Supporting Palin does not make sense to me at all

She also want Creationism taught in schools and wants certain books banned from public libraries. She is the darling of the religious right wackos. She is a scary woman. I think it's really silly to expect real Hillary supporters to vote for this woman who is so different in political views. I know Palin has turned off a lot of folks who thought they might vote for McCain. I hope there are more of these sane people.

I have a serious issue with her hunting stance. I don't know how shooting big game from a helicopter is a sport. My boys wanted to start hunting, so they got bows and take lessons. When they are ready they can hunt with bows. I feel at least the animal has a change lol. I'm a bias liberal but I am not impressed. I know that most conservatives are eating her up and from their posts it appears that she is a water walker too.

Can the lies Sedel. I'm sure the liberals will love your claims but most of them are garbage. Allot me to clarify things for those reading this. “In 2006, Palin support the bridge to nowhere. A year later, she flip flopped and canceled the project (after the Minnesota bridge collapse). She didn't give the money back to the federal government. She kept is and reallocated it to other projects. Sounds like stealing from the federal government to me.” The government removed the earmark from that money BEFORE Palin was elected. They gave that money to the previous governor allowing him to allocate it to any projects he wanted to. Palin was elected in 2006 and at the time did support the project. After it got a lot of bad press she decided to cancel it. She probably shouldn’t have supported it in the first place, but she still cancelled it and the money given to her by congress was not earmarked for it so she had the right to use it however she pleased. “Before she was Mayor of Wasilla the town had no debt, now they are 22 Million in the hole from such projects as the sports complex they didn't need. She fired Wasilla's Police Chief "because he 'intimidated'her, she told the press" This is the biggest load of crap being spread around mylot. Do you really think that article has any credibility? Didn’t the dollhead at the top of the page clue you in that it was bogus? Most of the liberal blogs claim it’s 20 million, I guess you hit the jackpot with a 22 million dollar lie. For the fifth time, I’ll provide the facts on this lie. http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?page=136 2002 Budget Revenues: $8,710,166 Expenditures: $6,751,309 Surplus: $1,958,857 2003 Budget Revenues: $9,299,797 Expenditures: $7,046,325 Surplus: $2,253,472 So, to clarify, her last year in office she had a 1.9 million dollar budget surplus, and left the city with a 2.2 million dollar budget surplus. Where exactly is that darned 20 million dollars in debt? “Funny, her daughter ends up pregnant and she takes money away from the Covenant House that helps out teenagers, including teenager mothers http://thecaucus.blogs.ny... “ This is another lie. You clearly didn’t read the entire article. She cut the amount of extra money being given to them for new buildings from 5 million, to 3.9 million. They are still getting EXTRA money to build more. The article also clearly states that the money they get for their operating budget has not been cut at all. Their expansion won’t be as great as they’d hoped, but they still will be able to expand and their current operations are getting just as much money as they already were. “SO, she has made HUGE budgets - largest in Alaksa's history - but is claiming to have saved the state money. How does that work exactly?” By cutting costs elsewhere and raising revenues via other sources such as a tax on oil profits. Do your research and you’ll see exactly how she has managed the budget so skillfully. She sold a luxury jet purchased by the former governor for 2.1 million dollars. She stays at home instead of living at the governor’s mansion, and she cut over $40,000 by not using the gourmet chef that served the last governor. She’s a thrifty person. Next time you want to smear a politician, you should come prepared with actual facts. By the way, you won't really find similar information on Biden or Obama because they've never run a state or even a city. Senators really aren't in charge of anything that happens even in their own state so you can't blame much of anything on them if their state is in debt or certain programs aren't being supported.

I sure hope women aren't being swayed to vote for McCain just because he has a woman candidate as his Vice President....I bet Obama wishes he had added Clinton to the team. I'm not wowed at all by Palin, woman or not. She seems to support everything I'm AGAINST....for instance she's also pro-life...While I do not personally agree with Pro-choice I think the decision should be left up to the woman to decide and have the freedom to have an abortion. As far as the white wolves..grrrr..I get email alerts from Defenders of Wildlife...there was a long battle to prohibit aerial hunting down of wolves...they lost from what I understand so now a lot of trigger happy yahoos are going to kill wolves in droves. I just plain don't like the woman...she gives me the creeps...LOL. I'm not crazy about Obama, but I'm voting for him--I just don't want another four more years of what we've been through the last eight

