Writer's Block: Sarah Palin?
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Is Sarah Palin a shrewd choice for the Republican Party, or is she a
liability?
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Shrewd.
1. She's not afraid to call out corrupt members of her own party.
2. She's been a Governor for a little over two years, which is an
executive position and all that entails.
3. She herself chose to have a baby late in life even though she knew
it had down syndrome. This is a tough choice for many people and
speaks to those for whom abortion is an issue.
4. She has a pregnant soon to wed, 17 year old. And this is surprising
because? Five kids, one teen pregnancy sounds below the national
average to me(opinion). Coming from Alaska we should be happy we
aren't finding out about a drinking problem (no offense just speaking
of statistics).
5. She's not a lawyer, nor did she go to college to study law. I'm so
not kidding on this.
6. She's young, and relatively new to politics. I'm contrasting this
observation against the Obama accusation of "McCain is more of the
same". She is certainly not more of the same in anyway shape or form..
especially when put up against Senator Biden, who has a political
career spanning 35+ years in the Senate(yeah, like he's a breath of
fresh air...)
That's it for now, I know I'm not voting for Obama, which means I'm
left with McCain as the alternative. His choice of Sara Palin actually
makes me feel better about voting for such a liberal Republican
candidate.
Now, if we can just keep enforcing our immigration laws already on the
books... but that's a different rant (or is it?)
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(Anonymous)
saw you off the writer's block page. Drinking problem with the
daughter? done.
http://perezhilton.com/2008-09-02-what-did-her-mom-do-wrong
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 05:41 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply
wiltherran
Word has it
those could be photos of her older sister.. though with my firewall at
work, searching is a bit difficult at the moment...
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 07:04 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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davinciclone
I also came from the writer's block page. I knew I'd end up replying
to someone there. The more I find out about her, the sicker Palin
makes me, and I knew someone's response to this question would make me
sick as well. Lucky you.
Let's go point-by-point:
1. She's not afraid to be one either. Whether it's firing a Walter
Monhegan for not firing her ex-brother-in-law, or firing a librarian
in Wasilla for not wanting to ban books, she's got the high abuse of
power quotient that the Republican party finds oh-so desirable.
2. She has been governor of a state populated by "thirteen people and
some caribou", as Cafferty would have it. While it's a flippant,
dismissive charge, there's plenty of truth to it.
There's also plenty to the charge that Palin was a member of the
Alaska Independent Party. Yes: a candidate for VP belonged to a party
whose platform involved the secession of her state from the union.
Oh yeah, "she's a uniter", all right.
4. She is a huge proponent of "abstinence-only" sex education for
purposes of preventing teen pregnancy and the spread of STD's. If she
can't even get it right in her own home, she has no right to preach it
to the rest of the country. Period. If she's so involved with running
her sparsely-populated state that she can't take time to teach her
children the lessons she wants them to learn, I don't want her telling
me how to raise mine.
5. I wish you were kidding on this. It'd make it that much easier. If
you don't see the problem of someone who doesn't understand the laws
they solemnly swear to support and defend, you're just engaging in
anti-lawyer knee-jerk responses. I'll bet you still laugh at the Lost
Boys yelling "KILL THE LAWYER" in Hook.
6. I'm going to put this as plainly as I can: Palin doesn't even know
what the vice president does. Would you hire someone for a job if they
had no idea what it entailed? I sure wouldn't.
Oh, but then again, doing so could be described as a breath of fresh
air. If you're a crazy person.
So, do us all a favor: vote independent. It's quite a switch from '00
and '04 when every vote for an independent was a vote for the
Republican party. Now, every independent vote is a vote for Obama.
And we thank you for your support.
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 07:20 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply
time_ambassador
Your #4 SO hit the nail right on the head for me. Couldn't have put it
better myself.
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 09:48 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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wiltherran
#4
okidoke, So... you're okay with the government telling you how to
raise your kids, so long as the elected official raises there own
without any "problems"?
Fascinating.
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 10:11 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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time_ambassador
Re: #4
That's not even close to the point that was made and you know it. Way
to go.
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 10:28 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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wiltherran
Re: #4
perhaps I'm just overly sensitive to what I see as people expecting
the government to both do things for them, and tell them how to live..
I key on the littlest thing. I know it wasn't the point you were
making, but it's there nonetheless.
You don't want an elected official that can't keep their house in
order telling you how to run your own house. Glass house analogy.
While I do agree with that, I dislike the idea of laws dictating how I
raise my child and/or how I conduct myself in the privacy of my own
home. Frankly, I'd be surprised if you didn't agree with me on at
least that much.
But then you see ballots with measures intended to "babysit" the
populace legislatively and it just raises my eyebrows and keeps me
going to the polls.
So, perhaps I'm a bit sensitive... but I'd hazard an opinion everyone
who has commented on any of these posts to this question are sensitive
one way or the other.
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 11:04 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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davinciclone
Re: #4
That's right, you missed the point.
Of course I don't want anyone in power telling me how to raise my
child... and being a new dad, it's more important to me than ever.
I don't expect elected officials to have a perfect family life, but I
would like to see that the values they hold dear work for them within
their own family.
Palin's exactly the type who will use her office as a pulpit to preach
her brand of offensive, failed family values to the country at large,
ignoring the fact that her values only reflect those of a relatively
small section of the populace.
We've found ourselves at war with fundamentalist extremists. I don't
think an administration that comes from the opposite extreme is the
answer we need.
Posted on Sep. 3rd, 2008 01:45 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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(Anonymous)
abuse of your children via the internet
you must know daniel sarhad is an internet troll/bully harassment
artist who not only harasses other users via internet services but he
also openly posts pictures of his child online while antagonizing
other users... i would call this pure and simple child abuse and
neglect.
of coarse he'll drink a gallon of the obama-aid. that figures he would
rather see america turn socialist then retain it's once great place in
the world.
if you look at his online past you'll see davinciclone is not too
smart, and if he actually cared about his wife, child and family he
would not be stirring up trouble and harassing people online and then
posting pictures of them... is this making sense?
i think after he was fired by gannett (arizona republic) he would have
learned not to do the things he's doing... he was fired from that
publication as advertising director for using company computers to
post slander and harassment on a website called portal of evil.
mr. sarhad is not too bright and hopefully maybe one day he'll see the
light of day...
posting photos of your children and family online while harassing
other internet users is very dangerous and utterly stupid on his part.
maybe that's part of the reason he attacks sarah palin and is drinking
the obama-aid as we speak...
daniel sarhad (davinciclone) dreamchyld artworks.
http://www.myspace.com/davinciclone
http://davinciclone.livejournal.com/
Posted on Oct. 15th, 2008 02:24 pm (UTC) | Link | Parent | Thread |
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davinciclone
Oh, I missed point three:
Yeah, she's against abortion. But she's apparently not against trying
to kill the kid outright.
Have a nice day, and happy voting!
Posted on Sep. 2nd, 2008 07:24 pm (UTC) | Link | Thread | Reply