Sarah

[Jayare's Chicks]

I thought Sarah's speach 2 nights ago and McCain's speach last night was AWSOME.
I grew up in Anchorage and was an Alaskan resident for 26 years until I retired last year and moved down here to Alabama.
Sarah fought the system of the good ole boys network and won because she is all about change. She took on one of our great senators (Frank Murkowski) that had been in office for something like 34 years and left the Senate and became our Govenor of Alaska then she ran against him and won.
The last time I looked we are not voting on who will be the VP, we are voting on who we want as the President of the United States.
I have heard LOTS of people complain over the years about this Pres or that Pres and I always ask them "Did you Vote?" and most times they say NO. I always tell them "If YOU don't vote you have NO RIGHT to COMPLAIN".
Just my 2 cents.

Jayare

 

[PotterWatch]

d.k :

* Thank you for explaining. You do know, I am sure, that very nearly every (if not every) president we have ever had-- for the duration-- and not just recently, has at least claimed to hold to Judeo-Christian beliefs? And Obama does also?

I do know that. My issue with it is how it transfers from personal belief to decision-making and how religious ideals are put into law. I don't believe that my children, hypothetically of course, should be learning religion in school in any way, shape, or form. I don't think that because a lawmakers religion says birth control is wrong, that I should then be denied birth control. That is what I mean by religion being used as a basis for decision-making.​

 

[PotterWatch]

Jayare's Chicks :

The last time I looked we are not voting on who will be the VP, we are voting on who we want as the President of the United States.

But you can't vote for one without voting for the other. If Obama chose a running mate like Palin, I wouldn't vote for him either. We can't forget the possibility of a VP someday becoming President.​

 

[d.k]

* Gotta ask one more question, then PottersWatch. How DO YOU separate personally-held beliefs (about right and wrong, which is, in essence, what we are discussing, yes?) from decision-making?

 

[Jayare's Chicks]

But you have no problem spending and earning our American Money that says "In God We Trust"?

This country was founded bucause of religous beliefs.

Jayare

 

[annmarie]

I just read a quote that I think pretty well sums up what seems to be happening, based on the comments I'm seeing here, where McCain/Palin voters are saying "I like him/her." and Obama voters basically saying "I like his ideas."

If voters are choosing between two men, they will probably choose McCain. If they're choosing between two policies, I think Obama has the edge: His are newer, smarter and fresher.

I can understand wanting to vote for someone you like, but that's exactly what got our current clown elected twice! Voters thought they could "relate" to him better, and he's more like them. Personally, I don't want a president of VP to be like me, I want them to be smarter, more educated, more experienced in diplomacy, and more knowledgable about world affairs and the economy than I am, or ever could be!

I'm not voting for a best friend, I'm voting for a world leader.​

 

[Reinbeau]

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Please, the most important quality necessary to be either is common sense! If there were more of it in politics we wouldn't be in the pickle we're in right now.

I'm voting for Palin - not McCain. I seriously believe she can shake up Washington, and that is desperately needed. Not that McCain is a powerless figurehead (any more than any President is, actually, if any of you seriously believe the President runs the country you just haven't been paying attention!) but he's only going to be in office for four years - he's too old for a second term (although his mother looks great at 96, so he's got good genes!). I'm hoping Palin will be up against Hillary in 2012, and by then she'll have four years of Washington experience - way more than Clinton will have by then.

Do I agree with all of Palin's beliefs? No, but there's no one ever running that I agree 100% with. But I like her, I like her spirit, I truly believe she'll go far, and I'd like to watch her in her travels. You go, girl!

 

[s6bee]

I was considering McCain till he chose Sarah.

 

[ginasmarans]

From Potter: My issue with it is how it transfers from personal belief to decision-making and how religious ideals are put into law. I don't believe that my children, hypothetically of course, should be learning religion in school in any way, shape, or form. I don't think that because a lawmakers religion says birth control is wrong, that I should then be denied birth control. That is what I mean by religion being used as a basis for decision-making.

I agree about not teaching religion in schools,I can do that better at home,but the trend over the years is to inhibit religion in schools,and that is unconstitutional. As far as birth control,I don't think the government is against it,they just don't think it is their role to fund it and neither do I. Go buy your own contraceptives,abstain,pay for your own abortion,or have the baby. It IS our own personal decision and WE should take responsibility for it. I managed to go through school without getting pregnant or having an abortion. It's really not all that hard. It's not like catching the flu. What I can't understand is why some people complain when the government intereferes,unless of course they are footing the bill for when they want them to interefere. I'm not ga-ga over McCain,but Obama scares the stew out of me. I feel in my bones that what we see from him is not the real "him".
One of the greatest thing about our Country is that you can vote for a candidate based on whatever reason you want to,whatever is important to you. Who can say that my issues are more important or valid than yours and vice versa?At the end of the day,we all have to carry on our lives the best we can.

 

[Reinbeau]

+1, Gina!