EV you have the courage to state logic and truth regarding the hysteria over the Palin personality cult. I have not had the stomach to put up with it so I have stayed away from the non-stop Palin threads on FR. Alan Keyes has not joined the left he has respectfully stated his objection to SP and that is not to be tolerated on FR. The devotion to this politician without any hesitation is one of the things that turns me off to the Palinbots of whom I used to belong. It is ironic that this is the same type of unquestioned devotion we criticize of the hussein utopians.
Thank you for that.
“It is ironic that this is the same type of unquestioned devotion we criticize of the hussein utopians.”
A truly awful comparison. We have enough information about both to make an informed decision as to their character, their performance under pressure and their personal histories and actions. What is it, exactly that SP has done in her entire life that doesn’t mark her as courageous, principled, tough and honest? Got any reason to call me, an unahshamed Palin supporter, a “Palinbot?”
First, why the rude?
Second, what exactly do you have to support a contention that she does not have what it takes?
Anything?
Liking and favoring the candidacy of the most popular GOP candidate that is a sitting Governor and only months ago was the GOP candidate for vice president of the United States makes a lot of sense.
Worshiping at the alter of the “perennial” candidate who has never won a race and never will and that only got 47,600 votes in the 2008 election (his fourth presidential effort) is cult like.
The devotion to this politician without any hesitation is one of the things that turns me off to the Palinbots of whom I used to belong. It is ironic that this is the same type of unquestioned devotion we criticize of the hussein utopians.
I agree. The Palin euphoria is very disconcerting, and is a cult of personality just as Obamania is. However, I think people are confusing two different motives here. One is the rush to defend The (Other) One, and the other is the rush to defend a strict constructionist reading of the Constitution. I am firmly in agreement with the latter, and not the former. I don't think people should presume otherwise for the others who may disagree with Mr. Keyes on this issue.
Generally I think Alan Keyes is solid, and even though I haven't really followed him lately, I did vote for him in the GOP primary in the past. But, for me this discussion is not about Palin or Keyes, but the Constitution. Abortion simply does not fall under Federal jurisdiction. I agree that abortion is homicide and is wrong, always wrong, but it still belongs to the States to define and enforce. There is no way around that.