Democrats on Hill Worried About Biden at Debate

Remember this, Joe: “We’ve been given two ears and but a single mouth so we may listen more and talk less.”–Zeno of Citium.

this will be interesting—–the professor biden –debating the 3rd grader palin—–what could they possible have in common—-i dont think biden hunts and eats moose

I think that Senator Biden could do just about anything and “beat” Sarah Palin. I just hope that it will be like Obama and McCain’s where the American voter was really the winner because we got to hear issues being discussed and not farm animals in cosmetics.

wow. yes, because repubs are worried (understandably) about palin, the dems must be worried about biden.
tire swing!

Everyone please keep lowering the expectations for Biden.

i feel sorry for biden—he will have to talk to palin as if she is 10 years old—–if not the repubs will call it female abuse—

Hillary and Pelosi are offering Biden tips on how not to appear sexist or bullying? This confirms how little Americans have come in their thinking and how fragile their women are. The non-sexist approach is to rip into Palin in the same way any examiner rips into an ignorant, unprepared candidate.

Nice try, Jake, trying to lower the bar for Crazy Joe eh?
Crazy Joe has been in the Senate how long? Crazy Joe has ran for president how many times? Crazy Joe has had how many previous presidential debates?
(loser)

Hey, she said she was ready to play with the big boys now they have to be worry about the beauty queen being over her head and doesn’t know what to say or do next. No, she will do fine look at how she delivered the speech during the convention. She will be fine and I’m getting popcorn and beer because this is going to be the funniest debate of all times. She really that’s what the McCain Camp keeps saying…the game is on!

It will be nice to hear what Palin has to say without having the main stream media edit her and take her words out of context.

palin on foreign policy—opps there goes another russian plane overhead—see i am russian neighbor.

Kathy-let’s hope Sarah doesn’t put her foot in her mouth, but based on the three interviews she’s done, that’s a given-that is, if she has a hard time saying the word nuclear (not nuculur like she pronounces it)There’s NO comparison

I don’t like Joe Biden and never did. Palin has really got to tank before I change my mind.

Why should they be worried about her she can attack with scripted lines and tell a bunch of lies but she can’t take the heat… Oh well! She should have refused the nomination… she is truly in the big league now! Fair and equiable and that’s the why it should be handled! Out of her league…Just an Idiot and clueless! Like valley girl stupid!

he has a hard time saying the word nuclear (not nuculur like she pronounces it)There’s NO comparison
Posted by: jackiecee | Sep 29, 2008 8:19:31 AM
Not another Bush. He can’t say it either. Maybe he gave her lessons on how to pronounce it.

If the debates are anything like Palin’s interview performance on Katie Couric, Joe Biden could just not say anything at all and let Governor Moosehunter McNarrow-Maritime-Border over there dig her own grave. Sarah Palin is completely unable to articulate a single coherent opinion on any issue of substance in this election, and it shows.
By the way, check these comments and the way the McSame supporters pull out the illogical fear mongering and personal invective, almost across the board. Just like the McSame campaign itself! YAWN! Call me when these people start taking a stand on the ISSUES, until then I invite all of them to shut up now and forever until they can present a reasoned argument. I have a feeling I’ll be waiting a long time!

There is also not a single Democratic Congressman or Senator that thinks Obama is the best qualified either. They were none too thrilled to see him in Washington last week. What is not even a first term Senator doing representing their party? They support him only because they see him as a rubber stamp to do their bidding. After all he votes 100% party line. Not much thought goes into his votes.

DAVE YOU MISPELLED DEMOCRATS—-IT IS REPUBS

The press will make sure Biden does fine, because they will totally ignore him in the debates(just like they have been doing so far) and attack Palin for any and everything; from the clothes she wears, her hair style, her lipstick, why she isn’t taking care of her infant child and any fumbles she makes along the way.
Joe will make a gaffe or two or three and the press will laugh it off as there goes funny Joe again.
Palin will make a gaffe and the media will spin it so it is the end of the McCain campaign, end of the Republican party and possibly the end of the two party system as we know it.

If I squint, I can see Russia from my window and everytime a plane flies overhead I wonder if its Putin and his gang

Come on, this is going to be just like a dysfunctional Thanksgiving dinner. Our doddering old uncle saying inappropriate things about his boss and telling us stories about when FDR was on the TV in 1929, and our crazy cousin Sarah who’s struggling with mild schizophrenia and worrying about tagging invisible molecules and weird Russian creatures rearing their heads in our airspace. This is going to make Gore/Quayle/Stockdale look like the Hamilton/Jefferson debate. Pass me the mashed potatoes.

Forget treating her like she is 10 years old. She wanted to play… I don’t feel like he should treat her any different. I feel they will try to give the McCain camp the questions in advance and that’s not going to be fair to the American people. We deserve to continue to laugh at this sorry choice the McCain has presented. I’m sorry but I can’t stop laughing..
When she get’s back … The Alaskans better watch out for this vicious woman because she is going to “Fired” the entire state and especailly those who have gone against her! First Dude is working on that one now! LoL

Joe can you explain derivative short sale stock purchases and how it affects the economy? Sarah could you tell the folks how to open a checking account at your local bank and should they ask for the gift?

I think Democrats should be careful about Palin. After watching her interview with Couric I think that it is no possible to be so dumb only if you fake it. So, maybe it is a tactic from the Republicans for her to look so smart during the debate.

Real men will vote for a real man.
Sorry, Osama.

Remember Dan Quayle? How about Lucy? Sarah will make you cringe even more.

Diane, Spoken like a true feminist.

The only thing Joe should worry about is managing to keep a straight face when Palin babbles on nonsensically.

Biden doesn’t understand basic US History and thinks Television was widely used during the civil war or something like that.
What a dunce. He does not get a pass on that gaffe or any other.
Hey, these are statement’s of Biden, and other Democrats. Those statements and a lot worse.

36 years running his mouth in the Senate and you try to portray him as at risk from the little lady. Nice try but it won’t wash. He is just as likely to make a mistake as she is but the spotlight will be on any mistake Gov Palin makes and the press will magnify it exponentially. Remember Joe’s statement on the campaign trail about FDR talking to the people about the depression. 1. FDR was not President and 2.we had no TV but did the press cover this ignorant statement or gaffe. NO. The press buried it. You can bet your bottom dollar that they will not be so kind to Palin if she makes a misstep though.

Where is Newt? Where is Chaney? Where is Romney? Where is Huckabee? Hunter? Fred Thompson? Tancredo? Gilmore?
What the hell is McCain doing? What is he doing hanging out with Lieberman? He’s just screwing the Republican party worse than a liberal, Now he wants us to put this Palin thing for a Vice? McCain: What the hell are you doing?

It is very clear from the vitriol based comments that the Conservative base is unhinged. Not a single one of these clowns could run a shoe store, let alone a government of a state. However, it won’t matter-regardless of the actual dishonesty of the McCain campaign, the debates will be judged on facts. Thus the bottom of the class D student (McCain) and his sidekick (Palin) will be deemed by the American people to be irrelevant. Issues and policies make good politics, lies and smears do not.

“There doesn’t seem to be a single Democratic officeholder on Capitol Hill who thinks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is better qualified to be vice president than Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. Many don’t think she’s qualified at all.”
Duh! What an utterly asinine observation!!
Do you really believe impartiality requires you to ignore the utter stupidity and offensiveness of this choice of running mate?

Joe Biden’s challenge is not related to his capacity as a speaker, statesman, or fair human being, each of which is highly rated.
The debate is all about qualification.
If Sarah Palin has the superhuman ability to learn in two months what Biden has learned over three decades, she absolutely deserves to prevail in the debate.
On the other hand, if she is truly, as she claims, an ordinary “hockey mom”, who somehow managed to finagle her way into Alaskan state politics, she will fail.
Perhaps Biden has considered concealing a smidgen of Kryptonite in her lectern; or he may understand that she is little more than an attractive, ambitiously opportunistic housewife, armed with a two week crash course in “Bush style vice-presidency”.

Cara,
“We are currently in what may be the most serious economic crisis in American history.”
As of today, what is Obama’s solution to the problem?
“Call me IF you need me.”
Anything else? Nope.

Obama speaks in platitudes. Cases and points: “I want to make sure there is a provision in the bailout package that provides mortgage protection.” OK, well….Which mortgages get protected and which ones don’t Obama? Which mortgages were made irresponsibly by the lender and the recipient Obama? Do these mortgages apply to businesses or homes Obama? What is the monetary cut-off for mortgage assistance Obama? Another example: ” I want regulations as part of this bailout package.” OK…Well, who provides the oversight? How will they be paid? Will the oversight apply to publically traded or private businesses? Who imposes the fines if a business does not meet regulatory standards? Who will police the oversight committee? Will the oversight committee be partisan? Will it be elected? Again, all he does is speak in platitudes. It is even more of a shame that the republicans are not fighting back against this and all of the false smears that they alone are responsible for the economic slowdown. This is a problem that has been 25 years in the making when we shifted from a monetary based economy to a credit based economy. The “booming 90′s” under Clinton was fake. Everyone was living well off of debt and credit.

Dave in lv – and what was McCain’s solution? To ride into town and make a granstanding fool of himself? Neither Obama or McCain was on any of the relevant banking or commerce committees drafting the legislation. Obama did the smart thing, McCain pulled a silly stunt that backfired when Obama called his bluff. ROFL Nice try.

Biden is a great vpick .In many ways Palin is as well.Biden can go for hours explaining policy but Palin has the ability to connect with people.It will be an interesting deabte.
Meanwhile the first debate was impressive in the sense that McCain did much better on the economy than expected and Obama the same on foreign policy.

