I was told she is against Anwar, also if it was for her executive experiance, would not Pawlenty or Mitt been better choices?
I don't know where you got the idea that she was against opening up ANWAR, everything I've read or heard indicates that she's always supported opening it up ASAP! Frankly, almost everyone I know in Alaska want's ANWAR opened up, because they know for a fact it's nothing but a vast wasteland, and the area that they're talking about drilling in is smaller than LAX (Las Angeles International Airport) in the middle of 20 MILLION acres, and it's so desolate that it's HUNDREDS of miles away from the nearest TREE!
Pawlenty and Romney have the same problem that GHW Bush did, pledging not to raise taxes, and then raising taxes! Increasing 'fees' is the same as raising taxes, and GHW, Mitt, and Paw all reneged on their pledges, and that's a HUGE no-go with Republicans, as well as the rest of the American people.
Calling out her own party for spending is good, but question if something happened and she was in teh seat, would she be able to do anything about it?
The same question can be asked of ANY potential VP. Even your boy Biden, with all of his years in Congress, do you KNOW that he could really make the right decision if the chips were really down? I don't, you don't, nobody does until they're actually faced with that decision, which is why I've always preferred someone with executive experience over a Senator or Rep, because they've HAD to make the hard decisions, and then stand by them, regardless of how they turned out.
I guess given the attacks on Obama who I have said from the start I wish had more experiance....It seems odd to say someone with less should be a heart away from the same seat.
But that's the whole point PFOS, she has MORE experience than Obama, regardless of what the lamestream media would have you think. Experience isn't restricted to Washington experience. In fact, in Washington, where most "experience" comes from "looking busy, but doing nothing" is the watchword of the day, having outsiders coming in is a GOOD THING. If you're satisfied with the way things have been run in Washington for the past 20 years, go right ahead and vote for a Washington insider, but if you want to REALLY see some change, then you need to get someone in there who ISN'T part of the same-old-same-old (and Obama IS part of the same-old-same-old).
Im not one of those crying McCain is going to die in office , but to be real, his health is a issue to voters, more so of you are thinking about 8 years vs running for 4 and not running again ( a idea that may or may not have been floated by his party) I would think Mitt or Pawlenty would in in a better position to run for office in 4 years if that happened, even is she had 4 years as VP...
As I said earlier, Mitt and Tim both have serious issues, IMNSHO, which is why I couldn't support Mitt earlier in the campaign, not the least of which is the fact that he's a "new comer" to Conservatism. As far as worrying about McCain kicking off, it can happen to anyone, at any time, so that's a non-starter. Looking down the road, VP's later going on to be POTUS is rare, so that's also not a "real" issue. IF McCain is elected, and IF Palin does a good job, and IF she also distinguishes herself in that position, she MIGHT be considered for a run in 2012, but that's a whole hell of a lot of "IF'S".
I just I just don't get this pick...nothing against her, just I would not have gone this rout and her record so far leaves a lot of questions.
Actually, it's one of the most astute choices that could have been made. Ask yourself, what is EVERYONE expecting out of the next administration PFOS? CHANGE! McCain has always been a maverick, working across the aisle with Democrats (sometimes a bit more than I've been comfortable with), and he has been a reformer. Palin brings the same no-nonsense approach to fiscal responsibility to the table. She's not afraid to ruffle feathers in the GOP, she's not afraid to call BS...well,...BS, and she's an outsider.
The fact that she's a woman will appeal to the Hitlery faction no doubt, she's never been a big supporter of the War in Iraq (and will probably be even less so now that her own son is headed there), she leads by example, having cut her own salary and cut property taxes by 40% while making it up with a 1/2% voter approved sales tax. As Governor, she's gotten legislation pushed through that has invested $5 Bn in State savings, overhauled their school systems over and above NCLB to make their young people competative in society, provided income assistance to low-income elderly Alaskans, is currently trying to get the States surplus returned to the people of Alaska by way of $1200.00 rebates to help offset the cost of rising fuel costs (which make ours here in the 'lower 48' look like 1979 by comparison), especially given their harsh winters, and has instituted a Climate Change sub-panel to her cabinet.
Hell, except for her lifetime NRA membership and pro-life stance, she's damned near a Democrats "wet dream", and that's not counting the fact that she's just plain HOT!!!
Your candidate is OBAMA - remember??? 
Duhhhhhhh..........
