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• Day, Desiree

  10/13/2008 03:26 AM

  You have all made some very interesting comments and I have read much truth in some of them. The fact is that Sarah Palin is a strong conservative and that is what we wanted in McCain's VP choice. As far as what is biblically appropriate for Sarah Palin's life choices concerning her children and work balance, scripture points to unity and submission. Are Sarah and Todd Palin unified? Absolutely. Is Sarah Palin in submission to her husband as her leader in their home? Absolutely. Beyond that it is not up to us to judge whether or not she has made the right choices. If she is submissive to her husband and he encouraged and wanted her to pursue these high offices (which he admittedly did) then HE will answer to God as whether it is right or not because he is the leader of their home. - her job is to be in submission to him. Also, she was not trying to have a career for her own selfish motives but initially wanted to improve her children's education. Now she wants to make the world a better place for her children as best she can. Her emphasis has always been to serve. Remember, she was a stay at home mom for a long time! Just know that the Palins' marriage seems very close and unified and God commands his blessings when he sees that; "Where there is unity God commands His blessings." Then leave the rest to Todd Palin and God come judgment day.

• ayroso, joanna

  10/03/2008 06:44 AM

  Palin may have heart for Americans precisely because she's an American and I bet all Americans have the same view about their country but the question lies, Would just my love for America would bring change to this country? How can she be able to do that? How can she be able to help and bring the needed change in US' economy if would become VP? She did not even post any CONCRETE AND TANGIBLE SOLUTIONS as to how she would do that. We dont need a smooth and good talker. All we need is a competent VP who is EQUIPPED to fulfill his/her promises. We all love America, We live here and I bet Joe Biden does or else he would suffer the same as peole would. So who is the best choice? A person who has both the HEART and MEANS to make that change and I bet Biden has those 2 essential characteristics of a good VP. What can He do is not born a Woman-- who people can sympathize with?

• Andrzejak, Mark

  09/08/2008 03:53 PM

  I truly hope you get elected Sarah! I'm a big fan of yours, so much in fact I made several t-shirt designs to help spread the word, including my famous "Palin chick" design.

  http://www.cafepress.com/zegear/5958374

• kissell, thomas

  09/03/2008 08:22 PM

  Melissa Green,

  Thanks for responding. I agree with a lot of what you are saying about the establishment and the talking heads and all of that.

  However my points about McCain are still valid concerns for me.

  I am a social conservative, not a republican.

  That is what so many republicans don't get, we have no interest in them apart from social conservative issues. Thats why we vote for them and thats why we don't vote for them.

  John McCain would change the face of the republican party, you are right about that. It would become a party that throws out the issues of social conservatives.

  As far as John McCain listening to us goes, I think that is all appeasement and empty promises for the sake of getting elected. John McCain I think has shown that he wants to become president and will do anything he thinks will get him political gain. It is almost as bad as Hillary Clinton. The facts are that John McCain still is in favor of funding the killing of human embryos for experimentation. Now not having a president that will veto this, the issue seems lost. And its all because of John McCain. I cannot reward this behavior. Are these issues matters that are important to you?

  As far as McCain changing Washington, McCain is a Washington insider who has been there for years and years and years. McCain is your typical career politican, who wants both sides of the fence, so that he can be appealing to everyone, so that he can get everyone's vote.

  Like his empty promise that he will appoint conservative judges to the supreme court. I make an air tight argument explaining why no one should believe this, because John McCain knows that the democrat congress will not confirm any conservative nominee. Therefore there will be no appointment of any conservative supreme court justice until congress is replaced with a majority of people who would approve of a conservative.

  The untold truth in the debate of supreme court nominees and supreme court justices is that congress has more control in it than even the president does. Yes the president nominates a candidate, but the congress is the ones who decide if this person will become a supreme court justice or not.

  One final point I will make about what you said and John McCain is that most all of your talking heads now support John McCain. Rush now supports John McCain. I agree with you about Rush, I don't see much of a conservative in him either. And yes he did say those things about McCain, but for different reasons than why I am saying them. You see, Rush mainly cares about tax cuts for the rich, and McCain was claiming that he didn't support that. Rush also wants small government, and no government assistance for poor people. These are not my biggest issues at all, but they are for Rush. I am a different kind of conservative. I believe that conservatives should be valueing faith, family and life as the most important issues.

  That is why I'm against John McCain.

  Thanks for your response, and I hope that everyone would atleast consider the things that I am saying.

  And if you like Mike Huckabee, remember the establishment helped McCain in South Carolina, while declaring war on Huckabee. Remember how McCain was claimed the winner of Washinton even before all the votes were in and it was too close to call. Remember that Huckabee won Louisiana but we were cheated out of the delegates which were given to McCain.

  So please keep all of those things in mind when you are saying such good things about John McCain. I think the establishment has you believing something about him that I think isn't true.

• Captain Obvious

  09/03/2008 09:40 AM

  

  Read the article in Huckabee's diet tips--

  Huckabee may have been removed from the list of speakers.

  I sent an e-mail to
  Chairman@GOP.com

  requesting that he be asked to speak.

