Comments on: A chat with Anne Kilkenny from Alaska http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/ To a sufficient degree; in an evenhanded manner. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:53:23 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Cindy Kilkenny http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7657 Cindy Kilkenny Tue, 09 Sep 2008 16:02:47 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7657 **note** <a href="http://fairlyconservative.com/blogging/anne-kilkenny-a-new-post-to-handle-comments/" rel="nofollow">Continue comments here</a>. **note**

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]]> By: Cindy Kilkenny http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7656 Cindy Kilkenny Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:58:15 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7656 Vive la donkey vote! I've an insider that says Aussie politics are indeed interesting. Steve - thanks again. At 7 hours ahead I have an odd range of computer time. I appreciate that you've taken up some slack. I did have to wonder if they've read both threads. I think I'm going to close this one and the first, and then open a second comment post. These are taking a long time to load. Vive la donkey vote! I’ve an insider that says Aussie politics are indeed interesting.

Steve – thanks again. At 7 hours ahead I have an odd range of computer time. I appreciate that you’ve taken up some slack.

I did have to wonder if they’ve read both threads. I think I’m going to close this one and the first, and then open a second comment post. These are taking a long time to load.

]]> By: jeu from Alaska http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7655 jeu from Alaska Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:53:23 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7655 Thank you writing from Alaska! I can't believe that I'm actually seeing remarks reflecting that people feel Anne only wrote the e-mail out of vendication. So far from the truth. I live here in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska. I've watched. I've seen. Research the facts for yourself if you don't believe what she's said. PLEASE - make an informed vote in November. Thank you writing from Alaska! I can’t believe that I’m actually seeing remarks reflecting that people feel Anne only wrote the e-mail out of vendication. So far from the truth. I live here in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska. I’ve watched. I’ve seen. Research the facts for yourself if you don’t believe what she’s said. PLEASE – make an informed vote in November.

]]> By: Writing from Alaska http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7652 Writing from Alaska Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:48:40 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7652 For those who are interested, there is an article on the Anchorage Daily News website about Anne Kilkenny and her letter. By the way, she only meant for this to go to a couple of friends in the beginning so this whole hoopla is a bit of surprise to her as well. For those who are interested, there is an article on the Anchorage Daily News website about Anne Kilkenny and her letter. By the way, she only meant for this to go to a couple of friends in the beginning so this whole hoopla is a bit of surprise to her as well.

]]> By: Mike, Lake Worth, FL. http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7650 Mike, Lake Worth, FL. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:48:02 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7650 I live in a city where politics has gotten very personal and not the least about the issues. I have no idea who Ms. Kilkenny is and the motive for her article. But what I do know is that this election has somehow gotten away from the problems that face our country. As a registered republican I was disappointed in the lack of solutions the party offered at the RNC. Instead what we got was a smoke screen in the way of a VP selection that has me baffled. While good at one liners I have'nt a glue why McCain would pick such an inexperieced person , when he has run a campaign focused on that very issue.While I do'nt doubt Palin's ambition, I do have serious reservations of her capabilities to lead this country in the event she would have to. Lets be reasonable, McCain is 72 years old,and it is not completely out of the realm of possililty. In the coming weeks when Palin has to face the media with tough questions that are unscripted we"ll see what the pitbull with lipstick is really made of. Either way, John McCain has traded personal attacks to issues in a time that we can least afford it. I live in a city where politics has gotten very personal and not the least about the issues. I have no idea who Ms. Kilkenny is and the motive for her article. But what I do know is that this election has somehow gotten away from the problems that face our country. As a registered republican I was disappointed in the lack of solutions the party offered at the RNC. Instead what we got was a smoke screen in the way of a VP selection that has me baffled. While good at one liners I have’nt a glue why McCain would pick such an inexperieced person , when he has run a campaign focused on that very issue.While I do’nt doubt Palin’s ambition, I do have serious reservations of her capabilities to lead this country in the event she would have to. Lets be reasonable, McCain is 72 years old,and it is not completely out of the realm of possililty. In the coming weeks when Palin has to face the media with tough questions that are unscripted we”ll see what the pitbull with lipstick is really made of. Either way, John McCain has traded personal attacks to issues in a time that we can least afford it.

]]> By: jeu from Alaska http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7645 jeu from Alaska Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:30:40 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7645 If Anne will not speak up for herself, than I will speak up for her. I live in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska, as well. Yes, Anne does exist, and yes, she is a well respected member of the community. Google Anne Kilkenny + Alaska to view her credentials. These things did go on - I've watched, I've seen, too. The facts can be verified if you just care to do it. If Anne will not speak up for herself, than I will speak up for her. I live in the Mat-Su Valley, Alaska, as well. Yes, Anne does exist, and yes, she is a well respected member of the community. Google Anne Kilkenny + Alaska to view her credentials. These things did go on – I’ve watched, I’ve seen, too. The facts can be verified if you just care to do it.

