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TheHeretic -> RE: Palin positives (10/5/2008 8:17:06 AM)
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ORIGINAL: LadyEllen
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ORIGINAL: kittinSol
I suppose being obstinate can be a quality...
It could be seen by some as obstinacy, whilst being seen by others as conviction.
I meanwhile, couldnt possibly comment.
Except to point out that conviction is not always a good thing when one looks back through history at those leaders who relied on conviction to determine their policies in a world which can move quickly to outmanouevre fixed positions.
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I'll apologize in advance. I've been trying to keep on point, a bit harder than others perhaps, but I have to veer into a tangent now.
Isn't what is described above a very good description of Barack Obama??? Placing ideology above changing reality? We can see it plainly in his denials about the effect of the surge, and his naive daydream about the genii cheerfully going back into the bottle. How long is he going to cling to economic and social theories that don't work?
Consider his response at Saddleback about an issue where he had changed his position. He answered with Clinton's welfare reforms, and how he thought they would really hurt poor people. He stated that he had gone to work in the Illinois Legislature to gut the changes and install loopholes in how the programs were administered in his state, and the federal reforms wound up not so bad, after all. (I've gone over the difference between a safety net, and a hammock, before. That system still needs a lot more reform.)
Ok, end hijack, and back to topic.
Sarah Palin is clearly a woman of conviction. Her actions on the oil and gas commission make that very plain. She has also learned the importance of tempering her convictions against the realities of life. She has gone from asking the librarian what the process would be if the community wanted Daddy's Boyfriend out of the _____'s section, to vetoing a law that would have blocked same-sex couples from receiving state benefits.
When she met the corruption that pervades our system, she brought down the Governor. You know what? I can vote FOR somebody who clings to that kind of conviction.
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