By Jennifer Parker

Sep 29, 2008 8:31am

Stephanopoulos: Palin Can’t Afford a Debate Mistake

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos reports: At Thursday night’s vice presidential debate between Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Joe Biden, D-Dela., in St. Louis, Palin cannot afford to make a mistake.

A major mistake, particularly on foreign policy, would be absolutely fatal to her candidacy.

Palin must also avoid what we’ve seen from her in recent media interviews: those deer in the headlight moments where it seems like she doesn’t know what to say.

Watch for Palin to come out aggressively against Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, McCain campaign officials told ABC News.

Part of Palin’s strategy will be to call Obama out as a liberal, putting him on the defensive so that Biden will have to answer for Obama.

The McCain campaign is bringing in some heavy hitters to prepare Palin this week for the debate, which will be held in St. Louis, Missouri.

Less than a month ago, Sen. John McCain was applauded by Republican conservatives for his selection of Palin as his vice presidential candidate.

However the reaction among some conservatives has turned bad. There are lots of second thoughts now about her selection within the conservative community, and the buzz on Palin has gone all bad.

When you become a punch line in politics, it’s one of the worst things that could happen, and that’s what’s happening to Palin now.

It’s something she should address in the debate this Thursday.

When Palin was first picked, she was a huge boost to McCain’s presidential candidacy.

But her favorability numbers have gone down from 58 percent on Sept. 7 to 52 percent, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.

 
Even more important are voter perceptions of her qualifications to be president.

The number of  people who say she’s not qualified to be vice president is going up. Almost half the country, 49 percent, say she’s not qualified, compared to only 21 percent for Biden, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll.   

But the degree of difficultly for Thursday night’s debate will be high for Biden as well.

It’s always difficult in these debates, particularly for someone like Biden, not to appear too aggressive, or too boorish, and he’s got to be careful about that.

On the other hand, Biden has to make his points about why he would be a better vice president that Palin. 

Both sides are hunkering down right now getting ready for this debate. It’s going to be a big deal.

The Democrats have the momentum after Friday night’s first Democratic presidential debate.
Recent national polls coming out over the last three days point to Obama as the first debate winner.

The most recent is the USA Today/Gallup poll released today which shows 46 percent of people though Obama won and 34 said McCain won.

That corresponds with national polls coming out over the weekend which show Obama either holding or decreasing his lead over McCain.

Over the course of the first presidential debate, Obama didn’t make any major mistakes and he showed he can hold his own on foreign policy.

Even though both did well, Obama came into the debate with momentum and a country primed to vote for a candidate who can deliver change. Therefore, in a close debate, voters are perceiving Obama as the winner.

The vice presidential candidates will likely have to deal with questions about the controversial $700 economic rescue package that was hammered out on Capitol Hill over the weekend.

The House takes up debate on the bill today, and a top House Democrat late last night said they were very pleased with the deal reached with House Republicans who has floated their own plan late last week.

While the bailout is likely to pass in both the House and the Senate, no one on Capitol Hill wants to vote for it.

Even if the bill gets through the House of Representatives, it’s going to be a close vote.  There will likely not be a vote on the package in the Senate until Wednesday.

User Comments

They will have Palin ready to recite a quick sentence about the topic asked and then she will launch into pre-planned attacks on Obama.
This strategy could work very well in disguising her lack of experience, judgment and knowledge.
The bar has been set unbelievably low for her.
She will win the debate and Palin mania will be back.
This makes me sick.

Posted by: Billy | September 29, 2008, 8:54 am 8:54 am

Ahhh are you all ready for THE OCTOBER SURPRISE?????
Her name is GOVENOR SARAH PALIN!!!
Poor Senator Biden, even if he stays sober he will be mincemeat!
Joe, no where to run no where to hide,
THE GOVENOR is going to slap you silly!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 8:54 am 8:54 am

I got a kick out of this.
McCain now owns VoteForTheMILF.com
You get redirected to his website.
Classy NOT

Posted by: Bill in NC | September 29, 2008, 8:57 am 8:57 am

Mr. Stephanopoulos must be delusional if he thinks it’s even remotely possible that Palin will not make a mistake in 90 minutes of debate. a debate is an order of magnitude more difficult than a cushy interview. there might actually be a dozen times where she actually (gasp!) has to think on her feet instead of regurgitating the same tired talking points.
one thing to look out for is for cheating. i would not be suprised if they didn’t place a tiny earpiece for Palin and feed her talking points. this will have to be watched for. however, even when they do this (and believe me they will), people will be able to tell because of the hesitations. it’s actually very difficult to listen and talk at the same time. and Palin’s proved time and again that she’s not the sharpest tool in the shed. still i think they’ll have to take that chance and put the earpiece in because without it, she’s dead in the water… and so is McPain’s chances.

