sarah palin it is!
By American Girl in Italy on August 29, 2008 at 11:49 PM in Current Affairs
Ok, I got home just in time to see McCain introduce his VP pick. Obama and Biden are SCREWED!
This solidifies my decision to vote McCain.
And it is not just because there is a woman on his ticket. It is because John McCain selected a woman. He put his presidency on the line, he put his faith in a woman. He considers a woman a worthy running mate. And he showed respect for those 18 million Hillary supporters, and he showed that he listened to the women in America, and that he values what we have to say.
Unlike Obama.
Obama made a very big mistake in not selecting Hillary. (although I did not want her on that sinking ship) Obama made a very big mistake telling Hillary supporters to get over it. He made a very big mistake in not reaching out to us. He made a HUGE mistake in never trying to control the vile attacks towards Hillary supporters, from his supporters. And he made a huge mistake in never speaking out to control the attacks on Hillary during the primaries. And his wife made a big mistake when she was asked if she would support Hillary, should she be the nominee. And they made a HUGE mistake when they tried to paint the Clintons as racists. And they screwed up when they tried to threaten us with Roe v Wade.
They are going to have a very hard time going after Sarah Palin, especially on her pro-life stance. You can’t attack a woman who stands by her convictions.
John McCain shook things up, and selected a new kind of candidate, a candidate who will bring change, and who is truly from outside of Washington.
Obama selected Biden, a guy who has been in DC for 35 years. Obama went safe, and mainstream. What kind of change is that?
I am very excited to getting to know her, as a candidate and a person. From what I have read and heard so far, I like.
I am sad, that Hillary is not where she should be. She should be on the Dem ticket - heading the ticket, but on it either way. She truly did break the glass ceiling, but, sadly for her, and her supporters, it is Sarah Palin that will be walking through it.
But, if all goes well - McCain/Palin will win, and Hillary will become Majority Leader, and the most powerful person in the Senate. And maybe then, we truly will have a non-partisan government that will work together, and get things done!
Way to go McCain!
And thank you Hillary Clinton, for enduring all that you have, in these past 18 months, and your whole political life, really, for breaking that glass ceiling, and putting a woman in the White House, one way or another. You truly are an inspiration, a fighter and a hero. And you will never be forgotten.
p.s. Is it just me, or is everyone excited to see Tine Fey on SNL, as Sarah Palin?
McCain/Palin 08. let’s do this.
Yes! McCain/Palin it is!
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Are you serious?? You would vote for Palin simply because she is not a he?
Do you realize that her positions are in direct opposition to Hillary’s? That she would roll back progress for women and women’s rights?
We must move beyond identity politics and focus on what each candidate would actually do for us as people, not their gender.
I did not like Kerry in 04, but voted for him because it was in our best interest that he win, it’s really that simple.
McCain/Palin would be a disaster for this country and for women.
Yes, yes — a complete disaster if the GOP takes over ersatz Clinton supporters. Didn’t you hear what she said???? “Did you do this for me?” Yes and No: I supported Hillary because of who and what she stands for, and PALIN doesn’t even come close.
Who are you people who would have Roe v Wade overturned? Who are you people to focus on Biden’s hair plugs rather than the 35 years of work he has done on our behalf in the nation and across the world at large? Who are you who would vote for McCain who said he admires Scalia most on
the Supreme Court — Republican shills wrapped in Hillary’s sheep clothing? I’M CANCELLING NQ IMMEDIATELY….
This absolutely clinches it for McCain. The only people voting for Obama now will be the misogynists and the racists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4HrSQySus8
I think you are wrong and the only people who will cross party line are to people who are racist and can’t stand to see a minority President. Those are people who need to search themselves deep within, because a lot of them hide behind the word Christian. True Christians are color blind and God will hold those so called Christians responsible for using him and if you live through this next Presidental term and John McCain do somehow win you will see punishment come upon this country.
Sarainitaly: The other thing that totally did it for me is the final theft at the convention itself:
When Jesse Jackson won approx. 465 delegates, he got every one of those votes recorded for history at the convention.
