Why We Need Sarah Palin's Humanity

We Need Sarah Palin's Humanity

From Australia "No residency for boy with Down syndrome"

SYDNEY, Australia – A German doctor hoping to gain permanent residency in Australia said Friday he will fight a decision by the immigration department to deny his application because his son has Down syndrome.

Bernhard Moeller, a specialist physician, came to Australia with his family two years ago to help fill a doctor shortage in a rural area of Victoria state.

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The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin

The Real Story Behind How McCain Chose Sarah Palin

Alot of people want to knw whats going to happen with Sarah Palin now that the election is over.......

Well before the election was over, plans were being made for Sarah to become the next president of the USA.....

Read on

http://www.alternet.org/election08/105359/the_real_story_behind_how_mccain_chose_sarah_palin/

Amy Goodman: No matter who wins the White House November 4th, a group of prominent conservatives are planning to meet the next day in Virginia to discuss the way forward for the movement. And regardless of the outcome, Governor Sarah Palin will be high on the agenda. The New York Times reports if John McCain loses the election, Palin could emerge as a standard bearer for the conservative movement and a potential presidential candidate in 2012, albeit one who will need to address her considerable political damage.

Most Americans had never heard of Sarah Palin when McCain first announced her as his running mate back in August. Her national debut came at the Republican Party's convention in St. Paul, where she sought to cast herself as an antidote to the elitist culture inside the Beltway.

Gov. Sarah Palin: I'm not a member of the permanent political establishment, and I've learned quickly these last few days that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone.

AG: Governor Palin's sudden rise to prominence, however, owes more to members of the Washington elite than her rhetoric suggests. That's according to an article in The New Yorker magazine by investigative reporter Jane Mayer. It's called "The Insiders: How John McCain Came to Pick Sarah Palin." Jane Mayer now joins us in Washington, D.C.

Welcome to Democracy Now!, Jane.

Jane Mayer: Hi, thanks. Good to be with you.

AG: It's good to have you with us. Why don't you tell us the story of the cruises to Alaska?

JM: The cruises. Well, Juneau, Alaska turns out to be a major stop for cruise ships that come through Alaska, and there are political cruises, in particular, that are run by the conservative political magazines that stop there. And so, when Sarah Palin was elected governor, she learned that a number of those Washington insider elite members of the media would be trooping through Juneau. And despite the rhetoric that she's got that is about, you know, sort of deriding them and saying she doesn't, you know, seek their approval, in fact, she invited most of them to lunch and to other receptions that she threw. She even brought some up on a helicopter ride to go see a couple sites in Alaska

Win or lose, Palin to be a political force

The reality is that Sarah Palin WILL be a major piolitical force.
When she was on Saturday Night Live or being emulated - the ratings were the highest they have been in years!

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE49U2G520081031

By Ed Stoddard - Analysis

DALLAS (Reuters) - Sarah Palin has emerged as the new darling of social conservatives, and this political capital could make her an influential vice president -- or propel her as a candidate for the prime spot in 2012 -- if John McCain loses to Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday.

But even within Republican circles the moose-hunting Alaska governor is a polarizing figure who highlights her party's divisions between fiscal conservatives and conservative Christians united by their strident opposition to abortion and gay rights.

"If they do in fact lose on Tuesday she becomes one of the central figures for 2012," said Matthew Wilson, a political scientist at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

"Clearly, Palin is a star with the social conservatives but many of the country-club Republicans just find her completely unpalatable," he said.

The 44-year-old mother of five has become the northern light that has electrified the Republican Party's conservative evangelical base -- its most reliable voting bloc.

She has won conservative hearts and minds on many fronts: she is a devout evangelical; she chose to have a child even when she knew through prenatal tests he would have Down syndrome; she is a populist; and she knows how to use a gun.

Polls show the McCain/Palin ticket currently losing ground with many demographic groups but still retaining the support of around two out of three white evangelical Protestants.

McCain, who has broken with this wing of the party on many key issues including his support for stem cell research and his failure to back a federal amendment to ban gay marriage, could not garner this level of evangelical support without Palin, analysts say.

A Pew Research Center poll conducted from October 23 to 26 found 93 percent of registered voters that categorize themselves as conservative Republicans backed McCain.

