Debate Night!

Don't forget to watch the 3rd & Final Presidential Debate tonight at 9pm Eastern.

It is hard to believe that there is just over 3 weeks until the big day!

Change We Can't Afford

With his supposedly “soothing tones” (which send this mom into a full-blown panic attack every time I hear him speak) Obama has successfully convinced us that this election is about change. OK, fine. It’s too late to argue the premise at this point. So if this election is about change, let’s look closely at the kind of change we can look forward to if Obama is elected.

To start with, in an ironic display of undemocratic principle, Democrats will force workers to join unions. Of course this isn’t how they spin it, but by doing away with secret ballot, you can bet that workers who don’t join the union will find themselves out of work. With the union rolls swelled, Democrats will be able to extort more votes than ever from people who will no longer be able to afford to vote their true conscience.

Next up, jobs. Obama promises to create them, and in the same breath promises to “tax the wealthy.” Don’t worry, he soothes, it’s only the top 5 percent. No biggie. One problem there. That top five percent create half the jobs in this country. That top five percent have created the vast majority of new jobs over the past difficult economic year. If you work for a small employer, you can thank Obama when your employer decides to "cut back," drops health coverage or tells you he/she can’t afford to give you a raise no matter how much your expenses are rising.

Obama also wants to renegotiate NAFTA. This sounds a little esoteric to those of us who go through a jumbo size bag of chicken nuggets every week, but it amounts to implementing a protectionist trade policy. If I’ve lost you, consider this. The last person who thought it was a good idea to enforce higher taxes and protectionist trade policies in a recession was Herbert Hoover, and that action preceded the Great Depression.

There’s more: killing talk radio so they don’t have to be bothered by legitimate criticism, creating more and more liberal and socialist policies that will gut everything that’s great about America, pimping the First Amendment to serve their sinister means. With Obama in office the sky's the limit. Heck, he may even choose to get rid of our flag, which he finds to be a symbol of divisiveness.

It’s change alright. But it’s not the change this country needs or can afford.

Another Carter? You gotta be kidding.

I was a kid when Jimmy Carter was in office, but I remember a few things. I remember seeing hostages on the news and hearing Walter Cronkite tick off the days they had been in captivity. I didn’t understand much then, but I knew there were people who didn’t like us… and they were winning. I remember my parents constantly telling me what we couldn’t afford. Vacations. Bicycles. New clothes. I remember how excited my father was when Ronald Reagan was elected. I could tell he expected better days. He was right.

So you’ll have to forgive me for being perplexed that our country could so eagerly embrace the latest iteration of Jimmy Carter (that would be Barack Obama for those arriving late to the party.)

In The American Spectator, Jeffrey Lord reminds us of just how closely Obama’s policies and core philosophies mirror Carter's, and he asks a question I doubt many sitting on Obama’s bandwagon have considered:

IS IT POSSIBLE that America really wants to return to those depressing days of gas lines and leisure suits? Of malaise and shock over the aggressiveness of America's enemies? The days when the policies Obama is advocating raised unemployment rates, interest rates and inflation rates into the double digits? When America's enemies looked the President of the United States in the eye -- and found he really wanted to kiss them on the cheek?

Lord also details how many of Obama’s campaign platforms, from windfall profits taxes for oil companies, to taxing the “wealthy,” to an approach of appeasement on foreign policy are based on the astounding failures of the Carter administration.

For an Ivy Leaguer, this doesn’t seem to indicate much in the way of smarts.

View the full article here:

It’s a good read for those of us who remember Carter. And should serve as an eye-opener for those who don’t.

You go Girl!

I was finally able to watch the CNN video of the other group of ladies Moms 4 Sarah Palin. Wow, they sound like a great group of ladies - ones I would love to have a "snack" with. (Humor from the video clip if you missed it!!!)

I'm not sure why so many of you are offended by them? They did great and said nothing offensive about your candidate in their interview. If it bothers you that people have different opinions than you, you really shouldn't be so close minded!

(Please remember that a 4 hour interview was broken down into 4 minutes so much of their conversation was edited out.)

If you missed it, you can see it HERE.

I was not on CNN.

Again, I was not the mom or group of moms who were on CNN. They are located at:

Moms 4 Sarah Palin

Please go there if you have a specific comment about their appearance.

