EDITOR’S NOTE – THE STATE CRA HAS ENDORSED JOHN MCCAIN – THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT. WE TOLERATE DISSENT AS SOME IN THE CRA REFUSE TO ACCEPT SOME GOP NOMINEES FOR OFFICE. HOWEVER, THE BELOW POST IS BY A MEMBER OF THE PLACER CRA AND IS NOT AN ENDORSEMENT OF BOB BARR OR ANY OTHER MARGINAL CANDIDATE BY THE PLACER CRA.

THE BY-LAWS OF THE CRA ARE CLEAR ON THIS ISSUE.

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“Democrats may be blasting Sarah Palin as a doctrinaire conservative, and Republicans may be embracing her for the same reason, but her husband and oldest son are independents.

Todd Palin, husband of the Alaska governor, hasn’t been affiliated with a party since he first registered to vote while he was in his early 20s, in 1989 — the year after he married Sarah Palin. And Track Palin, their 19-year-old son, registered as undeclared when he became eligible to vote last year.

Track Palin has yet to vote, according to the Division of Elections, while Bristol Palin, his 17-year-old sister, is not yet eligible to vote.”

So, I guess you “conservatives” now supporting the McCain ticket have got to ask yourselves, did McCain really do a good job in his background checking.

Sure, Gov. Palin is a plain speaking, hard nosed, Governor, but does being a “hockey mom” and having 5 kids really make you a good leader? Will taking on your kids PTA members going to qualify you to sit with the heads of state in North Korea, Russia and China? Condie Rice was basically laughed out of Europe as her role as Secretary of State and she’s a force to rekon with. What happens when Gov. Palin’s youngest kid gets sick in the middle of a major crisis, is she going to file for parental leave? Or will her union card carrying, oil drilling operator husband play nanny for the next 4-8 years? And what’s with the names of those kids, they sound more like the names of Jerry Brown’s kids than a “good family woman’s.”

All we hear from Sean Hannity and the other talking heads who read from the RNC talking points is that her experience is at the same level or better than Obamas. Does that really matter? Is that what they believe is going to get a solid Conservative voter to vote for McCain, a life long moderate who not only considered having a pro-abortion Governor on his ticket, but also a pro-abortion Democrat. McCain went so far (as I outlined in a previous post) as to change the GOP platform. He wanted to soften the party’s stand on border control and doesn’t want off shore drilling. Do you really believe Gov Palin will have any influence over stubborn McCain in trying to drill in ANWR?

We’ll see how well this plays out for McCain, but I would have rather seen a senior level statesperson with a solid conservative voting record fill out this ticket. But I don’t believe it would have convinced me to vote for McCain over Bob Barr, who does have a very good voting record on Second Amendment rights, illegal immigration, civil liberties and lower taxes.