Can You Say ‘Sexist’?

Sadly, we live in a country where Republicans will vote for Republicans and where Democrats will vote for Democrats no matter who is on the ticket. For twenty-plus years, I was an Independent who voted the candidate, not the party. However, given the state of the country--economically, socially, internationally--I declared Democrat this year. I agree with Quindlen that Palin's nomination was frightening in the extreme, not necessarily because of who she is, but because McCain seems to have chosen her in a fit of pique. Do you want your President to make decisions in this haphazard way? Do you want a President who lacks control over his anger to the point that he must apologize to colleagues for cursing at them? Is this how your workplace operates? We have a serious image problem in the international community--in a world growing more and more dangerous. Having both a cowboy and a cowgirl out there shooting off their mouths scares me to death. I want a President with intellect, with control, with superior communication skills. I want a President who will surround himself with people who disagree with him, just to make sure he has considered all sides. I want a President who is above petty power-trips and general nastiness to those who disagree.

This is America. There are no perfect people--and certainly those who come close probably don't wish to be President--but we certainly deserve the best and brightest, the reasonable and logical, the honorable and understanding. John McCain is a bonafide hero, and Sarah Palin certainly seems to be an agressive go-getter, but they are not the people for America right now. I want to be proud of my America.

Sarah Palin is just a party doll. Let the Repubs parade her for her 15 mins of fame. The Presidential Idol show will soon be over once she debates Biden, someone who actually knows whats goin on in Iraq and doesnt ask 'What a VP does?"

Im a guy and I am happy to say I have 1 daughter and another on the way. This is a red herring that far left and right are maing such a huge thing out of. IF you want choice then choose. I am an opponent of abortion as it is only in the frame that it has become a easy way out for allot of women and men as well. If the woman is raped or a case of incest or mothers health I'm in the corner of the option of abortion but not just because it is inconvienient and someone doesnt want to take responsibility for their actions. It has become too easy to have this done and should be reviewed only in this limited area. I know I will be yelled at for this as not in touch but stop and think you are 25 get pregnant and decide its a bother so you go to a place and get rid of your future child. This scenario is the one I have a problem with as for the rest I'm on the side of choice but not as a drive though procedure. Submitted as your whipping post but I do look forward to hearing from those it affects and getting information that may change my thoughts on this at this point in time.

A nasty ill-educated woman succeeding instead of women like Hillary is the worst type of example for our daughters.

Obamas story inspires hard working kids of all sexes and colors. Palin's degrades them.

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

The Associated Press reported Sept 3: "Palin's children attend public schools and Palin has made no push to have creationism taught in them. ... It reflects a hands-off attitude toward mixing government and religion by most Alaskans."

She even vetoed a bill that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships because she said it was unconstitutional.

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

Obama seems more inclined to use government to control what choices we have than Palin does. Check out HR 800 and see what the democrats are up to while we're all talking about Palin. They are trying to eliminate the secret ballot in union elections. How unAmerican is THAT?????

I am a 34 -year veteran high school teacher of various courses in human growth and development, one of which is a course on family systems and interpersonal dynamics. I am beyond 'appalled' at Sara Palin's stance on family values and am disgusted with various folks' insistence that when we talk about the candidates we must 'stick to the issues'. Sara Palin's 'prol-life choices' and her family dynamics are very much a central issue in this
presidential campaign. I have spent the better part of my professional career empowering high-school age youth to to engage in healthy , open dialogues about sexual risk and relationship health. For Sara Palin to front her 17-year old daughter and her boyfriend on the national stage sends a powerful and devastating message to young adults across the nation. It also blatantly disregards, in my opinion, the many young adults who will 'accidentally' become pregnant and who will remain under-skilled, under-educated, and under-supported. I seek an honest, strong role model in a national leader. Palin is neither honest about her values; nor is she the leader that I would like young women (my daughter?) to aspire to!

Sarah Palin never tried to ban any books. In response to multiple inquiries, the City of Wasilla has now issued a statement which includes a list of the Wasilla Public Library challenged books -- all four of them. All four of the challenges occurred either years before or years after Palin was a member of the city council (1992-1996) or was mayor (1996-2002).

Here are the four books:

Year of Challenge: Pre-1986
Item Challenged: Angel Dust Blues by Todd Strasser
Result: Creation of "Young Adult" section in library and placement of item in section

Year of Challenge: 1986
Item Challenged: Bumps in the Night by Harvey Allard
Result: Remained on shelf

Year of Challenge: 2005
Item Challenged: America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction by Jon Steward (sic)
Result: Remained on shelf

Year of Challenge: 2007
Item Challenged: The Abduction by Mette Newth
Result: Remained on shelf

Go to http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?...

The only thing wrong with Palin is that she is not a black man.Would you write articles like this on eand the one in this months issue if she were black? What can you expect from an ultr-liberal hypocritical rag.

I really dislike the bullies who come onto blogs screaming that one side or the other is totally biased. I would like to see everyone get back to the issues - meaning how are we going to fix this economy, fight these wars, etc.. If anyone has had a free pass from the media - it's been Palin - 2 weeks in and not ONE interview. I want to see how she plans to fix the economy, etc...because, frankly, she has the thinnest resume in the history of presidential politics. If anyone has been given a free ride by the press - it's her. Let's see her answers questions on her own - without McCain or anyone else helping her. She is the only candidate out there who has not been properly vetted - and that should be a big concern to the American public!

TO: NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, CT, WP, Newsweek, Atlantic Weekly, LAT---

WHAT MAKES YOU WORTHY OF TELLING US WHAT YOU THINK?

The Main Stream Media should be ASHAMED AS HELL OF ITSELF; but, we know, it has NO SHAME!!! It NOW thinks it should get involved in the vetting of a VP, while it GAVE A SHAMELESS PASS to OBAMA for the PRESIDENTIAL SLOT.

So you think giving SOFTBALL questions to OBAMA in the debates proves anything. Do you think not tracking down his associations, record, accomplishments or lack thereof proves anything? Do you think that attacking a 17 YEAR OLD GIRL of a candidate AND THE CANDIDATE HERSELF MAKES YOU WORTHY OF TELLING US WHAT YOU THINK?

It proves that the MSM is trying as hard as we have ever seen to CONTROL an election like a Chicago Party Machine, or a government controled, Banana Repubic press.

The MSM press has been disgraceful and there has been and will continue to be a decline of the MSM into tabloid, celebrity, and sexism journalism.

With some MSM outlets like NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN, NYT, CT, WP, Newsweek, Atlantic Weekly, LAT, and others becoming tabloids following DailyKos, MoveOn.org, and HuffingtonPost, the vast majority of normal, middle class, independent/moderate WILL BE SICK OF YOU.

ANSWER THIS QUESTION:

WHAT MAKES YOU WORTHY OF TELLING US WHAT YOU THINK?