An Apostle of Alaska

But She Didn't!
http://ashleysaddicts.blogspot.com/2008/09/but-she-didnt.html

Don't we want highly educated, well-read, well-traveled people who have seen and experienced many things running the country? Who better to represent and lead than someone who gets that every American has the right to his/her own beliefs and values even if those values don't happen to be fundamentalist Christian? It???s hard enough to be a Christian. People used to respect that. Now they just see us as hypocrites because too many of us can???t just do our best with our own struggle, try to reach out to others in love and let God do the rest.

Also, I have heard a lot of nonsense about conservative folks valuing education, but no one seems to value the educated. Education provides a forum for broader views and exposure, which is what the leader of this country needs.
Why is it fodder for ridicule for a man to add to the brain trust of small communities by bringing what he has learned back to folks that don???t know what is possible?
Why is it instead celebrated that a man graduated at the bottom of his class? Why is it funny that because he didn???t study how to eject himself from a plane, he crashed and almost died? Why isn???t it sad that that didn???t change his resolve? Why is that maverick and not undisciplined? Why isn???t it suspect that he wouldn???t even vote for his own bills today? Why is it ok that Palin hasn???t even studied foreign affairs, the constitution (America???s) or higher economics? Do we know? Shouldn???t we?
I???ve gotta say. I am angered by the mean and judgmental representation of Christian women my party has put forward. We are in the middle of a war and a situation where we are no longer respected around the world and McCain cares so little about this country that he picked a candidate who thinks it is somehow admirable to be a bulldog with lipstick. I'd be more impressed if I knew why her small town was $20m in debt after she left given our current debt to China (and how that makes her any different than Bush). Further, I???m an attorney and I have gained respect by being respectful. I???d be offended and rightfully so if anyone called me a bulldog, a barracuda or a bitch. It is neither cute nor acceptable on the adult stage.

by the way you discribe "who sarah is", is a throw-back to early psycoligy. Skinner, Lock, Gestolt, ....all trying to "discribe the workings of the human mind". Everyone has a theory about how the "Mind Clock" is assembled. what moving parts, and gears.....ALL PHYCOLIGESTS ARE CORRECT. BUT USE DIFFERENT MECHANICS TO EXPLAIN RESULTS.....LOL.....FIGURE IT OUT.

I'm tired of hearing all the whining. I'll be glad when this thing is over. Too bad we can't just let California, Texas, New York ( and whoever else wants to ) secede from the Union and run their own affairs. Instead we have this epic power struggle where 100% of the population is trying to make 50% do it their way. I'd rather we dissolve and give everyone a place to go, and dispense with all this political agitation. I could give a hoot whether we're divided or unified. In fact democracy would probably work better if the states were sovereign, because your one vote would count MORE.

A bridge to nowhere: that's what this hard-nosed politician truly represents for America, at this crossroad. The fact she repeatedly bragged about killing this project as her "reformist" credential when her record undisputably points the other way, while ruthlessly distorting her oppoents records with total disregard of truth and fairness, with a charming smile too, amazes and disturbs me. What amazes me more is: it works, with more than half of American public! As a Canadian, observing the US politics with deep interest, it saddens and bothers me. Opportunism without integrity makes shrewd politician for sure. Politican like this can succeed for a while too, no doubt about that. That was what Nixon did for a big portion of his career, until this poisoneous combination brought his administration down, and the faith of the public with it. Equally disturbing was the dishonesty in the republican argument : McCain played the "experience" card relentlessly until he chose a truly inexperienced VP candidate (using his own creteria for "experience" against his opponent earlier on: national security and foreign affairs); after the nauseating partisan bikering at the GOP convention (which disgusted an outsider like me), he conveniently called for the "end of partisan rancor"; better yet, in a straight face, he changes his hand and is now the "agent for Change". And the American people are more than happy to oblige.
I cry for you, America.

hey, to anybody even thinking of voting for McCain/Palin, are you prepared to live with that? More wars,(where are we going to get more men and women? Guess, we might just have to have a draft) more unemployment,(maybe, you'll be the one to lose your job, then your house, ect...) and what about heathcare,(maybe, you'll be the one underinsured) McCain/Palin offer nothing new, just the same old bulls*** !

A matter of FACT...I any of us...ANY of us...need a security clearance, for any reason...AND...has the same type of long-term business, political, and social associations, as Hussein Obama aka Barry Soetoro...we would be denied.

If he is elected...will he be refused a clearance...or will the rules be expanded for him...once again?

NOBAMA!!

