Joe Who?

Jake from the looks of the anti Palin rally that was bigger than her homecoming …what most are saying was the biggest rally in Alaska’s history…
I think Palin getting that kind of slow reactionary bad stuff starting to come out…
Biden is just fine …telling people about facts and answers and changes…
Palin repeating a speech ad nauseum and trying to cover that horrific interview that made Americans and the world sweat that this person could have been close to the “button” or declaring war…or shooting down commercial airliners over NYC.
Breaking News the McCain campaign has switched out Fey with Palin…
realized she is smarter literally and more qualified…she actually knows about the issues we face and the details.

DaveII – “The Tina Fey Story”
It’s bad when the comedienne imitating your bad choice for VP is more qualified (and if you break it down between brains awareness and (real not made up)executive management…
Tina Fey arguably is more qualified than Palin is.
how scary is that.

Obama made a worthless choice in Joe Biden.
It proves his lack of good judgment. Joe Biden is a Washington insider and supporter of the Iraq war. Two issues against which Obama has defined his career.
Obama’s poor choice in running mate is costing him.
Had he chosen Hillary, I truly believe he would be winning right now.

Joe seems like a pretty good guy but I don’t know why he would be hanging around with Obama. Oh, I forgot, they’re both plagarist!

Concerned – No need to be concerned that the real DL is not real with the figures. I read about the demonstration with the ADN and a couple of national reports, the estimates ranged from 500 at minimum to 1,000, with 1K being cited the most. It’s obvious from anyone paying attention to the blogs, that the vast majority of name calling and antagonism comes from McCain supporters. There’s a clear high and low road between both the campaigns and their supporters. Thanks for helping to illustrate that further.

Joe is my Senator and a good guy. He took one for the team by agreeing to the VP slot. He took one for America and the Democrats. For this, I will be grateful, but, for the first time ever, I am considering not voting for him this November. He’s up for re-election as Senator from DE.

Biden’s not being covered by the MSM because he’s a walking “gaffe machine” whose words can only hurt the Obama campaign. On the other hand the media vultures are only too eager to pick apart Sarah Palin’s every word so that there’ll be nothing left of her when they’re done.

Obama blew his first executive decision by not choosing Hillary. Biden’s good friend McCain had the cashews to make a smart executive decision. Personally, McCain and Biden have the best relationship of these four candidates, and we all won’t forget the famous tape of Joe saying Obama is not ready, and that he is clean and articulate for an African American, storybook, man. All McCain has to do is run that ad over and over and over. I like Biden, way more than Obama….but he won’t get his chance at VP.
HILL SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN BEFORE PALIN

“what most are saying was the biggest rally in Alaska’s history..”
look everyone, dl has gotten so desperate he’s resorted to straight up lying.
By all accounts it was a couple hundred people. Only in your liberal disease ridden mind was it the “largest in Alaska history”.
Posted by: Concerned in OH | Sep 14, 2008 6:35:32 PM
Pictures and Videos to prove you wrong:

Yes, I read Joe “Who?” had to drop out of the 1987 presidential candidates race because he plagarized some of his speeches. He had also inflated his own academic record at law school. In his first year of law school, he had to appear before the disciplinary body of the law school to address charges of plagarism. He was “exonerated” because he promised he would never do it again.

Joe Biden: the man who wanted to carve up Iraq into ethnic enclaves – and then “cut and run”. What brilliance!

Debra- I’m being redundant, but check out the Anchorage Daily News online and you’ll find the description. Local sources are primary sources and so are very likely to have the most accurate account. BTW, I’m not a liar. Once again, a someone is illustrating the point I made earlier, that most antagonism on this blog is generated by the McCain supporters. All of the accusatory outbursts seem to mirror the McCain campaign itself. Have to leave. Take care, dear.

The numbers I got on the Obama supporters demonstrating in Alaska was about two hundred at the most and the Obama camp flew in some community organizers to organize it.

The media is experiencing unrequited love with Palin and a best friend complex with Biden. I hope the media gets over it.

Jake, this is a real gem…MEMBERS OF THE MEDIA ASK, WHY ISN’T THE MEDIA COVERING BIDEN?

McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said this to the Politico about the increased media scrutiny of the campaign’s factual claims: “We’re running a campaign to win. And we’re not too concerned about what the media filter tries to say about it.”
truth, we don’t need no stinking truth.

I think “Americans” have seen enough of Barack Obama and the polls reflect this. On the positive side, the Germans still love Obama.

We are the ones the DNC was not expecting – PUMA08

Obama = Dumb
Biden = Dumber
McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”

Ed, who copied and flipped my comment is just like those he is supporting. Stealing the ideas and energy that is change. All he can do, like McCain and Palin, is copy. What they do not take from Obama, they take from Bush. Like Ed, they have no original ideas.
I will repost the original thought Ed, just so you can see it again and enjoy the taste of a novel an original comment.
“Circus” is the operative word. The Republicans have picked clowns. And teh media loves a circus.
Americans need to get serious about the issues. About the truth. About who is really qualified and who is not. And about who is really an agent for change. To me, this is a slam dunk decision. And that will become clear soon enough. The circus only lasts a few days. The election goes on for another 50 days.
The Obama plan will roll out and build over the next 50 days. Peaking at the right time. And in the meantime, the clowns are going to get boring, being only able to do the same tricks over and over.
Posted by: PaulStewart9 | Sep 14, 2008 7:24:42 PM

Of course Palin’s approval rating is high. She’s governor of a state that gives cash handouts to every man, woman and child using taxes from oil companies. Since we’re at record oil prices, Alaska has been able to give an extra $1200 per person this year (on top of he nearly $2k they normally give).
The Palin family alone is getting $16,000 in handouts this year.
I mean, who would disapprove of that? Every other Governor in the US has to actually tax citizens to pay for programs.

I don’t like Obama, its clear. I don’t like the fact that he lies, flip-flops, is a sexist, and an elitist. The thing that bothers me the most about him is the fact that he totally supports “on-demand” abortions and late term abortions. Also, I feel that his economic plan will only cause America to go deeper into recession.
McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”

“What they are doing, is actually pushing Independents to McCain…for that, we thank you!”………..Don’t kid yourself, the independents are split and will stay that way-there are far more registered Dem voters than Rep voters. The polls are asking about two candidates, not three so things will change quite a bit four weeks from now. As for lies, McCain takes the prize as the sleaziest campaigner ever. Nixon is was a comparative nice guy.

Obama knows its over and so does his “followers”.
Well. if he had to suck up to Bill Clinton – why didn’t he do it earlier?
This Obama guy is a big JOKE!

david from Texas: You are correct. Biden didn’t have a big crowd following him but Palin was a distance away from Biden with reporters following her footsteps. What a difference a VP made. Hillary had 1200 people at her campaign and Palin had over 6000 in Neveda. And Obama’s crowd will dwindle shortly too. Palin will draw the biggest crowds of the campaign. Colorado is suppose to be leaning for Obama but believe me when she starts campaigning there they will switch. And McCain will possibly get Ohio.

The debates? Obama sucks at debating.

I think its a shame that the media has decided that Joe Biden isn’t worth covering. I guess when you rely on for-profit corporations to receive info on candidates, you get what you ask for and not necessarily what’s important. If Obama wins, Biden will be a heart beat away and perhaps he deserves greater coverage as well. OR we can spend more time on lipstick and polls instead…

Scott…not just a couple points…he was a losing ticket when he sat in a church and listened ty Rev.Wrong God damn America for 20 years! The desperation is showing when Obama’s surrogates come out and bash Mccain for being old and having had cancer! Is that the best they can do? Okay…good luck with that!

I Cannot believe all you reptiles like mccain so much. He lies on a daily basis. You all said the same thing about gore,and look where america is today! Greenspan said today,that he has gone over mcflips plan, and claims that Mcflop will have to cut 3.3trilion out of spending to make his tax cut plan work,and also said it would fail. Are you really that pig headed to think Obama will lose? wow,are yu in for a shock come november. Just remember,Palin raised sales tax in alaska,and favored the bridge to nowhere,then opposed it when she got in office. Not to mention she kept earmark cash.

Lipstick on a bulldog.
This the the female verson of Dan Quayle !

I never thought Obama would be defeatable since he lies so well. Thank you for McCain and now Palin. Obama should be ahead by 30 points.

Slim she is a long way from Quayle. In your stupid Obamabot attempts to discredit and malign people you fail to realize that in order to be persuasive you have to at least that her accomplishments are impressive for her background. I am not voting for Obama but I can look at all four President/VP candidates and see something positive about everyone of them.
With the Obama bot slamming there is no gray area.
One thing that I can say about McCain is everyone says what a good friend he is of theres but I have yet to hear anyone speak of Obama in that way except to say he is “eloquent”. I say the TV bios of all 4 and they all have redeeming qualities.

Oh, the irony. What ABCNews advertised as the “text heard ’round the world” has fizzled into obscurity. The media is in a terrified frenzy over Palin, but they should be more embarassed than panicked. How many articles did I have to read, how many press corps interchanges did I have to watch as they obsessed, biting their nails over who Obama was or wasn’t considering. I had to read in the obscure Weekly Standard that Palin was a consideration, and as soon as I was done reading the article about McCain’s alternatives, I knew it would be either her or Pawlenty. Perhaps the MSM thought that if they ignored him enough, and expunged all thoughts of his VP selection from their heads, McCain would forget to choose a VP candidate altogether. The sequence of aftershocks cascading through the MSM has been relentless: Palin’s convention speech, the ratings for Palin’s convention speech, its effect on the ratings for the remainder of the convention, America’s indifference to the MSM’s attempt to turn her family into a demon brood, the post GOP convention polls, McCain’s favorability ratings, the rapidly changing electoral math, etc. Never before have so many journalists woken up to the sore realization that they can’t tell people who to vote for. The media is angry, really angry, that the American people are putting them back in their rightful places, mere delivery vessels for information, nothing more.

