Dick Cheney not sold on Sarah Palin presidency

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | February 14, 2010 | Jimmy Orr

[kingattax]

Former Vice President Dick Cheney said he hasn't made up his mind who he will support in the 2012 presidential election. When asked if he thought Sarah Palin was qualified, he punted. ---

Is Sarah Palin qualified to be president? Former Vice President Dick Cheney answered that question with an artful dodge this morning when he appeared on ABC's This Week.(see video below) "I haven't made a decision yet on whom I'm going to support for president next time around," he said to host Jonathan Karl. "Whoever it is is going to have to prove themselves capable of being President of the United States."

"And those tests will come during the course of the campaigns obviously," he continued. "I think all of the prospective candidates out there have a lot of work to do if in fact they are going to persuade a majority of Americans that they are ready to take on the world's toughest job."

You didn't think you'd get a yes or no on that question, did you? Come on

VIDEO AT LINK

[Doulos1]

I can’t agree with that logic. Remember when the Leftists would say, “we support the troops, but not the war” during the Bush administration? How can she support Juan, but not his stupid, anti-American amnesty stanch? The two can not be separated in my mind. And again I ask if she has no effect on anything why go out on a limb for McLame? I have written her off. We just need a candidate who is conservative. Her backing McLame, in my mind takes her out of the running.
God help us. We have little less than three years to find someone to unite the Right against the socialist.

[caww]

I just noticed there were alot of posts that linked Palin and Obama....they should not be linked at all for they are diametrically opposed.

Saying Palin one ups Obama in experience is truely counterproductive. There is no comparison on effectiveness between the two...she is effective, he is not.

... and the media actually is playing off the experience issue by saying the people don’t want ‘another’ Pres. who needs a learning curve.

We really do need to post more often the battles she’s fought and won...those were not small apples by any means!

[DoughtyOne]

Loyalty test? Loyalty to what?

John McCain's Whimsical World of Conservatism
Food for thought for the George Soros, Teressa Heinz Kerry, Tides Foundation et al  wing of the Republican Party.

