Just Had to Say....
I am so thrilled about John McCain's pick for Vice Presidental running mate, Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska!! A pro-life mother of 5 who cares about family values!
I just finished listening to her speech...it was awesome.
Quote by Sarah Palin:
...Children are the most precious and promising ingredient in this mixed-up world…
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I love that. I really do.
Okay, back to work now!
I just finished listening to her speech...it was awesome.
Quote by Sarah Palin:
...Children are the most precious and promising ingredient in this mixed-up world…
*****
I love that. I really do.
Okay, back to work now!
AMEN!
There is hope!
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I don't think I have ever been more concerned for our country than during this presential election. I hope and pray that we will elect a president with conservative family values.
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I agree. I'm impressed with the choice and she also has five children. Her most recent child born this past April was born with Downs Syndrome.
I'm excited to hear more from her. I applaud the choice!
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Yeah but what good mother would leave her THREE day old son, to go back to work?
Nope, I'm not voting in this election. I'm also concerned about her lack of experience. McCain blasted Obama for lack of experience, yet he chose a VP w/practically no experience.
IMO, her family values are lacking. Anyone can claim their are for family but her actions spoke loud and clear to me.
I would have voted for McCain if he chose former Gov of PA. I live in PA, and worked under the governor for both terms he was in office. Altho his second term was cut short.
What was McCain thinking!!!!????
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Well, at least she brought the baby back to work *with* her. In her position, she doesn't really have much of a choice. You can't just stop being a leader
I agree that she lacks experience. Fortunately, she is not running for president. She is not running for anything, really. A vice president is in a supportive role, and should anything happen to McCain, yes, she would be president--at least temporarily. But fortunately, McCain has loads of experience. She has qualities that he lacks, and he has experience and qualities she lacks. Together they make a good team. That's part of the reason behind Obama's VP pick as well--Biden has considerably more experience than he does.
I personally do not like McCain, but I WILL vote for him because if I stay silent and allow Obama to be elected, I would feel that the blood of the innocent children he is purposing to allow to be aborted (he told Planned Parenthood his first act as president would be to do away with any restrictions on abortion) would be on my hands. Evil only prevails when good men do nothing, or something like that. Doing nothing is doing something
This is just my opinion, I am not attacking yours, just as a disclaimer.
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Well put, Mrs Taft.
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You're not the only one!!! This is just awesome news!!!
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It's MCCAIN'S slogan that should be "Hope"!
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Great news!!
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I just found out in the past hour-and... for the first time in months, am now looking forward to the election!!!!
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Yeah! I wasn't even going to cast my vote this election because I didn't like McCain (and I didn't even consider the likes of Obama), but this has me greatly excited. The fact that she practices her beliefs (anti-abortion)not only in word, but in deed is greatly encouraging!
And she's much prettier than Hilary!!LOL!
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I am so glad to hear this! I have to say I really wasn't happy with McCain But she sounds like she is great. I am going to see what I can find out about her now.
Thanks for the hopeful news!
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Wow, this came as a surprise! For us it is a definite mixed blessing as Sarah Palin is our governor!! I hate the thought of losing her but know if elected it will be for the greater good!! I can honestly say that she has been a wonderful governor. Yes, she does practice her beliefs and there are very few in Alaska that speak out against her!! On more than one occasion schedules have had to be changed as there was something of family importance which was occuring. Like when she refused to miss her eldest son's graduation from basic training!
Peggy in Alaska
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It's very interesting to hear it from your perspective, Peggy! Thank you!
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I know! So the complete opposite of Obama. Oh how I pray that man doesn't get into office...
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Celebrating with you!! YES! I heart Trigg.
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AMEN!
There is no doubt that McCain has made an excellant choice with Sarah Palin. I think she represents the Christain values we have all been looking for in a candidate. I believe this race is going to get very interesting from this point forward.
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FYI: this blog post might interest you, as it's about this very topic.
http://www.visionforum.com/hottopics/blogs/dwp/2008/08/4273.aspx
and a discussion on it here:
http://inashoe.com/2008/08/29/vote-republican/#respond
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Beulah, I agree with the idea that mothers should stay at home. Believe me, I totally understand what you're saying.
The only thing I'd have to disagree with in the article that you mentioned, is the idea that it is the election is all we are concerned with.
Personally, my primary concern is the life of unborn and born children who will certainly be threatened further if Obama becomes president. It is their lives that I am concerned with, over all else.
I would rather vote for someone who has a pro-life voting record- despite their imperfections - than for someone who is so extreme in his abortion views that he supports infanticide...who will definitely be a threat to their protection... Which is why I feel that I must support McCain/Palin.
To not vote at all, I feel would be giving the vote to Obama. And I just can't do that. I just can't.