Shouldn’t Political Punch be interviewing Senator Biden, and not covering his reporters. This story just made the press the story. In lieu of an empty plane (reducing weight and thereby conserving fuel consumer per mile) I’m more curious about what happened to ABC Producer/reporter Asa Eslocker since his Denver arrest? Is thqt in ABC’s Law section? Could you follow up on that?

Maybe Slow Joe should re-plagarize his life story, again, and come back as a woman.

What’s really sad is that the media can get us to focus on sensationalistic trivia like Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy and what she thinks about the Bush Doctrine, whereas there are a lot of doctrines, like low-taxes high-deficits that anyone with any math skills know will continue if McCain and Obama do what they say they will. Greenspan even chimed in on it. But ABC will ask Palin about her opinions and not directly challenge McCain or Obama. A sad situation.

We love Joe Biden! Much more interesting to watch and read about. give us more!

Which adviser do you suppose Obama will toss under the bus?

Obama may still dump Biden and go with Hillary.
BUT, would Hillary really want to be the Veep on a ticket that would still lose due to Obama showing again how weak he is using Hillary as a gimmick pick when she should be on the top of the ticket.
Hillary is now looking at 2012 and she has a kickin good chance of winning in 4 years.

Palin has answered every question. Obama stutters, stammers and dodges every question!

Tom: As a republican I can tell you stop dreaming. Barack Obama will be the next president. We republicans have no vision. Its a damm shame put we are runnig a campaingn based on personalities. We are acting like childish tenns. We need to re-group and thats by starting to pick a new candidate, sorry but McCain is not the one. Palin has proven to be controversial and everyday we hear a new scandal. Do you really think Americans fell comfortable with this women as VP or president if McCain dies??Think again. McCain had a 7 point lead and now is down to barely two. McCain is down in OHIO, MI, PA, IOWA, TIE IN NH…I hate to say it we lost our standing as republicans. Palin is no conservative and her views are just to extreme for Middle America. So Republicans lets not foole ourselfs. Lets work hard for 2012.

There are more registered Democrats than registered Republicans…however, there are more Democrats who are going to vote republican this year than any other year in history!!! Why, because the smart Democrats do not want Obama and his redistribution of wealth! We intelligent Democrats know the difference between a “shill” and an honest talker! We intelligent Democrats know what the issues are and we don’t vote just because someone is the same color! This Democrat says McCain/Palin!

The only strategy I have seen coming from the Obama campaign is to hide Michelle at all costs. Other than that it’s just negative, negative, negative./

******AGAIN AS A REPUBLICAN I MUST ADMIT, WE LOST OUR VISION AND NOW IN DESPERATION WE ARE RUNNIG A CAMPAING BASED ON PERSONALITIES. LETS RE-GROUP AND WORK HARD FOR 2012. AS IT STANDS NOW I AM HEARING BY ALOT OF MY FAMILY FRIENDS ALL REPUBLINCAS BY THE WAY, THAT THY DONT FELL COMFORTABLE WITH PALIN AS A VEP OR POSSIBLE AS A PRESIDENT. FOLKS LETS FACE IT BARACK OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT. SHAME THAT THE MCCAIN CAMPAING HAS TURNED HIS CHANCES TO A NEGATIVE CIRCUS!!! THIS PALIN NEEDS TO STOP LYING…THIS IS NO TRUE CHRISTIAN, WE DONT LIE.

Oh my God!!!! Now Obama and Biden are the far, far, far LEFT LIBERALS. Give me a break! I for one am not falling for the Karl Rove campaign tactics anymore!! Please people, educate yourselves. Listen to the debates coming up. Don’t vote on your emotions from the media. Listen to your hearts as Americans and pick who you think can help our Country.

Palin is a weird kind of Republican. She’s socially conservative and fiscally liberal. I guess she’s kind of like Bush in that regard.
Alaska is a socialist state. They derive all of their revenue from taxing oil companies and getting handouts from the Federal government. They use this money to run the government and whatever is left, they give to the people (upwards of $3000 for every man/woman/child this year).
The people of Alaska don’t pay state taxes. All said and done, Alaska is probably one of the most extreme forms of socialism that exists in the world.
The idea that people wouldn’t vote for Barack Obama because they think he’s a socialist is ridiculous. He’s a red blooded libertarian compared to Sarah Palin.

jljaguir
Americans are doing exactly what you propose.
Only they’re not voting for a community organizer.

Not a political pick?! Please! Biden was picked because he is supposed to compensate for Obama’s complete lack of foreign policy experience. He presents a white face in a misguided effort to lure Hillary’s blue collar support. Biden is a constant gaffe machine whose words are only safe when he steals them from someone else. ABC News is so freaking biased in this race it’s ridiculous!

What’s wrong with Obama? He’s got ‘foot in mouth disease’.

Tell Mr obama to give a off the cuff with out his guides telling him what to say intervue and maybe the nation would realy see what he is or isnt about.

“Circus” is the operative word. The Democrats have picked clowns. And the media loves a circus.
Americans need to get serious about the issues. About the truth. About who is really qualified and who is not. And about who is really an agent for change. To me, this is a slam dunk decision. And that will become clear soon enough. The circus only lasts a few days. The election goes on for another 50 days.
The McCain plan will roll out and build over the next 50 days. Peaking at the right time. And in the meantime, the clowns are going to get boring, being only able to do the same tricks over and over.

It’s called the Oprah effect. You can tell how nervous the democrats are by how big Oprah’s butt gets. At this point I would say they are very nervous. Very very nervous!

Every advantage has been given to Obama and he still can’t seal the deal. Sarah gets her first national MSM interview and Charlie acts like he’s interviewing a criminal instead of Alaska’s gov. Then ABC mangles the editing. Charles Gibson you just lost any integrity you had with the “people”
Keep hearing how Sarah won’t talk “to reporters” SHE Doesn’t have to–she can talk to US directly. WHO NEEDS YOU!

Palin believes the earth has been around for only 6000 years – but I’m not surprised; she wanted to ban some books in the library. Don’t confuse Palin with any facts, her mind was made up decades ago. Better be prepared for war with Russia…

Will the media be complicit like they were with the invasion of Iraq and follow the orders of Democratic bullies and an American public that isn’t too bright? Questions need to be asked of Obama. Obama is not being crowned King.
Grill Obama NOW!

Biden is too boring to be interesting. Palin is not.

Plagiarism everyone. HeBiden is a confirmed liar and thief. Doesn’t anyone care?

actually this low-key media attention may actually benefit biden…
for starters, he can go under the radar like bill clinton did once he stopped dealing with reporters during the late part of the primaries and pull in those small town voters without any distraction….
2nd, he won’t be exposed to HUGE gaffes that’s he’s prone to do since there’s no large media attention around him…..the hillary gaffe is a prime example…it had NO EFFECT when any other day it would of been the lead story.
biden was in charolette, NC today…had a nice large crowd and did his thing, but none of the media catching it…the KEY is to reach the voters directly, and without media distraction…i think it’s more effective that way.

It really is sad when in a blog about Biden his name is seldomly mentioned. Jake, I’m feeling kind of bad, could you give us a new thread?

Obiden has governing experience??? Palin doesn’t????

Yes, I can tell you one thing Obama hasn’t flipped on:
The Iraq war was a horrible mistake. He said so from the beginning and he would say so today.

When the Circus Music dies and the clowns pile back in their car, the high-wire act of She Who Must Be Obeyed will come crashing down without a net.
And quiet, solid Joe will be there to say I told you so.

Obama has indeed sold out and Biden doesn’t have anymore clue about reforming Washington then the first 100 names in the DC phonebook! Great line!
The Democrats want to talk about lipstick on a pig instead of the issues so that nobody notices that they have no better solutions to our problems than pushing the same tired old themes (Free Stuff!). They are NOT the party of the future!
In fact it WAS the Democrats who ASSUMED Palin was talking about Obama when she mentioned putting lipstick on a pitbull! so I guess it was really the Democrats who called her a pibull!
Like Obama OWNS the reference to “lipstick” on anything? Harley-Davidson tried once to patent the Oink of a Harley motorcycle. It didn’t work out so well.
As Garrison Keillor said, “We are all born Democrats, but when we grow up we become Republicans.” We will speak about the issues, thank you, and you Democrats may just have your little feeding frenzy on your new toy Sarah.
Sorry if John McCain is too dull for you children.

dl sez:
Michelle Obama as first lady?
Just think about it!
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Delicious. :-)

JoeBiden is a terrible catholic, he as takn to attract catholic voters, His voting record on abortion is terrible, What is bad about these lies their are pople who are unaware, and think he is a good catholic, the cadinals have mentiond about him , and several catholic ppers.Why wasCharlie Gibson easy on religous issues with Biden and not easy on Sarah. he is making a mockey of or faith and the medi is letng himdo it.

The “talk” of all the investigators going to Alaska to find dirt on Sarah Palin is quite funny because they are Obama’s campaign people. Here in Illinois we’re wondering when “investigators” are going to Chicago to do the same for him? Firing a brother-in-law pales in comparison to all the Obama tales. You know…details of all his Illinois campaigns…legislation he ACTUALLY wrote and passed, not just added his name to as a sponsor…his low income housing dealings…his wife’s salary and the money her employer has received. When it is rumored that Palin had an affair, I immediately think of Chicago rumors about a limo driver and a choir director. Obama has flown under the radar and I think it’s time HE is “investigated”…for equal opportunity sake of course.

dl asked:
Can anyone name ANYTHING that Obama hasn’t flip-flopped on?
I can. At last look, he was still a Democrat, though it does look like he is changing his positions on tax cuts and off shore drilling. Maybe we’ll have two Republicans running by election day.

The nest time the Cons complain about the bias of the press, consider where Biden’s 3 days of taped interviews with Charles Gison went? Unlike for Palin, it never happened.

foxismsn,
Like you wouldn’t just fall asleep and cost the network all that ad time.

