It’s Palin

shallow McCain, shallow. A pure public relations move. Should you be elected it is HIGHLY likely that you will become incapacitated at some point during your term of office. Is this governor of Alaska remotely qualified or experienced to be President? You have been pounding on Obama’s youth and inexperience so you pull the most flagrant, hypocritical, and frankly desperate move to remain in the spotlight. Do you think that because you picked a woman, women will forget that you want to take the choice away from them as to what they can do with their bodies?

Whooo hooo! That outta take the wind out of Obama’s sails.
And they can’t knock her experience, because the top of the dems ticket has less experience than she does!
Love it!

BAHAHA ..MCCAIN JUST SERRENDER AND GIVE AWAY THE ELECTION
THAT DEFEAT HIS OWN ARGUMENT ABOUT OBAMA EXPERIENCE,
SARAH PALIN YOUR NEXT PRESIDENT, IF THAT DOESNT SCARE THE HELL OUT OF YOU ., 1 TERM AND SERVE ALASKA OF 8000 PEOPLE.

This will go down as the worst VP pick in history.

Awwww, the Obama speech gets knocked off the radar. Poor Obama. Lol.
Now which party is all about CHANGE?! And this gal is as far away from Washington as you can get! A REAL outsider, just like Obama preaches that we need!
Eat your heart out democrats!!

I trend republican, and support gun rights, and not too keen on abortion (for ethical reasons, I’m atheist). I’m also a woman. You’d think this would be a match.
But no way. I’m not going to vote for anyone who’ll restrict abortion. You can reduce without restricting it. You give those unwanted pregnant women medical care, adoption services, and reeducation possibilities to move on with their lives – THAT’S how you reduce abortion, not letting women die in back alleys somewhere.
If the Hillary Supporters go for this ticket in anger – god help every woman in this country. S’all I’m saying. Roe v. Wade will be overturned faster than a flapjack at IHOP.

This woman is against the woman’s fundamental right to decide, she has no experience, no charisma, no understanding of the world and no education. If McSame believes that all women are stupid and he choses a token and they will follow him, that is an insult to all American women. God save America from McSame.

You can see the fear in the mainstream media’s eyes.
They know this is over for Obama. If they bash a woman, they know they’re history.
Whooo hooo! Brilliant move McCain! Let’s watch the media try to ignore THIS historic moment! Women will be livid if they do.
Again, brilliant.

Gov. Palin has more hands-on experience than the Obamessiah. Her first task in office should be to get to the bottom of the Tony Rezko/Obama connection, as well as the Biden finance law fiasco.

This is such a slap in the face to Hillary. Do the Republicans think that Hillary’s 18 million votes were because she is a woman? People voted for her because of the woman she is. Sarah Palin does not even come close. I will vote Obama/Biden all the way.

McCain picked a superster and an inexperienced candidate. She was a beauty queen before she became a mayor. Let us see the ad “ready on day one and superster” again

Some say… you will only vote for McCain because VP choice is a woman. Well how many AA will vote Obama just because he is black, not because he is going to make a good president.

Thank you, McCain! Sarah Palin will continue the movement that Hillary started. I believe it’s time in America for a change, for equality for women. Palin, we love you already!!!

“I’ve been blessed with the right timing here,” Palin said before the election. “There’s no doubt that Alaskans right now are dealing in an atmosphere of distrust of government and industry.”
On Aug. 1, she scored a major victory when the Alaska legislature passed a bill that authorizes her administration to award a license to TransCanada Alaska to build a 1,715-mile natural gas pipeline from Prudhoe Bay on Alaska’s North Slope to a hub in Canada.
The pipeline would be the largest construction project in the history of North America. If completed as hoped within ten years, it would ship 4.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. The United States imported about 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day in 2007.

They cannot erase Hillary history. Palin is no Hillary

An obvious pander move! If McCain and his “Rovers” think an anti-choice woman on the ticket will siphon off the Hillary supporters, they’d better think again. I’m a pro-choice senior citizen who didn’t vote for Hillary but truly appreciate her fight for women’s right to choose. I don’t think the PUMAs will fall for this, but if they do then Phyllis Schlafly and James Dobson will have won, not the disgruntled Hillary supporters.

Brilliant pick. She’ll pick up a lot of women voters. Like me.

Amazing that even though she’s only 44, between the two of them they’re still 117 years old!!

Wasilla’s estimated population for 2003 is 6,715. Assume now that it is 10,000.
She has been governor for under 2 years but how is running this town which is almost smaller than my kid’s local public high school experience??
We will find out how stupid this country is.

A pow, 26 years in the Senate, votes with the opposition when he wants something done, a woman who seems pretty smart and has good experience outside the government as his VP, opposed to a street hustler with a plagerizing man as his VP neither having jobs that didn’t depend on the Governemt for funds,who are the most liberal in the Senate catering to the furtherist reaches of the looney left.

