I am all for any one regardless of sex, race, religion, or age running for president and getting elected as long as they are qualified, open minded, able to make rational decisions based wisdom, historical perspective, and sound advice and facts, good leadership qualities, can set ego aside and make decisions on what is best for the country and the planet long term.
The election this year frightens me more then any other in the past - our country is at such a low point in so many ways and the past decade of bad decisions has put our country and the planet at risk - the choices and decisions of the next president\vice president could push us over the edge of no return and devastation or they could lift us up, change course and renew our commitment to the planet, future generations and integrity.
I beg each and every person to vote - but vote from a basis of knowledge and facts. Don’t just take political commercials at face value. Don’t just vote based on whether someone is “like you,” or “different then you.” Don’t vote for someone just because you don’t like one small issue - but rather look at the overall affect for the BIG issues that will affect everyone and the planet long term.
Would I like a woman to be president? Sure - but I want that woman to be qualified, fair, open minded and to care about our future, our children, and the planet.
I do NOT ever want any one (regardless of being a man or woman) in the White House who:
Will not even consider the possibility of evolution. Who can’t see the facts about global warming. Who thinks that storms, pollution and cancer is all part of “God’s” plan. Who wants to take polar bears off the endangered species list. Who wants to plunder our wildlife and our resources without regard to the impact on the planet and future generations. Who has said outloud the Iragi war “was a task from God.” If all that isn’t enough to give someone nightmares - there is even more.
I also never ever want someone as president or vice president - who will not allow women who are raped or victims of incest to have the right to chose whether or not to have a baby. Someone who does not believe in sex education and birth control (which leads to more teen pregnancy not less). Someone who tries to ban books from libraries, and who does not believe in independent thinking, who can not tolerate differances. Who believes that shooting 100s of wolves from the air or 40 caribou at one time just for fun is a great hobby. Some one who believes pre-emptive war is right. Someone who combines war, guns and God together with a strong conviction that everyone should think, talk, and behave in the same way.
The above someone could very well end up being a heart beat away from being President - that someone is Sarah Palin - the most frightening woman on the planet to me right now. The more facts I find out about her, the more words I hear come out of her mouth, the more scared I am.
I see women rallying around her because wouldn’t it be great to have a woman for president, but they know very little about her politics, values, etc. I see others shouting “drill, drill, drill” at the end of her speech and my heart sinks when I realize there are so many closed minded people who just want to rape and plunder the planet. I hear more and more people saying, “I like her, she is great” - but they know nothing about her, they know nothing of her values, her views, her closed-mindedness, her political record, they can’t give one solid reason for why they like her - they just think she is “new, refreshing, down home type, able to dress a moose, clean a gun, and dish out insults and jabs with a smile.”
I will vote as I do every year. I will stay focused and positive, and I will keep good thoughts and positive energy for my country, the planet, my daughter and all the children, wildlife and future generations.
I just pray with all my heart and soul that the next president\vice president will also protect our country, our children, our planet, and the future.
Health and Happiness, Lady Rose
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September 13th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
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Carol Bardelli wrote…
She scares the bejesus out of me too.
September 13th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
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Matt Urdan wrote…
The politics of fear have been in place for far too long in America. Don’t be afraid and don’t fall for what the overwhelmingly liberal media are telling you about our political candidates. Check out factcheck.com and Snopes about any claim that seems over the top by the liberal media.
There’s a reason why Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann have been fired by MSNBC as political anchors–they are biased. You can’t trust what they say just as much as you can’t trust what Bill O’Reilly says.
I am supporting McCain/Palin this time around because I believe they have a better chance at eliminating the nearly $10 trillion deficit built up by George Bush over the last 8 years. I also don’t trust Obama–I can’t find one thing that he has actually accomplished other than giving speeches, in the last four years that makes him Presidential or proves him to be a leader.
Once again, I think our choice is the lesser of two evils, but either candidate is bound to be a one-term president. If McCain wins, that gives Hillary an opportunity to run in four years, and our country has rarely been better off than when the Clintons were last in the White House.
You said you : ”
Will not even consider the possibility of evolution.
It’s her personal belief. She is the daughter of a science teacher. She has said publicly she is glad she’s had the opportunity to discuss both sides. When given an opportunity in Alaska to introduce intelligent design and creationism in the class room, she has declined. She has said that when students ask the question, it should be discussed, but she’s not about overhauling state and national educational criteria that would dictate creationism and intelligent design be taught in the class room. Don’t be afraid of a discussion. And don’t be afraid that because of her religious beliefs these things would be taught in our schools. The teaching of which has been declared unconstitutional on sep of church and state issues in the past, and there’s no reason why they wouldn’t be in the future.