Jill Meskite,
Yeah, as your base says She’s One Hot Mama!

Obama should be having his wife out there more. She would be competition for Palin.

The way I see it Palin cancelled the bridge to nowhere that Obama & Biden voted for. Now that’s change you can believe in.

A Guy Named Keith sez:
Oh spare me your phony rage Leonard.
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Bro, I’m a lover!!! No rage in me!
Can’t see what made you think I was
upset with you. Can’t we all just get along?

I forgot Biden has trouble telling the truth! Apparently, Neil Kinnock’s speech wasn’t the only thing he plagiarized. He also got in trouble in law school for plagiarizing. The he lied at a campaign stop in New Hampshire when he said that he graduated in the top half of his class in law school, attended law school with a full ride scholarship and had multiple degrees. In fact, he was 76th out of a class of 85 in law school, had a partial scholarship and only has a BA in addition to his law degree. Why would reporters want to follow a guy who can’t keep his story straight unless he plagiarizes?!

steph, Michelle would be competition for Biden. She’s a walking gaffe machine but with anger.

Apparently I struck a nerve. The Republicans are plagiarizing my posts now.
Obama/BIDEN ’08 – For the FUTURE of the USA!

Joe Biden is the guy who, as chair of the Judiciary Committee, let Anita Hill die on the vine when testifying against Clarence Thomas. Biden refused to let other women testify and failed to let experts testify on sexual harrassment.

Yikes! Obama is a socialist? I suppose that means he plans to steal from the rich to give to the poor. It takes one misrepresentation, and a lot of fearful misinformed idiots to repeat it, and you end up with the below. Wow! The majority of the below posts simply confirm exactly how US presidents get elected. I do recall that both the Roman and the British empire collapsed once the masses stopped thinking.

If You were The Boss… which team would you hire?
With America facing historic debt, multiple war fronts,
stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high
prison population, skyrocketing Federal spending, mortgage
crises, bank foreclosures, etc. etc., this is an unusually
critical election year.
Let’s look at the educational background of the
candidates and see what they bring to the job:
Obama:
Occidental College – Two years.
Columbia University – B.A. political science with a
specialization in international relations.
Harvard – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna *** Laude
Biden:
University of Delaware – B.A. in history and B.A. in
political science.
Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain:
United States Naval Academy – Class rank 894 out of 899
(meaning that, like George Bush, McCain was at the bottom of
his class)
Palin: Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester
North Idaho College – 2 semesters – general study
University of Idaho – 2 semesters – journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester
University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in journalism
Now, which team are you going to hire to lead the most
influential nation in the world?

Nice Keith,
I’ve written one for Sarah that is sung to the tune of the Beverly Hillbillies.
wanna hear it?
i really think it’s pretty good….

Governor Palin has eight years of executive experience, OBAMA HAS NONE. Palin has supervised people and departments, submitted budgets, created policies and governed people. OBAMA HAS NOT. What foreign policy experience does Obama have other than his premature “victory” tour in Europe this summer (when he refused to meet with injured troops because he couldn’t bring his campain staff)? Palin is far more qualified to be NUMBER 2 than Obama is to be the NUMBER 1 leader of the free world.

You do know that Garrison Keillor endorsed Obama.

At the latest Biden/Obama rally Biden said “Barack, let’s bring your mother on the stage, bring her up here!”.

I know of many uber-educated idiots out there, not a lick of common sense and ‘legends’ in their own mind.

This was Biden’s reply to a voter question in 1987 when he was running for president: “I think I have a much higher I.Q. than you do.” He then went on to lie about and distort his academic record – such as claiming that he graduated in the top half of his class when he was actually 76th out of 85 – which is well-documented.

I know of many uber-educated idiots out there, not a lick of common sense and ‘legends’ in their own mind.
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…BUSH!!.. sry wrong answer…..

obama is done. i said on supertuesday that only the democrats could lose an election even though the repubs have basically destroyed the country. what idiots nominating obama. what idiots.

THink that Palin is having a psychological affect on Obama. She is just too AUTHENTIC. He does not know what to do other than attack, and he loses women’s votes when he does. He is now in a vicious circle!
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I agree, at night Obama thinks about Palin and that 80′s song is on his head
YOU ARE MY OBSESSION
I cannot sleep
I am a possession
Unopened at your feet
There is no balance
No equality
Be still
HERE COMES MY defeat

obama is done. i said on supertuesday that only the democrats could lose an election even though the repubs have basically destroyed the country. what idiots nominating obama. what idiots.
So join in!!! Lets take it ALL the way down!!! We have some jobs left to sell!!
We have some mortgages left to rob!!!!
We have some more wars to fight!!!
Together we can accomplish anything!!!

Leonard, why the change of heart? Come on now. You were Obama all the way weren’t you?

Biden has been consistently on the wrong side of national defense. He voted against Desert Storm, and Iraq. He also voted against the surge. Obama says he would have also voted against the surge. So we are very clear that for Obama it’s ok to kill babies that survive abortions but terrorists deserve the same constitutional rights that we have. Biden is his right hand man and America doesn’t share the same values as these two people. Sarah Palin could have aborted her baby knowing it was going to be the victim of Down syndrome but she chose otherwise. Conservatism isn’t about abortion it’s about accountability and taking responsibility for your actions. That’s why her daughter is bringing a life into this world because she chose not to kill it. She chose responsibility as opposed to believing babies are punishment.

Word has it, Obiden will be dropping out, some unforseeable reason, then he’s going to pick Hillary. I think that will do more damage to his already flaying campaign. He can’t handle the truth…

“Meanwhile, in marked contrast thousands of miles west, a media circus of approximately three dozen followed Sarah Palin’s every move, each one wondering if the woman who would be a heartbeat away from the presidency will ever brave their ranks to answer questions.”
Is that what each one of them was thinking? I can’t read your mind, but I suspect you give yourselves too much credit for your mind-reading skills.
I wonder if perhaps even one of those journalists-on-ice is thinking, “Had the J-schools’ finest spoken of me the way they’ve spoken of Governor Palin, I’d freeze them out, too.” Maybe one of them is thinking, “Relations might have thawed by now, if Charles Gibson had settled for asking Governor Palin the same whiffleball questions he asked Senator Obama.” I wonder if one of them is thinking now, “Political Punch is not helping. I guess they’ve decided to keep punching until morale improves.”
From this product of five minutes’ work, one sees how much more capacious and various is my imagination of what others may be thinking.

My Fellow americans let us join hands together and unite this country. we are all one. white or black we all gonna die someday. This election is dividng us dont vote on race pls vote on the issue that will help u and your family.(THis IS THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA)

Wrong adjective, dl. No jealousy here, just smarts.

It is not Biden who caused the collapse of Obama presidency but the negative attacks from the Obama campaign and MSM on another woman after Hillary to Sarah Palin!
Biden is fine!

The socialists are in a complete meltdown!

What is wrong with Obama he just got back from a vacation in Hawaii and today he takes a day off. I am beginning to wonder if he wants it bad enough.

If McCain wins, it means that lies, smears, and distractions tricked the American people AGAIN and they have learned NOTHING from eight years of Bush.
At this rate, we are going to go down as the stupidest super power in history.

Joe Biden needs only to convince voters from his campaign tour. He did not need to court the media who is busying chasing for sensational news. Palin’s effect will just like a cogon fire that will soon die down and everything will go to normal when professionalism and real issues are discussed and debated.

Joe Biden will be blamed but the reality is NOONE approved Obama’s attacks on another woman!
This is the truth!
Obama started loosing the day he attacked Sarah Palin’s daughter!
MSM trapped themselves and Obama by going after Palin!
I was for Obama till than!
Now I support Palin and I will hope to elect the first woman president of the United States in 2012!
H I L L A R Y

Cronyism – hiring people who are less qualified solely on their fierce personal loyalty and friendship, secrecy, disregard for the Constitution, skeptical of science on global warming, extreme personal partisanship and using arms of the executive branch to overstep its authority and further its agenda at all costs. Remember Bush’s greatest hits? “Brownie” at FEMA, Harriet Miers for Supreme Court, Alberto Gonzales as Atty General & the debacle in hiring at Justice, outing Valerie Plame to retaliate against her husband’s right of free speech and criticism of the misinformation about the lead-up to the war & letting Scooter take the rap, the scientific “jury” is still out on global warming, and now the ENTIRE Interior Dept. Guess what – BUSH WASN’T A LAWYER AND ZERO EXPERIENCE IN WASHINGTON. Bush had “executive experience,” too. And everyone agrees he’s really “authentic” – an authentic idiot! Wow – that gave us the last 8 years and where we are now with banks crashing left and right.
I grew up in a small town (Susanville) and I know just how much “executive” experience being mayor requires. And seeing how she uses her executive power is downright troubling.
And McCain has now let his ambition override any notion of honor or integrtiy – airing ads that even Karl Rove says go too far.
Ethics problems also means the abuse of power, blind ambition and disregard of the Constitutional separation of powers and of Church & State.
These are REALLY complicated and dangerous times. We need the A student team – not the bottom of the class, politicallly crafty team. That’s what we had the last 8 years that put us into this mess.

Joe was Joe Who before Palin showed up. He was Joe Who through the course of the Democratic nominating process, during which time he picked up 1 per cent of the Democrat’s vote. Now Hillary got 50 per cent, so Obama made the wisest possible decision, right?
The Palinator now seems to be toasting Obama and Company. Justice?

Keith, dear Keith,
Buuuuzzz…WRONG ANSWER. Thank you for playing the game, but you lost.

Palin’s grasp of foreign policy:
1 – Might makes right.
2 – Onward Christian Soldiers…..
3 – I can see Alaska from my window!(Thanks Charlie Gibson!)
Palin exploits anything for political gain – even her children. I’m sure her daughter just loved being paraded at the convention for all to see, and now she has to marry that loser boyfriend.
And how intelligent it was to drag an infant to a noisey convention with the air full of who-knows-what germs!
Palin encourages hunters to shoot game from an airplane. Very sporting of her.
Irregardless of the repeated lies, Palin was very much for the bridge until it became a liability.
Yeah, she’s just what we want for a leader.
Joe Biden has forgotten more than she’ll ever be able to absorb.

Kate Mom,
Here’s an example of cronyism: appointment of Jeremiah Wright to the Obama campaign. How much budget was the racist Reverend given? Here’s another example of cronyism: Obama gets free $250,000 on land deal with Rezko. Do you need more examples of real cronyism?

Joe Biden is an experienced good man!
DIRT IS OBAMA!

I read an article today that told the story of how the sexist Obama campaign, shortly after the primaries, told a group of former Hillary supporters, who were willing to support Obama and rally their troops to support him, if the campaign would promise gender equality on Obama’s Cabinet should he be elected.
Apparently the Obama campaign said they could not agree to the group’s terms because they had doubts as to whether or not there were enough “qualified” women to fill half the Cabinet slots.
They also had the same meeting with McCain, and said McCain listened respectfully to their concerns, and then later picked Sarah Palin as his running mate.
These life-long Democrats are now voting Republican because of the repeated “sexism” of the Obama campaign.

Palin needs to release her tax returns.

If Republicans choose to believe proven lies, should they be allowed to vote anymore?

These life-long Democrats are now voting Republican because of the repeated “sexism” of the Obama campaign.
Posted by: Lee | Sep 14, 2008 9:50:04 PM
I had seen this article before, and I believe that Obama’s sexist views is at the core of why he is losing this election. I see not only Independents supporting McCain now, but also more women and more younger voters. Obama, himself, is the reason why he is losing. He doesnt seem to be able to think on his own. His flip flops are becoming more rampant and it seems that Axelrod, his main supporter, is becoming less active in the campaign. The debates should be interesting. I hope the moderators have their “A” game on. Obama did not do well in the debates in the primaries and I don’t think he’ll do well in the upcoming debates. Its over for Obama!
McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”

Who Cares???
Hillary in 2012!!!

DNC must find a way to get rid of Obama and nominate Hillary at this point
it has nothing to do with Biden!

More Obama lies:
Last March, on the anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Ala., Obama claimed his parents united as a direct result of the civil rights movement: “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Ala., because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Jr. was born.”
Obama was born in 1961. The Selma march took place in 1965. His spokesman, Bill Burton, later explained that Obama was “speaking metaphorically about the civil-rights movement as a whole.”

“..Mclame is the sexist…”
Yes, that is why McCain pays his female staff members more than Obama pays his.

Biden said it best, Hillary should be the nominee, as she is a better choice. Also, Biden stated “Obama is not qualified to be president”. Biden stated what everyone knows!

McLame opposes equal pay for equal work. He thinks American women should earn less than men. I will NOT vote for him under any circumstances.

Don’t be fool and don’t blame neither Biden nor Hillary supporters!
The reason Obama is loosing is very simple!
We the Republicans planned this 2 years ago!
In order to beat Hillary, we voted for Obama and got rid of Hillary!
There was NOT such a thing exist Obamacans but you stupid DemocRATS believed on everything!
Keep dreaming that states like CO< NM,MT, IW will go red for you!
You should have nominated Hillary idiot SD's!

Gov. Palin received more votes for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, than Biden received in his run for president!
Go Sarah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Will someone please refer to a specific instance where Obama attacked/ridiculed Palin’s daughter, Bristol? I have seen a few posts that claim that Obama’s campaign was finished after he attacked Bristol. The only thing I have ever heard Obama say on the matter is that families are off-limits and should not be pulled into the campaign the way that Bristol Palin was.
The media focused on this aspect of the story after Palin released a statement about her daughter’s pregnancy. I can understand why you would want to show Palin’s daughter as victimized. But please, get your facts straight. You are confusing the media with Obama personally. You can embellish this information to make your point, but it is not something you can substantiate with fact.

I love all the posts that claim Palin isn’t qualified.
Biden will have his chance to prove that during the debate. Certainly a 36 year Senator should be able to outdebate a hockey mom who has been Gov. less than 2 years. I mean on paper this is no contest right?
That is the beauty of the upcoming debate. There is no hiding. The truth will be revealed for all to see, one way or the other.
My money is on Palin.

Palin did not receive more votes than Biden. That’s just ANOTHER Republican lie.

1500 people, which is huge for
sparsely populated Alaska,
protested today in midtown
Anchorage. Protesters said
they reject Palin for Vice
President because she is
unqualified.
Palin’s popularity is
crashing.

McCain/Palin 08!
“Country First!”

Leonard,
She will make good points and then stop. Biden will talk his entire allotted time and ramble.
She will come across very effectively. Also, the image of her vs. Biden will be an effective portrayal of which candidate represents actual “change”.

Thank God, Gov. Palin didn’t attend Obama’s Trinity church for 20 years. In the famous words of Rev. Wright: “G* D* America”. All of the sudden, Gov. Palin looks better and better…

jljaguir
I was a DEM until this election. I am so thankful for my time outside of the DNC,. I worked my way through school and grad school w/o a handout. Some of you sound jealous and angry of successful people.

Don’t worry, David,
I heard it was more like 200 protestors.
Let’s see, in sparsely populated Alaska, that would probably be the entire 15-20% of the state who do not approve of her, and probably a few of the “good old boy” regime she gave the boot to.

Repub. for Obama,
Good point. No Quasimoto bumps this time around.

Lee,
Nope. I’ve seen the pictures. The were about 3 deep for a block or two up there
in Anchorage.

In May, Obama told a Portland crowd that Iran doesn’t “pose a serious threat to us” — cluelessly arguing that “tiny countries” with small defense budgets can’t do us harm — and then promptly flip-flopped the next day, claiming, “I’ve made it clear for years that the threat from Iran is grave.”

John,
If Veep decides the future of your country now, we all have bigger problems than we can imagine.

Keith:
Yes, and God forbid Sarah Palin change her mind about an expensive bridge to an island of 50 people, while Obama flip-flops on a national security issue.

All partisanship aside, can we all agree that running for president is the most difficult job in the world. The pressure these candidates are under must be enormous. One mistake could potentially alter the course of history.
I’d much rather be here on my computer criticizing them.

Something I don’t understand is that we hear nothing about John McCain anymore. It is like Sarah is running for President against Senator Obama. Why has the media shifted away from the actual candidate?

Wow, the left wing liberals are so mad at Palin, I guess if she would have have wanted socialism they would love her!

Can someone tell me one thing… ONE thing that Obama has sponsored in his time in the Senate that has passed? I checked and the only thing I can find is recognition of the Chicago White Sox’s winning the World Series. He has been in the Senate since January 2005 and announced his candidacy for President in May of 2007, a little over two years; where is his experience? Heck, I’ll even take something he did in his time in the Illinois senate; there is nothing of substance; except for voting ‘present’ a majority of the time. That is NOT leadership! Where has he truly stuck his neck out? There this is Biden; excuse me but how many times has he ran for President, 3, 4; I lost count; and did he ever make it to the convention as the nominee? NO.. Any guesses as to why? Because he is NOT qualified!
Contrast this to John McCain; let’s leave his military leadership and POW record out of it for now. His bipartisan leadership as evident in the McCain-Feingold campaign reform act; why do you think it is called the McCAIN-Feingold; he was the leader reaching across party lines to do the right thing. Regardless of your stance on the war; his leadership and pushing for the surge to end this war early and save lives was the right thing to do.
I am tired of the press and the uninformed public thinking that Obama is our savior; even his supporters have said that ‘remember, Jesus was a community organizer and Ponchas Pilot was a governor’, what are they trying to say? If you feel that Palin isn’t qualified to be VP based on her perceived lack of experience; then you HAVE to dismiss Obama lack of experience to be President; no question.
Simply put Palin is more qualified to be VP then Obama is to be President.

So that must be why Obama needs to raise 66 million, air fare and per diem for all of those protestors to get to Alaska must have cost a pretty penny………
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That was a good one Lee!!!

I believe that Obama is the second coming of JC!
Not Jesus Christ, Jimmy Carter.

John – you are right! I just had my hair dyed today. Being President and VP of the United States of America is a job that is unbelievably hard with the way the media is today. Please watch the debates coming up. Vote who you think is MOST qualified to run our Country. Not what goes on in the media. Please everybody, pay attention!!!! This election is so important.

And all of you McCainiacs had better watch out with the “Obama thinks he was sent by God” rhetoric, before the media starts reporting that it is actually Sarah Palin (as a result of her religious background) who believes she has been chosen by God.

The Obama brand of Democrat only gets really energized when fighting a woman.
They directed the most vicious attacks and vitriol to Sen. Clinton, and now they totally freaked out with Gov. Palin.
What’s wrong with these idiots?

Well the press will do what it will do. But the press has to understand that it’s influence in politics, thus the National discourse will suffer, in the end from it’s lack of proper coverage.
There is a responsibility involved here that the press has seemed unable or unwilling to accept.
We all lose in this, so why are you pointing this out? Is it a slam against Biden, Obama, or some sort of smugness on your part?
DO YOUR JOB!

Please everybody go to Meet the Press and watch Thomas Friedman. Country First!!!! Country First!!!!

jljaguir
Well said.

Hey Concerned, according to the US census bureau, there are approximately 670000 people in Alaska. Of those, approximately 300,000 are female. Of those, only about 70% or 210,000 are over the age of 18 (and therefore women). Drawing 1400 women out of a total population of 210,000 is pretty amazing.

