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Sarah Palin’s biography and thin resume.      By: Patriot John

It appears Republicans are getting rather testy over all of the attention Sarah Palin is receiving over her lack of experience, her hypocritical policy positions, and John McCain’s reckless decision to nominate her to be a heart-beat away from the role of Commander-in-Chief. In all fairness, I have to agree.

Rather than quibble over Sarah Palin’s lobbying for $27 million in pork barrel funding for tiny Wasilla, shouldn’t we stay focused on the $10 billion we spend in Iraq every month?

Rather than focusing on how Sarah Palin misused her office to try and fire her ex-brother-in-law, shouldn’t we keep the light on the politicizing of the U.S. Justice Department?

Rather than questioning Sarah Palin’s foreign policy knowledge and credentials, shouldn’t we examine how America got into an international briar patch with no support from our allies?

Rather than making an issue of all the money the oil and gas industry has put into Sarah Palin’s various statewide campaigns, shouldn’t we be focusing our attention on solving our oil addiction so the oil companies don’t drain our bank accounts?

Rather than debating the merits of Sarah Palin’s support for teaching Creationism in our classrooms, shouldn’t we be debating how we have lost our lead in science and math education?

Rather than dwell on Sarah Palin’s pregnant teenage daughter, shouldn’t we ask why are teen pregnancies on the rise in the United States and why abstinence only education doesn’t work?

Rather than arguing over whether Sarah Palin supported the Bridge to Nowhere before she opposed it, shouldn’t we be addressing the collapse of our infrastructure through neglect and mismanagement?

Rather than focus on the incidents pertaining to Wasilla residents’ attempted recall of Sarah Palin, shouldn’t we be more concerned about the erosion of our constitutional rights over the past eight years?

Rather than worry over whether “being next door to Russia” makes Sarah Palin experienced in foreign policy, shouldn’t this campaign be focused on how John McCain led the charge to go into Iraq and how and he jokes about bombing and killing Iranians?

Rather than questioning why Sarah Palin hired Jack Abramoff’s lobbying firm while she was mayor of a town of 5,700, shouldn’t we be asking about the 160 registered lobbyists who are working on John McCain’s campaign?

Rather than whining about the McCain campaign stalling the ethics investigation of Sarah Palin, shouldn’t we center our attention on the ethics violations in Washington?

Rather than grilling Sarah Palin over her connections to indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens’ and her directorship of his 527 group, shouldn’t we be asking about all of the special interest money in Washington and how it has compromised decision making in the Republican administration?

Rather than worrying about Sarah Palin’s work experience, shouldn’t we be more concerned about the 2.3 million jobs that have been shipped overseas in the past eight years?

Rather than gossiping about whether Sarah Palin hid her daughter’s pregnancy, shouldn’t we be talking about the 47 million Americans who have no health insurance?

Rather than grousing about the $380 million in pork spending that Alaska received last year ($100M more than the next, nearest state), shouldn’t we concentrate on the trillion dollar debt built up by the Republican administration through a war that wasn’t justified and a tax code that stuffs the pockets of the wealthy while middle class families have seen their income actually fall?

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