Showing posts with label issues. Show all posts
Showing posts with label issues. Show all posts
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Pro-Life action
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Please Oppose FOCA and Uphold Pro-Life Policies
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Oppose Funding of Destructive Embryonic Stem Cell Research! Support Cures We Can All Live With (updated on 5/22/2009)
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Please Oppose FOCA and Uphold Pro-Life Policies
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Debunking the Sebelius Abortion Decline
By Michael J. New, University of Alabama
President Obama’s nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services has set off a firestorm of controversy in Catholic political circles. A number of Catholic organizations, citing Sebelius’ steadfast support for legal abortion and her cozy relationship with notorious late term abortionist George Tiller, have publicly come out in opposition to her nomination. Sebelius’ own archbishop, Joseph Naumann has expressed concerns about her nomination as well. However, some progressive Catholic organizations, most notably Catholics United, have come to defense of Sebelius. Furthermore, instead of shying away from the abortion issue, Catholics United is boldly arguing that Sebelius is functionally pro-life. They argue that the health and welfare policies Sebelius pursued as Governor resulted in a significant abortion decline in Kansas.
However, this abortion reduction argument put forth by Catholics United is problematic for several reasons. First and foremost, abortion statistics from Kansas are among the least reliable in the country. Between 1979 and 1987 data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment indicate that the number of abortions performed in Kansas fell by almost 50 percent. Then between 1987 and 1992 the number of abortions suddenly increased by 73 percent. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment states that these sharp fluctuations are partly due to changes in reporting and not the actual incidence of abortion. Furthermore, according to data from the CDC, 40 percent of Kansas abortions are performed on out of state residents, which is one of the highest figures in the country.... [more]
From a related article:
"You can call the picture [of a developed fetus] at left whatever you want. Whatever it is - it is 26 weeks old.
Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas has offed 60,000 of these around
this age and older...."
"Sebelius and Tiller - A Human Portrait",
President Obama’s nomination of Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius for Secretary of Health and Human Services has set off a firestorm of controversy in Catholic political circles. A number of Catholic organizations, citing Sebelius’ steadfast support for legal abortion and her cozy relationship with notorious late term abortionist George Tiller, have publicly come out in opposition to her nomination. Sebelius’ own archbishop, Joseph Naumann has expressed concerns about her nomination as well. However, some progressive Catholic organizations, most notably Catholics United, have come to defense of Sebelius. Furthermore, instead of shying away from the abortion issue, Catholics United is boldly arguing that Sebelius is functionally pro-life. They argue that the health and welfare policies Sebelius pursued as Governor resulted in a significant abortion decline in Kansas.
However, this abortion reduction argument put forth by Catholics United is problematic for several reasons. First and foremost, abortion statistics from Kansas are among the least reliable in the country. Between 1979 and 1987 data from the Kansas Department of Health and Environment indicate that the number of abortions performed in Kansas fell by almost 50 percent. Then between 1987 and 1992 the number of abortions suddenly increased by 73 percent. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment states that these sharp fluctuations are partly due to changes in reporting and not the actual incidence of abortion. Furthermore, according to data from the CDC, 40 percent of Kansas abortions are performed on out of state residents, which is one of the highest figures in the country.... [more]
From a related article:
"You can call the picture [of a developed fetus] at left whatever you want. Whatever it is - it is 26 weeks old.
Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas has offed 60,000 of these around
this age and older...."
"Sebelius and Tiller - A Human Portrait",
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Freedom of Choice Act [tramples states' rights]
"The first thing I'd do as president is sign the Freedom of Choice Act. That's the first thing that I'd do."
-- Senator Barack Obama, speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, July 17, 2007
(from National Right to Life website)
"Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
Following the Supreme Court's closely divided and bitter decision upholding the Federal Abortion Ban, it is clear that the right to choose is facing a new level of assault. That's why the pro-choice community is working to guarantee the right to choose through the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) – a measure that will codify Roe v. Wade and guarantee the right to choose for future generations of women."
