Sorry, last thing I need to see from US politics is a Creationist bible-thumper running the show. :P
You took a liking to her after just THAT speech? That was only aimed to sell herself to the GOP's base voters - next to nothing was aimed at attracting the centrists and independents. Then again, I don't think she even did that job right judging from the comments on CNN that very night. Most people were totally turned off by her, and even a good handful of Republicans say they're voting Obama now.
I admit the Creationism is something, but I don't have a problem with that so long as she can objectively act in the public interest. I think she pulled off her speech well, no better or worse than Joe Biden.
The Republican Party's genesis as an anti-slavery party is ironic considering their vocal opposition to civil rights in the 60s (an attitude which still prevails in the darker corners of the party).
Even if I agreed with Palin's politics - sorry, book-banning and abuse of power don't really do it for me - I'd still be completely put off by her petty sarcasm and failure to address any substantive issues in her speech.
I'll give her a chancetorfindraSeptember 10 2008, 01:29:34 UTC
I feel the acceptance speech was supposed to be more introductory in nature; she is bound to address more issues as the campaign goes on and give me more substantial support. However, it wasn't all rhetoric as she did touch upon some issues of importance which in time I hope she will elaborate on. Here are a couple of them:(Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94258995):
"To the families of special-needs children all across this country, I have a message: For years, you sought to make America a more welcoming place for your sons and daughters. I pledge to you that if we are elected, you will have a friend and advocate in the White House." -This has been an important issue in my family. I look forward to more details.
"I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law ... I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly
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She didn't try to ban any specific books, because the librarian shut down that line of inquiry pretty quickly, but she was interested in doing so, and I'm guessing she would have hired a librarian more in line with her beliefs if she had succeeded in firing the one that objected.
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You took a liking to her after just THAT speech? That was only aimed to sell herself to the GOP's base voters - next to nothing was aimed at attracting the centrists and independents. Then again, I don't think she even did that job right judging from the comments on CNN that very night. Most people were totally turned off by her, and even a good handful of Republicans say they're voting Obama now.
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Even if I agreed with Palin's politics - sorry, book-banning and abuse of power don't really do it for me - I'd still be completely put off by her petty sarcasm and failure to address any substantive issues in her speech.
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She didn't try to ban any specific books, because the librarian shut down that line of inquiry pretty quickly, but she was interested in doing so, and I'm guessing she would have hired a librarian more in line with her beliefs if she had succeeded in firing the one that objected.
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