1958/00/00 McCain graduates from Annapolis, 894th out of a class of 898.  McCain had conflicts with higher-ups, and he was disinclined to obey every rule.
1958/00/00 McCain loses the first of five aircraft he will lose over the period of his career as a Naval Pilot, contributing to him becoming a reverse Ace.  Poore states circa 1960.  Article here states 1958.  Ace McCain 
1960/00/00 McCain graduates from flight training.  He is required to do six arrested landings aboard the Training Aircraft Carrier, the USS Antietam, in the Gulf of Mexico to be certified.  He completes two.
1979/04/00 McCain meets Cindy Hensley.  She is 24, he is 42.  They start dating shortly thereafter. "I persuaded her to join me for drinks at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel. By the evening's end, I was in love."  Source: Dan Norwicki and Bill Muller LINK
1980/01/07 McCain officially ended cohabiting with Carol his first wife according to court documents.
1980/02/19 McCain sues Carol his first wife for divorce. Ronald and Nancy Reagan are not amused and rush to Carol's aid. Ed Meese and others step in to help Carol with jobs and lodging.
1980/03/06 McCain obtains marriage license to marry Cindy Hensley
1980/04/02 McCain's divorce to Carol is granted  (Carol does not contest this divorce, and doesn't enter into the procedings at all)
1980/05/17 McCain marries Cindy Hensley
1982/00/00 McCain enters Congress, with his family accepts first of nine trips some aboard Keating's leer jet, three of which include stayovers at Keating's Caribbean resort (goes unreported for up to 7 years)
1983/09/28 McCain joins 26 other Republicans to vote with the Majority Party Congressional Democrats to demand U.S. Troops exit Lebanon, winds up on the losing side
1986/04/00 McCain's wife Cindy and her father invest $359,100 in a Charles Keating strip mall
1987/00/00 McCain has received $112,000 by this time for Congressional and Senate campaigns, from Charles Keating, his relatives, and his employees, the largest amount to any Keating 5 member
1987/04/02 McCain joins four Democrats to intercede on behalf of his S&L Owner friend Keating with Ed Gray, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board and also banking regulators (2 meetings)
1988/02/11 McCain votes to affirm Anthony Kennedy as a justice for the SCOTUS
1989/00/00 McCain discloses Keating trips as his involvement in the S&L scandal breaks, reimbursing $13,433.00 with no repercussions as late as seven years after the fact
1990/10/02 McCain votes to Confirm Justice David H. Souter from New Hampshire to be an Associate Justice on the SCOTUS Court
1993/01/13 McCain and John Kerry release the Select Committee report urging the MIA issue be put to rest so that Vietnam could be granted normalized relations with the U.S., over objections by MIA family and veterans groups.  Video1  Video2  ( I do not endorse all of the information presented in video1 here.  The video does touch on a number of topics, and I think most are germane )  If I could have found video that contained most of this information without touching on McCain's POW experience I would have posted it instead.  Still, there are parts of McCain's POW experience that are troubling.  I'd just rather not go there.  Video2 shows how one MIA family rep is treated, confirming some of the reports in Video1.
1993/08/10 McCain joins the Democrats and most Republicans voting to confirm Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the worst justice on the court today.  Three Republicans vote Nay.
1993/10/10 McCain co-sponsors an unsuccessful bill to cut off funding of United States troops in Somalia
1994/07/24 McCain joins with the Democrats to confirm nominee Stephen Breyer to be an Associate Justice on the SCOTUS.  Nine Senators voted Nay...
1995/09/07 McCain/Feingold first start pushing for and submitting bills for Campaign Finance Reform, and although it crashes and burns a number of times, they dogedly keep reintroducing revamped legislation for that purpose Feingold
1997/00/00 McCain leads the opposition to the Coats Amendment, preventing government funded fetal tissue research ( derived from "a legal act" [abortion] )  Amendment defeated!
1999/04/02 McCain advocates sending our ground troops into the Balkins.
1999/08/19 McCain stated, "Certainly in the short term, or even the long term, I would not support repeal of Roe vs. Wade,"
2000/00/00 McCain joins Democrat Russ Feingold to introduce Campaign Finance Reform, an effort funded by George Soros  Article
2000/00/00 McCain was the keynote speaker at the ultra-liberal Philadelphia convention sponsored by George Soros while John F. Kerry keynoted at another Soros event on the same day...
2000/11/20 McCain participates in the production of a gun control spot for Oregon's Proposition Five.  (Circa this date, prior to the November election.)  Article
2001/00/00 McCain founded the Reform Institute funded by George Soros' Open Society Institute, Teresa Heinz Kerry's Tides Foundation, several other non-profits.  CapnsQtrs  Malkin WND  Contains information on Juan Hernandez and numerous McCain Campaign staff from 2000, that found potitions at the Reform Institute  Contains information on who funded McCain's efforts on Campaign Finance Reform, Comprehansive Immigration Reform and a number of Global Warming bills listed in this timeline
2001/05/15 McCain introduces the Gun Show Loophole bill S890, with Carper, Lieberman, DeWine, Clinton, and Schumer co/sponsoring. Analysis
