Thanks for clarifying, you had me worried there. I checked out all the links to the sites you gave. The one problem I have with a lot of the newspapers that have been putting forth a lot of the Palin stories is that the content is almost always different. And I don’t mean it is different because the paper is trying to see a different perspective, but different because it seems a lot of people are lying to get their two minutes of fame. Take the banned books for example, I have read and heard a lot on that issue, and every story reports different books that were banned including the laughable one about Harry Potter which wasn’t even printed at the time =) I may have been too close minded in my post because I responded right after seeing your post instead of thinking for a while about it which I apologize.

I just have been hearing so much negativity from all sides about this woman it is driving me crazy. And it is not because I am so intent on protecting the Republican party – they have a lot to answer for and a lot to be kept accountable for, but I just want the truth on these issues. It seems impossible to find the truth other than to take the common he said vs. she said, and I am trying to find facts. The facts are hard to find when lawyers and reporters from all around the country are heading to Alaska to dig up dirt/stories on Palin and because Sarah made a lot of enemies in Alaska by doing the hard thing in some cases, people are willing to fabricate stories from nothing to get fame or because they are against her values and want to bring her down.

I am sure Palin has made wrong decisions, and it is important to find out what kind of track record she has on making decisions because of how important a role vice president is. So I am all for figuring out the truth about her, just keep it honest. I am going to do a lot more research on her and see if I can find more about the wolves issue and the other issue with hiring friends to important positions with no experience. The hiring of friends as I refer to it, would be the type of issue I will check out because that has the most impact in my opinion for what her future as Vice President would entail.

I could go into Obama and Biden for a very long time, but I won’t now since I have said so much babble already, but the same standard should be applied to them on researching stories. I have heard so many stupid arguments about Obama and so many lies against him it makes me sick. I don’t like him as a leader for a lot of reasons but not because of false rumors I have heard.

I guess I just wish Americans would look with more objectivity and honesty at the candidates rather than such intense bias. I realize we all have certain biases naturally but we can set those aside to examine the truth and policies. I have plenty of problems with both sides, but as I said before, I believe based on all the information so far, I believe McCain is better qualified and has much more practical and implementable policies than Obama. I also agree with you about government being too large and under Republicans and Democrats alike it continues to grow, and I do believe Palin and McCain will start eliminating programs and start the overwhelming chore of reducing the giant monster that federal government is. I don’t believe Obama and Biden will do anything other than grow government. I am conservative before Republican and as such I am not in line with bailing out these banks, I personally would rather suffer in my own life if it meant letting the private sector handle some of the mistakes they made. Capitalism does work and communism does not work.

I only partially agree with Republicans are communistic in that some Republicans may be more communistic in their policy, but the vast majority are still conservative capitalists. The Democratic party has become by far more communistic than Republicans in wanting the government to save this and that, to take care of everyone (universal healthcare), want to steal from the rich to give to the poor, and so on. Every major policy decision is based on the worldview with the majority of democrats: what can the government do for me? As opposed to the better question and world view: what can I do for my country? And I believe more Republicans than not base their outlook on the latter question.

Sorry for being so wordy =)
Mark

Please do not be so mortally offended by my criticism of Sarah Palin- I strongly recommend that you actually investigate her before just taking the Republican party lines and spitting them back out at me. True conservatism is based on critical thinking, honest investigation of the facts and a willingness to change your policies based on your observation of the world. Read some of the links below if you want to find out info on Palin.

http://dwb.adn.com/front/story/9253882p-9168881c.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?em
http://communities.canada.com/vancouversun/blogs/thesearch/archive/2008/09/20/sarah-palin-un-christian-behavior.aspx
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/sarahpalin/3042818/Sarah-Palin-to-meet-first-foreign-leader-at-UN.html
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=7045e68a-6627-45cc-bad1-72a017869fc4
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10519921?source=most_emailed
http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hLifjsEBXFu3yowMRIqI7u_T7rrQ

Anyways, these articles are just a start. And I’m not saying that they are all 100% accurate or reliable, but when hundreds of different newspapers carry articles on the same facts maybe you should listen up. I read a TON and in my opinion is that the two most reliable news sources available are the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Both papers have slight political leanings, but their actual news articles are usually well-balanced and carefully written.

Mike Tuggle- I actually agree with you… our federal government has been failing us miserably, as it always has. The problem is that the federal government is now a titanic, bloated behemoth, instead of the smaller versions we used to have. Ugh.

I just wrote a lot on here and the dumb site erased it so I’ll try again.

Every single reference on Palin you cited is complete lies. If you did your homework instead of citing useless liberal blog info, you would know the truth.

Go to factcheck.org for some information about both sides of the presidential ticket to learn some truth. By believing all the lies you typed about Palin you run the risk of being a traitor to America yourself. That picture of Palin is a photoshop along with about a bazillion others circulating the web, it only takes a second to find sites showing the complete falsity of about every rumor you posted about.

You are smarter than this and I can’t let you get away with bashing an American patriot like Palin. She may not have much foreign policy experience, but nor does Obama and he is at the head of the other ticket. That still doesn’t excuse her from not having much foregn experience. However if you seriously think McCain is too old just look at his very healthy mother who is in her 90s and doing just fine. Unless he is assassinated he will be just fine for 4 years.

And to use Matt Damon the all knowing hollywood idiot, seriously come on! Just look up some videos on Matt Damon and you’ll see what a complete hypocrite and loser he is.

I also like how Charlie Gibson’s interview got such good press from the Mainstream Media who you got all these rumors from. Gibson asked about the Bush doctrine and there isn’t even an official definition of what that is. Ask any big wig Washington official what they take it to mean and they would all say something different. Very sad.

Anyways, just be careful where you get your information so you don’t degrade your intelligence. McCain and Palin have plenty of issues don’t get me wrong, but none of the above issues are the ones that are serious. I don’t like McCain’s immigration policy nor do I agree with any cap and trade. But Obama’s ideas are astoundingly impossible to implement and simply foolish.

And my goodness please don’t use Keith Olbermann’s talking points even if you don’t realize you are because that guy is about as bad for America as any human being could be.

Talk to you later,
Mark

Would you rather have as president a “community organizer” who along with William Ayers blew throught $100,000,000 on ridiculous projects like teaching people in Chicago how to celebrate Juneteenth. The black people in Texas have been celebrating this day for 143 years and no one had to teach them how!!!

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