May 22 2008
Sarah Palin for President
Alaska governor Sarah Palin definitely has her priorities in order. She recently gave birth to a son, Trig Paxson Palin, who she knew early in her pregnancy would suffer from Downs Syndrome.
Over a month ago, her office announced that the 44-year-old and her husband, Todd, were expecting their fifth child in May. It was a secret the beguiling brunette, a runner, managed to keep from even her staff.
Then, April 18, she surprised us again by giving birth a month early to Trig Palin, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. In true Sarah fashion, her amniotic fluid leaked in Texas, she gave a speech at a Republican Governors Association convention as scheduled anyway, and then returned to Alaska to deliver.
Immediately the family made this announcement: “Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.”
“We’ve both been very vocal about being pro-life,” Palin said. “We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential.”
As if that wasn’t enough, she has directed the Alaska State Attorney General to sue the federal government to prevent the listing of polar bears as a threatened species. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne listed the species in response to pressure from the global warming crowd and enviro groups that seek to stop oil development at any cost. Polar bear populations have soared in recent years, so Kempthorne’s decision is doubly ludicrous.
From a FoxNews piece:
[Governor Palin] and other Alaska elected officials fear a listing will cripple oil and gas development in prime polar bear habitat off the state’s northern and northwestern coasts.
Palin argued that there is not enough evidence to support a listing. Polar bears are well-managed and their population has dramatically increased over 30 years as a result of conservation, she said.
Climate models that predict continued loss of sea ice, the main habitat of polar bears, during summers are unreliable, said Palin, a Republican.
I hear John McCain is looking for a running mate, but I think Gov Palin’s integrity and sense of duty to her family and her country would overshadow McCain.
May 22nd, 2008 at 20:57 pm
God has blessed us with a representative that is honorable. We are grateful for her.
June 8th, 2008 at 15:03 pm
How about V.P. for now? I would love for McCain to choose her as his running mate.
June 18th, 2008 at 22:48 pm
Any idea what her foreign policy ideas are?
June 19th, 2008 at 08:22 am
Aaron,
Not sure. She’s pretty much a traditional Reagan conservative, so I would expect it to be reasonably in line with Reagan’s stance in most areas - support US interests abroad, don’t use the military as a police force, oppose totalitarianism. On the other hand, she is a state governor and therefore probably doesn’t have too broad a foreign policy background. There’s an interesting article on her at RealClearPolitics.
June 25th, 2008 at 13:16 pm
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August 29th, 2008 at 06:40 am
Oops, looks like she’s going to be VP.
August 29th, 2008 at 10:46 am
The McCain camp dug its own grave with this one. . .
After attacking the other candidate for lack of experience ad naseum, they turn around and pick a running mate who was zero experience at all.
An old man president that could die in office leaving us with her as president?
Mark my words, -not going to get elected-.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:02 am
@TangFiend:
What are you talking about? Which other state borders two foreign nations? With the PUMA vote, Palin/McCain should win easily.
August 29th, 2008 at 16:26 pm
i like the govenor and love her christian way but, i will be voting for barack obama.
August 29th, 2008 at 17:21 pm
[...] I must say I am THRILLED about McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his VP. Tough, spunky, socially conservative, true reformer, fiscally responsible, mother of FIVE (including her oldest, who is a soldier, and her youngest, who has Down’s Syndrom, whom she chose not to abort), 44 years old… Woo hoo!!! McCain-Palin 2008!!!! Longtime readers of this blog may remember that I have long been a strong supporter of McCain, but with Palin added to the ticket, I am EXCITED!! Hopefully, Palin will draw some fence-sitters over, and give motivation to some only-begrudgingly supportive Republicans, like my Uncle Steve, who semi-tongue-in-cheek, wrote a post in May entitled Sarah Palin for President. [...]
August 29th, 2008 at 19:49 pm
Good political choice for McCain. It took the spot-light off of Obama and the DNC.
Obama looked liked the air was let out of him when asked about Palin.
