kids with special needs program

I should probably ask this in the woman's forum since I know they can better explain an question like this.

Palin says we can take the earmark spending John plan's to cut and use that money to fund her kids with special needs program. Some of those earmarks fund public swimming pools, youth and senior center's, after school programs etc....

It doesn't seem like her proposal will reform government, just shift the money. Am I wrong?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/10/24/palin_details_special_needs_po.html

 

I agree with your honest post. McCain, after promising not to, has gone to the normal campaign tactic of attacking the other candidate instead of addressing the issues. Here in CO, we see McCain commercials like this new one quoting Biden while Obama appears in his ads discussing his tax plans and view on changing the economy. He's pulled his negative ads. Many people I pass here says Obama "looks more presidential" because of this.

McCain, to my knowledge, never took time to explain his visions or plans. He has this new plan of buying the bad mortgages which is similar to what I had posted on this board. I was glad to hear his suggestion but I haven't really heard it sense and I think he should have taken a 7 or 15 minute spot to explain it to the nation. I think that time investment would have been worth a million of these smear ads.

I was at the Church with several women members when I listened to Palin policy speech and the first thing one lady said was, "she is criticizing Barack for more spending look at her". They feel the same every time they hear Obama will raise your taxes. Obama message sticks because they'll say, "only if you're in the upper 5%" and they all laugh.

I hear Sean Hannity will put on a show tomorrow further digging at Ayres, Wright and ACORN. He advertised with the air of maybe we haven't see enough of that stuff. I wish he would look at the polls because American has clearly said they have seen too much and are tired of it.

What the conservatives like him don't seem to understand is 1. No one is watching that stuff expect people who will already vote against Obama and 2. it only puts more votes in Obama's column when people see the clips on the news because it makes him and his campaign look more "presidential".

Sean would do better trying to explain why the republican philosophy is what America needs at this time and why McCain has the better plan of change. I don't think there is a person in this nation who hasn't seen Wright and Obama is ahead in the polls despite Wright's hate rhetoric.

As for Palin, I think she gained valuable experience this election which she can carry forward in her career (if she doesn't make VP).

1. You can't be an ultra conservative and make POTUS because there is not enough voters in that base. You have to reach out to the moderates who sway both ways each election.

2. National politics has a very different challenge than Alaska or even most other states. Most Alaskans have one frame of mind which is ultra-conservative and definitely less government. The other 49 states aren't as solidly in that vein so you have to compromise.

3. You can't shake your first at Washington or the "Liberal Media" and expect to make POTUS. The liberal media is in millions of living rooms each day and people in Washington have the power to keep you out if your only plan is to "shake things up".

4. She will have to brush up on national concerns since she appears limited to what's happening in AK.

 

Again, I can only speak for where I am but we are not really being bombarded with ads from either side.

We see the highlights from these shows on the news. What's worse, the "liberal" media will only show the dirt and not what lead to the dirt. It's like watching the Wright clip. You have no idea how he got there.

So you don't have to watch the show to get the bad taste in your mouth which is why I suggest putting on a show others can pallet so they can see the whole thing and form an opinion instead of just what the news wants them to see. You pretty much choose your audience when you title your show "Obama exposed" like Greta did last week.

Palin is doing the exact same thing if she thinks she can fund her policy with the cuts from earmarks. She will never get any legislation through the Democratic congress unless she adds fat they want to her proposal. No different to what the democrats had to do when the ultra-conservatives voted down the initial $700 Billion bail out plan. They had to add fat in order to get their votes. That is a reality of national politics and not something the Gov of AK will change.

The conservative party is actually splitting which is bad for the party. There are the ultra-conservatives like Palin and the others like McCain. There are the ones who think Ayres and calling Obama a Muslim is good politics and ones who are ashamed to be associated with such things. McCain didn't have the party's support until he added Palin but he lost others like the ones fleeing to Obama because he added Palin. The Republican's will have to figure this out or get used to elections like this one appears to be.

 

Maybe not but I have a right to an opinion...

I just read this great article from Newsweek. I think it breaks down the changes happening in the republican party and shows how Palin can reinvent the whole party since this campaign didn't really define her. She ran on McCain's platform.