We aren’t considering McCain-Palin out of anger, Chicka. Or because she’s a woman. We’re looking for an alternative to the most and the third most liberal members of the Senate. Moderation in the name of healing our country is not a vice.

YES! Sarah Palin is the perfect pick for the McCain campaign! This was an excellent choice. She is a woman with great conservative credentials and she is tough as nails. I’d like to see Joe Biden try to go after her. Obama, your campaign is O-V-E-R! McCain/Palin2008….

Biden is going to tear into this rookie! LMAO!! A senile old man and a woman with 2 years of experiance from Alaska. LMAO!!! What a joke! How many people does she govern? 100000 tops!

This woman cannot handle any crisis when Mccain get a crisis

I applaud the attempt of the McCain campaign to make history and have a woman as second in command, but it feels too staged and forced. Why did the public not have much of a hint about Palin, who she was and her political stance until now? Was it perhaps because she was a last minute decision?
You cannot have as one of your political cornerstones experience (26 years in Senate) and blast Obama for his lack of experience on one hand and then pick a governor who has essentially as much experience as he does and not be hypocritical.
I do not have enough knowledge on Palin to make an informed decision about her individually as a candidate but McCain’s decision to nominate her and contradict his stance on experience just made me officially an Obama supporter.

To Izzy, who wrote: Thank you, McCain! Sarah Palin will continue the movement that Hillary started. I believe it’s time in America for a change, for equality for women. Palin, we love you already!!!
Izzy, Izzy, Izzy, do you truly think Sarah Palin will continue “Hillary’s movement” when Sarah is strongly anti-choice??? Think about it and you may find that this is NOT the way for equality for women.

Her husband is already known as “First Dude” in Alaska. Her own nickname is Sarah Barracuda because of her tenacity. Her oldest son is in the Army and her youngest son was born with Down’s Syndrome. Her popularity in Alaska is phenomenal, in the 80s and 90s. She is an energy expert, and just recently signed her plan to build a natural gas pipeline, which is a huge achievement in her administration, and Alaska’s natural gas can begin flowing into hungry energy markets all across the USA. I read her bio, How a Small Town Mom Turned Alaska’s Political Establishment on Its Ear, a month ago, and I’ve been keeping up on the Draft Palin for VP site for months. I knew this was a long shot, but this payoff feels so good. Thanks McCain! I’d like to see Romney as Secretary of State.

Wonderful choice. I have so much respect for this ticket. Moral values do count. NRA member…very important to me. Sounds like a dynamic duo!

So… her experience is being a mayor of a town 1/9 the size of the crowd at Obama’s acceptance speech last night?

McCain gets a crisis in less than a year. How can she be commander in chief. Ms beauty queen

She has 8 more years executive experience than Obama. She is dealing with matters of national importance such as our energy supply. The population of Alaska is a non issue. it has massive importance to the nation for resource development and independence from foreign oil.
Her experience is crucial on this ticket. How about Obama talking a new kind of politics by picking a Washington insider who is an old white man. A new kind of politics is Sarah Palin.

The media already looks worried. McCain/Palin in a landslide.
Welcome Hillary supporters!

Fantastic pick. I love it. Dems gave me nothing but ugly political theater. Who were they trying to fool. I’m pro-choice, but so what? Abortion is a big question, true. But so very little, too. The future of America may just be this principle lady from out in the wild.

McCain always chooses younger women as his mates — Cindy over his first wife, and now Palin!
Very, very coincidental.
McCain: No fool like an OLD fool!

Jo
What do you intend/need to get out of this election? So far you have bee just happy to think that this changes things for Obama, and it may, who knows. But, as he stated last night it’s not about him, it’s about YOU! so what will you get if the McCain/Palin ticket wins?

If McCain dies during office and she becomes president? Why would that be a problem? If Obama wins he has no experience either:) Obama should have picked Hillary then they would have been unbeatable.

How stupid on his part. Thinking if he chose a woman he could still Hillary’s women.
I am embarrassed for her, McCain has done nothing to help women, he votes against us all the time. He is an empty suite. I am woman hear me roar… I will never in this life time vote McCain in office.

This is a truly ridiculous pick. I don’t know much about Ms. Palin, so I have no specific criticism of her, but for McCain to pick someone with so little experience, particularly in foreign policy, when he will be – if elected – one of the oldest presidents ever, is just mind-numbing. McCain’s choice is so transparently cynical: he hopes to pick up disaffected Hillary supporters. Women of all political persuasions should know better: this is not a feminist statement – if anything it’s an anti-feminist statement. “Didn’t get your way with Hillary? We’ll give you Palin!” It’s ludicrous and McCain should be taken apart by the punditry for this nonsense.

