Start Packing Sarah

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:19 pm

hoppy;968231 wrote: That's the only way demo's can sell their wonderboy obama.

Why don't you pay attention to the old school conservatives? The republican party has been hijacked by a bunch of ideological loonies -- not even conservative in principle --and has destroyed itself. Don't take my word for it though ... I don't want to spoil your surprise when you are slack-jawed at the results of next election.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:22 pm

yaaarrrgg;968246 wrote: Why don't you pay attention to the old school conservatives? The republican party has been hijacked by a bunch of ideological loonies -- not even conservative in principle --and has destroyed itself. Don't take my word for it though ... I don't want to spoil your surprise when you are slack-jawed at the results of next election.

Tell ya what yarg, the demo's of today are puss!es compared to the demo's of my grandad's day too.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:32 pm

hoppy;968247 wrote: Tell ya what yarg, the demo's of today are puss!es compared to the demo's of my grandad's day too.

True ... it used to be the pro-slavery party.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 8:35 pm

yaaarrrgg;968253 wrote: True ... it used to be the pro-slavery party.

And I doubt if Harry Truman would have put up with many of todays 'crats.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:39 am

yaaarrrgg;968215 wrote: Yeah ...that was John Von Neumann's strategy. He was smart... Reagan not so much. However, the funny thing about this whole approach though, is if socialism is really as evil as Reagan believed, it would collapse under it's own weight. The people would destroy it, and or it would fail on it's own (as neoconservative dogma dictates).

As for which party is better for the economy, it seems to me, the first Bush and second Bush terms are near repeats. Almost feels like ground hog day. I'm not sure any real economist takes Reaganomics seriously, except perhaps Bush II and McCain.
Don't forget Carter. Now there's an economy booster! :wah:

It doesn't matter which of these two get into office. They both have very similar ideas (or support them, anyway) and will grow the government far faster than the economy. I'm putting on my seatbelt and expect to be investing in commodities or cash more than anything.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:42 am

hoppy;968233 wrote: Obama listened to rev. wright preach hate all those years and only recently quit that church? Can't tell me some of that hate didn't rub off. Obama is a nobody, done nothing and I pray, is going nowhere.

Hoss;968234 wrote: Me too, he's bad for America.
They're BOTH bad for America.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:10 am

I tell ya what, if the two VP candidates were running for president, I'd feel alot better about our future.

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 5:14 am

Accountable;968359 wrote: I tell ya what, if the two VP candidates were running for president, I'd feel alot better about our future.

I'll drink to that.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 8:36 am

hoppy;968363 wrote: I'll drink to that.

Me too!!

Snidely Whiplash · Post by **Snidely Whiplash** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:40 am

double helix;967503 wrote: Hello everyone, its me DH from Anchorage, Alaska. Umm yeah, I've met Sarah. She really is as she presents herself. One month after getting into office she started clearing out the corruption between the oil moguls and politicians.

While at a Governors conference she went into labor with her son Conner, got on a commercial flight home and arrived just in time to have her baby. She told only her husband that she was in labor. Three days later she was back to work.

She put together a pipeline deal that is fair and balanced and doesn't pander to the oil powers. She did this after three-four administrations before her couldn't and she did it by telling the big oil conglomerates NO!

So, can Sarah lead this country if McCain should die. You bet she can!

I guess you all know where my vote is going in November!

My Gawd..........

After reading this wonderful post, and being so put off and discouraged at the other trashings of this woman that have been allowed on this board, it's virtually impossible for a Govn. Palin supporter to post anything without feeling they also will be trashed right along with her in this topic, which is why I won't post my opinion either... It's like going to a trash landfill or garbage dump to plant a flower, you know it will just be plowed under because it's being planted in the rubbish.................

