Palin is a Neo-Con
Submitted by Zak Carter on Sat, 08/30/2008 - 19:41
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I have been searching for information on Mrs. Palin - here is what I've found, It's not much, but here it is -
On Foreign Affairs -
Iraq: Palin is generally supportive of America’s presence in Iraq, her 18-year-old son Track Palin is in the Army and is slotted to go to Iraq in September. Palin has also visited members of the Alaska National Guard in Kuwait.
And to quote Mrs. Palin herself - "This is a moment -- this is a moment when great causes can be won and great threats overcome, depending on the judgment of our next president. In a dangerous world, it is John McCain who will lead America's friends and allies in preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
"It was John McCain who cautioned long ago about the harm that Russian aggression could do to Georgia and to other small Democratic neighbors and to the world oil markets.
"It was Senator McCain who refused to hedge his support for our troops in Iraq, regardless of the political costs. And you know what? As the mother of one of those troops and as the commander of Alaska's National Guard, that's the kind of man I want as our commander in chief.
On Spending -
In June 2007, Palin signed into law the largest operating budget in Alaska's history ($6.6 billion).
She's deeply connected to the Bridge to Nowhere.
As Mayor she left her town's economy in tatters.
On Ethics -
On July 11, 2008, Palin fired Commissioner of Public Safety, Walt Monegan.[38] According to Monegan, he was fired over his reluctance to fire an Alaska State Trooper involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann. Palin claimed that she fired Monegan so the Department could head in a "new direction" and noted that her ex-brother-in-law is still employed by the state.[39] Alaska House Speaker John Harris disputed that claim, stating there is "no different direction we are going in."[39]
The legislature hired Steve Branchflower, a retired longtime Alaska assistant district attorney to investigate Palin and her staff for possibly violating the state personnel act.
Sarah Palin has an Abramoff problem - a Pro-Palin illegal mailer was sent during her gubernatorial campaign on behalf of Palin by the RGA, the DC group that got money from Abramoff, Reed, etc.
On Energy -
While shes great on drilling this caused me to raise my eyebrows -
The Obama campaign is trotting out a gubernatorial endorsement for his energy policy today... from Republican Alaska Governor and long-shot VP candidate Sarah Palin.
An aide to the presumptive Democratic nominee sent over a link to a Palin press release Tuesday morning in which the governor praised Obama for, among other things, calling for the completion of the Alaska natural gas pipeline and proposing $1,000 rebates for families struggling with energy costs.
I also snooped on over at RedState.com and noticed that they are very excited about the McCain/Palin ticket - Reason enough for me to not consider her one of our own.
This post fails on so many
This post fails on so many levels.
Where are your sources, mate? You say "it's not much" and you're right!
A neo-con is someone who supports and follows the philosophical views of Leo Strauss. If you can prove somehow that she has some sort of connection to Leo Strauss or you can find out what she's borrowed from the public library over the past 20 - 30 years then you might have a point, but you haven't proved anything so your opinion is worthless.
The real reason not to jump on their bandwagon is because the leader is John McCain. John McCain could have chosen just about anyone, even Ron Paul, and I still wouldn't vote for the old kook. He is a Washington insider scumbag and nothing he does will change that....
Supporting neo-con causes
Makes one a neo-con, even if unaware of the history of the movement.
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neocon or not, doesn't
neocon or not, doesn't matter. She is simply not qualified for highest office in the land. Quote from good friend of mine says it all.
I long for the days when being president required more credentials than being the mayor of a town of 8,000 and a being a beauty queen.
God help us all.
I am a conservative---and this will not 'activate' my vote to McCain. Quite the contrary---I may leave the republican party altogether.
PS: I am a woman too.
Boston
Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.
http://www.ohiofreedom.com
Let see, McCain and Obama's experience
According to the Senate, Obama has exactly 147 working days in the Senate - talk about lack of experience. Before that he was a state senator for one term and before that he organized neighborhood groups - he has never held a real job.
McCain, doesn't know anything about the economy after all these years in the Senate and this from his own mouth.
Bidon, ha ha isn't this is the guy who can't even write his own stuff and had stolen writings from other people.
Not that its saying much but Palin is better than all 4 of them combined.
She's a governor,
not a mayor.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
the quote was speaking of
the quote was speaking of past experience. OK, so add 2 yrs. as governor. Still not qualified. Pitiful that our nation has come to be so shallow and superficial. GOP is counting on that.
Trust in God, but tie your camel tight.
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Her first speech was prowar all the way.
She praised Señor Juan McCain like he was the best thing since the feather pillow.
--Cliff, Sioux City, Iowa
—Cliff in Sioux City, Iowa
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If you remember anything, remember the throw-away tools of war.
Sign the Hea
I dont see any evidence of neoconservatism in there.
Not everyone who supports the war is a neoconservative.
If someone says something like "American has a responsibility to defend freedom in other countries," that would be neoconservatism.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
It's right there in front of you
With her support of McCain.
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Palin is NOT a NeoCon she is a Paleo Conservative
In the image of Pat Buchanan.
Also she vetoed the Bridge to Nowhere
Unfortunately some truly patriotic people believe in the Iraq war, but she is no war monger as she was against the war in the Balkans.
