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On Gov. Sarah Palin's watch, Alaska liberalized its abortion laws.

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  • Posted By: sgtdmski @ 10/23/2008 3:30:40 AM

    Alaska has a part-time Legislature. They have 90 days to accomplish what they must and then they can have a Special session only if the Governor calls for it. Like everything else, this special session requires funding. Governor Palin acted the Fiscal Conservative that she is and cut funding to programs throughout Alaska, including programs Conservatives champion as well as programs Liberals champion.

    Grow up, had she been a partisan hack and chopped only from Liberals, she would never have heard the end of it. She did what she had to in a fair and balanced manner. She acted professionally.

    Regardless of what Sarah has done, or will do in the future she will never please the members of your staff, for the simple fact she is conservative!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Thank God for Sarah!!

    dmk

  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 10/17/2008 8:09:32 PM

    McCain is connected to Nazi supporters and Central American death squads.. so says
    FoxNews and Washington Post (two Republican news publishers)

    http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/07/attention-ayers-renew-focus-mccains-iran-contra-connection/

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/07/AR2008100700025.html

    The old guy has a long infamous past.

  • Posted By: Jim Johnson @ 10/16/2008 7:58:48 PM

    Obama's view of the future of America - Socialism which is the next step to Communism!!


    Under socialism a ruling class of intellectuals, bureaucrats and social planners decide what people want or what is good for society and then use the coercive power of the State to regulate, tax, and redistribute the wealth of those who work for a living. In other words, socialism is a form of legalized theft.

    The morality of socialism can be summed-up in two words: envy and self-sacrifice. Envy is the desire to not only possess another's wealth but also the desire to see another's wealth lowered to the level of one's own. Socialism's teaching on self-sacrifice was nicely summarized by two of its greatest defenders, Hermann Goering and Bennito Mussolini. The highest principle of Nazism (National Socialism), said Goering, is: "Common good comes before private good." Fascism, said
    Mussolini, is "a life in which the individual, through the sacrifice of his own private interests??realizes that completely spiritual existence in which his value as a man lies."

    Socialism is the social system which institutionalizes envy and self-sacrifice: It is the social system which uses compulsion and the organized violence of the State to expropriate wealth from the producer class for its redistribution to the parasitical class.

    Despite the intellectuals' psychotic hatred of capitalism, it is the only moral and just social system.

    Capitalism is the only moral system because it requires human beings to deal with one another as traders--that is, as free moral agents trading and selling goods and services on the basis of mutual consent.

    Capitalism is the only just system because the sole criterion that determines the value of thing exchanged is the free, voluntary, universal judgement of the consumer. Coercion and fraud are anathema to the free-market system.

    It is both moral and just because the degree to which man rises or falls in society is determined by the degree to which he uses his mind. Capitalism is the only social system that rewards merit, ability and achievement, regardless of one's birth or station in life.

    Yes, there are winners and losers in capitalism. The winners are those who are honest, industrious, thoughtful, prudent, frugal, responsible, disciplined, and efficient. The losers are those who are shiftless, lazy, imprudent, extravagant, negligent, impractical, and inefficient. [What about the role of luck­being in the right place at the right time or the wrong place at the wrong time? R. R. Pope}

    Capitalism is the only social system that rewards virtue and punishes vice. This applies to both the business executive and the carpenter, the lawyer and the factory worker.

  • Posted By: Servant 43 @ 10/11/2008 11:29:26 AM

    Gov. Palin is great. She cut government waist in areas that not everyone would support. How can our elected officials spend our money on abortion doctrines on either side of the isle?

  • Posted By: Nins @ 10/01/2008 1:52:55 AM

    Sarah Palin is a fraud. She was pregnant before she got married, has had an affair with one of her husband's friends, her 19 year old son is rumored to have serious drug problems, her 17 year old unwed daughter is pregnant, and she has used her political power to get even with people who disagree with her, yet all she talks about is being a "good Christian" and doing God's will. As a Christian she is a hypocrite who can not walk her talk, and as a politician she is completely unqualified to be Vice President. Her interview with Katie Couric showed her to be a woman with a disorganzied mind, a woman who is in over her head, utterly unprepared for the twist her fate has taken.

