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Palin: Global Warming Not Man-Made
Matthew Yglesias — ... like “John McCain will establish a market-based system to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, mobilize innovative technologies, and strengthen the economy.” Sarah Palin, by contrast, says of global warming “I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.” ...

Friday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... McCain needs what Kinky Friedman calls 'a checkup from the neck up.' In choosing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to be his running mate he is not thinking 'outside the box,' as some have said. More like out of his mind." * David Gergen was pretty impressed with Barack Obana's speech last night, calling it "a political masterpiece" and "less a speech than a symphony." * The McCain campaign is selling pens on its website that misspell the word "students." Ouch. * Sarah Palin actually doubts that human activity is responsible for global warming. * Palin has never ...

“…but is she ready to lead?”
The Talent Show — Less experience than Obama? Younger than Obama? She doesn’t believe in global warming or know what a VP does? John McCain has only met her once? And she’s currently the subject of a corruption investigation? This is the person who John McCain thinks should be a heartbeat away from the presidency? Wow. As Ezra put it : She has no foreign policy experience. She has no experience making national policy. She has spent fewer than 700 days crafting statewide policy for Alaska. ...

Art Levine: Obama's Counter-Attack Leaves Palin's "Reformer" Image Intact
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... - Palin does not believe climate change is man-made.- Palin says she is against wasteful government spending, yet she endorsed the "bridge to nowhere" and then flip-flopped when it became a political liability. ...

Problem Palin
culturekitchen - fresh dissent served daily — ... As governor, she tried to fire her ex-brother-in-law from his job as a state trooper. When it became public, she lied about it. As governor, she fired the state’s chief of police when he wouldn’t go along with her plan to fire her ex-brother-in-law. When it became public, she lied about it. Oh, and she opposes birth control, even for married couples, and she opposes abortion, even in the case of rape or incest. She doesn’t believe in global warming, and she wants to teach creationism in our schools. ...

The Unqualified Truth
Daily Kos — ... One of the clearest windows into the mind of a politician comes by way of science. Unlike political ideology or religious theology, science is more black and white, there are right answers and wrong answers. Sarah Palin gives the wrong answers. When asked her view on global warming and how it might affect the nation, via Think Progress: ...