To be fair to Palin, that budget was from the last administration of Murkowski and she had exactly 42 days to create a brand new multi billion dollar budget or let it go through so it could be cut on the state level, which she did. According to Palin there is no way she could have created a new budget and gone through everything that quickly.
Bridge to Nowhere
Yes, from everything I've found I believe that she put the kabosh on the "bridge to nowhere". Also, apparently her constituency likes her VERY much and consider themselves to be "free". She had good things to say about Dr. Paul which you can view on YouTube. She said he was "cool" and "very independent, like me".
Hey, it could've been worse.........it could've been Liebermann.
All Republicans were against the Balkans war
Because it was a Democrat that took us there. Also, from what I understand she was for the bridge before she was against the bridge.
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Palin is NOT a NeoCon she is a Paleo Conservative
In the image of Pat Buchanan.
Also she vetoed the Bridge to Nowhere
Unfortunately some truly patriotic people believe in the Iraq war, but she is no war monger as she was against the war in the Balkans.
To be fair to Palin, that budget was from the last administration of Murkowski and she had exactly 42 days to create a brand new multi billion dollar budget or let it go through so it could be cut on the state level, which she did. According to Palin there is no way she could have created a new budget and gone through everything that quickly.
Please show me..
That Today she believes in paleo-conservatism, all evidence I've seen of her current beliefs points in the opposit direction. Hillary Clinton was also once a Goldwater supporter, that doesnt mean she still is.
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Palin says Iraq war not worth fighting for oil
Okay at least we have this from Palin which is a good sign
http://www.parapundit.com/archives/005495.html
I will try and find more, but just because she agrees to be McCain's VP does not mean she wouldn't be a different President if she were in the position. While I understand that Ron Paul would never accept the position, I think Ron is wiser in that way, but it doesn't mean Palin is bad - in my book if a woman knows she is going to have a mentally retarded baby and does not abort him, that says so much about her character that I can overlook alot. Honestly, I really don't think McCain wanted her, he was talked into it by former Buchanan campaign manager Ed Rollins.
While I think its bad that she had to be on the ticket with McCain, I think it puts here in a position that otherwise she could have never attained.
I think if she just runs for President it never gets off the ground without this boost.
Zak I'm working on it
But first you have to realize that she came from the most Libertarian state in the Union with an 80-90 percent approval rating. In general Libbys are anti-war
No..
She said in her acceptance speech that she doesn't agree with McCain on everything.
Just because you choose to be someone's running mate,it doens't meant you agree with them on everything. If Ron Paul were his running mate and said he didnt agree with him on everything, that wouldn't make Paul a neocon. The power of the VP is the VP can argue with the President behind the scenes and influence him.
That's exactly what the Founders had in mind with the VP, to be a check of sorts on the President.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
Ron Paul
Has too much integrity to be McCains running mate, and the Vice Presidents in the days of the Founding Fathers were not a check on the President, they were there in case the President was unable to perform his duties and be his voice in the Senate, nothing more - the check was in the other two branches of government - And in Mrs. Palins case, she has said nothing to indicate she opposes McCains neo-con agenda, but plenty to indicate she supports it.
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What has she said to indicate that she supports
neoconservatism? Again, support the war on terror is not the same thing as being a neoconservative. To prove shes a neoconervative you would have to find her saying things in favor of using the military to support foreign democracies or to bring democracy to other countries. There is a difference between using the military to fight terrorists and the philosophy of neoconservatism. Remember Dr. Paul supported using the military to go after terrorists overseas. He supported the invasion of Afghanistan. That doesn't make him a neoconservative.
Paul would lose no integrity whatsoever if he became McCain's running mate, if he continued to say he's a non-interventionist. Paul would be the ideal VP for McCain so he could try to bring him to his side. Why would you want anyone other than Ron Paul to be the VP of the US if he had the opportunity? Think about it.
The Founders indeed intended to have the VP to be a check on the president. They wanted the Vice President to be the person that received the second highest electoral votes. This would have made Kerry Bush's VP. This was the original system we had. In the early 1800's it was changed to have the president and vice president elected on separate ballots. Then later that was eliminated, giving us the system we have now.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
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Don't blame me if there's no voice for liberty opposing McCain and Obama in the Presidential debates. I donated to Ron Paul Libertarian, Bob Barr's campaign.
As a soldier who served 7 years in the Army and 2 overseas tours
I can tell you - The war in Iraq is not part of the "War on Terror" it was pushed by neo-cons to support their goals of "Spreading Democracy" - And supporting the war in Iraq does make one a neo-con. Also, our occupation and string of bases does make a case for a neo-con agenda in the war on terror, and yes Ron Paul did suppport removal of al-qaida from Afghanistan, but not occupying the country.
Its not that I wouldnt want Ron Paul to be VP - its that Ron Paul on the ticket would give people the idea that he was OK with McCains agenda, something Ron Paul has said he would never want to give anyone the impression of.
As to the historical dutys of the VP - I'm going to have to go back to reading up on it in the morning, I'm dozing off here.
I got love for you preferred - we see eye to eye on alot of things (Barr) -Thank you for this little debate, I think both of us need to learn more on where Mrs. Palin stands before we can really draw any final conclusions.
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of course she is
anyone supporting a neocon is a neocon.
/Mike
Front Fell Off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcU4t6zRAKg