yes she did give a prepared speech, but objectively speaking, have you ever seen Obama answer qestions where he didn't have a prepared speech?
In my opinion, speeches don't mean diddly, what matters is, do you have the knowledge and background to do a particular job...
Makes me douby McCains judgement in choosing her.
I'm more concerned about character than experience. Bush wasn't experienced. Obama isn't very. Palin isn't. McCain and Biden are.
I don't like her. I don't want a paster-in-chief. McCain is great because he is reasoned and more moderate. MOST people are in the middle. Most people go issue for issue and McCain does that. So to bring in someone who is potentially a book banning wack job is not cool by me.
There were better choices. Add to it the fact that she is mixed up in all of that Alaska bribery and ethics stuff....just a bad decision.
id shag her senseless and when her daughter turns 18 id shag her to
lord!
there are a lot of uninformed opinions here... I don't mind opinions as long as they aren't passed off as facts (which is the case here)
bribery?
ethics?
care to be more specific?
and in case you're referring to the situation where Palin fired the boss of her (ex)brother in law for not firing her brother in law... the brother in law was a police officer who threatened the lives of the Governor (Palin) and the Governor's family, he also shot his 10y.o. step son (Palin's sister's son) with a department issued Taser to "teach him a lesson"... add that to the alleged adultery and you've got a police officer that I don't want on the street...
*and in case you don't agree with that decision, the Supreme Court of Alaska has already ruled (in a separate case - read precedence) that it is perfectly legal for the Governor of Alaska to fire any state employee for ANY reason, including political or personal...
Palin is going to bring "Middle America" to McCain's feet, and she just may be the reason he wins the seat!
we'll see... Exactly 2 months till we find out...
I'm talking about the Ted Stevens stuff. That dude is a shady fucker. She ran his 527 group. She received and kept contributions from the oil company whose CEO is in jail now and whose bribes Stevens is going to trial over. She has already had to retain a lawyer to deal with her role in that mess.
you want to talk about consistent? Like her supporting the "bridge to nowhere" then immediately back off of it once the press turned against it. Like how she is "against earmarks and the establishment" yet also hired Steven Silver (law firm of Robertson, Monacle, and Eastaugh), a lobbyist who was shade Steven's chief of staff and who has Jack Abramoff ties, to go and fetch Federal earmarks for her. In 2002 she managed to wrangle 6.9 million in federal money. almost a $1000 in earmarks per person in her small town.
There, there are some facts for you. Now, please suck my un-informed cock. And, yes, I do remember the Clinton years. do you want more of that? I didn't vote for Hillary and I was prepared to vote for McCain. He should have won in 2000 until Rove pulled that black baby shit in South Carolina.
Bush Sr. wasn't outspoken religiously. Bush, Jr. has been but he is full of shit. Aside from throwing money at his bullshit "faith based initiatives" and cutting sexual ed money -- which again, turned out well in the Palin household -- it hasn't been a problem. Bush was full of shit. He'd like the anti-abortion people rally, but he won't push to do anything about abortion. That is the Republican way with the Christian Right. Make them happy, but if you solved all of their problems, you'd lose them as a voting block. Once abortion is illegal and everyone prays all day at school during their creationism class, you can't get those people to vote for you based on tax cuts for the rich. So you string them along. What happens to all of your heroes once the battle is over? Karl Rove know that.
This woman believes what she says though. She is the number one consumer of she shit she is selling. No, she can't get books banned, but you aren't bothered that she'd like to? That isn't a character issue? Having a closed mind. I want leaders who have the ability to empathize with all sides of an issue. I want leaders who aren't so self righteous they'd push a Christian agenda and let God be the justification for everything they do in office. I want a leader who is open to science and can meeting and discuss issues with foreign leaders without quietly judging them because they might not be Christian.
Best thing about middle America: Most of those states only get 3 electoral votes each.
What I want is a moderate. I don't want another polarizing figure in office. This country is suffering because of these 51 to 49% elections. I want to see people united for a change so we can actually fix many of the mistake of the past 8 years. If anything is reassuring to me its that either McCain or Obama will be better than Bush. Election Day will be a happy one.
I hear some of what you're saying mr.DB... and I think that anyone put in the position she's put in (new to the political system) when she became a governor is going to listen to the people around her and the people that got her there.. did she make mistakes when she first got there? yeah probably... I don't know ALL the facts, but I know people.... and I'm telling you that woman has worked hard to overcome her mistakes (it probably scared her to death how quickly she got wrapped up in doing something that she disagrees with in principle)... it's a slippery slope that any politician is forced to navigate.. but I think that NOW (and in the future) she's got her head strait and she will act appropriately with regards to reform and government spending.. If McCain/Palin are elected, I am pretty excited to see how they'll use the line item veto..
and don't throw her hiring a lawyer up as a way of admitting guilt... the first thing that any intelligent person does when they are faced with a lawsuit of any kind is hire a lawyer.. even if they didn't do anything wrong..
I agree with you on a couple points... term limits are HUGE to me...
you say that you think we need an actual Republican in the office.. well one thing is for sure.. whether McCain/Palin are actual republicans or not aside.. OBAMA/BIDEN AREN'T EVEN CLOSE..
I was under the impression that Republicans stood for Conservative Ideals... of which smaller government, personal freedoms, strong military, faith based leadership decisions, and lower taxes for individuals are the cornerstone..
I don't see how McCain/Palin don't represent these Ideals..... I see them as the POSTER CHILDREN for them..
We'll see.
The faith based situation is one that scares me. Smaller government and personal freedoms doesn't tend to mix well with religious doctrine.
McCain = good
Palin = .....hmm......
We were supposed to get a number of those things with Bush, Jr. (whom I never voted for ever) and we didn't.
You know who I actually liked was Huckabee. I think we need to look hard at the National sales tax in place of personal taxes. Its fairer and it encourages, even rewards, fiscal restraint and responsiblity by individuals. Our tax system is a mess. We collect 1.4 trillion in taxes, yet still have a deficit. In China they collect 800 billion and don't. They also have 5 times as many people.
I think 1.4 trillion should be enough money to run our government. More than enough.
i think douby is supposed to be doubt.... t&y are next to each other...
BTW. It has come to light that Palin's speech last night was given with a faulty teleprompter. Rudy had the same issues before her and that is why he got off track. The teleprompters usually stop for applause and all but these weren't. By mid speech it was a page ahead of where she was at. And it didn't seem to phase her at all. YouTube has plenty of video of a couple of different occasions where this has happened to Obama and he can barely speak at all without it.
Giving speeches is a good skill to have. But being able to stay on track and sound coherent with nothing in front of you to read is much more impressive. To me, staying on topic and coherent are requirements when speaking without a script. It shows me that you are not afraid to say what you are saying because you really believe it. Obama's utter incoherence when going off script indicates to me that he does not believe in what he is saying and wants to always make sure his statements are vague enough to back out of later.
I was going to vote for McCain anyway since I can not support someone who will destroy our economy like Obama will, but Palin now has me actually excited about voting for them. Talking to those from Alaska who know all of the crap that is getting spun around about her and know her governing style has convinced me she is right for the job.