I read all these ultra liberal democratic comments about Palin, some if not most, quite inappropriate, and cannot help but see how scared and intimaded they are by her. I find it very amusing, and cannot wait to read all the comments after the debate, when they see just how fierce and knowledgeable this woman really is. As governor of a state she doesnt have the luxury of getting all dressed up, showing up only to vote “yes”, “no”, or in Obama’s case, just “present”. When her state or country needs her, she is there. Same with McCain as that was shown this past week. You dont have to call him or her for them to show up for work ready to lead. Just think about about it people.

Women should be offended at the republican party preferably John Mccain for using a woman for his purpose; emm thinking of the word PIMP!! Yes I said it he is pimping the woman. Women should be offended!! Wake up and see the light.

I hope McCain allows to her to be
herself and takes the gloves off.
There is sooooo much…that isn’t
being said about O’bama.
Political correctness run amuck.
O’bama was in the senate just long
enough to get his I.D. badge..then
zooom…he’s off cam-pain-in.
This is absurd..
She’s been in positions with responsibilies and consequences.
He just phones in his votes…
and reads the teleprompter.
Lord help us

Jim in Greenville: I’m afraid you’re right. Conservative Capitalists s will soon be irrelevant. You ever been to England? Where 1/3 of the population lives in government subsidized housing (we call them projects). Where take home pay for the average working man is less than ½ his wages? Where there are a lot of men who just gave up on trying to work and do better on welfare? Healthcare there isn’t “free,” it is a tax from wages. We’re falling head first into Socialism – and we seem to like the idea. I’ve heard an old saying: “Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.”

JJ W: I was watching the news most of the weekend and not once did any republican analyst bring up lipstick or greek comlums. In fact, the only entity of the government fighting against the bailout package is the house republicans. The democrats in the house and senate, the republican senators and the president are all pushing for the bill’s passage which basically tells the taxpayers to screw off. Yet, the house republicans are the only ones defending the taxpayers, and here you are demonining them.

None of these four puppets on strings would be in their current position, without the contribution of business and lobbyists.
Either Madonna, Pee-Vee Herman, Mc.Cain, Obama ANY OF THEM end of that string could president.
Business runs this country, their will ..interest ..etc.

The Record, of Stockton, California, may not be the most well-known of newspapers, but they have been, for a number of decades, one of the most consistent.
For the first time in 72 years, The Record is endorsing a Democrat for president.
Franklin D. Roosevelt got our nod in 1936.
Barack Obama is our choice for president of the United States.
He has demonstrated time and again he can think on his feet. More importantly, he has demonstrated he will think things through, seek advice and actually listen to it.
Obama is a gifted speaker. But in addition to his smarts and energy, possibly his greatest gift is his ability to inspire.
For eight years, American politics has been marked by smears, fears and greed. For too long, we’ve practiced partisanship in Washington, not politics. The result is a cynicism every bit as deep as that which infected the nation when Richard Nixon was shamed from office and when Bill Clinton brought shame to the office.
This must end, but John McCain can’t do it. He can’t inspire, nor can he really break from a past that is breaking this nation.

Didn’t the Dems and media launch into “attack mode” five minutes after her announcement to VP?
How many Obama and media went to Alaska to uncover whatever rumors they could find and then publish them before confirmation?
Didn’t one interviewer edit her answers to make her look as dumb as possible?
Sounds like a typical Dem policy of talking about “issues”. The issue of personal destruction.

poksup: The democrats are the masters of identity politics.

The polls that said Palin gave a boost to McCain are all lies! Obama has always had it in the bag. The Repubs have bought out the major media and you can tell whose side they are on. And the 80% approval Palin supposedly had in Alaska? What a big lie! The media is digging hard, but they have yet to interview one person from Alaska that has anything good to say about her. So typical. Media in the tank for McSame. GObama -08

Sarah Palin is a Grass Roots politician like all should be. She is a public servant first with America first like John McCain. Obama is an elitist egomania diseased power monger and Biden a wannabe that needs a raise to support his lifestyle that presently he cannot afford. We deserve America First and can ill afford another Egomaniac Leader in this world, North Korea and Iran are two too many as it is. Remember Hitler and Stalin were both diseased with Egomania and the consequences were tragic for mankind. We must insist on humble America First leaders.

KAY:
You must have been sleeping during the presidental debates!

She is a good talker for 10 years of education makes her that,she has him on that side but what comes out of the mouth is what is rated>>>>I can see Russia gesh I can see the ocean does that mean I know what goes on in the foreign affairs NOT>>>>>

To the deep thinkers who keep invoking the set at Obama’s acceptance speech at the Dem convention:
The set had WINDOWS! WINDOWS that were not in Greek temples. The set was meant to evoke the White House, not Greek temples.
Once again, the Republican’s cynically play to people’s lack of education and critical thinking by continuing to press this point about Greek columns, as if it meant something, to their constituents. Well, you fall for it. How dumb is that? They even have you defending the clueless Palin. I defy anyone to translate the goobledegook she spewed during Couric’s interview.

This ought to be a very interesting debate. Can’t wait to see Biden mop the floor with the wolf shooting idiot.
HOW MANY OF PALIN’S STATEMENTS WILL MCCAIN HAVE TO RETRACT AFTER THE DEBATE??
OBAMA/BIDEN 08/12

What is with all the “killing Babies” comments? Is that your only concern for this election? Our country is going to hell. Our children will not live in the same country we did. The infrastucture of our cities and towns is crumbling, our schools are failing, jobs are going to other countries. But all the repubs can talk about is abortion, gays, guns. I want a leader who will make me proud of the U.S. again
I want a President who will talk with
other countries and work to make not only are country but the world a better place. It is not naive to want to negotiate with other leaders. It is not naive to want change and it is not unreasonable to want a leader who graduated from the top of his class instead of the bottom. I would have more respect for Palin if she would have excelled in her education, but like so many repubs she was another c student.

re:Post by: The Buzzer | Sep 29, 2008 9:08:16 AM
“The media is digging hard, but they have yet to interview one person from Alaska that has anything good to say about her. ”
An approval rating of 80% and they only report the negatives.
And your logic is the media is FOR Palin?

The American Government is stretched beyond belief with the economy, two costly wars, failing health care system, immigration, collapsing infrastructure, etc. These are very serious challenges and for John Mccain to have chosen Palin as his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible and morally corrupt! McCain did not put “country first” with this decision–he put his political interests FIRST!

Just as I thought – not one democrate blasting Palin about not having any experience, can give one example, of Obama’s foreign policy experience or economic experience???? BTW, the Chicago ghetto that Obama organized is still a ghetto!

I have confidence in Joe – he will nail her on all the issues and show bring rambling “umbrella no solution” GOP nonsense out in the open! First question – How many years at 10 billion a month are we going to stay in Iraq? Does McSame have an exit strategy? Even I can answer that one – NO…”but this will help the uh uh uh American people uh uh uh create jobs and uh uh uh generate more trade uh uh uh and secure health care and uh uh uh secure our borders and uh uh uh education for our children uh uh it’s just an umbrella package – you just have to uh uh uh look at the BIG picture!!

Kathy wrote “Biden will be very hard to understand with both feet in his mouth.”
You won’t have to worry about that because both of his feet will be stuck in his ears from Palin’s squeaky cat scratch voice. She goes into it every time she gets in over her head & hasn’t a clue what she’s talking about.

Intelligent Voter: You forgot to mention the out of control entitlement programs which have been draining the taxpayers for more than 40 years. Care for out of wedlock babies alone is nearly 200 billion dollars. These entitlement programs far surpass the 700 billion dollar bailout by the feds.

Intelligent Voter: You’re not sounding very intelligent. Identity and victimization politics are creations of the democrats. If Obama falls in the polls in October, he can just play the race card, right?

I can’t believe the complete naive and quite frankly nutcases posting some of these comments! Palin is a complete disaster for the Republican party. There is no need to deny it, she’s proving it repeatedly just how far off her incompetence measures…it’s off the charts folks!!! This election is not about standing by your party no matter what, but about the overall good for the nation. If I was a Republican, I would be embarrassed to vote for McCain/Palin at this point. Seriously, this is a no brainer and I’m tried of people trying to defend someone who is ignorant when it comes to politics. I need a leader who knows more than I do ok and I feel the opposite with Palin! I think my 15 year old knows more about politics than she does and believe me that’s really scary! I just don’t get it people…wake up…she could be in line for the Presidency. She will have the nuclear codes. She will be making decisions that will be affecting our country, our economy, our safety.

The headline could just as easily read “Republicans on Hill Worried About Palin at Debate.”
Joe Biden is a known quantity and very few, if any, would argue that he’s not qualified. Sarah Palin, on the other hand, is still a relative unknown.
After her sparkling but scripted debut at the RNC, Sarah Palin has looked anything but qualified for the job. Under the heat of the national spotlight, Palin has melted before our eyes and the Republicans have been left with lipstick and one big soggy mess.
Joe Biden will be fine.

There is no way that the media will not make Biden the winner. Look what they’re doing with Obama – he simply did not win that debate. He agreed with John McCain on almost everything he said on foreign policy! And that “I’ve got a bracelet too John” – sounded like my little brother at Christmas!! Of course you’re not hearing too much on the fact that the mother told him months ago to wear the bracelet but NOT to use her son in speeches. So much for honoring our troops and their families.

I hope Biden tears that clown Palin a new one. He shouldn’t worry about looking “condescening” – he should make it a point to condescend to that unqualified fool. He should tear her to pieces and then take a crap on her bloody corpse. If she wants to be a “pit bull” she’d better be ready for a pit fit. And Biden shouldn’t be afraid to bring it.

re: Post by: White Mountain | Sep 29, 2008 9:21:00 AM
What is Obama’s exit strategy this week from Iraq? It’s changed 4-5 times over the last 2 months.
What is Obama’s tax plan? The one on his website, the 2-3 different plans in his interviews or the one in his speeches?
What is Obama’s plan for the economy other than 1. Blame Reps, 2. Blame Reps and 3 Vote for ME !!!

