{"id":1413,"date":"2008-08-29T10:06:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-29T10:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/08\/thinking-about-governor-palin-and-those-whom-this-decision-target\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:12:52","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:12:52","slug":"thinking-about-governor-palin-and-those-whom-this-decision-target","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/08\/thinking-about-governor-palin-and-those-whom-this-decision-target.html","title":{"rendered":"Thinking about Governor Palin and Those Whom this Decision Target"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Writing at ten twenty in the morning on Friday it appears the McCain campaign has successfully created a fog of uncertainty around the imminent announcement of the senator\u2019s running mate. It seems false rumors have been floated and then denied within hours for most of the day.<\/p>\n

But the name that is increasingly being touted is that of the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n

Whatever else may be true if this turns out to be the senator\u2019s selection it is a bald attempt to recruit disaffected supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n

For those who might find themselves tempted please recall the governor is a strong social conservative, fiercely opposed to abortion rights and in favor of defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

If these are your issues, fine.<\/p>\n

You\u2019re supporting a third Bush term\u2026<\/p>\n

And all that means\u2026<\/p>\n

But if you are longing for Hillary redux and vote for a McCain\/Palin ticket, and Mr McCain becomes President McCain, when the next president nominates the next supreme court justice, you will not be happy\u2026<\/p>\n

You will be supporting that third Bush term\u2026<\/p>\n

And all that means\u2026<\/p>\n

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