Do you know Sarah Palin's extreme right views?

Moveon.org summarized them tightly today. See below.

• Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is "God's task." She's even admitted she hasn't thought about the war much—just last year she was quoted saying, "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq." ^{1, 2}
• Palin has actively sought the support of the fringe Alaska Independence Party. Six months ago, Palin told members of the group—who advocate for a vote on secession from the union—to "keep up the good work" and "wished the party luck on what she called its 'inspiring convention.'" ³
• Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools. She hasn't made clear whether she thinks evolution is a fact.⁴
• Palin doesn't believe that humans contribute to global warming. Speaking about climate change, she said, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being manmade." ⁵
• Palin has close ties to Big Oil. Her inauguration was even sponsored by BP. ⁶
• Palin is extremely anti-choice. She doesn't even support abortion in the case of rape or incest. ⁷
• Palin opposes comprehensive sex-ed in public schools. She's said she will only support abstinence-only approaches. ⁸
• As mayor, Palin tried to ban books from the library. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some had inappropriate language in them—shocking the librarian, Mary Ellen Baker. According to Time, "news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor." ⁹
• She DID support the Bridge to Nowhere (before she opposed it). Palin claimed that she said "thanks, but no thanks" to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But in 2006, Palin supported the project repeatedly, saying that Alaska should take advantage of earmarks "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist." ¹⁰

    The plain fact of the matter is that Sarah Palin did a bang-up job delivering a Karl Rove-style politica attack speech last night. That makes her a skilled politician but it doesn't make her views any more palatable for voters. Americans don't really want another far-right, anti-science ideologue in the White House.

 

Comments

[barry]

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[Nancy in Florida]

Good golly, miss molly. Thanks for all those great talking points that will come in handy when debating my son, who has decided if he could, he would vote for her, because "she's hot." Even one of my most ultraliberal friends thinks "she's a milf." Yegods.

[Name]

Not to rain on your parade but if you're going to call Palin extreme you might want to be fair and point out Obama's extremism as well. Palin opposes abortion in all cases except to save the mother's life. Obama supports it in all cases, even when the baby is already born (i.e infanticide). Generally calling people extreme isn't a good idea unless they really are, as usually such a word is a lazy generalization undeserved by most people, particularly diverse flip flopping people like politicians. :P

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[kp]

Wow, you guys are afraid of Sarah Palin? She was a governor with no influence on your life.

Check out Obama's extreme views, friends, appointees, Czars, mentors, actions, policies, etc,., etc. ALL left wing radicals. He's our President! HELLOOO.

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