Palin Blocked Funds To Help Teenage Mothers
Palin Blocked Funds To Help Teenage Mothers
Since news broke that Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) 17-year old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, it has been widely reported that both Palin and Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) oppose comprehensive sex education.
Today, the Washington Post now reports that Palin has actually gone a step further and cut funding for programs to help teen mothers:
After the legislature passed a spending bill in April, Palin went through the measure reducing and eliminating funds for programs she opposed. Writing her initials on the legislation, Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million. Covenant House provides programs and shelters for troubled youths, including Passage House, which is a transitional home for teenage mothers.
A copy of Palin’s line-item veto:
On its website, Passage House describes itself as a place for young mothers “to live with their babies for up to eighteen months while they gain the necessary skills and resources to change their lives.”
McCain has also supported the Family Support Act in 1988, “required teen mothers who receive public assistance to remain in high school and, in some cases, to live with their parents.” There’s no word yet on whether Bristol will still be attending school during her pregnancy.
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dumbass… god i love karma.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 amTypical… we support the rights of unborn babies…but once they’re born, they’re on their own….
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 amKumpassionate Kunservitudes.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:53 amPalin is really the gift that keeps on giving to the Democratic Party…
WHO VETTED THIS WOMAN????
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:55 amSO!!!
Let those ‘baby mamas’ and those babies eat mooseburgers!
Right, Sarah?
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:57 amGood to know she has sound logic. (not) So, cut funding that helps people obtain employment skills, so they can use welfare instead. And everyone complains of lifetime welfare receipients, and this is mccain’s best pick.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 amBristol – is she named after the Bristol Motor Speedway in New Hampshire? She does get around.. and around…
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 amThe republicans may have survived Hurricane Gustav but I doubt they will be able to withstand Hurricane Sarah which is bearing down on St. Paul at this very moment. Forecast — heavy wind gusts accompanied by rain and large hail. Expect extreme flooding and power outages.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 amEven the most stalwart conservatives have got to be shaking their heads on mccain’s judgement.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 amWell like every conservative she thinks every young girl has a mother who is a governor that can get her health benefits for her and her child and a place to live and a boy to marry her.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 pmHmmm, Palin is described as a ‘hockey mom’, and a hockey(or should that be hickey?) player knocked up her daughter.
Was it done with or without the ‘hockey mom’s approval. Can’t have any sex education now, can we?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 pmtexaslady; from what I’ve been seeing, the conservatives are not shaking their heads, they’re eating it up.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:04 pmOh that is just adorable. Is this boilerplate language typically used in their platforms or was this inserted due to their newfound belief of ‘Moral Relativism’.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:06 pm“McCain has also supported the Family Support Act in 1988″
Is supported the right word there?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:08 pmJohn McCain was pressured by the christian extremists of his party to select Peggy Hill (Palin) if he caves so easily to them will he cave in to Russia? China? Al Qaida? The Taliban? The highest bidder?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pmToday, the Washington Post now reports that Palin has actually gone a step further and cut funding for programs to help teen mothers.
It’s funny how there’s always enough money to fight wars but we can never seem to afford to help our own citizens.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:09 pmWhere is the outrage over President Bush’s “Angry Left,” comments?
Is he the president of the Red States? Or, is he the president of the United States.
It is widely believed that his tax policy and his insistence on a never ending occupation, which he calls a war, are directly linked to the national debt, rise in oil prices, etc., etc., etc.
Now he is waging a PR battle with disaffected Americans. This at a convention in which the party’s nominee is promising more of the same!
I don’t understand how a sitting president can make such partisan statements, statements that show such a lack of respect to the American people.
DAMNED RIGHT I AM ANGRY!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmHow was McCain supposed to know she had a pregnant teenage daughter? I mean c’mon, he interviewed her the DAY BEFORE he announced her as the VP pick….
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmThis is not so much about the child as it is about the mother, obviously and despite what the right wants to say.
My wife wathes the view sometimes and it got loud this morning.
The blonde right wing bimbo….I don’t even know her name was saying that when Al Gore ran that the right didn’t make a big deal out of the fact that his son was caught speeding and in possession of weed.
