Palin Comes to Convention Packin’ Zingers
The RNC has released these excerpts of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s speech tonight.
"I had the privilege of living most of my life in a small town. I was just your average hockey mom, and signed up for the PTA because I wanted to make my kids’ public education better. When I ran for city council, I didn’t need focus groups and voter profiles because I knew those voters, and knew their families, too. Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities."
On why she is going to Washington, D.C.:
"I’m not a member of the permanent political establishment. And I’ve learned quickly, these past few days, that if you’re not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone. But here’s a little news flash for all those reporters and commentators: I’m not going to Washington to seek their good opinion — I’m going to Washington to serve the people of this country."
On energy policies:
"Our opponents say, again and again, that drilling will not solve all of America’s energy problems — as if we all didn’t know that already. But the fact that drilling won’t solve every problem is no excuse to do nothing at all. Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to lay more pipelines … build more nuclear plants … create jobs with clean coal … and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources. We need American energy resources, brought to you by American ingenuity, and produced by American workers."
On John McCain:
"Here’s how I look at the choice Americans face in this election. In politics, there are some candidates who use change to promote their careers. And then, there are those, like John McCain, who use their careers to promote change."
- jpt
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“Starting in January, in a McCain-Palin administration, we’re going to lay more pipelines…build more nuclear plants…create jobs with clean coal…and move forward on solar, wind, geothermal, and other alternative sources.”
Who is the ‘we’ she’s taking about? Does she consider herself an employee of the oil and gas industry, or is she talking about some kind of New Deal type public works program?
It kills me when these people claim that they are ‘for drilling’ like they are actually going to do the drilling, and the oil companies aren’t sitting on top of a bunch of unused offshore leases already.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm
Well the GOP just surrendered their victim card by having her come out on the attack.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm
Palin was a brilliant pick by McCain. She has more experience than the top of the Democratic ticket.
Obama really screwed up by his hypocritical pick of Biden, going against his campaign message of change.
McCain trumped him at his own gsme!
brilliant move!
Posted by: k | September 3, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Someone once told me that there were indeed good elected public servants working every day for our betterment.
Could be that we are going to meet one tonight when candidate Palin speaks.
Posted by: smith | September 3, 2008, 7:15 pm 7:15 pm
Give them hell tonight, Sarah! Show them the difference between a Gov and a community organizer!!
Posted by: Beckie | September 3, 2008, 7:16 pm 7:16 pm
The McCain campaign wrote her speech for her. McCain has Mark Salter write his books. Obama writes his own speeches and books.
Posted by: cincyr | September 3, 2008, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
“I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a ‘community organizer,’ except that you have actual responsibilities.”
Uhm. Like what?
Posted by: BBpd | September 3, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm
This will be good! Throw an elbow!
We don’t want to be told we are racists, sexists or be apologizing for the success of this country. We don’t need to be told that the boomers just have to get out of the way so the millenials can rob our social security and buy more i-pods. We don’t want to be told we have to be cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and give up driving to see grandma at Christmas so the Chinese and Indians can continue their economic boom.
Obama has raised negativity to a New York Gallery Art Form and in so doing has divided our country even worse than G.W. Bush, something I thought to be impossible.
Sarah, show them what a positive attitude and a really American spirit can do. You can. We’re watching and rooting for you.
Posted by: len | September 3, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm
Unrequested advice:
Palin needs to speak to the country at large vs the convention delegates tonite.
Red meat which usually flies well may not so with so many tuning in for their first glimpse of her.
She also needs to show some gravitas on stage. That she is ready to be President should she be called on.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm
Yeah,… in January she will be also investigate Obama with Rezko.
Posted by: mulutbesar | September 3, 2008, 7:24 pm 7:24 pm
So being a Senator is not considered experience? Ouch, somebody should tell McCain.
Posted by: mila | September 3, 2008, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm
Obama writes his own speeches and books.
cincyr: I won’t dispute you, although I bet he has just a little help, but for one who writes his own speeches he sure comes off bad when he is not reading them.
Posted by: david | September 3, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
Palin wrote her own speech, not like Obama adopted from a speechwriter. She is really speaks throguh her heart what the best for this country.
Posted by: Bagus | September 3, 2008, 7:26 pm 7:26 pm
I’m sure she gives a good speach. Maybe “starting in January” she’ll actually submit to questioning by members of the press.
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 7:27 pm 7:27 pm
McCain campaign wrote her speech for her– they just had to “feminize” it for her, as it was originally written for a man…
Posted by: mila | September 3, 2008, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm
So…If she is running to put people first in our country – why was/is her family party of a group that believes ‘Alaska First” and that they should leave the union.
Posted by: NMP | September 3, 2008, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm
Well, as a city council member she may not have needed a team of focus groups, but as the VP nominee she needed a team of speech writers.
As she does have experience in broadcasting, I have no doubt she’ll do a great job playing to the cameras and reading the teleprompter tonight.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm
I and all my families are not interested to watch TV. Until Friday …we will watch nice movies who is going to teach us then we will be back …
Bye folks
Posted by: Nan | September 3, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm
I have yet to have anyone answer the question, “what are John McCain’s accomplishments during 26 years in the Senate? What are McCain’s policy issues that would make someone vote for McCain?”
Why don’t we hear any advertising about McCain’s accomplishments?
Now the same questions apply to Palin?
Posted by: Jim | September 3, 2008, 7:32 pm 7:32 pm
I’m sure Palin will give a great speech. Too bad the GOP likes her better than McCain.
Posted by: Jennifer | September 3, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
She didn’t even write this speech. A speechwriter that has spent less than half a week with her wrote it for her.
Posted by: liptstickvotr | September 3, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
Obama writes his own speeches, dummies
Posted by: revealed | September 3, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
all bets are off. Obama/Biden go forit. she is a republican just rip her and find all the shady stuff in her past and theres plenty and expose her for the bad mother she is and the lying woman she is. Liar.
Posted by: anu | September 3, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm
The funny thing is the “whining” about Palin and sexism just helps Hillary in the future all the more. Now maybe people will realize what Hillary was saying all along was true!
“Barbie” is only helping the democrats. I was watching CNN and they said she was losing the independents.
Posted by: J | September 3, 2008, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm
Hey dumb dumb. The speech she is READING was written for a general nominee, not just Palin.
McCain/Palin08
Posted by: SarahisNoHillary | September 3, 2008, 7:35 pm 7:35 pm
david from Texas…she didn’t write her own speech. In fact the campaign reported earlier that the speech she’s giving was already written before McCain picked her. Her speechwriter spent the last couple of days working with her to tweek it. You are so gullible. On the other hand Obama can and does write his own speeches. He actually wrote his own books too.
Posted by: Mike M. | September 3, 2008, 7:36 pm 7:36 pm
Why isn’t the media asking tough questions about Obama’s lack of experience? Can anyone name any accomplishments of Obama’s?
Posted by: PW | September 3, 2008, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
The only ones her speech will move are the people in the room and the die hard, already Repubs.
Independents, the ones who needs the most persuasion, will not be moved.
Her agenda on global warming, the economy, women’s right to choose, gay rights, and social progression are against everything Independents stand for.
Posted by: revealed | September 3, 2008, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
Mike,
There’ll be no McCain-Palin administration even if they rig the election.
Posted by: ObaMan | September 3, 2008, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
Lots of mentally unstable and factually challenged posts on this thread. Have fun, kids.
Posted by: Sarah for president | September 3, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
Obama write his own speeches.
Palin hasn’t been let out of her hotel room since Friday. She’s been in there with all the NeoCons working on her speech.
Posted by: WakeUp | September 3, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm
too bad a community organizer don’t have the ability to hire washington lobbyist to send millons to him
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
well these are certainly some good zingers! wow — that community organizer comment really hits hard. palin is coming out swinging. go gurl!!! the so-called fake progressives in my party were too stupid to accept a strong woman. instead, they demonized her for supporting the war, nafta, and “bush’s” bankruptcy law. But they praise Biden – an old white dude – who supported all of those pieces of legislation. well, the roosters are coming home. go palin. i am sooooo voting for mccain/palin. first time in my life that i’ll be voting for a republican. I GUESS OBAMA REALLY DOES PROMOTE CHANGE!!!! LOL….
Posted by: Angry Democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm
“Why isn’t the media asking tough questions about Obama’s lack of experience? Can anyone name any accomplishments of Obama’s?”
