Disconnect....regarding the republican ticket

[30ashopper]

I'm not Rita, but Palin did say herself that she did not have an opinion on the Iraq war because she "had not focued on that"

March, 2007 -

Alaska Business Monthly: We've lost a lot of Alaska's military members to the war in Iraq. How do you feel about sending more troops into battle, as President Bush is suggesting?

Palin: I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe. Every life lost is such a tragedy. I am very, very proud of the troops we have in Alaska, those fighting overseas for our freedoms, and the families here who are making so many sacrifices.

 

[GoodWitch58]

So many are bashing the media about the questions/comments about her private life...I agree that in general there has been too much of that. But can we be objective...at least a little bit?

It was the campaign that emphasized the family...the five children, the special needs child...and then the pregnancy...they made her family the center piece of the "launching of the candidate"...for whatever reason, probably to get the conservatives in line; and, they did a very poor job of vetting her so they had no record on issues and policies they could showcase.

The first (and only so far) interview she was allowed to give, was to People mag, FTLOG!

That strategy left the media with very little go on, so they ran with the family stuff.

All the serious media outlets have sent reporters to Alaska to try and find her record; to interview her colleagues; to see what makes this woman tick. It will come out eventually, and she will have to face the media...it would have worked a lot better, if the campaign had used a different strategy.

I for one have to ask why they chose to do it this way. It seems like a disservice to both Palin and the American public. And, it is completely different from the way John McCain has used the media in the past...

I hear that she is giving her first interview to ABC News, so perhaps we will finally get to hear her policies. Perhaps she won't be so ungracious and over the top as she was in St. Paul.

 

[hnooe]

Jesus was also a great example of a grass roots "community organizer", but he was never a small town mayor.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Good one!

 

[futurebeachbum]

I find it interesting that the Republican Women of Florida and maybe elsewhere are up in arms because Oprah won't have Palin on the show...

when, Palin is sequested by the campaign and not available for any media event or talk show. It is the campaign, according to the campaign manager, that is keeping her away from the media until they are sure she is comfortable with her answers.

This whole Oprah thing is ridiculous.

Whether you agree with her choice in who she supports for President, she at least has the integrity to ban politics (all candidates) during the election season from her show.

If she had Obama or Biden on, but not McCain and/or Palin it would be criticizable. Having no one on until after the election is over seems pretty fair to me. We all know she supports Obamd, but she's not using her show as a vehicle to support him. She's allowed to have a preference in who she personally supports.

 

[idlewind]

This whole Oprah thing is ridiculous.

Whether you agree with her choice in who she supports for President, she at least has the integrity to ban politics (all candidates) during the election season from her show.

If she had Obama or Biden on, but not McCain and/or Palin it would be criticizable. Having no one on until after the election is over seems pretty fair to me. We all know she supports Obamd, but she's not using her show as a vehicle to support him. She's allowed to have a preference in who she personally supports.

Look, Oprah is not one of my favorite people and I do not watch her show. However, IT IS HER SHOW. If she wants to have Obama and Biden on every day, that is fine with me. If she has/does not have Palin on her show, that is her business. She is a private enterprise, not supported by the government and can do what she wants.

 

[GoodWitch58]

Completely agree. It is just another distraction from the real story.

 

[futurebeachbum]

Look, Oprah is not one of my favorite people and I do not watch her show. However, IT IS HER SHOW. If she wants to have Obama and Biden on every day, that is fine with me. If she has/does not have Palin on her show, that is her business. She is a private enterprise, not supported by the government and can do what she wants.

Based on that reasoning, any show, includind the news should be able to overtly do the same. (I say overtly, since they all do it covertly now.) They too are private enterprises, not supported by the government.

I'm not an Oprah fan for many reasons (the biggest one being the Dr. Phil Show) but I still think Oprah shows some class waiting until after the election is over to have any of them on her show.

 

[Miss Kitty]

This whole Oprah thing is ridiculous.

Whether you agree with her choice in who she supports for President, she at least has the integrity to ban politics (all candidates) during the election season from her show.

If she had Obama or Biden on, but not McCain and/or Palin it would be criticizable. Having no one on until after the election is over seems pretty fair to me. We all know she supports Obamd, but she's not using her show as a vehicle to support him. She's allowed to have a preference in who she personally supports.

O, that was good and spot on!

 

[Lane Rees]