“Who can’t see the facts about global warming. Who thinks that storms, pollution and cancer is all part of “God’s” plan.”
She was referencing Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech where she hopes that we are on the right side of God’s plan. She was not speaking for “God”. And in truth, while Man has contributed to exacerbating green house gases in the atmosphere, a lot of new credible scientific research is showing we are about to enter a new stage in decreased solar activity with fewer sunspots that will likely lead to a cooling of the planet. Our lifetimes are too short to have any kind of real understanding on mankind’s role in planetary climate change. While it’s certainly better to be cautious and take steps to limit man’s impact, Al gore is every bit the religious zealot when it comes to climate change as Sarah Palin may be when it comes to creationism. Scientifically, we really don’t know, although the preponderance of evidence is with those who are saying man has caused global warming. But to look at the issue fairly, and SArah Palin has in Alaska–as the only arctic state in the nation she sees the effects of global warming. The only thing about global warming is that we really can’t prove if its’ cyclical–where there is much evidence to suggest it is, or whether it’s a direct cause of human activity–where there is also much evidence to suggest that it is. A prudent world leader would err on teh side of caution, however.
” Who wants to take polar bears off the endangered species list.”
Polar bears are not yet on the endangered species list. They are thriving. While with melting ice, their habitat is threatened, enviornmentalists wanted to place the polar bears on the endangered species list prematurely–which is an abuse of the powerful protections of the Endangered Species Act and would end up gutting the act of it’s teeth. Their motivation was to prevent oil exploration and drilling in the arctic. Not to protect the polar bears. They believed by making the polar bear the symbol of global warming, they would be able to promote their own environmental agendas. It’s a very complicated issue, it’s insulting to anyone with a brain to think that Sarah Palin wants the polar bears to become extinct. You gotta look deeper than an MSNBC or Rachel Maddow soundbite.
” Who wants to plunder our wildlife and our resources without regard to the impact on the planet and future generations.”
She doesn’t. She wants to drill for oil and natural gas in a 2000 acre footprint of ANWR when ANWR has over 15 million acres. Alaska was purchased orgiinally from Russia with the understanding that the lower 48 would use Alaska for its resources. Alaska is huge…1/5 the size of the lower 48. We develop more of Rhode Island than has ever been proposed to develop in Alaska. Besides, it’s 2008. In the 80s when I fought drilling in the ANWR for the Sierra Club, we didn’t have the technology to drill without destroying the environment. We have that technology now. Drilling can be accomplished with virtually no impact to the land, caribou, or the Alaskan environment.
Who has said outloud the Iragi war “was a task from God.” If all that isn’t enough to give someone nightmares - there is even more.”–See above, she was referencing Abraham LIncoln who said he hoped we were on God’s side of the war.
“I also never ever want someone as president or vice president - who will not allow women who are raped or victims of incest to have the right to chose whether or not to have a baby.
Sarah Palin had a chance to pass legislation in Alaska that would have done just this. She has refrained from politicizing the issue. The woman has a record of not letting her personal beliefs become the basis of her policy decisions and dictating her will to her constituents. She advocates the end of waste, corruption, and taxes.
Do not be afraid of people who want to fight for and represent their constituents best interests. Be afraid of candidates that promise so much that there is no hope that they can deliver and who will be fought every step of the way.
Cheers!
September 13th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
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Monica wrote…
I agree whole heartedly. This election had me on the fence, then - when I heard all of the wonderful things about Palin I was so excited and jumped on that side supporting it all the way.
Then…
The information came out in droves.
I’m stuck here, because the information about the other side is equally as scary. When someone is preached hate for 20 years it’s *inside* them.
Oh, this is only my view btw it’s not right or wrong. It’s just… each side to me is dangerous. Horrifically dangerous.
What do we do?
What do we do when we fear both sides - we, meaning me. I want to write a name in instead, but I don’t believe anyone can assist.
What do we do?
September 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
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Monica wrote…
On another note… your related posts to this one had “Celebrating Voluptuous Breasts” LOL!
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September 13th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
All we can do is vote what we feel is best for the country.
Matt - even if I ignore everything else about Palin - I heard her just yesterday say that “preemptive war is ok” - and that alone is enough to frighten me if she becomes vice president.
