tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post4152416089804622439..comments2023-12-24T19:38:00.242-08:00Comments on Mendelson's Memos: Scorn for John McCain and Sarah Palin, but sympathy for Bristol PalinScott Mendelsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08131426080984100749noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-22681255227819227852008-09-04T01:02:00.000-07:002008-09-04T01:02:00.000-07:00Scott, I have to strongly disagree with your analy...Scott, I have to strongly disagree with your analysis of Sarah Palin as the VP choice for the Republican ticket. <BR/><BR/>She is a woman of principles and great inner-strength. <BR/><BR/>McCain's choice of such a woman only serves to emphasize the lack of character exhibited on the Democratic ticket. <BR/><BR/>Before this I was voting for McCain as the lesser of two evils-- as a way to ensure the defeat of Obama, Osama and Chelsea's mama.<BR/><BR/> Now I will pull the Republican lever with a smile on my face, knowing that the McCain*Palin ticket truly is a vote for change--a change for a better United States.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6937848248469121586.post-64348833414468091702008-09-02T19:27:00.000-07:002008-09-02T19:27:00.000-07:00"giggle at John McCain's stunningly bone-headed se..."giggle at John McCain's stunningly bone-headed selection"<BR/><BR/>- I hate to say it, but I think your out on the far left here Scott. Just a small sample of reading of left to right journalists, as well as the initial republican reception to the pick says thats your analysis is a bit over the top. The very fact that you think she will resign shortly, I think proves how far out there you are. <BR/><BR/>" wish I could smirk at how pissed off the far more qualified women in the GOP (Kay Bailey Hutchison, Liddy Dole, Condoleezza Rice, Christine Todd Whitman, Meg Whitman, etc"<BR/><BR/>- I wish I could smirk at how pissed off far more qualified democrats were passed over in the democratic primary. Really? And Barrack is not a neophyte? How long was Barrack a Senator before he began running for President? How long has he been in political office in total? How come he is not a laugh? How long was your prefered pick John Edwards a Senator before he ran for president and was nominated a running mate?<BR/><BR/>"now within 48 hours Sarah Palin once again returned the national dialogue about female politicians to such tawdry sex-based issues. McCain and Palin have ironically made that glass ceiling that much thicker for whomever comes next."<BR/><BR/>- What a sec, Pail and McCain are responsible for this? Not those whom have seemingly overreacted by coming up with conspiracy theories (that your seemingly indulging a little)in their attempts to find something to bury Palin with. <BR/>- Was Bill Clinton irresponsible when he (with knowledge about his skeletons in the closet) ran for office back in 1992, knowing all the hurt it would cause his family? How about ANY politican with children? Are they all disqualified? Would it have been ok if this happened after she was named?<BR/>- Should President Bush have resigned after the stories about his daughters came out, saying, "its for the family, I don't want them to go through with it"?<BR/><BR/>"I will give my scorn to John McCain for potentially setting back gender politics by a good twenty to thirty years and by allowing someone who clearly lacks judgment to be a heartbeat away from the presidency."<BR/>- Who so clearly lacks judgment? Or do you mean, simply disagrees with you on policy issues? A little over the top? How about puting someone without much of a record of judgment, not one heartbeat away from the presidency, but answering the 3 o clock phone?<BR/><BR/>You can play the "decision to make a choice" argument all that you want, but Republicans belive in people's decision to make choice. I love reading your film analyses Scott, your an incredibly gifted writer (immemsely more than myself), and your post about Moore earlier gave me hope that you were more even-handed than I previously thought. But, your over-generalization of how the right views pregnancy and abortion should be beneath you.<BR/><BR/>I'm pro-lfe, but I don't for one second think that you hate babies, or hate innocent life. I don't for one second think that you could care less about 5-month old babies outside the womb. For most pro-lifers like myself, its not about thinking women don't have a right to choose, its about opposing principles. I greatly believe in a women's ability to have choice about her body, but I also believe in protecting the life of an unborn child. I believe the latter principle supercedes the former.It of course, doesn't lessen my feeling on the former.Kyle Leamanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04418642592946535731noreply@blogger.com