  The GOP has turned many on-the-fence conservatives into on-fire McCain volunteers and supporters by selecting Sarah Palin. To have Huckabee address the convention will fan the flames--to snub him will be a dash of cold water. We have reached out to Democrats and independents on Tuesday--we need to celebrate our conservative base on Wednesday or Thursday. (There is good reason for calling me Captain Obvious, ¿No?651-467-2008 is the phone number (see Linda Rayborn's post; the e-mail address is Chairman@GOP.com

• Green, Melissa

  09/03/2008 02:04 AM

  

  kissell, thomas
  09/02/2008 10:52 PM

  Have you looked at McCain lately? I think he has changed. I think for the right reasons too. If you look at his life story, and understand how he makes decisions, then you will understand that he is always changing and learning from his past experiences. I have actually grown to like him over the last month. The more I learn about him the person, the more I respect him. My opinion of him was pretty much formed by the talking heads the last several years. After the way Mike was treated, I stopped listening to them, and you know what? McCain isn't really as bad as I thought. Maybe it is just me, and maybe it is my youth, but I am sick of the gridlock and partisanship coming from Washington. If we the people don't abdicate our jobs to fight for what is right, I think he will be a great leader. He is listening to us right now and as long as we continue to speak out, I think he will keep listening. Rush says "he will destroy the republican party as we know it." Right now for me that isn't a bad thing. Mike would have won this election if it had not be for the "establishment." He would have overcome the media like Reagan did, but it was his own party that took him out. I am ready for a shake up in Washington and I really don't think I am alone. If McCain succeeds, then everyone will take note. After tonight, they are already looking at them as a New face to the party. And he is talking more like Mike every single day. Mike may not be on the ticket, but he has forever changed the party and I think the McCain campaign knows it. They are adapting to it. And if they win, it will be a victory not only for our party, but for all America.

  Thanks Governor Huckabee. You have changed the debate in this country, and for that you will forever be Number 1 in my book. I wish I could find some way to express my gratefulness to you...............

• kissell, thomas

  09/02/2008 10:52 PM

  Efi Walters,

  I was greatly encouraged to finally see someone tell it like it is.

  I've been sick to see all of what is going on everywhere and what everyone is saying.

  I too am sick of the way they are doing politics, and what they are saying about Obama that goes beyond saying that he is a liberal democrat whose views are bad, just like John Kerry or Joe Biden or any other liberal democrat.

  I think republicans, and yes even conservatives, which I think have proven themselves as not being that conservative will lose and should lose.

  I think a McCain win is the worst case senario for America, as it will mark the end of a national marriage amendment, resistance to funding embryo killing, a right to life amendment, and certainly pave the way for many more social conservative losses.

  But a McCain loss will mean that the governor of California, and senator Spector gave republicans bad advice. It will show that it doesn't pay to throw out social conservative issues. And maybe just maybe republicans and conservatives will understand that our support of them is highly conditional and hyper sensetive to their active support of our views.

  Yes a McCain loss is the best thing that could come out of this election.

  For all of those buying into this "lesser of two evils" none-sense. Since when is our issues too much to ask for??? You will soon see an America where homosexaul marriage is legal and approved of in all 50 states. And there will be more than just that as your "lesser of two evils" betrays us. But you just keep "holding your nose" anyways, just like they knew you would. And after you elect their moderate, they will give you someone more liberal and more liberal and more liberal and more liberal until you are supporting someone exactly like Obama, because the other guy is even more of an extreme radical leftist.

  The hype of the next president nominating 9 supreme court justices is all empty promises and even if McCain could be trusted, with this democrat congress, there will be no conservative justice confirmation. Ronald Reagan sure couldn't do it, so he nominated someone to the left of his orignal nominee. Now look at what we have.

  Its all meant to use you and gain your support and most of all your vote, while you get nothing good in return.

  I was glad to vote for President Bush, he supported a national marriage amendment, he fought the funding of killing embryos, and he would support a right to life amendment.

  John McCain however has destroyed our chances of stopping embryo killing, and because of him this most noble issue seems to be lost.

  McCain has been addressed about this issue many times and he refuses to listen.

  Someone like that should not be given any support by anyone who claims to be prolife. Ever.

  But there is more than just that, McCain has dumped the issue of ever getting a right to life amendment. As a matter of fact his recent comments of wanting to over-turn Roe V Wade was for this presidental campaign, as it can clearly be shown that he told the media 8 years ago that he would never support the repeal of Roe V Wade, and that abortion was nessecary.

  McCain flip-flopped then tried to act as though that has always been his offical position. Its so dishonest.

  Then McCain lead a fight against the national marriage amendment that we were very close to passing. When the influence of McCain is considered, It is quite possible to think that this marriage amendment would have passed had McCain not had a place in government. And it is quite possible that if this issue of our is destroyed, it was not the democrats who destroyed it, but senator McCain.

  I know its kind of a long post, but these are all facts about McCain. If you vote for McCain, you are voting yes to and in support of everything he has done and everything he stands for.

  Palin is nice, but she is a running mate. You still got the same candidate, you still got the same problem. This changes nothing. But it does show that McCain will go to any extreme for anything that he thinks will get him political gain.

  I guess fear or fear mongering is the reason why so many are blindly willing to follow the republicans down this dark road.

