TODAY'S RECOMMENDED READING:
** CONCISE TALKING POINTS FOR SENIORS AND THOSE APPROACHING RETIREMENT (MCCAIN IS FOR PRIVATIZATION): “So Much for Social Security Privatization” Huffington Post (Mark Nickolas) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mark-nickolas/sp-500-down-14-since-bush_b_127246.html Excerpt: “...if Social Security privatization was in effect when Bush was sworn-in, those retirees who invested in the broader market would have seen their Social Security nest egg down 14 percent over those seven-plus years. Instead, they've seen an overall 12 percent increase on their Social Security benefits during that same time frame…”
** LOTS OF GREAT TALKING POINTS HERE FOR POKING HOLES IN PALIN’S STORY THAT SHE GAINED “EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE” AS MAYOR AND THAT SHE WAS A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE AND REFORMER: ** “Sarah Palin's Wasteful Ways” Salon.com (David Talbot) http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor/ Excerpt: "After all her boasting about her executive experience, what did she do?" asks a longtime borough official, who, like many in local circles, requested anonymity because of Palin's reputation for vengeance. "The borough takes care of most of the planning, the fire, the ambulance, collecting the property taxes. And on top of that she brought in a city manager to actually run the city day to day. So what executive experience did she have as mayor?"
** THOUGHTFUL ANALYSIS—FROM A CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST—TO HELP YOU TRY TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO SMART WOMEN WHO CAN’T HELP LIKING PALIN BECAUSE SHE IS “SPUNKY” AND NOT A WASHINGTON INSIDER: “Why Experience Matters” New York Times (David Brooks) http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/opinion/16brooks.html?em Excerpt: “In the current Weekly Standard, Steven Hayward argues that the nation’s founders wanted uncertified citizens to hold the highest offices in the land. They did not believe in a separate class of professional executives. They wanted rough and rooted people like Palin. I would have more sympathy for this view if I hadn’t just lived through the last eight years. For if the Bush administration was anything, it was the anti-establishment attitude put into executive practice. And the problem with this attitude is that, especially in his first term, it made Bush inept at governance. It turns out that governance, the creation and execution of policy, is hard. It requires acquired skills. Most of all, it requires prudence.”
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Great to have some talking points.
I also just received the below email: Woman against Sarah Palin. Can't hurt to post your thoughts here as well. They are getting quite a turn out from the women of America: Friends, compatriots, fellow-lamenters,
We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt
since the announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential
candidate for the Republican Party. We believe that this terrible
decision has surpassed mere partisanship, and that it is a dangerous
farce on the part of a pandering and rudderless Presidential candidate
that has a real possibility of becoming fact.
Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms.
Palin and her professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for
ourselves and for our present or future daughters. To date, she is
against sex education, birth control, the pro-choice platform,
environmental protection, alternative energy development, freedom of
speech (as mayor she wanted to ban books and attempted to fire the
librarian who stood against her), gun control, the separation of
church and state, and polar bears. To say nothing of her complete
lack of real preparation to become the second-most-powerful person on
the planet.
We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a
mother, or, for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but
solely as a rash, incompetent, and altogether devastating choice
for Vice President. Ms. Palin's political views are in every way a
slap in the face to the accomplishments that our mothers and
grandmothers and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for, and that
we've so demonstrably benefited from.
First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not
demonstrate or uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed
that the inclusion of a woman on the Republican ticket could win over
women voters. We want to disagree, publicly.
Therefore, we invite you to reply here with a short, succinct message
about why you, as a woman living in this country, do not support this
candidate as second-in-command for our nation.
Please include your name (last initial is fine), age, and place of
residence.
We will post your responses on a blog called 'Women Against Sarah
Palin,' which we intend to publicize as widely as possible. Please
send us your reply at your earliest convenience. the greater the
volume of responses we receive, the stronger our message will be.
Thank you for your time and action.
Sincerely,
Quinn Latimer and Lyra Kilston
New York, NY
womensaynopalin@gmail.com
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