Palin revs up Republicans for McCain

[SteveMcKay]

Palin revs up Republicans for McCain - Yahoo! News

ST. PAUL, Minn. - The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, energized delegates with a rousing speech. Searing, at times sarcastic, but always smiling, Palin used her speech Wednesday night to cast the White House as the logical place for a man of McCain's character......

She may just be the "next Ronald Reagan" for the Republican Party.

[xyzer]

I agree SteveMckay! Palin may very well help McCain. He is relatively colorless and she will add to the womans vote and suggest to the sane ones among us that Repubs too want "change". I hope the people are sick of the same old prehistoric slugs permeating the Senate and House. Cretins who do nothing but conduct oversight hearings , loaf, pay off their constituants with earmarks, posture and talk?

Obama come across as a great speaker who pontificates very little of anything, changes his mind when people question some of the high soundiing nonsense he spews? He is a vacuous bag of wind...bleating for general change. The Iraq war is about over and the economy growing OK(except for some minor housing problems) and yet he keeps telling us it isn't?
Palin at least is a doer rather than a windbag!

[Zeebadee]

Quote by: xyzer The Iraq war is about over and the economy growing OK(except for some minor housing problems) and yet he keeps telling us it isn't? Palin at least is a doer rather than a windbag!

What planet do you live on?? "Minor housing problems"??

"In 2007, more than 1% of all homes were in some stage of foreclosure. In 2006, only 0.58% faced foreclosure. This is an enormous increase in the foreclosure rate, and areas hit hardest by the crisis must seem to be turning into ghost towns. If not, at least the values of many properties have completely disappeared, if the residents have not yet moved out. Even worse than the nationwide number, Florida had more than 2% of households entering some stage of the foreclosure process in 2007, with 165,291 total properties entering foreclosure.

Some of the states with the highest foreclosure rates in the nation include California, Florida, Michigan, Colorado, Ohio, Georgia, Arizona, Illinois, and Indiana. This reflects much of our experience working with homeowners in danger of losing their homes, with nearly 25% of the visitors to this site coming from California and Florida, with the other states listed here contributing a significant portion of the total traffic. Ohio is also a notable state, in that one in every 56 households in Ohio entered some stage of foreclosure in 2007, an unbelievable rate.

Since late 2006, over 220 mortgage lenders have gone out of business, filed bankruptcy, or significantly reduced their lending policies due to fallout from the subprime mortgage crisis. Every day, new lenders are also shutting down lending divisions or significantly scaling back their exposure to the mortgage mess. A number of the largest banks in the country are doing whatever they can to minimize the risk, while other large banks are simply trying to keep afloat, after experiencing huge losses in the past year.

In December of 2007, foreclosure filings had jumped 97% from one year ago, indicating that the troubles for many of these banks may be just beginning. Not to mention the fact that many more homeowners are losing their homes now than even a year ago when there were serious worries about the foreclosure rates, homeowners are still experiencing their own personal financial collapse at an astonishing rate."
Recent Foreclosure Statistics Predict More Bad News to Come

Sure, hundreds of thousands of families losing their homes. "Minor housing problems". Spoken like a true bushbot.

[Deadeye]

I don't know if Palin will be the next Ron Reagan or not, but I'll tell you what she is.

She's the left's worst enemy. A strong successful women who is also a conservative mother of five, who takes a Downs baby to life and accept her 17 year old pregnant daughter. A women who is a life member of the NRA and who wants to do it on her own.

Yep, the left will hate her, and if she wins she will be a huge thorn in their sides. Let's see if the left can destroy Sarah. She's harder than most who they attack. Let's see if she can stand up to the hateful minions of the mean spirited left. If she can she will bloody their collective noses and I, for one, will cheer myself horse.

[Zeebadee]

Before Palin is nominated for sainthood, perhaps there are a few questions that should be asked. How about this letter? I don't know if anything in it is true, but I do think we should look into it a bit.

A Letter About Sarah Palin from Anne Kilkenny « Mudflats

[Jack]

Yep, the left will hate her, and if she wins she will be a huge thorn in their sides. Let's see if the left can destroy Sarah. She's harder than most who they attack. Let's see if she can stand up to the hateful minions of the mean spirited left. If she can she will bloody their collective noses and I, for one, will cheer myself horse.

