No Joint Clinton-Palin Appearance at New York Rally

So much for bipartisanship.
Gee, Hillary, what happened to “reaching across the aisle” to stand together for freedom?

I dont see Palin taking a shot at Hillary voters, looks to me like Hillary does not want to be seen in harmony with Palin.

I agree with the Statement from Palin they are correct, this is not a campaign event this is an American issue. I Love Hillary Clinton, but she needs not to sacrifice herself for Obama, there is no problem with both of them being their, this should be a bi-partisan effort. I am a bit disappointed.

Sarah is far behind from Hillary.
Hillary earned her position for herself thru hard fought primary battles.
Palin was just chosen at the last minute by Maccain as a pandering for women voters.

Actually, this is very simple and Clinton is right—the organizers are shamelessly seeking media attention to their cause by blatantly using two prominent media attractions. That makes the event nothing other than a cheap media ploy, regardless of how it originally started out.
The organizers deserve the egg on their face. One should NEVER lie to or mislead your invited speakers.

What were they thinking? Duh, they weren’t.

Carl,
This was a ploy to get both of them to be seen together. If they would have invited Biden instead of Clinton, that would be more appropriate for a bipartisan show. But Palin and Clinton? And not telling Clinton Palin was going to be there?

Ha,ha! I think Clinton would rather strangle Palin and dump her in the river at this moment rather than appear with her and pretend that she doesn’t hate the bejesus out of her!!

How is Palin taking a shot at Hillary?
By stating that a bi-partisan effort should be made to confront the threat that Iran poses??

I’m telling you these Republicans will do anything to try to steal this election. Who do you think would gain from this fiasco…Palin. It would give the impression that Hillary and Palin are on the same page. They are not. Kudos to Hillary for not inflating this woman’s ego which is inflated to astounding proportions by these damn Republicans. This woman now thinks she will win the Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize, and any other achievement award for giving us the honor and pleasure of seeing and hearing her voice. An empty skirt, that is what she is. The nerve of her to think she is on the same level as Hillary.

Last time I checked, Israel has NUKES. A bit of a double standard here. It’s about time the US disengages completely from the region. If they want to bomb themselves out of existence, just let them.

Palin is right, this should not be a political stage. It should be a stage to show that both sides can come together to fight a cause. I feel bad Mrs. Clinton has to throw a hissy fit and say no. It shows the American people that she truly has no intentions on working with the “other” side.

You Obama supporters go right ahead and keeping taking your cheap shots at the Jewish-American community by acusing them of “staging” the Palin/Clinton appearance.
They will return the favor come November.

Senator Clinton supports Senator Obama. There is a very close campaign, which continues. If there was to be a joint appearance, then the organizers should have let the Senator make the decision to appear with Ms. Palin.

Gee, that’s a shame. Would have been nice for both sides to unite against evil. It appears one side is decisive against terror in the world, the other side uncertain.
Now onto the real issues of the day……….tanning beds.

Is Palins anti-semedic preacher going to be there?

The Democratic Party is UNFIT even to be majority in Congress. Fact of the matter is, the mind boggling collapse of Wallstreet has MORE to do with Democratic lead Congress than Bush itself. McCain supported a proposal in 2005 to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; what the democrats in the senate had done? KILLED IT!
And now the Democrats are busy LYING to the American “don’t blame us.” The crash of our housing has MORE to do with the Democratic Party than the GOP. We all have to face the truth instead of acting blind what the Democrats in Congress are doing. Being hoodwinked by party loyalty is not the way to live.

What’s the difference between a pitbull and a Republican VP nominee?
The pitbull has at least been been vet-ed.

Heaven forbid that Hillary lower herself and appear with Palin. Sounding off about the threat that Iran poses is about as important to Hillary as last year’s pant suit sale at Dillards.

I agree w/ Clinton on this one. The organizers used her to grab attention. They don’t care about anything but themselves and lying to Hillary should un-professionalism.
And HP Boston…youd rather have someone tell you that you’re not allowed to make your own abortion choice or that you need to believe in god? Get real.

Absolutely the correct decision by Hillary. At least she “has a pair” which is more than I can say for a lot of people. She is too smart, too experienced and too classy to be on the same continent let alone stage with Pain. Pain says this is not a political event? What a laugh. Either she is totally lacking in functioning brain matter or once again the lying is coming as easy to her as it does to McLame/Shrub, etc., etc. And those of you who believe her are equally as moronic. This was another attempted cheap trick by the repukelicans and the organizers to pander to the female voters. Well, as a “well over the age of 21″ caucasian female voter, I am not fooled nor am I amused. The McLame/Pain group needs to take their toys (and spawn) and go home. No one will miss them.

I don’t understand women for hillary?
What an OXYMORON statement.
Really can someone tell me- What has hillary done?
A wife who enabled her sex predator husband in hiding all of his crimes against women.
Palin will be president in 8 years. Baby Trig will be running around in the White House.
We will have a family in the White House we are proud of, with a woman that can truly hold her head up High in pride of her husband, family and country! GO SARAH! GO SARAH!
from a mom trying to raise sons disgusted with the clintons and there despicable behavior, And my fellow citizens putting up with it.

Palin is a fraud a liar to
the max trying to elevate
herself to Hillary’s standing
assisted by a bunch of Zionist
zealots.
We are doing more than enough
for Israel already and have been
doing so since the Jewish nation
was created in 1947.

Sen. Clinton refusing to appear at the U.N. is nothing compared to Gov. Palin refusing to appear to clear her name in the “Troopergate” inquiry.

Palin will be president in 8 years. Baby Trig will be running around in the White House.
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Wake up. It’s mid day and your still dreaming.

if the ticket included both palin AND clinton, then how would it be a “partisan” event?

Hillary is a bad sport who got a raw deal from Obama and is now showing her selfish side.
Palin is a true lady who has our Country’s best interest at heart.
McCain/Palin is my choice.

Everyone know Hillary does not want Obama to win. She is in a difficult position at this point, if Obama wins she cannot run again until 2016, she will be to old (according to all the Dems) If McCain wins she can run against him in 2012, which do you think she prefers?

I don’t know if Palin can see Iran from her house, but I do know what demographic group will probably not be casting too many votes for Hillary in 2012…….

Grow up Hillary! Why do organizers need to tell you who they are inviting to their own event? No one said you had to stand on stage and sing camp songs. The purpose of this event is to shed light on an issue that impacts AMERICA — this isn’t about being Democrat or Republican. It is funny that on the campaign trail in recent days Hillary has been talking about Democrats bringing people together. Too bad she can’t practice what she preaches!!

I too am a very disappointed Hillary supporter, not only for cancelling this appearance, but her devotion to Obama and his campaign. After the way the DNC and Obama treated her, she should have told them where to shove it. If she can’t stand up to them, how is she going to stand up to another country. IMO she is ruining any chance of another run at the presidency. I will seriously have to think about ever giving her my vote again, and that makes me sad.

Nice try “thanks but no thanks” Palin. Let’s see what you’re made of all by yourself. Hilary do not need to prove herself.
You do not come close to the brain power of the travelling pantsuit.

Good for Clinton.. She is doing the right thing. Palin just wants her votes and the women that likes her is crazy.

USA-No-1: “Do we really need anymore evidence that the democratic party doesn’t put the interest of our country first?”
You mean like, um, the Republicans do? Bwaaahaaaaaaaa, too funny.
You know, the funniest thing is McCain himself, in a moment of candor, admitted he was just another ambitious politician.
“I didn’t decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president…In truth, I’d had the ambition for a long time.”
But now he slaps a “country first” label on his campaign and you guys just lap it up. Amazing.

I think the obvious is fairly obvious here. By Bipartisan the assumption would be that their was full disclosure about the event. There was not. This was just a veiled attempt at stirring up feces. Its not like any Americans really support Iran. Of course the right wingers will spew any lie to bully others into walking lock step with them. Another point. Isn’t this woman (Palin) supposed to be running for the highest office in the land? One of the titles is commander in chief but there is a reason why our leaders do not wear a military uniform. This is because they are first a diplomat, not rouge general. I do not think Mrs. Palin is practicing diplomacy here, do you?

I sure would like to know what Obama has promised Hillary if he gets in the White House? I guess it must be worth her negating everything I believed that she stood for. So much for bi-partisan efforts for the good of all. Sad that she’s letting a newcomer to the stage intimidate her. Obama’s not worth it, Hillary, but then again the price must right.

Hooray for Hillary!! The Repubs are trying to use this joint appearance to infer that Hillary wants her supporters to support the McCain/Palin ticket which is far from the truth.

” It would give the impression that Hillary and Palin are on the same page.”
posted by jake
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So what’s the problem with them being on the same page about the iranian dictator?

Hillary, way to go !!! You are worlds above the inept Sarah Palin and you are right not to go to the rally since you were not informed of her presence. I sure hope Americans get it right on Election Day and don’t put that “stupid” woman in the White House. Did you see her with Charlie Gibson? Could McCain have found anyone dumber? You are right, Hillary- No Way, No How, No McCain , No Palin !!!!!

What no Arizona shriveled old dude with his Artic princess, what a bummer. The SNOW JOB EXPRESS won’t do a duo in New York I know they will just live with it. No great loss but less lies and hot air.

Palin can see Russia from her house, yet McCain can’t even see the economy from all of his houses.
What a pair.

As usual, Hillary looks like a spoiled brat who want play unless she gets her way. That woman’s face speaks volumes about her inner self.

McCain the old warmonger picked
the Doomsday church mom to
start a war with her neighbors -
the Russians.
The devout John and Sarah, your
senior leaders in Washington,
are calling upon you to do their
god’s will, and make the ultimate
sacrifice, in the coming new
wars in Georgia and Ukraine.

ME,
Just change the channel to FOX NEWS if you don’t like CNN. FOX will gladly shovel piles and piles of exactly what you want to hear.
Or did you already get your information from FOX to write your blog?

SNL got it right, lol. I think it’s a shame the way they are trying to create a joint media appearance between the two without letting Hillary know.
She obviously doesn’t want to be connected with this woman.

If Obama and McCain could appear together for 911 (of course Michelle didn’t show up) — why can’t Hillary show some class and show up to support the Jewish community? Especially since they helped her win her Senate seat.

Obama supporters, prepare yourself. Stop caring now and it will be a peaceful election. it might take a few years after Palin takes over before the elderly and white women regret their choice in president.

Hillary did the right thing by canceling her appearance. The organizers of the event tried using her by stating she’d appear with Palin to whip up controversy that could make it seem like Hillary was in the tank for Palin and that they shared common ground. Don’t be naive and believe that the republican party would not have billed it that way to try and sell the idea to women that Clinton is really not that far removed from Sarah Palin in order to win votes. Of course, Hillary doesn’t want Iran to have nukes but there was a more underlying reason the organizers wanted them together and lets be frank…the future of our country is at stake. Let there be no confusion…Hillary is her own woman and knows how far the republicans are willing to go to win this election.

You go, Hil! I wouldn’t want to stand next to that religious cult praying, absinence preaching, gun toting, war happy freak, either! Sarah Palin is the anti-Christ.

BOY IS SILLARY SHOWING HER TRUE COLORS
NOW. WHAT A B…. IF SHE CANT BE PRES OR
VP I GUESS NO WOMAN SHOULD BE.YOU GO GIRL. HEY HILLARY PALIN’S HOT AND YOUR NOT.

