Sarah Palin...

[stevis78]

It's 2008, election year....I'm back...I will be more brash than ever in defending my beliefs and the people who share them.  Don't like it?  Sorry.  OK, now that that's out of the way...

The terrible personal attacks against Sarah Palin just show what the feminist movement is all about.  It's not about feminism.  It's the face of a much larger

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[leifvignirsson]

The real test will be when she gets out there on her own and starts going through the circuit. I have a feeling she will do well on her own but there will be a lot of pressure and attacks.

The real problem is that the press didn't see this coming and the pick was so outside of the box that they are left upset because they weren't informed of this. This is where politics and the press really start getting messy.

But I am all for her, I hope she does well. Would love to see a strong woman like that succeed, we need that in today's America. It will be historic no matter what.

[stevis78]

No question, the road gets tougher from here. I agree with your point the press wasn't ready for this. They seem to have an entitlement mentality when it comes to any potential picks. They're entitled to these picks being raked through the coals and throughly examined first. They had nothing on her, therefore they feel slighted.

[gratsisgr8]

I'm sure you've seen me ranting about her. My problem has nothing to do with her in terms of the things she does... if anything, I think you're correct about the fact that she embodies all the things "we" look for in a strong woman (although I think there are plenty of women in Alaska, Michigan, North/South Dakota, Washington state, etc. who will say they do the same stuff). My problem has to do with her bringing her ideological stances to politics. If SHE wants to have a fifth child with a disorder, kudos to her, but don't tell me what I can't and can't do with my body and then justify it with religious beliefs. Even Republicans seem to be miffed by her record of voting on certain issues and not voting on others. And if there is an ounce of truth to the fact that McCain met her ONCE before he chose her??... I just have a hard time swallowing that pill. Add in the fact that he gets all over Obama about not having experience, yet this woman has been in office for two years and been a local figure for a few years beyond that

[stevis78]

I know where you're coming from on the abortion thing, but it's really a benign issue in the grand scheme of things. It's been an overrated issue for decades by both sides of the aisle. The main argument is not for banning abortion, but for making it a national issue vs. a states' rights issue. Some want to ban it, yes. I'm not aware of where Palin has made statements *banning* abortion nationwide, though she is clearly pro-life, and that's her opinion. Even if she did advocate banning it nationwide, the SCOTUS would never do anything other than make it a states' rights issue. Abortion will forever be a basis for debate, because there will never be agreement as to when life begins. Myself, I believe if it's not in the Constitution, it's inherently a states' rights issue

[gratsisgr8]

As you've stated it, I agree it's benign -- I used that more as an example of HOW far right she is, and I just have a problem with that the same way I have a problem with people in power being too far left. I just have a hard time seeing how that benefits the greater public, but that might be my inexperience of looking at politics

[nighthawkal]

When it comes to picking a VP, I think that there is a lot of grey area as to whom is the best to be #2. There are so many people you could go with depending on what you are looking for. If you're a Senator, you might want a Governor from a swing state who isn't a "Washington Insider". If you're a Governor, you may want someone who is a Washington Insider. Sometimes people pick someone from a swing state. Sometimes they pick someone to balance the ticket on an area they are weak on or a demographic they are weak on.

Seeing her speech last night, it looks like she is effective and knows what she is doing and what she is talking about. I wish she was a second term governor, but it looks like she has done a pretty good job in her first term by doing things like cutting wasteful spending.

[nighthawkal]

I think I pretty much agree with everything that you are saying....

[mishey22]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080906/people_nm/heart_palin_dc

[stevis78]

I actually heard about this on Schnitt yesterday afternoon. I knew the radical leftists in Heart wouldn't like this. Those two women are the prime example of the feminists who have been attacking Palin for a week just because of the letter next to her name.