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Date Posted: 23:32:46 09/12/08 Fri
Author: LB
Author Host/IP: pool-71-252-80-51.washdc.east.verizon.net / 71.252.80.51
Subject: Some questions for Gov. Palin>>
In reply to: LB 's message, "No one is giving her a hard time because she is a hockey mom, Susan. There is nothing wrong with that at all. But she is running to for the second most important job in the world. Have you seen her position on problems that wil affect all of us?" on 22:26:30 09/12/08 Fri


§ Suppose your 14-year-old daughter Willow is brutally raped in her bedroom by an intruder. She becomes pregnant and wants an abortion. Could you tell the parents of America why you think your child and their children should be forced by law to have their rapists' babies?
§ You say you don't believe global warming is man-made. Could you tell us what scientists you've spoken with or read who have led you to that conclusion? What do you think the 2,500 scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are getting wrong?
§ If you didn't try to fire Wasilla librarian Mary Ellen Baker over her refusal to consider censoring books, why did you try to fire her?
§ What is the European Union, and how does it function?
§ Forty-seven million Americans lack health insurance. John Goodman, who has advised McCain on healthcare, has proposed redefining them as covered because, he says, anyone can get care at an ER. Do you agree with him?
§ What is the function of the Federal Reserve?
§ Cindy and John McCain say you have experience in foreign affairs because Alaska is next to Russia. When did you last speak with Prime Minister Putin, and what did you talk about?
§ Approximately how old is the earth? Five thousand years? 10,000? 5 billion?
§ You are a big fan of President Bush, so why didn't you mention him even once in your convention speech?
§ McCain says cutting earmarks and waste will make up for revenues lost by making the tax cuts permanent. Experts say that won't wash. Balancing the Bush tax cuts plus new ones proposed by McCain would most likely mean cutting Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. Which would you cut?
§ You're suing the federal government to have polar bears removed from the endangered species list, even as Alaska's northern coastal ice is melting and falling into the sea. Can you explain the science behind your decision?
§ You've suggested that God approves of the Iraq War and the Alaska pipeline. How do you know?
- Katha Politt, The Nation magazine

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Sorry, LB for the confusion. It said earlier in this posting that she was a soccer mom. I'm the same age as Palin and I was just trying to point out that she's a hockey mom. It's different. Hockey is expensive and you have to go into those cold ice rinks to practice early and late. They interviewed a local hockey mom for our paper and she was talking about how she drives 200 miles every single day to take her 3 kids to hockey practice and games. And empties/fills up her gas tank every single day. They are also "known" to be tougher than soccer moms. We're more the mini-van type with cute clothes to drop off and pick up in case other moms are there. That's all I meant. -- Susan, 21:16:18 09/14/08 Sun (c-67-175-97-132.hsd1.il.comcast.net/67.175.97.132)


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Yes, there are moms who have made huge sacrifices for their kids.>>> -- LB, 23:16:25 09/14/08 Sun (pool-71-252-80-51.washdc.east.verizon.net/71.252.80.51)

I know it isn't easy being a hockey mom. I know moms who have taken on heroic hardships to support their kids. How does that qualify her for the job? Sorry but I don't want someone like me or like you in the job. I want someone smarter than me. I want someone who can talk tough to Putin or to the Saudis and someone who understands the constitution and judicial law. I want that person who will preside over the Senate when there is a tie to be a brilliant experienced legislator. I want someone who will be a heartbeat away from a 72 year old man with serious health problems to be the best possible person for the job. We had a "nice guy you'd have a beer with" in office for the last 8 years. It was a disaster. Palin is an attractive lady who is no doubt a fabulous and tough mom. Sorry, but that isn't enough for me and I am not alone in that view. McCain could have chosen an extremely well qualified Republican woman from the Senate such as Kay Bailey Hutcheson or Olympia Snowe, both outstanding legislators. Instead he made a totally cynical choice that pandered to the far right wing of the party.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> I don't necessarily want someone like me either. (Besides I want to know how she really handles the job of mom along with being a politician.) I think there are several things that she believes in, that I don't agree with. And the whole thing about how she can see Russia from Alaska, as they are neighbors. Just on the surface, not even deeply analyzing the situation, I have a hard time imagining how she is being the best mom possible to her kids while governing and/or being a vp. But that's just my view of things and everyone will have different reasons to vote for their candidate. -- Susan, 11:00:11 09/16/08 Tue (c-67-175-97-132.hsd1.il.comcast.net/67.175.97.132)


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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Sorry, got distracted. So...based on what is known as being a hockey mom around here, how could she possibly be a true hockey mom and be a politician, now that they have hockey moms for Palin sweat shirts and all. -- Susan, 11:08:12 09/16/08 Tue (c-67-175-97-132.hsd1.il.comcast.net/67.175.97.132)


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