2002/03/27 McCain/Feingold Campaign Finance Reform is enacted, becomes law 2003 01 01
2003/03/19 McCain joins Democrats to vote against drilling in ANWR
2003/10/30 McCain joins Lieberman again, this time to introduce the Climate Stewardship Act (Gorebal worming et al) it falls short in the Senate vote on this day  Thomas  Bill S139  LINK
2003/10/30 McCain Lieberman bill is addressed by Kit Bond
2004/03/10 McCain states he would entertain an offer to be John Kerry's Vice-President, but doesn't see a realistic scenario where he would be asked.  Later denies he would leave the Republican party.  YouTube
2004/03/18 McCain Defends John Kerry on Defense matters
2004/03/30 McCain joins Lieberman again, this time to introduce another Climate Warming bill with ten Democrat and ten Repbulican cosigners.
2004/04/02 McCain states, "I believe my party has gone astray, I think the Democratic Party is a fine party, and I have no problems with it, in their views and their philosophy, but I also feel the Republican Party can be brought back to the principles I articulated before."
2006/04/04 McCain offers anybody in the crowd $50 an hour to pick lettuce in Arizona. Shouts of protest rose from the crowd, with some accepting McCain’s job offer. “I’ll take it!” one man shouted. McCain supporting guest worker program
2004/06/04 McCain signs letter with 58 Senators, "We write to urge you (President Bush) to expand the current federal policy concerning embryonic stem cell research."
2004/08/05 McCain announces he deplores the Swift Boat adds against Senator John Kerry, and asks the White House to refute them  LINK2
2005/00/00 McCain resigns from the Reform Institute he founded with George Soros.  His top advisors remain on the Reform Institute payroll, making big dollars.
2005/01/28 McCain declares, "I want us in the ICC (International Criminal Court)", but I would like to see more safeguards first
2005/05/12 McCain joins Ted Kennedy to introduce McCain/Kennedy immigration legislation that would wind up making illegal immigrants citizens
2005/05/24 McCain joins 13 other Republican and Democrat Senators to form the Gang of 14, foolishly opting to preserve an undemocratic Senate rule instead of following the Constitution and historical precedent.  Analysis1  Analysis2  Analysis3
2006/02/20 McCain addresses immigration reform ralley of mixed group including SEIU and ACORN(in support of immigration reform bill) by saying, "What makes America special is what's in this room tonight." additional video
2006/04/28 McCain states, "I would rather have a clean government than one where quote First Amendment rights are being respected that has become corrupt."
2006/09/06 McCain joins Dole to write op-ed for the Washington Post, states in part, "We should publicly remind Khartoum that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to prosecute war crimes..."
2006/12/01 McCain writes letter to the incoming defense secretary Robert Gates stating Airbus Government subsidy issue "may risk eliminating competition before bids are submitted,..." The Air Force changed the criteria four days later, eliminating subsidy consideration.  As of 2008/03/11, top current advisers to Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign last year lobbied for a European plane maker that beat Boeing to a $35 billion Air Force tanker contract, taking sides in a bidding fight that McCain has tried to referee for more than five years.  Two of the advisers gave up their lobbying work when they joined McCain's campaign. A third, former Texas Rep. Tom Loeffler, lobbied for the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. while serving as McCain's national finance chairman.
2007/02/05 McCain joins Joseph Lieberman to introduce the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act.  See related energy tax analysis here 2008/01/10
2007/02/17 McCain states he will close Guantanamo Bay terrorist detainment center on his first day in office  Video  (same as date link on the left)
2007/03/22 McCain gets the pledged support of Chuck and Sue Cobb, Jeb Bush's Florida Director of the Free Trade of the Americas Agreement effort
2007/06/00 McCain joins Baldwin, Shays and Meehan to file an amicus brief against the Wisconsin Right to Life organization  brief  The wrong side of a pro-life issue, helping pro-abort Feingold
2007/06/18 McCain's Gitmo problem, close the base, grant some Geneva Convention status reserved for lawful combatants, stop water boarding...
2007/10/25 McCain still wants us to sign the L.O.S.T. treaty in time, but does have concerns over sovereignty issues.
2007/12/17 McCain gets the Boston Globe's endorsement in the Republican Primaries
2008/01/10 McCain Lieberman energy tax is addressed in National Review.  Intoduced here 2007/02/05
2008/01/25 McCain gets the New York Times' endorsement in the Republican Primaries
2008/01/25 McCain and Hillary share a lot of political views says Bill Clinton.  No comment from the McCain camp.  YouTube
2008/02/03 McCain gets the Los Angeles Times' endorsement in the Republican Primaries
2008/03/00 McCain makes his first attempt to tell a state (North Carolina) Republican Party what to do.  The RNC joins him.  (North Caroline tells him to pond sand)