I haven't had a chance to watch it yet so I can't really respond to comments regarding it.

I don't know how many more times to say it but I was not the one on CNN. Please take time to review a blog before commenting so you know WHO you are bashing. (I'm for Sarah Palin but it may be for different reasons than the ladies on CNN.)

The Messiah?

For those of you "scared" of Sarah Palin, the fact that Obama supporters believe he is the Messiah is scary to me. Scare anyone else?

"You are the instruments that God is going to use to bring about universal change, and that is why Barack has captured the youth. And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn't care anything about. That's a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

Reacting to comments

First of all, from most the comments, you are assuming I am a one issue voter, a moron, or some kind of religious nut. You know nothing about me besides my very few posts on here, which I doubt you really read.

Second, do you really think that calling me names or grouping me together with others is going to make me change my mind about who I am voting for? That I will suddenly change teams and go vote for Team Obama? Really, all it does is prove to me that I'm voting for the right ticket.

Comments like this just crack me up:

Palin is a MORON. Says a lot if you support her !

Can you formulate a complete sentence or make an argument without calling someone names? Thank you for giving me a great reason to vote for Obama - because you say Palin is a Moron. Great argument.

Oh, I'm unsavvy. This one really hurts:

Its single minded and very, I mean verryy unsavvy.

I'm single minded because of one post. My particular post on life issues does not mean I am a single issue voter.

I'm not sure one this one means either. Someone had too much gin when they commented:

She does represent backwoods water drinking morons like you. Good luck.

I'm part of a cult! YAY! I didn't even know. I guess most cult members don't know. (Hmmmm....I think many of the Obots would fit into that category!)

the problem with the "Christan cult" is that they want to pass along there feelings and beliefs.

I don't think respect for human life is necessarily a Christian belief.

Here's another well thought out and humorous post:

LOL the wide eyed sheltered suburban "christian" women Here comes President Obama, get used to it. Mcsame and the MILF wrong place, wrong time

This is a lot of ASSuming about me:

Don't vote for someone you'd have a beer with, or want to babysit for. Vote for a leader with intellectual gifts and a sound temperament, and the grasp of economics that is required to steer us out of this crisis.

Hmmmm, where did I say I wanted to have a beer with any of the candidates? I don't even like beer. I also don't believe we need the government to steer us out of our financial crisis. Every time the government steps in, they create more problems.

As for the intellectual gifts...have you seen this?

I've never heard so much stuttering in my life. Especially from a person who is alleged to be such a gifted speaker. (I didn't even listen to the whole thing but apparently it goes on for about 7 minutes?)

I think you also engage in a fallacy of putting so much emphasis on the abortion issue, while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of deaths and and maimings that have occurred as a result of our needless and economically ruinous invasion of Iraq.

Sir, more humans have died from abortion than from Iraq. I also weigh the sad loss of lives in Iraq with how many would have died under the Hussein Regime. I am saddened for the loss of lives in Iraq and as I am true Pro Life (anti-death penalty, anti-abortion, anti-euthanasia, anti-war unless circumstances warrant), who is the better candidate for me? There is no perfect candidate for my needs. I do not focus on the Pro Life Issue and you would know that if you had browsed around my blog a little more.

then ultimately putting her babies' life on the line by not seeking medical attention and staying put until she delivered her pre-mature baby. I have seen babies and moms alike put in danger of loosing their lives because they ignored the fact that their sac ruptured.

I don't think she put her child's life on the line. She conferred with her dr and she made an informed choice about her situation. She had already given birth 4 times previously so I'm confident she did not make this decision lightly. (Again, why would someone pro-abortion, care if she puts her baby in danger anyway? I thought the motto was: Her body, her choice?)

Just because abortion is something you find soooo important, is not a reason to go vote for Republican due to Mrs. Palin.

I'm voting for McCain/Palin for many other reasons than pro-life issues.

I feel it would be very traumatic for a young girl to carry her fathers child inside of her. and deliver it. the incest alone is traumatic let alone living with it inside of you for 9 months. that is a sickening and degrading option.

You don't think it would be traumatic to know that you aborted a child that was half yours? It wouldn't be traumatic to know you killed a human life? Traumatic when several years down the road you can't have children and wondering what if....(happened to a friend.)