A review of history and Pearl Harbor (a preemptive strike) - it’s not how I want my country run. It’s bad enough we have had one president already who did the unthinkable and attacked preemptively.
September 14th, 2008 at 5:10 pm
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Matt Urdan wrote…
Lady Rose,
You are absolutely correct about preemptive war NOT being Okay. But the soundbite from the ABC Charlie Gibson interview has been edited in video but is not reflective of the actual full transcript. Sarah Palins explanatory comments were edited out so that the Charlie Gibson interview was more conducive to anti-republican soundbites, and if you watch the interview on youtube, you’ll see there are abrubt and awkward transistions where Charlie Gibson has edited out Palin’s responses. The thing is about foreign policy questions from that interview is that Charlie Gibson was going for “gotcha” moments with his questions to Sarah Palin about the Bush Doctrine, which she really didn’t know anything about at the time, and to be fair, if you look at the wikipedia entry for “Bush Doctrine”, it’s a broad term to pretty much represent all of Bush’s foreign policy f*ck-ups.
The preemptive war component of the Bush Doctrine basically says that if we receive intelligence with high credibility that we are about to be attacked at our embassies or on our own soil, we have the right to attack to eliminate that threat. That’s a very specific thing, and I think most reasonable people will agree that we have the right to defend ourselves. The preemptive war component of the Bush Doctrine does NOT say that we can go invade a country and start a war because we think they have weapons of mass destruction. There has to be intelligence that is verified that says the country will use those weapons in an attack against the US.
Additionally, only Congress has the power to declare war, so if McCain or Palin were seeking war, they would still have to go to Congress for permission. That being said, the Bush Administration subverted that constitutional separation of power by “executive rulings” that were not challenged by our congressional delegations. The Executive Rulings bush issued basically made him dictator or monarch of the US where he exercised judicial interpretation and congressional legislative authority to get his own way in justifying the war in Iraq after the fact, and some of his policies in Afghanistan and elsewhere.
Sarah Palin did acknowledge in that interview that the prior administration made mistakes, and if you watched the RNC, you saw that John McCain in his acceptance speech of the nomination repudiated completely the Corrupt Bush government and his foreign policy.
That being said, Sarah Palin is getting a crash course in foreign policy and she’ll get up to speed to hopefully sound more credible in her debate with Joe Biden and future press conferences, but there is so much more to foreign policy than war. Sarah Palin is brilliant when it comes to energy security issues.
There are interviews of her on youtube going back two years when she first became governor about energy policy in Alaska. As Russia is playing the energy game and wants to control polar oil drilling and exploration–even laying claims to Denmark’s and Canada’s arctic regions and at the same time wants to restrict access to Russian oil through their pipeline to our European allies, there are serious concerns that the world’s balance of energy power is about to explode.
Sarah Palin has already negotiated a $40 Billion natural gas pipeline and is ready to open up offshore and onshore drilling where there are recoverable reserves, in addition to adopting sections of the Pickens Plan that will allow us to convert to Natural Gas to run our cars and transportation needs while we finish research and adopt a comprehensive alternative energy policy incorporating wind, hydro, geothermal and solar along with hydrogen fuel cells and perhaps nuclear and fusion.
Our technology is such where we can incorporate all of these technologies cleanly and safely. Even with nuclear. Back in the 70s when Three Mile Island almost went Chernobyl, we were using weapons grade uranium and breeder reactors that produced horrendous plutonium that we are still grappling with how to dispose of properly. New nuclear technologies in power plants use low grade uranium and thorium to power the reactor, create “clean” nuclear energy without producing plutonium as a waste product.
We can drill for oil in a small footprint without doing damage to the environment because technology has enabled us to locate reserves and identify where to put wells and how to drill at various angles to protect the environment instead of randomly putting in wells like all over Texas and Oklahoma.
Sarah Palin understands all these energy complexities better than anyone in Washington who keeps pointing fingers and caving to environmental lobbyists instead of letting us safely recover our resources.
And the thing is, it’s our energy dependency which remains our biggest national security issue. Solve energy independence, we solve stupid wars like Iraq and THEN we’ll be able to export alternative and clean energy and CNG technologies to the rest of the world to release them from dependence on Middle Eastern Oil and perhaps Russian oil as well. THEN we avoid international tension with Russia over drilling in the North Polar Region and with China as a competitor for energy resources with the United States and other massive industrialized nations.
