*Scroll down for Biden-related life-begins-at-conception update*
Here’s some good news for readers who didn’t like my first Palin post: I am one voter with an opinion, and I doubt I will influence anyone. Besides, I planned to vote for John McCain, reluctantly, before he selected Palin, and I still plan to vote for him. In a million years I’d never knowingly vote for an infanticide supporter, and McCain is the only viable option.
Based on right-leaning blog posts and mainstream media stories I’ve read, most Republicans and conservatives are satisfied with McCain’s choice. I’m not, but this election season leaves much to be desired anyway. The Republican party, in its current state, has changed the meaning of conservatism.
Anyway, McCain’s numbers are up, and Palin seems to have energized Republican voters. There are a few people here and there who feel otherwise, though I’m probably the most vocal. But hey, this is only a blog, right?
Now that both hyped-up conventions are over, it’s time to focus on the issues. My opinion of how she raises her children aside, here is what I like about Sarah Palin:
- She is pro-life in the extreme. She believes abortion is wrong even if a woman is raped, just as I do.
- She opposes the use of government funds to kill the unborn.
- She opposes embryonic stem cell research.
- She believes marriage is defined as between only a man and a woman.
- She supports teaching Intelligent Design in government schools.
- She supports the constitutional right to bear arms.
- She believes in a market-based approach to health care.
- She is pro-military and believes in strong national defense.
That’s a good place to start. What do you like about Sarah Palin? Don’t like?
More at Memeorandum.
Update: John Kerry and Joe Biden are both fools. Each believes life begins at conception, but supports a woman’s right to snuff out that life.
Also see Kerry Says He Believes Life Starts at Conception from 2004.
Michelle Malkin gets to the point: “Slick Joe Biden admits: Yes, I’m a cold-blooded murderer.”
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At first I too was unsure of Sarah Palin due to the fact she wasn’t well know nor did I think she was vetted for the right reasons. In fact I still think that she was picked because of her being a woman. And the chance of getting some of Hillary s voters will be a great advantage for John McCain.
Now that I have said that what I do like is the reason you have listed plus I also like that I have never heard a whine from her since the media has set it’s vile left-winged blogger and media. Plus she’s ready for the fight. And the press has said so horrible things about her which have been either lies or just being anti-feminist.
It’s funny how The Liberals demand such feminist views yet a conservative that aspires to be VP has to be DAMNED. Even by saying she should stay home with her children and be a better mother. I heard that from a show on Patriot on townhall.com. One of Obamas robots said that to Laura Ingraham show . And even though Joe Biden has been around almost as long as John McCain I think she’ll give him a run for his money in the debate.
But more important John has to do well against Obama in their debates. McCain has a great history in Government. What does Obama have, nothing but him wanting to Kill the born as well as the unborn.
The following Powerline piece [see below] presented an interesting perspective on Palin. I particularly appreciate the way the Powerline writers examine an issue dispassionately & substantively. While acknowledging the problematic aspects of the Palin/McCain ticket, they are able to actually have an illuminating discussion.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/09/021446.php
As for abortion/rape…I have never understood the thinking that a human being’s right to life should hinge on the manner of their conception. IF abortion does not take a life, then there is no need to carve out an exception for rape. IF abortion DOES take a life, even something as tragic as a rape should not trump life.
Every study I have ever seen indicates that women impregnated by rape who allow the child to have life, actually recover far better than those who compound the original tragedy by destroying the life in their womb. Still, society shoves an abortion at these women. Why?
I like her because of the strength of her convictions. She bases her actions on principles, not blowing with the wind or polls.
I would add to your list; She will fight for what she believes is right, even against her own party.
LB, did you see this?
Biden says life begins at conception.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/08/us/politics/08campaign.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=login
I was just about to add it to the post. Thanks, James.
Both Obama and Biden continue to duck the true question that Rick Warren asked. He asked a “policy” question not a theological/scientific question. What is the policy of the Obama/Biden ticket concerning when a baby is entitled to human rights? Answer the question men, if you can/dare.
Here’s an article about the things the pro-”choice” advocates don’t tell you about victims of rape and incest:
http://www.afterabortion.org/rape.html
I am satisfied that Palin can take over the Oval Office 24 hours after the inauguration. If Chris Wallace were told that he had an exclusive interview in ten hours with the rebel leader in Whatzitstan, he and his staff would grind out all the information they could muster and frame the interview. Palin would do the same, but she would have all the best resources available in the world. So, the point boils down to whether she can handle the information. The fact that Joe Biden has fooled around with foreign policy for years does not mean he is a bit more equipped to handle a decision than the hot shots who fed him the information.