I don't think that McCain is perfect for this election. I never have, because, among other things- he isn't 100 percent pro-life...but considering the alternative, he is far better for the presidency.
The reason I posted this about Palin was not to offend anyone, but just that it really, really made my day to see that he had chosen Palin, who I learned today has a pro-life voting record - especially after I had heard rumors that he was considering Lieberman, who would have been awful!
Like I said though, I dont know enough about her to defend her- as I just learned about her today...but I am just so thankful to see a vice presidental running mate who has a pro-life voting record. Hope you understand where i'm coming from.
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I totally agree with you Bethany. To not vote at all is just like a vote for Obama and all that he stands for - infanticide, abortion, etc. No person is perfect but we do need to choose the candidate who is the better of the two. McCain is the only option to vote for if you respect life.
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Thanks, Betsy!
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I think you're right in that not everyone is *only* concerned with the election. To me it doesn't really matter because I will not be voting for McCain or his vice president. The abortion issue isn't the only one on the table that matters to me and neither candidate at this point represents 100% what my values are. I just thought you'd like to read the article and hear a different perspective on the issue which I thought brought up some good points. By the way, I don't think it's right to not vote at all, but like I said, I thought it was an article worth sharing.
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Ugh. I just had a whole reply ready to post and it got deleted!
Let me try to summarize.
I agree with you in that not everyone feels the election is the only concern, and I understand that but for me the abortion issue is not the only out on the table that I feel strongly about, you know? It's not going to be my deciding factor. Since I will not vote for McCain, who he picks for VP doesn't really interest me. I don't have much of an opinion on this issue so please don't think I am 100% agreeing with the article. I read the article and thought it brought up a few good points and was worth sharing, so I did.
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Oh okay, no problem! ...I understand what you're saying.
For me, abortion is the deciding factor, because (and I'm sure you understand where I'm coming from on this) I feel like if I can't trust the person on the issue of life and death of innocent babies, I can't trust them on anything else either.
I hope you have a great weekend, Beulah!
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I think she lacks values...and definitely should not be our next VP. And most assuredly, not our next President. And since I don't want to vote for Obama...I guess I'm not voting. I refuse to vote for someone I don't trust. google
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What urks me is that Christian women put down feminists. Without them we would not have the right to vote and we would not have the right to wear pants! And that's just the cream of the crop.
I'm a working mother...and quite frankly I'm tired of everyone expecting me to stay at home. Not everyone is "called" to stay at home. And I don't want to live like paupers.
I had 3 months of maternity leave, most only get 6 weeks. I was fortunate to be at home that long. We practically pay nothing for our insurance because i work for a local blue cross blue shield.
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Tia, I'm a little confused by your response here. Can you help me understand?
In your reply to Allison, above, you had mentioned that you didn't think Palin was a good mother because she went to work 3 days after her son was born.
But then, in the above post, you said that you think it's a shame that working moms are being put down for leaving their children to go to work. That not all women are 'called' to stay at home.
On top of that, you went on to say that you yourself went to work 3 months after your child was born.
So I guess what I'm wondering is...what did you mean when you said that Palin wasn't a good mother for leaving her child to go to work, and what makes 3 days so much worse than 3 months?
I'm not trying to cause offense, I just don't understand your line of reasoning.
Maybe you can help me understand where you're coming from?
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Not offended at all
MOST if not all working mom's will NOT leave their babies after 3 days. That's unnatural, and seems very wrong. Working mom's all but 1% will take their maternity leave of at least 6 weeks.
Gov Palin has a deputy gov to fill in for her. Her choice was to go back after 3 days. She was probably in the hospital for 2 of those days. I said to my mother last nite, I can't imagine leaving my sick newborn after 3 days.
In all honesty, if my baby was born w/Down's or some other sickness, or other congenital thing, I wouldn't go back to work. I was fortunate all my babies were healthy. My problem w/her is she went back to work after 3 days. I would understand after a 6 week leave. because that's what NORMAL working mom's do.
3 months is a big difference from 3 days. I was able to nurse my baby for those 3 months. And I continued to nurse for a few more months after that.
My huge problem is she only waited 3 days. What was the hurry? And why would she so ashamed to mention she was pregnant? She only told people WEEKS before she gave birth. And that the baby had Down Syndrome. To me, it looks like she was running and hiding from the baby she had to have, but didn't. A loving mother would not leave their child after 3 days. 6 weeks or 3 months is normal, no one thinks otherwise.
I have a lot of hot buttons this is one, acts of feminism, not vaccinating etc are some others lol.
Does that help? Anymore questions let me know.
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Thanks, Tia...
That helps me understand better what you were saying. And I can relate to your feelings- I can't imagine leaving my child after just three days. It was almost impossible for me to be without my first son when he was staying overnight at the hospital (due to jaundice and needing to stay under the bilirubin lights). It was like torture- and that was just 8 hours without him.