To the math-challenged person who noted that together McCain/Palin are 117 years old: well, Biden and Obama together equal 113 years old.
Most of us can figure out that there’s only 4 years’ difference there…

Becky, you won’t be embarrassed for her when she’s VP, so don’t waste your tears.
Again, watch the media make fools of themselves saying her lack of experience makes her unqualified, yet praise Obama to the hilt, and he has less experience.
This is such fun.

Wow, very hilarious to see the vicious attacks by Obama supporters. Clearly you’re worried.
Here is why I see Palin sealing the deal here for McCain victory:
1. Argument: She is inexperienced. Anwer: She is as experienced as Obama. Additionally, you put your experienced candidate on the TOP of the ticket. Obama/Biden is UPSIDE DOWN. This choice will accentuate that.
2. Female. Will get Hillary Clinton supporters (not all but many). HRC gives a speech on the monumental nature of her run, now we have a chance to make a real monument.
3. HRC can now with a straight face say she considers McCain/Palin a good ticket because there’s a female on the ticket, and HRC needs to maintain her trailblazer image she is now adopting.
4. Palin is a real conservative, and as tough as HRC.
5. This choice shows McCain is getting beyond the old GOP.
6. Biden cannot viciously attack Palin, as he had planned on doing, for fear of the Obama/Biden ticket looking ant-feminist.
It’s over people, Palin was a bold choice, not a weak safe choice like Obama’s.

Palin will be a chew toy for Biden and for most women, who are pro-choice, she will be a big turn-off. He’s courting the religious right, big deal. Obama can win without the evangelicals. Hillary supporters will view this as a cynical choice and only the most delusional will vote for McCain. And Palin has less experience than Obama–add it up.

Confused,
What’s so confusing. Do you not grasp the difference between President and VP? Don’t you think it is absurd to have all the experience as VP and no experience as the Pres on the ticket??
This will accentuate that choice.
It’s over people. First female VP on the way.

Historic? Does anyone actually know history? 1984: Geraldine Ferraro – 1st female VP nominee. And how did that go again?

They must be out of thier mind, she is no Hillary. Hillary supporters don’t need a woman because of her part. They need someone that has been their for them. McCain took all of Bush and Karl Rove people and could not make a good judgement of his own.

Obama has been in an elected office for 12 years.
Eight as an Illinois Senator and four as a U.S. Senator. Obama represented a large state for 12 years.
Palin was mayor of a small town, population of 3,000. My school had more then 3,000 students. Heck she was probably class president. She governed a small state for a year and half. The “inexperience” factor has been taken off the table for McCain.
God forbid McCain dies during his presidency. Is this the women you would want has your presidenct? She’s 44 and has no real experience. Imagine her in a debate with Biden. It’s almost sad. Biden wouldn’t even have to try.
McCain has just taken the biggest risk of his life and I don’t think it will pay off.

This just fired up the rightwing base, the evangelicals, etc.
Just what the Obama people DIDN’T need.
President McCain – get use to it!

The DNC ALLOWED SEXIST BIAS TO HANDICAP THE ONLY WOMAN IN THE RACE. When Tucker Carlson said that Hillary Clinton was a CASTRATOR, the DNC WAS SILENT. When Chris Matthews said that Bill Clinton’s INFIDELITY was the ONLY REASON for Hillary Clinton’s achievements, the DNC WAS SILENT. When the MEDIA CIRCUS unleashed a sexist onslaught of criticism against Senator Clinton regarding: her laugh, her cleavage, her pants, her wrinkles, her earrings, her “bitchiness,” her emotional “instability” the DNC WAS SILENT.
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WHAT? HUH? CAN YOU HEAR THIS NOW DONC!!!

Thank you Alaska (“Alyeska”), you are indeed a Great Land. North to the Future! Your perfect motto represents Alaska as a land of promise, and we’re feeling promise this morning with this news out of Alaska.

Lets look at this from both sides before we jump down McCains throat, She may not be the big name that many of us wanted him to pick, but let us remember with each of the big names came big baggage, From what I can find about her she is level headed and reform minded, which speaks a lot about the man who picked her. We need a big change in washington, and this could be just the Ticket to get it done

Hey Leroy don’t blame it on Geraldine. Mondale was on that ticket! There’s your difference. This time it is BO. Not sure McCain will get my vote but no way in hell wil BO get my vote!
Hillary 2012!

HP in Boston, excellent post. So true that the DNC was silent during the Hillary bashing.

It’s amazing, Dems and libs stating that Palin, the only one of the four with executive experinece being criticized for not having experience. How do you know she wasn’t a community organizer like Obama? Now’s there’s qualification for you!

This is clearly a choice predicated upon Senator McCain’s and the RNC’s desire to capitalize on disgruntled Hillary supporters. If the McCain campaign is so delusional as to think that by simply nominating a woman, albeit a conservative woman of little experience, for the VP position, they are out truly of touch. I was for Hillary Clinton. I am very familiar with Hillary Clinton’s record and platform. Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton.

