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"Ummm.....Life begins at conception?"
"That is correct Governor." Next question.
Part A - Clip with above gaffe
Part B - Clip with FEMALE economist clearly and concisely pointing out how stupid this is
Part C - Picture of Palin with voiceover: "Is this REALLY who you want running the country?"
VOTE OBAMA-BIDEN
Someone PLEASE get busy in Democrat-land before Karl Rove sticks another one of these ill-bred lunatics up America's ass . . .
No, we cannot let that happen...
St Louis Dispatch has pulled that part from their story.
http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskan...
She's for drilling in ANWR which has the potential to devastate the caribou herd that the Gwinchin people rely on. I really don't want that meme to stick, I've suggested "Moose-Killer Barbie" or something similar, but anything having to do with caribou, except perhaps "The only good caribou is a dead caribou" Barbie, is a misnomer.
Palin is some sort of cruel joke.
(please pass this on...if fun, and telling, and feel free to add facts...to be fair.)
Wouldn't it be great if you received a vote % based on your test score of the facts of the campaign? I know there are grey areas, but there are some simple facts, having various sections related to the candidates...like...common misinformation as one topic...
Common Misinformation
1. T/F Alaska is the biggest state in the union according to population
2. T/F Alaska has current border tensions with its Russian neighbor
3. T/F Sarah Palin wanted to ban books
4. T/F He husband belonged to an Alaska succession party, and she attended some meetings.
5. T/F Sarah Palin is against abortion, except for rape and incest
6. T/F Sarah Palin refused to use the state GOP in her bid for mayor of Wasilla
7. T/F Sarah Palin is only being investigated for corruption abuse of power, as a political stunt now that she is the VP nom
8. T/F Barak Obama was under investigation for his involvement with Tony Rezko
9. T/F Tony Rezko was found guilty of illegal campaign contributions
10.T/F John McCain still operates his "straight talk express"...the "open couch" in his private transportation so the media can have access for "straight talk"
11.T/F Sarah Palin is the only VP nominee in modern history to not answer questions from washington political reporters after her nomination.
12.T/F Joe Biden dropped out of an election primary due to allegations of plagarism
13.T/F Baraka Obam has never visited/conducted talks with world leaders
14.T/F Sarah Palin has never visited/conducted talks with world leaders
15.T/F Sarah Palin has executive experience in major decisions deploying the Alaskan National Guard to Iraq
16.T/F Cindy McCain lied to the press about adopting a child per request from Mother Theresa
17.T/F Barak Obama is a practicing muslim
18.T/F The Muslim religion believes only muslims are sacred.
19.T/F The Koran is a set of countries in east asia, North Koran, and South Koran
20.T/F The Muslim faith is outlawed in the U.S. as a terrorist sponsor
21.T/F Christians believe that no other valid religion exists but theirs.
22.T/F Barack Obama never authored or co-authored pieces any legislation on the state and federal level.
23.T/F John McCain left his first wife, while she was recovering from a painful accident which left her physically 4 inches shorter. He did so for Cindy McCain, 17 years his junior.
24.T/F Sarah Palin's baby has been proven to be her daughters, and she covered it up.
25.T/F Michelle Obama made a statement during the democratic primary, that "this is the first time I am proud of my country."
26.T/F John McCain is a politician with self-proclaimed substantial foreign policy experience, but still refers to the Czech republic (former Czechoslovakia, which was split into 2 republics in 1993, Czech Republic and Slovakia) as "Czechoslovakia."
27. What is the current split in the Supreme court, liberal-conservative? ____
28. T/F With a Supreme Court having 2 liberal justices slated for retirement in the next few years, if Sarah Palin appointed Judges to the bench based on her current political beliefs that split would be 5/4 liberal.
29. T/F The democrats are smearing John McCain when they say he voted 90% of the time with George Bush.
30. T/F George Bush is not the president with the lowest approval ratings in modern history.
etc...etc...and then your have POLITICAL PLATFORMS, EXPERIENCE, STATEMENTS ON RECORD
and based on the total correct your would receive a vote %.
IMAGINE THAT WORLD...Rush Limbaugh would probably check in at about .5 of a vote (as he does know many of the issues, but the painkillers he abuses might affect his pompous thought processes.)
for curiosity sake...
here are the answers...from this tiny sample for fun (questions would be more varied, even distributed, and about 500Q's...what % would you get?
T-47th in population, wedged in right between the Dakotas.
F-you gotta be kidding right?
T
T
F, against abortion from rape as well as incest...so, according to her view, the baby must be born.
F, she was the first in Wasilla to bring the State GOP to its election process.
F, was being investigated by both parties before her nomination, and a ruling was also scheduled 4 days before the election
F, no connection
F-receiving kickbacks from businesses in being appointed to oversea IL teacher retirement system, among other related charges.
F-that express has been halted.
T
T
F, recently did
T
F, Pentagon makes those decisions
T
F
F
F, Muslim holy book...yes...a "book!"
F
F, most sects teach "tolerance and understanding."
F
T
F, rumor and innuendo, typical bi-partisan smears to date
F, no she is quoted to say "The first time I am very proud..."
T
F, 4-5 liberal-conservative
F, 7-2 conservative
F, John McCain has been recorded in an audio/video making that statement himself.
F, Yes he is...hovers between 28-30%, to all but George, that is.
Stay tuned, more to come, I'm sure. No wonder they shoved a sock in her mouth.
Who doesn't know this stuff?!