Why I am angry about Palin -

[tedhowe]

There may be some blacks voting party lines, but many are not. In my area, I have heard way too many say "we are going to paint the white house black" or "I'm voting for the brutha"

Very sad, imo.

"some blacks" voting party lines...

This has to be one of the biggest instances of intellectual dishonesty I've seen here in a while.

You are presented with the statistics that blacks have voted for the old white guys that have been the Democratic nominee for decades, and you ignore that and use overheard conversations to demean the decision of blacks to vote for Obama.

The types of sayings you are quoting are not anything to be concerned or outraged about.

I just watched "12 Angry Men" again a couple of weeks ago... and I am reminded that in the case someone saying "I'm gonna kill him" in a fit of emotion was used by the prosecution as a motive for a suspected killer. Something that many people say every day.

 

[xoprincessmomxo]

There may be some blacks voting party lines, but many are not. In my area, I have heard way too many say "we are going to paint the white house black" or "I'm voting for the brutha"

Very sad, imo.

I also believe that the socio-economic factor plays in there as well, as those in the lower income level will fare far better with Obama's plans than McCains. But, oh yeah, let's not give them any credit except that they must be voting on skin color, right? Not the issues.

Good for them to be proud that race relations have improven to the point that an African American might very likely be our next president! That is something for all of us to be proud of.

 

[kpm76]

Is anyone else shaking their head after watching these interviews this week with Katie Couric? I'm angry and I will tell you why. Sarah Palin comes off as arrogant and I cannot figure out the reason. She cannot answer the questions asked of her, yet she has this attitude that she is above these interviews.

I am a Democrat; I will admit that. However, I acknowledge that there are many qualified Republicans out there. I may not agree with thier politics but that does not negate the fact that they are qualified. I think McCain is qualified. Not my choice by a long shot but I think he can do the job as POTUS. Sarah Palin is NOT qualified and she has demonstrated this over the last several weeks. How can intelligent people continue to defend her???

 

[yeartolate]

There may be many Blacks that vote for Obama only because he is black. (they would vote Dem anyway)

There are probably more people who won't vote for Obama only because he is black.

 

[Buckalew11]

Most of your presidents and vice presidents have believed that since they were and are mostly Christian, Catholic, Baptist, etc.

 

[jodifla]

I do not like Sarah Palin because I believe she is a clueless twit. She has just shown time and time again that every time they let her out to do an interview that she can't answer a single question--and when she does, her answers are utter stupidity.

I mean, really...she has foreign policy experience because Russia is next to Alaska? Give me a break.

You know it's bad when the SNL spoof uses most of her actual quote because it was so bad that they didn't need to do a thing to make it funnier.

I'm also tired of the excuses being made every time her interviews go wrong. Stop blaming the mean, nasty media whenever she screws up and just deal with the fact that she can't answer the question.

I'm also tired of her attitude that because she's from a small town that everyone who's not is some elitist snob. Give me a break. I was born in NYC and I'm just as good an American as she is.

She's ridiculous. The only time I want to see her in the White House is if she's taking the tour.

Great post!!! Thank you.

There are only two requirements for VP: Be able to break ties in the Senate and be able to step in immediately to the presidency.

She's barely qualified for the 1st one, much less the second.

 

[LanaJayne]

Ah I'll have to go find this interview on you tube. I never catch the news on television--only the internet.

How in the world could someone never come into contact with a person who disagreed with their stance about abortion though?

ETA: I looked at the transcript and it seemed like she was saying that she's never met anyone who didn't agree that "there should be fewer abortions." Now I can believe she's never met a person who disagreed with that, because even very strong pro-choice advocates would rather women didn't have unwanted pregnancies in the first place than have to go through an abortion. But Palin said that in regards to using the morning after pill--she thinks that not allowing a fertilized egg to implant is an abortion and is something that should happen less often. Now on that point it is hard to believe that she's never met anyone who disagrees with her. Plenty of women have used IUDs with the thought that they may work by prevent a fertilized egg from implanting and it doesn't bother them in the slightest. If she's never met an IUD user before, she really needs to get out more!

As for the interview, though, I guess Couric only has so much time. But I find it frustrating that Palin keeps saying "well this is just my personal view." Umm, who gives a rats behind about your personal view--I want to know what you, as a potential president of the U.S. with the power to impose your personal view on the rest of us are going to do. She mentions her one gay friend (man if I were the gay friend someone like that mentioned in an interview to prove she doesn't hate gay people, it'd be the last time I ever spoke to her). Well whoopied do you've got a gay friend. Who cares? The question is, do you think your gay friend (and all the rest of us) actually deserve the same legal protections for their families as you have for yours, to which the answer is (so far as I can tell for both Palin and McCain) is a resounding NO? I wish Couric would have followed up and said, "Well how can you tell me a little about what you mean by 'a friend'? Because in my experience, using the law to restrict the legal protections available to people's families based solely on the gender makeup of a couple is something you do to your friends--can you elaborate?"

