Playing the Hillary Clinton card is certainly angering certain lawmakers.
Dem Congresswoman: McCain VP pick shows 'colossally bad judgment'
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) spoke by phone to NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday morning about Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Wasserman Schultz was a strong backer of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries and is known for her interest in women's issues. She told Mitchell, "If John McCain thinks that he can substitute Sarah Palin for Hillary Clinton in the minds of Hillary Clinton supporters he's sadly mistaken. I know Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton."
"She's been governor of Alaska for eighteen months, and before that she was the mayor of a town of 8,000 people," Wasserman Schultz continued. "She's already under investigation by her state's legislature. ... They voted to spend $100,000 on an investigation, because she is accused of firing a state commissioner who refused to fire her sister's husband. ... This is not the kind of change that we need."
Mitchell pointed out that there may have been "some family abuse" on the part of Palin's sister's husband and that "she might have been protecting a victim who needed help" in firing the commissioner.
Mitchell then asked, "What about the pull of gender politics? Will there be a ... large number of women -- independents, Republicans, people who you all wanted to bring into the Democratic tent -- in suburban towns and cities around this country, who will like the idea of a woman on the ticket?"
"Women in this country don't want a candidate on the ballot just because of the parts that she has," Wasserman Schultz replied. "They want a woman candidate running for president or vice president because they support equal work for equal pay, they support a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices, they support access to children's health care, they want to make sure that we improve the quality of public education. Sarah Palin is against all of those things. So it's not just electing a woman for the sake of getting a woman in there."
Mitchell then quoted from the official McCain campaign announcement, which calls Palin a "tough executive [who's] ready to be president ... has a record of delivering on change and reform [and] has challenged the insolence of the big oil companies while fighting for new energy sources."
"Sarah Palin is inexperienced, unethical and wrong on all the issues that Americans care about," Wasserman Schultz replied. "Do we have the confidence that if, God forbid, something happens to John McCain that Sarah Palin is going to know what to do and is going to have her hands on the tiller of American foreign policy? What makes her ready to be commander in chief? This is just an example of colossally bad judgment on the part of John McCain."
And this statement released from Senator Barbara Boxer:
As you may have heard, John McCain, the presumptive Republican
nominee for President, has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to
be his running mate. Below is a statement I made today about
Senator McCain's decision:
*****************
The Vice President is a heartbeat away from becoming President,
so to choose someone with not one hour's worth of experience on
national issues is a dangerous choice.
If John McCain thought that choosing Sarah Palin would attract
Hillary Clinton voters, he is badly mistaken.
The only similarity between her and Hillary Clinton is that they
are both women. On the issues, they could not be further apart.
Senator McCain had so many other options if he wanted to put a
woman on his ticket, such as Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison or
Senator Olympia Snowe -- they would have been an appropriate
choice compared to this dangerous choice.
In addition, Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska
state legislature which makes this more incomprehensible.
*****************
It's clear now more than ever that we can't afford to let John
McCain and the right-wing win this November.
Dem Congresswoman: McCain VP pick shows 'colossally bad judgment'
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) spoke by phone to NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Friday morning about Senator John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Wasserman Schultz was a strong backer of Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries and is known for her interest in women's issues. She told Mitchell, "If John McCain thinks that he can substitute Sarah Palin for Hillary Clinton in the minds of Hillary Clinton supporters he's sadly mistaken. I know Hillary Clinton, and Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton."
"She's been governor of Alaska for eighteen months, and before that she was the mayor of a town of 8,000 people," Wasserman Schultz continued. "She's already under investigation by her state's legislature. ... They voted to spend $100,000 on an investigation, because she is accused of firing a state commissioner who refused to fire her sister's husband. ... This is not the kind of change that we need."
Mitchell pointed out that there may have been "some family abuse" on the part of Palin's sister's husband and that "she might have been protecting a victim who needed help" in firing the commissioner.
Mitchell then asked, "What about the pull of gender politics? Will there be a ... large number of women -- independents, Republicans, people who you all wanted to bring into the Democratic tent -- in suburban towns and cities around this country, who will like the idea of a woman on the ticket?"
"Women in this country don't want a candidate on the ballot just because of the parts that she has," Wasserman Schultz replied. "They want a woman candidate running for president or vice president because they support equal work for equal pay, they support a woman's right to make her own reproductive choices, they support access to children's health care, they want to make sure that we improve the quality of public education. Sarah Palin is against all of those things. So it's not just electing a woman for the sake of getting a woman in there."
Mitchell then quoted from the official McCain campaign announcement, which calls Palin a "tough executive [who's] ready to be president ... has a record of delivering on change and reform [and] has challenged the insolence of the big oil companies while fighting for new energy sources."
"Sarah Palin is inexperienced, unethical and wrong on all the issues that Americans care about," Wasserman Schultz replied. "Do we have the confidence that if, God forbid, something happens to John McCain that Sarah Palin is going to know what to do and is going to have her hands on the tiller of American foreign policy? What makes her ready to be commander in chief? This is just an example of colossally bad judgment on the part of John McCain."
And this statement released from Senator Barbara Boxer:
As you may have heard, John McCain, the presumptive Republican
nominee for President, has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to
be his running mate. Below is a statement I made today about
Senator McCain's decision:
*****************
The Vice President is a heartbeat away from becoming President,
so to choose someone with not one hour's worth of experience on
national issues is a dangerous choice.
If John McCain thought that choosing Sarah Palin would attract
Hillary Clinton voters, he is badly mistaken.
The only similarity between her and Hillary Clinton is that they
are both women. On the issues, they could not be further apart.
Senator McCain had so many other options if he wanted to put a
woman on his ticket, such as Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison or
Senator Olympia Snowe -- they would have been an appropriate
choice compared to this dangerous choice.
In addition, Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska
state legislature which makes this more incomprehensible.
*****************
It's clear now more than ever that we can't afford to let John
McCain and the right-wing win this November.
Now how did the GOP react to McCain's pick? Bush said Palin was a "wonderful example." And there are others that think this is a joke:
amy @ milk breath and margaritas wrote: "SHE'S not experienced enough? That's laughable considering BO's nomination. I'd rather have a VP in learning mode than a president in learning mode."
Katie Walker wrote: "The liberal democrats are attacking Palin as inexperienced - How funny!"
Kathleen also found the the news to be funny, only she thought that the joke was on the Republicans: "I couldn't stop laughing this morning during the news. Palin? That's hilarious! (MCBush must think women are totally stupid)."
RW wrote: "Her résumé is laughable-- mayor of a tiny Anchorage suburb, governor of a basically unpopulated state with one huge hometown industry (OIL), a beauty-pageant runner-up who's kinda pretty."
Yeah Right wrote: "Funny because nobody ever heard of her and now she wants to be next in line after McCain dies. Ha!"
Mike S. seemed to find a strain of seriousness: "Is it just me or do all the Democratic 'this is a horrible choice by McCain' comments have an edge of panic to them?"
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