Palin Zings Obama for Not Picking Hillary

“Sarah Palin should spare us the phony sentiment and respect. Governor Palin accused Senator Clinton of whining and John McCain laughed when a questioner referred to her by using a demeaning expletive. John McCain and Sarah Palin represent no meaningful change, just the same failed policies and same divisive, demeaning politics that has devastated the middle class,” said Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Mariann Pepitone – Palin is a LIAR like McCain, well ok McCain is a PATHOLOGICAL Liar so he’s even worse

Notice how Obama has turned to hiding behind skirts now?
He’s deliberately picking women like Wasserman-Shultz and Claire McCaskill (Hillary had enough class to refuse Obama), to come out and attack Palin for him.
If Obama wants to attack Palin (which is quite obvious at this point that he does), he should be man enough to do it himself.
McCain knew that if he picked a female running mate, it would get way under Obama’s thin skin, because of the way Obama demonstrated that he hates powerful woman with his vicious and sexist attacks on Hillary Clinton.

Mariann what do you mean after the public got to know her. We still don’t know her. And what attacks by Obama are you talking about. McCain seems to be the one with all the negative and false ads. Seems McCain is just using Palin in these ads because he doesn’t want to talk about the real issues that effect this country.

I listened to the final interview with Gibson and Palin. Palin answered every question asked without hesitation. But Obama hesitates or stutters sometimes in answering questions and she was forthright. I am hoping she starts to campaign again soon because the days are going by fast and they have to campaign in CA,NY,NJ,PA,OH,NV,NM,SD,WVA and other states. And time is starting to run out.

Yep that our girl. We are very proud of her. We are all voiting twice so she can win. I am not sure what happened to what his name running with her. Hopefully he is still on the ticket.

Mariann Pepitone,
“I listened to the final interview with Gibson and Palin. Palin answered every question asked without hesitation. But Obama hesitates or stutters sometimes in answering questions and she was forthright.”
All I can say is some people must have selective hearing! She sounded rehearsed. It also looked like the interview was cut/pasted back together. Gibson was good, but Palin was stale.
Obama 08!

Keith what word is that.

Annie: Apparently you are not up todate on politics. Obama just put out two new ads attacking McCain. And I don’t need to get to know her, McCain has to do that and he did. And what issues are you talking about? The economy? Foreclosures are the fault of the buyers and mortgage houses. The mortgage houses are at fault for giving a loan with 5 to 10% down. If you don’t have 30% to 40% down don’t buy. Don’t blame the president for everything that happens in this country. He doesn’t put the price on food or gas.

Biden himself has said
Hillary is better. BO
made a mistake. But he
can correct it. Biden
steps aside. Hillary
joins the ticket.
Good judgment is also
about quickly rectifying
a bad one.

Hesiod: Obama is lucky he can give a direct answer. Yes, he does have to think because he doesn’t know the answer off hand like Hillary and McCain. Even Biden and Palin can answer quicker than Obama. He lost every debate and lost the interview at the forum.

Obama should have listened to the 18 million voters who wanted Clinton and put her on the ticket.
If Obama loses this race, it will be his own fault for not doing that.
McCain did the smart thing and filled the void. I don’t think he would have chosen Palin if Clinton were the VP because there would have been too direct a comparison. People would have looked to the seasoned pro, and been willing to take a chance on Obama.
What a mistake Obama has made…

I am not at all a Hillary fan, but to even remotely suggest that Palin is another Hillary is completely laughable. As Hillary herself said,
“Choosing a Republican [that is, McCain/Palin] to clean up this mess is like asking an iceberg to save the Titanic.” Palin is amusing entertainment, a distraction.

Right you are, Sarah Palin. Don’t expect Hillary to support you comments publicly, but in her heart, she absolutely agrees. And let the media keep digging their hole. It is no longer a case of voting for or against candidates, it is about voting against a corrupt media that is clearly perceived to be in the pocket of one candidate.

The word I get, Keith, from my sources o the ground in Ohio is that Obama is going to blow the doors off Kerry’s 2004 turnout numbers.
So, unless McCain exceeds Bush’s numbers by at least 5% — he loses Ohio, polls or no polls.

Mariann Pepiton,
Give it up already. The only similarities between Clinton and Palin is that they both tell whopper sized lies. At least Clinton recognized that she got caught in a lie and made an excuse. Palin didn’t even admit that she made one.

I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again – America will get the President they deserve.

Pat, you’re right, Sarah Palin is no Hillary Clinton. From my perspective, she’s also no Maggie Thatcher, no Golda Meir, no Indira Gandhi, etc. Maybe she’s an Eva Peron (“seduced a nation”), but then even Evita was smarter than Gov. Palin.

Biden says stuff like that because he is an honestly nice guy. What a class act.

Chuck: Hutchinson is far too old to be the VP. I don’t even think she is capable. And Rice wouldn’t do it anyway because Obama is half black and she is black and the odds are she would be campaigning against half of her own race. I believe McCain didn’t want Rice anyway. He interviewed Palin for at least two hours or over and then interviewed her again later. She has the same views as he does so it works out great.

Mariann, “what issues”. Are you kidding me. Isn’t that how we elect a president. Well that’s how I decide who to vote for. It’s not just about the economy. This country is worse off then it was 8 years. How is McCain going to be different from Bush. His ads say nothing about that. The only ads I see are him attacking Obama with lies.

“It is no longer a case of voting for or against candidates, it is about voting against a corrupt media that is clearly perceived to be in the pocket of one candidate.”
Well, that’s part of the heat driving the storm. The media became smug and people hate that kind of thing. It reminds them of George W. Bush.
Does Obama have regrets? If he doesn’t he is even more arrogant than supposed.
Imagine: an Alaskan housewife that no one even knew existed three weeks ago has derailed the most carefully planned and expensive campaign in American history.
That is nothing short of phenomenal.
And Americans? They love this sort of thing.
Obama’s handlers ran a rock star campaign. They’ve being beaten by a folk singer.
Go Navy!!

The curtains are about to close on Obama. The show is ending and the credits will start to dissappear and the star will have to bow out and find another theater to prance around in.
MCCAIN PALIN 08 ALL THE WAY!

It’s females ‘biting off their nose to spite their face’ syndrome. It doesn’t make sense to vote for a candidate based on whether the candidate does or doesn’t have male anatomy. No doubt if Sen. Clinton wants to be Secretary of State or some such…Sen. Obama will have some great options to consider. You see folks, the sad thing is, that a vote for Palin isn’t just bad in its own right (my silly Aunt Mae is also very entertaining, but that doesn’t mean she should be elected to the White House), it would also mean we’d get stuck with four more years of the same (Palin and McCain are both endorsed Republicans). No thanks. We can do better.

If Obama had picked Hillary, there is no way McCain would have picked Palin. Doesn’t she know the Republicans are just using her? Pretty sad.
And if Obama had picked Hillary, McCain would be running nasty ads against her too. Bringing up all the scandals of the Clinton years, digging up knew scandals, you name it.
Remember it was Hillary who coined the term, “vast right-wing conspiracy”. This is why Obama couldn’t pick her. The Republicans are nastier this election because they know they have nothing to run on.

Good bye Obama, it was nice knowing you. Fade into the woodwork now. And please take Trapper with you.

len: I agree with you. Palin was an unknown to the public but Obama was a senator in congress and known. When John McCain picked her for his VP she took the public and republican’s by surprise and when she started campaigning with McCain she drew unbelieveable crowds. It stated the crowds got bigger and bigger. When she starts to campaign again his ratings will boost. I am hoping McCain wins CA, NY, NJ and OH. McCain is ahead right now. Even with Bill Clinton campaigning for him I am willing to bet she can outdraw Clinton.

A guy named Keith -
The election is two months away. Why are you assuming the polls will stay as they are?
With Palin getting mixed reviews (at best) for her first interview, McCain unable to answer the tough questions from the women of “The View” (of all people!), and McCain/Palin ads/ speeches being proven to contain flat-out lies, the momentum may just turn in the opposite direction.
Plus, Todd Palin may be subpoenaed in the Troopergate investigation. That could be interesting.
Sure, they might win, but don’t count your chickens before they hatch.

Anita, I am not counting chickens but Obama is like I said inside information.
The thing you guys forgot.

Northern Virginia is right across the bridge from DC. A lot of young professionals have moved there. It’s become very democratic. And in recent years they have elected dems such as Warner, Webb and Kaine. Years ago Va would have never elected any dem. I realize though that the Shenandoah area will remain republican. But it does seem to be moving closer and closer to a democratic state. It may not happen this election, although I’m not counting it out yet, but I bet a dem wins the state in 2012.

Michael Goodwin said on CNN that Obama may trade Biden in for Clinton. I thought that was interesting in light of Biden saying Clinton may have been a better choice. Anyway I hope women will vote for Nader/Gonzalez instead of Mccain.

I bet he does regret it. Poor biden can’t get coverage to dave his life. Even if McCain had still picked Palin after Obama picked Hillry, hillary would still be getting more coverage because they media would love girl vs girl action, they keep trying to prod Hillary into attacking Palin. Meanwhile Hillary keeps her promise and campaigns for Obama this past monday in florida, and this Sunday she should be in Ohio.

Can someone tell me what Sarah is going to reform? She sounds more like an opportunist than a reformer.
How is she going to do it when she can’t even face the media. Osama is laughing in his cave right now.

A guy named Keith -
I’m not sure exactly what you meant to say in your reply to me. What is this “inside information?” You know everyone in Ohio and Virginia and how they plan to vote?
I’ll bet you say you know this for a fact but can’t reveal the source.

I thought she was pretty clear that HRC was a whiner. Biden was the best pick to bring balance to the ticket. There will be a woman President in my lifetime, likely in the next 20 years. It may or may not be HRC, THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE!!! That is all that Palin brings to the ticket and it is not enough. Obama is the first non-white candidate I’ll vote for, Sharpton and Jackson were running as the black candidate, and that is why they could never win, Obama is running as a candidate who happens to e black. There is a difference. Both HRC and Palin both put their gender first, and that is not the way to win, that is not a qualification.

Of course I won’t say the source (Ha Ha)
I am for McCain.

Obama is pulling offices out of Georgia and North Carolina.

Anita,
If you are in Ohio, you’d know that Obama has done ZERO work in southern Ohio. Think AA’s and college students will put him over the top in Ohio? Nope.
Obama has lost Ohio.
In fact, he is closing offices and sending staff from Ohio, Georgia, and North Carolina to try and hold Pennsylvania.

Clinton supporter to Palin: “spare us the phony sentiment”

Alex Koppelman – Salon
As previously noted, in her interview with Charlie Gibson broadcast Friday night, Sarah Palin said of Barack Obama’s choice not to go with Hillary Clinton as his running mate, “I think he’s regretting not picking her now, I do. What, what determination, and grit, and even grace through some tough shots that were fired her way, she handled those well.”

That prompted a pretty devastating response from Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who was a prominent supporter of Clinton’s during the Democratic primaries. In a statement sent out by the Obama campaign, Wasserman Schultz said, “Sarah Palin should spare us the phony sentiment and respect. Governor Palin accused Senator Clinton of whining and John McCain laughed when a questioner referred to her by using a demeaning expletive.”

McCain, wether elected or not will regret picking a hot head, who talks before she thinks. She is not hillary. GOP wanted Hillary so they could chew her another a/h. Palin is a Puppet for the GOP. Most women are smarter then men (McCain). they will vote on the issues. To vote gender is as bad. as a African American, I have voted the whole spectrum. The best person gets my vote Dem or GOP, but not driven by a bias.
obama / Biden 08

The Obama team needs to stop with the “spare me” comments. They sound like bratty highschool children.

OBAMA is about OBAMA…and anyone who votes for him is just a “number” to him. It is funny how people complain about Palin being in the news so much and people going wild over her…..uh…January through August having the bias media shove OBAMA down our throats wasn`t enough for you?…just something else i noticed going on. And to think…they called Hillary a whiner?…..hmmmmm.

As you watch people lose their homes, their jobs and struggle to pay for health care.. remember, McSame voted with Bush 90% of the time.
OBAMA!!

Four more years….is that what you want? You want our country so far down in the pits that we’ll never get out???I wouldn’t care if the dogcatcher ran against McCain…at least it would be a change from the past 8 years. McCain might have been a maverick at one time, but lets face it, all his policies are right from the republican play book. And Sarah Palin pleases the right wing base, as did GWBush. Did the republicans do anything for the Christian right? They used you and they will be glad to use you again. And you drink the kool aid willingly for a pretty face from Alaska.
Lets do something for our country. Don’t give us four more years of the policies that have tortured us for the past eight.

After Part I of Charlie Gibson’s interview with the clueless Sarah Palin, does anyone really put any merit in anything this chickenhawk has to say? Perhaps chickenhawk is inappropriate, perhaps “Parrot-hawk” is more appropriate. You could almost hear the rote responses echoing in her head.

Someone posted something about Obama supporters bring Obama down…YES! And how they do it…well one way was the big riot going on outside the republican convention…..we didn`t see the mccain supporters carrying on like that on the news or anything…at the democrat convention….that was a disgrace and shameful! what great people Obama has as followers. NOT. PATHETIC!

If Obama picked Hillary, it’d just be a different kind of attack.
I’m glad McCain picked Palin – as long as he doesn’t win!
McCain is a different man – he’d rather win an election than be ethical.
How cynical and how disappointing.

Hillary Clinton did not want to be vetted unless she was going to be the VP nominee. She set the ultimatum.
Hillary and Bill have a lot of money out there. And do any of you think the republicans wouldn’t have made us all relive the Clinton years, a la Monica, all over again?!

Hillary does not want Obama to win. Thats why she refuses to discount Palin. Hillary will run in 2012, while Obama is back in Chicago doing his community service, in lieu of jail time for dealings with Rezko!

I am glad that Palin cannot fill Hillary Clintons shoes….apparently “party” means mre to Hillary than “Country” and Any of us”! And to think i voted for her in the Spring! Her campaigning for Obama…uh no….for the “Party”…is who she is campaigning for. And THAT is sending just that message, if you want to admit or not.

What position would Hillary be better in….cabinet? supreme court?

betty, Hillary doesn’t have a dog in this fight, so whatever she does will be limited.
I would say too that Hillary has much more class than Palin, so she won’t even mention the ‘whine’ comment.

The new kid on the block is toasting Obama. Who would have ever thought she would be able to out-Obama Obama. Funny stuff!
Looks like my prediction of a Clinton replay in four years is coming ever closer.
Ha ha, zombies.

She can’t even govern her own house. Now she wants to govern america.
ha

Of course Hillary can run again, but after this election cycle, do you really think she would win?
I know I wouldn’t vote for her. Not after she let her little hurt feelings hurt the entire country.