This is a link to her Alaskan debate:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1-B-OyQ-KI

Watch the whole debate, but especially at about 6:46 on the video where Palin's opponent, Knowles, disagrees with Palin's stance on abortion. When he talks about his daughters, I completely agreed with him. Palin is sitting at the table as he is talking, so she must have heard his opinion. How can she think that the government should have such control over a woman's body. She is so far to the conservative right, I can't imagine her in the White House.

 

[legalsea]

Yesterday Governor Palin was on the Sean Hannity (sic?) radio show. Of course, Hannity gave her true marshmellow questions: "Obama wants to cut back the military budget by billions and purposely put soldiers at risk of death. Don't you think that is just awful of Obama?" (not an exact quote, but, unfortunately, pretty darn close). Of course, Governor Palin agreed it was horrible.

What I found interesting, however, was when Governor Palin said that she was looking forward to the debate so that "I can talk directly to the American people without being censored by the press" (again, from memory, but close).

I was driving home thinking "How can you be censored by the press if you never talk to the press?" I still have no idea why she used the word censor. I do keep reading articles about how frustrated the press is that she will not answer sua sponte questions.

 

[JenM]

Great post!!! Thank you.

There are only two requirements for VP: Be able to break ties in the Senate and be able to step in immediately to the presidency.

She's barely qualified for the 1st one, much less the second.

Thank you.

Btw, according to Stephen Colbert, being VP has two requirements: breaking ties in the Senate and shooting old men in the face.

 

[disneyjunkie]

There may be some blacks voting party lines, but many are not. In my area, I have heard way too many say "we are going to paint the white house black" or "I'm voting for the brutha"

Very sad, imo.

Why not strike up a conversation with the people you hear saying something like that? During the conversations ask them how many times they have voted for a republican.

I guarantee most will say never. Why would anyone expect this election to be any different?

 

[yeartolate]

Why not strike up a conversation with the people you hear saying something like that? During the conversations ask them how many times they have voted for a republican.

I guarantee most will say never. Why would anyone expect this election to be any different?

I will say there might be one difference. I do believe many of these individuals wouldn't have voted Republican anyway.....but the difference may be that Obama may have inspired them to actually get out and vote. Does that make sense?

 

[disneyjunkie]

I will say there might be one difference. I do believe many of these individuals wouldn't have voted Republican anyway.....but the difference may be that Obama may have inspired them to actually get out and vote. Does that make sense?

Yes, it does

I know several people who haven't voted years but will this year.

 

[Minnie Lor]

Great post!!! Thank you.

There are only two requirements for VP: Be able to break ties in the Senate and be able to step in immediately to the presidency.

She's barely qualified for the 1st one, much less the second.

Why is she not qualified? Because she's not a slick talker? Because she doesn't feed you a rehearsed line?

I'm not saying that she is qualified. I'm just trying to understand why she's not fit to be VP but Obama IS fit for PRESIDENT? What additional expereince did Bill Clinton have that she doesn't have? (please don't bash ~ just really trying to get a grasp on this)

As I've said before, I don't really have confidence in any of them. I'm a republican so I'll go with the candidate that supports my conservative values. McCain is too liberal in my opinion.

 

[castleview]

I am concerned about her unwillingness to cooperate with "troopergate".

At first I was too, then I saw the guy interviewed where he admitted tasering his 11 yr. old step son. Not concerned anymore.

 

[Goofyluver]

Why is she not qualified? Because she's not a slick talker? Because she doesn't feed you a rehearsed line?

I'm not saying that she is qualified. I'm just trying to understand why she's not fit to be VP but Obama IS fit for PRESIDENT? What additional expereince did Bill Clinton have that she doesn't have? (please don't bash ~ just really trying to get a grasp on this)

As I've said before, I don't really have confidence in any of them. I'm a republican so I'll go with the candidate that supports my conservative values. McCain is too liberal in my opinion.

She can't deliver on basic knowledge questions. I'm in no way saying that she is not a smart woman. She is. She just doesn't have the knowledge and experience necessary for the task at hand. It's not about "rehearsed lines." It's about her basic knowledge in regards to the task at hand.

Bill Clinton did not have a lot of foreign policy experience. He had more knowledge on domestic policies and economics. When put on the spot, he could come up with the answers. (Really...Bill is quite the schmoozer)

Sarah has been put on the spot...and can't come up with the answers. Not because she's unintelligent, but because she lacks the knowledge and experience necessary for the job.

 

[yeartolate]

At first I was too, then I saw the guy interviewed where he admitted tasering his 11 yr. old step son. Not concerned anymore.

I do not defend what he did. But if she did abuse her power, it is central to her ability to govern ethically. I see no reason for it not to be investigated and then have the issue be set to rest.

We do not need any more politicians that are above the law.