Oh boredom, you visit me again, this time dressed as a Flying Fish.

Yawn.

ColRouge:
You see what I mean? It is so easy to make a simple error in text or spelling when one is battling against time on a "Dial-up connection" which is prone to dropping out at regular intervals, however your "nasty" character has once again asserted itself by the
strength of your predictable responses to contributors on this Forum!

Why don`t you go away and have a holiday, release your pent-up frustrations and give everyone a rest from incessant tirades of self-righteousness!

Some facts about Palin:

1. Despite problems at home, Sarah Palin does not believe in giving teenagers information about sex.
Like John McCain, Palin's approach to the problems of teen pregnancy and STI transmission is abstinence-only education.

2. Sarah Palin believes the U.S.-Army-is-on-a-mission-from-God.
"Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," she told them. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."

3. Sarah Palin believes in punishing rape victims.
Palin thinks that rape victims should be forced to bear the child of their rapist.

4. Who's really not in favor of clean water?
Palin said, "Let me take my governor's hat off just for a minute here and tell you, personally, Prop. 4 -- I vote no on that." And what is that? A state initiative that would have banned metal mines from discharging pollution into salmon streams.

5. Sarah Palin calls herself a reformer, but on earmarks and the "Bridge to Nowhere," she is a hypocrite.
You'd think that $27 mil in taxpayers' funds would be enough scratch for a town with a population of 8,000, but you'd be wrong. According to Politico, Palin then "racked up nearly $20 million in long-term debt as mayor of the tiny town of Wasilla -- that amounts to $3,000 per resident."

6. Sarah Palin believes creationism-should-be-taught-in-schools.
When Palin ran for governor, part of her platform called for teaching schoolchildren creationism alongside evolution.

7. Sarah Palin supports offshore drilling everywhere, even if it doesn't solve our energy problems.
Palin is in favor of offshore drilling and drilling in the ecologically sensitive Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

8. Sarah Palin loves oil and nuclear power.

9. Sarah Palin doesn't think much of community activism; she'd much rather play insider political games.
Scores of press accounts of her early years as mayor of Wasilla omit any mention of such work. Instead, they note as mayor, and in the intervening years before running for governor, Palin gravitated to those with power, money or influence.

Source-http://littlurl.com/x96p4

I see McCain has recently increased his popularity, and now leads by 4%.

Politically speaking, having Palin on his side has been an asset.

Perhaps Palin represents a backlash to the extremes of feminism, complete with its Ritalin programs and the dumbing down of boys, its demonisation of fathers, its belief in the destruction of family, its denigration of males, its belief in the mass killing of the unborn and artifical reproduction, and its belief in a welfare state (but only for women).

Why oh why do men believe so fervently that women choose or ought to choose a political candidate when that politician has the same genitals as she has? Women are probably more capable of looking past the boobs or the crotch and listen to what is being said than men are. Regardless which camp is supported.

Sarah Palin, just by reading the posters here, will rake in the MALE voters based on her pretty face and nice figure. Don't you love the way she does her hair? Long and feminine and she dresses nicely too. (Note: I'm being sarcastic here)

McCain is not a spring chicken. It is quite possible that this woman needs to step up to the plate and become The Supreme Commander.

What I find strange is that nobody in the conservative and traditional American family camp questions her rather breath taking arrogance that she can take on such an enormous responsibility when she has such a young family. Self belief is a God given American right, but still...

I must point out to you conservatives, that 'Immoral left wing feminists', to quote an eloquant poster, have no problems with her having a young family or a sexually active unmarried teenage daughter AND a career. But, isn't Sarah Palin's life exactly what conservative God fearing people want to prevent left wing feminists from 'forcing' on all women?

I'm so confused. Why is Palin and her family OK for the right wing conservatives, but other ambitious working mothers, whose children are also looked after by others and who support their daughters sexual choices are accused of causing moral decay to society and driving up real estate prices?

Could the likes, of say HRS and Mr Right, explain the above dilemma for me.

Ouch, Col. It was meant to be Hedgehog, not Hegehog. My arguements clearly damaged and weaker by that silly error. Thankfully Howard, Thatcher still finished and Palin will never be. Col,wasnt the Bennelong result just fabulous? Obama '08, bit like Kevin '07. Have a good day Col, and try to be nice to somebody.