Does Palin considers nuclear weapons control to be 'minor?'

obvious Child · 09-04-08, 04:59 AM

Palin has stated this:

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."

The problem is that Obama passed legislation to stop shipments of WMD. Esteemed Senator Lugar has spent much of his career trying to destroy and stop these weapons. By calling Obama's weapons control WMD "minor" it does stand to reason that Palin also considers her fellow republican's legislation to secure this country and the world to be "minor."

I got a real problem with someone who thinks that intercepting, destroying and overall reducing WMDs is "minor."

PeteEU · 09-04-08, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obvious Child

Palin has stated this:

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."

The problem is that Obama passed legislation to stop shipments of WMD. Esteemed Senator Lugar has spent much of his career trying to destroy and stop these weapons. By calling Obama's weapons control WMD "minor" it does stand to reason that Palin also considers her fellow republican's legislation to secure this country and the world to be "minor."

I got a real problem with someone who thinks that intercepting, destroying and overall reducing WMDs is "minor."

Shhh dont ruin the Republicans high by stating factual and obvious things like this.

Then again Palin is against the US, so spreading nukes to the US and wests enemies will only promote Alaska's independence after all.

American · 09-04-08, 09:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obvious Child

Palin has stated this:

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."

The problem is that Obama passed legislation to stop shipments of WMD. Esteemed Senator Lugar has spent much of his career trying to destroy and stop these weapons. By calling Obama's weapons control WMD "minor" it does stand to reason that Palin also considers her fellow republican's legislation to secure this country and the world to be "minor."

I got a real problem with someone who thinks that intercepting, destroying and overall reducing WMDs is "minor."

OMG, BORING!!!

Reverend_Hellh0und · 09-04-08, 09:58 AM

this is too funny.... can we make a further stretch?

rathi · 09-04-08, 10:01 AM

I can't believe Palin would attack Lugar just to get at Obama. Lugar's work against weapons proliferation has been both committed and effective. The Nunn-Lugar bill has deactived thousands of wmds since its conception. I hope Lugar stands up for himself and tells her that some governor from Alaska with no experience in weapons proliferation at all better have some damn good evidence if she wants call his bill un-important.

The Obama Lugar bill was primarily to designed to stop the proliferation of conventional arms that could be dangerous to our nation if used in terrorist attacks. Many of our problems in Iraq ,for example, stem from the large pile of artillery shells used to make IEDs. Similarly, the shoulder fired missiles like those the Afghani's used against the soviets could easily kill hundreds if you used against passenger airliners. The bill also works to give aid to other nation to reduce the proliferation of wmds, which is crucial considering that most the dangerous nuclear weapons reside in areas beyond our control. This bill works to protect our troops in Iraq, and to prevent terrorists from getting the weapons to attack us at home.

From, what I have seen about Palin, I'd challenge anyone to show me something she did that is more important than this.

Gabby · 09-04-08, 10:01 AM

Are you talking about this bill?

Sen. Barack Obama claims in a new campaign ad to have “reached out” to Republicans in Congress to launch a major new program to “lock down loose nuclear weapons,” when in fact the legislation he helped pass authorized the Bush administration to maintain and expand an initiative pioneered by John Bolton to help foreign countries stop shipments of weapons of mass destruction components from reaching rogue states such as Iran.

In the campaign ad, titled “America’s Leadership,” the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee says, “The single most important national security threat we face is the threat of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of terrorists. What I did was reach out to Senator Dick Lugar, Republican, to help lock down loose nuclear weapons.”

An on-screen caption provides the details. “On the Foreign Relations Committee, Obama Passed a Law . . . To Keep Nuclear Weapons Out Of Terrorists’ Hands.”

However, the bill mentioned in the ad — Public Law 109-472, signed into law by President Bush on Jan. 11, 2007 — was introduced by Lugar in late September 2006 without co-sponsors and not as a result of Lugar’s discussions with Obama and was voted out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee without a hearing.

Newsmax.com - Ad Exaggerates Obama&#39s Credentials

Hatuey · 09-04-08, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gabby

Are you talking about this bill?

Newsmax.com - Ad Exaggerates Obama's Credentials

Why are you citing a blog like Newsmax? It's the righ wing equivalent of infohouse

PolitiFact | We found a few things

Quote:

Originally Posted by Politifact

In the U.S. Senate, Barack Obama "has not reached across party lines to get anything significant done."

Quote:

• Obama collaborated with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., in 2006 to pass a law (PL 109-282) creating a Google-like database of federal contracts and grants allowing users to type in key words that would bring up exactly how much money any particular recipient received.

• With then-Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., Obama won enactment of a 2006 law (PL 109-401) that allowed the United States to export nuclear fuel, technology and reactors to India for the first time in three decades. The law accepted India as a nuclear-armed power and was enacted despite concerns about India’s ties to Iran and past sanctions for transferring sensitive equipment to Iran.

• He also worked with Lugar on a Senate bill that authorized the president to carry out a program to provide assistance to foreign countries to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Another part of the measure was intended to stop the spread of conventional weapons, notably shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles that the legislation refers to as man-portable air defense systems, or MANPADS. The bill's provisions were incorporated into a House bill that passed later that year and was signed into law in January 2007(PL 109-472) .

independent_thinker2002 · 09-04-08, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obvious Child

Palin has stated this:

PALIN: "There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it's easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate."

The problem is that Obama passed legislation to stop shipments of WMD. Esteemed Senator Lugar has spent much of his career trying to destroy and stop these weapons. By calling Obama's weapons control WMD "minor" it does stand to reason that Palin also considers her fellow republican's legislation to secure this country and the world to be "minor."

I got a real problem with someone who thinks that intercepting, destroying and overall reducing WMDs is "minor."

I don't think we are supposed to point out the new "Messiah's" spin. It's blasphemy.

Reverend_Hellh0und · 09-04-08, 10:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by independent_thinker2002

I don't think we are supposed to point out the new "Messiah's" spin. It's blasphemy.

you have months and months to go, and still it wont be nowhere close.

See people like Palin for who she is and what she has done, along with her conservative stances.

her story is an American story....

not a half kenyan pop culture lawyer story meant to look like the 2nd coming......

shuamort · 09-04-08, 10:22 AM

By "minor" she means that it's ok if they get pregnant as long as they don't have an abortion.