I seen the mass demonstration against Gov. Palin in Alaska. About 200 in attendance, as stated by law enforcement. The Obama lawyers and investigaters were busy. I do remember the thousands that greeted her when she returned to Alaska, to be with her son, before he shipped out to Iraq. Gov. Palin has a 86% favorable rating, Obama could only dream of this acceptance by real people!

History will look at this election and conclude that it was not Palin who cost Obama the election. No, he should have been up by 20% long before she came on the scene. History will look evil straight in the face and tell Michelle Obama that it was her. She alone has cost him the election with her hate filled comments. No wonder they have her in hiding.

There were 1400 hundred women protesting against Palin. This scares the right wing so they will play down the numbers.

Joe Biden is an excellent pick for VP candidate, and he will shine during the debate. The McCain/Palin campaign might have just hit the high water mark. The news about what’s going on in Wall Street is only going to hurt them, and McCain’s lies will catch up to him sooner or later.

Sarah is Pale-In comparison. The american people are smarter than this.
Look at what Alan Greenspan had to say today… that the economy is literally at a crisis point.
I think that the media is doing the whole country a HUGE disservice by playing along with this circus for an election.
Vote for McCain and you get the same as Bush.
Lies. Where are the weapons of mass destruction? Huge lies from McPale-in comparison… at just about every event they hold.
THE MEDIA SHOULD BE ON THEM LIKE CRAZY FOR THEIR LIES.
Every story should be setting the record straight when they keep uttering the same lies to the people. Good for the media that has done this so far.
WHERE IS THE NEWS STORY ON THE PROTEST IN ALASKA?

Andres,
The VP debate may very well decide the election. Certainly on paper it looks like no contest right? A 36 year senator who debates everyday should be able to easily prevail over a Gov. who has been in office less than 2 years.
That’s the beauty of it. I think in our hearts we don’t believe that.

I can find no approval ratings for her since 2006. Many governors are popular when they first take office. I believe one of the Alaska newspapers estimated it is currently 20 or so points lower and falling.

Palin must have the liberals really worried – otherwise why would they be spending so much time covering and attacking her instead of the guy at the top of the ticket. Have not heard much from the republicans on Joe Biden – the republicans are spending their energy on attacking Obama. So who is smarter? Democrats attacking a self-made hard working VP candidate with a great family and outlook on life or repbulicans who are attacking a Presidential candidate with little experience and some questionable alliances? Keep attacking Satah Palin because the poll numbers keep going up for the republicans!! Liberals always to to far and it bites them in the backside.

People in the USA will we vote with our emotions and BIAS? Please do not forget what is going on in our current administration. Please do not let Karl Rove and the lobbyist in Washington tell us what to think. Please do not be hannitized. Get Educated. WE have the internet! Watch the debates coming up! Is your livelihood better? Is our Country better off? Is our Country on this planet better than everybody else?

What a pathetic situation, I feel sorry to the American media and Democratic Party combined to stop this woman Sarah Palin. They did it with Hilary. I don’t think that will work with Palin, she is smart and sharp. Obama/Biden seems very desperate and hopeless. He almost lost the show.
God bless Macain/Palin. God bless America

Obama is much less qualified than Mccain. Palin is much less qualified than Biden.
The frightful thing is who is to be president? Obama without experience does not have to listen to Biden. As Vice President Biden can be a non-entity. Palin has to follow McCain for as long as he lives since he will call the shots.
Six of one, half a dozen of the other – absolutely no difference – maybe just one difference – who gets into the starting block FIRST, no experience Obama or experienced McCain.
REMEMBER Obama is running for President NOT Palin.

>>>>>>> Dee Dee Lynn
Hey BR you “seen” it. Law enforcement’s been releasing those crowd numbers to the McCain camp again, have they? Funny, they never seem to remember doing that, and there are 140 pages of photographs or so that contradict your estimate.
Posted by: Dee Dee Lynn | Sep 14, 2008 10:45:43 PM
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You failed to mention the busloads of people that was bused-in, the buses were paid for by the Obama/DNC, the party of deceit.

Obama was born in Hawaii.
McCain was born in Panama.

You can tell when the Repubs are getting scared because they start saying that rosary of theirs, praying to be rescued from the forces of Progress.
Speaking in tongues, like Sarah Palin.
Sputtering lies like John McCain.
IT WON’T HELP. CHANGE IS COMING.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!! AMERICA FIRST!!

How many years are “taken away” from a person’s life while being President? Then you figure in the poor health and stress from being a POW. . . maybe the election is between Obama and Palin?

jljaguir
Sadly, FOXnews is the only unbiased source of information from the mainstream media.

Well thanks for the post. All the Blogs are asking where Joe is. Now we know. Two words. Sarah Palin. He can’t be seen or read about unless the media is with him. Just more bias.

I have an IQ of 174 and carry this quote around in my head:
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY.

And there’s a lot of speculation that McCain won’t run a for second term. I hope that’s not true, but if so, there’s always:
PALIN/JINDAL ’12

April-
If McCain wins, it simply means he received 270+ electoral votes.
A problem of the more zealous democrats (such as yourself) over the last fews years has been to belittle those who choose to vote republican – calling them stupid, or ignorant. Before this election is over, you may very well be calling them bigots as well.
If I vote for McCain, it is NOT because I have been tricked or lied to, and it will not be because I am stupid. It will be because I have applied the full measure of my heart, my intellect and my life experience to this very important decision. I expect nothing less from you or any of our other fellow voters.

Oh Jr, that’s such a McCain camp talking point. It has already been posted a few times tonight. Seriously, you guys should really try to think independently. Oh I guess that might affect party affiliation.

Kaydee,
Obama has plenty of time served as an elected representative. He has a background in constitutional law. He has been schooled for the past 4 years in foreign relations by some of the senate experts, including Republica, and he has been studying with the Center for Foreign Policy, one of the foremost foreign policy think tanks in the world. He has even himself been invited to speak there. Of course, to know this, you have to have been paying attention for more than the past 30 minutes, and you have to derive your information from somewhere other than the McCain campaign.
OBAMA HAS BEEN SO ON THE MARK WITH HIS FOREIGN POLICY OBJECTIVES THAT WE NOW SEE W SCRAMBLING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THESE OBJECTIVES BEFORE THEY LEAVE OFFICE SO THEY CAN TRY TO TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM. Obama said begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. Bush announces troop withdrawals from Iraq. Obama said we should negotiate with Iran. Bush wants to negotiate with Iran. Obama said send more troops to Afghanistan. Bush is sending more troops to Afghanistan. Obama said we should go into Pakistan to go after the Taliban if the Pakistanis don’t. Bush sends our guys into Pakistan AND THE ORDER FOR THAT CAME JUST DAYS AFTER OBAMA STATED IT SHOULD BE DONE.
Sounds qualified to me.

JRinLA
That is my favorite quote! Persistence is everything. I’m glad you posted it. I was actually thinking it defined Sarah Palin. I see a pitbull determination in her that I haven’t seen in anyone else. That is one of the reasons she is going to be so successful.

John – I can spell. I do not know why when I post it mis-spells everything.

Say NO to McPalin!

Stop talking about Palin! Just focus on the issues. The media is helping Palin unintentionally with so much coverage of her. Let her dig her own hole once the debates start, she won’t stand a chance. Ohhh, wait… maybe she will since most people fall for those generic “patriotic” speeches that she and Bush do so well.

Oh very funny Samantha, so funny. Can you spell Keating 5? That was a pretty big con, no?
What about all those lobbyists on his campaign team? They are a bunch of cons no?

Thanks, John. I posted it because you can’t read a thread like this without fawning posts praising Obama’s acedemic achievements and belittling all who don’t share his Ive League education. They will, in the same post, call Bush an idiot with his advanced degree from the same Harvard Obama attended. He just got his MBA because he’s a Bush – a slander upon every degree issued by Harvard.
Einstein was a terrible student, so were many great leaders. I don’t want an acedemic debating society running the country in a real crisis. I want a leader.

Hey everybody, let’s all get together and stop dealing with corporations so they won’t have any income to avoid paying taxes on. Obama gets to pick what we keep, and the rest have to wither on the vine and die. Let’s hope he keeps the ISPs so we can do this. Which computer maker are we keeping? I can’t wait till Obama gets in there and takes on these big bad businesses. I’m not capable of letting the free market make these companies rich. I need somebody to regulate how I spend my money because I don’t trust myself not to give money to corporations. I’m in denial about the part I play in my financial misery. I need to go put air in my new car’s tires just like Obama told me since that’s something I don’t ever think to do anyway.

John – Have you listened to Hannity on the radio? I don’t in all honestly know how he is on his television show but on the radio he is radical and ridiculous.

jljaguir,
He is very opinionated on the radio. Similiar to how he is on TV.
Well, better get to bed. Nice talking with everyone.

Stop giving Palin so much ammo. You keep giving her so much free publicity, who is the celebrity Rock Star?
now. She does not have my vote. She is too cocky and too show off for me and a big mouth with lipstick.
My Vote: Obama/Biden 2008

“I wonder how Palin’s resume stacks up against John Edwards?”
Maybe she didn’t have a child with a lover outside of the marriage?

Dee Dee – I’m sorry I must have missed the news release that Palin was running for President like the second coming Obama is. Are you upset with Palin becasue she believes in God and has never had an abortion?

Where is Pelosi? Where is Feinstein? Where is Boxer? Why are all these elected women standing silent on Palin? Why is everyone looking to Hillary to carry the ball after she was dissed by Obama and the liberal wing of the Democratic Party? What a bunch of wusses. It looks like Obama may now lose due to the Palinator.

Oh Todd, you are determined to keep me from having a life. Funny thing, you know, I believe in God and have never had an abortion. And actually I don’t personally believe in abortion. Does that qualify me to be VP? (and your comment was another ad hominem–well except that’s a sexist term I guess, should be ad feminem).

lol, jake, joe who? you are so right. even when the blog is about him, it’s not.

The partisanship in American politics is hilarious. Especially from the liberal side…the childishness is breath-taking.
Great stuff watching the Left out-do themselves with stupid comments trying to denigrate the lady.

Cowboycowboy in Australia,
Sadly, you are relying on the heavily biased MSM for information. I love Sarah Palin. I have no qualms about her at all. But then, I am not relying on the leftist media for my information.

By the way, I just re-read Jake’s article. The Obama campaign claims that Biden was not a cynical pick, to win the election. I have to agree. Biden was a cynical pick designed by Obama to do anything to avoid picking Hillary Clinton. Is that the action of a leader?

PS. To all those saying that voting for McCain/Palin is irrational and voting for Obama/Biden is the only logical choice (you know who you are). Just because someone doesn’t share your opinions about certain issues doesn’t make them irrational. While I applaud your attempts at intellectual superiority it really only adds unnecessary background noise for those of us trying to have an honest debate.

oh no, cyncr. we know john mccain made a fabulous choice in palin, and amoungst ourselves, we talk about him all the time. we talk about the fabulous choice. we snicker. we don’t care what the media and others think or don’t think of our hero. and we vote en masse.

ind. voter for mccain: i know! while the oblahblahblahs were talking about how bad Hillary ran her campaign and her debt, i kept asking myself if they ever thought about how poorly obama was running his campaign if all the money couldn’t seal the deal. they just think differently i guess. obama is now asking for more change. his new slogan is :change we need change.

jljaguir,
“Have you listened to Hannity on the radio? I don’t in all honestly know how he is on his television show but on the radio he is radical and ridiculous.”
He has been cited by non-partisan fact check organizations as a liar and a bigot. His ratings are way up because, like Limbaugh, he talks like he’s an authority on facts but spews the fictions of his own little world. His callers mostly allow him to tell them what to think and say and they walk away believing they’ve stated their own opinion. It is very cult-like and erie.
I hope the first thing that whoever becomes president does in office is force the FCC to do its job with regard to using the airwaves to spew racist hatred. Freedom of speech is one thing, but Hannity, Levin, Planke and Limbaugh make up lies, tell racist and sexist jokes and do all sorts of other illegal things to throw elections. Freedom of speech is not a license to spew hatred and propaganda.
WMAL radio, which is where Hannity and the rest of the “conservative” opinion “movers and shakers” air, has a consistent them throughout most of its broadcasts. They repeat the broadcasters opinion over and over in many different styles during each call. At first I thought it was to fill air-space, but then I realized that they commentary is very much like hypnotism (which is illegal without consent).
I caught one of their investment shows today. While I previously thought that the hypnotic patterns were only employed by the political pundits of WMAL, I found today that the same pattern of repititious verbage was evident by the financial host. I conclude that this style of propaganda must be a WMAL practice.
Alert their advertisers if you agree that they are abusing the airwaves and spewing lies and hatred. That’s what I do.
Swiftboating is not cool.
Obama 08!

The republicans have had there fun, but now it’s time to get back to the truth again. A place where McCain and Palin fail.

From what I understand, ABC edited the Palin interview in a biased manner. On the Russian question, here is part of what was missing:
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
GIBSON: What insight does that give you into what they’re doing in Georgia?
PALIN: Well, I’m giving you that perspective of how small our world is and how important it is that we work with our allies to keep good relation with all of these countries, especially Russia. We will not repeat a Cold War. We must have good relationship with our allies, pressuring, also, helping us to remind Russia that it’s in their benefit, also, a mutually beneficial relationship for us all to be getting along.

Commonsense, so what other rights do you want trampled?

Common Sense – Please let me know how I can help to stop this!!! They are dividing our Country in HATE. I for one feel guilty when I listened to it because I feel I am helping their ratings. IT IS RIDICULOUS!!! How many Americans listen to this crap every day???

Common Sense – I will call the radio stations. But, money talks. They are brainwashing this Country into HATE. United We Stand, Divided We Fall. I am one individual that will not be hannitized!!!!!

Kitty – That little button is called ignorance.

When the Presidential candidate refuses to part company with the VP candidate, it is clear trouble is brewing! Tapper and friend wonder “if the woman who would be a heartbeat away from the presidency will ever brave their ranks to answer questions.” Given McCain’s brush with cancer and his advanced age, his selection of Palin makes it plain that for for the new McCain election comes first and country second, not the other way around.
Palin’s selection may appear to be a home run now, but could very well turn out be a foul ball after review over the next few weeks.

jljaguir,
“Common Sense – Please let me know how I can help to stop this!!! They are dividing our Country in HATE. I for one feel guilty when I listened to it because I feel I am helping their ratings. IT IS RIDICULOUS!!! How many Americans listen to this crap every day???”
I, too, had to grapple with that, but you’d be surprised how many people that refuse to be hannitized listen to them. Keep you enemies close, they say. All I can suggest is to jot down their advertisers and send the advertisers an email voicing your complaint that they have advertised with hate spewers. Most of them have a “contact us” link on their website and some of them list email for the big-wigs at their companies. Also send your complaints to the FCC.
Another thing that I find handy (since there is power in numbers) is to request of your friends and family that they, too, send emails to WMAL’s advertisers and cc the FCC.
Good luck.
Obama/Biden 08!

Kitty – I am glad that you have an on/off switch. But if you actually want to have your own opinion, I suggest you use that button and turn it off in your home and your radio in your car.

saif1028,
“his selection of Palin makes it plain that for for the new McCain election comes first and country second, not the other way around.”
I really believe he’s have a late mid-life crisis. If not, Rove has alerted him that the votes are fixed and he can do whatever he wants and won’t have to worry about a win. He’s been selected.
Meanwhile, Obama picked up 500,000 new small-doner campaign contributors and the polls “suggest” McCain is gaining ground. Sun-ting smells fowl!
Obama/Biden 08!

jljag, there are 6 choices for tv viewing here, and i can’t get hannity on any of them if i tried. i never tried. the reason i got rid of satellite years ago was because i couldn’t stand looking at bush. it was just a suggestion. it has saved a lot of money.

kitty, you do realize that if Palin is a “man’s woman and McCain is a man’s man” that no woman would vote for the Palin/McCain ticket because they are both preferred by men? WTH is a “man’s woman” anyway, it sounds SEXIST to me.

I have some comments after reading almost all blogs in this section:
To all who so liberally accuse others to be liars, only those who are will be able to recognize the company they belong to.
To Charlie Gibson of ABS and all of Charlie’s copy cats, your prosecutorial arrogance blinds you to the truth: There are 4-7 “Bush Doctrines”and the preponderance of evidence suggests not that Sarah Palin was at a loss, but discerningly sought to discover which one you were talking about: “in what respect, Charlie?”
Similarly, the “Charlies” referenced above are deaf and dumb when it comes to hearing and responding to Palin’s clarification of the notion that we should not claim God to be on our side and instead should seek to be on God’s side, against the background of Lincoln’s encouragement to do that. Sarah is correct: God has a plan for the world. Humans are searching for what it is

Here is some common sense, “no representation without taxation!”

mila, what? why would a woman not vote for a woman who was preferred by men? i don’t really care if you call it sexist. you see, i agree with sarah palin that when women call everything from a compliment to a criticism sexist, it hurts all women.

SDW,
“To all who so liberally accuse others to be liars, only those who are will be able to recognize the company they belong to.”
Personally, I believe God gave man and woman the ability to think. We appreciate your recognition that we are God’s children, but your logic is flawed since God does not lie.
Try again. Try psych 101 to develop better reasoning skills while you’re at it.
Obama/Biden 08!

jljag, my thought bubble has evolved over a period of time. i jumped off obama’s bandwagon in 2007. at that time, the republican candidate hadn’t been chosen. once hillary was knocked out and i knew it was obama and mccain, i went to mccain. palin was icing on the cake. for some history, i voted for bc twice and against gwb twice. i am independent and didn’t get to vote in primaries. no one has called me for polling. i read. i try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. and i think sarah palin will be a great vp.

McCain say Obama will have sex education for kindergarten children Lies
McCain say the pig thing was about the his vp pick –Lies
Pulin say never took earmarks –Lies
Pulin says Iraq caused 9-11 –Lies
McCain pick Pulin because she best qualified —LIES
McCain is a maverick and goes across the aisle – LIES
McCain is against Bush and his fellow Republicans – LIES
McCain blames Obama for the high gasoline prices – LIES
McCain doesn’t know how many home he has — Lies
McCain will help home owner that lose their homes —LIES
McCain came up with the surge—LIES
McCain will give us a tax better break —LIES
McCain vote for woman’s rights—LIES
McCain support seniors —-LIES
McCain supports the Iraq vets with his vote —LIES
Palin was always against the bridge to nowhere –LIES

he is without sin shall cast the first stone?

This will be my third time to vote. The first time I voted Republican and the last time Democrat. I’m voting for the soldier this time around. Both Biden and Obama are lawyers and neither inspire much enthusiasm.
Posted by: independent
Third time to vote, McCain was 60 YO when you
first voted! WOW makes everyone feel young
doesn’t it….except McCain

The post listing “lies” should be titled “Lies”, because it’s lying about lying. A few of the statements are “True Lies” (sorry, Arnold S.!), but most are twisted half-truths.
My wife and I are definitely NOT in the “Top 5%” of income, but Obama will likely destroy us while McCain MAY allow us to keep our home. We’re in our 70′s, which makes us seniors who WOULD do better under McCain.
The “shotgun approach”, accusing McCain and Palin (even if misspelled) of lying, is simple mud-throwing without knowledge of the facts.