  To all the McCain supporters, have fun carrying this thing by yourself, without the full support of all social conservatives. If you want to be yoked together with flaming liberal and feminist Clinton supporters then remember that if you do somehow win it will be because of them. If McCain wins it will be despite conservatives, not because of them.

  And where is the outcry at this convention for McCain to step down??? Could it be that they've been appeased by empty promises that will never happen?

  To those who will hear me out, please atleast consider what I'm saying. We have a chance to really make a difference for the values that have been thrown out by the republicans.

• kissell, thomas

  09/02/2008 08:30 PM

  Ted Malone,

  
  You said that you would be glad to debate rather or not McCain would nominate conservative supreme court judges.

  Here is my argument.

  McCain has a bad record on judges. Thats just a fact. McCain voted for Ginsburg and said that Ginsburg was highly qualified. And while he did technically vote for Alito, he claimed that Alito wore his conservativism on his sleeve. McCain later tried to lie about it and say that he didn't make such a statement, Tim Russert exposed this lie, you should be able to find it on Youtube. John McCain has a history of supporting liberal judges, and going along with democrats on the issue. Had there been no John McCain there probably would have been an end to the fillabuster of the democrats, but John McCain yet again betrayed conservatives. There is plenty more about McCain's poor judgement on selecting judges.

  But even if you give McCain the benefit of the doubt, which I think will get us burned, but even if you do, and even if McCain somehow does nominate a conservative, this conservative WILL get shot down by the democrat congress that we have.

  So the question is how will he get this conservative justice confirmed? The answer is he will not. And he knows it. Democrats put up such a fight over getting Alito to replace O'conner that we only bearly got Alito confirmed even with a Republican majority.

  Who is the justices that the next president is likely to nominate replacements for? That would be John Paul Stevens, a flaming liberal who is almost 90 years old, and Ginsburg another flaming liberal who is in her 70s.

  Do you really think that the democrats will allow these flaming liberals to be replaced with conservatives without a big fight? And they being in the majority. Its not going to happen.

  The best case senario for that would be that McCain does actually nominate a conservative who then gets "borked" and shot down by the democrats, then McCain would tell the people some "straight talk" that he tried to run a conservative and it didn't work, so now he must nominate a liberal. Then you get a liberal nominated to the supreme court.

  You see, John McCain knows this, unless he is somehow that ignorant, and he will tell you whatever to get you to vote for him, hopeing that you will believe it. Its making broken promises you will not or cannot keep for the sake of votes. You give him your vote, then in return you get nothing.

  I think that is what us social conservatives have been getting from republicans way too much, and I think voting for McCain will strengthen their mentality of taken our votes for granted, assuming that if the democrats are bad enough, we will be forced to vote for them even if they throw out some of our issues for what they think is political gain.

  Now, I will look forward to your argument as to how McCain will nominate a conservative and actually get this conservative confirmed by the democrat congress.

  If this were true I would have to give closer consideration to McCain, but I am convenced that it is not, and is all put of the hype and fear mongering to force people into voting for McCain for the sake of promises that will never happen.

  I look forward to hearing your argument.
  

• Walters, Efi

  09/02/2008 08:27 PM

  Captain Obvious, thanks for your post. I definitely agree that as a nation we need to repent. There is so much we have done as a nation that we desperately need to repent of. Wether it is killing unborn babies, to sodomy, to the Iraq war, indifference to God etc. I have never been involved in politics the way I was involved this year. Mike Huckabee inspired me. I listened to him several times before i got committed. Once I was committed people thought something had come over me. I hope he stays firm with the principles he used during his campaign. I have been put off by the McCain campaign by the attack ads. I don't think a Christian can support the fact that he is trying to paint Obama as the antiChrist. Like Gov Mike said, these guys can be defeated if we stay on issues. Most people (believers) I know are put off by these negative ads.
  Regarding the challenges our nation faces especially abortion and sodomy, I always think that the solution is not political. It's an issue of the heart. Isaiah 17:9 says "the heart of man is desperately wicked" The only way to change it is through God's unchanging Word. This means every Christian need to get involve and join the army of soldiers the Lord is raising to connect with the lost as a way of life, evangelizing and discipling. That is the only way we can change this nation. It is great to have a godly leader, but we must increase our efforts in one on one evangelism if we are to see success.
  I feel really sad that Christians are seen as the base of the GOP considering the kind of campaign they run and the way they govern. We need to be able to discern and know when these guys want to manipulate us just to get votes and when they are genuine. Mike was and is genuine. I trust him and I will keep praying for him and see what the Lord has for the future. As for this election, I am not really inspired.

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  09/02/2008 07:15 PM

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• Green, Melissa

  09/02/2008 05:09 PM

  

  Captain Obvious
  09/02/2008 09:40 AM

  That was a wonderful post. I just wanted to add my AMEN!

• Green, Melissa

  09/02/2008 04:34 PM

  

  Walters, Efi
  09/02/2008 02:53 PM

  I could argue the position that she will actually have MORE time for her family as VP than she does as Governor. So, in some way you could be supporting your family values view more in actually helping her change jobs. I don't agree with your position, as we have no idea what her life is really like. I look at her as a gift from God. The gift I have been praying for the last two months. I see the power of God in the fact that she never went looking for the job she now holds, she got there through a series of circumstances. Her story is really like none other in our modern political history. Your vote is your own and I was ready to withhold my vote for McCain, but the VP is not at all one of the toughest jobs in the world. I know we have had VP's in the past that really didn't take part in government affairs at all. Just think about it before you decide you KNOW she is not putting her family as her first priority.