The lynchpin is energy. Once oil is out of the picture, we’ll have no reason to interfere in the middle east or go fight a war to “protect our energy interests”; other than to protect Israel should some other country like Iran do something stupid. And Russia will be out of the picture as well. S. Osettia is more about control and threats to the trans-Siberian Russian Oil pipeline than it is about wanting S. Osettian ethnics to have their independence from Georgia.
These are complex issues that Sarah Palin understands. McCain understands them as well and Together, Palin/McCain make a great team. Barack Obama really doesn’t have a clue. You know, he actually said that if we all just inflate our tires and maintain proper tire inflation we would save billions of barrels of oil each year. Well, that’s not a plan for energy independence, and tire inflation won’t solve international security issues based on energy supply and demand.
If I were back at the University of Michigan doing masters work in political science, I’d do it on the flow of oil and international energy policy. There is a lot of stuff here…enough for volume after volume after volume. When I learned that Sarah Palin has oil expertise I actually screamed yes at the television set because we haven’t had any kind of energy policy in Washington that makes sense since the days of the long gas lines during the Carter Administration. And with oil rapidly running out–Dubai will even be out of oil by 2016–which is why they’re rushing to spend all their oil reveune developing the worlds finest recreation and tourism destination–these tensions will be the spark that ignites the next world war. Solve energy, you solve war and than the world can move on past global energy issues and can tackle more important social issues.
I’m mostly a democrat, and I’ll be voting Democratic for Senators, congressmen, governor and state reps in North Carolina this November, but I can’t vote for Obama. The social issues are very important to me, but more important is:
1. An energy policy that’s realistic and makes sense
2. Eliminating our deficit, which only McCain promises to do by a specific date–2013
3. Ending corruption and business as usual in Washington.
I have a real hope McCain/Palin can accomplish these things in the one term that they may be allotted to run Washington if McCain is elected in November. There’s no chance he’ll be elected twice. If they can just put the U.S. back on track on these three major issues, which they pledge to do, Hillary will be able to finish the job easily during her two terms while also fixing health care.
Don’t believe soundbites. Everything is so much more complex. Don’t trust the media. Even your Tarot reading shows the McCain/Palin potential in the Upper Arcana Emperor Card. Yeah, they’ll have been challenges, but the Emperor is a powerful card with powerful energy. I hate to quote the X Files, but “the truth is out there”, it’s just awfully hard to find when the media that control the news are so biased.
Cheers!
Matt Urdans last blog post..McCain Calls Palin for Help
September 14th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
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gabgab wrote…
if we cannot trust either of the two candidates to run America the right way because of fear , can we not just vote on the basis of the issues and not on solely character when we all know politicians will do anything to be elected and then do their own things … forgetting their campaing promises.
Mccain lies too many times … Obama is all talk and who knows the real Obama ?
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September 15th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
Gab - I am voting based on the issues, but what scares me is IF Palin were to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. All politicians unfortunately “play the politics game” - but I think character has to be a part of our decision when voting - not the whole thing, but partly.
September 15th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
Matt -
just for the record I dislike Mini Bush (I mean McCain) almost as much as I dislike Palin. I wouldn’t vote for him no matter who he had as vice president.
As far as drilling - I would not vote for any president who put that as the first option to help our energy problem, it should be a last resort (in my opinion).
I also will never ever vote for any candiate that does not allow women the freedom to chose - the risk of who they would pick as a new person on the Supreme Court is far to great.
Bush did preemptively go to war - with faulty information and he lied to American public. So whether it is part of his “written” doctrine or not, he has done it. So yeah I admit I’m a bit touchy about any candidate who supports any part of that.
As far as Palin hoping we are on the right side of God’s plan in war - in my opinion there is no war in God’s (Goddess, Great Spirit, or whatever name for the unknowable one chose’s to use) Plan. God has nothing to do decisions of going to war - and whenever I hear “God” being used as part of conversations when it comes to politicians making decisions about war it sends shivers down my spine.
I don’t vote because of soundbites. I usually hear all of a speech because my husband is a history teacher and tapes them. He’s pretty good at letting me know when I’m reacting “emotionally” and not hearing the facts and we don’t always agree. So I almost daily have the opportunity to discuss the election, the speeches, the news, etc. with someone who has a broad background and knowledge base, and who is very level headed and very intelligent. So my decision on who to vote for is not just an “emotional” one, or based on snippets of information here and there.