(from NARAL Pro-Choice America website)
If FOCA was passed it would automatically overturn:
-- State abortion reporting requirements in all 50 states
-- Forty-four states' laws concerning parental involvement
-- Forty states' laws on restricting later-term abortions
-- Forty-six states' conscience protection laws for individual health care providers
-- Twenty-seven states' conscience protection laws for institutions
-- Thirty-eight states' bans on partial-birth abortions
-- Thirty-three states' laws on requiring counseling before an abortion
-- Sixteen states' laws concerning ultrasounds before an abortion
("Freedom of Choice Act Would Remove All Limitations on Abortions")
Text of HR 1964 (Freedom of Choice Act)
All Cosponsors from All States
Bill Name: "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA)
Bill Number: H.R.1964
(here are the 105(1 R, 104 D) Co-sponsors of the bill)
[You can send a message to them at link above]
Summary:
Sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA) would invalidate any federal, state, or local government law, regulation, policy, or action that would "deny or interfere with" a woman's access to abortion prior to "viability," or which would "discriminate against the exercise of" this right in the regulation or provision of any "benefits, facilities, services, or information."
This ban would apply absolutely prior to fetal "viability," and also apply after "viability" to any abortion sought on grounds of "health," which is not defined in the bill and which therefore would include any physical or emotional factor whatsoever.
Although sometimes referred to as a bill to "codify Roe v. Wade," this is misleading, because -- the sponsors of the bill have acknowledged that it would invalidate many laws that have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court under Roe v. Wade, including laws restricting government funding of abortion, limits on abortion in public or military faclities, full-disclosure counseling requirements, and bans on partial-birth abortion.
It would also invalidate all laws requiring parental or judicial notification or consent for abortions performed on minors, laws that permit health care providers to opt out of participation in abortion on conscience grounds, laws prohibiting non-physicians from performing abortions, and waiting periods.
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=9653451&size=full
The Senate has introduced a version too:
Senate bill #S. 1173:
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=9668701&size=full
(Senate bill text)
Excerpt from "Freedom of Choice Act Would Remove All Limitations on Abortions":
When a candidate pledges to ... "sign immediately upon taking office" - the Freedom of Choice Act, Catholics and all people of good will have cause to question the sincerity of the candidate's determination to reduce abortions, when these already existing limits have caused a decrease of more than 100,000 abortions each year....
If FOCA was passed it would automatically overturn:
-- State abortion reporting requirements in all 50 states
-- Forty-four states' laws concerning parental involvement
-- Forty states' laws on restricting later-term abortions
-- Forty-six states' conscience protection laws for individual health care providers
-- Twenty-seven states' conscience protection laws for institutions
-- Thirty-eight states' bans on partial-birth abortions
-- Thirty-three states' laws on requiring counseling before an abortion
-- Sixteen states' laws concerning ultrasounds before an abortion
There is evidence of a very significant reduction of reported abortions, particularly among teens, through the passage of parental involvement laws and the use of ultrasounds. The August, 2008, report of the Alan Guttmacher Institute notes the greatest decline in abortions over the last 30 years is among teens, attributable in large part to the above restrictions, as well as a later initiation of sexual activity....
-- Bishop Robert W. Finn
Kansas City-St. Joseph
-- Senator Barack Obama, speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, July 17, 2007
(from National Right to Life website)
"Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)
Following the Supreme Court's closely divided and bitter decision upholding the Federal Abortion Ban, it is clear that the right to choose is facing a new level of assault. That's why the pro-choice community is working to guarantee the right to choose through the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) – a measure that will codify Roe v. Wade and guarantee the right to choose for future generations of women."
(from NARAL Pro-Choice America website)
If FOCA was passed it would automatically overturn:
-- State abortion reporting requirements in all 50 states
-- Forty-four states' laws concerning parental involvement
-- Forty states' laws on restricting later-term abortions
-- Forty-six states' conscience protection laws for individual health care providers
-- Twenty-seven states' conscience protection laws for institutions
-- Thirty-eight states' bans on partial-birth abortions
-- Thirty-three states' laws on requiring counseling before an abortion
-- Sixteen states' laws concerning ultrasounds before an abortion
("Freedom of Choice Act Would Remove All Limitations on Abortions")
Text of HR 1964 (Freedom of Choice Act)
All Cosponsors from All States
Bill Name: "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA)
Bill Number: H.R.1964
(here are the 105
[You can send a message to them at link above]
Summary:
Sponsored by Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA), the so-called "Freedom of Choice Act" (FOCA) would invalidate any federal, state, or local government law, regulation, policy, or action that would "deny or interfere with" a woman's access to abortion prior to "viability," or which would "discriminate against the exercise of" this right in the regulation or provision of any "benefits, facilities, services, or information."
