The Palin Equation

Problem is… I think what they are refering to is not the 99% of Hillary supporters but the 1% of crazies that all candidates have …the ones that will look for any excuse to fulfill their spiteful anger. Their choice is not about reason or what is best…
it is about what makes them feel better and the fact that Palin’s parts are the same as Hillary’s they will say they are voting for women…even though Palin is against almost every last thing Hillary stood for in trying to protect women.

Since McCain has opposed women’s rights, equal pay, laws on domestic violence, right to choose, then isn’t she just a token to get elected?
I just found another interesting item on another site. She is already under investigation. Yes!! An actual investigation in her home state.
Different day, More of the same!!

Obama has 3 1/2 yers of forign policy experience in the US Senate.
Paley has zero.
Poor judgment from McCain. Just pandering to women.

hey Kistra: Obama has NO foreign policy experience at all.. wake up and get educated

Palin may be a woman but does not share womens` values. She is also dangerously inexperienced considering McCain`s age and his argument.
What about the economy McCain?

Numbers aside, this is obviously a strategic choice that has more to do with what’s going on in the Democratic camp than it has with Palin’s fitness for the job. Her greatest asset to the McCain camp is being a woman, not because they want a woman there, but because they need a woman to beat that black dude. Good choise, but for all the wrong reasons.

Hill billy
Yes Obama has foreign policy experience. At least 3 1/2 years in the US senate. Did you think they just sit in the Senate house for nothing other than discussing high profile foreign policy?
Palin has zero. And McCain has flip flopped on the issue of experience. Palin is anti womens rights.

I used to think Obama had limited experience but after McCain showing poor judgment on hisw VP pick I see a superior judgment in Obama.

The Obama cultists and Media are hard at work all over the web calling Palin the most disgusting, sexist, vile names you can imagine. They’re saying she looks like a porn star.. are you freaking kidding me? I am ashamed to have ever belonged to such a hateful party. The democratic party has officially been declared dead today! I will support this McCain/Palin ticket wholeheartedly and know I’m doing it for Hillary and every woman out there who’s been mistreated and demonized unfairly. Bty, I am a 35 year old male, not a female. I just feel the way Hillary, who happened to be the most qualified democratic candidate, was treated by that idiot and the DNC was unforgivable.

Palin may be short on experience, but she is a gutsy reformer. She has an excellent record of taking on the “good ol’ boy network” and even corrupt politicians in her own party. She even rejected the embarrassing “bridge to nowhere” project.
I really like Palin and she will excite the conservative base. She’s got my vote for sure!

Palin is Cheney in a beehive
a)Palin governor of Alaska/Cheney executive at Halliburton
b)Alaska untapped regions for oil drilling/Iraq raided for oil interest
c)Palin is good with a gun/Cheney was good with a gun.
d)Cheney convinced Bush that Iraq had WMD/Can Palin convince McCain that polar bears have WMD?
Eight more years of oil burning and the shores of northern Alaska will be a vacation spot.
McCain/Palin = Bush/Cheney
McCain/Palin = WonMoreDisaster

Its amazing the bashing against Palin…
Obama has NO executive experience, no experience working directly with the military (Palin is Commander and Chief of the National Guard – which commands some of the best units in our military based in Alaska), no real record of reform of any kind, no real voting record that amounts to anything (Hillary Clinton pointed out that most Obama votes in his “years” in service have been present – not yes or no on critical votes), and certainly no experience taking on corruption in his own party.
Obama is a NOOB…..and the dems are calling her the one with no experience????!??? HUHHHH???

McSame just handed the election to Sen. Barack Obama on a silver platter!!! The man must have lost his mind to make this choice. Obama/Biden 2008!!!

Who says she has no foreign policy experience? Her state is on the border with Russia—3 miles away at the closest point. She is on the front lines! She has to get up every morning and stare down Putin while Obama and Biden are in line getting their bagels at the Senate cafateria!

Interesting. The Conservative base is ecstatic with McCain’s choice in Sara Palin. Why is it that the opposition is against his choice? Fear. McCain/Palin are destined to prevail in November. Liberals whine, whine, whine while Conservatives grind-in and get the work done and know our destiny is in our own hands, not government, as Liberals like to.. oh yeah… whine whine whine about.

sorry to say this, i was up in alaska, anyone in the military is pretty darn good. but to focalize the national guard in that light, and since i retired last year from the national guard in alaska. we just do our jobs, and i wouldnt say we are some of the best, nuff said, the base commander up here has more pull then she ever could. and her being governor is a nice accomplishment, but for the 47th ranked state on population, i seriously doubt there were much issues up there besides her ongoing case of her abuse of power. also enough said!

McCain has just stamped a seal of approval for the Obama presidency! Thank you for being so conscientious and kindly stepping away from leading the country into a deeper hole.
Your love for the country is well appreciated, Sen. McCain!
Yes, you are absolutely right! We do need a person like Sen. Obama to lead the country and bring back the American prosperity and peace to the world!

I think Palin as VP shows McCain is still a maverick……was it the right choice? NO! Won’t be voting Republican this time around.

I’m still trying to figure this one out…
Palin is a champion for ethics in government, but she is currently under an active ethics investigation?
McCain reportedly defies his party position and believes in the threat of global warming, but picks Palin, who as noted above, is fighting placing polar bears on the endangered species list and doesn’t believe the data on global warming?
Do the majority of Americans REALLY want a vice president who during her campaign two years ago advocated for teaching of creationism in public schools?
Seriously? Am I missing something here?

Umm..Jeremy Slater..I’m guessing that you want the right to be tolerant & accepting of gay marriage, women’s “rights, etc. Is that correct? The right is continually bashed for not being open minded & tolerant and yet I read your statement about teaching creationism in school….which doesn’t strike me as very tolerant & accepting. Do we want kids to have only information we “believe” in or do we want them to get both sides of the story (on any issue) and then form their own opinion? Isn’t that what school is for?

I don’t know what McCain was thinking, but she is weak on experience and very unknown. Of course she does appeal to the right wing christians who don’t think, just lockstep vote republican.
How anyone can affiliate with the republicans after all the crime, lies, corruption, and sexual perversions. They say Jesus but they don’t act like him.

What is McCain thinking….
Ok I want to part of this Pandering..
BE A MAN MCCAIN, PAWLENTY OR ROMNEY…
You just gave it away…
FOOL

Go mcain, better than a practiced speech maker. Give obama a mirror and a mic.He talks about afforable medical.Affordable to who? How much income is consider to be affordable.I wonder what obama would have done in mcain place as a p.o.w .. That right he never was in the miltary.Bidon average Joe in touch with working class.. Has’nt had a real Job .Sen at 29.. what is he talking about , his paper route.

Sarah Palin could be our next Commander-in-Chief? Is this some sort of a joke or something?
Was Paris Hilton not available?
Unbelievable. The Publicans ARE getting desperate.

pianofan: I want my kids to know both sides of issues whether it’s evolution vs creation, pro-life vs pro-choice or whatever. My point is that the Democratic left wants the Republican right to be tolerant & accepting of gays/lesbians, pro-choice followers etc..and yet, Jeremy Slater & you, I’m guessing, are being intolerant of an opposing viewpoint. Whether you agree with it or not, it’s a view that is out there. To teach the children to be accepting of gays/lesbians in school (which is a choice) and yet not teach creationism (by your statement–is a choice also) is hypocritical. Why are you afraid of teaching creationism in school? It’s knowledge to get both sides of an opinion. And that’s the type of kids I want running this country in the future–those that are willing to listen to both sides and then form an opinion. How can you argue for your point when you don’t know what the other side is? Based on what your mom & dad tell you? That’s ridiculous. So what if Palin supported creationism in school? That is such a minor issue to be hung up on. Voters need to look at the issues for each candidate & then decide. To vote for McCain because you’re a Republican or to vote for Obama because you’re a Democrat is just ignorant. I for one am one who looks at the big picture.

Vote for the bigger picture. Pick a topic. I don’t see McSame winning in any of them.

