Palin Slams Proposed Cuts to Missile Defense

[RamboLiberal]

Source: ABC News

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) announced Thursday that she has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates urging him not to go forward with plans to cut $1.4 billion out of missile defense.

"I would like to express my deep concern over your proposed budget cuts to the Missile Defense Agency," writes Palin in her letter. "In these crucial times of rocket design and technology development by North Korea and Iran, I believe the global missile defense shield is more important now than ever."

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The letter is one of the first times since the 2008 election that John McCain's former running mate has weighed in on an issue with national security implications.

Up until now, Palin's criticism of the Obama administration has focused on economics (she rejected 55 percent of the stimulus money available to her state out of a concern that it would grow the size of state government once the federal dollars dry up) and on sensitivity (she slammed President Obama for joking on the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" that his poor bowling skills resemble those found at the Special Olympics).



Read more: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/04/palin-slams-pro.html

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Palin's letter. http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/Letter-MissileDefense_Apr08-2009.pdf

[Windy]

1. Oh please......

and I wonder who she got to write the letter for her...

Will she ever go away?

[Ken Burch]

34. No. But she's not the first Alaska GOPPER to be obsessed with getting Star Wars up here

I was on the camera crew that did live coverage of the Alaska Leg in the 90's, and they were drooling about it then. They wanted to have their own war-starting toy right up here on the Last Frontier.

If they could have found a way to put Star Wars under their OWN control, they'd have done it.

[LynnTheDem]

2. Dear utterly stupid Palin'; a $21 billion INCREASE is NOT a "CUT".

DUHHHHHHH!

Holy fuck; rightwingnuts can't even figure out simple grade 1 MATH???!!

No fucking wonder we're in this bloody shithole!

[mitchum]

10. That's why it took her 6 years to earn a BA in Communications. In Communications.

Most scholarship jocks are able to earn their Communications BA in 4 years.

She is exceedingly stupid.

[sakabatou]

17. ::faceplam::

[Kerrytravelers]

3. Tell you what, Sarah. You can help out here, saving us some money.

Keep looking out your window for Putin's head to rear. And let us know if you can see anything else from your house.


:crazy:

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[Ian David]

5. She let 400 Germans land un-detected on her state, and NOW she's worried?

www.tinyurl.com/GermanInvasionGate

[Drunken Irishman]

6. How cute, Sarah's trying to play adult.

[Webster Green]

7. Experts say the thing will never work..

Why build an expensive system that won't do what it's supposed to do?

What an idiot! :eyes:

[moggie]

11. It does what it's supposed to do

As a pork delivery system, it works very well.

[Webster Green]

18. True enough..

Bastids! :mad:

[superconnected]

14. Because republicans are owned by the defense industry and guess who this money is going to?

[Webster Green]

19. No doubt Sarah would get a little of the porkfest..(n/t)

[moggie]

8. Kim Jong-Il's head could never reach Alaskan airspace

Hasn't this imbecile had her fifteen minutes?

[Believing Is Art]

15. In a battle of wits between Kim Jong-Il and Palin,

who would be at an advantage?

I'm having a hard time deciding this one.

[Kerrytravelers]

16. Will the test be in English?

Because poor Sarah will need to brush up a bit before the test. Pull an all-night study cram.

[Believing Is Art]

25. I don't know, but

Kim Jong-Il can probably shoot a hole-in-one in Russia from Sarah Palin's house.

[Ken Burch]

35. It probably comes down to which one has bigger hair.

Right now, it's pretty much a draw.

[cosmicone]

9. Palin needs to worry more about missiles hitting

her daughter between her legs.

[RamboLiberal]

13. Oh am I glad I swallowed that mouthful of water

before reading your post. :rofl:

[Hugabear]

31. You mean the flesh torpedo?

Man the torpedos!

[PhilosopherKing]

12. She's playing politics so she can seem

like she knows what she is talking about when it comes to foreign policy.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. Ack...she is so on my "things that must go away forever" list.

Along with Sean Hannity, Twilight, Glen Beck, Fox News, and okra.

[niceypoo]

21. Did she slam it between speaking in 'tongues'...

...with Jan Crouch?

[tomm2thumbs]

22. why isn't she complainin' to People Magazine- oh, that's right it's only for 'family stuff'

she's a card - a joker

[Politicalboi]

23. Scream Baby Scream

LOL!

[MetaTrope]

24. What does missile defense technology have to do with meth production?

[ohheckyeah]

26. I wonder what makes her think

that what she has to say is relevant to anything.

[and-justice-for-all]

27. She does not know what the VP does...

so what exactly does she know about this?? NOTTA.

[Javaman]

28. she's worried about those Russian missiles she can see from her back door. LOL

:rofl:

[classysassy]

29. The fool

who refuse to fade away.

[Hugabear]

30. Palin has reason to be worried. She can see the North Korean missiles from her yard.

n/t

[Kalyan]

32. don't you have a day time job as Alaska Gov.

pathetic - how this lady yearns for public attention.

Mrs. Palin - how about focusing on Alaskan issues for now?

[heliarc]

33. Against Condoms and for Missile defense...

I detect a correlation.

[Union Yes]

36. Peace is the bestest missile defense.

Sarah also said abstinence only is a good policy to teach in our public schools.

Only to see how "great" that policy worked on her own daughter.

Her ideas tend to backfire.

[mikeytherat]

37. Dearest Sarah: "Defense" mechanisms never work. Only abstinence from war can prevent war.

So, I implore you, please push "abstinence" as the only route to take. Since you're already a pro at this, it should be easy.

mikey_the_rat