This ban would apply absolutely prior to fetal "viability," and also apply after "viability" to any abortion sought on grounds of "health," which is not defined in the bill and which therefore would include any physical or emotional factor whatsoever.
Although sometimes referred to as a bill to "codify Roe v. Wade," this is misleading, because -- the sponsors of the bill have acknowledged that it would invalidate many laws that have been upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court under Roe v. Wade, including laws restricting government funding of abortion, limits on abortion in public or military faclities, full-disclosure counseling requirements, and bans on partial-birth abortion.
It would also invalidate all laws requiring parental or judicial notification or consent for abortions performed on minors, laws that permit health care providers to opt out of participation in abortion on conscience grounds, laws prohibiting non-physicians from performing abortions, and waiting periods.
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=9653451&size=full
The Senate has introduced a version too:
Senate bill #S. 1173:
http://www.capwiz.com/nrlc/issues/bills/?bill=9668701&size=full
(Senate bill text)
Excerpt from "Freedom of Choice Act Would Remove All Limitations on Abortions":
When a candidate pledges to ... "sign immediately upon taking office" - the Freedom of Choice Act, Catholics and all people of good will have cause to question the sincerity of the candidate's determination to reduce abortions, when these already existing limits have caused a decrease of more than 100,000 abortions each year....
If FOCA was passed it would automatically overturn:
-- State abortion reporting requirements in all 50 states
-- Forty-four states' laws concerning parental involvement
-- Forty states' laws on restricting later-term abortions
-- Forty-six states' conscience protection laws for individual health care providers
-- Twenty-seven states' conscience protection laws for institutions
-- Thirty-eight states' bans on partial-birth abortions
-- Thirty-three states' laws on requiring counseling before an abortion
-- Sixteen states' laws concerning ultrasounds before an abortion
There is evidence of a very significant reduction of reported abortions, particularly among teens, through the passage of parental involvement laws and the use of ultrasounds. The August, 2008, report of the Alan Guttmacher Institute notes the greatest decline in abortions over the last 30 years is among teens, attributable in large part to the above restrictions, as well as a later initiation of sexual activity....
-- Bishop Robert W. Finn
Kansas City-St. Joseph
Friday, September 26, 2008
Bono praises McCain, Obama and Americans
"This is the most inspiring thing I've ever been involved in in my life, and it's working. It really is working. And that's why I'm on your show this morning. I just want to thank Americans."
(CNN) -- Global activist and U2 frontman Bono attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York to push world leaders to join his ONE campaign in fighting disease, poverty, and hunger. He talked to CNN's John Roberts on "American Morning" about recent successes and what's next.
ROBERTS: All this talk has been about the economy collapsing, $700 billion bailout. Congress is absolutely absorbed with that. Did that in any way affect what you were trying to do this week? Are people more focused on this economy than in helping out developing nations?
BONO: We got good news this week. I know normally I'm on your program with bad news -- the whingeing rock star -- but it's great. There's a disease, malaria -- it's 3,000 African kids die every day of mosquito bites. Sounds mad, but it's true. And people have committed and it looks like the funds are on the table so that that disease will be no more by 2015. That makes people like me punch the air and everyone who wears a ONE T-shirt and all our white band campaigners on college campuses all over the country -- it was a great day for them yesterday so we're celebrating that. I know it's extraordinary, that while you're having this meltdown on the markets, that people could even concentrate on this stuff, but I'm really grateful that they did. We had both [presidential] candidates make very powerful statements about the necessity for nonmilitary tools, for instance, in foreign policy. This is an America that both candidates want to show to the rest of the world -- the greatness of America.
ROBERTS: So you're hearing what you want to hear from these candidates?
BONO: Yeah. And you couldn't imagine a few years ago that you would have candidates so close to an election talking about this stuff, so yeah. Video Watch Bono say how he uses his star status on politicians »
ROBERTS: You were talking to Christine Romans outside the studio, who just did that piece for us a few minutes ago on what else could you do with $700 billion. What could you do with $700 billion?
