Six weeks ago when my sister asked me who I wanted McCain to select for VP, I said Sarah Palin. I then quickly added, “But it’s never going to happen.”
Then it happened. And whoa, talk about pulling off a stunner.
I like Sarah Palin, and have ever since she defeated that p.o.s Murkowski in 2006 and rescinded the dozens of political appointments he shelled out to his cronies in the last hours of his administration. She was proof that the voters of Alaska were capable of making good decisions. I mean these are the people who keep Don Young and Ted Stevens around despite their numerous infractions against common decency.
In many ways, Sarah Palin is my Mr. Smith goes to Washington.
I love that she is exuberant about politics. That she ran for office to change her own hometown and then moved on to change her home state. And wasn’t the obvious choice for Vice President.
It will also be nice to have someone in office who understands rural communities. Because there seems to be this idea that all small towns are Mayberry, and that only big cities have problems that need to be fixed. I can’t think of a national candidate, in recent memory, who would have a better understanding of the issues affecting Montanans at the grassroots level.
Palin is a reformer who isn’t afraid to clean her own house. Her recent scandal gave me pause until I read a quote from the Alaska State Senator (a Democrat) who is spearheading the investigation. Sen. Hollis French said that he didn’t need to issue subpoenas because Palin’s office was cooperating fully and that he intended to look at everything in context before making determinations about the situation. So, I’ll reserve judgment until his investigation is complete.
As for her views, there are some things that this moderate Republican doesn’t love. Her views on abortion and gay rights aren’t the same as my own. And her contention that creationism should be taught in public schools perplexed this Evangelical Christian.
Despite my disagreement with those positions, I feel that the good far outweighs the bad. I’m excited to see her debate Senator Joe Biden because I think she has what it takes to hold her own. And I’m interested to see what influence she will have on the ticket, and the party as a whole.
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Actually, her contention is that creationism NOT be part of the curriculum. Read a little more than 4&20 on that one!
And she signed a bill approving gay rights despite her own religious beliefs.
As a guy who supported McCain eight years ago, and bemoaned the religious right’s influence on that election, and on Bush and Bush’s foreign policy, I still like this pick a lot.
Well, Goofy, being a woman, Sarah can still change her mind you know.
“Being a woman”?
Of course, “being a man” I could never change my mind…
This is actually getting kind of funny. The dust is settling, and the pick is looking very bad. But the faithful will find reason to cheer. Dobson can hardly contain himself.
Kate, are you a Dobson girl? A righty fundy? Just curious.
Are you biding your time while waitin’ on rapture?
Goof, in a 2006 debate she said she supported teaching both creationism and evolution. http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g4-w_DCWffagBaQb8Il9a0R2hkPAD92SL7E00
Mark T, if you are asking me if I am a follower of the James Dobson crowd the answer is no. Evangelicalism is not synonymous with political beliefs, you can thank the American media for blurring that line. Evangelical christians are simply christians who believe that Jesus is the Messiah, followers should study the gospel to spread the good news, and be born again. That’s it.
And vote Republican. What planet do’st thou liveth on?
the problem with “pulling off stunners” is that you sober up in the morning and realize what you’ve done. when all the euphoria and initial surpise and the new car smell is gone,
you soon realize what a mistake you made.
sarah palin is ok for alaska but put some coffee on and try to shake the cobwebs out you guys - this is the vice president of the united states we’re talking about and your candidate is 72 years old ferchrissakes. the savvy politicos in the republican party must be on their second bottle of glenlivet to run this one up the flag pole.
when the sobering numbers start to come in next week after the american public goes back to work from a long holiday weekend i would not want to be in the same room with Mr McCain. it’s going to be ugly.
“She later clarified her stance in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, saying that she doesn’t think creationism needed to be part of the curriculum and that she would not push the state Board of Education to add such alternatives to the state’s required curriculum.”
Kate that’s from the same darn article that you and earlier, 4&20 linked. . So I’ll stick with my prior assertion.
You know the left’s really gone batty when they start to criticize what earings she’s wearing durring a hurricane
http://americanprincessblog.com/?p=3291.
the only one who has gone batty on this is insane mccain in making this selection for VP. it will be apparent by the middle of the week just how insane when mccain’s slow slide to oblivion starts to accelerate.
Well, since Michelle Obama said that the only thing she could buy with a $600 tax rebate was a pair of earrings, I think Palin is probably in the clear with regards to jewelry choices.
Sorry, goof, I guess I read over that. Twice. Some new glasses may be in order.
Mark T, not all Evangelicals vote Republican. In fact, the overwhelming majority of people who attend my church vote Democrat. But then again, they are from Butte.
Don’t be so quick to throw everyone into the same box just because CNN says we’re all the same.
Since I don’t watch CNN, I don’t know what to think. I just suspect that most fundy’s are like my email correspondents - fervent, wrong, easily bought off, and like a child entering the kingdom. Like the Bible says.
[That must be a talking Bible Mark Trotsky owns.]
I noticed today that Fact Check has taken on some of the Palin smears: http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html
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Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years.
She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a “What if?” question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin’s first term.
She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.
Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a “courtesy” when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.
Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska’s schools. She has said that students should be allowed to “debate both sides” of the evolution question, but she also said creationism “doesn’t have to be part of the curriculum.”
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The polls continue to show a surge rather than just a bump in McCain’s direction. Sorry problembear, thems the facts. Which week of reality were you referring to?