Nicky: “Sarah Palin is the anti-Christ.”
Well, now, that sounds just as dumb as when people call Obama the anti-Christ.
I kinda doubt either really are, but that’s just me.

Just remember there are more dumb people than smart people. All the candidate needs to do is get the dumb people to vote for him. Obama tapped out the smart people and is unable to get the dumb people to recognize they will do worse off under a republican.

Looks like Obama is done with according to the polls.
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Oh Really????
Perhaps you’d better hit the refresh button. McCain’s numbers are going down, not up on EVERY MAJOR poll out there. And Palin’s number have plummeted. (Down 10 points since her interview.)
Give it a few more days and see “how well” your “mavericks” are doing. “Mavericks”, now THAT’S funny! At least the Republicans have a sense of humor.
The over-hyped, under qualified, and DANGEROUSLY UNKNOWLEDABLE Republican VP nominee had her 15 minutes. Time’s up.

This was a really cheap ploy to make it appear that Hillary supports Palin. If they wanted bi-partanship they would have invited Biden.
Cheap Cheap Cheap. They got what they deserved.
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN, NO PALIN!!!!

Who are the organizers of the protest? Of course protecting the US and the world from a possible nuclear Iran is important and something both Republicans and Democrats are for, but the story does not explain who the organizers are. I’m pretty sure that having Palin and Clinton at this event is an attempt to help sway Hillary supporters to the McCain/Palin ticket. This is why Hillary backed out, I’m sure she knew that some people would try to paint her as being petty or partisan, but she knew that backing out was still the better choice to avoid giving Palin more supporters from her base. Anyone who does not realize this is the same type of moron who will buy a house they can’t afford and expect the government to bail them out.

Hey People—if this particular event is of such almighty importance to all, then why are NO U.S. LEADERS GOING TO IT? WHERE’S BUSH, CHENEY, CONDI?
It is, in fact, nothing but a glorified press conference.
If you think it is of major importance, then quit criticizing Clinton and GO YOURSELF.

can you blame her for bailing?… and for the record, i’m sick of the USA using Israel and other oppressive countries to stir up trouble in the world…

I always knew Hillary was all talk and no action. She isn’t anything but HOT Air. She’s afraid to sit beside a real woman. I met Hillary years ago in NC and found her to be a potty mouth slut.

Wasn’t Palin’s church the one that hosted Jews for Jesus, explaining how the terrorist attacks in Israel were God’s vengeance for Jews failure to convert to Christianity? Perhaps Palin is heading to New York to convert those clueless Jews. I can’t imagine that New York City will be a very warm, fuzzy place for Palin!

Come on. If Hillary is a pumpkin and size is intellectual substance and experience, then Palin is a raisin.
Yes, these two women should not be seen together because that inplies they are in the same ballpark.

Anyone remember the name of that girl who had relations in the Whitehouse with Bill? I think Palin reminds me of her. Neither is worthy to be in the oval office. If were honest with ourselves America, you know it too. There are plenty of conservatives grudgingly saying the same. 300,000,000 people and this (Palin) is it???

On foreign policy Palin believes what McCain staffers tell her to believe. She doesn’t know a thing about Iran. As for Hillary backing out…she did the right thing…Appearing with Palin would be used by Republicans to somehow validate Palin…

I am sometimes amazed at how stupid and ignorant some of you bloggers are!
You folks can’t see through the hype! You can’t see the forest for the trees!
You obviously have blinders on!
Or you just don’t think!!!
Hillary did the RIGHT thing! Having her and Palin together is just a ploy, and a bad one at that!
Sometimes I think some of you have been living with your heads stuck underground, hence being stuck on stupid!

Funny how Palin will do anything to steal all Hillary worked for, and then run with it in the exact opposite direction. Good for Hillary to snub her….she’s leaps and bounds above anything Palin has done. And this from an Obama supporter: way to go Hillary! Go let Palin sulk in her tanning bed.

Poor Palin! I do not see any remarkable women standing by her side.
1. No Oprah
2. No Hillary
3. No The View
4. No Hellen de Generes

What about unity and reaching across the aisle? Just words.

Palin is trying to ingratiate
herself with Hillary hoping
to upgrade her own already
fading political profile.

Don’t know about the other groups, but the “Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations” has a picture of Hillary speaking at one of their past events on the front page of their website, so looks like she has worked with them in the past….

A cheap way for Palin to try to tie herself to Hillary voters…..lies and cheap shots, seem to be all they’ve got!

This is a non partisan event! If you support the continued existance of the State of Israel you must be there at the UN to oppose Iran. Hillary where are you? But up or shut up!

Bi-partisanship my tuchus. Republicans use bi-partisanship to legitimize extreme positions. No self-respecting Democrat would appear on a dais with Palin (Note: Lieberman does not qualify as one). It will be a dark day in America if McCain somehow wins. The man will not live out his first term. Think, moderates and “independent” voters – Do you want a President Palin? ARE YOU PREPARED TO TAKE THE CONSEQUENCES? I doubt it.

Poor Palin! I do not see any remarkable women standing by her side.
1. No Oprah
2. No Hillary
3. No The View
4. No Hellen de Generes
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Hilarious, if these women are remarkable, you need to raised your standard.

peter: “Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch are the biggest donors to OBAMA presidential campaigns.”
Huh. And I thought corporations couldn’t donate to a presidential candidate.
The more relevant fact about Obama’s fundraising is the unprecedented number of donors.
I’m also impressed that Obama is funding all his own ads, unlike McCain who is using loopholes in his own campaign finance bill to use RNC money.

Wow,how can Clinton say that it is a “Partisan Event”? Jeez, last time I looked when inviting two or more parties to a single event for support of that event it is either a non-partisan or bi-partisan. Now the meat of this, Clinton has now effectively turned her back on the Jewish community. The very ones who got her elected. Can you say “cut my nose off to spite my face”.
Any rally to promote the stopping of nuclear proliferation ANYWHERE is good and should be held above ANY PARTY LINES.

Hillary can bail off this planet for all we care. She is egocentric, never was in it for “the people” – power trip. Why would anyone want to tie themselves to Clinton, as some of you accuse Palin of doing? Clinton is a sorry loser.

Rose: “If you support the continued existance of the State of Israel you must be there at the UN to oppose Iran.”
Sorry, but that just sounds like blather. I support the continued existence of Israel and I wouldn’t walk across the street to be part of some demonstration that has zero chance of actually influencing the course of events.

Can Sarah see Iran from her back porch?

Sad that people are attacking Palin for doing her part. I can understand if Hillary doesn’t want to be involved. But what has Palin done in this matter to upset you so much? Most of you don’t even know her, but hated her the minute she was announced as the running mate. How can hate someone so much that you don’t even know. Some of you are really sad and angry people.

What’s the story with that “McCain invented the blackberry” thing?
Serious question – what’s this a reference to. I’ve seen it posted a few times now.
By the way, that question comes from a pretty well entrenched Obama supporter who really doubts McCain ever claimed to invent the blackberry, lol.

Seems to me that McCain and Palin are hopelessly desperate for Hillary supporters, so they will go to any length for accomplish this. This beauty queen, Sarrah Palin, is not in the same league with Hillary. Therefore it is disrespectful for the GOP to use Hillary Clinton for their political gains.

anon – funny how quickly the obama supporters forget the church he was involved with for the last 20 years. goes both ways!!!!

What a sad person Hillary is…………
She is acting like she is in grade school……….

i wouldnt want to be on stage with palin either, good job hillary F these fools

zen, I thought Hillary got to the Whitehouse because of Bill. She was first lady thanks to him. REMEMBER!!??

Palin is a jumping jack.
Republican operatives
pull her strings and she
dances.

Yeah, forget the above post. We can’t believe anything McCain says.
In 2002 he wrote: “I didn’t decide to run for president to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run a campaign as if it were some grand act of patriotism. In truth, I wanted to be president because it had become my ambition to be president…In truth, I’d had the ambition for a long time.”
Now he runs under a slogan “Country First,” and y’all repeat it like its true or something. Its absolutely amazing to watch this guy play you Republicans for suckers.

The McCain people will try anything to link themselves with Hillary. Isn’t it a little funny that the Fox news people were talking badly about H.Clinton, about a year ago, now she is a wronged woman.The facts are as I see it.8 years ago I was in a lot better shape than I am now,and the more republican say that John Mc is a reformer.I remember that twice was beaten for the nomation,because the Right didn’t think he was conservative enough for them.Well It looks like to me he had to getin bed with them to get there support.That’s why they love Palin so much she might be a woman,but she is willing to tow the party line

Clinton knew she would be upstaged and was too much of a jellyfish to attend. She is more concerned about herself and not the concern of a nuclear Iran. Typle power hungry, greedy politician.

McCAIN IS CORRUPT AND DIRTY!!!
Obama brought up the Savings and Loan scandal in the late 80′s in his speech on the economy yesterday. And he came real close, but didn’t mention something – so I will!!
McCain was one of the dirtiest Senators involved in the S & L corruption scandal in 1989!!! He and 4 other “Dirty corrupt” Senators were named the “KEATING 5.”
Don’t believe me, just use “the Google My Friends” and google the Keating Five. That is if you can run that new fangled computer thing or the Blackberry that McCain invented!!!
Out of the five Senators he was the ONLY ONE to take money and bribes to try and STOP and cover-up the investigation of the corrupt Savings and Loans!!!
Sound familiar??? As we see now McCain has his henchmen up in Alaska right now trying to “COVER-UP” Palin’s TROOPERGATE SCANDAL!!! WHAT HAS SHE GOT TO HIDE, WHY DO THEY WANT TO STOP THE INVESTIGATION???
And McCain says he and Palin are the ones to clean up corruption in Washington??
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!! MORE LIES!!!!
Let’s vote for TRUTH and HONESTY in government this time, let’s vote for Obama/Biden in 2008!!!

nookly: “She is more concerned about herself and not the concern of a nuclear Iran.”
Right, lol, and this demonstration is likely to have such a big effect on whether or not Iran builds nuclear weapons, lol.
Gotta love emphatic defenses of futility. You know, maybe if John McCain would just wear a flag pin, we could finally stop those danged Iranians!

Hillary couldn’t risk angering the DNC leadership any more than she already has. So she cancelled her appearance when Obama demanded it.
After all, Hillary has a 2012 campaign to get rolling!

John: “Disagree with you significantly here, if no one took the time to protest and make an issue of events taking place then no one else would stand up and care either. True?”
Um, no. I really doubt Tehran gives a rat’s behind about which politicians attend which demonstrations in New York.

This just makes the Clinton and Obama people look like morons, which is just what the are…lets grow up people!
As far as clinton goes…she’s been my senator for the past few years and has done NOTHING for New York State. She just used us as a pawn…i just cant believe no one saw this…just using us as a stepping stone…a notch in her belt…people need to open their eyes. Also, while im ranting…New York state population wise (thanks to NYC) is liberal…but geography wise its conservative…we should make NYC a district and no part of New York State. This would also lower taxes!

John: “The Jerry Lewis telethon each Labor Day weekend, would you know as much or possibly donate to the cause if someone had not organized the event many years ago?”
Oh, I see the logic now. First a demonstration, and then a telethon to help raise money for the weapons we’ll use to bomb Iran. Okay, gotcha now.