BONO: We wouldn't be asking for that kind of money. These are serious matters, people have lost their jobs. But I think the bill for the whole world -- so America would be like a third of it -- for $25 billion you could absolutely change the world. You could put kids in school, most kids in school. You could eradicate diseases like malaria, as we're saying. We could change the water supplies. But what's important is that people who want to change the world, want to see their country, they see it as a patriotic act to show the world innovation of America, technology of America, pharmacology of America....
[T]oday I'm punching the air because malaria will be no more by 2015. And it's Americans, people from the private sector -- Peter Chernin, Ray Chambers, all kinds of people, Bill Gates, your mayor of this city, [Michael] Bloomberg, is an amazing guy. He's working on this stuff. I just want Americans to know that side of their country because I'm a fan of America. And, again, you would have candidates, you know, like John McCain taking time out this week to talk to us, Barack Obama before. This is fantastic....
(rest of article)
(CNN) -- Global activist and U2 frontman Bono attended the United Nations General Assembly in New York to push world leaders to join his ONE campaign in fighting disease, poverty, and hunger. He talked to CNN's John Roberts on "American Morning" about recent successes and what's next.
ROBERTS: All this talk has been about the economy collapsing, $700 billion bailout. Congress is absolutely absorbed with that. Did that in any way affect what you were trying to do this week? Are people more focused on this economy than in helping out developing nations?
BONO: We got good news this week. I know normally I'm on your program with bad news -- the whingeing rock star -- but it's great. There's a disease, malaria -- it's 3,000 African kids die every day of mosquito bites. Sounds mad, but it's true. And people have committed and it looks like the funds are on the table so that that disease will be no more by 2015. That makes people like me punch the air and everyone who wears a ONE T-shirt and all our white band campaigners on college campuses all over the country -- it was a great day for them yesterday so we're celebrating that. I know it's extraordinary, that while you're having this meltdown on the markets, that people could even concentrate on this stuff, but I'm really grateful that they did. We had both [presidential] candidates make very powerful statements about the necessity for nonmilitary tools, for instance, in foreign policy. This is an America that both candidates want to show to the rest of the world -- the greatness of America.
ROBERTS: So you're hearing what you want to hear from these candidates?
BONO: Yeah. And you couldn't imagine a few years ago that you would have candidates so close to an election talking about this stuff, so yeah. Video Watch Bono say how he uses his star status on politicians »
ROBERTS: You were talking to Christine Romans outside the studio, who just did that piece for us a few minutes ago on what else could you do with $700 billion. What could you do with $700 billion?
BONO: We wouldn't be asking for that kind of money. These are serious matters, people have lost their jobs. But I think the bill for the whole world -- so America would be like a third of it -- for $25 billion you could absolutely change the world. You could put kids in school, most kids in school. You could eradicate diseases like malaria, as we're saying. We could change the water supplies. But what's important is that people who want to change the world, want to see their country, they see it as a patriotic act to show the world innovation of America, technology of America, pharmacology of America....
[T]oday I'm punching the air because malaria will be no more by 2015. And it's Americans, people from the private sector -- Peter Chernin, Ray Chambers, all kinds of people, Bill Gates, your mayor of this city, [Michael] Bloomberg, is an amazing guy. He's working on this stuff. I just want Americans to know that side of their country because I'm a fan of America. And, again, you would have candidates, you know, like John McCain taking time out this week to talk to us, Barack Obama before. This is fantastic....
(rest of article)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Maintaining The Sanctity and Dignity of Human Life
[from the Values section of the 2008 Republican platform]
Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life.
We have made progress. The Supreme Court has upheld prohibitions against the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion. States are now permitted to extend health-care coverage to children before birth. And the Born Alive Infants Protection Act has become law; this law ensures that infants who are born alive during an abortion receive all treatment and care that is provided to all newborn infants and are not neglected and left to die. We must protect girls from exploitation and statutory rape through a parental notification requirement. We all have a moral obligation to assist, not to penalize, women struggling with the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy. At its core, abortion is a fundamental assault on the sanctity of innocent human life. Women deserve better than abortion. Every effort should be made to work with women considering abortion to enable and empower them to choose life. We salute those who provide them alternatives, including pregnancy care centers, and we take pride in the tremendous increase in adoptions that has followed Republican legislative initiatives.
