Governor of Alaska

Postby **Pastor Gary** » August 29th, 2008, 4:43 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:Didnt she choose to continue with a pregnancy that resulted in a "special needs" child...even thought they knew it would be a "special needs child"???

Somebody help me here I'm dredging my memory.

Yes. The child has Downs Syndrome and the doctors urged her to abort. She said "No."

Fine woman.

deb · Postby **deb** » August 29th, 2008, 4:43 am

MSNBC is reporting that McCain has selected Sarah Palin as his running mate.

DeWayneTN · Postby **DeWayneTN** » August 29th, 2008, 4:46 am

CNN is now reporting it as well. Hopefully it's a done deal.

EagerBeaver · Postby **EagerBeaver** » August 29th, 2008, 4:55 am

AP wires now coming alive with the confirmation of the pick through two campaign officials. This is good stuff.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » August 29th, 2008, 4:56 am

Pastor Gary wrote:
Gerald Creasy wrote:Didnt she choose to continue with a pregnancy that resulted in a "special needs" child...even thought they knew it would be a "special needs child"???

Somebody help me here I'm dredging my memory.

Yes. The child has Downs Syndrome and the doctors urged her to abort. She said "No."

Fine woman.

I can now say I will no longer be holding my nose when I vote for McCain.

Gerald Creasy · Postby **Gerald Creasy** » August 29th, 2008, 4:58 am

CNN is already slamming her as inexperienced.

Have they looked at their God?

INLOVE · Postby **INLOVE** » August 29th, 2008, 5:00 am

Yes, let me say that I am going to vote for McCain. I am just having a hard time with a woman being in that position. AND I am a woman!!

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » August 29th, 2008, 5:06 am

FOX News confirmed Thursday that McCain had made his selection and would appear with his pick at the Dayton rally.

Born in Idaho, Palin moved to Alaska with her parents, to Charles and Sally Heath, when she was 3 months old.

She grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, and played on the Wasilla state championship girls’ basketball team. She was crowned Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was a runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.

Palin studied journalism and political science at the University of Idaho and graduated in 1987. She eloped with her high school boyfriend, Todd Palin, in 1988 to save money on an expensive wedding. She helped out in her husband’s family commercial fishing business and appeared occasionally as a television sportscaster.

Palin won a seat on the Wasilla City Council in 1992 as a new face and a new voice, and by opposing tax increases. Four years later she was elected mayor at 32 by knocking off a three-term incumbent. At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Against veteran legislators with far more experience, Palin finished second by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics. She was elected Alaska’s youngest and first woman governor in 2006.

Sarah and Todd Palin have five children: boys Track, 19, and Trig, 4 months, and daughters Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7. Track Palin joined the Army last September and will deploy to Iraq on Sept. 11. Palin gave birth to Trig, who has Down syndrome, in April and returned to work three days later.

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Zowie.. .

Postby **Pastor Gary** » August 29th, 2008, 5:10 am

INLOVE wrote:Yes, let me say that I am going to vote for McCain. I am just having a hard time with a woman being in that position. AND I am a woman!!

Really? Why? :shock:

Paully_44 · Postby **Paully_44** » August 29th, 2008, 5:28 am

Gerald Creasy wrote:CNN is already slamming her as inexperienced.

Have they looked at their God?

of course they are. One of the republican "concerns" of Obama was his lack of experience. Now that same arguement is on them.

I for one, have already tired of this political season.

DeWayneTN · Postby **DeWayneTN** » August 29th, 2008, 5:32 am

Now, Paully, it's just getting good!!! :-)

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » August 29th, 2008, 5:38 am

DeWayneTN wrote:Now, Paully, it's just getting good!!!

Indeed it is. Now it's getting serious.

DeWayneTN · Postby **DeWayneTN** » August 29th, 2008, 5:40 am

Just read this on a TownHall.com column:

When the Dems come after Palin for inexperience in foreign affairs, the reply will be obvious --the GOP vice-presidential nominee is as experienced as the Democratic presidential nominee but also has executive decision-making that Obama lacks.

Palin's tough stance on reform of long corrupt practices is going to give her a very clear advantage over practiced cronyists Obama and Biden.

And she knows the crucial energy issue very, very well, as well as a variety of land-use and property rights issues dear to many in the crucial mountain west.

McCain has turned the race on its head, and if Palin proves to be as able a campaigner as her fans say, GOP and American politics will have been changed in a way that fundamentally celebrates opportunity and talent. What a contrast to Obama's rhetoric of last night.

INLOVE · Postby **INLOVE** » August 29th, 2008, 5:50 am

Pastor Gary wrote:
INLOVE wrote:Yes, let me say that I am going to vote for McCain. I am just having a hard time with a woman being in that position. AND I am a woman!!

Really? Why?

I guess I am just old school. I believe she could do the job, I just like a man to be the one in authority. Just my opinion.

Ilovebigcats · Postby **Ilovebigcats** » August 29th, 2008, 6:03 am

Brilliant choice!!! I didn't even think that scenerio out in my mind. What a way to go! WOW!

dolfan wrote:I think Joe Biden will eat her alive in the VP debate.

Are you crazy? He is a crazy loose cannon that IS going to get in trouble because of his mouth. And you think a woman wont catch that and use it to her poor pitiful(said in a southern twang) advantage? :wink:

HA!!

Jude 2