Thank you for the commentary, Jake.
You’re truely a breath of fresh air.

mila, you are entitled to your opinion, but if Socialism or Marxism represent “hope” for America, then I’m genuinely glad I’ll be dead within a few years. And I’m sure you’re equally glad that my generation is dying off and getting out of the way.
I know America WILL become a Socialist country… someday. My wife and I always hoped we’d be gone before it happens, but now it looks like we will live to see it, thanks to BHO.

he is without sin shall cast the first stone?
Posted by: smike
You win smike, I’ll put down the stone down
and grab the crowbar instead…Hey, hey
I always wanted to say that…only kidding…

Obama made, if not his largest, a noticeable blunder in his cras discarding of HIllary as a contender for Vice President should he have won.
Even Biden has acknowledged that.
Frankly I am glad that Hillary will not have to waste all her talent and energy cleaning up after all of his gaffes..
And although I am sorry to see her polishing his boots and pushing for his election…… this too shall pass.
But for now:
MCCCAIN AND PALIN

“america centric”, I completely agree. Hillary disgraced herself by “switching” to Obama. I wish she had stood her ground at the convention, instead of rolling over like a whipped dog.
It’s not likely, but she MIGHT have been able to stop the runaway train, with an empty suit at the throttle.

Common sense, i remember a debate about healthcare. obama acknowledged his healthcare plan mandated coverage for people with children. only people with children would be mandated to pay for healthcare. so everybody else got to stay like it is, but people with children would be forced to pay for it if they could and/or a government program would be available.
i pay for my child’s health insurance/healthcare out of pocket without a government or employer contribution. i don’t need any mandates from obama.
obama the went on to agree that if you want universal healthcare, hillary’s plan was better.
i prefer john mccain’s where i can do what i’m doing now. i want goevernment to stay out of my business. obama wants to get in it.
you can surely understand my objection, right?

Senator Biden has had a distinguished career in the Senate with many significant accomplishments (Violence Against Women Act, Crime Bill, PEPFAR, Kids 2000 among others) and doesn’t have to embellish or outright lie about his successes like his counterpart, Ms. Hockey Mom.

kitty,
My objection is identical to yours. The piece that you are missing is that healthcare for children is already required, so you lose nothing under Obama’s plan. States guarantee children cannot be denied healthcare — whether they have a healthcare plan paid for by their parents or not. Healthcare coverage for children is also relatively inexpensive as opposed to the cost of keeping older Americans healthy. Children usually require maintenance, while older Americans require payments for healthcare based on the odds that they were likely to have made bad choices and lived unhealthily. Oh, and that good old Republican fear factor is factored in, too. Old people are afraid they are dying and will pay anything to stay alive. Obama wants to pull the costs associated with all medicines back in balance. We most likely paid for the research, so we need the ability to negotiate reasonable/favorable costs.
Currently, the cost of medicines are not negotiable. Republican no bid cronism at work again!
Obama/Biden 08!

Kitty,
I can’t understand your objection. McCain’s plan doesn’t allow things to stay the same. His plan requires taxing of employer paid healthcare (which is the majority of insured in American) That will be disastrous. If employer healthplans go up much more, people will quit subscribing and that will just lead to more uninsured.

America*centric you were never really a supporter of Hillary if you are willing to vote for a ticket that will solidify the destruction of all the things that she and her husband have stood for throughout their political career. I liked her too, but I am a proud liberal that will not roll over on my beliefs out of wounded pride.

Biden has made so many mistakes that the media is not covering him so they do not have to report the mistakes.

Kitty
Unless your child has a job, he can’t pay for health care. All children should have health care and he mandates it because children shouldn’t be turn away for treatable illness because of lack there of. Asthma can kill if not treated. The flu can kill if not treated. The emergency room is not suitable health care despite what Republicans think.

John McCain will not run his White House. The lobbyist will. They’ll give him false decisions between two things that help there companies. If John McCain wins, we lose.
When will the economy sober up Bush. How many more banks will you buy before you fix regulatory standards.

common sense, my state does not require me to have health insurance for my child.
there is a great program here in delaware (think joe biden). it’s cheap, but if you want to enroll your child, your reason can’t be that your coverage has gotten too expensive.
as long as you’ve never had coverage (say you chose to put your premium money towards fun stuff), you can attempt to qualify. i don’t know what you have to do to qualify in its entirety because I can’t get past the part where I have been a responsible citizen.
if you want to check this out, call the delaware department of healthcare or whatever it’s called. you can just google it or something to get the number.
my premiums get higher, and eventually, i might be one of those unisured.
obama ackowledged in his debate that i would be forced to purchase healthcare for my child. i believe him. i want government to leave me alone.

MM, I am a responsible citizen. I insure my child. I don’t need the government telling me I have to.

The guy who said we are a nation of whiners will be part of a McCain administration. He is the dude who helped En-ron deregulation laws come to play. And those laws are why American banks are failing today.
When we bail out these banks, we borrow money from China to do it.
Do you know what that means? That means China owns the US.
Did you hear about those long range Russian bombers that just landed in Venzuela, one of the countries that kicked out the US Ambassador?
Not looking good for us Americans. We are in deep dookie. Venezuela, Russia, and China are teaming up and it looks like we need China for money. All of the tought Palin talk won’t do us any good if we have to go to daddy (China) and ask for money to fight wars against their allies.
This is what the corrupt Bush years with failed foreign policies have gotten us. And when P. Gramm becomes a member of McCain’s cabinet, heaven help all of us.
America is in big trouble and the superpowers of the world have sent us a signal that they will blow our broke butts to pieces. McCainPalin 08 until the end of time.

No MM, i said she was icing on the cake. that means it was already good. if you care to go back, or you can ask mila, i also like the way palin looks. it’s true. i don’t have any objection to her positions. some of them i’m not a supporter of, but no real objections. so far. we’ll see. but i am voting for mccain. let’s just say mccain is a pig for arguments sake, and palin is the lipstick. if you put lipstick on a pig, it’s still a pig. i like the pig.

McCain wasn’t cleared. McCain got over.
To recap, the context of the Keating S&L scandal was manipulation of world oil prices following the 1979 Iranian revolution and a loosening of regulatory oversight that set off a wave of bank failures across the American oil patch. Into this mix enters BCCI’s global raiders and junk bond traders, who cash cow the giant bank holding companies and leverage their assets into a play to take over the American banking industry. Finally, to top it off, the Bush presidency and elements of U.S. intelligence engage in a massive cover up of these global financial mechanizations in an effort to protect their international partners. It’s in this context that one needs to re-examine the role of John McCain in the Keating S&L scandal. McCain has always been a conciliator and clean-up specialist – in the case of the Keating S&L, the purpose was to protect a group of junk bond salesmen and Arab bank raiders, but, most of all to shield the Bush wing of the CIA and corrupt lawmakers – and put an attractive, all-American face of “reform” on cleaning up the mess afterwards. This is precisely the cover-up routine McCain repeated twenty years later in the Abramoff case.

McCain and En-ron”
Throughout his career, McCain has been an enthusiastic champion of financial industry deregulation as a member of the Senate Commerce Committee from 1997-2001 and 2003-2005. McCain voted, according to a Washington Post financial columnist, with his “campaign’s general co-chairman and domestic policy adviser, former Texas senator Phil Gramm. The Politico’s Lisa Lerer reports that not only did Gramm author the 1999 legislation that repealed Glass-Steagall, the New Deal law restricting the speculative activities of banks, but after Gramm left the Senate, he lobbied Congress on behalf of the Swiss bank UBS when the banking lobby wanted Congress to overturn state laws restricting predatory lending and the issuance of mortgages to prospective home owners who could not afford them.” Link McCain, like Gramm, has been a supporter of the “Enron Loophole” that allowed Amaranth Advisors hedge fund, a commodities futures trading company, to attempt in 2006 to corner the natural gas market, a criminal violation for which the fund was recently handed a $300 million fine. Pt 1.

Kitty
The mandate is put in place to permanently make people insure they children. There is no reason now for children not to be insured with all the government funded Health care. But I guess your pro-choice for child care and pro life for birth. Have a child and choose not to insure it. I’m not attacking you, I am showing holes in your argument.

Posted by: bleak outlook | Sep 15, 2008 2:08:25 AM
talk about spin…you might want to look at the facts, and the real role mccain played!

MM, I am pro-choice. I also want to abolish the death penalty and that drives hard core Republicans crazy! However, I’m also not one of those bitter people Obama spoke about who hangs onto my religion or guns. None of those issues are the ones I am voting for or against.

MM that wasn’t me that you asked. It’s the only explanation I can think of.

Kitty
If not, then give me policy reasons why you are voting McCain that is not an Obama attack.

puma
A certificate of Birth is also a Birth Certificate. Both are issued by the Federal Government. You just switch the words around and said A passport of the U.S. is not a U.S. passport.

MM, i do better under mccain’s tax plan. i have run the numbers. althoough i am currently unemployed, my background is accounting. i do better under mccain’s plan.

Kitty
But McCain gives taxes to small businesses, as he claims. I don’t see how that helps if you are unemployed.

MM, i don’t do it, so it doesn’t come easy. i never thought hillary was being mistreated and i don’t think palin is. i believe both of them are big girls and they can handle thmeselves. they don’t have to get out of the kitchen so to speak.

MM, i was employed by a company where i also owned 50% of the stock. I still own the stock, but I am not longer employed. The economy has affected me, but it’s opened a whole new world for me and i don’t plan on staying unemployed for long. I’m not sure what yo umean by giving taxes to small business, but I know in Delaware (think joe biden) the unemplyment rates just went up on small business. sometimes i wonder if we all need an economics course so we can all at least grasp the basics. they should teach it in public school.

Kitty
I did take an economics course. I know it well enough that all parts of the market are related. Delaware has I understand is a big Bank state, and because of deregulation under Republicans the market has been driven by banks and is headed for a massive correction. Because that is what the market does. Delaware is also one of the nations biggest GDP draw in because of its saturation in corporations. M

MM.I get to vote for Biden this year if I want at the voting booth. He’s up frp re-election to the Senate. So, there is a possibility that I could have 3 out of 4.