2008/03/24 McCain hires Meg Whiteman to cochair his Presidential campaign.  Whiteman is another wishy washy at best Independent, who has donated to leftist candidates and still doesn't have a clue what side to come down on with regard to illegal immigration.  She is leaning toward running for Governor in California and being courted by it's Republican leadership.  Links to CalCowGirl's comments regarding Whiteman's donations.  Article above.
2008/03/26 McCain speech to the World Affairs Council, Europe may get veto power over some of our foreign policy...
2008/03/26 McCains, John and Cindy telegraph support for the independent state of Kosovo.  Cliff Kincaid at AIM comments...
2008/04/08 McCain casts last Senate vote during his Presidential Campaign.  By the EOBD 06/30/08, he has missed 373 votes or 61.8% of the Senate votes in the 110th Congress.  His has cast one vote since 03/14/08.  It was on April 8th.  LINK
2008/05/09 McCain's interview with O'Reilly... I won't drill in ANWR... it's pretty... I'm an environmentalist.  (note: there's a good chance he may have an environMental disorder)
2008/05/12 McCain Joins the Goreball Worming Cult, sounding more like Al Gore every day...  McCain's Oregon add Video
2008/05/13 McCain takes an Environmental walk, with the leader of the Cascade Land Conservancy... (another series of fruit loop moments)
2008/05/15 McCain states he will appoint Democrats to his administration, during a Republican teleconference and during a Columbus stump speech
2008/05/27 McCain announces support for severe cutbacks on our nuclear weapons, withdrawing battlefield nukes from Europe and giving our nuclear waste to an international body
2008/06/04 McCain states, "I disagreed strongly with the Bush administration's mismanagement of the war in Iraq."
2008/06/14 McCain tells Clinton supporters they should back him because he voted for Ginsberg and Breyer  Said this to Conservatives on 2008/05/07
2008/06/18 McCain joins Barack Obama today in signing on to sponsor Joseph Bidens Global HIV/AIDS bill.  This monstrosity would cost the U.S. in excess of $50 Billion dollars of taxpayer money  S.2731
2008/06/21 McCain and Obama are to address open borders group in Los Angeles on July 18th, 2008, Communists and worst of U.S. Illeagal Alien appologist groups...  It was announced on this date.
2008/06/21 McCain and team realize he has so little credibility on judicial appointments, that they announce he will let Fred Thompson vet his judges.  That's 06/21/08's version of truth...
2008/06/28 McCain declares, "I will make comprehensive immigration reform my “top priority,” during my first 100 days in office.  He assures Latino leaders that they will have an ally in the White House.  As of this date, Conservatives know they won't have one.
2008/07/03 McCain Allies Find Financing Loopholes, Governors' Fund Recruits Big Donors; Bid to Catch Obama  LINK  Another do as I say, not as I do moment.  Well, a long series of moments over time would be more like it.
2008/07/16 McCain and Obama's cosponsored (Joe Biden Originated) Global HIV/AIDS bill passes the Senate in a vote of 80 to 16.  It now has to go back to the House for reconsiliation.  Bush actively lobbied for this $50 billion dollar monstrosity.  S.2731
2008/10/10 McCain states Obama is a decent person and you don't need to be scared of him being president. Video1  Tells folks to be respectful of Obama. He respects Okama and his accomplishments. Video2
2008/11/20 McCain supports Barack Obama's pick of Gov. Janet Napolitano as director of homeland security
2009/07/12 McCain plans to lead an effort to reverse the decision in committee that would add $1.7 billion for 12 additional F-22s next year. 
2009/07/13 McCain, in an unusual alliance with the Obama administration, moved Monday to eliminate $1.75 billion recently inserted into the proposed 2010 defense budget for more (F22) fighter jets from Lockheed Martin.
2009/07/14 McCain backs Obama on F-22 cuts, but advocates vow fight
2009/07/21 McCain gives credit to President Obama for standing firm, on cutting F22 funding
2009/09/24 McCain Palin break on F-22 cuts
2009/10/21 McCain says, “I haven’t looked at him that carefully because I haven’t been around,” regarding Arpaio’s well-publicized exploits in the Phoenix area, when asked what he thought of him. However McCain had known enough about Arpaio around 2004 to back Mesa police Cmdr. Dan Saban over him.
2009/10/25 McCain defends Obama against Cheney's comments on his Afghanistan dithering, calls for unity with president
2009/11/18 McCain defends campaign staff against Palin
2009/12/02 McCain criticizes Obama for proposal to cut Medicare to fund health care, but fourteen months ago... this.
2009/12/06 McCain defends Palin while referring to her as irrelevent, then lauds her work
2010/01/10 McCain Strategist Schmidt trashes Palin, says McCain had planned to name Lieberman as his VP choice in 2008
2010/01/20 McCain coopts Palin for his own purposes.
2010/01/21 McCain and Brown meet, McCain's office... coopting alert
2010/01/21 McCain/Feingold Finance Reform takes big hit from SCOTUS, as Conservatives had first predicted Malkin
2010/01/22 McCain coopts Brown for his own purposes. Conservatives: Beware of McCain Regression Syndrome
2010/01/23 McCain's PAC supports California's former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina for U. S. Senate, likes Jessie Jackson and gender politics.
2010/01/26 McCain, U.S. Supreme Court overturns bulk of McCain/Feingold Act (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
2010/01/26 McCain, Bayh team up on spending freeze bill to back Obama, and to grant him line item veto.

v 2010/01/26

[cynwoody]

If Sara does decide to run, one of the biggest obstacles she'll have to overcome is the voters who will shy away from electing another "first"

Obama is the first communist president. If the Sheeple can figure that out, they will make the right decision.

[greeneyes]

Does any one think Cheney might decide to run for President, in order to insure the country’s safety?

[DoughtyOne]

This is one area when I disagree with Cheney stridently.

Once again, Cheney didn’t express a preference regarding Palin pro or con. I have no problem with that whatsoever.

[Scotsman will be Free]

You pretty much nailed it again. You don’t advance your cause by, basically, stating that your candidate won’t be as big a foul up as their candidate.
You highlight your candidate’s strengths, and the opponent’s weaknesses.
I wouldn’t be constantly going on about the experience factor for two reasons.
Palin isn’t exactly rolling in a wealth of experience, and the great zero will have 4 years of presidential experience by election day compared to Palins zero.
The focus must be on her ideas, and the great zero’s failures.

[caww]

We know Palin stood up to those in her own party for what she thought was right, but what exactly did she do..do we know the story? Can we share that story and the favorable results it brought to the people?

We know she took a stand with the oil companies on behalf of the people, but do we know the story? Can we share that story also and what it accomplished for the people?

Currently she still stands up to the MSM and we know that story of course..it's played out every day.

You get my meaning perfectly Scotsman, and stated it much better than I. Generally I can spot when the wind is going in the wrong direction, I can't always formulate my words well enough to strike the cord that's needed to encompass the full impact of what I'm seeing. But you did that exceptionally well in your post. Remember Regan told alot of stories....he knew them to tell as he campaigned...stories sell an idea... so we need to tell Palins stories and get off this comparison thing with Bo...Palin does more than well enough when it comes to ripping Bo and those who oppose her now.

[Scotsman will be Free]

“Remember Regan told alot of stories....he knew them to tell as he campaigned...stories sell an idea... so we need to tell Palins stories and get off this comparison thing with Bo...Palin does more than well enough when it comes to ripping Bo and those who oppose her now.”
Exactly so.

[jla]

To 113 - How old are you? By any chance do you wear pajamas with feet in them and an image of Spiderman across the top half?

(Just kidding. We all know you have Palin PJs)

Oh, by the way, my remarks of Dick and Lynne Cheney are meant to be complimentary to both. Probably why they've a solid marriage.

[dirtboy]

Ya, but she might have to use both hands.

Like you need to stroke your ego?

[stephenjohnbanker]

Nothing to be loyal about here.