Obama had the race won, could have won it easy by picking Hillary instead he let McCain
back in it with the choice of Biden and McCain has Capitolized on Obama’s mistake by selecting Sarah Palin. This lady has taken on her own party in Alaska, The Republicans and seems to know what she is doing.
August 29th, 2008 at 20:51 pm
Just saw her on cnbc. Mark my words, not only will she be the first VP, we will be calling her President Palin in 2012.
August 29th, 2008 at 21:01 pm
Clueless? Or Another Road To Nowhere?
A month previously, Palin had said:
“As for that V.P. talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the V.P. does every day?” Palin offhandely asked CNBC Anchor Larry Kudlow in July.
After she was announced as McCain’s presumptive running mate, she stated that she does not believe that climate change is man-made. Yuppers, Palin knows the energy crisis well, even if her claim on “Charlie Rose” that Alaska’s untapped resources can significantly ease it is unsupported by the facts.
Palin initially expressed support for the Gravina Island Bridge project,commonly known outside the state as the “Bridge to Nowhere.” However, once it had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending and federal funding was lost, Palin decided against filling the $320 million gap with state money.
I can’t wait for the debates!
You go girl!
August 29th, 2008 at 22:08 pm
Many older moms have children with Downs syndrome, is this to be praised? I am glad she can afford an unhealthy child, with a lifetime of needs. Most of us cannot. She will save a child, but no help for the struggling polar bears? Accepting a VP nomination with an infant at home???
August 29th, 2008 at 23:24 pm
You have to be kidding me (Less than two years a Gov?) (Beauty Queen)? Husbands a Fisherman? ALASKA?? All this is, is ONE Last feeble Republican attempt to pick up some table-scrap votes from some of the pissed off woman Hillary supporters. Dumb Choice!! and almost comical. If you think this is even going to be close, you have to be dreaming. Paint this picture for me. Joe Biden and Legally “not” Blonde in a debate. Turn your Tivo off for that one cause David Letterman, I’m sure, will be making fun of that for years to come
HA!
August 30th, 2008 at 09:29 am
Sarah Palin is an excellent choice for vice president, she is the medicine that this ill country needs. She inspires hope within me that we can restore this great land to it’s former glory and repair the damage done by too many years of liberal policies and anti-freedom polititions. God Bless America.
August 30th, 2008 at 09:56 am
Sarah Palin has more experience that Barack Hussain Obama
August 30th, 2008 at 16:30 pm
Great choice. McCain has enough foreign policy experience to ensure that his circle of advisors (and Sarah’s) are up to the task, should he become “unavailable” due to illness, death, or forgetting where the Oval Office is. Frankly, I’d rather have an inexperienced VP such as Sarah, who will be mentored by McCain than an inexperienced President who will be overshadowed by his “old school” (change, what?) VP.
Go Sarah!
August 30th, 2008 at 18:00 pm
Wonder woman for the VP spot on the presidential ticket.Sarah Palin
August 31st, 2008 at 08:32 am
Sarah Palin is not the typical 45 yr. old working woman! The average 45 yr. old woman with four children would NOT CHOOSE to have a baby at this age. Everybody knows the risk of a downs syndrome baby is very great at this age, and being pro life should have been a deterrent.
A friend of mine alsmot 70 yrs. old has a down syndrome sister, and his 90 yr. old father before he passed away made him promise he would always care for her. Now in the twilight of his life he is unable to travel, and is tied down with little sister who only grunts and needs constant care. Life can be very unfair!
August 31st, 2008 at 09:58 am
ill country? Remember 8 years ago, when the Great USA was under the Dem’s Control. Life here in the states couldn’t of been better. Even us middle class had some extra money to put away for retirement and some left to buy an occasional toy. Now it’s Eight years later and everyone is struggling under the Bush (Reps) administration. I am very happy that Palin inspires people and gives them the warm and fuzzy’s but, we need leaders that have a spine and want to get things changed in the right direction. Yes Change!! Call me Crazy, but usually when things are not so good, things must change to make things better. Without change we are headed of another 8 years of the SOS. No Thanks!!
