If you had been governor who would you choose?
Would a real pro-lifer appoint a Planned Parenthood board member
to the Alaska supreme court?
http://www.thealaskastandard.com/?q=node/559
Palin is a pro-lifer but she is not absolutely perfect. That side-stepping of the Alaska Supreme Court appointment fight was political and unwise. She puts her hose on one leg at a time just like anybody else. I still have some reservations about her regarding immigration, Yankee history, and public education but...
We have a field of potential candidates and none of them are perfect. Palin comes closest.
Palin also has the bonafides as a pro-lifer because of Trig. Remember 90% of Downs babies are aborted. She has a story and a mother’s love for her special baby. The sophistos cannot understand why she would have such a baby and hate her for it.
There is no shadow of a Doubting Thomas that Sarah is pro-life.
You’re either a leftist troll or someone gullible enough to fall for their propaganda. By Alaska law, then-governor Palin was required to appoint one of two candidates for the state supreme court that the Alaska Judicial Council selected and presented to her. Both are pro abortion. Since you seem to have a problem acquainting yourself with facts, let me repeat that for you... both are pro abortion.
One was Eric Smith, who is very liberal and a crook to boot. The other was Morgan Christen, the more moderate of the only two she had to choose from. She chose the lesser of the two evils.
Do your friggin’ homework, tell the whole story, and stop makin’ things up!
- JP
Yes, if the pro-lifer had confidence that the appointee to the state supreme court would rule by the law instead of by interpretation and whim.
Would a shaky pro-life in her 40s who already had three kids knowingly give birth to a child with Down's Syndrome?
Sarah lives her bona fides.
If you had been governor who would you choose?
She would if she had two choices that were fairly liberal. It isn't like SCOTUS nominees where the president picks his own nominee, a list of choices are selected by a panel and the governor chooses from among that list.
http://www.adn.com/news/government/story/711378.html
Under the state Constitution, Palin had to select from among the nominees sent to her by the seven-member Alaska Judicial Council, made up of lawyers, public members appointed by governors and the Supreme Court chief justice, currently Dana Fabe....
The [conservative] group didn't really approve of either finalist and believes the Judicial Council should allow Palin to pick from all qualified applicants, Minnery said. The Judicial Council's bylaws direct them to nominate the "most qualified." Former Gov. Frank Murkowski once rejected all three nominees sent to him, then, when the council wouldn't send him more names, appointed from the list.
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So tell us why you leave out that key detail?
Under Alaska law, Governor Palin had to choose between two liberal candidates sent to her by the state's Judicial Council. So, she had to choose the lesser of two evils, and as things have played out, she chose WISELY!