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September 03, 2008

McCain & Palin share one trait - they're both vindictive

Sarah Palin apparently has a history of firing those who don't do what she wants that extends back to her first days as Mayor of tiny Wasilla.

Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Ms. Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through and it was unclear which books or passages were in question.

Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Ms. Palin’s first year in office, said Ms. Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at one meeting. “They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her,” Ms. Kilkenny said.

The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to “resist all efforts at censorship,” Ms. Kilkenny recalled. Ms. Palin fired Ms. Emmons shortly after taking office but changed course after residents made a strong show of support.

McCain's vindictive streak is much better known. Most recently CNN was at the receiving end of it. Why?

The McCain campaign was pressed by CNN to answer a simple question: Can you name one example of when Sarah Palin has used her executive powers to command or direct Alaska's National Guard? Just one. To punish CNN for having the gall to ask that question -- and ask it again because they didn't get an answer the first time -- McCain decided he won't do an interview with CNN's Larry King. (The campaign never answered the question.)

Meanwhile, according to SSI statistics a man McCain's age is 10 times more likely to die before the end of this upcoming Presidential term than a man Obamas age is.

Do we really want to entrust the might of America's nuclear arsenal, not to mention our economy and civil rights, to an unqualified, poorly vetted, vindictive person waiting behind an even more vindictive 72 year old heartbeat?

(Update: More examples of McCain's vindictiveness)

Posted by Kevin at September 3, 2008 12:11 PM