When Hillary won 1,920 delgates, she got less than 20% of them recorded for history at the convention. BO was too afraid to even let the realities of her historic accomplishment be recorded on the roll call. After all this time, and on the day after the 88th anniversary of women’s gaining the vote in the US, the best he could agree to was to let his party record a mere token vote for Hillary.
No, the women in the US are not finished yet!
PUMA!!
What we have to do is three-fold. First get McCain and Palin elected. Second get rid of harry Reid and push Hillary to the top spot in the Senate. Third get rid of Nancy Pelosi and put anyone in the spot, she’s gone totally off her rocker. I can easily see these Hillary and Palin sitting down over a cup of coffee and getting things done for the country.
Add Howard Dean and Donna Brazille to that list and you have me on board. And get the DNC out of Chicago too!
Do you really believe what you just said? If McCain and Palin get elected, say goodbye to your reproductive rights and hello to your coat hanger. Everything else you said is about Pelosi, etc. is pure drivel. Hillary would have made a fine president, but she lost to Obama, who is our nominee and will make a fine president in his own right, and do all he can to preserve the grounds women have made throughout the last century. Get over it or give up your rights to your own uterus. It really is that simple.
Another idiot man telling me my uterus is in danger when I am smart enough to know that Roe vs Wade will never be overturn no matter how many conservatives are on the bench can you Obots like actually learn how to read before you spout all these so called facts.
Get over it he lost our votes. We moved on you just do not like where we moved too.
McCain/Palin 08
That was the main reason I couldn’t watch the convention - Obama’s manipulation of the entire event, as if Hillary didn’t really exist.
I agree w/Sarainitaly. We’re going to have to just vote for McCain/Palin and make sure Clinton becomes Majority leader, and get rid of the fruitcake, bitter Botox-queen (Pelosi).
“….as if Hillary didn’t really exist.”
Oh, she existed all right. She existed in order for Obama and his millions of thugs to force her to humiliate herself over and over during the Convention in the service of the biggest most corrupt megalomaniac since Caligula.
I was totally sickened by Nancy when she threw herself around Obama’s neck and her eyes were so dreamy that she looked like a teenager at a rock star concert. I would hate to have to do her laundry (under garments) after that orgasmic moment.
“When Hillary won 1,920 delgates, she got less than 20% of them recorded for history at the convention.”
Wow. I didn’t watch the convention and didn’t read the news articles, so I didn’t know that less than one-fifth of Senator Clinton’s pledged delegates stayed with her.
you know feel like I can rest a bit, now that McCain has made this awesome choice. And, make no mistake about it, Cindy had a hand in this, just like Michelle had a hand in dissing Hillary.
Do you all remember when Hillary’s brother visited McCain a few weeks ago?
I’d bet my bottom dollar that he was acting as a go-between and John asked Hillary to be on his ticket.
But she said no.
Exactly!! And how many times did Hillary say Country before party?? hundreds!!
MCCAIN / PALIN 08
You have got to be kidding me? Was the ONLY qualification that you liked in Hilary was that she was female? Is that all that matters?
Hilary stood for women and their rights - ALL human rights. Sarah Palin stands for reversing those rights.
Do you think Hilary WANTS Sarah to win? I bet she will battle ten times as hard now to make sure Obama wins. The first woman in the white house someone who would take women BACK 50 years?
And Obama could NOT have picked Hilary Clinton. It wouldn’t have worked and I doubt she would have even accepted the nomination even if it had been offered.
I like Hilary and I like Obama, but more importantly, I support WHOMEVER supports my rights as a human being and as a woman - not some no name with no experience and an ULTRA conservative who was given the nod without even being fully vetted.
This will blow up in McCain’s face - mark my words. I think over Clinton’s dead body would she allow Sarah Palin in the White House. No flippin’ way…
Talk about being either a racist or a total man hater or something with no brain to jump from Clinton to Palin. That is the most illogical thing I’ve EVER heard.