What a biased negatively made topic in the first place, and what ugly replies...... You all should be ashamed of yourselves.... This woman has acomplished more in her life that ten of you ever will, and it just makes you mad.....:-5

This acomplished successfull server of the people of her state and country, mother of 5 children including a special needs child, pilot, hunter, and great American from top to bottom deserves more from this mean spirited group here.....

Ickkk, I'm out-a-here.......

Go on with your Sarah bashing and ugliness.......

hoppy · Post by **hoppy** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:46 am

Snidely Whiplash;971415 wrote: My Gawd..........

After reading this wonderful post, and being so put off and discouraged at the other trashings of this woman that have been allowed on this board, it's virtually impossible for a Govn. Palin supporter to post anything without feeling they also will be trashed right along with her in this topic, which is why I won't post my opinion either... It's like going to a trash landfill or garbage dump to plant a flower, you know it will just be plowed under because it's being planted in the rubbish.................

What an good topic, and what ugly replies...... :-5

This acomplished successfull server of the people of her state and country, mother of 5 children including a special needs child, pilot, hunter, and great American from top to bottom deserves more from this mean spirited group here.....

Ickkk, I'm out-a-here.......

Go on with your Sarah bashing and ugliness.......

I'm with you. Now some sleaze bag released her SS #. It smells like fear to me. 'Crats are scared sh!tless of a McCain/Palin win. It's not an election anymore. It's a flat out war.

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:54 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by yaaarrrgg

Well then maybe she should be at the top of the ticket. By your math, McCain has no executive experience either. She's got more than Obama, McCain, and Biden put together. It might only be 20 months, but that's the best we got.

Clint;967826 wrote: The reason I didn't include McCain in the lack of experience category is because of his military command experience. Other than that he's just like the other two. I can only hope we aren't doomed.:-3

What military command experience Clint ?

Specifically if you dont mind.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:43 am

Snidely Whiplash;971415 wrote: My Gawd..........

After reading this wonderful post, and being so put off and discouraged at the other trashings of this woman that have been allowed on this board, it's virtually impossible for a Govn. Palin supporter to post anything without feeling they also will be trashed right along with her in this topic, which is why I won't post my opinion either... It's like going to a trash landfill or garbage dump to plant a flower, you know it will just be plowed under because it's being planted in the rubbish.................

What a biased negatively made topic in the first place, and what ugly replies...... You all should be ashamed of yourselves.... This woman has acomplished more in her life that ten of you ever will, and it just makes you mad.....:-5

This acomplished successfull server of the people of her state and country, mother of 5 children including a special needs child, pilot, hunter, and great American from top to bottom deserves more from this mean spirited group here.....

Ickkk, I'm out-a-here.......

Go on with your Sarah bashing and ugliness.......

Personally I think she is a big enough girl to deal with what folks are throwing around, don't you?

But, I'm also getting kinda fed up with the 'including a special needs child' tag.. like it's something she decided to 'take on' and isn't that a great thing?? If that information is okay to use in press releases, so is the pregnant daughter and dui husband. LEAVE FAMILY OUT OF IT, ALREADY! That child's 'needs' is certainly nothing that qualifies her as a V.P.

Fact of the matter is, you should be ashamed of yourself... I think the 'little lady' can take the heat just fine. She'd better be able to take more then this if we have to expect her to be able to run the whole show...

This board is pretty much an equal opportunity bashing facility.. most of us don't like any of them overly much. I try not to let it raise my blood pressure.. just my sense of awareness..:-6

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:24 pm

Nomad;971432 wrote: What military command experience Clint ?

