Have Gun, Will Travel. Sarah Palin a Good VP pick?

[JAGED]

2)  Gender is not a strong predictor of vote choice.  If this was meant to woo female voters, or Clinton-leaning voters in particular, it will probably fail.  The strongest predictors of vote choice remain partisan affiliation and strength of partisanship.  Bush and Kerry split the female vote almost 50-50 in 2004, which is unsurprising since that's pretty much how the parties split in the electorate.  It would be surprising, though I suppose not impossible, if gender were to suddenly become an important factor in this election.

Didn't work for this guy... Different times though... 

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I can't stand any sort of hard core religious conservatives as politicians, they are bad for our freedoms. If they didn't try to push all the BS morale's via politics then they wouldn't be so bad. I'll give her credit for cutting the pork in Alaska while she has been gov and she appears to be doing some good. However she's already involved in a abuse of power scandle.

It's already obvious this women is lying with the firing scandal, so how can she be trusted? She's already released a statement that she admits "someone" from her office made the call to have her sister's ex-husband (a state trooper btw) fired. Yet she denies she had anything to do with it.. LOL that's so very Dick Cheney of her.

That is straight up abuse of power and this is who you want to be a heart beat away from being president? She has admitted it was her office that made the call yet she expects us to believe she didn't have anything to do with it? Are you guys so hard up that you will ignore that? You O Club righties wench and moan about Clinton getting a BJ in the WH and the fact he lied about yet it's no big deal Cheney lies about the whole spygate deal and now I guess it's no big deal about this women lying about a abuse of power case.

Oh yea and you right winger drill drill drill guys.. I hate to tell you but she's against drilling in Alaska.

Keep typing. You're getting deeper.

[Hangtime]

I can't stand any sort of hard core religious conservatives as politicians, they are bad for our freedoms. If they didn't try to push all the BS morale's via politics then they wouldn't be so bad. I'll give her credit for cutting the pork in Alaska while she has been gov and she appears to be doing some good. However she's already involved in a abuse of power scandle.

It's already obvious this women is lying with the firing scandal, so how can she be trusted? She's already released a statement that she admits "someone" from her office made the call to have her sister's ex-husband (a state trooper btw) fired. Yet she denies she had anything to do with it.. LOL that's so very Dick Cheney of her.

That is straight up abuse of power and this is who you want to be a heart beat away from being president? She has admitted it was her office that made the call yet she expects us to believe she didn't have anything to do with it? Are you guys so hard up that you will ignore that? You O Club righties wench and moan about Clinton getting a BJ in the WH and the fact he lied about yet it's no big deal Cheney lies about the whole spygate deal and now I guess it's no big deal about this women lying about a abuse of power case.

Oh yea and you right winger drill drill drill guys.. I hate to tell you but she's against drilling in Alaska.

Unnnnhh.... I'm getting dizzy watching you twirl the facts... would you mind spinning the other direction for a little bit?

Palin on Drilling.. in her own words. Not yours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ys4HGbiONY

[Sandman]

She was probably the best choice McCain could make. If he was fifteen years younger, it wouldn't even be a close. Now, I think we have a race.

[crockett]

LOL... two failed assumptions there RPM, most of us don't even fit the 'conservative right' mold.... seems to me the majority here is the same as the majority 'out there'... middle of the road citizens with more than a little disdain for political hacks regardless of 'party' affiliation. And none of us are shy about taking a dump in either party's cream of wheat.

lol middle of the road, yea right...Yet there is 5 bash Obama threads a day in here. I'd say the average member in the O club is slanted to the right, at least the vocal ones are.

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Unnnnhh.... I'm getting dizzy watching you twirl the facts... would you mind spinning the other direction for a little bit?

Palin on Drilling.. in her own words. Not yours.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ys4HGbiONY

Facts? You want him to handle facts? 

