Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Sarah Palin

Love her! To me, she is more what we should be looking for in a Presidential canidate. Someone who can relate to the people, and who serves God with all thier heart. But that's not just my opinion, it's many others as well:

This was McCain using his opponent's strength against him. Coming on the heels of a Democratic convention that was all about diversity, change and making history, it offered an alternative to Americans who are ready +to shake up Washington but who don't think that Obama is the one to do the shaking. It also showed that neither party is wedded to the old and tired image of four white males vying to lead the country.
Besides, those who know Palin best — her Alaska constituents — tell reporters they like her, trust her and find her easy to relate to, qualities many Americans say they find lacking in the Democratic nominee. And anyone who thinks those qualities aren't important in a presidential candidate probably doesn't understand why Bill Clinton beat Bob Dole in 1996 and George W. Bush beat John Kerry in 2004.
Lastly, picking Palin gave the McCain campaign a much-needed infusion of excitement, and donors have responded by contributing more than $10 million since the selection was announced. In fact, the McCain campaign reported recently that it raised $47 million in August, the largest monthly fundraising total to date.
But what really gave away that this was a good choice was the reaction from the Democrats and their pals in the media. When they weren't criticizing Palin, they were painting her as inexperienced. These are not folks who worry about the best interests of the Republican Party.
Liberals' fears
Perhaps liberals fear a McCain-Palin ticket might be easy to underestimate but difficult to beat. It's likely Democrats would have preferred to run against a ticket that included a more predictable running mate such as former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney or a pro-choice candidate who would have alienated the Republican base such as former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. Or maybe the left is simply bothered by the fact that, with such a bold move, McCain seems to have cheated Barack Obama and Joe Biden out of the traditional post-convention bounce. A CNN/Opinion Research poll taken after both events — the Democratic convention and McCain's choice of Palin — shows the Obama-Biden ticket leading the McCain-Palin ticket by one point, 49 percent to 48 percent. In other words, the contest is still tied.
Republicans have lots of reasons to be enthused about this choice, and Democrats lots of reasons to resent it. But in the end, no matter how this election turns out, it's the country that stands to benefit the most from John McCain's historic decision to launch Sarah Palin onto the national stage.


We would be so lucky to have someone in office who didn't talk the talk, but walk the walk.
Bush? Maybe not.
Clinton? No way!
But Sarah Palin? All signs point to yes. Only God can judge a person's heart, but her actions scream, "God is my Savior"

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