EFtheApostle: I am going to laugh when Obama takes his senate seat back after the election. And he will be crying on the way back that the election was fixed. He’s always crying about something. And big mouth Biden will be eaten up by Palin so bad he will have to hide.

Palin sounds much more direct and much more honest than our very own Obama.

when Palin started to campaign they waited in line to see her.
Because she is a novelty right now.

Palin’s qualifications:
Education – 6 schools in five years for a journalism degree. Wow, impressive.
Local sportcaster on TV, reading prepared lines. Nice. What depth of knowledge she has.
Never traveled outside the US, never wanted to either. Stopping over at airports doesn’t count.
Alaska is near Russia, therefore she has TONS of experience in foreign policy. Hey, I can see the moon from my window, but does that make me an astronaut?
She was mayor of a town that had no debt, then she left it $22 million in debt, and hired a federal lobbyist to get more pork $$$$. Such a reformer.
Sure sounds like she’s ready to be VP to me.

Would have people felt better if Palin said Obama should not have picked Hillary? Geez, Gibson asked her a question and she gave a quick answer, why all the drama from the Obama campaign? I’m afraid of how Obama would act as president. He certainly is not the man I thought he was.

I seem to recall Nancy Pelosi always popping up throughout the primary, “this dream ticket will never be”. Just when you thought Nancy had vanished she would pop back up attacking Hillary.
As the media (read: MSNBC) attacked and attacked Hillary and made every comment she made an hour long Countdown to why she needed to go, Howard Dean stayed quiet.
Well Nancy, get ready to give up your Speaker of the House seat. There is a new sheriff coming to town.
Bye bye Democrats!
HELLO MCCAIN AND PALIN!

What I want to know is how can Sarah Palin call herself a Christian and continue to tell lie after lie to the American people? She is setting a horrible example to her own children and mine. Good Christians do not knowingly lie and do not judge and mock others. I see Sarah Palin as a real hypocrite.

In a matter of a few short weeks, McCain has managed to:
–excite the GOP base
– get more viewers to tune into the GOP convention and his and Palin’s historic speech than tuned into the messiah’s boring forgettable speech at the DNC
– jump ahead in the polls and STAY ahead to today
– according to gallup, obtain a shift of 20 points of white women from Obama to mcCain
– According to RCP, come from a double digit deficit in favorability behind Obama, to now being ahead
– change the Intrade odds of favoring Obama by 30 points, to now McCain leading.
Genius, truly genius. Obama, meanwhile is imploding and sinking, pathetically desperate, and completely mismanaging his campaign. If he can’t successfully manage his campaign, and if he has no other executive or foreign policy experience what so ever, how on earth can he manage our country?
Obama….liar, fraud, no experience, not ready to lead. No more old Washington politics with Obama/Biden/Bush.
Change Washington, reform our government, fight for America.
fight with me, patriots.
McCain/Palin 2008

IN A POLL AMONG REGISTERED VOTERS ONLY 5% SAID THEY WOULD NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK.
5% IS NOT EVERYONE.
STOP RACE BAITING

Another reason Obama will not win:
OBAMABOTS
If you can stomach them, read through comments here and on other forums and you can see how well Obama’s own supporters don’t even buy into his whole Hopey Changey Travelling Circus.
The BOTS have nothing positive to say about Obama or his record nor can they point to anything he has accomplished or done to shoe he would fight his own party. The BOTS just post childish taunts and “liar” “liar” and personal attacks. You can see how well the message of “change” and a “new kind of politics” have worked on them. Same thing happened when Hillary was running.

Turns out that the “columns” were not the only thing fake a Obama’s speech from the temple of doom in Denver. The candidate was to!

Mccain is a joke. Watching the Sarah Palin interview. She is a complete dunce.

MargaretMICHIGAN: Yeah, the message of “change” and a “new kind of politics” did work well because McCain/Palin decided to use it themselves and that’s what they’re running on now.

A Guy Named Keith,
Believe me, the DNC has no points in my book either! And, I am glad to hear that you are charitable, as are many Americans of all financial means. However, you can not deny that there are wealthy Americans out there that don’t give a crap about anyone but themselves.
Imagine what kind of country we had if everyone actually cared and took committed action, not just lip service, to improving the lives of those less fortunate than themselves. Imagine a nation where community organizers were respected for the grass roots, in the trenches, work they do in communities where the social welfare safety net has failed hard-working but down on their luck Americans. Image a nation where people thought first of what is best for the nation as a whole than what is best for themselves and maybe the privileged few.
You are so right, this is not about race, and this is not about gender. This is about turning around a nation that has spiraled downhill for most over the past eight years of the Bush Administration. McCain/Palin is more of the same if not worse. Despite The DNC, how can you in good conscious vote for the GOP ticket if you care about your fellow citizens?

Betty: Yes who did let the dogs out. Are you talking about Obama? Well, while your speaking about dogs, let me go on record to say that Hyde Park was a neighborhood that was gone to the dogs until they cleaned it up. It was filthy, smelly and completely run down so bad a California based bank closed its doors. And if Obama did community organizing he didn’t go to the Englewood neighborhood. He didn’t even want to go into Philadelphia while champaigning in PA. He was afraid of the dogs in case they let them out.

Actually Betty, you’re right. There were no minorities at the republican convention. It was so obvious you couldn’t help but notice.

“The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn’t. But she is a typical white person…” — Barack Obama
This is a racist statement

I cannot WAIT until Obama loses, not because I have anything against him, but because I hate his nasty supporters so very, very much.
Well that’s having the country’s best interest at heart. I’m glad we all don’t base our vote on the canidate’s supporters.

That anit-mccain ad was terrible and most likely alienated some older voters. Obama’s campaign is run like kindergarten.

Betty do you realize that African Americans make up about 14% of the US population and most of them live in Southern States that are going red for McCain in November?

I am a Democrat voting McCain/Palin.
The DNC is corrupt and I don’t trust
a word Obama says. Our boy is an officer in the Marines in Iraq for the 3rd time. He also told us to vote McCain. He respects and is fine with Palin being Vice President. He just says NO OBAMA.

A Guy Named Keith,
So wouldn’t Obama already have to already be the leader to create this?
So wouldn’t Obama have had to have control and censorship authority over all the media to create this…remember the New Yorker cartoon?
So wouldn’t Obama have had to have the ability to silence all us vocal Clinton supporters, and all the vocal McCain supporters now to accomplish this…certainly there has been questioning of him and plenty of unflattery things said?
So, wouldn’t Obama have to have control over all these Blogs, FactCheck, etc. to pull this off?
This cult of personality you speak of clearly existed/exists for Fidel Castro, Adolf Hitler, General Than Shwe, and Kim Jong-il. But, I think you are stretching to apply this to Obama. You give him a lot more credit that I can muster. If you truly believe that he is capable of creating all this than he is much smarter and much more powerful than I think.
I give Senator Obama credit for being an articulate, educated, and knowledgeable politician, with a very experienced running mate, whose proposals, positions, and past legislative stances are much more in line with my own views than those of McCain/Palin. Was he my first choice – nope. Do I personally like Obama…not so much. However, do I believe Obama/Biden is a better choice for our nation than McCain/Palin …absolutely!
This is really what it means to be “Country First!”

But, I think you are stretching to apply this to Obama. You give him a lot more credit that I can muster. If you truly believe that he is capable of creating all this than he is much smarter and much more powerful than I think.
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I don’t agree with you. Many cults of personality have a narrowed perspective. Also they are not controlling anything it is populous driven. Lenin was actually very reluctant of this status. Obama has embraced it. I dismiss him as a sycophant who has taken advantage of the situation. However it is not working anymore due to a miscalculation on his part.

The democrats chose Obama and Obama in turn chose Biden. After branding the Clintons as racists, Obama crawled his way to Harlem to seek help from the ‘First Black President’. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and it may well be Hillary versus Sarah in 2012!

The Obamabots made their own decisions and yet expect Hillary supporters and Hillary and Bill to get them out of a jam later. The DNC did not nominate her, they alienated many of her supporters yet now they need us in order for them to get what they want.

As a former Hillary supporter, I can’t believe Obama didn’t pick her for VP. It was a huge mistake. No one would have worked harder or defended him more than Hillary if he’d have given her the opportunity to put that ‘grit’ to work for him. Instead, his ego got in the way and now he’s paying the political price.
I liked Palin on 20/20 tonight. She’s direct and straightforward. She did well.

But, A Guy Named Keith, voting McCain/Palin is like cutting off your head because you don’t like the taste of the medicine! If the medicine will have some positive efficacy, with a Democratic Congress, than isn’t it worth choking down?

Priscilla, You are so intelectual!!! Has it ever occurred to you that some people were not die hard supporters of Hillary. They were on the fence, and now faced with an empty suite like Obama, they chose to support an honest strong successful woman. You are right, it is not about race, it is about ideas, morals, and values. None of which Obama or many in the democratic party have.

I hate to do it, but it is so tempting and easy:
Many of Palin’s answers made about as much sense as putting lipstick on a pig.

Keith, do you sincerely believe that Palin will be a qualified leader if she is one of the 20% of VPs that needs to step into the presidency? This is not just McCain vs Obama…please look at the whole ticket.

The reason why Obama did not choose Clinton is because he does NOT believe in “equal opportunity and equal pay for Women”. He does NOT practice what he preaches.
Like it or not, this is my conclusion.

OBAMA’S EGO STOOD IN THE WAY OF PICKING HILLARY….so he screwed up his CHANGE mantra and picked old Joe 37 years in the Senate, politics as usual Biden. But Biden has said three things on tape, I agree with..Obama is not ready, Obama is clean and articulate for an African American..storybook, man, and Hillary should have been the VP pick. Gotta love Joe…McCain can make the best ads off this free thinker.
So Gov. Palin stated the obvious…why blame her for what Biden and thousands in her own party are thinking.
McCAIN DOESN’T HAVE THE EGO OF OBAMA…McCAIN PUTS COUNTRY FIRST AND NOT HIMSELF!!!!!

Keith, I respect that we can agree to disagree at this point. I’m sad you feel the way you do. My guess is we are more alike than we are different.
My first opportunity to vote was for Clinton/Gore in 1990. I attended a rally with Gore in Jacksonville and had my car keyed when I parked my car with it’s sticker back at the apartment. I worked diligently for Kerry, making phone calls while on bed rest in 2004 from South Florida. I was so distraught when he lost. The thought of 4 more years of detrimental Republican administration is unbearable. I hope you have a change of heart.

FOR A MAN WHO PRETENDS TO HATE “SMALL POLITICS” OBAMA IS DOWN AND DIRTY DIGGING IN THE MUD AND SLINGING MUD.
HE THINKS HE OWNS EVERYBODY IN THE DEMO PARTY INCLUDING THE CLINTONS…
LIVE WITH YOUR EGOTISTICAL ERROR ,OBAMA.
THIS WAS A SPONTANEOUS ANSWER TO GIBSON, AND WE ALL FEEL THE SAME WAY..
WHY IS IT HEADLINE?
IF OBAMA HAD PICKED CLINTON, MCCAIN WOULD NEVER HAVE PICKED PALIN AND NOBODY WOULD HAVE THE KIND OF IMPACT THAT PALIN HAS…
NO COMBINATION WOULD HAVE RIVALED OBAMA AND CLINTON.
OBAMA IS CONFUSED AND BEMUSED..

As I recall, Bridget McCain was at the Republican Convention.
No one at this level controls what the media decides to air on the highlights in snippets.
Get over it…
But remember…
Anybody But Obama

What I mean by not making sense is that Palin stood rather firmly on the hard line on foreign policy, but she waffled on the social issues: stating her beliefs but separating them from what would happen in a McCain/Paln administration; suggesting respect for H. Clinton in a weak ‘reaching out’ moment; and softening the hard line against ‘earmarks’ by defending her own use of them–when Gibson asked her, her justification was basically a definition of earmarks and then trying to say something on the order of some are legitimate and some are not.
Why shouldn’t a conservative question whether these might actually sound like “more of the same”? I am suspicious that McCain campaing has asked her to compromise certain principles to get into office. Then it seems from what she says she would be willing to go along with some policy decisions that disavow the people who got the ticket there.
Palin’s answers already show her to be willing to compromise her personal beliefs for political gain. She just seems like a different person in the church settings they have shown.

If commenting about the Governor of Alaska as a woman using a negative term, even if by mistake (lipstick, etc) then why is it acceptable for her to refer to the old boy’s club in Washington? Is there not a double standard here? She would be outraged if the Democrats referred to her as an old girl.

Jake, in truth, he probably planned to pick Palin since he placed her on the list in MARCH!!

The old boys club refers to both parties. It is a general comment. The lipstick comment was coordinated. 3 comments in 1 day by 3 different individuals. It doesn’t really matter, it just helps Palin. Keep talking about it. I only wish Palin was at the top of the ticket.

Biden has been terrible since 88. He is an out and out plagiarist. Neil McKinnock has a better life story than Biden but that’s neither here nor there. The strongest DEM candidate was Richardson but the party is too beholden to other, larger splinter groups to nominate a Hispanic.

scott
you are right they made no effort to hide what they were doing Obama is going to lose!

Hopesprings52
you know thats not right Obama would be ahead by 10 pts in every state if he had Hillary on the ticket and there is nothign yhou can do to counter Palin.. your coordinated attempts this week have been well… silly season!

The David Axelrod connection to sleazy Chicago politics is almost as deep as Obama’s.
More needs to be aired about the Axelrod connection to Duval Patrick and the Daley political machine.
Anybody But Obama…

And, I have to agree with those posting about the sleazy attempts of Charles Gibson to play “gotcha” with Sarah Palin.
The good thing is that she proved she is smarter than the best that the media can offer.
And, that is just another good qualification for a Vice President.
Anybody But Obama…

Charlie Gibson is a total pud…Gov. Palin is doing great and if she can put up with this wind bag Gibson, she’ll do great with any reporter looking to play “gotcha”. She will even go toe to toe with Biden. This is our next Vice President. Obama who?

Biden cheated on law exams and had to retake. Palin is doing great representing US…AMERICANS. So GLAD she is NOT a Washington insider! Lord she is holding her own with that crypt keeper Gibson. He is one of those closet types who gets chills up his leg for B. Hussein.

Democrates are such haters.
I have always voted for Democrates before, but the posts here show me that they are truly a bunch of haters. The Republicans, on the other hand, seem to be more of ladies and gentlemen.

scott
yea there are some strange alliances here…there still isnt something quite right about Obama even after their choreographed convention with the Clintons… I wonder how much Axelrod paid them? Thats not being cynical thats the truth after it was proven that Democratic delegates to Clinton were paid to go over to Obama!

