An Apostle of Alaska

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/03/eveningnews/main4413606.shtml

Cindy McCain Lies when she says that Sarah Palin was Thoroughly Vetted ...

Thats Borderline Bull-Spit !!

Keep in mind that it will Not be Mrs. Mccain that will have the Power to Overturn Roe Vs. Wade...Crazy A!! McCain will have that Dubius Dis-Honor.

Couric goes on record as saying to Cindy McCain, "Your husband believes Roe V. Wade should be Overturned"

Couric: Some, even Republicans, seemed surprised that Sen. McCain picked a running mate who opposes abortion even in the cases of rape and incest, and believes creationism should be taught in schools. And I'm just curious, do you agree with that?

McCain: What I agree with is the fact that she is a social conservative. She is a reform-minded woman. She is someone that will ??? shake Washington up, which is exactly what we want to do. We differ on many issues; we differ across the board with people. We don't have to agree on every issue.

Couric: Where do you stand on abortion?

McCain: I'm pro-life. I'm on the record as being pro-life, like my husband.

Couric: So do you oppose it even in cases of rape and incest?

McCain: No.

Couric: So that's where you two differ in terms of your position on that.

McCain: Uh-huh

Couric: And do you believe Roe V. Wade should be overturned?

McCain: No. no.

Couric: No. Why not? Your husband does.

McCain: No. I don't think he does.

Couric: He believes it should be overturned. That's what he told me, and that it should go to the states.

McCain: Well, in that respect. Yes, yeah, I do. I understand what you're saying now. It's a states issue.

Couric: So, you believe it should be overturned or shouldn't be overturned.

McCain: I believe it's a states issue. That I do believe.

Couric: How do you feel about creationism? Do you think it should be taught in schools?

McCain: I think both sides should be taught in schools. I think the more children have a frame of reference and an opportunity to read and know and make better decisions and judgments when they are adults. So, I think you know I don't have any problem with education of any kind.

A real fundamentalist, isn't she?
Let us all remember that Hitler was also voted in democratically.

Are we going to do this every 4 years, I mean, have an election where the parties pit half of Americans against the other half. We have a split in this country and instead of trying to heal that split and fix all the MANY problems we have that we can agree upon, politicians (and I think a central example is Palin's speech at the convention) want to open that sore and throw vinegar into it for political gain. At least Obama talked about finding the common ground and making progress there. This country is falling apart, not because it is not following one narrow religion's viewpoints as to values and social mores, but because we'd rather fight than fix. Can we not give peace a chance - home and abroad? This is getting ridiculous. The only people benefitting are politicians. No Americans, far right, middle, or far left. We're all the suckers, commonly.

The McCain-Palin ticket offers a perplexing image. John McCain really just wants to retire as having been president and shows signs that he is close to being there, even finishing a first term could be a challenge. That presents the prospect of Sarah Palin as president and that is really scary and not just because of her significant lack of applicable experience. As she describes herself, she is ???a pit bull with lipstick???, an aggressive, feisty and arrogant personality that demonstrates little knack or taste for diplomacy. She is extreme in everything. She bans books from the library, bans sex education in the high school, has the reputation for demanding everything be her way and then even the Republican powers are afraid to have her be a known quantity as they keep her from the media. She is being constantly coached by Senator Lieberman, by Bush???s speech writers and by image people hoping to make her presentable and only appears at controlled appearances where she can???t be questioned. They may be satisfied that she would be a good puppet for them but what about for us? For eight years we heard Bush???s speeches, often impressive, and yet we only have to look around to see what that has really cost us; now they are writing her speeches and expect us to be moved by them. Do we really want what that brings, being more of the same or even worse? It would seem that to vote for McCain-Palin one would have to be a certifiable masochistic lunatic. A little strong on the criticism? Really, I wonder.

LoriW: It doesn't sound like you are on the fence at all. Vote McCain then. Pro-life and pro-capital punishment? No, it's not a good enough rationale that criminals committed a crime. That places Palin, or anyone else making that distinction, in the shoes of God deciding that criminals deserve death. It's inconsistent with being pro-life. It is. In any event, it boils down to whether Americans want to buy the same brand of shoes that keep putting out a bad product. If so, go Republican. I, for one, see not much positive there. After Bush and after the convention. What I see positive is this: war hero. He got captured and he survived. Not particularly relevant to the presidency in my book. But we're here talking about Palin and, one thing is clear, I'd not like to see her President or VP about 100 times over in comparison to McCain.

