Posted on 05/21/2008 12:23:43 PM PDT by rhema
In 2006, Sarah Palin became Alaska's youngest and first woman governor after having earned a reputation as a determined and successful advocate of ethics reform in politics. In the primary, she defeated an incumbent Republican governor and then a former two-term Democratic governor.
During her first year in office, as reported by the Associated Press on May 10, she "distanced herself from the old guard, powerful members of the state GOP (and) stood up to the oil interests that hold great power in Alaska, and with bipartisan support in the statehouse, she won a tax increase on the oil companies' profits."
Last December, the mother of four children, Palin, four months pregnant, found she was going to have a child with Down syndrome, a condition characterized by moderate-to-severe mental retardation. A school friend of one of my sons had Down syndrome, and I have known functioning adults with the extra chromosomes of that syndrome.
However, as a longtime reporter on disability rights, I have discovered that many fetuses so diagnosed have been aborted by parents who have been advised by their doctors to end the pregnancies because of the future "imperfect quality of life" of such children.
Palin's first reaction to the diagnosis was to research the facts about the condition, since "I've never had problems with my other pregnancies." As a result, she and her husband, Todd, never had any doubt they would have the child.
"We've both been very vocal about being pro-life," she told the Associated Press. "We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential."
In an age when DNA and other genetic-selection tests increasingly determine who is "fit" to join us human beings, we are witnessing the debate between sanctity of life versus quality of life being more often decided in favor of death.
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Mmmm... governor.
And she fought for a tax increase on businesses (oil companies) because?
My heart just sank when I read that. I thought she was a staunch conservative. Is she an anthropogenic global warming believer as well?
Which is why she's a perfect match for McCain. Two peas in a pod.
The Palin Family
http://magicstatistics.com/2008/03/04/sarah-palin-for-vice-president/
I heard the same thing. This is a deal killer for me.
The author of this article is a rare extremely liberal journalist who is staunchly pro-life.
McCain's not picking a conservative running mate anyway. He's decided that a move to the middle will pick up more votes from that vein than a move to the right will.
He's probably correct, unfortunately, mainly because his competition is a racist black nationalist marxist who the blue collar union voters are going abandon with gusto.
Cold state, hot governor.
We get it. She’s attractive, has a good looking family and is pro life. Can someone tell us what she brings to the table that’s conservative?
Whom should Sen. McCain choose, for his running-mate? I think that, since he’s a westerner who has been a U.S. senator and representative, he should balance the ticket by choosing a conservative who has been a governor from a state that is in the eastern half of the U.S. John Ashcroft would be the perfect choice. Although he lost an election to a dead man, he later got four years of experience as the U.S. attorney general. That experience would help him as McCain’s running-mate and as the vice president.
If McCain wins the election, whom should he nominate for some cabinet positions? I think that he should nominate these people: Secretary of State, Dirk Kempthorne; Sec. of Treasury, Ed Schafer; Sec. of Defense, Mel Martinez; Sec. of Homeland Security, Asa Hutchison; Attorney General, John Sweeney; Sec. of the Interior, Richard Pombo; Secretary of Agriculture, Frank Keating; and Chief of Staff, Newt Gingrich.
With the Lt. Governor also running for another political office at the same time that Sarah Palin is McCain’s final VP choice? Who would truly be Governor of Alaska after January ‘09?
McPain is not a CONSERVATIVE. They will have to have SIMILAR positions for compatibility.
An intelligent choice like that could concievably generate an iota of enthusiasm for McCain.
Maybe the Republicans in Alaska aren’t conservative. They seem to be more in tune with pork projects and cozying up to mining and oil concerns.
Yep, the GOP is the new Populist party, as evident with this lady.
I don’t know much about her Alaskan history except what I’ve read here, but I’d be leery of picking her for the ticket for two simple reasons...John McCain’s age and health, and the incredible ferocity with which the moonbats in this country will react if McCain wins the election. (Yes, I think the Secret Service will be quite busy in a McCain presidency dealing with left-wing loonball assassination plots.) In addition to how the ticket might balance electorally, I would hope McCain asks the pertinent question, “is this person ready to be President if, God forbid, something happens to me?”
Nobody’s denying that she’s got some good qualities—pro-life, life NRA member, MILF. But is she ready to step in and be President if the unthinkable happens?
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Better watch what you say about her. Some of her erstwhile supporters make McCainiacs look like persuasive, rational and polite people.
Can someone tell me why being Pro Life is not conservative?
Genesis
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
I wish they were Populist. At least then, the illegal invasion would be solved.
Repubs and Dems are Fabianist.
<...oil interests...hold great power in Alaska,...>
Teddy Roosevelt stood up to business monopolies, and so it appears has Palin.
Being a supporter of pro-business environments that foster competition does not translate into blindly following the wishes of one large domineering business interest. The oil companies are taking a natural non-renewable resource out of the states’s ground: they have to pay for that resource and there seems to have been bipartisan support for that.
“she’s got some good qualities ...MILF”
Did you really write “MILF” in reference to her?
Okay, so she’s good looking. But what will a woman governor of the least populated state in the union really do for the ticket?
I consider pro life to be a moral issue that everyone should support because it’s the right thing. It shouldn’t be classified as a conservative stance. I know plenty of moderates and some liberals that are pro life. Do you think Casey from PA is conservative because he is pro life?
Being pro-life IS conservative. But there are other hallmarks of being a conservative and raising taxes is not one of them. The article doesn’t mention how she stands on other issues, so it’s hard to say how conservative she is. Being pro-life, especially when it affects YOUR life, is very conservative and very right, though. Mega kudos to she and her husband. A lovely child!
Well there you go. Deal killer #2.
You obviously did not read the whole article or you would have seen the following:
Because of Palin’s reputation as a maverick, and her initial reduction of state spending (including pork-barrel spending), life-affirming Palin connects with voters and has been mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate for John McCain.
She would be a decided asset — an independent Republican governor, a woman, a defender of life against the creeping culture of death and a fresh face in national politics, described in “the Almanac of National Politics” as “an avid hunter and fisher with a killer smile who wears designer glasses and heels, and hair like modern sculpture.”
She has also been a governor for less than two years. Before that she was the mayor of some town I’ve never heard of. It appears she has less qualifications than Hussain Obama.
She is not a conservative. Alaska will go Republican and for McCain anyway, even without her on the ticket.
McCain needs a more conservative running mate and one who will help bring an important state to him, like Pawlenty of Minnesota. Pawlenty on the ticket would also help ensure a victory in Norm Coleman’s senate race.
No I read that but I also saw where she had the Alaska government take over an unprofittable dairy business and it cost the state money.
“Teddy Roosevelt stood up to business monopolies.”
Teddy Roosevelt was Not a conservative, and in 1912 he was Not a Repbulican.
IMHO it is necessary, but not sufficient. If it was, I might have supported Huckabee.
If she can catch and skin rattlesnakes and copperheads.
The oldest daughter rocks!
She is also on board with the homosexual agenda...
I agree. And neither is Palin. Hence my "two peas in a pod" comment.
Palin's first veto was used on legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to gay state employees and their partners. In effect, her veto granted State benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with her attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.
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