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Palin votes in Alaska - doesn’t reveal if she voted for Stevens
By Jimmy Orr | 11.04.08
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin cast her vote early this morning in chilly Wasilla, Alaska, where the temperature was hovering in the low teens.
Arm-in-arm with husband Todd, Palin told reporters after casting her vote that she was ready to begin working tomorrow if elected.
“Now tomorrow, I hope, I pray, I believe that I’ll be able to wake up as Vice President-elect, and be able to get to work in a transition mode with the President-elect, John McCain, so anxious to get to work for the American people,” she told reporters after casting her vote.
“We have a very optimistic, very confident view of what’s going to happen today. So glad to get to be home in Wasilla, to cast this vote, because forever I’m gonna be Sarah from Alaska, and it’s an honor to get to be here with my friends and family,” she added.
Ted Stevens
Palin was not only casting a vote in the presidential contest but for U.S. Senate, where Senator Ted Stevens, recently convicted of seven felonies, is up for re-election.
Did Palin for vote for him? We’ll never know.
“I am also exercising my right to privacy and I don’t have to tell anybody who I vote for, nobody does, and that’s really cool about America also,” she told reporters.
History making
As for the significance of the 2008 election, Palin said no matter who wins it means progress for the country.
“I do recognize this is an historical event … barriers of course being removed and glass ceilings being shattered, again, as the representation on both tickets will show,” she said.
Mocha moose
Fittingly, Palin visited a local coffee shop called the Mocha Moose after voting and was asked about her political future if she wasn’t triumphant tonight.
“You know if there is a role in national politics it won’t be so much partisan,” she said. “My efforts have always been here in the state of Alaska to get everybody to unite and work together to progress this state. It certainly would be a uniter type of role.”
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3. Ryan | 11.04.08
Right to privacy, huh? Isn’t that the unenumerated right recognized in Roe v. Wade? You know, the one SCOTUS decision you know about? The one you think is wrong?
Good riddance, Sarah.
4. Mulvaney | 11.04.08
I think Palin looked deep into her innermost self, recalled Obama’s off-hand comment about sharing the wealth, and then her own statement that Alaskans “collectively” own the resources to “share the wealth.” And she knew that McCain was not her candidate.
6. lightnin | 11.04.08
Two things stand out about this election. One, how low the “democratic” has fallen in morality, two, how the press shamelessly parrots the democrats’ lines.
Case in point - One of America’s core beliefs is the right to the secret ballot. The democrats totally support the unionists recent and current attempts to ELIMINATE the secret ballot, which would give them “Big Brother” power over their members, allowing intimidation, harassment, and recriminations.
Have you heard ANY democrat or “news” reporter speak out against this blatant attempt to curtail freedom in America (or “Rev.” Wright, Ayers, Rezko, “Redistributing the Wealth”, etc.?)
No, and you WON’T! The unions and the democrats are in bed together, along with their press groupies! They HATE freedom, they LOVE only the power to CONTROL.
If you vote for Obama, you’re voting AGAINST the secret ballot, AGAINST one more of our traditional American freedoms! One step closer to one-party Socialism!
7. Mark R | 11.04.08
The only reason she wouldn’t say who she voted for is if she is ashamed or embarrassed of who she voted for!
8. OBAMA | 11.04.08
lmao can you get any more fake? a carhartt. that move right there tells me there very worried.
11. me | 11.04.08
quoting #2
“Go Sarah…The only qualified executive in [this] presidential election!!!”
This is inarguably true, as she is the only executive running.
12. Rick | 11.04.08
the only thing this wing nut is going to wake up to is discovering she’s still governor of Alaska
14. C. Callison | 11.04.08
Palin is an embarassment to the women of this country. She stands up for nothing that is what women’s rights are about. You are welcome to her, Alaska. Maybe she can stretch your ethics a bit more.
16. Web Smith | 11.04.08
You are responsible.
You are about to elect a President and a legislature who will give you a bigger government and more spending. Your new President will give amnesty to millions of illegal aliens, drastically increase the number of H-1B visas, and eliminate E-verify at a time when millions of American Citizens are out of work. Your new Commander in Chief will keep American soldiers in Iraq against your will. Your new Chief Executive will borrow, spend, give away, and waste billions of dollars when the national debt is passing $12 trillion. Against your wishes, your new President helped Bush give $1 trillion to the banks as his parting gift. Your new President and legislature will continue to take your money and give it to someone else. No matter how much you object, neither Public Servant Number One nor the legislature will listen and will continue to implement their own agenda. It doesn’t matter if it’s Democrat or Republican.