McCain would rather lose his integrity than lose the election.
McCain’s support is extremely weak. His supporters can’t even formulate why they support him, the only thing they can talk about is Obama.
And it will more and more clear that SP has huge negatives and that McCain is running a very deceitfull campaign. That will erode his support even further.

Biden authored the Violence Against Women Act – possibly the most important piece of legislation for women in the last 20 years.
If you’re trying to turn women off him, I’m afraid you have some serious problems since after the Violence Against Women Act passed, there was a full 60% drop in domestic violence.

Obama can only win with the ignorant youth vote. The black voting block is only 14% and I’m betting there will be voter fraud in many counties. I am counting on the young voters to be that same unreliable group they have been for years.
McCAIN/PALIN ALL THE WAY, THE GROWN UP CHOICE.

staniam: Obama blablabla this, blablablba that. Obama’s supposed negatives’ have been discussed ad nauseam for virtually every day of this year and last year. They didn’t hurt him.
SP’s negatives are beginning to leak out every day for the rest of the campaign: Rape VICTIMS to pay for the investigation themselves in Wasilla when she was mayor!!!!?
Wow, what a ‘reformer’.
But it’s clear. You can’t even formulate why you will vote for McCain.

skyglider2008: Exactly.
When people learn that the same people who lied us into war with Iraq are now lying to us to get McCain into the White House, they will run as fast as they can from him.

Sooooooo, everyone in this forum is in the upper 1% of this nation income ???
If not…..Rep Government gives a wit for you !!!
Middle class people are voting for the Party that will NEVER vote ( give’s a wit ) for you ? !!!
And then you claim how the Government doesn’t play for you ???????
Please …..if you are in the upper 1% income rate, feel invigorated about voting for McBush !!!
Otherwise…….please think !!!!!!!

Polderboy
the war issue is OVER! Obama said himself that the surge worked better than he could ever have hoped… Obama is finished

Another BushCo feature is also visible in Palin’s ‘administration’: cronyism. She was doing a ‘heck of job’ as reformer.
One of the most qualified people she could find to be on Alaska’s Board of Game (a 7-member body that meets throughout the year for purposes of “conservation and development of game resources.”) was her retired middle-school basketball basketball coach …
She probably thought: well, Basketball is a game as well, so why not.

“He cant even master tasks that my 4 y/o niece does in a daily basis..”
As someone else said, do you think that you, your niece or Barry could land a jet on a moving aircraft carrier in the middle of the night?

“Palin hasn’t any, only Republican Spin.”
She is running a state. What has Barry run, besides his mouth?

“Mack, a moose could have won the Alaska race for governor. People hated the incumbent Governor.”
I guess that they’re just a bunch of morons up there huh? Over 80% approval rating, highest in the country.

Mack: “Over 80% approval rating”
Nobody is going to disappove of her for giving them thousands of dollars in handouts that the rest of the country has to pay for.

People keep citing Palin’s approval rating in her home state as it that is some sort of evidence for something larger.
To what extent can Alaska be taken as a microcosm of the country?

Could Staniam direct us to the sources s/he would cite to explain the claims he makes about “gravitas” and “backstory”?

On McCain… According to a Boston Globe article written in 2000, (link availble on Drudge)
McCains war injuries prevent him from ..combing his hair,,WORKING ON A KEYBOARD…even tieing his own shoes…
Nice “attack” ad by Obama huh.

Gibson gaffs
“Bush Doctrine”–There are four different Bush Doctrines,,(Charles Krathhammer, Washington Post)
PS..Gibson refered to Sept,2002 which was the month Bush spoke to the UN about Iraq non compliance of UN resolutions). Bush did NOT tell the UN that we would act “pre-emptively”

staniam, i have read the posts, and agree, the only way obama will win is if the clintons are behind him.
i wish bill clinton was still in office. i wish hillary was taking over the frickin bush mess…
but once again, i must bow out gracefully and wish everyone well….
please, if there are any of you left in the path of ike, please, please, go now….god have mercy….

Your wrong its not 85% its 95% of Americans get a tax beak under Obama!
But it doesnt mater McCain and Palin have Fox News on side…
Fox News reports Obama will raise taxes 100′s of times a day!
While its true 95% of every day Americans will get a tax break under Obama… Fox News can legaly say that he will raise taxes they just dont mention that its only on the top 1%..
Result more Americans get there News from Fox News…
GOP wins..
Q. Who started the Obama/muslim rumour ?
A. Fox News !
GOP Wins..
Q. Who started the rumour Bush beat Gore ?
A. Fox News
GOP wins

Sarah Palin You are NO Hillary Clinton.
Do not even try to elevate yourself to her level. You are by far inferior. You insult every woman in America with your absolutely silly comparison.

Palin has no right to accuse Hillary Clinton. She istying to deminish Hillary. Hillary is 100% better than her and more qualified than her.

Hillary is the past Palin will be the first woman VP and then the first woman President! It will be all thanks to Clintons supporters that she will never be President! They are stpid and think they are helping Hillary by voting against Obama! HAHAHA
GOP Wins again!

palin says this and palin says that —-the candidate from dogpatch is no authority on anything but the bridge to nowhere—and may be impeached as governer—–realy who cares what she has to say. just some more repub stratagy to get hillary voters—mccain referred to hillary as the bitxx.
she has trouble remembering her lines as she cannot answer many questions–and charlie gets slammed for asking.

mikewill
obama did not skip over hillary–it is the willy factor that caused the problem.
he still has too much influence over her –and the scandal with willy will follow him till the end—-however mccain has managed to hide the neg part of his past–and just says he was a pow.

Hey GOP 08,
I would rather see John McCain and Sarah Palin be in office for the next 12 years then see Obama in Office for 4.
Obama has used “change” to promote his carrier. He is a phony. He has never made any real changes. McCain and Palin have used their carriers to create real change.
I hope we have a black president some day soon, but just not Obama. I do expect to see Clinton as president some day. But for now my support is fully behind Palin/McCain.

Unfortunately, most people look at the ABC interview and focus on HOW Palin said things rather than WHAT she actually said.
She didn’t hit a home run, so now they’re blaming Gibson for condescending – yet Palin has proved herself to be very adept at condescendion during her acceptance speech. If she can dish it out, why can’t she take it?
And I thought if she’d said his name one more time I was going to lose it and send a shoe flying through the screen of my brand new television.
This isn’t American Idol or a beauty contest. Please focus on WHAT she said. If you do, you should be scared. She sounds enormously like President Bush. Ready to head into another war. An arrogance saying that her way is the right way and that she won’t listen to others. Her record in AK also shows a vindictive streak against people who did not support her.
This is NOT change.
Should Obama have chosen Hillary? I’ll admit it might have made it easier for him to get elected – though there are arguments she would have hurt him in some states. But once in office, dual vice presidents Bill and Hillary looking over his shoulder all the time would’ve made it VERY difficult for him to govern.

Way to go Joe Biden! With a runningmate like that, no wonder Barack’s numbers are plunging. He should have just attacked Gov. Palin instead of claiming how other people are more qualified than himself. Instead, all he does is talk about how much he LIKES other people. Well, gee whiz Wally! What don’t you like?
In other words, Dems are jelous because Barack picked cement shoes for a running mate while John McCain picked actual running shoes for a running mate!

pp,
“lies!
bho has had many. his ads are also very low…saying mccain is too old to e-mail….perhaps they should investigate to see that mccain cannot type due to injuries he received in viet nam….”
The real lie is that McCain can’t type because of his hands. Did you watch his hands and finger movements during his appearance on the View? Stop listening to that hate-mongering preached on WMAL radio and you’ll get your facts straight, sheeple.
Obama’s ad merely points out that McCain has no experience in anything modern — we’re in the tech age, man!
Obama/Biden 08!
Posted by: pp

Spare us the phoney sentiment and respect? Geez, is this a new type of politics?

Kathleen,
I was a Hillary Clinton supporter. I have been a democrat all my life but I have to tell you I really am impressed with Palin. I had already decided to vote for McCain because I think Obama is a corrupt politician who uses other people’s words and his preacher like speeches to reel in people who can’t see through him. Plus he has had time to make changes to Washington and he has done nothing. Look at his votes while in the senate. He voted “present” over 130 times. That is not change, that is playing safely.
I was not super excited to vote for McCain but I liked his style. Then he chose Palin. She has the experience, grit and best of all she has made real changes to the government. I don’t agree with her on all the issues but she is not close minded and neither am I.
I am truly excited for the Palin/McCain ticket! I’m hoping for Clinton or another great Democrat in 2012.

WOW A GUY MCCAIN CANNOT USE A COMPUTER–DONT 3RD GRADERS DO THAT—-maybe being a —d—student as mccain was is just that dumb—–lets see now a —d—student and the queen of pork —and you want them to run our country –never never—8 years have been more than enough.MUCH MORE THAN ENOUGH

You know what everyone messied it but I think there is a high level meeting today with Hillary, Joe Biden and Obama. I think and predict Obama will accept Bidens suggestion to step aside and put Hillary back as Vice Pres. Sure Obama would catch some grief but it would be sensational news and Put Palin in her place. It would wipe that arrogant stupid smile off her face knowning she was going to debate Hillary. Ha Ha Keep saying he should have picked Hillary, He will.

Hey GOP 08,
I don’t think anyone here thinks you are really voting Palin/McCain. But if you are and you are really such a moron, then that’s okay because the Obama followers have you way out numbered. We can use a few moron’s voting for Palin/McCain to keep the rest of us humble.
-Democrat for Palin/McCain

Jack
We Republicans vote on the Issues you ‘Clinton Democrats’ vote on what ??
Obama beat Hillary poor me so Ill vote for McCain.
thanks for your support but you really are stupid!
We dont want healthcare handouts and tax breaks for people that are to lazy or too stupid to work harder and get them selves ahead. You guys want the Government to do everything for you!
You guys are Pro-death and we are Pro Life we’d never vote for a Pro life person you guys dont care and will vote for McCain.
Simply you guys are stupid but thank you becuase of you evry four years we win!
Dont feel bad there are Millions like you!
GOP GOP GOP

pal
if obama were really angry he’d be hitting back harder at the McCain/Palin ads that have been proven to be full of flat-out lies.

Unqualified, lying, war mongering, scandal-ridden, book burning religious extremist. Just the woman to replace Hillary. They must think the voters are idiots and their poll numbers will zoom up by picking her. Oh wait, their poll numbers are zooming up. I guess they were right about the stupidity of the American electorate.

GOP 08
Older people aren’t really Obama’s base anyway, so what he has got to lose by pointing out to the rest of the country how out of touch McCain is?
And hyper-sensitivity will have reached an over-the-top level if any senior is actually offended by that ad.

Obama: 130 times voting ´present´
If this is really change, then I must be George Clooney. Mr. America community organizer is good for late shows but not for the White House.
Posted by: Stephen from Indiana | Sep 13, 2008 8:38:29 AM
That’s better than lying every time you open your mouth like McCain, but then again you have believed GWB’s lies for 8 years.

Posted by: Kathleen | Sep 13, 2008 8:43:35 AM
So much for the intelligence of the American voter. Actually it is quite scary that people are that stupid.

If I had McCain at the top of the ticket I’d be talking about something else, too.
McCain seems to think this ship is sailing in the right direction, and pretends that all that is needed is to “switch hats” with Bush to make a change.
Meanwhile, real working people are sinking into the mud. Obama has a plan to help working people pull themselves out of the mud. It’s time this country exported something besides jobs.
McCain says he’s the real agent of change. Can you name me one thing he’s done to seriously get us on a system of renewable clean energy? Car emissions standards, alternative fuels, incentives for renewable resources, penalties for poor-performing polluters?He can pretend all he wants, but his plan keeps us on the same course we’re on right now.
But Obama sees the whole board, and he’s actively pursuing the better plan: short-term improvements in fuel efficiency, long-term reliance on renewable, clean, stable, domestic sources of energy. Spend our dollars to drill and burn each barrel of oil one time. Build renewable energy plants and reap the rewards for the next hundred years. American workers will thrive under Obama’s plan. With McCain we’ll be here again in 4 or 8 years, only a little worse off than we are right now.
And when working-class Americans do well, the rich do well too, so spare me the “redistribution of wealth” crap.
Foreign policy, McCain’s supposed area of expertise- McCain is thinking one move ahead, while Obama sees the whole board. McCain has us bogged down in Bush’s Doctrine of preemptive war. But using our military alone to solve our problems is like using a sword to cultivate a field. Obama sees the whole board. Short term: Kill Bin Laden, finish the job in Afghanistan. Long term: Get Americans back out there in foreign countries. Foreign service, Peace Corps, teaching exhanges. Teach the values of our constitution in tiny schools in areas where now the only thing being taught is hatred of America. Make moves that will give us more leverage in the world instead of less. We are weaker internationally than we’ve been in 50 years. We can’t put real pressure on other countries when we owe them hundreds of billions of dollars and rely on them for energy to keep our economy moving.

McCain picked who he was told to pick.
McCain is also running his campaign as he is told to run it, nasty, sleazy, full of lies and distortions. Not the straight talk express he has promised. McCain is also hiding behind Palin. Is this the Maverick of 2000?
Is McCain still in charge? Who is running for President; McCain or group of lobbyist?

“McCain picked who he was told to pick.”
You people crack me up.
It was a brilliant pick. You have underestimated everything. You have misjudged everything.
Please continue! :-)

Amy T,
“Why are the Republicans so willing to embrace Sandra Pallin, without scrutiny, when every time she speaks she tells another whopper?”
Because “Obama can’t be trusted”. Hmm. Makes me wonder why for Republicans, only black politicians need vetting. So hypocritical, so hypocritical.
Obama 08!

Obama didn’t have the backbone to pick Hillary. She was more popular, more qualified, and tougher.
He didn’t want a strong woman stealing his spotlight.
But another women came along and took it anyway.

You GOP people sucking up to Hillary make me sick!
Palin may be a little silly but at least she knows how to keep a man.
Hillary was done once she lied about Sniper fire! If she was Republican we’d have laughed at it. The Dems want honesty we just care about wether we win or not!
Palin will be the first female VP and President!
Hillary will never be President once the Dems lose this election half will blame her and half will blame Obama they will both be finished!
We always win! GOP

John McCain once was a war hero. As an Ohio supporter of Hillary Clinton, I seriously considered voting for him, and I was really pleased at first that he picked a woman as his VP.
That was then. Now, every day, I become more and more enraged at Mr. McCain. Sarah Palin only has contempt for every cause that Hillary Clinton has fought for. Ms. Palin is an abject faiilure as a parent, she kisses up but kicks down, and she is grotesquely vindictive as a politician. Her performance with Charlie Gibson was not only utterly inadequate, it was absolutely nauseating. She is incompetent. Now Mr. John McCain stands there and he thinks I am so stupid I won’t notice that camel he is trying to sell me is dead. A long time ago Mr McCain was a war hero, but all he is now is a cheap, mischievous, manipulative little swindler. I will give Mr. Obama my vote, albeit reluctantly. I will give Mr McCain and Ms. Palin my middle finger.