Respect for life requires efforts to include persons with disabilities in education, employment, the justice system, and civic participation. In keeping with that commitment, we oppose the non-consensual withholding of care or treatment from people with disabilities, as well as the elderly and infirm, just as we oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide, which endanger especially those on the margins of society. Because government should set a positive standard in hiring and contracting for the services of persons with disabilities, we need to update the statutory authority for the AbilityOne program, the main avenue by which those productive members of our society can offer high quality services at the best possible value.
[GOP 2008 Platform: Values]
Faithful to the first guarantee of the Declaration of Independence, we assert the inherent dignity and sanctity of all human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental individual right to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment to the Constitution, and we endorse legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth Amendment’s protections apply to unborn children. We oppose using public revenues to promote or perform abortion and will not fund organizations which advocate it. We support the appointment of judges who respect traditional family values and the sanctity and dignity of innocent human life.
We have made progress. The Supreme Court has upheld prohibitions against the barbaric practice of partial-birth abortion. States are now permitted to extend health-care coverage to children before birth. And the Born Alive Infants Protection Act has become law; this law ensures that infants who are born alive during an abortion receive all treatment and care that is provided to all newborn infants and are not neglected and left to die. We must protect girls from exploitation and statutory rape through a parental notification requirement. We all have a moral obligation to assist, not to penalize, women struggling with the challenges of an unplanned pregnancy. At its core, abortion is a fundamental assault on the sanctity of innocent human life. Women deserve better than abortion. Every effort should be made to work with women considering abortion to enable and empower them to choose life. We salute those who provide them alternatives, including pregnancy care centers, and we take pride in the tremendous increase in adoptions that has followed Republican legislative initiatives.
Respect for life requires efforts to include persons with disabilities in education, employment, the justice system, and civic participation. In keeping with that commitment, we oppose the non-consensual withholding of care or treatment from people with disabilities, as well as the elderly and infirm, just as we oppose euthanasia and assisted suicide, which endanger especially those on the margins of society. Because government should set a positive standard in hiring and contracting for the services of persons with disabilities, we need to update the statutory authority for the AbilityOne program, the main avenue by which those productive members of our society can offer high quality services at the best possible value.
[GOP 2008 Platform: Values]
Friday, September 12, 2008
Videos: Palin Interviews with Charlie Gibson
Video: Charlie Gibson first interview Sarah Palin [9/11/08]
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson first interview Sarah Palin [9/11/08]
Some media responses [1st interview]:
How Did Palin Do? Two Views
The ABCs of Sarah Palin
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson's Second Interview With Sarah Palin
Video: Gov. Sarah Palin: The Full Interview [so it says] [includes questions about Wasilla taxes, spending, and the sports arena]
Video: Palin on Domestic Policy [government spending, abortion, stem cell research, etc.]
More texts/topics here:
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson Interviews GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
[reform, bridge to nowhere, Hillary Clinton, abortion, embryonic stem cell research, homosexuality, guns, sexism, banning books, troopergate, economic policy]
YouTube versions:
Sarah Palin ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 1
Sarah Palin ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 2
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 1/4
2 of 4 - Gov. Sarah Palin's 20/20 interview with Charlie Gibson 9/13/08
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 3/4
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 4/4
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson first interview Sarah Palin [9/11/08]
Some media responses [1st interview]:
How Did Palin Do? Two Views
The ABCs of Sarah Palin
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson's Second Interview With Sarah Palin
Video: Gov. Sarah Palin: The Full Interview [so it says] [includes questions about Wasilla taxes, spending, and the sports arena]
Video: Palin on Domestic Policy [government spending, abortion, stem cell research, etc.]
