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Picking Palin: act in haste, repent at leisure : Comments

By Dave Lindorff, published 4/9/2008

Of all the reasons McCain’s Palin pick is awful, evidence of her abuse of power is the worst.

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Runner it's best if you cover your ears and close your eye when you say things like that. It makes it even easier for you to belive it's true.
By the way you need to start reading for the horse's mouth ratherr then godtube old Prof Fred though that life on earth was seeded from Space. You Fred had some good ideas and some realy bad ones to the point tha he was more famous for his stuff ups then for things he got right. The most famous was his big bang comment.

Now back in the real world...
The truth is we don't vote in the US elections so who cares.Their system is even more stagnet then ours either winner will do pretty much what every other US Prez has done, screw everyone else for the betterment of the US, Just as every other world power has done for all of history.
Posted by cornonacob, Thursday, 4 September 2008 9:06:59 PM
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This woman is eclectic. She seems to have been able to have something in her profile to offend every voter,,,a guntoting creationist....pro war yet anti abortion .... Taking a stance on an issue is good...fantastic...but the stance must be consistent...and that appears to be what is lacking...any formof consistency!
Posted by Sofisu, Friday, 5 September 2008 6:19:20 AM
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I'm with cornonacob on this one.

>>The truth is we don't vote in the US elections so who cares<<

Over the last few years, the power of the US to influence and direct world events has dwindled enormously.

They still wield massive "hard" power, in the sense that they can mobilize a large and well-equipped military. But its effectiveness against modern tactics - particularly terrorism and guerrilla warfare - has nosedived. Technologically too, their lead over the rest of the world is diminishing by the day.

Their "soft" power has declined even further, and even more quickly. They are increasingly seen as bullies and enforcers, rather than arbitrators and facilitators. While the former is a viable stance when your "hard" power is great, it quickly loses influence when that reduces.

As far as I'm concerned, it makes little difference which side wins. Obama will try to rebuild the US "soft" power, but fail, while McCain will try to rebuild their "hard" power, and fail for the same reason.

I guess that part of me whispers that the world might be a slightly safer place if Obama gets in, if only because he might upset slightly fewer foreign governments.

But as far as Palin is concerned (didn't she make a great speech, by the way?), I have to say that frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn.
Posted by Pericles, Friday, 5 September 2008 9:17:52 AM
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Demos you are sexist and what have here kids life choices to do with her life choices. Doh imbecile.

Johnj I doubt it! she'll win more male votes than femle votes.

Kipp Wrong Todd was the member of that party.
Wrong She turned Alaskan politics on it's head and has an 80% approval rating.
Wrong She is under investigation by an ethics body over the sacking of the state trooper who used his trooper issue taser to taser discipline his stepson ... her nephew.
Her beliefs will win John McCain the presidency.

Foyle You are a touting gossip...shame on you.

Dickie Any courageous person would scare the hell out of you. You are a little scared cat. And sexist.

Foyle You are touting sexist bias against women... shame on you.
Posted by keith, Friday, 5 September 2008 3:52:41 PM
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Keith. Sarah Palins beliefs, will put America even furthur back into the 19th century.

In the 21st century, you cannot run a country on religous bigotry!
Posted by Kipp, Friday, 5 September 2008 4:01:09 PM
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I'm just loving watching the loony-left get themselves into a tizzy regarding Sarah Palin. She is a living affront to the so-called progressive way of life, and as such MUST BE DESTROYED.

Her lack of experience is regularly noted, Yet she at least has had a responsible role where the buck stopped with her. Her time as Govenor of Alaska has seen her butt heads with the Republican party machine and win 80% approval rating among electors( the highest in the US). Obama has not had any of this. After all, he is a first term senator. Palin was spot on when she identified Obama's self absorbtion and his fascination with personal development, two memoirs already and NO real policy achievments. What a shameless self promoter. She really nailed it with her line "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organiser', except that you have actual responsibilities."

Her religous outlook too, is often mentioned. Loony-lefters seem to willfully ignore the fact that in this respect she is totally representative of her electorate. She also has something in common with Obama, who is also a regular churchgoer, although his church of choice preaches "God Damn America". Not really a fitting place to worship for a man who wants to lead the country.

The loony-left hate that she has guns and shoots them. But large swathes of America also value gun owner ship and hunting. So What? This is another example of the loony-left being tolerant of other people's way of life as long as they meet predetermined limits. They can tolerate the bigotry of Islam, or the oppression of the communists, but not the way of life of a huge proportion of average americans. Thats elitism in all its hypocritical glory.

Many commentators have had the bad taste to bring up her daughter's pregnancy. As if that is a reflection on the candidate. Even OBama has had the good sense to stay away from that one. Someone even criticised her because she has a son who will serve in Iraq soon?? ?? ?? WTF
Posted by Paul.L, Friday, 5 September 2008 5:36:26 PM
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