All that is in here are republicans claming to be HRC supporters. True HRC supporters SMART women see this is just an effort to pander on sexist ideals.

Another brilliant move the McCain people can’t make. If the media bashes her pro life record, WE can discuss Obama’s incredibly liberal abortion record of supporting partial birth abortion and letting a baby die without medical intervention after a botched abortion!
Brilliant McCain – brilliant! The Obamabots and the media media are in a lose-lose situation!

C’mon kids, isn’t this the wildest Presidential election of all time? No matter who you’re for, ya gotta love it!

Wonder what Hillary’s really thinking now? And I don’t think Palin will cower in front of Putin.

One of the commentators on the TV net work made a comment that the choice of VP has little bearing on the outcome of the election because the voter focuses on the Presidential candidate. I don’t know how far this is true. At this time as a Hillary supporter, I am totally unhappy with the Democratic Party and Obama. I will take time to watch and hear John McCain and his VP candidate and will make a decision in November to vote Republican or stay home.

The evangelical base will be fired up and that is Obama’s worst nightmare.
Bring it on!

Two weeks ago I told my dh that McCain needs to pick Palin! It’s good to be right! lol! The only problem I have with her is her stance on abortion. My dh & I are voting a split ticket…McCain/Palin for pres/vp & dems for senate & house. So long as no party is in control of both houses of congress and the executive, I can sleep comfortably.
As for the abortion issue, repealing Roe v Wade will not make abortion illegal; it will leave the choice up to each individual state. Those states that are blue will probably stay pro-choice; those states that are red…well, hopefully its not too far of a drive to a blue state. Maybe this will encourage states to make birth control more accessible & lower the number of abortions.
Too bad Obama didn’t pick Hillary…even though I’m a moderate republican, I would have voted for her as pres; or begrudgingly, as vice pres.
Smart move McCain. But I expected it. Republicans tend to be realists.

Every single one of you who has written that Palin was chosen just because of her gender needs to immediately apologize, just as you called for Geraldine Ferraro to do when she said the same about Obama.
The fact of the matter is that she has an extremely compelling background and life’s story, and as a potential alternative to the first and third most liberal members of the Senate, I’ll consider her.

Joe,
And putting up Obama with 145 days of experience in government (PERIOD) who happens to be black isn’t pandering?????
Wake up bubba. The Dems have no business objecting to any “token” candidate, even if she is one which I dont think she is… The Democrats are the KINGS of token minority business.
I’ve been quota-ized out of college loans, jobs and a lot of things. All white people, especially white women have.

I hate to think that those who support pro-choice Hilary would switch to Pro Life Palin – just because of gender – that type of thinking sets the whole movement back. Even more than ever I will vote the Dem ticket to support what Hilary stands for (intellectually not biologically)

I am an Obama supporter (usually vote Republican) and to answer some of your post – I am worried about Palin. Not for any of the reasons you have posted. I am worried because she is a heartbeat away from the Presidency and has zero experience on the international/national stage. (cue all the lack of Obama experience post now – but he has had experience and judgement when and where it counts) If McCain had picked Romney, Crist or any of the others, we could have a good political debate. (for those interested in policy and not just name-calling – including Obama people) I know McCain supporters are enthusiastic about their party platform, but what a discouraging choice for VP and scary time for America if a 72 year old man with a history of cancer enters the White House with a complete and total beginner as his back up. That is what scares this Obama supporter.

Obama’s glory lasted all but a few hours.
God love you McCain!

This is a weird choice … plenty of other republican women McCain should have picked. He just lost a segment of the conservative base that had no where to go (hello 3rd party). Do you really think the evangelicals will vote for a woman that has chosen a path of politics over raising her family (including a baby with downs syndrome)? I think not …..

Carla,
Repeat after me. She didn’t get an abortion. It’s called putting your money where your mouth is. She’s golden.

The Obama Movement PAID THE SUPERDELEGATES who endorsed Senator Obama. Crucial Super Delegates pledged their support to Obama after the Obama Movement contributed tens of thousands of dollars to them. These were Super Delegates whose constituents had voted overwhelmingly for Senator Clinton in the primaries.
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The corrupt Undemocratic party has forced me out, they said they do not need my vote!
We now hit back and get a VP who is a woman, and we will vote straight Republican!!!

Carla – That’s really grasping at straws!

This is not a safe choice McCain. It is totally a gamble!

This is the “best” choice? Sure, right!

I am absolutely astonished that any supporter of Obama can attack ANYONE about lack of experience!
The man is a empty suit. Whatever your hopes, dreams, fears – Obama will help you. Change. Hope.
Face it he stands for nothing, promises everything. The fact that this guy is even close is dissapointing to no end

How’s MClame paying for his?