Now the press is attacking Palin for not coming forward to field their “gotcha” zingers. I read the comments of a guy who encountered Palin at a photo op in New Mexico. He asked her if she was going to vote for Ted Stevens. Palin said: “he is under indictment.” The commenter says she ducked the question. Really? Whether he would support her depended on the answer to that question? She immediately recognized the poison bullet and dodged it. Smart. Really smart.
I disagree with Krauthammer, I think Palin can take the no executive experience charge straight to Obama. And, she should.
I would not be surpised if the MSM were to turn the Sarah Palin nomination into a referendum on small town America. You know that small towns are where small minds have small ideas and Girl Scout cookies are a major event. Or so the cosmopolitan MSM thinks.
So, leaving the pregnant rape victim with no choice rather than a choice is a good solution? Making it a law that a woman must have a child after being raped is nothing more than forced control over a woman’s body. It is no better than rape. If a woman decided to have a child after rape that is her decision. That decision should not be left in the hands of those who recieve their moral marching orders from the likes of Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, James Dobson, etc. Please stop spreading lies and fear. I fully agree that abortion is not an act without moral implications, it does involve the taking of a life or prospective life. But sometimes taking life is neccessary. Even the Bible admits that.
I always wonder what this means:
I get it when someone speaks of the likes of Pol Pot, Hitler, Idi Amin. I get it when someone talks of the likes of Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Mother Teresa. But I am plumb, dumb, ignorant what understanding “the likes of Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, James Dobson, etc.” is supposed to awaken in me. I suspect that commenter ben is unable to explain it in a few direct words. It is likely more of a mindset than a metaphor.
I like how she can play with the boys without becoming one.
I like that she’s not a lawyer.
I like that, given her political history, she probably won’t be shy about telling McCain when he’s wrong.
I like her because she’s like us – me, my sisters, my mother, my neighbors, my co-workers, etc.
We all juggle homes, husbands, kids, careers, problems. We’re not the rich lawyers with one kid – maybe – a lots of household help. We cook dinner, do dishes, drive to work – dropping the kids off at school on the way.
Sarah Palin is tough and strong and can negotiate with the best of them. She deals with what’s handed to her without crying or whining.
Abortion isn’t a top issue for me. Roe vs Wade won’t be overturned, it’s too ingrained in our society. Creating it through the courts was wrong but water under the bridge. I do think it should be limited – minors should have parental permission, just like they do for Tylenol at school, no abortions after the 1st trimester, you’re having a baby anyway, you may as well wait a few months, then give it up for adoption.
I think the better answer is to not need abortions. Push abstinence in teens, birth controls, self-respect.
Ben–
Go to the link I provided above to find out about pregnant rape victims. What they want is not what you seem to think.
I like her as a VP candidate particularly after watching her debates on the Alaskan gubernatorial race on C_span this weekend. She knows what she is talking about on a lot of issues. They really went after her on those debates and she outshone them all. Apparently that is why she was elected as governor of that state. I think she is more ready to lead than Joe Biden. He is ready to toe to the party line. She THINKS, she is her own person.
I already read the article about rape victims and would never be so crass as to claim to know “what they want”. I am saying they should be free to decide for themselves.
And as for saying “the likes of” Ted Haggard etc. Let me just be briefer. Most evangelicals. Hypocrites who claim devine knowledge about living life. How is that for brief.
Ben, the point is that with so-called “choice” they are NOT free to decide for themselves. There is tremendous pressure on these women to abort, even though they do not want to.
What’s lacking in the pro-”choice” blather is any real presentation of life as a choice.
Also, the pro-life movement claims to love life unconditionally, and yet sees no irony in the fact that having a child out of rape or incest, or having a child with severe birth defects, can make life, and the living of life, a living hell for many people. To love life is to love this life on earth. Not to live on earth only to please some abstract or long dead being who may or may not reward one in the afterlife. Choose life indeed. ha.
I like it when ideological people don’t go along with others in their group. So what I’m saying is: Way to go La Shawn for thinking for yourself!