This makes it seem like the right is as mean-spirited as the left is being made out to be. I'd prefer voters decide who would best lead the nation out of the mess handed them by Bush than vote based on what's going to irritate those with whom they disagree.

[Sweet Katie]

Quote by: stevemckay Palin revs up Republicans for McCain - Yahoo! News She may just be the "next Ronald Reagan" for the Republican Party.

I love, Love, LOVE Palin! As a woman, she is much more relatable to me than H. Clinton. I love her conservative views! Regarding her husband's DWI, that was 20 YEARS AGO! It wasn't as though she was sitting in Reverend Wright's church in 2008 . . . Twenty years ago, the dangers of drinking and driving were just beginning to reach Main Street, USA.

Regarding Palin's daughter's pregnancy, I tend to theorize that this trend (teenage pregnancy) has more to do with young people's disapproval of abortion than bad parenting. Bad parenting would be all the aborted babies that were forced on politicians' children that the public never found out about. Only a fool would think that Palin's daughter is the first politician's child to have had a teenage pregnancy. The rest were, undoubtedly, aborted. Image, image, image . . . I applaud Palin.

[jayola]

Why do you think that Mccain picked her? Cuz she is a patsy! Do you know that she supported a organization that wanted to make Alaska a separate country from the USA? Voting for her cuz she is a woman is just as bad as voting for obama cuz he is black. Our country is too messed up to right now to let your vote slip way to an unexperience person that can't lead the country.

[Sweet Katie]

[QUOTE=jayola;538602Do you know that she supported a organization that wanted to make Alaska a separate country from the USA?[/QUOTE]
Uh, no, I don't . . . Because it isn't factual! Don't drink the Kool Aid, my friend.

Alaskan Independence Party

[Deadeye]

Quote by: Sweet Katie I love, Love, LOVE Palin! As a woman, she is much more relatable to me than H. Clinton. I love her conservative views! Regarding her husband's DWI, that was 20 YEARS AGO! It wasn't as though she was sitting in Reverend Wright's church in 2008 . . . Twenty years ago, the dangers of drinking and driving were just beginning to reach Main Street, USA. Regarding Palin's daughter's pregnancy, I tend to theorize that this trend (teenage pregnancy) has more to do with young people's disapproval of abortion than bad parenting. Bad parenting would be all the aborted babies that were forced on politicians' children that the public never found out about. Only a fool would think that Palin's daughter is the first politician's child to have had a teenage pregnancy. The rest were, undoubtedly, aborted. Image, image, image . . . I applaud Palin.

Palin and McCain are populists. As some of us recall Reagan would call a press conference and talk directly to the public. Bush does't do this. Reagans press conferences drew him to us and his popularity soared.

McCain said that he'd do the same. I suspect that Palin would do this too, but the duties of the veep don't really require such personal contact. However, is she feels that contact with the public is needed she'll do it. I think the public will love these two people.

[Deadeye]

Quote by: Zeebadee Before Palin is nominated for sainthood, perhaps there are a few questions that should be asked. How about this letter? I don't know if anything in it is true, but I do think we should look into it a bit. A Letter About Sarah Palin from Anne Kilkenny « Mudflats

Have you figured it out yet that no one cares what this letter says?

We expect the liberals to slam Palin. All it does is to endear her to us even more. So keep it up, it just weakens your candidate.

[Deadeye]

Quote by: Sweet Katie Uh, no, I don't . . . Because it isn't factual! Don't drink the Kool Aid, my friend. Alaskan Independence Party

Well, when you think about it, the US government being run by liberals is so scewed up that one can't blame folks wanting to secede. Some in Texas want to too. You really can't blame them. I don't.

[Deadeye]

Quote by: jayola Why do you think that Mccain picked her? Cuz she is a patsy!

Take a pill. This lady is no patsy. She is Sarah Barracuda. The floor of the state house in Alaska is paved with old guard politicians who have crossed her.

Patsey indeed.

[SteveMcKay]

Quote by: jayola :....Do you know that she supported a organization that wanted to make Alaska a separate country from the USA?

As Katie pointed out that is BS.

However I am curious why, if true, you think that would make her new found supporters care one bit? Her "balls" to support that cause would make her more attractive as a candidate to me.

