I'm not sure she could run a ball point pen??
There is just something about her that I don't like...I'm sure we have all met people like that...Not saying she is a bad person or anything just I can't stand her!
Run America? Yes.
Straight off a cliff.
Yep, right into the abyss of compassion and logic. (Republicans shuddering at the thought)
she's a loose cannon from some time warp lost in the universe.
so what you are saying is that she WOULD be a good leader if we were at war with the Martians??
I like her because she's not so much a politician as she is a regular person. Of course that has changed somewhat since she was thrust into the national public spotlight with her vice presidential bid.
Yes I think she could run the country, but really how many of us couldn't do so? I'm not saying it isn't a hard job, but it also is one that no one does alone.
What I don't like about Palin was her resignation from her position as the Alaskan Governor. I understand why she did it, but to me that's an indication that she isn't presidential material.
She nor anyone else is supposed to "run" America by themselves.
That's why we have Congress and other governing Offices too.
(Or we did, until recently...."Congress" stinks so much it should be called something else...)
But yes she could "run" American as good as anyone else.
I like her down-to-earth approach and style, her decency, her honest way of speaking and thinking; even her emotions, because it takes both mental and emotional health to be a good leader.
The one thing I don't like is that, IMO, she's too soft on certain issues.
she thinks it's ok to shoot wolves from helicopters
she thinks polar bears should not enjoy protected wildlife status
she wants to drill in pristine wldlife preserves
she has a dead grizzly in her office
she has a shrill voice
she is arrogant
shall i go on?
No. I can't get past the "I can see Russia from Alaska."
she's a fake, walked out on her job. not the greatest job qualifications..
but I love tina fey's sarah!
This makes for some good reading as to the ability Sarah Palin may have to be anything let alone Pesident.
http://www.thepoliticalhub.com/list/19.aspx
Here are a few things in the piece:
When Palin took over as mayor, Wasilla had zero debt; when she left office 6 years later it had $20 million in debt ($3000 per resident). [8]
She put higher priority on a $15 million sports complex rather than a sewage treatment plant. The sports complex is now viewed as a budget-busting white elephant by local officials. [1] [74]
She proceeded with construction on the sports complex without closing on the land, ultimately costing the city $1.5 million. [24]
She was forced to hire a fulltime administrator as she faced a recall vote for precipitous firings. [1]
As Governor, she provided little guidance and direction to the Legislature on budgets. [2]
The Alaska budget is growing at a rate of 10% per year and the $1,200 payouts due to Alaskans in September are not consistent with restraining government growth. [4]
She allocated $500 million subsidy for a gas pipeline project awarded to a Canadian company, TransCanada, rather than negotiate with an existing private venture to save money. [23]
Palin was the first mayor of Wasilla with a full-time city administrator who did most of the actual, real work. [59]
Palin ignored Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich's attempts to have the state deliver promised money needed to operate city traffic lights until he threatened to go public out of anger. [57]
"Executive abilities? She doesn't have any," according to Nick Carney. Carney groomed Palin for her first political race in 1992 and served with her on the City Council. [74]
A long time borough official said, "The borough takes care of most of the planning, the fire, the ambulance, collecting the property taxes. And on top of that she brought in a city manager to actually run the city day to day." [74]
Palin refused to share an emergency dispatch operation with Palmer, Wasilla's town rival, so she got earmark money for her own system. "Now we have 2 expensive emergency systems and both are losing money", according to a borough official. [74]
Carly Fiorina, one of McCain's key economic surrogates, said that Sarah Pailn does not have the experience necessay to run a major company. [90]
Fiorina has no business even commenting. She ran Hewlett Packard into the ground before the board finally ousted her for gross mismanagement.
She couldn't run a lemonade stand!
True. (I love it when we can start out from a position of agreement.) But Fiorina's got 1000 times the ability of Sarah Palin who the post was about. Fiorina is just a greedy conservative wingnut, where Sarah is an ambitious evangelical kook out to impose her religious views on the USA in general.