I agree, The Clintons HAVE to be loving all this Palin stuff. Serves he DNC right. Clintons know also that Obama campaign is screwing up for for going after Palin with such viciousness. Most Americans are fair minded, and will rally around someone who is being unfairly trashed. Obama probably would have won with Clinton. Now she is no doubt looking forward to 08!

Palin was much better on 20/20 last night. More comfortable and less scripted.
It was refreshing to here direct answers even if the answer was unpopular (ie Roe v Wade).
Obama would ramble on and stutter give the popular answer then change it the next day.
He had tried for 4 years to hide his No vote on protecting infants who survive abortion.
Here’s a newsflash Obama: everyone knows the truth.

I thought Palin was clearly not an aggressive conservative. She seems to know what she believes while tolerating other points of view. I think she is a moderate.

Yes Jack…
And don’t you think those small-town people that cling to their guns and religion love that Obama is being compared to Jesus because he was a community organizer.
About as much as they love his looney Hollywood friends and that Berlin speech.

sally – Wasn’t the 20/20 last night just a compilation of the Gibson interviews already shown on Thursday and Friday? What was different? Cause the Gibson interviews seemed to show her parroting memorized responses.
cindy in nc: Yes, it was a close race. But I think Obama made what was a logical decision, not an emotional one. It had nothing to do with a strong woman stealing his spotlight. He wouldn’t have married Michelle if he was afraid of a strong woman.
The fact is Hillary would have brought a lot of baggage and the trademark Clinton drama to the campaign. The GOP has enough fodder to provide this campaign with stupid, divisive distractions, and she would’ve provided a whole lot more material.

Obama’s new ferocius attack ads:
McCain can’t send an email.
BO still fighting like a spoiled 4th grader.

I think a lot of women out there want to support a woman who is about to break the glass ceiling, any woman. The fact is there are a lot of Hillary supporters that supported Hillary because she is a woman. Those women will most likely support Palin. I see nothing wrong with that.
A also do no think Palin is patronizing Clinton. That’s just the Obama campaign’s way of trying to deflect the positivity of Palin’s statements.
I don’t like Hillary at all but I think she would have been a better candidate than Obama. Obama’s aura is dissolving and in the end he will get swamped by a lackluster John McCain.

rafraf,
Palin is not a moderate. She is republican through and through. Shes pro gun, pro life, Anti healthcare hand outs to poor folk who should just get better jobs! She’s anti tax breaks for the poor America and pro tax breaks for us folks that give people all the jobs!
A moderate Palin is not a true Republican she is!
GOP!

The primary reason Obama couldn’t choose Clinton was not that he was afraid of having a strong woman around. It was that he could not trust having her loose cannon husband around. It’s a pity Hillary didn’t dispatch Bill with all due haste when he treated her so disrespectfully during the 90′s. I don’t follow her logic, but it was her decision to make. It’s unfortunate that the repercussions keep on coming, though.

100 and HOW MANY days in Senate when Obama decides to run for president? NO, NO, NO, ZERO, NADA, NONE, ZILTCH – EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE!! A LITTLE THIN ON RESUME’?

McCain is really the best choice for our country. Any fool would see that.

cindi in nc
I have had similar professional experience with the women you are talking about and I share your opinion and OBAMA’S PROBABLE ATTITUDE WITH SAME!!
McCain/Palin 08

Obama campaign is so negative, but he complains that others are negative against him and therefore America. His ads are mocking McCain for not able to type emails. But both of McCain’s hands are broken and one leg during his service in the Vietnam war.

Gibson did the measly job he was intended to do by the RNC, lets forget she had a telepromter behind Gibson her handlers were givign her the answers to say, you could see it in the reflerction on her glasses.

As steep as the path Palin faces, I am cringing at the
queations Obama will be asked during the debates
“Senator, you’ve criticized Sarah Paylin for her change of position on the Bridge to nowhere but the record shows you yourself voted for it and when there was an amendment put forth to send money for the bridge to New Orleans, you voted against sending that aid to help Katrina victims. Why?”
“Senator, you stated on the night of your nomination women were not being paid at the same rate that men are that they should be, dollar for dollar. But your own female campaign workers are only earning .88 for every dollar a man makes. Why?
It goes on and on and on.
Democrats would be well advised to tend their own
garden.
You don’t have to be politically savvy to think which
question would be more troublesome to independents:
“Why did Palin backtrack on that bridge?”
or,
“Why did Obama and Biden vote against sending $250,000,000 in financial aid to New Orleans after Katrina?”

“Senator, you’ve criticized Sarah Paylin for her change of position on the Bridge to nowhere but the record shows you yourself voted for it and when there was an amendment put forth to send money for the bridge to New Orleans, you voted against sending that aid to help Katrina victims. Why?”
**************************************
Because I and 81 Senators felt that the bill was wrong. The question to ask was why didn’t John McCain vote on it?

Hillary is the past Palin will be the first woman VP and then the first woman President! It will be all thanks to Clintons supporters that she will never be President! They are stpid and think they are helping Hillary by voting against Obama! HAHAHA
GOP Wins again!

Sen Obama and his campaign are as deceitful and manipulative as their accusations against John McCain and the republican party. They set a benchmark during the primary season, when in an effort to demean the Clintons, he raised issues of tax returns, the 109M of earnings from professional fees and book royalties (what are the federal agencies meant for, if these had been any issues at all). Since nonce of the federal agencies never made any issue there, it shows the Clintons did not do anything wrong, but such issues were cleverly raised by the Obama campaign to sow seeds of doubts about the Clintons. Issues that are non-existent, fabricated, like they did horrible things in the past, were spread through messages, aided by the liberal bloggers and journalists in the media. Didn;t he say that the citizens fell through during the Clinton years, when facts suggest otherwise? They think tey are too smart that they can manipulate their way through all kinds of fabrocations, that they have mastered the art and execute it better than the republicans, but the republicans pale in comparison to what they did during the primary season. The way the Obama campaign divided the party for their pwn gains and smeared the Clintons’ reputations, especially the way they demeaned Sen Hillary Clinton, bears some similarity to the way smears were directed at John McCain in 2000 during his primary run against the current President. Also, one must remember the way they egged a section of media and so-called fashionable liberals to carry their campaign and the way they changed all their stands on criitical issues after winning the nomination. This has close similarity with the way Iraq war was propagated by a section of the media and how President Bush went back on his commitment of bipartisanship and working together with other nations, after winning the general election. That way, Sen Obama and his campaign bears more similarity to the functioning of President Bush than does John McCain.

John C,
Those are two good questions to ask. Who will be doing the asking and will they have the good sense to ask them.

Jimbo
It is a stupid ad but john mccain said himself he cant use the internet and he is going to get his staff to teach him..
Please stop using his POW thing as a defence for everything!
Im voting for the republican ticket but mccain has milked the POW way to much!
No more POW Defence please!
GOP wins!

By the way, isn’t moose-hunting an oxymoron? Don’t the moose just stand there? Maybe it’s kind of like running against Obama – so far he’s just standing there, kind of babbling every once in awhile.

Palin is a straight forward lady. She dares not to speak from her heart. I like her!
Palin for VP 08!

Schmit and Rove campaign ads scare everyone because they are branding the Media as “Piranhas!”, Democrats are “Wolves” and talented Artists are just lite “Celebrities” without talent and their voice doesn’t count. Schmidt and Rove have branded Palin as their Barracuda and Pit Bull. Now Schmit and Rove are attempting to play the victim when ever the Democrat’s response or the mainstream media starts asking the questions that are on the minds of the voters.
This will be the election that will be studied by historians. How did they do it? They took out everyone with negative ads and then created their own celebrity who is running on a open playing field now. Barracuda and Pit Bull running down field carrying the football. Can a goldfish stop them. I’m checking out a video – Trained Goldfish Performs Amazing Tricks!!. Can all talking dogs stop them? I look at the video -Talking Dogs. This election may decided by a gold fish and all talking dogs taking on Schmidt and Rove’s Barracuda and Pit Bull. I have faith in the gold fish who says “No worries Team. Everything is going to be all right!” Our Goldfish runs onto the playing field to take on Schmidt and Rove’s Barracuda. A determined mutt joins our gold fish to take on Schmidt and Rove’s Pit Bull.

Oh forget it John Palin is a newcomer.
The republicans should have run a Candidate like McCain. John Palin? Who is he?

Can anyone quote the exact Katrina bill that Obama voted against? There are often lots of other things contained in a bill that keep Senators from voting from them.
Just like McCain didn’t vote for Webb’s GI bill because he thought it would keep people from staying enlisted long-term.

LeeLee07
John McCain said it himself he cant use the internet and he is going to get his staff to teach him!
McCain’s leg and arms were broke when he ejected from the plane not torture!
You make us look as stupid as the Hillary democrats with you lack of knowlage!
Please read the interviews with mccain when he got back to america not his book that was wrote by Carl Rove!
Im really getting sick of this POW milking!
Im voting GOP because they dont give hand out not because I believe stupid lies!
GOP 08

Did anyone notice that among these posts all of a sudden we have two or three very long posts that are anti Rep? Seems to be a pattern here, but maybe I am getting irrational, MAYBE LIKE BO?

Palin clearly doesn’t understand the gravity of foreign policy.
NO, I repeat, NO American president or vice-president, or politician for that matter, in their RIGHT mind would AGREE to go into a NUCLEAR war with Russia. And here Palin threw it out so casually, and it’s not as though she’d added, “Of course, we will try to resolve this diplomatically”.
Do you really want this woman to be your potential Commander-in-Chief? Obama may not be as experienced as McCain, but he clearly is informed about foreign policy. And he is not someone who would so casually talk about going back into the Cold War era so lightly without even thinking of the collateral damage. Heck, even MCCAIN would NOT be crazy enough to say that.

John McCain played a masterstroke by choosing Palin as a running mate. If some people are accusing him of using a woman to rope in women voters, then Obama is also guilty of using women to counter Sen Clinton first (remember the comments of Sen Claire Mccaskill and Gov Sebelius on behalf of the Obama campaign against Sen Clinton) and how Caroline Kennedy was employed by the Obama campign to use the reputation of the Kennedy clan as a hedge against Sen Clinton’s place for the VP slot. Now Obama campaign wants Sen Clinton to be the attack dog for his campaign against Gov Palin.

Common Sense.
Re. student aid/student loan. I was responding to another blogger’s implication that they were the same. Chill-out.

Posted by: Reality Check | Sep 13, 2008 10:40:46 AM
LOL…boy you nailed that one.

Obama is an egomaniac techno elitist..Just keep insulting Americans just because we are not all carrying Blackberries.
Posted by: AC | Sep 13, 2008 10:41:24 AM
I guess Karl Rove didn’t update his playbook on that yet. Get up to speed that is old new and not true.

Eat your heart out Obama – you picked Biden; you picked defeat! Your fault!

Sen Clinton to be the attack dog for his campaign against Gov Palin.
Posted by: Paula | Sep 13, 2008 10:38:50 AM
More lies. The gift from the Republicans that keeps on giving. He has NOT asked her to attack Palin.

People.. you can put all the logic you want.. but remember, this race is just a popularity contest. You just vote on likes.
Decisions have been made, ‘fair and square’. Like someone first– then make all the reasonings afterwords about their qualifications to justify your likings.
Go with your feelings.. go with the crowd. aka just like high-school. aka – Just like the Bush Administration.

Reality Check,
LOL! So true. Welcome to the reality blog.
Obama/Biden 08!

Posted by: GOP 4 EVER | Sep 13, 2008 10:52:21 AM
ROTFLMAO. Got that down to a T!!

Would that be cities in the US or around the world?
There of course many tenets to this. I would think that in a country like the US, a blanket ban on guns won’t work because of the Constitution and people being used to mindset of having the right to carry and bear arms. What I WOULD be for would be some form a gun control to ensure it’s not so easy for criminals and thugs to get hold of guns, especially in the city where people don’t exactly have the reason of “hunting” (unless they hunt people) for having guns- other than for personal protection.

Dems got caught with their pants down again. Even Graig Ferguson, a new American, knew of Palin. He did an interview with her back when Palin was first mentioned months ago. She made him an honorary Alaskan or something. Maybe key to a city. Whatever it was, I was tickled when Mccain picked. I felt a tingle run up my leg.

Obama’s new computer skill Ad is indeed an insult to many disalbed people. It is also an insult to many many senior citizens.
Obama has serious logical problem by making computer skill a qualification for presidency. Well, he just can’t find anything else to attack McCain. Obama is desperate…

obama supporters who make fun of Palin–only emphasizes more comparisions to obama himself….
just for a second TRY TO IMAGINE OBAMA ANSWERING ANY OF THE QUESTIONS GIBSON ASKED HER………
forget the stammering obama will cough up—just imagine what kind of answers he’ll say??
obama does not have the judgement to be a leader. he can not answer questions. look how he voted “present” during his STATE senate years…he can’t make up his mind on anything.
at least we are getting to know who Palin is….most folks still DON’t know really where obama stands on anything

John McCain as President of the United States will have an assistant, as would Barack Obama, to use any computer technology needed in a flash upon instruction. Have you ever seen Barack Obama in all his campaign life texting a message? I have not.

AC, just wondering, other then you disliking Obama’s tactics, why is it that you support McCain?
Which of his policies do you agree with?

Poor Barry he was just trying to be one of the guys when he called Palin a “moose shooter”.
I bet all the “hunters” out there got a good chuckle.

John McCain stand in the way of searching for MIA’s:
The United States had long sought to pressure Vietnam to provide complete information on POWs and MIAs as a condition for normalizing diplomatic relations.
In October 1990 John McCain said on the floor of the Senate: “Mr. President, I am anxious to construct a new relationship with our old adversary (Vietnam)”. He, who was in a Vietnamese prison camps for five and a half years, was pushing hard for normalized relations with Hanoi long before anyone else was.

McCain will have a bipartisan cabinet. Obama certainly would not. He will pork barrel all the country’s money to people who are unwilling, not unable, unwilling to do anything for anyone else except themselves. This country’s culture of supporting do-nothing, free loaders must stop or the country will eventually by owned by another one. Don’t you get it?!!!

McCain will have a bipartisan cabinet. Obama certainly would not. He will pork barrel all the country’s money to people who are unwilling, not unable, unwilling to do anything for anyone else except themselves. This country’s culture of supporting do-nothing, free loaders must stop or the country will eventually by owned by another one. Don’t you get it?!!!
Posted by: AC | Sep 13, 2008 11:21:56 AM
Too funny. Sarah Palin the Queen of Pork and you expect these two to straighten this country out. The Republicans have ripped off the middle class for far too long. NOT THIS TIME!

