It seems people will just pre adjust their attitudes toward things that fit into something that they are in favor of. Its not always the case though...
I think it's that she embodies an ideal that a lot of people find very appealing. This socially/economically conservative view that quite a few people like. There are a lot of reasons why what she's done worked, and a lot of reasons why they won't work in the whole nation, but she sort of embodies that hope that it might work for everyone else because she made it work for Alaska.
Well, she's socially conservative, and beyond just rhetoric you can tell that she believes it and it's (hopefully) not just politics to her. Examples of this include supporting her pro-life stance enough to bring a Down Syndrome baby into the world, she's also staunchly pro-abstinence only education which has been highlighted by her daughters pregnancy.
In Alaska she's fought corruption (though there are quite a few questions about her own administration and it's actions), as well as managed to get more money from oil companies and has the highest approval rating of any governor in the US (though I think that has more to do with the fact she gave everyone in the state $1800).
A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOOSE MCCAIN BECAUSE HE WAS A POW(PRISONER OF WAR). WELL I CHOOSE OBAMA BECAUSE OF ALL HIS PLANS TO SAVE MONEY FOR LOWER INCOME FAMILIES AND DO MANY OTHER THINGS TO HELP PEOPLE OUT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT BEFORE MCCAIN BECAME A POW, HIS PLANED CRASHED AND HE BROKE BOTH OF HIS ARMS AND ONE LEG. THAT IS WHY WHEN HE WAVES HE JUST LIFTS HIS ARMS UP PARALELL TO THE GROUND BECAUSE HE CAN'T LIFT IT ANY HIGHER....EVER NOTICE THAT???
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT BUT BEFORE MCCAIN BECAME A POW, HIS PLANED CRASHED AND HE BROKE BOTH OF HIS ARMS AND ONE LEG. THAT IS WHY WHEN HE WAVES HE JUST LIFTS HIS ARMS UP PARALELL TO THE GROUND BECAUSE HE CAN'T LIFT IT ANY HIGHER....EVER NOTICE THAT???
This is a pointless thread of constant flaming and spamming. We are talking about voting for a president, not about the best way to save our lives. Talking bad about a president is not going to solve anything, and its not going to change peoples' opinions over them. That's funny, I thought this was a thread about, "which president are you voting for?", not "which president is better?". There is a difference.
Well looking at the way things are with Bush as president and condsidering that McCain agrees with him 90% of the time, makes me lean towards Obama. With all the economic problems we're facing at the moment, I don't see how acting conservative will solve anything either. So, I'm sticking with Obama.
Rofl. Two posts on this. I'll just say what I said last time.
Why I Hate Palin. Governor Palin has a Down's syndrome kid.
I know, I know, that doesn't seem like a reason for me to hate her. After all, I grew up with a handicapped sister, taught special ed kids, and am generally highly in favor of rights for disabled people.
But the thing is, Palin doesn't just have a Down's kid. She chose to have one. Early screening meant that she was warned that her baby had Down's syndrome but due to her stance on abortion, she decided to go ahead and have the child anyway.
STUPID. Stupid, stupid, stupid and selfish. So you're pro-life and refuse to abort this kid on principle? Congratulations, you've doomed him to a lifetime of suffering. A short lifetime, mind you, because most Down's kids have shorter lifespans and are highly susceptible to anything going around, but it's still pretty much a given that they're going to suffer for as long as they live. They won't be able to keep up with the other kids, they'll be developmentally stunted both physically and mentally and it's all your fault for having brought said kid into the world, knowing what he'd have to face.
In the class I taught, one girl called Sandy had Down's syndrome and about a month after I finished with her class, she died of pneumonia. Before that, she had to wear diapers all the time, and the aides had to take her into the bathroom to change her and wipe her ass, because she couldn't even manage that on her own. She couldn't talk normally, she was short and highly obese and even in the classroom full of special needs kids, she stuck out as even more hopeless than most. Sandy was 22 when she died, but she was about at the developmental stage of a 2-year-old, if that.
And this is the sort of child that Governor Palin thinks is a gift from God. This is the sort of life that she's going to cause the boy to lead, because she's too selfish to put aside her own views and think about what's honestly best for the child.
Apart from which, you know what? She has no business running for VP if she has a disabled kid.
Nobody with a disabled kid should be taking on a public office job that has a huge time commitment, because there's no way that they can do that and take care of their child at the same time. My parents both worked full-time, had a live-in nurse, a live-in maid and an older daughter who took care of herself (me), and even they worked themselves to the bone to take care of my sister. I refuse to believe that Palin can juggle four kids, a Down's syndrome kid, and the job of being VP all at once; there's no way she can manage it and still give her kids the attention they need, especially the disabled one.
Obama's choice of VP is 'meh', because for a guy who talks about CHANGE all the time, he went with a really traditional Old White Male choice.
McCain's choice? Thoroughly despicable. Even putting aside the anti-abortion, anti-contraception (wtf, has she never heard of AIDS?) issues, I have no respect for anyone who would deliberately bring a child into the world, knowing that child's life will be filled with nothing but suffering. No respect AT ALL.
And this sums up Mccain: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ymHdbd_tU&feature=related
STUPID. Stupid, stupid, stupid and selfish. So you're pro-life and refuse to abort this kid on principle? Congratulations, you've doomed him to a lifetime of suffering. A short lifetime, mind you, because most Down's kids have shorter lifespans and are highly susceptible to anything going around, but it's still pretty much a given that they're going to suffer for as long as they live. They won't be able to keep up with the other kids, they'll be developmentally stunted both physically and mentally and it's all your fault for having brought said kid into the world, knowing what he'd have to face.
Hey, there are many, many people who would have made the same choice, and I know a few of them...
Soon, with more detailed "genetic screening" available, would you abort your kid because he is "genetically predisposed" to a higher risk of obesity, diabetes, etc.? I think the whole idea of "genetic screening" will get way out of hand before it gets better. If a woman aborts 10 "imperfect" babies because they were "genetically predisposed" to a higher chance of a certain health concern, what good would that do? As humans, we aren't perfect. And we should just accept that. So what if the baby has Down's syndrome? In my opinion, it shouldn't make a difference...
We're missing the distinction between a predisposition to a disorder and a lifelong, incurable, chronic disease. If somehow I were to find out that my future child would have, say, cystic fibrosis, then I would probably opt to have it aborted. If they were predisposed to, say cancer (as anyone in my family is) I would have the child and advise them to do their best to avoid dying from it.
This thread could EASILY turn into a tirade about genetic engineering and other such irrelevant nonsense, which has nothing to do with hating Palin.
A reason to hate Palin's abortion views is because she's against abortion for rape victims, even if the mother's life is endangered by the pregnancy. Wouldn't it be nice to be raped, and then forced by the state to have the child whose childbirth will probably end your life?
Another reason to hate Palin is that she's a backwater hick from a town of 5000 people, whose sum total of state political experience is the 1.5 years she's been governor of Alaska. As someone whose actually BEEN to Wasilla, Alaska I can vouch for the fact that apart from Anchorage, and other more podunk towns it's 350 miles from anywhere. It's difficult to articulate just how isolated that place is.
As a former resident, I kept up with the race for governor when she was elected, and I have to say her being elected governor was surprise enough! She'd had no state political experience back then, unlike pretty much anyone else with the sense to run.
And the reason to worry about Palin? McCain had malignant melanoma, which is the cancer with the highest rate of recurrence known, and one of the most aggressive to metastasize. ONE MORE LESION, and he could be dead within 6 months.
