Democratic candidates Palin comparison
Well, I found it. My doctors warned me to go easy and avoid stress. I am supposed to be in danger for the next year of being thrown back in the hospital. So I have slowly segued back into working and put off some of the things I used to do in my "spare" time. That included this blog.
But the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has brought hope to me. That means I will revisit the last post (before my illness struck) this weekend. But first, I am going to start it all out with an observation:
After watching Sarah Palin speak at the RNC my mood was lifted. I knew of her from my contacts in Alaska and her decision to challenge the Department of the Interior when they decided to declare the Polar Bear an endangered species (this would be a surprise to a steadily growing Polar Bear population, if they could grasp the concept). I read up on her once she was named as the VP nominee. But the way she handled her speech in that venue sealed the deal for me.
Sarah Barracuda was the point guard and leader of her basketball team that won the state championship game while she played on a broken ankle. She came up from Mom to PTA operative to City Council member to Mayor to Governor of the largest state in the Union with determination and the desire to make things better. She got rid of corrupt politicians (starting with Republicans!), personal servants, the big private gubernatorial jet, and when she found out her former friend Ted Stevens was a bad guy, gave him the boot as well. Her administration in Alaska has done what you want to see done in Washington - cut waste, cut taxes, give money back to the normal folks, boost industry, produce more energy, toss the bad guys out, often into jail. I doubt that she gave much thought to national office in her quest to make her school, then her town, then her state a better place. She just wanted to make things better and found that she had the will and the talent and the brains to do it.
I don't think Cincy McCain was thinking about putting together a resume for first lady when she was doing medical missions to Rwanda or Bangladesh, something that she began doing back in the 1980's. I don't think John McCain decided to endure another four years of torturous pain and deprivation in the Hanoi Hilton so he could have a good story at a convention.
The Republican ticket is composed of people who have worked to serve for the benefit of the people and the benefit of the country.
In contrast, Barack Obama has been groomed by the Illinois/Chicago Machine for public office. That meant he had to hobnob with anti-American terrorist William Ayers. It meant getting a nice $330,000.00 discount on a luxury estate courtesy of a crook by the name of Rezko. It appears that befriending Tony Rezko and other such "pals" may put Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in jail.
The Washington Post is a liberal-leaning newspaper and they have a take on the Obama-Ayers connection. But Ayers is no "respected educator" in the eyes of any patriotic American, when he still says that plotting to blow up people and buildings was "no big deal" and that he is unrepentant to this day.
In fact, Barack Obama has associated with the anti-Christian Trinity UCC and nasty words and antics of its former and current pastor. He was buddies with Father "Flaky" Pfleger. He was promoted by the Chicago Political machine and has spent much of any time in both state and federal service running around becoming famous while failing to author any bill of substance, failing to even vote on important issues, multiple times voting "present" rather than taking a stand on issues. When has has taken stands, they are often on the far left. He believes a minor should be able to have an abortion for any reason without parental notification even if the minor crosses state lines! What other major and dangerous surgeries does he think minors should make the decision on? Does he realize how much this benefits child molesters who impregnate underage children and force them into killing the baby? Since he favors partial-birth abortion and has remarked that he wouldn't want one of his daughters "punished with a baby" I suspect he really doesn't care. He wants the votes of NARAL and Code Pink and NOW and the whole Moveon.org/Dailykos/Huffpo/Democratic Underground/George Soros/ACLU segment of the country.
Perhaps no candidate of a major political party in the last 100 years has been less qualified to run for President than Barack Obama. He is a novice who has been propped up by smooth political operators to take the Democratic Nomination before the rest of the Democrats really knew what hit them. I have no doubt that Hilary Clinton would have been the nominee had her team taken Obama seriously and thoroughly investigated his background and experience. But Obama swept through early caucuses and his momentum, buoyed by a charismatic personality and winning-but-empty catchphrase, carried him past the first few of the many skeletons found in his closet. The Democrats put on a happy face and yet I bet you the majority of Democrats would like to start this whole thing over again.
Joe Biden, on the other hand, has a long record of service. He is most definitely a Washington insider and veteran politician. But his existence on the ticket clashes with Obama's call for "change." Joe Biden, slam-dunk liberal and dug in like a fat tick to the underside of old-boy-network Washington is going to bring about change in Washington? Hardly. Obama and Biden are like oil and water in some ways. But they are both tax-and-spend, big government liberals so in that way they match nicely.
Hilary would have been a much better VP candidate. I don't care for her, but she is certainly not as arrogant as Biden and has at least peripheral executive experience, something that neither Biden nor Obama possess. She would have made the ticket stronger, while Biden makes the ticket an oxymoron.
I challenge one and all of you to investigate the actual records of all four candidates and watch every debate. Don't let MSNBC or Fox News or The New York Times or the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal do your thinking for you.
I look forward to the debates with glee. John McCain is a true American hero, with decades of selfless service. He has a record of parting with the mainstream of his party in order to do what he believes is right. He has a record of working with Democrats to craft legislation because he is an American first and being a Republican is way down the priority list behind servant and husband and father and patriot. He is in some ways a modern Teddy Roosevelt, a no-nonsense hero with the desire to serve his country rather than rise to power.
Sarah Palin has a record of executive success that proves she understands budgets and business and ethics. She has been a success in every arena she has entered. She is the most popular governor in the United States (80% approval rating) and arguably the most successful governor in Alaska history. She has the background that prepared her for expertise in the areas of environmental management and energy. Her qualifications for President are far superior to Obama's and she is just the second in line behind McCain.
Neither McCain nor Palin were the candidates the Republican mainliners wanted. Many Washingtonian Republicans have become too familiar with the joys of lobbyist loot and the benefits of earmarks. When the new Democrats swept into office, they said, "Hey, those guys got earmarks, now we are getting ours!" Sadly, that is what the Republicans said when they pushed aside the Dems previously. Perhaps a standard Republican candidate would have said all the right things and then just jumped into the old saddle and ridden the same horse. I regret that George Bush chose not to fight this fight. I regret that most of our legislators on both sides of the aisle have gone along with the same old, same old.
John McCain is going to be himself and I believe him when he says that the earmarks will stop at his desk with a veto. olitics as usual will not work with him.
But the addition of Sarah Palin to the Republican ticket has brought hope to me. That means I will revisit the last post (before my illness struck) this weekend. But first, I am going to start it all out with an observation:
After watching Sarah Palin speak at the RNC my mood was lifted. I knew of her from my contacts in Alaska and her decision to challenge the Department of the Interior when they decided to declare the Polar Bear an endangered species (this would be a surprise to a steadily growing Polar Bear population, if they could grasp the concept). I read up on her once she was named as the VP nominee. But the way she handled her speech in that venue sealed the deal for me.
Sarah Barracuda was the point guard and leader of her basketball team that won the state championship game while she played on a broken ankle. She came up from Mom to PTA operative to City Council member to Mayor to Governor of the largest state in the Union with determination and the desire to make things better. She got rid of corrupt politicians (starting with Republicans!), personal servants, the big private gubernatorial jet, and when she found out her former friend Ted Stevens was a bad guy, gave him the boot as well. Her administration in Alaska has done what you want to see done in Washington - cut waste, cut taxes, give money back to the normal folks, boost industry, produce more energy, toss the bad guys out, often into jail. I doubt that she gave much thought to national office in her quest to make her school, then her town, then her state a better place. She just wanted to make things better and found that she had the will and the talent and the brains to do it.
I don't think Cincy McCain was thinking about putting together a resume for first lady when she was doing medical missions to Rwanda or Bangladesh, something that she began doing back in the 1980's. I don't think John McCain decided to endure another four years of torturous pain and deprivation in the Hanoi Hilton so he could have a good story at a convention.
The Republican ticket is composed of people who have worked to serve for the benefit of the people and the benefit of the country.
In contrast, Barack Obama has been groomed by the Illinois/Chicago Machine for public office. That meant he had to hobnob with anti-American terrorist William Ayers. It meant getting a nice $330,000.00 discount on a luxury estate courtesy of a crook by the name of Rezko. It appears that befriending Tony Rezko and other such "pals" may put Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in jail.