I might have believed the John McCain of 2000 would have a bipartisan cabinet. I don’t recognise this McCain who has stooped to low smear tactics against Obama- such as claiming Obama wants to teach full-out sex ed to kindergarteners, when he is supporting AGE-APPROPRIATE sex ed- enough for kid’s to know if they’re being molested.
How is Obama pork-barrelling money to people who won’t do anything for themselves?I had the impression that he was giving tax cuts to help people who have lost jobs or losing their homes because of the economy being crashed by Bush. He’s also aimed at ensuring children get a good education with govt funding-in exchange for some sort of community service.
The reason our economy is in bad shape is because of Iraq, not free-loaders in any case. When you spend more than a billion dollars in Iraq instead of on the economy, that’s what happens. And, the US is going to get owned by China already- they are the ones paying for the Iraq war for us while Bush goes around trumpeting having a “cheap” war, and not mentioning about the enormous bill adding up that future generations will have to pay.

McCain will support education and provide Americans with the skills to get a job plus he will support small business so this country can create jobs that will not go overseas. Obama thinks that he can create government jobs and programs to reward the do nothing, country second, free loader crowd.

Pacific Moderate: EXCUSE ME, PACIFIC MODERATE….BUT OBAMA IS NO JOHN F KENNEDY, AND THE SCARY THING IS THAT HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT.
AT LEAST MARTIN LUTHER KING HAD SOME VALUES…HE WAS FOR A BABY’S LIFE TO LIVE.
OBAMA IS NOT MLK EITHER.
SARAH COULD BEAT OBAMA HANDS DOWN AND SHE ISN’T EVEN RUNNING FOR THE FRONT SPOT ON TICKET.
BABIES FOR MCCAIN/PALIN

LeeLee07 Look it up for yourself Im not lying to you Its the gods honest truth!
Please look it up yourself!

How is McCain going to create jobs if he doesn’t get rid of the big deficit from the Iraq War? He wants to keep the tax cuts for the upper-income permanent- while Obama will raise them- and also for those oil companies that are making a huge profit.
Sure, there may be some free-loaders who will take advantage of the system, but the policy will benefit Americans trying to get back on their own feet and out of the hole 8 years of disastrous Bush policies has shoved them into.

And LeeLee07 Just so you know Im not attacking his service Im pointing out his lies I thank you for your families service also!

Palin is my kind of Feminist!
Dem for Palin/McCain – Change we will vote for

Of course Osama hasn’t been asked any tough questions.
Why, he hasn’t even been caught yet. Last we checked, he was holed up in Afghanistan somewhere but Bush decided to let him go free and go on a wild goose chase in Iraq.

We will leave and join with the Republicans because we really believe the Presidency is far bigger than any political party …
We vote the candidate, not the party …
And the next best candidate for the Presidency of the United States after Hillary is MCCAIN.

AC, my 88 year old dad knows how to use a computer. It’s called staying with the times.

Also, when is Sarah Palin going to explain why Wasilla–during her time as mayor–was the only place in Alaska that charged rape victims $300 to $1200 for their own forensic tests?

Why isn’t Peolosi out hammering Palin. She’s the Speaker of the House, and highest ranking female office holder in the Democratic Party. Instead you give us Wasserman? Something is amiss. Seems like our own party leaders are backing away from a fight with Palin. Bunch of chickens. Is it because Palin is right about the Hillary matter? Looks that way.
Why did Obama pick Biden, remind me? Is it because long-winded Joe got 1% of the Democratic vote, and Hillary only got 50%?

In an interview with the New York Times, published on April 30th, Maya Soetoro-Ng, Obama’s younger half sister, told the Times, “My whole family was Muslim, and most of the people I knew were Muslim.”

Deb,
That’s ridiculous.
WCM

Hey Annie: 88-year old grandmother still lives on a dirt floor? Grandson should send money for a residence upgrade. But he has to keep it all for his lifestyle. By the way, McCain uses computers or didn’t you know that?

Deb -
John McCain was a POW. It is not for any of us to say what was the level of his endurance or what it should be.
We expect our POWs to hold out against the enemy as much as humanly possible, but at a certain point, and that point is different for everyone …
Do you think you would have been able to hold out against daily torture for 5 years?
PUMA!

Where is the rest of Obama’s family? We only know about Michele and kids… Lets have them come forward and talk about their big brother, Obama. Why doesn’t somebody find them and interview them?

West Coast–
Personally I think Palin is doing a good job of defeating herself. It gives too much dignity to Palin to have high ranking people take her on.
I also see the VP job as beneath Hillary, honestly. If she couldn’t be President, I think she is best in a job where she can be a powerhouse completely on her own terms.

Clinton did not have “failed” campaign. She was set-up to fail by news organizations such as Clinton Nemesis News (CNN) -with it’s Hillary hating commentaries and the rest of the sexist smear campaign while Obama was made into some god-send. Hell can freeze over before this Democratic will vote for BO. True Blue’s for Hillary will vote for McCain/Palin!!.

It started with Oprah and the celebrity fest.
It ended with the superdelegates dragging a limping and bleeding Obama across the finish line to hide the fact that he did not get the minimum number of pledged delegated.
It was the unfairness- why NOT take it to the convention, like the white guys of primaries past got to do?
Why not wait until the convention for the superdelegates to weigh in?
Now we are stuck with a dictator to be- who rallies the youth to new levels of antipathy against fellow democrats.

Why don’t you Obama people place the blame where it belongs–on you and your fearless “leader”? His greed for power and that of the democratic party leaders knows no bounds. Please do not insult my intelligence by telling me I should support Obama. He stands for nothing that I believe in! I am educated, am not bitter, and I do own a gun and go to church. All of these things are against Obama’s ideals. Oh, I am also not a “victim” like Michelle and Barrack. Only hard-working and optimistic, but do not believe that “hope” will pay my bills–( I am also not a republican). McCain is moderate–best bet–if no Clinton.

“Show me where I’ve ever said that there’s absolute proof that nothing that man has ever conducted or engaged in has had any effect or no effect on climate change.”
– Gov. Sarah Palin, in an interview last night on ABC News.
“A changing environment will affect Alaska more than any other state, because of our location. I’m not one though who would attribute it to being man-made.”
– Palin, in an interview with Newsmax on August 29, 2008.

Reformer
Two high-ranking McCain campaign officials were longtime lobbyists for companies at center of sex-drugs-oil Interior Department scandal.

I support Obama, and I have to agree that yes, McCain is moderate. But what about Palin? Not so.

I was a Hillary supporter but I would never vote for McCain. I don’t care if he has a woman running mate. It’s not about that. It’s about whose policies I agree with most and that’s the dems. We’re had Bush for 8 years. McCain really is a continuation of the Bush policies. The change we need is a different party in office.

Precisely the point. We cannot have serial and proven liars to be the President of the United States of America.
Bush lied to the US, and also the world that joined his coalition about the WMDs in Iraq. Even if it was faulty intelligence, he should never have jumped into Iraq like that without any careful consideration. And look where there got us?

Kerry, why did you support Hillary then? What she fights for are completely different from what McCain and Palin (especially Palin) believe.

Obama needs to talk more about his father side of his family..What is he afraid of?
He is willing to put his roots aside and make us believe that only his mother side of the family matters to him..WHY?

LeeLee07
That would be fine except he told the same story as he did then once he was home… To both the press and to the DOD. How do you explain that ?

Obama’s father left him and his mother for a lucrative career in Harvard, and Obama got to meet his father only about once. He felt kind of abandoned by his father. On the other hand, his white mother and grandparents were the ones that took care and raised him.

The more I read and hear the more its obvious Obama is not winning over Hillary supporters, myself included. It’s not just the women that related to Hillary, it was the blue collar hard working people of this country…He couldn’t connect with them during the primary and he isn’t connecting with them now. I don’t think that would be different regardless of whom McCain picked as his VP running mate. Choosing Sarah Palin has done one crucial thing, its caused people to take a second look at John McCain. He made a smart strategic decision that will lead him to a win. That’s what a President has to do, make strategic decisions that will result in a win for our country. Obama’s strategic decision to choose Biden to boost his foreign policy credentials, has proven to be a losing decision. His most important decision to date has given some insight into his strategic thinking, and it doesn’t look good. What a slap in the face to all those who supported Clinton, and then to expect unity within the party. It’s arrogant, and his arrogance in strategizing foreign policy matters will slap this country in its face if Obama is elected. I wish it was Hillary Clinton that I was voting for, but Obama is not an acceptable alternative. McCain is!
Virginia is for McCain/Palin!

Obama started it off by pulling his grandma from under the bus. He acknowledged her and the fact that she raised him and he said that tonight was for her. He said she was in Hawaii and could not make it because of her health. I guess it is all the same, he does not want a typical white person around him anyway.

I’ll vote for Obama when the “new” democrats learn the one precious lesson: hate does not unite.

I think Charlie Gibson conducted a very sexist interview. Why doesn’t he have Obama back and take him to task for flip flopping on off shore drilling, the Iraq war and literally everything else he said he stood for in the primary campaign. His lies and his mind changing rival anything any brainless woman in any venue could ever have been guilty of. I want Charlie Gibson to have him back and GRILL him on this issue and ask him “do you think if you had been a woman, you would have done otherwise?” It is to S. Palin’s credit that she could use the diverse situation of that interview to her credit, but WE ALL KNOW FOLKS that Obama could not and would not be able to. So let’s be fair interview him from a sexist point of view Charlie. Why not or are you a biased journalist?

kerry, you seem to be the one full of hate.

This mess was caused by the DNC and the super delegates and they will have to answer to all the Democrats after Obama loses in November.

I want Obama to produce his father’s family. He is hiding them because of their poverty and he doesn’t want to be associated with them. Not because he is ashamed of them, but because he knows that people will realize that as president he will not represent the middle class, only the poorest people in the country because he has a special interest in redistributing wealth without work of merit to the poor. Be careful folks, your pockets are about to be fleeced.

The interview was more about Charlie than Palin. He was trying to hard to impress his competition and I think he failed. You can ask tough question without his condescending demeanor.
I was the same questions asked of Obama and Biden. Has anyone questioned Obama tough question in one on one setting???
Well the way I see it:
DEMS ARE UNITED BY HATE
REPS ARE UNITED BY LOVE (OF SARAH PALIN)

LeeLee07
Ive already read that one its the modern day ‘tale’ of back then. Look up the storys from his return! Look up DOD ducuments.. The story today isnt the truth he told back then!

LOGIC: Obama has never been drilled on those questions in the sexist way that Palin was questioned. You didn’t listen closely because you did not listen with an open mind perhaps. I want Obama questioned by Charlie Gibson with the same smirk on his face and the same references to gender that he used in the Palin interview. Palin has not hidden from anybody. She simply has not been available long enough to reveal all the information people want to hear. She has been the best received, the busiest candidate in the short time she has had ever. Why are you afraid of the sexism issue? And, I am a woman and you are not logical, but closed minded and blind.

Obama should of picked Hillary Clinton – she is qualified to lead – AND brings 18 MIL voters along with her. This mistake will cost the DNC the election.
GOV Palin did a great job – in spite of Charlie – he was Arrogant, rude and downright mean. His questions were OK – just his arrogant tone. SHE is a
U.S. GOV – show some respect – WHO do you think you are Charlie????

Obama was questioned by O’Reilly who smirked at him and also kept on interrupting him fairly hostilely. Anyway, fact is, men in general do not face sexism in politics, but yes, Obama has gone into an interview with an interviewer who was determined to ask him hard questions as O’Reilly did.
Please do not insinuate that I am close minded and whatnot. I may not agree with you but I wouldn’t insult your intelligence for not agreeing with me.
In my opinion, Gibson did need to ask Palin some hard questions about where she stands. And it showed in her lack of foreign policy knowledge and casual talk about getting into a war with Russia. She did hide from the media, McCain aides said they wouldn’t let her be questioned, claiming that they would decide if it was in the ticket’s best interest. In my opinion, what about the country’s best interest? People want to get a better feel of her before they vote.

LOGIC. Don’t be so compassionate When we know that you are an Obama supporter. You must be used to be treated the way Charlie Gibson did Polin..as a stupid, inferior member of the human race.

LeeLee07
He made the same statement when he returned!
OK see you later! Again thanks for your familes service : )
Have a good day!

In spite of the obvious attempts by Charlie Gibson to produce the opposite, Sarah Palin “zinged” Obama with just the right tone.
And, it is actually Obama and the Demcrats who are doing the most damage to his own campaign.
Specifically, Obama has not succeeded in getting Clinton supporters to bury primary campaign grudges or to win them over for perceived sins on his part.
The chameleon face of Obama serves to emphasize the conflict between his early campaign riffs about change and the typical readjustment that candidates usually make after they win in primaries and head into the general election hurts him: people are giving McCain more of a pass on this than Obama.
But the biggest factor seems to be the this: John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the Republican team running the McCain campaign are simply outperforming Obama, Biden, and the team that’s running the Obama campaign.
Once again Democrats don’t seem to be as good at what it takes to move votes steadily their way in a general election Presidential campaign, even during a year when it that many predicted would be landslide year.
Meanwhile, former President Bill Clinton — who apparently has only talked to Obama once or twice since the primaries — has been less than ringing in his endorsement of Obama.
That sends a signal to some hard-core Clinton supporters about what to do — or not to do — in this election.
After all, if John McCain and Sarah Palin win this election (which polls indicate they may) the chances of Hillary Clinton running again in 2012 improve dramatically.
Sufficient reason for Hillary supporters, especially women voters, to voter McCain/Palin.
And…
As always…
Anybody But Obama…

Stephen from Indiana
You do know that Sarah Palin put out a press release before she was picked as mccain vp running mate saying she supported Barack Obama’s energy plan ?
She said Baracks energy plan is great for Alaska and great for America.
LOL You silly man !

As for the O’Reilly interview with Obama, Bill was pretty gentle with Obama.
But, O’Reilly did manage to get the Obama illusion and mistakes concerning Iraq out in the open.
Bill pointed out that Obama was against the war when he couldn’t and didn’t vote on it (wasn’t in the Senate, yet).
And, Obama supported the war in almost every vote (if not every vote) when he showed up to vote or didn’t vote “present.”
And, Obama was against the surge and railed against it saying that it wouldn’t work.
Then, Obama admitted that the surge had been successful beyone his “wildest dreams.”
But, Obama refused to admit being wrong on even a single issue concerning the war.
We all noticed that after the O’Reilly interview, Obama opted for friendlier turf such as David Letterman and Saturday Night Live.
No hard questions there…
But, no surprise, either…
And…
As always…
Anybody But Obama…

@Obamanemesis: I COMPLETELY agree with you on everything except the one last line. If a woman refuses to see the obvious sexism that is being revealed since Hillary and her supporters were bashed; now Palin, theY are simply refusing to, because they think it will diminish the fact that they support Obama. You can support a candidate and still acknowledge and condemn a wrong. WAKE UP LADIES! The sexism is there, it is real and apparently a lot of people don’t want to face it.

