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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Now, you can call her a RINO or a McCain in a skirt but her record, Facebook notes, interviews, op-eds, and speeches completely refute your assertion.

Hmmm...I guess that's why she is pro-choice for states on abortion, and a judicial supremacist, supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens, endorses the sovereignty-destroying Law of the Sea treaty, and refuses to support the elimination of the U.S. Dept. of Education, right? These are all just figments of my imagination, which could be dispelled if I would just read her Facebook posts, right? Even though every one of these positions can be verified in minutes using a search engine...

40 posted on 03/20/2011 10:33:07 PM PDT by EternalVigilance (Pay heed to your principled position and you won't have to worry about your political position.)
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Hmmm...I guess that's why she is pro-choice for states on abortion, and a judicial supremacist, supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens, endorses the sovereignty-destroying Law of the Sea treaty, and refuses to support the elimination of the U.S. Dept. of Education, right?

Looks like we got us another pissant. You whack one, and another pops up to take his place.

I shouldn't waste my precious timing doing it, but there may be other Palin doubters on the lurk, and they may be sucked into your vortex of lies, so here it comes: a point-by-point refutation (nay, refudiation) of the above:

she is pro-choice for states on abortion

What EV means here is that Gov Palin, according to the rules of the State of Alaska, had to choose between two candidates for jurists to the Alaska Supreme Court. She didn't get her choice of candidates; they were chosen for her. The one she ultimately chose was pro-abortion. Since Roe v. Wade, abortion hasn't been a state matter. I hope one day we can get it back, but it's just that, hope. In sum, saying that Palin is "pro-choice for states on abortion" twists the facts into a PDS pretzel.

a judicial supremacist

This one is more arcane. Many people mistakenly believe that the judicial branch is the most powerful branch of the federal government, because it decides cases on the Constitutionality of laws. However, this is not true, because Congress has the power (Art III Sec 2) to limit jurisdiction of the Court. EV believes that Palin is a believer in this incorrect theory, probably because of her comments on the Westboro "Baptist" Church case. Palin was contrasting the standard for Westboro's antics to the standard for Christian & Jewish speech in the public square. This does not make her a "judicial supremacist".

supports a pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens

This is most likely a distortion of her comments on Bill O'Reilly's show July 10, 2010. Palin: illegal immigrants should not be "rewarded the bad behavior." ... Palin responded that she would like all illegal immigrants to register and that, in an ideal situation, "you deport them. you have to get them out of here." Deport them. Doesn't sound like a special "pathway to citizenship" to me.

endorses the sovereignty-destroying Law of the Sea treaty

This assertion is a logical error of the "baby and bathwater" kind. EV wants you to think Palin is a stealth, New World Order politician who wants to give away our sovereignty. In fact, Palin is acting in US interests. Palin wants a method to stop Russia from claiming minerals in the Arctic that should have been US claims. Here is an analysis of the letter she sent to Senators Stevens and Murkowski in 2007. In the letter, she takes on those "concerned about the perceived loss of U.S. sovereignty. I believe quite the contrary is the case. If the U.S. does not ratify the convention, we will be denied access to the forum established by the international community to adjudicate claims to submerged lands in the Arctic."

It's a legitimate point: If other countries are going to claim the Arctic by treaty, why shouldn't the US get in the game and try to make it go our way? But as you can see, Palin is not what EV claims, some stealth agent against US sovereignty that portrays herself otherwise.

refuses to support the elimination of the U.S. Dept. of Education

This last one is just stupid. It'd be like saying Lincoln refused to support reunification before Fort Sumter! Has Palin run for President yet? No. So is she or anyone she endorsed in a position to eliminate it? No. Has she supported a Presidential candidate since McCain? No. So why whine about this now? Because it is a red herring. Something else to throw in Palin's path to get the dogs to run toward her. Nonsense.

56 posted on 03/21/2011 5:33:20 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Any politician who holds that the state accords rights is an oathbreaker and an "enemy... domestic.")
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