A Freeper's Observation; Sarah Palin

E.G.C.

[E.G.C.]

HOWDY FREEPERS!!!!!!

I have to tell you this morning that I'm far more enthused about the G.O.P.'s chances for the Presidential election with John McCain's choice for Vice President, Sarah Palin.

Now, let me again just say that I don't agree with some of the things McCain has done in the past. Having said that, I do feel that he has made a very wise and smart choice for his running mate in Sarah Palin, the Govenor of the great state of Alaska.

If you look at her credidentials, you'll find that she has far more managerial experience than Barack Obama. She was the mayor of a small Alaska town, then she was the govenor of Alaska for a couple of years. Her husband is involved in the oil business. And, they have five beautiful kids.

Meawhile, what does Hussien Obama have to show for his resume? Several years of community agitation and rabble rousing and numerous associations with a known terrorist and a pastor who race-baits and put down our great nation and good honest decent people like you and me. Is this the kind of person you want giving out orders? I know that's not the kind of person I would be taking orders and directives from, no siree!!!!!!!!

Folks, I would urge everyone to take time out and take a good hard look at the candidates running for office. Don't let the goofballs and CNN and the big three make those decisions for you. We don't need to be giving these sorry lazy miserable good for nothing pieces of trash the power to be kingmakers.

This election comes down to this. Who do we want for President of the United States?

Do we want someone with military experience who knows what it's like to deal with foriegn enemies?

Or, do we want some sorry lazy miserable good for nothing rabble rousing community agitator whose only known thing is being associated with a known terrorist and who wants to turn America into another Zimbabwe?

That's what this election all boils down to folks. Our choice.

[E.G.C.]

Again, John McCain has made a very wise and smart decision in selecting the govenor of the great state of Alaska as his running mate.

And, I can tell you Rush Limbaugh feels the same way too. Just check out what he said about this at rushlimbaugh.com.

Regards........

[E.G.C.]

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[Man50D]

People are folling themselves if they think McCain doing one conservative act by picking Palin will suddenly and magically change his left leaning actions over the years or erase the many times he has voted with the socialist RATS on many issues.

Presidential candidates choose running mates because the latter agrees with the former on an overwhelming majority of the key issues. Palin is not going to change McCain's stance on such key issues as amnesty for illegal aliens, the human induce global warming fallacy etc... She will have to acquiesce to him.

[SECURE AMERICA]

(I have to tell you this morning that I’m far more enthused about the G.O.P.’s chances for the Presidential election with John McCain’s choice for Vice President, Sarah Palin.)

Let me put it this way. Prior to yesterdays announcement the only reason I felt I had to vote was to vote AGAINST Obama.
But voting against someone is a harder motivation to sustain then voting for someone.
Maybe it is raining on POLL day. Maybe some oppurtunity for something somewhere comes up for that day. Maybe the day arrives and you just wake up saying screw it. If the Republicans don’t want to offer a decent candidate then to bad for them I’m going back to bed.
Thats all gone now. With one simple and finally correct step by McCain I am now eagerly looking forward to the election and will be at the poll to vote come hell or high water..........

[pgyanke]

Yes, this was a masterstroke that I was praying for. I was going to hold my nose for McCain just because of the unthinkable alternative... now I'm going to actively campaign for this ticket! It's great to have enthusiasm again!

Shifting gears slightly, I think all of the headlines should have been proclaiming the most profound point of this decision:

In Surprising Move, McCain Listens to His Base!

[E.G.C.]

Thanks everybody for your responses.

I might also add that Palin is pro-life and socially conservative. I can tell you that as a lifelong native Oklahoman, her values are far more in line with the values of the state of Oklahoma than with Barack Obama's values.

[a real Sheila]

I really just do NOT have a good feeling about this decision. As a female, I’d be THRILLED to see a conservative, pro-life, female VP, but....

We’ve been harping for months, and rightfully so, about Obama’s lack of experience, so what in the world are we to say about Palin?

What IF something DID happen and she ended up as president?
Scary! Running Alaska is one thing, running the whole country is quite another.

I know, the POTUS is really just the “mouthpiece” for a group, but still....

We need someone in that position who will instill confidence. I think we’d all be nervous, Repubs as well as Dems, if she were suddenly thrust into that position.

Still, all of that said, NO WAY IN HECK will I vote for BHO.
I’m afraid, however, that the Republican Party choice of Palin was a bad move and will drive the undecided to Obama.

I’d rather see a stronger, more experienced female in that position. Actually, I’d rather see Romney.
Frankly I, along with many other women, feel insulted by this choice. It says “Here is a female for the ‘women voters.’” Are the majority of women voters that shallow? I’m not!

