Palin Eagle Forum Questionairre (yikes)

[sandnsea]

http://eagleforumalaska.blogspot.com/2006/07/2006-gubernatorial-candidate.html

2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire

The following questionnaire was sent to all candidates for Governor with their responses listed in the order we received them.

1. Complete the sentence by checking the applicable phrases (you can check more than one).
Abortion should be:
Banned throughout entire pregnancy.
Legal to save the life of the mother.
Legal in case of rape and incest.
Legal if the baby is handicapped.
Legal if the baby has a genetic defect.
Legal in the first trimester.
Legal in the second trimester.
Legal in the third trimester.
Other:__________________

SP: I am pro-life. With the exception of a doctor’s determination that the mother’s life would end if the pregnancy continued. I believe that no matter what mistakes we make as a society, we cannot condone ending an innocent’s life.

2. Will you support the right of parents to opt out their children from curricula, books, classes, or surveys, which parents consider privacy-invading or offensive to their religion or conscience?
SP: Yes. Parents should have the ultimate control over what their children are taught.

3. Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
SP: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.

4. Will you support efforts to raise or lower the mandatory age of education? Why or why not?
SP: No, again, parents know better than government what is best for their children.

5. Will you support an effort to expand hate-crime laws?
SP: No, as I believe all heinous crime is based on hate.

8. Do you support parental choice in the spending of state educational dollars?
SP: Within Alaska law, I support parents deciding what is the best education venue for their child.

9. Do you support legislation requiring labor unions to obtain permission from their members before using dues for political purposes?
SP: Yes, unions represent their workers and as such, should be accountable to them

10. Do you support the Alaska Supreme Court’s ruling that spousal benefits for state employees should be given to same-sex couples? Why or why not?
SP: No, I believe spousal benefits are reserved for married citizens as defined in our constitution.

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

12. In relationship to families, what are your top three priorities if elected governor?
SP: 1. Creating an atmosphere where parents feel welcome to choose the venues of education for their children.
2. Preserving the definition of “marriage” as defined in our constitution.
3. Cracking down on the things that harm family life: gangs, drug use, and infringement of our liberties including attacks on our 2nd Amendment rights.

[WeDidIt]

1. This shows she doesn't even know basic history

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

[parasim]

5. Exactly.

They should followed that up with, "Which founding father was alive in 1954?"

[lapfog_1]

14. How do you spell "potato" should have been on the list.

[DangerousRhythm]

23. That is ASTOUNDING stupidity.

Why the hell is she even in the running again? Wow.

[calmblueocean]

26. Please please please someone ask her to expound on this during the VP debate.

Let her tell us all about how the Pledge of Allegiance was written by the founding fathers and how they put "under God" in it. I would really enjoy hearing THAT story.

[FatDave]

36. Oh, the stupidity!

Please push this one. Not only does it demonstrate her stupidity, it will be educational for the millions of other morons who don;t know any better either.

[Arkana]

41. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't "under God" added by Ike?

[FVZA_Colonel]

43. Yes, it was.

To help rally people against those "godless commies!"

[Teaser]

44. Gallifrey Daily News: Pledge travels back in time: Washington, Adams, and Jefferson "very impressed"

.

[billyoc]

2. That "under god" one was good.

:rofl:

[madaboutharry]

3. I understand that "Under God" was added during the Eisenhower

administration in response to the godless commies living in the Soviet Union.

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by a Baptist minister named Francis Bellamy.

[brooklynite]

4. Did she really say "If it was good enough for our founding fathers"????

Is this the height of cynicism or the height of stupidity?

[lapfog_1]

8. Sadly, ignorance is the answer you are looking for... - n/t

[mrreowwr_kittty]

9. Reminds me of the wife of a politician in Texas (I forget who)

Who said "If English was good enough for Jesus Christ it's good enough for the schoolchildren of Texas". :wow:

[madmax]

34. Know what's worse?

She home schools. :wtf:

[lapfog_1]

6. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” ...

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

The dumbing down of America is complete.

We have a candidate for national office who is completely unaware of the history of the Pledge of Allegiance.

I wonder how many people know even the NUMBER of nationally elected officials in our nation? I wonder if she would get this question correct?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

7. Her answer on the pledge OMFG!!

"If it was good enough for the founding fathers" What a flipping MORAN.

[donco6]

10. Guns, Gays and God.

The Big 3.

[NYC Liberal]

11. This has to be a joke or a parody.

"If it was good enough for the founding fathers"?

If this is real, she's even worse than I thought. Wow.

[sandnsea]

19. This is exactly what these people are like

They operate on slogans and bible verses. One woman I knew literally couldn't get through her first semester of college because she couldn't deal with the concept of the reptilian brain and limbric system. She wasn't an animal and that was that. Unreal. It's imperative that we expose this woman's crazy ideas to the country. It's our chance to get people thinking again.

[valerief]

25. I'm going to offer a slaughtered lamb to the moon gods for change.

Yes, that's how backward they are!!!

[high density]

45. I guess the founding fathers were more concerned about communism than previously thought

:crazy:

[Fridays Child]

12. "It was good enough for the founding fathers?"

"Preserving the definition of “marriage” as defined in our constitution?"

Jeezus. x(

[Sinistrous]

35. She might be referring to the Alaska state constitution.

This questionaire was prior to her election as governor.

