All About McCain

[Gn2Dlnd]

So, I wonder if the wags who came up with the 57 star lapel pin in response to Obama's slip of the tongue



will come up with a 49 star pin for McPalin.

[JWBear]

I feel I must ask our conservative friends here... Do you really feel comfortable voting for a presidential candidate who has shown such an alarming lack of judgment, in both himself and in the advisers he surrounds himself with? If you truly want what's best for the country, why would you vote for someone who has already demonstrated such a high level of incompetence? Can you honestly - deep down in your heart - believe McCain would be a better, more competent leader than Obama? Or are you only voting for him because he's Republican?

[scaeagles]

I would figure you're basing that largely on the choice of Palin?

I don't consider the Palin choice to show a lack of good judgement, so I can't really comment as to that. The only other thing I can think of is the advisor who said somehtng like "the economy is fine, Americans are whiners", which was certainly ill advised and ignored the fact that many Americans are hurting (however, there is always a segment of the population that is....while I loved Reagan, my dad was serially unemployes during the 80s).

So I am voting based on the policies I think are best for America. Fiscal conservatism (please understandthat I know Bush is no fiscal conservative).....well, no need to list tham all. I have before.

And honestly, what she did almost two decades ago as far as her political affiliations doesn't matter much to me, nor does a drunk driving charge 22 years ago, nor does the fact she smoked marijuana when it was legal (and she at least admitted to inhaling), nor does a pregnant daughter.....

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

...So I am voting based on the policies I think are best for America. Fiscal conservatism (please understandthat I know Bush is no fiscal conservative).....well, no need to list tham all. I have before......

I'm sorry, but if you want fiscal responsibility, you’re not going to find it in the current Republican Party. The last eight years have proven that!

One of the reasons I’m voting for Obama is that I feel he will actually do something about digging us out of the economic hole Bush and co. have dug for us.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

I'm sorry, but if you want fiscal responsibility, you’re not going to find it in the current Republican Party. The last eight years have proven that!

You may not be familiar with my criticisms of Bush that I have posted. Indeed you are correct. Bush spends money in a fashion that would embarrass druken sailors. I hate it. The republican congress he held in his first term went along with what he wanted and it is embarrassing. Honestly that's one of the reasons I like Palin. Her line item veto record in Alaska is impressive in terms of eliminating spending.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

You may not be familiar with my criticisms of Bush that I have posted. Indeed you are correct. Bush spends money in a fashion that would embarrass druken sailors. I hate it. The republican congress he held in his first term went along with what he wanted and it is embarrassing. Honestly that's one of the reasons I like Palin. Her line item veto record in Alaska is impressive in terms of eliminating spending.

But Palin won't have that power (unless you are hoping for President McCain's untimely demise). McCain has indicated that he will continue Bush’s fiscal policies. And as you said, the republicans in Congress have made no moves towards fiscal responsibility. So if the Republican Party has demonstrated (for the last eight years) that they give a rat’s patooey about fiscal prudence – indeed, that they represent just the opposite – then why vote for them on that basis? It doesn’t make sense.

[Tenigma]

Sarah Palin -- good lord, where do I start? 17-year-old unwed daughter... should've announced the pregnancy weeks ago locally so as to make it "old news". Instead, she was apparently shunted off and not seen in public until she had to. Do we need anymore proof that abstinence education doesn't work? Hello Mrs. Palin?

She's a rabid pro-lifer... but she has no trouble going back to work three days after giving birth to a special needs child.

OK so I was reading the NY Times online today and I read the following comment, written by a reader, and my eyebrows went WAY high:

Sue Williams, an Alaska Republican who has a blog called Mudflats, posted some very interesting reflections recently on Palin and how she is handling the pressures of parenting 5 children including a recent special needs infant, while working as a governor and now campaigning as a Vice Presidential candidate:

"But it is the same vein - this lack of judgement - Sarah showed, on the campaign trail for governor, when asked who would raise her children should she win, she promptly stated that Todd would quit his job and stay at home with the kids (Todd works a "Slope" week on/week off schedule).

Sarah was elected and then - whoops. Todd didn't like the stay at home gig - so Sarah, citing they needed money for the kid's college (even though Track enlisted in the military) said Todd was returning to work. When asked about her statements on the campaign trail about how Todd would quit his job, Sarah said she'd actually never talked to him about what they would do if she was elected (in terms of his employment) and that she'd spoken out of turn when she spoke for him stating he'd quit his job.

Again, call me picky, but this is the kind of bizarre judgement Sarah routinely displays. Are you kidding me that she would run for governor and she and her husband would somehow not think to have a conversation about what to do with their four school aged kids? That's insane. So, either her judgement is super goofy, or she wasn't telling the truth. Either way, it's not reassuring to now think this is someone who would be one 72 year old heartbeat away from having to call shots for the country/world.

So Todd trots himself back to work and Sarah is busy traipsing around the state and the nation. The kids are "farmed out" (this is the word used by thier associates in "the Valley") to family and friends to raise while Todd and Sarah are off having their respective careers (Sarah is famously quoted as saying, "My mom does whatever I need her to").

During this period is when Bristol, Sarah's sixteen year old daughter, turns up pregnant. So, it's kind of interesting to note that the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee and her sixteen year old junior in high school unwed daughter were carrying babies at the same time. Once Bristol's condition became more obvious this summer, she was whisked out of sight and hasn't been seen in public until yesterday in Ohio. This is why Trig's blanket was strung across her entire abdomen and torso, but, when she walked down the stairs from the stage, in a profile shot, it was very clear to see she is well into her third trimester of her pregnancy.

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For me, once again it speaks to judgement. We all - every single one of us - even Sarah's closest friends in the Valley (I know, I've been speaking to them) know she is in no way qualified for this position. At all.

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How does one dash about the country for the next 66 days trying to pull off an image of the devoted mother of five when she, by and large, isn't the one raising them?

Whoa nelly!!

So I went to go look for this Mudflats blog. It's here. Holy moly -- interesting stuff from a local!! I'm adding her to my RSS feed!

[Strangler Lewis]

I don't care about her husband's DUI or about the mere fact of her daughter's pregnancy. As we learn more about her family, and we will, I may conclude that her handling of the matter reflects poorly on her as a) a person, b) a politician or c) both.

I do think that her apparent support for Pat Buchanan's candidacy is pretty close to supporting David Duke's and merits questions. (Maybe she just liked his isolationism.) The same with her membership in a group advocating Alaska's secession as there is no mechanism for state secession in the U.S. Constitution.

[innerSpaceman]

Well, i can't fault her for that. I'm a STRONG supporter of California secession ... but of course, I'm not running for any office of the (I-don't-want-them-to-be-) United States.

[scaeagles]

Well, 20 years ago (well, 18 technically) is a long time ago. If she still thinks it's a good idea, then I might see an issue.

And i wouldn't mind seeing CA secede either, Ism.