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September 02, 2008

"This Can't Be Happening"

Here's what some prominent Alaska Republicans thought of the Palin pick (Anchorage Daily News):

State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.
"She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?" [...]

The state Legislature is investigating whether Palin and her staff broke state law by pressuring the public safety department to fire a state trooper who was in a custody battle with her sister. [...]

State House Speaker John Harris, a Republican from Valdez, was astonished at the news. He didn't want to get into the issue of her qualifications.

"She's old enough," Harris said. "She's a U.S. citizen."

Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican political leader who has clashed with Palin in the past, was shocked when she heard the news Friday morning with her husband, Walt.

"I said to Walt, 'This can't be happening, because his advance team didn't come to Alaska to check her out," Phillips said.

Phillips has been active in the Ted Stevens re-election steering committee and remains in close touch with Sen. Lisa Murkowski and other party leaders, and she said nobody had heard anything about McCain's people doing research on his prospective running mate.

"We're not a very big state. People I talk to would have heard something."

It's not just that Palin isn't ready to lead the country. By picking her, McCain has shown — definitively — that he isn't ready either. These are not the actions of a serious grownup.

Posted by Jonathan at September 2, 2008 11:37 AM

Comments

This is very informative, and I have missed your blog a bunch. I hope you are doing well.

Posted by: Clay at September 2, 2008 03:51 PM

Thanks, Clay. And I am doing well. Feel great.

Posted by: Jonathan at September 2, 2008 09:28 PM