She tried hard to make the two incidents seem similar. Yet I don’t recall Al Gore supporting any movement to not keep our children away from drugs which would corelate with palen not supporting sex education an insisting that abstinance is the only solution.
This womans has issues that surround her children. She is a failure and it is bad judgement on her part that is directly responsible for it.
We all have kids and they do things that we wish they would not do but to put them in a position designed for failure is bad judgment, period.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmUnderstanding Motherhood is above McCain’s pay grade.
Time to get the puck out of here, Sara. They haven’t read your hockey hero’s Face Page yet, eh?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:17 pmUncle Ho Says:
texaslady; from what I’ve been seeing, the conservatives are not shaking their heads, they’re eating it up.
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Up is down!
Tonight at the convention they will be celebrating the Palin daughters relationship by having the boyfriend appear on stage/camera with Bristol – the relationship that has resulted in a out of wedlock pregnancy!
These MFers are really hypocritical – Like they don’t even get it.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:18 pmShould have expanded on that post. Mark this on the long list of what McCain doesn’t know:
Didn’t know Czechoslovakia IS NOT a country.
Doesn’t know the difference of Sunni and Shiite.
Doesn’t know much about the economy (his own admission)
Didn’t know how may troops were in Iraq at one point in time.
Accused Obama of ignoring the troops when an ad was already out showing the O man shooting hoops with soldiers.
And now, picks a VP and doesn’t know she has a teenage pregnant daughter.
I tell you, the GOP has slipped (thank God). they didn’t used to make these kinds of mistakes.
Guess when you use as a litmus test blind loyalty to an incompetent buffoon like Bu$h, the end result is a party being run by half-ass religious college (that shouldn’t even be accredited) graduates.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:19 pmIs it called Abstinence of Caring?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:22 pmNo, there’s no hypocrisy — remember how understanding and even celebratory the Right was when Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy was announced?
Okay, bad example.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:26 pmEconomics are above McCain’s pay grade, too, but staring at Palin’s ass is something he know how to do quite well.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:27 pmUncle Fester Lurks Says:
“John McCain was pressured by the christian extremists of his party to select Peggy Hill (Palin) if he caves so easily to them will he cave in to Russia? China? Al Qaida? The Taliban? The highest bidder?”
McCrappedmypants has caved to the lobbyists and neocons-Georgia, Iran, the Economy
He caved to his Vietnamese captors (despite Bush’s rhetoric)-
http://www.counterpunch.org/cockburn04192008.html
AND the fundies- Palin
McCain has not had an independent thought in the last eight years. Maverick my azz! Flip-flopping appeasing panderer is a bit closer to reality! How can he be expected to lead when he delegates every decision out to his lobbyist/handlers?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:29 pmGuido @ 11 – Do you have a link for that?
It’s friggin’ awesome, I hope TP has taken note.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:30 pmOh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to outwit the Liberal Bloggers.
Mary had a little lamb,
in an attempt to fleece the sheep.
The itsy bitsy Palin went up the political spout.
Down came the truth and flushed the Bimbo out.
The rhyming is poor but the thoughts remain.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 pmWe’ve had a witless puppet leading the nation for the last eight years. It’s time that America had a leader who can make his own decisions, considering the good of the nation over that of neocons and lobbyists.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 pmJames Dobson and the rest of the American Taliban is going ga-ga over Palin. It’s like she is their wet dream come true.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:32 pmShayne Says
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Well like every conservative she thinks every young girl has a mother who is a governor that can get her health benefits for her and her child and a place to live and a boy to marry her.
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You took the words right out of my mouth. Bristol Palin is fortunate she has a supportive family, but not all teens are as lucky. Sarah Palin is wearing blinders.
Palin, like so many conservatives, appears to believe that if we just make it difficult for teens to have babies, they won’t get pregnant. And if we don’t give them accurate information about sex, they won’t have any. And if we tell them to “just say no” to sex and keep their legs crossed, they will.
Well, guess what. We’ve been telling teens not to have sex for many generations now. And they still do. What part of that do these delusional self-righteous wingnuts not understand?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pmUncle Ho Says: “Can’t have any sex education now, can we?”
