Palin's father says he had a hard time bending her.

[Dirty Hoar]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/palin.father/index.html
Heath, a retired science teacher and coach who now works with the federal Wildlife Services Program, said his daughter started exhibiting her stubborn streak at an early age.
"Sarah, she was something else," he said. "I wasn't mean to her. I was stern with her, but I could seldom bend her if she made up her mind on something."

This is what scares me. I think we can ALL agree that GWB is very stubborn. And being stubborn has shown to be a bad trait for a President.

Do we really need more of this? She may just be McCain's VP but McCain is really old and I believe showing early signs of senility. Who in their right mind thinks we need another stubborn President?

FEAR FEAR FEAR... yeah, we're afraid all right. And those comments about Russia. Sweet... that's all we need.

[Crud's Uncle]

Yea, let's have a non-resolute president. Flip flopping executives always excel.

[PeterPan11]

Everyone in here suffers from the "I'm right, you're wrong" syndrome.

[From_the_NEK]

Everyone in here suffers from the "I'm right, you're wrong" syndrome.

You're WRONG, it's all part of civilized debate. :D

[Dirty Hoar]

Nobody here saying "I'm right, your wrong" except you.

Do you think a stubborn president is a good trait or a bad trait?

[Dirty Hoar]

Yea, let's have a non-resolute president. Flip flopping executives always excel.

I said "in their right mind". You shouldn't post in this thread.

[PeterPan11]

You're right, I'm right.

[timvwcom]

I'm only here to laugh about the part that her dad said that when she was young, it was hard to "bend her". :eek:

[PeterPan11]

I didn't actually think that was real. But now, it is actually funny.

[Dirty Hoar]

I'm only here to laugh about the part that her dad said that when she was young, it was hard to "bend her". :eek:

Jeez tim, get your mind out of the gutter. I don't think that was implied whatsoever.

"Bending" your kids at an early age is common for the ultra conservative. It's a test to weed out the flip floppers.

[timvwcom]

Jeez tim, get your mind out of the gutter. I don't think that was implied whatsoever.

Of course it wasn't implied... that's why it was funny! :D

[smitchell333]

Yea, let's have a non-resolute president. Flip flopping executives always excel.

You're right.

Sorta like flip-flopping on the bridge to nowhere

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/gop_convention_spin_part_ii.html

"Palin may have said “Thanks, but no thanks” on the Bridge to Nowhere, though not until Congress had pretty much killed it already. But that was a sharp turnaround from the position she took during her gubernatorial campaign, and the town where she was mayor received lots of earmarks during her tenure.



A Bridge Too Far
Palin claimed to have stood up to Congress on the subject of the infamous “Bridge to Nowhere,” the Gravina Island bridge in Ketchikan, Alaska, about which we wrote (http://www.factcheck.org/outrageous_exaggerations.html) last November.

Palin: I told the Congress, "Thanks, but no thanks," on that bridge to nowhere.
http://cdn.factcheck.org/imagefiles/2008_9_4_GOP_Convention_Part_II/Remarks%20by%20Sarah%20Palin03-tn.jpgThis is not the first time (http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/08/29/raw-data-sarah-palins-remarks-after-being-named-gop-vice-presidential-candidate/) Palin has cited her choice to kill the bridge in 2007 as an example of her anti-waste stance. It’s true that she did eventually nix the project. But the bridge was nearly dead already – Congress had removed (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h3058enr.txt.pdf) the earmark, giving the requested money to the state but not marking it for any specific use. Palin unplugged its life support, declaring (http://www.dot.state.ak.us/comm/pressbox/arch_2007/PR_0921_GravinaAccessProjRed.pdf) in 2007 that the funds would not be used for the Gravina bridge.
When she was running for governor, however, Palin expressed a different position. In 2006, the Ketchikan Daily News quoted her expressing optimism and support for the bridge at a Ketchikan campaign stop.

Palin, 2006: "People across the nation struggle with the idea of building a bridge because they’ve been under these misperceptions about the bridge and the purpose,” said Palin, who described the link as the Ketchikan area’s potential for expansion and growth. … Palin said Alaska’s congressional delegation worked hard to obtain funding for the bridge as part of a package deal and that she “would not stand in the way of the progress toward that bridge.”
Palin also answered "yes" to an Anchorage Daily News poll question (http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/510378.html) about whether she would continue to support state funding for the Gravina Island bridge if elected governor. "The window is now," she wrote, "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist." It was only after she won the governorship that Palin shifted her position. And even then, it’s inaccurate to say that she “told the Congress ‘thanks, but no thanks.’” Palin accepted non-earmarked money from Congress that could have been used for the bridge if she so desired. That she opted to use it for other state transportation purposes doesn’t qualify as standing up to Congress."