And please don’t even toss the Tarot reading (which was done for amusement only) into the mix. Of course all the candidates have some good qualities.
I know how I’m voting, I respect every one’s decision to vote for who they chose. I honestly do not want to debate it - for me there is only one option - even if that option isn’t perfect. No candidate would be.
September 16th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
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Matt Urdan wrote…
Lady Rose…Cool, then we’ll agree to disagree. I’m sorry if I have offended in any way.
One final note…I’m glad your husband is a history teacher because I got one of my degrees in History as well.
God is intertwined with all of American History. You can’t take God out of it. Our country was settled by English dissidents who were escaping religious persecution in England. They came to America to practice religion the way they wanted to practice it. The Puritans, the Quakers, the Dutch in New York and others.
And then these settlers soon turned around and persecuted everyone else in the name of the God. The Salem Witch Hunts and the persecution, and genocide of American Indians. As the colonies grew, the new Americans used the ideas of “providence” and “Manifest Destiny” and “Divine right” and the idea that “God is on our side” to expand this nation westward, take from the American Indians, the Spanish, the French and anyone else who stood in our way as we moved westward.
During the civil war, Abraham Lincoln agonized over turning brother against brother in the war between the states. this is another war that was fought in the name of God, and Abraham LIncoln prayed that “God was on his side,” meaning the North’s. That is all Sarah Palin was referencing in her speech. It’s an American tradition to invoke the name of God before this country enters into any battle and to pray that this country is on God’s side.
It’s not just one politician or a President’s religious beliefs that we are talking about when someone invokes the name of God and tries to attribute it to a policy decision. But it’s an American tradition and reflective of constant policies and priniciples that all Americans believed exemplified God’s will.
The slogan “In God We Trust” is on every coin and every paper currency denomination that we use every single day in the United States. It’s not there by accident.
You can’t take God out of the United States or the Pledge of Allegiance, or our money. God is part of the American tradition. But where you have to draw the line is to object when Americans start believing that they are speaking for God or when they profess to know God’s will. Sarah Palin is guilty of neither.
Cheers!
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September 16th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
Matt - no offense at all.
I find your comments informative, well written, and always welcome here.
I’m usually up for a good debate or discussion - but it is easier done in person; trying to do it in writing is just too time consuming for me. I’m definitely open to learning the facts - but even if Palin walked on water I wouldn’t vote for her.
Here’s an link to some information on Palin - written by someone who knows her from her home town
http://michypa.com/2008/09/04/wasilla-native-reveals-the-truth-about-palin/
I take it with a grain of salt of course - but it is very interesting, and confirms my worries that she is definitely not someone I want running the country.
The issue of “God” as part of the American tradition - is a whole other can of worms - I really don’t want to drag out my soap box, I’d have to double my blood pressure medication LOL Let me just say briefly - the fact that those who founded this country killed, lied to, and robbed the Native Americans (who to them were just worthless heathens because they did not view “God” the same way, but instead honored the land and nature) definitely makes me angry and usually in tears if I think about it too much. Add to that, that my spiritual path follows traditions that predate Christianity, and that others who in the past also followed similar traditions were slaughtered in the name of “God” and I really could get into a very long winded rant - but it would serve no purpose so I avoid doing it.
We live in an awesome country, we are all free to follow any religion we chose - however, there are some folks who take their religion to the extreme, and try to impose their views of the world on others - and when those folks start getting into political office that definitely worries me. Bush - McCain - Palin to me are all one and same — very under the influence of the extremists and their influence in order to gain political support and financing.
It would be a refreshing and pleasant change if one day we lived in a country that truly respected and accepted all religions, and acknowledged the Great Spirit in a much broader way instead of one narrow Christian form. But that probably won’t happen in my life time.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
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Matt Urdan wrote…
Agreed. I’m Jewish and Jewish traditions predate Christianity’s by a very long time. And as you are well aware, I probably wouldn’t have to get into a recounting of how Jews have been persecuted through the ages. I actually live along the banks of the Nantahala River. Every day when I take guests down the river, I tell the story of how the Americans evicted the Cherokee Indians from their land here in the Smoky Mountains and forcibly marched them westward along the Trail of Tears, which is now Highway 19, to Oklahoma. Thousands upon Thousands of Native Americans died because of no resistance to european diseases like measles, mumps, plague, TB, diptheria, small pox etc…and because of hunger as Americans took what little food there was for themselves as they marched the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
And I have written many papers on Manifest Destiny….during our expansion period, Americans believed it was God’s will for the United States to expand westward and own all the land between the Atlantic and Pacific. It was well published in national newspapers at the time and preached in churches everywhere. “Go west, young man!”
