On Susan Reimer's “So This Is What Being Pandered To Is Like:” It takes a huge amount of arrogance on the part of Hillary Clinton supporters to automatically assume that McCain's vice presidential pick is an effort to gain their support.
Hillary supporters have no regard for the sanctity of life.
McCain knows his target audience will, in fact, notice that Governor Sarah Palin is “anti-abortion, a member of the NRA, and thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution. (By the way, in science, a theory has yet to be proven.)
McCain is after right-wing conservative Christians who were unsure of his stance on their values; he is not pandering to Hilleristas.
Also, there are millions of people who love and cherish people with Down Syndrome. It's not just an evangelical thing.
Since we defeated Nazi Germany, many people actively shun the notion that we have to create a perfect specimen before giving birth. Not only is Reimer's article sexist, biased against Christians, and prejudiced against persons with disabilities, but it displays the ignorance of ageism, too.
So, McCain is 72. My grandfather was 72 when he started a new career as an architect. Life doesn't stop at 50. In my family we don't retire unless we have to.
Americans need to stop mocking the aged and start respecting them. The Democrats sound like adolescents every time they say McCain is “another grouchy, old, rich, white guy.”
If they favor Clinton over Palin, say so. Don't reduce Palin to an “inexperienced skirt who will be in over her head.”
If they prefer Obama, fine. Don't reduce an American hero who is still on top of his game to an old man riddled with cancer. He beat cancer four times. I call that heroic!
Brigitte Anne Vivante
Auburn
McCain knows his target audience will, in fact, notice that Governor Sarah Palin is “anti-abortion, a member of the NRA, and thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution. (By the way, in science, a theory has yet to be proven.)
McCain is after right-wing conservative Christians who were unsure of his stance on their values; he is not pandering to Hilleristas.
Also, there are millions of people who love and cherish people with Down Syndrome. It's not just an evangelical thing.
Since we defeated Nazi Germany, many people actively shun the notion that we have to create a perfect specimen before giving birth. Not only is Reimer's article sexist, biased against Christians, and prejudiced against persons with disabilities, but it displays the ignorance of ageism, too.
So, McCain is 72. My grandfather was 72 when he started a new career as an architect. Life doesn't stop at 50. In my family we don't retire unless we have to.
Americans need to stop mocking the aged and start respecting them. The Democrats sound like adolescents every time they say McCain is “another grouchy, old, rich, white guy.”
If they favor Clinton over Palin, say so. Don't reduce Palin to an “inexperienced skirt who will be in over her head.”
If they prefer Obama, fine. Don't reduce an American hero who is still on top of his game to an old man riddled with cancer. He beat cancer four times. I call that heroic!
Brigitte Anne Vivante
Auburn
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Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 19, 2008 7:19 PM:
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Farmer's Gal wrote on Sep 16, 2008 3:12 PM:
Personally, all the things she is for are reasons I'll vote against her.
Choice is a woman's right, thank goodness.
I believe in gun rights but think way to many NRA types are whackos.
Religion does not belong in schools -- that means out with creationism.
Just because YOUR granddad lived past 72 doesn't mean McCain, with his entirely different family history and personal health history will do the same. My ex-father-in-law came from a long line of men tracing back to the 1400s in Holland who lived to 75 ON AVERAGE. He was a very healthy, fit and trim man -- and he died at the age of 46 from a burst appendix. Chances of McCain kicking the bucket sooner rather than later have nothing to do with your granddad or my ex-father-in-law -- they have to do with HIS family and HIS health -- and those aren't looking any too good.
BTW, he had cellmates in Vietnam who didn't consider him a particular hero -- they considered him a hothead who brought more pain down on himself and whom they would not trust to be the man with his finger on the red button. "
brew1234 wrote on Sep 16, 2008 12:48 AM: