Dear Everyone:
I'm sorry if you're the type that finds something like Fox News (I'm looking at you, Ms. Blade!) "fair and balanced." I used Google News to find my links, with the exception of the
Daily Show link, which I had previously watched. Though I readily admit Jon Stewart is no Republican, he
does just play the clips (which equally make fun of all the candidates, it being a comedy show), and Sarah Palin
did contradict herself, as SARRMMMMY has pointed out.
I'm not one of these people who will never modify what I say, or who thinks I am the supreme being of all knowledge, or who thinks all my sources are 100% perfect. In FACT, a comment of mine should post tomorrow, in which I update
this answer with a New York Times article which has plenty to say on recent smear campaigns. However, at the time of writing, said article had not yet been published. Such is the volatility of presidential campaigns.
C'mon: are people honestly defending Palin's foreign policy?! Yikes. I think there are plenty of interviews (she is the one there, she can choose what to say--can't really accuse anyone of bias) where she has upheld the whole "Russia and Canada are my next door neighbors" thing to raise some eyebrows.
What about obstreperous' pointing out her thumbing her nose at the Constitution at the RNC? Isn't torture a moral issue, or is that not a concern of Republicans, and therefore unimportant?
In the very traumatizing event that I were raped, I would think it would be immoral to force me (or even think it were the best/only option) to carry any child that might come as a result to term. I would be stripped of my agency in such a case: I don't see how it is just to think that that is some higher ideal. And trust me, I'm no abortion rah-rah fan. I actually think Roe v. Wade was very unwise from a mere judicial standpoint, and find it quite horrifying that so many European nations have very strict requirements as far as the trimesters, and the US is so laissez-faire. But please, for the sake of not painting our Church as lacking any shred of humanity, and for the statistically significant event that some female reader of the Board has had to face the horror that is rape, don't get on some high horse and say that that woman is inferior for not wanting to deal with the very real consequences of her NON-CHOICE.
How is opposing abortion in ALL cases consistent with the views of the Church?! Read
this, please. Isn't it a viable position that the conclusion in these circumstances would be that "no, I was robbed of my free will/this embryo is in my fallopian tube (or some such) and I will die if I do not terminate this pregnancy"? Couldn't God give that revelation and peace to a woman in that difficult circumstance? I think Palin just lacks the . . . tact necessary about such things. And besides, McCain doesn't even agree with her. Hmph.
I find it . . . simultaneously funny and disturbing, I guess? . . . that there are those who think I should be fired for my political beliefs and/or sources. If the editors think something I say is unsubstantiated, TRUST ME, they'll let me know. I could be a Socialist and a Board Writer, as long as I'm not defaming the name of the Church. If you honestly believe my performance is SO sub-par, go for it: email the editors a litany of why you think I need to be axed. Good luck, is all I have to say: I have a high answering rate, I'm reasonably well-liked, and I don't shy away from research questions.
This is all rather surprising to me, I must admit. The Beckalypse was emotional and I cried, but I can at least see how someone could think I was SO HORRIBLE, because it was General Conference, and that is always touchy. (I was young and even more opinionated than I am now.) But this? I was unaware that supporting Sarah Palin was written into the Honor Code, the Standard Works, the 100 Hour Board protocols, or NewsNet's rules. We are encouraged to use good sources, and I personally believe those I used are fine. Feel free to entertain your opinion, I guess.
I don't think there really exists this "liberal bias" in the media so popular in the minds of the most diehard neocons and Mormons. This is an opinion board, remember.
Lastly, we really
don't represent the official view of the Church or BYU. See the disclaimer at the bottom? That is also on pretty much every book to ever come out of Deseret Book. It's on the Daily Universe. Unless it's over the pulpit or stamped and signed by Cecil O., I don't see how Ms. Blade's argument holds water.
(Imogen, I laughed at the phrase "alleged wife." Ha.)
Mr. and Mrs. Blade, I officially (and in all good humor) dub you the collective
Adam Greenwood of the Board Message Board. He has a charming tendency to come across as writing "my opinion is the revealed word of God and anyone who disagrees with me is a sinner." You might want to avoid this level of dogmatism if you want to be well-liked.
Sometimes being kind is even better than being right. I hope tomorrow's comment about Obama smearing McCain as well as vice versa is just one instance that will convince you that I value truth more than you seem to currently think.