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Chrystelle Armstrong
Kalispell, MT
I believe it's our duty to give people as many opportunities as possible. To improve not only their lives, but the lives of those around them, and of people in general.
I believe that, while altruism does have a certain element of self-service to it, it's still to our benefit as a society to encourage it whenever possible.
I believe that we have an obligation to treat others with respect for their basic human dignity, even if we may not agree with everything they are or everything they do.
I believe that government has a duty to protect the vulnerable from abuse by organizations that have no particular interest in anything but turning a profit.
I believe that America should lead by example, not attempt to bully other nations into capitulation to our demands.
I believe that war is a failure of diplomacy.
I believe in people.
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Chrystelle commented on the article |Hi Again, Miriam,
First and foremost I would like to say that I like to consider myself my own person - I did not work as close to Obama's campaign as some people I knew did, who actually had phone conferences with President Obama at the end of each day that his campaign was worked. Which was everyday. It was the same way for Hillary - she worked hard for her grass roots following, but Sarah Palin was MIA when it came to the people who really supported her. To get to my point, during the campaign, I would like to say that I kept a level head, and was working for a Presidential Candidate that I truly believed in because that was my view - not because I might have been brainwashed by an over zealous campaign. Now, had President Obama made the same mistake that Mrs. Palin did by not being aware of the difference between Iraq and Iran and what affect America has on the two, I might have raised an eyebrow and questioned my candidate a little more closely. President Obama showed incredible tact throughout his entire campaign and spoke elegantly and to the point. When he did make a mistake, he most of the time corrected it. Sarah Palin is the opposite of this - she knows that she sounded misinformed by now on Hannity yet has not made an effort to correct herself.
Aside from the Hannity interview, she has made countless other errors and has been hounded on by the media for it - you'd think that after so many malicious headlines that she might address some of those, but hasn't. Not saying that President Obama has a press conference every time he makes a mistake - but there comes a point when you wonder how many a candidate can make before you start thinking if she or he really knows what they're talking about. We as humans make mistakes all the time - it's human nature to err. But to err as much and as extreme as Sarah Palin is crossing a line I'd rather not see created.
Now, just because I'm a strong liberal/leaning democrat, that doesn't mean that every time the GOP presents a candidate I automatically consider them to be inappropriate. I understand why some of their views are the way they are - believe it or not, it was part of my job to know those things. You can't represent a candidate unless you know what they're up against.
As far as I'm concerned, I feel Sarah Palin might be a good governor, but when it comes to a presidential seat, I feel she is unprepared, ill-advised as to what to expect and not ready to take it on without the proper experience she would have had she climbed the ladder in succession with her career.
That said, I applaud her for trying - but I think Sarah would agree: It's a lot harder than it looks.
Also, Miriam, thank you for holding up a civil conversation with me. I know these things are touchy for some parties, but it is nice to know that I can hold a conversation with you without it getting ugly. :)
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Chrystelle commented on the article |
Mirian,
It's amazing what being a little stressed out and tired can do to one's mind. Having worked on Obama's campaign team, I can say that we were all extremely loopy by the end of the trail. But, that's what happens when hard work is at fault. Fortunately for Sarah Palin, she didn't really have to work that hard. She was introduced late in the campaign, had nothing to do with grass roots organizations, spent a few of America's dollars on a new wardrobe, looked pretty, and was interviewed by numerous top-dogs including Catie Couric, Oprah and others, each and every interview being even more traumatic to the GOP and the McCain-Palin Campaign, leaving us with the impression of an ill-informed candidate.
Her book has now bashed everyone she came into contact with while she ran with McCain. She writes about the "jaded aura" of professional campaign aides and how McCain's entourage limited her access to the media, leading to allegations — unfounded, she says — that she was avoiding reporters. Given the chance, I'm sure she would have jumped on the chance to talk to the media, but beings that she was starting to embarrass herself and the GOP, they asked her to please refrain. Hillary worked far harder on her campaign and stayed on track and focused FAR more than Palin did. More than half of what Palin wrote was FABRICATED. Why? To sell her book, to get us to read, to keep us more fascinated with her personal life than with any other candidate or issue. Why do I need to know if her daughter is pregnant, if her son-in-law is pursuing a career in porn? This is all about as interesting to me as reading about Britney Spears's massive breakdown, or Paris Hilton's new fragrance.
Why is she less accepted than any other candidate? Because she's a threat to our Nation simply because of the potential power she could hold. If we ever want to redeem ourselves and bring us back to good standing with the rest of the world, it certainly is not by electing Sarah Palin for President. The mere fact that she said she can see Russia from her backyard, and confused Iraq with Iran in a Sean Hannity interview (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/19/palin-confuses-iraq-and-i_n_363878.html) tells me that I would rather my vote goes to someone who just didn't fall off the turnip truck. As far as I'm concerned the only reason Sarah Palin is now an issue for Women's Rights is because she herself is giving them a bad name.
I'm glad to hear that Hillary was your choice candidate, and I commend you for sticking up for your fellow women of power, but I can't agree with you on Sarah Palin.
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Chrystelle commented on the article |
Mirian -
It is not just Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton that were mistreated by the media - the point here is that the media mistreats everyone living in the public eye. It's what they do. It's their job to sell a story, whether it's slightly fabricated or not.
Furthermore, if you've been paying any attention at all to the late night pundits, we have come to see that Sarah Palin herself has fabricated plenty towards John McCain and others by reading her book Sarah Palin - Going Rogue. What makes her any better than the so-called media that has apparently treated her so terribly in your eyes?
She clearly loves the attention, or she wouldn't be coyly batting her lashes when one of those articles is brought to light and she has to answer for it. Sarah Palin is a GOP TREND. She's not real - she's a distraction.
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Chrystelle commented on the article |
Unfortunately, Sarah Palin doesn't even know the difference between Iraq and Iran. Why should she NOT be considered a problem?
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