Uncle Ho,
Looks to me like somebody got some damn good on (or under as the case may be) the job training.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pmCrusty; LOL!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:35 pmlivelongandprosper Says
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:58 am
Bristol – is she named after the Bristol Motor Speedway in New Hampshire? She does get around.. and around…
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I think I would have thought twice before naming any child of mine (particularly a daughter) “Bristol”, since it’s a British slang term for a woman’s breast.
In cockney rhyming slang, “Bristol City” is the equivalent of “t!tty”, so when a woman is said to have “a great set of Bristols”, it refers to her bustline.
Just more evidence that Sarah doesn’t do her research before acting or speaking…and I thought we already had enough.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:39 pmLook closely at their faces, they are faking it. They are really terrified that this is the final nail in their party’s coffin and are feigning excitement to cover their angst.
It’s the same look all those phony ‘PUMAs’ have when claiming they’ll vote for Mccain just because Hillary lost.
It’s like watching toddlers lie, the face gives it away.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:41 pmI think her daughters pregnancy matters. I understand most people don’t. But I see it as a failure on her part to adequately teach her daughter how to take care of herself. My son, who I’ve loved, taught, and yelled at, if he made this mistake, I’d consider myself as having failed for not adequately teaching him about personal responsibility.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:41 pmMaybe this sentiment doesn’t belong in TP. But my sons’ sucess and failures belong not only to him, but to those who raised him.
I know some kids are hard (mine was), I know some kids don’t make it no matter what you do. I come from a family of ten and my brothers and sisters range from doctors to felons.
I think the reason I feel this way is because she just has the crazy smile all the time like it doesn’t really matter.
tom Says:
The republicans may have survived Hurricane Gustav but I doubt they will be able to withstand Hurricane Sarah which is bearing down on St. Paul at this very moment.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 am
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I hear it’s being upgraded to a Category 5 shitstorm.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:43 pmThe amount the non-profit got from Palin is over three times what they got from all gov’t sources combined in 2006. Don’t believe what you read at ThinkProgress or the WaPo.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pmTO: All Bloggers Who Support Sen. Obama
SUBJECT: Media Bias
The media is trying to put up a shield around Gov. Palin by saying things like: “The Democrats have to be careful about how they treat Sara Palin, for fear of being viewed a sexist” and “Sen. Biden can’t go after Sara Palin during the debate because there could be a backlash or he could be considered as being too rough with her or being sexist by being disrepectful to her”, or words to that effect.
That as we all know is a bunch of bullzhit from the media to protect this women. This is politics and she isn’t running for Girl Scout Den Mother, she’s running for Vice President of the United States. If God forbid anything happened to Sen. McCain, she’d be President and have to stand up to dictators like Chavez of Venusala, Putin of Russia, the leaders of Iran, etc. My point is: If the Obama campaign lets the media tell it how to treat her, then they’ve already lost. They need to use Sen. Clinton to say: “Sara Palin is running for VP and she doesn’t get a free pass in the media or from the Obama Campaign because she’s a women. This is politics and if she wants to be VP then she needs to either take the heat for get out of the kitchen. There are no free rides when to dare to run for VP or President of the United States. The media needs to stop trying to make the news and just report it. They shouldn’t be in the business of defending Sara Palin or any other politician running for office”.
This election is going to affect all of your lives like it or not. And to let the media define what is off limits it to let them determine who is elected President. I oppose Sen. McCain based on his positions, not because of the way he looks, or his age, or any other “Politically Correct” Bullzhit. That’s exactly what the P.C. media is trying to do with this women. They want to wrap her in a P.C. blanket to protect her from her own record and problems. Lastly, keep this in mind: The media people you see on TV are all rich and I mean super rich. For example, Wolf Blitzer, Andersen Cooper, Joe Scarborough, and the rest all make at least 5 to 7 million dollars a year in salary. Now what party to you think they support. That’s right (the Republicans) because they want another massive tax cut on that 7 million dollar salary they make.
