Thread: In defense of Sarah Palin

I really don't think it has gone that far south, Sarah Palin was chosen to appease the religious right base that weren't going for McCain because he was seen as a moderate. So the dicussio really does fit in with the topic.

I believe I outlined my reasons for voting for Obama in an earlier post, that is not to say I agree with him on all things, for one his stance or lack there of on gun control. I just agree with him more than I do McCain.

McCain lost me when he ran to the extreme right, his pick of Sarah Palin is proof of that. I also don't like his tone of fear mongering that Bush had ran on. The reality is the world is a relatively safe and good place, and it has nothing to do with the last 8 years of Bush or the previous 8 with Clinton neither.

McCain running on the Conservative line that government is bad, I also find very annoying, does the government make mistakes, sure it does, does private industry make mistakes, hell yes. This notion that the government can't be trusted with health care is silly. We trust government to protect us with the military, and police, they fight our fires, I don't see anyone wanting these to go to private industry. This thought that someones healthcare should be a profit center is absurd. Listen to the Nixon tapes with regards to Kaiser Permante . Nixon jokes that his Kaiser plan to make money is to limit access to health care.

I'm not for on demand abortions, what I am for is the persons right to make there own decision, even if it is wrong.

I neither align myself with the left nor right, I have very little use for extremist, be they christian, muslim, jew or any other. If I had to describe myself I would say I'm a social liberal and fiscal conservative. The Conservative party both at the administration level as well as the 6 out of the last 8 years in the house have demonstrated that they are far from fiscally conservative. My definition of fiscally conservative is spending money wisely, not just not spending money.

I too am impressed with the level of discussion, especially those I disagree with.