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

By Katie Paul | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Sep 6, 2008 | Updated: 11:36  a.m. ET Sep 6, 2008

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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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: Davole @ 09/16/2008 10:36:01 AM

    Comment: 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: trazer @ 09/15/2008 7:06:49 PM

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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: trazer @ 09/15/2008 7:02:46 PM

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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: icstars @ 09/15/2008 3:12:36 PM

    Comment: 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

    Comment: 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

    Comment: "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: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:31:52 AM

    Comment: Why is Newsweek not offering a retraction for this statement: "She cut by 20 percent the funding for Covenant House Alaska" That's entirely inaccurate, she more than tripled it. Don't believe me, ask the director of the Covenant House, who has tried to correct the record: http://carolinajournal.com/mediamangle/display_story.html?id=4977

  • Posted By: jupiter25 @ 09/12/2008 10:48:22 PM

    Comment: Please explain why none of these issues can up in Charles Gibson interview with her. Are they afraid they might make her cry or that she will bite them?

    • Posted By: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:38:21 AM

      Comment: Because they're false. Gibson tried to nail her on the "holy war" comment but apparently he didn't even know he was reading an inaccurate quote back to her.

      She did not cut funding for special needs kids, she tripled it. She did not cut funding for pregnant teens, she almost doubled it. She did not "get back on a plane when she was in labor," she flew home to Alaska after leaking amniotic fluid (that's not the same thing as water breaking) with her doctor's blessing. After she got home to her own hospital, they induced labor.

      You guys need to stop believing every negative thing you hear about this woman. It's become ridiculous how many lies are out there about her. Don't fall for them, it only makes you look gullible.

  • Posted By: AZJUDY @ 09/11/2008 1:43:55 PM

    Comment: TO MAMACATH
    YOU ARE SO RIGHT ,I AM AN RN ALSO, WHAT VERY POOR ,AND DANGEROUS DECISIONS SHE MADE .
    NO COMMON SENSE IT SEEMS TO ME

  • Posted By: MamaCath @ 09/11/2008 2:19:36 AM

    Comment: OK. I'm a nurse so I know a few things. When a woman ruptures her membranes a month before her due date, it's considered an obstectrical emergency. Any pregnant woman who is not retarded and ruptures her membranes a month early, knows the baby is in trouble. When you're pregnant with a Down Syndrome child, you have also been told about the high risk for the baby to be born with severe, life-threatening cardiac problems and the need for the baby to be born in a hospital with a Lever 3 nursery to maximize the chance of saving the baby's life.

    So, knowing all of this, please tell me why Gov. Palin, a staunch Right-to-Life supporter (1) had a genetic amnio at 13 weeks when the risk of miscarriage was 3 times greater then if she had waited until the normal time of 18 weeks when she wasn't going to do anything despite the outcome? (2) Decided she had to fly from Alaska to Texas, a total of 24 hours flying time, when she was 8 months pregnant with her 5th child, and a special needs one at that? (3) When she ruptured her membranes in Houston, why didn't she go to one of the 6 or so hospitals there with a Level 3 nursery to get the medications she needed to save her baby's life? (4) Why did she get on 2 airplanes and fly back to Alaska and risk the real possibility of delivering the baby in the air? (5) What would she have done if the baby had been born on the plane and had bad heart problems? (6) When she landed in Alaska, why didn't she go to the medical university there in Fairbanks? (7) Why did she drive home in the snow an hour away to have the baby in her small town hospital?

    Gov. Palin may be Pro-Life but every choice she made in her pregnancy with Trig showed reckless disregard for his life and only concern for what was best and convenient for hers.

    • Posted By: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:39:56 AM

      Comment: Her membranes didn't break, they leaked. Not the same. I leaked amniotic fluid at six months and again at eight months and neither time did I go into labor. She didn't go into labor until she returned to Alaska and the doctor induced labor.