• Captain Obvious

  09/02/2008 03:34 PM

  

  Efi Walters--

  May God bless you and your family as you serve on the mission field and nurture your child. Whether we agree or not about this year's vote, I'm sure we are in agreement on our nation's need for repentance.

  MXN, Nancy, et al, you might enjoy this article:

  http://www.onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=236076

• Walters, Efi

  09/02/2008 02:53 PM

  I am in no way opposed to having a woman working out of the home. We have examples in Scripture. But we are not told if Deborah had five kids at home or given the context of the family situation in which the lived. But what we hold dear as Christians is that the family is very important. If things don't go well in the family, it is hard for them to go well in the market place. My wife and I serve in fulltime Christian ministry on the mission field in Africa. She was even one of the directors in the country with more than 100 missionaries from different countries. We have a baby a year old and going back to the mission field in two days. Family is top priority for us. We have to nuture the next generation. For this she will be giving not more than 20% each week for work while i serve fulltime. I do think that the choice of Palin is not a good example for young Christian mothers. Given that we live in a country where it is very easy for others or tv to raise our kids. One of the best ways to love our kids and nurture them is to give them our time and listen to them. Remember she has a special needs kid born in April. Just five months ago and is now pursuing on of the toughest jobs in the world. It is true that we wanted a prolifer in that position but not her. I will not be following my values in voting for her.

• mxnwilson

  09/02/2008 11:25 AM

  

  Captian Obvious,
  I too agree with you, and I think that Daily Kos is a coward to attack children of a candidate rather than trying to debate the issues of the candidat.

• Gatchel, Nancy

  09/02/2008 10:03 AM

  

  Captain Obvious 9/2/08 9:40 A.M.

  I'm with you.

• Gatchel, Nancy

  09/02/2008 09:59 AM

  

  I have not mentioned Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy for one reason. My thinking is "so what?".
  The daughter has made a mistake that is visible to the world. I guess my thought is "judge not lest you be judged" and "there but for the grace of God go I."

  I am praying for this young lady, that she seeks the Lord's mercy and forgiveness, that she educates herself about marriage and motherhood in a spiritual way, and that she will know the joys of being a wife and mother.

• Captain Obvious

  09/02/2008 09:40 AM

  

  final tuppence--

  Fer corn's sake, people. We are debating Sarah Palin here as if the choice had not already been made.

  We wanted Huckabee for president. Then we wanted Huckabee for VP. What we have is McCain for president and Palin for VP, with Huckabee in a position to exert more and stronger influence than he would have in either spot we wanted for him.

  We wanted a strong, pro-life, pro-family Republican ticket, and we HAVE it.

  The Southern Baptist statement (It is very Biblical and we honor it at our house) that Efi quoted (and here it is again)

  "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

  ..does not hinder any Christian woman from any work, but leaves it to the couple. God can call a woman to serve in public office (Deborah again) without calling her to rebel against her husband's authority. Each Christian couple gets to work out with prayer and consideration how they are to go about managing the household and nurturing the next generation.

  I'm concerned with MY household--other than prayerful support for families like the Huckabee's and the Palin's who deal with the public spotlight, to concern myself with speculation that they are somehow not doing it right smacks of gossip. Which I personally hate more than just about anything. (If you haven't been a victim of gossip yet, just wait. It gets to most of us sooner or later, and it hurts like crazy.)

• Captain Obvious

  09/02/2008 09:23 AM

  

  Efi--

  Given the offices she has held up to now, it is safe to assume Governor Palin and her husband are competent to see that their children are nurtured. Read Proverbs 31 again--it describes one busy businesslady.

  It would be very foolish for any candidate to run for office without the agreement and encouragement of family members, and doubly so for a woman to run unless her husband encouraged it. I don't think Sarah Palin is foolish. Am I going to be the first to bring up Deborah from the book of Judges??? We prayed, blogged, prayed, emailed, prayed, telephoned and prayed for a pro-life VP for McCain, and we have one.

  Reminds me of a story--There was once a great flood, and deacon Jones found himself perched in a tree, surrounded by deep rushing water. "O Lord," he prayed, "Deliver me".

  30 minutes later, a neighbor came by in a rowboat, and invited Deacon Jones to board and row to safety.

  "Thank you, but I'm waiting for the Lord to deliver me", intoned Deacon Jones. And he wouldn't get into the boat. Finally his neighbor sadly rowed away.

  Another boat came by--this one a rescue vehicle from the Red Cross. They received the same reply, and rowed away leaving Deacon Jones in his tree.

  Then a rescue helicopter flying overhead spotted Deacon Jones in his tree. The rescue workers called to him on the bullhorn and lowered a ladder, but Deacon Jones let them know he was waiting for the Lord to deliver him. After repeated refusals, the helicopter flew on.

  Not too long after that, Deacon Jones found himself at the Pearly Gates. Once inside, he said, "Lord, I don't understand. I was counting on you to deliver me from that deadly peril."

  And the Lord, of course, replied, "Child, I sent you two boats and a helicopter."