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED. I THINK JUS LIKE MYSELF A LOT OF HILLARY SUPPORTERS SENT EMAIL TO McCAIN TELLING HIM TO GET A WOMAN ON BOARD HE JUST DID THAT. MORE THAN NEVER GO McCAIN/PALIN . LEARN ABOUT HER FIRTS BEFORE TRHOWING HER UNDER THE BUS. SHE IS A FORMER MAYOR, HIGH ETHICS BACKGROUND, WORKING MOM OF 5, MARRIED TO A REGULAR BLUE COLLAR GUY.

Joe,
I don’t seen McCain standing in front of a GREEK TEMPLE. Do you?

Republican 2008 bumpersticker:
McPain

It’s going to be a historic ticket when she becomes the first woman Vice President in US history.

Sarah Palin has more experience than Obama already….
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I would love to hear how you rationize a statement like this. She’s been a MAYOR of a TINY town and a governor for a partial term of a state indebted to big oil companies.
I guess the blind will always see what they want to see.

McCain/Palin all the way!!!!!
Obama you should have picked Hillary.

Oh, you mean she knows REZKO too? Or maybe she’s a buddy of Bill Ayers . YOu want to talk about corruption???? Bring it on.

John McCain – “Judgement that comes with age”
“There’s not a history of clashes that are violent between Sunnis and Shiahs. So I think they can probably get along.” [MSNBC, 4/23/03]
” I believe that the success will be fairly easy.” [CNN, 9/24/02]
“We’re not going to get into house-to-house fighting in Baghdad. ” [CNN, 9/29/02]
“But the point is that, one, we will win this conflict. We will win it easily.” [MSNBC, 1/22/03]
“But I believe that the Iraqi people will greet us as liberators.” [NBC, 3/20/03]
“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight.” [ABC, 4/9/03]
“This is a mission accomplished..” [This Week, ABC, 12/14/03]
“I’m confident we’re on the right course.” [ABC News, 3/7/04]
Can you give an estimate when can our troops come home? (Matt Lauer) “No, but that’s not too important,” [ABC 6/11/08]
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And now he picks Palin as his running mate? Come on America, how much more do you need to realize this guy is not a President?

It’s OVER !!!! This woman has NO FOREIGN policy experience whatsoever !!!
And for experience. . .soccer mom; beauty pageant winner; whatever !! A pure political stunt that will backfire
on the GOP. . Women are NOT STUPID. . .and for the Puma’s out there. . .go ahead – Vote McCain. It won’t matter. The country has moved on, and it will be a new day and a truly new political team in Washington next year !!!

The people in MN are very disappointed, they were hoping to get rid of Pawlenty.

This is just the dying gasp of the neo-con policies of a failed political party. All the have left is pandering and attacking no new ideas an no clear vision of the future. But then again why would you have a vison for the future when you only have a couple years left.

I thought I will be voting for McCain. Now I know for sure I will be voting for McCain, after he picks Palin.
Obama will try to block 2 women this election – the first for President and second for VP. He already blocked Hillary from President as well as for VP.

Awesome pick!! She has more Executive Leadership experience than Obama and Biden combined!!

Once again McCain proves to be a sexist. He thinks women are going to be hollow in their thoughts and chose a woman just because. WE SUPPORTED HILLARY because she was experienced, not just because she was a woman.
I can’t stand this old man.
McCain mocked Obama for not being experience enough…then he picks an inexperienced gov. for VP….doesn’t make sense.
Let’s face it women, once again, he thinks we’re just stupid!!!!

I rather her running the nation than Obama or Biden if it came to that. You have to be proud today. I am glad to see the GOP is making a real change.

Bruce. Who’s Obama? He’s got 145 days experience as a JUNIOR SENATOR.
Oh yeah, I forgot. He’s black. Some people think that qualifies him automatically.

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madame president there is a crisis what should we do .
Miss palin response” how should i know last pressure spot for me was in that PAGEANT”.
her resume
pageant conterstant
mayor turn governor 8.000.
YIKES..

Oh, great, a “token” woman. I don’t see Hillary “pro choice” supporters falling for voting for a “pro life” VP that could surely help scuttle Roe Vs Wade. And she has ties to the oil and gas industry – what a surprise!

YOu mean like someone (Obama) married to a hospital executive might have an interest in making that industry flourish??? ($$$$$$$$)

I can’t tell you how many women at my office today believe McCain really screwed up and that it was just a slap in every womens face.
Buh Bye Mac…

Ohh good one midwest compare Obama to brittny what 12 year olds run Mclames campain these days? See this is what is stupid about your argument you haven’t listend to Obama you don’t know were he comes from and worse yet you intentonaly block out information you need to make a sound judgment because of stupid right wing ideaologies

Yowza. One heartbeat away and we have a governor of the state with about 300,000 less people than my county just outside of Chicago. Seems that takes the “experience” argument right off the table that they’ve been using against Obama.