—————
You been under a rock for the last year and a half? Palin is getting the same treatment Obama has, the only difference is that for him it was spread out over a long primary, she’s only had this scrutiny for 4 days.
I guess maybe this vetting in public after the announcement wasn’t the best way to pick a VP.
Posted by: WakeUp | September 3, 2008, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
sarah
your daughter needs you
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm
McCain is a wise old man…Palin did exactly what she was suppose to do.
1. took the focus off Obama
2. fired-up the conservative base
3. started a media frenzy
the old man just might pull it off.
Posted by: CC | September 3, 2008, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm
No one can accuse Palin of being environmentally friendly. Drill, drill, drill…she doesn’t care about pristine land and endangered polar bears. And global warming is a natural occurence. All she cares about is money and power.
Posted by: Mike M. | September 3, 2008, 7:43 pm 7:43 pm
She’s coming out throwing some elbows. Nice to see. Now maybe McCain’s camp throw away the victim card, and let her answer a few questions from reporters and perhaps even get vetted in a more thorough manner than McCain bothered with. Let’s figure out who this woman is.
Who knows, maybe she’ll even allow her aides to assist with that ethics investigation. Now that she’s feeling all spunky again and whatnot.
Posted by: dannity | September 3, 2008, 7:44 pm 7:44 pm
vickie – obama’s community organizing is specious. that’s not exactly what you learn in law school. he was just registering people to vote for him.
Posted by: Angry Democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:45 pm 7:45 pm
“he was just registering people to vote for him”
Considering that he did not run for a few years after his voter registration drive work that was quite a stroke of forward thinking and planning by Obama.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
dannity – only the nytimes and the washington post and you believe that palin wasnt vetted. mccain was brilliant to keep her a secret and to mislead the press corp into thinking that the old white guys were the only finalists. it was brilliant. my fellow liberals always lose to karl rove. they are pathetic. they bought rove’s argument that dean would be a “gift” even though dean was the only viable candidate who could oppose the war without coming across as a flip-flopper. they bought the notion that clinton was too divisive, even though obama was perceived as extremely leftist, lacks experience, and has a lot of trouble with white blue collar and moderate-to-conservative democrats (the people who gave reagan and bush their victories).
Posted by: Angry Democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:48 pm 7:48 pm
KEEP PALIN DUMP MCCAIN!!! The GOP is for REPUBLICANS!!!
Posted by: argh! | September 3, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
you simpletons kill me, she didn’t write her own speech, neither did Obama, all politicians have a team of writers that assist them with their speeches, there are certain core issues that are in the speech no matter what, but then you tweak it with your own words as you go. You people make a mockery of the American Education System, regardless of who wins this year they certainly need to invest more in education. Idiots
Posted by: Kim | September 3, 2008, 7:49 pm 7:49 pm
ryan c – of course it was forward planning. he’s ambitious. he was running for president in law school! of course, that type of ambition is only negative if you are a woman (namely, hillary clinton). cant wait to vote for mccain. maybe my party will learn something after being out of power for 12 years straight.
Posted by: Angry Democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:50 pm 7:50 pm
kim – i certainly didn’t mean to imply that palin wrote her own speeches.
Posted by: angry democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
“Obama cannot write a speech and never has”
Actually, Obama wrote his historic speech on race himself.
He of course has speech writers but is very involved in the process.
It will be a fantastic day when a true orator become President vs the guy we have now whose lips move as he reads a the teleprompter.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm
IM SO SICK OF THAT COUNTRY FIRST CRAP.
I HOPE THE REPUBLICANS LOOSE BY A LANDSLIDE.
they are too stupid to see that for those who are not voting for mccain it’s an insult to say something like that it just energizes us more to vote and get others to vote for obama.
looks like the dems put country first by selecting a vp ready for pres on day one.
mccain was just being a maverick hahaha how funny
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm
omentum – the problem is: THE STUPID DEMS HAVE BEEN FALLING FOR ROVE’S ANTICS FOR 8 YEARS! When will they learn???? It was a total lure. When Rove said those things about Kaine, I’m sure they had already settled on Palin. How pathetic that Obama would let Rove pressure him to pick the old white guy.
Posted by: angry democrat | September 3, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
“ryan c – of course it was forward planning. he’s ambitious. he was running for president in law school! of course, that type of ambition is only negative if you are a woman (namely, hillary clinton). cant wait to vote for mccain. maybe my party will learn something after being out of power for 12 years straight.”
I agree that Hillary was treated unfairly by the press for her ambition when the reality is anyone running for the top job is ambitious as hell and better be. We want someone who wants the job.
But to vote for McCain whose policies are the antithesis of everything Hillary stands for strikes me as foolhardy to say the least.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 7:54 pm 7:54 pm
when i look in the audience and even on stage (well except for the invocation) its a sea of white.
doesnt look like country first to me
america is a melting pot of different hues
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
Yeah, these speech lines are pretty….oh, lame. Seriously, knocking Obama for being a community organizer? Akin to saying someone was a booger-picker when they were a kid. It’s all inside politics, who cares?
Posted by: clownsaw | September 3, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
So what if the speech was written before he filled the position? If the speech fits, wear it. So, who cares who wrote the speech?
Posted by: Kitty | September 3, 2008, 7:56 pm 7:56 pm
Palin has no regard for the Constitution. She actually tried to have books banned at the library. That is simply outrageous. What country does she want to be VP of…Cuba? She is a scary person.
Posted by: Mary | September 3, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm
Hi My name is Sarah Palin – I am a mindless robot of the GOP and big oil companies – I leave towns in debt for things like a ball park, I take on library’s to chose what books kids should read – and oh I let my 17 yo daughter get pregnant by the some local jock – but I am preaching no sex till your married, and also, my religion is one where the jews are at fault for all bad in this world
Posted by: jo | September 3, 2008, 7:59 pm 7:59 pm
It is funny watching the media try to cover Palin. She is not a part of the game they play. They have no vocabulary for talking about her and no context for thinking about her. It is so obvious that the media looks down on Palin that it is painful to watch the media dealing with her.
What is also amusing is that the comparison between Palin’s experience and Obama’s is so obvious; and Obama comes out on the short end of this comparison. I love the line: “I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except that you have actual responsibilities.” I love this line because it rings so true. This kind of direct comparison has been missing in the campaign so far; and every day Palin is in the face these comparisons keep coming up. Oddly enough, it is the media that keeps the comparisons coming. This has to be driving the Obama-worshiping media crazy.
Posted by: David H | September 3, 2008, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm
The speech writer is dumb. She says she is from small town and yet she thrashes community organising. Thats what they do most in small towns, thats why the word community is there. Never knew a lot of people are really dumb. what do they think is really community organising? Thats the only way to reach the grass-roots. you see those Hispanics knocking on each others door, talking with them and asking for their problems? Thats community organising. you see those envagelicals going round and knocking on doors. Thats community organising. you see those blacks in ghettos knocking on doors, talking to people on the streets, thats community organising. Those are small town folks and yet you come out and thrash it because Obama did it. Obama did it as a way of serving the community and thanking God for his blessings.
Posted by: vuzous | September 3, 2008, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
“IM SO SICK OF THAT COUNTRY FIRST CRAP”
Maybe Barry’s citizen of the world schtick has backfired.
Posted by: Mack | September 3, 2008, 8:01 pm 8:01 pm
“It is funny watching the media try to cover Palin. She is not a part of the game they play. They have no vocabulary for talking about her and no context for thinking about her. It is so obvious that the media looks down on Palin that it is painful to watch the media dealing with her. ”
She’s not one of the Ivy educated elite.
Posted by: Mack | September 3, 2008, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
Sarah Palin is a fraud.
ABCnews has already done a piece on how Palin fired the local Police Chief in Wasilla because he wanted to shut down the Wasilla bars at 2am instead of 5am (to reduce drunk driving), and that angered her local political contributors–so she fired him.
Think about that the next time you hear about a drunk driving death.
She has had actual responsibilities alright, and she’s shirked them.
She also left Wasilla 22 million dollars in debt. While mayor she was closely allied with Ted Stevens, one of the most corrupt politicians in the US. When she ran for governor, part of her platform was buidling the Bridge To Nowhere.
Sarah Palin’s idea of change is a fraud: it’s just more debt, cronyism, environmental destruction, and abuse of power for her own personal agenda.
We’ve already had 8 years of that.
