Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : View from the Center and Left -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ManyMoose who wrote (91308)	10/22/2008 4:10:21 AM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541341

>>I like that Sarah Palin is grounded. She has her feet on the ground, and isn't afraid to get her hands all covered with moose guts. She reflects the best of what lies within us, and she makes moral and ethical judgments. She has what it takes, if not now then later.<< MM - If Palin is such a moral person, why do you suppose she lied to the American people about the contents of the Branchflower report? She has absolutely no wiggle room on that one. She just flat out lied. - Allen

To: ManyMoose who wrote (91308)	10/22/2008 9:10:23 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541341

MM, Well, we will have to disagree on Palin. She did flounder-- and badly. She lacked even basic international knowledge, and she sounded as if she was reading off notecards- which she probably was- in her interviews. All I have seen from her is a real talent for speaking and connecting with her audience, but nothing that convinces me she is presidential material. Being grounded has nothing to do with killing moose. There is a narrow and questionable definition of what this means at play with Palin. Being grounded isn't defined by an ability to hunt or fish. She has lead a typical Alaskan lifestyle, as my inlaws in Wasilla have, but are no more grounded than we are in Texas in our own way of life. As for the ethical judgments, I really have to differ with you there. The presence of Todd in the office, Troopergate, the use of state funds to fly her family around and then pretend it was state business when even the people involved say there were surprised when she showed up with her children. This is a woman who has very poor judgment, or else such consummate ego that she believes she is entitled. Right now, I find her moral compass extremely superficial. And right now, all I see is charisma, and I do distrust it. But time will tell.