Tremendous pressure to abort from whom? Please elaborate. I seriously doubt that any spouse or family member of a rape victim would willy nilly get all enthused about abortion. Yes I admit that women have been and are discriminated against in many relationships. But to say that there is currently “tremendous pressure” to abort is a little misleading and misguided.
MCCAIN-PALIN CAMPAIGN RALLY INFORMATION
WHO: John McCain and Sarah Palin
WHAT: McCain-Palin Campaign Rally
WHEN: Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Doors open at 8:00 a.m. EDT
McCain-Palin Rally beings at 10:00 a.m. EDT
WHERE: Fairfax High School
3501 Rebel Run
Fairfax, VA 22030
The McCain/Palin rally will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 10:00 a.m., at Fairfax County High School. Doors Open at 8:00a.m.
Tickets will be available at Virginia.JohnMcCain.com or in-person by visiting one of the Virginia Victory offices on Monday, September 8th from 12:00p.m. to 9:00p.m. and Tuesday, September 9th from 9:00a.m. to 9:00p.m.
McCain-Palin Rally Ticket Distribution Sites
Virginia Victory 2008 State Headquarters
1235 S. Clark Street, First Floor
Arlington, VA 22202
(703) 955-4255
Fairfax Regional Victory Headquarters
4246 Chain Bridge Road
Fairfax, VA 22030
(703) 766-4467
Again, there is this fundamental misunderstanding about what pro-lifers believe. We’re not talking about someone getting a hysterectomy. We believe a fetus is a living HUMAN BEING, and therefore endowed with the same rights as the rest of us, among those being life (the starting point from which you get to liberty and the pursuit of happiness, btw). How can you allow the compounding of the crime of rape by adding murder to the list of inhuman acts?
And you cannot claim any Biblical endorsement of abortion. The unnecessary death of the most innocent of beings does not compare evenly to killing to protect the life of another, or killing in warfare.
Further, the charge of hypocrisy is often the last respite of the morally ignorant. Christians have had the moral bar set particularly high by powers beyond us (i.e. God). While we hold ourselves to that standard, and hope society and individuals within that society might do so as well, we understand that we are fundamentally incapable of it. If you claim to adhere, without incident, to the moral standard you believe to be right, either you have terribly low standards, or you are a liar.
The word hypocrite should be reserved not for those who believe in a moral code they cannot live up to, but those that preach a moral code they don’t actually believe in. Those who say life begins at conception but are dedicated to preserving abortion rights are hypocrites.
Ben–
If you truly believe that, you have NOT read the article.
Yeah, La Shawn is really thinking for himself. Abortion is wrong no matter what. If this person really thinks taking life is wrong no matter what, perhaps he would care to speak out against the killing of innocent children during war. Like, oh, I don’t know…the Iraq war. Which Sara Palin supports fully. But by all means, keep backing these politicians unconditionally, they are perfect after all, just like Christ Himself. To anyone who thinks politicians or religious figures are going to improve your life…I say…I have a bridge to sell you.
O.K. you want to get into this game? In the Bible, that great book, God commands Aaron, brother of Moses, to go back and kill the people whom Aaron had taken mercy on. Furthermore, God commanded Aaron and his men to rape any of age women found alive. This is just one example of insane cruelty (sanctioned by God) found in the Bible. You say you answer to a higher power, a more perfect power. I sincerely hope you never achieve the “perfection” you are seeking.
I like pretty much everything about Sarah Palin. She’s a REAL girl. That’s why people are liking her.
On a more dark note: Apparently Peggy Noonan in the WSJ wrote that a journalist emailed her and said something to the effect that he and his ilk were “calling all underworlds to report for duty. The bed is about to fly around the room; the puke is about to come out.”
Palin needs our prayers more than ever. Seems even the msm know who they really work for!
Good grief Michele, that’s scary.
I like Sarah Palin because she is a self-made woman. She has no fancy Harvard degree. She didn’t get any affirmative action assistance. She is where she is because of personal conviction and darn hard work.
Ben, you have no idea what you’re talking about.
PS–Let me correct myself of my misunderstanding: Noonan’s emailer was a friend who THOUGHT those things would be happening. But let’s face it–when Sarah and her values are under attack, who really IS behind that? It’s not hard to guess….
