Yep, you guessed it. Finally there is a ticket I can support in November. And, most of you can guess who it is.
McCain/Palin
Uhhuh. It was McCain’s choice of Governor Palin that did it. What I know of HER now sells me.
Governor Sarah Palin is a tough executive who has demonstrated during her time in office that she is ready to be president. She has brought Republicans and Democrats together within her Administration and has seen approval ratings of over 80 percent.
- She has challenged the influence of the big oil companies while fighting for the development of new energy resources.
- She leads a state that matters to every one of us — Alaska has significant energy resources and she has been a leader in the fight to make America energy independent.
- She has actually used her veto and cut budgetary spending. And she put a stop to the bridge to nowhere that would have cost taxpayers $400 million dollars.
- In Alaska, she challenged a corrupt system and passed a landmark ethics reform bill.
- As the head of Alaska’s National Guard and as the mother of a soldier herself, Governor Palin understands what it takes to lead our nation and she understands the importance of supporting our troops.
She has been sent by the one true Messiah!
I am not so much supporting McCain, because he stinks as much as Obama and Biden. But I will support Palin and expect to be happy to vote her into the Presidency in four years.
Now, all my liberal friends, I expect you to attack her “experience”, but you’d better put her up to your man Obama when you do. And when you squall about “four more years of Bush/Cheney” remember, our “Bush/Cheney” is your “Obama/Biden”.
Unlike Obama and his campaign, as long as you aren’t using foul language I don’t shut down posts here. Have at it.
Firstly, I’m not your Liberal Friend. I am not going to attack her experience. Neither am I going to squall about your previous administration.
I am, however, going to question the intelligence of an individual who supports teaching creationism in schools. While her comments about “Healthy Debate” are both tolerant and modern, they are completely irrelevant. One cannot teach creationism. One can only lie.
In the long run, however, she will likely act as little more than a secondary figurehead. A person with a reputation and manner which, as in your case, may turn many less perceptive voters to McCains side. I don’t really care either way. The real differences between the candidates and their political parties are few. Other than pointlessly inflating your false sense of self-worth, your vote is insignificant.
By: Tero Johtonen on August 30, 2008
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I think the experience issue is only in play because McCain made it the central point of his attacks on Obama for so long. So he goes on and on about how important experience is and then picks as his “heartbeat away from the presidency” pick someone who’s got less than Obama does. It’s another example of McCain selling out to the right wing of his party, which is so suspicious of him.
However, I’d say it’s wise for Obama and crew to aim their fire elsewhere, as Palin is such a target rich environment, anyway, aside from the experience thing.
By: JDB on September 1, 2008
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JDB – you can’t have it both ways. Obama and Biden were claiming that Obama has plenty of experience and the ‘right’ should shut-up about it. But when the ‘right’ gets someone with what the ‘left’ feels is minimal experience then Obama and Biden scream foul.
Now, either experience IS an issue or it is not. But it can’t be an issue only for Palin and not for Obama.
By: Muze Euterpe on September 2, 2008
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“As the head of Alaska’s National Guard and as the mother of a soldier herself, Governor Palin understands what it takes to lead our nation and she understands the importance of supporting our troops.”
Joe Manchin is the figurehead of our state’s nat’l guard, too, and his daughter works for a drug company. Should he be the next Scarface?
By: Chris James on September 2, 2008
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I don’t want it both ways, McCain does. The Obama counter narrative on “experience” was always, “yeah, but look where that got us. It’s better to be right than be experienced.” It’s not what Palin’s CV says about her, it’s what it says about McCain, in other words.
By: JDB on September 2, 2008
at 10:23 pm
I will only say, “You’re absolutely correct and I admire you.” I’d be run into the ground on my own blog if I said the same thing.
By: Evil Twin's Wife on September 4, 2008
at 11:10 pm
While being the mayor of a small town and being governor of a state for a year and a half may not be a tremendous lot of experience, it surely beats none at all. Neither Obama nor Biden have ANY experience at managing anything. Five minutes in the chair making decisions that affect the lives of thousands of people, and having to be personally responsible for those decisions, is superior to Biden’s 30 years as the third most liberal US Senator and Obama’s three years as being the most liberal US Senator. Each of these two made, or should have made, decisions that affect millions of people, but take no responsibility for it because they were members of the herd.
By: tanstaafl on September 11, 2008
at 7:17 am