On August 29, 2008, Republican Presidential nominee, John McCain, announced Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska as his VP running mate. That selection has trumped and checkmated the Obama-Biden ticket.
Coming the day after Obama's historic acceptance speech at the Democratic convention, which speech and Obama's earlier pick of Joe Biden as his own VP running mate, were expected to be the top news item leading into the Republican convention the following week, McCain's pick of Sarah Palin however completely eclipsed those events.
In less than 24 hours, Obama's day in the sun had been come under a cloud of shadow and was relegated to history being completely upstaged by the Palin choice. The news cycles have talked about nothing else since in terms of the presidential politics.
The choice by McCain has stunningly energized the conservative base of the Republican party, an important segment McCain had his own problems with. But by choosing Palin, a staunch conservative, he has revitalized his commitment and perception in that area. Many conservatives who had relegated themselves to simply voting against Obama, are now more than willing to for 'for' Palin.
The choice also reached out directly to independents and disaffected Democratic voters, particularly women, who were so sorely disappointed by Hillary Clinton's narrow loss and the way they had been treated since Obama sealed the nomination. Particularly in overlooking Hillary Clinton, who won 18 million votes in the primaries, and actually had more votes than Obama, those disaffected women are also excited about Palin, and indicating by the tens of thousands on blogs and disaffected Hillary voter sites on the web that they intend to cross over and vote for her and McCain.
The Obama campaign and DNC, curiously, have already launched all out attacks against the choice and Palin herself, indicating that she does not have enough executive or national experience.
Excuse me? She does not have enough executive experience?
A simple analysis of the relative experience levels of Sarah Palin compared to either Democratic candidate puts this to rest. For over the past decade, Sarah Palin has been involved in executive decision making at increasing levels of elected positions of public trust. Obama has no executive experience, Biden has no executive experience. During that time, Palin left off running an actual private business in Alaska, a commercial fishing business and was elected to her city council and then, in quick order to be Mayor of her home town. She did so well there that she was ultimately elected to be Governor of the State of Alaska, managing 17,000 personnel and a 9 billion dollar budget. Obama and Biden have absolutely no comparable experience at all, neither of them.

Mayor Sarah Palin executing her duties as Mayor.

Sarah Palin being sworn in as Governor

Governor Sarah Palin executing her duties as Governor, signing legislation.

Governor Sarah Palin acting in her capacity as the executive of the State. ​

In Alaska, as Governor, Sarah is also the Commander in Chief (CINC) for the Alaskan National Guard. This is a critical national assignment as Alaska sits on the border with Russia where Air National Guard aircraft intercept Russian Bear aircraft. Sarah Palin has taken her role as the Commander seriously, regularly visiting the units and coming to understand their duties and capabilities.

Governor Sarah Palin meeting in the field with Guard Units.

Governor Sarah Palin, an avid shooter herself, learns the operation of equipment of guard units (She's manning the gun). ​

As Governor, Sarah has helped devise and push through a project for the largest natural gas line in the history of the US...taking on entrenched politicians (on both sides of the aisle), lobby groups, and large corporations in the process. Her involvement with, and her understanding of, the Energy issue is unmatched by either Democratic candidate.

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Outside of her direct role as Governor and speaking more to her personal values and commitment to them, Sarah walks the walk on the pro-life issue. Having found out well in advance of delivery that her youngest child would have downs syndrome, she and her husband thanked God for the blessing and brought the baby into a loving home. (By contrast, Obama has stated publically that he doesn't want his children 'punished' with a baby).

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As Governor, Palin actually visited the wounded soldiers in Germany, while Obama, when given the same opportunity in Europe, refused to comply with Defense Department guidelines regarding his entourage, and skipped that part of his schedule.

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Beyond all of this, there is also a part of Sarah Palin that most hard working, patriotic, and committed Americans are coming to adore about her. She is real. She is authentic. Not only has she stood up to corrupt politics and the old networks that have produced so much waste, fraud, and 'bridges to nowhere', she is also a regular person, and authentic all-American girl, wife, mother, and citizen.
She has actually walked the walk of reform and change instead of just talking about it.
She does not come from privilege, did not aspire to it, or become placed in it. She did not attend the Ivy League or prestigious schools. She has gotten to where she is by pure honesty, integrity, and strength of charachter and has been raising five kids and enjoying life while doing so.

Sarah Palin loves to Four-wheel and fly with her family in Alaska.

Sarah Palin loves to fish in Alaska.

Sarah Palin loves to hunt in Alaska.

..and, oh, did I mention? Sarah Palin loves to shoot. ​

All of this drives the leftist and anti-American crowd mad. Sarah Palin is the real deal. Young, refreshing, committed wife, mother, American citizen. She is the real deal when it comes to the change that is so much needed in American politics, particularly in Washington. John McCain must be congratulated for vetting her, seeing this, and putting her on the national stage.
She represents in fact, and in her own actions, what so many others (including Obama and the entrenched Biden) only talk about, and then go on with business as usual.
Obama, in his own actions and positions as a State Senator (voted merely present so many time in the State Senate, but voted no defending the Born Alive Abortion Protection Act there), in his own actions and positions as a US Senator (spent only 144 days on the job before beginning his campaign for the President, but in those short days was recognized as the Senator with the furthest left record), and particularly in his own willful associations of long standing with hateful, racists individuals like Jeremiah Wright (who preached 'Not God bless American, No, No, No, God Damn America!) to Obama and his children, and with the likes of Bill Ayers, the unrepentant, arrogant, and militantly anti-American political connection where Obama kicked off his own political career, who bomber the US Pentagon, the US Capitol, and NY City Polic Headquarters and then claimed in an interview published on 911 that his only regreet was that he had not done enough...no with such actions and such associations (npot to mention TOni Rezco, Pleger, and others), Obama has proven that his change is precisely the type we do not want or need in Washington.

CHOOSING THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES


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