WHY IS McCAIN TRYING TO STOP PALIN’S TROOPERGATE INVESTIGATION???
This is a Bi-Partisan investigation initially voted on by 5 Democrats and 10 Republicans in July… A week ago a vote by 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats allowed subpoenas in the matter to be issued…
NOW THE McCAIN CAMPAIGN WANTS TO STOP AND COVER-UP THIS INVESTIGATION??
WHY????????? PALIN IS DIRTY AND HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE, THAT’S WHY!!!!
How could ANY thinking person other than a Republican under “Palin’s spell” think otherwise???

This women isn’t even in Hillary’s league. Plus, this is just a ploy to get her supporters and make it look like HRC supports Palin….
BUSTED!!!

It might be hard to tell the difference between the Iranian and Palin verbal barbs. they are both so far out in RIGHT field, its hard to tell the difference.
They both believe that religion trumps the state and bombing each other is the will of God.

Davis…also why did Palin have her emails in the Governorsship go through a Yahoo account, so they couldn’t be traced. if she has nothing to hide?

tigger…. if this is just a “sport” why does Palin still want assault rifles not banned? How many times do you need to shoot an animal to kill it?

I am surprised Palin even cares…her church believes that the problems in the mid est are punishment tothe Jews for not believing in God…

Hillary’s response is a perfect example that the root of partisan politics in fact lies with the Democrats.
Sarah Palin wants to address serious issues, and Hillary Clinton merely lusts for political power.
Shame on all Democrats.

Hey, Mr Obama stop treating the American people and the rest of the earth resident of your inbalance economic formula. You cannot have univesal health insurance, give tax rebate to all middle class,$4,000 for every student, reduce taxes then balance the budget & eliminate/reduce the deficit. You must be “luko-luko” not to know simple math. A real “bobo”

How is this event in any way partisan? It is not a debate nor do both women need to share the stage. It is possible for two people of different political persuasions to share a common view. What a weak pathetic excuse from the Clinton camp. I wonder what the real deal is? What is Hillary afraid of?

What amazes me w.r.t. the Hilary supporters and Obama supporters I talk to is that they can’t list a single tangible thing that either one has done. Not one piece of substantive legislation that either has authored and helped to push through. Nobody questioning what Obama has done as senator from Illinois to help address the rampant state government corruption, neptotism, gang violence (which in Chicago, alone, claimed more American lives betwee Memorial Day and Labor Day (125 killed) than were lost in Iraq during the same period), medical crisis where doctors are fleeing the state due to the high cost of malpractice insurance, etc. Heck, Illinois is trying to get a referndum to impeach our Governor, while Palin has a 64% approval rating in the state she governs. What real experience do either Hilary or Obama have over Palin? Sure Hilary has been around a lot longer, but what has she really done? Obama certainly has no experience to point to… nothing compared to Palin when it comes to governing/executive experience, so get off that ludicrous soap box.

“…Palin gets more undeserved press…”
And who exactly are you to determine that anyone’s press coverage is undeserved????
If anyone has continuously gotten “undeserved” press it has been the idiotic, whiny, infantile, Obama

Davis: How is Palin supposed to respond the “troopergate” investigation when the lead investigator has promised and “October suprise”? Forgive me, but that doesn’t sound unbiased to me. Obama supporters are working just as hard as the McCain people to secure there presidency. Both parties do it. Obama has just as many if not more scandals. So please be realistic.

she didn’t realize it was hillbilly convention.

Stop the nonsense. Everyone knows that the media would have a field day with this. Everyone is just waiting for a cat fight between the two of them. Hillary is not going to take the bate. Call it what you want, but it is a political event.

Since when does a Governor speak at a world event?

Clinton, a New York senator and former Democratic presidential candidate, has generally been supported by American Jews. But Micah Halperin, a Middle East expert and syndicated columnist, said it is “problematic” that she decided to back out.
Halperin, who is Jewish and called Clinton “a far better candidate” for Democrats than Obama, suggested that her actions could backfire on the Democratic ticket.
“Jews traditionally vote Democratic, and if a major Democratic leader does not join in the fight against Iran, where are those voters going to go?” he asked. “It’s problematic from the very point of view that says you have a national political leader who fundamentally is choosing not to stand up against Ahmadinejad.
“It changes my view of [Clinton's] wisdom, of her ability to take a situation, analyze it and come out on the right side, and that is deeply troubling to almost every voter in America, not just Jewish voters,” Halperin said, adding that Clinton’s move “is the kind of thing” that could tip voters toward McCain.

Hillary has the merit to oppose the Iranian President. What credibility or merit does Palin have? Palin is a nobody who got lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama, Hillary, Biden ALL lawyers (i.e. not real straight talking people), Democrat’s need to hide behind lawyers? Dosn’t the Dem’s have any real people anymore? You know the one’s who don’t “Cut and Run” when the going gets tough, like Hillary has just done.

Paul – you can answer your own question by going to
and looking at the numerous pieces of legislation McCain has sponsored, co-sponsored or authored over the years …. you seriously can’t be implying that McCain has had no accomplishments when the number of bills with his name on them significantly outnumbers Obama’s one bill, which he didn’t even author – he co-sponsored. Even Obama isn’t trying to claim that McCain is a do-nothing Senator.

Tom: you sound ridiculous—
“Hillary has the merit to oppose the Iranian President. What credibility or merit does Palin have? Palin is a nobody who got lucky!!!!!!!!!!!!
Palin worked her way up to governor. Hillary road the coat tails of Bill.

Davis: Any governor from any state is going to have “disgruntled” employees and detractors…it’s inevitable. To label this “troopergate” based on one-sided, unsubstantiated allegations is premature and sensationalized, to say the least. Little is said about the fact that Palin has a 64% approval rating in her state: double that of the current administration and triple that of the Democratic-led Congress. But this is to be expected by the left-leaning “mainstream” media who have glossed over the skeletons in Obama’s closet (Rev. Wright, Rev. Flagger, Tony Resco) and refused to ask any challenging questions regarding Obama’s accomplishments and/or experience, but have instead chosen to make federal cases out of the fact that Palin purchased a tanning bed and McCain doesn’t use email (not mentioning that it is because he is unable to type due to his war injuries).

I’m sure after the election, Hilary will more than willing to do appearances with Palin. The organization was not forthcoming that an invitaion also had been extented to Palin to appear.
I understand, Hilary’s reluctance at this particular time.

Sleep with the dogs, get the fleas. I would have backed out too.

Palin. Sorry parenting and lies, lies, lies.
http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2008/09/meet-track-palin-drug-addict.php
http://mojo.channel955.com/pages/show_archive.html?feed=184218&article=4182546
“Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter to Republican Vice Presidential nominee, Sarah Palin, has not only dropped out of high school because of her pregnancy, but seems to love her liquor as well!”

Are you Retarded ? If Hilary is even seen on the same stage as Brain to nowhere lady, Mc Same and the rightest of wings will say look Hillary and Bridge to know where stand together, and not just on this on other issues, I think it was a attempt to scam more voters. Wake up and smell the Coffee, You guys are going down. and it won’t feel good.
Its time for a new sheriff in town..
Obama 08 upward and onward…

“Little is said about the fact that Palin has a 64% approval rating in her state…”
I thought it was 80 percent? Seriously, isn’t that what was reported just a couple weeks ago?
Maybe its dropping. By the way, if y’all get a chance, check out the op-eds on the Anchorage Daily News today. I saw a reference to it earlier, and went to read it. There’s definitely some dissenting opinions up there in Anchorage – including one from a columnist and radio talk show guy who is Republican, states he wants McCain to win, and yet out of a sense of integrity goes after Palin for her lack thereof.

BREAKING NEWS!
Sarah Palin was using yahoo mail account to conduct govt matters so that her fraud will not be detected.
The account has been hijacked by hacker and they have published part of the mails she sent on the internet.
This is a link to one of her mails.
http://wikileaks.org/leak/sarah-palin-hack-2008/01.jpg

Bill in NC: Nice job attacking the 17 year old. Your a real man. Good thing you and your family are perfect.

John – sorry, but I left the party over non-sense just like this.
I said: “You said this demonstration was analogous to MS telethons, didn’t you?”
And you replied: “In some respects yes…”
Okay, let me ask you, in what respect didn’t you imply that? And if the answer is none, then by your own admission I didn’t twist anything you wrote, right…?

Alex is exactly right..its a dishonest ploy for a photo opt. The two have nothing in common, i must reiterate..”THEY HAVE NOTHING IN COMMON POLITICALLY”..and for all those who say it should be a bi partisan event..y not get Biden to come..he is the opposing VP nomination.!! You have be an “Idiot” to believe that the Republicans weren’t out to steal votes by having Palin & Hillary appear together at the same event..Republicans are so so sleezy!!!

I like how Palin is called a “bimbo” because she’s not old and unattractive like Hillary.

jacob: Just so you know. It wasn’t republicans that organized the rally. So you post makes no sense. Palin showed up Hillary didn’t. If Hillary is so concerned about Iran she should have been there. Isn’t it supposed to be what’s best for the country. I guess you would feel the same way if Palin backed out.

Sandy: “Legal analysts were reporting last night on having reviewed the Palin emails, and found nothing incriminating…”
Which legal analysts? Lol.
I’d guess if there was nothing to hide, Palin Place would cooperate with the subpoenas because they’d want this investigation wrapped up before the election (as originally projected).
The fact that they seem to want to drag this out past the election makes it seem like there isn’t something to hide.
Maybe there isn’t, but sure seems like there must be. Or else why keep the story going like this?
But in effect they have killed the story, because make Palin look like just another corrupt, investigation ducking Republican, and suddenly she drops into the “who cares” category.

Hillary should go to the event to support her country, not her party or her herself interests.

anon: “I like how Palin is called a ‘bimbo’ because she’s not old and unattractive like Hillary.”
Actually, anon, your post is the very first time I’ve seen her called a bimbo. Really.
I’m guessing you’re a Republican, or at least a McCain supporters. So now, why in the world are McCain supporters calling Palin a bimbo?
Well, look at what McCain called his own wife. The word “bimbo” actually doesn’t seem so bad in comparison.

This should be a United States effort !! Let’s you know where the democrats and the feminists are!!!!

Davis – so explain why McCain is the only one of the Keating 5 to have not been charged with a crime. You need to recheck your facts. This is an old story that was exploited by Bush when McCain ran against him … it’s been hashed out in the media endlessly. Even Obama has enough common sense not to try to use this scandal against McCain.

Paul: was putting to and to together for you with the example which is all it was. I could just take your approach and do nothing.
Correct me if I am wrong, don’t think I am though. Your the type of person who would drive pass someone in need of help on the side of the road. Since there wasn’t a big sign or gathering saying “Paul please stop” you wouldn’t do a darn thing, that’s why people are gathering to catch the people who need that leep of faith to do something out side their comfort zone. With that, I think I may attend the rally. So, as you slam the Republicans more, others will be supporting a cause that may make a difference.

Davis; No name is closer to the facts. Please supply evidence of McCain taking gratuities from Keating. Only McCain (R) and Glenn (D) were cleared because of using bad judgement and were the only 2 of the five to be re-elected. The other three of the five, all democrats, were proved to interfere with the S&L investigation by using their political influence. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five

Davis: So wikpedia is lying now? On another note. Hillary has the right to do what she wants but it should be Country First.