  • Posted By: lk76 @ 09/10/2008 8:25:44 PM

    Comment: With all the attacks it looks like it's the American people who are loosing out

  • Posted By: lk76 @ 09/10/2008 8:24:06 PM

    Comment: With all these attacks coming from both sides it looks like neither will produce any real "change"

    Politicians 1; American people 0

  • Posted By: dumbwhiteboy @ 09/10/2008 10:15:45 AM

    Comment: Sounds to me like Sarah Palin just wants the government to stay out people's lives. I have no problem with that.

  • Posted By: Belker @ 09/09/2008 7:25:46 PM

    Comment: I believe you'll find that the cut was in the increase for Covenant House.

    Maybe you should start reading the Anchorage Daily News website. You're reprinting what amounts to lies.

  • Posted By: WrknActor @ 09/09/2008 6:06:33 PM

    Comment: To pearsoncrz: I beg to differ on the subject of Sarah Palin being a fiscal conservative and balancing a budget. Ms. Palin came into the Governor's office with a small surplus and a balanced budget and is currently running a deficit. Sound familiar?
    And seriously ... are you really trying to say that deep down Sarah Palin is just a big softy for the issues and "plight" of same-sex couples? She's as middle of the aisle as Pat Buchanan.

  • Posted By: tyleasure@yahoo.com @ 09/09/2008 11:29:13 AM

    Comment: Actually alot of your fact s came from a Washington Post article of which they have not made corrections. No, she didn???t cut funding for unwed mothers; yes, she did increase it by ???only??? 354 percent , as part of a multi-year capital expenditures program.
    You are unfairly misleading your readers. Readers please see the statement issued by The Covenant House Alaska after the article came out in the Washington Post.
    http://wthrockmorton.com/2008/09/04/our-operating-budget-was-not-reduced-director-of-teen-center/

    There is so many smears out there about Governor Palin strongly urge you to check for facts at:
    http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/

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

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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

        Comment: 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: getzel @ 09/09/2008 4:52:20 AM

    Comment: Pathetic rag

  • Posted By: Yes! We ALL Can @ 09/09/2008 2:07:27 AM

    Comment: Hey Everyone - we could argue all day long about the tabloid stories and who's being picked on in the media and who's not - but utimately - this election is going to come down to the economy and asking yourselves if you are better off now than you were 8 years ago. And now that Sarah Palin has made it clear she intends to behave like a pit-bull with rabies combined with a mad-as-hell bucking bull (with listick), she's basically promising to play her part in 4 more years of partisan gridlock and fully supports Bush's policies 100% as does McCain. It's a real siimple choice and James Carville (who I don't always agree with) definately summed it up nicely:

    "By every economic measure known to man, Democratic Presidents have out-performed Republican Presidents. And by the way if you believe the economy was better under George W Bush than Bill Clinton you???ve got a real clear choice here.

    "If you think what America needs is a tax cut for people making over half-a-million dollars a year then vote for McCain. If you think middle-class people are struggling ??? that their incomes are going down and they need help ??? vote for Obama. It???s a very simple choice".

    - CNN's Late Edition

    • Posted By: ldb10AE @ 09/12/2008 10:59:00 AM

      Comment: Amen! I miss the economy under the Clintons, the job market was great (as opposed to how awful it is under Bush and just about every other Republican president). I'm voting for Obama -- with no reservations -- as, while I'm not thrilled about welfare folks geting a piece of the Democratic pie, at least there's enough left for folks who still work for a living.

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

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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

      Comment: 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: kduffy107 @ 09/09/2008 9:42:20 AM

      Comment: 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

        Comment: 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

        Comment: 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: summer4077 @ 09/09/2008 9:22:03 AM

      Comment: 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

        Comment: 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: JustaTemp @ 09/08/2008 11:10:27 PM

    Comment: "Under her watch, Alaska liberalized its abortion laws". But over here (http://www.newsweek.com/id/157554): Palin's pro-life extremism is as ethically flawed as it is politically damaging to the GOP. Now, I'm confused

  • Posted By: Johnnydoe @ 09/08/2008 4:47:45 PM

    Comment: yeah, but how is giving hand out money to millions of people who don't want to work for it, while taking it from the people who provide the jobs for those who will work for it help the economy? And while we're at it. The last I heard we are winning the "war we cannot win" and the people who made that possible with the surge are now talking about getting ready to leave there in a manner which allows our soldiers to hold their heads high and doesnt undermine America's place in the world and endangering her citicens by portraying military weakness.

