Thoughts, Raves & Outright Beatings

Ms. Palin has apparently, er, QUITE the history running our lone state in the great white North. Check this:

What is McCain Thinking? One Alaskan’s Perspective. « Mudflats

If she gets ANYWHERE near the top office, VP or no, with her insistence that she is “used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here…” then we would be worse off than just with McCain in the office.

As for me, it’s still Obama or Barr. I’m still trying to choose, ‘tho Barr’s anti-choice stance is pushing me to Obama, despite the latter’s Socialist tendencies.

Update: I don’t feel like creating a new blog entry on this topic, so I’ll just edit this one.

One of my favorite peeps of Twitter, QueenofSpain, has weighed in on the Sarah Palin VP choice. I really adore Erin, although I disagree with her on a lot of things. I think, however, her visit to the DNC has gotten partisan dander up a little too high.

Why should it matter which party this (now apparent) douchebag from Alaska came from?

Personally, I don’t think it should matter WHICH party someone chosen to possibly lead (or co-lead) the country comes from. The person could come from the “All Green Animals are King” party, for all I care. Just so long as the individual(s) chosen were selected based on experience, fairness, and political propriety. Ms. Palin, as it has become rather clear, was NOT chosen based on those principles, but ones based on political pandering and trophyism.

That’s right. John McCain’s got a working trophy wife! Cindy’s getting on in years. Time to get a younger model. All hail the third possible Mrs. John McCain!

Oh, and speaking of all hail, King George’s goons are doing clean sweeps of Minneapolis/St. Paul prior to his arrival. If you don’t think we’re living we’re living in a police state now, you will after seeing this video.

Yes, there were arrests of protesters in Denver (one report from ABC news got beaten down by cops for taking a picture OFFsite!).

Yes, there are stupid ass goons everywhere. But when tactics are used to silent whole groups of people who disagree with our government on basic tenets during what is, perhaps, the most important and historic election in 140 years, it goes beyond goonery and into out and out fascism. I don’t recall this happening in Denver, as all the arrests were, at least, made during the DNC, and were documented. I doubt such coverage of personal and profesesional harrassment will be allowed next week, not if Bush and his goons get their way, anyway.

So, a warning to the BlogHer peeps and other left/moderate/not-right oriented bloggers covering the RNC this upcoming week: if you thought the Secret Service guys were bad in Denver, they’re going to be MUCH worse in Minn./St. Paul.

Not hatin’. Just sayin’. Stay strong, my blogging brothers and sisters.