Troopergate & General Cronyism

While we try to keep things positive here (see Mad's entry entitled "What do you want in the next President?"), part of our mission is to make people, particularly women voters, aware of why Palin is a bad choice for American women and families.

Troopergate is just another example. Read CNN and MSN's articles about how "Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin won't comply with subpoenas issued by state lawmakers investigating the firing of Alaska's former public safety commissioner, since Palin "has declined to participate" in the probe, her attorney general says." This after she "pledged to cooperate with the state Legislature's investigation into the July firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan."

I certainly hope this investigation isn't stalled until after the election as suggested by some Republicans. That would not be fair to America.

Also, the cover of Sunday's NYTimes had an excellent piece on how "Palin has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and blurred the line between government and personal grievance."

Lastly, this op-ed piece talks about why experience is important, citing how "she has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness." Scary. Absolutely scary.