  Just as there are people who will vote for BHO because of his race (in far greater numbers than those few who may vote against him on account of it), there are people who will vote for or against the Republican ticket because the VP is female. What is WONDERFUL about our government is that every voter has that choice.

• Captain Obvious

  09/02/2008 09:01 AM

  

  John Graves--

  Life isn't a "real" issue???????????

• Mattocks, Michelle

  09/02/2008 12:32 AM

  Lets be honest. Unless something happens to McCain, Gov. Palin will probably have more family time as VP than Gov.

  Also, she will only have three kids at home.

  Why doesn't anyone ever question males with kids running for office?

  She seems to have a type A personality. And probably is better when she is very busy. I'm sure she was quite angry when she first found out. But Bristol is her daughter and she stands firm behind her. I think the part of her statment that said she was going to realize quickly what adulthood was about alluded to that.

  My sister has seperated from her husband. And I still love and support her.

• Anderson, Gary

  09/01/2008 11:02 PM

  I have decided to write in my vote for Mike Huckabee in the general election. My reason for this is simple.

  John McCain has shown his inapt decision making tendency by selecting his VP running mate for reasons of pure politics, i.e., attempting to appeal to both the disappointed women supporters for Hillary Clinton and to appease the Christian voter. But those are secondary reasons for selecting a running mate that may one day be placed in the position of being our president. Although his choice for VP may be a very nice person, I fail to see her qualifications for being the leader of the most powerful nation in the world.

  The money boys in the RNC chose to conduct themselves very improperly toward Mike Huckabee during the primaries insteat placing their backing behind Gov Romney. I submit that the RNC needs to see literally that to neglect the Christian voting block completely will cost them dearly in this and future elections.

  I choose to write in my vote for Mike Huckabee for president in November, even if it means four years of another "Bill Clinton look alike". God bless Mike Huckabee and God bless America

• Walters, Efi

  09/01/2008 10:58 PM

  I am surprised by the fact many in the Christian community are not thinking of the consequences this selection will have. I know most of us are thinking about the unborn child. Wre there no candidates more experiences with prolife values that coulkd be chosen? This whole thing may backfire on us and tarnish our testimony in some ways especially with the stories coming out now about Palin. This woman's five months old baby needs her, her 17year our pregnant daughter needs her help. But she is on the campaign trail. This is very reckless. I don't know any good shepherd who will advice his sheep to do this. I won't advice anyone in my flock to do this. For God's sake her family needs her so badly!
  "Evangelical women also will have to decide if they will vote against their conscience by voting to put the mother of young children in a job outside the home that will demand so much of her time and energy.

  Southern Baptist leaders like Richard Land and Al Mohler have praised McCain's choice. But these are the same men who support this statement from the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message:

  "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

  Palin's lack of experience and her family situation are both valid and vital considerations here, especially when she will be running with a 72-year-old presidential candidate who has suffered four bouts of a deadly cancer." Sally Quinn
  

• Malone, Ted

  09/01/2008 10:50 PM

  While I can see the point some are making about Gov. Palin maybe needing to be in a position to spend more time with her children, when you consider the amount of childcare she will have availble to her as VP, I don't think that will to much of a hinderence to her. Most working moms would be greatful to have that kind of childcare available to them.

  Gov. Palin seems to be a great addition to the ticket (so far). She's certainly helped out in the fundraising department (10M in just two days!) :-0 Not sure if anyone else could have created that kind of buzz for the McCain campaign. I still think now more than ever Huck would have been the best pick for numerous reasons, but........oh well, we tried our best. :-(

  Thomas Kissell, I'd be glad to have that debate with you over whether there would be a difference in the type of judges that McCain would pick versus the types Obama would select. It would be night and day in the types of judges the two would pick. Simply saying there wouldn't be any difference without anything to support such a statement doesn't really go very far.

  Mike Davis, your correct in saying that Romney had many supporters, but you have to acknowledge that his vast wealth that he used to spend on his campaign had alot to do with the success that he acheived. Had he run a positive campaign and not changed so many of his issues just in time to run for President, I don't think the animosity that exists between supporters of other candidates and Romney backers would have developed the way that it did.

  That being said, as a longtime Republican, it was uplifting to see Huckabee and Romney up on the stage together in a show of unity for the GOP yesterday. It's the first time since the primaries that I feel fired up over this election.

  Great job on Greta's show tonight MH! You're comment about Gov. Palin receiving more votes in her mayor elections than Biden received in his run for President had me ROFL! :-D

• Captain Obvious

  09/01/2008 10:46 PM

  

  Sorry about three posts so close together--but the flurry of commentary about Governor Palin's grandchild gets to me.

  We don't give enough thought to what people who run for office give up in order to serve--they know their lives and their families are subject to constant, critical scrutiny. They and their families give up their privacy and submit themselves to whatever slime media people can throw their way.

  I don't know about you, but I don't think I would be willing to deal with the stresses people like Sarah Palin and Mike Huckabee and their families face every day. I'm grateful for all they are willing to give for us.

• Captain Obvious

  09/01/2008 10:32 PM

  

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  Let's have a cuppa (isn't Juliee awesome!)and reason together. Tyger, thank you for your sensitive post.