    Even committed Republicans who support McCain have to ask themselves if they really would take the risk of putting our country into Palin's hands. Sure, being VP doesn't necessarily take a lot of skills, but being President requires great intelligence and a clear-eyed world view, one untainted by religious fanaticism. Look at the mess we got with the under qualified Dubya, and even he seems smarter and less fanatical than Palin. McCain is 72 years old, with high cholesterol and high blood pressure; his father and grandfather each died of heart attacks at age 72. McCain's Vice President HAS to be ready to lead. And by lead, I am not referring to a full speed charge into Armageddon.

    For those of you who don't know, Palin belongs to a fundamentalist church that believes the end of the world is near: that war, financial distress and famine will kill off the sinful non-believers, and that when this holocaust occurs all good Christians will be taking refuge in Alaska. Furthermore, her church conducts witch hunts -- they actually use prayer to locate "witches" in their community, then publicly brand them as witches, and hold them responsible for everything that goes wrong in town. (Honestly, I think the long winters must be getting to their minds.) You can go on YouTube and watch videos of Palin participating during sermons like this. She stands on the altar facing the members. The congregation stands with outstretched hands, trancelike, speaking in tounges while the priest prays to "keep Sarah safe from all forms of witchcraft."

    Could you REALLY feel comfortable knowing that a woman who holds these beliefs would have the power to declare war and deploy nuclear missles?

  • Posted By: nomoreoil @ 09/19/2008 11:17:33 AM

    McCain ??? Palin and The Oil Industry
    In 2006 , Bp Alaska, Exxon Mobile, Chevron and Conoco Phillips gave over 1.7 Million dollars to AK First Org. Inc. and to Alaska Oil and Gas Association to repeal Measure 2 of the Alaska Constitution. They succeeded with the help of Palin. By spreading the wealth their 1.7 Million dollar Investment created a windfall of profits only rivaled by Mr. Buffet himself.

    With Palin???s help and under the watchful eye of the Bush. Cheney and Mc Cain administration the Oil Emirates will also receive credits against future taxation worth even more billions of dollars. It appears that Palin and the Bush administration are paying the oil companies back all the taxes they have paid since the inception of Measure 2.

    What do we know about Palin? Not much according to the Media. We do know Governor Palin is the Public Member for the Alaska Oil and Natural Gas Conservation Commission. What you should know is that the mission of Alaska Oil and Natural Gas Conservation Commission is to work hand in hand with the oil industry to help maximize production, improve resource recovery and to reduce the rights of land owners through its correlative rights mandate. They are task with overseeing the disposal of all toxic waste produced by companies such as Alaska Oil, Chevron, Exxon and BP Alaska.

    According to the ??? Inlet Keeper??? these companies are ???legally??? pumping 2 Billion Gallons of toxic waste into the fisheries of Cook Inlet annually. Governor Pain is one of three controlling members of this group comprised of One Geologist, One Petroleum Engineer and one public member, ie Palin.

    Wow! its no wonder they picked her for VP. The media chooses to ignore or not care about these facts. Just as with the mis-information they brought us with Iraq they have again been bought and paid for by special interest. Yes afraid of going against the powerful political machine of the Bush administrative and detrimental to the public of the United States and rest of the world; our news media is again not reporting the facts! Surprised; no I???m not but you should be!

    The oil companies are once again putting their own candidate into office. They are selling us a Miss America candidate with her cute little smile in a business suit. A candidate who is in charge of and has been responsible for saving oil companies billions by letting them pump two billion gallons of toxic waste into the Cook Inlet and Ice Fields of Alaska annually . You wonder why the Ice is melting maybe it???s the Billions of Gallons of toxic waste compliments of our own greed and unwillingness to reduce our dependence on oil!