Thanks, but no thanks, Sarah Palin.
Posted by: Danny | September 3, 2008, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
Huh, I wonder how all those community organizers out there feel about her belittling them? From what I know, they work pretty dang hard. And I wonder how all those people who they help feel to find out that Palin thinks helping them is “doing nothing?” Oh, and it should be pointed out that, when Obama was a community organizer, Palin was a sportscaster.
Posted by: Gretchen | September 3, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm
“So Palin is looking down on Obama trying to organize the community to improve housing and get better jobs.”
Yeah and not to mention all of the paper cuts from stuffing envelopes.
Posted by: Mack | September 3, 2008, 8:06 pm 8:06 pm
who cares anymore. with all the hatred on this blog – who cares. we will wind up causing someone to nuke us. shame on all of us for the lies and the hate. dems and republicans. you are all sad, pathetic haters. i just read this, and I am a 60 year old who cannot believe the actual, down and out hate here. ick.
Posted by: karin | September 3, 2008, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
david from texas
don’t you know palin would be a heartbeat away from the presidency
AND WE DON’T EVEN KNOW HER.
remember
18 million chose for obama
1 chose palin.
obama had plenty vetting
palin did not
so you are asking me to buy in on a 10% chance of change and a unvetted governor from alaska.
no thanks
8 is enough
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
“Oh, and it should be pointed out that, when Obama was a community organizer, Palin was a sportscaster. ”
And I wonder what she was doing when Barry was attending his hate church for 20 years? That’s a long time.
Posted by: Mack | September 3, 2008, 8:08 pm 8:08 pm
“18 million chose for obama
1 chose palin.”
And how many chose Biden?
Posted by: Mack | September 3, 2008, 8:09 pm 8:09 pm
for all of you arguing who wrote palin’s speech it was announced on tv on tuesday that the speech had already been written for a man and they called in the best speechwriter to rewrite it.
Posted by: karin | September 3, 2008, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm
the gop convention
does not look like america at all
country first?
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm
LOL to “Danny” who has no idea about Sarah Palin! She didnt fire anyone because of a bar policy. Liars are hysterical.
Trooper Woonan tazered his stepson, an 11 year old boy. He was known for drunk driving IN his police car and several other illegal activities. Palin asked the Chief to fire him, the Chief wouldn’t, so the she fired the Chief. That trooper has NO RIGHT being a trooper.
And THAT’S why she had him fired. She’s a strong, independent and proud woman who’s done alot for Alaska, and will do more for our country! Go get em, Sarah!
Posted by: Lynn | September 3, 2008, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm
I voted for Biden. Now, I say gotta love Joe. He’s taking one for the team. I’m voting for 3 out of 4 this year: Biden08, McCain/Palin08
Posted by: Kitty | September 3, 2008, 8:11 pm 8:11 pm
Wait…didn’t McSame’s hacks write this speech before she was even picked? Isn’t that why they had to femme up the speech, which they described as “too masculine” for her to give as is?
ZZZZzzzzzzzZZZZZZzz
Posted by: Patricia in SF | September 3, 2008, 8:12 pm 8:12 pm
Wow! All that experience as mayor of 6,000. Did you see the picture of the town’s City Hall?? Not quite as impressive as the quick mart at my local gas station. Of course, she has been Governor for the past 18 months of a state with a population the size of Memphis. Other than her BS in Basketweaving, from Podunk, ID, should I think she is qualified for the job? While she was attending the school where nobody remembers her, Barack was graduating from Columbia and Harvard with honors. Check what Ron Reagan thinks about her. After all, Ron IS the son of the GOP God.
Posted by: Jim | September 3, 2008, 8:12 pm 8:12 pm
biden is not an issue here mack
biden can step in on day one and run the country. he has a resume that trumps mccains and caribou barbie.
obama is smart to choose biden
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:13 pm 8:13 pm
Peggy Noonan and Murphy know this campaign is over. If all Palin has is zingers, and they’re following Schmidt’s “personalities over issues” mentality, McCain is toast!
Posted by: Goon | September 3, 2008, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm
and if executive experience was really so important to Republicans, they’d have Romney or Huckabee instead of Caribou Barbie.
Posted by: Goon | September 3, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
So Palin is now trashing community organizers?
Posted by: Andy | September 3, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
“And I wonder what she was doing when Barry was attending his hate church for 20 years? That’s a long time.”
She was attending her own whacky church eventually trading that church in for a different whacky church.
Oh and she was mayor of a town the size of some high schools.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
I’ve been to Photomats bigger than Wasilla town hall.
Posted by: CP | September 3, 2008, 8:17 pm 8:17 pm
Instead of “Country First”.
Palin’s husband wants “Alaska First”.
Posted by: Andy | September 3, 2008, 8:18 pm 8:18 pm
Mack said: And I wonder what she was doing when Barry was attending his hate church for 20 years? That’s a long time.
Uh, maybe you haven’t been paying attention today, but apparently she was attending a church that believes all of the Jews’ problems in this world have been caused by their failure to convert to Christianity.
Nice non sequitur by the way.
Posted by: Gretchen | September 3, 2008, 8:19 pm 8:19 pm
“except to vote “present” over 90% of the time.”
What has No Child Left Behind done to our schools, the math skills of the right wing are downright deplorable!
130 present votes/4000 votes = 3%
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:21 pm 8:21 pm
If the press had properly vetted Obama as eagerly as they are Palin, he never would have won Iowa and Hillary Clinton would have been the Dem. nominee. They did their hatchet job on her, and now the press has their sights set on Palin, who also just happens to be a woman who threatens to excite the GOP voters. All of the viscious attacks on her and her family just reinforce my opinion that the Democratic Party no longer represents my beliefs. The double standards are just disgusting in this election.
Posted by: dwc | September 3, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
For Lynn:
Check ABC’s Brian Ross’s story about Palin firing the Police Chief for bogus reasons in the “investigative” section on this site.
Posted by: Danny | September 3, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
and yet, Omentum, you can not say anything of value to defend Obama’s resume of executive experience, because it is so paper thin it is invisible!
“community organizer”, LOL!, great one Sarah, great one!
Posted by: decentAmerican | September 3, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
“Yes, Obama is a senator for 2 years…18 mos of that time he has spent campaigning for president”
Obama has been a Senator for 4 years.
“and voted “present” over 95% of the time.”
You cannot vote present in the US Senate.
RWers are so dumb they can’t even get their smears correct without lying.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm
Lynn,
She has two instances of potential abuse of power. One when she was mayor – the one you claim Danny had wrong – and of course ‘troopergate.’ Now I won’t sink so far as to call you a liar, but do suggest that you do your homework.
Posted by: Lynn, Danny is right | September 3, 2008, 8:23 pm 8:23 pm
“That trooper has NO RIGHT being a trooper. ”
That trooper is still a trooper.
Even as repugnant as Wooten seems, Americans don’t like politicians using to power of their office to settle scores with a brother in law going thru bitter divorces.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:25 pm 8:25 pm
Joyce,
You can blame John Kerry.
He gave Obama the stage in 2004 and his star has taken off since.
I know it kills you that Obama has over 2 million donors to his campaign and has tens of thousands of volunteers.
All you got is a convention in which your own party rejects itself so you can elect a maverick and a gimmick for a VP.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm
McCain is going to emphasize her being head of the AK National Guard as part of her national security cred in tonite ABC interview?
Governors have ZERO role in national security when it comes to the National Guard.
Maj. Gen. Craig Campbell, adjutant general of the Alaska National Guard, considers Palin “extremely responsive and smart” and says she is in charge when it comes to in-state services, such as emergencies and natural disasters where the National Guard is the first responder.
But, in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday, he said he and Palin play no role in national defense activities, even when they involve the Alaska National Guard. The entire operation is under federal control, and the governor is not briefed on situations.
That was funny when passed around by party flacks and spox.
But for the candidate to say that after its been debunked is beyond me.
Thank you John McCain you just handed Obama a twofer add slamming her and mak9ing you look like a fool.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 8:40 pm 8:40 pm
JOYCE – you are my soul sister! I have been trying to tell these so-called “progressives” that Obama is not a progressive. He sold them with his alleged opposition to the war. He said that Hillary Clinton lacked judgment because she supported the war. He lambasted her for promoting NAFTA and said that she was a corporatist because she voted for the bankruptcy reform act. But then he turns around and selects Jo Biden – a definite DC insider – who voted for all of these things. He is a fraud and a charlatan. The Dems are going to pay dearly for dumping on the Clintons. Despite the pathetic status of the Bushes, the Repubs have not dishonored them the way Dems bashed the Clintons. That’s why we have only had one two-term president since FDR!!!!
Posted by: angry democrat | September 3, 2008, 8:44 pm 8:44 pm
i anxiously await the match-up between hillary versus palen-2012.
i believe palen is the future of the republican party-her party loves her.
the media going after palen has only focused more interest and attention on her verus that boring, dufus, biden. perhaps that is the objective of the obama camp/media which is to keep that ignorant biden in the background to keep him from tripping on his own tongue-while focusing in on palen.
Posted by: mae g | September 3, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm
Watching the Republican convention, I can not help but notice how homogeneous the participants look.
With the Census Bureau recently stating that we will be a “Minority Majority” nation by 2042, it is glaring how much the GOP lacks this diversity in their membership, not just in their politics.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm
decentAmerican
Obama is a true leader. He has had the judgement to make the right choices. he has devoted his life to service as well. he has seized the moment to lead this country when the last adminstration has driven us in the ground. Now mccain wants to continue the 90% Bush plan. NO THANKS
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:50 pm 8:50 pm
Amy
I notice that as well
COUNTRY FIRST?
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:51 pm 8:51 pm
The crowd seem so melencholoy tonight. Everyone is holding their breath.
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:54 pm 8:54 pm
Caribou Barbie
Get your moose gun ready. She could come out in moose hunting clothes.
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:56 pm 8:56 pm
Joyce
or maybe its the other way around
what’s the matter with kansas
Posted by: Omentum | September 3, 2008, 8:57 pm 8:57 pm
Joyce,
It’s an observation…no need to be so defensive and belittling of close to half of the U.S. population. Nice of you to call them “blind” and “discriminatory” …very loving of you.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 8:59 pm 8:59 pm
Joyce, blacks to not blindly vote for Democrats. To say that is racist. The fact of the matter is that blacks vote Democratic as women and working people do, because their interests are better served there than by the other party.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 9:00 pm 9:00 pm
“Or it could show that a majority of blacks and other minorities blindly vote for democrats and are thus discriminating.”
“When questioned about a lack of diversity in their the proper response is to call minorities blind racists”
Page 2 of the How to be a Republican handbook.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm
amy regarding your comment on why the republican conventions looks homogenous the reason is because that is precisely the image that the (obama media cnn) wants you to see-by selectively focusing the cameras on white and elderly. don’t buy all the images the media sells you-they are shamelesslesy in the tank for obama which is precisely why many will not support obama-that and the way hillary was treated.
if you look beyond the scope of the media cameras. you see young,old, black, brown, and asian.
hispanic american for mccain.
Posted by: mae g | September 3, 2008, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
Talk about presumptious. Mitt Romney thinks Reps can change the spinning of the world
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
Get a clue Joyce. There is no measure by which you can legitimately call Obama ‘the most liberal’ senator. Its just not true.
Dont forget that it was MLK Jr. who said that “my government is the greatest perveyor of violence in the world today”
King was much more liberal than Obama will ever be.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
mae g: “if you look beyond the scope of the media cameras. you see young,old, black, brown, and asian.”
Wow. Talk about drinking the Kool Aid.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 9:10 pm 9:10 pm
Joyce,
Martin Luther King Jr was not a Republican.
That is myth passed around by Frances Rice in the form of a radio ad
Let’s see how actual black Republicans felt.
Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele (R), who is running for the U.S. Senate, denounced the King ad, and Donald E. Scoggins, president of Republicans for Black Empowerment and a former member of the association, said it was a terrible idea.
But what a shock that a rwer is that gullible.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
That’s true mae g.
On the first night, I saw the black delegate.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:14 pm 9:14 pm
Mae G – They nearly all look pretty pale on Fox News too…maybe I’ll try adjusting my TV set. Thanks for the tip on how the CNN media is so biased!
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 9:17 pm 9:17 pm
Did you know that Barrack Obama is literally the most inexperienced candidate for President ever?
He lacks any military experience, never served as a governor, has a very brief US Senate tenure, never created any meaningful legislation — when compared to most presidential candidates in American history he comes up short.
The only thing Barrack is counting on to get him elected is race. That’s sad.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 9:20 pm 9:20 pm
MLK voted for Kennedy. The only time he openly talked about politics was when he criticized Republican Barry Goldwater during the 1964 presidential campaign.
In signing the civil rights and voting rights bills Lyndon Johnson predicted that the Democratic Party would lose the south for a generation, but he signed it anyway.
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
“Black republicans:
Denzel Washington”
He must be part of the Republicans for Obama effort than as he gave Obama the max for the primary.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:27 pm 9:27 pm
“How did Bush 2 manage to only abandon the black people affected by Katrina? Did Nagin and Blanco collude with his plan to only abandon black people?”
New Orleans was not considered a priority and it showed form the FEMA response to Bush and McCain celebrating his birthday while people drowned.
“Did he send squads in to only get out the white people?”
You may not know this as a FoxNews viewer since they were obsessed with black people looting. But police shot at unarmed black people killing two and wounding 4 trying to cross a bridge to get to a food store.
Kanye West just said what most Americans were thinking.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm
I’m waiting for Palin to change her speech on the ‘bridge to nowhere’ fiasco to something closer to the truth, like “I know how to close the barn door after the horses have left.”
Posted by: Mike | September 3, 2008, 9:33 pm 9:33 pm
“There’s no record of Denzel’s donations on opensecrets.org, how could you state so confidently that he maxed his donations to Obama?”
Well opensecrets doesn’t have an efficient system for tracking down individual contributions as you would have to scroll thru hundreds of screens listing individual names.
You should use newsmeat or the FEC website.
WASHINGTON, DENZEL
SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
10/29/2007 2300.00 28930556552
10/29/2007 2300.00 28930556552
Seriously concerned, if you buy Joyce’s BS I feel sorry for you.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm
“Lots of celebrities have contributed to both campaigns. Denzel is a Republican.”
Denzel did not give to any Republican campaigns.
He gave the max for the primary and GE to Obama.
WASHINGTON, DENZEL
SANTA MONICA, CA 90405
OBAMA, BARACK
VIA OBAMA FOR AMERICA
10/29/2007 2300.00 28930556552
10/29/2007 2300.00 28930556552
I can;t believe right wingers still believe what they receive via email.
Snopes debunked this bs 4 years ago
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm
Dear Concerned in Ohio,
This is from washingtonpost.com dated Feb. 21, 2007:
“The Democratic senator from Illinois drew thousands to a South Los Angeles park, then headed to Beverly Hills for a fundraising double feature that organizers said yielded him an estimated $1.3 million.
Movie stars Tom Hanks, Jennifer Aniston and Denzel Washington wrote checks, and scores of producers and agents paid $4,600 per couple — the maximum allowed — to jam a hotel ballroom for a two-hour, closed-door cocktail reception hosted by entertainment moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.”
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 9:39 pm 9:39 pm
To get full story on Blacks and their history with the Republican Party.
50 years ago Ike (a RINO if there ever was one) made a bold choice.
150 Years ago Lincoln made a bold choice.
For the last 40 years, the Republicans party has been marked by the Southern Strategy of appealing to the racism of working class whites as an effective wedge against the Democrats.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm
“Er, whoa Ryan I did not say that Denzel did give to a republican. I said that he is a Republican. Which he is”
And what do you base that on?
A debunked email (see snopes couric v denzel)?
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm
Joyce: “By the way aren’t you the Willem moron”
You’re plagiarized posts are far more eloquent than your own words. It’s still BS, but much better put.
And no, I’m not that Willem.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm
Concerned don’t be mad that I humiliated you.
Just stop saying things that are easily proven false.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:50 pm 9:50 pm
You go, girl!
Posted by: drjohn | September 3, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm
On NBC World news tonight they said the McCain campaign told them her speech would not attack Obama. A set up to make us think she threw it in there at the last minute?
Posted by: cincyr | September 3, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm
“Kanye West just said what most Americans were thinking.”
Kanye West said what was good for Kanye West.
Hatred is good for sales.
West has zero interest in peace. He is a jerk.
Posted by: drjohn | September 3, 2008, 9:53 pm 9:53 pm
Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii looks like she could have been a better VP pick…she’s been Governor since 2002, so she really could have claimed executive experience indisputably. She has no children and she is Jewish. Quite a unique Republican actually.
But, oh yeah, McCain couldn’t pick her either because she is Pro-Choice, and he had to pander to the party’s conservative base.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 9:56 pm 9:56 pm
“Hatred is good for sales”
Republicans would certainly know.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:56 pm 9:56 pm
“Even as repugnant as Wooten seems, Americans don’t like politicians using to power of their office to settle scores with a brother in law going thru bitter divorces.”
Tasering a boy because he’s your ex’s son is wrong.
Drinking booze in a police cruiser is wrong.
Threatening to put a bullet in the head of your ex’s head is also wrong.
None of these things are scores to settle.
They’re WRONG. Any of them is a firing offense.
Wooten ought to be in jail.
Posted by: drjohn | September 3, 2008, 9:57 pm 9:57 pm
And yet drjohn, no charges have been filed against Wooten, he is still and trooper and the source of nearly all charges against him is the Palin family.
Strange.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
excellent speech by hawaii’s governor!!!!
Posted by: ANGRY DEMOCRAT | September 3, 2008, 9:59 pm 9:59 pm
I could care less if Willem is affiliated with Obama or not.
He sticks to facts.
The rw makes it up as they go along only to get humiliated.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
Concerned in Ohio,
My “point” is that in two seconds you could Google Denzel Washington and Obama and have a wealth of supporting documentation that he did indeed donate to Obama’s campaign. Just pointing out your unsupported slip-up.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 10:00 pm 10:00 pm
“And yet drjohn, no charges have been filed against Wooten, he is still and trooper and the source of nearly all charges against him is the Palin family.
Strange.”
Obviously someone is protecting him.
His transgressions are not in debate.
Posted by: drjohn | September 3, 2008, 10:01 pm 10:01 pm
Great point Amy T.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:02 pm 10:02 pm
“Obviously someone is protecting him.”
Oooooo now it gets good. So who is protecting him from the Governor of the state? Is she not the big shot there?
“His transgressions are not in debate.”
Actually they are. He has some stuff in his file but the wildest stuff came from Palin’s family during a messy divorce
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:03 pm 10:03 pm
drjohn, the US is a country based on Laws. Sarah and her family should have used the proper channels to get this man fired if he was such a bad Trooper. That’s how it works in the US.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 10:09 pm 10:09 pm
This is what I read about her small-town mayor credentials, from an Alaskan who knows her:
“During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running
this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been
pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had
gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had
given rise to a recall campaign.”
Posted by: cincyr | September 3, 2008, 10:12 pm 10:12 pm
Let’s see after being proven horrendously wrong about her 1st and subsequent points about the relationship of African Americans and the republican party including a curious insistence the Denzel Washington is a republican with no evidence, Samantha moves onto women and the republican party.
History shows that women’s suffrage was opposed by many on both sides of the aisles and that it was the courage of individuals rather than any party that eventually brought about women’s suffrage.
No acknowledgement of being wrong, just a new line of BS.
Some say they are Republicans Samantha. You walk the walk.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm
Thanks for the link concerned
“But as a member of the minority party, Obama also worked across the aisle with Republicans to push several measures that became law in 2006.”
Score another one for the “moderator’!
LOL!
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:20 pm 10:20 pm
John McCain’s campaign threatened legal action against the National Enquirer today for running a story about McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband’s business partner.
“The smearing of the Palin family must end. The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Gov. Palin had an extramarital affair are categorically false. It is a vicious lie,” said McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt.
“The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it.”
The Enquirer also alleges that Palin unjustly fired a public safety official while she was governor of Alaska, but the story is based entirely on unnamed sources. The Enquirer has also paid sources in the past to speak with them, something mainstream media outlets do not do.
“Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin look forward to discussing the issues that Americans care about, fixing broken government, creating jobs, making our country energy independent and securing the peace for the next generation by bringing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a victorious end,” said Schmidt.
“Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.”
Posted by: Family Value My Behind | September 3, 2008, 10:22 pm 10:22 pm
“Also Denzel Washington is a Republican”
What is your proof Samantha?
And do realize I have already researched this.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:23 pm 10:23 pm
ENQURIER RESPONDS TO MCCAIN/PALIN
Wed Sep 03 2008 18:19:21 ET
“The National Enquirer’s coverage of a vicious war within Sarah Palin’s extended family includes several newsworthy revelations, including the resulting incredible charge of an affair plus details of family strife when the Governor’s daughter revealed her pregnancy. Following our John Edwards’ exclusives, our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign’s vetting process. Despite the McCain camp’s attempts to control press coverage they find unfavorable, The Enquirer will continue to pursue news on both sides of the political spectrum.”
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Posted by: Family Value My Behind | September 3, 2008, 10:24 pm 10:24 pm
The biggest question I am waiting to hear answered tonight from Palin which I am hoping Sarah will answer them is:
Andrew Sullivan asks:
“This is not a smear, it is our obligation who you select is ready to lead this country. Where has Bristol Palin been for the past year? Has she been attending high school? Or was she absent because of infectious mononucleosis for between five and eight months, as is now being reported on the Internet? Why would a 43-year-old woman, on her fifth pregnancy, with a Down syndrome child, after her amniotic fluid has started to leak, not go to the nearest hospital immediately, even if she was in Texas for a speech? Why would she not only not go to the hospital in Texas, but take an eight-hour plane flight to Seattle and then Anchorage? Why would she choose to deliver the baby not in the nearest major facility in Anchorage but at a much smaller hospital near her home town? Why did the flight attendants on the trip home say she bore no signs of being pregnant?’ It strikes me as likely that there are reasonable answers to these questions ” more reasonable than the only one given so far”
Posted by: Daniel | September 3, 2008, 10:26 pm 10:26 pm
Alright, this is such a superficial comment that I’m too ashamed to put my name on this post but; The Palin family is GOOD LOOKING. Guess they got the BABE genes.
Posted by: Oh My | September 3, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm
Concerned,
You asked me for a news article showing bipartisanship and you were the one who ended up finding it.
So what is your claim now that because that article (which is not dated) does not mention Obama-Lugar, it never happened?
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:28 pm 10:28 pm
Samantha, what’s your proof that Denzel Washington is Republican?
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
The Palin Emails
03 Sep 2008 10:00 pm
They’ve leaked, of course. And they’re not pretty:
“This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he’s been promoted,” said a Feb. 7, 2007, e-mail sent from Palin’s personal Yahoo account and written to give Monegan permission to speak on a violent-crime bill before the state legislature…
“He’s still bragging about it in my hometown and after another cop confessed to witnessing the [moose] kill, the trooper was ‘investigated’ for over a year and merely given a slap on the wrist,” the e-mail said. “Though he’s out there arresting people today for the same crime!”
“He threatened to kill his estranged wife’s parent, refused to be transferred to rural Alaska and continued to disparage Natives in words and tone, he continues to harass and intimidate his ex. — even after being slapped with a restraining order that was lifted when his supervisors intervened,” the e-mail said. “He threatens to always be able to come out on top because he’s ‘got the badge’, etc. etc. etc.)”
The key point, however, is that Palin clearly wasn’t straightforward in addressing the matter:
Palin has said previously that she discussed Wooten with Monegan only in the context of security concerns for the family. Monegan has said that Palin never directly told him to fire Wooten but that the message was clearly conveyed through repeated messages from Palin, her husband and three members of her Cabinet.
“To allege that I, or any member of my family . . . directed disciplinary action be taken against any employee of the Department of Public Safety, is, quite simply, outrageous,” Palin said in a statement in mid-July after Monegan’s dismissal.
In August, Palin acknowledged that “pressure could have been perceived to exist, although I have only now become aware of it.”
Posted by: Family Value My Behind | September 3, 2008, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm
WEAK!
She better kick it up a notch soon, or else it’s going to be perfectly clear that Rudy was the better pick!
Posted by: Rick | September 3, 2008, 10:37 pm 10:37 pm
what is with the facial expression…boy she is horrible? She is forcing it and it is obvious.
Send her back to Alaska!!
Posted by: Daniel | September 3, 2008, 10:43 pm 10:43 pm
Palin Rocks! She is totally putting in the ZINGERS! I have to say; I Love It! But I won’t vote Republican. You all are lucky. I am hurt that my former party WOULDN’T accept our best candidate HILLARY.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 10:49 pm 10:49 pm
Sarah is soooo hard trying to convince people that she’s really really really tough, it makes her scary and creepy.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 10:50 pm 10:50 pm
This is sad. She’s had about 2 decent lines…that was 10 minutes ago.