Sarah Palin has the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But still…I do not want this person to be my VP:
“The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells.
Muthee_400156gAt a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8 this year, Mrs Palin described how Thomas Muthee had laid his hands on her when he visited the church as a guest preacher in late 2005, prior to her successful gubernatorial bid.
In video footage of the speech, she is seen saying: “As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me, and you know how he speaks and he’s so bold. And he was praying “Lord make a way, Lord make a way.”
“And I’m thinking, this guy’s really bold, he doesn’t even know what I’m going to do, he doesn’t know what my plans are. And he’s praying not “oh Lord if it be your will may she become governor,” no, he just prayed for it. He said “Lord make a way and let her do this next step. And that’s exactly what happened.”
She then adds: “So, again, very very powerful, coming from this church,” before the presiding pastor comments on the “prophetic power” of the event.
An African evangelist, Pastor Muthee has given guest sermons at the Wasilla Assembly of God on at least 10 occasions in his role as the founder of the Word of Faith Church, also known as the Prayer Cave.
Pastor Muthee founded the Prayer Cave in 1989 in Kiambu, Kenya after “God spoke” to him and his late wife Margaret and called him to the country, according to the church’s website.”

I’m a former Senator Clinton supporter for 2 years, but I’m really getting a lot fed up with the Clinton’s throwing support for Obama. I have left the democratic party after 40 years. It is very hard for me to understand how the media and many Americans, including Senator Clinton…can ignore Obama’s association for a long time with people like Ayers, Rezko, Wright and other questionable people. Also I feel the Democratic party has also cheated in the primary election by not counting the Votes in FL and Michigan, total corruption.

Paul – As someone who is just sitting on the fence politically – I’m not really a McCain supporter or an Obama supporter – I can’t answer that question. I may not have McCain’s list of accomplishments memorized, but I do know he has worked so often with democrats on various bills that John Kerry wanted him as a running mate several years ago. He’s worked with many big-name democrats – Kennedy, Feinstein and others …. that’s the kind of reaching across the aisles cooperation that brings true reform, and regrettably, I haven’t seen any bi-partisan cooperation from Obama.

watch out dirty hillary, There is a REAL woman in town.
One that can be proud of HER accomplishments.
Go SARAH, GO SARAH!

She can’t go because the press will make it look like Hillary has switched sides and is supporting Palin.

Which brings up another question – why are the Republicans now so emotional?
Didn’t used to be that way.
And McCain is like the cheerleader of the kneejerk, emotional wing of the party.
“We are Georgians!”
“FU Strom Thurmond, and I don’t care if you are 95 years old, let’s throw down right now!”
I mean this guy is a trainwreck. He actually did try to fight Thurmond in the Capitol a few years back, and had to be restrained. Imagine if others hadn’t pulled McCain away?
He might well still be in Club Fed for involuntary manslaughter. I mean, how many slams against a wall can a 95-year-old take?

Gov. Sarah Palin FIRED the :
Public Safety Commissioner,
Then FIRED The : Local Police Chief.
All Because they didn’t display any :
Political Nepotism to Her
That SAME Song and Dance That Has
Been Played out Before
The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime and
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Fired :
SEVERAL State Attorneys
Out of Political and Religious Nepotism
The Republican NAZI Fascist Party and
The Bush NAZI Fascist Crime Regime
Does Not Want Anyone In a Political Office
Who is – NOT – In The SAME – EXACT IMAGE of :
The NAZI Fascist Bush Crime Regime

Paul: What’s wrong with a politician getting angry when it comes to doing the right thing. I like to see some passion in my represenative. I’ve seen Bill get pretty angry. Unfortunately, it wasn’t about politics. It was about Monica.

With the Clinton’s it’s all about how the political winds are blowing at that time. Smart politicians though. They have millions of people thinking that they are their salvation.

Dr. Sam – I don’t know what the heck you were saying, but I will assume it is the same hate and ignorance that most people have been writing against Palin. Hillary was wrong to back out – it is a bi-partisan event and she doesn’t have to be on stage at the same time Palin is. It is an important event in lieu of the fact of Columbia’s welcome of Ahmadinejad. Iran getting nuclear weapons is a worry – something we all should be concerned about.

If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re ‘exotic, different.’
Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.
If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.
Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.
If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 2 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.
If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian.
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian.
If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If , while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant , you’re very responsible.
If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s.
If you’re husband is nicknamed ‘First Dude’, with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family
is extremely admirable.

Doug: “What’s wrong with a politician getting angry when it comes to doing the right thing.”
Slamming a 95-year-old against a wall is the right thing?
Making statements about the likelihood of U.S. military action in defense of Georgia that go far beyond the policies of our current administration is the right thing?
Going on David Letterman in October 2001 and accusing the Iraqis of being behind the anthrax attacks, and thus now being a target of U.S. invasion was the right thing?
Sorry, I’m not with you there.

You Palin haters are rediculous ! When hate is the ingredient in any conversation, or an attribute within someone’s heart, the person is unable to be objective about much. You guys prove it day after day………you have truly lost your wits, and there isn’t any grace or class left (in the left).

The Republicans are just miffed because Hillary would have given the impression that she supported Palin. They could care less about Jewish affairs. Hillary is in a much higher class than that phoney- Palin.To those Jewish Americans who say they will vote for McCain…go ahead…then let the GOP make fun of you and “that liberal city- New York”. Really smart thinking there!

Does Bimbo Palin know that Iran is a country? Hmmm I wonder what economic mess and when WORLD WAR 3 will start if MCPAIN is chosen? You republicans got us into this mess you will only dig us deeper into the hole. But hey as long as there families are rich they dont give a crap about anybody! Vote for a real person, who understands not a man who is filthy rich and a women who fires anyone she has diffrences with. Watch out McSain she will get fire you next!

Oh.. the qualification to rule America now is MAVERICK.
Oh, they are Mavericks. Mavericks.

Obsessed much about Palin obamabots? get help.

RE: JOE From your post…it looks and sounds like there isn’t much intelligence left on the “right”. Plese learn English and proper spelling before you rant about the left. LOL!

Thank you Hillary for not standing next to the lying Palin. How embarrassing for Palin to have been snubbed like that. Hillary’s way of saying kiss my pant suit wearing a_s!

Just because we do not jump on the Palin bandwagon does not mean that we are “Palin haters”. We are just not that easily impressed.

I’m glad senator Clinton was able to see through that smoke screen of so-called bipartanship……
By the way: Iran has a right to be represented in the UN….

I don’t blame Hillary, Palin’s voice annoy’s the heck out of me. To hear her speak would make the hair stand up on the back of my neck.

MW: “Why are all the pundits registered Democrats?” well, they’re probably not ‘all’ but maybe ‘most’. People who can think in a big way usually are, if they have any sense of ethics.

“Hillary showing up at this event would not have implied her support for Palin. This event is not a campaign event, a joint appearance or anything else for the 2008 campaign.”
everything that Palin does from now until election day is PURELY POLITICAL. If you don’t believe that, then you haven’t been monitoring American politics for the past 30 years or so.
The McCain camp is aggressively going after Hillary Clinton’s supporters, so any appearance with Palin and Clinton will be spun to show unity between the two candidates…oh wait, Hillary isn’t a candidate…why wasn’t Joe Biden selected to speak…I WONDER…
THINK PEOPLE! These people are politicians. Their every move is calculated and political right now (and they still make many mistakes).

To the lady who said she thinks Palin is nice…If only the animals on the wall of her office could talk. They can’t because she shot them. She promotes cruel aerial hunting from helicopters! Yeah, that’s nice and fair. She scares me almost as much as Ahmadinejad. I wouldn’t want her finger or his on the trigger of nukes.

seriously, I’ve done my time in Iraq, and I’m scared to death about the prospect of another warmongering president. Did anyone listen to Palin addressing her son’t military unit a few days ago? She actually said that they were going off to fight a war against the people who planned the 9/11 attack….
ummm hello?
we know that Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11
Think for yourselves people? While it’s true that you’re voting to elect McCain as president (as scary as that prospect is), he’s an old geezer who probably won’t make it through his first term.
That would leave you with Palin as president.
If you support her religious views, good for you. I agree with her religious views myself as a REAL CHRISTIAN, but that doesn’t mean I want to send more of my countrymen off to die to defend some other nation’s land.
WE’VE LOST 4500 troops in Iraq already. I don’t want to lose one more american life over there, or anywhere else we don’t NEED to be.

Obama and McCain appeared together at a 9/11 memorial. Why can’t Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton appear together at a rally against Iran??? Women, sheesh.

To the poster who asked “how come McCain was the only member of the Keating 5 not to be charged with a crime.” The answer is obvious – he was also the only member of the Keating 5 to testify before Congress. The dude ratted out his fellow bribe-takers and cut a deal. Duh.

We are responsible for many more killings of innocent civilians both directly and indirectly in our brief history than Iran over that same period. We are the only nation to have used nukes on civilian populaces. We abort 1.5 million babies a year. When is the last time Iran invaded a country without being attacked? We seem to invade someone every 10 years or so. Don’t be afraid of the Iranians. History points the finger at other powers.

Good for Hillary – Palin is a slap in the face to women everywhere and she stands against everything that Hillary stands for. If I were Hillary I would draw a stark line in the sand and let every American know that Sarah Palin is no feminist and she is no Hillary. Sarah Palin is unqualified trash. Shame on the Isreal lobby for trying to trick Hillary into tacitly supporting Palin by appearing on the same stage!

First Obama runs from town hall meetings with Mccain. And now Hillary cancels her appeareance at the anti Iran rally. What are the democrats scared of? Thank goodness Obama and Biden can’t avoid the national debates when Mccain and Palin will wipe the floor with them.

Merlin – wouldn’t it make more sense for Biden to go instead of Hillary? This was just a cheap ploy by AIPAC to try and get some favorable coverage for that pig Palin. OINK OINK PIGGY PALIN LOVES HER FEDERAL PORK!

People, IF the Republican VP is asked to attend, then the Democratic VP should be asked as well, NOT Hillary. That is why this was totally political and set up to make it look like they are on the same page when it comes to policies. How to deal with Iran will not be solved, and I am sure Sarah will say she can see Iran from her house in her opening comments. But, the only thing that would have been fair, but not as politically viable for the Republicans, is to have BIDEN AND PALIN not Hillary. Because this was not the case, the fact is, the event is a shameless ploy by the REPUGNITANS! Sorry the truth hurts I know!

Sharon,
Let me remind you of the lies have been told on the national TV.
“I have never had sexual relation with that woman, Ms. Lewinski”
BTW, don’t forget travelgate, Vince Foster, and Whitewater, too.
I wonder if your brain can recall to these events.

“Palin is not in Clinton’s league”. Thank-God, Palin is an honest hard working real woman.
That has a family and husband to be proud of
hillary is not in Palins league!
Your exactly right. Palin worked her way up the chain. Hillary road coat tails. Being the first lady doesn’t mean you worked hard to get where you are. Palin / 80% approval rating. Hillary / married to Bill Clinton.
I couldn’t of said it better than that Thank-you!
Palin worked hard honestly to get where she is.
What exactly has hillary done? Except, cover up all her husbands crimes for her own ambitions.
women for real women, not for one that covers up her husbands crimes against women!

Rob;
if you think Palin can wipe anybody’s floor with anyone in a debate; you arent an advised voter. This isn’t a debate for Ms. Alaska, asking what goals do you have for your life…Well heck, she couldn’t even when that debate. So it will be a show when Joe makes her look like she doesnt belong in this game.