  Since our VP candidate has a real family, rather than a made for public image one, she is absolutely right in telling the simple truth to counter the shameful smear aimed in her direction. Don't read the Daily Kos nasty insinuation--it will just make your blood pressure elevate. The gist is that Governor Palin's youngest is actually her daughter's child, claimed by the governor as a cover up.

  Governor Palin's new grandchild will at some point learn what was said about the circumstances of his/her birth. I believe he or she will be reassured that everything parents and grandparents say now reflects love and welcome. It is graceless pro-life to let a child live with the cold prickly knowledge that he or she was unwelcome.

  The more I learn about Governor Palin, the more I rejoice that she is McCain's running mate.

• Graves, John

  09/01/2008 10:24 PM

  Okay, so she is anti-abortion and an evangelical. How does she stand on the REAL issues? What is her stand on the FairTax? That is my number one campaign issue and what made me a HUGE follower of Mike Huckabee.
  Does she support and endorse the FairTax? I have searched all around and cannot find much information about her ideas/thoughts on the subject.

• Tyger

  09/01/2008 05:20 PM

  

  Efi: the existence of this child shouldn't even be on anyone's radar, that it is can be laid at the feet of the cockroaches at sites like the Daily Kos. The news of the pregnancy came out to stifle rumors spread by those vermin that Palin's son born in April was actually her daughter's.

  Was it the right strategy? Can't say, but the people spreading the initial rumors are probably giving themselves muscle strains patting themselves on the back. After all it isn't the liberals who care...they have their candidate and are supremely confident in his eventual success.

  It is the cancer of condemnation that will spread within certain circles of the Republican party that they are banking on.

  ...and since I know someone will accuse me of moral relativism or whatever this week's pet smear is, let me say this:

  I absolutely think that Palin's daughter should have waited...I think I should have waited, but it didn't work out that way, and shouting hellfire and brimstone will not change the fact that there is a baby on the way with needs that aren't going to go away just because cameras are rolling.

  The family is doing the honorable thing, and cleaning up after. What else is there to do? Doris Day aside, there is no way to un-deflower someone. She's already made a poor choice that she will have to live with for the rest of her life. There really isn't anything anyone can say after that and doing the easy thing of calling her a whore or trampy also plays into the hands of how the media wishes to see us, as opposed to how we actually are.

  At least she is trying to set things right.

• Jacques, Timothy

  09/01/2008 04:42 PM

  Folks, whoever McCain picked, the Libs and media would be digging for dirt reguardless. Welcome to politics, the truest of bloodsports.

  But still, I have to admit, the bloggers have gone a little too far on the baby issue. And I think nothing will come of the Trooper-Gate issue.

• Alan4Huck

  09/01/2008 04:20 PM

  

  I whole-heartedly agree with you Tyger.

  Thanks for your personal post.

• Walters, Efi

  09/01/2008 04:17 PM

  It's shameful and dishonest that her daughter's pregnancy is seen among some Christian leaders as a heroic thing. As Christians having a baby is a very normal and natural think. I don't think a true believer would ever think about abortion. For this child to have a baby at this tender age out of wedlock is sad. I guess Palin has put her ambitions before those of her kids. She has a baby that needs special care. Her own baby is having a baby. Instead of spending time building strong Christian values in the growing family, she is seeking one of the most powerful and busiest jobs in the world. It is unbelievable that many Christian leaders who talk about family don't even have compassion for this woman's family. I would guess she is blinded by her own ambitions. Was she the only one Mccain could pick?

• Green, Melissa

  09/01/2008 03:51 PM

  

  I think it is time to ignore the Romney issue. It is over and I think it best if we don't take them on anymore.

• Tyger

  09/01/2008 03:50 PM

  

  Sarah publicly condemning her daughter's actions would just add creedence to the perception that evangelicals and devout Christians are as hard hearted and judgemental as the MSM would have people believe.

  Of COURSE she is disappointed! But it goes without saying! The girl is going to keep the baby and marry the father. Ms. Palin would have to be a fool to do anything that might derail that course of action.

  She would further have to be a fool to let public perception dictate how she deal with her own children. It's none of our business, regardless of how the MSM feels about it.

  The accounts that I've seen say that McCain was aware of the pregnancy, so it isn't as if it was hidden either.

  I've been where this girl is, and it was not the pointing fingers and wagging tongues that set me straight. It was the hands offered in friendship and the people who came out of nowhere to help me through the rough patches, of which there were many.

  If anything I'm MORE inclined to vote for her. The way she has handled the situation with her daughter under the spotlight's glare I think is admirable.

• Green, Melissa

  09/01/2008 03:48 PM

  

  I posted this in the St. Louis Rally Blog by mistake, but decided to move it here and repost it too.

  I had not heard the news regarding the Palin's daughter until I read it here, so I am going on the words of all of you.

  I got married when I was 18 years old to my high school sweetheart, not because I was pregnant mind you, but I was in love. We dated for almost 3 years before we married. Though we made it, I will be the first to say that is was a challenge every single day. I have wonderful parents and so does my husband. We were both raised going to chuch all our lives. If it would not have been for BOTH of us having that same strong backgound we would have never made it. We both had parents that worked, so before you go out there and blame her parents for this, just don't! I am 29 and I work with the teenage girls at church and at church camp. They are under a whole lot more pressure than even I was 10 years ago. It is eye opening to listen to them talk, and to hear what they have been exposed to.

