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The Critique on Palin Read Around the World
What was meant to be an e-mail sent to 30 or so friends and relatives became an Internet sensation. She never meant for this letter to reach a large audience, but before she knew it, her letter was circulating on blogs all over the Internet. She was also interviewed by NPR and The New York Times.Wasilla resident Anne Kilkenney wrote this e-mail when people began asking her what she knew of McCain's virtually unknown Vice Presidential pick.
Kilkenney, who has known Palin since 1992, gave her assessment of the candidate based on observations as an acquaintance and as someone who "attended more City Council meetings during her administration than about 99 percent of the residents of the city."
She has been both congratulated and criticized for her observations. Some have called her "brave," others "a bitter 'ol small-town bitty," but either way you look at it, her letter has put another rift in voters' trust in McCain's choice.
Her letter looks at both positives and negatives of Palin, calling her "energetic and hardworking" but also questioning Palin's claim that she is fiscally conservative, as she "inherited a city with zero debt, but left it with indebtedness of over $22 million."
She also points out the fact that Palin does not back basically any of her "beliefs" when it comes to legislation. Sure, she gave birth to a child with down syndrome, but that is just about all she has done to show her pro-life stance. She "declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life legislation." The letter also claims that Palin hid her pregnancy from her own children and parents as well as the people of Wasilla until seven months into it. Kind of strange.
Is Kilkenney just a bitter citizen of Wasilla? Maybe. But her letter is worth a read, especially for those who jumped onto the Palin bandwagon, no questions asked.
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rjg6952
3:09PM 3:09PM Sep 8th 2008
The main point that all of you misguided McCain supporters are not realizing is that... of the 28 states that register voters by party affiliation, Democrats have added over 2 million voters to the rosters, whereas in those same 28 states, Republicans have lost 344,000 voters to the rolls. Now, we all know that not every single person that registered to vote is going to vote, if only one-third to one-half of those newly registered Democrats vote... McCain is, as he's been from the start... toast!!
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Randy Norris
10:44PM 10:44PM Sep 9th 2008
One of the most dangerous and counter-productive things that you can do when engaged in any kind of competitive activity is to underestimate the opposition.
My own hope is that Palin will begin a descent (either slow or fast) before we see October, either by one or a combination of factors:
1. Bad economic news continues.
2. News stories continue to come out that reveal her as a right wing ideologue who believes, among other things, in creationism.
3. She has consistently been misrepresenting and distorting her record in campaign speeches.
4. She sticks her foot in her mouth during a press conference.
But it would be a bad strategy to assume or hope that any of these things is going to happen.
Remember what Hitler once said:
If you repeat a big lie often enough people will belileve it.
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rjg6952
3:10PM 3:10PM Sep 8th 2008
The main point that all of you misguided McCain supporters are not realizing is that... of the 28 states that register voters by party affiliation, Democrats have added over 2 million voters to the rosters, whereas in those same 28 states, Republicans have lost 344,000 voters to the rolls. Now, we all know that not every single person that registered to vote is going to vote, if only one-third to one-half of those newly registered Democrats vote... McCain is, as he's been from the start... toast!!
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Mike
10:33PM 10:33PM Sep 9th 2008
Not all at Bright Hall suckup to Obama. One is Joshua Sharp. He has some very insightful comments on numerous subjects and tends to take the conservative side.
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magic 8
6:27PM 6:27PM Sep 8th 2008
Interesting that an email from a random Wasilla resident (we'll assume with an axe to grind) is considered so worthwhile, especially by those that are on the media made messiah's bandwagon for the 98th lap-no questions asked...
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bernie
6:32PM 6:32PM Sep 18th 2008
Here a refutation of many of those lies: 13 Myths about Sarah Palin
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Edward Andraka
4:56PM 4:56PM Sep 13th 2008
Looks like McCain shot himself in the foot by pickingPALIN This shows what poor judgement he has.He has also flip floppedon change and experiance issues.
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Dennis Bowen
4:25PM 4:25PM Sep 9th 2008
Megan Why do all of you on "Bright Hall" suck up to this fool Obama? Why would you want this incompetent buffoon to even be a dog catcher let alone the President of the United States? Not one single person has been able to show anything that Obama has done to qualify him for that position. And especially not the Commander in Chief.
And why would you post an item from this Ms. Anne Kilkenney when it is clear this woman is envious and jealous of Gov. Palin. As soon as I read about Gov. Palin not telling her family about her pregnancy for seven months that's when Ms. Kilkenney's credibility went out the window. There is no possible way for Ms. Kilkenney to know just when she told her family. That should have been when you said this is B... S... Ask yourself this question Ms. Baker just how would Ms. Kilkenney have any first hand knowledge of Gov. Palin unless she had bugged her office, home and car. Why don't you people stop sucking up to this half-white person like he is someone special. He's a nothing, a zero. I'll repeat again what I have previously stated the only thing Obama is gifted at is a masterful matrix of Mephistophelean mendacity.
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Mike
9:13PM 9:13PM Sep 9th 2008
Not all at Bright Hall suckup to Obama. One is Joshua Sharp. He has some very insightful comments on numerous subjects and tends to take the conservative side.
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coyote
8:27PM 8:27PM Sep 9th 2008
It takes more votes to be elected dogcatcher in Phoenix than it doe to become governor of Alaska.
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jconceicao
11:02AM 11:02AM Sep 10th 2008
Would be interesting to find out how much she got paid by the Obama team for the trashy letter she wrote. Every politician has friends and enemies. This is not a friend for damn sure. Obama is done and so is the communist/socialist Democratic Party.
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Edward Andraka
4:34PM 4:34PM Sep 13th 2008
McCain is spreading lies in his campaign ads.McCain is a disgrace to his office, the office he is seeking and the uniform he used to wear.
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