McCain’s running mate lays into Russia
Published: 05 September, 2008, 08:26
Edited: 23 November, 2009, 11:19
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin has wasted no time in casting a cloud over Russia. In her keynote speech to the party convention in Minnesota, the Alaskan Governor accused Moscow of using energy as a weapon in its disagreements with the
“With Russia wanting to control a vital pipeline in the Caucasus, and to divide and intimidate our European allies by using energy as a weapon, we cannot leave ourselves at the mercy of foreign suppliers,” Palin told supporters in St Paul.
The speech was crucial to the relatively unknown Republican, and her way of finally introducing herself to U.S. voters.
The pro-life, social conservative, received a thunderous reception from convention goers. But out on the streets, voters were quick to reject her credibility and social conservative views.
Thousands of opponents of the Republicans took their message to the streets this week. Repeated clashes between police and demonstrators led to hundreds of arrests, which critics say were unjustified.
Showing solidarity, activists set up a 24-hour vigil outside the jailhouse where civilians, journalists and medical personal were kept behind bars.
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Let's not fool anyone, it's great fun to make fun of gutsy people like Sarah Palin, but as I sit here in the U.K. the news is very much on the ball that the pipeline issue is very much anti Russian, and that Putin is on a power buzz in the,' Russia is as great as the USA game ' in that it shall control the pipelines of european gas. and so then of course the taps, turn on, turn off...wow what power..and they have done it already...trust is a hard word to translate into Russian.
Palin may not be the sharpest arrow in the quiver but she is the most sincere. For years presidents have not be the most intellectual but rather ones who were glib, dishonest and oiled by special interest funds. Bush was educated on his father's money and connections, yet he led America into expensive and disasterous wars. He was manipulated by Cheney and advisors into trying to force 'democracy' on countries who were best left with tribal government. The US is a republic and not a democracy so why should the US try to foist either form of government on other countries. I doubt if that is something that Palin would do.
Sarah Palin is real. When politicians are campaigning at the local level, they have the habit of saying what they know their audience wants to hear and capitalize on that. However, when they get elected and go to Washington they switch and begin listening to "party boses" who have their own agendas and who could care less about the collective locals. They begin listening to lobbyists who have their own corporate axes to grind and favors to ask for, wining and dining and favors to bestow on the gullible, unprincipled law makers. Most of the current crop of law makers have nothing but contempt for the constitution and you after you have helped elect them. Sarah Palin is cut from a finer fabric that says: "Political Correctness" is a forerunner of skewed agendas and legislation which the common man would never include in his daily life. What does one call some one who swears to uphold the constitution then make a one hundred eighty turn and begin helping to draft and enact legislation which is diametrically opposed to their oath of office? Such "legislators" are liars and should be driven from office. Sarah Palin has shown herself time and time again to be a stable, trustworthy person. Those who rag on her because she gave up the governorship of Alaska should understand she had a valid reason for doing so. Sarah is not a quitter. She had a higher calling, one which would include more stringent demands. Sarah will not swear to uphold the constutition then permit it to be violated by signing unconstutitional legislation. Sarah Palin is a stable, truthful and trustworthy person who is strong enough to buck wrong doing regardless of the pompous inanity which is going on in Washington today.