Thread: Sarah Palin

now that mccain has chosen palin to be potentially "a heartbeat away" from the presidency, she certainly deserves her own thread here in issues.


let's take a look at the record and positions of this little known woman, and her impact on the race.

Any relation to Michael?

She has as much experience as the Messia of Change but appears more genuine, a fiesty good looking woman who is not afraid to take on big establishment/oil and stuck-in-the-mud politicians....this is going to be one hell of a campaign season..can't wait to see how Hillary and Bill stump the road for Obama...bye bye Hillary your last chance is slipping fast. Obama should be gratefull to McCain for choosing a woman and breaking the old tradition of US Presidents being white male now in 12 years he can run again and maybe with a bit of maturing and experience he might just make it.

A master stroke or an anchor?

Listened to her "introduction to the people speech" last night and certainly come across as an articulate and confident intelligent woman and politician.

Mixed review from the pundit's though. Again give her a fair chance and if she's not good enough we will soon find out.

Knowing very little about her, I'd say it was a move to bring in the disgruntled Hillary supporters. That narrow band of undecideds is what they're fighting for now. McCain also can shake the same-old song moniker with a young, woman as vice.

Most people's minds are already made up. I'm not sure this was a good move.

Quite an astute choice by the looks, more obvious than it may first appear too. Sorta swings the ball back a bit towards the McCain court having their own 'minority' (so to speak)

Originally Posted by Texpat

I'd say it was a move to bring in the disgruntled Hillary supporters.

she wants to OUTLAW abortion everywhere in the US....even in the case of rape or incest.....once these 'disgruntled' hillary supporters learn about this, she won't get too many of their votes.

on a separate note, is it true that palin is under criminal investigation?

Like a mirror image of the Obama/Biden ticket.
One grizzly veteran and one deer-in-the-headlights novice.

I actually heard Obama spent most of his senate time running for president? So I guess that probably discounts his experience on the national scene.

mothers proud of their sons going to war scare me ................

Military service should be applauded and what family wouldn't support and be proud of their sons or daughters?

military service equals going to war ?

She is an admirable, likable woman. I'm sure I would like her in person- although I entirely disagree with some of her views.

That said, i think McCain has suicided.

Originally Posted by Mid

military service equals going to war ?

Indeed - if the that is the mission.

thanxs brit , then disband all armys and stop war ................

Originally Posted by raycarey

Originally Posted by Texpat

I'd say it was a move to bring in the disgruntled Hillary supporters.

she wants to OUTLAW abortion everywhere in the US....even in the case of rape or incest.....once these 'disgruntled' hillary supporters learn about this, she won't get too many of their votes.

on a separate note, is it true that palin is under criminal investigation?

Something to do with corruptly trying to dismiss someone from government service because of a family problem she was having with the victims brother.

More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.
Palin has a long history of run-ins with the Alaska GOP hierarchy, giving her genuine maverick status and reformer credentials that could complement McCain's image. Her husband, Todd Palin, is part Yup'ik Eskimo, and is a blue-collar North Slope oil worker who competes in the Iron Dog, a 1,900-mile snowmobile race. The couple lives in Wasilla. They have five children, the youngest of whom was born in April with Down syndrome.
Sounds like she aint gonna take shit from anybody.whatever the prob was with the brother-in-law I'm sure the McCain people vetted her like she was x Soviet KGB so there is not going to be a silver bullet.
What a resume: a hockey mum turned Governor, Macho union husband champion of an Alkaskan grueling dog sled race numerous times , mother of five kids one has Down Syndrome; big Pro-life testament..every life has meaning. oldest son volunteered to serve his country in a time of need...this woman is a winner and quite cute too..really cute compared to the dried old hack H.

It takes a bit of the novelty out of the Obama camp, too.

Either way, history will be made. Obama isn't unique now.

Iron Dog, a 1,900-mile snowmobile race.

Alkaskan grueling dog sled race

something not right here ?

Five kids and she has a former brother in law.

Perhaps McCain chose this pro-life/anti-abortion VP to get as many of the Xtian right to the polls as possible. The Xtian right would never vote for Obama, but they might stay home.

And....will some of the 11% of Hillary supporters that were polled saying they'd vote for McCain actually stay with McCain, stay home, or vote for Obama.

Hard to say. It may not even be important. But it's something to think about.

Or all the white vote who says they will vote for Obama, actually don't and vote for McCain.

On July 11, 2008, Palin dismissed Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan and offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he turned down.[50][51] Her power to fire him is not in dispute, but Monegan alleged that his dismissal may have been an abuse of power tied to his reluctance to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.[52]
Palin replaced Monegan with Chuck Kopp, dismissing as false allegations that Kopp had sexually harassed a subordinate.[53]
After initially refusing to explain her decision to fire Moneghan, in August Palin explained that she had done so because he had not adequately filled state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues." According to Palin, Moneghan's dismissal was thus unrelated to the fact that he had refused to fire Wooten.[54] Palin said that members of her staff had made contact with public safety officials regarding the trooper, though she said that her staff's contacts with the commission were not directed by her and she had little knowledge of them. She also took disciplinary action against one member of her staff who had mentioned her and Wooten's family connection to Monegan's staff.[55] In August 2008, a bipartisan panel of the Alaska Legislature hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal.[56] Democratic State Senator Hollis French, who is overseeing the investigation, says that the Palin administration has been cooperating and that subpoenas are unnecessary.[57]

Sarah Palin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikpedia is very up to date. Someone from the republican camp must have been busy.