More texts/topics here:
Excerpts: Charlie Gibson Interviews GOP Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin
[reform, bridge to nowhere, Hillary Clinton, abortion, embryonic stem cell research, homosexuality, guns, sexism, banning books, troopergate, economic policy]
YouTube versions:
Sarah Palin ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 1
Sarah Palin ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 2
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 1/4
2 of 4 - Gov. Sarah Palin's 20/20 interview with Charlie Gibson 9/13/08
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 3/4
Sarah Palin 20/20 ABC Interview With Charlie Gibson Part 4/4
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin [LINKS]
[50+ listed below -- selected articles]
Alaska Governor Palin Picked as McCain Running Mate
Bio page [votesmart.org]:
Instant Reaction to the Palin Selection as GOP VP Pick
Sarah Palin on Glenn Beck [video]
Ms. Alaska
Profile of Alaska's Sarah Palin: Governor, Reformer, Mother
Republicans: Palin's an "awesome pick"
Gov. Sarah Palin - GOP's dream V.P. candidate
Friends: VP choice has 'very strong' values
... Democrats, including presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign spokesman Bill Burton, questioned her relative inexperience, but Palin has beat back similar criticism before. In 1996, at 32, she was elected mayor of Wasilla, located about 40 miles north of Anchorage. She ousted a three-term incumbent for the position and focused her tenure on reducing taxes.
"I was just your average hockey mom in Alaska, coaching some basketball on the side," Palin said during a rally in Dayton, Ohio, where her selection was announced. "My agenda was to stop wasteful spending, cut property taxes and put the people first." ...
She competed in the Miss Alaska contest after being chosen Miss Wasilla in 1984, according to the Daily News. Adrian Lane, a longtime family friend who lives in Wasilla, said he remembers her playing basketball at a young age with all the boys in the neighborhood.
"People misread her," Lane said. "She's strong. People aren't going to run over her."
Hicks: Let Palin and Obama play hoops for the big prize
Palin named her first child Track because he was born during the track season, she said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal about her exercise habits. ``Running is my sanity,'' she told the paper.
Before she became pregnant with her fifth child she was running seven to 10 miles almost every day, she said in the interview. Now she runs about three miles every other day.
In the interview she said she uses her time running to think about her speeches. ``I usually write my best speeches and letters while out running,'' she said. ``That is my inspired time.''
bloomberg.com
Sarah Palin: A True Maverick
Sarah Palin in Wikipedia
Commentary: Palin is brilliant, but risky, VP choice
Palin has a strong anti-abortion record. She is a member of Feminists for Life , a group that works to make health-care and child-care resources available to ``pregnant or parenting students,'' according to the group's Web site.
bloomberg.com
She has a 4-month-old son with Down's Syndrome, and her older son is soon to be deployed to Iraq.
She will have a lot to say about many relevant issues.
Her approval rating is 80% among Alaskans. She is the most popular governor in the United States.
Fishing photo
The Most Popular Governor
Palin: “My Baby Will Not be Neglected”
AK’s Palin [yes, she's pro-life -- Radical Catholic Mom]
The Day After: Thoughts About Palin [Radical Catholic Mom]
Hubby Called Abt Palin [Radical Catholic Mom]
Sarah Palin speech
BBC: McCain unveils 'The Barracuda'
SF Chronicle: Picking Sarah Palin called gamble for McCain
Sarah Palin: Homeschooler
Campaigns Shift as McCain Choice Alters the Race
Palin jumps into campaign fray [Anchorage Daily News]
How Palin Got Picked
Let Palin Be Palin
Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant
Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant
Obama Says Palin Pregnancy “Off Limits”
A Story Palin Should Tell
The Palins' statement
Evangelicals rally behind Palin after pregnancy news
Palin Pick Offers Enthusiasm Despite Newly Learned Family Woes
Stephanopoulos: Three Questions Republicans Are Asking Themselves About Palin
Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
Anti-abortion group says Palin 'walks her talk'
Hurricane, Palin Roil the Start of GOP Convention
Palin: Pioneer, maverick -- and now game-changer
Palin is GOP's beacon [2007]
Sarah Palin: Shooting Star?
Republicans Rally Around Palin as McCain's Running Mate
Fred Thompson comments on Palin
Palin reports throw curve to campaign
Palin could distract from McCain's message for GOP
A Full-Fledged Feeding Frenzy On Sarah Palin
Sarah [the book]
What's It All About?
That's It! I'm Fed Up! Disgusted! Angry! Steamed!