  It is time that we pray for this family because when she decided to take on this challenge she knew what people were going to say about her and her daughter. It is time we take back what is being taught in our schools and the vile stuff that is on our TV sets, not to turn on a family that is trying to do what is right!!

  I can honestly say that I am "mad" this time. I love this site because I learn so much from it and I always try to see both sides of the issues with an open mind. But people, it is NEVER our place to try to place blame on anyone.

  
  Del & Leslie McMillan
  09/01/2008 02:35 PM
  In St. Louis Rally Blog

  You are right. They are trying to do the right thing and set the right example. It is a tragic situation for their family no doubt. But they are to be commended for their expample, not to be judged and dimissed by anyone.

• Judge Deborah

  09/01/2008 03:33 PM

  

  I have to admit being a little queasy at first about the direction the Republican party was taking, but you have to remember, there are a lot of committed conservative Christians in the background in our party.

  They are working hard to keep our party platform moral and adhering to principles of our founding fathers and ones that God can bless. We must continue to pray that God's people will prevail.

  Both Sen. McCain and Sarah Palin will have sons in Iraq. Their sons will be calling home to let their parents know how it is going. I feel there will be more compassion and care taken to be victorious and bring our boys and girls home than there otherwise would have been.

  Sarah can bring in nannies and homeschool teachers to help her with her children or even family members & her husband will be with her. Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher did a great job in inspiring and leading their people.

  Sarah Palin will look Nancy Pelosi and Hillary Clinton in the eye and challenge their hard left perspectives. Yes, at times Sarah will have to leave her children in the hands of helpers or with her husband and remain in meetings when she would rather be with her family.

  Sarah Palin will bring compassion and grit to Congress. She will probably be bored with the pontificating. But she will learn and will hold her own. I'd like to see any one of them try to best her in sharpshooting. I am very impressed with our future V.P.

  Never Underestimate the Power of a Godly Woman!

• Captain Obvious

  09/01/2008 03:21 PM

  

  GUYS!

  Senator McCain's choice of Sarah Palin is a BIG WIN for our side!! It is the next best thing to having Governor Huckabee on the ticket.

  McCain could not have sent a stronger signal to those of us who believe life is of paramount importance; this lady chose life for her Down's Syndrome child and is supporting her teen-age daughter in choosing life for an inconveniently-timed child. This is a REAL family we are talking about.

  Public perception of Mike Huckabee has been formed around a lot of lies and misrepresentations on the part of the news media. Governor Palin has an advantage right now in that the media have not yet done much damage to her reputation; we will need to support her with our prayers as they take aim.

  Now I know we have a Republican ticket I can support wholeheartedly. I see that as an answer to our prayers.

• Davis, Mike

  09/01/2008 03:05 PM

  Dr. David: You just can't accept the fact that Romney has a legion of support, and no, it isn't bought and paid for. You can't seem to accept that. I accept the fact that Mike Huckabee has a lot of supporters without accusing them of being bought and paid for. You diminish your standing as an objective observer by saying things like you do about Romney and his supporters. I enjoyed some of your earlier posts, but you now stand in jeopardy of becoming exactly what you accuse Romney supporters of being.

• SharonNC

  09/01/2008 03:02 PM

  

  Sarah Palin should have rejected John McCain. How could she do this to her daughter? She had to know it would be made public. I hope she removes herself from nomination before she is nominated at the convention.

• kissell, thomas

  09/01/2008 02:07 PM

  Doctor David,

  I think my comment at 11:44pm 8/31/08 pretty much explains everything.

  Perhaps it was not yet posted for you to have read it.

  Basically I do think that Obama is more liberal than McCain and yes I wouldn't vote for Obama,

  BUT, that being said McCain I think is a back stabber, and will be nearly as bad a Obama. And if we vote for McCain then I think we will have done more to hurt our issues than Obama could ever do.

  So the worst case senario is that McCain wins.

  A democrat victory, as much as I don't want that, could be the purifying fire that is so needed for republicans and conservatives to finally get real, and stop all of this.

  As far as supreme court judge appointments go, you will get the same with McCain that you would get with Obama. A liberal judge. Thats the bottom line. Anything McCain says otherwise is empty promises for your vote. You see, you vote for him, then you get nothing.

  I would gladly debate that with anyone because its true. Its not based off of partisan fear mongering, it just tells it like it is.

  So the point is that while McCain seems slightly more conservative than Obama, a McCain win would do more to hurt our issues than Obama could ever do. Conservatives who care about those issues, I think should not be voting for McCain.

• JULIEE 4 HUCKABEE, CA

  09/01/2008 02:06 PM

  

  Just heard some SAD NEWS on CNN, that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is 5 months pregnant. She is planning on marrying the father. McCain already knew this before he picked her. Palin said she is proud that her daughter is keeping the baby, and she is proud that she is going to be a grandmother.

  I wish that she had also said, that she was disappointed that her daughter had not waited until after they were married. She is certainly going to have a lot on her plate this year with the election, her own baby, and now this with her daughter.

  Does anyone know if Governor Huckabee is still scheduled to speak Tuesday night, or has it been cancelled or rescheduled? Thank-you!