Palin is against Choice, is Pro Gun Lobby, Pro Iraq, and I would have to be insane to vote for anyone man or woman who holds these values, and believes in these and other conservative and reactionary issues. Forget Alaska land and converting the rest of what’s left into a vast oil field and destroying our wild life and even more of our planet.
I am a proud Hillary supporter but cannot vote for Palin.
It does not matter now what Hillary wants?? sorry but it is what we want now and that is our vote and this has nothing to do with being a female it has to do with the DNC!!
You are now a Nobama kool-aid drinker thinking Hillary would want us to vote for this IDIOT!!! she was treated so unfair by Nobama and the DNC she said what she had to say–MCCAIN / PALIN 08!!!
PUMA MEMBER
are you kidding is the only reason why your voting for a Sexist pig is that he is black? I know you are one of Obama’s paid bloggers. They have been going nuts on all the blogs with their pathic crys for UNITY. I have decided to listen to Donna Brizilla and catch the McCain train. He picked Sarah. Why wouldn’t Hillary have saved Obummers ass on that ticket. Yes it would have helped him but he is to stupid to do what he needs to do. He will try to cheat but since we know he does this. It will be impossible to do it this time.
McCain/Palin 08
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? Any Hillary supporter that would now back the NObama and Kool-Aid train–After all the nasty remarks to Hillary and all of us for backing her and saying for us to just go away —-now they expect us to jump on board?? NO WAY-NO HOW-NOBAMA!!! GO PUMA AND CLINTON4MCCAIN MEMBERS–MCCAIN/PALIN 08!!!!
and yes we will- we are PUMAS and CLINTON4MCCAIN MEMBERS!!
MCCAIN / PALIN 08
Too “off the deep end” for me:
She said schools should talk about both creationism and evolution and open up a discussion for children to see both sides. Which is not quite the radical “only creationism” stance some evangelicals take.
umm.
Should we open up the discussion to include pagan, Hindu, Inuit versions of the earth’s creation?
In the science room?
dumb.
She said she was open to having discussion of it in the classroom, but opposed forcing those topics as requirements. My goodness the Obots are dense lately. No logic at all.
Don’t you smell fear? They are in panic mode.
Actually not so dumb if you want to know how others believe and why. It doesn’t have to be presented as doctrine.
So you are willing to give the others equal time?
Or just fundy 7 day creationism?
She specifically stated in the interview that she was open to allowing different ideas as a topic of discussion, but that it would not be appropriate to codify them in the educational learning standards.
Basically, she said she is open for the free discussion and debate of ideas. What a concept to the O-trolls, right? They have no idea what an honest debate on the issues is. They just “shoot and scoot” with poorly reasoned comments. Grow up!
I would not object to this in a comparative religion class or studies of belief systems for social studies, but, I would object having this discussion in a science class. And, yes, place the Inuit, Pagan, Hindi, Hopi , etal in the discussion groups.
I remember in high school covering various cultural beliefs about the beginning of humanity, in a mythology class. Multiple ancient cultures have great flood stories too. In science, it was only evolution but they did mention that some people believed in creation, then back to evolution and Darwin.
At the federal level this is really a moot point and should not be an issue at all since school districts are controlled at the local level by locally elected Boards of Education. No matter what Plain believes it will make no difference.
States also have some control through their state educational standards. If individuals want their children to know about creationism they can send their children to a private school or home school them. For me creationism is not a make or break issue for who gets my support. I only have one goal this year.I am only dedicated to making sure Obama and the DNC lose this year.
However, when it comes to schools the
discussion is evolution and creationism.
She, personally may have no problem ex-
ploring the basis of other faiths but, its not on the table. Which is why, she
was the candidate suggested to McCain by
Conservative Richard Land, is supported
Dobson and from their reports all con-
servatives are “giddy” with anticipation.
She supports the pro-life position in all
cases, as I understand it.