[from a stay-at-home dad of 5 children]
Mayor Palin: A Rough Record [Time]
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After VP acceptance speech at GOP convention:
Sarah Palin's Breakout Night [Time]
Political Wisdom: Sarah Palin’s Big Night [WSJ]
Open Mic Night at MSNBC [Peggy Noonan]
Democrats Rush To Define Palin by Policy, Not Personality [Fox News]
Sarah Palin's speech draws an audience of 37 million [LA Times]
Alaska neighbors love their hockey mom VP candidate
Text of Palin VP Acceptance Speech [9/3/08]
A Convention That Sparked the GOP [Time]
'A Servant's Heart' [Peggy Noonan]
Sarah Palin and Her Discontents [National Review]
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In Palin’s Life and Politics, Goal to Follow God’s Will
And no, she’s not a religious extremist, either
Sliming Palin [Newsweek]
Palin May Lift More than McCain in November
Camille Paglia on Sarah Palin's Debut ... [feminism]
Alaska Governor Palin Picked as McCain Running Mate
Bio page [votesmart.org]:
Instant Reaction to the Palin Selection as GOP VP Pick
Sarah Palin on Glenn Beck [video]
Ms. Alaska
Profile of Alaska's Sarah Palin: Governor, Reformer, Mother
Republicans: Palin's an "awesome pick"
Gov. Sarah Palin - GOP's dream V.P. candidate
Friends: VP choice has 'very strong' values
... Democrats, including presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign spokesman Bill Burton, questioned her relative inexperience, but Palin has beat back similar criticism before. In 1996, at 32, she was elected mayor of Wasilla, located about 40 miles north of Anchorage. She ousted a three-term incumbent for the position and focused her tenure on reducing taxes.
"I was just your average hockey mom in Alaska, coaching some basketball on the side," Palin said during a rally in Dayton, Ohio, where her selection was announced. "My agenda was to stop wasteful spending, cut property taxes and put the people first." ...
She competed in the Miss Alaska contest after being chosen Miss Wasilla in 1984, according to the Daily News. Adrian Lane, a longtime family friend who lives in Wasilla, said he remembers her playing basketball at a young age with all the boys in the neighborhood.
"People misread her," Lane said. "She's strong. People aren't going to run over her."
Hicks: Let Palin and Obama play hoops for the big prize
Palin named her first child Track because he was born during the track season, she said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal about her exercise habits. ``Running is my sanity,'' she told the paper.
Before she became pregnant with her fifth child she was running seven to 10 miles almost every day, she said in the interview. Now she runs about three miles every other day.
In the interview she said she uses her time running to think about her speeches. ``I usually write my best speeches and letters while out running,'' she said. ``That is my inspired time.''
bloomberg.com
Sarah Palin: A True Maverick
Sarah Palin in Wikipedia
Commentary: Palin is brilliant, but risky, VP choice
Palin has a strong anti-abortion record. She is a member of Feminists for Life , a group that works to make health-care and child-care resources available to ``pregnant or parenting students,'' according to the group's Web site.
bloomberg.com
She has a 4-month-old son with Down's Syndrome, and her older son is soon to be deployed to Iraq.
She will have a lot to say about many relevant issues.
Her approval rating is 80% among Alaskans. She is the most popular governor in the United States.
Fishing photo
The Most Popular Governor
Palin: “My Baby Will Not be Neglected”
AK’s Palin [yes, she's pro-life -- Radical Catholic Mom]
The Day After: Thoughts About Palin [Radical Catholic Mom]
Hubby Called Abt Palin [Radical Catholic Mom]
Sarah Palin speech
BBC: McCain unveils 'The Barracuda'
SF Chronicle: Picking Sarah Palin called gamble for McCain
Sarah Palin: Homeschooler
Campaigns Shift as McCain Choice Alters the Race
Palin jumps into campaign fray [Anchorage Daily News]
How Palin Got Picked
Let Palin Be Palin
Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant
Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant
Obama Says Palin Pregnancy “Off Limits”
A Story Palin Should Tell
The Palins' statement
Evangelicals rally behind Palin after pregnancy news
Palin Pick Offers Enthusiasm Despite Newly Learned Family Woes
Stephanopoulos: Three Questions Republicans Are Asking Themselves About Palin
Palin And The Alaska Independence Party
Anti-abortion group says Palin 'walks her talk'
Hurricane, Palin Roil the Start of GOP Convention
Palin: Pioneer, maverick -- and now game-changer
Palin is GOP's beacon [2007]
Sarah Palin: Shooting Star?