Someone remarked that Palin isn’t qualified because she isn’t a constitutional lawyer. Well I for one think the main problem with Washington is that it’s overrun and controlled by lawyers like Obama and Biden. America needs the fresh perspective and McCain/Palin delivers.

More from the VP debate:
Biden: We must redouble our efforts in Afghanistan and work seriously to eliminate the Taliban and bring in Bin Laden from his sanctuaries in Waziristan.
Palin: Ooooo! I met Mr. Karzai from Afghani-land and he was very nice! He had a very cute hat and told me that he had a baby with some crazy Muslim name. I told him about my baby Trig, who I haven’t seen in weeks. And then I told Mr. Karzai that we would stand behind his efforts to bring Christianity – oh wait, I mean Democracy – to Afghani-land, dontcha know…

For every 100 times that Senator Biden speaks with reporters or talks to people with microphones present, he makes a gaffe. The media has a field day, but people don’t think he is stupid because he stays on message 99% of the time — he gets an A. For every five times that Governor Palin is allowed to speak without a script, she blows it. The media has a field day, and people do think she is an idiot because she never gets it right — 0% = F. The problem is not the media; it’s Palin’s lack of knowledge.

Kathy: Biden has put his foot in his mouth on several occasions and Obama had to take him aside to scold him. Well, that’s what happens when you get pushed thru school instead of earning your grades. He is noted for his big bad mouth but don’t worry Palin will pin his ears back and give him a run for his money. CNN said Obama won. If he won then I just won the lottery. Of course all the networks are pro-obama so what else are they going to say. They interview pro-obama independents and went into black areas. Obama never won a debate yet so they had to build him up. But we know better and take it with a grain of salt.

Meh.
My deepest regret is not having the chance to see a Bush/Palin administration…Would have been so natural and representative of certain American values.
However – once the McCain/Palin ticket gets elected, things will evolve smoothly with Palin stepping in as the President. Except she will be replaced by her sosie – Tina Fey! Now that’s what I call a coup d’état!!!

All Biden has to say is yes or no to the YES-NO
question,instead of Palins concept of going all
around the question, thus not giving an answer.

Palin will be treated with respect by Biden No matter what the right says His values would not allow otherwise. I’m waiting for the Mccain camp to stop making her into John Mccains image of what his advisors and he think the voters might like to hear and see So far she been a total bust for him after the first two weeks Let us all keep our eyes on the final prize folks steady rise in the polls and good exposure of the candidates who will make the needed changes for OUR Country Obama/Biden 08

No matter what happens in the debate, the repubs are going to cry sexism. Outrageous when you compare the two VP candidates: Biden, a class-act who authored one of the most important and successful pieces of legislation to combat violence against women; Palin, a neocon who made rape victims pay for their own rape kits until the state told her she had to stop, who advocates stipping us of our right to make our own reproductive decisions, and who is glad to be pointing the shotgun at her pregnant teen daughter’s wedding. Palin’s the one all women (and all men who love women) need to look out for.

But then look out for Mitt Romney
to come to the rescue if Palin totally
blows it.
Posted by: Amy
*******************
It would take an act of Congress for Romney
on this ticket. McCain has too many grudges
against him. Besides McCains Mother can’t stand
him either.

Captain America: I am glad you named him Crazy Joe. I call him Joe Blow. Because he’s always blowing wind out of his mouth and he will do that again. But you know Joe may become so facinated looking at Palin he might forget what to what to say when asked questions. You do know he praised her.

Im just worried she will get up and
start debating The Need for Moose
in the American Diet..Whats the come back
to that ” Moose, Its for Breakfast …
How do you debate in the Twilight Zone?

There seems to be a lot of anger from folks about Palin. My single concern is this: We still haven’t heard what HER positions are on anything. She gave many solid, lucid interviews in Alaska, and many of them suggest that she has positions that are very different than those espoused by the McCain folks; on earmarks, on taxes, on drilling ANWR, on gay marriage, on healthcare and issues such as violent crime and protecting women from sex crimes. Why haven’t we heard from Gov. Palin herself about her REAL opinions? To me, this indicates that McCain picked her (after meeting her only one time) strictly for the “package” and that he was uninterested in her views and qualifications. What other explanation could there be for a professionally-trained television personality like Palin to flub so badly in interviews? She has been flooded with McCain’s views on this or that and cannot answer honestly because they don’t agree on many issues. Remember Carly Fiorina? Why is she missing now?
I say that McCain should let Palin loose and deal with whatever inconsistencies there are between them. It’s shameful to expect her to simply cheerlead for McCain.

Cultural Amnesia: The republicans will lose this year because they are not fighting back against Obama at all. The smears and lies directed towards McCain are outrageous. Yet, the republicans just sit there and take it. The democrats have deifintely run the dirtier campaign this cycle. There were so many ways to neutralize Obama Friday night, yet McCain did nothing.

Will Biden tear up again? I can’t count how many times he did that during rallies. Why do people have problem with Hillary’s “tearing up” and make big fuss about it while no one took it the same way about those guys who teared up? Interesting thing is it’s supposed to be just the opposite in our real life and that’s what people accept.

Nascar34: They don’t have to worry about Osama Bin Laden because Obamais campaigning for president. And American isn’t aware of it. But if he becomes president they will after the bomb goes off.

I’m from Canada too…..
I’m a liberal thinking kind of person, hated Bush and am skeptical re. McCain and Palin, but i would agree that the consensus up here is that we see the US media completely in the tank for Obama.
He won th e debate on Friday? huh? Was I watching the wrong channel? McCain seem to handle himself very well and Obama for the most part stuttered his way through and was very uninspiring, at least compared to his amazing speeches ive heard before….
I think Obama will win and I think that is probably a good thing but the truth is the truth…..

It gotta suck when you cannot be yourself, because someone might hurt fragile Sarah. Good God, the wussification of America is only getting worse. As long as he is not being rude to her, I think he should behave how he normally behave. Be open, blunt and to the point. Quit all this crying about sexism, because other facets of your society has seen worst discrimition.

I never understood those comparing Palin to Dan Quayle. They did so less than 24 hrs into her nomination. Quayle is the senator whose name became synonymous with the word stupid because he misspoke and made a spelling error. Palin hardly said hello and they said she was “worse” than Quayle. Worse I guess reference her gender?
Now, Joe Biden is a prettyboy. A popular member of the Old boys’ network in the Senate. He is known to say the wrong thing, he did so yesterday.
Biden is the VP-choice they should compare to Quayle. An counting the number of gaffe’s he makes, I’d say Biden is worse than Quayle.

DJ: Don’t worry about Palin, she will tank him because he likes her and will forget what to say. Didn’t you know Joe Blow is a ladies man. He complimented her on two occasions. And so did the leader of Pakistan. He was smitten with her so much he didn’t want to let go of her hand. And Joe will be too.

I watched Palin’s debate in the 2006 Alaska governor’s race on You Tube. She is actually quite a skilled debator, communicates well, and comes off very well.
As an added bonus, you also get to hear her abortion stance.

If I were a Palin supporter there is no way I would be critizing anyone @ this point of the game. She is clearly out of her league…..no amount of preparation is in the world, is going to allow her to go toe to toe with Joe!
I wish her well because if she conducts herself as she did in the ABC/CBS interviews I won’t be able to watch. It’s like a horror movie.

Gus: It must be nice to be a millionaire and have several houses in the best neighborhoods. God help her if she had to stay in a neighborhood where Obama lives. The southside of Chicago has been the ghetto for years.

Odd, Obama was not needed in Washington for the largest financial crisis of our time. Why then is he needed as chief executive? I believe he is afflicted by an egocentric view of things. His trip to Washington was an afterthought to save face; he skewered McCain for going-bottom line- he thought it more important to honor his TV moment (his image in lights) than doing the job he was elected to do. Obama, we have no deeds to guage against your rhetoric. If he wins he will be thrust forward by a complicit media, a frothing base of true believers, and empowered by the most ineffective and dogmatic (Pelosi, Reid, Durbin, and c.) congress in memory. The very architects of the financial mess we are in today. This will usher in change, what’s left in your pocket after this group taxes you into the proper socialist mentality .

Notice where Republican and Convervative Columnist Kathleen Parker has written an article calling on Sarah Palin to step down? Sarah IS an embarrassment to the Republicans and the only chance they have to win is to pick a new VP running mate for McCain.

Give me a break. First of all , I think spin like this is meant to lower people’s expectations of Biden so he can only look better in the debate. If everyone assumes he will eat her alive he is bound to fail. Having said that, I hope he doesn’t treat her any differently as an opponent just because she is a woman. This is a debate of knowledge and words, not physical strength. Did anyone treat Dan Quayle or Perot’s running mate differently when they flubbed their debates? No. Regardless of how Biden acts the Republicans are going to claim the next day that he didn’t treat her with respect as a woamn – it is the same thing they’ve been claiming all along about the media. He needs to treat her just like he treats any other rival for political office and she needs to be able to stand on her own feet. To treat her otherwise would be sexist.

Concerned About Obama – JOHN MCCAIN FORGOT TO WEAR A FLAG PIN DURING THE DEBATE! HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT HIM NOW THAT HE IS NO LONGER A PATRIOT AND CLEARLY SUPPORTS TERRORISM! WITHOUT A FLAG PIN MCCAIN IS LETTING THE TERRORISTS WIN! AREN’T YOU CONCERNED ABOUT THIS VERY SERIOUS MATTER? HOW CAN WE BE SURE OF MCCAIN’S PATRIOTISM WITHOUT A FLAG PIN!

McCain/Palin look much better right now than the other side. I am rewarding my vote to the Republican ticket. Hillary 2012. …………………
Would you be liking a side Dish of
MOOSE WITH THAT OR WOULD YOU PREFER
TO EAT CROW NOW?

Pete: For the record Obama didn’t want to go to Washington last week. And when he did he sat there like a bump on a log while everyone else was discussing the bail out. He was worried about losing the script he had to memorize on foreign policy. He memorized it so much he forgot some of the answers. That’s why he told McCain he was right about 6 times. Obama won the debate? Don’t take bets on it. CNN wanted to build him up to cover up for what he did’t answer. Obama has never won a debate yet and failed in the forum interview.

Yes Wall Street is greedy and corrupt. Yes some mortgage lenders were greedy and corrupt. But without Main Street greed and Democrat-forced loans, we would not be in this situation today.
Why the Republicans don’t point this out is beyond me. Deadbeats don’t vote Republican anyway so they have absolutely nothing to lose.
Posted by: marylou
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That’s because BOTH sides were lining their fat
pockets with cash, and probably would be doing
the same today, if it didn’t fail. Heck, back then
they were saying, “if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it”.
hmmm sounds like a OXYMORON, doesn’t it.

em: I believe the debate between Biden and Palin will get more viewers than what Obama and McCain did. After all she draws crowds and she drew 60,000 in Florida. I hope Biden doesn’t stutter like Obama and answers the questions instead of having to stop and think what to say. It will spoil the debate.

Another “Who am I? Why am I here?” Stockdale-esque moment approaching?

Hey NasCar… stick to driving cars. Let’s look at your ticket with the same criteria
If you think a smart, capable, motivational leader is scary as president… why do you not fear an unknown, seemingly simple, under-investigation leader better?
If you think someone who is a “relic” doesn’t deserve to be in office, then why are you voting McCain. Come up with something else…

Bidens American History: And don’t forget Truman. He was standing in back of FDR waiting to take over if FDR got sick. All American’s were listening on the TV sets at that time. Color wasn’t out yet but they were working on it.

f Obama was “not needed in Washington during the financial 9/11″ then he most certainly is not needed as the chief executive of the United States…………
SORRY HOW MANY chief executive of the United States.
DO YOU NEED OR COULD STAND IN ONE ROOM?
TO MANY OF THEM SPOIL THE STEW …..
BUSH JUST WANTED THEM THERE SO
THE PUBS AND THE DEMS SEEMED TO BE
ON BOARD… WITH THIS FIASCO

I can’t even believe we’re discussing this. For years, women have fought to be seen as equal and now we have to start making exceptions when it’s convenient? It’s sad that Biden even have to practice all this. Sarah came ou swinging at the RNC and she should be able to take a whooping without folks worrying about “sexism”.
Mccain took his beating like a man and if Sarah wants to hang with the boys, she needs to get the same, LOL

Biden -30 plus years in the Senate and what does he got to show for it ? A reputation for cursing and stickig his big foot in his mouth, along witha few Alzheimers moments such as FDR being Prez in 1929 and going on a “non-existent” t.v, plus he has criticized Obamas own ads. He is a joke!! Obama rewarded him because his Prosecutor son went after Larry Sinclair the male who claimed he had gay sex with No-Bama. Perhaps Sarah can ask Biden why 3 gay men were murdered in Obamas church and he was suppose to be intimate with one of them. Perhaps Bidens prosecutor son can answer that !!! Change we can trust -yeah too funny -he picks a Senator with 30 year dismal record and one who has been prosecuted before for plagiarism..!! Yep thats change we can believe in all right !!! Obam could have this whole thing sewed up if he had picked hilary but he and Michelle were too arrogant to do that. Go Sarah Go- Make ole Joe show what he doesnt know !!!

Conservative Defender: And how often do you wear your flag pin. Like Obama that had to be talked into it? And Obama wears it now for not because he’s patriotic but because of being critized. Obama really doesn’t like this country and neither does run of the mouth Michelle. And Obama may be just running for president because the Daley machine wants a democrat in the white house and they believe he can win. The Daley’s do not like the Clinton’s that’s why he didn’t endorse Hillary.

re: Post by: Deep Release | Sep 29, 2008 10:43:03 AM
Wow. Do really think Biden would say that?

SO LETS SEE!! MCCAIN WAS A MORON AND NOT GOOD ENOUGH IN 2000, SHORT TEMPER, AND NOW IS 72, HAS ALREADY OUTLIVED HIS FATHER (NOT LIKELY TO FINISH) AND PALIN IS A MORON FROM ALASKA WHO CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM HER HOUSE. YOU REPUBLICANS THAT SUPPORT THIS TICKET SERIOUSLY NEED TO TALK TO A SHRINK!! SERIOUSLY
OBAMA/BIDEN 08′

I can’t believe someone was actually stupid enough not to know why it’s an issue whether Palin is qualified to be President.
If McSame got elected (God forbid) he would be the oldest inaugurated President in U.S. history. He’s had cancer twice and other health problems, including psychological. Some people might think Palin is a cute novelty now, but if anything happens to McCain, she becomes President & then we’re all in seriously deep doo doo. A Palin presidency is even far scarier than a Dan Quayle presidency.

nik, didn’t watch the debate did you? McCain won the debate if you were watching or are you just listening to the media telling you who won the debate.

It’ll be good to see Biden
being his natural self in
the debate – the klutzy
scatterbrain that he is.
It’ll be good to see him
lose the debate and get
kicked off the ticket the
next day.
Biden is an impediment.
If the Dems are serious
about winning the general
election he has to go.
Obama/Clinton ’08

Biden and Palin at the debate. Biden: “I served with Hillary Clinton. I know Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a friend of mine. Governor, you’re no Hillary Clinton.” Palin: “Who am I? Why am I here?”

What I want to know is how the two clowns, Obama-Biden got so far.
We’ve got Obama-no experience, egotistical, appeaser of terrorists, completely flip-flopped on all original positions, ties to terrorist, criminals and racists,
Let’s put all the cards on the table here, he’s playing the race card throughout the election season to guilt people into voting for him. Geraldine Ferraro was right, he would not have gotten so far as a white guy.
Now we’ve got Biden–biggest joke in the Senate, egotistical, failed foreign policy positions, son and brother are being investigated and sued for extortion, obviously racist and a plagerist and liar.
He only garnered less than 1% of the vote from his presidential bid. What does he bring to the table, 500 votes.
Come on people these socialist liberals, from Obama to Reid and Pelosi have hijacked the Democratic party and everyone is letting them get away with it.

Joe Biden has established his reputation with the American people. I have watched him for years when he made appearances on “Meet the Press”. Yes, he makes mistakes, but he is a world of knowledge, has a huge heart, a long history of dedication and continues to be elected to the Senate.

Sarah Palin = LAUGHINGSTOCK
John McCain = LAUGHINGSTOCK
Republican Party = LAUGHINGSTOCK
Barack Obama = OUR NEXT PRESIDENT

Despite the R after his name, McCain is a Democrat. He’s a Republican In Name Only or a RINO. So’s Palin. She espouses just about every liberal woman value except abortion. Either way it goes in November, a Democrat is going to be president.
But it won’t be the guy with the ghetto wife.
Obama: Change is just a phone call away.

We are waiting for fun debate between Biden vs Palin. next thursday 10/2/08. america can laugh at her and judge

Some of your post on here are comical and show your lack of intellect and your prejudices. The comment about the ghetto wife, how stupid.
Sarah Palin is not being attacked by the media, she is being reported on just like they did every other candidate in this race. Stop crying foul on the media because she is not qualified for this position.
By the way, agreeing with your opponent on issues is not flip-flopping, it shows that you are not just debating to represent your stance but to express a stance that is good for America. Agreeing also indicates that Senator Obama can reach across the aisle, even in a debate, and be bipartisan. We all talk about government being more collaborative, well?

crap -
as in full of

I didn’t realize Flavor Flav was running for President. Oh wait…he’s not! Obama and his wife are two extremely intellectual attorneys.
By the way, if I needed to have brain survey, I’d want the most qualified neurosurgeon operating on me. The same is true in politics. I’d want the intelligent, worldly person leading. I wouldn’t want someone who I could have a backyard barbeque with running my country.

This blog is constantly infested w/ paid Republican operatives. There is not a thinking person on this planet that believes (after that disastrous interview w/ Katie Couric) Sarah Palin has the understanding of foreign or economic policy to be VP & 1 heart beat from the Presidency. Maybe she has a stellar performance Thursday (the format is set up in her favor) so what??? Does that erase the 3 interviews she’s done??? She seems likable enough but that doesn’t mean she should be VP. Obama stood toe to toe w/ McCain on McCain’s strongest area of knowledge & he came out looking far more Presidential. The funny part is, McCain blasted Obama in an ad the day after the debates for agreeing with him. Didn’t John McCain try to tell US about how he reaches across the aisle??? Then he turns around & tries to bite Obama’s arm off for agreeing with him on certain issues??? I mean I thought an effective leader was supposed to find areas of agreement & expand on those… Aparently McCain thinks the worse thing Obama did in the debate was to agree with him??? Wow this just keeps getting better & better… More popcorn please!!!

Alex,
You might be right.
but then, Palin knows her history better than Biden does, now doesn’t she?

I have seen so many references to the KKK and Republicans. You all should brush up on your history lessons. The KKK was founded by Democrats and it was the Democrats who voted NO to African Americans having equal rights. Yet this is the party you all support and claim Republicans are racist when Barrack Obama and his campaign party are the only people who have brought up race in this election. It shows how weak your campaign strength really is when you ahve to resort to that as a reason people aren’t voting for him.

The VP debate will have almost no effect on this election, however it turns out. But please continue your meaningless partisan banter. Don’t let logic stop your foaming at the mouth.

The truly scary in the USA are the blockheads that aren’t listening. They look and judge.

Symphonygirl,
Have you heard Bush speak? He is the king of mispronounciation. But I bet you voted for him , not once but twice
She’s not running for president, her husband is.
And palin is no better. So obviously there are no rules.

Loosing? We’re loosing on the issues? What IS that anyway??? Loosing on the issues. How does one go about loosing an issue?
Posted by: SymphonyGirl | Sep 29, 2008 11:28:19 AM
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I can see how this would be confusing for you considering you don’t know what “issues” or “Positions” your candidate is running for president on.
Let me make this very simple for you and try to keep up.
It is obvious you are voting for
Obama, the man and not the platform he is running on.
No one who is serious about this country would vote for a guy who thinks it’s ok to appease terrorist, cut our defense spending in a critical time in our country’s history, bring home our troops from Iraq with out considering the ramifications of no pull out plan, inexperienced, sat in a racist church for 20 yrs, created organizations with terrorist Bill Ayers from the Weather underground, shady dealings with Rezko……I could go on all day, but you really need to do your own research on your candidate.

Symphnony, your degree is in what?

Actually OBAMA ALL THE WAY, Michelle would rather I put my dollars in her husband’s bucket. Not that you know ANYTHING about me, but my worst day is still better than a ghetto woman wanna be First Lady. And she can still keep wanting. No one wants ghetto in a House once graced by the likes of Jackie Kennedy. It’s fact. Obama should have picked a Condi Rice or a Halle Berry for a wife instead of a Macy Gray.

I am a Republican voting for McCain but I would like to say I’m appalled at the “ghetto” talk this morning on this blog. It shows the true integrity level of the people discussing it and it is a minority of the Republican party who believe race has anything to do with the choice of who they vote for. No one in the McCain camp has cited race as any type of issue. It has only been the Obama camp to insinuate racism. The people on this blog need to get a little integrity and stop looking so ridiculous. The color of skin has nothing to do with whether or not they would make a good leader. Condoleeza Rice is a black women in our party and is very highly respected within the Republican Party. And rightfully so. Put the color talk away and stick to the issues that matter please.

According to conservative Howard Kurtz, his sources say CBS has two more responses on tape that will likely prove embarrassing for Sarah Palin, John McCain and their supporters. You mean her interview with Couric gets EVEN WORSE?

Sym-phony girl? Wow. Your heroine, Sarah Palin, can barely string a coherent sentence together, and you’re ranting about Michelle Obama? Actually, it sounds more racist than rant, since this blog is about Palin debating Biden.
Go worship Rush.

“What I want to know is how the two clowns, Obama-Biden got so far.”
Consider the competition. Clowns vs. Idiots. Clowns are much more entertaining.
We have inexperienced (Obama/Biden) vs. stupid (McCain/Palin)
Inexperience can be cured.
Stupid is forever.

For those Repubs who claim that it is the Democrats that drag race into this election (and this blog)…how do you explain the Republicans at the RNC who were wearing pins that said “If Obama wins, will we still call it the White House?” Give me a break. Race is certainly a, if not THE, reason why some old-fashioned, ultra conservative white men and women will not vote for Obama. On the other side, more African American voters will most likely come out and vote for Obama this year than ever before, for the obvious and shallow reason of his skin color. Obviously this is not a universal claim, but please don’t just pretend that race isn’t going to be a factor in this historical election.

There are too many examples.
Let’s just take one.
McCain is for nuclear energy
in the debate. He wants 40 new
reactors built. Does not want
Arab oil. Most oil exporting
countries are hostile to us,
he says.
McCain has been a congressman
and senator for 26 years. He
has never advocated nuclear
energy in all that time. He
has never been associated
with the idea that nuclear
electricity is an important
component in our energy mix.
You can’t trust anything he
says. He has no credibility.
The debate only highlighted
the fact that the man has no
record of doing anything good
in any area.

angela – It was Obama who said to an audience “They are going to tell you not to vote for me because I have a funny name, because I don’t LOOK like the other presidents on the dollar bills”. Don’t try and convince me he wasn’t tryign to call us racists.
and I agree with Smagination Land – nor am I afraid of anyone claiming the race card. Rice and Powell debunk the race card issue. They want to say Republicans are not voting for Obama because he is black. That’s simply NOT TRUE. There are a select few who are ignorant and stupid, they are the minority of our party. We vote on the issues and who we believe to be the best person for this country. NOT on the color of skin and I have seen the race card played way too many times in this election by the democrats and it’s getting absolutely ridiculous. We are not living in the 50′s. Democrats LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF YOUR PARTY. And while I will say we are not including race as a reason to not vote for Obama there are MANY who are voting for him because he is black and that is just as bad. I will make the huge example of Oprah being on. If Obama were 100 percent caucasian she would have backed the Hillary Ticket in a heart beat in the name of women getting ahead but she chose her race over her gender. It’s not the Republicans who are racist in this election.

Do the Rush-lovers just not get it? This thread is about Biden debating Palin.
Go back to your racist blogs and have fun there.
Posted by: ErniePF | Sep 29, 2008 12:04:45 PM
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The Biden-Palin debate has already been discussed and by popular opinion, Palin is going to whip his butt.

Smagination Land,
Why don’t I give it to you straight. You only tolerate Condoleeza Rice because she’s in your party. Perhaps not you, but most of the members of your party would have nothing to do with her even knowing she’s a Republican because they apparently never met a white person that wasn’t qualified for something and a black one who was. And I like how you point out Cynthia McKinney when you have the always outrageous Alan Keyes.

Now talk about a ridiculous left-angled news report… here we go again. This is obviously a bunch of malarchy… aimed at making the playing field seem more level from the Palin-battering Democratic side. Now they can say, oh, see, Biden had his problems going into this debate too, but look how good he did! Oh, brother. The man knows politics and he knows how to talk to women. And if he how’s he made it this far? Gimme a break.

There was a time when Washington outsiders were the very people we wanted as our country’s leaders – it’s odd that we’ve come so far. We now complain that leaders in Washington are too far removed from the lives of ordinary people, but we continue to vote them into office.

After the Katrie Couric interview they’re still worried?

“There doesn’t seem to be a single Democratic officeholder on Capitol Hill who thinks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is better qualified to be vice president than Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. Many don’t think she’s qualified at all.”
And I’m sure that a majority of the Repubs on the hill feel the same way.. but you won’t hear them say it.. until AFTER the election.

Hey, GOPers. Our ticket is more educated than yours, in every way, including the wives, Michelle and Jill. And so are our voters.
The Dumb Talk Express is derailed. The “anti-intellectual” fascism is over now, thanks to Bush. There’s a fork in it. Deal with it. Or maybe you should go look at the bailout details and figure out how much money you’ve just lost instead.

Sounds like the Democrats are a bit worried – at least they’re not underestimating Sarah Palin, like many narrow-minded voters. Despite tough odds, Palin fought corruption in Alaska, was elected and has an 80 percent approval rating – and there’s a reason for that. As voters, we once wanted that type of leadership in a politician. Now we just want to elect career politicians and lawyers to office.

Dream on, pretty boy!

Eric – Dan Quayle actually is a genius. The media can make anyone look like an idiot if they try. Google Dan Quayle – you’ll find he’s far from an idiot.

“a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday picked Obama over Republican John McCain when asked which candidate offered the best proposals to solve the country’s problems, 52%-35%.”
Wow, maybe that is because Obamas proposed changes ARE better. Duh!

This VEEP debate just won’t happen. Mcain has way too much to lose when palin further alienates even his own conservative supporters with her astounding ignorance.
PALIN WILL SKIP THE DEBATE—citing some bogus emergency.
PALIN WILL RESIGN FROM THE TICKET—citing some bogus reason and under SEVER AND SECRET PRESSURE FROM GOP. In return for HER resignation (so Mccain can try to save face) she will get a Cabinet post if he wins.
WITH THE WORST POLLING FOR MCCAIN HE HAS SEEN TO DATE, there is simply no way he can afford to let her talk at he debate. Even though they managed to secure a “short answer” format for her, it will be 90 minutes, and SHE CANNOT POSSIBLY SURVIVE 90 MINUTES WITHOUT A SCRIPT.
SO DON’T GET YOUR HOPES UP FOR THE BIG DEBATE—NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN.

Governor Palin is where Obama was 18 months ago- new to the national media. Obama has stuttered and gaffed many times and has now become proficient to be able to speak without a teleprompter.
Governor Palin, unlike Obama, has achieved a public career defeating tough opponents and is a sitting Governor with responsibility for a budget and dealing with a legislature. Gove.Palin is more qualified than Sen.Obama anyday.
This lifelong Democrat will be voting McCain-Palin – my 1st vote ever for a Republican. I cannot in good conscience vote for an arrogant rookie Sen Obama in these perilous times at home and abroad.

Ernie,
It’s still racism for you, huh. You still play the race card when confronted with the truth. The last time that worked, America saw a murderer of two white people go scot free and play golf.
Race cards won’t work this time. America has learned. A gentleman’s agreement is sitll as good as a handshake… not a fist bump. Get used to it Ernie.

Once Again….calling you out….
Symphony Girl,
Please tell us your thoughts on this: Palin’s African witch-hunter spiritual leader, Rev. Muthee,and how you think that will figure in the debate on Thursday.
Thanks.

Democrats are worried because of the truthful information that will most likely surface during the course of the debate.
For example:
–The five deferments that Joe Biden dodged the Viet Nam War with compared to the sons of Sarah Palin and John McCain that are serving this country in the military.
–The influence used by Senator Biden to get legislation and money for interests of his son, Hunter Biden, who was then a lobbyist.
–The influence used by Senator Biden to benefit his credit card company backers, such as MBNA, with favorable legislation (changes in bankruptcy laws favoring business over individuals).
–The real estate windfall garnered by Senator Biden largely due to inside information provided by his influence as a Senator.
–Senator Joe Biden’s voting record during his time in the Senate that labels him as the 3rd most liberal Senator in the country behind Obama and Ted Kennedy.
–The Biden attitude of vitriole and sarcasm will contrast negatively with the positive demeanor of Sarah Palin.
The Democrats should be worried…
Anybody But Obama…

What are you calling out Lulu? Rev. Muthee or Rev. Wright?

Palin is hot air and she talks the talk has lots of words but says nothing really.Biden has to just let her hang herself….She thinks her looks will take her to the White House think again it is brains we are looking for.Hilly is more careable of this job then Palin but she is waiting….

Come on guys all the senators be they Repbulicans or Demorcrats voted for the war in Iraq so lets get off that subject. Bush is the one who convenienced the the public and the senators that Iraq had bombs of destruction, intelligence that he made up and fooled us all. Lets stick to whats important right now and thats the economy not war. If McCain and Palin get who knows World war 3 scary.
You republicans should think hard and long on another 4 years of screwing the little person.

It won’t matter if Biden smashes her in the debate. The Repubs will spin into something negative about Biden. I hope he doesn’t worry about the perception spin the Repubs will have. Hell, they had an ad on their web site that McCain won the first debate even before the debate started!! — LOL – I wonder if they took it down after McCain clearly got his @ss kicked. I hope Biden comes in with damn the torpedoes and both guns blazing.

And, speaking for Joe Biden…
David Axelrod, from the Daley machine in Chicago…
The one that the Clintons let go because of questionable associations…
The Democrat national version of the Missouri Truth/Hit Squads…
Anybody But Obama/Biden/Axelrove…

Blatant expectation-lowering.
And Tapper buys it hook, line and sinker.
Every single time.

Symphony Girl, I am sorry you feel so betrayed by the GOP. Your pain is obvious in the terrible lie you perpetuate. Instead of writing horrible racist things about Obama, why not channel your energy back to your own party? Why not try to change the GOP? Try to look at the source of your pain. It’s the GOP, it’s McCain. Be honest again like you just were. You don’t like your party anymore.

What do I think Lulu?
I don’t think Rev. Wright or Rev Muthee mean a damn thing. Not to me. I think they’re both quacks and I think Obama and Palin made huge missteps by even associating with either one of them.
That’s what I think. I think it was stupid for Palin to clientele with Muthee and I think it was political suicide for Obama to even be connected with Rev Wright.
When you decide to run for a presidential office be it Vice President or the main desk, every single absolute thing about you gets scrutized. Every dumb ass thing you say, every blink, every time you pick your nose, every single person you ever said hi to, every baby you kiss.
Fair or unfair, it ALL gets taken into consideration and played out before the media and analyzed and reanalyzed and polls are taken to measure any movement off of it. It’s precisely why Gen. Colin Powell and Sect’y Condi Rice have refused to run. Not because of skeletons but because every square inch of their lives is their business.
Obama and Palin have to be doing it better and cleaner than anyone else and they’ve both stepped in it. Except that Palin is beautiful and smart and male voters are visual creatures. They last choices for a female in such a high office were Ferraro and Hillary Clinton. Now they’ve got a MILF and quite frankly, they’ll put her in the White House before a ghetto, fist bumping, angry black woman.
Wanna know what I think Lulu? Well that’s what I think.

I’m looking forward to the VP debates. I have doubts about both VP candidates as well as both Presidentail candidates so this will help me decice which will, unfortunately, be the lesser of the two evils.
It makes sense that both sides are nervous. If either one of them, Palin or Biden, says anything which is questionable or is embarrasingly off the mark, it could make or break this election.

Hi T,
No. I am not unemployed. I am not undereducated and I am not angry. I can’t help it if you get upset when someone dares to bring up what everyone else wishes would just go away. But like a true Dem, you fail to disappoint with the personal attacks.
Lulu, I do not feel betrayed by my party as I am neither Republican or Democrat ( or is that Democratic as you all love to say).
I cannot help it if you, like T here, can’t swallow the truth about your candidate. I suggest you open your throat a little wider come November. As for me, it will be just as I predicted. But, as I am financially secure, I’ll weather this storm, whichever way it goes.

I think Mr. Tapper has too much time on his hands.

Palin is a governor, and so are Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and George Bush. A governor is used to deal with congress of all partties, and the national guard, on real day-to-day issues.

Fact….Gibson doesn’t know what the Bush
doctrine is.
Fact….Couric doesn’t know what Kissinger
said.
Opinion…….Sarah will do more than fine
against Biden. I wish she could debate against the totally incompetent Obama.
Whoever votes for Obama is totally uniformed.

John G wrote; “Whoever votes for Obama is totally uniformed.”
Yes, I agree with you, John G. I have just read that the enlisted people in the military are giving more of their hard-earned money to Obama’s campaign than McCain’s. Our soldiers support Obama for President. So that’s the latest on the “uniformed!”

Lisa Again,
Hello…..his mother and grandparent are white.
That just don’t sound logical!

Why doesnt Obama never use USA/Victory in the same sentence ?
Why does he always try to appease other countries ?
Why does he fight for the rights of the terrorists and not the common man ?
Why does he lie about his tax plan ?
40 % of the folks dont even pay taxes, how the hell can he say he is going to cut taxes for 95 %
Who the hell on earth votes ‘PRESENT’
Who the hell on earth tells ‘CALL ME IF YOU NEED ME’

Here are some choice quotes from Plagiarist-Joe that might blurt-out during the debate – or he’ll come up with even better ones!
Biden: “…right now I don’t believe he (hussein) is (ready to be president). The presidency is not something that leads itself to on-the-job training”.
Biden: ” I would be honored to run with or against John McCain. He’d leave the country better off.”
Biden: hussein is “the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean.”
Biden: “Hillary Clinton is as qualified or more qualified than I am to be vice president of the United States of America.” “Quite frankly it might have been a better pick than me.”
Biden: “When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt (1) got on the television (2) and didn’t just talk about, you know, Princes of Greed. He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’” (3)
(1) Hoover was then President, not Roosevelt. Hoover addressed the nation by primarily by newspaper. (This was well before the loony-left liberal media turned most newspapers into left-wing propaganda sheets.)
(2) Television wasn’t around then: there were no TV broadcasts and nobody had a TV in their home.
(3) If he had known Plagiarist-Joe, Roosevelt would probably have said: “We have nothing to fear, but Biden himself.”
The least-qualified VP candidate goes along with the least-qualified president candidate. “sweetie” hussein and plagiarist-joe – what a team!
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As a small business owner, I will be forced to let go about 20 workers in the event of Obama raising the business tax. That will balance out about a 4-5% increase in the business tax, and the work from those workers will be distributed on everyone else. Above and beyond that, any further increase in the business tax will result in directly increased costs for customers. I hate to raise prices and to fire longtime employees, but I cannot allow my business to fail just because a new president has a different idea of taxation. Please save your “tax breaks” because you will need them many times over once the price of goods and services increases to compensate for the business tax hikes. To those who lose their jobs – my condolences. It’s only 4 years, and then you will have another chance to voice an opinion over whether high taxes are good or bad for the economy.

Lulu that’s an old story and it is anecdotal as it pertains to voting and I doubt it’s validity.

Sarah Palin has an 80% approval rating as a governor, and has held it for over a year. The media crucifixion aside, that is an amazing accomplishment and a true indication of what she is capable of. Those she governs have given her an overwhelming voe of approval.
If you are choosing whether to buy a product from company X, who do you trust – Company X, competitive company Y, or the people who have used product X? I would say that those who have used product X are the best indicator of the product. Listening to the makers of competitive product Y is idiocy; of course they are going to put down product X.
80%+ approval rating as a US Governor.

Its easy to get 80% approval rating when only 2% of the total population of Alaska are randomly polled for approval ratings—thats 5% of 680,000 people.

Ravenhair – You are certainly entitled to your own opinion. However, I think a majority of white people have overcome the issue of race when it comes to accepting black people in leadership roles– especially younger white Americans.
Keep in mind that Al Gore lost the white vote by 8 percent to G.W. Bush, but he won the popular vote in 2000 by nearly 500,000 votes. My point is that if Barack only wins 40% of the white vote, but does well among Hispanics and a very energized black constituency who has registered to vote in record numbers, HE WILL WIN IN NOVEMBER!
Your “black friend” does not speak for the reality of today’s political climate. The fact that Obama made it this far is a testament to the fact that race is not an overriding factor to many white Americans!

This weblog is filled with commentaries from bunch of uneducated or thoughtless minds

John G.
Sigh. You don’t know any facts about Sarah Palin, do you? This is a fact. It’s not a government program. She charged women who were raped money to have their rape kits processed. It’s a fact.
And you want to call other people “uniformed.” Sheesh.

Len……….Excellent!
Marxists never let facts get in the way of a good story. To this day they defend more than 50 million deaths for their cause.

I’m with you Symphony Girl – I’m financially secure – I went to college and I’ve worked hard all my life. Now I take care of myself – too many years of the Dems with their taxing and give away programs made me move to do what I do for a living – I make much more and no economy can hurt me – I’ll be secure no matter what happens. All I need is a computer and internet connection. I wish you well with your financial future, whatever that might be.

Len,
Why won’t Palin hold a press conference? What is she hiding in Troopergate? What is Palin so afraid of?
Why doesn’t she know ANYTHING that McCain did to “reform”? Why did she tell Couric she’d have to “get back to ya” if she is so ready?

Why is Palin for aerial hunting of wolves?