[Brices Crossroads]

“Cheney didn’t express a preference regarding Palin pro or con. I have no problem with that whatsoever.”

In light of Cheney’s position on DADT, neither do I. I now sincerely hope that Cheney does not endorse her. His endorsement will be an albatross and if he endorsed her, it would put her in the uncomfortable position of having to disagree with him publicly on a huge issue or just repudiate his endorsement.

Romney ought to be Cheney’s candidate. Historically, Cheney has gravitated toward the Fords and the Bushes and away from Reagan (although he, like all the other Bushies, tries to wrap himself in Reagan’s mantle...which is disingenuous per se, given that he opposed Reagan in 1976.)

I tried to find some evidence to confirm my memory that he supported Bush 41 in the 1980 primaries against Reagan as well. I am pretty sure this was the case given his close relationship (through Ford) with James Baker, Bush’s campaign manager in 1980. Cheney was just a first term Congressman at the time and so his endorsement of Bush would not have caused much of a splash, even though he had been White House Chief of Staff, because it would have been expected that one of Ford’s minions would support Bush over Reagan. Had Cheney come out for Reagan over Bush, this would have been big news, which is why I do not believe that he did. Also, he never served in Reagan’s administration, which is odd given the fact that he had high level Executive Branch experience. But as soon as Bush 41 comes along, he is made Sec Def. It makes me think that Reagan or those close to him saw something in Cheney they did not like.

Anyway, I have never been a big Cheney fan since then. I don’t trust him, and this is the reason why.

[presently no screen name]

Ah, yes. You don’t have anything - your arguments are WEAK WEAK WEAK - so attack, attack the poster w/utterly childish comments.

Just like the lib media does w/Sarah. How so pathetic of you.

Go Sarah - HiMom! You have them eating out of your hands!

[DoughtyOne]

IMO who endorses a person says a lot less about them than who they endorse.

For instance, it says very little about a person if someone like David Duke prefers them to Al Gore. It says a lot about them if they endorse David Duke.

If Cheney or McCain endorse Sarah, that’s okay. If she endorses McCain, I think that is terrible. And sadly, she has.

My thought on Cheney, is that he is leadership material personified. I am not convinced he would be pulling for my team in total though. To what he extent he actually would be, is up in the air. I agree on that point.

[reasonisfaith]

I would caution against relying on your assumption that Palin believes the opposite of what she says about amnesty, in order to decide two years ahead of time who to vote for.

You’re stretching it real thin.

[Doulos1]

I don’t think I said anything about “Palin believes the opposite of what she says”. I don’t like her being so chummy with The Premier RINO in the US. I see McLame as the glaring example of the problems that Republicans have. We must put as much distance between the Leftist/Liberals and us. Put another way, could you see Rush go out to Arizona and stump for Juan? No Way! For no reason would I or any conservative be seen with that as* kissing gas bag. I can’t figure why Sarah would. If she is counting on me and other conservatives to forget that she is stumping for Juan, she is badly mistaken. Elephants don’t forget.

[Brices Crossroads]

“If she endorses McCain, I think that is terrible. And sadly, she has.”

It is quite obvious why she endorsed him. It is a matter of loyalty, personal loyalty, which is a virtue beyond whether you support cap and trade and tax cuts. You think a Presidential aspirant, if he is pure on the issues, is free to be a disloyal ingrate. I do not. I think that shows a lack of character. It is an old fashioned quality (a virtue which is far superior in God’s eyes to most political positions) but one I think she shares with very few politicians, one of them being Reagan. That is why I think she is special.

“My thought on Cheney, is that he is leadership material personified.”

Leadership material? I don’t think it is leadership to advocate against the best interest of the military which protects us all, simply because your personal family situation makes it more convenient to do so.

BTW, why did you bring up the McCain endorsement? I detect in your posts a latent hostility to Palin, maybe more than latent. I used to read your posts years ago and you were solidly conservative, against Bush in 2000 as too liberal, if I remember correctly. How is it that you are so blind to Palin’s virtues? Who do you support? I really am curious, because it is not like you, at least not as I remembered you from your posts of several years back.