I'm not judging...I just don't want it to be legal...(I think many of the commentators on here have judged me! ;) )

abortion it is bad what gives you the right to judge.

Abortion is bad. I don't hate the person who has an abortion. I feel for them. I think it is sad that a person feels this is their only option. Or they are led to believe that is their only option.

Really? You think I am no wordly and ill travelled???? Someone is going to have get me a translator!

I can guarantee that the people on this blog and the person that started it are ignorant, ill travelled and non wordly.

You can guarantee it? I always wonder what people are thinking when they accuse someone of being ignorant all while having severe spelling and grammatical errors in their own comments. What is wordly? For the record, I have a Master's degree and I have traveled around the world. I have witnessed the poverty and witnessed the oppression. We have it too good here, people. Our poor are not poor. Poor is living on a dirt floor in a one room makeshift house, with trash and feces everywhere and wondering where your next meal is going to come from. Our poor are rich compared to normal living standards in the countries I've visited.

Shucks, You did get the mini van part right!

please get out of your mini van heads and super church mentality with a walmart and chilis in your back garden. please dont vote and keep your religious feelings to yourself

But you have the Walmart part wrong. I detest Walmart. Not sure I belong to a Super Church, though. I am of the same religion of Pelosi and Biden. Again, I don't recall where I've blogged about my religious feelings.

This one is just so beautifully written. Sandra Bernhardt is that you?

SHES A COLD COEWARDLY DEVIL WOMAN. SHE COULD BE THE ANTI-CHRIST. YOU WANT WWIII ? VOTE PALIN AND YOULL GET IT AND GOD IS NOT GONNA COME AND RESCUE CHRISTIANS. PALIN IS A C*NT

Nice. I'm more concerned that your candidate does not want the barbaric treatment of unborn life to be protected and didn't vote for the Partial Birth Abortion Ban.

This is a thought provoking comment because I am AGAINST the death penalty.

I would be interested in knowing how you feel about Gov. Palin's stance as pro-life when she is pro-death penalty. If the Bible says, "Thou shall not kill" then I don't think you can be selective. Saying that the death penalty is OK in "heinous" cases should be the equivalent of saying abortion is ok in certain cases. So, is she pro-life or pro-choice depending on the situation. No doubt a fetus is innocent, no doubt some terrible criminals are not, but who are we to pass the final judgement when God says that we should not.

I believe it is barbaric and should be outlawed. We have the capability as an advanced society to keep a criminal in prison for their entire lives. Back in the day before they had good prisons or a way to confine people, swift action to protect the people would be necessary and just. I don't believe it is necessary and I would rather protect that one person who might be innocent than kill 10 who were guilty. However, there is not a candidate who is against both the death penalty and abortion. It is a personal decision to weigh the needs of my anti-abortion stance and my anti-death penalty stance. To me, it comes down to numbers. More lives are lost from abortion than from capital punishment. I agree we should not pass final judgment. It is not up to us.

This one ends up with "God Bless You."

Because your hockey mom is stirring up so much hate for african americans. I expect to see lynchings come back into play. yes killing live human beings what your group deplores justified by a political campaign. Take a close look at the audience at the republican speeches. May god bless you all.

Will their be riots in the streets if Obama loses? I don't hate African Americans and I am not voting against Obama because he is half African American. I am not voting for him because he wants to take our country to socialism.

Smart one here (really!)

I deeply resent all the negative attacks on BOTH sides, this isn't right and what we all should be concerned and focused on is the Economy.

I hate all the negativity too. We need to stop. We need a true leader to step up and bring our country together. Neither one is doing it at this point. Even the chosen one, is not bringing people together.

I'm not sure how this one pertains to my blog:

This reminds me of the church behavior I witnessed from the pulpit growing up...lies about other church members angry and desperate..."judge not that ye be not judged"!

??????

I thought these were all arguments FOR Obama?

we dont need a "real person", we dont need someone who is "the kind of person you can sit down and have snacks with" you need an intellectual, which she isnt, you need someone level headed, she isnt, and most importantly, you dont need an outsider to the white house, you need someone who knows how things work, knows foreign policy, knows what to do and when to do it. she may be fine for a governor but she isnt not vice presidential material.