Specifically if you dont mind.
LINK

Here's an NPR article, audio and transcript. Apparently he held one command position.

guppy · Post by **guppy** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:42 pm

I like what i have read on Palin.she stands up for what she believes in..she reduced property taxes in alaska, reduced her own salary from the previous governor's pay, sold a jet that had been bought with government monies..for 2.1 million and put the money back to Alaska..because of her many actions..Alaska has a surplus budget..a thing almost unheard of in this day..she recently proposed to give back twelve hundred dollars to each household in Alaska to combat increasing costs of gas and heating costs. Altough not Govenor for long.she has made many changes.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:11 pm

guppy;971880 wrote: I like what i have read on Palin.she stands up for what she believes in..she reduced property taxes in alaska, reduced her own salary from the previous governor's pay, sold a jet that had been bought with government monies..for 2.1 million and put the money back to Alaska..because of her many actions..Alaska has a surplus budget..a thing almost unheard of in this day..she recently proposed to give back twelve hundred dollars to each household in Alaska to combat increasing costs of gas and heating costs. Altough not Govenor for long.she has made many changes.
I heard that she stopped the Bridge to Nowhere deal. That's big with me.

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:57 pm

Accountable;971876 wrote: LINK

Here's an NPR article, audio and transcript. Apparently he held one command position.

Thank you. I missed the question. Also, it takes command decisions to fly an aircraft in combat...kinda like community organizing.

BTS · Post by **BTS** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:30 pm

All I can say is the DemaRats have their work cut out for them. Even though the liberal media tried to chew her up right from the get go, they are still stuck on her lack of service point....and they started that same point the first day John McCain introduced her to the lower 48 and Hawaii.

That is moot.

OK

Let's see, the (liberal pundits) have dug up that her 17 year old daughter is pregnant and engaged to be married. That their first child's birth date was about 7 months after she married her high school sweetheart while in her last year of college. So what's new in America. It seems the family is dealing with it and it is REALLY none of our business.....

;)

Talk about a speaker, she is a natural.

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:35 pm

Accountable;971902 wrote: I heard that she stopped the Bridge to Nowhere deal. That's big with me.

She was in favor of it before she was against it:

Bridge

Not so bad to do a flip-flop but to now lie about it...

She's also linked to the Alaska Independence Party, a group that wants

to vote on Alaska being able to secede from the US... now there is

a "patriot" for ya...

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:05 pm

valerie;971975 wrote: She was in favor of it before she was against it:

Bridge

Not so bad to do a flip-flop but to now lie about it...

She's also linked to the Alaska Independence Party, a group that wants

to vote on Alaska being able to secede from the US... now there is

a "patriot" for ya...

:yh_rotfl What was that? The next page had a picture of a car parked in front of a mall with a store that sold beer and said Billy Graham had a car so he was in there buying beer.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:36 pm

valerie;971975 wrote: She was in favor of it before she was against it:

Bridge

Not so bad to do a flip-flop but to now lie about it...

She's also linked to the Alaska Independence Party, a group that wants

to vote on Alaska being able to secede from the US... now there is

a "patriot" for ya...

Yeah, a lot of the image as her being a maverick is just marketing spin.

She liked the idea of the bridge to no where, till it became a national embarrassment and the fed turned off the money. But she happily kept part of the money. Perhaps it helped fund the some of those "refund" checks?

She was getting millions in pork from the federal government for her tiny town of wasilla (pop < 10,000). Left it with 20 million debt. She also helped secure money for Stevens, now indicted on corruptions charges . She's now under investigation herself for abuse of power, and it looks like most Alaskans think she is guilty, but don't care. Why would they? They got $3200 in checks (the upside to high gas prices).

AS FOR HER ECONOMIC POLICIES SHE IS JUST GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS

Clint · Post by **Clint** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:45 pm

yaaarrrgg;971997 wrote: Yeah, a lot of the image as her being a maverick is just marketing spin.

She liked the idea of the bridge to no where, till it became a national embarrassment and the fed turned off the money. But she happily kept part of the money. Perhaps it helped fund the some of those "refund" checks?

She was getting millions in pork from the federal government for her tiny town of wasilla (pop

Where's the evidence regarding the debt and the pork? This is America where an investigation isn't a conviction.

