Did "Big Oil" pick Sarah Palin as the GOP's VP selection?

Question

With Big Oil's best friends George Bush and d**k Cheney about to leave office, did Exxon and the rest of the American oil cartel make another power play and force John McCain to pick Sarah Palin as his VP selection? Is it because she supports allowing the oil industry to drill anywhere they want, unlike Florida Gov. Jeb Bush who opposes offshore drilling? Does Big Oil need a friend to help them continue making record profits all while the American economy suffers due to the $4 per gallon that Big Oil is charging us for gasoline made right here in Texas?

Answer 1

All i have to say is....

OBAMA 08*

Answer 2

yes  I believe they did I have thought that all along  they so want to drill up there but it will not help us for a long long time  and with all the money we owe china  it may never help us here in america

Answer 3

Eh, do you think that Vlad Putin picked Biden?

Answer 4

Actually, McCain wanted to pick Joe Lieberman or another fiscal conservative as his V.P, and it was the Christian Right who put so much pressure on him to choose Sarah Palin, a social conservative.

Answer 5

No, the vetting Process for Sarah started in January. The fact is that oil (outside of wind, and solar) is the most efficient resource to convert to energy. We need to get off of oil but drilling more now does accomplish that goal.  

Answer 6

The economy is suffering because we are dependent on foreign oil.

We are dependent on foriegn oil because Liberal senators like Joe Biden have blocked drilling our own resources for over 20 years.

The problem is not just on the republican side... we need to clean house on both sides and get rid of these politicians that have been in office forever and do nothing.

McCain/Palin are the only two candidates with realistics solutions to the problem you are mentioning above.  And the only two talking about cleaning house!

Answer 7

Read my lipstick. It's better to do something than NOTHING like your DO NOTHING DEMOCRATIC congress.

Proud Redneck

Answer 8

no more than the dems put Obama where he is , a bought and paid for candidate! and another thing alaska, due to doubters out there was stated on the news by oil experts that alaska is sitting on the largest oil next to colorado , it has enough oil to supply this nation for 200 years, not counting what lies under colorado. we need the oil and i say either stop driving cars or drill for the oil, unless we want to keep paying what we are now. america is not the only country that pays high prices, in canada it about 6.00 plus a gallon and in england its over 8.00 a gallon, so we are not the only ones that are hurting, yet everyone blames bush, get over it> because that just isnt the facts!

Answer 9

You are falling into the trap of "drive-by" media.  This whole thing came out of the fact that Palin served as the chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.  She also served as ETHICS supervisor, and exposed the corruption of big oil.   She resigned in disgust over the corruption.  She put the Alaskan people first, ahead of big oil, yet the liberal media still manages to spin it with clever little phrases.  

Grow up already and research before you post.

Answer 10

Here's an exclusive on how Sarah Palin was John McCain's choice: