By Julia Hoppock

Aug 30, 2008 9:26am

Does Biden Need to Watch His Language?

ABC’s Matt Jaffe and Sunlen Miller Report:

For Senator Biden – known for his loose lips and frequent gaffes – every word is being closely watched now that he’s a Vice Presidential candidate.

At the new ticket’s first public event on their bus tour throughout swing states, Senator Biden said a word that was taboo – at least for his running mate – just days before.

"I knew somebody famous was gonna come out of Scranton and I sure as HELL knew it wasn’t gonna be me so I left," Biden joked of his upbringing.

Using the word "hell" in front of an audience is something that Obama frowned upon and corrected his own mistake at a town hall just last week in Wisconsin.

"If we can spend 10-12 billion dollars a month in Iraq we sure as HELL can pay 10-12 million dollars – billion dollars right here in the United States,: Obama said Sunday in Eau Claire.

A moment later Obama stopped and said, "I apologize by the way, I usually say ‘heck,’ especially after church. That sort of slipped out. Sorry kids."

Senator Biden and Obama didn’t offer up such an apology to the audience of 8,000 in Pennsylvania tonight.

Biden was also heard to say "goddamn" at a meet-and-greet with Denver firefighters on Thursday.  Thanking them for saving his sons’ lives in a 1972 car crash that killed his wife and daughter, Biden said, "My two boys are alive because of you guys…I’m alive because my fire company got me in the middle of a goddamn snow storm before my aneurysm burst."

In 1988, Biden needed surgery for two berry aneurysms.  And that expletive was not the only one Biden dropped in Denver. Speaking before Pennsylvania delegates earlier in the day, Biden used the word "hell" at least twice.

User Comments

Thats what I love about Joe Biden……..he is NOT politically correct. He connects with the average person on the street. This is what we have been missing in Washington….someone who tells it like it is and speaks from his heart, not a goddamn script!!! You go Joe!!

Posted by: Jeff, Tampa, FL | August 30, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am

Biden’s an insider and a perfect indication that Obama is nothing more than ‘establishment’ politics. If change is going to happen in Washington, a Pelosi puppet isn’t the one to make it.
McCain and Palin have records of change and going against the establishment. That is change you can count

Posted by: Aston_ | August 30, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am

Here’s some language for you:
Maverick my a**; McCain did exactly what the evangelicals told him to do by picking Palin. Just like a good little boy.

Posted by: Straight Shlock | August 30, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am

SOODD: Same old Obama, different day!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 9:47 am 9:47 am

Joe Biden has been in the United States Senate since Sarah Palin was in 6th grade. He is one of the most highly qualified Vice Presidential nominees we’ve ever seen. And he is going up against Sarah Palin, the least qualified major party Vice Presidential nominee in American history. This is a heavyweight vs. a light flyweight. He doesn’t have to watch anything he says. Joe just needs to be Joe. (What was McCain thinking?)

Posted by: ElodieStClair | August 30, 2008, 9:48 am 9:48 am

Well, the Obama hate-mongers will be out in force today playing all their games from guilt-by-association to planting the seeds of fear.
Too bad! The transparency of Obama’s bloggers is impossible to miss. Look for substance. You’ll find none!

Posted by: Aston_ | August 30, 2008, 9:50 am 9:50 am

Biden is business as usual. Obama is business as usual. There’s no change there!

Posted by: Aston_ | August 30, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

Like people had not heard these words before,besides it gets the point out better. I don’t mean he should profanity. but hell Joe is one of us !!!

Posted by: merle7 | August 30, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

Orezko: All talk and no substance!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 9:52 am 9:52 am

Orezko: The most inexperienced and corrupt presidential candidate ever!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 9:53 am 9:53 am

How many votes did Joe Biden get? Mr 1% can show us what bad judgment Obama has.
We all know Obama and his children heard four letter words coming out of Wright’s mouth along with sexually graphic gestures.

Posted by: geevill | August 30, 2008, 9:56 am 9:56 am

“Loose lips sinks ships … ”
This is Barack America and President Biden, and we approve this message

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 9:57 am 9:57 am

Why doesn’t Obama allow his baby mama to go out on her own?

Posted by: Just Curious | August 30, 2008, 9:57 am 9:57 am

… what the HECK … why bother …it’s JUST WORDS…

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 9:58 am 9:58 am

Remember the way the sexist Obama engaged in hatred and race-baiting with Hillary. Now, the novice Senator will see the payback!

Posted by: PUMA for Palin | August 30, 2008, 9:59 am 9:59 am

It’s a good thing that reporters didn’t follow Harry Truman around all day. Their ears would have stayed red if they were offended by cussing. It doesn’t bother me, especially coming from an Irish background myself.

Posted by: John | August 30, 2008, 10:03 am 10:03 am

McCain might as well be openly for abortion now since that is what his campaign became when he chose the mayor of mooseport as the dispenser of his depends.

Posted by: Enlarged Prostate | August 30, 2008, 10:04 am 10:04 am

Question: Was John McCain thinking of the welfare of his country when he chose Palin to be VP? The question answers itself!
This is yet another case in which Barack Obama showed his SUPERIOR JUDGEMENT over that of John McCain, when he selected Joe Biden (a man with many years of work on the judiciary and foreign relations committees) to take over as president should he be incapacitated.
John McCain, on the other hand, has proven his long experience of poor judgements.

Posted by: John's conscience | August 30, 2008, 10:06 am 10:06 am

Question: Was Barack Obama thinking of the welfare of his country when he chose Biden to be VP? The question answers itself!
And, by the way, what were the democrats thinking when they nominated an inexperienced corrupt Barack Obama who is truly worse than Richard Nixon when it comes to his criminal activity and lack of honesty!

Posted by: Aston_ | August 30, 2008, 10:10 am 10:10 am

I know Hillary Clinton, I consider Hillary Clinton a friend…
Governor Palin your no Hillary Clinton…

Posted by: Wannabe | August 30, 2008, 10:13 am 10:13 am

Orezko: Surrounding himself with insiders and lobbyists and claiming he’s for change!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am

What was Obama thinking when he picked Biden as his runnig mate ?
SO THAT BIDEN CAN PICKED UP THE 3AM CALL ON HIS BEHALF

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am

Wannabe
How very unoriginal!

Posted by: Aston_ | August 30, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am

Orezko: An empty suit held upright only by a lot of hot air and BS!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am

Let’s see … community organizer …. hmmm governor of the state of Alaska … hmmm uhhh ahhh welll uhhhh yesss, said Obama, Yes uhhh ahhhh she uhhh does have more experience than me, my running mate or her running mate. Girl Power! we change the world one baby at a time. yipeeee. McCain/Palin 08. Gosh it must crush some dems to know she’s the only one on either ticket who has ever been elected to govern anything. bah hahah approval rating for congress? low very low. her approval rating HIGH! lol

Posted by: Kitty | August 30, 2008, 10:17 am 10:17 am

Orezko: Change you can laugh at!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

Turn him loose…..Like the American people have not heard these words before ,,,,

Posted by: indp voter | August 30, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

Bridge to no where; campaign going no where, McCain Palin is a good fit

Posted by: Keating | August 30, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

BIDEN does not need to watch his language as much as his back …
… get ready for Chicago style politics … when the polls numbers starts to head south …
guess who is Obama going to blame ?

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 10:19 am 10:19 am

Orezko: A race-baiting sexist-elitist!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 10:21 am 10:21 am

“exactly what does a vice president do” Sarah Palin
This is the type of thoughtful leadership our country needs.

Posted by: Kudlow | August 30, 2008, 10:21 am 10:21 am

The idea that many Republicans are comparing Palin to Obama is laughable. Let’s review: a former beauty pageant queen with a degree in communications from the University of Idaho, 1.5 years of experience as governor of a state with fewer people than Dayton, Ohio, and prior experience as Mayor of a village of 6,500 vs. a former community organizer with a law degree from Harvard who has worked as a constitutional law professor, a productive state senator in one of the largest states in the country for 8 years, and a U.S. Senator for 4 years is laughable. And, just for the record, “no experience” Obama has done the following:
Illinois State Senate:
a) Led sweeping, bipartisan ethics reform;
b) Led an effort to expand health care to 150,000 people (that’s 1/5 the size of Alaska);
c) Led an effort to pass the Earned Income Tax Credit;
Senate (and, to those who say Senator Obama has spent all of his time running for President, somehow he has also achieved the following):
a) Passed the most sweeping Congressional ethics reform in history;
b) Led a successful effort to improve the medical care provided to our noble veterans
c) Fought against so-called loyal-vet McCain to EXPAND the GI Bill so that our brave vets have a chance at a better future through education when they return home;
d) Led the fight for legislation to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in the hands of rogue states and actors (somehow more impressive than commanding the Alaska National Guard as governor of Alaska where, at best, she’s authorized to deploy them to dig Anchorage out of a big snow storm)
e) has traveled extensively internationally PRIOR to this campaign, and, at this point, has met with the leaders of most of our major allies in Europe and the Middle East;
f) Spoke out against the Iraq War when it was unpopular to challenge the Bush administration (and when Sarah Palin was still presiding over a village smaller than my high school);
h) Challenged Bush and McCain to focus on real threats to our security in Afghanistan and Al-Queda instead of costly, Bush-created threats in Iraq;
i) Developed a nuanced foreign policy based on engagement as a first principle, and force as a last option. After mocking him for arguing for the importance of engaging Iran to reduce their nuclear threat, the Bush administration is now doing just that!
Not only do Obama’s achievements stand up to those of McSame, who voted with Bush 90% of the time, they dwarf those of Palin.
Let’s review here: Former Mayor of a town of 6500 who has been Governor for 1.5 years being compared to Senator Obama, who has been in state and national office for 12 years. Senator Obama has already influenced and helped to shape domestic and international dialogue on U.S. foreign policy, and his positions have been proven right on Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran. Laughable comparison.
The Republicans are shocking in their bravado, which is why they nominated Dubya twice! People voted for Hillary Clinton because she had REAL experience and credibility, and McCain insults them by picking this neophyte. Her record of independence from the corruption of her party is admirable; her abuse of her authority to punish her ex-brother-in-law was not, and sounds awfully Karl Roveian.
Ladies and Gentleman, Sarah Palin is NO Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama has my vote. He has a better record on women’s issues than this feaux-feminist, “Trophy VP” nominee, who opposes a woman’s right to chose and saddled up with a candidate who voted against equal pay for women and the Family Leave Act. McCain picked her after meeting/SEEING her ONCE over much more experienced women like Kay Bailey Hutchinson in Texas and Elizabeth Dole in North Carolina. Those two must feel like the disabled wife whom McCain left for his current trophy wife (whom he recently offered to enter in a nude beauty contest in exchange for the the votes of some biker dudes). Women of America, this is a slap in the face. I’d rather wait until Claire McCaskill, Kathleen Sebelius, or a number of other MUCH more qualified Democratic women have their chance (and think Obama will pick one of them as his VP for his second term).

Posted by: Anna | August 30, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

Orezko: Number one choice among Chicago gangsters and international terrorists.

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

Oh Obama is going to blame (for his loss) Biden, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, all teh Hillary supporters and their bitter positions they hold on to. Heck, he’ll probably end up blaming his lil girls for not wearing their hair right. He is such a loser, and our country will be the loser if this bitter Obama becomes president.

Posted by: Kitty | August 30, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

Palin built a natural gas pipeline. Biden supports the national joke that is Amtrack. Let’s see, pipeline, Amtrack–I’ll take pipeline!

Posted by: Scott | August 30, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

Nice, Kudlow, you know how to use Ctl-v, I’m impressed

Posted by: Scott | August 30, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am

Going to be a long four years for all the angry white guys after November 4th. Take solace though “your great americans”, losers, but still great.

Posted by: Rushbo | August 30, 2008, 10:25 am 10:25 am

Palin: Governor of Alaska. Obama: never elected to govern anything. Obama has no experience governing a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g. Obama is the one who doesn’t get it. Get it? PUMAs unite! woo hoo

Posted by: Kitty | August 30, 2008, 10:28 am 10:28 am

Ooooh, the nasty bad words have tainted my little ears. As a society, we need to grow up a bit. If this incredibly important election has been reduced to conversations about “swearing,” then America is doomed, and maybe rightly so. ABC can kiss my @ss.

Posted by: Not2Frumpy | August 30, 2008, 10:28 am 10:28 am

Anybody see the Ayers commercial?
The unrepentant terrorist gave Obama money, and they work together…

Posted by: ASTON | August 30, 2008, 10:29 am 10:29 am

Trying to compare Palin to Biden is like comparing a girl scout to a Navy Seal.
She is completely unqualified and there is no comparison. But, the Republicans are hoping that women won’t vote with their brain, but because of their vagina. There’s no other way to justify the choice. I seriously doubt most American women are that gulible. I find it insulting. She does NOT represent my values in any way. Hillary stood for what we believe in, Palin stands for the REMOVAL of women’s rights, big oil, and has no domestic or international experience.
And Aston, quit trying to sound inellegent – it doesn’t work for you. You can’t name ONE “criminal activity” that involves Obama. At most, you have false conjecture and false allegations proposed by the right wing morons of this nation.
“How many votes did Joe Biden get?”…It was more that Palin ever got..right GEVIL?
McLame showed his poor judgement AGAIN. He’s an idiot who graduated in the bottom 1% of his class. We’ll take the Harvard grad over the guy who only got into school because of his daddy. It’s obvious who is smart enough to lead the most complex and powerful nation in the world…and it sure isn’t McCain!

Posted by: Rachel in NC | August 30, 2008, 10:30 am 10:30 am

Nice try Anna, using all them fancy things called facts and such, or truthiness if that’s what its called.
We aint buyin it cuz until we lose, I mean win, we can enjoy this fantasy. McCain now, McCain tommorow, McCain forever..

Posted by: Southern Strategy | August 30, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

Yeah.that Ayers thin is Obamas only trouble!

Posted by: ANNA | August 30, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

BO/JO ’08!!!

Posted by: Mike | August 30, 2008, 10:33 am 10:33 am

Biden’s choice of words??? I’d be much more concerned about McCain’s lack of judgement [given the very slight chance that he might be elected to run our government] than Biden’s choice of words ….Sarah WHO???????? Howard Gallas, Reno, NV.

Posted by: Howard Gallas | August 30, 2008, 10:33 am 10:33 am

Talk about Big Oil! No Income Tax, no sales Tax, plus a Check for every Alaskan.
Tough on Oil? I doubt it the whole process there is bought and paid for by Big Oil, they get everything they want and then some. So while I pay at the pump, Sarah’s Government, and people are paid from the proceeds of my pain.
And she asks how does the VP contribute to Alaska?
Country first, or Alaska First? Country First or the Alaskan Republican Party First?

Posted by: Thinking | August 30, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

Kitty the looser in here is you.What a blog.My gosh do better then that .going after his girls….Get a life honey….

Posted by: indp voter | August 30, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am

I think Obama’s goose is cooked. From the tone of his bloggers, it appears they’re in panic mode!

Posted by: Martin Slueg | August 30, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

HOWARD….HOWARD….HOWARD….

Posted by: ANNA | August 30, 2008, 10:38 am 10:38 am

I CARELESS ABOUT BIDEN’S MOUTH….
HE’S AN WASHINGTON INSIDER FOR
35 YEARS….HE HAS NOTHING TO
OFFER…HIS CONNECTIONS WITH LOBBYISTS
AND SPECIAL INTERESTS ARE WELL KNOWN
IN WASHINGTON….HIS SON IS A LOBBYIST.
IF HE POPS HIS MOUTH,IT WILL BE A
BACKFIRE IN NOVEMBER……
McCAIN/PALIN ’08………
THE TICKET ROCKS…….

Posted by: NICHOLAS | August 30, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

I have seen video from this year with Palin calling Clinton a whiner.
Yet ABC reports this:
“Palin cited Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential running mate of a major party in history, and Clinton’s ‘determination and grace in her presidential campaign.’”
Palin is the teleprompter queen of this election if she can just read statements that mis-state her true feelings.
She may fill out a suit well but intellectually it is virtually empty.

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

With her degree in journalism what is Palin going to do write a book about inflation?

Posted by: Greenspan | August 30, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am

Oh for christ sake! This is a non event. I can’t believe someone actually took the time to write about it. really, really stupid attempt to make a mountain out of a mole hill.

Posted by: Lynne | August 30, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am

Plugs is the smartest guy in the senate. Ask him and he will tell you that. Obama is a rabble-rouser thug from Chicago, ask Bill Clinton and he will that. Thug/Plugs 08

Posted by: Norman | August 30, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

She is a typical Right wingnut Republican. A lot like Cheney, owned by Big Oil

Posted by: Thinking | August 30, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

Sarah Palin’s comment:
“exactly what does a vice president do”
She went on further to explain that she wouldn’t take a job that is a “do nothing” job and would want real work to do.
Joe Biden’s comment regarding the VP job yesterday: If he had “good hair” – “he screwing around with this job”

Posted by: Gracie | August 30, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

Correction -
Joe Biden’s comment regarding the VP job yesterday: If he had “good hair” – “he wouldn’t be screwing around with this job”

Posted by: Gracie | August 30, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

the republicans are direct representatives of heck.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

all of them can go back to heck

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am

they are stupid as heck
idiotic as heck
crazy as heck
what the heck
they are just filled with heck
heck heck heck

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am

When will the story about Mccain calling his wife the “c” word be out? I’d like to know. Or, how about when McCain laughed off a comment about “how to we beat the “Bi tch”.
Careful ABC, your bias is showing.

Posted by: Lynne | August 30, 2008, 10:55 am 10:55 am

Joe Biden — what more can you expect from a guy who can’t make a speech without plagerizing?
He was caught in law school plagerizing — almost got kicked out and also during his run for President in the 80′s. This is judgement we can trust?

Posted by: Gracie | August 30, 2008, 10:55 am 10:55 am

Omentum you make as much sense as Obama does.

Posted by: Norman | August 30, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

heck sounds a lot better that c**t

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

I will take that as a compliment Norman.
thanks Norman
you are one heck of a nerd

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am

Ask Joe (since he is the Chairman of the Armed Forces Commitee) if he knows the difference between a Brigade and Batallion?

Posted by: Kellie | August 30, 2008, 10:58 am 10:58 am

If John Sidekick McBush we will continue our course to heck in a handbasket.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am

I never thought the wave of excitement coming off of the Democratic convention would be aided by McCain’s VP selection. Day 2 post DNC convention and I am still rejoicing, thanks to the wise Senator McCain.
During the DNC conventions, we danced, we cried and rejoiced. The morning after, we began to laugh out loud. Who would have imaged that the hard work was behind us? McCain is a maverick of idiotic proportion. THANK YOU FOR PICKING PALIN.
My mother always said, “Loose lips sink ships.” I hope Biden unleashes so severely that all we can hear McCain screaming is, “Someone sank my battleship!!”

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am

your welcome!

Posted by: Norman | August 30, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am

clarity
YOU ARE SPOT ON. I too celebrate in McBush’s grand display of bad judgement.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

Palin won’t have to worry about actually being a v.p, she can just play out the last few scenes of this “long national nightmare”.
Then its back to land of huskies and permafrost…to write her book. Just watch how she back stabs McCain, he was cranky, he scared me, always looking me up and down, and provocatively moderate comments to tease sales, Biden was actually charming, I liked Michelle.
You go girl use them like they used you!!

Posted by: NY Times best seller | August 30, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

McCain crashed so many planes into aircraft carriers he almost sunk the ship.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am

Did you see McCain in Dayton as he introduced Palin. While she was speaking he kept staring at her butt with that old snide grin. What a pervert. He love those beauty queens.
He is a old pervert.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am

Thanks
Omentum

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am

Damn I’m glad I wasn’t the only one that noticed that. He also kept playing with his wedding ring like he was trying to tug on it, like take it off.

Posted by: Hugh | August 30, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am

he is a cradle robber. he is a pervert.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am

The Obama attack team is out in full force using their best sexist attempts to denigrate a good candidate. Of course, you’ll see nothing of substance in their posts.

Posted by: Martin Slueg | August 30, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

Omentum
Why are you such a jerk? Can’t you come up with a real issue instead of making childish remarks that prove your a practicing sexist in good standing?

Posted by: Martin Slueg | August 30, 2008, 11:12 am 11:12 am

Martin Slueg
I urge you to look at the tape. Watch that little crotchety old pervert staring a Palin’s butt. Don’t take my word for it. Watch it yourself.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

Omentum
Why are you such a jerk? Can’t you come up with a real issue instead of making childish remarks that prove your a practicing sexist in good standing?

Posted by: Martin Slueg | August 30, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

Look Marty
Don’t get mad at me. I am just trying to clue you in on the fact that your candidate is a pervert.
He has a history of being a pervert. True. Perverts can lead a country but they are vulnerable to get sidetracked by their weakness.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am

Damn right he was looking at her booty. It was only the second time he met her, and he sure was taking it all in.

Posted by: NH 2000 | August 30, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

I can come up with issues. i was talking a little on the lighter side. ease up will ya. Republicans have been a little testy since this vp pick.
Dont be so defensive. how about touting how great America is going to be with a pervert in the oval office.
haha just kidding …. lighten up

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

What I like about Biden is his humanity, his lack of airs. Besides, if one is going to criticize for saying hell, one would have to criticize McCain for much, much worse language in public forums. Lets get back to issues and quit this nitpicking. It is getting tiresome. Neither candidate is a saint and being from a military family I will vote for the one that has done the most for my loved ones, Obama. Check out who voted for what in their terms in Congress before nitpicking on non issues.

Posted by: Annie | August 30, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am

I feel like I just got through reading a National Enquirer article, in content and literacy level. A lot of people are more concerned about Palin’s lack of qualification for vp than Joe Biden’s cussing. Speaking of cussing, what about McCain calling his wife a c**t for bringing up his baldness? That’s no comparison to Biden using g-d when he’s talking about the tragedy of losing his wife and two sons. Anyway, back to Palin’s inexperience. If McCain were sincere in his patriotism and love of country, he would have acquired a much more experienced vp. Being over seventy, the law of averages and medical statistics don’t work in his favor. It’s a sobering thought that Palin could be at the helm in the midst of an international crisis.

Posted by: kat | August 30, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

You got to admit she is quite attractive (not being sexist before someone slams me)
McCain is just a man. and a perve

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

like McCain, I’m not well versed in things financial, but the stock market dropped really bad after he announced Palin. That’s not a ringing endorsement.

Posted by: Bud | August 30, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

Did everyone see the “kiss” Obama smacked on Joe Biden’s wife at the convention? It was quite a lip lock. Maybe he isn’t getting any at home from sour puss Michelle.

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 11:25 am 11:25 am

I agree – perverts can lead a country but they are vulnerable to get sidetracked by their weakness. That’s why Obama’s affair with Mister Sinclair is so troubling.

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am

Google this to find out about what is reported to be Palin’s church’s views:
“media of church on the rock” sermon of the week
Generally, the church is not as transparent as others. Missing graphics and content is only two years old.
All you Hillary supporters considering McCain, Palin’s pastor has some interesting thoughts. Her home church is Church on the Rock in Wasilla, AK. Check out #53 in 2007 [I have only listened to a few.]
Pastor David Pepper calls for “No legalized abortion.” He also says: “Your baby is not your body.” I’m against abortion but the legal consequense of these views are huge in my mind. Can you see having to go to a coroner’s inquest/autopsy for each miscarriage? I don’t see any way around that if legally a fetus is a person from conception.
I have “talked” to my children in the womb and I know at some point they can process external stimuli (my wife would say “scare” my daugther and my son would kick where my mouth was). Do I know when that is? No.

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 11:31 am 11:31 am

So you admit it you watched his speech …you said why, why, why can’t we have a candidate like that?
I heard Colin Powells going to endorse Obama.

Posted by: Cheez Whiz | August 30, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

Mr. Coffee
SOSDD

Posted by: Martin Slueg | August 30, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

Pervets can lead? Were you referring to Bill Clinton?

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

Mr. Coffee
I’m beginning to believe you don’t like women. Bad marriage or genetic?

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

My, my — what a bunch of sexists here today. Having a gay old time, are we?

Posted by: PUMA for Palin | August 30, 2008, 11:38 am 11:38 am

If infidelity makes for a great leader then that would explain the last eight years.

Posted by: recount | August 30, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

Joyce that Sinclair crap was far reaching and overtly stupid.
I ask you to watch the clip. McCain stares at Palin’s butt during her whole speech.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

Andie
Slick willy was the king of perverts. Hence the fact that perverts can successfully lead a country.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:40 am 11:40 am

I suggest the moderator of this Blog delete most of the post by Omentum…he is a disgrace to Obama.

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am

I am voting for McCain, but surely it’s not THAT big of a deal for someone to drop h*ll and g*dd*mn now and then!!!

Posted by: Sasha | August 30, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

He only met her once. hmmmmmm. Was it love at first sight. Can you effectively vet someone in one meeting. With my job as a old run of the mill techie I had three interviews.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Joyce:
I get the impression you are ignorant. Do you have at least a GED?
I’m married. If you are a woman, are you?
What are your demographics?

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Sleug:
Too chicken to write out what you wanted to say or can’t spell that many words?

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 11:46 am 11:46 am

Joe’s comments — again from yesterday
“I’m getting hard,” Biden said. “I’m a hard guy.”
Everyone laughs —-

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Omentum
What is good for the gander is good for the goose. Obama/Sinclair is relevant no matter how you paint the golden boy.

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

McCain/Palin 2008
How did I become a disgrace to obama. Do you suggest the moderator delete all the garbage people put here on Obama (ie rezko, rev wright, the messiah, the list goes on) by obama bashers INCLUDING YOURSELF.
you are the one that is a disgrace.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Here we go. Since it is bare-knuckled season, may the punches roll!
Martin Slueg, Omentum is not a sexist.
He is simply calling it like it is. We are all trying to figure out why Mac picked Palin–simply because of her anatomy, or because she isn’t linked to Bush, or because she is the least tainted Republican in the party??
The selection DOESN’T make good sense. Therefore; we will hear comments that attempt to categorize Mac’s action.
For the record, McCAIN IS THE SEXIST. He has insulted females all over the world. Women are not props. He will see on election day that we are members of a powerful electorate who know when we are being toyed with.
Palin is no Hillary. She pales in comparison. I believe John thinks any ole woman will do. THIS IS NOT TRUE and he is underestimating the feminine mystique.
What would you expect out of a man who screwed around on his 1st wife for 6 YEAR BEFORE marrying Cindy? He applied for his marriage license to marry wife # 2 when he his divorce from wife #1 wasn’t finalized.
The question is how can Palin stand by this man’s side?

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

“I suggest the moderator of this Blog delete most of the post by Omentum…he is a disgrace to Obama.”
I agree – the sexist should go. His disdain for women can be traced back months.

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am

let biden be biden.
what you wimpy republicans are suprised that someone other than yourselves have a foul mouth.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am

Joyce
Wasnt you just suggesting that obama is a homosexual. You are so dizzy it is not funy.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am

On the face of it Palin might make a good [Republican] Secretary of the Interior but all else that is part of the job makes her laughable as a choice.

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

Maybe McCain picked her because he likes shoulder pieces. His first wife was a model that he ditched when she became disfigured. Cindy McCain was a former rodeo queen. Let’s not forget how hubby offered her up to the T&A Miss Cow Chips pageant in Sturgis. Palin’s main qualifications probably were her outside packaging along with her experience credentials of being a runner up as Miss Alaska.

Posted by: kat | August 30, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Omentum
Yes.
And a look at baby mama would certainly make Mister Sinclair look attractive.

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Obama may be half as old as McCain, but he is twice as smart.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Biden is a long time Washington insider.
Obama- agent of change????
Don’t forget that Biden is also a well known racist.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am

Orezko: Way to many skeletons in the man’s closet!

Posted by: Soetoro_No! | August 30, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am

Dont hate Joyce
You would love to be in her place.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am

No you cant
No you cant
No you cant

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 11:56 am 11:56 am

Omentum
Actually, I would not like to be locked away like Obama’s bigmouth hateful wife. But then, I suppose you’d never read her thesis at Princeton.

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am

It 24 years ago that there was a female vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket. Women wasted the opportunity to put one of their own in the White House.
Another opportunity has come again. This time I am going to do all I possibly can to make sure that history will be made this election with a woman in the White House and not an African muslim man who is strongly antisemitic.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am

Omentum has momentum!

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am

As a Democrat, I say, “Thank you, John McCain! Thank you, thank you, thank you for handing us the election by choosing the most unqualified VP candidate in American history. Really. Thanks!”
Hello President Obama.

Posted by: ElodieStClair | August 30, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

Obama is guilty of infanticide.
Palin achieved so much in her working life and still had time for her five children.
I certainly look up to her as a role model.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

Joyce
I’m not sure I would call a prime-time speech on all networks as being “locked away,” but go ahead and keep up the nonsense if you want.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

People Magazine Snags McCain/Palin First Interview
AND THEY CALL OBAMA A CELEBRITY. LOL
McCain – Attention Whore ’08

Posted by: Mr. Coffee | August 30, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

After serving two terms as Vice President under John McCain, I fully expect Sarah Palin to run for the Presidency herself.
You go Girl!!!!

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

I read it and I can see why she felt the way she did. Is that a big suprise to you. How about checking about where she was raised and what she had to deal with as she was growing up.
surely she wasnt born with a silver spoon in her mouth.
she is a strong lady. and she doesnt rate the treatment you are giving her. She worked hard and earned her pay respectfully.
unlike the beer queen who was born in wealth in a business that directly supply customers to the alcoholics anonymous.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

Michelle is going to be locked away again until after the elections.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

after serving two terms as vp under John McGrumpy she will be ready for the insane asylum.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

thanks jock
i was about to slam joyce with the same statement

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

janephilip???
You called Obama “African muslim man who is strongly antisemitic.”
When a racist attacks Obama it is fitting they never mention his White American mother. It was her side of the family that raised and groomed this beautiful biracial man who is is GOING TO BE YOUR PRESIDENT. Obama’s mother was the maverick!!! I just loved how he projected her face larger than life on the screen in DENVER! She was an American— a real WOMAN a true feminist!!! Not like Palin.
YES. YES. We can and we will!

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

Omentum
That’s justification for being a separatist? Come on!!!

Posted by: Joyce | August 30, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

McCAIN/PALIN ’08
McCAIN/PALIN ’08
McCAIN/PALIN ’08
[EX-HILLARY SUPPORTER] VOTING
REPUBLICAN NOVEMBER………

Posted by: NICHOLAS | August 30, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

Obama is guilty of killing babies and should be charged in the International Court of Justice for genocide.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm

oh, darn, he said the bad word. what impressive and meaningful reporting we have on this site. that and that people are concerned about a hurricane. myself, i don’t concern myself with those darn things. can you all pray for me!

Posted by: Maybe_its_just_me | August 30, 2008, 12:10 pm 12:10 pm

Obama should not worry about using the word hell.
He should worry about Frying in Hell for eternity.
Oh wait, Obama does not believe there is a Heaven or Hell, or that there is a right or wrong.
Oh, wait, Obama only believes there is wrong if the other person does it.

Posted by: seah | August 30, 2008, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm

PUMA for McCain/Palin ’08.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm

These G-D words don’t bother Obama. His pastor said them. There’s plenty of proof of that. It doesn’t bother Obama because he doesn’t think it’s wrong to say it about America either. Get used to it if you support Obama and, GOD FORBID, he becomes president. You’ll hear it a lot. From his friends. That he invites to the white house. On your tax dollar. ;)

Posted by: Kitty | August 30, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

Obama is so heartless than he can’t even spare a hundred dollars for his brother who is starving in Kenya.
And he worries about using the word “hell.”

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:13 pm 12:13 pm

having too much fun– got go wash laundry get my child ready for a new year in school, cook some breakfast,
while laughing at McBrainless.
I just love this country!!!!

Posted by: clarity | August 30, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

maybe she is a separatist not because of herself but because the society that separates her (much like you are doing).
you seemed so suprised. you seem so out of touch with what REALLY happens.
regrettably we don’t live in the the pristine rainbows and waterfall wonderland you have in your head.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

Michelle earned her way by affirmative action — she automatically had 200 points added to her SAT scores.
She earned her way into ‘public service’ as an employee of a Chicago Hospital where her salary tripled when the hospital received an earmark of $1M courtesy of her husband — Senator Obama.

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

have a great day clarity …. YOU ARE A FINE AMERICAN

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Thanks Omentum ….jerks like you will rally the GOP base and push p***ed off Hillary supporters to the McCain/Palin ticket

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

Why don’t we hear from any of Obama’s friends from the past — those he shared drugs with while in college?
Can’t his friends (Ayers, Wright and Rezko) tell us what a great guy he is.

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

Andie
Why do you assume that everything was handed to Michelle Obama? Why do you assume that she couldn’t have earned it on her own?

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

janephillips
You are deplorable. I was in Denver and watched the idiot with the posters of aborted babies suggesting obama was a baby killer. HOW SICK.
How many babies (young men and women) have bush killed in a senseless war. And mcbush want to continue the slaughter.
Enough of this wedge issue. The are against business regulation (which affects millions of people) but want the goverment to regulate the choice of someone and their own body (one person). I don’t like abortion. I actually hate it. But i believe that people should be able to make their own decisions.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

Andie
Actually, the New Yorker (or someone) did go back and talk to his college buddies, and no one could remember him taking any drugs at all.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

the republicans are against business regulation that is….

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

At Saddleback,
Obama said America’s greatest moral failure is its insufficient help to the disadvantaged. He noted that the Bible quotes Jesus as saying “whatever you do for the least of my brothers, you do for me.” He said the maxim should apply to victims of poverty, sexism and racism.
Yet his brother George Obama is starving in Kenya and Obama has not lifted a finger to help.
On sexism, this man refuses to put Hillary on the Democratic ticket because he happens to be a misogynist.
On racism, he goes against all standards of decency by selecting Biden, a well known racist as his VP choice.
This fraud Obama is a hypocrite.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

well palin/mccain no 8
you should be happy.
glad i could assist your tired party with energy.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

janephilip
Obama’s half-brother, whom he doesn’t know, is not “starving” in Kenya. He does as well as the other 3 billion people living in poverty around the world. Is Obama a bad person for not giving $100 to all of them?

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

I don’t think either of the slightly harsh words Biden used were out of context. I think they are fine and show a decent un spun politician.

Posted by: markymark | August 30, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

Obama, Rezko, Wright, Ayers, Odinga, Sharpton,Farrkaam, the list is endless – Change you can believe in-
They will change your life in a way you never imagined.

Posted by: jimbo | August 30, 2008, 12:27 pm 12:27 pm

McCain is senile, can somebody make sure the guy changes his adult diapers on a regualr basis. Cindy do your job!!!
Also, McCain picked MILF Palin to be his Nurse / Secretary. He knows he is not going to win. I mean who in his/her right mind would want to be POTUS of the POS that Bush turned this country into? Maybe the guy isn’t so stupid afterall.

Posted by: John_McLimp_Noodle | August 30, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

janephilip
If you think Biden is a “well-known racist,” you have even less credibility than I thought. Is slander all you know?

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

jimbo
unplug your ears and drain that swamp inside your head

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

How many babies (young men and women) have bush killed in a senseless war. And mcbush want to continue the slaughter.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 30, 2008 12:23:17 PM
Obama says he wants to reduce abortions but at the same time wants to use taxpayers dollars to fund abortions!!!
The Democrats are responsible for all the deaths of innocent civilians in 9/11 because Bill Clinton refused to act against Osama bin Laden when he had the chance.
President Bush is only doing a job that the Dems should have done.
Four thousand of our finest men and women gave their lives to keep this nation save. If our troops were back home sitting in their barracks, who knows what other attacks Osama bin Laden would have carried out on American civilians.
Look at the facts from all angles, please.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

ANNA- Unfornately the McSAME/Palin idiots do not know how to read or understand the known and stated facts! Great post—-LOL

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

janephillips you have spun yourself dizzy.
Bush had the intelligence. but he decided that grandstading cutting logs on his ranch was more important. and that dufus sat there as if he had an iq lower than the kids that surrounded him.
and totally besides the point. 911 HAD NOTHING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH IRAQ, THE PLACE WHERE OVER 4000 OF OUR TROOPS HAVE DIED AND TENS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN INJURED.
get your facts straight.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

janephilip: “If our troops were back home sitting in their barracks, who knows what other attacks Osama bin Laden would have carried out on American civilians.”
Osama bin Laden is not in Iraq; Osama bin Laden has never even been to Iraq. The troops there cannot hinder him in any way, but their presence does help him recruit more terrorists.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

and please. g dubya should have been the scariest candidate in the history of the US. Dont you know his family and the bin ladens had CLOSE ties.
And you try to paint obama as some terrorist risk.
how silly is that.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

Mr. Biden in an interview, says of Mr. Obama. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”
Biden is obviously insinuating that blacks don’t bath.
If Biden is not a racist, then Louis Farrakhan must be a saint as well.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

No politician should be taking the Lords name in vain. We had enough of Reverend Wrights sermons of hate and racism that Obama said he “didnt hear” for 20 years. How slick of him…
Mskes us really wonder who this biden guy really is if he is talking this way. He’ll fit right in with Obama and his cronies. Whats next ? O.J. Simpson coming to dine at the White House. dont be fooled by JoeBama- its all a fairy tale and the koolaid will stop flowing in November.

Posted by: jimbo | August 30, 2008, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm

can it jane. you have crossed over into zanyland. at least come back over to where you are just a idiotic dufus.
don’t be so typical

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

there are only three sentences MCfool always say in his speech
1. i am a POW
2. i am a maverick
3. drill here drill now
lol

Posted by: john | August 30, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

Omentum – go back to Chicago and clean up the mess that the Obamas left there. They didnt do ANYTHING for Illinois and they wont be doing anything for you. you and the cult members get your walking papers on November 4th. Good riddens !! Now lets all chant and watch for Barrys rainbows and lucky charms to appear.

Posted by: jimbo | August 30, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

janephilip: “If our troops were back home sitting in their barracks, who knows what other attacks Osama bin Laden would have carried out on American civilians.”
Osama bin Laden is not in Iraq; Osama bin Laden has never even been to Iraq. The troops there cannot hinder him in any way, but their presence does help him recruit more terrorists.
Posted by: jock59801 | Aug 30, 2008 12:35:43 PM
But it has tied up all his resources and the tide is now turning against Al-qaeda. Even the sunni arabs are not against Al-qaeda.
But you at least agree that President Bush has done a good job to keep Osama hiding in some hole in Afghanistan.
If Kerry had been elected, this nation would still be facing terrorist attacks from Osama.
That is why the majority of voters don’t want a wimp like Obama as Commander-in-Chief.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

No married woman should vote for McBush
because he cheated on his first wife and then left her for rich and young Cindy aka miss Buffalo.

Posted by: john | August 30, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

More racists comments by Joe Biden -
“You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
He bragged about his potential appeal to Southern voters by noting “You don’t know my state. My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth-largest black population in the country.”

Posted by: Andie | August 30, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

There are 3 things that Obama says in his speeches:-
1) We need change
2) I am the “ONE” anointed to be leader
3) I am your messiah, bow down before me,
as the mountains do.
Obama -an empty suit with no substance.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

Anna – the asylum is ready for you now…just sign yourself in dear.

Posted by: jimbo | August 30, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

janephilip
If Bush had kept our focus on Afghanistan, maybe bin Laden wouldn’t be hiding any more.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

McDummy has no intergrity. he lied about his age to Cindy when he was cheating on his wife

Posted by: john | August 30, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

More racists comments by Joe Biden -
“You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.”
He bragged about his potential appeal to Southern voters by noting “You don’t know my state. My state was a slave state. My state is a border state. My state has the eighth-largest black population in the country.”
Posted by: Andie | Aug 30, 2008 12:47:55 PM
I take it we can all agree that Biden is a racist then.
I wonder how blacks who support Obama because of the color of his skin feel about voting for a racist like Biden.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

Jay Leno to McCheater:
For a million Dollars, how many houses do you have?
McCheater: You know Jay, i was a POW…..bla..bla…and i am a POW. lol
it is time somebody tell this dummy old wrinkly dude that being a POW does not qualify one to be a president

Posted by: john | August 30, 2008, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

Kitty, are u serious?!! You are comparing what Palin has done in the last year & a half, to what Obama was doing in his 20′s!!! How ridiculous are you?!! She was a freakin beauty queen once. Would it be fair to say Obama is a U.S senator, but Palin is just a beauty queen?!! While she has been governor for a year & a half, & mayor of town of 8000 before that, Obama has been a US senator, State Senator, Harvard Law graduate, one who turned down the big jobs in order to be a COMMUNITY ORGANIZER!!! How foolish to compare the extreme beginning of his career, volunteer work no less, to what Palin has done at the present time. Compare what they’ve done when at the same age, and you’ll find one who was a beauty pageant contestant, and one who devoted his time & energy to helping his community. Kitty, please keep talking. It’s people like you who have made so many swing voters realize how absolutely wacked you nutjob right wingers can be. Scary.

Posted by: kitty's brain | August 30, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

janephilip—LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! OH,BY THE WAY WE SUPPORT HIM FOR HIS POLICY IDEAS. TOO LONG HAVE WE LISTEN TO THE SAME CRAP FROM YOU REPUBLICANS AND GET THE SAME BS IN RETURN. ALSO KNOWN FACTS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE VOTED DEMOCRATIC! REPUBLICANS WE DONT AND NEVER WILL TRUST!

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

jimbo
i bet you blame global warming on obama as well. how looney are you.
if he was governor, you would have a point. but one of many legislators and you can pin all the ills of illinois on obama
your logic is short reaching.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm

janephillip
so the racist biden has now said yes to work for a black man.
that is logic only you can understand.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

McBush and his campaign team are very pathetic. there are rumours that George Joker Bush and Karl Rove played a crucial role in the selection of Palin. no wonder because she is part of the same corrupt Republicans

Posted by: john | August 30, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

mccain’s stump speech
noun, verb, POW, my VP is hot. Vote for me

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Omentum—Watch McIDIOT dump CINDY for PALIN like he did his first wife!

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Obama’s stump speech. My mother was white from Kansas and my father was black from Kenya. Vote for me. I am deseving.

Posted by: Mai | August 30, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

janephillip
so the racist biden has now said yes to work for a black man.
that is logic only you can understand.
Posted by: Omentum | Aug 30, 2008 1:08:08 PM
“Politics makes strange bedfellows”
In other words, political interests can bring together people who otherwise have little in common.
A con man and a racist, both wanting power. What’s so strange about that.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

“I suggest the moderator of this Blog delete most of the post by Omentum…he is a disgrace to Obama.”
I agree – the sexist should go. His disdain for women can be traced back months.
Posted by: Joyce | Aug 30, 2008 11:50:56 AM
Obama is a misogynist. Is it any wonder that Omentum is also a misogynist.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

i am not a misogynist ….. McCain is a misogynist.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Obama’s stump speech. “Don’t question my lack of experience. I am your messiah. Vote for me.”

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

remember he has the contributor that said
if rape is inevitable …might as well lay back and enjoy it.
he himself dumped his first wife for a beauty queen.
she exwife said when he came back from vietnam she needed him to be 40 and he was acting 25.
get called his wife the worst thing you could ever call a woman
and it was he that was drooling staring at palin’s butt as she was giving her introductory speech in dayton.

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Annenberg Challenge.

Posted by: jen | August 30, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

Omentum…you must be paid Obama blogger… so which page of the playbook are you on now ?

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 1:28 pm 1:28 pm

History will be created with a woman in the White House and not an African muslim man.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Hussein is 95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

janephilip—A REPUBLICIAN {ROVE} PAID BLOGGER!!!

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 1:34 pm 1:34 pm

no I happily do it for free.
i refuse to let you be blissfully ignorant

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

janephilip—A REPUBLICIAN {ROVE} PAID BLOGGER!!!
Posted by: READY999 | Aug 30, 2008 1:34:43 PM
Wrong! I am a democrat who feels Obama is a fraud, so I am switching my support to John McCain. Having a woman on the ticket is just icing on the cake.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

jane
95% stupid
5% stupid

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

so jane tell me
voting polar opposite of democrats just because there is a woman on the ticket. …
Does that fit with Mccains COUNTRY FIRST THEME?

Posted by: Omentum | August 30, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

janephilip—- I guess HILLIARY was a fraud too,either though their policies ideas was the same. A far cry from McIDIOT ideas. The way I see it is either you a sexist or a racist! Which one are you.

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

I’m not going to believe anyone is a misogynist OR a racist until someone gives me a REAL reason to.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

Blacks are racists. They support Obama because of the color of his skin.
A few black Christians I know are against abortion but are going to vote for Obama because they want a black man in the White House.
I don’t see liberals having a problem with that.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

Hussein is 95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.
How can an elitist African say he understands the problems of the average American.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm

janephilip
Do you know what the word “racist” means? Being proud to see a qualified balck man in the White House when you never thought it could happen in your lifetime is not “racist.”
And most people don’t base their vote entirely on the abortion issue.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

On the anniversary of “I Have a Dream”—America’s preeminent speech about unity—Obama chose to emphasize division. It may have been politically smart. But it was very much politics as usual.
Political commentator
The same old dirty politics from Obama.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm

“95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.”
Saying stupid and obviously false things like that just encourages people to completely ignore you, which I should go back to doing.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm

janephilip
Do you know what the word “racist” means? Being proud to see a qualified balck man in the White House when you never thought it could happen in your lifetime is not “racist.”
Posted by: jock59801 | Aug 30, 2008 2:02:06 PM
Good. Then I suppose you have no problem with women voting for Sarah Palin because they would be proud to see a woman in the White House.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

janephilip—Wrong again. Blacks always have voted DEMOCRATIC, for white candidates for years!!! This time we seen a black candidate that we like and feel capable to run this great country.Over 200 years had their been a white president and the monopoly must end. Lets push apart are difference and embrace our candidate who stands for the value of our DEMOCRATIC PARTY! McIDIOT is too far from anything our DEMOCRATIC PARTY stands for.

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

janephilip: “Then I suppose you have no problem with women voting for Sarah Palin because they would be proud to see a woman in the White House.”
Well, I would sure think it silly if that were the ONLY reason. If someone voted for a candidate that went against everything they believed in, just because it was a woman, I would suggest they look at the larger picture. But I would never say she is being “anti-men.”

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 2:14 pm 2:14 pm

99 per cent of blacks voted for Obama over Hillary in the primaries.
Blacks didn’t consider the issues and policies of the candidate. They voted based on the color of the candidates skin.
I would strongly suggest that that is being racist.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

Palin will eat Biden’s lunch in the debate and the Republican ticket beats the Democrats in a landslide in November. That’s the story in a nutshell.

Posted by: Joanne600 | August 30, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

History will be made with a woman in the White House and not an African muslim who is strongly antisemitic.
And this nation will be all the better for it.
You go girl!!!!

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

janephilip—Both of their policies was the same!.Now where are the policies of McSAME??? I see you didnt consider that,but instead based it on sex. WHAT A HYPOCRIT!!!!!!!!

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 2:22 pm 2:22 pm

Hussein is 95 per cent African and 5 per cent American.
I don’t want a foreigner leading this nation.

Posted by: janephilip | August 30, 2008, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

jock59801—As you can see by janephilip replys and stupids comments, thats why I call her either a racist or sexist or perhaps a combination of both.

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

janephilip
Clinton and Obama were virtually identical on policy issues, so it really didn’t make much difference. So why not vote for someone who has been where you have been and is more likely to understand what is important to you?
Wanting to finally see an African-American or a woman in the White House does not mean you hate whites or men or think they are unqualified because of their race or gender. That makes no sense at all.

Posted by: jock59801 | August 30, 2008, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

Biden Age Issue equal John McCain Age Issue
Obama Inexperience Issue equal Palin Inexperience Issue
Score 0 to 0
Obama Socialist Leanings to McCain Capitalist Leanings

Posted by: CuriousIndep | August 30, 2008, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm

Experience counts, in a PRESIDENT. With Obama we have no experience but he has to make the decisions on day one. With McCain we have an experienced president and a VP that will learn fast. NoBAma for me. This week decided it.

Posted by: Baer in CA | August 30, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

If Biden was an African American it would help to get the ticket to 100 percent black support.
The African Americans are racists.

Posted by: Rick from Pa | August 30, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Obama can say what he wants because he is African American.
I have never seen such prejudice against whites in my life.
Biden is white, so he’ll have a problem.

Posted by: Rick from Pa | August 30, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

Rick from Pa—-And you are a robe-wearing KKK!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: READY999 | August 30, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

Who the HELL is Sarah Palin? You GODDAMN conservatives can kiss my ASS!

Posted by: pops | August 30, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

Anna….EXCELLENT factual comments! Everyone, please concentrate on the facts & not the emotions. We will vote for Obama/Biden because they are SMART, well qualified, and really do “get it”.
Anna, would it be possible for you to email me your wonderful response with the list of achievements by Barak?

Posted by: barbara | August 30, 2008, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm

Kitty, you are forgetting Barak Obama was a state Senator and U.S. Senator. Do not trivialize his accomplishments, it makes you sound uninformed.

Posted by: barbara | August 30, 2008, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm

Senator Biden got 9,000 votes running for POTUS. He voted No 30 years ago for the Alaska pipe line. Wrong Joe on that one. LOL

Posted by: Norma | August 30, 2008, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm

I am a woman who is reminding all of you that McCain/Palin would like to remove our reproductive rights by changing the face of the Supreme Court. Please consider the horrible past when abortion was illegal. Oh, by the way, as insane as this sounds, the Bush administration is attempting to call birth control abortion.

Posted by: barbara | August 30, 2008, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

So diarrhea-mouth Biden is at it again. Obama even forgave his racist comment about him – “clean”. Old Joe’s a beltway insider who is ethically clean. Not! Google his and his son’s connection with SimmonsCooper. Biden believes in getting campaign money the old fashion way – by selling political favors. Since Biden has slept through more Foreign Relations Senate meetings than Governor Palin, I guess that makes him more experienced in foreign policy for the moment. Hey! He’s even more experienced than obama! Maybe that’s why he was selected.

Posted by: GW | August 30, 2008, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm

Palin: its ok to call the state senate leader a bitch, she’s a Democrat.
Palin: no women shall be allowed to have control of their bodies, not even in the case of rape and incest.
Make them bear the child of the molester.
Palin: Fire my brother-in-law or I will have you fired too.
Palin: I believe in the literal Bible, every single word.
Palin is the Taliban.

Posted by: Bruce Becker | August 30, 2008, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm

A bachelors in communications? A creationist? Anti-science, anti-choice, anti-environment. Sorry, but we need to move forward, not back to the stone age. We need intelligence and grace in the white house. Obama has both McCain and Palin neither.

Posted by: really? | August 30, 2008, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm

McCain’s health plan requires all persons with existing issues to find new insurance at higher rates.
It is the opposite of what we all need.
It is a plan designed to make more money for insurance companies. That is its main feature.
Vote for ANYBODY but McCain. Barr, Nader or Obama.
They ALL have better ideas about the needs of the public than McCain.
McCain’s tax plan favors the super rich, as compared to Obama’s.
Obama’s tax plan favors the poor and middle class, as compared to McCain’s.

Posted by: Bruce Becker | August 30, 2008, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm

Rik, Biden is well respected. He has no problem.
Pop, LOL!
Rick, I do not see any prejudice against whites here, and I am a white woman (British decent). We have a very racially diverse country now. We are continuing the process of the American Dream: EQALITY FOR ALL. Part of that is Free Speech. That is why we are all able to write these words here.

Posted by: barbara | August 30, 2008, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

Palin’s acceptance of the literal word for word BIble makes her a proud creationist:
Anti-science, anti-choice, anti-environment. NO THANKS.
We must move forward, not back to Tennessee hill country and the Snopes monkey trials.
FYI, the solution to world affairs is to work with all peoples to find common interests, including the UN in negotiations. What is needed is the opposite of the Bush/McCain/Palin “war as perpetual campaign” vote strategy.

Posted by: Bruce Becker | August 30, 2008, 3:47 pm 3:47 pm

McCain’s health plan requires all persons with existing issues to find new insurance at higher rates.
It is a plan designed to make more money for insurance companies. That is its main feature.
Vote for ANYBODY but McCain/Palin.

Posted by: Bruce Becker | August 30, 2008, 3:49 pm 3:49 pm

Most of these posts seem to be about something else rather than the topic of the article. Bad language. If the press is SO biased towards Obama as we always hear, why aren’t we hearing more about Senator McCain’s appalling use of the words trollop and c**t when talking to and about his wife. Bad language is bad language, but the use of the word “hell” is not even worth writing about compared to a man using those other words to and about his wife. Goes to show a lot more than just the use of foul language.

Posted by: jane | August 30, 2008, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm

I like Biden also. I think he is perhaps the most qualified candidate to fill the VP slot ever. He certainly understand the Senate, and will preside over that body with knowledge, and I’m sure he will be ready to serve with honor and distinction. He just might say Hell or Damn every now and then.

Posted by: Ray in Iowa | August 30, 2008, 4:00 pm 4:00 pm

Two millionaire Democrats on the same ticket?
How are they in touch with the rank and file?
Say anything to get elected. Make the government bigger and more expensive, but make sure your millions are protected.
Hypocrites!
The worst kind of elitism.

Posted by: Tax Slave | August 30, 2008, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

hypocrites biden and obama? With all due respect McCain, and Hilary pounced on obama when he made those bitter comments as being out of touch and elitist. Give me a break. Each of them have wealth or spouses that are rich. I applaud Obama’s success story and he has every right calling McCain out of touch, McCain did the same thing to Obama. Is Obama elitist because he went to an ivy league school. no. He was a community organizer as well, and he and his wife just got done paying off they’re college loans. I can relate to him unlike McCain. The only difference between the two is McCain married into wealth like John Kerry, and Obama became successful on his own. By the way I’m pretty sure that Joe Biden is the least wealthy U.S. senators he’s no millionaire maybe his wife is, but I find that hard to believe. And the article above is silly, and these reporters should find something serious to cover instead of wasting their time.

Posted by: Matthias | August 30, 2008, 5:14 pm 5:14 pm

Again the Republicans walk the walk while Democrats are barely able to talk the talk. I thought John McCain showed the people of America how someone with a little class handles events. He could have totally destroyed (N)O’Bama’s speach thursday night by leaking out Palin’s name but he made his people keep it close to their vest.
I ask you this. If the situation was reversed do you think (N)O’Bama would have even thought about giving McCain his due?
Just another example of what leadership is all about.

Posted by: Steve | August 30, 2008, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

Earlier Post…
I know Hillary Clinton, I consider Hillary Clinton a friend…
Governor Palin your no Hillary Clinton…
THANK GOD!!! Seriously, thank God. I wouldn’t vote for Hillary Clinton-even if she was the only one running.

Posted by: Teacher in Kansas | August 30, 2008, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/30/gop-alaska-state-senator_n_122664.html
The Anchorage Daily News is reporting that many of Palin’s local colleagues, even Republican, were rather stunned by her being chosen as McCain’s vice president.
State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.
“She’s not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?” said Green, a Republican from Palin’s hometown of Wasilla. “Look at what she’s done to this state. What would she do to the nation?”

Posted by: o. | August 30, 2008, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm

From: WordPress-Mudflats
An Alaskan Voice is heard on palin and her “Executive Experience”
Note: Barack Obama was a State Senator and is now a Federal Senator who sits on the Foreign Relations Committee alongside Joe Biden, who is his More Experienced senator, liken unto JFK and LBJ, but Palin’s so called “Executive Experience” is a Rush Limbaugh-Sean Hannity …JOKE on the American Populus…
MCCAIN-PALIN WILL…. LOSE
After extensive news coverage about all this nasty behind-the-scenes scandal, which is definitely NOT squeaky clean, Palin’s approval ratings fell to 67%, still high, but a far cry from the 90% number that’s being thrown around so glibly by the Republicans today. Alaskans are quickly becoming disillusioned once again.
“Executive Experience”
Before her meteoric rise to political success as governor, just two short years ago Sarah Palin was the mayor of Wasilla.
I had a good chuckle at MSN.com’s claim that she had been the MAYOR of “Wasilla City”.
It is not a CITY. Just Wasilla.
Wasilla is the heart of the Alaska “Bible belt” and Sarah was raised amongst the tribe that believes creationism should be taught in our public schools, homosexuality is a sin, and life begins at conception.
She’s a gun-toting, hang ‘em high conservative. Remember…this is where her approval ratings come from.
And Republican bloggers are already gushing about how she has ‘more Executive Experience’ than Obama does!
Above is a picture of lovely downtown Wasilla, for those of you unfamiliar with the area. Behind the Mug-Shot Saloon (the first bar I visited when I moved to Alaska long ago) its a little strip mall.
There are street signs in Wasilla with bullet holes in them.
Note: Wasilla has a population of about (5500 People, and 1979 Occupied Housing Units)
This is where your potential Vice President was 2 Short Years Ago.
Can you imagine her negotiating a nuclear non-proliferation treaty?
Discussing foreign policy?
Understanding non-Alaskan issues?

Posted by: o. | August 30, 2008, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm

Palin’s extreme conservative opinion on women’s issues are enough to make me donate my life savings to the democratic party. The GOP is trying to get the evangelical vote – but people, really this is a woman who will have the poetential to influence 3 supreme court nominations and when or if McCain dies she could be president – that is SCARY! Also, to anyone in Alaska, why the hell are you such a red state???? You have one of the most to loose. Are you willing to sacrifice the future of our children so you can get a check for $1000 from oil drilling. Shame on you, I would hope you had more ethics.

Posted by: elissa | August 30, 2008, 5:55 pm 5:55 pm

Wow what a busy day for bloggers over language and Palin!
Palin seems to have a very engaging personality and she is so attractive. I admire she is a woman who has rose to Governorship, but VP pick, I am truly shaking my head on this one. Did McCain truly just think putting a woman on a ticket would trick Hilary voters to vote for her. I think they have more substance to them that that…
I also watched for several hours on TV and as many thousands also watched an interview before she was announced as VP choice. She is big oil. Alaska is about big oil, same companies who have made record-breaking profits over and over in the past quarters, the same ones we are lining their pockets each time we fill up our tanks and hurt our family budgets, and they have!!! The same companies that want to drill more oil in Alaska? Where does this oil go? Several months ago on the Discovery channel, I believe, it stated it is sold and shipped to Japan what is drilled in Alaska? Can anyone for sure confirm this for me?.. Ist’n one of our biggest problems is we also don’t have enough refineries to refine this oil they want to drill, I know our local refinery (family work there) are working tons of overtime and cannot keep up with oil, this company keeps breaking record profits also.. Of course drilling ups the revenue for Alaska and oil companies but if it is shipped overseas how does that help us in the future? It does however help Palin, Alaskans economy and Oil companies!!
Language, We have all heard on the news Bush’s slips of the tongue and McCains. Attacking Biden is not fair. Personally, I don’t like to hear it from any of their mouths, but it will happen just like I try to watch family friendly shows but the the commercials become offensive to my values…I don’t judge any of them for their slips.. It could be habit with them or could be just the moment of passionate statements… I do thank Obama for apologizing however first time someone was considerate enough about it.
One other point I would like to make about McCains choice. I respect her decision to have her child and choosing life!…That baby is blessing and I am sure we will see more about this this week!! I would like to remind people however 8 out of 9 Justices were appointed by Republicans that voted during the Roe vs. Wade decision…..mmm…. I found Obamas stand on this interesting…It is the first time I have heard anyone take a stand for change in this area…. nothing has changed in 8 years on legalized abortion or the numbers… probably never will no matter who appoints them to the Supreme Court… but the thing that will make a difference is trying to reduce the numbers of unwanted pregnancies and make an alternative route for choice for young women who are faced with such a horrific choice in their lives!!! We have not walked in their shoes, how can we know how hard this is for them. Lets help them, make adoption easier, make medical care easier for them, education etc. I am excited to see if he can make a difference in this area when he becomes president…not take away a women’s choice but really make a difference in helping these women rather than just judging and pronouncing them as “killers”!! Maybe life will be the choice for these women if they know they have an alternative and a goverment who wants to help them. I know liberal liberal….yada yada yada..sounds Christ-like, compassionate caring… I am not talking a handout I am talking working values and compassion for them facing such a choice. It was easy for Palin to make that choice because she had a background in her church teaching and a wonderful husband by her side as well as good jobs.. Most women making this choice sadly DO NOT even have the church teaching on this and their faith to help them, we have to remember this!! How can we help them without calling them “killers”. Why do we think we are making a difference by “holding up signs stating that” rather than trying to help these young women make this choice responsibly and helping them with choosing life!!I will never hold a sign even though I am prolife and I am not “naive” enough to think voting for pro-life presidents makes a difference, it doesn’t. Roe vs Wade already proved that by conservative Republican Justices that voted for it…It is a moral issue and an issue that women need help with and education on….
Boy, I have one more thing, a big can of worms also! As a full time working Mom raising two children balancing work and children was the hardest hardest job I ever faced!!! Not working was not an option, Ins etc., and I loved my job but it was hard!! I cannot imagine balancing 5 children (one with special needs which requires more attention and care from a loving Mom and family) even remotely balancing the families needs and being VP and even possibly President….I know, I know, they have staff…, she has teenage daughters who seem lovely and a big help but realistically as a working Mom (and I always have a can-do attitude!! ) I would “never” “never” accept a position such as this to even take away a moment of my time with that special child and my family. Not on this level…. She will have to travel extensively without them, she will be on call 24 hours, they have to move from their lovely Alaska…I was somtimes faced with decisions of sick children and having to work or miss something special in their lives because I had noone to cover me at work…sorry to remind everyone she will not have a replacement either as VP or President!!!! I think this decision was a selfish one, I think her ego, as beautiful as she is and her friendly personality is great, but it must be huge!! What was she thinking let alone McCain… I know she must have a lot of “staff” ready and willing plus a husband ready to give up as a supporter and be a full-time Mom, but she sure can’t get back that time she will loose with her family and those young ones!!!… but then again, that ego is telling her this is a chance of a lifetime and history-making… and it is !!!! I am not a barefoot and pregnant woman either but….is she ready for this and is she really ready to be a President of the greatest nation in the world? She is engaging and friendly, someone to admire as a working Mom but where does her family fit in during the major crises and hours of attending to them at this level.. Sure CEOs do it, not at this level, but at what expense to their families…, sure they may have luxury and turn out right but their family time suffered in the process when one Parent or both in some cases have big ego and are selfish in their ambitions over their families. Because of their egos they always recieve this point in anger and defense anytime it is mentioned to them but it is still there… watch her response when it comes up….
God Bless our great nation and for making this such a history-making candidancy on both sides and the great strides we have come as a nation for this to be possible!!! Let’s all be thankful for our blessings and the fact we are all free because of those before us who served like McCain, some with their lives! We are all Americans as Obama stated not red states, not blue states but we are all Americans together and should work to help each other and with each other on our problems!
I am glad this VP decision help make up my mind more clearly… I am not for oil and those who support it above our families…. I will do my share to reduce my use because of the buget problems, but I will not support candidates like Bush and Chaney who have so much interest in the oil outcome for profits again!!!… Lets drill and make sure it comes here and we have the refineries in place and ready and lets work on alternative fuels etc… That is not going to happen under a Bush-Cheney-like republicans so closly tied to oil companies and their profits again!!. The ordinary middle class working people will still suffer and our jobs will still be shipped overseas for the cause of profits for share holders and CEO’s and the our oil will still be sold for profits overseas.
I consider myself an idependent who has voted for Clinton first run not second run and Bush first run… I am proud to vote Obama-Biden this time! It is a change I am willing to give a chance but if I am not happy with the changes I will vote the other way the next!!!
God bless us and God have mercy on our great nation as we are making history either way!!

Posted by: Myra in Ohio | August 30, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm

This from Rev Joe Biden…sound familiar?

Posted by: skaterdon | August 30, 2008, 6:22 pm 6:22 pm

I look forward to see Biden vs Palin in a debate. WHat is she going to do? Cry? Maybe she can get some “Hillary my a…” votes by crying in front of Biden.

Posted by: Obiwan | August 30, 2008, 6:39 pm 6:39 pm

According to reports, during the 1992 Senate bid, the repulican presidential candidate who was campaining with his wife along with aids and consultants greeted his wife’s remark about this hair thining with a response something to the tune of “At least I don’t plaster on the makeup like a trollop, you c@@t” and made the excuse that it had been a long day.
I agree…that if this man is elected…everyday will be a long one.
No Way No How No McNasty

Posted by: Dem-Gurl | August 30, 2008, 6:46 pm 6:46 pm

Obama’s VP choice reflects patient, careful thinking on many levels: Biden is an established politician who has a legislative base that will support him with pushing through Obama’s new legislation, a forward thinker and delightful “people person” who can maneuver through personality clashes that make for legislative, partisan gridlock and a loyalist who will advocate for Obama on Capital Hill. Very good job Obama!

Posted by: Obamarama! | August 30, 2008, 6:51 pm 6:51 pm

Great speeches from Obama, but not very convincing. He said he is his brothers keeper, but his brother lives in a box.

Posted by: Mimi | August 30, 2008, 9:17 pm 9:17 pm

So McCain is labeled a hypocrite for choosing an inexperienced person while promoting experience.
Doesn’t that make a change/reform/Washington outsider platform become hypocritical when they have one of the biggest Washington insiders on their ticket? Oh wait! Biden takes the train to DC! That makes him an outsider! Please!

Posted by: Dan J | August 30, 2008, 9:26 pm 9:26 pm

“Governor Palin your no Hillary Clinton”
Correct. Palin is soon to be VP. Clinton was not even vetted by Obama.

Posted by: geevill | August 30, 2008, 10:17 pm 10:17 pm

Myra in Ohio–The oil from the North Slope is transported by the Alaska pipeline down to Valdez, AK where it is loaded on to tanker ships and sent to Californa or a Gulf port for refining. The natural gas in the wells on the Prudoe Basy Field is simply forced back into the ground. When the oil line was constructed in the 70′s, the Oil Cos wanted to also build a line for the gas to be sent to south 48 but the Washington Congress said no, no, we want to send to to Canada when Canada gets their fields developed and send it on down to the midwest. Well, that gas line has finally been ok’ed thanks to Palen–25 plus years later.
There are also oil and gas wells on the Kenai Pensinula and some is used in Alaska and the surplus sent to Japan. The state also sends coal and lumber to Japan and Korea. The fishing industry in Alaska is controlled by Japan.
I watched the oil business start and the pipleline being built and had excess to watch construction. It was an exciting time for Alaskans. One point I would like to make is that the state of Alaska does tax the oil but the US federal government gets a lot more. The oil industry and the militiary complexes in the state certainly are a big part of the ecomony but the population and the number of businesses are also growing. It was a sad time when I left for medical reasons but my family and heart is still in Alaska. The living costs are high in Alaska so why should Alaskans not get something back from their natural resources?? Most people in the south 48 do not know much about Alaska, its people, way of life or problems. Try going to work every day 5 months a year with 4 to 20 inches of ice and snow on the roads and the temperature is -10. I never missed a day of work because of weather conditions. One must be tough and determined to live in Alaska.

Posted by: Mary | August 30, 2008, 11:12 pm 11:12 pm

Go McCain / Palin !!!
Knock them dead !!!

Posted by: McCain/Palin 2008 | August 30, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm

Profanity does not make a person “one of us”. Profanity is used as a crutch. Hell is a real place. Damn is strong language – not to be used lightly. God is a real person – who says to not use His name in vain. Jesus is a real person – the devil likes to have this name used glibly and in an irreverent manner.
The founders of this country loved and worshipped God and His son, Jesus. Decent people do not use this type of language — Hollywood does, because most there are not decent. They want to use extreme language and ‘overdo’ things to make a point – they are trying to tell life stories in two hours – making ‘points’ and emphasis to make their story. It’s not right to do that – but when people are limited in their ability to express themselves – the superlatives in a vulgar and nasty way.
When a person uses vulgar and profane words – they are really detracting from their message . . . or they really haven’t thought out what they are trying to accomplish with their tongue. God tells us that we will all give an account for every word we utter. I believe that is true. I don’t want to have to answer for the use of vulgar and profane words.
Hopefully we will elect people who have enough insight and knowledge so that they can express themselves without using vile language.

Posted by: John | August 31, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am

Why kill the child just because it has a violent criminal father? Why not address the real problem – the rapist?
Sarah Palin’s remarks on abortion are consistent and real.
America has turned its back on our unborn children for over 30 years. The deaths of these unborn children is not being ignored by God. We all stand in the path of judgement for doing it and allowing it to continue.
This is a great example of why it’s important to have principles and a regard for truth – above public opinion and what the ‘loudest’ people say. That is what our constitution and other governmental documents were meant to provide. It’s why we have a republic versus a pure democracy.
But in a country that seeks self-interest more than truth, and pleasure more than self-control, etc. we find a way to ‘justify’ whatever it is we desire – rather than sticking to truth. This is not partisan – we Americans need to push for principle and truth – when our elected officials see us desiring that – they’ll respond.
If we trust in God, rather than in money, government, or politics, we will get back to a better way of life. If we continue down the path of being vicious to our neighbors as well as our potential politicians, we will continue to gain enemies throughout the world.
How ridiculous to think we have any moral ground to gain when we do not respect life nor each other. Throwing off on the ‘other’ party does not gain a thing. I have seen little substance here in most of the ranting on this site. Take your time and read the holy scriptures – it can profit you if you let it.

Posted by: john | August 31, 2008, 12:24 am 12:24 am

Something tells me he isn’t a highly respected expert on foreign policy for “watching his mouth.” Likewise, I don’t expect him to “take it easy” on Sara either. You can be forceful and get your point across without saying terrible words.
I think McCain part expects Biden to be a “gentleman” to Palin. And I’m sure he will. But she shouldn’t expect kid glove treatment, either. She is in politics, so she should expect everything that can possibly be thrown at her to be thrown at her.
Rush is just as despicable as much of the media (including other Republicans such as Tucker Bounds) when it comes to sexist remarks. Really, how many dittoheads are out there who will vote for her because “they want to see her age” in public? So the problem with Hillary is that she is too old and not attractive enough? Mrs. Palin said that she thought Hillary was “whiny” and now expects to ride the coattails of all of Hillary’s hard work to the Oval Office. Nice try.
I think being the Governor of Alaska for one and a half years and mayor to a town the size of my former college’s student body is not nearly the same as being a Senator in Illinois. Sure there’s wildlife in both places, but you can legally shoot one kind with your gun.
Also McCain just admitted publicly without words that experience isn’t the name of the game for this election. Talk about a major flip flop.
Sorry, the GOP can spin this all they want (which is what they are good at, make a totally ridiculous decision, and than take it to the media to try to brainwash people into thinking that it is a smart idea).
Elizabeth Dole would have scared me. Meg Whitman would have scared me. Being a mother is tough to do, but being a mother of five doesn’t qualify you for vice president.
Seems like he didn’t know if he should go for the experience mantra or the change mantra, so he kind of seems like he tried to make this Superhuman woman who could do both. I’m sure there is some woman, like Olympia Snowe who would have also has a maverick reputation. Snowe has never been one to strictly vote along party lines. She is truly a role model for women, and certainly Presidential material.
Make no mistake, the veep is about who can take over for the Prez when he dies, etc. The VP is not supposed to be some eye candy. Sorry, look me straight in the face and tell me that Sarah Palin is the most qualified Republican to be running on the ticket. I didn’t think so.

Posted by: Mia | August 31, 2008, 12:41 am 12:41 am

Our Republic now stands at a crossroad. To move ahead to work on the enormous problems the nation is facing, or to keep playing those low gotcha games to win the office for mean, corrupt, and dumb politicians and let them destroy the country in the name of partisan identity. The Republican Senators must all feel insulted by McCain’s VP pick. Country first or personal victory first? McCain’s VP pick says everything about his empty cynicism that puts personal victory over our beloved community and even over his party. To pick Palin as someone ready to be commander in chief, to make decisions of life and death for our military, that is not patriotism. No way, not even close!

Posted by: lin | August 31, 2008, 12:49 am 12:49 am

Ron Paul is looking better and better every minute…
http://www.campaignforliberty.com/

Posted by: McPalin = Corrupt Oil | August 31, 2008, 12:51 am 12:51 am

It is a sign of desperation when McCain plays the culture wars card. We are going to hear for the next two months about God, Gays, and Guns, and the abortion issue. The Republicans have managed to win on this platform for the last eight years but have nothing to show for it.
It’s funny how the GOP is so concerned about the unborn until they are born. Then they decide it is “evil” to provide these children health insurance, an education, and a chance at life. If you don’t want to foot the bill for this, than don’t block birth control or sex education.
The God I follow is not owned by the right. No, I would never have an abortion. I would talk anyone who is considering it out of it. There is a whole psychological aspect. Women get pregnant for attention. Some don’t intend to get pregnant at all, but they do. Things don’t work out, they seek an abortion. If they have already made it to the clinic, the system has failed somewhere. Screaming at them while they are entering the clinic is too late.
Poverty, education levels, and socioeconomic levels have everything to do with why women have abortions. Tackle these issues first, and abortions will go down. Teach young girls that they don’t have to have sex to determine their self worth. Get them involved in sports or extracurricular activities. Kids have parties and engage in risky behavior partly out of boredom, partly out of the need to prove they are adults. Kids need role models and mentors. And these programs can be performed just as well in the secular arena as the religious arena. Religion is a personal choice. It should not be packaged up and sold as a one size fits all.
All of this stuff takes money. And more often than not, these programs are the first to get cut. This will do more to prevent pregnancies than a band-aid cure of blocking access to birth control or harrassing young women at clinics. I’m sure God has convinced you that abortion is a sin. But so is not supporting the programs that help young women to begin with.

Posted by: Mia | August 31, 2008, 1:02 am 1:02 am

“The current state of our economy drives home the hard truth that living beyond our means has caught up to us.”
-Ron Paul

Posted by: OBiden/McPalin = more of the same | August 31, 2008, 1:08 am 1:08 am

Great, another pro-life hunter.

Posted by: Janet | August 31, 2008, 2:11 am 2:11 am

Joe Biden is a genuine idiot. Just act like and/or be yourself, Joe, and surely your true self will emerge for all to see and behold.

Posted by: Gentleman Sam | August 31, 2008, 2:40 am 2:40 am

In contrast to the opposition ticket, Sarah is a welcome breath of fresh air on our national political scene. In spite of the fact that Obama’s 3:00am VP announcement was a direct, and not-so-subtle, slap at Hillary and her supporters for her Primary criticism of his notorious and painfully evident inexperience, the Clintons are ecstatic over Obama’s pick of “Jawbone” Biden as his VP. A man who can speak eloquently ad-nauseam while saying absolutely nothing of substance. The McCain camp will certainly exploit Biden’s former prolific praise of McCain; his multiple assertions that Obama was not sufficiently experienced to assume the Presidency; and, who correctly noted that the White House was not the proper venue for Obama’s: “On-The-Job-Training”. Obviously Obama was smart enough to recognize that he needed a “Handler” close-by 24/7; and, no-doubt has scheduled Biden for remedial training in diaper changing. It’s a good time to invest in “Pampers”. It’s become apparent that Obama has some insidious need to constantly poke the Clintons in the eyes. One has to wonder if an “angry” Michelle Obama is prompting such responses! However, the Clinton’s, astute in the way of politics, will simply re-enforce their base of supporters in preparation for a now certain 2012 bid. Greg Neubeck

Posted by: Greg Neubeck | August 31, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am

I am concerned; I think I have Dyslexia…..I see Osama Bin Laden everytime I look at Obama/Biden! Help me out here.

Posted by: JohnHenry | August 31, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

What’s wrong with Obama saying “hell” after church? Didn’t his pastor say “hell” and “damn” and “G–damn” in church? I don’t see what the big deal is, Obama. What’s good enough for your pastor IN church should be good enough for you OUT of church, right?

Posted by: Thoughful | August 31, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

Yeah, Sarah Palin certainly is NOT a “Hillary”. Sarah doesn’t have that corrupt Clinton “stink” about her.

Posted by: Karl La Fong | August 31, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

Freedom of speech. What if he says curse words, what if he doesn’t? What is the issue exactly? We all use them. It makes him human.

Posted by: ew | August 31, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

It seems most Dems are very mad at this Palin pick. If she really is a bad pick shouldn’t the Dems be gleefull?

Posted by: Ken | August 31, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

Biden needs to be Biden. And I hope he rips her to shreds in the debate. This chick is shallow and can’t hold a candle to Biden. Go get her Joe!

Posted by: Joyce | August 31, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

It is amazing to me how ignorant people still are in this country – in this blog, using terms like “baby Mama” the racism is so obvious. I thought the one thing we had accomplished is at least being embarrassed of being racist.
I think this election will be won because those who actually have brains and believe in science and progress will vote for Obama and Biden. They are real, they are not fear and hate mongers. I wish we could have an IQ test to decide who can actually win, I think the results would have prevented the last 8 years of crap we have had to live through, not to mention the dead and limbless victims of the Iraq war. I think the poor white people should search deep and really think about who actually cares about them, what will actually affect them and what is a bunch of fear propaganda.

Posted by: Liza Nicklaus | August 31, 2008, 2:59 pm 2:59 pm

Biden’s brain aneurysm left him with half a brain in his head, the other half is in his…oh hell…you know where.

Posted by: Diane Binder | August 31, 2008, 3:27 pm 3:27 pm

Oil Slick Palin?
Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha,Ha!!
Same B^%ch who DESTROYED Wasilla do to HER EMINENT DOMAIN SCAM! The poor little town is STILL PAYING FOR!
http://www.adn.com/matsu/story/474934.html

Posted by: sam | August 31, 2008, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm

Posted by: sam | August 31, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

Even RIGHTWING Rasmussen Reports :
WEAK choice among women and moderates, the groups McCain was PANDERING to.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/palin_makes_good_first_impression_is_viewed_more_favorably_than_biden

Posted by: sam | August 31, 2008, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm

Sad Palin SHILL:
PALIN DRAWS BOOS trying to suck the Hillary Clinton vote.
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/2008/08/31/mccains-vp-pick-palin-draws-boos-when-mentioning-hillary-clinton/

Posted by: Sam | August 31, 2008, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm

“I think this election will be won because those who actually have brains and believe in science and progress will vote for Obama and Biden.” Liza Nicklaus
Wow, do people actually believe in science and progress? Reading through this thread gives me the impression that the “H” word and the “GD” word are way up there on the list of priorities.

Posted by: JohnHenry | August 31, 2008, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

I am really sick of people using the GD words…..God does NOT “damn” anyone….it’s all the ignorant human beings that have no more intelligence than that.
I am a born again Christian and take great offense at such filthy mouths. It makes me sick.

Posted by: Nora | August 31, 2008, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm

welcome to the dark ages, those who believe in God or any great power out there better watch out where their great salvation is coming from- a disguise of caring for life while toting a gun!

Posted by: Liza Nicklaus | August 31, 2008, 10:22 pm 10:22 pm

Actions speak louder than words.
For those right to lifers who think a woman should bear a child after she has been raped by a family member or other rapist should think about just how Holy that is. When people invade and commit genocide one tactic is to rape the women and spread the seed. Since when did the God equate with the NRA and waging war?
Hell exists for some people already -try being a woman in Iraq.
There is a strange mythology of hatred where God excludes and gives forgiveness for the rules people make up.

Posted by: Liza Nicklaus | August 31, 2008, 10:37 pm 10:37 pm

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