She is just what McCain needed. First, to
rev up the conservatives. He needed to
excite them. Get them out working block by block, registering people to vote
Republican. Those of you thinking of voting for him, need to think very care-
fully, of the downticket. Across the
board, Republicans are energized with this Palin Pick. Secondly, they are going
after Hillary Democrats. I would just ask
you to consider the ISSUES FIRST AND
FOREMOST. There is alot that we have en-dured thru these nearly 8 years of Bush.
I do not wish to see Bush tax cuts ex-
tended, continuation of status quo heath
care, possible further arch to right of
Supreme Court which will affect my grand-
children. That’s just the beginning.
There is no doubt that Hillary was the
best candidate. I still hold out hope that OB could be “revealed”. But, we are
where we are.
I celebrate the selection of Gov. Sarah
Palin and her accomplishments. To the
many women who want to think that Sen.
McCain was responding to OUR needs, to
that I’d say think again.
As a scientist I find creation science an oxymoron. If it must be taught, let it be in a class on metaphysics or ontology or better yet, culture. There is no room in science for quackery and dogma. Sorry.
I agree to creation science being taught in science class…. but only if Tom Cruise gets to play god. His couch jumping antics during the lecture ought to put it all in the proper perspective.
It doesn’t sound, though, as if she opposes the teaching of actual science in the classroom. That’s the real problem with fundies - the dumbing down of America. I’m watching her with interest. McCain’s choice was brilliant. I am strongly considering voting for him, while voting D down the rest of the ticket to maintain a comfortable balance of power.
chemical evolution of complex life in a hostile environment (as the early earth was) is still what Frederick Hoyle, England’s greatest physicist( and ardent atheist), called prior to his death….’evident nonsense of the highest order’.
Any teacher of science who cannot risk exposing his students to a book like Dr Hugh Ross ‘ “Creation as Science” where he explains how old-earth creation is a Testable and Falsifiable theory - making verifiable predictions , etc- and applies said tests to Naturalism, something you wont do in a public forum…..such a teacher is not worthy of the job title….
PS Any Hindu, Islamic ,etc PhD level scientists who wish to contribute to a series of essays describing the origin of DNA and complex life should be welcomed, at least by the openminded.
I await your ad hominem diversionary insults .
I agree, its called education which is suppose to generate logic and rationale.
better watch what you say there, mr. obot…obarfbag has many plans to open up discussion in the classroom about islam, or are you too drunk on koolaid to see that?
All I see is another racist republican Islamophobe.
Not a single Democrat thinks that. Are all Dems dumber than you?
Hillary and Bill too? Or are they just spineless or corrupt?
Should we have open discussions on Black Liberation Theology that Obama spent 20 years learning and shoving his kids into? How about the backwards teaching of Phleger that Obama has claimed as his spiritual advisor? Why not promote the terrorism of Bill Ayers?
Supporting a radical like Obama and knocking an opponent (even on the VP ticket) is impossible to do. A person’s character does not get any worse than Obama’s.
It all comes down to playing the race card for Obama which is all he has and I have been saying that for six months.
Will Obama use funds to create a Juneteenth holiday? Oh wait, he already did that.
what? What does Obama have to do with Juneteenth? Thats here in Texas. Why would Obama have anything to do with that?
Juneteenth is also the black liberation theology celebration of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is celebrated in place of the 4th of July.
Ayers and Barky used Annenberg foundation education funding to hold Juneteenth festivals for Chicago’s inner city children.
you are so out of touch. all polls show 50% of americans believe in 7 day creation and another 35% believe in intlligent design through evolution, so 85% of americans believe in intelligent design. more people believe in alien abduction than believe in random evolution. So I don’t think she is out of the mainstream or an extremist, she reflects the american people much more then you do.
Science isn’t about polls, flat-earther. If it were, we’d still be trying to figure out cycles and epicycles in an earth-centered universe.
Wow, that’s some curious math there Tommy boy. Yes, 50 and 35 do add up to 85; perhaps many of those are the same people?
well, I went to high school in Jamaica where they taught everything…all those religions and why. I feel like I’m a wiser person for it and today I believe in non of em…..so it’s actually a good idea
Dumb?
