Northern Exposure

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Another pretty brilliant "Daily Show" clip, evisceratingly demonstrating how Republican talking points flip-flop more than actual flip flops, particularly when it comes to Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin:

Palin gave a rousing, crowd-pleasing speech last night - she was wittier and more attractive than, say, Rush Limbaugh has ever been. She had little to say in terms of policy specifics, fairly lied about her opposition to that famous "Bridge to Nowhere," misrepresented Barack Obama's policies like a champ (is Champ one of her kids?) and even made fun of the notions of helping poor people and honoring the Constitution.

But she proved to be the sort of "celebrity" that John McCain's campaign had heretofore mocked - she had withering words for speeches that inspire wild applause even as she gave one, no easy trick.

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If she can dodge any further embarrassments that were divulged by the McCain team's fairly lazy vetting, which is not a given, Palin will prove to be a most uncanny choice for McCain's ticket. She seems so aw-shucks likable to many who are looking for a reason, any reason, to vote against Obama except, of course, you know, that one because they're not racist or anything.

And any attacks on her political philosophies (even her edict against abortions even in the case of rape) are already somehow being construed as sexism (how touching that the Republicans have become such champions of women's rights, given that McCain is against equal pay for equal work). So Democrats and the media are being warned to treat her with kid gloves, while it's already obvious Palin's pretty good at punching below the belt.

It'll be a wildly entertaining campaign, more compelling than most of the new fall shows and more lurid than the worst reality programs. Offer your predictions: Who'll have an on-air aneurysm first, someone at Fox News or at MSNBC?

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miami native said:

Why is it off limits to not ask for proof of Trigg's motherhood, as Sarah Palin is using this child to rev up the ultra right wing conservatives?! Besides her wolf and bear slaughter from airplanes, which is against federal law and sickening; and besides the total lack of experience and qualities necessary to be leader of the free world which is frightening; besides the fact this move proves McCain's absolutely NOT putting country first or he would not be willing to leave us twisting in the wind if he dies; if she DID (I for one am convinced that life does not hand you this many co-incidences and insane scenarios without truth behind it) go through all these gyrations and lies to cover up the fact that abstinence only education did not work for her own daughter; and to shore up her re-election for Governor of Alaska, I cannot be the only one who feels very sickened by what a devious personality it would take to start with, and continue with, this total lie to the American people.

I would love to hear the opinions of doctors of the facts in this case.

Let's just look at a few of those facts. No one, not her closest friends or her staff, had any idea that Sarah Palin was pregnant until she announced she was 7 months along. She had not worn different clothes and her own comment was 'I thought someone would notice my clothes were getting snug'. She has had 4 children before and let me tell you, you show earlier and get bigger with every subsequent child. There is a picture circulating of Sarah Palin late in an earlier pregnancy, and she is absolutely HUGE.

For the same time period, (co-incidence?) her oldest daughter was missing from school due to 'mononucleosis' for FIVE months. Mono is nasty but NO ONE EVER is too sick to work or go to school for more than a few weeks. If someone stayed ill that long, they should have been in the hospital for extensive tests because it must be something else much more serious. Where was her daughter LIVING for those five months? Seems to be no anser to that question from the Palins. Why DIDN'T she hospitalize her daughter?!

There is a picture circulating of the family noted as Feb. 2008 where Sarah is slim and trim. There were family pictures up from late 2007 where Bristol in has the look of a teenage girl with a definite circular baby bump. NOT fat, pregnant. That family picture has been removed as well as others from the Governor's website. And then when you went back to look at that particular picture 'circa 2006'was ADDED. Why?

Bristol received a traffic ticket during a minor accident in Feb. when she was supposed to be sick with terrible mono. Her name DID appear on the internet website (small state, they list all the traffic stops), but sometime after that her name was removed from the ticket posting on the internet. It now simply states the ticket was given to a ' 17 year old'. Why the coverup?

Sarah Palin was in Texas in April when she told managers of the Governor's meeting that she was going to give her speech but needed an earlier flight back to Alaska because her amniotic fluid was 'leaking'. This is a red flag! The baby was supposedly a month early (but weighed over 6 lbs at birth), she knew it had Downs; yet she gives her speech, is quoted as saying she was having some labor pains but it was not
ACTIVE LABOR, and so felt it was perfectly good judgement to get on a plane (with a change of planes I believe in Seattle) for a 10-12 hour trip. Instead of rushing to a hospital prepared to take care of a preemie, she drives a couple of hours more to get to her local Medical Center (no NICU unit). WHY would any women with a brain in her head, in premature labor, and having experienced previous childbirth, get on a plane for a trip of 10 hours plus? By all accounts of the crew she did not even appear pregnant, certainly not distressed! She could have gone into very active labor 30 minutes into the flight! It makes NO sense, and that is a Big Red Flag! What would make sense is that her daughter was in labor back in Alaska and she was going home to complete this coverup by taking the baby home from the Medical Center as hers.