    Vote for Real Change vote against the Emirates of Alaska and their Palin Pawn, the Mavericks and Cowboys of Arizona, Texas and beyond!

    Vote Obama! Make history Make a Difference!

    http://groups.google.com/group/mccain-palin-and-the-oil-industry

  • Posted By: strawberrynote @ 09/17/2008 8:04:41 PM

    Palin wanted to be seen here in Alaska as "the reformer", and a "take-charge:" sorta gal. But she had no clue what she was cutting in the budget and didn't care. She has a history of doing whatever she perceives will be popular, including throwing $1200 checks at every citizen, (including those under 18 who don't pay gas/heating bills). Supposedly women are going to vote the McCain/Palin ticket for this person? That would be a grave mistake for our country. Palin's views are not supportive of women and children's needs. Think, people!

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/17/2008 7:14:05 PM

    John McCain knew that Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac would collapse, and thereby unjustly burden the American public!

    In 2005, Senator John McCain cosponsored the Federal Housing Enterprise Reform Act to regulate the powers and procedures of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.

    These 2 massive federal finance agencies had been operating without controls in a blatant irresponsible manner, and had been found guilty in court of falsifying financial records and statements in order to provide supposed justification for bonuses to be given to their higher echelon administrators.

    These 2 organizations had been coerced by Democrats, who because of political opportunism, wanted them to grant mortgages to individuals who would be unable to make their required monthly payments. That would be in accordance with the irresponsible Democrat belief that everyone should be entitled to have their own home, irrespective of their actual ability to afford that luxury.

    Both of these mortgage lending institutions have contributed massive financial sums to support the political aspirations of Chris Dodd and Barack Obama.

    Senator John McCain realized 3 years ago that fraudulent transactions were rampant within these 2 enterprises, and that they would soon collapse if remedial action was not undertaken.
    Their bankruptcy would result in the American taxpayers having to go into debt to resurrect or ???bail-out??? these fraudulent Congress protected entities.

    As was to be expected, this proposal to institute meaningful financial reform measures was obstructed by the Democrats in the Senate, and the proposal failed to be adopted.

    This year, due to the Democrat furor over the collapse of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac, the American taxpayers are burdened by having to pay a minimum of 450 billion dollars to ???bail out??? these 2 recklessly managed lending companies.

    John McCain exposed and opposed the corrupt lending practices of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.
    Barack Obama ???milked the system??? and profited by obstructing reform of their corrupt lending practices.

    Democrats have demonstrated that they can wreck the mortgage industry.

    Are you willing to vote them into office, and give them a blank check to mismanage the American economy, security, and health care?

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/15/2008 7:02:46 PM

    Sarah Palin is the one who really understands family and family values. She has been there for her children, she will support programs for disadvantaged and special needs children, she has been head of the PTA. She shops at local stores like Walmart and does not have a problem to sit down with people who have a problem. Sarah also understands energy. Wow - Someone who can really make a difference.

    • Posted By: RandiRenee @ 09/16/2008 1:15:27 PM

      are you people not reading the article. I just can not believe that people are really not understand what they are reading or just don't care. I shop at wal-mart, am the head of my PTA and have been team mom since my son started playing football at age 8 and he has now graduated..does that make me ready to lead this country..NO and neither is she..for goodness sake people..WAKE UP AND SMELL WHAT THE REPS ARE COOKING!!!! MORE OF THE SAME..IF YOU HAVE ENJOYED THE LAST 8 YEARS THEN BY ALL MEANS VOTE FOR THEM..BUT IF YOU ARE TIRED OF THE WAR FOR OIL AND MAKING 9/11 THE ONLY REASON TO VOTE FOR THEM. THEN TELL ME THIS..WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR FOR 7 YEARS AND STILL HAVE NOT TAKEN OUT THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS HORRIBLE EVENT THAT SO CALLED SENT US TO WAR..HOWEVER WE HAVE CAPTURED AND EXICUTED BEN LADIN A MAN THAT TRUE TARRORIZED HIS OWN COUNTRY BUT DID NOTHING TO US..COME ON AND WAKE UP!@

  • Posted By: Davole @ 09/16/2008 10:36:01 AM

    The Obama Campaign Sinks to a New Low in Decency

    The Obama campaign, as it continues to flounder and sink in the polls, has descended to a new low, even for itself.

