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The Palin Pick: Surreal and Scary
September 2, 2008 12:15 AM

Well, we now have the biggest gamble by a presidential candidate in probably 100 years: McCain picks Palin from Alaska to be his running mate. Less than two years ago she was only a mayor of a small town of 7,000 in our 49th state, and next year she could be President Palin -- an incredibly scary thought and and incredibly irresponsible pick by McCain.

Just check out this clip of McCain's campaign surrogate trying to come up with some example, any example, of her foreign policy experience. Beware - it's painful:

It goes on from there, with Palin herself weighing in on her thoughts on Iraq:

Alaska Business Monthly: We've lost a lot of Alaska's military members to the war in Iraq. How do you feel about sending more troops into battle, as President Bush is suggesting?

Palin: I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe. Every life lost is such a tragedy. I am very, very proud of the troops we have in Alaska, those fighting overseas for our freedoms, and the families here who are making so many sacrifices.

It goes on and on and on...Incredibly surreal. And incredibly irresponsible by McCain. Will Americans see it this way?


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