Up North Mommy also has a neat little page you might want to read: Why I’m A Conservative
People keep blogging about Sarah Palin feverishly attempting to make it seem as though she is corrupt.
We can not be fooled by those people that want desperately for her to look bad.
It doesn’t work like that.
We are too smart for that. I am too smart for that.
The Media Elite can dig but I can dig deeper and do research that matters. Facts that prevail.
You should dig deeper too. Especially if you are falling into the trap of trying to convince yourself why you should hate Palin.
Sarah Palin has not done a thing wrong. I’m glad she’s running for Vice President. I’m glad we didn’t know about her before. I’m glad she’s a Washington Outsider. I’m glad that she is more like the rest of us.
She’s a positive example of what it means to take matters into your own hands when others do wrong by local community standards and hurt law abiding citizens.
She’s got an 80% approval rating. Why is that? She must be doing something right. Unless of course you think 80% of the people that live in Alaska don’t know what they are talking about.
According to a lot of people she doesn’t know what she’s talking about.. You can’t stick a complete moron into the office of Governor and see the results that she’s provided in such a short amount of time..
I think one of the biggest fears at this point is the results.. If we truly bring in these “mavericks” with a positive solution and a strong resolve, then they can’t play politics with our money anymore.
Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh Air!
From where I sit, it seems that most people are simply pointing out that Sarah Palin lacks experience.
Now, granted, in the over all scheme of things – Sarah Palin does lack experience – in fact, many scream out that Obama lacks experience in Foreign Affairs.
I’ll give them that – I agree.
But the same argument could be upheld against Palin.
Look back to 9-11. When Bush was hold up someplace safe and Cheney had to step in and make major decisions – lets consider Palin in the same position.
What experience does she bring to the table?
Given McCains age and his history of cancer and risk of stroke – how secure would you feel if McCain were gone and Palin were left to take over.
Don’t get me wrong, I adore Palin, really I do. I love that she’s a woman. I love that she’s a mom – I love that she hunts, fishes and is in touch with her blue collar husband and relatives – but I don’t feel she’s man enough to run the country when McCain kicks the bucket.
On the flip side – I truly don’t think Obama would last in office. People that go against the grain of those who control Washington have a real knack for umm apparent suicides or even assasination by nutcase.
I’m looking at Biden!
I’m looking at Palin
In the end which of those two are more prepared to run this country?
To me that answer is obvious – and for those screaming Obama’s lack of experience, please consider that argument and just how silly it sounds when you’re standing in support of a woman who moved from the PTA to the Governors office shorter time than Obamas been Senator.
Obama was elected Senator in 1996
Palin was elected Governor in 2006
When I look at this election – I find myself comparing Biden/McCain and Obama/Palin – anyone else find themselves doing that comparison rather than the candidate to candidate comparison?
Where exactly are you sitting Gayla? Of course Palin has more experience than Obama. What makes this situation a horrifying one is that McCain has more experience than Obama and so does his VP! How sad is That!?
You say you adore Palin but I don’t believe that you sincerely do. Maybe I am wrong but there is part of me that gets the feeling that you are just saying that to make it seem as if you are understanding of all sides when I personally don’t believe that you are. I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong but after the last election… and going through this one I don’t see much of a change except maybe that you are trying to learn more about politics. But are you really?
Your reference to Sarah’s experience and time in office makes no sense to me. Sarah Palin has accomplished a lot more than Obama has in office. You’re satisfied with Obama’s voting record? I thought you learned that lesson from the last election? It’s not acceptable to show up and vote “present.” It’s worse that not showing up to vote at all.
I’m looking at the overall ticket as a whole when I look at these things. I’m looking at the McCain/Palin ticket vs. the Obama/Biden ticket.
I don’t want my taxes raised Gayla. Jobs are going to keep going overseas if we keep those business taxes high too. Do you want more jobs where you live or do you want companies to continue to outsource? Speaking of jobs in your area… What’s Senator Evan Bayh been doing about that economy where you live? I know you are concerned about that and have no gumption to move in order to put your family in a better position.
I just don’t see it. I don’t understand it. You want more jobs. You want better jobs. You want better paying jobs. You want your local community to thrive.
So why on earth would you vote for a Democratic team that is going to raise our taxes.? Why on earth would you do That?
Surely, there are FAR more experienced people than Palin, who frankly, in my opinion, is STILL more experienced than Obama. (Does “more years” mean more experience if you actually DID less? I’d rather have someone who DID more in fewer years, than someone who had more years and did less.)
But you know what intrigues me the most about this conversation? It’s that what seems to be the “main” concern is experience.
For sure, experience is important. Crucial even. But how can someone vote for ANYONE based on experience alone? I would HAVE to think that anyone who could pick between Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin based on who was more experienced, really doesn’t care about the ISSUES and PRINCIPLES that the opposing tickets stand for, just as long as they have enough experience to do the job. The two tickets are SO opposite of each other on the issues and in vision that I don’t understand how anyone can vassilate between them over “experience”.
Maybe that’s NOT how you feel Gayla. So I apologize if I’m misunderstanding you. Please correct me if I’m wrong. But that’s how it sounds.
You have to realize that the President/VP are going to do the job according to their beliefs on the issues, no matter HOW experienced they are. They have a whole cabinet, advisors and all of Congress who make the mass majority of the decisions. The President just tries to push them in one direction or another, and has the power to select cabinet members, put names in Supreme court judges, etc. But even THEN, he doesn’t have ultimate decision making power.
Electing a president is electing a “leader” who will bring together a team of OTHER leaders to help him and counsel him in making decisions to lead the country according to him/her vision and according to his/her stand on the issues– whether it’s national defense, taxes and the economy, etc.
So even someone with LESS experience but who shares your stand on the issues, is BETTER than someone with MORE experience but who wants to lead the country in a way that you think is wrong. It’s not like the President is doing it all by his/herself.
So, if you’re a conservative, pro-life, less-government, less welfare-state, “giving them everything hurts them more than it helps them”, more national defense, more free market, less taxes, parental control of children and education instead of government/school control, kind of person than your vote should be McCain/Palin.
If you’re more of a liberal and feel that “more taxes are okay with me as long as it’s helping people”, government should be more involved in the market, more involved in eduation, compulsory preschool, pro-choice, less national defense, government/school control of education and child health, etc then you should vote for Obama/Biden.
Experience IS important, but you’re supposed to vote your CONSCIENCE based on your stand on the issues you feel are important.
Even if Palin was Biden’s age and had been Governor for 8 years, and served in the Senate for 20, you shouldn’t vote for McCain/Palin if you disagree with them on the issues.
And even if Biden was as inexperienced as Obama, you STILL shouldn’t vote for McCain/Palin if you disagree with McCain and Palin’s vision and stand.
And vise versa.
Even if Obama was Biden’s age and they were both the most experienced, you shouldn’t vote for them if you’re a pro-life, less government, lower taxes kind of person.
Granted– we really weren’t given much to choose from. I’m a conservative gal and McCain was NOT my choice. But it is, what it is. And we have to choose the ticket that best represents our position.
I’m sorry – she’s a joke. Watch her getting blessed and protected from “witchcraft” and tell me this is the person you want running the country.
If it is, then you’re not the person I want deciding who runs the country.
Who are you talking to Annette?