[trebb]

People are folling themselves if they think McCain doing one conservative act by picking Palin will suddenly and magically change his left leaning actions over the years or erase the many times he has voted with the socialist RATS on many issues.

Presidential candidates choose running mates because the latter agrees with the former on an overwhelming majority of the key issues. Palin is not going to change McCain's stance on such key issues as amnesty for illegal aliens, the human induce global warming fallacy etc... She will have to acquiesce to him

While I don't expect her to effect major changes in McCain, I believe you are a bit pessimistic. I certainly cannot hurt to have a solid conservative voice, with real family values and integrity, whispering in your ear day in and day out. McCain changed his views on drilling because he heard the roar from the People. Palin will serve as a direct connection to the pulse of the People and will probably lend a bit of balance and objectivity to some of the decisions McCain makes. I would rather have her giving opinions on SCOTUS nominations than any of the other VeeP possibilities.

While she may not make a huge difference, she should make a positive difference. I'm good with that.

[Daveinyork]

I wholeheartedly agree. I was planning to vote for a third party, or not vote at all. I’ll watch her on the Sunday talk shows, and if she does all right, I’ll be voting for McCain.

1. If McCain falls into his pattern of reaching too far across the aisle without expecting anyone to reach back, I think she will remind him, firmly, that he’s slipping, as well as betraying those who are now supporting him because of her.

2. If McCain wins because of her ability to energize the base, he will have to listen to her.

3. If she has what it takes, win lose or draw, we now have on the national scene an exciting, charismatic conservative, making the future a bit brighter.

[PGalt]

BTTT :)

[papertyger]

People are folling themselves if they think McCain doing one conservative act by picking Palin will suddenly and magically change his left leaning actions over the years or erase the many times he has voted with the socialist RATS on many issues.

You don't get it. Essentially McCain has told conservatives "let me rule now, and i'll put one of your own in direct position to succeed me, win or lose."

[Daveinyork]

“We’ve been harping for months, and rightfully so, about Obama’s lack of experience, so what in the world are we to say about Palin?”

That’s mostly because McCain had no other issue against Obama but the disparity in experience. We conservatives have a lot more reasons for not wanting Obama as President. Besides, she has a lot more executive experience than all three other candidates, combined. To paraprase Rev. Jackson, Senators don’t run anything but their mouths. And Senators have rarely made good Presidents.

[raybbr]

What IF something DID happen and she ended up as president? Scary! Running Alaska is one thing, running the whole country is quite another.

Who, on either ticket, has "run the whole country" before?

Other than an incumbent president aren't ALL of them inexperienced in "running the whole country"?

[raybbr]

[Always Right]

Obama's Experience: A college education where his mentor was a devote communist. 20 plus years of worship by a pastor whose teaching centers around destroying whitie. A political career that was launched by an admitted terrorist.

[CarolTX]

Love that campaign poster! :-)

[bolobaby]

I need a yard sign version of that!

[varyouga]

I’m definitely excited about the ticket.

All the women I talked to about it are definitely voting for McCain now. They were on the fence but this could be the push we need.

[Dilbert56]

Nomination accomplished at least five things:

1. Shored up McCain's support with conservatives.
2. Made a frontal assault on the Hillary supporters. The MSM are saying Hillary voters won't go to Palin because she's pro-life. What the MSM assumes is that all women are pro-abortion and they're not. If 10% of Hillary supporters defect Obama is toast.
3. Allows McCain/Palin to run as anti-Washington and anti-corruption. He now has a gun-slinger with credibility on tackling corruption. Biden? Son's a lobbyist.
4. Made Obama's campaign raise the issue of experience. They waited only minutes before attacking her lack of experience. Sarah Palin can really go after the Hillary voters by pointing out "experience" was cast as a negative for Hillary. She can say it's a Catch-22. If you're a woman and you have experience, it doesn't count. If you don't have it, it does.
5. Knocked Obama's convention off the front page less than 24 hours later. The conversations in the media are now all about Sarah Palin.

As McCain said to Obama Thursday night: "Well done."

[usmcobra]

New Rules Guys every Palin Thread needs pictures

[Cvengr]

The strongest argument I have heard from liberal intellectuals supporting Obama full heartedly, presumes whoever is President will be surrounded by competent players who understand how to run things, but what is really needed is somebody with a level head and common sense to properly direct the Government.

Even if one accepts that argument, Palin is just as qualified if not more so than Obama. Accordingly, the swing voters who biy into that reasoning have a conservative alternative to emotional socialism.

IMHO, Palin is much closer to the winner all races, creeds and colors associate with the US than the loser mentality of an angry 60s generation hiccup represented by Obama.

