Does Sarah Palin Draw you to Mccain, or away.

**Carôusoul** · 08-31-2008 07:36 PM

I think you have a bad choice here.

Heres why:

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Palin is a prominent member of Feminists for Life.[84] However, Palin has said she is in favor of the death penalty.[85]

Palin opposes same-sex marriage[21] and supported a non-binding referendum for a constitutional amendment to deny state health benefits to same-sex couples.[86] Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage.[21]

In a televised debate, Palin supported allowing both creationism and evolution in public schools.

She does not support re-legalizing of marijuana

She does not believe that global warming is man-made.[30] She opposed listing of the polar bear as an endangered species,[89] and supported a controversial predator-control program involving aerial hunting of wolves.[90]

Palin is a life member of the National Rifle Association, and is popular among gun rights activists.

Also:

Sarah Palin graduated from a community college in Idaho with a degree in communications-journalism. She worked briefly as a sports reporter for local television before becoming mayor of a town with a population of at the time under 5000. After leaving the town with a debt of $20 million, she became governor of Alaska, the state with the second-smallest population, for just 2 years before being announced as John McCain's running mate.

Barack Obama graduated from Columbia University with a degree in political science. After four years in New York City working at the Business International Corporation and the New York Public Interest Research Group, he moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer for three years as director of the Developing Communities Project. He then entered Harvard Law School where he became the first black president of the Law Review. Obama graduated magna cum laude three years later. He went on to teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago for twelve years, while also working at a law firm. In 1996 he was elected to the Illinois Senate, and later was nominated for US Senate. He was sworn in as senator in 2005, and announced his candidacy for president in early 2007. He has written 2 books.

**[SomeGuy]** · 08-31-2008 07:57 PM

Away

**nitsuJ** · 08-31-2008 09:08 PM

Originally Posted by Omicron

I think you have a bad choice here.

Heres why:

Yeah, she seems to contradict herself in things she does. She also likes posing for fashion magazines. I'd think I'd be more worried about my political career than showing off some boots made out of bunny rabbits to Vogue.

**tkdyo** · 09-01-2008 01:12 AM

Im going to write Ron Paul on mine and turn it in, both the candidates are stupid and Im not letting the parties tell me who I can vote for.

**Never** · 09-01-2008 02:07 AM

Yes Ron Paul or no one. It is probably rigged anyway.

**Oneironaut Zero** · 09-01-2008 02:32 AM

Away.

The only reason(s) he picked her is because of Obama's powerhouse pick of Joe Biden. McCain knew he had to do something to shake things up a bit, so he picked a woman to sway some of the Hillary supporters that feel let down that Obama didn't pick her as a running mate. He also contradicted his own claims against Obama's inexperience, by picking someone even more inexperienced than Obama to be VP. With McCain being 70+, and being no stranger to health problems, that was definitely not an "America's Best Interest" decision.

He does benefit from her having a background of standing up for corruption, though, and I hear she's in the NRA, whereas McCain (if I'm getting my facts straight) has been somewhat tough on gun control.

I just feel that his pick was more to tip the scales in a popularity contest than for the (alleged) "good of the people."

**hapkidoman** · 09-01-2008 05:45 AM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Away.

The only reason(s) he picked her is because of Obama's powerhouse pick of Joe Biden. McCain knew he had to do something to shake things up a bit, so he picked a woman to sway some of the Hillary supporters that feel let down that Obama didn't pick her as a running mate. He also contradicted his own claims against Obama's inexperience, by picking someone even more inexperienced than Obama to be VP. With McCain being 70+, and being no stranger to health problems, that was definitely not an "America's Best Interest" decision.

He does benefit from her having a background of standing up for corruption, though, and I hear she's in the NRA, whereas McCain (if I'm getting my facts straight) has been somewhat tough on gun control.

I just feel that his pick was more to tip the scales in a popularity contest than for the (alleged) "good of the people."

I agree with you that it was a very obvious political move in terms of trying to sway the Hillary voters to his side. However, Hillary had 18,000,000 votes where as Biden had only 9,000. The number of Hillary supporters is amazing. If McCain can gain some of them then he may get the upper hand. Obama and McCain are at a dead heat. Obama should have picked someone (a.k.a. Hillary) other than Biden for obvious reasons of sheer number of people who voted for them. McCain definitely made a smart move. Whether anybody likes him or not, it was IMHO a great strategic decision.

Either way, this will be an historic election. Either we will have a black president or a woman vice president. It is very exciting times for a lot of people. Unfortunately, I think that a lot of people will not vote for Obama just because he's black (and vice versa) and they will vote fore McCain just because he has a woman VP (and vice versa). It should be about policy and experience not color or sex.

**aceofspades** · 09-06-2008 07:23 AM

Originally Posted by Oneironaut

Away.

The only reason(s) he picked her is because of Obama's powerhouse pick of Joe Biden. McCain knew he had to do something to shake things up a bit, so he picked a woman to sway some of the Hillary supporters that feel let down that Obama didn't pick her as a running mate. He also contradicted his own claims against Obama's inexperience, by picking someone even more inexperienced than Obama to be VP. With McCain being 70+, and being no stranger to health problems, that was definitely not an "America's Best Interest" decision.

He does benefit from her having a background of standing up for corruption, though, and I hear she's in the NRA, whereas McCain (if I'm getting my facts straight) has been somewhat tough on gun control.

I just feel that his pick was more to tip the scales in a popularity contest than for the (alleged) "good of the people."

standing up to corruption??? Shes being investigated along with 15 other Alaskan politicians.

But yah palin is a joke. Shes imposes her beliefs on anyone when shes no angel. So typical of conservatives...they believe in "small government" except for when it comes to our personal lives. I just can't believe all this gay bashing still goes on. Watever happened to the whole "America is the bringer freedom" thing when our own citizens do not have freedom.

**Pastulio_** · 09-06-2008 09:36 PM

*I don't really follow politics at all, so don't murder me if I'm ignorant*

I voted against, even though I'm not old enough to vote.

I kinda makes me sick how much my parents lick up anything the Republican party does, as if they can do absolutely no wrong. This isn't sports. As a voter, you shouldn't be voting because you "Want your party to win," you should vote for what's best for America. If McCain were to win, and die before his term was up, I sure as hell don't want this women to be head honcho of the country.

**Carôusoul** · 09-06-2008 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by Pastulio_

*I don't really follow politics at all, so don't murder me if I'm ignorant*

I voted against, even though I'm not old enough to vote.

I kinda makes me sick how much my parents lick up anything the Republican party does, as if they can do absolutely no wrong. This isn't sports. As a voter, you shouldn't be voting because you "Want your party to win," you should vote for what's best for America. If McCain were to win, and die before his term was up, I sure as hell don't want this women to be head honcho of the country.

Please, tell your parents that.

**aceofspades** · 09-06-2008 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Pastulio_

*I don't really follow politics at all, so don't murder me if I'm ignorant*

I voted against, even though I'm not old enough to vote.

I kinda makes me sick how much my parents lick up anything the Republican party does, as if they can do absolutely no wrong. This isn't sports. As a voter, you shouldn't be voting because you "Want your party to win," you should vote for what's best for America. If McCain were to win, and die before his term was up, I sure as hell don't want this women to be head honcho of the country.

Please tell our country that!