Palin: National Security Missile Defense Knowledge?

Please continue to pray for John McCain and Sarah Palin......Sarah has taken so much cruelty, but she knew that going in.  We just need to continue praying for endurance, wisdom, strength and peace......

I admire Sarah for her not compromising her integrity.

Great article..................  Thanks

CNN journalist Campbell Brown asked while interviewing McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds                                                                                                           "Can you tell me one decision that she made as commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard ?"   "Just one?"

Bounds couldn't, because Palin has never personally ordered the state guard to do anything.

Instead, here's what he said:                                                                                       "Any decision she has made as the commander of the Alaska National Guard that's deployed overseas is more of a decision than Barack Obama's been making as he's been running for president for the last two years."

Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell , the service commander of the Alaska National Guard and also serves as the commissioner of the State Department of Military and Veterans Affairs said:                                                                                                                            "The governor has no command authority overseas or anywhere in the United States other than Alaska."  

Campbell also said:                                                                                                  "When members of the National Guard are federalized, they work for the president."  "It's not just overseas. They could be federalized to go to other states or they could even be federalized in the state."

"Occasions in which Palin retains command authority over the 4,200-member Alaska National Guard are whenever the Guard responds to in-state natural disasters and civic emergencies."

Get your facts straight before you show yourself the fool again, "lookatthefacts".  Per your statement:

"Bounds couldn't, because Palin has never personally ordered the state guard to do anything."

While she does not have the foreign policy experience, she is still briefed on national security issues and has a higher security clearance than eithe "Socialist" candidate.  Per the LA Times (in a typical, right-wing-biased article):

"During Palin's 21 months in office, there has been one declared disaster: widespread flooding in June and July this year. Palin quickly signed a disaster declaration, officials said. The Guard's role was limited to providing two water tanks and 30,000 sandbags to local authorities.

"The Alaska Air National Guard, with 1,946 service members, is involved in an exceptional number of search-and-rescue missions. Since Palin became governor in December 2006, the Air Guard has flown 521 missions, saving 200 lives and assisting with the rescue of 77 more people, said Kalei Brooks, a spokeswoman for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.

"Our rescue squadron is the busiest in the nation," she said."

While not overwhelming, it's still the kind of facts the Democrats like to omit when trying to make a case.  If you wish to discuss "facts," make sure you actually use the "facts."  It's the folks like you who love to blame Bush for everything that has gone wrong in the US in the last 7+ years, but when you look at the facts related to Bush's record and the record since the election of the Democrat majority in Congress:

George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.

A little over one year ago:

1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;

2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;

3) the unemployment rate was 4.5%.

4) the DOW JONES hit a record high--14,000 +

5) American's were buying new cars,taking cruises, vacations overseas!...

But American's wanted 'CHANGE'! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress and yes--we got 'CHANGE' all right. In the PAST YEAR:

1) Consumer confidence has plummeted;

2) Gasoline is now over $4 a gallon & climbing! (SINCE REVERSED AS A RESULT OF THE ECONOMY AND DEMAND STABILIZATION);

3) Unemployment is up to 5.5% (a 10% increase);

4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 TRILLION

DOLLARS and prices still dropping;

5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.

THANKS, DEMS!  Just wait till you get both the White House and Congress.  Can't wait to see what hole we are trying to pull ourselves out of 2 years from now when there is no system of checks and balances...