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[BarbaraGordon]

here's what I really thought:

She's got this cool evangelical middle-class charisma thing going on that people are clearly drawn to. But she's also got this newscaster perfect-hair over-rehearsed not-entirely-genuine thing going on.

She's like the love child of Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.

[myboynoah]

Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon

here's what I really thought:

She's got this cool evangelical middle-class charisma thing going on that people are clearly drawn to. But she's also got this newscaster perfect-hair over-rehearsed not-entirely-genuine thing going on.

She's like the love child of Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.

Why do you feel a need to insult Mitt?

[MikeWaters]

if she has the middle class thing down, then Obama is not going to be able to say "McCain and Palin doesn't understand the struggles of working class Americans."

I guess Obama does, if you consider being appointed the editor of Harvard law review "work".

[Ma'ake]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

if she has the middle class thing down, then Obama is not going to be able to say "McCain and Palin doesn't understand the struggles of working class Americans."

'cept she cut funding for teenage moms. That's not very understanding, IMO.

Wait... maybe there's a chance for redemption on this topic.

[FMCoug]

Originally Posted by Ma'ake

'cept she cut funding for teenage moms. That's not very understanding, IMO.

Wait... maybe there's a chance for redemption on this topic.

You keep bringing this up but this is a conservative vs. liberal distinction. You believe the government should be taking care of the teenage moms. She believes that's not the government's role. She'd prefer the working people keep more of their own money and lift themselves, rather than getting government handouts.

That's fine that you belive that ... but that's a political philosophy difference, nothing more.

[Ma'ake]

Originally Posted by FMCoug

You keep bringing this up but this is a conservative vs. liberal distinction. You believe the government should be taking care of the teenage moms. She believes that's not the government's role. She'd prefer the working people keep more of their own money and lift themselves, rather than getting government handouts.

Well... almost. Not only did she support the BTN before she was against it, after she stood up to those pork barrel big spenders in DC, she kept the money.

How is that congruent with people keeping more of their own money? How does vetoing funds for teenage mothers yet spending lots of money on other things amount to a defendable political priority? Not all those single mothers come from large & supportive families.

Alaska is notorious for getting much more federal money than it gives. Is this the new kind of low-tax-but-big-govt conservative?

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by myboynoah

Why do you feel a need to insult Mitt?

'Cause I heard he's Mormon. Mormons are weird!

Oh, and 'cause he uses too much hair gel.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by FMCoug

You keep bringing this up but this is a conservative vs. liberal distinction. You believe the government should be taking care of the teenage moms. She believes that's not the government's role. She'd prefer the working people keep more of their own money and lift themselves, rather than getting government handouts.

That's fine that you belive that ... but that's a political philosophy difference, nothing more.

No handouts? Hmmmm....

http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,700256207,00.html

[BarbaraGordon]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

She also threatened to fire the local librarian

GASP!!

OMG, this is war.

[BYU71]

Originally Posted by Cali Coug

Eventually the media will also note that Wasilla had a surplus when she became mayor. When she left, they were over $20 million in debt (having spent many millions on a sports complex that was built on land the city didn't clearly own, which is now entangled in litigation).

She also threatened to fire the local librarian (seriously) for refusing to censor library books. Palin later said her comments about book censorship to the librarian were "rhetorical."

When you are charismatic and give a good speech, your inexperience and bull crap you have done in the past really doesn't matter.

Sincerely,

Barak Obama