Oh and MM, actually, if we get back to Biden, we will be on topic. LOL Joe who? That is so funny.

Kitty
No wonder you though Obama called Palin a pig. Regular Joe is an expression of the average guy.

MM you are mistaken. I never thought Obama called Palin a pig. I thought his timing was horrible, but I didn’t think he was calling her a pig. And we had jsut gotten back to regualr joe, so i made a lil joke. Perhaps i shouldn’t be critisizing Obama’s timing if my deliver is bad.

Is ABC news going to give Joe Biden the same amount of time on TV that they have given to Sarah Palin?

Re: MM “It takes guts to Call McSleaze/Lyin the couple for America. It takes guts to call a +1 majority Democratic controlled. It takes guts to ignores McCain’s and Palin’s irrevalent eduations. It also takes guts to lie to yourself and vote against your self interest. Let’s face it your not voting on the issues.”
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When in danger, when in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Just to remember: The Clinton campaign went always negative in the primary, like McCain now. And you wonder why Barack didn’t choose Hillary ? Hillary would have been the pest pick for the Republicans to trash her. The Clintons have a samsonite factory.
Hillary is a powerful woman, but her campaign was disastrous.

“Obama has been much more detailed and thoughtful”
–Army Times

Our nation is at a crossroads, we the American people must examine our core beliefs and vote accordingly. We must vote on the issues, not on spin and gut feelings. We must make long term plans, of which prayer is included but is not the only effort made.We used to be a world leader based on example – now it’s by force. We used to believe in and practice the Geneva Convention – now we torture (not here) we have hidden places overseas for that! We used to belive in education, now we think we can run a country with undereducated bottom of their class, individuals and continue to “dumb” down our educational system so God and science are not in opposition. This administration has cured me of ever voting Republican again.
If you can’t take the time to listen to Joe Biden – if you constantly have to be entertained by the media then you are not asking yourself the right questions. When a man owns 9 homes and a private jet and calls Obama an elitist you might want to check the facts. When this nation is reeling in debt, borrowing money from China for a war in Iraq so China can get the contract to develop the Iraqi fields at $6 a barrel – you might want to read more.
We have a crisis everywhere, war, healthcare, education, security of ports and borders, immigraion, infrastructure, nationl disasters, and a failing economy with a falling dollar and the bailout of airlines, banks, and an energy crisis that cannot be solved overnight. If you care about this country please read page two! Read about the issues – believe the fact that more of the same will not make a difference! WAKE UP AMERICA!
VOTE!
Obama/Biden 08

Bill Ayers, ACORN, Chicago Annenberg Challenge, Rev. Wright, those missing years at Columbia U – we know NOTHING about Senator Obama, NOTHING. Unlike McCain, Palin or Biden there is no one from Obama’s past who steps up and talks about his character. No one except his wife. Where are his Columbia undergrad or Harvard Law fellow students, his community organizer buddies – there is no one. Who is he really? More importantly, who is behind him?

puma
A certificate of Birth is also a Birth Certificate. Both are issued by the Federal Government. You just switch the words around and said A passport of the U.S. is not a U.S. passport.
Posted by: MM | Sep 15, 2008 2:29:55 AM
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a certificate of live birth can be obtained after one is born, ie., if born abroad you can return and get a colb. A birth certificate has what hospital you were born in, signatures, and are notarized, etc.
bho has never said which hospital he was born in. there are two theorized hospitals, but neither has been sured up.
had bho been born in kenya, as is speculated, heis mom could have returned to hawaii and gotten a colb. then, even though his mother was a citizen, the law says you must have lived in the country for five years after your 14th birthday for your child to be a citizen. the other issue is his registration as an indonesian with the name “barry Soetoro” when his mom married lulolo soetoro and took bho to indonesia. with citizenship there he is ineligible for president. there are many questions and the suit filed in phil. will get answers. by 09/24 for bho and the dnc, and 10/21 for the fec.

Clinton should have been the presidential nominee… despite the DNC and press waging an unholy war against her, she still won more votes than Obama. She’s a proven vote getter alright and there’s no doubt she would have lifted him to victory as his VP pick. But Obama is an arrogant, disrespectful man who has never missed an opportunity to take a slap at her and her 18 million supporters. The last thing she should consider doing is saving his sorry butt now.
McCain ’08
Hillary ’12

Posted by: jon in maryland | Sep 15, 2008 7:24:25 AM
abc did a real number editing her answers. if you read the entire transcript she did a great job, and had a good grasp of the issues….by the way there is no “one” bush doctrine. she was correct in asking him to clarify…

Puma – I see your point. There seemingly are no answers to the questions about Ayers, ACORN, CAC, etc., that would paint Obama in a positive light. Better to stick to Bush bashing.

Wow, ABC has almost run a negative story on the Dems. Not really negative, but highlighting what a bad choice Biden was. Imagine if Hillary was VP choice? That plane would have no empty seats, Obama would be leading big time in Ohio and Florida, and this election would be a landslide. Bad call Barack, poor judgment based on personal feelings. This is not personal, strictly business, Obama better figure that out soon or he is toast.

Seems like I see a lot of criticism of Fox News, Hannity, conservative talk radio here. That’s funny, because I’ve tuned into Fox more in this election that I ever have before. I used to watch Fox just to get a laugh. Now I have newfound respect for them. I get so sick of the pro-Obama bias on the so-called mainstream networks that I can’t stomach it sometimes. Before this election, I never understood what Republicans meant when they talked about bias in the media. I just didn’t see it. Now I do. Many in the MSM are using their position to shape the news, not report it. They are activly trying to promote the candidacy of Barack Obama by treating him with kid gloves and trashing anyone who’s up against him. I can’t even stand to watch anymore.

Carrie,
The networks are not pro Obama. What we are seeing is that they are finally doing their job, and, in this case, are calling McCain on his lies.
He has sunk to such a new low that the networks can no longer brush it aside as politics as usual.
When even Karl Rove, the dirtiest of them all, says that McCain’s ads are lies, as he did yesterday, that’s saying something.

“On Saturday, only four reporters were around to cover any Biden action. Not that there was any.”

If or when Barrack Obama replaces Senator Joe Biden for a woman in an attempt to retake the spotlight or an imagined slight to regain momentum, Barrack’s campaign is finished.
The press should be asking about Barrack Obama’s judgment of character. It might open the floodgates with Barrack’s reticent about his dubious associations with Reverend Wright, terrorist William Ayers, & his past as a community organizer with ACORN.
With Senator Joe Biden as Vice Presidential candidate, Barrack Obama assumes he has already won the election; the election is a formality (he has been calling himself President in many Freudian slips on the campaign trail & acting as Commander-in-Chief this Summer). However, Barrack Obama just believed his own hype with little substance to back himself up beyond empty slogans of “hope” & “change.” Barrack Obama’s campaign is all smoke & mirrors–an illusion. If the truth were exposed, he would not have made it beyond the primaries. Obama is hiding so much that the careful masque he created is beginning to crack; he cannot keep this deception going indefinitely.
Where does Barrack Obama stand on the issues? Thus far, he has flipped on virtually everything he stood for in the primaries. Where does that leave the Barrack Obama-Joe Biden campaign? Nowhere, but treading water in the shark infested waters.
Barrack Obama’s campaign continues to implode since nothing of substance can sustain it.

The cable news channels, meanwhile, have treated audiences to an interminable bluster-fest from Biden, painting himself as the hero of hahaha “Main Street” — wherever THAT is — over Wall Street (the Obama campaign’s MAIN contributors).
Sarah Palin’s the only one of the candidate quartet, meanwhile, who has even a CLUE about “Main Street”.

spacerook1,
Republican positions are being misrepresented and distorted by Democrats and liberal media all the time. Just Sunday, Karl Rove clearly emphasized in an interview that both sides we’re taking liberty with the facts, but Dems (in an ad), and, just for one example, CNN (which posted a story headlined “Rove: McCain went ‘too far’ in ads”) took out of context remarks he made about McCain (I read the transcript). The very first thing Rove said on the subject was: “ROVE: Well, first of all, I do think that the lipstick remark was an inappropriate — and maybe it was unconscious, but it was a deliberate slap at Gov. Palin.” Rove said afterward about the Obama ad, which suggested Rove only questioned McCain’s honesty, “Of course, they fail to say anything about the fact I said they were even more misleading.” The CNN story failed to mention seeking Rove for comment, or to use any specific quotes of Rove criticizing Democrats, and it also paints a false picture of the interview so you come away thinking that Rove especially singled out McCain for criticism and criticized both campaigns only secondarily. In reading the transcript, you see it’s the other way around. And that’s from the “objective news.” And talk about a dishonest ad, then, which happens to be about honesty. The idea that Obama’s campaign is ahead of McCain’s in ethics is obviously untrue.
And btw, there are apparently two “Erikas” posting here now – I’ve posted all the comments except for “Democrats in Alaska!”

BO is still defending his
veep pick. Biden is a
non-performer in helping
the ticket win – whatever
else he may be.
A course correction is
necessary to put this
campaign back on the
path to victory.
The correction begins
with Biden being asked
to step down.
Without the grit to
correct this fatal error,
the campaign may well be
headed for a defeat.

The only way they could possibly pull off replacing Biden is for him to take a fall for the campaign by “accidentally” making an outrageous statement that could only be rectified to the American people by his stepping down.
Or he could have another aneurysm scare *wink*wink.
The one thing that absolutely cannot happen is for Obama to admit he made a mistake due to the old bad judgment thing.

We’ve said it before. Good
judgment also means having
the gumption to quickly
rectify a bad one and look
forward.
Biden should be persuaded
to step down voluntarily
to save the party from
defeat.

Who the heck is Joe Biden anyway? and why should we pay attention to what he says?
All I hear is that he likes to take the train. Not sure what that means, but it is nice he is trying to conserve energy, I guess.
I wish Obama had chosen someone who was born after the 1950′s, and not before.