    • Posted By: summer4077 @ 09/09/2008 9:23:16 AM

      Comment: There is no "winning" this "war." There is simply "less troops and civilians being slaughtered." We truly DID win a war--a WORLD war--in less years than this fiasco.

      • Posted By: jmario @ 09/14/2008 1:44:57 AM

        Comment: That's absurd, of course there's winning this war. It's when the US leaves Iraq in the hands of a functioning democratic Iraqi government. And that's not far away, we've already turned over Anbar; 15 of the 18 benchmarks have been met.

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

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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: zoowen4 @ 09/08/2008 3:51:58 PM

    Comment: Its not about abortion folks.....the economy is down for the count and there is a war on we cannot win that take 3 million dollars a day to fund.

    • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/09/2008 4:44:08 PM

      Comment: And Obama has requested one million a day in earmarks for his political cronies, big fundraisers, and even his wife's employer.

      And he obtained 12 million in tax breaks for foreign companies.

      We need fiscal conservatives in office, people who know how to balance a budget, and that would not be anything Obama has ever had to do. Palin has done balanced a huge budget, and McCain has spent years fighting against the earmarks.

      • Posted By: dsqard @ 09/12/2008 11:55:26 AM

        Comment: Got Proof???

        • Posted By: dsqard @ 09/12/2008 12:00:17 PM

          Comment: The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration weren???t enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22-million. What did Mayor Palin encourage the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? Or a new library? No. $1-million for a park, $15-million-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex...She also supported bonds for $5.5-million for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 years without any borrowing.???

          The city of Wasilla has made available all of its budgets during Palin???s tenure. So we grabbed the fiscal year ending 1996 (when Palin took the reins), which showed the city???s long-term debt at $1.12-million, mostly for paving and sewer projects.

          The annual financial report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2002 ??? Palin???s last year in office ??? shows that the total long-term debt was $24.8-million. So Kilkenny is off a bit when she says long-term debt went from zero to $22-million. But it did increase $23.7-million.

          And Kilkenny is also correct about the big-ticket items that created the debt: $14.7-million for a new multi-use sports complex; $5.5-million for street projects; and $3-million for water improvement projects.

  • Posted By: hamark @ 09/08/2008 1:56:25 PM

    Comment: So, which is it? Is Sarah Palin the hardcore "keep 'em barefoot and pregnant" anti-abortion conservative Anna Quindlen makes her out to be, or the mild political realist this article paints her as? You guys need to get your stories straight. I make two predictions. The first woman POTUS will be conservative and the first black POTUS will be conservative -- both for the same reason that only Nixon could normalize relations with China.

  • Posted By: kirt @ 09/08/2008 1:07:29 PM

    Comment: Palin is a throw back to feminist, she cuts programs that benifits for helping women. Her state high school graduation rate is the lowest in the nation, so what child isn't left behind? Dosen't belive in science in a time that this nation needs to catch up with the world. Will keep this nation from moving forard from the hydo-carbon economy until we run completly out and have to depend on other counties to sell us the newest technologies. Her polices and beliefs on the environment will hinder and hurt any advancement on a pressing issues that our future will depend on. On Sahra Palin I can just say no.

    • Posted By: pearsoncrz @ 09/09/2008 4:45:31 PM

      Comment: How can you say she doesn't believe in science? Her father was a science teacher and Palin does not claim that creationism should be part of the curriculum. She just isn't afraid to let teachers and students discuss that theory in the classroom.

  • Posted By: hmsrph @ 09/08/2008 6:09:48 AM

    Comment: So, I'm guessing that Newsweek is really just a mouthpiece for the left. Did you get your talking points directly from Obama himself? Why don't you discuss the lack of achievement in the other party's PRESIDENTIAL nominee? I suppose you wouldn't want to offend the anointed one. Sorry, I wasted my time.