I can’t comment on Mccain VP pick since I don’t know anything about her. I support Obama-but I can tell you this –MCcain is not a young man-he could get sick or die-Does he really think she will be able to lead this county as President and commander in chief. Or does McCain even care?

judesuper, if you had a link, why didn’t you list it instead of just inuendo? For months the Obamabots have been saying that Hillary needed to go get elected as Governor of a state and get some experience as a Govenor and then come back and run for POTUS. Why these Obamabots did not think the same of their own candidate who does not even have as much experience as Hillary does, who knows, but then again then only know one word anyway (not the definition, just the word). So here, as Charlie Gibson pointed out today, McCain picks a Govenor as his VP. And, as he continued, she has something neither McCain, Obama, nor Biden has. She has experience running an administration. You can argue only for 2 years, although she has thirteen years altogether in office, you can argue she just ran a town and a state, but however little it is, it is more than all three of them together. So, since being a Govenor would qualify Hillary in so many Obamabots minds, what is your problem now?

What happened to Huckabee? I hoped he would be the VP pick. At least he has 10 years as Governor compared to what is it 18 months for Palin and her term as Mayor of some place in Alaska. What is the population of Alaska minus the polar bears, penguins, and that white owl that was on the endangered species list that I saw on Dumb and Dumber.

Ya, I got more time to add additional information. Troops in Iraq, problems with N. Korean and Iranian nuclear ambitions, Russia is Russia again, and McCain’s VP choice slash potential president if something should happen to him is absolutely – one big negative, one huge minus, one catastrophic subtraction, you get the result, summation, conclusion.

NICHOLAS your right we never surender and we never will also we have already won the war in Iraq Militarly and it takes a big man and a big country to admit when they are wrong and we were wrong to go into Iraq period. McSame would like to have our military stuck in Iraq forever this confuses me being in the military I know tactics and bushs are destroying the military we are losing all our junor officers and all of our experianced non-commisioned officers this is a DANGEROUS combination VERY DANGEROUS for our military. Second with our smaller lighter faster military the key one of those three is smaller and we are stuck in Iraq that means we are at a point whereby we cant respond to another threat even if we wanted to so we all better pray no one else decides to attack us or our allies they russia just did to georgia because if they do we will again as we did when russia invaded georgia will not be able to do anything about it because our military is stuck in a war that no one wants the US taxpayers or the citizens of Iraq. The only people who want it is the GOP because that there only fear leverage at the monent to use to maintain control.

I am truly disgusted and terrified by McCain’s choice to have Palin as his VP nominee. This woman is absolutely unqualified to run the country. And what an insult to women. Of all the women Republicans, this is the one he chooses? It shows just how little he values the role women play in politics. MCCAIN THINKS ALL WOMEN WILL SEE ANOTHER WOMAN IS INTERCHANGEABLE WITH HILLARY CLINTON BECAUSE HE STUPIDLY DOES! Country First? How about Ego First? Apparently, McCain is above mortality, from ANY reason – bad luck can befall any person, really, regardless of age – and how can he justify jeopardizing our country’s well-being?
By the way, I am also disgusted by how commentators in addition to Republicans are saying that Palin’s inexperience is commensurate with Obama’s (not really true) “inexperience” as the Karl Rove and others have tried to call him. The truth is, Obama is NOT inexperienced, he’s been around for a LONG TIME, AND he has strong credentials above and beyond politics. For God’s sake, he holds a degree from HARVARD LAW SCHOOL and was an involved community activist with groups whose well-being were closely intertwined with what was/is going on with politics before entering the political arena.
Let’s face it, MCCain is repulsive, and so is Sarah Palin. Please folks, DON’T VOTE FOR THEM!

Congratulations President Barack Obama, by selecting Palin as his running mate, McCain just handed the presidency over to you on a silver platter!!
Lucky for those of us who were going to vote for McCain, his senility streak surfaced before he became president!!

McCain/Palin and the Viagra Express is coming to a state, city and town near you! Republican candidates on the lower ends of the ticket- run, don’t walk to the farest location possible. This is not a ticket to run on; it’s one to run from!!! I suggest Foreign Policy and the Economy for Dummies as a Christmas present for McCain, Bush, Palin and the new RRepublican party. Thank God I left the party almost 10 years ago to become an american independent.

Is sad how we worry about the color of a person istead of be thinking how smart this man is and how like all of us. Obama is a man like us he work hard to own what he have and he suffer the same like some of us, don’t have a father. I vote for him I take a chance for change and I never will vote for McCain/Palin is just incredible how he think woman will vote for her because she is one.

Sarah Palin is a woman of substance unlike Obama who is all talk and NO substance. She has only 2 years as govenor of Alaska but she has done more in those 2 years than the other govenors in 12. She cut taxes, exposed corruption even in her own party. She voided a contract with oil companies (even BP whom her husbands works) and reworked the contract and awarded it to another company that was more qualified to handle the pipeline contract. She went against the company who employs her husband. Palin suspended the gas tax in her state and gave extra money to the people of Alaska to help with rising energy cost. She is able to do this with surplus money because she had sense enough to cut wasteful spending on pork barrel projects of the former Democrat and Republician administrations. The so called investigation of firing the person in charge of Public Safety had nothing to do with him not firing her former brother-in-law. The compaints against him came before she was governor. She offered the person a job as Director of the ABC Commission but he turned it down. He simply was not doing his job correctly is the reason he was fired. Her brother -in-law had made threats against her father, had tasered his 11 step-son, had a habit of driving drunk and drinking in a state patrol car. He should have been fired. All these things happened before she was governor.
Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Obama. He was state senator then US senator. He has spent most of his time in US senate running for President. His experience consist of being community organizer and associating with Ayers, Rev. Wright etc. Michelle Obama was paid close to 1 million dollars per year for her so called community work. Being on the board of director of 6 organizations pays well.
To all those who say she is only one heartbeat away from President, how is that worse than Obama being President. After all she does have more experience than Obama. He has NO experience. She does. He is running for 1st place and Palin for 2nd place. I would rather have a vice president with her experience than a president with NO experience.
McCain/Palin has my vote.
The students at the 2 colleges that my family members attend here in NC are very excited about Palin. They tell me that their freinds are happy with McCains choice and plan to vote for them.
By the way I am a woman who did not vote for Hillary, so I am not one of the ones people like to say are just mad because Hillary did not get the nomination. I vote for the candidate who I think has a better understanding of what America needs and the ones who have decent morals and values. I am also smart enough to see through the biased media hype and the empty speaches of the candidates. Style is good at times but there has to be some substance to go along with the style. Obama has the style but no substance. He is a good speaker no doubt, however his speaches lacks specifics and substance and are empty.

McCain will win the election now that he has a woman with a loving heart on his ticket.
Obama is surrounded by Wright, Farrakhan, Rezko and Rezko.
Oh….I forgot about the domestic terrorist…….William Ayers.
How dare obama supporters push this man down our throats.

Thank God for McCain.
We need a patriot with moral values and normal friends in the White House.

“Palin had priorities. She shrank the local museum’s budget and deterred talk of a new library … She successfully pushed a half-percent sales tax increase to build a $15 million multi-use indoor ice arena. The popular sports complex is not breaking even, as its advocates projected,”
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.
I think she is the most inexperienced person on a major party ticket in modern history,” said presidential historian Matthew Dallek.
When are we going to see real in-depth vetting by the media of who Palin is?

How stupid are Americans?McCain naming Palin is a joke. Geez no wonder the rest of the world laughs at us.

Considering that I have always voted republican, I think that I will sit this one out.I feel that McCain is pandering for votes at the expense of my nations potential well-being.She may be a women, but that doesn’t make her right for the job.Is there a conservative third party candidate?

JoAnne, you have no business commenting if you aren’t voting. It’s that simple.
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Considering that I have always voted republican, I think that I will sit this one out.I feel that McCain is pandering for votes at the expense of my nations potential well-being.She may be a women, but that doesn’t make her right for the job.Is there a conservative third party candidate?
Posted by: JoAnne | Aug 30, 2008 8:01:09 PM

What on earth happened here? As a woman, I am totally disgusted with McCain (who I voted for in the primaries, and was planning to vote for in the general). With his age and past health issues, I would have expected him to pick someone with more experience (I especially preferred Romney). What is his obsession to be surrounded by beauty queens? 1st wife – swimsuit model, 2nd wife – beauty queen; running mate – beauty queen. WITH NO EXPERIENCE!! If he wanted to pick a woman, why not one of the wonderful, smart, experienced women we have in our party? He’s finally lost it. Moving on to Barr… or Obama for that matter. This sucks. McCain just handed the presidency to the dems. God Bless America!

