I was really impressed a while ago, when the community on here came together to put forth an email to fight viral smears against Obama, with a viral email of its own.
I think it's time to come together again, to hash out a FACTUAL NON-PERSONAL viral email on John McCain's decision-making in his VP pick. I've drafted something below, and am open to comment before posting a final.
Remember, the key to a viral email is just to give the simple basics, with links to backup. It is not a college thesis, and people barely read anything more than headlines. So, for that reason, this is really boiled down stuff, with links for those who want to learn more.
Take a look and let me know if there's something else you think needs to be added or subtracted. I guess, maybe by the end of the day? And I'll post a final tomorrow?
SUBJECT: How Much Do You Know About Sarah Palin? More Than John McCain.
BODY:
In what is the first presidential test of any candidate, John McCain recklessly gambled with America’s future, and fumbled.
News reports have found that McCain made an impulse decision, and selected Alaska’s Sarah Palin as his running mate without even properly vetting her. In fact, McCain only met Palin once, and talked to her on the phone for a few minutes, before selecting her. [1]
This led TIME Magazine’s Joe Klein to observe, "The Palin pick reflects the most dangerous tendencies in McCain's foreign policy--the tendency to react, to overreact, to crises, without thinking it through. It also reflects a defiant, adolescent "screw you" attitude toward governance." [2]
So what did John McCain possibly not know (or not care) about Sarah Palin, before he decided she should be one heartbeat away from being leader of the free world?
SARAH PALIN WAS A MEMBER OF A PARTY THAT WANTS ALASKA TO SPLIT FROM AMERICA, THAT HAS BEEN DESCRIBED AS "A FRINGE GROUP ADVOCATING THAT THE 49TH STATE DECLARE ITSELF A SOVEREIGN NATION," AND WHOSE CHAIRMAN SAID, "I’M AN ALASKAN NOT AN AMERICAN. I’VE GOT NO USE FOR AMERICA OR HER DAMNED INSTITUTIONS." [3][4][5][6]
SARAH PALIN HAS SHOWN A PATTERN OF RASH FIRINGS FOR PERSONAL, NOT PERFORMANCE-BASED, REASONS. SHE IS UNDER STATE INVESTIGATION FOR ABUSE OF POWER, AND FACED A RECALL EFFORT, AS A RESULT. SHE ALSO FIRED A LONG-TIME FRIEND, APPARENTLY FOR DATING A SEPARATED WIFE OF HER HUSBAND’S FRIEND. [7][8][9]
SARAH PALIN DIDN’T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THE WAR IN IRAQ TO ANSWER A QUESTION ABOUT IT, AND ADMITS SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE VICE PRESIDENT DOES. [10][11]
SARAH PALIN DID NOT TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT HER SUPPORT FOR THE ‘BRIDGE TO NOWHERE’ PORK PROJECT IN HER FIRST SPEECH TO AMERICA, AND HAS BEEN A CHAMPION OF FEDERAL PORK SPENDING. PALIN EVEN HIRED A LOBBYIST AS PART-TIME MAYOR OF WASILLA, TO GRAB AMERICAN’S TAX DOLLARS FOR HER SMALL TOWN. [12][13]
DESPITE ALL THE PORK, AS PART-TIME MAYOR OF A TINY TOWN, SARAH PALIN’S FISCAL BUMBLING LED TO A $20 MILLION DOLLAR DEBT, EQUAL TO $3000 PER RESIDENT. [14]
ON A RADIO PROGRAM, PALIN LAUGHED AS THE HOST MOCKED A CANCER SURVIVOR AS A ‘CANCER’ ON THE STATE AND A ‘BITCH.’ [15]
Is this the kind of person that you would put one heartbeat away from being leader of the free world? If not, you’re not alone. The two major papers in her state expressed shock that John McCain would even consider her, and called her ‘unqualified.’ [16][17]
If this is the kind of judgment John McCain has shown in his first presidential decision, can he really be trusted to make wise, not gambling and impulsive, decisions if elected?
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