And her stance continues to dribble out.....
On providing funds to assist teenaged mothers:
Don't do it.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/02/palin_slashed_fundi ng_to_help.html?hpid=artslot
edited to add - someone here was kind enough to point out to me that while I read the article posted I might not have read the comments that followed. And he was right, I hadn't. The Post story now appears truthful but biased. Apparently, if the comment section is to be believed (and in this case, I have no reason not to) Palin slashed out an increase in funds - she did not negate the funding. The numbers in the comments section seems to bear out that the program did not appear to need anywhere near the funding appropriated. I leave the link as proof of my own hurried reading habits and apologize.
On her involvement (and her husband's) in The Alaska Independence Party.
She's courted several times them over the years - her husband's been a member.
http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/aip_founder_professed_hatred _f.php
Her church's views on Jews and Jesus.
She attended a church service on August 17, 2008 where the invited speakers described terrorist attacks on Israelis as God's "judgment of unbelief" of Jews who haven't embraced Christianity.
"Judgment is very real and we see it played out on the pages of the newspapers and on the television. It's very real. When [Brickner's son] was in Jerusalem he was there to witness some of that judgment, some of that conflict, when a Palestinian from East Jerusalem took a bulldozer and went plowing through a score of cars, killing numbers of people. Judgment — you can't miss it."
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13098.html
And for those who like just-plain gossip:
The plan is to introduce the lamb to the lions tonight at the convention.
removed link because of complaints about screen stretching - too computer challenged to know how to fix it
Doesn't anyone have go to school anymore???
Does anyone else wonder why she's not made a speech or an appearance since accepting the VP slot from John McCain last week and neither is she scheduled to make any until tonight?
http://news.yahoo.com/story//ap/2008...l_pr/cvn_palin
How strange was that? How strange will it be?
edited to answer my own question:
In an effort to prevent any damaging mistakes, the McCain campaign is orchestrating Palin's public introduction carefully. Except for an interview with People magazine the afternoon her selection was announced, she has not taken a single question from a reporter, and it remains unclear when she will speak to the national news media.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26520727
In other words, they expect her to make mistakes? Why would you pick someone as your running mate if you had to muzzle them to prevent their making mistakes?
Stranger and stranger.
[This message has been edited by Laura Heidy-Halberstein (edited September 05, 2008).]