Do you think Palin was DEEPLY vetted?

Question

Do you think Palin was DEEPLY vetted?

Answer 1

NO and that is the basis of the discomfort. She has some really strange views and I just cannot see her in the White house. Sometimes when The Science of  something is in, then why would you continue to deny it, Like Man Made Global warming, and Evolution. Also The cruelty of making a woman that has been Raped go through with child birth, that is beyond belief that a Woman would be willing to put another woman through that Psychological trauma.

Answer 2

She was not, even McCain barely knows her. She was forced upon him by the party establishment.

The Palin selection demonstrates once again the dirty secret of American politics: that semi-fascistic forces exercise near-veto power over the Republican Party. The New York Times reported Sunday, based on interviews with several top McCain aides, that McCain had all but decided to select Senator Joseph Lieberman, who was the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in 2000, to run with him on a cross-party ticket based on all-out support for the war in Iraq.

Top aides told him—reportedly relaying warnings from several influential state party chairmen—that there would be protests on the floor of the convention if he selected a running mate who supports abortion rights, like Lieberman or former Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge (a Republican).

McCain made the decision after his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, chose Senator Joseph Biden of Delaware as his running mate August 23, passing over Hillary Clinton. The next day, McCain called Palin and invited her to meet at his Arizona estate on Thursday, where he offered her the second spot on the Republican ticket.

There is a strong element of recklessness and irresponsibility in McCain’s selection. He selected not only someone without any significant national or international experience, but someone whom he does not himself know and who is virtually unknown to the American public.

McCain had precisely one discussion with Palin this year, for 15 minutes at a conference in Washington last February, before calling her last week. His encounter with her Thursday, when he offered her the second highest position in the American government, amounted to two hours. Press accounts noted that their initial campaign bus trip—a six-hour swing from Dayton through Columbus to the outskirts of Pittsburgh—more than doubled the total time they had spent together.

With barely a year and a half in office as the governor of the country’s least populous state, Palin had been generally ruled out as a potential nominee. She herself told the Washington Post earlier this year that her selection was an “impossibility.”

The prospect of Palin, who has no experience and no known views on any foreign policy issues—or, for that matter, on most domestic ones—taking the helm as president may give pause to significant layers within the ruling establishment itself.

Answer 3

The RNC didn't want McCain's real choice.  He looked very uncomfortable standing next to her while she spoke on Friday.  

Answer 4

I hope this isn't a sexual innuendo...

But, in terms of her background, no, it seems rather whimsical, if you ask me.

Answer 5

Oh h**l no and it's going to be fun watching Johnny boys campaign implode as a result

Answer 6

No , I don't think she was vetted. If she had been her daughter's pregnancy, her support of Pat Buchanan, her endorsement of Ted Stevens, and her endorsement of the Alaska Independence Party would and should have come out.Oh and I forgot her trying to fire her brother in law for personal reasons from the police force. She's quite a handful!

Answer 7

No If she was I think it would have come up that her daughter was pregnant. You will never convince me that John McCain knew this when he ask her to be his V.P.