You left out that she is as mad as a whistling kettle, and talks in tongues!
No, but I think she's very cool in a folksy sort of way!
I like her because she keeps so many comedians working.
Would I want her for President ? No. Do I like her , yes. And the reason being that she is more in touch with what it's like to be a real person with real people problems then any of the pundits or any Ivy league educated empty suit that we have in either party. Everybody is to easily impressed with the Ivy league pedigree and over the years we have seen how well that has worked out. Just because you have a higher education it does not make you smart.
I agree with you on higher education, but don't you think she should choose her words wisely, instead of shooting from the hip.
I don't like her shoes.
A vote for Palin is a vote for the faceless sock-puppet handlers who would have total control over their pretty little marionette.
Of course, she won't figure out that it only appears she is driving the boat...
toot toot! you betcha!
She still beats the hell out of Pelosi in looks and brains!
Palin has more guts than anybody else on this board. That's what I like. She didn't like how things were being done in Wasilla, ran for public office and rose to governor. She put action where her mouth is. Let's see anybody else here do that. What I don't like: Can't think of anything. I doubt she would make a good President. Maybe ambassador to somewhere.
she also resigned in disgrace. the guts she has used to belong to a happy moose who wasn't hurting anyone.
So Ron, are you anti-hunting?? She made her famous moose stew with the meat!
I like some things about Palin, but I do not want her for president!! The GOP needs to get on the ball with a moderate conservative candidate, but it looks as if they're going the opposite direction. I really like and respect Huckabee, but I wish he weren't so far right.
Somebody like former Nebraska senator Chuck Hagel?
I agree with you, habee, about Huckabee. I like him too. Again, more in common : )
As long as the moose had an equal shot in the contest, I would see hunting as fine sport. The hunter should only have one .22 cal bullet, and have to stay in the field until she or the moose is dead.
That, would be sport.
Or, she could challenge the moose to an intellectual contest of some sort. The odds would be close to even, with a slight edge going to the moose.
Then in all fairness we should give beef steer the same opportunity.
I've never heard of steer hunting, but if there is such a thing- sure, let's go for it.
P.S. Palin would still be at a disadvantage.
The best person for the job as President doesn't want the job and so refuses to step forward. However, I think Hubbers should nominate their own Presidential candidate. Let me start: I nominate Q.
For Vice President I nominate Sab Oh. Actually, they could trade off every other day. It would still be better than what's in office at present.
I would nominate Chuck Norris but in all honesty if Chuck Norris wanted to be President he would be. No need of elections...
LOL in case you never heard a chuck norris joke.
It's funny - I formed my opinion of Sarah Palin during the presidential campaign and haven't much thought about it since then. I've seen her in the news lately and have just assumed I feel the same way - which was that she scared me. In a way her real life manner was refreshing, and I couldn't say exactly why I didn't like about her - but she was just a little bit too "fundamentalist" on issues to suit my taste. I was afraid of how she might change the face of our country if she ever got into the White House. Now I have to laugh - I can't imagine anything scarier than how Obama IS, as we speak, changing the face of our country. I did vote for the McCain/Palin ticket, though - even though I'm a democrat - I guess in the end my gut told me that being scared of a vice president was not going to be as bad as being scared of a president - and now I see that I was right.
I love her pretty little head...
I don't like what's inside it
I like most everything about her and would vote for her. I like that she came from middle-class America and managed to work her way up (and did it the hard way) to be governor of Alaska without a rich or well-connected husband or parents, which to me, shows she's no dummy like some people like to say. I like that she's married to her first sweetheart, remains happily married, and has a beautiful family. I think she has a streak of libertarianism (favoring a small government) in her, which I like. I like the fact that she served in government for nearly 20 years and remained, up until the time of her best-selling book, not rich, which to me, shows that she's been an honest politician. I like that she's down-to-earth, frugal and warm. I like that she didn't stammer and sputter (like Obama did) when the teleprompter failed her during her RNC convention speech, but delivered the speech more or less smoothly until the very end. I like that she still doesn't require teleprompters for her speeches. I like and share similar values with her on many of the issues. The list goes on.
don't forget that she can kill and skin a bear with her very own hands!