Patsy Warnick · Post by **Patsy Warnick** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:40 pm

I think Palin did great job with her speech.

as I stated on another thread

Palin may not of allowed that Bridge to nowhere

Palin is Bridging a gap that Obama & Biden will never see.

Patsy

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:21 pm

Hoss;972001 wrote: I read the article too hoping for once there would be verifiable information, none, the picture has no date or reason for the meeting in which the picture was taken, for all we know she could be holding up the shirt and laughing about it.

I am willing to listen to hits against her and weigh them out but I need verifiable information. Is it impossible to get good trustworthy information in these matters, or do I need to sift through everything and make up my own mind based on my own biases?

I would recommend sifting through it all. As far as the sources, these tidbits recently have shown up in npr, washington post, cnn, yahoo news .... most all news is biased of course, but the information coming from the politicians themselves is often a made up reality.

lying about abuse of power:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_ ... roopergate

pork addict:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... d=94203271

when all else fails, buy votes:

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/127623

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:19 am

valerie;971975 wrote: She was in favor of it before she was against it:

Bridge

Not so bad to do a flip-flop but to now lie about it...

She's also linked to the Alaska Independence Party, a group that wants

to vote on Alaska being able to secede from the US... now there is

a "patriot" for ya...
Voting just for being able to secede? Not actually seceding? I'd vote for that in whatever state I was in. What good is loyalty (patriotism) if it's mandatory?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 3:26 am

yaaarrrgg;971997 wrote: AS FOR HER ECONOMIC POLICIES SHE IS JUST GEORGE BUSH IN A DRESS
What do you mean?

Post by **spot** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:47 am

Hoss;972270 wrote: LOL I love the land here in CA but I detest the social politics, I'd leave if it went independent. I'm sure God would destroy it shortly following due to its wickedness.This may be a silly question but is God only staying his hand because wicked California's a State, or do you mean that leaving the union would be the wickedness that deserved destruction?

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:29 am

Accountable;972086 wrote: What do you mean?

Listening to her speech last night, I couldn't see any difference between her and Bush, with respect to any policy. Then again, she's reading a teleprompter and Bush's speech writers probably wrote a lot of the speech.

On the economy: Deregulate the economy, lower taxes, and hope everything works itself out. It's shocking that in the convention, the economy has barely even been mentioned. Really it can't be, since the GOP isn't proactive in this area ... in any way that hasn't already been done in the last 8 years. Nothing was said about the middle class either. She also opposed to Obama's plan to cut taxes for working families, given her characterizations.

The only thing she said that was vaguely related to the economy was to increase oil production. But this is only a drop in the bucket. I recall some analysts saying, all the oil in Alaska would only sustain U.S. consumption for about 5 years, and will take at least 10 years to start production. Meanwhile, why don't we invest an equal amount of time and money into renewable sources of energy? I suspect it's because she's friendly to the oil industry ... renewable energy won't bring billions to Alaska. IOW, it's big oil and Alaska first.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:32 am

Hoss;972247 wrote: ...

Buy Votes: That is an unfair charaterization of what a rebate is. Rebate is your own money back, its not buying a vote. LOL.

Not exactly a tax rebate. She distributed excess oil profits. That is mostly our money (our... meaning the 300 million people in 50 states - 600,000 in Alaska).

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:38 am

Accountable;972084 wrote: Voting just for being able to secede? Not actually seceding? I'd vote for that in whatever state I was in. What good is loyalty (patriotism) if it's mandatory?

From my understanding, they want to secede. There's a similar movement in Hawaii.

From my understanding, every state has the right to secede. They want to exercise it.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:16 pm

Hoss;972386 wrote: LOL you don't think she has her own speech writers? Does she have to use George Bush's speech writers? :wah:

"Matthew Scully served until August 2004 as special assistant to the president and deputy director of presidential speechwriting. He worked for President George W. Bush a total of five years, including 18 months in the 2000 campaign, and was part of the team that drafted the Presidentâ€™s post-September 11th addresses and every major speech of the first term."

