Response to MoveOn email everyone received.

MoveOn's email deserves a response.

MoveOn: "Yesterday was John McCain's 72nd birthday. If elected, he'd be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.

AlanW: Ok. So Palin is one heartbeat away from the Presidency. She has time to learn.
Obama will be zero heartbeats away from the Presidency. Obama will have on the job training.

MO: Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.
AW: The reference given for this claim is a NARAL opinion, no actual evidence of the rape/incest claim exists in the reference. The claim may or may not be correct, but the reference is a faux reference.

MO: She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000.
AW: Right wing, yes, extremist, no. I don't care for Buchanan's positions either, but he's not extremist. And so what if Palin supported Buchanan? BO supported left-wing extremist John Kerry for President.

MO: Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.
AW: I am not for teaching creationism in public schools either, but teachers should be able to mention intelligent design as an option. At any rate, the VP does not set education policy, so her belief is irrelevant.

MO: She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change.
AW: Neither do I. What a silly concept! ("It's the sun," I shout!, but the greenies have their fingers in their ears going la! la! la! la!")

MO: 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. 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.
AW: I agree with her 100%. And renewables won't be ready for years. Also, Palin took on Big Oil in Alaska and made them pay up. She then redistrituted $1200 to each qualified Alaskan. Have the Democrats come close to doing anything like that?

MO: 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.
AW: So what? I think MoveOn is just upset that they can't find any mud to sling, so now they complain about how McCain chose Palin rather than complain about anything substantive.