Posted by: Rick | September 3, 2008, 10:51 pm 10:51 pm
I would if the Rep party gave in a little on choice and became serious about the environment. I won’t vote Dem either, because of their betrayal to the Clintons and US.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm
caught off guard and without a telepromper, Bucky stutters like Porky Pig on cocaine. And Michelle comes across as an angry militant racist gorilla.
don’t let these freaks anywhere near the white house
Posted by: bobo | September 3, 2008, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
She is still saying she said “thanks, but no thanks” to the bridge???
A bit of a stretch…it was “thanks” if federal money funded the whole thing. It became “no thanks” after the state govt would have to cough up some of the funding. Picky about her “pork” I guess.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 10:55 pm 10:55 pm
She is fantastic at delivering the lines and that little accent really helps to soften the IN YOUR FACE Blows to BsO. I am LOVIN” this! AWESOME!
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
Palin is more qualified than obama!
Posted by: k | September 3, 2008, 10:58 pm 10:58 pm
Nice shots of empty seats in the convention hall…
Posted by: Rick | September 3, 2008, 11:02 pm 11:02 pm
You know, in the aftermath of this pick I became very nervous about this election. Imagine having this lightweight representing the US in the world, trying to outwit the likes of Putin and Hu Jintao on an international stage. And she came in with a reputation as an effective speaker and debater. But I’m feeling relieved looking at this speech tonight. She’s not revealing much depth, she looks nervous, and the supporters in the hall are acting bizarre, constantly interrupting her with applause over the most trivial lines (they burst out clapping after she said she’d joined the local PTA for Chrissakes). They look like the “audience” on those product infomercials with their forced, over-the-top enthusiasm. The interruptions are breaking her flow, and she seems uncomfortable controlling the pace of the speech. I can’t imagine this is looking good to the undecideds tuning in to see her for the first time. She’s not crashing in flames, but she’s not looking presidential either. More like a Fox newscaster…
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:02 pm 11:02 pm
This is EXACTLY what Hillary SHOULD have done to Obama. However, being a GOOD Dem, she didn’t. So it is more than a happy moment for me. I love that she’s sockin’ him HARD! I feel like YEAH! Palin is really pulling off this speech much, much better than I could possibly imagine. Come on ladies and gentlemen, she’s awesome. You don’t have to vote for her to acknowledge that fact.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm
Irma is lost in the puddle…Sarah’s daughter would love to leak her hands in her mouth and comfort you for your lose by stroking your hear.
Going to bed…she is totally putting me to sleep. Good Night!
Posted by: Daniel | September 3, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm
Holding up the baby like a prop to the hall and the television cameras. Next we’ll be hearing complaints about the media is invading the family’s privacy, LOL.
Seriously though, she’s probably a capable small-town mayor and governor of a sparsely-populated state. She’s not convincing me she belongs on the big stage though. Also isn’t she basically delivering her standard stump speech here?
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:08 pm 11:08 pm
She’s wonderful! I’ll vote for any woman who can bait their own hook. Seriously, she’s straight up. Not in the least deceiving like Hillary’s “We landed, snipers were everywhere, we crawled through the ditches of dead bodies to get to our tent.”
Posted by: Emm | September 3, 2008, 11:09 pm 11:09 pm
Here’s gramps!
Posted by: Rick | September 3, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm
Don’t Freak Out Dems, I won’t vote for her or BO, but I LIKE HER! SHE IS AN AWESOME MODEL FOR HER GIRLS.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm
Hi Keith. It’s “should have” instead of “should of”. Maybe your mom should have gone to more PTA meetings, LOL. And I wasn’t aware Michelle Obama was running for anything here, so why are you trying to compare Gov. Palin’s intellect and qualifications to hers? I trust we’ll hear nothing from you henceforth about families being off limits, eh?
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
I think John McCain just did the robot!
Posted by: Rick | September 3, 2008, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
Dear A Guy Named Keith,
She’s not “speaking her mind”…she’s reading a speech McCain’s people prepared for her. Heck, by the way it was delivered, it seems the audience had a teleprompter too that periodically said after each one of their witty little Obama slams.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 11:11 pm 11:11 pm
She defended herself from BO’s attacks with RIGHT BACK AT YA! I LOVE that she did that. You all are sounding jealous. Really…. I like how she boomeranged Obama’s dirty two face politics.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:14 pm 11:14 pm
RE: PALIN’S CRITICISM OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS:
It’s insulting that she managed to insult the responsibilities of community organizers- an important group of Americans (EVEN IN ALASKA) who manage and organize on a local level to ensure that the common man or woman has access to necessary resources.
Perhaps this is a tiny insult that no one will notice, but, as someone who regularly works with community organizers, the influence and ties organizers have to their community is indescribable.
Posted by: Elizabeth | September 3, 2008, 11:15 pm 11:15 pm
That shot of the whole family on stage? Sad. How dare McCain do that to this family.
And yes, the audience was bizarre, truely bizarre.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 11:17 pm 11:17 pm
Nice shots of empty seats in the convention hall.
Posted by: REE | September 3, 2008, 11:18 pm 11:18 pm
Keith we know her stump speech from her public appearances since her selection (sorry, no questions from the press allowed, LOL). You’d know that if you’d follow the news instead of the talking points you’re cribbing from. :-)
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm
I AM IMPRESSED! I KNOW I am not the only woman screaming and clapping right now to everything she said against BO. Well there’s my little girl. WE ARE DANCING to Palins speech.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm
I could care less if she had a daughter’s surrogate alien baby on Jupiter! She’s more qualified to do her job than BO to do his. The Dems have buyer’s remorse so now they have to find the slightest irrelevant tabloid gossip in an attempt to make their loser candidates look less like losers. Next they’ll be spying on the family dog to see if he jumps the fence at night.
Posted by: Emm | September 3, 2008, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm
I heard Sarah is going to Florida after the Convention?
She will have company from Hurricanes Ike and Josephine it seems.
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm
Let me see; BO, his talking heads, his supporters, Michelle’s scowls at Hillary at the CONVENTION no less and the BS arguments from his whole camp; make me ANGRY. Palin’s speech the parts against BO, supporting families of special needs sounds nice and you know she’ll do it for them, her energy plan and her accent make me happy. HMMMMM. What to do, what to do. Don’t worry, just messin’ but sure is tempting and I know I’m not the only one……
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm
I like Nate Silver’s assessment that “this would be a terrific speech if she were still governor of Alaska and were just delivering a keynote.”
That informercial-like audience was creepy though, drooling over the most trivial lines in the speech. Way to reassure voters that your party hasn’t been hijacked by troglodytes guys…
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm
No Keith, sorely disappointed that this was the best thing that McCain thought he could offer up to us disenfranchised Clinton supporters. Ticked at him really!
Up until McCain chose his VP, I was seriously considering voting Republican for the first time ever. Palin, though I respect her as a woman and a mother, I do not feel her limited regional past experience, positions, views, or brand of social conservatism is ANYTHING in good conscience I could subject our nation to with my vote.
So, lessor of two evils, I’ll take my chances that “change” can deliver on even part of what he proposes with a solid Democratic Congress desperate to turn around their lackluster approval rating and actually get some work done, which would be a heck of a lot better than taking a HUGE step backwards for generations of women, and a truly wrong direction for America.
Both Clinton’s were right in their outstanding speeches at the Democratic convention…suck it up and vote for Obama, the alternative is disastrous!
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 11:25 pm 11:25 pm
Palin hit a grand slam. Compared to obamas speech which was boring as hell. Obama’s speech was the worst nomination acceptance speech in history. Desperate, phony pandering.
Disgusting.
Posted by: tiff | September 3, 2008, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm
Cambell Brown stumps for BO like we are idiots. That sure makes Palin so much more tempting.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:27 pm 11:27 pm
Obama says families should be left alone…repeatedly.
Tonite they attack his wife.
Despicable.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 3, 2008, 11:28 pm 11:28 pm
Emm: “She’s more qualified to do her job than BO to do his.” Exactly what is that job supposed to be? As recently as a couple months ago she openly admitted she had no idea what a vice president does all day.
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:29 pm 11:29 pm
Yes, yes. Gergen on CNN compared Palin to Ann Richards and I agree. I LOVED ANN!
