Sarah Palin - Thanks But No Thanks!

Sarah Palin Back at Work

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:33:00 +0000

Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service for Death Threats on Obama

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:30:00 +0000

Sarah Palin blamed by the US Secret Service over death threats against Barack Obama
By Tim Shipman in Washington
08 Nov 2008 - Telegraph

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.

Sarah Palin's attacks on Barack Obama's patriotism provoked a spike in death threats against the future president, Secret Service agents revealed during the final weeks of the campaign.
Palin's tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists Photo: Reuters

The Republican vice presidential candidate attracted criticism for accusing Mr Obama of "palling around with terrorists", citing his association with the sixties radical William Ayers.

The attacks provoked a near lynch mob atmosphere at her rallies, with supporters yelling "terrorist" and "kill him" until the McCain campaign ordered her to tone down the rhetoric.

But it has now emerged that her demagogic tone may have unintentionally encouraged white supremacists to go even further.

The Secret Service warned the Obama family in mid October that they had seen a dramatic increase in the number of threats against the Democratic candidate, coinciding with Mrs Palin's attacks...

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Sarah Palin Didn't Know Africa Was a Continent

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:12:00 +0000

Sarah Palin Shopping Spree Even Larger Than We Thought

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:05:00 +0000

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008
Sarah Palin Shopping Spree Even Larger Than We Thought

The election might be over, but the bills still have to be paid. Remember that $150,000 shopping spree for Sarah Palin that was being pinned on overzealous aides? According to Newsweek, the Palin clan may have spent more—and held more responsibility—than was originally let on. Here are some of their juicier accusations.

“Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus.”

“Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards.”

“One aide estimated that she spent ‘tens of thousands’ more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost.”

They also suggest that John McCain was kept from the truth, out of fears that it might enrage him. According to a Palin spokesperson, “nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin.” If they’re true, though—it would go a long way to explaining why the campaign wouldn’t let her speak last night. “Get thee to an igloo!”

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McCain votes....blue?

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 23:04:00 +0000

Rest In Peace Toots

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:04:00 +0000

Sarah Palin in Coal Country

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:36:00 +0000

Sarah Palin in Coal Country
Newsweek - By Suzanne Smalley (David Kohl / AP)

To hear Sarah Palin tell it, this race is far from over.

There's the theme song to the classic underdog film "Rudy" -about a pint-sized factory worker turned football player at Notre Dame whose faith leads him to save the team against all odds-that accompanies her onto the stage at most rallies. There's the joke in her stump speech that Tina Fey better hold onto "that Sarah outfit 'cause she's gonna need it." And at a rally last night in Batavia, Ohio, a working class town about 40 minutes east of downtown Cincinnati, there was the way Palin launched her speech, with congratulations for the Cincinnati Bengals for winning their first game of the season, before she promised, "There's gonna be another underdog win here Tuesday night!"

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Palin suggests Chronicle withheld Obama remarks

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 22:43:00 +0000

Palin suggests Chronicle withheld Obama remarks
Carla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer

(11-02) 20:33 PST -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in a campaign appearance Sunday, criticized comments about coal technology that Sen. Barack Obama made to The Chronicle editorial board in January, and suggested that the newspaper withheld the information from the public - even though the interview has been posted on the newspaper's Web site since it was given.

At a rally in Ohio, Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee, used the taped remarks to attack Obama's energy policy.

"Barack Obama explained his plan to The San Francisco Chronicle this year," she said. "And he said that, sure, if the industry wants to build coal-fired power plants, then they can go ahead and try, he says. But they can do it only in a way that will bankrupt the coal industry.

"You gotta listen to the tape," she continued. "Why is this audio tape just now surfacing?"

Voices in the crowd could be heard shouting, "Liberal media!"

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What if the presidential candidates exchanged places?

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 03:50:00 +0000

What if the presidential candidates exchanged places?

Think about it. Would the country's collective point of view be different?

Ponder the following:

What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three month old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?

What if Barack Obama had finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?

What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was divorced?

What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after she was severely disfigured in a car accident?

What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married?

What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to pain killers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?

What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)

What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?

What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashing seven planes?

What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem?

What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?

What if the Obamas had adopted a white child?

Educational Backgrounds:

Barack Obama:

Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.

Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude

Joseph Biden:

University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.

Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)

John McCain:

United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899

Sarah Palin:

Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester

North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study

University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism

Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester

University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in JournalismThis is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizespositive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.

If the tables were turned, do you think this election would be as close as it is now?

No Candy for Kids of Obama Supporters

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 02:58:00 +0000

Halloween

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:13:00 +0000

Obama: McCain just making 'stuff' up

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:24:00 +0000

Obama: McCain just making 'stuff' up
Agence France-Presse newsinfo.com
10/22/2008

MIAMI – White House frontrunner Barack Obama lashed his Republican rival John McCain on Tuesday, accusing him of just making "stuff" up as time runs out before election day in two weeks.

Obama unveiled a fierce counter-attack after McCain's camp accused him of embracing socialist tax policies and mocked Republican running mate Sarah Palin's implicit comment that liberals did not live in "real America."

The Democrat, riding high in national polls and battleground states, hammered McCain over the Republican's claims that he attacked "Joe the plumber," an Ohio voter who has become an emblem of the middle class tax debate.

"It was really amazing, he’s decided to fabricate this notion that I’ve been attacking Joe the plumber," Obama said, after noting he had watched a speech by McCain earlier in the day on television.

"I have got nothing but love for Joe the plumber" that's why I want to give him a tax cut, Obama said.

"John McCain is still out there, just saying this stuff, just making it up."

Pushing back at the "socialist" charge, Obama said it was tough to believe that his high power supporters like billionaire financier Warren Buffett and former Republican secretary of state Colin Powell would embrace such a person.

"Apparently Senator McCain’s decided that if he can’t beat our ideas, he’s just gonna make up some ideas and run against those," Obama said.

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New York Post Retraction Michelle Obama

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:47:00 +0000

New York Post Retraction
October 21, 2008

"THE source who told us last week about Michelle Obama getting lobster and caviar delivered to her room at the Waldorf-Astoria must have been under the influence of a mind-altering drug. She was not even staying at the Waldorf. We regret the mistake, and our former source is going to regret it, too. Bread and water would be too good for such disinformation."

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Palin says Obama's policies could lead to crises

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:22:00 +0000

Palin says Obama's policies could lead to crises
Associate Press
By SANDRA CHEREB – October 21, 2008

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Tuesday that Democrat Barack Obama's own foreign policy proposals could create crises that would test him as president.

The Alaska governor raised the idea of a "looming crisis" in response to Democratic rival Joe Biden's remark at weekend fundraisers that Obama would face a "generated crisis" within six months of becoming president because he would be tested by adversaries of the United States. On the campaign trail, Republican presidential candidate John McCain also was using Biden's remarks to question Obama's readiness.

"I guess we gotta say, 'Well, thanks for the warning, Joe,'" Palin said to cheers from about 2,500 supporters at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center. "But I guess the looming crisis ... is Joe Biden's next speaking engagement."

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Sarah Mania! Sarah Palin's Greatest Hits

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:17:00 +0000

Palin to Give Deposition Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 00:11:00 +0000

Palin to Give Deposition Friday
WSJ Blog - Susan Davis
October 21, 2008, 6:23 pm

Republican vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin will take a three-hour break from the campaign trail Friday to give a deposition on her role in the firing of an Alaska public safety official, the Associated Press reported today.

The Alaska Personnel Board is conducting the investigation, led by an independent counsel.

It will be the first deposition of the Alaska governor, but the second inquiry into the matter. The first investigation by the Alaska state legislature found that Palin abused her power in her efforts to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired.

Palin was not subpoenaed in the first probe, although her husband, Todd, gave an affidavit. Todd Palin is also expected to give a deposition Friday.

The Palins’ attorney told the AP that the couple will offer depositions Friday afternoon, outside of Alaska, but at an undisclosed site. Palin’s Friday schedule has not been released by the campaign.

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Palin Hits Obama For Stance On Pakistan She Recently Seemed To Support

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:04:00 +0000

Palin Hits Obama For Stance On Pakistan She Recently Seemed To Support
From CBS News' Scott Conroy
October 21st, 2008

(RENO, NEV.) - Shifting gears from the economy to foreign policy, Sarah Palin began her rally here with a series of scathing attacks, centered around Joe Biden’s recent comment at a fundraiser that a President Obama would face an international crisis within his first six months in office.