  • Posted By: Paula_SA @ 09/08/2008 5:56:26 AM

    Comment: NO. Palin is the country´s worst nightmare ! Just imagine her representing America ! Yikes. Journalism degree and no academic honors at all.

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

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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

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

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

    Comment: 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

      Comment: 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

        Comment: 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

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

  • Posted By: Steve7215 @ 09/07/2008 6:49:15 PM

    Comment: How has Palin "liberalized" abortion laws as the headline states? She still opposes allowing a woman the right to make her own medical decisions, without government interference. And she supports parental approval for a child under 18.. And she has cut programs that would assist young women who choose to give birth...

  • Posted By: Steve7215 @ 09/07/2008 6:48:29 PM

    Comment: How has Palin "liberalized" abortion laws as the headline states? She still opposes allowing a woman the ability to choose, without government interference. And she supports parental approval for a child under 18.. And she has cut programs that would assist young women who choose to give birth...

  • Posted By: NELEGER @ 09/07/2008 5:52:45 PM

    Comment: Hey, while Sarah Palin chose to honor the life of his son, Obama would have urged one of his daughters to kill the baby. Why? In his own words: "If one of my daughters make a mistake, I don't want to punish her with a baby". This is despicable of Obama. None of my babies have been a punishment to me or my wife: they have been a great blessing from God. Obama should be glad his own mother didn't believe the way he does when she was pregnant with him... Down with this despicable man!!

  • Posted By: Dartay @ 09/07/2008 5:48:58 PM

    Comment: PALIN is a woman's nightmare. She is a bizarre combination of TAKE CHARGE, push the man out of the way and let me govern (EXTREME FEMINIST) and then DON'T LET GOVERNMENT help women with funding for sex ed, WIC, etc, and BANISH ABORTION! I don't know what to clasify her as execept a Hitler in High Heels.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 2:22:26 AM

      Comment: Dartay -

      No - correction - Sarah Palin is definitely Obama's worst nightmare!

      And he thought that he was the annointed one!

  • Posted By: hayneslisaj@hotmail.com @ 09/07/2008 5:25:11 PM

    Comment: The anti-Palin bias in this story renders the rest of it meaningless. If you want to examine her record on abortion, please do it objectively.

  • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:37:54 AM

    Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 2:19:32 AM

      Comment: marksgershenson -

      Is there any sane (and I emphasize the word sane) reason why you have posted the same link 11 times on this discussion board?

      Lay off those drugs - they can definitely affect your cognitive ability.

      Or on second thought, since you are an obamabot - just carry on! I understand!

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:44:55 AM

      Comment: marksgershenson -

      And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

      It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

      Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

      Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

  • Posted By: cm4297 @ 09/07/2008 8:20:59 AM

    Comment: I believe that Palin is not as radical as she has been made out to be. I am only scared by the fact that she has allowed some tired men who are anti-women (when it comes to policy) to shape her.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:42:39 AM

      Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

      • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:45:46 AM

        Comment: marksgershenson -

        And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

        It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

        Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

        Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

        • Posted By: bar0718 @ 09/11/2008 9:28:37 PM

          Comment: Cut and paste, very original. Turns out Anne Kilkenny e-mail is credible. But I'm sure it doesn't change your mind at all. Republicans don't think about the issues. Just vote the same way your parents did and that has worked out so well. You fell for the whole "hot" woman smoke screen thing McCain threw at you. Try reading something neutral and think on your own. Congratulations, you must be one the lucky ones to make over $250,000. I'm sure you work real hard. Pay your fair share. The middle class sure does and we're tired of supporting the rest of you.

  • Posted By: gjowahl @ 09/07/2008 6:30:38 AM

    Comment: Katie Paul's reporting is abysmal. Covenant House Alaska is NOT a "state program" but rather a private, 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entity. The reduction that Palin did had nothing to do with this PRIVATE organization???s regular operations. It was, in fact, an adjustment to a staff budget proposal, which was responding to a special request from Covenant House for a grant related to a planned expansion of its facilities. In other words, it was for new construction, NOT for the funding of their ongoing, day-to-day activities. Ms. Paul could have discovered the true nature of Covenant House Alaska merely by typing those words into Google; but she was apparently too busy doing a hatchet-job on Plain to bother with basic fact-checking.