I do no know what the Alaska constitution says about marriage.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

13. Her answer to Question 11 shows lack of knowledge of history

Our Founding Fathers were not the ones who gave us the Pledge, which was created in the 1890s WITHOUT the phrase "Under God", which was added in the '50s. Jefferson was a Diest, and Adams was a Unitarian. What they fought for was freedom FROM a state religion. Adams knew from the history of his own region what happens when a theocracy is allowed to take charge of affairs.

As for gun ownership strengthening family life--I don't see it having any relationship to family life. I've known families, good strong families, where no one owned a gun, and I've known families, good strong families, where the family sport was hunting. But I've also known families who were torn apart because a family member shot another family member. There has to be sensible regulation of guns, and gun owners must take personal responsibility with securing their firearms and ammunition so that a tragedy does not occur.

[Blondiegrrl]

17. I was just coming in her to say that (about the pledge).

Her knowledge of American History and Civics is very poor indeed.

[Arrowhead2k1]

15. That 'hate crime' one is pretty good too.

"5. Will you support an effort to expand hate-crime laws?
SP: No, as I believe all heinous crime is based on hate."

More evidence that she doesn't comprehend issues outside of her bubble of Alaska.

[blonndee]

16. This idiot's answer to the last one is scary.

Instead of:

seeking to guarantee health care for children and all members of the family;

helping to ensure that all families are housed and fed;

seeking to improve public education;

working to assist families caring for elderly or infirm relatives

This kook is focused on:

allowing like-minded kooks to teach creationism and receive taxpayer funds for religious education, and undermining public education;

refusing same-sex couples with or without children ANY of the protections afforded by legal marriage;

staunchly defending families' right to own guns (which isn't even threatened, anyway)


What a freaking idiotic ideologue. She is truly awful.

[PA Democrat]

21. Someone should have asked her which of the founding fathers wrote the pledge af allegiance.

This woman is frightening.

[PA Democrat]

18. Wacko.

Her top 3 priorities for families include preventing gay marriage, ramping up the war on drugs, second amendment rights and it looks like school choice. She is an extremist if she thinks that those are the things that keep most Americans awake at night.

She pretty out of touch with mainstream Americans. Most American families' are more concerned with issues like health care, decent jobs, the price of food, gas, college tuition, etc.

[valerief]

20. Under God in Pledge of Allegiance was good enough for our founding fathers?

The Pledge of Allegiance was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931), a Baptist minister, a Christian Socialist, and the cousin of Socialist Utopian novelist Edward Bellamy (1850-1898). Bellamy's original "Pledge of Allegiance" was published in the September 8th issue of the popular children's magazine The Youth's Companion as part of the National Public-School Celebration of Columbus Day, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's discovery of America, conceived by James B. Upham.

Bellamy's original Pledge read, "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

The pledge was supposed to be quick and to the point. Bellamy designed it to be stated in 15 seconds. He had initially also considered using the words equality and fraternity but decided they were too controversial since many people opposed equal rights for women and blacks.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pledge_of_Allegiance

Wrong on so many levels.
:rofl:

[vanderBeth]

22. Hmmm

10. Do you support the Alaska Supreme Court’s ruling that spousal benefits for state employees should be given to same-sex couples? Why or why not?
SP: No, I believe spousal benefits are reserved for married citizens as defined in our constitution. my belief system.

[gemlake]

24. Scary. n/m

[Madam Mossfern]

30. Does she not understand that is necessary in a Democracy

to have a well educated populace who are capable of CRITICAL THINKING. Only a public education can assure this.

[sandnsea]

31. The education answers are shocking

Much more shocking than the pledge one, which is just stupid. But for someone to believe a parent should be able to veto curriculum, that's just nuts.

[valerief]

27. KICK THIS ONTO THE FRONT PAGE, GUYS!

[Chloroplast]

28. Palin herself is such an educational powerhouse.

I'm sure she's proud that under her tutelage, her son had a GPA below 2.0. :eyes:

[TankLV]

29. "...the founding fathers..." really? REALLY?

there is simply no response to utter and complete ignorance...

but then we have the past eight to twenty years...

[nyhuskyfan]

33. Unreal

Kicked and recommended.

It's one thing to simply mis-speak when you are up at a microphone on the campaign trail, but filling out a questionnaire requires thought.

[hulklogan]

32. How, exactly, does gun control affect family life in any way?

Palin is crazy. Her idea of family life is harmed far more by heterosexual divorce than whether said family can or cannot legally own an AK-47.

We cannot elect this right wing dinosaur riding wacko.

[Blue_Tires]

37. i am SO waiting for her to get exposed in a debate...

[GinaMaria]

38. Explicit Sex Ed?

WTF is that? I went to Catholic Schools. Did they show porn at the public schools for sex ed? This is the first I'm hearing about it.

btw: We were taught sex ed by a young seminarian who decided it was important to teach us about contraception. Pretty radical even today. Heard he left the priesthood and got married.

[Lochloosa]

39. The Founding Fathers never spoke "Under God"

11. Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
SP: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.


It was added in 1954.

[TwoBears]

40. Gang problem?

I didn't realize there was a big gang problem in Alaska. Interesting.

[Karenina]

42. . .