Originally posted by GradyPhilpott

Originally posted by bknapple32
you dont have to give birth to know that any dr will tell an expectant mother not to fly after the third trimester. Safety of a child has NOTHING to do with politics. Id say the same thing to Hillary Clinton if she did the same.

Help me out here.

You're worried about the safety of an unborn child on an airplane and you are a "pro-choice" Democrat?

I'm sure I must be mistaken.

Whats the question? Im a pro choice dem on abortions before 8 weeks, if you really need to know. Far cry from a woman in labor going on a plane.

Well, she does have an 80% approval rating up here in Alaska...

She still shops at grocery stores with her kids, talks to regular people at the gas stations she goes to...doesn't get driven around.

I like a real, approachable person who didn't retire a millionaire and get into politics, or a career politician.

Lest we all not forget, she is the ONLY person on either ticket to actually have executive experience. Neither Biden, Obama, or McCain have had an executive position.

Originally posted by bknapple32
While I am only getting my ph d for archeology , I'm still going to have Dr. next to my name... can you say the same?

Yes, silly liberal. I am a Ph. D. candidate at one of our nations fine institutions of higher learning. I have also done radiocarbon dating for archaeologists, so I am likely more knowledgeable about certain aspects of your field than you are, silly liberal.

And I am not a liberal in the sense that many modern Americans are (although I am definitely a classic liberal).

And I am a father to many children, and have participated in all their births, even *gasp* after the mystical water break. And my wife has had high risk pregnancies. Can you say the same?

Originally posted by ScienceDada

Originally posted by bknapple32
While I am only getting my ph d for archeology , I'm still going to have Dr. next to my name... can you say the same?

Yes, silly liberal. I am a Ph. D. candidate at one of our nations fine institutions of higher learning. I have also done radiocarbon dating for archaeologists, so I am likely more knowledgeable about certain aspects of your field than you are, silly liberal.

And I am not a liberal in the sense that many modern Americans are (although I am definitely a classic liberal).

And I am a father to many children, and have participated in all their births, even *gasp* after the mystical water break. And my wife has had high risk pregnancies. Can you say the same?

A Ph. D candidate in what field? Where? What is your dissertation about? GRE score?

Radiocarbon dating for archaeologists is called a geo-physicist. So, no you do not know more than I do about being an archaeologist.

And yes I can say the same.

Originally posted by MystikMushroom
Lest we all not forget, she is the ONLY person on either ticket to actually have executive experience. Neither Biden, Obama, or McCain have had an executive position.

Dang I thought I was the only person to realize this fact.

What is really funny though is that even if Palin was not a governor of Alaska and only a mayor of that 9000 population town, she still would have more executive experience than the other guys.

Somehow this Palin nomination seem surreal, almost a manufactured showboat image.
If she makes it to the elections I'll be surprised. My bet is that she will go back to AK, her governorship and cite family obligations for a reason. Then we will see the real VP that was chosen for McCain. Perhaps even a bigger surprise than Palin.

Originally posted by whaaa
Somehow this Biden nomination seem surreal, almost a manufactured showboat image.
If he makes it to the elections I'll be surprised. My bet is that he will go back to Delaware, his senate seat and cite family obligations for a reason. Then we will see the real VP that was chosen for Obama. Perhaps even a bigger surprise than Biden.

Fixed

Yea that conspiracy can go both ways.

I just wanted to add to this once more now that some time has passed since she was first introduced and address a lot of speculation that has been said here.


It came as a bit of a shocker to everyone when the selection was announced, but now that the novelty has worn off and I have had a chance to actually see her speak, and more importantly listen to other people who know her speak about HER, I have a complete new found respect for her.

There are quite a few things that I appreciate about her. One being that she hails from a real blue collar, working class background. Her loyalty to her home town and her home state. She also comes across as a pretty tough gal and someone who gets things done.

She seems like a heck of a person and absolutely an improvement over what we currently have in office. The people who know her seem to speak of her genuinely and they paint her as real and down to Earth. Everyone who knows her personally seems to admire her greatly.

Granted she isnt experienced as a politician and she is certainly new to a lot of areas of government. But she comes across as a very capable leader and someone who will work her butt off to get the job done.

Politically it may not have been the safest choice for Mccain, and a couple of her policies I do not agree with. But all in all from the looks of it the GOP could have done a heck of a lot worse with their selection.

Originally posted by MystikMushroom
She still shops at grocery stores with her kids, talks to regular people at the gas stations she goes to...doesn't get driven around.

I like a real, approachable person who didn't retire a millionaire and get into politics, or a career politician.

Lest we all not forget, she is the ONLY person on either ticket to actually have executive experience. Neither Biden, Obama, or McCain have had an executive position.

That's just living in Alaska though, if I found out she drove a truck with chains on her tires I wouldn't be surprised. (Don't live there now, but was raised in Alaska)

And you're telling me her 'executive experience' taking over a state tarnished by Murkowski, Stevens, and Knowles is some how greater than Biden's years in the Senate (currently the 6th longest serving Senator)? It's not hard to be a reformer when things were screwed up when you got there.

I'll agree with you on the premise of the approachable person though, but that just sounds more like an Alaskan to me. Can't really get caught up in the 'big city life'.

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I'm not to fond of Ms. Palin's ideology but I would never think of calling her a MILF. To me that seem rude and disrespectful to her as a woman and the office she has been chosen to run for.

[edit on 30-8-2008 by whaaa]

Originally posted by whaaa
I'm not to fond of Ms. Palin's ideology but I would never think of calling her a MILF. To me that seem rude and disrespectful to her as a woman and the office she has been chosen to run for.

[edit on 30-8-2008 by whaaa]

its too bad others dont share our opinion... but thats what this country is all about.. the goods and the bads... still wont make me move to canada, thats for sure.