Palin on “Troopergate” and Abortion

We’re not even eight hours into the era of the McCain – Palin ticket, but I am quickly becoming more and more convinced that John McCain had previously decided upon T-Paw or Romney but hit the panic button and selected Sarah Palin after Obama’s Mile High Stadium speech without full vetting. Two items have already jumped to the front page. The first, of course, is what is quickly being dubbed with the overdrawn nickname of “troopergate.” During our radio show today, I was told by a good friend that “if this is the best they can find…” but it seems the best may indeed have some legs. We live in the Internet Age, and it’s amazing that McCain’s team didn’t realize that the news reports from Channel 11 in Anchorage would be available on this story. Apparently, in a period of only a few weeks, Governor Palin completely reversed herself on her story about the firing of her brother-in-law.

This might not fit well in the whole “straight talk express” line. But what is more interesting may be Palin’s stance on abortion. While still a divisive issue in the country, poll after poll has shown that voters are only willing to go just so far in support of pro-life movements. Palin has apparently shown herself to be just about as far out on the far right fringe as one could be on this issue, going so far as to say that abortion should be banned even in the cases of rape or incest.

Keenan is upset because Palin also opposes abortions in very rare cases of rape or incest and she complained that “Palin is also a member of the anti-choice group Feminists for Life.”

No matter how conservative you are, you don’t win elections these days on that kind of platform. No word yet on whether or not Palin supports letting a mother die in an effort to save a four-month gestation fetus, but then we’ve only had six hours to dig. The point is, it just doesn’t sell in large portions of the country, particularly with women who can empathize with their sisters who may have been placed in such a horrific condition. I don’t know if we’ll ever know the truth on this one, but I am becoming more and more convinced that this was a panic move on McCain’s part and Governor Palin was simply not fully-vetted before being thrust on the ticket.

I’m still no fan of Barack Obama, but he may be the luckiest man on the face of the planet today.