Is this the “Commander In Chief” coming to real life? Do the Republicans really want such an inexperienced mother of 5 in the White House or is Palin just to get votes?

For me as an educated Republican, I was happy to learn McCain spent a few hours with her for the first time before announcing that Bush had selected her as his running mate. It was a proud moment for me to see McCain following commands so, so, Maverickly…My son said in his last letter to me from Iraq – RESPECT. And that’s what I have for McCain.
And seriously who can argue with me? Just look at the last 8 years. DAMN good years to be an American. Hey I might not be able to afford going to the hospital BUT AT LEAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE IN DEBT! Now where ELSE can you say THAT? And I am comfortable knowing that with McCain at the helm I would be guaranteed that for another four years. So I’m staying with what I know!
Passion? Who needs passion in politics? Them Democrats with the silly idea that there is anything to hope for, and believing in unity. Just stay off my yard is all I’m sayin.
McCain = Familiar Pain 08!

Phone rings at 3 am:
Miltary official: What should we do President Obama?
Obama: Present.

Its rather hypocritical that all the good Liberal Dems love to point out how Palin is “under investigation”..hmm..and how many times has Saint Obama been “under investigation”? Does the name Rezko come to mind? Even Palin’s staunchest foes admit to her being a very honest person….too bad the same can’t be said for Barack Hussein Obama! And just wait til the dirt on Ole Joe comes out about his pushing the Bankruptcy reform bill, when his son (?) was an exec with MBNA…and that several independent studies have concluded that the bill DID have a large impact on the foreclosure mess we are dealing with now! Talk about in the special interests pocket!

As women you should be insulted. To think that Hillary supporters would just go vote for the ticket just because he picked a woman for VP.
That makes us seem that we only are voting because she is a woman and that we don’t look at the issues.
So this is saying that the republican party considers us as a bunch of Bimbos.

Governor Palin has more executive experience and Commander-in-chief experience than Obama and Biden put together. Moreover, Obama spent must of his short time in the Senate running for President.

Why is everybody all of a sudden tripping out on the experience factor. The last time I checked, a Governor’s job description is closer to President than a Senator. If you question Palin’s experience than shouldn’t you be questioning Obama’s also. I am still undecided and laughing at all the rants being flipped around. Palin vs. Biden…maverick vs. old boys network, I’ll take Palin but am still undecided on the other two.

As one poster in this thread said about Palin’s experience:
PTA-3+years
Mayor-1 year
governor 2 years
Obama has been serving first as a state senator (in a heavily populated state, with one of America’s top 5 cities in terms of population), and then as a US senator since 1997.
He has served on the Foreign Relations Committee, (working with Joe Biden, who is the head of that committee – McCain met Palin once before asking her to run with him). Obama has also served on the Homeland Security Committee, and others.
If you still think executive experience in Alaska is more valuable than a range of experiences on a state and national level—
Since the current administration has successfully alienated America from the rest of the world, I would think that the candidate with experience working in teams, and across party lines would be more effective, wouldn’t you?

I can’t wait for Biden to stop this crazy woman on her tracks by saying…”I served with Hillary Clinton, I know Hillary Clinton, Hillary is my friend…you are no Hillary Clinton”.
No Hillary supporter will vote for this bitter, gun loving, right wing extremist, who only wants to teach our kids about “a talking snake”.
Obama might not be a JFK as well, but at least this man was a Harvard LR editor, who can lead this country, and the entire world (as 200k people agreed in Berlin) to a better day.

The sun will shine in like a rainbow on the RNC McCain/Palin, I trust McCain/Palins words more than Obama. Palin is for prolife.
Obama needed some temple to appease all.
McCain/Palin can deliver the truth what they can do for all Americans, unity for all Americans
and Jesus is Truth he is coming soon I believe that.

you abcnews guys are funny.. don’t you ever check your ‘numbers’ with your colleagues?
how about this ‘number’?
$10 Million Woman: Palin a Hit with GOP Donors
McCain Campaign Raises Over $10 Million Since Palin Tapped as Running Mate

The Dems are running scared. What an absolutely brilliant move by the Republicans!
I am a conservative and to be honest I was really worried about Mccain until he announced Palin. I was actually liking the Obama (rhetoric) about change. Then, he announces his VP and its about as far from change as you can get. When Obama loses the election it will be because of his VP pick.

I was reading these blogs to try and figure out why people would want to vote for McCain/Palin. The only thing I can figure out is “my mama and daddy did it, so will I”. I don’t understand why people would vote for someone who is just going to continue the downward trend of this country (especially since Bush has like a 38% approval rating). Do people not realize the jeopardy we are putting ourselves into by falling further and further behind the other nations of this world? Where exactly does the U.S. stand in education? And how pathetic is it that we’ve been paying billions and billions of dollars to fight a useless war in a country that is making record profits off of our oil dependency while we borrow more money from the Chinese who have all of our manufacturing jobs that have been shipped over there? I’m not even going to bother with any more of these blogs since I know Obama will win… but you republicans better be studying Mandarin just in case since the republicans are all for sending your jobs over seas!

Palin has a newborn with special needs and a troubled teen pregnant out of wedlock – what happened to the evangelical call to women to take their motherhood seriously? How could she possibly accept the position as VP knowing she would be expected to step into the position of President if necessary? Doesn’t her family count for anything?
Do they have a live in nanny or something – what is the plan? It’s not exactly consoling. Apparently Palin doesn’t believe in birth control either so who knows she may become pregnant again…. despite the risks at her age.

Obama will not be able to do everything he says he is going to do unless he raises taxes on small business. These are the people that create most of the jobs throughout the country. He basically has the belief that government should take care of everyone (how socialistic is that?) Either he will be the greatest president of all time or the biggest failure. My vote will go to McCain/Palen

I am appalled that Governor Palin has accepted the nomination of VP. She has five kids. My mother sacrificed everything for me so that me and my brothers and sisters could have the love, social skills and other life tools that we needed to go out into the world. 

She is a mother of a “newborn” child with Down’s syndrome! As a parent and even more as a mother I would want to know that the person who was in the office of the White House made sacrifices for their children. I believe that this is outright neglect. If she was any ordinary white, black, or Latino woman with five kids, one of whom was 17 and pregnant, she was be morally and ethically judged and ridiculed. But, because she is white, rich, privileged and a Republican, she is being praised and viewed as someone whom American woman can “relate to”. 

In America we often praise women for their moral and fundamental judgments, for their incredible sacrifices for the their children, and to do what Palin is doing (accepting the nomination) demoralizes what all women should have, undying and unconditional love for their children. If her lack of focus on her family has ultimately resulted in an unwanted pregnancy for her under aged daughter, one might be forced to ask, what then might be in store for her disabled newborn? I believe that many Republicans often shift the responsibility of raising their children to others (i.e. grandparents, family members, nanny’s) not because they have to sacrifice for them or work hard but often because they would rather keep up “appearances” than raise their children properly themselves. ” Oh Ms. Minnie has the kids, she’s a charming little black woman” or “Oh I sent Johnny up to Boarding School, he’s out of control.” 

All this, not to mention, is she really prepared to step in and be the next President of the United States? I think that the answer is obvious.

I too am appalled that Mrs. Palin has accepted the nomination. As a working parent myself, I know first hand how difficult it is to juggle family and career. I belive she’s being sidetracked with all the media hype and has not really thought this over clearly. She obviously is putting her career before the needs of her children. If she wanted to have her career she should have stuck to maybe having two children, but five. Come on why not stop when your children were grown. Maybe she should rethink Birthcontrol. How can she give the love and attention her disabled son needs when she is busy with her high profile career. She will most likely have a nanny, which many working women do, I’m not critizising that, its that this son is special and needs her attention. Does she not realize her teenage daughter needed her and apparently she wasn’t there for her. I’m sorry, but this shows lack of good judgment on her part and on the part of Mr. McCain who nominated her for VP. The biggest concern I have is, the fact Mr. McCain has had cancer and if he were to become very ill and passed away, what will happen to our Country. I don’t believe Mrs. Palin is ready to lead our GREAT NATION. And, if Mr. McCain thought putting her on the ballot would win him over Mrs. Clinton’s votes, its not going to. Mrs. Clinton has experience and her views are completely opposite and I would trust her with Running the County, SHE HAS. Again it’s appauling that Mr. McCain and the Republican Party would think women of this Country are so misinformed. Think again, we are smarter thank you think.