Governer Palin and the Religious Right

Burns Strider: "Quite Roveian, right? Yep. Energize and intensify the base. Make it whistle and push it to the polls on Election day. Then shave off swing voters until you are over the top. Senator McCain really has no where to turn but to the old strategies of Republican electoral politics."

Gee, Burns, this sounds like the same, proven strategy that ALL the major political parties in this country have pursued since the time of Andrew Jackson.

There is nothing peculiarly "Roveian" or "Republican" about the concept of "energizing your base" and then "shaving off swing voters until you are over the top." It's the strategy used in all modern campaigns -- Democratic and Republican.

BTW, nice of you to try to demonize Sarah Palin as some kind of Religious Right robot. At least we all know what the DNC/NARAL/MoveOn.org talking points (a.k.a. "big lie") will be over the next 72 hours. Thanks, Burns, for the "heads up" on this.

"BTW, nice of you to try to demonize Sarah Palin as some kind of Religious Right robot. At least we all know what the DNC/NARAL/MoveOn.org talking points (a.k.a. "big lie") will be over the next 72 hours. Thanks, Burns, for the "heads up" on this."

Gee, Reaganite, this sounds like the same, proven strategy that ALL the major political parties in this country have pursued since the time of Andrew Jackson.

There is nothing peculiarly "Liberal" or "Democrat" about the concept of "demonizing your opponent" and then "shaving off swing voters until you are over the top." It's the strategy used in all modern campaigns -- Democratic and Republican.

It seems to me the same people who are giddy about the selection of Sarah Palin were giddy about the nomination of George W. Bush. 'Must be really hard to climb that learning curve.

It was a brilliant pick if only measured by what we are talking about the day after Obamas million dollar accptance speech.

Palin has more executive experience than Obama. Governors and Mayors have more responsibility than do "Community Organizers" Obamas only "executive" responsibilities have been in promoting his cnadadicy and winning the Democrat nomination.

Additionally her brief time in politics has demonstrated that she is a reformer and a performer. She shook up the Republicans in Alaska after winning a primary over an ex governor and winning against an incumbent Dem Governor. She also has a record of dealing tough with oil companies, getting them to build a $30Billion gas pipeline to the Continental US, and transferring some profits when Oil Futures reach our now record levels. She is a fast learner and has accomplishments that I am proud of.

But of course she is new to politics and spent most of her adult life merely raising her children, now 5. A woman's place is in the home, some say, but not me. Women have a new roll in our world, and can accomplish things beyond the imagination of most men.

Palin's position on humnan life and even more important than positions is her life. Rather than abort a down Syndrome child as 80% of mothers do, she feels "blessed by God to raise an absolutely perfect son" That will appeal to all mothers including those who have aborted their "down syndrome child" because of the respect that we all have for human life.

And just the fact that Obama rejected the most qualified candate for VP, Hillary but McCain chose a woman is enought to get women thinking and I am confident will vote the McCain/Palin ticket.

"I happen to be registered Democrat who is simply fed up with congress and politics as it is.. Are Americans better now than we were 30 years ago - NO.."

It boggles the mind how anyone can make this argument and then at the same time turn around and champion another Republican ticket, with or without a fresh-faced outsider as VP. These are still Republicans, and if you think that suddenly they are going to start standing up to huge corporations, Big Oil, and any other powerful lobby, I think you are being pretty naive.

Again, I'm also astounded that Gov. Palin is being spun by conservatives as the more experienced between her and Obama, as nothing could be further from the case, and it isn't like Obama just woke up yesterday from a life of doing nothing and decided he wanted to be president. He's been working in politics for many, many years in many different capacities, and I'm sorry, but being the mayor of a village in Alaska is not going to prepare you for executive decisions more than being a US senator to an important state like Illinois. As I said before, these arguments are just "spin" from the right. Just last month Gov. Palin was asked about being VP and she responded with all candor that she actually wanted people to explain to her exactly what a VP would do on a typical day. Granted, I don't know what a VP does on any given day - but I'm not being asked to hold that important office. When I watched that interview I was more than alarmed - it didn't give me very much confidence in her, that's for sure.

Finally, Republican women - especially pro life women - were going to vote McCain anyway. Hillary's army of supporters are not going to switch parties and support a candidate that rejects all their core values simply because she's of the same gender. That's more than insulting to them as thinking individuals who know what they believe in.

So those who are proclaiming this to be McCain's big win - that's might presumptuous.

Politically, she seems a dream....
however, I question the "family values" of a woman that can take a position that will have her spending two months away from her infant child. Why have children if you plan to hand them off to a nanny to go back to work 3 days after giving birth?
I've always considered myself to be a right thinking conservative... I always thought I held the same values as other conservatives.
However, when I ask this question, I end up attacked and put in a corner with the far left.

My wife and I are pro-life evangelicals, and we are appalled by McCain's pick of Palin. Palin is an embarrassment to the pro-life movement with her support of captial punishment and the Iraq war, and her insensitivity toward environmental destruction. McCain's pick of Palin has pushed us into the Obama camp.

I am hardly a member of the religious right but I will say this: Those women who are more moderate conservatives just got pushed toward Obama.

McCain may get some traction from the religious right, but he will lose what he gains by losing pro-environment, economically conservative women. The polls, even with this recent excitement, do not give him the bounce he needs... no where near it.

I'm with James. She will drive as many away (perhaps more) than she attracts. It was a gamble by Rove. I don't think the master will win this one.

Bill: "My wife and I are pro-life evangelicals ... McCain's pick of Palin has pushed us into the Obama camp."

OK, Bill, now try to sell us the Brooklyn Bridge. You're probably the only "pro-life evangelical" in America who has switched his vote from McCain to Obama BECAUSE of Palin. BTW, what makes you think you really speak for your wife? What she says to you is one thing; how she REALLY votes in the privacy of the voting booth is her affair :-)

Cany: "The polls, even with this recent excitement, do not give him the bounce he needs... no where (sic) near it."

Sorry to disappoint you, but Zogby has McCain-Palin 47-45 ahead of Obama-Biden. In addition, the Gallup daily tracking poll shows that Obama's convention "bounce" peaked on Friday at 49% and has been dropping a point a day.

Of course, the Dems and their MSM allies will try to "Bork" Mrs. Palin over the next few days. They'll be a ritual hazing led by the Crypto-socialist Commentariat. But even Obama is telling his operatives to go easy on Palin in order to avoid a backlash from female voters.

Like a previous poster, I'm put in the too left box for asking how a woman with family values could leave her 4 month old. I thought that question prior to Palin, made me conservative. In the past my decision to stay home wasn't popular amongs the modern women crowd. How is it that Republicans own the family values title but then don't really live up to it? I'm pretty confused about all of this. I am a stay at home Christian Mom, and I don't think Palin is quite ready. Maybe when her youngest is older, but just not right now. Poor timing.

It seems to me that while people want change in America, hey may be looking to the wrong party. While I have been a Democrat all my life, I will vote Republican this time. It's time we stopped all the mud slinging in politics. Sara Palin is qualifed to be vice-president as Obama is to be President. Obama makes me sick just to liten to him. He is always covering for his verbal mistakes, by saying that wasn't what he meant. He is not a Christian. He is a muslim no matter what church he attendsor what he says. Palin is a Christian. It is time people stopped looking at the fact that she is a woman, who is married with 5 children. Time people stopped putting her down because her daughter is pregnant, and saying she's not a good mother. "There is none perfect, no not one." Is that not what the Bible tells us? It is time for a change. A change back to some of our old beliefs. I think with Palin as his running mate, we stand a better chance.