Comments on: Hijacking Truth http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/09/hijacking-truth Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: radical_Moderate http://commentsfromleftfield.com/2008/09/hijacking-truth/comment-page-1#comment-42467 radical_Moderate Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:26:36 +0000 http://commentsfromleftfield.com/?p=5014#comment-42467 The problem as I see it with concentrating on Palin's extreme religious beliefs is, other than her "ban the books" gaffe, that she doesn't seem to have attempted to impose her anti-abortion beliefs, or even ostensible disapproval of "gays" on Alaskan politics. Alaska apparently has some of the most liberal abortion laws, which Palin in her, albeit ,short time in office did nothing to change, and to her credit she vetoed the Bill that would have made domestic partnerships for homosexuals non-binding in Alaska (I believe that was the issue, forgive me for not looking it up.) Better to hammer Palin on budget malfeasance, and her mismanagement of the Wasillia budget, than on her extreme social beliefs, IMO. But Personally, I think that Obama should ignore her much as he did Hillary Clinton after it was clear that he had the numbers to secure the nomination. What we need to refocus on is McCain. Why isn't the Obama campaign hammering on McCain for voting NO most of the time on increased funding for the Veteran's Administration? Or that he voted NO 19 times on raising the minimum wage...an action that would have really helped millions of the working poor..or why not bring up how McCain has voted NO on giving renewable energy Businesses tax breaks...which in one case (in Ohio) alone spurred a Company making equipment for Wind Machines to take 300 good paying engineering jobs to Germany...why aren't we on the left ,and Obama, talking about McCain's awful record instead of concentrating on Palin and thereby playing into the McCain campaign's plan of using the interest in her to obfuscate the McCain record? The problem as I see it with concentrating on Palin’s extreme religious beliefs is, other than her “ban the books” gaffe, that she doesn’t seem to have attempted to impose her anti-abortion beliefs, or even ostensible disapproval of “gays” on Alaskan politics. Alaska apparently has some of the most liberal abortion laws, which Palin in her, albeit ,short time in office did nothing to change, and to her credit she vetoed the Bill that would have made domestic partnerships for homosexuals non-binding in Alaska (I believe that was the issue, forgive me for not looking it up.)

Better to hammer Palin on budget malfeasance, and her mismanagement of the Wasillia budget, than on her extreme social beliefs, IMO. But Personally, I think that Obama should ignore her much as he did Hillary Clinton after it was clear that he had the numbers to secure the nomination. What we need to refocus on is McCain. Why isn’t the Obama campaign hammering on McCain for voting NO most of the time on increased funding for the Veteran’s Administration? Or that he voted NO 19 times on raising the minimum wage…an action that would have really helped millions of the working poor..or why not bring up how McCain has voted NO on giving renewable energy Businesses tax breaks…which in one case (in Ohio) alone spurred a Company making equipment for Wind Machines to take 300 good paying engineering jobs to Germany…why aren’t we on the left ,and Obama, talking about McCain’s awful record instead of concentrating on Palin and thereby playing into the McCain campaign’s plan of using the interest in her to obfuscate the McCain record?

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