Today, on the radio, I heard outrage being expressed over Palin’s church because – GASP – they were going to pray for homosexuals. The narrative morphed into “there is no difference between Palin’s Church’s and Rev. Wright’s brand of hatred.” Only a hater would pray for a homosexual, doncha know????
After listening to numerous commenters expressing outrage, I was struck by how few seemed to even have a clue about what Christians believe about prayer.
Virtually all of the outraged believed that the question of nature versus nurture has been settled definitively on the side of nature. None would even entertain that choice plays a role for anyone. They also uniformly expressed that there was NO such thing as a homosexual becoming heterosexual, despite accounts by a significant number of individuals.
So, we have now come to a stage in our history where praying for a group can be considered hating on them.
I’m not crazy about the intelligent design bit. I’m not a separation of church and state zealot or anything. But science is all about what you can deduce and prove. Even if God is the initiator of whatever process caused all this to be here, it can never be proven or disproven. Real evolutionary science just says, this is what appears to have happened. It matters not why. Leave the intelligent design discussions to philosophy class, where they belong. Let’s not venture down the same path as the global warming (oh wait, now it’s climate change) of setting up a vague idea that is unprovable, such that no matter what happens, we can say, “see, we were right”. I prefer to stick to (dis)provable facts.
This is just one example of insane cruelty (sanctioned by God) found in the Bible.
That would explain all those Bible passages where Jesus commanded us to slaughter and mutilate our enemies, rob the poor, steal from the hungry, obliterate the sick (paying special attention to those born with Downs Syndrome), to do all manner of evil to one another, and hate those who hate us, and – oh, what the heck – hate those who love us, too.
Well … thank Darwin for that! I was found, but now I am lost. I once could see, but now I am blind.
La Shawn,
I just went back and read your blog on the “Margaret Sanger of the blogosphere” and wanted to thank you. I didn’t think anyone else thought this way. Thanks.
mark
I like the fact that she’s not into self-aggrandizement (driving herself to work as governor), and not afraid to get her hands literally dirty (hunting, helping her husband fishing on weekends AFTER she was elected governor).
Her unwillingness to “go along to get along” is especially heartening – taking on the dominant party in her state to fight corruption. I’m one of those conservatives who despaired at the antics of the former Republican majority in Congress – the people who continued to give power to porkbarrelers instead of financial reformers (and, incidentally, brought about the Democrat majority in that body). Somehow, I don’t think she’ll get along with the Republicans who used their party’s “fiscal responsibility” reputation as a cover for rewarding their buddies from the public till.
I love her spirit. She is compelling and strong and knows what she believes in. People are threatened by that, but that’s not our problem. She would make a great President one day because she is smart and comes from the heart, both.
Thank you, ben, for your clear answer in #15 and #17. Obviously, you reject religious faith. But then you say this:
Your reference to Hell is incongruous to your religion free personal world.
What you mean to say is that if the baby is inconvenient, then you should have the unchallenged right to kill it. Why bring Hell into it?
I understand you. I find your reference to Falwell, Dobson, et. al. to be disengenuous. You really mean to say that you are a moral relativist and those who thump Bibles have an affliction that they are welcome to, but they should keep their primitive stuff out of the public square.
Those are the words I am providing for you. Why don’t you have the courage of your convictions and speak openly? In #9 you wrote:That decision should not be left in the hands of those who recieve their moral marching orders from the likes of Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, James Dobson, etc. Please stop spreading lies and fear. You actually mean the decision should not include those who would let the moral codes derived from the Judeo-Christian ethic cloud their minds.
She’s not a lawyer. That’s her best asset, among others !
Always objective…..and on a more shallow note, her hairdo bugs me, sometimes.
I think she needs one signature look that she can consistenly wear. Either up, or down….but not both. Choose a hairstyle and stick with it, at least until the campaign is over.
Josh O–
Intelligent design is a scientific viewpoint, not a religious one. It is based on observation of the physical phenomena of the universe. Sir Fred Hoyle, no Christian by any stretch of the imagination, is one of its supporters. The premise is, as you say, “This is what appears to have happened, based on the observable data.”
Evolution says, “This is what MUST have happened, even though much of the observable data is against it.” It posits the non-existence of any intelligent design as a proven fact. That isn’t science by any definition.
Ben–
Your claim is, to use your own word, disingenuous. If to love life is to love this life on Earth, then the taking of any life, including that of a child with severe birth defects, is truly the most heinous act possible. Christianity can forgive abortion, but for an atheist it is utterly inexcusable.