Posted by: Muaddib420 | September 29, 2008, 9:00 am 9:00 am

The bar has been set unbelievably low for GOVENOR PALIN.
She will win the debate and GOVENOR Palin mania will be back.
This makes me sick.
Posted by: Billy | Sep 29, 2008 8:54:12 AM
____________________________
Billy take 2 asprin and go to bed, you will feel better soon!
Maybe when you do you too can run for president.
That bar is soo low Slick Rick the Poverty Pimp has slipped under it.

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:01 am 9:01 am

Look for most of the House Republicans to NOT vote in favor of the bail-out package.
The Democrats are probably going to have to pass this turkey on their own, and will be taking the fall for it as well with the American public.

Posted by: Lee | September 29, 2008, 9:05 am 9:05 am

Look – all Biden has to do is to let Palin talk and dig herself into a hole. He probably doesn’t even have to say much. It is preposterous to think that Palin can even be compared to a senator of many years. Her responses to Katie Couric were absurd and showed a confused mind. Palin will try to turn the debate into an attack against Obama with the same old rants of a tax and spend liberal. I think Joe will be rolling his eyes at her responses. The audience will probably have to hold back their laughter. Why McCain would choose this woman is beyond the thinking of most Americans. It was actually an insult for her to accept this nomination

Posted by: Bob | September 29, 2008, 9:06 am 9:06 am

You have to read Palin’s responses as if they were poetry of sorts. Sort of.
That’s why
I say I,
Like every American I’m speaking with,
We’re ill
About this position
That we have been put in
Where it is
The taxpayers looking to bail out.
But ultimately, what the bailout does is help
Those who are concerned about the health-care reform
That is needed to help
Shore up our economy,
Helping the—it’s got to be all about job creation too,
Shoring up our economy
And putting it back
On the right track.
So health-care reform
And reducing taxes
And reining in spending
Has got to accompany tax reductions
And tax relief for Americans.
And trade,
We’ve got to see trade
As opportunity,
Not as a competitive, scary thing.
But one in five jobs being created
in the trade sector today,
We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity.
All those things
Under the umbrella of job creation.
This bailout is
A part of that.

Posted by: Deeva | September 29, 2008, 9:07 am 9:07 am

The day after the RNC convention I predicted to my friends Ms Palin would bow out by Oct 15. I never believed she was intended to make the final run to the White House with McSilly aka McChicken Old Man. Another Gov. is poised and ready and this was McChilly’s Shock and Awe GOTCHA to get the spotlight back on him. It initially caused utter salivation from the Republican faithful, but now they’re looking at each other saying WTF? She’s a disaster! Uhh Ohh…
For McCain’s next “rushed” magic act, sadly the Palin’s tiny son will become ill (or perhaps another manufactured crisis) and only a mother’s love will save the day. Go home Mama Moose take care of your calf and let America move on. Frankly you have more baggage than a Greyhound bus. We wish you well and admire your moxie BUT all good things must come to an end. You are becoming a perfect example of what a pimp does to a trick in feeding her false hopes. I’m sorry, but that moose just can’t grunt.
YOU will be gracious and we, err…”liberals” will be kind because we too believe family should be first! (Wink, Wink)
This is going to be a LANDSLIDE.
Obama/Biden 08

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:08 am 9:08 am

“…He probably doesn’t even have to say much…”
Therein lies the problem.
Biden does not know how to keep his mouth shut, and he will be the one digging himself a hole in this debate that he will not be able to crawl back out of.
Look for more discrepancies between Obams’s messages and what Biden says about them. These two are NOT on the same wave length.

Posted by: Lee | September 29, 2008, 9:10 am 9:10 am

The interviews, ex-Hannity, have exposed an intellectually challenged woman. The vacuous look on her face to some questions is alarming and it’s clear she would have to be given guidance beyond counsel in any emergency in which she would have to rise to a leadership position.