The Washington Post is a liberal-leaning newspaper and they have a take on the Obama-Ayers connection. But Ayers is no "respected educator" in the eyes of any patriotic American, when he still says that plotting to blow up people and buildings was "no big deal" and that he is unrepentant to this day.
In fact, Barack Obama has associated with the anti-Christian Trinity UCC and nasty words and antics of its former and current pastor. He was buddies with Father "Flaky" Pfleger. He was promoted by the Chicago Political machine and has spent much of any time in both state and federal service running around becoming famous while failing to author any bill of substance, failing to even vote on important issues, multiple times voting "present" rather than taking a stand on issues. When has has taken stands, they are often on the far left. He believes a minor should be able to have an abortion for any reason without parental notification even if the minor crosses state lines! What other major and dangerous surgeries does he think minors should make the decision on? Does he realize how much this benefits child molesters who impregnate underage children and force them into killing the baby? Since he favors partial-birth abortion and has remarked that he wouldn't want one of his daughters "punished with a baby" I suspect he really doesn't care. He wants the votes of NARAL and Code Pink and NOW and the whole Moveon.org/Dailykos/Huffpo/Democratic Underground/George Soros/ACLU segment of the country.
Perhaps no candidate of a major political party in the last 100 years has been less qualified to run for President than Barack Obama. He is a novice who has been propped up by smooth political operators to take the Democratic Nomination before the rest of the Democrats really knew what hit them. I have no doubt that Hilary Clinton would have been the nominee had her team taken Obama seriously and thoroughly investigated his background and experience. But Obama swept through early caucuses and his momentum, buoyed by a charismatic personality and winning-but-empty catchphrase, carried him past the first few of the many skeletons found in his closet. The Democrats put on a happy face and yet I bet you the majority of Democrats would like to start this whole thing over again.
Joe Biden, on the other hand, has a long record of service. He is most definitely a Washington insider and veteran politician. But his existence on the ticket clashes with Obama's call for "change." Joe Biden, slam-dunk liberal and dug in like a fat tick to the underside of old-boy-network Washington is going to bring about change in Washington? Hardly. Obama and Biden are like oil and water in some ways. But they are both tax-and-spend, big government liberals so in that way they match nicely.
Hilary would have been a much better VP candidate. I don't care for her, but she is certainly not as arrogant as Biden and has at least peripheral executive experience, something that neither Biden nor Obama possess. She would have made the ticket stronger, while Biden makes the ticket an oxymoron.
I challenge one and all of you to investigate the actual records of all four candidates and watch every debate. Don't let MSNBC or Fox News or The New York Times or the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal do your thinking for you.
I look forward to the debates with glee. John McCain is a true American hero, with decades of selfless service. He has a record of parting with the mainstream of his party in order to do what he believes is right. He has a record of working with Democrats to craft legislation because he is an American first and being a Republican is way down the priority list behind servant and husband and father and patriot. He is in some ways a modern Teddy Roosevelt, a no-nonsense hero with the desire to serve his country rather than rise to power.
Sarah Palin has a record of executive success that proves she understands budgets and business and ethics. She has been a success in every arena she has entered. She is the most popular governor in the United States (80% approval rating) and arguably the most successful governor in Alaska history. She has the background that prepared her for expertise in the areas of environmental management and energy. Her qualifications for President are far superior to Obama's and she is just the second in line behind McCain.
Neither McCain nor Palin were the candidates the Republican mainliners wanted. Many Washingtonian Republicans have become too familiar with the joys of lobbyist loot and the benefits of earmarks. When the new Democrats swept into office, they said, "Hey, those guys got earmarks, now we are getting ours!" Sadly, that is what the Republicans said when they pushed aside the Dems previously. Perhaps a standard Republican candidate would have said all the right things and then just jumped into the old saddle and ridden the same horse. I regret that George Bush chose not to fight this fight. I regret that most of our legislators on both sides of the aisle have gone along with the same old, same old.
John McCain is going to be himself and I believe him when he says that the earmarks will stop at his desk with a veto. olitics as usual will not work with him.