First the “feminist”:
On the surface, she appears to be a woman with political talent, but dig deeper and you wonder what is there to make McCain believe she would make a good president of the United States. Why her for the top political job in America?
I’ll let my next link answer that before I do:
For the sake of this argument, let’s pretend the attractive mother of five isn’t a woman, and let’s call her Sam.
Sam Palin has impeccable conservative credentials. He’s a reformer, he’s pro-life, he’s for small and effective government and he’s for drilling domestically, even if it’s in his own state. He supports capital punishment and opposes same-sex marriage. He shocked eco-activists looking to put polar bears on the endangered species list by revealing that in his state, the population has actually risen. He’s forceful with big oil companies, but, like McCain, wants to address climate change in serious ways.
Furthermore, he’s likable. He’s a family man. Sam hunts. Sam fishes. He plays with his kids, one of whom has Down syndrome.
And he was elected governor of Alaska as an antidote to government corruption and fiscal irresponsibility. He’s found creative ways to bring money to his state (he sold a private jet belonging to the state on eBay for $2.7 million), and made $237 million in budget cuts.
Though he’s only been governor for two years, he served as a mayor and city councilman since 1992. And of the three candidates on these national tickets - McCain, Barack Obama and Joe Biden - he’s the only one to actually have run anything. Sam’s been successful as a businessman, a mayor and a governor. He brings youth and an everyman appeal to the ticket, he softens McCain and he appeals to the conservative base.
While Mitt Romney, Eric Cantor and Tim Pawlenty would have made decent choices for McCain, Sam’s resume and qualifications make it difficult to imagine anyone else as well-suited to run with John McCain.
If Palin were in fact a man, the choice would have been obvious, quietly applauded and generally supported by right-leaning voters.
But Sarah has something the other three don’t - and it isn’t anatomical. She is a direct response to the false promises of the Obama campaign thus far. She is a direct response to the cloying pageantry of the Democratic National Convention. And she is a direct response to the empty platitudes of “hope and change,” an example of real hope and change for Americans, not because she’s a woman but because she’s a committed conservative.
Palin’s experience has been deemed an issue by the Obama campaign. Let me tell you, she sounds solid on every issue I’ve heard her on so far. She stopped the infamous bridge to nowhere (SAVING taxpayers $400 million), she fights for energy independence and drilling in ANWR (as well as conservation), made fiscally sound decisions and utilized the power of the veto. Her experience in an executive position is very credible.
I heard a pretty good argument on the Lars Larson show earlier today that reminded the public that Obama sits on a subcommittee and has YET to hold any meetings for said subcommittee. Essentially he’s been campaigning for president since he was elected into office.
Governors make more decisions in a week than a senator would. She’s got the executive background, the likeability, the conservative portfolio and most importantly she’s outside the Beltway. She brings “hope and change” we don’t have to ~believe in~…because you can see the substance with this candidate.
That being said, Governor Sarah Palin, I’d love to go shooting with you some day. There’s a shooting range in San Antonio that has a ladies night.
Did I mention, by the way, that she even took on the Bush Administration on the polar bear issue?
Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin is taking on the Bush administration’s eco-pandering decision to put polar bears on the threatened species list. Via Reuters comes news that Alaska will file suit to block the move. With staunch, sane, principled conservatives like Gov. Palin and Sen. James Inhofe taking a stand, there’s hope–however dwindling–for the GOP yet.
She took them on because the polar bear population actually increased in her state.
“We believe that the listing was unwarranted and that it’s unprecedented to list a currently healthy population based on uncertain climate models,” said Alaska Assistant Attorney General Steven Daugherty.
Even though Kempthorne enacted a rule aimed at precluding any new restrictions on oil and gas operations as a result of the listing, the Palin administration believes a wide variety of other development activities in Alaska would be hampered if the listing goes through, Daugherty said.
Any development or activity requiring federal permits or using federal funds would have to engage in a “consultation” process to ensure that polar bears are not harmed, he said.
That consultation, mandated by the Endangered Species Act, “is a long and time-consuming process,” he said. “It’s just, basically, a big time-and-money-waster.”
Palin: a Maverick I LIKE to see on the GOP side.
***NOTE: Palin disagreed with McCain’s view on this, he thought the polar bears should be listed. Proof still that the young maverick female can keep the ticket in check.
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