Three days later Sarah is back at work, introducing this child to everyone as hers, perky, no complaints, totally normal. Supposedly she was breast feeding and using a breast pump? So who was taking care of this child at home while Sarah worked? Bristol? If there is any 17 year old girl who would not have a problem with this scenario, I have not met her. Knowing teenage girls in love it is entirely possible that the first thing Bristol did when she had freedom after 5 months of staying out of sight was to go see the boyfriend - and proceeded to immediately get pregnant again (the most fertile time of a woman's life is soon after giving birth)! Trigg was born on April 18 but the medical center has NO RECORD OF HIS BIRTH! WHY? Could someone be working to change that birth certificate?

We are only juggling 2 weeks here! Trigg is 4 1/2 months and, VERY big co-incidence, we now hear Bristol is FIVE months pregnant! Anyone out there with their 'logical' brain turned on? Could she be FOUR months and we would not know the difference?

This young couple is going to get married. Well, FIVE months pregnant and they gotten married already? Sarah had no idea she was picked for VP till last week. What was holding up the marriage of her pregnant daughter? Maybe she is not quite as far along as they are telling us? AND where IS Trigg's birth certificate? WHY didn't Sarah value her child's life and go to a hospital in Texas!? When she went to the Conference she certainly knew she was 8 months along and having a fifth child, so it could be a very short labor at any time and she would be far away from home. Any reasonable woman would have weighed that possibility before getting on the plane to GO to the Conference. Doctors and airlines consider this very bad judgement and she compouned it by getting on a plane in labor. Once the membranes break that baby is in danger.

My problem with this woman is: IF she was in labor and got on the plane, leaking fluid, that is TERRIBLE TERRIBLE JUDGEMENT. Stupid, actually! And, IF she is willing to put so much time and energy to make up this story and pretend to be pregnant for a month and then pretend to be in labor (no one on the plane even thought she 'looked' pregnant, much less in labor) and all this was done as a coverup for her political future in Alaska since she had no idea about the VP - and perhaps to cover up the absolute failure of her 'abstinence only' sex ed in Alaska's schools; and is CONTINUING to keep up such a huge lie on the national stage and WORSE, USING the child's disability to prop up her own reputation (AND what IS this doing to her poor daughter!), there is something VERY VERY WRONG WITH HER JUDGEMENT and she is underestimating the intelligence of the American people!

This scenario, which makes so much MORE sense than HER scenario, shows that hers is NOT the stable personality that this country needs in leadership.

Judgement also includes knowing one's own limits! And how she judges herself with all that is going on in her family and total lack of foreign policy knowledge and experience, 'ready' to be leader of the free world and implement treaties and protocol with leaders like Putin to keep us out of more war? She does say Iraq is God's plan so perhaps more war is not a problem for her! Putting country FIRST? No, this is all hunger for power, and HER ambition. John McCain wrote in his second book that he did not run in 2000 for patriotic reasons, or to promote his agenda for the country's direction, but out of pure ambition to be President of the United States. Check it out. THAT is NOT a good reason, but it is an honest statement. Sarah Palin is not being honest about why she wants this job.

So, is John McCAin putting 'country first' by choosing Gov. Palin? Or, if he gets to fulfill his great ambition to be President and then leaves this Earthly plane, does he just figure 'what the he-ll'?.

Elizabeth said:

I have been working for McCain, but no more. Having him as our President would be great, but NOT with HER as VP. Nothing on earth could induce me to vote for this woman who supports slaughter of wolves and bears from planes and helicopters, and monetarily rewards the killers by submitting the left foot of wolves cruelly slaughtered. Also, with Polar Bears struggling to survive in Alaska and ice melting, this woman with a depraved heart fought mercilessly until she had the bears removed from the endangered species list. Oh, and of course there is the lying about the bridge, her leading the movement to remove Alaska from the United States of America, her underhanded and unethical attempt to remove her former brother-in-law from his job, and firing the man who refused to fire him. A few other things, too, which will come out.

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