Palin worries me
As a woman who grew up in Calumet, but also had the pleasure and honor of living in Alaska for 13 years, I did know who Sarah Palin was when John McCain showed his very poor judgment in selecting Palin.
Her religious, personal and ethical views would not be that important, if she hadn't made them front-and-center in her manipulation/abuse of power in the offices she's held.
Her record is clear, from many speeches, newspaper opinion pieces and incredibly angry, vindictive and ignorant letters to Alaska newspapers concerning such "important" and inappropriate subjects such as banning books (censorship), fighting against sensible family planning programs across Alaska, insisting that her faith's creation myth of Genesis is literal and belongs alongside the teaching of basic scientific principles and facts in publicly-funded institutions, and not hiding her views on the need for a non-separation of church and state.
For example, do we really trust a 44-year-old, mother of four (already), wife and newly-elected Governor who had a Down Syndrome baby, apparently not ever learning about the incredible increased risks of birth defects to babies born to woman over 40 years old, nor amazingly, using birth control methods or considering sterilization, with her husband?
Is this good judgment? And, unbelievably, that may be the one social program a McCain/Palin Administration will fund: All the rest of Palin's "special needs," children. She's extremely anti-choice, and has pushed to enact her "family planning" methods. She is proud that she's been "saved" in her Pentecostal faith, or in other words, "I'm going to Heaven and you have to stay here and live on this crappy, dead planet." Theocracy, anyone?
Please consider: Pentecostal majority Belief - Jesus' second coming in their lifetimes.
Morally superior and self-righteous: Moral (amoral?) certainty that if elected, her God would have put her there for a purpose - prophecy.
Sexism in election: victimhood?! She's not qualified. There must be an equal playing field, and as a woman today, she should be insisting that she can wrangle with the Big Boys.
Vote for a hopeful future with Obama/Biden. The alternative is dangerous, ignorant and will trickle-down more lost wealth, with Inquisition-like moral, ecclesiastical laws to boot.
LAURA JURGENSEN
Dollar Bay
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yooperdog
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10-12-08 12:41 PM
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Palin regurgitates the lines the "big boys" running the McCain campaign feed her. She has not shown any independent or critical thinking skills. She didn't answer questions during the debate because she had no answers other than what was fed to her by the campaign.
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upgirl
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10-11-08 12:13 AM
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Hillary??? HAHAHA!!! Hillary is the biggest flippin' idiot I have ever seen! I would have happily packed up and moved to Iraq had she become president! She's so unbelievably fake it's condescending! So Palin is an attractive woman - who cares? Being attractive means she can't be in office? She has been doing pretty darn good playing with those "big boys" and has held her own.
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Commentor
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10-10-08 12:20 PM
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Set back the women's movement? How is it that a woman who is presently govorner of a state, and soon to be Vice President of the United States, has set the women's movement back 100 years? In what direction has it been moving, pray tell?
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yooperdog
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10-09-08 10:58 PM
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Now Hillary is a woman who CAN play ball with the boys. She has no problem hitting a home run because the woman is intelligent and prepared. Someone should tell Palin that this isn't a beauty pageant.
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yooperdog
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10-09-08 10:55 PM
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I agree. Palin should be held to the same standards as all the other players. Calling "foul" because you're a woman just doesn't cut it. If she wants to play ball with the big boys, she better be able to hit it out of the field. So far, she's only struck out!
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Taylor1
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10-09-08 5:43 PM
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Regardless, whether or not one agrees with Sarah Palin's politics and moral standards, she has set the womens' movement back 100 years. I sure hope people do not vote for or against her just because she is a woman! She does not speak for me and I guess I was a hockey mom at one time. Laura, continue to express your opinions!
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calumetlove
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10-09-08 5:26 PM
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To Upgirl: I thank you for your apology. It does mean a lot :O)) Her son is innocent in all of this.
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upgirl
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10-09-08 4:20 PM
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yeah i know. I didn't mean to put "it" and sure didn't mean any disrespect. I saw that I did that after I submitted. Sorry if I offended.
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calumetlove
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10-09-08 3:21 PM
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TO UPGIRL: PALIN'S CHILD WITH DS IS A LITTLE BOY, NOT AN "it" WITH DS. HE IS A LITTLE BOY WITH DS.
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upgirl
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10-09-08 3:05 PM
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well, first of all, for someone as obviously liberal as Laura who is pro-choice, she sure did attack Palin on HER choice to have her baby regardless of the fact that it has DS. If you are truly pro-choice, it shouldn't have mattered what Palin chose. Secondly, evolution is a THEORY that is taught in schools. What gives anyone the right to teach my child that theory over another. Creationism as well as evolution should be taught in schools, as well as other theories. Since there is no concrete proof on any of them, only what people believe, why should your "liberal theory" be taught over my religious one?
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10-09-08 2:48 PM
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Localmom, I remember President Bush using the name of Jesus in a pre election debate. I don't recall him using His name afterward. I do recall the President speaking of other religions, particular Islam, in very favorable terms. An honest look at the record will show President Bush has not kept the name of Jesus front and center. I guess Ms Jurgensen and you are at odds with regard to censorship.
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LocalMom
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10-09-08 12:51 PM
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Censoring Genesis out of our schools? Are you kidding? Absolutely. There needs to remain a firm division between church and state, one that the religious community is increasing trying to breach, whether through school prayer, Creationism, "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance or preaching politics in church. I think the author of this letter is spot-on in her assessment of Sarah Palin. I think it is good to hear this from a person who lived in Palin's state and saw her handiwork up close. Bush has kept Jesus front and center in the Oval Office, an affront to many non-Christians in this country and around the world. We need less of this, not more of it. I admire any person with strong beliefs, including Christian beliefs, but that should be a private matter, not a public, political display. Remember the elections before 1980? They were much less about religion (even with Kennedy as a Catholic) and much more about the issues facing Americans everyday.
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Commentor
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10-09-08 12:04 PM
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Extremely anti-choice? One cannot but hold an extreme view in this matter when we consider it honestly. Those who believe an in utero child is not a child, can then support the aborting of that life progression, even to the extreme view of Mr. Obama who supports the killing of babies delivered through a failed abortion. At least he is consitent, and will kill babies willy nilly. Those who believe, along with science, that an in utero child is indeed a person, will then reject all killing of innocent humans, no matter their state of progression. The term 'abortion' itself sheds light on what is accomplished in it. A life is 'aborted' or stopped while in progress. I reject your fear mongering. You have simply had a strong reaction to her veiws, which are in opposition to your own. There will be no inquisition. Neither will there be any law of the land but our Constitution. CENSORSHIP: Did you just censor the Genesis account of creation out of our schools?
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10-09-08 11:53 AM
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I remain unruffled. Censorship: To what do you refer? All of us know that not all media content is appropriate for all ages and in all places. We all excercise censorship to some degree. Theocracy: One's Theism, as well as another's atheism, impacts one's world view. These views are presented to the electorate for consideration and subsequent acceptance or rejection. Those which are accepted are then plied in policy-making, thereby allowing for representative government under and within the framework of our Constitution. This is not Theocracy. Birth Control: I find it amazing that you find it amazing that some do not share your view in this matter. Remember, when we view something from an extreme angle, that which we view, when looking back at us, must also see us from the same angle.
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