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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Looks like the revolutionary has been trumped by McCain's brilliant choice of Sarah Palin. Obama wasn't secure enough in his message of messianic change to pick Hillary, and went with someone to try and compensate for his total lack of credentials. McCain has the credentials and is now reaching out to the women left out in the cold by the dems. It was Nixon who said the first woman in the white house would be a conservative as a VP on the republican ticket. It shows McCain's confidence, and respect for the fighting spirit of Palin, and we can't wait to watch her show up Biden.
To be judged on character was the dream shared 45 years ago last night. Who's the embodiment of this dream? The man now being exposed for the shady squandering of educational funds and lying about his relations with radical terrorist Ayers?(http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTgwZTVmN2QyNzk2MmUxMzA5OTg0ODZlM2Y2OGI0NDM=)
Or the woman who took on corrupt politics in her state and chose not to allow genetic testing to affect her decision to have her downs baby?
To forget that Obama has a complete lack of experience.. and claim he doesn't really need it to be president... and vote for him because "we never thought we'd see the day" an African American ran for president, is to forget the call to judge by charachter and not by color.
And Sarah Palin is truly the historical choice who deserves to be there because of her character and experience.
Her being a woman might attract some PUMA who weren't going to vote for Obama anyway. But I don't see this choice making a huge difference. interesting how the GOP managed to find someone with less exectuvie experience than Obama.
Someone else mentioned it...McCain must have gotte a lot of "nos" before settling on this pick.
This pick truly is momentous: Bill Kristol was right about something!
Not history. Palin is not the first woman to be a vp pick.
I thought you might like to know that under the heading of "Sarah Palin on Foreign Policy" at the On The Issues site for her, this is what's listed:
"No issue stance yet recorded by OnTheIssues.org."
"Moreover, Palin is extremely popular in her home state; some polls have shown her with an 80 percent approval rate. The only drawback there is that Alaska Republicans have been severely tarnished by ethics scandals of late, and Palin herself hasn't been able to escape investigation."
Of course, the story turns interesting again when it becomes evident that the reason so many Alaskan Republicans have been tarnished is because Palin's been pushing, hard, against her own party's inethical conduct (she had to beat the incumbent in her own party to get in, and has not been a particular asset to the rest of the entrenched Republicans there), and that she's been fully cooperating in her own investigation. The people behind that investigation even admit that she's got every right, legally, to do what they claim she did, and they haven't been able to prove any unethical conduct... yet.
So she'll be the second woman to lose as a VP candidate. Ferraro did that way back in the 1980s!
Oh no, 80% of Alaskans like her. Mow McCain will probably win Alaska instead of before when he was only probably going to win Alaska.
My hope: in November ALL he wins is Alaska.
What a bizarre pick. The brand new governor of a state with 1/60 the population of Chicago who brings zero foreign or domestic policy experience. McCain is an idiot if he thinks that because she's a nice lady who didn't abort her own kid Americans are going to choose his sorry ticket over Obama/Biden. This reminds me of the Harriet Myers debacle.
Btw, is this a typo or is her son really named "Track"?
This is a disgrace. This woman has less experience and brings less to the table than Dan Quayle did. To choose someone as your running mate with zero experience is absolutely frightening. Any independent voter who was leaning towards McCain needs to have their head examined if they vote for him now. With all the many qualified, experienced people McCain could have chosen he chose the least qualified individual to lead our nation.
We are in a war in Iraq, a war with Islamic fundamentalists who want to destroy us, Iran is building a nuclear bomb, and our economy is in the tank and McCain chooses someone who has no experience to lead???? I hope Obama wins in a landslide.
Wore out the pitting of straights against gays.........Now it's trying to pit women against blacks.
Ignoring historical fact is a cornerstone of neo-conservative "thinking".
First poster:
What I wonder is, if these die hard McCain supporters are really just reasonable people with different opinions than mine, why do they rely on misleading character attacks like the dubious links to Bill Ayers? (Have you noticed that no one in the McCain campaign has brought up Bill Ayers or Tony Rezko? Could that be because they don't want to make digging into shady deals in candidates' pasts fair game?)
And you were pretty quick on the old airwaves there, lightnin'. And armed with an attache of information on Ms. Palin. Just a hard steelworkin' Palin buff from Indiana? One of Salon's many Alaska readers, finally coming out of the woodwork? Don't buy it. I'm going with "message force multiplier."
I'm perfectly willing to engage in a discussion with anyone representing him/herself openly, willing to deal in fact. but I'm calling you out.
If you want to refute me click on the url below and make my day.
This is an appalling choice, and she will withdraw within the week, I predict.
Sarah Palin appears to be the Vice Presidential nominee for the Party of Family Values, the Party of Family first, the Party of take care of your children.
The reason is simple: This decision is a total contra-family values decision.
On April 18, 2008, Sarah Palin gave birth to a child with Down's syndrome. This is, for some, a moment to affirm their family values credentials. Other families are greatly affected by the presence of such a child. The Down's child is VERY DEMANDING time-wise.
Here is a comment from a publication from a family physician about children with this condition:
The care of the infant or young child with Down syndrome can be complicated and may involve a myriad of immediate and long-term medical problems and psychosocial issues.
The quote is taken from "Primary Care of Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome", by REBECCA B. SAENZ, M.D., published in American Family Physician, 1999.
URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/990115ap/381.html
Another quote:
The psychologic benefit derived from the bonding of mother and infant can be extremely important at a time when, because of the infant's disability, the mother may be questioning her own adequacy.
Does Family Values mean ANYTHING to the Party of Values? If it means anything, it means TAKING CARE OF YOUR FAMILY. It is clear that Sarah Palin has decided that her own naked ambition and lust for the power of the Vice President have led her to consign this child to the dustbin. What kind of family values are those?
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Once seen as a lunatic fringe, reactionary anti-women groups are courting respectability
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