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.

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.”
– Edmund Burke (Irish orator, philosopher, & politician 1729 – 1797)

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.

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.

An Extreme Choice

is the title on buzzflash.com linking to TP’s Progress Report

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…

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.

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.

texaslady Says:
By the way why are there so many vacant seats in the GOP convention ? Just curious.

They must be all down in New Orleans, helping fill sandbags to shore up the levees.

bitblt Says:

Could it be that TP’s zeal to ferret out hypocrisy was a bit too zealous?

Could it be that bitblt’s ambition to make some sense was a bit too ambitious?