A number of influential conservative Christians including Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention have pegged Palin as the rising star of the Republican Party's social conservative wing.

If McCain loses on Tuesday, this puts her near or at the front of the Republican pack for 2012.

"I think that she will be a major contender ... and she will certainly be in the running," said Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, an influential conservative lobby group with strong evangelical ties.

POLARIZING

But the same qualities that endear her to this wing of the Republican Party repel some moderates within its ranks.

Concerns about the Palin pick have been mentioned by high profile Republicans who defected to Obama, such as Kenneth Adelman, a hawkish aide to former President Ronald Reagan, and retired U.S. Gen Colin Powell, a former secretary of state under President George W. Bush

There are also jitters about Palin's lack of economic experience in the midst of a financial and banking crisis.

"The gap of sensibility between the social right and the economic right is severe. ... An earthquake has taken place and the party can't straddle the fissures," said Todd Gitlin, a professor of journalism and sociology at Columbia University.

Still, if McCain wins he will owe Palin and this wing of the party a huge debt which could give her a lot of clout. She would clearly be viewed as their White House insider.

"I would certainly expect that Sarah Palin would have great influence in a McCain administration. Without her on the ticket I don't know that he would even be viable," said Perkins.

If McCain loses the exit polls will be scoured but many pundits seem likely to blame it on centrist concerns about Palin during a financial crisis.

"It's really clear that there are some people out there who would like to make her a scapegoat if things don't go their way on Tuesday," said Charmaine Yoest, president of Americans United for Life Action, which opposes abortion rights.

"But she's has very clearly connected with the base of the party and the life and family voters and I think that is going to give her a really strong base going forward whatever happens," she said.

Who is the Most Popular Governor In America ?

Who is the Most Popular Governor In America ?

Sarah Palin today has an 80% popularity rating in Alaska. She is today, the most popular governor in America. She is today and will continue to be until the day she dies, a true reformer. Palin sees herself as a civil servant, not as the fortunate winner of the political lottery which will allow her to stuff her pockets with millions of dollars of the taxpayers money.

Sarah Palin put corrupt Republicans and Democrats in jail in Alaska. I knew that when she burst onto the national stage all of the same old lowlifes would tear into her and they have. They are terrified that she will get elected because of the certain knowledge that she will clean up that swamp we call Washington, D.C. and all of the multimillionaire politicians who have had their hands in all of our pockets for decades are terrified of her.

The scum in Alaska actually had t-shirts and hats made on which they proudly proclaimed that they were corrupt. And she came in like Mr. Clean and whipped their butts. That is why she has the high rating that she has.

It’s unfortunate that the everyday Americans who would most benefit from genuine government reform (in the form of far cleaner government, lower taxes, no more pork, no more lies) are manning the battle stations for American elitists and corrupt politicians and doing everything they can to destroy this outstanding woman

Sarah Palin, unmuzzled and scary

Here is an interesting article. Sarah Plain was only allowed to be herself in the last 4 days leading up to the election.

If she had been given free reign over her words and actions , then without a shadow of a doubt - John Mccmain would eb the president right now!

This could get ugly. And scary. In the presidential campaign's waning days, Sarah Palin will issue more strongly worded warnings about America's future under Barack Obama and a Democratic Congress.

Whether Palin will be responsible with her charges -- or go off the deep end -- no one knows, even in the GOP's leadership ranks.

It's obvious by now that Palin says what she wants, whether running mate John McCain strongly agrees or not.

On Thursday, Palin tried to raise the specter that Obama and the Democrats would leave America helpless in the face of its foreign enemies.

After meeting with her own foreign advice team, Palin said that the "far left wing of the Democrat Party" wanted to cut a quarter of the Defense Department's budget.

"They’re preparing right now to take over the entire federal government, folks," Palin said.

Actually, Obama wants to increase federal spending.

In addition, Palin is continuing to promote the idea that a Democratic-controlled Congress would go off the deep end in "spreading the wealth around," with massive new taxpayer payouts to people who don't deserve it.

So far, this "socialism" argument seems to have gained some traction with the electorate. It's Palin's job to drive the point home, time and time again.

Yet the question remains: In the next four days, how far will an unmuzzled Palin go to try to scare the country out of voting for Obama?

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