Political Courage...... Or Not

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Governor Sarah Heath Palin REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY

RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2006

NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY

Key national leaders of both major parties including:

John McCain, Republican Senator

Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Congresswoman

Michael Dukakis, Former Democratic Governor

Bill Frenzel, Former Republican Congressman

Richard Kimball, Project Vote Smart President

Over 100 news organizations throughout the nation also urged their candidates to supply their issue positions through the National Political Awareness Test.





The Political Courage Test is a key component of Project Vote Smart's Voter Self-Defense system. Major leaders of the media, major parties and Project Vote Smart repetitiously ask candidates one central question: "Are you willing to tell citizens your positions on the issues you will most likely face on their behalf?" The Political Courage Test is administered to all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative offices.

The Political Courage Test asks candidates which items they will support if elected. It does not ask them to indicate which items they will oppose. Through extensive research of public polling data, we discovered that voters are more concerned with what candidates would support when elected to office, not what they oppose. If a candidate does not select a response to any part or all of any question, it does not necessarily indicate that the candidate is opposed to that particular item.

[yaaarrrgg]

From what I've seen, Palin doesn't like to take positions. That requires she actual understand an issue.

Instead, she'll take credit for something after the fact, if it turns out to be popular.

Like how she was in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere, until congress killed it. Now she's against it. No political fortitude at all.