"Commander-in-chief" Palin's National guard "most poorly staffed in nation; at CRISIS LEVEL"

[Bluebear]

WASHINGTON - The Alaska National Guard, which Republicans are pointing to as an important national-security credential for vice presidential choice Sarah Palin, has personnel shortages that make its aviation units the most poorly staffed in the nation.

Just six months ago, Air Force Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, the Alaska Guard's top officer, warned in an internal memo that "missions are at risk." The lack of qualified airmen, Campbell said, "has reached a crisis level."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_national_guard

[jakem]

1. wow... between that and a boatload of germans showing up...

nice CIC cred!

:lol:

[wryter2000]

2. Where did you get that picture?

:wow:

I think her main function in the campaign is to make Cindy McCain look like a normal human being.

[Bob Dobbs]

3. Palin epic fail #3479

Is there anything she has touched that has not turned to shit?

[global1]

4. Goodness!!!! And Alaska Is Soooo Close To Russia......nt

[ColbertWatcher]

6. And Florida is close to Cuba, Texas "touches" Mexico, Michigan can see Canada ...

Hell, Puerto Rico isn't even American, but they vote!

I saw the video of poor Cindy repeating that GOP talking point about Alaska being next to Russia therefore she's suddenly Sergio Vieira de Mello?

[beac]

11. Cindy will be made Ambassador to France on the strength

of her French-braid and love for pate! .... Um, I mean 'Freedom Hair and Livers'.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. "Freedom Hair and Livers" LOL! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

13. "Freedom Hair and Livers" LOL! n/t

[Bluebear]

14. 'Freedom Hair and Livers'.

:rofl:

[crazylikafox]

5. oh my... who wooda thunk it

[Solly Mack]

7. lololololol Not that the lies matter to the GOP.

but still...lololololol

[wvbygod]

8. Can we get a timeline as to when it became broken?

Maybe it can be hung around her neck if it happened during her 1-2 years as governor. If it
was fully staffed before she got there and then broke under her reign it would be a gift from
above.

[jtrockville]

9. According to this report from 2007, everything was fine:

http://www.aqppublishing.com/pubs/national_guard/DMVA_AnnualReport.pdf

As we face the future, we are certain of one thing, it will continue to change. The Alaska Air National Guard stands ready – as it has for the last 55 years, to meet the challenges of those changes.

So it would seem the crisis began on Palin's watch.

[Bluebear]

10. There you have it.

[FVZA_Colonel]

15. They can't go around saying she's done all these great things and ignore this disaster.

But it's not like the media will ever call them on it.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

16. Das Limpet!!!

Oh cmon now, fill in the sound effect yourselves :evilgrin:

Blue :hi: :hug:

[DemoTex]

17. Why does that pic remind me of "Full Metal Jacket"? Golf ball? Garden hose?