Posted by: richard | September 29, 2008, 9:11 am 9:11 am

Look – all JOE has to do is to let GOVENOR Palin talk and dig herself into a hole. He probably doesn’t even have to say much.
***************************
Rotflmao….Biden can’t stop talking,
he is the gift that keeps on gaffing!!
Let him have the floor Govenor he will talk himself to death!! LOL lol

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:11 am 9:11 am

Can you imagine how many times the clip would run if Palin had said FDR was president in 1929 and on TV? Biden’s gaffs are too many too count, but forgiven. Palin’s intelligence, experience and judgement will prevail despite the media’s desparate attempt to invent someone they can control. They don’t know what to do with people of character, McCain and Palin, who cannot be manipulated by “media perception”.

Posted by: Susan | September 29, 2008, 9:11 am 9:11 am

This is a lot of pressure to put on Caribou Barbie.
Sugar Daddy McCain has given her the final ultimatum:
GIVE IT TO JOE BIDEN IN THE DEBATES or………Have an “accident” where you can’t be my VP anymore.
What do you think is going to happen? Riiiiiiiiight……She doesn’t have a chance. This debate will be equivalent to the New England Patriots playing a Pop Warner Mighty Mite football team.
NO CONTEST.

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:13 am 9:13 am

Because of Palin’s poor performance and scarce availability to the press to answer questions I believe Palin will have to do more than avoid mistakes to win over voters. She has to demonstrate that she has actual in-depth knowledge of issues. She must do more than recite prepared answers. Even if she does come off somewhat coherent it is not going to make up for her disastrous interviews…She needs to do considerably better…So, I don’t think the bar is really set that low..

Posted by: indy_voter | September 29, 2008, 9:14 am 9:14 am

If Sarah Palin see an opportunity to bring up our financial/wall street crisis as a national security issue and presents Obama’s hand in ALL of this MESS. It’s over for Obamanism!
http://www.nypost.com/seven/09292008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/os_dangerous_pals_131216.htm

Posted by: wales | September 29, 2008, 9:15 am 9:15 am

John McCain:
“For my next magic trick, I’ll make my current VP selection disappear and a new one will appear in the form of Rudy Gulliani”! Aaaaand a one! Aaaaaand a two! Aaaaala peanut butter saaaaaandwicheeeeeeeeeees! Waahlaah!
She’ll be “taken care of” and “erased” in a couple of weeks. With a shotgun wedding coming up for her daughter, she’s just too busy!!!!! Hey, where’s Carly Fiorino??? Did she have an “accident” too?
THIS IS TOO FUNNY!
Obama/Biden – It’s a Lock

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:17 am 9:17 am

I see Russia
I see France
I see Sarah’s
Dirty Pants

Posted by: Yankeee | September 29, 2008, 9:17 am 9:17 am

Obama has been scrutinized by the media as an empty suit and like it or not, we have to admit that he did shine throughtout the debate. It is a make-it or break-it time for Sarah in the next debate. I am waiting to watch the debate with an open-mind. It is also a crucial time for Mccain that if Sarah is up to the task to save his sinking ship one more time.

Posted by: mtr2311 | September 29, 2008, 9:19 am 9:19 am

Can you imagine how many times the clip would run if Governor Palin had said FDR was president in 1929 and on TV? Biden’s gaffs are too many too count, but forgiven. Governor Palin’s intelligence, experience and judgement will prevail despite the media’s desperate attempt to invent someone they can control. They don’t know what to do with people of character, Senator McCain and Governor Palin, who cannot be manipulated by “media perception”.
Posted by: Susan | Sep 29, 2008 9:11:26 AM
————————
The Truth!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:19 am 9:19 am

The day after the RNC convention I predicted to my friends Ms Palin would bow out by Oct 15. I never believed she was intended to make the final run to the White House with McSilly aka McChicken Old Man. Another Gov. is poised and ready and this was McChilly’s Shock and Awe GOTCHA to get the spotlight back on him. It initially caused utter salivation from the Republican faithful, but now they’re looking at each other saying WTF? She’s a disaster! Uhh Ohh…
For McCain’s next “rushed” magic act, sadly the Palin’s tiny son will become ill (or perhaps another manufactured crisis) and only a mother’s love will save the day. Go home Mama Moose take care of your calf and let America move on. Frankly you have more baggage than a Greyhound bus. We wish you well and admire your moxie BUT all good things must come to an end. You are becoming a perfect example of what a pimp does to a trick in feeding her false hopes. I’m sorry, but that moose just can’t grunt.
YOU will be gracious and we, err…”liberals” will be kind because we too believe family should be first! (Wink, Wink)
This is going to be a LANDSLIDE.
Obama/Biden 08

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:21 am 9:21 am

I would like to know how John Mc Cain and Sarah Palin are going to pay for programs that they want to implement when elected without raising taxes.
Thanks

Posted by: DAVID BRADEN | September 29, 2008, 9:22 am 9:22 am

Posted by: mtr2311 | Sep 29, 2008 9:19:53 AM
Obama has been scrutinized by the media as an empty suit and like it or not,
When was this the mass media treats him like he is the second comming??They throw him pitches like I used to for my son in tee ball.