I am pro-life, staunchly pro-life. I am also a survivor of rape – a part of my life-story I don’t share with any triviality. To those who express outrage at the very thought of abortion not being an option for a rape victim – please don’t presume to understand what options might or might not be helpful someone who’s gone through such a traumatic and violating experience.
In my opinion I think people outside the experience are personally repulsed at the thought of a rape victim carrying the child to full-term, let alone keeping the child.
From a purely numbers standpoint, justifying abortion as a whole on the basis of rape, incest and health of the mother is a statistical non starter. Recent studies show that less than 5% of abortions fall into these categories. What about the other 95%?
I know this post is about Mrs. Palin, but abortion became a part of the discussion in the replies. I have sat quiet for too long when hearing the “but what about the rape victim” cries regarding abortion.
I just couldn’t keep quiet.
Good for you, MrsMagoo. You’re one of the ones we need to hear from.
Yuval Levin did a superb job delineating something that has always perplexed me about the debate on abortion. For the life of me, I cannot fathom why the issue of abortion is relegated to the realm of theology. In fact, while theology speaks eloquently on the issue, the truth of the matter is that biology comes out solely on the side of life beginning at conception.
Levin points out the following irony; “Now tell me again which party seeks refuge in theology when it doesn’t like the facts that science helps us know.”
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzE4Y2U4MzBjOGY3ODMzMDEyOTdlZmU5Y2Y2YWQwNWE=
ben, thank you for trying, but it is impossible to convince fundies, even though many if not most support the death penalty they call themselves prolife. I’m still to hear how they plan to force the women to keep the zygotes til they turn into potentional republican voters. will they put the women into comas? tie them to a bed? or will they trie what the romanians did and end up with a maternal death rate in the tens of thousands and a infant death rate of 25 per 1000. thats what a pro life policy means.
I don’t like her connection with ‘Intelligent Design’ but I don’t know her position precisely so I will wait and see.
I hope she is not of the school that the earth is 5000 years old and all the dinosaur fossils are dragon’s or something.
I think the Lord’s creation is more than we can comprehend and it would not be much of a creation if we could comprehend all of it.
John–
Actually, all she said was that if a student were to bring the subject up, it should be an acceptable topic for classroom discussion.
sarah Palin is awesome. People can keep making up stupid sarah palin scandal but mccain / palin are going to be elected in the fall.
Even though rapes that lead to pregnancy are a very small, yet horrifying in any circumstance, are a small number, I think it just depends on some other factors as to whether or not the person may or may not carry that baby.
I think Roland Martin made an interesting observation during a discussion at the RNC about this very thing.
Way to go, heliotrope. Sock it to him, that’s what I say.
Seriously. Just to address the tangential issues…
1. ‘Macroevolution’ (which is what YECs like me have some problems with) has not yet been proven. Remember, to prove ‘macroevolution’ (as opposed to ‘microevolution’, which is simply natural selection at work and not something anyone serious doubts), you have to prove abiogenesis AND speciation caused by accumulation of NEW, USEFUL traits, as well as the NATURAL, RANDOM (or BY CHANCE), UNDIRECTED processes by which this can occur. The closest I’ve seen so far are
(a) The possibility of ‘creating’ something resembling life from fatty acids and other organic materials and
(b) Bacteria gaining the ability to metabolise something they ordinarily cannot, with no clear source of foreign genetiic material they could have incorporated into their own.
Which is a far cry from what is truly needed.
2. The pro-life platform is like this; we do not want to kill ‘innocent’ human life insofar as it can be prevented. We believe (for many Christians, at any rate, and no small number of others) that human life, like all life, begins at conception. And unless the unborn child is clearly threatening the life of the mother, then he/she is ‘innocent’.
As to the death penalty? Those who support it obviously believe that such a human is not ‘innocent’. I, for myself, say that if such a person is convicted beyond a shadow of a doubt (not reasonable doubt) for serial murder in his right mind, then the death penalty is indeed right.
As to war, are you kidding? Do you know how much restraint is on American soldiers through the ridiculous concept of ‘Rules of Engagement’? Accidents occur. People, even members of the armed forces, snap. There are bad eggs everywhere. Shit happens too – sometimes it is NOT avoidable/preventable. And guess what? There is a court martial, all sorts of investigations, a great deal of hassle withal.
