I listened to Sarah Palin's acceptance speech at the RNC. I must say that I was impressed by her, despite her lack of experience (and blatant arrogance). I liked her feisty attitude toward frivolous spending.
It turns out the things I liked about her, she was actually lying about!!!
I also think it's completely ridiculous that the McCain campaign is trying to tout her "experience" as Mayor of a 6,000 member town and less than two years as Governor of Alaska as more relevant than the combined experience of both Obama and Biden! I guess that makes her minimal experience more relevant than McCain's, as well. Seriously?!
She is the least experienced VP candidate in American history - as a running mate to the oldest candidate in American history. ...really.
I don't get the excitement...
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The outright lies she spread in her speech were laughable. The sad part is that too many are getting caught up in her style to notice. McCain said yesterday that Palin is the leading expert on energy in the United States. Really! The spin makes no sense.
McCain and Palin are running on lies and scare tactics. Palin barely has a record on any national issues. She has to be tutored every day by advisors to get her up to speed. And this is inspiring confidence?
I wonder how many people will vote for her because of her family, her looks, her gender, or her rhetorical jabs.
When are you going to post your blog about the RNC/DNC? I can't wait to read it.
Basically the sad thing happening is that most people don't care if what she says is true as long as she is republican.
You guys understand that the excitement for her comes because as a pro-life woman she energizes the Republican base, who have never been excited about McCain. I think Obama needs to refocus. He is in an election against McCain, not Palin. Just my opinion as an observer, not a supporter.
Emily, you'd like these two articles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13sat1.html?ei=5070
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/13/opinion/13herbert.html?hp
Emily, I have been wanting to ask you what you think about Obama's decision to vote against the Induced Infant Liability Act while he was in the Illinois Senate? This bill would have protected babies that survive late term abortions. I'm sure he has had to defend this decision, but I have not heard his reasoning for not supporting this bill.
This is the question about Obama that continues to bother me. I understand there are other issues out there that are important and I do think that unfortunately the Republicans have brought back the cultural wars with McCain's pick of Palin. I think using this tactic will take away from some of the important issues in this election like the war, the economy and health care. However, I really believe this stance on abortion is extreme even for a lot of democrats. A similar bill passed in the Senate unanimously in 2002 and Bush signed it into law. Only 15 members of the House voted against it.
I was just wondering if you guys ever discussed these kinds of questions and what your thoughts on them are. I know that a lot of Christians are choosing to vote for Obama this time and actively support his campaign. That leaves a lot of other Christians wondering how you can vote for someone who has such an extreme voting record on abortion. I do think that Republican politicians have used this value (to protect life in the womb that we have as Christians) to convince us that we are casting a vote for God when we cast a vote for them. I know that there are things right and wrong with both political parties. I guess I just want to know how you guys have come to terms with his voting record on the issue of abortion. Would you mind sharing sometime? Thanks!
The problem is that the other side has dug up lies and embellishments from Obama as well. Just google "Obama lies"...
I guess there are really three sides to every story...
Politicians say a lot of things, but their voting records and past actions show what is really important to them.
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