[reasonisfaith]

You said “How can she support Juan, but not his stupid, anti-American amnesty stanch”

Meaning you are convinced she agrees with his position on amnesty.

But the known facts are not enough to conclude this: she has said she’s for legal immigration only, and that she will campaign for McCain.

I advise you to go with the known facts. If you jump to conclusions this early, you’re joining the ignoramuses and the leftists.

[DoughtyOne]

If she endorses McCain, I think that is terrible. And sadly, she has.

It is quite obvious why she endorsed him. It is a matter of loyalty, personal loyalty, which is a virtue beyond whether you support cap and trade and tax cuts.

Honest to God, you folks mean well, but you're just plain idiotic.  In your mind individual loyalty now trumps the safety of our nation.  Read up at this link. Then come back to tell me that personal loyalty trumps all this. It doesn't. It simply can't.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2451231/posts?page=263#263

You think a Presidential aspirant, if he is pure on the issues, is free to be a disloyal ingrate. I do not.

I'm sure you don't mean to be, but you are being a shill for John MeCain. There's no explaining away his dealings with Soros, Kennedy, Kerry, et at. Those people are intent or taking our nation down. MeCain also said there was nothing to fear from an Obama administration. He also praised Democrats and their policies.

I think that shows a lack of character.

Right. You think it shows character for a Conservative to back a man like MeCain. You know better than that.

It is an old fashioned quality (a virtue which is far superior in God’s eyes to most political positions) but one I think she shares with very few politicians, one of them being Reagan. That is why I think she is special.

In your eyes God favors backing a man who is willing to reach out to those who wish to take our nation down. You also think that is a virtue, Reagan would approve, and this is a special revelation of character. Good Lord.

My thought on Cheney, is that he is leadership material personified.

Leadership material? I don’t think it is leadership to advocate against the best interest of the military which protects us all, simply because your personal family situation makes it more convenient to do so.

Sound leadership skills do not a great leader make if they favor the wrong policies. Sadly you chose to focus on one comment of mine and ignore the follow up.

BTW, why did you bring up the McCain endorsement?

Because there is no justification whatsoever for backing a man like MeCain.

I detect in your posts a latent hostility to Palin, maybe more than latent.

I've been as up front as a person could be with my comments.  None the less you seek to infer latency to my "real agenda".  Har.  Good one.  Your opinion reflects the thought I couldn't honestly be against Palin backing a man like MeCain, unless I had a hidden agenda.  That's just comical.

I used to read your posts years ago and you were solidly conservative, against Bush in 2000 as too liberal, if I remember correctly.

You have an inception date from 2001.  Perhaps you could read in 2000 and draw meaning from it, and did here, even though you reveal that you can't today.  I called em as I saw them with Bush, and I call them as I see them with regard to Palin, Cheney, and MeCain.

How is it that you are so blind to Palin’s virtues?

It's not my duty to push Palin virtues over what I see to be her mistaken actions.  It is my duty to point out people who run interference for terrible policy decisions, like you're doing here.  And it's my duty to make sure people understand how disgusting McCain is and how flawed a decision it is to back a person who will damage the U.S. further with his actions if he achieves another term in office.

You are able to see good things about Palin.  I think most people here are.  Why do you think I need to restate the obvious?

Who do you support?

We are just under two years from having to make a decision on that point, and I am holding off on my decision until then.

I really am curious, because it is not like you, at least not as I remembered you from your posts of several years back.

Since when is it not like me to tell it like it is?  If you've been reading my posts here you'll have seen that I have hoped that Palin would gel into a very sound candidate.  I have also been troubled by some things that I have seen, not the least of which is her backing of MeCain against a good Conservative.

We don't need Snows, Grahams, and MeCains on our side in the U.S. Senate.  Spector was another prick that needed to go until he finally grew a spine and made it official.

Sarah is not showing character here, and the premise she is, is purely political spin to protect her image.  FAIL!