In terms of who is running this country, it really doesn’t make a whole heck of a lot of difference as long as Congress remains unchanged. Congress is as ineffective as it ever has been, and it’s constantly getting in the way of real change and reform. I don’t like any of our choices for President. I wanted Hillary. Obama is scarier than most people realize, and more and more is coming out about him every single day–including his visit to Iraq where he asked Iraqi officials not to recommend withdrawal of US troops until AFTER the presidential election. He did this for his own political purposes, and also in violation of US Law. No private or public citizen of the US can negotiate policy on behalf of the US other than the President of the United States or his representatives. A US Senator acting on his own is not one of those representatives. .
I don’t like McCain/Palin necessarily. But I admire what Palin represents in terms of her reformer/stop corruption/stand up to the good ole boy network reputation. I know she has flaws. And I don’t like where she stands on most issues. BUT I admire what she’s done in Alaska and I know deep down in my heart that we need that in Washington, and for every knock against her that gets published and debated in the media, a little digging around and some un-censored quotes validates her.
Now McCain, he’s a man of honor, noone denies that. Whether he can lead this country, I don’t know. But I want a President that I can respect and be proud of and that keep our country safe. I have no doubt that McCain can do that. I have no doubt Palin can become that person. Obama? I really think he’s out for himself and that he won’t be able to deliver for the American people if for no other reason than Congress will get in the way–just like Congress does for every other President; but unlike McCain/Palin, Congress and the special interests will fight Obama that much harder because he is so liberal, resulting in more of what we all can’t stand about our government.
Anyway, great debate is fun, discussion is fun, and when the media all started piling on Palin, my “sense of injustice” meter just went through the roof, which is probably why this lifelong democratic has become a McCain supporter for this election. I hate lies and cheap attacks and as soon as Palin was announced, the media just went after her with everything they had. The debate coach and judge in me, that looks at all sides before making a decision, just exploded.
As soon as I hit submit, I’m going over to the link on the person who knows Palin. But keep in mind, an 80%+ approval rating as Governor in Alaska is more telling to me than what any individual who knows Palin would say in an interview, especially if he or she is quoted out of context.
Cheers!
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September 16th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
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Matt Urdan wrote…
Regarding the link from the Resident of Wasilla, Anne, Kilkenny….Anne admits Sarah “hates” her. Her characterizations ring true on face by most media accounts I have read, but there are some discrepancies and possible incomplete truths by omission. The one notable one that stands out is the taxes raised in Wasilla for the Sports Complex…that even though it may be a money pit, those taxes and debt was debt that the public voted for. That’s not spending that Sarah pushed through out of thin air.
So there are distinctions and nuances missing from the factual account of Anne Kilkenny, but a different word here or there would change the account from slightly negative to an overwhelmingly positive record.
I don’t know which view is more correct just as I can’t know what is in Sarah Palin’s mind or heart. But of all the candidates I have seen in the last couple decades, she seems the most real and sincere to me, and I’m not a bad judge of character. I love Hillary. I love Hillary’s knowledge and positions on issues and intelligence and experience and all–but if Sarah Palin is a Baracuda, than Hillary Clinton is a Great White Shark. And I don’t see anything wrong with that.
Cheers!
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September 18th, 2008 at 8:31 am
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Matt Urdan wrote…
Right now, I don’t think either McCain or Obama have a clue about the economy. I think the US is close to bankrupting itself. But keep in mind, it’s the democratic controlled congress that is letting this happen. First Fannie and Freddie, now AIG….The US government will have a 79.9% controlling interest in the company. That’s a bad precedent. Even under airline regulation the government did not have controlling interests in the airlines. What if StateFarm or Nationwide or Liberty Mutual or All State or AAA need bailouts to? Is the government going to step in and help them the way it did with AIG? And whos next? We can’t keep bailing companies out. I can’t afford to pay off another 85 billion from my federal income taxes, can you?
And what about the interest on 85 billion.
It’s times like these that I wish Romney got the nomination–he was the only candidate with business experience.