NWSK: But she indignantly dismissed his opposition to drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as the politically correct???yet wrong???position of "Eastern politicians."

Palin finally got the chance to meet McCain at a gathering of Republican governors in Washington, D.C., in mid-February. Weeks Later, even after the other Republican contenders had dropped out of the race, Palin still had not endorsed McCain....

Note: Well until Palin got her 2nd call to run as his VP, Now the B!tch is more Popular than McCain, lets see how long that Sparkle & Shine will last, when the Media Exposes Palin's True Beliefs, oppse to IMAGE to the ...Generally MODERATE American Public !!!

NSWK: Alaskans regard themselves as a breed apart???more rugged, self-reliant and free than other Americans. Palin shares that sense of exceptionalism. But the myth is contradicted by some inconvenient facts. Only 1 percent of the state's land is in private hands, and the economy is dependent on oil and other natural resources controlled by the federal government or Big Oil. As a result, nearly 50 years after statehood, Alaska remains deeply dependent on the federal government for support. Social ills are rampant. The state's levels of drug abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence and child abuse are above average or among the highest in the country.

Note: This Dispells the Pure, Moral, Ethical & Upright "Christian Values" Image that these Alaskans and the mass Media has Perpetuated. The Mass Media has No Problems, Deaning and Highlighting the Moral Decay of Urban Cities, but this Shines a BRIGHT LIGHT on what is going on in SUBURBAN....BUT MAINLY .....RURAL AREAS..

That these Peopel do the Same Things OFTEN SHOWN OR DISCUSSED ON THE INTERNET, NEWSPAPERS, TV AND RADIO, BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE GLARING, BECAUSE THERES VERY FEW BLACKS, LATINOS AND ASIANS IN...THE GREAT, UPPER, UPPER NORTHERN REGION, WHO ARE SUPPOSEDLY THE SALT OF THE EARTH !!!

HAA !!!!

PEOPLE HAVE TO DEPROGRAM THEMSELVES FROM THE "RURAL & PURE SHAM"

Wow. Anyone that risks this country's future by voting for a man that may not be alive in 4 years which in turn would make this extremely unqualified individual president, needs to have their head examined. Seriously. Hollyroller, your comments and propaganda are exactly the thing that is going to bring your party down. To rally around a politician (especially an extremely unqualified one) because of their devout belief in god makes you people lemmings. You can follow your nominees of the cliff, just don't ask the country to do so.

I just want to congratulate you on the objectiveness of this article. While exposing weaknesses and potential problems, you give just as much weight to areas of strength. I wish more media would follow your lead.
In the end, Palin will either succeed or completely fail, but your objectivity in reporting is refreshing and you have certainly won a supporter. Sincerely, Michael Wilmot

People that follow blind faith in regards to politics are lemmings. You can follow your extremely unqualified VP pick off a cliff if you'd like, just don't ask this country to. It scares me to death to think that if McCain were elected and died within the next four years, we'd have this person running the country. That is absolute insanity.

Wow. Anyone that risks this country's future by voting for a man that may not be alive in 4 years which in turn would make this extremely unqualified individual president, needs to have their head examined. Seriously. Hollyroller, your comments and propaganda are exactly the thing that is going to bring your party down. To rally around a politician (especially an extremely unqualified one) because of their devout belief in god makes you people lemmings. You can follow your nominees of the cliff, just don't ask the country to do so.

It really funny and amazing to hear main media pundit took GOP's "that Sarah Palin will bring her ENERGY EXPERTISE into play" because she was the governor of ALASKA" line hook and sinker. These, even without a REAL defination of the person (thru unbiased, no hold bar interview). DICK C and W Bush are both "oil men" as they said, but where are we in our energy situation right now. The selection of Sarah Palin as Mc Cain's running mate is a "political" decision to make Mc Cain palatable to the GOP based, plain and simple. Having the "Country First" as a slogan for this GOP candidates is pure joke for the simple reason that based along on Mc Cain biography... he is in the fight not because of the love or service of the country... it's because he want to the President ... plain and simple. Now to give excuse that "we will have Gov Palin available to main stream media interviiew if the GOP campaign see it fits" is another proof that it's really Country First. Or maybe they are afraid (because again, she was choosen for convinience ) that having her in the "spot" and unable to articulate her position on real issues (economics, global warming, foreign affairs etc) will unmasked her as a "palin GOP mouth piece who's only credential is to deliver can message or speech such as the one she used last week.

All we are saying is that, Let's hear what Palin stands for with "Meet The Press".