“Her attendance was news to us, and this was never billed to us as a partisan political event,” said Clinton spokesman Philippe Reines in a statement to reporters. “Senator Clinton will therefore not be attending.”
So, Hillary won’t be attending, because it ‘was never billed…as a partisan political event’? They must be using one of those Clintonian definitions (like “is”), since by backing out as opposed to appearing with Palin at a non-partisan event, she is making a partisan political statement.

You Liberals are like that Iraqi minister of disinformation.
There is too many lies about Palin. Do you guys ever read anything other than the LYINGKOS., MEDIADOESNOTMATTERS and MOVEONTOTHEBREADLINE.ORG?
How about the truth. you know what god loves? THE TRUTH!

Hey Mom trying to raise citizens, why didn’t you mention the Fannie and Freddie lobbyists who are working on the McCain campaign? Why didn’t you mention Phil Gramm, who is responsible for the deregulation that got us in this mess in the first place. Why didn’t you mention that McCain has stated that he is for deregulation. Regulations were put in place after the stock market crash in 1929, now that they’ve been removed by Republicans, we’re on the verge of another crash. If you want another depression, vote Republican. McCain = Hoover.

Democrats heavily involved in corruption and collapse of Fannie and Freddie. It is true that all the democratic senators were bought off by Freddie and Fannie but the republicans are too stupid to put together adds exposing Obama for the corrupt fiend that he is!

BO and his cronies threatened Hillary into canceling the meeting. Why she is listening to LOSERS I don’t know? She is smarter than that!!! Wake up Hillary & look out for yourself! Get far away from those jacka####!!!!

I don’t get it. Didn’t Hillary the Haggard bravely face down angry snipers as she landed in Bosnia? Since she exhibited such exemplary bravery then, I don’t understand her fear in attending this rally. Puzzling.

Oooo… This sounds like the mean girl is upset that someone they tout as a commoner would share her spotlight.

Sarah Palin is refusing to talk to the Troopergate investigators. Karl Rove is refusing to testify at Congress. Government employees in Alaska who are loyal to Palin are refusing to comply with subpoenas issued them. Harriet Miers refused to comply with subpoena issued her to testify before congress about the political firings by the Attorney General. Sarah Palin is just another Republican Mini-Bush.

It’s like Bush showing up at an Obama event. If you want to call out bipartisan faux pas then how would you like to see Obama supporting McCain in any way shape or form?

Thanks Carl!!! I was going to say that very same thing. Its funny, Hillary is pretty damn sure that Sarah Palin will out shine her so she is not going to go. That just shows you how much she really cares about the issue. People are just Blind!! At least the MCcain/Palin ticket has integrity. The Clintons are Full of BS. They are also Democrats. Its also funny that Bill Clinton Lied to all of America, under oath mind you, On Natioonal TV, and these silly Dem’s are just blinded by the BS. MCcain/Van Palin 08

McCain and Palins popularity has peaked and is now slipping. The initial excitement over Sarah is starting to fade. The more people get to know her and hear what she really thinks, the less they like her. She’s not really one of us, she’s just a rural hick who doesn’t really know anything about anything that goes on beyond her backyard. She had nothing but rehearsed answers for Charlie Gibson and is refusing any more interviews of substance. I can’t wait to see her in the debate.

Yes, both do not want Nuke Iran but how
to go about it they have a diffrence of opinion, so why Hillary should appear with Palin. Good for her.
Also , Israel has NUKES. (double standard here.
Thease organizations want it their way or no way.

Michael, the McCain/Palin ticket has integrity??? So, according to your logic, it’s okay to cheat on your wife and leave her when she’s in the hospital as long as you don’t lie about it? Okay, you’re right. McCain has more integrity than Bill Clinton, but he doesn’t have more integrity than Barack Obama and Barack Obama is who he is running against. Obama has never cheated on his wife. McCain went negative long before Obama decided to hit back, and he does it reluctantly. If you’re voting based on integrity, Obama is your man.

Why is the media not calling Obama out about his role in the Fannie Freddie catastrophe? Obama is the number two recipient of campaign contributions from Fannie and Freddie. Obama has never introduced any legislation that would have regulated Fannie and Freddie’s loan practices of making loans to high risk borrowers. Yet Obama is saying now as President he will take the action necessary to regulated Fannie and Freddie. Problem is Obama is not credible on this issue or any other issue for that manner. Obama’s top two economic advisers are former Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac CEO’s who may have pulled strings to give Obama a “heads up”on the recent government bail-out plan. Washington Prowler has the story: Obama’s economic advisers from day one and who have raised him a ton of money: are Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson. Both of them are up to their eyeballs in the mortgage debacle. Both Raines and Johnson have served as CEO of Fannie Mae, with Raines taking over from Johnson. How Obama can say with a straight face that Republicans are responsible for the mess, when it is his key advisers who ran the agencies that that are the primary people behind the mess is beyond belief. The people who are responsible for what may well be the single largest government bailout in history are Obama‘s top economic advisors.. And every single one of them made millions off the collapse that are lining Obama’s campaign coffers. If McCain had Raines and Johnson as his campaign advisers you can bet the farm that the media would be all over it. Why the silence? Beware the Obama/Media complex.

These “Israeli Firsters” need to take a damn chill pill. They could care less about the economy, education, the environment, healthcare.
They vote on one issue only; which party will unconditionally support Israel more (ie; money, weapons, and a blind eye).
It’s a blackmail on our political system.
American voters see through this garbage. Vote America First!!

You Palin supporters should be more worried about Sarah and her witch hunter firends. I thought the Rapture happening in Alaska was a stretch by her, but this even better!
DO NOT MISS THIS….!!!
CEO – Troopergte – Bristol – Levi!
Check this out, is she nuts or what!
All you Palin McCain supporters – you better read this. Seems Sarah had a little help in her run for governor of Alaska…Here is the link to the story and a bit of it..!
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/palin-linked-el.html
Palin linked electoral success to prayer of Kenyan witchhunter The pastor whose prayer Sarah Palin says helped her to become governor of Alaska founded his ministry with a witchhunt against a Kenyan woman who he accused of causing car accidents through demonic spells. At a speech at the Wasilla Assembly of God on June 8 this year, Mrs Palin described how Thomas Muthee had laid his hands on her when he visited the church as a guest preacher in late 2005, prior to her successful gubernatorial bid. In video footage of the speech, she is seen saying: I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me.
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Palin is above Hillary and always will be. Her husband, as President, Lied to the American people under oath. Hillary stodd by him. That makes her a liar too. LMAO @ JAKE!!!!

The clinton administration is to blame for the housing slump. It was his policy that everyone should be able to get alone, therfore lifting the restrictions on the loans. Can you smell what the MACS got cookin?

IS S.PALIN TRYING TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM HER REPORTED LOVE AFFAIR AND ADULTARY??(check Google,then Sarah Palin affair or love affair). SINCE THEY ARE NOT GETING HILLARY VOTERS WHO ARE DEMS, THEY CAME UP WITH STRATEGY TO DECEIVE HILLARY A RALLY WITH WOMEN-RIGHT OPPOSER(PALIN). HILLARY AND DEMS WOMEN ARE NOT STUPID. THEY KNOW ONLY DEMOCRATS HAVE BETTER FIXED WOMEN RIGHTS AND THE ECONOMY !BESIDES THE ONLY SMART WAY IS NOT TO RALLY IN NEW-YORK BUT FOR A PRESIDENT TO SEND A TOUGH DIPLOMACY BACKED WITH READINESS TO ACT MILITARILY IF ALL DIPLOMACIES ARE EXHAUSTED LIKE OBAMA SUGGEST !! PALIN IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES BOTH BY FBI AND ALASKAN AUTHORITY!

let me see, Snoop, receiving a prayer from a pastor of a front-line church in Africa, where christian’s die everyday for their faith, makes Palin a nut? Then, what doe it make Obama if he sits in the pews going “Amen” for 20 years while listening to Rev “God D****m America Wright who celebrated 9-11 as America’s just deserts. By your standards, that makes Obama a closet America hater?

Paul said: “Now please explain to me how exactly this demonstration is going to prevent Iran from building weapons?”
I agree – if I’m intent on building a nuke, a rally won’t actually enter my mind…
Personally, I don’t think our national leaders, which includes any member of congress or the presidential tickets, should engage in international relations by way of a street protest. We have state departments to communicate our govermental positions, and congress in theory should help shape those positions. Appearing as a featured speaker in this event just cheapens the influence of your official position in the government. Unless you are attending as a citizen in which case you should do so anonymously.
Second point – I have seen a couple comments here implying that less than 100% support of the Israeli government will cost the “Jewish vote.” I don’t believe that, but will the people making those comments please explain then how we can all vote in the next Israeli elections so we’re not beholden to a government where we are not represented?

Michael, the Clinton administration is responsible for the housing slump????? How did Clinton manage that, from 10 yrs. ago??? The truth is that the lending institutions got greedy and after the republican deregulated them, they gave loans to anyone who applied, regardless of whether they had good credit or not. And now, all those sub-prime loans are coming due and the people who bought homes they couldn’t afford had to foreclose. The first rule in banking is to don’t lend money to someone who can’t pay it back. Duh. Stop trying to pin this mess on Demcrats. It was a republican congress and a republican president who screwed this economy. If you want to vote Republican because you’re a Republican then go ahead, but don’t try to justify it by blaming Democrats for all of the Republicans failings. You’re going to lose.

To Salom: If you think Mexico would be such a great place to live – Please, Please go there! I don’t think you’ll be missed much.

It is amusing reading all these “holier than thou” comments. I have 25 years behind me of counseling and when you get into a room, behind a closed door, and clients start talking — believe me — there is NO ONE “holier than thou”. Also, the Jewish Community is very diverse and not all go along with the more radical members. Hillary is right and Palin is being used and used by radicals of all sorts and will continue to be if she and McCain are elected. If McCain/Palin are elected, kiss what we love about this country good-bye as the “babies and guns” and “bomb, bomb, bomb” crowd will be in charge. America is so disrespected across the world right now and it will be completely ignored in the future.

Clinton was very wise not to fall for Repub trick. she is more intelligent than moose brain and McCainiac. Go Hillary.

Hillary’s 18 millions are at stake here. And she has to listen to Obama. She can not be viewed as a spoiler for Obama. it was a win win for palin, it was lose – lose for hillary

I agree with a previous post–Clinton and Palin is apples and oranges. Why not Biden and Palin?

What was this supposed to be a “girls day out” or a political rally?!? I think if they were inviting Palin, they SHOULD have invited Biden. That makes a heck of a lot more sense than Hillary!

Good for Hillary,
excellent post! I am a Chritian and I vote as an Independent myself. As an educated women I am sick of hearing women scream for Plain becasue she is female. No one is paying attention to her experiance, her knowledge, her lies. We have has a less than qualified person in office… look where that has gotten us! A never ending war, billions of dollars lost, housing crisis, economic crisis, oil crisis… Im sorry but I want change and that wont come from McCain considering he supports everything bush supported.