Knows Foreign Policy? Does Obama? I think the Democratic ticket is flipped if this is the case...it should be Biden/Obama.

Did you know that Michelle Obama worked?

I don't support Sarah Palin, I am a stay at home mom that has put my career on hold while I am doing the MOST important job! We can't have it all we have to make choices and I would have had a lot more respect for her if she had decided to pursue her political career, especially the vice presidency until her children were at least in school. I believe this for ALL moms unless you have to work to maintain the bills.

Many of us work. Feminists have fought for the right of women to choose to have it all. Sarah Palin has it all. Family and career. Why do people hate her so much for being able to do it all? Why does the same argument not apply to Obama? He has small children. Double standard anyone????

I'm an example of this, as I'm an atheist who voted for Ron Paul, a passionate Christian. I felt that he demonstrated humility and kindness and a profound understanding of economics. And he's incredibly experienced in both domestic and foreign policy issues.

Honestly, I wish Ron Paul were on the top of the ticket right now. He might sound like a kook but he has predicted some of the things that have happened in recent months.

This one stands out too.

I am a Republican but i am shocked that you would support a women that allows racist remarks at her rallys....you are no different....what you are is the KKK...This is why i do not go to church and that is because you are supposed to be about love and not hate.....remember jesus forgave everyon.......practice what you preach

I don't preach anything. Keep on saying you are a Republican, you aren't fooling me!

Again, I wasn't the one on the CNN interview.

LOL, Palin is a simple minded racist baby factory.

Beautiful comment. Sorry, I stop reading comments after a paragraph starts out with words like that.

Oops, I couldn't help myself...I kept reading...

I laugh at morons like you. God damn you jesus freaks!

I think I lost brain cells reading that garbage.

Birds of a feather flock together. Airheads!

I think I will end on that note since the rest of the comments just seem to be more of the same! You get the point, right? A few good comments mixed in with many ad hominem attacks!

I'm was not on CNN

I was wondering why my blog stats spiked, the looney deranged lefties (some of you lefties are not deranged and have been thoughtful in your comments - thanks!!) were out in full force, and then I googled and found THIS. I knew it wasn't because I was popular. It does make me glad, I'm blogging incognito with no connection to my other blog as I really don't want any of these people showing up on my door step!

If you are visiting my blog because you thought you saw me, a 37 year old woman, on TV last night, you are wrong. Please visit moms4sarahpalin.blogspot.com.

I have set the moderate comments on now until I go through and make sure there are no profane comments. I will leave any thought provoking comments and intelligent comments from the other "side."

I might even leave in the profane comments because it shows more about who YOU are than who I am.

Palin is quick on her feet!

Check out this video where she squashes a heckler at one of her speeches. One of the many reasons I *heart* Sarah.

Palin's Pro Life Stance

I had a disturbing conversation with my co-worker today. She said she was for Palin until she heard the "dumb" comment she made to Katie Couric. (Which by the way, she thinks Katie Couric is soooo smart.)

This the comment she was disturbed by:

"If a 15-year-old is raped by her father," Couric asked, "do you believe it should be illegal for her to get an abortion, and why?"

Palin called herself "unapologetic" in her pro-life stance. "I would counsel to choose life. I would also like to see a culture of life in this country. But I would also like to take it one step further. Not just saying I am pro-life and I want fewer and fewer abortions in this country, but I want them, those women who find themselves in circumstances that are absolutely less than ideal, for them to be supported, and adoptions made easier."

On being pressed by Couric on whether she would force a victim of incest or rape to have the child, Palin said, "...personally, I would counsel the person to choose life, despite horrific, horrific circumstances that this person would find themselves in. And, if you're asking, though, kind of foundationally here, should anyone end up in jail for having an...abortion, absolutely not. That's nothing I would ever support." After repeated questioning about her position on the morning-after pill, Palin repeated her views and said that she would "not choose to participate in that kind of contraception."

I completely agree with her stance. I don't think it is "dumb." I believe abortions should only be allowed in extreme cases when a women's life is at risk. This is very rare.

I don't think Palin's comments were dumb. I just think some people don't agree with her stance. Fine to not agree but to call them dumb is just dumb.