Apparently, Sen. McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
Palin, a so-called "feminist for life," is a first term governor who reportedly has only served two terms on a city council, and one as mayor before that. Were McCain to win the White House, Palin would be next in the line of succession which only goes to show that a candidate who professes to be so concerned with "experience" has flip-flopped again by picking someone with even less "experience" than Obama.
McCain poker: "I'll see you one two term senator and raise you with one first term governor."
http://www.examiner.com/r-1872244~Sarah_Palin__Dems_Pounce_On_McCain_Pick.html.
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He plays craps.
He has a gambling addiction.
And an Oedipus complex.
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Two bouts with cancer, seventy-two years old and he accuses Obama about making poor choices. She may be the greatest thing since collard greens, but the American public knows much less about her than Obama.
Considering abortion, the question for me is not so much is a zygote and a fetus human life, but when does that human life become personality? The Holy Bible presents man as consisting of a body, a soul and a spirit; for instance the Apostle Paul writes to the Thessalonian Christians, "And I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Thessalonians 5:23 AV).
The spirit is the life force within us that returns to God who gave it when we die; we know what is a body; however, most Christians would agree that the soul (psyche) consists of volition (will), cognition (intellect) and emotions (feelings). The question should be when does a fetus have emotions (love, joy, anger, etc), cognition and volition, not when does it have life. My little finger is human life, but that is all. Trouble is there is that element within our society that wants to use abortion as a method of birth control and for convenience. This does not even deal with a woman's right to choose to control her own body. What about tubal pregnancies, hydrocephalus, gang rape of a nine year old or incest with a nine year old?
OBHG,
Phil
Isn't it amazing how the Rapture gang support this notion of a hierarchy of being. How, for instance, can anyone claim to believe in the "right to life" and, at the same time, boast of shooting moose? Are humans more entitled to survival than the animal kingdom? And, by extension, are some humans more worth saving than others? One has only to look at the infant mortality rate, in this country, as well as the demographics of those on death row, to see the hypocrisy that tries to pass itself off as Christian in America today.
If Palin, and her fellow Dominionists, see divinity as the deregulation of nature, they are moving the human race closer to extinction.
Still, isn't it amazing how Palin, and other members of the Rapture gang, support the notion of a hierarchy of being. How, for instance, can anyone claim to believe in the "right to life" and, at the same time, boast of shooting moose, or shooting wolves from 20,000 feet? Are humans more entitled to survival than the animal kingdom? And, by extension, are some humans more worth saving than others? One has only to look at the infant mortality rate, in this country, as well as the demographics of those on death row, to see the hypocrisy that tries to pass itself off as Christian nation.
If the govenor, and her fellow Dominionists, see divinity as the deregulation of nature, they are moving the human race closer to extinction.
Honestly, I've never understood why those moderates who oppose abortion often make exceptions in the famous cases of rape and incest. I can understand the exception for saving the life of the mother--- two lives being at stake, you save the one that has achieved sentience and attachments in this world--- but I have never understood granting an exception for the fetus conceived in rape or incest. That wasn't the fault of the fetus. If you believe the fetus has a "right to life," then why would you hold that the arbitrary events leading to the fetus's conception, over which it has no control, should have any bearing on its right to life? Palin's position actually strikes me as logically consistent.
Thankfully, though, the pro-choice position, which I hold, provides its own consistency. You believe people should have control over their own reproductive decisions as a matter of principle, and that's that.
Whatever two term senator are you talking about? You mean TWO YEAR senator Obama?
One of the candidates thinks the VP pick is serious business, the other is seriously pandering.
Obama was so serious, looked so serious, determined, committed last night. He picked a serious and seriously prepared and experienced guy for a serious job (VP), because he knows the risks, and that this is serious business. Twice in my lifetime the VP has ascended to the presidency mid-term.
In contrast, McCain seems intent on making this election a farce.
For the Democrats, Joe Biden. Experienced in foreign and domestic policy. Seasoned and poised. Incorruptible-- tested repeatedly and severely by life. A "regular joe".
For the Republicans, Gov. Sarah Palin, a candidate with less domestic and foreign policy experience than Dan Quayle. Though she is a former Miss Alaska (and Miss Congeniality).
The experience issue is now off the table.
As President Clinton noticed, Senator Obama's choice of Joe Biden demonstrates good judgment. Senator McCain's choice, not so much.
A heartbeat away: Senator Joe Biden vs. Gov. Sarah Palin
Obama-Biden vs. McCain-Palin... Now, which ticket for President of the United States makes you feel safer?
Somehow, with McCain at the top of the ticket, that rings hollow.
I wonder if anybody within the Republican brain trust has considered what to do in case McCain dies *before* November? They never think ahead. Palin is needed for a one-day bump. One day. Just to get Obama's historic speech off the news cycle. And maybe to get some PUMAs. That's it.
But what if she has to step in? Is she really up to the job? She's never had to deal with Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Taliban, Putin, Kim Jong Il, or any of it.
It's like invading a country without an exit strategy. Short-term thinking that could have disastrous results.