**25 Reasons to say NO to Sarah Palin**

1. A poor record: Her only political experience has been a few years as mayor of a small town in Alaska and less than two years as governor of that state. Her record wasn’t so great: the small town she left behind is now in financial ruin.



2. She knows nothing about the Iraq war: Nothing. Even though her son has enlisted, she admits to having no clear opinions about the war, says she hasn't given much thought to it.



3. She is a racist and a sexist who is no champion for women: When Palin heard that Barack Obama had won the Democratic nomination, she remarked, "So Sambo beat the Bitch."



4. Palin has been accused of abusing her power as Alaska governor: She tried to use her power as governor to get her ex-brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. An investigation is underway.



5. As mayor of Wasilla, Palin abused her power: She wanted the city librarian to remove books Palin didn't like, and when the librarian refused, Palin fired her. Many citizens of the town fought Palin on this abuse of power, and Palin withdrew the termination of the librarian. To this day, those people are on Palin's "enemy list."



6. To be blunt, she's stupid: She attributes the authorship of the Pledge of Allegiance to the founding fathers and says "If it was good enough for the founding fathers, it's good enough for me." Only problem is, the Pledge wasn't authored until the 1892, and the "one nation under God" clause was only added in the 1950s. Not too saavy, for someone with a journalism degree--a B.A. degree that she only obtained after attending five schools in six years.



7. She has no experience with national politics: Historians believe her to be “the most inexperienced person on a major party ticket in modern history.”



8. She was for the "bridge to nowhere" before she was against it: If McCain's promise to out the porkbarrel spenders holds true, he'll have to name Sarah Palin as a supporter of the earmarks he loathes.



9. Palin is not the small-government advocate she pretends to be: During her mayoral administration, she oversaw the most expansive growth of city government in Wasilla's history.



10. She has no foreign policy experience: None.



11. She doesn’t believe in man-made global warming: Maybe that’s why she supports drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge?



12. Anti-birth control nutcase: Not only does Palin oppose abortion in all cases, she also opposes the use of birth control in all cases. That includes married couples that want to use condoms or the pill. She also opposes abortion, even in cases of rape or incest. She has said that, even if her own daughter were pregnant as a result of rape, she would not allow her to have an abortion.
    
    
13. Politicizing non-political jobs: When she was mayor of small town in Alaska, Palin abused her authority by firing city employees that did not fully support her reelection campaign.



14. VEEP, huh? She has no clue about the role of the Vice President.



15. Obvious attempt to lure Clinton supporters: It is quite clear she was chosen just because of her gender (most Republicans have never even heard of her), and she’s being used as a trick by the McCain campaign to gain some of Hillary Clinton’s supporters.



16. Anti-gay-equality: Not only does she think the government should be telling people who they can and cannot marry, she also thinks that same sex couples should be denied benefits given to straight couples.



17. Personal scandals: Extramarital affair with her husband's ex business partner. And the fishy circumstances surrounding the birth of son Trig.



18. Palin supports abstinence-only education: Her unwed teen daughter Bristol's pregnancy (sperminated by a high-school drop-out) demonstrates that this archaic form of sex education is a failure.



19. Palin is a member of a kooky speaking-in-tongues church: Palin's pastor claims that 50% of his congregation speaks in tongues. Palin's congregation sees the state as the prophetic last refuge for citizens of the lower 48 states. She thinks that the Alaskan pipeline is "God's will."



20. Palin supported Alaskan secession from the United States: She and her husband Todd were members of the Alaskan Independence Party, the chief goal of which is to secure Alaskans a vote on seceding from the United States.



21. She is a creationist: She wants “creation science” to be taught in public schools.



22. She has messed up views on wildlife protection: Environmentalists are appalled by her support of a $150-per-wolf bounty program. She’s also supported the use of government money to educate people about how great it is to shoot bears and wolves, and she doesn’t want the polar bear to make it onto the endangered species list.
    


23. After her speech at the Republican convention, Palin went into hiding and is refusing interviews: Wonder why McCain won't let Caribou Barbie talk to the media outside of the highly scripted, sanitized convention environment?



24. Palin is a tool in the GOP's "culture war" tactic of desperation: Because Republicans can't win on the war, health care, or the economy, their only tactic is to reignite anti-intellectual culture wars, with Palin front and center. "The emotions involved -- especially among the Christianist base who have immediately bonded on purely religious and cultural terms with Palin -- are epic."



25. Even her own mother-in-law is leaning toward voting for Obama: The people who know her best seem most hesitant to vote for her. There's this very candid letter from a Wasilla acquaintance, who says that what stands out most about Sarah is her "predatory ruthlessness." And Faye Palin, Todd's mother and Sarah's mother-in-law, says that Palin brings nothing to the ticket but her gender and her conservatism.