Greater Blogtopia and all the media outlets have now had a chance to ruminate on the McCain-Palin ticket, and really it doesn’t sound like many people have a lot good to say about Gov. Palin. Ok, she has some supporters.
A lot of us are left scratching our heads (here’s Joe Gandelman on Why Palin), and a lot of people think her selection was a full-on error of judgment. Here’s Bloomberg, Sydney Morning Herald, the paper people are reading in Minneapolis-St. Paul (you remember, where they’re having the Republican convention this week with or without the President and Vice President), the Guardian‘s round-up of American politicians, some opinion from Alaska (you know, the home state where she’s a well-loved if brief-tenured governor), someone who had until Friday been a McCain supporter, and opinions as varied as the World Socialists and the Associated Press (yeah I guess I’m not boycotting them, but I’m sure as **** not paying them either!)
Some choice reading on the matter: What Republicans Really Think of Women; McCain-Palin Dream Ticket; and 45 potential political problems that have turned up for Gov. Palin in the first 35 hours of her being a candidate. Ok, right now it’s up to 51, which is pretty close to one per hour. I am very impressed! Fascinating reading. Did you know that in addition to being vehemently Pro-“Life”, she’s against all forms of birth control and for the now completely discredited abstinence only sex-ed? And that doesn’t even get into her stances on the environment and workplace safety, nor her little Abramoff problem (what, you didn’t think his stench had left the party, did you?)
In closing: Business Week disagrees with me about leaving the summary off a resume, so let me revise my stance — only put in a summary if you have room and can write a convincing summary that makes it sound like I need to have you on my payroll for at least the next 5 years; Minyanland seems to be an economy game for kids; GameTracker; on the possibility of Financial Armageddon; a comic with too much truth in it; and at least locally, J-1 visa-holders are just as bad off as their H-1b brethren. Think we can’t outsource medical care? Think again.