Paula: you wrote:
“John McCain played a masterstroke by choosing Palin as a running mate. If some people are accusing him of using a woman to rope in women voters, then Obama is also guilty of using women to counter Sen Clinton first (remember the comments of Sen Claire Mccaskill and Gov Sebelius on behalf of the Obama campaign against Sen Clinton) and how Caroline Kennedy was employed by the Obama campign to use the reputation of the Kennedy clan as a hedge against Sen Clinton’s place for the VP slot. Now Obama campaign wants Sen Clinton to be the attack dog for his campaign against Gov Palin.”
YOU ARE SO RIGHT–OBAMA: “EGO FIRST.” His pick of Biden over Clinton is the single reason he will lose in Nov. Now he wants Clinton to do his dirty work–such shameful hypocrisy. I don’t love Palin, but I can’t stand Obama. His arrogance is unmatched and he deserves to lose. Obama made it clear that he didn’t need the Clintons–which was the same as handing the White House to the Republicans.

Diggin the fact that the GOP bloggers are claiming victory with a month and a half still left before the election. All because of their frighteningly unqualified beauty pagent runner-up has gotten some press.
The Electoral Votes don’t indicate that McCain/Palin are “winning” anything. And polls change with the wind. With McCain and Palin spewing so much hot air for two weeks, that wind will change directions again.
The reality of Sarah Palin’s lack of knowlegde is coming out. No doubt, given her weak performance on ABC, they’ll keep her hidden from the “mean press” except for the spoon fed FOX interviews.
McFlop will also be challenged about his sudden change of heart on many critical issues. What did they do with the “maverick” anyway? He’s now just a GOP puppet.
Being from Arlington, VA; I can see the Pentagon from the rooftop of our building. (By Republican standards, I must be a military expert right) White House is 10 minutes away.
The number of Obama signs in yards around here out number McCain 10:1. But southern VA will lean heavily toward McCain because “he’s an americun and he’s white”.
The people who actually work in our government don’t want the Republicans in control. They’ve seen first hand how a Republican led administration operates. Corruption and back room backscratch “policy” making are the norm. Palin is just the newest member invited into the Good Ol Boy network. She is a pushover and will tow the line for them. The “maverick” has joined them to get elected.
McCain wanted Liberman, but he caved in to the extremimst right wing – again. He was too gutless to even chose his own running mate. This is the “maverick” the Republicans are touting.
It cracks me up they can’t even run on their own platform. (Because there is none) They had to steal Obama’s message. Now McCain and Palin are all about “change”.
—————————————-
Meet the Press Interview:
TIM RUSSERT: The fact is you are different than George Bush.
SEN. McCAIN: No. No. The fact is that I have agreed with President Bush far more than I have disagreed. And on the transcendent issues, the most important issues of our day, I’ve been totally in agreement and support of President Bush.
THOSE ARE McCAIN’S OWN WORDS. CAN’T BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL BUYING THE GOP SPIN! HELLLLOOOOO.

Michell vetoed Hillary.
Others in the Obama campaign wanted Hillary.
Michelle said NO. Final answer.
Obama gave in to Michelle.
They all now realize it was a biiiiiiiig mistake. Fatal.
That is why Michelle has now been sent back home, away from the daily decision-making of the campaign.

Population of Alaska = 683,478.
Population of Indianapolis = 741,952
Population of Chicago = 2,783,726
Gee, Gov of Alaska for a year and a half. Mayor of town only twice the size of my high school. Best buds with the oil execs. Now I feel better.

Look, maybe Gibson wasn’t sexist. Maybe he was. But the more we keep on associating every condescension with sexism, what good does it do?
To be treated equally we can’t give people the impression that every little thing will offend us and be decried as sexism. Women CAN take some tough questioning as men can.

From VA: your message is so sexist it makes me want to vomit (as a woman and former Dem of 20 years). Go ahead, keep referring to Palin as “unqualified beauty pagent runner-up.” Ronald Reagan was an actor for 20 years and before that a sports broadcaster. Does that matter once you’ve become the GOVERNOR of your state? Or should good-looking people (women in particular) stay out of politics? You tell me what is different between Reagan in 1975 and Palin now. STOP THE SEXISM PLEASE. IT IS JUST MAKING WOMEN LIKE ME EVEN MORE UPSET AND LESS LIKELY RI VOTE FOR OBAMA.

Did Charlie hurt poor Sarah Palin’s feelings?
I guess the questions too hard. Well FOX will spoon feed her so she can recite her rehersed, generic responses without the deer in the headlights look next time.
Guess you don’t like your hero being shown for who she is – a lack luster politician who has little knowledge about international affairs, domestic economics, and global diplomacy.
Now, poor victim Sarah Palin is crying about sexism. The exact thing she ridiculed Hillary Clinton about just a few moths ago! Yet when pools shows WHITE PEOPLE are the only ones moved by Palin it’s not racism right? Hypocrites.
Charlie was tough because all of the other candidates are well known at this point and have done tons of interviews. There’s less than two months until the election. Ms Palin was afraid of the press, wouldn’t do any press conferences, and we know NOTHING about her. The Republicans know the less we know, the better. That way, she can be whatever you want her to be. Even better, whatever they tell you she is.
Sorry, but the GOP schtick they were spewing at the convention was far from truthful. So THAT didn’t tell us anything about her. EVERY credible news source acknowledged there were huge distortions between the speeches and reality.
In the words of a REAL WOMAN’S ROLE MODEL, “If you can’t take the heat…” I think you know the rest.

Is the UPI an unbiased source of information? Very unlikely. Look it up – even veteran Washington reporter Helen Thomas quit the day after it was sold to a media conglomerate owned by Reverend Sun Myung Moon.
You want to play with the big boys, Mrs. Palin? You want to earn my respect? Then don’t let the campaign make you out to be a victim every time something goes wrong. Let them know you can take care of yourself and do it.
We needed a tough interview because we don’t even know who this woman is and there’s less than two months to go.

Biden and Hillary…all together now,
“Obama’s NOT ready to be president!”
End of story.

Fyrestorme – Did you say to send women to interview Palin? They sent McCain to be interviewed by the women of ‘The View’ and that didn’t work out so well. Don’t think Palin would fare any better.
Truth is that most women journalists (unless they’re working for Good Housekeeping or Redbook) would not agree with Mrs. Palin’s views on many of the issues. I think they’d be as tough on her as their male counterparts.
And yes, IMHO she deserves tough scrutiny before we are asked to elect her to the second highest office in the land.

The GOP is top notch at lying and distorting information. Obama’s organization in Iowa is unreal and far superior to anything that McBush has. And Btw, putting Palin on the ticket was not “Country First” it was politics first and country second.
Obama will turn Iowa, Ohio, Colorado and New Mexico BLUE!!!!!!
Obama/Biden ’08

Ann – I’ll risk women interviewing Palin. McCain’s interview was McCain’s interview. Ask her tough questions! Please do. But not with sexist overtones. She will rise to the occasion as she certainly has so far. Your sexist references about women journalists just includes you in the basket of ignorance along with all the other sexists. Sorry you lowered yourself to that.

McCain has responded to Obama’s mudslinging and he will not initiate mudslinging on a new issue, but will only respond. That was clear from the beginning. He is a gentleman, not a condescending elitist like Obama.

Paulin and Mcain are not ready to lead this nation the G.o.p is full of lies and deciet. \\her interview was a bust she,s actually dumb as a rock . She is not tough she was scared of the questions asked by charlie gibson and it showed . Shes a dumb broad who needs top go back to alaska and take care of her children . To those so call hilary supporters who bank to the otherside you are traitors and you must not be concern with the issues of this country. The gop is full of bull. If hilary had won the nomination i would still had voted for her in the general election not just because she,s a women and iam not voting for Obama just because he is black?white but because he has a plan that aligns with my values.

John McCain is not afraid of good fight..Obama bring it on…

We already have our McCain victory party planned. Hillary supporters for McCain!!!

So Logical
A miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well theyd be singing so happily,
when McCain wins!!!

“WOMEN FOR McCAIN/PAULIN 2008″

“Hillary Clinton supporters for John McCain”

Heck John Mccain And Sarah Paulinstine should be impeached for outright blatantly lieing about their records. What goes their old pal bull and more bull.

Fyrestorm wrote:
>McCain has responded to Obama’s >mudslinging and he will not initiate >mudslinging on a new issue, but will >only respond.
that statement is absolutely incredible. if mccain isn’t mudslinging, then why did he release an ad saying that obama supported sex ed in kindergarten? that and other ads haven been proven to be entirely false. have you read the newspaper this week? his campaign is under increasing criticism because so much of what comes out of the mccain camp is either flat-out lies or distortion.
yes, both sides in every campaign play loose with the facts and try to “spin” things to their advantage. obama’s done it, of course. but mccain has taken it to a new low, lying with a straight face to the american public.
what’s sad is that according to a couple of articles today, the mccain campaign knows about this criticism but doesn’t care about the fact that they’re being dishonest. they just don’t care.
here’s one article:
http://dyn.politico.com/printstory.cfm?uuid=59999227-18FE-70B2-A843A61B46DCD096

Palin has touched a raw nerve and once again Obama’s response seems weak. Whenever he or his staff says “Spare us the phony (outrrage, sentiment, fill in the blank)” it just sounds so weak and, well, sissyfied. “Spare me”. Who talks like that?
Did you notice there was no mention of what a great pick Biden is or how Obama is 100% confident in his pick or anything like that? Once again, Obama is caught flat-footed.

Hillary Supporters are helping McCain.
The DNC made a huge mistake.

McCain=Bush: And Btw, putting Biden on the ticket was not “Country First” it was “Obama’s ego first.” He couldn’t bear the thought of sharing the spotlight with Clinton, even if he needed her to win the White House. Hubris, arrogance–not qualities I want in my leaders.

gluv: do you honestly think Biden was a better pick? By picking him, Obama chose to alienate 50% of Democrats (or at least SOME percentage of that). It was plain stupid and stupid people should not lead our country.

Michelle Obama why did you dismiss the memory of the 9/11 victims and not attend the memorial? Why Michelle why?

Deb, you can’t hold anyone accountable for anything they say in captivity. This is why torture doesn’t work (aside from the fact that it is morally wrong).
However, think about this: could you imagine the situation reversed? How do you think that Americans would react to a pilot who was bombing their homes and workplaces, killing innocent men, women and children? Would we have pulled them from certain death and given them medical care?
Something to think about.

Deb,
Do you realize you just posted John McCain’s confession that was obtained after torture? McCain was offered early release once the Vietnamese learned who his father was. McCain refused to be part of their propaganda ploy. After McCain refused to go home before others in order of shoot down, he was tortured like never before and eventually cracked. This is not in dispute.
Do you take joy in the fact that he was broken by torture? You either have no shame, or no clue. Which is it?

Deb is a troubled individual.

Palin: “The federal budget, in its various manifestations, is incredibly important to us, and congressional earmarks are one aspect of this relationship.”
Palin: Loved Earmarks, before she ‘hated’ them.
That’s why she also supported Stevens as Senator for Alaska. Stevens brought home the bacon for Alaska. Stevens – with a couple of other Republicans – is a wellknown and unashamed lover of pork-barrel-spending. McCain stood aside – posturing – when Stevens was raking in billions for Alaska, but he failed and was unable to reign in Stevens. Palin even supported him.
McCain, clean up your own party first, that would show the country that you are a true leader: true leaders don’t have just nice sounding slogans, they accomplish things. You failed in doing that, how on earth do you think you or Palin are qualified to change Congress? Washington? Or the Country?
When McCain’s own party controlled Congress, earmark-spending skyrocketed. When Dems controlled Congress, earmark spending finally went down with 23%.

Polderboy
The truth is the truth!
He wasnt tortured his arms and leg were broke when he punched out of the jet he said so in his DOD briefing on his return!

Obama graduated Magna cum laude from Harvard. That means that we *know* he was in the top 20% of his class. Since he did not graduate Summa cum laude, we know he was below the top 5% in his class.
Mind you, magna cum laude is still high honors. Asking for his grades is sort of ridiculous. We know it was so far ahead of what McCain got (bottom 5% of his class), that it wold be like picking on a child.
I urge you not to go there if you don’t want either of your candidates to look like complete dolts by comparison.

to those people who believe that obama disenfranchise part of the democrat base . This is not true it was hilary clinton herself who polarized the election there are more of a diverse population to the democratic party than white women. I voted fro her husband who i believe was more of a uniting figure in politics than i,ve experience in my life time. So what about these people young people,black people,hispanic people, oriental people,indian people, white people or rather U.S. citizens. Hilary clinton choose this route she is the cause of the divide not Obama.

Johntx,
Firstly I think he has not released his undergraduate grades from Columbia. He did not attend law school straight away. He skipped time, which is usually an indication that your grades are not so great.
Also law school is graduate school. No one can have below a C in graduate school and law school is even stricter. I went to Yale for my Phd. and Dartmouth for undergrad, anyone in ivy league knows that Magna cum laude from Harvard, Yale, Princeton or any other is considered sub par.
I laugh at you people bringing up education and many of you never went to graduate school. When people ask for his grades they mean his Columbia undergraduate grades, which I suspect are terrible. Columbia is not one of the better Ivy’s and has lower standards.

I’m sure Obama will release his GPA from Columbia when Palin and McCain release theirs (read: probably never).

This lady is a liar and her fifteen minutes are over. She should go back to her igloo.

Since his return from Hanoi, McCain has …
~Ignored pleas of POW/MIA Family Members for his political influence in the overall POW/MIA Issue as well as with their individual cases
~Verbally abused POW/MIA Family Members in public and private
~Attempted to negatively influence those who testified before the 1992 Senate Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs
~Diminished legislation that gave oversight and protection to the families
~Dismantled protection to any future servicemen that go missing.

A Guy Named Keith
Thats what Palin said! Look it up !
Just as she said :
“The war in Iraq is god will..god work”
Read more learn more!

Mike
If Palins and Mccain win this election the trooper will need to apply for political asylum somewhere.

Mike
I heard McCain is the missing link !

I hope they do bring up his POW stuff then it will all come out – BRING IT ON usvet!

Concerned, I don’t think that quote says what you think it does.

270 electoral votes needed to win.
Obama 273
McCain 265

McCain/Palin 227
Obama/Biden 217
94 Toss Up
Now what Anon also failed to put in that post was that yesterday the tally was Obama 217, McCain 216. It looks like McCain is the one who is gaining.