You are responsible for what you’re going to get so, no whining later.
17. C. Callison | 11.04.08
Someone needs to tell Palin to get out of “beauty pagaent” mode and learn to use her brain. This is life, and politics. This is not Miss Wasilla or Mrs. Alaska anymore. She is soooo out of her league.
Knowing how Palin’s ethics work, I feel quite sure she voted for Stevens.
18. chuck | 11.04.08
Let’s see… Palin, having lost this race, will run for the Senate. Once there, will she be a “unifier”, or will she be an obstructer of Obama’s policies and a divider of the American people? Duh, an obstructer and divider !!
19. Norma | 11.04.08
Sarah from Alaska, you share all my values. I hope you will wake up and be the next vice-president elect and John McCain the next president. Either way, best wishes to you and your wonderful, beautiful family. You have given me much joy watching you on the campaign trail. Don’t believe the polls. Your popularity is WAY up there.
20. Divad | 11.04.08
So if she is praying about the election, I guess even Palen and all the repubs will have to concede that it was God’s will that Obama won! 
21. William | 11.04.08
Yeah Sarah, you go girl, your popularity is way up there, just like Paris Hilton.. What a sad place Republicans have fallen to. Every ad for Mccain Palin starts with a vicious attack against Obama, NONE from Obama do that at all. Are THOSE the values we support, attacking our fellow Americans? This election is a huge finger to those who have stuck it to us citizens.
23. aaron | 11.04.08
well lets see- the obvious republicans, im not so worried about. i hope they are finally routed.
the “small government” whatever you call them (call themselves libertarians but not like the ones I knew anyway) folks seem to have this hodgepodge of anti-immigrant, anti-government philosophies while not looking at the role big (unchecked) business has in our society. I won’t mention the fact that this entire nation is built of immigrants (minus the 100% native american people) and our students simply don’t study engineering or science or math enough so we import skilled people. i wont mention werner von braun and the rocket program, or einstein or a host of other immigrants that have built the power of this country to what it is.
i just have to wonder if you folks are really thinking or just reading “new republic” too much and getting all riled up about the wrong things.
we are a right wing country that bullies the world and we are making total fools of ourselves these days and going downhill and surprise surprise, old resentments surface. but some folks don’t like to look at this and just put their head in their as- er american pride, and instead of asking to improve the quality and commitment of american products and services, they ask for a free ride on the basis of being ‘merican’ and god-loving etc…
well if you are such a selfish person than i guess you don’t need anyone else and you dont need the world outside the usa and you can just have fun in your ignorant isolation and enjoy your freedom while your less paranoid cousins learn about things and try to understand the world we actually live in versus the world of ideology. take the ideology and stuff it people. its time we woke up to the fact that we just dont make many decent things anymore and we sure buy a lot.
24. World | 11.04.08
I hope she was misquoted. I’m not sure those are even complete sentences. If McCain / Palin lose, I hope she is never heard from again. She would get destroyed in a full-season campaign. Might be entertaining to watch though.
25. Mark J | 11.04.08
Here’s hoping that the Republicans get even further to the right with Palin at the helm and lose themselves for a decade like the conservatives did in the UK.
GO PALIN 2012!
26. Kevin K | 11.04.08
Did I seriously read that Palin is the only qualified candidate in the presidential elections? I don’t even know what to say to that other than you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. You are obviously mentally unstable and need to be institutionalized.
27. Norteus | 11.04.08
No doubt she voted for Uncle Ted. Alaska’s got to preserve its pork. She talks a strong game about bucking the Republican party; but as Alaskans have quickly discovered, she’s just as partisan as the worst of them. Her attacks on Obama were shameful. Don’t expect to be the most popular governor anymore.
And her experience to be president remains nonexistence. Game management and killing wolves is not a national priority, sorry Sarah. Go back to Alaska and please don’t ever leave again!
I hope she runs in 2012. That’ll be four more years of Obama, thank you!
28. Jimmy | 11.04.08
Will I wake up tomorrow and still be one nation under GOD or one nation under Democrat control? The later is scary!
29. NOBAMA | 11.04.08
Clearly most liberal’s thinking is short in substance as evidenced by their lack of thoughtful discourse, at least in this forum, but it seems this is a sampling of the larger animal. Most Obama supporters are standing with their hands out. A “What’s in it for me mentality” as evidenced by a comment made today by an Obama supporter who thinks he’s going to give her money to pay her mortgage and her car payment. Bright!
