Without supporting the mainstream Pro-Life position, which she does not, she will not bring home the Christian Right. Any other thing she may be to the Judeo-Christian community pales in comparison to this sole, non-negotiable issue. They have never compromised here, and they never will. There are other things, but this one is the non-starter.
As for the fiscal conservatism thing...look, here's a smattering of headlines:
Then please explain a 28% increase in the fiscal budget in AK this year. And while you're at it, her windfall profit tax (oops, I guess it's a fee) on oil companies in AK (which she and McDingbat railed ()bama for on the national scene, and her support of the bailout.
As for her not being a defense conservative, gimme a friggin' break! You're joking, right?
As for defense, it is her weakest suit. Her son being overseas is in her favor, but she has no real military experience. That is not insurmountable, but if faced with a military man in the primaries, she could well lose the DEFCONS in the very same way that they stuck so hard to MccAin't- Even though the rest of the Conservative world could not stand the man. Her foreign policy experience is legitimately stated to be abysmal.
Bear in mind, please, that I mean no offense- I rise to defend Reagan Conservatism, just as I always do. It is these kinds of problems in a candidate which cause schisms and eventual fractures. No conservative faction should be expected to compromise. That is the first rule that we should follow. Palin is all about compromise.
Okay, this is my first indication that you're out of your f***ing mind! HOW DOES SHE NOT GET THE PRO-LIFE VOTE?!!! She has the strongest and most solid pro-life credentials of any national politician we have ever seen!!!! She doesn't support abortion at all period. As I noted in an earlier post, she is against abortion even in the case of rape and incest. She is against stem cell research. She is against assisted suicide. She is as 100% Pro-Life. To deny this is a clear indication that you are delusional. She has lived her pro-life values more so than any politician we have ever seen. Your words are not only false, they are offensive!
I already answered you on fiscal conservative questions and told you to listen to her discuss her record herself. She actually cut spending and reined in the growth of government. That is a fact.
Even her critics can't tar her fiscal record. I read this in an article supposedly showing Palin’s “spotty record” on fiscal conservatism:
Until a few years ago, the state government struggled financially for years because of low oil prices. But that’s all changed. In the first two budget years under Palin, the state government has stashed almost $6 billion of surplus revenues in various reserve and savings accounts in anticipation of future drops in the price of oil. And the state has allocated another $4 billion over two years for a laundry list of new capital projects, mostly small grants initiated in budget requests by legislators for their districts.Please explain how saving for the future is not fiscally conservative? She did use some of the surplus to:
...to reduce the state’s unfunded pension liability, increase education funding, establish a revenue-sharing fund for local governments [GG note: Palin's revenue-sharing is one of the best fiscal conservative efforts I've ever seen -- actually returning revenue to local government closest to the people to allow them to use it most effectively instead of distant bureaucrats doling it out in a one size fits all manner], and help residents with home weatherization and energy costs. Alaska has also suspended for a year its 8-cent-a-gallon tax on gasoline...There’s a reason why Alaska is not included in those think tank studies of which governor is more fiscally conservative. They always exclude Alaska because the state’s financial set up is so different from the rest of the states. They’re like an Arctic oil fiefdom up there. It’s difficult to make correlations between what Palin did up there and what we have on a federal level. But from what we can tell, she made prudent even-handed decisions considering that the state was scaling back on its federal pork requests, was still in need of the sort of infrastructure and other funding requirements expected of a young state, and was also experiencing record oil revenue profits with the expectation that these finite oil resources are rapidly depleting and the state must get the best price for its treasure while the treasure is still there.“There’s huge pressure to do all these things because we have this revenue,” said Karen J. Rehfeld, director of the governor’s Office of Management and Budget. “But the governor is still trying to stick to her goals; she still wants to slow the growth of government and be efficient... She’s been very consistent about that.”
A challenge, Rehfeld said, is to balance spending controls against “providing some of the significant infrastructure needed for this state. We’re still a young state and a lot of work needs to be done.”
(BTW, Palin is opposed to additional bailouts, and didn't really like the first one.)
Your argument about Defense Conservatism is utter nonsense. Do you realize that Reagan never saw combat? He spent World War II making training movies in Hollywood! Do you realize that Margaret Thatcher never wore a uniform? Or are you just a misogynist and think that women can't be strong commanders in chief? In that case, as Sarah would say, "let's just escort this Neanderthal back to the cave."