Oops! Didn’t insist Obama choose Hillary.

Obama is a loser. Hillary is a winner. The DNC made a mistake.

Most people are not voting Obama because of his race, but because of radical left associations and lack of experience and judgement….plus he gave Hillary the shaft.
HILL SUPPORTER FOR McCAIN/PALIN

Sarah Palin is putting her opposition to stem cell research on the back burner for the sake of the Republican ticket.
John McCain’s campaign released a radio ad Friday that calls he and Palin “mavericks” who will, if elected, back stem cell research “to help free families from the fear and devastation of illness.”
“Medical breakthroughs to help you get better, faster,” says the radio ad, which according to the campaign is running in key battleground states. “Change is coming. McCain, Palin and congressional allies. The leadership and experience to really change Washington and improve your health.”
McCain and his campaign have said the senator supports research that uses stem cells, including the embyronic variety. But Palin does not.

New Gallup Poll is out…. McCain is losing momentum.
Obama is gaining and will over take him next week.
Obama/Biden ’08

McCain/Palin 227
Obama/Biden 217
94 Toss Up
Now what Anon also failed to put in that post was that yesterday the tally was Obama 217, McCain 216. It looks like McCain is the one who is gaining.
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@ keith,
whut you FAIL to mention is at that SAME website if you include the toss up states, it’s STILL 273 OBAMA 265 MCCAIN

McCain Camp Last Week: Palin Went To Iraq… Yesterday: Palin Never Went To Iraq

I don’t include toss ups because they are just that. Toss Ups. Until they become solid I dont include them.

@ midwestlady,
mccain had 26 YEARS to change washington, so whut’s your point?
the change obama speaks of is making that dramatic shift from the bush era. john mccain sold himself out and decided to coincide his ideas with bush, and lie about “reforming” without any examples of whut he intends to reform. all the major problems we americans are dealing with he’s lockstep with bush from iraq, to taxes, to education and so forth. i can understand that people fear “change” because change is venturing into the unknown, and it’s easier to stay complacent to the same because you know whut to expect. however, i cannot fathom WHY we americans want to continue to deal with the same struggling problems knowing that they’ll get worst by the day instead of taking that brave step to something new?
if you’re content with how bush is handling this nation for the past 7 to nearly 8 years, then vote for mccain. if you’re TIRED of the same B.S. day after day….then vote for obama and see if he’ll do better, if he doesn’t uphold his promise then we’ll hold him accountable…but if he’s AS disciplined as he is with his campaign in where there’s no signs of internal struggle (unlike hillary’s & mccain’s) 95% funded by the people, and CHANGE the way politicians will campaign in the future from public funding to using the internet…then look forward to a positive future.
there’s NO evidence that i have seen that obama, himself, done anything blantantly crooked…we can go all day about guilty by associations and whutnot, but obama haven’t don’t anything in where he’s being investigated on…even the rekzo thing been reviewed over and over and every single time whut obama done was completely legit & legal….
whereas, mccain is campaigning like bush/rove always campaign…whit’s so sickening is that he’s doing exactly whut bush done to HIM in 2000 witht he blatant lies and smears….the sex ed ad is the most disgusting ad i ever seen, for example….i don’t want a LEADER like that…i disapprove someone that claims to be “country 1st”, but trying to do whutever he can to win….the only people that WILL LOSE IS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

Regarding the importance of schools one attends, I would like to remind Obama supporters that Bush also went to the Ivy League schools and his grades were better than his opponents’. On the other hand, I thought Freshman Senator Obama was not running against Governor Palin. His opponent is Senator McCain, a graduate of the Naval Academy that is a better school than Columbia and Harvard combined.

the shine is already wearing off Palin. there will be a crash and burn of the republican ticket. the debates will be a joke. McPalin will have nothing to say except to spew allegations and venom at Obama and Biden and will likely not make one substantive statement regarding the issues.

@ christian B
you’re 100% correct!
i personally think the best assessment is that it’s a TIE with mccain slightly losing the bit of the momentum due to the hype from the convention is coming down….
from the way it’s looking, the democrats panicked because of the predictable GOP bounce after the convention…the democrats REALLY want to win this and refuse to go out like 2004…so they panicked
i think obama was SMART when he done his speech proclaiming “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”, it pretty much reassured some of them, hence the picking up in the gallup polls…
at the sametime, regardless of HOW most of these republicans try to deny it, they’re nervous too, because they don’t want palin to be exposed as a fraud and willing to do or say anything to her defense regardless of DAMNING evidence to suggest otherwise…they as well as mccain see this as their ONLY SHOT
so the perception game is where we’re at now. at one side, the dems are on the attack painting the mccain campaigning (which they have legit reasons behind it) as LIARS and DISHONORABLE…and on the otherside, the republicans are trying to paint obama supporters as SEXIST (even though they have some legit arguements as well)….the republicans have a slight advantage on this because they already painted the media as pro-obama so anything that the media do that are usually legitimate arguements or fair investigations towards a canidate…anything against palin, regardless of HOW FAIR the questioning is is regarded a smear….the risk they are taking is that they may be overplaying their hand…
for example, gibson was trying to be hard but hard…the bush doctrine question was an EASY question and palin’s 1st response “in whut way” was a legit reply…gibson GAVE HER an opening by asking whut do YOU feel is the bush doctrine? and that’s where she failed, because regardless of how the bush doctrine may have evolved, it was NEVER looked as “his world view”
and even with that he was trying to give her a way out all the way up to he have to define it “in his opinion” which he clearly stated it being his opinion whut it was….yet gibson gets blamed for this as well as most of the interview, forgetting EVERYTHING that had happened during the ABC DEBATE with hillary & obama…

keith, give it up….
mccain graduated at the bottom of his class (and probably had influence in passing considering who his father was)
obama made history as being the 1st black president of the harvard review…
let it go

midwestlady – I might agree that Obama is your standard pol, but I sure hope you buy the idea that McCain is all about change and beyond charges of corruption. Palin’s record, when scrutinized closely, doesn’t exactly show her as a reformer, either.

gluvnast
you get over it. Obama never published anything in that law review. I was only saying that the navel academy is a better school than Columbia or Harvard.

Keith – Wow, I didn’t realize McCain went to the Belly Button (aka navel) Academy. Yeah, I’ve heard that a better school than Harvard.
I see you spelled it correctly in another post so I’m sure it was a typo like the kind we all make. Still, I had to comment on it cause it was just too good to pass up.

Thanks Caroline for point out my typo hard to type and be on the phone with my wedding planning bridezilla sister at the same time. :-)

@ keith
the fact remains…obama graduated at the TOP of his class
mccain at the bottom….

picking hillary isn’t the answer, and would of been MORE of a problem. the picking palin energized the GOP base, regardless if hillary was picked for VP nominee or not. the GOP convention bounce still would of happened regardless of hillary being picked or not.
in fact the PALIN impact has nothing to do with hillary…in fact, most of the hillary women are offended by the pick because palin is POLAR opposite to hillary…the CNN polls even shows that more MEN are attracted (probably literally) to palin than women

gluvnast,
The fact is that this election will be decided by the same group that decided last election: white women. They are traditionally the largest group of independent swing voters and this year they are swinging in a big way, from Obama to McCain.
This group explains the turnaround in Ohio and Florida and Virginia and the closing of the gap in Michigan. Once Michigan or Pennsylvania comes around it will be all over. It’s all about demographics. It’s always about demographics.

CommonSense, I would suggest a far less “noble” reason that Pelosi is not out attacking Sarah Palin– because it would surely backfire. Pelosi is not tremendously popular with the American public. Her stand on drilling and her general inability to deliver any major Democratic triumphs since becoming speaker do not signal that she would be an effective surrogate for the Obama campaign in trying to get traction with female voters.
Oh, and your statement regarding Pelosi that, “Probably because democrat women know that there’s a higher purpose for women than simply being put on this earth for your amusement. No catfights and mudfights shall be forthcoming in public” cracked me up. I recall the terribly catty way that she tried to push Hillary Clinton out of the race before the final primaries. Pelosi is not above striking out at other women for her own political purposes. And trust me, nothing that woman does is even remotely amusing.

@ moderate
i agree it’s apples and oranges. it’s somethnig that “keith” was trying to make an issue.
off-handily off the subject, i don’t see why the type of school he or she went to BE an issue. one thing that obama spoke on and i believe is true, is that our children, especially those of color should be encourage to go for puplic office regardless of whut college you went to or never went to college at all. at the sametime we should strive our children to be the best at anything they can do and college should be that neccessary step to achieve the best in life.
i’m originally from oklahoma, and we have this republican kid, literally still a teen, that’s mayor of muskogee right now. just starting college. so someone like palin i have NO issue with as how she became governor. the issue i have with her is not really at her at all, but to mccain as for picking her over more qualified republican women. i understand the mccain campaign needed a DRASTIC shock-pick and it worked, but i truely feel sorry for palin, because she’s forever knee-deep in this and i’m not sure she wants this type of attention from both sides. at one side, you see an all out attack on her, on the other you see them shelling her as if she’s a 3 year old and not an independent thinker. that’s the difference with her and hillary, with hillary…her SHADOW is still commanding this race.
one thing about obama is that he’s probably at his best whenever his back is against the wall, because he’s proven that throughout the primaries…form being 30 points behind in iowa and winning, from the rev. wright videos, to the bitter-gate, to the ABC debates, to the return of rev. wright, to the 3 AM ADS…and everytime people was saying “he’s finished” he cannot come back from that and end up pulling it off somehow. i mean even with this his back appears to be against the wall, yet he’s somehow still in it.
so who knows how it’s going to be

Hmmm,
The convo here is pretty high-brow.
Can you people dumb it down a bit for the rest of us? I’m wearing my best plastic jumpsuit and I want to know where the pies are.

Mary,
Either way we will get the one that half of us deserve.

PALINS AN IDIOT SHE IS NO HILLARY CLINTON…
MCCAIN IS SEXIST AND IS A CLONE OF BUSH!
REPUBLICANS ARE CHANGE ? YEAH RIGHT GIVE ME A BREAK 8 YEARS THEY HAVE CONTROL THIS COUNTRY AND MADE IT A MESS!
KNOW THE WANT TO BE THE PARTY OF CHANGE!
WHAT A JOKE!
THE REPUBLICANS MUST THINK WE ARE ALL IDIOTS!
VOTE FOR TURTH VOTE FOR SOLUTIONS NOT LIES. VOTE DEM 2008

I meant to say that I believe Gibson erred on the side of the fourth estate.

festy,
No argument there.

Its a Nigerian Newspaper “The Nation”

Thanks,
That’s both interesting and funny.
We have a publication of the same name and everyone would assume that it came from there.
Well written and an excellent, impartial analysis that might get through some of the chatter, but some will discount it without a read I am sorry to say.
Thanks Again festygreat.

Why does everyone forget how much negative baggage Hillary Clinton would have brought to the ticket? The Republicans have a thousand page dossier of information they would have used against her if she had been on the ticket in either position. Not to mention Bill’s sketchy financial dealings… She has escaped serious scrutiny, because she did not win the nomination. She has very high negatives, probably even more after the primary season…

Leonard Peltier have you read the new york times report on palin, its tasteful and interesting to me

Festygreat,
I’m sorry you are so concerned that McCain would make the world less safe. I cannot possible disagree with you more. As he said in his acceptance speech at the convention, and has said repeatedly in the past, having been intimately involved in war, having suffered and having witnessed suffering caused by war, McCain has a clear knowledge of what war means and why it must be avoided as the last option at all times. That is his philosophy and that is how he would govern. He would not rush to war, but if war became necessary, he would commit to it with sufficient resources to ensure quicker, more decisive victories than the slog we had in Iraq. In addition, McCain has spoken out against Guantanamo and the torture of prisoners. He would not feel the need to prove his toughness through the use of military force. He would concentrate on creating an efficient, well-equipped military and on working to make sure that military was used sparingly around the world. That’s the sort of balance I find reassuring and that strengthens my support of McCain as commander in chief. I’m sorry you do not share my confidence.

Jake,
You are giving Sarah Palin a free ride on the legislative investigation against her in Alaska as Governor for over reaching her duties. The FBI has been investigation Alaska Republican Political Corruption since 2004. And Alaska government is not doing this. Only the FBI is conducting investigation. Alaska government are ones being investigated. FBI to date has indicted 11 Republican officials.
Jake, why is this not being addressed?? Americans have a right to know. Is it fair not to let Americans know when a candidate for Vice President is currently being investigated??
Whether we are Republican or Democrat everyone should know what is going on!!!

Palin’s critic of Obama is interesting in that we all know there is a problem in the Obama campaign. The air of inevitability has been lost – to say nothing of the fact Obama is behind in a lot of the polls and the electoral college map has tightened up.
Palin is the most charismatic person running. However Obama’s gaffes with his lipstick on a pig comment are not helping. The perception on Main Street is that the Obama campaign in in a tail spin. The commentators like Frank Rich are so stuck on attacking that they are missing this shift in the public perception.
Obama has to get it together and it is pretty clear that the media are not going to be much help this time around. Biased journalists like Charles Gibson and Wolfe Blitzer are infact hurting Obama and he has to do something to counteract that force.

The interview showed Palin
would be a calamity as Veep.
McCain as we all know would
be a calamity as POTUS.

“Considering he had to use those same TRANSCRIPTS to get into Harvard Law School I think it is safe to say they were pretty exceptional, right?”

I was watching an old interview between oreilly and Hillary Clinton, and comparing it to Obama’s interview.
You Dems really blew it. She is so much more intelligent and informed than Obama.
What were you guys thinking?

Belle writes, “To ask is to answer: if the transcripts DID support The CHANGEling’s entree to Harvard Law, they’d be out there — right?”
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The question isn’t whether they are out there or not Belle. Those of us who have gone to college KNOW that in order for college transcripts to be released the “student” must approve the release. Now the question I have for you is this…..If someone graduates WITH HONORS why would you NEED to see them? Surely you realize we’re talking about Columbia (NY) and Harvard Law right?
Bell writes, “If the transcripts DIDN’T support it, the press might say more on the reports of special handling for Obama — and maybe for Axelrod’s other “change” candidates, Deval Patrick and Azevedo, who were at Harvard Law at the very same time …
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I’m sorry Belle but you’re allowing your personal bias to intefere with your logic. While you can “buy” your way into an Ivy league education (your current President) with having a less than stellar academic background, you can’t BUY the degree. Obama graduated with HONORS from Havard, taught at the University of Chicago.
Tell me something….At what point do you recognize ACHIEVEMENT? McCain graduated almost at the bottom of his class at Annapolis. If it had not been for the fact that his Grandfather was an Admiral he most likely would not have even been admitted. THAT is affirmative action at its finet. Palin attended 6 colleges in 5 years and walked away with a B.A. in Journalism.
At some point you have to be honest. As far as intelligence goes? The sum of McCain and Palin is LESS than Obama. It is what it is…..