Lulu…….you must be working for Obama.
You keep putting out all these talking points.
I’ll give you another chance. I can do it about McCain. Give me 5 reasons why you disagree with Obama, no rape kits or troopergate please…….so weak.

Lulu – Gov. Palin did not charge women for rape kits. This was a program started by the police chief long before she became mayor. By the time she became mayor, the state legislature was working on legislation to override such policies – Palin simply did not take a position on it as mayor but let the state system work to overturn it. While she was mayor, not one woman or victim’s group approached the city council or the mayor’s office with concern over the fact that the police chief charged women for rape kits – not one, so Palin focused her efforts on issues that mattered to her constituents. Generally, this is what we want in a leader – someone who listens to our concerns rather then tell us what we need to be concerned about.

“As a small business owner, I will be forced to let go about 20 workers in the event of Obama raising the business tax. ”
Under Clinton we payed more taxes. Bush cut taxes, at the same time our national debt and spending grow enormously and we end up in a financial crisis.
The key of our recovery depends whether our next president can make the right decision in restoring the confidence in our economy.
I still think our country has enormous potential that is waiting to being unlocked. The next president should not also reform Washington, but also reform corporate America.
I have worked for several companies in different countries and the problem is that our companies are badly managed. Taking shortcuts, going for short-term profits, but losing at the long-term. This has to be changed. Look at our automobile industry, even the Italians makes better, more efficient cars (and trust me, that is not a compliment)
This nationalistic baloney is hurting us more, we are blinded by all this flag waving crap instead of focusing on the real matters. And that is we are losing our competitive edge globally.

Lulu….if you are an informed citizen then you can easily tell me 5 things which you disagree with Obama.

John G., sweetheart, you first! You don’t make the rules of the game.
Tell me the things you don’t like about Palin. This is a Palin-Biden thread.
Do you like her foreign policy positions? How do you feel about her stand on the Bridge to Nowhere?

Lulu,
What were your questions about Sarah Palin? Were they just talking points?

It’s this simple. No need for PHD. economists.
1. Clinton raised taxes in 1994 an cut spending
2. He submitted the first balanced budget of lifetime
3. The dollar stabilized and inflation was very low
4. We began a surplus in 1998.
Then GWB we elected and house and Senate turned Repub…
1. Economy was already turning down
2. GWB cut taxes
3. Repugnicant Congress allows PayGo rules to expire
4. We plunged into another deficit.
5. We went into recession until 3-2001-8/2001
6. Suffered 9-11-2001 attack (no recession after 9-11)
7. Repugnicant Congress went on spending spree
Result 5 more trillion in debt since Clinton.
Clinton was a raise taxes and cut spending President – 2 balanced budgets
Bush was a cut tax and borrow to increase spending President. – No balanced budgets
McCain has preached nothing drastically different from Bush other than cutting 16 billion that comprise all earmarks.
BTW: Aid to Israel comes in the form of an earmark.

Doug…………nice try.
Looks impressive but TOTALLY inaccurate.

Doug……and I’m not even a Bush fan.

DougH….. and do you know how Clinton “balanced the budget” … he did it on the backs of our hard working military – he put us in danger with his military cuts – an if he had kept his personal parts where they belonged, he would have done his job and gotten OBL (he had him three times and refused to get him because he was in the middle of the Monica mess and he didn’t want the possibility of failure because he was already in too much trouble) and we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re in today. Thanks Slick Willy!

PREVIOUSLY STATED QUESTIONS ABOUT PALIN TO DATE: Why won’t she cooperate with Troopergate? Why did the GOP have to send in a terrorist attorney to work for her in Alaska? Why won’t her First Dude husband answer a subpoena? Why won’t she release her tax returns? Where are her medical records? Why is the head of the GOP party in Alaska against her? Why is she in favor of the aerial slaughter of wolves? Why won’t she work from the Governor’s Mansion in Juneau? Why did she bill the state of Alaska a per diem for when she was in Wasilla?

Lulu – It was a typo – I apologize.

Bush flooded the market with dollars, the dollar was in a free fall since 2002. The financial crisis was in the air for
more than a year. Our economy is living on borrowed money.
It’s time to cleanup the mess caused by the reps.

worried I am I didn’t have my firewall til now. not good I wonder if they read my previous messege

Lulu,
I don’t know where her tax and med records are. And I don’t think anyone honestly cares. I really didn’t care about Obama’s or Biden’s or McCain’s tax records. They’re all not my first choices to run this country but I don’t think they’re cheating on their taxes. The Clintons on the other hand, yes, I wanted Hillary to release her records. She’s lied and cheated about everything else so yes, I wanted to see her records.
The med records are important but what exactly are you looking for. Obama’s med records didn’t reveal that he’s a chain smoker and although McCain is no spring chicken, his med records didn’t reveal that he’s about to shuffle off this mortal coil either so what are you looking for.
Troopergate. We don’t know that Palin is not cooperating. Much of this could be ordered to be heard in camera and in that case the press will not ever know. Honestly, I don’t smell scandal here although I WOULD like to know if she’s abused her power because I hate women like that.
GOP and the terrorist attorney. The GOP in total would not have a hand in sending in any attorney. Who at the GOP sent in the attorney and where did Katie Couric tell you that the Republican National Party sent in a ‘terrorist attorney’?
Todd Palin and The Case of the Subpoena. What subpoena didn’t he answer?
The Case of the Empty Governor’s Mansion. Where is it written that Sarah Palin has to live there? Why is that important? Maybe she’s more productive elsewhere. Was the mansion undergoing renovations? Where’s the scandal?
The Case of the State Per Diem. So the f%^k what? You think your Dem buddies don’t cash in on perks far greater than a lousy per diem? No one’s getting rich on a per diem honey.
The Case of the Head GOP like totally hating Sarah: And? Where’s the scandal? You think the head of the GOP not liking Sarah Palin is a big deal? Tell me you’re just here for show and not in charge of anything. How long have you been involved in politics? No party including your precious Dems are totally united. Case in point: Howard Dean, head of the Democrat National Party hates… I mean HATES the Clintons. Did all he could NOT to support Hill’s run. You think it’s a scandal that the head of the GOP in Alaska doesn’t like Sarah Palin? What did you think when Al Gore ran for president and couldn’t even win his own state?
The Case of Aerial Wolf Slaughter. Did you read that question before Katie Couric gave it to you? Are you at all up to date on Alaska wildlife and the dangers it poses? Were the wolves overpopulated? Alaska isn’t Oregon, sweetie… dangerous wildlife, wildlife that if over populated enough and hungry enough WILL kill your entire family, is a way of life in even metro areas. There are many reasons why she favors it but I’d talk to the Alaska Fish and Wildlife first to find out if these wolves are over populated. Wolves aren’t tame little furry creatures, they’re dangerous predators.
What else? Please tell me that besides TrooperGate which is pretty much Much Ado about Nothing and her results from her latest Pap Smear, you have something else more scandalous than wolves.

* If you graduate near the top of your class from Harvard Law School then you are an elitist who’s not a real American and certainly not qualified to be President of the United States; finish close to last in your graduating class from the Naval Academy or attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded and the most qualified to hold the two highest offices in the U.S.
************** If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you’re a not-to-be trusted pointy-headed intellectual and don’t have any real leadership experience.
************** If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, you’re the “real” leader and qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.
************** If you can look out your window and claim you can see Russia, you’re a foreign policy expert; however, if you’ve served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, traveled the world and actually met foreign heads of state, you’re not only an elitist “celebrity” who cannot relate to “real” Americans, but completely unqualified to be president of the United States.

How ridiculous! No worries mate. Biden is a friendly guy, who reaches out to people when he’s campaigning. But no mistake about it, he’s all business at a debate.

You know, this is all looking more and more like the 1932 election, when Republican Herbert Hoover called Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt an inexperienced lightweight and then a “madman”. Hoover and his GOP predecessors had RUINED the American economy by their recklessness and inaction, and the GOP tried desperately to blame Democrats – even in advance – for all that they had already done.
The GOP controlled Congress for 12 years ending 2006, yet they now blame all the damage they did on “Clinton and the Democrats”. It is plain bull-pucky!
The GOP and their supporters are utterly divorced from reality: they have repeated their doctrines of devils over and over so many times that they have hypnotized themselves into believing that black is white and red is blue. GOP politicians seem incapable of facing the simple fact that their great and exalted “theories” of economics simply do not work, and they have been proven utterly false. The are unable to fathom that Ronald Reagan bankrupted first California and then the United States as a whole. They cannot see that George Bush Sr. made private pacts with foreign heads of state for personal gain, and then nearly got himself killed because he had to renege on one of these treasonous promises. They cannot see that George Bush Jr. was more committed to revenge on his daddy’s estranged business partner than to protecting the American people from actual threats. They cannot see that their own motivations are both racist and elitist, and so they accuse their opponents of both.
It is one of the hallmark evidences of mental instability when someone keeps doing the same thing over and over, always expecting a different outcome. Herbert Hoover firmly believed that if he just kept doing what his Republican principles told him to do, eventually the economy would heal itself from the Great Depression. In this, Hoover was the very epitome of a madman – but he projected his madness on all who disagreed with him, so labeling FDR as a madman instead.
Modern GOP supporters are essentially the same: the GOP under the “leadership” of Armey, DeLay, Gingrich, Bush, Cheney and a gaggle of other thieves and felons, has all but utterly ruined both the U.S. economy and our national sovereignty. And yet their supporters blame all these offenses upon the Democratic opposition. It is all the height of madness: “If we keep doing what has never worked before – over and over – EVENTUALLY it just HAS TO work!”
They are all INSANE!

I expect Biden to do well in the debate, and I believe that he will show the proper amount of respect. I expect Palin to be typically vindictive, stupid, and an embarassment to the American people. How could McCain have made such a dumb mistake!

