pick her because of her experience (of which she lacks).  He picked her because he wanted to please the extreme right base of the GOP.

Here are some topics that she didn’t mention last night.  You might want to know Gov. Palin a little better, of course with Associated Press articles and other back up…

• Palin doesn’t believe that humans contribute to global warming.  When speaking about climate change, she said, “I’m not one who would attibute it to being manmade…” (http://is.gd/2ehj)
• She claimed that the Iraq War is, “A task from God.” (http://is.gd/2ehE)  She also hasn’t been focused on the war. (http://is.gd/2ei1)
• Palin actively sought the support of the Alaska Independence Party [A group of Alaskans that wish to secede from the United States.] (http://is.gd/2bPq)
• She opposes comprehensive sex-education in public schools.  She believes that ONLY abstinence should be taught (something her daughter obviously ignored…)   She is also very anti-choice. [http://is.gd/2bPq]
• Palin tried to ban books from the library as Mayor. (http://is.gd/28GX)
• She has extremely close ties with Big Oil.  BP even sponsored her inagural ball. (http://tinyurl.com/5sxcuj)
• She supported the “Bridge to Nowhere” saying, “Alaska should take advantage of earmarks, while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.” (http://tinyurl.com/5sxcuj)

I’ll admit, she did a great job participating in Karl Rove style political attacks.  But she’ll have to face the facts: “Americans don’t really want another far-right, anti-science ideologue in the White House” (Nita Chaudhary 2008)

I could go on all night, the reasons just stack up.

-Antwan L.
antwan@antwanpayne.com

(Post edited on 8 September 2008 to protect sensitivity)