For all the people that support Palin...?

Question

Ok, I was watching the republican convention on the news and what a saw was Palin talking about the fact that she is a wife, a mother, a woman, member of the NRA. But I still don't quite understand what it is exactly that she plans on doing for our country? Don't get me wrong, women should have every right that men have without a doubt, but she should not be elected for the job based SOLELY on the fact that she is a woman. If you ask me it looks like McCain picked her because he is trying overshadow his plans with a "look at me I'm a woman!" WHich makes me wonder, what is he hiding?

Answer 1

although you've been trained to do otherwise by the "other guy"...you must do your due dilligence and look BEYOND the words and dig out the substance behind each candidate...

if I were hiring an employee, I would not put much stock in "what seems" or "what feels" or the "as ifs"...

Answer 2

Do alittle research on Palin before you say she is against earmarks .

One of John McCain's main selling points as a government reformer is that the Arizona Senator sure hates him some earmarks. He hates them so much that he's been willing to call them out by name. As a Senator, McCain's published "pork lists" full up with government spending he's deemed wasteful. On the stump he has promised much more of the same, vowing to make Congress' major pork players "famous."

That brings us, again, to Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Long before McCain focused the national spotlight on Palin as his Veep pick, he was making her famous as a dedicated feeder at the pork barrel trough. As the Chicago Tribune details:

In 2001, McCain's list of spending that had been approved without the normal budget scrutiny included a $500,000 earmark for a public transportation project in Wasilla. The Arizona senator targeted $1 million in a 2002 spending bill for an emergency communications center in town -- one that local law enforcement has said is redundant and creates confusion.

McCain also criticized $450,000 set aside for an agricultural processing facility in Wasilla that was requested during Palin's tenure as mayor and cleared Congress soon after she left office in 2002. The funding was provided to help direct locally grown produce to schools, prisons and other government institutions, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a nonpartisan watchdog group.

McCain's surrogates contend that Palin had no other choice but to seek funding through Federal earmarks. McCain spokesman Taylor Griffin told the Trib that Palin said she was "disgusted" at the fact that "small towns like hers were dependent on earmarks." But the records actually show that "Wasilla had received few if any earmarks before Palin became mayor."

As for fighting coruption, she is under investigation for her own possible abuses of power as Governor.  And not to mention :

The Washington Independent reported on Monday that another Sarah Palin firing scandal had been overlooked:

Early in her tenure as mayor, the city council threatened to recall her over accusations that she fired the city's police chief, Irl Stambaugh, and the library director, Mary Ellen Emmons, without warning. She accused them in a letter saying: "I do not feel I have your full support in my efforts to govern the city of Wasilla. Therefore I intend to terminate your employment ..." (The Anchorage Daily News, via nexis)

Ultimately, Palin let the library director have her job back; though Stambaugh's position was not returned. The police chief took the matter to court, where a judge sided with Palin, saying city law allows the mayor to fire the police chief without cause.

ABC News today gives more information on this scandal. The police chief says he was fired because her campaign contributors, including bars and the NRA, didn't like his work:

After taking over as Mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Palin fired the longtime local police chief. The former police chief, Irl Stambaugh says he was fired because he stepped on the toes of Palin's campaign contributors, including bar owners and the National Rifle Association.

Stambaugh's lawyer, William Jermain, says the chief tried to move up the closing hours of local bars from 5 a.m. to two a.m. after a spurt of drunk driving accidents and arrests.

"His crackdown on that practice by the bars was not appreciated by her and that was one reason she terminated Irl," said Jermain.

Answer 3

Her objective and speech of last night was merely to introduce herself, not her political agenda.  She did a fine job of that.  Perhaps we'll hear more about party platform and direction in McCain's speech tonight.  I certainly hope so!

Answer 4

Good point.  It would have been nice to hear just what direction she and McCain plan to take American in.  So far we know they don't like democrats....and that's about it.  This is a very important election and I'd like to hear more on the issues.  Hopefully McCain will have some in his speech tonight.

Answer 5

This was the opening speech there will be others and she will talk about everything she will be doing.  

Answer 6

It's not only because she's a woman,

it's also because she's an evangelical christian.

she's anti-abortion (even in the case of rape/incest)

hate's g*y people

wants to teach creationism in public schools

and is against s*x education

there are a whole lot of bible thumpers that resonate with these bronze age values because it says so in their ancient book.

Answer 7

She talked about her energy plan, experience with budgets and John McCain's experience as a leader.

Answer 8

The convention is not over.

The Vice President really doesn't set policy or anything.  Its the Presidential Candidate that sets that.  What you are referring about is what McCain will speak about tonight.

Its the same for Biden, Obama sets the policies that Biden will tout.

Answer 9

He needed somebody to divert the attention from him and that worked

at the expense of Palin's teenage pregnant daughter.

Answer 10

She would like to replicate for the US what she has done in Alaska, i.e., reduce corruption, reduce taxes, eliminate "earmarks," ...  Why don't you check her record and see why she has an 80+% approval rating as governor of Alaska?

http://gov.state.ak.us/bio.php

Answer 11

Yeah, she's nothing real special.  It just seemed like she was playing  up her gimmick of being a regular, everyday, hockey mom.

Answer 12

She is not being elected as President.  She is being elected to the job of VP.  That is a job with a really short job description.  "Cast a vote in the Senate when there is a tie." which of course happens once very 50 years or so.  Not much to do.

She did her unofficial duty, and that is to be the tough one during the campaign process.  She excelled.  

Answer 13

She palns on cleaning up DC, has an energy plan, knows about conservation, and cut taxes, balaance the budget

Answer 14

Look, what don't you understand about "acceptance speech." Issues and plans will be discussed in the debates in the coming months. Obama had no substance to his speech. He didn't outline how he was going to pay for his government healthcare plan. He gave a "feel good" speech about change...but didn't really explain anything. Both sides will have a lot of time to explain what they are going to do if elected.

This was America's first real look at Sarah Palin. It was her chance to get up and show people who she is. She did that. Now she will have to start telling us her plans. We know who Obama is, but I still haven't heard a realistic plan for his healthcare idea or for how he will end the war...or for how he will fix the economy.

You want answers, go to McCain, not Palin. McCain is running for president and Palin is backing him as his VP. McCain has already explained his plans pretty thouroughly, and has already been working towards his goals in Washington.