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WOW..I WAS BLOWN AWAY BY SARAH LAST NIGHT..BUT HERE'S SOME DIRT!
A private attorney is authorized to spend $95,000 of state money to defend her against accusations of abuse of power.- Palin sought pork-barrel projects for her city and state, contrary to her reformist image.- Her husband once belonged to a fringe political group in Alaska, with some members supporting secession from the United States.- She has acknowledged smoking marijuana in the past.
A senior McCain adviser, Tucker Eskew, tries to clean up Palin's image by saying that tonight “She will speak as a governor, a former mayor and someone with both hands on the steering wheel of America’s energy economy. She will detail her record of shaking up the status quo in Alaska and standing up to entrenched interests to put the government back on the side of the people.”
She's a former stoner????
Nice!
What do U think of Sarah P.?
P.S. Obama did coke. He's no saint either!
1 comment:
First of all, nice Blog—cool design. I was just browsing blogs and I stumbled upon yours and as I read, I saw your comments on Sarah Palin and thought to comment.
To be fair, I am a registered democrat, so obviously, I will be less inclined to comment positively on GOP candidates. I am not, however, a die-hard democrat and I just so happen to be registered because we must not have another republican in power; it is as simple as that—but that is a whole different topic.
I was not impressed by Sarah Palin's speech. It was riddle with sarcasm and an array of smear attacks backed by little to no substance. She felt more like cheerleader than an inspiring leader I could see as a president. And let's be clear, this would be the person, that if (God forbid) McCain got elected and passed on there after, she would be the president. Did she deliver or did she present herself as a president? I did not vote for Hillary, but one thing I can say about her is that she was a president, or at least could have been, not some pompom flinging "Let's vote for McCain" adulator. Is her "qualification" as a "hockey mom that is a pitbull with lipstick" automatically make her a person for whom we must cheer and applaud and elect as VP? Watch her speech again—what did she really say? Nothing. God knows I searched for something eye-opening, something that made me nod—nada! It was blank!
She commented on her governing—fine, we need to hear that—thank God she at least spoke something with substance. She talked about oil, a little, yet forgot to tell us how exactly to get us free from it (and no, drilling is not the answer—Lord knows we have messed up the earth enough, never mind dig it up some more for the sake of some POSSIBLE cash of oil that the ENTIRE globe would share (if found) and would not alleviate in any way the crisis at the pump). Then, after ever single sentence… a round of applause… what where people cheering for exactly? Nothing. She could have said, "Little dragons fly with pigs,"—reaction—a round of applause. People cheered because she is the GOP VP choice, not because she said anything revealing about herself, her soul, the state of the Union, or her capacity to lead us in this new century. That and they want to outdo the MASSIVE reception, unprecedented and historic, that Obama received (38 MILLION people focused on his words… McCain—good luck).
Her speech was primarily about sliming Obama. I dare her, or McCain, to inspire a crowd the way Obama has. I dare her or McCain, to get the nation as motivated and involved in government as Obama has. She is the pot calling the kettle black when she really has little experience as well, and she is running, by the way, for a position she does not even know what it does (her own words).
McCain brings experience that changes the nation? What has he exactly done that has changed anything for the better? I would have LOVED for her to have mentioned some examples. But no, she moved on to some other hollow set of lines and then "Kodak moment" a war buddy that was in a cell next to McCain when he was being tortured. I am so sick of hearing about his misfortune! HOW DOES THAT MAKE HIM A GOOD PRESIDENT? I am sorry it happened to him, but, come on… seriously! And the whole, "Obama would want to read terrorists their Miranda rights" comment… as opposed to what? Butcher them like cattle? Their animals and savages, not human beings, is that what she means? They should be sent in to the depth of some hole for eternity? That does not win "wars on terror;" changing the psychology of how our adversaries see us does. Because right now, young kids join terrorist factions because they have this hatred for America; have we ever stop to wonder why that is? Some join because they are in a level of ignorance and poverty the likes that makes our poorest here look like kings! So yes, I would rather read them Miranda rights and bring JUSTICE not VENGEANCE upon people. It is easy to hate, far harder to love, and her snipe at Obama seems to suggest she would rather take the easy path—the destructive path.
You know what is sad? I was really hoping to hear something different from her. Something that would lift me up like Obama had and made me rethink my position. I would have liked if she had made me appreciate the other side a little better. Ron Paul did that; he was a radical in his views, but darn were they different views—a change. Remember, it is not about Sarah Palin, or Joe Biden, or John McCain, or Barack Obama… it is about us and how we react to the nation as a result of them. It is OUR responsibility to choose wisely the path to a better day, not their duty to drag us there, they just stir the wheel, but we bark the orders.
And by the way, no, Obama is no saint, but I don't think he ever claimed he was. And smoking weed or doing drugs is not a bad thing, it is just that the majority in this country, who love to set boundaries for all in the name of "values," decided that it was. And no, I don't smoke weed or do drugs, but yes, I would rather spend tax payers' money on ending child trafficking across the world and even our beloved USA, devoted whole heartedly into this quest, than spend it chasing after bong-smokers. My comment is not an attack on you as a person, but you asked for reactions to her speech… I guess this is one.
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