  • Posted By: wildlifeusa @ 09/07/2008 12:09:37 AM

    Comment: 9/11 and religion..... What is the connection?? There are the answers.. Please pass it on!

    http://propagandameatgrinder.magnify.net/video/Zeitgeist-s-hrvatskim-titlom/theater#theater_title

  • Posted By: Mariana S @ 09/07/2008 12:05:04 AM

    Comment: You need to print a retraction and a correction and then hire reporters who get it right. Palin did not "cut" funding for abortion or for special needs kids. You could, you know, look it up. But you guys are addicted to the lies. So, keep lying. How are your revenues? Newsweek lies. But then the whole mainstream media lies. You have been getting away with it for a long time because people were exhausted from Bush and from the war. But you are not getting away with it anymore.

  • Posted By: Mariana S @ 09/07/2008 12:02:09 AM

    Comment: Newsweek lies.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:38:23 AM

      Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

      • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:46:46 AM

        Comment: marksgershenson -

        And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

        It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

        Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

        Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

  • Posted By: ZoeKalidas @ 09/06/2008 11:59:24 PM

    Comment: A REAL LOOK AT THE FACTS:

    Fact: She did INCREASE funding for unwed mothers, by over 300 PERCENT!!!

    Fact: The Cook Inlet project was tied in with an environmental issue where Chevron Oil had pacted with the previous incumbent Frank Markwoski who took away the right of those residents to be involved in those choices and turned it over to the legislature. Sarah is trying to reverse this decision, but the legislatures are still refusing to hold session. By the way, there is a huge environmental issue that Sarah is actively trying to resolve. The Cook Inlet Keeper, has publicly thanked her for being willing to fight for reversal of the decisions made by previous corrupt politicians.

    Fact: In reference to the issues about Violence Against Females, you may have noticed that she is under investigation for firing her Public Safety Commissioner. Yep, that's the big story everyone is talking about where he is trying to say that he was fired because he didn't fire her brother-in-law! Her stance is that the disagreed on what she thought to be crucial issues. (There is a story here, Katie Paul, for any reporter with a healthy nose for a good story and a sharp intellect for fact checking.)

    Fact: Sarah Palin is one of The Most Concerned politicians that we may ever know. Compare the record of what she HAS done to any other Governor in thier first 18 months!!!

    Fact: You ask, "Could Palin have done more?" - She isn't finished yet!

    Fact: The true story is that Sarah Palin has more of her priorities straight than most of us will ever know. Many will agree with her, and many will disagree - but everyone will benefit from her courage, her strength and her integrity that is right now withstanding more scrutiny than anyone I have ever seen be scrutinized. - She'll Pass! She'll make women proud! You don't have to agree with someone to recognize their greatness.

    Katie Paul, just because you (or your boss or both) disagree with Sarah Palin is no excuse for sloppy reporting! You know, those of us that are in awe of this woman making history whether we agree with her are not are saving articles and pictures and stories, etc. Do your best work! It might be around for longer than you realize! Personally, I think you are probably better than this article, Katie Paul! - Show us your best stuff!

    Zoe

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:38:41 AM

      Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

      • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:47:28 AM

        Comment: marksgershenson -

        And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

        It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

        Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

        Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

  • Posted By: ZoeKalidas @ 09/06/2008 11:22:01 PM

    Comment: Whoa! Katie Paul, are you really that weak of a journalist? Have you always been, or have you just let your skills get rusty??? Have you lost your interest in truth, or did you just never have it? - Just because you (or maybe your boss or both?) disagree with Sarah Paoin is no excuse for MISreporting!!!

