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Date Posted: 07:36:48 09/03/08 Wed
Author: Jeannine
Subject: I smell fear

I have never ever seen anything like the rabid attacks, the half truths, the innuendo, and downright lies thrown against the wall at Sarah Palin. Will anything stick? Maybe. Will some not vote for her based on the insinuations? Surely. Will it backfire? Absolutely.

The media is turning her into the poster child for abuse, smears, and personal attacks. It is disgusting. The goal is to get her off the ticket, I guess. Not going to work.

I hope she knocks it out of the park tonight.

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[> I don't. -- HF, 08:13:56 09/03/08 Wed [1]

I'm not afraid of her. I'm more afraid of John McCain.

I really don't understand all of this hoopla about her pregnant 17 year old daughter. I could not care less about her private life unless it involves breaking the law. There is no chance I'd ever vote for Ms. Palin, but it has nothing to do with her children.


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[> [> It's more funny than scary in some ways. I don't care about Juno, but I -- LAwoman, 11:12:32 09/03/08 Wed [1]

find the overall soap opera kind of amusing. Apparently, the boyfriend/future shotgun groom is quite trashy. Lots of raunch on his myspace (which he has probably now been "asked" to remove. But none of that is really important in the big picture.
Troopergate is a more serious matter.
As much as I dislike this VP candidate, I take great offense to the gender-based criticism of her being a working mother with a few kids and questions of whether she should be running for office based on that status. I don't hear that crap about male candidates with young kids.


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[> [> [> Karl Rove knew that would give you great offense -- jayjay, 21:33:19 09/05/08 Fri [1]

so that you as a working mother would get all fired up and vote for her.

it's straight out of his playbook.

it's got his name all over it.


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[> [> [> [> Except -- LAwoman, 14:10:34 09/06/08 Sat [1]

I'm not a working mother. I'm just working. My a$$ off. I don't care about her or her brood.


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[> [> Re: I don't. -- Terry, 16:25:38 09/04/08 Thu [1]

She leaves me lukewarm about their chances.

Palin is very personable and photogenic which offsets McCain's unhealthy pallor and appearance. To me he looks like a very old 72. I gave her speech a B- and her chances of being VP around 10%. If McCain was younger and in better health it might go differently but there's that "heartbeat away from the presidency" thing. I don't think ultra conservative Republicans are ready for a woman president and I think McCain should have gone with someone a bit less contraversial.

I don't agree with her political stance on most issues but they weren't getting my vote no matter who they picked for VP. I don't care about her child having Downs or her kid being pregnant at age 17. I don't care about her personal life anymore than I cared about Bill and Hillary's personal life when they were in the White House. But I do think when you choose to run for the second highest office in the country you leave yourself and your family's lives open to media and public scrutiny and in this day in age; you take a chance it won't be comfortable or pleasant.

I remember being surprised the media down here never mentioned Jeb Bush's daughter. It wasn't until she was busted buying crack on the street that it made the local news. Apparently the press knew for years she was a crack head and agreed not to put it in the news; I was surprised they didn't jump all over that.


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[> [> [> you're surprised? -- jayjay, 21:38:26 09/05/08 Fri [1]


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[> [> [> [> Yes because the press are such sharks they'd usually jump on that story -- Terry, 03:01:58 09/12/08 Fri [1]


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[> I'm with you totally on that Jeannine. Good luck Sarah! -- muppetmel, 08:17:24 09/03/08 Wed [1]


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[> Actually, I agree -- SB, 09:35:11 09/03/08 Wed [1]

after hearing her speech at the church....I have a lot of fear! Here I was worried about Huckabee being picked......oh lord (no pun intended).

I agree the media is way out of control about her daughter...BUT if you are going to tell others how to live their lives and legislate morality you cannot be surprised some will see a bit of hypocrisy. Now they are parading the young man to the convention further opening the door for the Jerry Springer comments. Not saying it's right, but still. Also, certainly a political issue has been made by the GOP camp about the fact that she 'decided' to have a baby who was born with Downs Syndrome. You certainly can't deny that that's been made a political issue by the right.


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[> [> this makes me sick -- Jeannine, 10:18:06 09/03/08 Wed [1]

hypocrisy, huh? so she is trying to tell you how to live your life? Seems to me the opposite is true. Now she is parading the media-named "Baby Daddy" to the convention - if she didn't would she be HIDING him?

She has a Down's Syndrome baby. She didn't abort that baby. Huge problem, huh? By living her life the way she wants she is making a political statement?

She has a pregnant teenage daughter. Makes her a bad mother I guess. Give me a break.

How about the hypocrisy of the media that reported that John Edward would bravely carry on with his campaign even tho his wife is dying of cancer. The appeared together to worldwide accolades --- they were putting their country first!

I am extremely pissed right now. I will not post anymore until my anger dies down.

Hypocrite MY ASS!


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[> [> [> I've said it before many times...all politicians are hypocrites....get over it. -- SB, 10:37:46 09/03/08 Wed [1]

Whoa Jeannine...you've taken some HUGE liberties in what I said. Don't take out on me your disgust of the media right now. Who said it was a problem that she didn't abort that baby? I said her party is using that as a political issue and they most definitely are and at the same time saying children are off-limits.

Maybe you shouldn't spend so much time here if you are going to get SO offended......note you started the thread so you mustof wanted to discuss it?


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[> [> [> Sorry Jeannine, I gotta go with SB on this one. -- HF, 18:57:05 09/03/08 Wed [1]

Hypocrisy is rampant in politics, and it's not just limited to one party.


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[> [> SB, lol @ Governor Huckabee, and Jeannine -- jayjay, 21:58:11 09/05/08 Fri [1]

Belle, quit makin fun of the former governor of my state and his wife jethrine bodine, i mean janet. He thinks he's a cool funny bass player in a band guy. (i give him *props* for tryin.)

the key word is bristol got to *decide* to keep her pregnancy.

Her mom wants to take that decision away.


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[> [> [> JayJay! I love you -- Jeannine, 13:50:16 09/06/08 Sat [1]

but you really don't know that. You think you do, but you don't.

For some reason, I love Mrs Huckabee. She has such a long suffering look about her. Even tho she is my age (or maybe younger YIKES!) she reminds me of my Grandma.


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[> [> [> Her mom wants to take that choice away? -- HF, 17:28:45 09/07/08 Sun [1]

You imply that she had a choice. I don't think there was ever anything to choose in that family; Mrs. Palin appears to be very "black and white" about what is right and what is wrong and I would assume that's the way she raised her children.


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[> [> [> [> i'm just quoting the press release -- jayjay, 21:11:18 09/10/08 Wed [1]

from the governor, saying yes, bristol is pregnant and decided to keep the baby and marry baby daddy.

tell me if i'm wrong. i'm pretty sure the press release said decided.


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[> Really? You've never seen anything like it? -- scooter, 10:19:44 09/03/08 Wed [1]

You must have forgotten about the Swift Boat attacks.


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