Now, back to the real issue. What I like about Governor Sarah Palin as VP candidate? About the best choice McCain could have made for the country. Plus, everything else already said.
I was so bummed when I read about your move and realized you’d be incommunicado during all this goings-on over the Palin nomination!
I’m going to start out disputing with you: You say, “I am one voter with an opinion, and I doubt I will influence anyone.”
Yeah, right! It appears that a lot of people listen carefully to what you say. That’s because you’ve earned the respect of so many of us precisely because you have no fear of doing exactly what you’ve done here, express your own well-informed and wisely thought-through opinion, without regard to what the majority are saying.
We as a nation NEED people like you to make yourself heard. I’m only going to touch upon the subject of this thread right now, the part where it’s relevant to what I’m disputing with you:
What I’ve always liked about McCain is his willingness to stand for what he believes. He has promised us change we can live with (whether we believe in it or not), and by selecting another maverick, also with a track record of positive change (aside to Obama/Biden, and Pelosi: Bringing back the Democrats’ status quo to replace the Republicans’ status quo is not change), he has shown those of us who weren’t quite sure about him that he means what he says.
You are like that, a maverick, one who is different when being the same is not good (vs. just being different) and that’s what I’ve liked about you since I first happened across your blog. We need persons, not sheeple. We need leaders in thought and reason. Okay, so you’re not on the “national scene”. Even so, you have influence, and your influence is all the weightier because you’ve earned it, rather than bought it with campaign advertising.
And so when I heard about the Palin selection, I couldn’t wait to see what you were saying–and you weren’t here! Bummer!
I hope you’re getting settled in to your new home. I came here when I was already way too late to read everything (could have saved a lot of frustration by just not coming now), so I’ve only glanced at your personal update and don’t know the latest. More here and there when I’m able.
This thread seems to be winding down, but I’ll add my two-cents’ anyway. I was immediately impressed with Palin, and encouraged about McCain because of his choice. On Palin:
1. She appears to be on the side of issues I think correct.
2. She has a record of acts which are consistent with her expressed beliefs. To take your list:
* She is pro-life….
She and her husband elected/committed to continue the pregnancy and to raise and love the child, even knowing he was Down’s Syndrome. They took a course with their daughter that is pro-life, at a time, btw, that having their unmarried, underage daughter pregnant was VERY inconvenient.
* She opposes the use of government funds to kill the unborn.
* She opposes embryonic stem cell research.
* She believes marriage is defined as between only a man and a woman.
1 husband, 5 kids; not the other way around.
* She supports teaching Intelligent Design in government schools.
* She supports the constitutional right to bear arms.
She owns guns and uses them correctly (for useful purposes).
* She believes in a market-based approach to health care.
With personal experience in small business, she understands the value of a market-based economy. (This applies to her views on the economy, not only to healthcare.)
* She is pro-military and believes in strong national defense.
Her own son is in the military, and shipping to Iraq. She is CINC of the AK NG, and thus knows more about the military and its workings than Biden.
My impression is that she’s genuine, and everything I’ve seen since the announcement has supported that (and I’m too cynical–I’ve seen too much for too long–to be easily impressed.
Note to ben:
You show your ignorance big-time in your polemic-but-not-backed-with-evidence assertions.
You prove your ignorant willingness to say more than you know when you refer to the host of this blog as “he” (#23). Obviously, you’re neither a regular at this blog nor have you bothered to notice
http://lashawnbarber.com/about/ or LaShawn’s self-references.
But I guess it takes intellect like yours to be convinced by Obama.
LaShawn
Thank you for your blogging. Your views are refreshing. What do you think of the recent Obama campaign attacks that refer to Jesus as a community organizer and Pontius Pilate as a governor in reference to Palin and Obama?
What do I like about Sarah Palin:
She’s the new face of Republicanism. She flies in the face of the left’s stereotypes about us, that we’re all old white men who think women should stay home and cook dinner for their husbands.
She’s tougher than Obama and Biden added together and multiplied by five.
She’s smart, attractive, and extremely well-spoken, she represents our party and our gender better than any conservative woman–or any female politician–I’ve ever seen.
She has men and women both hanging on her every word. Talk about a bully pulpit!
I like Sarah Palin because she represents the bright future of conservatism in America.
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