Palin is nothing more than a face
Let’s look at her record…..
1) Notes thanks but no thanks for bridge to nowhere, truth flopped on support for bridge after media pressure from congress. She also kept the earmark money for the bridge and spent it on other pet projects in Alaska the truth is she never rebuffed congress (NBC 08/31/08,Anchorage Daily News 08/31/08, CBS 08/31/08, Reuters, CNN, CBS 09/03/08)
2) Not in Iraq as previously stated only at Kuwait-Iraq boarder…Didn’t have clearance to enter Iraq. (Boston Globe 09/13/08, CNN 09/13/08, NBC 09/14/08)
3)Against earmarks is not a true statement the truth is Alaska is the largest state per capita for the use of earmarks (LA Times 09/03/08, Washington Post 09/11/08)
4) Posable abuse of power (Troppergate) Used her position as governor to fire her ex brother in law due to bitter devorce with her sister. (CNN 09/11/08, NBC 09/03/08, Anchorage Daily News 09/05/08)
Palin may say the media is out to get her but the truth is she doesn’t tell the truth.

Cronyism, secrecy, disregard for the Constitution, skeptical of science on global warming, extreme personal partisanship – sound familiar, hiring people who are less qualified solely on their fierce personal loyalty and friendship. Remember Bush’s greatest hits? “Brownie” at FEMA, Harriet Miers for Supreme Court, Alberto Gonzales as Atty General & the debacle in hiring at Justice, outing Valerie Plame to retaliate against her husband’s right of free speech & letting Scooter take the rap, the scientific “jury” is still out on global warming, the ENTIRE Interior Dept.
Well, Palin is Bush times 100.
Ethics problems aren’t always related to just bribes. It is also the abuse of power and disregard of the Constitutional separation of powers and of Church & State.

Obama is the LIAR, that new ad he came out with “fundamental economy is strong”…….noticed he left the last part off of what McCain said, “but these are very, very difficult times”. How convienant Obama left that off. Thats` not exactly being honest and trustworthy on Obama`s case now is it? What a lying jerk! He has to lie and ride the shirt and skirt tails of others (Bill, Hillary, and 2 women govenors)to “try” to get votes to “try” to win the presidency! McCain and Palin can stand on their own feet, why can`t Obama stand on his own? Again and again,he just shows how weak, untrustworthy, and discreditable person he is. The truth comes out about him, over and over, more and more. He is weak and pathetic!

THE DNC, DELEGATES, AND SUPERDELEGATES ARE TO BLAME FOR THIS MESS IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE OF “PARTY UNITY”. I THINK THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE VOTE SHOULD BE DONE AWAY WITH COMPLETELY,…BECAUSE THEN “THE VOTE” WOULD BE STRICTLY FROM “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES!” AND NOT FROM ANYONE ELSE. OUR VOTES NEED TO BE COUNTED AND MATTER! NOT LETTING “THOSE IN POWER” OVER-RIDING OUR VOTES. POPULAR VOTE SHOULD WIN YOU THE PRESIDENCY AND NOTHING ELSE….REGARDLESS WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. THEN WE WOULD TRULY BE A FREE COUNTRY.

Palin need to get ojt for VP position.
Do they have ojt for VP?
Here is an idea for financial baliout.
The richest 400 Americans — that’s right, just four hundred people — own MORE than the bottom 150 million Americans combined. 400 rich Americans have got more stashed away than half the entire country! Their combined net worth is $1.6 trillion. During the eight years of the Bush Administration, their wealth has increased by nearly $700 billion — the same amount that they are now demanding we give to them for the “bailout.” Why don’t they just spend the money they made under Bush to bail themselves out? They’d still have nearly a trillion dollars left over to spread amongst themselves!
Of course, they are not going to do that — at least not voluntarily. George W. Bush was handed a $127 billion surplus when Bill Clinton left office. Because that money was OUR money and not his, he did what the rich prefer to do — spend it and never look back. Now we have a $9.5 trillion debt. Why on earth would we even think of giving these robber barons any more of our money?
I would like to propose my own bailout plan. My suggestions, listed below, are predicated on the singular and simple belief that the rich must pull themselves up by their own platinum bootstraps. Sorry, fellows, but you drilled it into our heads one too many times: There… is… no… free… lunch. And thank you for encouraging us to hate people on welfare! So, there will be no handouts from us to you. The Senate, tonight, is going to try to rush their version of a “bailout” bill to a vote. They must be stopped. We did it on Monday with the House, and we can do it again today with the Senate.
It is clear, though, that we cannot simply keep protesting without proposing exactly what it is we think Congress should do. So, after consulting with a number of people smarter than Phil Gramm, here is my proposal, now known as “Mike’s Rescue Plan.” It has 10 simple, straightforward points. They are:
1. APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO CRIMINALLY INDICT ANYONE ON WALL STREET WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THIS COLLAPSE. Before any new money is expended, Congress must commit, by resolution, to criminally prosecute anyone who had anything to do with the attempted sacking of our economy. This means that anyone who committed insider trading, securities fraud or any action that helped bring about this collapse must go to jail. This Congress must call for a Special Prosecutor who will vigorously go after everyone who created the mess, and anyone else who attempts to scam the public in the future.
2. THE RICH MUST PAY FOR THEIR OWN BAILOUT. They may have to live in 5 houses instead of 7. They may have to drive 9 cars instead of 13. The chef for their mini-terriers may have to be reassigned. But there is no way in hell, after forcing family incomes to go down more than $2,000 dollars during the Bush years, that working people and the middle class are going to fork over one dime to underwrite the next yacht purchase.
If they truly need the $700 billion they say they need, well, here is an easy way they can raise it:
a) Every couple who makes over a million dollars a year and every single taxpayer who makes over $500,000 a year will pay a 10% surcharge tax for five years. (It’s the Senator Sanders plan. He’s like Colonel Sanders, only he’s out to fry the right chickens.) That means the rich will still be paying less income tax than when Carter was president. This will raise a total of $300 billion.
b) Like nearly every other democracy, charge a 0.25% tax on every stock transaction. This will raise more than $200 billion in a year.
c) Because every stockholder is a patriotic American, stockholders will forgo receiving a dividend check for one quarter and instead this money will go the treasury to help pay for the bailout.
d) 25% of major U.S. corporations currently pay NO federal income tax. Federal corporate tax revenues currently amount to 1.7% of the GDP compared to 5% in the 1950s. If we raise the corporate income tax back to the level of the 1950s, that gives us an extra $500 billion.
All of this combined should be enough to end the calamity. The rich will get to keep their mansions and their servants, and our United States government (“COUNTRY FIRST!”) will have a little leftover to repair some roads, bridges and schools.
3. BAIL OUT THE PEOPLE LOSING THEIR HOMES, NOT THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BUILD AN EIGHTH HOME. There are 1.3 million homes in foreclosure right now. That is what is at the heart of this problem. So instead of giving the money to the banks as a gift, pay down each of these mortgages by $100,000. Force the banks to renegotiate the mortgage so the homeowner can pay on its current value. To insure that this help does no go to speculators and those who have tried to make money by flipping houses, this bailout is only for people’s primary residence. And in return for the $100K paydown on the existing mortgage, the government gets to share in the holding of the mortgage so that it can get some of its money back. Thus, the total initial cost of fixing the mortgage crisis at its roots (instead of with the greedy lenders) is $150 billion, not $700 billion.
And let’s set the record straight. People who have defaulted on their mortgages are not “bad risks.” They are our fellow Americans, and all they wanted was what we all want and most of us still get: a home to call their own. But during the Bush years, millions of them lost the decent paying jobs they had. Six million fell into poverty. Seven million lost their health insurance. And every one of them saw their real wages go down by $2,000. Those who dare to look down on these Americans who got hit with one bad break after another should be ashamed. We are a better, stronger, safer and happier society when all of our citizens can afford to live in a home that they own.
4. IF YOUR BANK OR COMPANY GETS ANY OF OUR MONEY IN A “BAILOUT,” THEN WE OWN YOU. Sorry, that’s how it’s done. If the bank gives me money so I can buy a house, the bank “owns” that house until I pay it all back — with interest. Same deal for Wall Street. Whatever money you need to stay afloat, if our government considers you a safe risk — and necessary for the good of the country — then you can get a loan, but we will own you. If you default, we will sell you. This is how the Swedish government did it and it worked.
5. ALL REGULATIONS MUST BE RESTORED. THE REAGAN REVOLUTION IS DEAD. This catastrophe happened because we let the fox have the keys to the henhouse. In 1999, Phil Gramm authored a bill to remove all the regulations that governed Wall Street and our banking system. The bill passed and Clinton signed it. Here’s what Sen. Phil Gramm, McCain’s chief economic advisor, said at the bill signing:
“In the 1930s … it was believed that government was the answer. It was believed that stability and growth came from government overriding the functioning of free markets.
“We are here today to repeal [that] because we have learned that government is not the answer. We have learned that freedom and competition are the answers. We have learned that we promote economic growth and we promote stability by having competition and freedom.
“I am proud to be here because this is an important bill; it is a deregulatory bill. I believe that that is the wave of the future, and I am awfully proud to have been a part of making it a reality.”
This bill must be repealed. Bill Clinton can help by leading the effort for the repeal of the Gramm bill and the reinstating of even tougher regulations regarding our financial institutions. And when they’re done with that, they can restore the regulations for the airlines, the inspection of our food, the oil industry, OSHA, and every other entity that affects our daily lives. All oversight provisions for any “bailout” must have enforcement monies attached to them and criminal penalties for all offenders.
6. IF IT’S TOO BIG TO FAIL, THEN THAT MEANS IT’S TOO BIG TO EXIST. Allowing the creation of these mega-mergers and not enforcing the monopoly and anti-trust laws has allowed a number of financial institutions and corporations to become so large, the very thought of their collapse means an even bigger collapse across the entire economy. No one or two companies should have this kind of power. The so-called “economic Pearl Harbor” can’t happen when you have hundreds — thousands — of institutions where people have their money. When you have a dozen auto companies, if one goes belly-up, we don’t face a national disaster. If you have three separately-owned daily newspapers in your town, then one media company can’t call all the shots (I know… What am I thinking?! Who reads a paper anymore? Sure glad all those mergers and buyouts left us with a strong and free press!). Laws must be enacted to prevent companies from being so large and dominant that with one slingshot to the eye, the giant falls and dies. And no institution should be allowed to set up money schemes that no one can understand. If you can’t explain it in two sentences, you shouldn’t be taking anyone’s money.
7. NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD BE PAID MORE THAN 40 TIMES THEIR AVERAGE EMPLOYEE, AND NO EXECUTIVE SHOULD RECEIVE ANY KIND OF “PARACHUTE” OTHER THAN THE VERY GENEROUS SALARY HE OR SHE MADE WHILE WORKING FOR THE COMPANY. In 1980, the average American CEO made 45 times what their employees made. By 2003, they were making 254 times what their workers made. After 8 years of Bush, they now make over 400 times what their average employee makes. How this can happen at publicly held companies is beyond reason. In Britain, the average CEO makes 28 times what their average employee makes. In Japan, it’s only 17 times! The last I heard, the CEO of Toyota was living the high life in Tokyo. How does he do it on so little money? Seriously, this is an outrage. We have created the mess we’re in by letting the people at the top become bloated beyond belief with millions of dollars. This has to stop. Not only should no executive who receives help out of this mess profit from it, but any executive who was in charge of running his company into the ground should be fired before the company receives any help.
8. STRENGTHEN THE FDIC AND MAKE IT A MODEL FOR PROTECTING NOT ONLY PEOPLE’S SAVINGS, BUT ALSO THEIR PENSIONS AND THEIR HOMES. Obama was correct yesterday to propose expanding FDIC protection of people’s savings in their banks to $250,000. But this same sort of government insurance must be given to our nation’s pension funds. People should never have to worry about whether or not the money they’ve put away for their old age will be there. This will mean strict government oversight of companies who manage their employees’ funds — or perhaps it means that the companies will have to turn over those funds and their management to the government. People’s private retirement funds must also be protected, but perhaps it’s time to consider not having one’s retirement invested in the casino known as the stock market. Our government should have a solemn duty to guarantee that no one who grows old in this country has to worry about ending up destitute.
9. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO TAKE A DEEP BREATH, CALM DOWN, AND NOT LET FEAR RULE THE DAY. Turn off the TV! We are not in the Second Great Depression. The sky is not falling. Pundits and politicians are lying to us so fast and furious it’s hard not to be affected by all the fear mongering. Even I, yesterday, wrote to you and repeated what I heard on the news, that the Dow had the biggest one day drop in its history. Well, that’s true in terms of points, but its 7% drop came nowhere close to Black Monday in 1987 when the stock market in one day lost 23% of its value. In the ’80s, 3,000 banks closed, but America didn’t go out of business. These institutions have always had their ups and downs and eventually it works out. It has to, because the rich do not like their wealth being disrupted! They have a vested interest in calming things down and getting back into the Jacuzzi.
As crazy as things are right now, tens of thousands of people got a car loan this week. Thousands went to the bank and got a mortgage to buy a home. Students just back to college found banks more than happy to put them into hock for the next 15 years with a student loan. Life has gone on. Not a single person has lost any of their money if it’s in a bank or a treasury note or a CD. And the most amazing thing is that the American public hasn’t bought the scare campaign. The citizens didn’t blink, and instead told Congress to take that bailout and shove it. THAT was impressive. Why didn’t the population succumb to the fright-filled warnings from their president and his cronies? Well, you can only say ‘Saddam has da bomb’ so many times before the people realize you’re a lying sack of shite. After eight long years, the nation is worn out and simply can’t take it any longer.
10. CREATE A NATIONAL BANK, A “PEOPLE’S BANK.” If we really are itching to print up a trillion dollars, instead of giving it to a few rich people, why don’t we give it to ourselves? Now that we own Freddie and Fannie, why not set up a people’s bank? One that can provide low-interest loans for all sorts of people who want to own a home, start a small business, go to school, come up with the cure for cancer or create the next great invention. And now that we own AIG, the country’s largest insurance company, let’s take the next step and provide health insurance for everyone. Medicare for all. It will save us so much money in the long run. And we won’t be 12th on the life expectancy list. We’ll be able to have a longer life, enjoying our government-protected pension, and living to see the day when the corporate criminals who caused so much misery are let out of prison so that we can help reacclimate them to civilian life — a life with one nice home and a gas-free car that was invented with help from the People’s Bank.
Respectfully,
Texans