How many of you make 7 million dollars a year? I’ll bet most of you don’t even make 500 thousand dollars are year. So please join me in contacting the Obama campaign by calling 1-866-765-2008 to try to get them to have Sen. Clinton use the message I suggest they use to counter the media Political Correctness. Please don’t e-mail them, it never gets through, that’s why I ask that you call them and insist on my message being delivered.
Who Knows, The Shadow Knows!
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pmI agree that tis is a monumental year of anti-Republican forces converging, but I think all the talk of permanent irrelevance for the GOP is mistaken.
The election of 1964 was also supposed to be the beginning of a permanent liberal consensus, but eight years later Nixon won reelection in the most crushing landslide in history.
It’s cyclical, and when Obama takes office with Democratic majorities in Congress, things will get better but there will always be problems and mistakes. And the Republicans, finding themselves in the minority they so richly deserve, will be newly energized and focused. Their tactics aren’t really suited for being in control, because they’re all about demonization, not problem solving.
In short, they’re not going away, no matter how badly they are crushed this November. I’m afraid the best we can hope for is that they learn some lessons about divisive and frivolous campaigning, and that the current incompetent generation loses favor and is forced into retirement.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:52 pmRich H Says: “…my son’s success and failures belong not only to him, but to those who raised him.”
Rich,
AMEN!
Extremely well said. It is a sad time that all parents don’t hold to this philosophy.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:54 pmImmigration2008DotCom Says:
The amount the non-profit got from Palin is over three times what they got from all gov’t sources combined in 2006. Don’t believe what you read at ThinkProgress or the WaPo.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:47 pm
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According to Norquistnomics, it’s a funding cut.
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:57 pmThe funding in question was not for program operation. It was for a one-time construction project — a facility expansion that had been in the works for some time. And the governor cut the funding by 20%, forcing the agency to shift funds from other sources and other uses to cover to the shortfall
It doesn’t look like the WaPo article is very accurate, but it’s no more deceitful than Immigration’s framing of the issue.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:01 pmBut, we had 12 years of raygun/bush which although they won’t admit it, all know it was the same as now, hurting us as a country. Then 8 years of Clinton…stark contrast.
Now 8 years of bush and the repubs running everything…into the ground.
Not even the republicans try to deny that they have done a miserable job.
I think they are done for a long time. They serve only one constuctive purpose in a democracy. To be the minority obstrucionist party.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:02 pmi just heard an AP radio news report that the mcLAME campaign wants all the talk and digging into palin’s background and family to STOP, it’s off limits…
uh, double standard much?
amazing .
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:03 pm#Guido the Loving OBGYN Says:
From the 2008 Republican Platform, p.52:
“We have a moral obligation to assist, not to penalize, women struggling with the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy”
The operative word there is “unplanned pregnancy”. As a prior poster said, they love the fetus but hate the child. Hypocrites one and all.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:04 pmShadow – if you really want people to read what you wrote, can the bold. I don’t read any post that is in all bold or all caps. Other people have asked this of you. I guess you really don’t care if people read what you write.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:07 pmRich H Says:
I think her daughters pregnancy matters. I understand most people don’t. But I see it as a failure on her part to adequately teach her daughter how to take care of herself. My son, who I’ve loved, taught, and yelled at, if he made this mistake, I’d consider myself as having failed for not adequately teaching him about personal responsibility.
Absolutely. She does not take responsibility for her family. Her political ambitions take first place and her family a distant second.
Then, lest we forget, she valued the life of her special needs baby so little she risked it’s health by travelling 9 hours in labor to have him in a hospital with no neo natal unit. To me that’s the most damning evidence against Sarah Palin.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pmSecond that.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:09 pmGuido the Loving OBGYN said:
Of course you’re right. Insanity is always easier, you don’t have that pesky rationality to deal with.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:14 pmWhy Palin ? There are many female Republicans with a stronger record than hers ? Meg Whitman for one who actually left the EPA under Bush administration, when she realized how he dismantled all the regulations.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:15 pmGive me a professor of Constituitional Law over a year and half Governor of 600,000 people.
And Palin put her daughter on display not the media or the lefties. So like the Republicans never tell the truth.
The GOPers are so excited only 1/3 of the seats were empty last night and they golf-clapped especially hard!
