Secretive Government

If you, as I, are tired of secretive government and would like to return to the days when government tried to be transparent whenever reasonably possible, consider this:

When Sarah Palin first became John McCain's Vice Presidential running mate, she welcomed the investigation into the "trooper-gate" situation (why must every scandal end in "gate" since Watergate?). So why is it, only two weeks later, the campaign has said she will not participate and is suing to stop the investigation?

And more shades of the last 8 years, apparently Sarah Palin and her senior staff all got Yahoo e-mail accounts, outside of normal channels, under the believe that any business they conducted there would be immune from Freedom of Information Act requests.

And shades of the cronyism of the last 8 years, apparently her High School class yearbook could double as a government directory, as she has systematically replaced qualified people in her administration with friends, some of whom are woefully unqualified for their positions.

Someone needs to remind these politicians that the Presidency (or the Governorship) is not a personal playground, that the business of running the country is serious business and we need competant people in the positions, not cronies and loyalists.

One more reason why I like Barack Obama. He plans to surround himself with all viewpoints, not merely those who are loyal to him. As President, he will hear all sides of each argument and will weigh them and come to a conclusion, rather than only hearing the side he wishes to hear and punishing or removing anyone who dissents.

Haven't we had enough secretive government? Haven't we had enough incompetant cronyism? Haven't we had enough?

There are so very many reasons not to vote for McCain/Palin, and with each new story it becomes ever more apparent that between them, they are Bush/Cheney all over again.

We've made that mistake twice. Do we really want to make it again?

Liam.