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:29 pm 11:29 pm
The women on CNN have figured out we the less educated are not as stupid as they think.
Posted by: irma | September 3, 2008, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm
I bet the members of the DNC along with Obama and Axelrod were sitting in front of their tvs gnashing their teeth.
Michelle’s hair is probably standing straight up on the top of her head.
Howard Wolfson said she stuck the knife into him with a smile.
How much you want to bet the seat of Obama’s pants are ragged from all the holes Palin and Guiliani chewed in his butt!:D
The Bots are now calling the whole Palin family names.
Hmmmm – what they heard must have got to them, you know the truth can hurt. The sad thing (for them) is that there will be instant replays of this all week on the news.
Somewhere, Hillary is laughing…
Obama got played by the beauty queen.
LMAO!!! :D
PUMA!
McCain/Palin 2008 – In lieu of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Posted by: LeeLee07 | September 3, 2008, 11:32 pm 11:32 pm
My guess is there are many out there like me that after tonight are no longer straddling the fence but are squarely back in the Democratic camp and will put Obama/Biden into the White House.
Posted by: Amy T | September 3, 2008, 11:33 pm 11:33 pm
Sarah Palin told that she was not involved in trying to fire the trooper. That has proven to be a lie too. The AP reports that “Gov. Sarah Palin sent e-mails to the state’s top police official, criticizing Alaska State Troopers for their investigation of an officer who went through a bitter divorce with her sister, a newspaper reported Wednesday.”
Posted by: Willem van Oranje | September 3, 2008, 11:33 pm 11:33 pm
That was months ago and in the past week, she’s gained an extraordinary amount of insight into that role, not just in preparation for the Convention, the Debate, but the hundreds of press questions between now and Nov. I’m confident she’ll do an excellent job.
Posted by: Emm | September 3, 2008, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm
Palin got more votes for mayor than Biden got for running for President.
NOBAMA08!
Posted by: . | September 3, 2008, 11:38 pm 11:38 pm
McCain trumps Obama! McCain is the agent of change. Obama is yesterdays news, a hypocrite, a wolf in sheeps clothing!
Posted by: pop | September 3, 2008, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm
After Gov. Palins speech… I will be supporting Mccain/Palin… they have some principles all Obama has is a couple of books! I am a traditional democrat and am horrified at how Obama thinks that since he has a couple of thousand advisers that constitutes some corporation or qualification for President…. he has donr nothing himself and needs to be sent back to IL! I expect if he loses the election he will resign his senate seat because thats what he ran for senate in the first place for!
Posted by: Staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
Ryan C -
No one attacked Obama’s wife.
Posted by: Peach | September 3, 2008, 11:45 pm 11:45 pm
Obama really blew it by not selecting Hillary.
The Obamabots know it too, that’s why they are so focused on Palin right now.
They can’t stand it.
Well they can thank angry Michelle.
Posted by: sally | September 3, 2008, 11:46 pm 11:46 pm
ABC and CNN loved the speech. Lots of pundits saying a star was born tonight. They have that right.
Posted by: Peach | September 3, 2008, 11:46 pm 11:46 pm
Keith
Obama made a huge huge mistake… and I just noticed that his communications person looks a bit like Karl Rove… sortof creepy!
Posted by: staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm
Emm: “Yes, yes. Gergen on CNN compared Palin to Ann Richards and I agree. I LOVED ANN!”
But Ann Richards was giving a keynote speech, not running for president or vice-president. It reinforces Nate Silver’s point: this would have been a fine KEYNOTE speech, but it’s not making her look presidential to anyone concerned about her qualifications or her running mate’s judgment (which is the real issue here).
Posted by: Reality-based | September 3, 2008, 11:48 pm 11:48 pm
Peach
yea… MSNBXC was the same ol same ol… Nora Odonnell said that her tone was sarcastic… consider the source!
Posted by: staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:49 pm 11:49 pm
I feel the same way too Samantha. After tonight I think there are a lot of fence sitters that will be voting McCain/Palin.
Posted by: pam | September 3, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
samantha
the Hillary people will now Join Mccain and Palin and destroy them… in no uncertain terms… Pelosi/reid et al deferred to Obamas airhead advisors and tried to destroy our integrity we will not stand for it!
Posted by: staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:51 pm 11:51 pm
notice how angry Donna Brazille and Roland Martin are tonight on CNN? They were all happy happy the other night after Nobamas speech.
Posted by: sissy | September 3, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
Instead of worrying about who wrote Palin’s speech, the DNC and Obama might want to reconsider.
Biden has plagiarized twice. And MSNBC and NBC talked about how Obama’s convention speech had sections lifted entirely from An American President and West Wing.
Now THAT would make a great commercial by McCain. LOL
Posted by: Peach | September 3, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
She is fantastic!
Posted by: drjohn | September 3, 2008, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm
Palin litterally nuked the media that thought they got away with chosing Obama/Biden by themselves… the media and Obama are now done for!
Posted by: staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:54 pm 11:54 pm
The dorm went wild with excitement after Palin’s speech. Obama who?
Posted by: Peter | September 3, 2008, 11:55 pm 11:55 pm
Me thinks Obama should have picked Hillary. Looks like a costly mistake.
Posted by: Susan | September 3, 2008, 11:56 pm 11:56 pm
Peach
Theater is not what the american people want…MSNBC just needs to go off the air now they helped promote the Obama myth!
Posted by: staniam | September 3, 2008, 11:59 pm 11:59 pm
I am a Reagan and Clinton Dem…and FINALLY feel comfortable about selecting a candidate. It should have been Hillary but I am convinced now that ethics in gov. and real change is possible. I’m voting McCain/Palin
The sexist, biased media should be ashamed of themselves — particularly CNN. Go Anderson Cooper!
Posted by: Dee J | September 4, 2008, 12:01 am 12:01 am
Am i the only one, what i saw tonight was a slap on every Americans that volunteer their service to serve the communities.
For the first time in my life, i witnessed GOP ridicule service to the less fortunate among us. Palin and Guliani thinks volunteering to serve people that are less fortunate is not service to our country.
This is an insult to every young Americans that volunteer for peace corp., Veteran’s home, inner city and indian reservation. Well, the GOPs actually believe this people are not important.
Posted by: Bee | September 4, 2008, 12:02 am 12:02 am
As an independent who is weighing my option, i don’t like what i see tonight especially from the Palin.
I think she is too negative.
Posted by: Brian | September 4, 2008, 12:04 am 12:04 am
Samantha
yea Donna Brazille sticks her foot in her mouth daily… its embarrassing
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 12:05 am 12:05 am
The media thought they could crush her. Instead, she came out and gave one of the best political speeches I’ve ever heard. Funny, wry, smooth, and spunky.
Posted by: Peach | September 4, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am
She talked about being a
small town mayor in Alaska
some years ago a job that
actually had some
responsibilities as opposed
to a community organizer.
What she didn’t say was
she left that small town
20 million dollars in debt.
A common ordinary liar.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 12:07 am 12:07 am
Palin is toast. She is dumb, she is no Hillary!!!
She opened her mouth and proved that she is a moron like Bush. I am convinced that the next 4 yrs will be as worse as the last 8 yrs under them.
McCain/08!!!
Posted by: drjohn | September 4, 2008, 12:07 am 12:07 am
z – you are so right. Rudy hit it out of the park. Obama must be having a meltdown right about now.
Posted by: Peach | September 4, 2008, 12:07 am 12:07 am
I don’t think she was hard enough on Michelle O’bell Obama. Let me try, Michelle you are a vile evil women. You sat in that hate-filled church for 20 years and hate this country. Go away Michelle!
Posted by: Rewrite | September 4, 2008, 12:08 am 12:08 am
Drjohn
you are just proving your stereotype…. a bunch of academic Drs thought they could relive the 60s and force their worldview on people! Its not going to happen… Obama is the idiot that was willing to ruin a career for your stupid ideas!
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 12:10 am 12:10 am
I feel like we live in some sort of communist state listening to MSNBS and C NSane. It’s like THEY are desperately trying to control anything positive that a lot of US the VOTERS are saying. The idiots must think we are programable chips that will accept they’re dumb opinions as our own as long as they desperateley control all the info on the airwaves and talk about the issues THEY want us to focus on. Maybe I want to change my liberal stance on abortion. Hmmmmm…..