  • Posted By: lanes @ 09/06/2008 10:35:00 PM

    Comment: Palin Slashed covenant House?
    More sloppy reporting and fact checking"
    "No, she didn't cut funding for unwed mothers, she increased it by "only" 354 percent instead of 454 percent, as part of a multi-year capital expenditures program. ...The center's executive director, Deirdre Cronin, explained...'Despite some press reports to the contrary, our operating budget was not reduced. '"

  • Posted By: Saveright @ 09/06/2008 9:16:25 PM

    Comment: Palin increased the budget for teen pregnancy programs. The media is lying. Her plan was over several years and increased more than the current year to year. The first year was being phased in and increased over the several years to be more than what the annual budget for teen pregnancies were. The media has destroyed Sarah Palin with lies. The media needs to have protests outside their doors.

  • Posted By: Saveright @ 09/06/2008 9:15:30 PM

    Comment: Palin increased the budget for teen pregnancy programs. The media is lying. Her plan was over several years and increased more than the current year to year. The first year was being phased in and increased over the several years to be more than what the annual budget for teen pregnancies were. The media has destroyed Sarah Palin with lies. The media needs to have protests outside their doors.

  • Posted By: othoschild @ 09/06/2008 8:21:36 PM

    Comment: The forecast is....VICTORY IN NOVEMBER!!

  • Posted By: othoschild @ 09/06/2008 8:20:07 PM

    Comment: Now for the political weather......THE HOT SON OF ARIZONA is beating down on Libber-als everywhere, they simply cannot take the heat. It has joined with THE ALASKAN HER-RICANE which has sent American Bosheviks scurrryin for shelter. Forecast

  • Posted By: Yes! We ALL Can @ 09/06/2008 8:09:02 PM

    Comment: IN ADDITION TO THE TWO SCANDALS SARAH PALIN IS CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN - THE OTHER SHOE MAY DROP ON PALIN THIS WEEK!!!!

    "The National Enquirer's coverage of a vicious war within Sarah Palin's extended family includes several newsworthy revelations, including the resulting incredible charge of an affair plus details of family strife when the Governor's daughter revealed her pregnancy. Following our John Edwards' exclusives, our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign's vetting process. Despite the McCain camp's attempts to control press coverage they find unfavorable, The Enquirer will continue to pursue news on both sides of the political spectrum."

  • Posted By: geekgurl @ 09/06/2008 6:57:28 PM

    Comment: The bigger story here is her lack of support for women who choose to keep the child... Voiding funds to support young mothers is not how you try to coax women to forgo having an abortion. Voiding funds that provide an education and childcare support so that they can take care of their young families and not be on Welfare is not the way. Is that what Jesus would do?

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:55:13 AM

      Comment: geekgurl --

      Jesus knows that the obamabot attempts to discredit Sarah Palin's support for women who choose to keep the child are devilish lies!

      Get off your butt and obamabot talking points and investigate the facts!

  • Posted By: tiredoflies @ 09/06/2008 6:26:10 PM

    Comment: If the republicans win the election in November, they are going to be very happy campers. Normal.

    Then, shortly thereafter, reality will set in. Those well off republicans will be happy for the next four or eight years. They will enjoy life paying for whatever they want.

    But what about the republicans who aren???t so well off? Those that will struggle to pay their rent or mortgage payments, fill their tanks, pay for health care and even buy their favorite foods and all the other things that goes with the cost of living. Having been there, I will really feel sorry for them. Yes, many democrats will be there too.

    But, at the same time I will feel a great sense of justice knowing they are experiencing the effects of their own votes to put McCain in office and that I, as well as all democrats, did not contribute to their plight. They will NOT be able to have whatever they want or perhaps even what they need while their well off counterparts will. One thing they will have though and at no extra cost. That is their memory of the lies, distortions, and hate spewed by their rich republican counterparts against a very intelligent Harvard law School graduate and State and US Senator who wanted nothing more than to make the country prosperous, NOT just the well off, but for them as well. I hope they can live on that because, just like during the last eight years, the well off republicans wont give a damn about them.

    What they, and all of us, will have is just MORE OF THE SAME . . . .
    or perhaps, something even worse. And even if you like Palin, she is NOT the decision and policy maker, McCain is.