DuPage, she has more experience in government than Obama does.

McCain doesn’t get it. Hillary received 18 million votes because of her experience and fight for issues important to women. Those women did not vote for her just because she has boobs. The majority of PUMA’s have reorganized post-convention under “NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN”.

We’ll see about that, Romney guy.

Midwestlady wrote “I have listened to OBAMA. It was an hour I’ll never get back. He said NOTHING! He spoke for 1 hour and said NOTHING at all.”
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Try turning your volume up……

HILLARY? She’s a loser that couldn’t even beat a first term Senator. You know she doesn’t really support Obama. She wants to be President.
Vote for McCain/Palin – you’ll get a woman as a VP!

It cannot possibly get any more interesting than this … can it?
Is this the best race ever or what!

Barack started out in local politics right out of college and now he is 47 , and yet they question him.
on to miss miss palin she try to make the trucks come out on time to move the snow .and enjoy at one time running for as a pageant contest .

I’m confused by the comments of Midwest lady. Senator Obama has 8 years experience as a state senator (of Illinois, in the MIDWEST), and nearly 4 years experience as Illinois U.S. senator). That’s far more than 145 days. Governor Palin served as a council member and mayor of an Alaskan town of 6,000 (8 years) and now has under 2 years as Alaska’s governor. That doesn’t hold a candle to Obama’s or Biden’s experience, much less combined. She may be a decent governor (considering the recent corruption in AK); maybe not ready to be VP or President. I think McCain is using her.

Beck, how would you know how women feel about this?

nuts

“This is just the dying gasp of the neo-con policies of a failed political party”
No. Palin is a Conservative who took on the corrupt member of her own party and the other party. She beat heavyweights in both the primary and general election. She did not have her opponents thrown off the ballot like Obama.

A mayor beats “community organizer” (a fancy term for union recruiter)

midwestlady: I am not a male…I am female… 50 years old. McCain chose this woman for one reason and one reason only to try to win the votes of Hillary’s.
It is an insult to me. Maybe not to you. But to me it is. There are more experienced women he could have picked, what is wrong did they all turn him down because they are voting for Obama this year.
The potential to grab some of those women voters is perhaps the best asset Palin brings to a McCain ticket. She also reinforces McCain’s maverick image. She bucked her own party, launching an ethics investigation into the state party chairman with regard to his dealings with oil companies in the state. And being from Alaska, she’s the ultimate outsider. She also also reinforces McCain’s drilling message — though she’s for drilling in ANWR; McCain is not. She also represents the next generation of Republican leaders — she’s a fresh face.
“A legislative panel has launched a $100,000 investigation to determine if Palin dismissed Alaska’s public safety commissioner because he would not fire the trooper, Mike Wooten,” the AP wrote earlier this month. “Wooten went through a messy divorce from Palin’s sister. Palin has denied the commissioner’s dismissal had anything to do with her former brother-in-law. And she denied orchestrating the dozens of telephone calls made by her husband and members of her administration to Wooten’s bosses. Palin said she welcomes the investigation: ‘Hold me accountable.’”
Although she’s not linked to them, Sen. Ted Stevens and Rep. Don Young are facing legal/ethical troubles. In fact, Stevens’ trial will start in late September, so the Alaska Republican Party is a mess. And Palin’s trooper trouble could play into that.
It will be interesting to see which story line catches on: “Palin, the reformer/maverick”, or “Palin, under investigation?”
The 44-year-old, Idaho-born Palin is Alaska’s first woman governor and the state’s youngest governor as well. Palin, a graduate of the University of Idaho (majored in political science and journalism), was elected mayor of the town of Wasilla when she was 32. After she lost a bid to be lieutenant governor in 2002 — by less than 2,000 votes, raising her statewide profile — she went into the private sector, becoming chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.

“Barack started out in local politics right out of college”
No he didn’t.he worked for a law firm doling out $100 million for William Ayre before entering politcs.

This is AMERICA — Wow! Good for John McCain and Sarah Palin…..the people are back in charge, not the politicians, nor the Chicago criminals. God Bess America. You Got my vote John and Sarah!!!!!!!!!

This is a joke. She may be a dynamic person, but she is no Hillary Clinton. I was a Hillary Clinton supporter and I’m upset that McCain will try to pull Hillary’s supporters away from the Democratic Party. We are no dummies. He’s treating us like that. Republicans are always trying to imply that Democrats are incompetent. But if I were him, I would’ve picked someone that would at least be competitive. Democrats let me ask you a question. Would you want the first woman President to be a Republican? I think not. Don’t be insane and vote for McCain.

Sarah has more working experience than Obama. Two “true” Americans at the helm. Wow. John McCain can think out of the box! Integrity, dedication and actual work experience!!!!!!!! Good Luck to John and Sarah come November—may the best win!