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I can relate to that too, my daughter had to stay in the hospital an extra 4 days because of jaundice. It was torture.
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I understand the concern for her family and the effect that being VP would have on it. However if she is elected she will be the vice president of the United States no one is going to tell her that she can't have a playpen in her office or that she can't nurse her baby during a break. She will have great control over her schedual and will have much more help as VP than the ordinary working mom would. I daresay she will not have to concern herself with dishes and laundry.
I like her and her stance on life is perfect. She is not experience in matters of foreign diplomacy, but she will not be the president just the VP. In the untimely event that something happens to McCain she would have had some experience as VP in foreign affairs and I am comfortable with that. I will certainly be voting for her come November.
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Thank you for your comments, Christie!
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My other concern is for McCain he thinks would should stay in a losing war. I think we need to get out, like YESTERDAY.
I don't think the fact that thousands of soldiers lives have been killed. How is that different than a baby? how can we say it's ok for these soldiers to be killed, but we will say it's not ok for a baby to be killed?
Voting for McCain to me is oking for the death of many more soldiers.
The hypocrisy kills me. (I'm saying this about myself btw)
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Tia, more babies are killed every day in this country via abortion than soldiers have been killed during the entire war.
In fact, someone in Washington DC has a greater chance of being killed than a US soldier in Iraq.
I am hopeful that we will soon be able to withdrawl from Iraq, but I hardly think it is hypocritical on the "life" issue to support Mccain.
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Hi, I found your site through Tammy's recipes. I have been reading a little the last couple of days, and thought I would leave a comment now. I love Sarah Palin. I am so excited about this election now. I just had to respond to the last comment that Tia left, however. There is a huge difference between a soldier dying and an innocent baby's life that is taken. First off, a soldier is doing what he signed up for- he is protecting his country- and he is protecting life as he is doing it. We are fighting back against all the terrorists that took innocent lives on September 11. Terrorists.never.stop. If we did nothing and took it, they would attack again. And again. Yes, it is a shame that soldiers are dying. But they are fighing for liberty, justice, and truth. When a soldier dies, he dies a hero. Big difference from an innocent baby being silently murdered- never having a choice to whether or not he/she lives. Voting for McCain is voting for life, not death. It is voting for the life of millions of unborn babies nationwide. There is nothing hypocritical about that at all.
And this is not a losing war. We have won it. I don't understand that philosophy.at.all. Sometimes we have to sacrifice in order to stay free. We have had so many forefathers that have sacrificed so much for our freedom. As are our soldiers right now. We are fighting for a just cause. God bless our brave men and women in the military.
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I applaud your comment and totally agree with you. I hate abortion and the fact that some would equate abortion to our soldiers dying is crazy. My husband works for the us army as a civilian and sees the sacrifice daily these men and women make for our freedom. While I hate war and want our soldiers home , I applaud those who daily put their lives on the line for our freedom. My father, my grandfater, my father-in-law were former war veterns who thankfully survived but who fought willingly for the country they loved. If Obama gets elected he will change the country that these men fought for. I believe we need changes but cannot have the blood of the innocent on my conscience either. May God continue to bless us as a nation and protect our solders all over the world.
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I was agreeing with cassandra..sorry I did not make that clear...
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Check out this 14 minute clip from VP candidate Sarah Palin speaking at her home church in Alaska. She is speaking at a Master’s Commission graduation celebration. Pretty amazing stuff at the 8 minute mark as she talks about “the spirit of wisdom and revelation” and prophetically prays for the students and for her state.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1766638341
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And now she has been found guilty of abuse of power, in the firing of her brother-in-law state trooper. Not surprising.
So who do you REALLY want as President?
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And now she has been found guilty of abuse of power, in the firing of her brother-in-law state trooper. Not surprising.
So who do you REALLY want as President?
I think she lacks values...and definitely should not be our next VP. And most assuredly, not our next President. And since I don't want to vote for Obama...I guess I'm not voting. I refuse to vote for someone I don't trust.
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I think she lacks values...and definitely should not be our next VP. And most assuredly, not our next President. And since I don't want to vote for Obama...I guess I'm not voting. I refuse to vote for someone I don't trust.
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Oops, my pc is really acting crazy!
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My huge problem is she only waited 3 days. What was the hurry? And why would she so ashamed to mention she was pregnant? She only told people WEEKS before she gave birth. And that the baby had Down Syndrome. To me, it looks like she was running and hiding from the baby she had to have, but didn't. A loving mother would not leave their child after 3 days. 6 weeks or 3 months is normal, no one thinks otherwise.
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I'm a working mother...and quite frankly I'm tired of everyone expecting me to stay at home. Not everyone is "called" to stay at home. And I don't want to live like paupers. google
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