[Airscrew]

Oh yea and you right winger drill drill drill guys.. I hate to tell you but she's against drilling in Alaska. She says she thinks it's pristine environment and shouldn't be damaged.

provide a quote or source;  cause I show different....

http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm

Sarah Palin on Energy & Oil
Get ANWR open. (Nov 2006)

I believe in protecting Alaska's environment through fair enforcement of our environmental laws. Having a clean record on environmental regulation is critical to getting ANWR open and maintaining our fisheries mining, timber, and tourism industries. I would also revisit the change in regulations on the Alaska Coastal Zone Management program in which the past administration by eliminating the rights of local districts to write specific local enforceable policies on important issues like subsistence.
Source: Campaign website, www.palinforgovernor.com, "Issues" Nov 7, 2006

Sarah Palin on Environment
Convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR. (Jan 2007)
http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Sarah_Palin_Environment.htm

The standard should be no different for industry. Ironically, we're trying to convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR, but we can't even get our own Pt. Thomson, which is right on the edge of ANWR, developed! We are ready for that gas to be tapped so we can fill a natural gas pipeline. I promise to vigorously defend Alaska's rights, as resource owners, to develop and receive appropriate value for our resources.
Source: State of the State Address Jan 17, 2007

[Hangtime]

lol middle of the road, yea right...Yet there is 5 bash Obama threads a day in here. I'd say the average member in the O club is slanted to the right, at least the vocal ones are.

And most of them are capable of making their points using facts... not hysterical dead wrong rhetoric. And your inaccurate BS is just not doing a damn thing to improve your candidates standing here... in a place where intelligent discourse is expected and hysterical BS is exposed in seconds.

[Toad]

If Obama is too inexperienced, what does that make Palin?

His equal. Flip it: if Obama is experienced enough to be our next Prez, so is Palin.

2)   It would be surprising, though I suppose not impossible, if gender were to suddenly become an important factor in this election.

-- Todd/Leviathn 

Agree. I don't think the betrayed Hillaryites are going to take their revenge by voting Palin. Palin isn't the left's sort of woman.

[AKIron]

and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth

 

[crockett]

provide a quote or source;  cause I show different....

http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm

Sarah Palin on Energy & Oil
Get ANWR open. (Nov 2006)
Sarah Palin on Environment
Convince the rest of the nation to open ANWR. (Jan 2007)
http://www.ontheissues.org/Governor/Sarah_Palin_Environment.htm

It was on TV in a news clip.

[Toad]

and there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth

 

Agreed. That's the best part of the pick. We're going down the crapper either way but at least it will be interesting watching the game now.

[indy007]

What ever happened to the republican party of Regan and even Bush Sr?

They weren't conservative to begin with. They just talked a good game.



and before the Republicans freak out, yes, I know the cartoon is not precisely accurate. Clinton had a budget surplus, which was brought on by Bush Sr.'s higher taxes. A budget surplus doesn't do dick about the trade deficit. I just find it funny when Repubs claim fiscal conservation after growing the government to exceptionally high levels.

[crockett]

And most of them are capable of making their points using facts... not hysterical dead wrong rhetoric. And your inaccurate BS is just not doing a damn thing to improve your candidates standing here... in a place where intelligent discourse is expected and hysterical BS is exposed in seconds.

Only thing that I said with out facts is the oil thing. Sorry it came from a new clip as a quote of hers. If they were misquoting her then that's not my fault.

The fact remains she has admitted to the firing deal coming from her office and she is hardcore on the religious and wanted to push the intelligent design crap in schools.

"Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.

Palin, who has previously said her administration didn’t exert pressure to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten, also disclosed that members of her staff had made about two dozen contacts with public safety officials about the trooper."

Two dozen is 24 calls, in case some haven't passed math yet. That's not a opps my staff called by mistake., silly me.. That is straight up involvement by her office trying to get a State Trooper fired because he was divorcing her sister and in a custody battle.
Then on top of that she fires the guy who refused to fire the State Trooper.

[Ack-Ack]

Almost certain to pull many of the Clinton supporters.

Her very social conservative views will probably prevent Clinton supporters from switching party lines.


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