I started a petition. Here's the full text:
To: Republican National Committee & John McCain 2008
We the undersigned humbly request that the Republican National Committee, in conjunction with the John McCain 2008 campaign, keep Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska on their presidential ticket and/or refuse to accept her resignation.
We believe that Governor Palin is a serious drag on the Republican ticket and as long as she remains as the vice presidential nominee for her party, Senator John McCain's chances for electoral victory on November 4, 2008 will be irrevocably damaged for the following reasons… so far:
-Governor Palin supported the infamous Bridge to Nowhere project and campaigned on it, even though in her introductory speech, she claimed to oppose it. In other words, she was for it before she was against it.
-Governor Palin is associated with a political party that advocates secession from the Union.
-Governor Palin ran a 527 organization for indicted U.S. Senator Ted 'Tubes' Stevens.
-Governor Palin is under investigation for using her office to settle a family score, and abruptly fired a public official associated with the matter when the public official refused to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law.
-Governor Palin has requested nearly $200 million in earmarks -- earmarks which she claims to oppose.
-Governor Palin claims to support a ban on all reproductive choice and, thus, a right to privacy even in the cases of rape and incest, yet she has praised her daughter's right to choose and has asked for privacy in their personal matter.
-And what will happen tomorrow?
Please, Senator McCain, don't be as irrational getting out as you were impulsive, cynical and desperate going in. Keep Governor Palin on the ticket.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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