Lynn Forester (huge fundraiser for Hillary) came out today in support of McCain/Palin. She knows this candidate has the people’s interests and not just his own. She has said what we all know…McCain has bucked his own party, Bush, he works across the aisle more than any other Senator and has promised to appoint Republicans AND DEMOCRATS to his cabinet….best and brightest….no egos towards who gets credit. Paying the wealthiest only $1 a year…THIS IS THE PRESIDENT I WANT. No party bickering….just coming togehter as Americans to solve the problems that lie ahead. The scarey suit and his ego would be better served in the Hollywood circles where they can pat each other on the back and throw their millions around during troubling financial times.
NEVER OBAMA….McCAIN/PALIN ALL THE WAY

Doey Dopenheimer do you think Oprah might be maing a point here? She lives in Chicago she knows what the real Americans are suffering through. Illinois pay high gas tax to start with. We are hurtign when it coes to oil prices. Our state is broke and GWB wouldn’t even give southern Illinois federal aid when it flooded. He told us we needed to use state aid. Besides if you don’t like dont watch her show, that is what is great about America, freedom of choice.

Hillary Clinton was supposed to be the democratic nominee for president. We all know this fact. To their credit, the Jewish groups understood the fact and invited Hillary. It’s up to Hillary to accept or decline.
The point is, Hillary Clinton was the ideal candidate to defeat the republicans. This was not to be thanks to the democratic leadership who instead chose the weakest candidates of all, Barack Hussein Obama. I will be voting for the McCain/Palin ticket, making this a first for me to vote for a Republican.
Hoepfully, Hillary will run in 2012. I know for sure she will win the presidency if she runs.

Becky, no one is shouting just because she is a female. I have men saying they support her because she represents THE AMERICAN PEOPLE…she’s authentic, and out of the four….THE ONLY ONE TO SIGN CHECKS, WORK WITHIN A BUDGET, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE OF ALASKA AND GET THE HIGHEST APPROVAL RATING OF ANY GOVERNOR!
She is the ONLY one among them that has Executive Power….closer to a President on a smaller scale. She is th genuine article and has the Dems completely flomoxed!

Bill would have been there if Palin was going to be there!

Did anyone catch what Biden did today? He offered a Muslim guy a beer, then realizing the guy doesn’t drink, he said “Let’s eveyone have a drink for Mohammad!”

Hey Ed….ONE OF HILLARY’S BIGGEST SUPPORTERS AND FUNDRAISERS, LYNN FORESTER, ENDORSED McCAIN/PALIN TODAY ON FOX. SHE SAID SHE DID NOT TELL HILLARY AND OBAMA NEVER DID ANYTHING TO REACH OUT TO HILLARY SUPPORTERS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY….
McCAIN IS THE ONLY ONE WHO STANDS UP TO HIS OWN PARTY BECAUSE HE PUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE FIRST! She believes it, I believe it and anyone who has followed this election and knows anything about these two candidates histories KNOWS IT’S TRUE. The Palin pick just makes it sweeter for THIS HILLARY SUPPORTER.
McCAIN/PALIN!

Clinton bends to the control freaks?
The desperate democrats are looking more and more foolish!
Governor Sarah Palin is the new phenomenon!
Because Governor Sarah Palin is the real thing. She doesn’t just talk change. She relates to everyday Americans, and she has an authentic record of change/reform! :)
Former democrat and Hillary Clinton supporter for McCain/Palin 08! :)

I don’t want someone to be VP just because they are relatable, I want someone who knows what they are doing and Palin acts like she knows but its all a sinister cover. I really feel this woman has alot to hide and I do not trust her.

Debra.. ya well I dont trust her experiance becasue she doesn’t have any. My God I have been out of this country more than she has. And unlike her… I knew what a VP did. Besides that she has been caught in lie after lie after lie scandle after scandel…
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Becky,
It is ‘experience’, ‘because’ and ‘SCANDAL’.

Its amusing to see the McCain campaign get all pissy about Sara Palin’s 1st and only opportunity to meet and greet foreign leaders.

All this sounds familiar. Where have I heard it? Oh, yeah, Iraq. I’m sure Iran is just as much a threat to us as Iraq was, so when do we invade? All those millions and millions of Iranians are all suicide bombers anyway, so I’m sure they would gladly sacrifice their whole country and all it’s people just to set off an A-bomb in New York. While we’re in the neighborhood, President Palin can have us go ahead and take Russia out too. The Russians don’t really have any nukes of their own, and we’ll be welcomed as Heroes. It’ll be a piece of cake!

It is sad to see that Hillary Clinton, supposedly a person who staunchly opposes terrorism has now shown her true colors. She has put Self Interest over Love of Country in the cancellation of her appearance supporting Israel and protesting the visit of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s attendance at the opening of the UN General Assembly. Ahmadinejad is a Monster who wants the complete destruction of Israel, has authorized the Iranian Terrorist QUD Forces (Barack Obama refused to vote in the affirmative that the QUD Forces of Iran, who have been responsible for many American soldier’s deaths as General Petraeus testified in congress, is a Terrorist Force) to arm and train their their fellow terrorists in Iraq, and wishes for a nuclear Iran for the destruction of Iran’s enemies (which includes the West and not only Israel). In my view Hillary Clinton should Never be elected President of the United States if she were to ever run again. Indeed, I have now lost all respect for the Senator from New York. I believe Governor Palin’s spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt said it best when she stated…”Governor Palin believes that the danger of a nuclear Iran is greater than party or politics. She hopes that all parties can rally together in opposition to this grave threat.” Hillary Clinton, a person who has refused to rise above party politics and self interest will never do this as we can now see. Kudos to Governor Palin-a True American!!

So many idiots here. You root for candidates and parties as if they were a sports team. “Go-Go, Rah-Rah!!!”
How about actually taking a look at the platform, issues, and what the candidates are actually saying, then make a choice. some of you were screaming “PALIN” and swinging your pom poms in the air before you knew anything about here.
This is turning into a popularity contest, and that’s a shame. You would rather have your party win at all costs no mater the detriment it may have on our country.
Intelligent unbiased observers are disgusted.

Hill and Bill have betrayed us to go along with Obama who they hated so much during party primary election!
What in the world are you talking about. How have they betrayed anyone. At the end of the day they are still democrats and they want the dems back in office.

Please put three ladies on the same stage: Michelle Obama, Sara Palin, Hillary Clinton
At least Hillary and Sara will make me listen to what they are going to say. I will run as fast as I can when I see Michelle Obama! She scares me!

Sarah Palin is a dummy.It took Palin five years and four school to finally get a college degree. Obama has a Harvard Law Degree, edited Harvard law Review. taught constitutional law and represent a U.S. Senate district of hundreds of thousands.Yet palin’s conservative GOP compatriots insist that she’s more qualified than Obama to be the leader of the free world should the 72 year old McCain die in office because she has executive experience.Why a joke!

i dont blame hillary i wouldnt want to be seen with a lying cheating warmongering kook like palin either.

Two trivia questions: 1) Which party spends more time blaming the other for legislation passed only after they themselves have rendered it wasteful and polluted with their own interest? 2) Which controlling party of congress has the lowest approval rating is US history? If I recall correctly the President does not legislate, doesn’t legislate the budget, or declare war. (A significant majority in congress can only do that.) We complain about the executive branch being out of touch but I don’t hear anyone making congress accountable. So if you must; go ahead and blame it on the one holding the pen that signs stupid porked up legislation into law.

Why do people here feel the need to correct others spelling. What’s up with that. Maybe, just maybe people type to fast and therefore get the letters mixed up.
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Just Wondering:
I believe it motivated by something called education. While it is true that we all make typographical errors from time to time, it takes great effort to misspell the same word twice in a short post, especially since there is a built-in spell-check feature on these “Blogs” that actually works as the default, underlining misspelled words in red. It is also quite annoying, but that is another subject.
Those of us who have had to write paper after paper as we progressed through the public school system and college learned both to spell correctly and to proofread our work before submitting it. Those lessons were not lost on me, although they might have been lost on others.
By the way, you used two periods instead of the appropriate question marks, and you may have omitted an apostrophe, as ‘others’ in this case is a possessive, but I would have to look that one up in a grammar book. Of course you could always get around that by writing, “… to correct the spelling of others?”
Oh, this is so tedious … I’m glad I never became a teacher. I much prefer being a plain, old nitpicker.

Not that this has anything to do with the rally in question, but since this has turned into a “Palin” discussion:
As the electorate, we are expected to hold our officials accountable. I need some help in the accountability of “shake things up in Washington.”
1) What things will be “shaken up” and what will be left intact?
2) What will be the effect of such “shaking” and how will it benefit us? Who will be negatively impacted?
3) How will we know when it’s done and what will the country look like?
Having a slogan is fine, but it can’t be your whole platform.
Government isn’t as easy as the sloganeers want you to believe.
Imagine if before you had surgery, a new hospital administrator came in said she was there to “shake things up” in the OR. I think you’d want some details on that…

HILLARY KNOWS THAT PALIN ISN’T ABOUT NOTHING … McCAIN IS PLAYING WEMEN TO BE IDIOTS … KNOW ONE WOULD SUPPORT PALIN IF SHE WAS BLACK, HISPANIC,ASIAN, OR LOOKED LIKE ROSIE McDONALD… WEMEN WAKE UP … SHE’S NO HILLARY …

What is the “Change” Nobama speaks of??
Does anyone really know??

What is the “Change” Nobama speaks of??
Does anyone really know??

Hey Wild:
Hold on to your horses!! Have you been living in a cave wih Bin Laden or havent you noticed that Palin is a corrupt liar, not a fresh perspective? The woman is vindictive and manipulative. She is the same Republican politician liar and deceiver. She looks through the same eyes and perspective as Bush and McCain. What new outlook are you conjuring up? Sheesh!!!!!

For all those of you criticizing Hillary about not making it on her own – Hillary is a very educated woman – Bill didn’t get her into Yale and helped her earn her JD – her smarts did. Can you all say the same thing about Sarah? NOPE she is a dunce.
Leaders in other countries are very educated (even the ones in 3rd world contries), so why do we in this country have to scrape the bottom of the barrel for our leaders? I want want my President and VP to be educated at the best institution and with advance degrees.

Common people, if the people organizing this event would have been up front about what they were doing this would not be a story. But these people organize this event on deception. both parties learned from reporters — not rally organizers — of the plan to have Clinton and Palin appear together. This is an election year and would lead people to beleive that both ladies supported each other. Why not just bar Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for the USA?

Debra,
So then you must think you are a suitable choice for VP, as well? You correctly highlighted the problem with Palin. She is average in every respect, probably nice enough, but NOT qualified to lead this country. Please, please, please think about what you are doing here and read the news–check out the economic disaster that is right around the corner and remember it came to us courtesy of the Republican policies. This is exactly parallel to what happened before the Great Depression. Decades of deregulation and corruption (the Gilded Age) favoring the rich and sponsored by Republicans. They crashed the economy once before and they will do it again. This is not about your family and how much you “like” her. This is not a popularity contest. This is about adult citizens of this country taking responsibility for it for a change and not simply electing the person “you’d like to have a beer with.” It is really time to grow up. If you can’t get past your blatantly ridiculously childish rationale for casting a vote, then please refrain from voting.

LOL Yavo. Using the question mark requires me to use the shift key which is so small on this computer that I normally touch the wrong key. It gets too frustrating so I just use the period. And if this was a paper that we had to turn in, I’m sure we would all use spell check, but it’s a blog so who really cares. Although I have yet to find spell check on this computer lol

ObamaorOsama,
The real “Change” Obama speaks of is: change his mind and change any subject that is not suitable for his presidency!
Oh, by the way, he may change his wife after losing this election!

