Show I Only Ordy because everyone else is doing it Bashing Sarah Sara 1 1 Palin Jeff Dixon Copy Editor Americas America's Election n 1 1 1 Headquarters Fox News New s Channel was pre occupied d i with other more significant it t matters last week j 4 Therefore it reluctantly ha hat had hadI d 1 I t I to delegate the task of bein being g E j t the first major network t ta to 3 o j a interview Sarah Palin since sine z e I she was chosen to be John Joh n i I 1 McCains McCain's running miming mate t to o 3 I another news outlet Fortunately for America former Good Momin Morning g i America host and the best bes t non-Fox non journalist in th the e nation Charlie Gibson ha had d I some free time And bo boy y was he heup up to the task 1 Only a Fox man could've e done a better job Going by Charles Charles' fo for r this serious interview Mr Gibson effectively y channeled the nations nation's s concerns and put on his besSo best bes t So you really think YOU as in YOU the inexperienced mother of five from Alaska can be a heartbeat away f from om the Presidency act And in case one didn't catch this by observing Gibsons Gibson's mirthless face incredulous tone and oft-blinking oft eyes his glasses were va i down his nose clearly conveying his and our dismissive cynicism of the former fonner small- small 1 1 n 1 1 s d i it t d 1 I I I i town mayor Hey when youre you're no not t confident in your abilities at least act like youre you're a an n accomplished professional who can ask the tough h questions As a biased agenda agenda- having columnist who o sees this world in black blac blackd blacki k ks and white terms Ill I'll focus s solely and briefly on some negative aspects of Palin's Palms s interview and question rather than promote her he r for a national office that's nearly devoid of daily responsibilities ye yet yetI t so significant in its potential consequences I may even judge her based on the church she attends When asked about how she would like to see Federal spending reduced and what programs would be affected her response included the statement that Veterans' Veterans programs should be off the table Standing up for the warrior class good call McCain however was opposed to expanding the GI Bill earlier this year But that's expanding not cutting She and McCain are against earmarks McCain even vowed to make the of the big spending pork-barrel pork earmark bills which he promises to veto famous in his recent nomination acceptance speech She even used her opposition to Alaska's indicted federally-indicted Senator Ted Stevens' Stevens million Nowhere as an example of how she's against the bringing home of bacon by various states' states She's been gloating about this as asan asan an example of her small- small government Conservative credentials especially since people in her State would benefit from it ever since her debut at the Republican Convention To his credit Gibson wouldn't let that statement stand without further inspection In fact he knew shed she'd mention this very issue and deftly set a trap which should draw the admiration of journalists and prosecutors alike ABC showed picture of Palin with a shirt at-shirt shirt t-shirt which stated Nowhere Alaska I and Gibson showed that hed he'd done his homework and pointed out that she only opposed the bridge after shed she'd initially supported it and after Congress cancelled it So she's a politician That's clear Technically she did oppose it just not how and when she told everyone she opposed it which turned out to not be opposition in the least Alaska kept the money for other probably more pressing infrastructure needs Also on the earmark issue Gibson also cited figures which show that Alaska residents received per person in money from earmarks whereas home state Illinois received only 22 per person in the same form She responded that weve drastically drastically reduced our earmark requests Okay so soshe's soshe's soshe's she's earmarks anti-earmarks because she's not asking for AS much as previous Alaska governors' governors Golf clap Gibson reduced her from being earmark anti-earmark to merely being against the process by which earmarks are passed She wants earmarks to be in the light of day not behind closed doors Waste is waste Its It's no less so because its it's out in the open We haven't the energy nor the time nor enough news hard-news airtime to be up in arms anns over every earmark in every spending bill congress passes that's up to the President the theone theone theone one who signs off on them Yes really Were Vere we to elect her and McC McCain in on the premise that the two were going to standup standup stand standup up against and do something effective about earmarks and veto them as McCain suggested only to have him simply tell telly us about everyone every everyone everyone one as he s signs gns it would be beno beno beno no better than it is now Wheres Where's the tangible benefit Anyone can read the bills only one can sign them Fighting earmarks isn't just exposing them its it's stopping them especially when youre you're the last defense against a perpetually wasteful congress The veil of virtue of being an agent of change of fiscal conservatism of is off of Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign with that deception alone To use McCains McCain's words not change we can believe in that's more of the same regardless of ones one's ideology Then again as we saw on full display at atthe the Republican National Convention Palin and McCains McCain's campaign think people are just dumb They just want the rest of us to believe and not question its it's how political parties and religions alike keep the masses in line And when the two mix we have rules and ideas that harken to the dark ages a la states that enforce Sharia law Take for example when then-Mayor then Sarah Palin approached the City Librarian of Wasilla thrice concerning the issue o of f banning books BANNING BOOKS Just imagine i if f fu President Bioteau u approached Librarian or even th the e English department about et t banning books from shelves s and curricula Yeah Defending herself against t ts the public outrage this thi s caused both then and now how it kinda seems like it was she who was thinking about banning those idea- idea and expression-containing expression objects of corruption Palin said those questions were just rhetorical She must have meant hypothetical but she probably hasn't read enough boo- boo Cut her some slack though She's just following orders from her church and its good book She attends Was Wasilla ill a Bible Church which lists in the About Us section of its Web site that we will hold to the scriptures as the Truth for both faith and practice A verse in those very scriptures states For it itis itis itis is written I I will destroy the wisdom of the wise and the intelligence of the intelligent I will reject 1 I ICor Cor Since that's THE word and that word never changes and if that's what Sarah Palin believes then she well she's just perfect for the Republican Party's Parry's base No wonder they love her In sum she's a bible- bible thumping wasting money-wasting word-misusing word Governor with a folksy appeal who hails from a large energy- energy rich state and has ambitions for the White House Hey what's the difference between Sarah Palin Palm and George W. W Bush Lipstick As far as we know at least |