"Our opponent wants to sit down with the world’s worst dictators,” Palin said. “With no preconditions, he proposes to meet with a regime in Tehran that vows to 'wipe Israel off the map.'”

The Alaska governor criticized Obama for advocating cross-border attacks into Pakistan without that nation’s approval, disparaging him for suggesting that the U.S. should engage in “invading the sovereign territory of a troubled partner in the war against terrorism.”

But it was less than a month ago that Palin herself advocated invading the sovereignty of Pakistan, though she did not specify that the attacks would be without Pakistan’s approval.

“So we do cross-border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan, you think?” Temple University graduate student Michael Rovito asked Palin at a Philadelphia restaurant on Aug. 27.

“If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should,” Palin said.

When it was noted that Palin’s comments to Rovito seemed to echo Obama’s position on Pakistan while contradicting McCain’s, Palin accused the media of engaging in “gotcha journalism.”

But Palin has a different standard of what constitutes “gotcha journalism” when it comes to her opponents’ interactions with voters...

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SARAH PALIN'S PREGNANCY - What Do You Think?

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:29:00 +0000

Sarah Palin - Trig Remix

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:26:00 +0000

Just for fun...

Benito the Beluga Confronts Sarah Palin and Chevron

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:21:00 +0000

Sarah Palin Toxic Waste Dumped Billions of Gallons

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:20:00 +0000

Loathing Sarah Palin

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 01:50:00 +0000

Loathing Sarah Palin
The Two Months Hate of feminists.
Joseph Epstein - Weekly Standard
10/27/2008, Volume 014, Issue 07

The liberal women I know--and most of the women I seem to know are liberal--loathe Sarah Palin. They don't merely dislike her, the way one tends to dislike politicians whose views are not one's own, they actively detest her. When her name comes up--and it is they who tend to bring it up--their complexions take on a slightly purplish tinge, their eyes cross in rage. "Moron" is their most frequently used noun, though "idiot" comes up a fair number of times; "that woman" is yet another choice. A wide variety of adjectives, differing only slightly in their violence, usually precede these epithets.

Liberal men don't show the same fervent distaste for Governor Palin. They are more likely to say she doesn't come close to being qualified for the job of vice president and is frightening to contemplate as president. They might add that his choice of Sarah Palin is a serious sign of John McCain's flawed judgment, or of his political opportunism. The standard phrase "a heartbeat away" may come up. But then they let it go. They don't take Sarah Palin so personally, so passionately, as their liberal female counterparts do; the element of anger isn't there.

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Sarah Palin: Fiscal Conservative?

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 22:40:00 +0000

Chicago Tribune Editorial: Empathy for the Palin's

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:27:00 +0000

Empathy for the Palin's
ChicagoTribune.com
October 16, 2008

My 21-year-old son has Asperger's disorder (diagnosed, finally, in his senior year in high school) and has had serious behavioral and psychological issues as well. He endured merciless bullying from middle school forward. He is in his third year of pursuing an Associates degree and has struggled bravely and doggedly to master skills for his education and impending independence. I am enormously proud of him. Since he entered kindergarten, I have attended more school staffings, therapy sessions and psychological evaluations than I can count, and I have done so gladly, but it has been exhausting and at times heartbreaking.

For John McCain to claim that Sarah Palin knows better than anyone the challenges of special needs families is condescending, offensive and frightening. I have enormous empathy for the road ahead for Trig and his parents - both the challenges and rewards are real - but Trig is an infant and Sarah and Todd cannot have fully engaged with the school or health systems yet regarding his needs. Palin does not, cannot, understand the road that lies ahead for her personally, and she sets out on that road with a head start of privilege that most "special needs families" do not enjoy. If she really believes she has some "special" knowledge of the needs of families like mine, she is frighteningly naive. And McCain is shamelessly exploiting Trig to paint Palin as a patron saint of families of special needs kids.

For the first time, after tonight's debate, I truly believe that being a woman was not the only qualification the GOP considered in nominating Palin - the Rovian analysis of niche appeal revealed "special needs families" as a potential untapped microcosm ripe for the picking. How incredibly insulting and venal!

-Janet Takehara

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Sarah Palin - Choice?

noreply@blogger.com (Vote Issues, Not Gender!) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:39:00 +0000