Jenny from Texas wrote:
“I don’t see anything from Michelle Obama that draws me in. That mean-spirited, angry and ugly look will scare a lot of people!”
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Yup, when it comes down to the way she looks, it makes you A RACIST.
I feel sad for you.

Debra,
I have good news for you. We have a big group of friends including my family members will go to vote for John McCain this November. Truly, we did come out to vote for Hillary in March 4. She have betrayed us by going alone with Obama. Should Hill run again, don’t count our votes!

Bipartian my foot. The organizers saw an opportunity to exploit both these women and took it. They thought this is a way to gather a big crowd of curiousity seekers instead attracting only those who are supporting them. If Mrs.Clinton declines to be exploited and used, it’s her right, just as it’s Palin’s right to attend. I’m sure Palin will take this opportunity to protray how anti-Iran she is and tough on foreign policy, although, I’m not sure attending a rally is being terribly tough.

Palin = Political Whore!

WHITE WEMEN ASK YOURSELF IF YOU WOULD SUPPORT SARAH PALIN IF SHE LOOKED LIKE ROSIE McDONALD? …I THINK NOT … YOU SURE ARE THE IDIOTS THAT JOHN McCAIN THINK YOU ARE …

Remember how the republicans went after Kerry for flip flopping on issues, even made a big show of it, but when one of thier own does it it is ok.
Bridge to no where
Trooper-gate, welcomes the inquiry now does not
First for Ear marks now agaist earmarks
even Bill is a flip flop when it come to Palin.
O’Reilly criticized the news media for addressing the matter of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s seventeen year-old, unwed daughter’s pregnancy. O’Reilly claimed it was a strictly private family matter and that Palin could not be responsible for her daughter’s actions. The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Editorial Page Editor Cynthia Tucker, Jon Stewart and the Huffington Post each noted that O’Reilly himself had several months earlier criticized another unwed pregnant teenager, Jamie Lynn Spears, sixteen at the time, labeling her a “pinhead” and calling her parents irresponsible

Ahh, so that’s where it is. Yavo, thank you :) Really, I’m not stupid, just trying to get used to this new computer.

I AM A HILLARY SUPPORTER WHO SWITCHED TO McCAIN …. noses are growing just like Pinocchio

When the Alaska Legislature’s Legislative Council, a Republican-dominated panel of 14 legislators which conducts business when the Legislature is out session, voted to investigate the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan in July, Palin pledged her full support.
But almost immediately after joining the GOP ticket, Palin’s Troopergate strategy veered sharply. Despite her earlier vows of full cooperation with the probe, she declared it unlawful. The legislature lacked the authority to investigate the matter, she said. Instead, it should be handled by the state personnel board, Palin asserted — a panel which is under her authority.

Let McCain and Oboma debate, as well as Palin and Biden in a old Lincoln/Douglas debate, no telepromters. Call Hillery and Bill on too. Lets see what happens.

Oh diana…do shed some light…because I supported Hillary and am now for McCain/Palin? Sorry you have a problem with that…check out the headlines. Lynn Forester Rothschild, huge Dem supporter/fundraiser for Hill, announced today her support for John McCain. They are going to start defecting, if not publicly, a quiet riot in the voting booth. Even Hill and Bill.
I agree with poster above about the town halls (McCain and Palin are doing one now)…too bad Obama has no confidence in this area. He always declines, like he declined extra debates with Hillary. We all know he needs a script and a prompter!

McCain/Palin just got my vote… Sorry you could not turn this into a commercial for Obama, Hillary. Or for yourself for that matter… Keep bending over and your behind will have nothing left over for 2012…

Wow, Sean Hannity’s interview with Gov Sarah Palin is very interesting. They are talking indepth about the economy. Gov Palin’s experience and understanding of the economic issues we all face is coming through. Sean’s interview is so much better than the attack interview done by Gibson. What’s with ABC News and their biased reporting anyway?

Good for Hilliary. Palin is a big liar. She is such a loser. Hilliary is to smart to get trap in the McShame/Palin mishave.

Debra,
Didn’t I tell you already it will not be you crazy white older haters that will determined this race this time. It will be the young white voters that are supporting Obama at large. Debra give it a rest all ready and take a sleeping pill.

It is astounding to me that women who supported Hilary Clinton could even phathom voting for John McCain. Never mind he made an impulsive move asking an ill-equipped person to be his running mate, never mind he is a war monger who talks about his military service yet votes against veteran’s benefits, never mind he has been desperately lying throughout this entire campaign … but what astounds me the most is his disloyalty to his own party. Now having a picture standing next to the person the party nominated, stood behind, and supported is suddenly the last person they see as an asset to their cause. Instead of saying that mistakes have been made by our party and now is the time to redirect our efforts, the McCain campaign is pretending they are not them. It reminds me when my kids were little and they would “hide” in the middle of the room saying ‘you can’t see me’ and we would all pretend we couldn’t find them… Playing pretend is very different then trying to deceive the American people with smoke and mirrors. The country is not as naive as it was eight years ago. If you supported Hilary, then you are smart enough to see all this yourself.

Debra |- Sorry to bust your bubble Obama and McShame is tie in Florida which is a red state and Obama is ahead in Ohio. McShame/Palin is going down daily becasue of all their lies day after days. Palin is wearing thin on the American People think she is above the law like the Republs Bush Administration.

Hillary is true. Sarah is a mask.

Look here it’s up to Senator Clinton to be where she wants to be and she does NOT want to be next to this wannbe who has NOT earned her postion in the political forums the way Hillary Clinton has It’s NOt good for Clinton to even appear to condone this vp candidate who says she can and will take former Clinton supporters from the Democrats ticket That Hillary herself supports It’s just not good party politics either. The RNC/GOP would have a field day with it and shes too smart to give them that kind of opening

check out these hilarious campaign humor t-shirts. The Grand Old Party one with McCain’s face is perfect!
http://www.Oballin.com

As a loyal Clinton supporter I wish Hillary would have gone there it would set up what is going to be an interesting match in 2012 Clinton/Palin, and as a loyal democrat im getting the feeling that my party is leaving us conservative dems behind we would be talking about a super majority right now, but no we have to make history now, Im voting for Obama but damn if we arent screwing it up. 2010 midterms will teach us dems a lesson in coalition building because the 500 million dollar man has drained our coffers and the DNC will be broke and when we finally get to a recession which is two quarters of negative growth we wont have any money for our candidates of the future. now liberals talk about how the GOP leaves on our own, funny we are not investing in the future of the party and thinking about the now, so democrats of the future your on own in raising money and networking because the DNC will be broke mid 2009 so much for plan 50 state plan Gov Dean envisioned.

The reason Mrs. Clinton declined to appear alongside Sarah Palin is because her sense of insecurity would be heightened – as she was so disgracefully downgraded by her own party (BYPASSED EVEN FOR THE VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE STATUS)- whereas, Sarah Palin was so extraordinarily elevated by the republican party.

What was this supposed to be a “girls day out” or a political rally?!? I think if they were inviting Palin, they SHOULD have invited Biden. That makes a heck of a lot more sense than Hillary!

I think it was wise for Hillary to cancell. Palin would have used it to give a false impression of unity of woman in politics. The G.O.P. still love to play games…

I think Clinton should have accepted the invitation and asked Amy Poehler to show up instead.

A very smart person you need to revap your history lessons.
A native of Illinois, Hillary Rodham first attracted national attention in 1969 for her remarks as the first student to deliver the commencement address at Wellesley College. She embarked on a career in law after graduating from Yale Law School in 1973. Following a stint as a Congressional legal counsel, she moved to Arkansas in 1974, and married Bill Clinton in 1975. She was later named the first female partner at Rose Law Firm in 1979, and was twice listed as one of the one hundred most influential lawyers in America. She was the First Lady of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and 1983 to 1992 and was active in a number of organizations concerned with child welfare, as well as sitting on the boards of Wal-Mart and several other corporations.
As First Lady of the United States, her major initiative, the Clinton health care plan, failed to gain approval from the U.S. Congress in 1994. In 1997 and 1999, Clinton played a role in advocating for the establishment of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and the Foster Care Independence Act.

USCITIZEN_04, with these credentials that you stated, obama wouldn’t even picked her for VP.
obama is putting our country first…….. NOT

Still did not claim national notoriety until she married Bill Clinton, yes a very impressive resume but still doesn’t mean she more deserving than Sarah Palin