    One thing is for certain:

    After November 4th, there can be buyer???s remorse but there can???t be any going back

  • Posted By: Mezzoid @ 09/06/2008 6:20:05 PM

    Comment: I am seriously disturbed by the over-the-top rate of STDs, domestic violence and sexual assaults in Alaska. THIS needs to be addressed. This woman can hardly be called a "Feminist for Life." She is neither a feminist nor does she have any regard for quality of life.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:39:32 AM

      Comment: agreed, please see http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

      • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:56:29 AM

        Comment: marksgershenson -

        And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

        It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

        Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

        Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

  • Posted By: tiredoflies @ 09/06/2008 6:18:50 PM

    Comment:
    Thank you Yes! We ALL Can. I only hope more people, will begin to see through the republican lies and deception.

    I also think the media should get off their butts and start doing their job as they used to do.

    What, Palin could conceivably have to take over the presidency on November 5th and they cannot ask her questions?.

    That is insane!

  • Posted By: usrgbt @ 09/06/2008 6:16:49 PM

    Comment: This is just another leftist, elite media attack on a politician and political point of view you disagree with. It the least it's attempts to mislead as the facts presented in the article contradict the title of the article. It's amusing to read the comments of the syncopathic haters who spew their vile nonsense regardless of the truth. The American people are on to this publication and it's whack job supporters, and John McCain and Sarah Palin are going to win.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/07/2008 11:39:47 AM

      Comment: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/kilkenny.asp

      • Posted By: Davole @ 09/08/2008 1:57:33 AM

        Comment: marksgershenson -

        And Anne Kilkenny's credibility is ... ?

        It appears as though she's a democrat, possibly unemployed, gossip writer.

        Wow, how revealing - what an authority!

        Gee, Sarah Palin's sure got the obamabots scraping the bottom of the bucket for criticism of the very capable Republican VP candidate. How revealing!

    • Posted By: colam @ 09/06/2008 10:05:41 PM

      Comment: re: usrght post. Well that was a whole lot of nothing. Not unlike Palin's speech. Don't you have anything actually worth saying? Like a POINT of some kind based on a FACT somewhere?

  • Posted By: mhopgood123 @ 09/06/2008 6:14:21 PM

    Comment: Sarah Palin is just being used by the GOP to rally the conservative base and provdie a distraction from the real issues. She is not representative of manistream American women. Her views are not moderate. She does not believe in teaching sexual abstinence. I am a Catholic and I am disgusted as to how this VP is being used to attack Obama/Biden. She is far from being a reformer too.

    • Posted By: Davole @ 09/06/2008 7:38:34 PM

      Comment: mhopgood123 -

      You claim that Sarah Palin "is not representative of manistream American women."
      There is a difference between being representative of and appealing to any sociological or political segment of society. A true leader can convince and transform society, instead of merely representing it.

      You state that "She does not believe in teaching sexual abstinence."
      What factual proof do you have in that regard?

      You claim to be a Catholic.
      Do you support the Catholic Church's position that abortion is immoral?

      You assert that Sarah Palin "is far from being a reformer too."
      What facts do you have to support that?

      I admit - maybe I'm expecting too much from you here, with respect to you actually having any facts to support your expressed opinions.

      Most obamabots are confused by facts, and generally tend to dismiss them as being unimportant or irrelevant.

      Awaiting your reply!

  • Posted By: mhopgood123 @ 09/06/2008 6:09:49 PM

    Comment: http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/DN-pipeline_06pro.ART.State.Edition2.26d3d5b.html

  • Posted By: usrgbt @ 09/06/2008 6:08:04 PM

    Comment: Just another typical leftist, elite media attack on a politician and political point of view they disagree with. The meat of the article contradicts the story's title. It's amusing to read this kind of drivel and hear the voices of their syncopathic haters in the comments section. The American people are on to your baloney. You just don't get it pal!

  • Posted By: Yes! We ALL Can @ 09/06/2008 6:00:01 PM

    Comment: Exactly Tired of Lies!! I agree with you 100% SARAH PALIN IS NOT ONLY A LIAR AND DID SO IN