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...President [Sept. 1]. The reason: he has the curiosity to look deeply into controversial issues. I am 80 years old and was raised in Wisconsin, where folks rarely considered anything from another perspective. Luckily for me, I did not go down that path. I opted to live in Alaska from 1949 on into its statehood. I can well appreciate Obama's ability to examine an idea or a policy that has been suitable and then move on if it no longer fits. The value of this trait escapes most Americans. Sadly, the very positive attributes Obama possesses appear...
...PAUL, Minn.—As Alaska Governor Sarah Palin prepares to accept the Republican nomination for vice president tonight, members of the party nationally as well as at Harvard say they’re unfazed by the news that Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant...
...former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee. The big man with the muddy drawl, perhaps more famous for his "Law & Order" re-runs than for his legislative career, treated the delegates and guests to a populist paean to his pal McCain and his running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska...
...knowledgeable source told TIME that Palin plans to deliver a relatively short, plainspoken address in the voice of an ordinary working mom. She'll talk about challenging old-boy networks - oil companies, Alaska's corrupt GOP establishment - and learning to lead. Raising five kids while making a career won't necessarily earn you an invitation to the Council on Foreign Relations, but it does instill organization and discipline. That's what Palin brings to the table, the source said...
...Palin made social issues the cornerstone of her governorship. When a parental consent law was struck down by Alaska's highest court in 2007, Palin called the decision "outrageous" but refused calls from conservatives to remedy the defeat by introducing antiabortion legislation in a session that was supposed to be about drilling rights...