Can you say Saving and Loans….
As a war hero and U.S. senator, John McCain has been chronicled in pictures.
There are grainy mug shots of a young McCain, printed in U.S. newspapers after his jet was shot down over North Vietnam. There are black-and-white images of his return, grinning and waving.
In happier times, there is McCain holding his newborn daughter while his wife, Cindy, smiles from her hospital bed.
But it is an innocent vacation picture that carries the reminder of the scandal that threatened his political career.
In the picture, taken in the Bahamas, McCain is seated on a bandstand while wearing an outrageous straw party hat. Next to him on the dais sits Charles Keating III, son of developer Charles H Keating Jr.
McCain calls the Keating scandal “my asterisk.” Over the years, his opponents have failed to turn it into a period.
It all started in March 1987. Charles H Keating Jr., the flamboyant developer and anti-porn crusader, needed help. The government was poised to seize Lincoln Savings and Loan, a freewheeling subsidiary of Keating’s American Continental Corp.
As federal auditors examined Lincoln, Keating was not content to wait and hope for the best. He had spread a lot of money around Washington, and it was time to call in his chits.
One of his first stops was Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz.
The state’s senior senator was one of Keating’s most loyal friends in Congress, and for good reason. Keating had given thousands of dollars to DeConcini’s campaigns. At one point, DeConcini even pushed Keating for ambassador to the Bahamas, where Keating owned a luxurious vacation home.
Now Keating had a job for DeConcini. He wanted him to organize a meeting with regulators to deliver a message: Get off Lincoln’s back. Eventually, DeConcini would set up a meeting with five senators and the regulators. One of them was McCain.
McCain already knew Keating well. His ties to the home builder dated to 1981, when the two men met at a Navy League dinner where McCain spoke.
After the speech, Keating walked up to McCain and told him that he, too, was a Navy flier and that he greatly respected McCain’s war record. He met McCain’s wife and family. The two men became friends.
Charlie Keating always took care of his friends, especially those in politics. McCain was no exception.
In 1982, during McCain’s first run for the House, Keating held a fund-raiser for him, collecting more than $11,000 from 40 employees of American Continental Corp. McCain would spend more than $550,000 to win the primary and the general election.
In 1983, as McCain contemplated his House re-election, Keating hosted a $1,000-a-plate dinner for him, even though McCain had no serious competition. When McCain pushed for the Senate in 1986, Keating was there with more than $50,000.
By 1987, McCain had received about $112,000 in political contributions from Keating and his associates.
McCain also had carried a little water for Keating in Washington. While in the House, McCain, along with a majority of representatives, co-sponsored a resolution to delay new regulations designed to curb risky investments by thrifts such as Lincoln.
Reluctant participant
Despite his history with Keating, McCain was hesitant about intervening. At that point, he had been in the Senate only three months. DeConcini wanted McCain to fly to San Francisco with him and talk to the regulators. McCain refused.
Keating would not be dissuaded.
On March 24 at 9:30 a.m., Keating went to DeConcini’s office and asked him if the meeting with the regulators was on. DeConcini told Keating that McCain was nervous.
“McCain’s a wimp,” Keating replied, according to the book Trust Me, by Michael Binstein and Charles Bowden. “We’ll go talk to him.”
Keating had other business on Capitol Hill and did not reach McCain’s office until 1:30. A DeConcini staffer already had told McCain about the “wimp” insult.
When he arrived, Keating presented McCain with a laundry list of demands for the regulators.
McCain told Keating that he would attend the meeting and find out whether Keating was getting treated fairly but that was all.
The first meeting, on April 2, 1987, in DeConcini’s office, included Ed Gray, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, as well as four senators: DeConcini, McCain, Alan Cranston, D-Calif., and John Glenn, D-Ohio.
(Years later, McCain recalled that DeConcini started the meeting with a reference to “our friend at Lincoln.” McCain characterized it as “an unfortunate choice of words, which Gray would remember and repeat publicly many times.”)
For Keating, the meeting was a bust. Gray told the senators that as head of the loan board, he worried about the big picture. He didn’t have any specific information about Lincoln. Bank regulators in San Francisco would be versed in that, not him. Gray offered to set up a meeting between the senators and the San Francisco regulators.
The second meeting was April 9. The same four senators attended, along with Sen. Don Riegle, D-Mich. Also at the meeting were William Black, then deputy director of the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corp., James Cirona, president of the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco, and Michael Patriarca, director of agency functions at the FSLIC.
In an interview with The Republic, Black said the meeting was a show of force by Keating, who wanted the senators to pressure the regulators into dropping their case against Lincoln. The thrift was in trouble for violating “direct investment” rules, which prohibited S&Ls from taking large ownership positions in various ventures.
“The Senate is a really small club, like the cliche goes,” Black said. “And you really did have one-twentieth of the Senate in one room, called by one guy, who was the biggest crook in the S&L debacle.”
Black said the senators could have accomplished their goal “if they had simply had us show up and see this incredible room and said, ‘Hi. Charles Keating asked us to meet with you. ‘Bye.’”
McCain previously had refused DeConcini’s request to meet with the Lincoln auditors themselves. In Worth the Fighting For, McCain wrote that he remained “a little troubled” at the prospect, “but since the chairman of the bank board didn’t seem to have a problem with the idea, maybe a discussion with the regulators wouldn’t be as problematic as I had earlier thought.”
McCain concedes that he failed to sense that Gray and the thrift examiners felt threatened by the senators’ meddling.
‘Always Hamlet’
The five senators, including McCain, seemed like a united front to Black.
“They presented themselves as a group,” Black said, “and DeConcini is the dad, who’s going to take the primary speaking role. Both meetings are in his office, and in both cases it’s we want this, with no one going, ‘What do you mean we, kemo sabe?’”
According to nearly verbatim notes taken by Black, McCain started the second meeting with a careful comment.
“One of our jobs as elected officials is to help constituents in a proper fashion,” McCain said. “ACC (American Continental Corp.) is a big employer and important to the local economy. I wouldn’t want any special favors for them. . . .
“I don’t want any part of our conversation to be improper.”
Black said the comment had the opposite effect for the regulators. It made them nervous about what might really be going on.
“McCain was the weirdest,” Black said. “They were all different in their own way. McCain was always Hamlet . . . wringing his hands about what to do.”
Glenn, a former astronaut and the first American to orbit the Earth, was not as tactful.
“To be blunt, you should charge them or get off their backs,” he told the regulators. “If things are bad there, get to them. Their view is that they took a failing business and put it back on its feet. It’s now viable and profitable. They took it off the endangered species list. Why has the exam dragged on and on and on?”
DeConcini added: “What’s wrong with this if they’re willing to clean up their act?”
Cirona, the banking official, told the senators that it was “very unusual” to hold a meeting to discuss a particular company.
DeConcini shot back: “It’s very unusual for us to have a company that could be put out of business by its regulators.”
The meeting went on. McCain was quiet. DeConcini carried the ball. The regulators told the senators that Lincoln was in trouble. The thrift, Cirona said, was a “ticking time bomb.”
Then Patriarca made a stunning comment, according to transcripts released later.
“We’re sending a criminal referral to the Department of Justice,” he said. “Not maybe, we’re sending one. This is an extraordinarily serious matter. It involves a whole range of imprudent actions. I can’t tell you strongly enough how serious this is. This is not a profitable institution.”
The statement made DeConcini back off a little.
“The criminality surprises me,” he said. “We’re not interested in discussing those issues. Our premise was that we had a viable institution concerned that it was being overregulated.”
“What can we say to Lincoln?” Glenn asked.
“Nothing,” Black responded, “with regard to the criminal referral. They haven’t and won’t be told by us that we’re making one.”
“You haven’t told them?” Glenn asked.
“No,” said Black. “Justice would skin us alive if we did. Those referrals are very confidential. We can’t prosecute anyone ourselves. All we can do is refer it to Justice.”
After the meeting, McCain was done with Keating.
“Again, I was troubled by the appearance of the meeting,” McCain said later. “I stated I didn’t want any special favors from them. I only wanted them (Lincoln Savings) to be fairly treated.”
Black doesn’t completely buy that argument. If McCain was concerned about Keating asking him to do things that were improper, why go to either meeting at all?
Black said McCain probably went because Keating was close to being the political godfather of Arizona and McCain still had plenty of ambition.
“Keating was incredibly powerful,” Black said. “And incredibly useful.”
McCain’s reservations aside, Keating accomplished his goal. He had bought some time, though the price was very high.
Short-lived reprieve
A month later, the San Francisco regulators finished a yearlong audit and recommended that Lincoln be seized. But the report was virtually ignored because of politics on the bank board.
Gray was being replaced as chairman by Danny Wall, who was more sympathetic to Keating.
The audit, which described Lincoln as a thrift reeling out of control, sat on a shelf.
In September 1987, the investigation was taken away from the San Francisco office, away from Black and Patriarca. In May 1988, it was transferred to Washington, where Lincoln would get a new audit.
It was a win for Keating. A battle, not the war.
Back in San Francisco, Black was fuming.
“Clearly, we were shot in the back,” he would say later.
Despite the reprieve, Keating’s businesses continued to spiral downward, taking the five senators with him. Together, the five had accepted more than $300,000 in contributions from Keating, and their critics added a new term to the American lexicon: “The Keating Five.”
The Keating Five became synonymous for the kind of political influence that money can buy. As the S&L failure deepened, the sheer magnitude of the losses hit the press. Billions of dollars had been squandered. The five senators were linked as the gang who shilled for an S&L bandit.
S&L “trading cards” came out. The Keating Five card showed Charles Keating holding up his hand, with a senator’s head adorning each finger. McCain was on Keating’s pinkie.
As the investigation dragged through 1988, McCain dodged the hardest blows. Most landed on DeConcini, who had arranged the meetings and had other close ties to Keating, including $50 million in loans from Keating to DeConcini’s aides.
But McCain made a critical error.
He had adopted the blanket defense that Keating was a constituent and that he had every right to ask his senators for help. In attending the meetings, McCain said, he simply wanted to make sure that Keating was treated like any other constituent.
Keating was no ordinary constituent to McCain.
On Oct. 8, 1989, The Arizona Republic revealed that McCain’s wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a Keating shopping center in April 1986, a year before McCain met with the regulators.
The paper also reported that the McCains, sometimes accompanied by their daughter and baby-sitter, had made at least nine trips at Keating’s expense, sometimes aboard the American Continental jet. Three of the trips were made during vacations to Keating’s opulent Bahamas retreat at Cat Cay.
McCain also did not pay Keating for some of the trips until years after they were taken, after he learned that Keating was in trouble over Lincoln. Total cost: $13,433.
When the story broke, McCain did nothing to help himself.
“You’re a liar,” McCain said when a Republic reporter asked him about the business relationship between his wife and Keating.
“That’s the spouse’s involvement, you idiot,” McCain said later in the same conversation. “You do understand English, don’t you?”
He also belittled reporters when they asked about his wife’s ties to Keating.
“It’s up to you to find that out, kids.”
The paper ran the story.
In his 2002 book, McCain confesses to “ridiculously immature behavior” during that particular interview and adds that The Republic reporters’ “persistence in questioning me about the matter provoked me to rage.”
“I don’t know how (The Republic journalists) would have reported the story had I been more civil and understanding or just more of a professional during the interview,” McCain wrote.
At a news conference after the story ran, McCain was a changed man. He stood calmly for 90 minutes and answered every question.
On the shopping center, his defense was simple. The deal did not involve him. The shares in the shopping center had been bought by a partnership set up between McCain’s wife and her father. (The couple also had a prenuptial agreement that separated Cindy McCain’s finances and dealings from his.)
But McCain also had to explain his trips with Keating and why he didn’t pay Keating back right away.
On that score, McCain admitted he had fouled up. He said he should have reimbursed Keating immediately, not waited several years. His staff said it was an oversight, but it looked bad, McCain jetting around with Keating, then going to bat for him with the federal regulators.
“I was in a hell of a mess,” McCain later would write.
Meanwhile, Lincoln continued to founder.
In April 1989, two years after the Keating Five meetings, the government seized Lincoln, which declared bankruptcy. In September 1990, Keating was booked into Los Angeles County Jail, charged with 42 counts of fraud. His bond was set at $5 million.
During Keating’s trial, the prosecution produced a parade of elderly investors who had lost their life’s savings by investing in American Continental junk bonds.

These crazy jews are trying to start a war between U.S. and Iran. These crazy jews / Israelis should be given a one way ticket to there homeland – Israel.

Jo,
“I like Palin … she seems like a nice person.” That’s exactly what got Bush elected to office … he seemed like a nice person that you can have a beer with. That is not the best criteria for someone leading the most powerful nation on earth. I don’t want someone who’s “nice”. I want someone who’s competent, intelligent, with a depth of understanding of national economics and international politics. And just being able to see a sliver of Russia from my house doesn’t make me the expert on that country either. Clinton is right in bailing out of the protest appearance. The organizers should be ashamed to try and trick Hillary into appearing at their function, hoping for national media coverage because it would be the first time both Clinton and Palin would be together. Of course, Palin would want Hillary there … it would give some much-needed credibility with Hillary’s supporters, especially given her sorry performances on the ABC News interview. And I applaud Clinton on refusing to be drawn into this charade. Mrs. Palin’s level of experience (the right kind), and grasp of national (not just Alaskan) and international politics, depth and intellect pales so far to Hillary’s, she just wants to be on the same stage as her in the hopes that a little of the Clinton magic would rub off on her so she can lay claim to Hillary’s supporters. On way, No Palin.

Hillary Clinton would rather score a cheap political point than actually help Israel. Well said James Howe

Man, does this ring a bell with anyone else? Doesn’t this Palin stuff seem exactly like the Bush WH charades?

James Howe, so you say Hillary should have told Bill to take a hike. McCain had an affair on his wife with Cindy 1 year before they divorced. Rudy G Had an on going affair with the woman he married. Affairs are not a Democrat or a Republican thing. But I do see you sticking with McCain, I wonder why if you are so agaist affairs? So much for Family Values. Oh by the way Johns First wife was is a very bad Car accident and recovering when john left her for a younger woman with a Rich Daddy. Yep shows what he is all about. Dam did I mention that John lied to Cindy about how old he was?