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:16 pmShadow; I concur with Bilbo and ralph. All bold all the time makes it difficult to read. I confess that I sometimes use bold and/or CAPS, but only to make an emphasis on something.\
All we are asking is that you tone it down, please.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:17 pmI think they are done for a long time. They serve only one constuctive purpose in a democracy. To be the minority obstrucionist party.
Agreed. But they have been very adept at manipulating our district system to their advantage, such that it will take a dramatic shift in not just attitudes but also addresses in order to effect a clean sweep… they’re hurt and they’ll be worse off after this election but it’s close to impossible for either side to deliver a K.O. with the polarization of the districting…
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:20 pmForgive my affrontery, texaslady, but aren’t you confusing Meg Whitman with Christie Todd Whitman?
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:21 pmI am wondering if the entire RNC pow-wow is being shot with a wrap-around green screen and they just project people and have an applause track running.
It felt as wooden as a cigar store Indian most of the time.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 pmIs this the Covenant House Alaska,
http://www.covenanthouseak.org/
for which Gov Palin reduced a budget?
If so, this is a national organization with a religious affiliation. Tax records for 2006 show 37.5M$ total revenue.
Could it be that TP’s zeal to ferret out hypocrisy was a bit too zealous?
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:24 pmUnplanned pregnancies are a problem for the whole family, because it takes a family to raise a child while the mom tries to educate herself for a well paying job. I have seen moms go on and get degrees, begin a business and become self sufficient with family support. No one married or not realizes how tough being a parent can be.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:37 pmBeing a parent is 24/7 for years and a special needs child will be forever and she wants the V.P. spot ?
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Palin Blocked Funds To Help Teenage Mothers…
… And got a teenaged mom in exchange.
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September 3rd, 2008 at 2:01 pmRalph you are right…got my Whitman’s mixed up…thank you
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pmBy the way why are there so many vacant seats in the GOP convention ? Just curious.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pmCould it be that bitblt’s ambition to make some sense was a bit too ambitious?
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pmThey must be all down in New Orleans, helping fill sandbags to shore up the levees.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:08 pmI’m thinking bitbit has trouble understanding financial statements.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:31 pmThat’s why they pretended to be delaying the start because of the hurricane. Lack of interest.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:32 pmtexaslady Says
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:07 pm
By the way why are there so many vacant seats in the GOP convention ? Just curious.
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I suspect it’s because it’s not a “public” event, such as one that people could get tickets to. One has to be a delegate, a member of the press, an invited guest, or some other credentialed person to get into the arena.
That said — I’m a bit surprised that the PR people for this shindig didn’t make sure there were enough “invited guests” to ensure all the seats would be filled.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 pmIn addition to the 1.1 million dollar budget reduction from the Covenant House, Palin cut $268 million from other areas.
Progressives have joined the chorus that we need to reduce our 9 Trillion dollar debt and our annual deficits that add to it.
Palin didn’t single out teenage mother’s for cost cutting. And when we finally cut funding on a national level to address the burgeoning debt, their will be many individual constituencies that will lament the reductions.
We can argue priorities. That’s valid – but, Palin cut much more than just the Covenant House. And we as a national will have to implement similar broad based cuts (in addition to new sources of revenue, ie taxes) if we are ever really going to seriously address the debt.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:50 pmby the numbers, as announced on ed:
palin won the mayor election with 671 votes… 671 people voted for her… of a 6,000 population…
she won the governor’s race with 114,000 votes, 17% of alaska population.
her opponent got 98,000 votes.
talk about small-time…
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:52 pmA web site I like is highlighting an article from TP:
An Extreme Choice
is the title on buzzflash.com linking to TP’s Progress Report
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:01 pmBut there’s a difference. Her daughter is in a family which is well-heeled.
The home for unwed mothers is for ladies who don’t have money. They’re different you know !
