McCain warns Washington big shake-up is coming

Friday 05th September, 12:23 PM JST

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sailwind at 02:09 PM JST - 7th September

Ness,

That's strange should work, did yesterday. I tried also and only got the outside banners and no article.

Try this because I just did and it works.

Google.......mayor sarah palin's 2002 financial

It will be the second entry on the page. I hope you can access it very informative all around. Let me know if you get to it.
Nessie at 07:58 PM JST - 7th September

Sail, that link doesn't really answer my question.
Sarge at 08:07 PM JST - 7th September

As Alaska Governor, Palin slashed more than 10% of the state's budget in 2007, and vetoed $268 million in state projects. Comments, Nessie?
sailwind at 08:26 PM JST - 7th September

Ness,

Agreed, but it does give you a pretty good idea as to how she ran her town as Mayor and her priorities at the time for the people of Wasilla.

I would say she did go after earmarks when she could to benefit her town and I don't really blame her for that and only after she become Governor of the state did she start to try to wean the State off earmarks overall. She inherited a State that was addicted to the Federal Largesse for years and she's only had two years in office, but in those two years she has reduced her states dependency on earmarks.

I would say her priorities shifted from doing what she thought was best for her town to doing what is best for the entire State, once she saw how really dependent the entire state was on congress and it's whims that shift with every political tide.

Everything that I've researched so far in her record as Governor is to try make Alaska far less dependent on Washington than in the past as she can.
Sarge at 08:40 PM JST - 7th September

Sailwind - But as Vice President, she's going to keep Alaska on a tight leash! Ha ha ha! What I want to know is what she's going to do when President McCain starts killing the Eskimos for their oil! Ha ha ha!

Nessie - Palin also has an 80% approval rate in Alaska, the highest of any governor.
Nessie at 10:42 PM JST - 7th September

I would say she did go after earmarks when she could to benefit her town and I don't really blame her for that

I don't blame her for that, either, as I intimated in a post above. It's her pretending to be against slush projects that she initially supported that I think is dishonest.

Everything that I've researched so far in her record as Governor is to try make Alaska far less dependent on Washington than in the past as she can.

If this is true, then it's good news, and it will make her an anomoly in the current Republican framework.

I guess now would be a good time to ask whether Palin supporters would still support her if the extramarital affair story -- unsupported so far -- turns out to have any truth.

I should also point out that when gas prices are rising, as they had been, you don't need as much Washinton largesse and in fact it's harder to justify such largesse.
kjunluc2 at 07:19 AM JST - 8th September

****Where would one find a politician nowadays that hasn't had extra-marital affairs or smoked pot? One would be easier found among televangelists.

I would bet, after the Alamo, ole Davy Crockett lit up a reefer and had himself a senorita.

I'm so damned sick of this political crap that I no longer care who gets elected. We've had nothing but crooked, lying clowns in the white house for the past 30 years. Nothing will change for the working man.

Anyway, I favor Palin over Hillary. I wonder if anyone has checked her background.
Hoss1 at 08:15 AM JST - 8th September

It just didn't make any sense. McCain claims to support the troops, but when a veteran protester held a sign claiming that McCain votes against the interests of the troops, he was dismissive and called the guy "ground noise and static". He didn't refute the claims. He just encouraged the crowd to ignore the guy. To which, the crowd responded by chanting "USA,USA". How is demeaning and insulting a veteran with legitimate concerns about McCain's voting record patriotic?
ColAmerica at 08:32 AM JST - 8th September

Hoss1; 1 guy protesting cannot spoil McCain`s image. Dissent will not be tolerated by the McCain, Palin camp.

America is going to enter a golden age of prosperity with McCain, Palin at the helm. Any company or business that steps out of line will suffer no nonsese zero tolerance. We will drill our way out of Mid East oil dependency.

Things are looking damn good folks.
Sarge at 09:29 AM JST - 8th September

Colonel - "Dissent will not be tolerated by the McCain-Palin camp"

Absolutely. In fact, I hear rumors they will dissolve Congress and impose martial law. No more gridlock! Hee hee!
Hoss1 at 12:48 PM JST - 8th September

ColAmerica - I can't tell if you are making some farcical joke or just insane."Dissent will not be tolerated..." Sounds familiar. Don't know who said it but I could swear it was someone scary. Yeah, that's American values all right. We don't tolerate dissent. Democracy ROCKS! Sarge - I assume you were joking since you tagged it with "Hee hee" but the funny thing is....yeah sadly, there's nothing really funny about that.
toolongheremaybe at 04:58 PM JST - 9th September

I'd rather they give more specifics about what they are going to change than just talking about change, change change. Sounds nice, as does " taking on Washington". Makes everyone go "yeah, go get em!!" But, what does it mean?
yabits at 09:40 PM JST - 10th September

The editorial cartoonist, Tom Toles, put it best about McCain-Palin:

"Except for economic policies, and tax policies, and energy policies, and health care policies, and education policies, and Karl Rove-style politics -- except for all that, we're really going to bring change to Washington! We’re really going to shake things up!"

And Republicans, who treat the average voter as an ignorant sucker who can be manipulated by his/her fears, expect people to overlook the obvious. Thank you, Mr. Toles.
WilliB at 10:06 PM JST - 11th September

There is no "big shakeup" coming. Whoever wins the election is only a president and has to work within the limitations of that office. This is campaign hype.

What is true is that a Rep president would at least preserve a divided government, whereas a Dem president would mean all 3 houses are under the control of one party.
SezWho2 at 11:14 PM JST - 12th September

WilliB,

All 3 "houses"? Do you mean the Executive, the House of Representatives and the Senate or do you mean the Legislative, the Executive and the Judiciary? Traditionally, I think, we have thought of checks and balances as being the latter.

It seems to me that if the Republicans win the Presidency, there is a strong possibility that all 3 branches of government would be controlled by them. The Judiciary is currently said to lean conservative and that will not change. The Senate is evenly divided and all the House will change. If McCain has long coattails he could bring in Republican majorities.

If the Democrats win, the Judiciary will still be conservative. It seems to me that if preserving a divided government is a good thing, the chances are better with a Democratic Presidency.