    Recently it has launched a new TV ad in which a mocking narrator alleges that John McCain is so out of touch with the current generation because of his inability to use a computer.

    The narrator does not admit that the reason John McCain doesn???t use a computer is because 5 and a half years of torture as a POW in the Vietnam war cause him to experience severe pain by attempting to do many of the day to day menial tasks which most of the American population take for granted.

    Obviously the Obama campaign does not demonstrate any appreciation and respect for the veteran and current members of the US military!

    The obamabot ship is sinking, and the crew are sure grasping at straws in their pitiful attempt to deceive the voting public. Yes, Obama approved that deceitful ad - it is consistent with his decrepit morally corrupt standards.

    Obviously that empty suit has no heart, courage, sincerity, honour, and respect!

    Do you expect a presidential candidate to be truthful in striving to win the election?
    If so, Obama just doesn???t ???measure up??? in that consideration!

    Obama is an unscrupulous do-anything community agitator who has revealed his true previously hidden self!

    On November 4, you, the legal American voting public, have the opportunity and ability to cast Obama back to that slag heap of Chicago manipulators who permeate the slum areas of that city.

  • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/08/2008 11:18:45 PM

    Palin walks the walk and lives the talk, unlike Obama.

    She represents what she believes in her actions. That is admirable, even if you disagree with her on the underlying issue.

    The most interesting thing is that she does not try to force her views on others. She leads by example.

    Palin is pro-life, even in the case of rape, and opposes same-sex marriage and favors teaching creationism alongside evolution in schools. But she hasn't pushed for legislative changes in any of those areas.

    That says plenty. It shows she knows the limits of government. Government isn't there to tell us what to do.

    Obama seems more inclined to use government to control it's citizens than Palin.

    • Posted By: grizzley589 @ 09/15/2008 11:00:54 PM

      The biggest shame of this campaign is that people like you believe this fake. She was picked by the GOP campaign, not McCain. He is not smart enough think like this not devious enough. They picked her because they know that the GOP working class,conservative base was between a rock and a hard place. You needed something to hold on to. There was nothing in the GOP for you folks; nothing in this campaign. You're on the wrong side of right. You are the clogs, and the grease in the GOP machine. You see Sarah Palins every day; speaking all the "stuff" you want to here. So they picked this person to pick you up. Get you back in the game. They will use you voters like they have in the past. They have given you a shadow, a ghost,. After the campaign you will be put on the polital shelf until next time.

      When I think of so many women in the GOP who are accomplished and ready to lead: congresswomen, Governors, cabinet members, I ponder why in the world would McCain do such a thing?: But I know: it is easier to use such ignorant voters to keep the GOP in power. And you know who is going to suffer the most. You are. That you could believe that this woman could have an effect on change in this country is sublime, insane. Remember when you go behind the curtain to vote, it will be your sons and daughters who will be sent to senseless wars to line the pockets of the rich; it will be your house that is foreclosed; it may your town or city that is subjected to a terrorist attack; it will be your job at stake when companies continue to send jobs overseas; and women's rights could be pushed back 50 years. The world is watching , waiting and laughing at us.

    • Posted By: ldb10AE @ 09/12/2008 11:04:38 AM

      If Palin is a Christian, then her kids shouldn't be pregnant. Not getting an abortion does not absolve Bristol Palin of sexual immoraility under biblical standards. I don't get why evangelicals don't understand that. The fundies, mostly Dr. Dobson, act as though the Bible is all about abortion -- it isn't. Also, Bristol Palin is an awful role model for teens.