Great choice! Great acceptance speech, lifelong NRA member. Good for the Republicans. I couldnt be more pleased.

…..soaring rhetoric about change is CHEAP…..McCain is the real deal….

Ok, so I was just on other sites and from reading most of them, there are tons of Republicans moving today to Obama, and that, Rice was asked and she turned them down… She might be endorsing Obama also.
McCain is an insult to the american people.

dem, you mean we’re in deep trouble because we have a dem candidate and that seems to be dropping to a new low? I agree with you on that.

In the words of a “hero”
How stupid! She’s married to a fisherman.

Way to go McCain. Palin is an excellant choice. You have our vote now totally !!
This is the most wonderful news !

I cant wait for Biden to debate her either, she is gonna give him a run for his money. Hillary who!

Biden better watch his mouth and his manners. He can’t act like a big fat beagle baying at the moon, like he usually does.

this is a joke RIGHT?? this man thinks people who were for Hillary will now vote for him because he chose a women? Hillary earned the right to the highest office, she worked years serving the people.And this lady stands in line WHY?? because of McCains age??? Did McCain check this lady out?? you do know that on monday an investigation was started on her for using her office to try and get her x brother-in-law fired. And when that didn’t work she got the man who wouldn’t do it for her fired. This is the change we need???

Now, we have a cause and that is to terminate the aspirations of the sexist Obama.

Obama Hussien, I had never even heard of him prior to becoming the countries savior. I have knowledge of Palin and she is a very intelligent choice. She is a true blue American as is McCain. HOORAY for the Republicans!

For those who are starting to bash Todd Palin w/o knowing anything about him…
He’s a manual laborer…fishing and in an oil field…blue collar guy. And judging from the picture, fairly hot.

Lisa thanks for site information. He definately is a fine looking, hard working, family mad.

What a reach! When it come down to it, it will be Obama vs. McCain. Period! McCain could have picked anyone on his list and still get his butt kicked, because AMERICA is sick and tired of the R’s and a rude awakening will happen for McCain, Bush, and his oil buddles come Nov! I see hope coming from the horizon, since we have been living in hell for the last 8 years! Remember Katrina and that is enough for me!!!

Judi,
At the end of the day, Palin has more executive experience than Obama and she has much less corruption in her background than Obama. Obama is not ready for national office either. And Obama is running for PRESIDENT; Palin is not.

GREAT CHOICE….EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE.
COUNTRY FIRST…….
McCAIN/PALIN ’08……
THIS TICKET ROCKS…….

Obama’s entitlement claims are straight out of the 60′s, Weather Underground and all.
That’s not change. That’s being stuck in the 60s.

Some answer this question: How you going to pick a woman as your VP when you don’t even consider women your equal after voting against equal pay for equal work for WOMEN!!!! And how is Palin going to be a NRA lifetime member and have 5 kids. Maybe she cleans her assault rifle with the help of her children from time to time. Enough is Enough, People. The basic, all time question in politics, ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY THEN YOU WAS 8 YEARS AGO??? Hell NO!!!

The GREEK TEMPLE thing was right out of a Michael Jackson stage set.

at least she cry all the way thru her acceptance speach like that wuss Biden. Obama and 80,000 whiners and losers last night in Denver…bunch of crying wimps.

I am pleased that voters will have a McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden choice in November. The 2008 policital debate should be, and now can be, about change. Both major political parties offer us a fresh, different, and better alternative to what we’ve had in the White House for eight years.

Re: this is a joke RIGHT?? this man thinks people who were for Hillary will now vote for him because he chose a women?
It seems you are questioning the women of this country, Judi. It’s a great day that a new generation of leaders are on the national stage.

Obama’s true base (some are just angry and soem are good people who have false hopes in Obama)will always support the guy.

Uhhh, yeah lets see, how many of them were at the Dem convention? More than mccain could EVER, and I do mean EVER get to come and listen and support him. Lets see just how many show for the republican convention…

Mccain doesnt need Greek Columns, all he needs is a green screen, haha. Hes not interested in inspiring people, other than his big oil buddies that is.

My guess, JJ, is that you have never held political office. Am I correct?

If you had any knowledge of how politics works, you’d have been able to see that for every folding chair you saw, somebody paid good money. And you can take that to the bank.

yeah right, all those people crying and cheering were being paid to act that way. You are correct though, they will be paid off, by having a President they can trust, who isnt a part of the system, like the worst president in history Bush. Obama will deliver upon all of his promises, guaranteed, unlike McBush who will say and do anything to be elected (including pandering the womens vote with a woman running-mate). He obviously, with his record of talking down to women and cheating on his wife, feels that he needs to do ANYTHING to get their vote. Hes not gonna win the election, face it, hes toast.