Hey everyone you all voted for the two least qualified people to run this country and that would be Obama and Mccain! I voted for a person that was qualified. Good luck!Bill and Hillary would have wiped this country clean of this bull that we are going through but you want a fresh face with no background and an old face with a sad history but no results! Man i’m going to laugh when Obama wins and you see him for the true color he is corrupt and stupid! OH OH AND I’M AN INDEPENDENT SO YES I WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA .

dvine – Nothing to show for it? Are you serious? So when Clinton said repeatedly how influencal McCain was to his administration, it meant nothing? When Kerry wanted McCain as a running mate it was because McCain had a career of doing nothing? The bills that McCain partnered with Kennedy or Feinstein on amount to nothing? I strongly urge that you visit http://www.senate.gov to get your facts straight.

I don’t care if Palin can blab this fact or that. I loved when she told Katie “I’ll find some and get back to you” at least she was honest and just didn’t spout off stupid “stuff”. I’ve read lots about Gov. Palin and she is great. I think her heart is where it should be.
I don’t care how she does in the debate, I’m still voting for McCain!

Wow – everytime I come here I am blown away by the horrid comments about Sen. Obama – the degree of religious and racial hatred is amazing. It’s the 21st century – the earth is overpopulated and warming rapidly – and people still judge a candidate by the color of his skin. This country is doomed.

I think Palin is going to blow off Biden…

PALIN’S AN AIRHEAD from LA LA LAND! She and McCain together make me Cringe & Gag!

workingman54
Yes, it DOES matter whether or not she has foreign policy knowledge in an age when we’re at war. And it DOES matter that she has an understanding of economics when the stock market dropped 777 points today. Her interviews with Couric showed that she is out of her depth.
She may be a charismatic, hard-working, intelligent woman, but she is not ready to be VP and potentially the president. Not by a long shot.

workingman54: She is running for vp. Not president, like somebody else we all know who has, as McCain put it, proposed spending plans of almost 1,000,000 dollars for every day that he has been in the senate.

Patriot -
I don’t understand why people try to defend her by saying she’s only running for VP. That’s true, but given Senator McCain’s age and health history, the chance that she might have to take over the presidency due to an emergency is greater than it might normally be. That means Senator McCain should’ve been very cautious in choosing his running mate.
I certainly hope Senator McCain stays in good health, but he should’ve made sure the country is in good hands in a worst case scenario. In my opinion, she is just not qualified.

I left the Republican Party not because they stay united but that they stick together regardless of whether it is prudent to do so. Even at the risk of seriously damaging main street they would rather stick together and support a lost cost than sacrifice for their country. Don’t make me have second thoughts about this party also. Too often your group can’t remain united on anything. You can agree on 29 of 30 issues and yet splinter off because someone doesn’t get their way. From the Republicans who take it to extreme on one side many Democrats take it far left. Not every demand can me met. Some are too spoiled to give in to achieve a common goal. How about just supporting Mr. Biden and keep your doubts to yourselves. It’s not Mr. Biden I’m worried about. He’ll do fine. It’s the people who claim to be his supporters that worry me!

In a true forum, sure Biden should be able to go for Palin’s jugular. This isn’t a normal forum thanks to Obama’s pig/lipstick comment. While we all know that he wasn’t truly referring to Palin, the image was out there and it has to be one of the stupidest things he could have said. He essentially set the limitations and tone that Biden now has to abide by in the VP Debate. The GOP did not ask Biden to go easy on Palin but he’d better or he’ll be seen as sexist bully thanks to Obama’s already blundering. Now, because of Biden’s loooong history of verbal mistakes, foul-ups, bleeps and blunders, plus the Oh So Recent history gaffe he made with Katie Couric, Biden has to watch his p’s and q’s double time. Palin has been undergoing intense preparation for the debate and the Dems are biting their nails like nervous parents waiting up on prom night. As for the Schmoe who is alluding to Obama’s substantial lead… if there is ONE thing McCain knows is that early bumps and leads can be demolished in a weekend. He proved that when he announced Palin’s nom shortly after Obama concluded his LoveMe Fest. You think the Maverick can’t continue to pull the rug out from under Obama? You people were totally looking the other way full of the glory of your messiah, the Grand Poohbah Obama. McCain stole in and snatched your prayer rugs out from under all of you. So Obama’s ahead. Big deal. What McCain did before, he can do again. This VP Debate will only showcase Palin’s strengths and show Joe Biden doing his best to keep his feet out of his mouth.

McCain/Palin ticket= More Gloom & Doom

Biden, slam that Pitbull Wimp with the biggest smile on your face..

Wake up America – Joe Biden is a has been. A seasoned politician would know
who the president was during 1929 and
even a 5th grader would know there was no TV in that era. I admire Sarah Palin for her honesty. I prefer someone saying that they will find out the answer to that question, rather than bulling their way through like Biden. McCain and Palin will lead us in the right direction. Obama’s friends and past church affiliations frighten me. GO AMERICAN.

Had McCain & Bush had their way and Privatized Social Security, it would’ve been on the verge of collapse with the current market crisis.. Thank goodness it didn’t pass.. One less bad decision we have to deal with..

Say what you will about McCain’s pick for V.P.. He could have done better for sure. It would seem that he and Obama have a simular problem in that they migrate toward town idiots (like Biden, farikan and he likes) and folks with thin resume (like Palin and Bush). Not to mention that Obama’s resume is not all that impressive and as thin as Palin’s. Do you ever feel like you’ve died and ended up in a Warners Bros. cartoon? If you can find credibility in any of these yokels then a cartoon is where you belong. “That’s All Folks…”

When watching McCain and McPalin campaign, I feel like I am watching the Simpsons, idiot homer and the evil bart, except that its not the weekly 30 minute version, nor the two hour movie, but the daily soap opera version that just doesn’t know when to quit….

I’ll give you a roger on your comments Roger. I want all of those things also. I agree that the wacko leadership of the DNC pushed Hillary aside. She was and is the most qualified of the bunch. Just don’t hitch your wagon of hope to any of the horses in the running. In the end none of them will deliver that dream. These moronic politicians will go to the extreme to assure that the next president will fail, with or without their direct assistance. We have seen this behavior since the days of Richard Nixon and its only gotten worse. Their interest is centered in their own self discribed needs (a need to keep their positions of power and sell off favors to special interest – they all do it); the common men and women be damned. Welcome to 2008 America. The people must take this country back. Then we will realize the beauty of your statement…

When judging the candidates (all four of them) we have to look at our country as a whole, and not just what’s in it for me. I look at the media bias toward the Obama/Biden ticket and I’m sickened. The strengths and values of our country lie within the RNC. We need to stand up and say no to the liberals, whether they be on the Hill or on the evening news. A responsible American (not World citizen) will do the appropriate research and find the facts. The most important fact that you’ll find is that the DNC is trying to take away our fundamental rights, our right to free speech, free trade, our right to prosper. To cap executive pay? That dissolves our capitalist environment. To make the taxpayers pay for a corrupt system put in place by a Democratic president? Wrong! I applaud the brave men and women that listened to the American public and voted against the bailout plan. The plan that was voted on had liberal spins and earmarks added to the original. They saw through this and voted with clear conscience. And, in an election year, they all took a risk in their vote. The Obama/Biden ticket promises lower taxes on the middle class. Wake up people! The higher taxes on those making more and on corporations will be recouped by higher prices on the products we buy. I read the polls (put out by the media, you be the judge of the accuracy) and they all say that McCain took a hit by sticking to his morals. So be it, the true patriot and American hero will persevere in the end.

“Shes an average American women that wanted to make a better world. Shes accomplished more in her short career in politics than most people in a lifetime of Government. It doesnt matter how much she knows about foreign policy, or how many world leaders she knows by name. Shes very smart and intelligent and is a quick learner. She knows how to get things accomplished, unlike Congress”.
A person made this comment earlier in the post and it kind of disturbed me. Everything that was stated above is exactly what the Republicans are ridiculing Obama about….his inexperience, being an “average” American, supposedly not smart enough, and as McCain said in the debate “not understanding the difference between tactical and strategic”. I believe Americans have become biased instead of looking at the big picture. How is one characteristic good for the goose, but when the other possesses the same characteristic, it is not good for the opposing party.
I will be voting for Obama/Biden come November. Nevertheless, I have been very open-minded concerning what all candidates stand for. In my opinion, Palin was a bad choice. She really has no clue on what is going on. And I am sure if this were a Hillary, there wouldn’t be any stipulations on media converage and so forth. I was really hoping for a back in the day Ali vs. Tyson fight for the White House, but I have had to settle for a USC Trojan vs Notre Dame football game and we all know who would win that game.

Palin is not qualified to be the VP… just like Obama is not qualified to be the President!

Hey backwards dog,you’re smarter than the average Democrat. I used the word theirselves just to speak on your level. You and the others should be careful, because you might get what you ask for and it won’t be a pretty site. You like to bash Bush but you need to realize that our country hasn’t been attacked since 9/11. So, actually you might owe him your life. It takes (if I may use your word) “idiots” not to realize that. I’m sure you will have something smart to say back to me and its expected. Whats really funny is hearing Democrats defend other Democrats and with a straight face. Just remember, if you are a true American and want change, vote Mccain/Palin. Washington is full of corruption and greed. I might add that both sides are to blame. They spend all their time for the next re-election. Obama has so much tied to him, its just the same thing, over again. We need truth in government, and Mccain/Palin will offer that big time.

By the way, Buster, don’t worry about the debate tonight. Palin will most certainly be declared the winner!

Well Backwards dog, you were right on. Sarah Palin knocked one out of the park tonight. Watch out all you lefties out there, She’s back.