I learned about those creation myths in college, and yes they could be taught in a science course…only as a historical reference of where we’ve come from to our current post quantum mechanics knowledge.
I’m often concerned that the left have become too afixed to their positions…like a sort of left wing conservatism that must preserve its identity by its own catch phrases like the right wing clings to its god and country.
I’m sick of both extremes. Right about now, I’m all for some bipartisan anarchy.
“bipartisan anarchy”…I love it. I’m ready for change too, just not Obama’s leftist version.
Let’s go for it.
Don’t forget to add astrology, alchemy, voo-doo and witch craft along with creationism in the school curriculum!!!
SOmewhere along the line, the line between church and state got broken. It needs to be repaired.
Her opposition to abortion is a PERSONAL choice. She has actually vetoed bills that would ban abortions.
True- she also signed legislation to give gay & lesbian couples full partner rights.
Obama said he, too was open to “both creationism and evolution” being taught in schools.
Mr. X,
I did not highlight her position on abortion, as that would not have affected my view of her. I emphasized her view on creationism.
catfish,
And, I am not voting for Obama either. I think he is six sandwiches short of a picnic.
Not now. Not ever. NoBama.
Gotcha! I’ve seen your posts before, so I only made a clarification for others. I wanted to make sure it was clear for the Obama supporters. It was not intended to be directed specifically at you. Hope that clears it up.
Obama is in favor of teaching creationism in schools too — so what’s your point?
I had not heard this. Don’t plan to vote for him but it would be a good argument to use against him.
Um, Obama took the same stance.
Spare us the lecture! Obama supports faith-based government and is courting the Evangelicals outright! Heck, he has even proclaimed himself the new messiah!
Also, I don’t recall the Dems rejecting the installation of right-wing, anti-abortion Supreme Court Justices. Stop using the abortion issue as our only issue.
Furthermore, Obama voted for FISA, and thus shredded our constitution!
After Kerry lost in 2004 DONNA BRAZILE wrote this piece, she thought the DEMS problem was that they didn’t get the Church Vote, and Obama would solve that problem. “WHY AMERICANS HATE DEMOCRATS” How To Tap Into The Obama Factor. http://www.slate.com/id/2109328
You LADY are obviously OUT OF TOUCH with REALITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your BIG TOGA party is over! Blow off all the smoke from the BIG screen and all we have left is one hell of a lot of BLOW!
Go ahead and vote for McCain and Palin-you will get what you deserve. You pumas or whoever really need to get a grip - this woman (and mccain) have no policies even remotely similar to Obama AND your beloved Hillary- NADA! You think you are really following your conscience by not voting for obama? what kind of conscience is that? Think two words: Supreme Court.
McCain has to go through Congress to appoint judges to the Supreme Court. I hope your buddy Obama actually shows up to vote that day!
… And that he pushes the right button if he does show up.
Haha! Owned.
after the Berg lawsuit, he will probably have to step down from his Senate position or leave the country
Blah, blah, blah. Colbert King has an entire article in today’s WaPo rehashing all the reasons PUMAs are shortsighted and, well, just kind of clueless. Then he wraps it all up in a nice racist bow–is their attraction to McCain skin-deep?–to try to embarrass us into voting for Barry. Like we haven’t heard the “r” words–racist and Roe–a zillion times already.
Plus, I see that Rachel Maddow has described us as “post-rational.” If there are so few PUMAs, and our votes won’t matter, why are we attracting so much attention? Including yours, Nancy?
Nobama!!!
I see you received your ‘talking points’ from the Obama campaign this morning. Thank you and good bye.
Please that is an OLD arguement. And if thats all you got, you might want to go home.
What are B. Hussein Obama’s policies Nancy? The guy has more positions than a Las Vegas whore. Go ahead and vote for your little, arrogant punk who has never been anything but a community organizing pimp for ACORN. And don’t tell us about him being a U.S. Senator. He’s spent 173 days in the Senate and we the taxpayers are paying his salary and he has done nothing.