    • Posted By: summer4077 @ 09/09/2008 9:22:03 AM

      Government isn't there to tell us what to do? Then how do you support a government telling us you can't have an abortion? Or get married if you're gay? Isn't that the government telling you what to do?

      • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/09/2008 4:40:06 PM

        That's just the point, Palin hasn't tried to tell people what to do. She even vetoed a law that would have denied gay couples equal health care rights, saying that would be unconstitutional.

        Stop trying to shove abortion down people's throats. People who think it is killing babies shouldn't be expected to agree with the government using their tax money to fund abortions.

    • Posted By: kduffy107 @ 09/09/2008 9:42:20 AM

      Why would you say Obama doesn't walk his walk or live his talk? I've been watching him very closely for quite a while and so far he's 100% authentic.

      As for Palin, her household is in a mess. Her pregnant child is proof that her politics don't work. Children should n't have children. What happened to Palin going home to spend time with her son before his deployment to Iraq? Maybe sticking around to exploit the positive spin after her introduction to world politics is more important.

      • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/09/2008 4:37:26 PM

        Palin's pregnant child is proof of nothing other than that teenagers will be teenagers and will often make bad choices.

        Children shouldn't have children, but you have no right to judge Palin or her daughter for choosing to have the baby instead of aborting it. That is what freedom of choice is supposed to be about, letting people choose.

      • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/09/2008 4:35:16 PM

        Oh he's ready to give taxpayer money away to the poor, but how much of his own has he given to the poor?

        He's pro-choice, whose abortion has he defended?

        He claims to work across the aisle, but truth is that he just takes credit for other people's work.

        He has a dream all right, his dream, not MLK's dream. And he's ready to use race to reach his goal, even if it means dividing the democratic party.

        Obama says he's pro-union, but then supports a Walmart tool in a Chicago campaign.

        Obama says he's pro-Israel, but he tells his Palestinian friends he'll be more up front with his support of Palestine when the election is over.

        Obama claims to not take special interest money, but does so with carefully selected words and takes more special interest money than anyone -- without limits because he uses bundlers instead of taking PAC money.

        Obama claims to want to reform campaign finance laws, then pushes the envelope by spending tons of $$ from his own HOPE PAC to set up his presidential campaign, all while telling the FEC that he has no plans to run for POTUS.

        Obama denies connections to Rezko money, but then has to give it to charity.

        Shall I go on?

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/15/2008 7:06:49 PM

    Obama won't get many peoples vote when the election comes around. Why? He is against the working woman; he wants sex education for 5 year olds; he uses drugs; he takes money from known felons to fund his political campaigns; he sat in a church for 20 years which was anti-American and anti-white. He has had so many soft ball questions from the liberal media that he even felt justified to not have a female VP.

  • Posted By: trazer @ 09/15/2008 7:04:16 PM

    This article supports the view that Sarah Palin is so willing to listen to all sides of an issue and work on important issues. Unlike Obama - who has trashed anyone who does not think the same way he does - she has listened to all and is willing to make reforms for the American people. Obama attack on all Republican ideas is so small minded, Sarah Palin is willing to reach out and work the issues. Go girl go!

  • Posted By: icstars @ 09/15/2008 3:12:36 PM

    Palin wouldn't get my vote if she were the only one running. If you don't work to prevent unwanted pregancies, you are not working for women, families, so-called "life." Unless you think women are just cows that should breed, even to the point of saying rape and incest have a bright side if they leave a woman pregnant.

    "Schlang," you sound like any other republican b.s. machine. Areas with lots of minorities have been shown to have trouble with access to voting because they would like to historically vote democratic. And "win at all costs" is clearly the despirate measure McCain is using with this unwise choise of Palin as a running mate.

  • Posted By: sparkling @ 09/15/2008 1:55:57 PM

    Sarah Palin gets my vote. She favors overturning Roe v Wade.

    Sarah has the guts to take a stand for life and millions of American women like myself support her.

