[Vision2020] To Know Her Is To Respect Her

Sun Oct 26 07:49:19 PDT 2008

Being able to "connect to people" is not a quality worthy of "respect". . . . nor is being a sex object.

And that Palin/Biden thingy wasn't a debate. . . it was a debacle.  The moderator was totally unable to keep Palin from going off on her own tangent rather than keep to the issues presented to her.  That's because she can't form a thought and then put it into a sentence.

She has abused her power as Governor.  She went on a spending spree and left her town in debt when she was mayor.  And we could go on and on and on. . . . .

Oh, but let's give the little lady some respect. . . . why?  Because she has a nice ass?

Not in this lifetime, buddy.  

Ellen A. Roskovich
> Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:49:50 -0700> From: no.weatherman at gmail.com> To: vision2020 at moscow.com> Subject: [Vision2020] To Know Her Is To Respect Her> > To Know Her Is To Respect Her> The great Palin divide.> by Fred Barnes> > Lorne Michaels is the longtime executive producer of Saturday Night> Live. Sarah Palin appeared on SNL in mid-October, after which Michaels> noted, "Her politics aren't my politics." But that wasn't all he said.> "I think Palin will continue to be underestimated," Michaels told> EW.com. "I watched the way she connected with people, and you can see> that she's a very powerful, very disciplined, incredibly gracious> woman. This was her first time out and she's had a huge impact. People> connect to her."> > Randy Ruedrich, the Republican chairman in Alaska, is someone you> might suspect would be a friend and ally of Palin. He isn't. She> helped drive him off the state's Oil and Gas Conservation Commission,> criticized him publicly, and later tried to get him ousted as party> chairman. Ruedrich is part of the "body count" of male politicians> Palin left behind as she rose to become governor of Alaska. Yet> Ruedrich says Palin is smart, very capable, and a political star.> > Ruedrich isn't alone among Alaska politicians who take a cold-blooded> view of Palin. Another Republican who has followed her career closely> believes Palin has a ruthless streak. Yet this person, too, regards> Palin as a rare talent with the skill and self-confidence to be a> national political leader. And Palin's Alaska acquaintances were> certain, from the moment she became John McCain's vice presidential> running mate, that her acceptance speech would be a smashing success> and she'd have little trouble in her debate with Joe Biden. Turned out> they were right.> > But that didn't matter. The positive assessment of Palin by those who> know her or have worked with her has come close to being drowned out> by her critics, from the right and the left. Kathleen Parker, a> conservative columnist, wrote last week that McCain was seduced by> Palin's attractiveness into picking her as his running mate. The basis> for Parker's conclusion was a comment by her husband about Palin,> seconded by a friend ("I'm sexually attracted to her"), and a magazine> article. Palin doesn't recall ever having met Parker, much less been> interviewed by her.> > Peggy Noonan, the former White House speechwriter for President Reagan> who now writes for the Wall Street Journal, has run hot and cold on> Palin, mostly cold. What appears to be her final judgment is that> Palin's nomination for vice president is "no good, not for> conservatism and not for the country. And, yes, it's a mark against> John McCain." Palin and Noonan have never conversed either.> > David Brooks, the New York Times columnist, has rendered an even> harsher verdict, calling Palin "a fatal cancer to the Republican> party." So far as Palin knows, she's never met Brooks or been> interviewed by him.> > And then there's the view of Matthew Dowd, a top strategist for> President Bush's reelection campaign in 2004. He's been quoted as> saying that McCain actually knows now that Palin is unqualified to be> vice president. By choosing her, McCain "put the country at risk."> > The difference of opinion here, between those who know Palin and those> who don't, is unusual. The criticism of Palin is personal. Normally in> politics, campaign operatives are called on to make excuses for a dull> and uninspiring candidate. Invariably, they explain that in private,> especially face-to-face with a small group of voters, the candidate is> dazzlingly likable and enormously persuasive.> > With Palin, it's the opposite. No one questions her ability to excite> a crowd. Simply by stepping on stage at rallies, Palin rouses> audiences, and her speeches are frequently interrupted by chants of> "Sarah, Sarah, Sarah."> > It's the private Palin, the person — who she is, what she knows, her> lack of experience — that has provoked both the strongest criticism> and most legitimate doubts about her readiness to be first in the line> of succession if the president dies or is incapacitated.> > A media person I know dismisses her as "a journalism graduate of the> University of Idaho." This is pure snobbery. I asked him to name his> favorite president of the past 60 or 70 years, and he chose Harry> Truman. Truman never went to college but became a pretty good> president nonetheless when he succeeded FDR after only a few weeks as> vice president.> The issue of experience is more serious. Palin, a governor for less> than two years, has no record in national affairs, with the exception> of one issue — energy. And with gasoline prices falling, that issue> has become less important than expected in the campaign.> > On foreign and national security affairs, Palin has a knowledge gap.> Indeed, if she knew more, she might have skewered Biden for the> whoppers he told — about the Middle East, Iraq, Afghanistan,> Pakistan — in their debate on October 2. The press, while critical of> Palin, didn't notice the inaccuracies either, or at least failed to> draw attention to them.> > Lack of experience is a recurring issue not only for vice presidential> candidates, but for presidential nominees as well. Barack Obama has> been attacked for his limited experience in foreign policy. And though> Biden, his running mate, has spent 36 years in the Senate, he seems to> have learned very little from this experience.> > Palin is in a familiar situation. Governors who run for national> office automatically face questions about their inexperience in> foreign affairs. Ronald Reagan did. Bill Clinton did. So did George W.> Bush. Had Obama picked Virginia governor Tim Kaine as his veep, Kaine> would have been hit with those questions. If McCain had chosen> Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty (as he came close to doing), Pawlenty> would have faced the same doubts. So the qualms about Palin's> experience are merely par for the course.> > Palin's record is another critical test of her personal skill as a> leader. What has she done? A lot more than Kaine or Pawlenty or most> governors. She ousted an incumbent governor of her own party,> successfully fought corruption in the party, and tore up a deal with> oil companies, forcing them to accept a less lucrative agreement on a> new natural gas pipeline.> > In judging Palin, it comes down to who is more credible. Is it those> who've worked with her, or know her, or have at least met and talked> with her? Or those who haven't? The answer is a no-brainer. Okay, I> may be biased on the subject of Palin, having been impressed after> spending nearly two hours with her on one occasion and an hour on> another.> > My advice is ignore the critics who know far less about Palin than she> does about foreign policy. A good example is Ken Adelman, who headed> the arms control agency in the Reagan administration. Adelman recently> endorsed Obama and said he "would not have hired [Palin] for even a> mid-level post in the arms control agency." Well, I know both Palin> and Adelman. And Ken, I'm sorry to tell you, but I think there are an> awful lot of jobs in Washington that Palin would get before you.> http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/015/749yrvfv.asp> > =======================================================> List services made available by First Step Internet, > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. > http://www.fsr.net > mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com> =======================================================
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