Believe me, I had my reservations with Obama and his lack of experience, but this was addressed by him in many of his speeches and introducing big JOE into the picture. This show’s me that our future president understands that he may have to put his ego aside and surround himself with the right people to get the JOB DONE, Even if he’s not the “Best of Buds” with his running mate.
The Reps “Egotistical Oil Pushers with BOKOO Bucks need to stay out of control and let the Dems-Scrappers get this country back on track. Lastly, for people that relate his name with terrorism, I can’t believe you have the brain-power to even turn on a computer and read this. Yes, God Bless America, But Please help us out by putting the right humans in power. Everyone, have a safe and Happy Labor Day!
August 31st, 2008 at 20:13 pm
Yes, let’s put the right humans in power. Keep in mind that the President can’t spend a dime, it’s all Congress! Congress is why you’re broke, Unions are why your cars, groceries, flights, and life are all so expensive. Get Dems out of Congress REGARDLESS of the president, and you’ll see change.
September 1st, 2008 at 09:49 am
What everyone is forgetting is that nobody has experience at being president before they are in fact “the president”. Doesn’t matter your age or years in politics. What “IS” important is to be bright, decisive and able to make an educated decision based on the information presented by those that you have surrounded yourself with. Sarah Palin has shown that she is strong, decisive and bright. She has the tools to make a fine VP and a President. I like the choice. McCain/Palin all the way
September 1st, 2008 at 15:03 pm
How is it that I, a mother, am baffled that a women with 5 young children is going to sacrifice her family to run the country? I imagine she has a great nanny to raise her children for her?
September 2nd, 2008 at 08:45 am
I’m sure everyone is busy reading the latest, so I’ll make this Brief.
Apparently there is nothing more to do in Alaska but spawn off children no matter what your age is (tooooo old / toooo young). Not to mention that I’m sure there is something legal in this whole thing about the 18 year old boy and her underage daughter (Course maybe in Alaska they have their own rules). Obviously this has no relevance to the election, but here’s what’s relevant;
How is SHE (Palin) going to find time to run a campaign, raise her newborn and her baby’s newborn? Wow, this is sounding more like a soap opera than reality. What I don’t understand is if the reps where aware of this before selecting her, why didn’t this come out last week? Maybe the idea was to spark this campaign process up a bit. Little Shock/Awe? Maybe a new spicy column in Star Magazine right next to the Britney Spears Family Bio.
September 2nd, 2008 at 22:37 pm
Lots of first ladies hae raised a family while their husbands ran the country. What exactly disqualifies Todd Palin from raising *his* children?
September 2nd, 2008 at 23:57 pm
No doubt Sarah is an amazing person. However…this VP choice
has me wavering in my support for McCain. What was he thinking???
Disastersville for the Republican ticket, in my humble opinion.
I will listen to her speeches & try to keep an open mind…But..
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:05 am
Dear people, if we exclude every one who is less than perfect or has failed to participate in a life outside of the political world, who do we have left to vote into office?
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:04 pm
She can manage her kids. Can she manage the country?
September 3rd, 2008 at 15:07 pm
RAW Facts (not Opinions)
Yesterday was John McCain’s 72nd birthday. If elected, he’d be the oldest president ever inaugurated. And after months of slamming Barack Obama for “inexperience,” here’s who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.
Huh?
Who is Sarah Palin? Here’s some basic background:
She was elected Alaska’s governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience.1
Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest.2
She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. 3
Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools.4
She’s doesn’t think humans are the cause of climate change.5
She’s solidly in line with John McCain’s “Big Oil first” energy policy. She’s pushed hard for more oil drilling and says renewables won’t be ready for years. She also sued the Bush administration for listing polar bears as an endangered species—she was worried it would interfere with more oil drilling in Alaska.6
How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position.7
September 3rd, 2008 at 16:33 pm
Gasp! You mean she’s a … conservative??? AHHHH, WHAT’S HAPPENING? THE REPUBLICANS ARE CONSERVATIVE! WHO KNEW?? AYYY!
