Not official, but Romney and Pawlenty are out and Jindal is bracing for hurricane. Reports of plane from Alaska flying into St. Paul. Wikipedia is already reporting it.

 

Thoughts???

I'm hearing Tom Ridge.

My first thought was the first rule of office politics: never hire a secretary better looking than your wife.

I'm hearing Tom Ridge.

No way. No how. Fox News is reporting that it is likely Palin and their sources are pretty good. I am still not sure that McCain is not just doing some head fakes by drawing attention away from the real pick. McCain is showing that he can keep a big secret.

My first thought was the first rule of office politics: never hire a secretary better looking than your wife.

 

Or half her age.

Wow. If (big if in my mind) McCain wins and decides to only be a one term president this would make for a possible Palin/Clinton matchup in 2012. Lots of ifs but it beats trying to figure out if Obama is a natural born citizen.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Meet Pro-Life Governor Sarah Palin :thumb:

As Christians who oppose abortion, we should throw our support to politicians who also oppose murdering our unborn. As average citizens, we do not get much flak for our opposition to abortion. Pro-life candidates for political office, on the other hand, can count on much hostility, condemnation, and unfavorable coverage when they speak out openly about their position on abortion, and they should be honored for doing so.

Today, I will pay homage to Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. Not only is she strongly pro-life, but this lady lives the views she expresses. Many pro-life individuals reconsider their position when they are given the devastating news that they are carrying a child who has Down syndrome. In fact, 90 percent of all couples who receive the news of an expectant child with Down syndrome choose to abort. It is uncertain how many of these babies are carried by women who once called themselves “pro-life.”

Nevertheless, 44-year-old Palin and her husband, Todd, the parents of four children, chose to be in the 10 percent of couples who embrace a child with this disability. An Alaskan columnist, Effie Caldarola, wrote the following story about the Palin family: “Over a month ago, her office announced that the 44-year-old and her husband, Todd, were expecting their fifth child in May. It was a secret the beguiling brunette, a runner, managed to keep from even her staff. Then, April 18, she surprised us again by giving birth a month early to Trig Palin, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. In true Sarah fashion, her amniotic fluid leaked in Texas, she gave a speech at a Republican Governors Association convention as scheduled anyway, and then returned to Alaska to deliver.”

“Immediately the family made this announcement: ‘Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.’”

“Trig Palin has Down syndrome. Early prenatal testing alerted the Palins to this chromosomal abnormality, as it is alerting more and more families in the early stages of pregnancy. Unfortunately, because of early screening, more children with Down syndrome are aborted and fewer and fewer are being born.”

“Children with Down syndrome do bring ‘unspeakable joy’ into this world. I know the laughter and blessings my 5-year-old nephew, Ethan, with Down syndrome, has brought to our family. But how do you explain this joy to a perfection-at-any-price world?”

“Politicians rarely help. How many politicians are ever called upon to really walk the walk in their lives? Palin, a politician who has been eloquent in her defense of life before birth, has now proven with her own life how much she truly ‘walks the walk.’ Thank you, Sarah, for a beautiful witness given to us through a little one whose Norse name, Trig, means ‘brave victory.’”

What an impressive lady! I wish Pennsylvania could boast of a governor of that caliber. Trig is blessed to be raised by the Palin family. May the good Lord honor her and her husband for the courage and faith to see the child God has given to them as the gift he truly is.

Posted by Debra Moore at 3:46 PM

You can't get much more pro-life than Sara Palin. I am also not sure how effective Obama's attack dog will be against a mother of five with Palin's positive demeanor.

Its an interesting pick. I can't decide whether I like it or not. She's going to persuade some Clinton supporters. Not a ton, but some. She's tough as nails, I do like that. She said she was going to clean up Alaskan corruption and did, in short order. She swept right through red tape and lawsuits. She's an energy guru, which is a plus. The image is clean and young.

 

On the other hand, delivering Alaska doesn't get you a swing state. Does she help to sway ENOUGH voters who like her youth or chromosome? I dunno.

MSNBC is reporting Palin is still in Alaska, no way McCain picks someone and doesn't have him/her there today.

So on the ticket we have a former-POW decorated war hero and a pro-life mother of a Down-Syndrome child. I will resurrect the old beltway-word, gravitas.

That's my opinion at least.

 

Whoever it is the Republicans have done an absolutely MASTERFUL job of getting the attention after last night.

Friday, May 23, 2008

Meet Pro-Life Governor Sarah Palin :thumb:

 

Today, I will pay homage to Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. Not only is she strongly pro-life, but this lady lives the views she expresses. Many pro-life individuals reconsider their position when they are given the devastating news that they are carrying a child who has Down syndrome. In fact, 90 percent of all couples who receive the news of an expectant child with Down syndrome choose to abort. It is uncertain how many of these babies are carried by women who once called themselves “pro-life.”

 

Link please?

 

Numbers I have heard are different.

 

 

I am Pro-Life.

So on the ticket we have a former-POW decorated war hero and a pro-life mother of a Down-Syndrome child. I will resurrect the old beltway-word, gravitas.

Palin has 1-1/2 years more executive experience than Obama. Gravitas is not Obama's strong suit either, so I am not sure his attack dog would want to bark up that tree if Palin is really McCain's pick.

Link please?

 

Numbers I have heard are different.

 

 

I am Pro-Life.

 

 

http://michaeldorf.org/2007/05/genetic-testing-and-abortion.html

 

I found one myself that supports the artcle.