Right now, both Obama’s and McCain’s plans seem like hot air and they better get up to speed fast. The US can’t continue to bailout companies, provide foreign aid, spend on new programs–like Health Care–pay for Iraq, deal with the latest natural disaster–Chinese Earthquake or Louisiana Hurricane and keep exploding its own debt.
The US is operating on borrowed time. Whenever the debt reaches our nation’s credit limit, congress just automatically raises our credit limit. You and I can’t do that with our credit cards. If we did, at some point, we would have to declare bankruptcy because we wouldn’t have the cash to make our payments at some point. The US Government is approaching that point. All the US Government can do is either tax us more or stop spending.
Both Obama’s plan and McCain’s are ridiculous if they think they can offer us a tax cut while they are increasing spending and the deficit spirals out of control. We need leadership in the White House right now who will stop spending out of control. Frankly, I have no clue who that is right now. But it’s not Obama, and it doesn’t appear to be John McCain.
Fannie, Freddie, AIG are unprecedented in our country’s history. I fear we are close to bankruptcy. And someone better wake up fast before we really fall into depression and see conditions like the 1930s all over again.
Cheers!
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September 18th, 2008 at 11:54 am
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Lady Rose wrote…
Obama at least wants to raise taxes on the top 5% of the wealthiest in the country. I agree though both candidates don’t have the all the answsers and both need to work on a solution that is based on sound facts and realistic planning.
But I also think Palin would be just as bad or worse - from the facts coming out of what she did while mayor in Alaska, she left that town with extremely high debt (before she took office they had no debt) - the huge sports complex thing Palin rushed to build was none before the land was owned by the government - and they have paid the price in law suits and enormous debt.
I know this election should be about the candidates - not the vice presidential candidates - but McCain keeps pushing Palin out in front, (and so does the media) - and I can’ t help but look at McCain and his health and truly worry that in this election more then any other, who is vice president is just as important.
McCain I could actually live with as president - probably one of the only republicans I could say that about (though his recent flipflopping and becoming a clone of Bush has lessened my respect for him). However, with Palin as vice president - I don’t trust her. There is not one decision I’ve seen that she has made that makes any sense to me. Like cutting funds from a state program that supports, helps, trains young unwed teens - she said she would no fund or support it because it was too sexually explicited - I guess she was talking about their factual and well rounded education on birth control and options. It is fine that Palin herself choses to have only have abstinence taught in her home (and we see how well that worked out) - but that is a private matter - but when she has control of a budget and programs that affect a town or a nation - and used her power to cut much needed programs because they don’t just teach abstinence that frightens me. Of course abstinence should be taught - and at the top of the list as options - but I’m sure if we all think hard enough we can find examples of why this isn’t necessarily a good option to be applied to an entire town or country.
September 19th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
Follow up to links sent about Palin’s voting record
As I said before, Palin could walk on water and I would never ever vote for her.
I don’t trust her - she may have a few things in her voting record I agree with - but the bigger picture is her motivation, and the lying and manipulating she does, and there are huge mistakes she’s made while in office as mayor and govenor of very very small town and state (as compared to a whole country).
Yes I know full well every candidate manipulates and lies to a ceratin extent. But Palin just sets off more warning bells with me then any one has in a long time. I totally don’t get how so many people are fooled by her fake “June Cleaver” smile and false homey attitude, when her whole vibe is sneaky, cruel, and down right selfish.
Now that is just my perception of her from the first moment I laid on eyes on her. There are facts (distorted facts, lies and truth, and a lot of grey area too) that support and also disprove my perceptions.
When it comes to making a choice on who to vote for - I have to go with someone who I can at least think of as bring president and not break out in a cold sweat of worry over. Someone who at least verbally and in their actions as far as I can tell supports similar values and a positive plan for the country that I do.
So regardless of her voting record - Palin’s beliefs, what she says, and everything about her represent just about everything I’m against. I would never be able to trust her with the highest office in our country and to not let the power go to her head. Every other president who says the same things she does has screwed this country - so I’m positive she would too.
October 22nd, 2008 at 7:45 pm
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Anne wrote…
Any respect I ever had for McCain has been eroded completely by his words and actions during this campaign. His choice of Palin has made me even more disinclined to vote for him. Lately, they have both spewed a lot of venom that brings out the absolute worst in some of their supporters.
They cannot seriously believe that the hatred they are inciting today will not adversely affect their ability to govern this country in the event that McCain wins the presidency. The reality is that they will be confronted with a greatly increased Democratic majority in Congress, which will not soon forget this campaign if they should win.