[Newsbot]

Title: Palin was in Alaskan seccessionist party
Category: Political
Posted By: C.M. Burns
Date: 2008-09-02 08:39:21

[C.M. Burns]

"The party's chief goal is securing Alaska a vote on seceding from the US"
Oops!
Every day it becomes clearer that McCain is senile.

[emart]

what the heck would they do if they seceded? it's not like they have a whole lot going on up there.

[mtbr]

emart emart:

what the heck would they do if they seceded? it's not like they have a whole lot going on up there.

that's like saying Alberta has no money...one word OIL

[Robair]

This is something Obama's campaign can sink their teeth into for sure.

[martin14]

emart emart:

what the heck would they do if they seceded? it's not like they have a whole lot going on up there.

.. ohhhh, thank you, i needed that

[C.M. Burns]

emart emart:

what the heck would they do if they seceded? it's not like they have a whole lot going on up there.

Did he actually write that?

[saturn_656]

We are stuck with a Federal level party full of separatists... no one seems to think that is such a big deal...

[Streaker]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

We are stuck with a Federal level party full of separatists... no one seems to think that is such a big deal...

Yup. And not just the Conservatives - there's also the Bloc.

[mtbr]

saturn_656 saturn_656:

We are stuck with a Federal level party full of separatists... no one seems to think that is such a big deal...

your right the Libs are trying to divide the east and the west.

[saturn_656]

mtbr mtbr:

your right the Libs are trying to divide the east and the west.

Streaker Streaker:

Yup. And not just the Conservatives - there's also the Bloc.

You two were made for each other.

[C.M. Burns]

Streaker Streaker:

saturn_656 saturn_656:

We are stuck with a Federal level party full of separatists... no one seems to think that is such a big deal...

Yup. And not just the Conservatives - there's also the Bloc.

[Scape]

$1:

1980 - 1984 
Him: Ivy League degree. Her: tiara.
1985 - 1990 
Him: sterling legal education. Her: sportscaster.
1991 - 1995 
Him: Expert on our nation's fundamental legal principles. Her: plotted to leave the Union
1996 - 2000 
Him: sponsored 800 bills. Her: swayed 616 voters.
2001 - 2004 
Him: demonstrated the wisdom to oppose the Iraq folly before it even began. Her: hasn't really though much about it - despite the fact that 17 Alaskans have died there
2005 to present 
Him: Impressive figure on the national stage who knows how Congress works and is engaged with foreign policy issues. Her: small state governor for 21 months; "next to Russia", but that is just 1 of the 190 countries in the world she has never been to.

Year-by-year break down of Palin & Obama resumes

[BartSimpson]

Scape Scape:

1980 - 1984 
Him: Ivy League degree. Her: tiara.
1985 - 1990 
Him: sterling legal education. Her: sportscaster.

Obama refuses to release his transcripts from Columbia so "sterling" is a matter of speculation.

Scape Scape:

1991 - 1995 
Him: Expert on our nation's fundamental legal principles. Her: plotted to leave the Union

He says he supports the Second Amendment and gun bans which makes him a little less than an expert. Sarah Palin has been a registered Republican since 1982 according to public records and was never a member of the AIP.

Scape Scape:

1996 - 2000 
Him: sponsored 800 bills. Her: swayed 616 voters.

Co-sponsored.

Scape Scape:

2001 - 2004 
Him: demonstrated the wisdom to oppose the Iraq folly before it even began.

He even wasn't in the US Senate until 2007.

Scape Scape:

Her: hasn't really though much about it - despite the fact that 17 Alaskans have died there

She running a state, not a war. Most state governors are paying little attention to things that don't directly affect their states.

Scape Scape:

2005 to present 
Him: Impressive figure on the national stage who knows how Congress works and is engaged with foreign policy issues.

Obama was not in the Senate until he was sworn in to it in January 2007. With 143 days of Senate experience where he was absent for 48 of those days he declared his candidacy for President.

Scape Scape:

Her: small state governor for 21 months; "next to Russia", but that is just 1 of the 190 countries in the world she has never been to.

[/quote]

Her 21 months of experience as Governor still gives her 21 more months of executive experience than Obama has. And Russia is nearly a non-entity to Alaska in terms of trade and political relations, her primary interests are in the continental US, Canada, and Asia.

And another comparison list: http://texasdarlin.wordpress.com/2008/0 ... son-chart/

[C.M. Burns]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Scape Scape:

Her: hasn't really though much about it - despite the fact that 17 Alaskans have died there

She running a state, not a war. Most state governors are paying little attention to things that don't directly affect their states.

Right... the wars in Iraq and Afghanaistan haven't directly affected her state.

$1:

Since World War II the Alaska Army National Guard had not seen significant overseas deployments of its Army National Guard. This changed in 2004 when a company of infantry was mobilized to serve in Iraq, serving with the Hawaii Army National Guard's 29th brigade in 2005. In 2005 and 2006 smaller detachments were deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. An infantry battalion was deployed to the middle east in 2006. Additional deployments are scheduled for 2007. The Alaska Army National Guard's aviation units have seen a series of company sized rotations to Iraq, unfortunately including the loss of a helicopter and crew in January 2006.

These deployments seem small in comparison to the units that other states have deployed. However given the small size of Alaska's population and National Guard they represent a very large percentage of the Alaska Army National Guard. When young men are deployed there is a particular impact on smaller "Alaska Bush" villages that have a subsistence lifestyle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Army_National_Guard

I guess Alaskans won't need the National Guard until they hold a political convention there

And then there's the 500 BILLION plus federal dollars (debt) that has been spent on the wars - that debt won't have an effect, nooooooo