YOU are the one who will deserve what you get with Obama. Just wait until Larry Sinclair comes forward with PROOF in October that your boy Barack did in fact smoke crack in his limo while Sinclair gave him oral sex. But, if I was married to Michelle, I’d get sex somewhere else too.
aComment by Nancy: think of these words:
Wright
Pfleger
Ayers
Rezko
need more?
Obama is an anti-American Marxist, racist pig, who’ll sell his soul to the devil to get fame. His wife alctually LOOKS like a devil herself and has Obambi *ussywhipped. He’s the biggest egomanicac looser to ever be nominated and a complete insult to the Democratic party. The only legend he’ll ever be is in his own empty head.
NOBAMA EVE
I personally think that the media and the DNC has caused this rift in the party. It amazes me how women can be so disconnected from the discrimination that we have seen this last two years. I’m African American and female and have spent the majority of my life battling for my rights as a BLACK. I ignored the struggles of being a female simply because I attributed everything to my skin color. Not until this election did I see how politically correct it was to slander women and dismiss them as unequal with not much value. I’m a dem and would never consider voting for a Rep, but this election cycle has opened my eyes. McCain/Palin 08 and Hillary vs. Palin 2012.
You Obama supporters will get what you deserve. The women will all be dressed in their Burkas their jobs would be given to men. White folks will be paying reparations to black folks for years to come. Course it wouldn’t matter once Sharia law is the law of the land.
I decided to cast my vote for someone who actually loves America.
McCain/Palin 08
She’s also said Roe will never be overturned because women wouldn’t put up with that shit and they’d revolt.
She’s pragmatic. She has a personal view, but she’s smart enough to realize that it isn’t the only view, and she is honest enough to speak plainly about the realities of this wedge issue as well. I give her credit for navigating that issue quite adroitly.
typicalwhiteperson…
obama passed a bill that condones infanticide. then lies that he did it. then had to come clean about it.
and let’s be real…..roe-wade is not going anywhere. no matter how the obamacans spin it. it’s a fear button that has already been pushed so many time we it’s brushed off like the pesky mosquito it is.
the creationist thing….we’ll just see about that.
the obamacans are soiling their undies. all the sputtering that went on in the “news”media yesterday had me gleefully gloating.
Sen. John McCain has guts. Gov. Sarah Palin is his perfect running mate.
washington insiders of both “parties” are running for cover,
shakeup on the way. no pardon for Rezco. boo-f#@$%$#-hoo.
Go to ontheissues.org for an accurate, unbiased description of Palin’s stands. She is opposed to adding creationism to the curriculum, but open to its discussion in the classroom. She is also pro contraception.
I don’t have a problem with a prolife woman who walks the walk, as Palin has.
I do have a problem with a “prochoice” man who suggests that I make my decisions after consultation with my husband, doctor, and pastor.
No, that’s not Palin’s position on evolution.
According to The Anchorage Daily News, she has supported allowing the teaching of the debate between creationism and evolution in public schools, if students bring it up, and not necessarily as part of the curriculum.
Sorry Dems, I am a Dem but I love this pick by McCain. There are so many pluses that don’t meet the eye at first: she entered government first by running for PTA! When is the last time you heard that? Then city council, then mayor, then Energy and Conservation Commissioner, where she blew the whistle on fellow Repubs, then Governor.
And the sexism lives on “she’s just a beauty contestant” - please, keep up those MILF and GILF jokes. Because I want McCain to win, and you are helping him.
Stop the tom foolery.
No democrats want McPain to win.
wrong
>>>>Stop the tom foolery. No democrats want McPain to win.
Speak for yourself - I’m no longer a Democrat!
Thanks to Obama and his arrogance and willingness to take delegates from Hillary.
Dems for McCain - NO Hussein!
Good, democrats don’t want Islamophobic jerks like you anyway.
And you just reinforced my point.
No Democrats want McPain to win.
wrong. this democrat wants McCain and Palin to win for the benefit of our country.
no “islam fear” card works here, troll. not a chance.
“islamophobic” is the word of the day.
Brought to you by the letter “i”. also for idiot.
LOL!!
LMAO!