Republicans Rally Around Palin as McCain's Running Mate
Fred Thompson comments on Palin
Palin reports throw curve to campaign
Palin could distract from McCain's message for GOP
A Full-Fledged Feeding Frenzy On Sarah Palin
Sarah [the book]
What's It All About?
That's It! I'm Fed Up! Disgusted! Angry! Steamed!
[from a stay-at-home dad of 5 children]
Mayor Palin: A Rough Record [Time]
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After VP acceptance speech at GOP convention:
Sarah Palin's Breakout Night [Time]
Political Wisdom: Sarah Palin’s Big Night [WSJ]
Open Mic Night at MSNBC [Peggy Noonan]
Democrats Rush To Define Palin by Policy, Not Personality [Fox News]
Sarah Palin's speech draws an audience of 37 million [LA Times]
Alaska neighbors love their hockey mom VP candidate
Text of Palin VP Acceptance Speech [9/3/08]
A Convention That Sparked the GOP [Time]
'A Servant's Heart' [Peggy Noonan]
Sarah Palin and Her Discontents [National Review]
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In Palin’s Life and Politics, Goal to Follow God’s Will
And no, she’s not a religious extremist, either
Sliming Palin [Newsweek]
Palin May Lift More than McCain in November
Camille Paglia on Sarah Palin's Debut ... [feminism]
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Palin on 3 Issues
From Anchorage Daily News
[issues selected by news source]
August 6, 2006
MARIJUANA
Palin doesn't support legalizing marijuana, worrying about the message it would send to her four kids. But when it comes to cracking down on drugs, she says methamphetamines are the greater threat and should have a higher priority.
Palin said she has smoked marijuana -- remember, it was legal under state law, she said, even if illegal under U.S. law -- but says she didn't like it and doesn't smoke it now.
"I can't claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled."
ABORTION
In 2002, when she was running for lieutenant governor, Palin sent an e-mail to the anti-abortion Alaska Right to Life Board saying she was as "pro-life as any candidate can be" and has "adamantly supported our cause since I first understood, as a child, the atrocity of abortion."
Palin said last month that no woman should have to choose between her career, education and her child. She is pro-contraception and said she's a member of a pro-woman but anti-abortion group called Feminists for Life.
"I believe in the strength and the power of women, and the potential of every human life," she said.
GAY MARRIAGE
Palin said she's not out to judge anyone and has good friends who are gay, but that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment.
Elected officials can't defy the court when it comes to how rights are applied, she said, but she would support a ballot question that would deny benefits to homosexual couples.
"I believe that honoring the family structure is that important," Palin said.
She said she doesn't know if people choose to be gay.
[more]
[issues selected by news source]
August 6, 2006
MARIJUANA
Palin doesn't support legalizing marijuana, worrying about the message it would send to her four kids. But when it comes to cracking down on drugs, she says methamphetamines are the greater threat and should have a higher priority.
Palin said she has smoked marijuana -- remember, it was legal under state law, she said, even if illegal under U.S. law -- but says she didn't like it and doesn't smoke it now.
"I can't claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled."
ABORTION
In 2002, when she was running for lieutenant governor, Palin sent an e-mail to the anti-abortion Alaska Right to Life Board saying she was as "pro-life as any candidate can be" and has "adamantly supported our cause since I first understood, as a child, the atrocity of abortion."
Palin said last month that no woman should have to choose between her career, education and her child. She is pro-contraception and said she's a member of a pro-woman but anti-abortion group called Feminists for Life.
"I believe in the strength and the power of women, and the potential of every human life," she said.
GAY MARRIAGE
Palin said she's not out to judge anyone and has good friends who are gay, but that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment.
Elected officials can't defy the court when it comes to how rights are applied, she said, but she would support a ballot question that would deny benefits to homosexual couples.
"I believe that honoring the family structure is that important," Palin said.
She said she doesn't know if people choose to be gay.
[more]
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