Of course I am tainted (even though I live in the lower 48 I contributed to the AIP years ago).

Deadeye is right. Cannot blame them at all... in fact I support them. Maybe they (who ever they are) will get the intent of what the founders meant.... Home Rule!

If Sarah supports the spirit of that then right on.

[Hmm]

Quote by: stevemckay However I am curious why, if true, you think that would make her new found supporters care one bit? Her "balls" to support that cause would make her more attractive as a candidate to me.

Hmm... well, let's see. The last time I remember the secession of a key US state to be viewed as a positive, applaudable thing was... oh, wait.

What is even more frightening is that this "ballsyness" would encourage you to vote for her. If Obama was "ballsy" enough to support the foundation of Muslim mosques in the US, would that make Obama a more attractive candidate to his supporters?

No, of course not.

[Sweet Katie]

Quote by: Deadeye Well, when you think about it, the US government being run by liberals is so scewed up that one can't blame folks wanting to secede. Some in Texas want to too. You really can't blame them. I don't.

You have a point here, my friend!

[Sweet Katie]

Quote by: Hmm Hmm... well, let's see. The last time I remember the secession of a key US state to be viewed as a positive, applaudable thing was... oh, wait. What is even more frightening is that this "ballsyness" would encourage you to vote for her. If Obama was "ballsy" enough to support the foundation of Muslim mosques in the US, would that make Obama a more attractive candidate to his supporters? No, of course not.

If Obama showed something that could be interrupted as "undeniably true", I would applaud it. Regarding religion, the guy recently turned his back on Reverend Wright and refuses to address religion until AFTER the election. What kind of avoidance tactic is THAT? After the election is he going to FINALLY show his true face?

[Deadeye]

Quote by: Hmm Hmm... well, let's see. The last time I remember the secession of a key US state to be viewed as a positive, applaudable thing was... oh, wait. What is even more frightening is that this "ballsyness" would encourage you to vote for her. If Obama was "ballsy" enough to support the foundation of Muslim mosques in the US, would that make Obama a more attractive candidate to his supporters? No, of course not.

The relative "ballsyness" of a president is an important part of his/her makeup.

Americans want a man/women sitting in that office who can be tough if need be. Just consider what happened when we had "pansies" in office. Conside Jimmy Carter's total inability to deal with the kidnappers, which lead to the rise of terrorism and terrorists. Just consider Clinton's inability to deal with the terrorists who bombed the USS Cole....this lead to the terrorists' confidence and eventually to 9/11.

No we cannot afford any new paper tigers olding fort in the Oval office. If the question is which would be tougher, Obama or McCain then the answer has to be McCain. I mean has Obama ever shown us his courage? eh?; any examples out there? As for the answer to the question considering who would be tougher Obama or Palin; well who led her team to the state championships, and won? It was Sarah Barracuda that's who.

Say, how many points would Sarah have to spot Obama in a little game of one on one? first to 16. Six, or so?

[Deadeye]

Quote by: Hmm Hmm... well, let's see. The last time I remember the secession of a key US state to be viewed as a positive, applaudable thing was... oh, wait.

Right O! To this day I can't decide which side I'd have fought upon. My family all fought for the Union. My gggreat Uncle died in Andersonville, so for family pride I tend to the North, but as for actually political considerations I tend to slip towards the gray.

As the King said, "It's a puzzlement".

[SteveMcKay]

Quote by: Hmm Hmm... well, let's see. The last time I remember the secession of a key US state to be viewed as a positive, applaudable thing was... oh, wait.

What is your point? Please stop with the cute half thoughts.... "oh, wait" thing. Say what you mean and finish your thought.

I'll say it. The confederacy. Yes they did have a right to succeed.

Was their slave ownership root justification morally right? Hell no! But did their states rights argument have merit... Hell yes. This was supposed to be a loose union of sovereign states. Not the federalist crap we have now. Why should the feds view on say... marijuana, have any bearing on how California determines medical pot use? That is the same issue.

If any state has a claim on the right to secession it is Alaska (oh and Texas).

What is even more frightening is that this "ballsyness" would encourage you to vote for her.

I am glad my free opinion frightens you. Yours is frightening to me also... now we are even.