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Palin opposes abortion and rejects the view that pregnancies caused by rape and incest should be exceptions.

"I don't agree with that aspect, but I do respect her for her views," Cindy McCain told ABC's "Good Morning America" in an interview taped for broadcast Thursday.

Palin has opposed funding sex-education programs in Alaska. However, Cindy McCain told ABC that she advocated abstinence as a part of sex education at her children's school. "I believe that it's twofold and I think all of it should be taught," she said.

In a prime-time acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, McCain was expected to review his career in public service—first as a Naval Academy midshipman and wartime pilot and then as a 26-year veteran of Congress—while drawing stark policy differences with Democratic candidate Barack Obama.

Democratic critics have questioned Palin's political experience as a small-town mayor and her brief tenure as Alaska's governor, but she turned the tables Wednesday night by offering a searing, sometimes sarcastic attack on the opposing ticket.

Biden complimented Palin for delivering an impressive speech with skill but said that issues important to Americans were missing from her remarks.

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  • Posted By: BeachSaint @ 09/06/2008 8:11:24 PM

    I cried when I saw that poor special needs baby being passed from one person to another. The only bright moment was when the younger daughter licked her hand and gently smoothed his hair. What kind of mother, even a political one, allows that to happen? While I was never much of a Hillary supporter, you have to hand it to her that she never allowed Chelsea to be used as political fodder.

  • Posted By: BeachSaint @ 09/06/2008 8:10:36 PM

    I cried when I saw that poor special needs baby being passed from one person to another. The only bright moment was when the younger daughter licked her hand and gently smoothed his hair. What kind of mother, even a political one, allows that to happen? While I was never much of a Hillary supporter, you have to hand it to her that she never allowed Chelsea to be used as political fodder/

  • Posted By: notconfused @ 09/06/2008 8:54:35 AM

    Sarah Palin is the epitome of traditional womanhood. She is very intelligent, well balanced and is capablle of doing an excellent job. She has an extremely supportive familly. There is much truth in the adage"it takes a village to raise a child." We in the United States are so busy supporting whatever the ACLU's agenda is. What is next? Are we also to approve of sex with animals as has been the case in, I believe Switzerland or the Netherlands ? We need government which represents the majority. This country was founded on Christian principles yet the government has decided to allow abortion at any point, before and after birth. If you don't want the baby, put it in a different and let it die, or tear a baby apart in the womb and cause tremendous suffering of the baby and mother. Obama supports letting the ifant starve in anothe room.Where doe it all end? Isn't this legalized murder? I am a Christian and I am a public servant. Allowing an anything goes policy in the United States has created a monster in the mental health fiield. We need to support lisomeone who supports life and family values.

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