Extremists Mark Chryson and Steve Stoll helped launch Palin's political career in Alaska, and in return had influence over policy. "Her door was open," says Chryson -- and still is,
I agree with you. Just because we haven't seen anyone helping her and influencing her behind the scenes doesn't mean there isn't anyone. I guess that's part of my fear of her - she may appear to be on the moderate side but with her as president I would be afraid that the right extremists would see their way in. Even though it's on the opposite side, look at the difference between what Obama SAID and APPEARED in the campaign, compared to what he is DOING now. Transparent government? Yeah, right.....
It's true - all of these things are likeable about her - but I still don't want her as my president.
Interesting how the mere mention of her name seems to give the green light to rank misogyny from otherwise 'PC' liberals and strikes those who might otherwise consider themselves advocates of womens' interests utterly dumb.
Let me help you out with the word "misogyny" it is a another word meaning "hate".
Misogyny is hatred (or contempt) of women or girls. Misogyny comes from Greek misogunia from misoshatred) and gyne (woman). It is parallel to misandry - the hatred of men or boys. Misogyny is also comparable with (but not the same as) misanthropy which is the hatred of humanity in general. The prefix miso, meaning hatred or to hate applies in other words, such as misandrist and misogamy.
And what led you to believe that all that cutting and pasting was necessary?
It was the big Ivy League word you used, not an everyday word for us simple "PC" people, but I was impressed you came back and basically called me stupid.
with respect
It's just a word, and I didn't call you stupid.
Misogyny is a big word that only Ivy League college graduates can use or understand?
Better not use something like philanthropic, might give you a headache, oops.
'Antidisestablishmentarianism' is a big word! But a bit tricky to work into conversation.
Strange, or maybe not, that you two are always on the same page.
I like her because she's not afraid to speak out about what she believes.
I like her because despite all the verbal and ethical attacks, she has come out strong with her head held high.
I like her for facing the challenge of a male-dominated career and not bowing down just to be politically correct.
I like her for her boldness and realness.
I don't care what the 'anti-Palin' people think, I believe the woman is smart and has a purpose.
I'm not really "anti-Palin", but I certainly don't think she has the knowledge and breadth of mind to be a good administrator of a country as vast and complex as this one.
I think she blows a lot of smoke in people's faces, covering up what she doesn't know.
Let's see
As the new Mayor of Wasilla, one of the first things she did was try censorship - and then fired the librarian who refused to go along with it.
She was elected as governor on a platform with two planks - 1) She's an evangelical Christian opposed to elective abortion and 2) she supported a tax increase on the Alaska oil companies which resulted in a bigger rebate check for each resident of Alaska. (That's right, Alaska residents get paid by the state for the explotation of oil resources.)
I don't think religious bias should have ANY bearing on any candidacy. At no time have I heard that candidate Palin on the national stage would be an economic populist, taxing the top bracket to finance projects that favor people in the bottom brackets. But she got elected by raiding the oil companies. Sheer political opportunism.
Her 'death panels' statement was an outright lie without a shread of truth anywhere.
Every interview she did in '08 showed her to be ignorant on basic political issues. She didn't have a clue what the role of the VP is when she was running with McCain .
Her environmental polices are a complete denial of the scientific consensus. NO surprise. Alaska has a one-product economy, and it's not fish. It's oil. She's going to keep pumping it and selling it even if the planet turns into a toaster oven because of it.
I have never seen a statement that suggests he respects the separation of church and state.
No, it wasn't. It was severely biased with no basis of fact.
How can it be well put when the very first paragraph (after "let's see") is a blatant lie?