  Roland Martin said on CNN today, that Gov. Huckabee would have been a better choice. Nice to hear at least!.......

  God Bless All!

• Malone, Ted

  09/01/2008 02:05 PM

  Thomas Kissell: You may want to look at what the electoral maps looked like in previous elections before you declare this election a lock for Obama. The fact that the latest CNN poll has the race a dead heat after the DNC convention, when a convention usually gives it's party a double digit bounce, shows that the GOP is actually in a very good position to win in November.

  As much as we may not be thrilled with McCain as the nominee, lets face it, he won the nomination fair and square. He didn't run a scorched earth campaign like Romney did, so he should get some credit for that. With McCain we at least have a reasonable chance at getting quality judges selected to the bench, with Obama we have zero chance of that happening.

  And Mike Davis, I think you meant to say that Romney "owns conservative talk radio". That certainly would be a true statement. :-D

• Leibold, Robert

  09/01/2008 01:49 PM

  I think Palin a superb choice with only minor exceptions: Her selection-day party-line criticism of the Russians mirrors a growing attempt among both Republicans and Democrats to demonize and therefore marginalize Moscow, and the move is an increasingly heedless, dangerous one for the West for both economic and diplomatic reasons.

  That said, I'd love to see Huckabee and Romney as part of the presidential cabinet or as confidential advisors. With Palin's emergence the Republican Party has proven itself a very big tent indeed, and in just one fell swoop we've trumped the Democrats' once-exclusive boast that they're 'the party of progression.'

  Imagine lovely, cerebral Palin at your side at the skeet-range, with shotgun in hand, confidently shouting--"Pull!" (Every sportsman's ultimate dream.) The woman reminds me of my wife and her two staunchly-conservative sisters.

  Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi rightly fade to well-deserved obscurity--if only for the time being.

• Moderation, Voice of

  09/01/2008 01:39 PM

  I just read that Sarah Palin's unwed 17 year old daughter is 5 months pregnant. Not exactly the role model everyone seems to have been talking about. Maybe if Sarah had spent more time focusing on her family than on her political career, better values could have been fostered.

• Dr. David

  09/01/2008 01:36 PM

  

  Deborah, I know what Mike Davis means about Mitt Romney owning some of us. It means that we are too obsessed with Romney, and spend too much time talking about how awful he is or how awful we think he is.

  The term "owns you people" is amusing, in light of his reputation for buying people. For example, it was rumored that he was paying people to write supportive comments for him on the internet. I wonder if he owns Mike Davis.

  I personally believe that Romney is finished as a national figure. He tried to buy and bully his way to the nomination, but stood for nothing and persuaded only weak minded people and those in favor of economic Darwinism (thank you, Ted Malone!). Both he and other Republicans probably understand there is no way he can realistically run for President in 2012, unless something about him changes dramatically.

• Walters, Efi

  09/01/2008 01:32 PM

  The Palins just sent out a message that their 17 year old unmarried daughter is pregnant. This is shocking but they have tried to spin it into something they are proud of. I do think as a mother of five and still have four at home and a baby with down syndrome, accepting this job and even taking the job of governor is not good for the family. The world has become so dangerous that if we Christians don't spend enough time with our kids, they will turn out worse off. The best thing we can give our kids is our time. I do think it's wrong for Sarah to take this job. I still think there were more qualified people who would have rallied the base than her. I can't vote for this ticket, it would mean being irresponsible and not looking at the needs those kids have. My wife and I have one little one. Our top priority is to give our kids the best. She quit her job so we can give him and the others that will come the best. She is the best mother and best wife I know.

• SharonNC

  09/01/2008 01:20 PM

  

  I don't have a problem with Mitt Romney being in McCains administration. It would pretty much keep him out of the public eye. I just didn't want want him for Pres. or VP.

• Judge Deborah

  09/01/2008 12:48 PM

  

  Mike Davis:

  Please explain what you mean by "Mitt Romney owns some of you people."

  Why would we want Mitt Romney in the Administration?

  The same corrupt flip-flop lack of integrity that he showed as Governor of MA and while on the campaign trail, is exactly why he should NOT be part of the administration.

  Mitt Romney is a political opportunist. If he cared for upholding moral principles, he would never have supported a woman's right to choose. That is a clear liberal Democratic policy.

  John McCain may look up to Tom Ridge and Joe Lieberman, but Sen. John McCain promised to fill his cabinet with solid pro-life conservative staffers. Is he going to go back on that pledge to the American people?
  

• Huckabee For President 2012

  09/01/2008 12:34 PM

  

  Mike Huckabee's reaction on Fox News:

  http://mikehuckabee2012.blogspot.com/2008/08/mike-huckabees-reaction-to-john-mccains.html

  Please vote for it on RCP:

  http://readerarticles.realclearpolitics.com/?period=all

• Davis, Mike

  09/01/2008 12:15 PM

  Mitt Romney OWNS some of you people. You need to let it go. It's over. That is unless your goal now is to make sure he is nowhere to be found in a McCain administration.

• Judge Deborah

  09/01/2008 09:18 AM

  

  Hurricane Gustav just dropped to Category 2 Status! Praise God for all the prayers.

  Keep the prayers going and bring Gustav down to a Category 1. Praise God!