Jamie, you’re wrong about her ‘lack of experience.’ She has more meaningful executive experience that Obama. He’s been in the Senate for two years and has been running for president for most of that.
September 3rd, 2008 at 21:47 pm
Go Sarah!
September 4th, 2008 at 19:31 pm
Enough already. How many HR managers out there are asking a man “are you sure this promotion won’t interfere with you raising your kids?” Who are we to make the decision on the job she takes and the way she raises her kids? I am 36 yr old mother of 2 with a substantial income on my own. I couldn’t do any of it without a partner of a husband. I don’t have a nanny and my young kids get tucked in by one of their parents everynight. My kids get more attention from us than most of their friends get from their parents who don’t work outside the home. I don’t know too many families that haven’t had at least 1 teenage pregnancy or someone that got a DUI. It’s life, deal with it. She’s not perfect but she’s real. I’ll take that over perfect anyday. So Sarah, keep your chin up and keep on swinging at the negative comments by narrow minded people who don’t have a clue what a woman is capable of. You go girl! BTW I’m still not decided on which party will get my vote but Sarah get’s my support of one working mom to another.
September 5th, 2008 at 00:08 am
On this, the 4th day of September in the year 2008. I do swear that I will cast my vote for Barack Hussein Obama on election day, he is more than qualified to serve the people of Chicago as the cities’s Chief Dog catcher. A position that was recently vacated by micky mouse as he is running for the U.S Senate this fall.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:38 am
AS A VETERAN OF THE TEXAS ARMY NATIONAL GUARD I’M VOTING FOR MCCAIN AND PALIN. BETWEEN THEM THEY HAVE THREE SONS IN THE MILITARY AND OBAMA AND HIS VP CHOICE HAVE NOT ONE. MCCAIN AND PALIN KNOW THE STREES MY FAMILIY WAS UNDER WHEN I WAS GONE. TO QUOTE A POEM ABOUT THE MILITARY “I MISSED CHRISTMAS, THEN EASTER, THE BIRTH OF MY SON BUT I KNEW I WAS DOING WHAT HAD TO BE DONE.” BEFORE ANY OF YOU QUESTION PALIN’S LACK OF EXPERIENCE ASK YOURSELF HOW QUALIFIED YOU ARE. BESIDES PALIN’S SON IS LEAVEING SOON FOR IRAQ SHE IS SENDING HER BABY 3000 MILES FROM HOME TO FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY AND THEN COME ELECTION DAY MOST OF YOU WON’T EVEN CROSS THE STREET TO VOTE BECAUSE IT’S RAINING OR SOME CRAP LIKE THAT.
September 5th, 2008 at 11:49 am
IF THEY CAN’T TEACH CREATION THEY CAN’T TEACH EVOLUTION. BESIDES PALIN ATLEAST KNOWS WERE HER VALUES LAY GOD, FAMILIY, COUNTRY, THEN SELF. THAT WOMEN BELIEVES IN HARD WORK. LIKE HER AND MMCAIN I’VE HAD SOME TOUGH FIGHTS IN MY LIFE AND YES LIKE THEM IT’S FOR REASONS KNOWN ONLY TO GOD. I’M STRUGGLEING RIGHT NOW TO FIND A JOB AND THEY GET THAT. I HOPE THAT IN THE NEXT ELECTION SARAH PALIN BECOMES THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ENOUGH LIES IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE.
September 6th, 2008 at 07:23 am
Unfortunately, most people are focusing on which party will successfully run the county and which candidate will live in the White House. Unfortunately many Americans who are fortunate not to have to worry about health care, finances, job security, medical care, and living the so call American dream fail to be compassionate toward those wh are hard working and struggling to make ends meet. Many churchgoers feel going to church regularly and beliving in God, and paying their tithes makes them a Christian but fail to comprehend the true meaning of Matthew 25:35-50. I am standing on my beliefs as a kingdom builder and voting for a change, therefore I am voting for Mr. Obama.