If people think socialism and communism are really acceptable alternatives, just look at Russia and former USSR states. BTW, their recent incursion into Georgia merely reinforces the conservative position that the character of socialists really hasn’t changed and doesn’t respect God given rights.

FWIW, Of all the political candidates running, Palin is the first one I’ve seen in a long time who appears to represent simple fundamental basics of Christian lifestyle. Until she came along, I fairly well had given up any anticipation that our form of government has anything but a proclivity to promote corruption.

BTW, if we want to address practical matters, Palin will be a nice counter to the Congressional groupings of female socialists. It will be good to cast Palin vs Pelosi for the next 4 years. (Not a job I envy Palin to endure considering Pelosi is likely to be reinforced by Hillary and a litany of other wild shrieking female socialist banshees.)

[Brett66]

I’m starting to see McCain as that crafty old white-haired dude, that’s running strategic and tactical circles around the Obaminites.

They don’t even know what’s hitting them as they sink in the polls.

[Man50D]

You don't get it. Essentially McCain has told conservatives "let me rule now, and i'll put one of your own in direct position to succeed me, win or lose."

Presidential candidates don't pick VP running mates to run the country after their term is completed. They pick VP running mates because the latter agrees with the former on a majority of the issues.

Your hypothesis is ludicrous. It means Conservatives should agree to at least four more years of socialism to advance the conservative cause in the future. That ignores the fact he nor any President can make any such guarantee since the people decide who will be President and not the incumbent.

[RatsDawg]

Remember in the primaries the Democrats (Hillary and Biden) were talking about Obama’s lack of experience. Hence the ads McCain put out last week. So the Democrats have to eat their own words first before they attack us about it. IMO.

[papertyger]

You still don’t get it.

He’s taking a “line officer” and promoting her to “flag” rank.

He’s taking a real conservative, with a relatively virginal record, and advancing her political career twenty or thirty years without the scars that usually come with such advancement.

[savedbygrace]

They pick VP running mates because the latter agrees with the former on a majority of the issues.

Not true, else we wouldn't have gotten Bush41. (And Gore would never have picked Lieberman. I could go on with other examples, but two are enough for now.)

[bigjoesaddle]

I agree

[Man50D]

You still don’t get it.

He’s taking a “line officer” and promoting her to “flag” rank.

He’s taking a real conservative, with a relatively virginal record, and advancing her political career twenty or thirty years without the scars that usually come with such advancement.

How naive can you be? Presidential candidates don't choose a VP candidate to further that candidate's career! They make the choice to help further their bid for President!

[Man50D]

Not true, else we wouldn't have gotten Bush41.

Your claim is vague at best without citing specific examples where a Presidential candidate and his VP running mate disagree on a majority of the issues. It smacks of logic for one to choose a running mate who he or she will be constantly butting heads! Party unity would not exist without the two being in agreement on most issues. Palin will have to compromise her conservative principles far more as VP to appease her boss than McCain will have to compromise his socialist beliefs to appease his subordinate.

[papertyger]

Whatever dude.

Consider your “face” “saved.” I don’t have the time, nor the inclination, to spar with the willfully obtuse.

[papertyger]

I’ve got to admit, I’d be much more forgiving about pictures of the barracuda in brass booby-cups (oh please God, please God, please) than I was about Rudy in drag.

;o)

[KosmicKitty]

You’re not voting for McCain no matter what.

We get it.

[savedbygrace]

Both Bush41 and Lieberman had to sequester their positions in deference to the top spot’s positions.

[MaggieCarta]

Palin will have to compromise her conservative principles far more as VP to appease her boss than McCain will have to compromise his socialist beliefs to appease his subordinate.

Thank you. My thoughts exactly.

Mr MaggieCarta has just snatched my tin foil hat to line the BBQ with, but, I look for a VP Palin to resign "for family reasons" in 1-2 years, tops. Maybe less.

Send me tin foil.

[grellis]

You need to do a couple of things, neither of which will take long and both of which will make you feel more comfortable about Palin.

First, familiarize yourself with Alaska. Look at their annual financial numbers, look at their industries. Alaska may be a sparsely populated state, but it is incredibly diverse in a number of ways. Govenor Palin has been doing it handily.

Next, actually learn about what she has accomplished, both during her time as Governor but also what she did before. A couple of Murkowskis will be glad to (grudgingly) attest to her experience. She is a bare bones fiscal conservative. She slaughters pork like a tenth generation South Carolina butcher. Not a bad quality for an Executive.

Lastly, remember this...no President has ever been strong on every point. None. Some have been weak on defense, some weak on matters fiscal, some weak in foreign affairs. The Executive Branch is more than the President and Vice President, remember...there is also a Cabinet.

She would make a better President than either of the men on the rat ticket.