Joe’s been Biden his time a long time… It’s a good name for him. He got about 8% of the primary this last time if I remember correctly.
People have been mentioning Biden for national executive office since ummm about McGovern’s run. He hasn’t been able to energize anything in all those elections. How many times has he started a run, I wonder?
My guess is that in 2009, he’ll still be Biden, his time that is.

Ok so with all his bluster and anger management problems why on earth would we want an old dirigible like Mccain in the same room as Putin? He truly scares even his own party senators with his anger management problems.

And you think we’d be better off with someone who’s never experienced anything but the halls of Harvard? Obama doesn’t know enough to be in the same room with Putin.

Make no mistake, if you read Obama’s autobiography, he dissed his grandparents and his own mother–in print. Why? Simply because they were white.
He’d do it to you. He’d do it to Putin. Putin would notice. Putin’s our adversary but he’s far from dumb. Trust me on that.

OH, now you’re likening Obama to Lincoln. First it’s Kennedy and now it’s Lincoln.
What a joke!

Lincoln would roll over in his grave if he heard you. He was a great man and he was a Republican, my friend. Don’t soil his name with this kind of manure.

I am speaking of experience, responding to your earlier statement that Obama lacks experience and I was making that comparison so you would see. I am not saying he would be the same as Lincoln, nor would I say he would be the same as Kennedy. He is Obama and he is his own self. Perhaps he may be greater than either of those people, I dont know, only time will tell. Perhaps he is much worse, we cannot fortell the future. I only mentioned the name by way of comparison to experience.

Then why did you bring it up? YOu are the one claiming Obama is like LIncoln, not me.
Obama is his own self, that’s the problem. He is arrogant and doesn’t care about anyone but himself. I’m sick of it. The whole GREEK TEMPLE thing was totally over the top. Anything for adulation.
The MJ video with the Greek Temple went through my mind immediately. I saw the video. That’s who you should be likening him to. He’s a celebrity.

Agreed, Judy. The thing all these people who only think about race and underpants miss is that the world is full of people who are really sinister and would love to do things to the USA. Russia & Georgia, Iran, Al Quiada, China, you name it.
We cannot afford to spend 4 years pandering to minorities and quotas and playing intercity bingo. The world isn’t like that anymore.
We also can’t afford to bail all the losers in the world out. There isn’t that much money in the world. They’re going to have to get off their butts at some point. NOw is good time.

JJ, sure you are. I can tell by your mastery of prose.

Judy’s right. The democratic party changed when the rules were rewritten for McGovern. That was when the big change occurred. The democratic party is run by people whose agendas most Americans wouldn’t recognize or sign onto.
I’m not a big fan of Bill Clinton, but I had to hand it to him in 1992 for trying to clean up the Democratic party and bring it back to the middle. Clearly the attempt has failed and it’s reverted to the far-left– and lots of nasty tricks. That’s why Clinton’s been upset. He’s been called a racist and everything else. He’s a jerk but he doesn’t deserve that. He is the ex-President of hte USA.

The best attack on Obama was his inexperience and McCain pulls this? How do you credibly attack him on this now? Might as well have chosen Lieberman if he wanted to lose…

Hey JJ, maybe you didn’t see the ABC news reporter being handcuffed by the Denver police for taking pictures of the lobbyists that are in bed with the DNC. The RNC is in bed with corporations and the DNC is in bed with unions and corporations. What’s the difference. You know Obama’s story is great, I got to hand that to him. He should have said in the convention to the potential voters to get your lazy butt and work hard and make sacrifices and not to expect for the government to give you a handout and stop having children if you are not going to be responsible.

Republican women were known to cross over and vote for Ferarro even in the 80s. The fact that she was not elected VP has more to do with Mondale. Women Dems will gladly vote Sarah. Not all, but enough to make a dent. Or another crack in that ceiling. Don’t underestimate the desire of women to settle this. I’ve already heard from a new Palin convert who is planning on Hillary in 2012. She is not alone.

Most people on here dont really care about the truth and evidentally havent read Sarah’s accomplishments. She is a Maverick in her on right, She took on big oil, she hired republicans democrats and independants to serve under her,she cut her on salary, decreased property taxes by 60%, took on corruption in her on party, run without any help from the GOP and still won against an incumbent. All of this and she is much more likeable than Hillary.
As for as her being pro-life or pro-choice. I am not sure why that matters. Bush was pro-life and nothing has changed in the last 8 years. This is because Only Congress can write legislation; the President may only recommend it. Anyone that would vote for a candidate based on this one test is short sighted at best.
Just face it. Obama promised many many things that he cannot possible deliver on. There is no way you can reduce taxes and increase spending. That is impossible. In his speech he talked about how government will be there for every person and then a paragraph later talked about how we need to take personal responsibility. Again you cannot have both. His speech was business as usual. Just political rhetoric.
Mccain has bucked the system more than once and she is one tough cookie. Mccain/Palin that is true change not just rhetoric.