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008 … palin.html
I respect your opinion, and please do not take this the wrong way, but as a response to you comment, or as a debate, about what you think and what I think. I think it is a good that people share each others idea's and thoughts.
Do you really think that she can be trusted. She talks to the American people as if we are children, Being governor of Alaska is a lot different then being the president, her idea's are so far right, she is nothing but a political racist. She says what she is programed to say by these anti goverment political parties and I believe her idea's and value will lead us down a path of distruction and the possiblity of civil war. If she had not quit as governor and finished out her term, I would respect her more, however she quit, and now it is all about the "money".
"she is nothing but a political racist"
A what now?
Obviously I disagree with you, but thanks for being respectful, Woolman
Anolinde said - "How can it be well put when the very first paragraph (after "let's see") is a blatant lie? "
The paragraph Anolinde objected to -
"As the new Mayor of Wasilla, one of the first things she did was try censorship - and then fired the librarian who refused to go along with it."
From the Boston Herald...
"WASILLA -- Back in 1996, when she first became mayor, Sarah Palin asked the city librarian if she would be all right with censoring library books should she be asked to do so.
According to news coverage at the time, the librarian said she would definitely not be all right with it. A few months later, the librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, got a letter from Palin telling her she was going to be fired. The censorship issue was not mentioned as a reason for the firing. The letter just said the new mayor felt Emmons didn’t fully support her and had to go..."
An article written in 1996 by the 'Frontiersman', the local paper described the Mayor Palin brought up censorship THREE separate times with the librarian who refused, the last time threatening Palin with a suit by the ACLU. Then the libratian was fired without cause.
The librarian WAS reinstated after a public outcry. NO books were removed. Sarah Palin never made a statement in support of freedom of the press even for ideas she disagrees with. That non-statement speaks volumes, considering the firestorm her actions caused as the new Mayor.
As a writer, I would say there is no obscenity that government is capable worse than censorship. Censorship is about the suppression of ideas - and there are ideas out there that Sarah Palin would limit your access to if she has the power.
Doug, you suggested that Palin tried censorship, but the fact is there is no evidence of that. Emmons might have felt that Palin was implying censorship, but that is totally Emmons' opinion, isn't it? The fact remains that no books have been banned nor any banning requests ever received and Emmons pretty much stayed on Palin's entire first term.
By the way, Emmons and the police chief Stambaugh had publicly supported Palin's opponent (Stein) during the election, so obviously, Emmons was never going to be supportive of Palin.
Also, Palin didn't just send a letter of resignation to Emmons. She sent it to a number of other department heads. It is my understanding that new leaders coming into office usually fire those who aren't loyal/supportive of him/her or his/her policies, so even if Palin HAD fired her right away, it should still be understandable (what's with Emmons being a Stein supporter and everything).
There is only one thing I would like to do with Sarah Palin!!!
Uh-oh, here come all the women's rights advocates to speak out against such blatant sexism!
...........................................
...um, they'll be here any minute...
............because they stand for women's interests...........and against the sexual objectification of women...................
..........................should be here soon to stand up for the sisterhood..........
........................................any time now...........
From a Canadian perspective, Sarah Palin embodies all that is American. But then, what do I know about Americans?
I was being facetious. Americans have to be the most publicized people in the world in the media. You can't not know what Americans are doing or saying on any given day.
I dont like Palin.. But its beyond dislike.
If you like intelligence - you cant help but question Palin's knowledge {its less than mine and I dont think I am qualified }
If you like Civility -> then you cant help but wonder the nature and the manner of her smirks and adhomeim attacks
If you like competent people in the administration -> then you cant help but ask - the population of wasilla { alaska} and then ask -> what price - news +paper? -> she really needs to know - before she talks.. { ooops - she talked about Russia ->}
4
cheers
Olga Lednichenko
ps: In MY case -> AFTER IF you -> I say YES - and HENCE - i DONT like Palin
QED
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