30. Barry Obama | 11.04.08
Palin has said she wants to move “up” in politics if she doesn’t win.
But she’s never really said what that means.
Because Stevens has had his sorry posterior revealed what it is, She’s (R), Stevens is (R), so she might want to take a look at that.
In terms of voting (here in Indiana - Fishers, just outside of Indianapolis), my place is about three miles away. I left home about 5:30am (on foot) and was home by 9:30am. It was in a church (separation of church & state is enforced except on Election Day?) and hotter than, well as Radar used to say, Hotter than H-E- double hockey sticks. I told those in line with me it wasn’t all that hot. Just a maintenance temp. I told fellow line-waiters they really cranked it up on Sunday mornings.
31. Jamie | 11.04.08
Sarah turned on her mentor Stephens after he was no longer useful. People are beginning to know who she really is and will put her out of office. She would have been great on the old Hee Haw Show. Perhaps Saturday Night Live will offer her a job!
32. Mike | 11.04.08
Lightnin links the Democrats to Big Brother activities. There has been nothing closer to that than the Bush administration. It amazes me how people blind themselves. If you can’t see Big Brother in this thankfully soon past administration, I guess you just can’t see Palin as the unqualified running mate that she is.
33. Gail Davidson | 11.04.08
Hopefully she will wake up tomorrow morning and get to work–for the State of Alaska, a job she has been ignoring for several months now. And she keeps being paid for not doing that job?
34. Tom | 11.04.08
I certainly respect her right to privacy in not disclosing whether she voted for Stevens or not…but I suspect she did…She is in no way prepared or ready to be vice-president, let alone president. She is a scary prospect for her future aspirations…
37. scott | 11.04.08
do the research… more government under Bush. (We have no privacy..if you think we live in the land of the free.. ha ha ha.
80% of people from other countries want Obama.. we need to be liked in the world again..not hated. Esp by China who Bush/Cheny sold us to! And in the past 50 years, more jobs, more money for all walks of life under Democratic Presidents. Like it or not (as i would like 3-4 heck 5 good people to choose from in the future, and i don’t give a hoot about what party as they all are the same)
38. Alumiaq | 11.04.08
I wish more people were as real and down to Earth as many Alaskans are; as Sarah is!
There is one vote which could make us wish for the “good ol’ days” of Bush……Obama!
39. jin | 11.04.08
the fact shes there in her position means that she has to do what she has to do. no doubt about the pales in comparison but come on cut her some slack. if she wins, we worry (highly doubt that) , if she loses we know she tried. she doesnt suck just well…….
40. utubuser10 | 11.04.08
It truly irks me, the conventional diatribe against ’socialism,’ so often espoused by those who pretend to belong to the ‘right majority.’ Their ranklings over the threat of a communal ideal grates especially in light of their insistence on their God-given right to greed. “Sharing the wealth” is certainly more palatable and consistent with the tenets of the Christian doctrine so “dearly” held by these misguided defenders of greed than is the flawed philosophy of “trickle down” economics whereby the superiority of one class over the other is always assumed.
41. PSYCHONUTBALLZ | 11.04.08
She is not the scary one… that “Democrat” psycho, liberal, socialist is who is the scary one. Does he REALLY care about anyone but himself, and the backtalk that he has to keep covered up? He is a SCARY smooth talker….
42. cindy in new york | 11.05.08
Sarah is a fantastic political force. She has values and integrity and morals and she speaks so very clearly to the American people. Anyone who has REALLY taken the time to research this very special woman would realize how talented and valuable she is for our country. The press has been horrible and unprofessional and I am sorry to say I speak the truth when I say we have many sheep in the country who follow what the press says (people read headlines only and have not taken the time or the opportunity to research who the candidates are). It’s unfortunate and very grave for our country as we embark on a new chapter. We need to be united and Sarah Palin can do that. I truly hope we see her again soon. She knows what is best for the people.
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Jimmy Orr has worked in politics for the majority of his professional career working for two U.S. Senators, two Governors and one President. Most recently, Orr served as White House Spokesman and Internet Director for President George W. Bush and Special Advisor to Governor Schwarzenegger for Internet Communications.
David Cook is Washington bureau chief of The Christian Science Monitor and host of the Monitor's newsmaker breakfasts. He was the Monitor's editor from 1994 to 2001. Cook is a graduate of Principia College, served in the U.S. Army, was a Bagehot Fellow at Columbia University, and is a member of the Gridiron Club, Washington's oldest journalistic organization.
1. Paul | 11.04.08
You go girl…Will vote for ya in 4 years as the first Woman “President”