Also, since my "pork addict" link was broken:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_ ... fact_check

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:04 pm

yaaarrrgg;972371 wrote: From my understanding, they want to secede. There's a similar movement in Hawaii.

From my understanding, every state has the right to secede. They want to exercise it.
Every state ought to have the right to secede. Didn't your high school education mention that minor blip in history called the American Civil War?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:05 pm

rjwould;972924 wrote: It seems Mrs Palin doesn't care much for freedom of thought or the constitution either. But who would expect her to, being ultra religious and all.

At least, if McCain and Palin are elected, we will be sure to have the 'Mother of the year' as our vice president........At least in Sarah Palin's mind, that is.
Hey, he's back! Long time no see, RJ. Kinda surprising to see her trying to ban books, assuming the story is true. You don't think that was a naive mayor mistake?

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:11 pm

rjwould;973126 wrote: Perhaps the librarian should have been mayor then. From much of what I've I been reading about Sarah Palin, it seems to me she likes power. Not that thats a bad thing, but it seems she has, shall we say, offered lots of people their jobs in exchange for conformity. The article I linked is revealing about Mrs. Palin's tact in the handling of diversity and dissension. She does not seem too keen to disagreement from those around her.
Perhaps. I think I would give Obama serious consideration if he were running for governor instead of president. Most of his plans he published are state-level issues.

If McCain wins, she will have 4 years apprenticing under a master at bringing both sides of our dysfunctional twin parties together. Who knows what she might learn?

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 7:55 pm

rjwould;972924 wrote: It seems Mrs Palin doesn't care much for freedom of thought or the constitution either. But who would expect her to, being ultra religious and all.

At least, if McCain and Palin are elected, we will be sure to have the 'Mother of the year' as our vice president........At least in Sarah Palin's mind, that is.

hey rj!

She kinda reminds of Bush (in 2000), with lipstick. I think it's pathetic that he's painting this as a "maverick" pick. He buckled to the pressures of the religious right .. the very thing he used to denounce.

yaaarrrgg · Post by **yaaarrrgg** » Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:03 pm

Accountable;973095 wrote: Every state ought to have the right to secede. Didn't your high school education mention that minor blip in history called the American Civil War?

Most libertarians I talk to view the civil war as unconstitutional, and a federal abuse of power. I think the South could have seceded legally, but choose a violent route instead... being the hot-headed rednecks they were.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index ... 403AAawQdS

http://writ.news.findlaw.com/dorf/20041124.html

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:09 am

rjwould;973153 wrote: Does she have 4 years of apprenticeship? Some camera angles of John McCain make him look pretty old. His body has been through an awful lot. Either way though, what the president mostly is, is our number one ambassador, and I think Obama has it all over McCain there. Besides, Obama will bring a lot of experienced and knowledgeable people into the fold, as will McCain, but I trust Obama's judgment far more than that of McCain. John McCain was at one time a favorite of mine, but that was a long time ago, times have changed and he has aged significantly since then.
Some of those camera angles made his 98-year-old mom look old, too.

Obama gives big speeches. The president's role of ambassador falls far down the list behind more major jobs such as commander-in-chief, appointer of federal judges, and signer/vetoer of legislation. But to your point, ambassadors have to be effective in small groups, which is where McCain is more comfortable. And as for judgment , I trust a commander-in-chief who has been there and understands exactly what he's asking of his citizens, more than a Chicago machine politician.

Still, neither is good for America domestically, and our Constitution is in for yet more abuse and neglect.

Accountable · Post by **Accountable** » Fri Sep 05, 2008 3:10 am

yaaarrrgg;973211 wrote: hey rj!

She kinda reminds of Bush (in 2000), with lipstick. I think it's pathetic that he's painting this as a "maverick" pick. He buckled to the pressures of the religious right .. the very thing he used to denounce.
In what way?