]]> By: Marian http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7644 Marian Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:21:33 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7644 Anne Kilkenny has a right to her opinion as does everyone else. Her email is what it is. Who is to say how or why her perspective is what it is? Or, what our own opinions would be if we were residents of Wasilla. I just do not understand the level of nastiness in the comments posted here. Anne Kilkenny has a right to her opinion as does everyone else. Her email is what it is. Who is to say how or why her perspective is what it is? Or, what our own opinions would be if we were residents of Wasilla. I just do not understand the level of nastiness in the comments posted here.

]]> By: Steve http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7643 Steve Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:10:05 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7643 Allan C, I think you need to go back through the posts if you believe we haven't attempted (and succeeded or qualified her opinion) to dispell much of what Anne K. says about Palin. Investigtion starts with reading the letter and applying the smell test. IMHO, Anne K doesn't past the smell test. There's too much missing and too much that tells us nothing. Next step...research the "facts". Do they hold up to scrutiny? Is there missing information that would color the "facts" differently (such as a vote for a complex bond and resulting tax increase)? When the facts or qualifiers aren't lining up with Anne, then one tries to discern a motive. Is she paid or somehow compensated to spread myths? That doesn't appear to be the case. We re-read back through the letter and see an obvious animosity she carries for Palin. We can come up with some more-or-less difinitive and some mostly "creative" reasons as to the soure of this animosity. It's a process. P.S. What part of Oz? I visited your east coast for 6 weeks right after 9/11. You happen to be having elections there at the time. That was a bit of an eye-opener. ;-) Allan C,

I think you need to go back through the posts if you believe we haven’t attempted (and succeeded or qualified her opinion) to dispell much of what Anne K. says about Palin.

Investigtion starts with reading the letter and applying the smell test. IMHO, Anne K doesn’t past the smell test. There’s too much missing and too much that tells us nothing.

Next step…research the “facts”. Do they hold up to scrutiny? Is there missing information that would color the “facts” differently (such as a vote for a complex bond and resulting tax increase)?

When the facts or qualifiers aren’t lining up with Anne, then one tries to discern a motive. Is she paid or somehow compensated to spread myths? That doesn’t appear to be the case. We re-read back through the letter and see an obvious animosity she carries for Palin. We can come up with some more-or-less difinitive and some mostly “creative” reasons as to the soure of this animosity.

It’s a process.

P.S. What part of Oz? I visited your east coast for 6 weeks right after 9/11. You happen to be having elections there at the time. That was a bit of an eye-opener. ;-)

]]> By: Eileen http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7639 Eileen Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:07:34 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7639 Exactly what would one expect a Democat to say about any Republican that disagreed with Sarah Palin on everything.... and lost! BTW... she says that Palin is very popular.... if she is doing things that people do not like, then she would be UNpopular in Alaska! Anne Kilkenny must a be quite a B----! Exactly what would one expect a Democat to say about any Republican that disagreed with Sarah Palin on everything…. and lost!
BTW… she says that Palin is very popular…. if she is doing things that people do not like, then she would be UNpopular in Alaska!
Anne Kilkenny must a be quite a B—-!

]]> By: Allan C. http://fairlyconservative.com/2008/09/02/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny-from-alaska/#comment-7638 Allan C. Tue, 09 Sep 2008 13:56:02 +0000 http://fairlyconservative.com/the-race-for-president/a-chat-with-anne-kilkenny/#comment-7638 This thread is amusing. I agree with John T., from Australia. Most of the anti-Kilkenny posts in this long thread do NOT dispute the facts she says are true. They merely look for or suggest ulterior motives (of everyone who does not, or could be suspected to not, disagree with Kilkenny). I have found this to be typical ad hominem right wing rhetoric when it comes to politics, aka hot air. As I type this on Tuesday morning, the internet is full of information about this letter and its author, from traditional journalistic sources, which say that a) she exists and avers she wrote it, b) most of the allegations she makes are factually based, in the sense that, for instance, she did indeed attend many Wasalia city council meetings and could therefore be right about Palin's actions, and c) are accepted by a large number of local people as true. This whole thing has been a fascinating thing to watch. Until the last two days the major impression I had of Sarah Palin was that she looked absolutely remarkably like a lady who does ads for eyeglasses. Really! Now I see her as just another backwoods politician with a angle that works, augmented in her case by good looks. That I think explains why so many men are smitten by her. Why the women are is something I do not understand. This thread is amusing. I agree with John T., from Australia. Most of the anti-Kilkenny posts in this long thread do NOT dispute the facts she says are true. They merely look for or suggest ulterior motives (of everyone who does not, or could be suspected to not, disagree with Kilkenny). I have found this to be typical ad hominem right wing rhetoric when it comes to politics, aka hot air.

As I type this on Tuesday morning, the internet is full of information about this letter and its author, from traditional journalistic sources, which say that a) she exists and avers she wrote it, b) most of the allegations she makes are factually based, in the sense that, for instance, she did indeed attend many Wasalia city council meetings and could therefore be right about Palin’s actions, and c) are accepted by a large number of local people as true.

This whole thing has been a fascinating thing to watch. Until the last two days the major impression I had of Sarah Palin was that she looked absolutely remarkably like a lady who does ads for eyeglasses. Really!

Now I see her as just another backwoods politician with a angle that works, augmented in her case by good looks. That I think explains why so many men are smitten by her. Why the women are is something I do not understand.

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