HolyRoller: Very Christian of you to call Andrea Mitchell ugly. Forget to vote, please.

That Palin would mock Obama as a community organizer speaks volumes.

Community organizers are motivated by commpassion and concern for the community, and as the community goes so goes the country, making it a better place and benifiting a broader spectrum of people.

That Palin has no compassion for the community or the country for that matter is obvious and she has the record to prove it.
Her agenda is drilling and more drilling, and over turning Roe v Wade long the Republican mantra.

Here are a FEW of Senator Obama's accomplishments in the State an U.S. Senate:

Obama helped pass the 2007 Ethics Reform Law, which curbed the influence of lobbyists and was described as the ???Most Sweeping Since Watergate.???

Obama and Lugar passed Law Boosting U.S. Efforts To Keep WMDs And Other Dangerous Weapons Out Of The Hands Of Terrorists. In 2006, Obama and Lugar introduced The Cooperative Proliferation Detention Act.

Obama passed the Illinois State Gift Ban Act ???Heralded As the Most Sweeping Good-Government Legislation in Decades.???

Obama and Coburn Passed A Bill Creating A ???Google-like??? Database For The Public To Search Details About Federal Funding Awards.

Obama Passed Law Ensuring That Wounded Veterans Recovering In Military Hospitals Do Not Have To Pay For Their Meals Or Phone Calls To Family Members.

Obama Proposals Providing Improvements In Health Care For Recovering Soldiers Were Passed Into Law, Including Requirements For Post-Deployment Mental Health Screenings And National Study On The Needs Of Iraq War Veterans.

Obama Worked With Republicans To Pass Legislation, Which Became Law, Improving And Increasing Services For Homeless Veterans.

Obama Passed Bipartisan Legislation That Expanded Health Care Coverage To 154,000 Residents, Including 70,000 Children.

Obama Passed A Bill Creating $100 Million Earned Income Tax Credit As A Member Of The Minority Party In The Illinois Senate.

Obama Passed Near-Unanimous Death Penalty Overhaul Package.

***Associated Press reports that MSNBC's news anchorman Keith Olbermann, Newsweek's best lapdog, has been reassigned by NBC, at the direction of the parent company General Electric.
Keith has been offered his pick of new duties at NBC, so he could fulfill his $4
million contract with NBC, but he will be released from the MSNBC news
organization.



As an NBC executive stated, "This is the elegent solution that NBC has been
seeking. This will allow Keith to continue to grow as an individual, help with
anger management issues, and help Keith become more centered on the world around
him instead of on past, present, or future politicians or the destructive
obsessions with other news anchors."



An NBC Staffer, though un-substantatiated, said "In order to reverse ratings
problems vis-a-via other cable news outlets, we feel that Keith will be better
able to drive new audience segments among the more mature American audiences
that would love to see Keith featured in some of our newest nightly reality
shows or daily soaps, the fastest growing audience in the post-cable environment
for the NBC family of shows."



Keith will be offered several plum assignments within NBC:



* America's Toughest Jobs - Alaska North Shore Edition - which features
wildcatting on an ANWR drilling rig, field dressing caribou and moose, Snow
machining mechanic, Ice road trucking, and King Crab fishing as the Greenist
Greenhorn on earth.



* The Biggest Losers- Arctic Circle Edition - As the new game show host of this
show, hosted in both Alaska and Siberia, Keith will offer his "patented",
mean-spirited, drill sergeant-like encouragement to literally drop the whale
blabber fat off of both Alaskan eskimos and the well fed campers of the new
Russian gulags, featuring Georgian refugees.



* LipStick Jungle - He will be trying out for Wolf-the pool boy, Chris-limo
driver, Eugene- the body waxer, or Rachel, the bis-sexual exotic massage artist.



* Days of our Lives- Will Audition for the only appropriate spot available for
Keith's unique talents ---- the mad familty partriarch Steve Holmes, who has
just come out of a 20 year coma from some unknown STD's.



* The Office - Keith could be Steve Carell's new suppressed J. Atler-Ego, in
which Keith appears to Carell's character at night, similar to the mother in
"Sisters", to tell him, to his surprise, that each of his staff members are the
Worst Persons in the World.