Posted by: irma | September 4, 2008, 12:10 am 12:10 am
Donna Brazile is a Democratic Party strategist, Democratic superdelegate, and former Democratic presidential campaign manager. She is not a journalist and does not pretend to be a journalist. Do your homework.
Posted by: Andrea | September 4, 2008, 12:11 am 12:11 am
I think I was right from the beginning about Palin.
She is very negative, no specific policies, and left with the same question:
Who is Sarah Palin?
She is the one who wanted to cut off Alaska and join Russia.
She is a crook and ambitious!!! maybe dumb as well!!!
Posted by: samantha | September 4, 2008, 12:13 am 12:13 am
Obama’s camp believes that we should not vote for her because she actually has a record of “getting things done” Where BsO DOES NOTTTTTTT! Oh but he is such a pretty boy. OH BUT! Her whole family is better LOOOKING!!!! I defintely like the way she talks far over the BsO! Okay, Cambell just FINALLY made a good point about the Shrill use.
Posted by: irma | September 4, 2008, 12:14 am 12:14 am
obama and angry Michelle are sitting in the greek temple right now scratching their heads wondering what went wrong.
ahhh yes, the sweet smell of defeat!
bye bye obama and angry Michelle!
Posted by: z | September 4, 2008, 12:17 am 12:17 am
Not a single word in that
speech could have been hers.
This is the same person who
could not tell what a veep does
just a couple of days ago.
Most of the speech was just
extolling that monumental
mediocrity McCain.
There is a video of hers
where she is seen talking
gibberish in an interview
with a magazine.
She will probably go into
hiding now because she does
not want to be discovered
as an incompetent with limited knowledge.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 12:20 am 12:20 am
“No one attacked Obama’s wife.”
Mitt Romney took a shot at her.
Posted by: Ryan C | September 4, 2008, 12:22 am 12:22 am
and I’m sure she wants to end Title 1 funding for special needs students like she did in Alaska by redesignated them under discription.
Oh, and kill all the wolves. I mean ALL the wolves. 800 wolves were killed by hunting them down with planes in Alaska thanks to Sarah Palin.
She’s a peach.
Posted by: Mythical Me | September 4, 2008, 12:29 am 12:29 am
anon
keep on believing the hype of Obama… there will be people on droves who sat on the fence after the fat Obama press person orchestrated Hillary peopls himiliation… we will not be kind to Obama now… we never had to be… hes no deity barely wrote eventwo books and NO legislation in the US senate or IL Senate was uniquely his… it is no contest… bye bye Obama!
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 12:35 am 12:35 am
And Obama just want to tell us all the things that is wrong with us and America and everry thing, and all the evils of capitalisum, like the evils of owning seven houses etc. And the greatness of comunisum is, you can not own houses , land or your bussines, every body is equally poor.And you will need a permit to travel from Chicago to Detroit.
Posted by: Walter | September 4, 2008, 12:39 am 12:39 am
Obama is finished. He needs to be put in storage like his fake Greek columns.
Governor Palin comes across as a real American with more knowldege about the energy issues than Obama will ever know. Obama know how to run the biggest mouth from the corrupt south Chicago political machine. Sarah Pallin knows how to run the largest state and put in place its largest energy system in 25 years.
The people of South Chicago says Obama has certainly over-stated his success as a community organizor. His own former state senators hate him and are not campaigning in his behalf. Even his own state senate district lost 11% of the jobs while he was senator for 8 years. He has no idea how to create jobs, even a few in his own district.
He know only how to make speeches and bogus promises, nothing else.
The Demorats are busy demeaning a very capable politician. They are like scared rabbits with the foxes coming.
Posted by: Martin | September 4, 2008, 12:44 am 12:44 am
She’ll continue to hide from
the press and will not help
McCain who cannot be saved
from certain defeat anyway.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 12:46 am 12:46 am
Read the text of the whole
speech available right here
on this site. There is nothing
in it.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 12:48 am 12:48 am
anon
dont be so certain… as of tonight your sure victory will be sure defeat beause you refused to treat Hillary people with respect… Obama will not be president!
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 1:00 am 1:00 am
Compare old pro Biden’s speech with Sara”s.
Compare the votes Biden received vs Sara.
Compare the excitement Biden generates vs Sara.
Compare the approval rating of Biden vs Sara.
Will more people want Biden or Sara as their leader?
Which party has the better vp?
Did Barrack or McCain show the better judgement when picking a vp?
Posted by: Dave in lv | September 4, 2008, 1:14 am 1:14 am
Even if McCain loses, Palin won and will win…Hillary better watch out. Most authentic political speeach I have heard in the last 20 years.
wow! just wow! I loved her little daughter, she was a natural campaigner!
Posted by: frieda | September 4, 2008, 1:15 am 1:15 am
Dave
Obama blew it when he didnt pick Hillary as VP… hes a little too self serving and the chicago machine made him think he could do it!
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 1:16 am 1:16 am
erie
who does that remind you of? can you say Michelle Obama!
Posted by: Staniam | September 4, 2008, 1:55 am 1:55 am
The whole speech sounded
like it was a tribute to
Mr. McCain. It is not known
to most what it is he has
done.
Republicans lost the election
with the speech they gave
her to read from the podium.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 2:03 am 2:03 am
anon
well duh… your supposed to compliment the nominee with your speech… forget about the white house you obamabots… its not going to happen!
Posted by: staniam | September 4, 2008, 2:20 am 2:20 am
Palin’s speech had more lies per gallon than anything on the road before it. John McCain. 575 Missed Votes during Obama’s “present” 130 times since 2004. Bush Signed Obama’s First Bill Into Law October 6, 2006. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries. The Republican message about the Palin offspring comes across as contradictory: Hey, media, leave those kids alone — so we can use them as we see fit.
For starters.
Posted by: kravitz | September 4, 2008, 3:13 am 3:13 am
Sarah Palin was so mean and snotty tonight.
Posted by: gina | September 4, 2008, 4:50 am 4:50 am
“Sarah Palin was so mean and snotty tonight.”
You mean sort of like Hillary Clinton?
What is it about the Democratic Party that they don’t like strong women, yet everytime Obama gets in trouble, they run to women to get him out?
What is that all about?
Face it: you picked the wrong candidate. Now you have to live with that and for the rest of your lives.
Posted by: len | September 4, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am
I listened to Sarah Palin’s speech that was written for her. She delivered quite well. I had seen her as a new reporter on video.
I was totally insulted Palin criticized community organizers work so adamantly. This was purposely done! She was actually saying WE PEOPLE who are community organizers and co-ordinate to help people mean nothing. We do nothing that is worthwhile. Our leadership skills don’t mean anything!!
Posted by: Sharonklim | September 4, 2008, 10:00 am 10:00 am
Small town mayor vs community
organizer. She left her
small town burdened with
20 million dollars in debt.
But she did not have the honesty
in her to either omit that
comparison from the speech or
tell people the truth.
Posted by: anon | September 4, 2008, 10:41 am 10:41 am
Palin was great — daring to say just enough about the Obama shuck and the media to break the Soviet-style repression of political expression that’s characterized this “campaign” so far.
And imagine what a meltdown will ensur if The CHANGEling Obama’s teleprompter melts down. (Was that teleprompter malfunction some kind of Democratic dirty trick? It didn’t work very well, if so.)
Posted by: Belle Starr | September 4, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am
The shocking part about this comments section is so many Palin supporters can’t spell, which, to me, indicates people who don’t care about details, are not well educated and seemingly unaware of histories’ mistakes. This woman is a theocrat and corrupt, she left the town she was mayor of 22 million in debt! “When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross” (Sinclair Lewis)…god help (ALL of) us. A despairing and (VERY) Liberal Mom
Posted by: In the Northeast | September 4, 2008, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm
Ugh. The snotty high school cheerleader with nothing to say. Where was the substance?
Posted by: RobinL | September 4, 2008, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm
In the NORTHEAST: History’s mistake.
Posted by: irma | September 4, 2008, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm
The greatest distraction for the McCain ‘s camp is Palin. He will use anyone to take the heat off him. This poor woman who has every issue an average family has in the book has just been dooped. Put Palin out front for the vultures, “take the hits girl you’re tough, I’m old. Obama needs to keep hitting Bush and McClain and leave Palin out of this fight. It’s def not about her. It’s a setup!!
Posted by: EC | September 5, 2008, 11:09 pm 11:09 pm