Desperation, we tell you. We so love getting those insider emails from those clowns.

Since they’re bound to pop up a million times from here on until November, MorOns don’t have a track record of independent thought after all, we thought that we might as well share them with you, along with the ridiculously easy rebuttals:

(Late addition: The MorOn.org email is titled “McCain’s dangerous choice.” Yes, it’s dangerous alright. But not to anybody but you.)

She was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage.

She was chief executive of that small town for 8 years, having the buck stop at her desk all that time. She was furthermore chief executive of the largest state in the Union for 2 years.

The combined executive experience of the Obama bin Biden ticket, running for the office of chief executive of the United States?

None. None whatsoever.

How many National Guardsmen do Biden and Obambi command?

She has no foreign policy experience.

Other than being the chief executive of the only state in the Union to border two different countries, one of which we might find ourselves at war with in the future. Russia is also pretty bad. OK, that was a joke. In her time as chief executive of Alaska, she negotiated a pipeline deal with Canada.

How many deals with foreign countries did Obambi negotiate? No, handing out free beer, food and rock music to Germans doesn’t count.

Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.

She’s not running for the Senate, House or Supreme Court, meaning that she’ll have absolutely no influence on legislation or the interpretation of laws. Somebody needs to study up on civics here, particularly the subject of “branches of government.”

Consider this: I know a great deal of intelligent, wonderful and remarkably competent people, many of them readers of this site, who are very staunchly pro-choice. I am not. Yet, in spite of this, based on my actual knowledge of how government works and my knowledge of their qualifications and intelligence, I would have absolutely no problem with seeing them on a national ticket. As a matter of fact, I’d support them.

On the other hand, Obambi is strongly anti-life, supporting even the murder of live-born infants by leaving them to die of neglect in soiled hospital utility rooms.

She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.

Except she didn’t:

Wexler’s case is based on a 1999 AP article, which described her as “sporting a Buchanan button” at a Buchanan visit to the town of which she was mayor.

She promptly responded to the story in a letter to the editor, saying that “the article may have left your readers with the perception that I am endorsing this candidate, as opposed to welcoming his visit to Wasilla. As mayor, I will welcome all the candidates in Wasilla.”

Add to that that she wasn’t being launched into political life by, nor did she work for an unrepentant actual terrorist, nor did she openly ask for the endorsement of communists, associate herself for 20 years with a racist preacher or got a sweetheart deal on her house through a mobster currently undergoing trial, and we can’t help but wonder if MorOn.org really want to go there.

Also, 1999 is quite a while ago, before Buchanan went batshit crazy. And I say this as somebody who hates Reichsführer Patsy with a purple passion.

Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.

Except she doesn’t:

In an interview Thursday, Palin said she meant only to say that discussion of alternative views should be allowed to arise in Alaska classrooms:

“I don’t think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”

She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state’s required curriculum.

Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature.

“I won’t have religion as a litmus test, or anybody’s personal opinion on evolution or creationism,” Palin said.

Yep, that’s one devoted, zealous Christofascist, right there.

Next?

She’s doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change.

Nor do a growing number of scientists (or anybody else on the planet with a functional brain). The only ones still uncritically holding on to the Gospel of The Gorebecile is a joke of a human being who managed to flunk out of seminary, as well as his equally moronic followers.

This is a minus for her? Really?

She’s solidly in line with John McCain’s “Big Oil first” energy policy. She’s pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won’t be ready for years.

Which they won’t. Unlike fossil fuels that we know how to extract, refine and transport and have an entire infrastructure based on the consumption of, viable renewables haven’t even been invented yet, much less made suitable for mass consumption/replacement of existing sources.

Liberal energy policy is like the people of yore banning horse buggies and shutting down the manufacture of them because “one day we’ll have horseless carriages and no longer need to have horses shitting in the street. Until then, walk and pray for a miracle.”

She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.

Which it would. As a matter of fact, that’s the whole reason behind the push to put polar bears on the endangered species list. They are neither “endangered”, nor threatened by energy developments in Alaska. On the other hand, the budgets of working Americans are endangered and very much threatened by the LACK of energy developments in Alaska and elsewhere.

70% of the American people (and growing) agree with this. You probably shouldn’t talk about it too much, if you know what’s good for you.

How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.

How closely McCain vetted his choice is his business and nobody else’s. If, indeed, he utterly failed to vet her, leaving several closets full of embarrassing skeletons ready to hit his campaign between now and November, you should be deliriously happy now.

Clearly you’re not, based on the ridiculous nature of the only talking points you’ve been able to come up with.

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