  • Posted By: besharpone @ 09/15/2008 7:01:03 AM

    "Posted By: schlang @ 09/15/2008 2:09:10 AM
    Comment: Obama was dangling that carrot in front of Hillary's face for the longest time. He finally broke silence with bill the other day with a trip to his office. He also was reportedly short of funds and had to skip campaigning to go to a fund raiser. Did he finally get the money to pay off Hillary's campaign debt? Is this why Bill was suddenly willing to help?"

    You don't get around very much do you? No newspapters or internet either? If you did, you would have noticed that Obama raised 66 millions dollars in August, so I doubt that he is short of funds.

  • Posted By: lisaooo @ 09/07/2008 8:48:40 PM

    The reality is that girls who have babies early are "punished." Read the statistics. This is why the African-American inner city girls are totally disadvantaged - teenage pregnancy. It's a needle in the haystack statistic to go on to great things after a teenage pregnancy. Especially when you are forced to marry a moron hockey dude, like Bristol is. The Palin's are essentially the Spears, with a mom who learned how to wear a suit and put her hair in a bun.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:37:49 AM

      lisaooo -

      Maybe the African-American inner city girls should just learn to say no!

      Is saying that word "no" beyond their ability?

      But it does take the fun out of the night, doesn't it?

      • Posted By: annieb346 @ 09/14/2008 2:53:38 AM

        By the same token, then, Bristol Palin should have said NO.

  • Posted By: Johnnydoe @ 09/08/2008 4:42:45 PM

    yeah, but how is giving hand out money to millions of people who dont want to work for it, and taking money from people who supply the jobs for those who will work for it help the economy? It will just make everyone poor.

    • Posted By: annieb346 @ 09/14/2008 2:51:55 AM

      How many people do you know that don't want to work??? How about a young couple that both have minimum wage jobs and can't afford rent or health insurance? Then what if they get pregnant and choose to keep their baby? How can they afford child care?

  • Posted By: mjtaylor58 @ 09/09/2008 8:18:56 AM

    Palin is simply Bush in Lipstick, how else do you explain leaving her home town of a mere 7,000 people 20 million in debt after serving as its mayor.
    Sounds like Bush to me, she is smart and I am sure takes well to coaching, probably better than Bush as far as articulation, but she won't buck the GOP system.
    Party line is the party line inthe Republican nation, there is never dissention so why would one think McCain/Palin will do any different the Bush/Cheney

    • Posted By: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:42:23 AM

      Because the town decided to build a sports arena, which required taking on debt. And the arena was an issue on the ballot, i.e., the people voted for the arena and were aware of is effect on the budget.

      That's how. Not mismanagement, like you're suggesting, but a voter-led project.

      • Posted By: annieb346 @ 09/14/2008 2:48:21 AM

        Unfortunately the titel to the land was not clear, leading to litgation and further expenditure by the town to acquire unencumbered title to the land.

  • Posted By: lisaooo @ 09/07/2008 8:46:46 PM

    I'm sure Palin will now grant funds to homes for prego teenagers now that she has one. She slashed special ed programs pre-little Trig but now says parents with specials needs kids will have a friend in the White House. If her grandkid turns out gay, she'll probably switch her position on that as well. This woman is self-serving and an egomaniac. I'm more scared of her than I am Cheney - at least he's intelligent. This woman barely got out of the University of Idaho with a B.S. degree. Can't wait til someone asks her about her grades there. And to the person that commented about Obama's kids and his personal position should they get pregnant - um, they are 7 and 11! Palin's daughter is 17.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:41:34 AM

      lisaooo -

      Are Obama's kids "African-American inner city girls"?

      Maybe he should give them up for adoption if he doesn't have time to teach them how to behave!

      • Posted By: bar0718 @ 09/11/2008 9:10:57 PM

        His wife quit her high paying job to stay home with the kids while he pursued this position. We know who's raising his kids Who is raising Palin's?? Obviously her so-called Christian beliefs fell far, far away from the tree. Or did they??

        • Posted By: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:48:15 AM

          Who is raising Palin's? Their mother and father. And both sets of grandparents are pretty involved too.

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