I too have serious reservations about the prospect of Palin anywhere near the White House. I;m sorry I do believe her pick for VP was McCain pandering to a group of voters that he needed and as such is questionable To select someone who he met only twice when you consider what their relationship should be (think Bush Cheney) and I find it questionable. I am sick of her lying (yes that is what it is) on the stump everyday about the bridge to nowhere and earmarks. But most of all the thought of her feasibly becoming President without an ounce of any foreign policy experience (she is on record saying the Iraq war is being played out on a plan from God!!!!) is beyond the pale and if this is a sign of McCains judgement calls then it puts him in serious jeopardy too.

How anyone can watch the Gibson interview and still think it's okay for her to be VP is simply disgusting. She didn't even know what the Bush Doctrine is. I'm a freelance writer with a 2 year old running circles around me 24-7 and EVEN I KNEW. I wouldn't want her teaching my child's social studies class, let alone acting on America's behalf in an international crisis. Her 'ignore my cluelessness and enjoy my charm' act reminds me so much of Bush it actually frightens me. People need to wake up and realize that this woman could actually be the leader of the free world in the very near future. She's not just corrupt. She's not just an idiot. She's a corrupt idiot. She's even more dangerous than Bush. The present administration practically wrote a guidebook to abuse of executive power. I thought Hillary was the wrong woman for the job. Palin has out-wronged a Clinton. Hats off.

Personally, these are some of the things I think a lot of people are overlooking who are supporting her, and afraid to look at the things you mentioned here. I have someone at my work who supports her and McCain, but when you ask why, he never says anything. I think the only reason McCain chose Palin was because Obama did not pick Hillary, and thought this would help his chances. I think anyone who thinks she is a + is fooling themselves, and needs to really dig deep on who she really is. For me, I fear if McCain wins, and cannot wait to see Palin at the Vice Presidential debate, and people really see who she is. Why would they be hiding her elsewise?

I thought Palin was against the bridge to nowhere. Maybe she discovered that it would not work. And those polar bears are not in danger of extinction. So why should other countries drill but America cannot? We drill in Canada and none of our wildlife has become extinct. In fact, they have grown. All those humans working in the oil fields and all those crumbs so the animals can feed on. On and global warming is not man made. If it were, all we have to do is to all move to the sub tropics and tropics, stop lighting fires, using gasoline, heating our homes, eat raw food and presto no more global warming. Mind you, no more people either except for those in the tropics and with no light, no medicines, etc. well you will know what will happen. The other parties will not get in. You can choose a third party candidate and if they get enough they will influence the two parties, but they will not be president. So you have a choice, McCain or the child hated, baby who survives abortion killer, one with a racist minster Obama.

You can say that again, it doesn't make sense! Yet, on a local radio show the announcers were discussing how much women can relate to Palin. I couldn't believe my ears, to be honest, there is nothing about her that I can relate to. I'm sorry, but to me she comes across as cold and calculating and after seeing her interview tonight I haven't changed my mind one bit. Her supporters here will say everything that's been posted "against" her are nothing but lies but true or not I don't need these items to make me know I can't support her - no way, no how, no McCain or Palin! Annie

I don't live in the US, but I think what you've said rings too true. I can't believe that people would vote for McCain and Palin as well, considering their character, and based on what they've said. McCain himself has been a Bush supporter and basically said that he supports like 90% of what Bush has said. Considering how much a failure that the world considers Bush to be, I can't see people voting for McCain, who intends to do more of the same thing - not reforming! I saw this ridiculous video on YouTube showing the so called "experience" of Palin. It showed her as a mother and whatnot and I was just thinking - what does that have to do with running the government, especially since the video was "proof" of her experience? Sure, she's a governor and all, but of only 7000 people, so what? She was a horrible pupil at her colleges, changing 5 colleges in the expanse of only 6 years. Who in their right minds would choose such a candidate? For awhile, I thought Obama had the entire election wrapped up, but now I'm not so sure, looking at all the supporters of McCain and Palin. Do you people really want them running your government?

I don't agree with your first sentence, she having a sound value. That's just so contradicting. I mean, is she the role model that America needs? Look around you people! minors, 11 year old getting pregnant? It's common, but it's not normal! Why did this happened in the first place? Are we suppose to look up to this kind of leaders? Where are they leading us?