While I agree that the family of the candidates should be off-limits, Palin’s removing funding for unwed mothers should be fair game as that was an official action. And the hypocritical nature of supporting her daughter while not supporting others is also an official action.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:02 pmEvery word that I read about Ms. Palin demonstrates that she’s a dangerously delusional radical. Once one adopts the stance that the occupation of Iraq is “ordained by God and/or Jesus”? One should be exempt from public service.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:04 pmFor that matter. Any politician who proclaims that their policies will impose their private religious Beliefs on others should not be allowed to run for any office. And I would be thrilled if such persons were deported.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:08 pmpete. Deportation is a little over the top. But, the exposure of the candidate using their faith to govern (with the assumption that future behavior would be similar) should be grounds for disqualification.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:15 pmLine item #7 says “Association – John Trigg.” Now isn’t her son’s name Trig? The on Wikipedia, someone posting under the name of “Young Trigg” confessed to changing information about Sarah Palin. To many “triggs/trigs” for my liking.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:26 pmRepugnant family values at work!
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:34 pmReply to #56 Uncle Ho: Ok I give up, you guys are right about the bold. Just trying to get noticed, but went about it the wrong way. You guys missed the entire point by focusing on the print size. If you guys care about this election or country, then we need to team up to help win rather than just blog to each other. Sitting around typing messages for each other doesn’t get any of us or the country anywhere. Like I said, I oppose Sen. McCain/Palin on the issues, not because she’s a women or he’s 72 years old.
The point I was attempting to make is, the media’s attempt to wall Sara Palin off from fair criticism or an examination of her record. They (the media) are trying to influence this election by putting her off limits. Being a women does not give her the right to hide from her record or the positions of the McCain campaign. If she wants to play in the arena with men, then she has to play by and be held to the same rules and standards. We the Republican party is against affirmative action only when they aren’t trying to use it to her advantage.
I have nothing against women at all, my wife, mother, sister, and daugthers are all women. If they want a job, then they have to compete for it just like any man would. My other point was the Obama campaign needs to have Sen. Clinton and other Democratic women call the Republicans, McCain and Sara out on this attempt to avoid scrutiny of Sara by claiming “sexism”. If Sen. Obama came out and said, “They are attacking me based on “racism”, his campaign would lose in a landslide. But McCain/Palin is playing the “Sexist Card” and getting away with it.
This is American and she wants to be VP, a heart beat away from the Presidency and if she’s not qualified, then she shouldn’t be elected. I know I don’t trust her to stand up to dictators like Putin of Russia, Iran or any other totalitarin leader. My point is if she can’t defend herself from Joe Biden, how can she stand up to Putin? Does anyone on this site actually feel comfortable about this women deciding if we go to war or not. I don’t believe she’s got the experience, knowledge or guts to stand up to Iran, Russia, Pakistan, or any other tin horn dictator.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pmShadow; thank you for your posting above in normal type. It is easier on our eyes.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:56 pmBy not allowing the press or anyone to ask hard questions of Ms Palin, she won’t have to acknowledge how ill prepared she is. Women I have talked with, even my conservative friends are shocked and insulted that mccain thinks just a female body will bring votes. We are intelligent enough to want a thoroughly vetted and experienced person in second command. We had 8 years of on the job training with bush and look where we are now.
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:58 pmIt is called ‘Compassionate Conservatism’….!!
September 3rd, 2008 at 5:08 pmThe Shadow Says
September 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm
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Thanks for the plain text. I was able to read it easily and I agreed with everything you said.
Please know, however, that many of us are doing more than just blogging. We are writing letters to our editors, we are getting our friends and acquaintances (and even total strangers, where possible) registered to vote, we are doorbelling for Obama, and we aren’t allowing GOP sock puppets to spout their talking points anywhere within our earshot without challenging them.
“All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:18 pm– Edmund Burke (Irish orator, philosopher, & politician 1729 – 1797)
Very well said, as always, missm. Personally, I will do all within my limited means to prevent anyone with an (R) after their name from gaining office. Unless and until a new “conservative” movement arises and makes punishing their guilty predecessors their first priority. I seriously doubt that will happen in my lifetime but, a guy can hope.
And I’ve let various legislators know my thoughts since “snail-mail” was the only means of communication. Let us hope that we have not been forced to revisit the “pony express” before “conservatives” figure out we have to conserve our resources.
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:39 pm