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If you like the job George Bush has done as president, then you must vote for Sarah Palin.  This from the Sunday Times paints Palin as intellectually incurious and as ignorant as George Bush.

At least when Bush appointed a sycophant to a high level position, the person, arguably, had the specialized education and experience to appear qualified.  Palin hires grade school friends with no minimum level of education.  Ah-h-h-h, but she likes cows.

So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as a qualification for running the roughly $2 million agency.

I do not know what the requirements, if any, are in Alaska to be a “real estate agent” but I do know in the state of Maryland, it was the successful completion of one 3-credit college course and passing a state exam.

After eight years of Bush-Cheney, a Palin Vice Presidency would make us all believe that Dick was still there.

Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records.

Rick Steiner, a University of Alaska professor, sought the e-mail messages of state scientists who had examined the effect of global warming on polar bears. (Ms. Palin said the scientists had found no ill effects, and she has sued the federal government to block the listing of the bears as endangered.) An administration official told Mr. Steiner that his request would cost $468,784 to process.

When Mr. Steiner finally obtained the e-mail messages — through a federal records request — he discovered that state scientists had in fact agreed that the bears were in danger, records show.

“Their secrecy is off the charts,” Mr. Steiner said.

And we thought Dick was using secrecy well.

And do these statements sound familiar?

1. Through a campaign spokesman, Mr. Palin said he “did not recall” referring to Mr. Bitney in the conversation.

2. Mr. Stoll did not recall that conversation, although he said he supported Ms. Palin’s campaign and was pleased when she fired Mr. Cooper.

3. Mr. Deuser was soon replaced by Ken Jacobus, then the State Republican Party’s general counsel.

“Professionals were either forced out or fired,” Mr. Deuser said.

And

4. But a new pattern became clear. She surrounded herself with people she has known since grade school and members of her church.

Still more

5. Ms. Palin chose Talis Colberg, a borough assemblyman from the Matanuska valley, as her attorney general, provoking a bewildered question from the legal community: “Who?” Mr. Colberg, who did not return calls, moved from a one-room building in the valley to one of the most powerful offices in the state, supervising some 500 people.

Very similar to Bush, Palin seems to rely on her ‘gut instincts.’  We can only pray that she is still the Governor of Alaska next February.

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