Bad company corrupts good morals

Chuck Baldwin calls it "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?" as he views the Republican ticket by Amos 3:3. I take a slightly different 1 Corinthians 15:22 view. While she may be a political good, she can't avoid being corrupted by the bad company of McCain, particularly as a potential VP. Essentially I agree with Chuck.

By all appearances, Governor Palin is a true conservative. She is pro-life. She is pro-Second Amendment. Alaska is one of only two states (Vermont is the other) that recognize the right of their citizens to carry handguns without a Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permit. She was rightly critical of the invasion of Iraq, once calling it a "war for oil." Speaking of oil, she believes we should drill for oil in Alaska and throughout the U.S., and is critical of the federal government for allowing America to become dependent upon foreign oil for our energy needs. She even heaped praises upon the Republican that Republicans love to hate: Ron Paul. Beyond that, Lynette Clark, the chairman of the Alaskan Independence Party (the party under which yours truly is on the Presidential ballot this year) reports that Sarah Palin was a member of the party back in the early 90s. This is very encouraging in that the AIP is a patriotic, states' rights party that holds strong sentiments opposing the New World Order propensities of the two major parties. In essence, Sarah Palin is everything that John McCain isn't. Which leads to the question that was asked long ago by the Hebrew prophet: "Can two walk together, except they be agreed?"

When the no-compromise constitutionalist, Ron Paul, was asked by CNN's Wolf Blitzer if he would consider being John McCain's running mate, he said no. His reason for that was that should McCain do something fundamentally counter to his constitutional convictions--such as bombing Iran without a Declaration of War (or other possible unconstitutional actions that Paul knows McCain is predisposed to)--he would have to resign. Knowing this, he (Paul) could not in good conscience accept a McCain invitation to join his ticket (not that McCain would ever ask him to be his running mate; Ron was not even invited to participate in the Republican convention, for Pete's sake).

This is the trouble with the lesser evil argument for voting by conservatives. Palin's principles are being used to merit party loyalty. All the party base energy talked about so wildly in the last week won't do a thing to change the fact that she takes a subordinate role now and in the future. Should McCain find himself elected he will be calling the shots while her principles become tainted by association. My doubts about Palin's oft praised conservative principles arose because of her acceptance to McCain's offer. McCain's candidacy offers the same vile taint to voters, and their principles become dubious when they accept his offer.