Posted by: reddog0216 | September 29, 2008, 9:23 am 9:23 am

John McCain:
“For my next magic trick, errrr, STUNT, I’ll make my current VP selection disappear and a new one will appear in the form of Rudy Gulliani”! Aaaaand a one! Aaaaaand a two! Aaaaala peanut butter saaaaaandwicheeeeeeeeeees! Waahlaah!
She’ll be “taken care of” and “erased” in a couple of weeks. With a shotgun wedding coming up for her daughter, she’s just too busy!!!!! Hey, where’s Carly Fiorino??? Did she have an “accident” too?
THIS IS TOO FUNNY!
Obama/Biden – It’s a Lock

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:23 am 9:23 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:23 am 9:23 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:24 am 9:24 am

I would like to know how John Mc Cain and Sarah Palin are going to pay for programs that they want to implement when elected without raising taxes.
Thanks
Posted by: DAVID BRADEN | Sep 29, 2008 9:22:20 AM
Cutting the fat in washington reduce spending and when you cut taxes people have more money to spend which increases revunue

Posted by: reddog0216 | September 29, 2008, 9:25 am 9:25 am

John McCain:
“For my next magic trick, errrr, STUNT, I’ll make my current VP selection disappear and a new one will appear in the form of Rudy Gulliani”! Aaaaand a one! Aaaaaand a two! Aaaaala peanut butter saaaaaandwicheeeeeeeeeees! Waahlaah!
She’ll be “taken care of” and “erased” in a couple of weeks. With a shotgun wedding coming up for her daughter, she’s just too busy!!!!! Hey, where’s Carly Fiorino??? Did she have an “accident” too? Sounds like sexism to me!
THIS IS TOO FUNNY!
Obama/Biden – It’s a Lock

Posted by: Nat Turner | September 29, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am

The difference between gaffe-ridden Joe and moose-in-the-headlights Palin is that Joe admits it when he says something stupid, and he has some knowledge of the broader context of things. Palin keeps on talking, then defends her insubstantial talking points even after the truth has been pointed out (We can SEE Russia in Alaska, this makes me a GREAT foreign policy maven, really, it does!!! So what if I can’t be bothered to actually cross that tiny little maritime border… Why are you all laughing?).
She is no longer the big fish in the little pond and she knows it.. And the moose-in-the-headlights look is far from gone I’m sure.

Posted by: Petra | September 29, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am

Palin to be replaced by startled deer.
More as this story develops!

Posted by: Gus | September 29, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am

You people show miss palin some respect, Miss palin can see the Hospital from her hotel room , Which word is she is qualify to perform a HEART transplant, which will take place around noonish.

Posted by: toyken | September 29, 2008, 9:28 am 9:28 am

People seem to forget what a good grasp Palin has on the Obama/Biden team’s shortcomings that were enumerated many times during her convention speech.
Now she has a few more to add to her pile:
If that is the case, Senator, why did both you AND your running mate vote in favor of the Bridge to Nowhere that I declined to build?
Why are you opposed to using clean coal as an energy alternative?
As a matter of fact, Senator, Hillary would have been the BETTER choice.
Tell me again, Senator, about your sniper fire experience in Afghanistan?

Posted by: Lee | September 29, 2008, 9:28 am 9:28 am

I had to check: it’s true that http://www.votefortheMILF.com results in a redirect to the McCain Web site. I wonder if Todd and Sarah know….

Posted by: Joel | September 29, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am

Palin can’t afford a mistake but Biden can play the jackass as usual. That’s because people like Stephanopoulos and his buddy Charlie Gibson will pretend that Biden’s idiocies never happened. But we already knew that

Posted by: Travis | September 29, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am

Palin supporters will be cheering that Palin won the battle of the debate..but we will all be losers in this war! Palin is just not qualified to run this country. Be careful what you wish for, you future and your children’s future do matter.

Posted by: Intelligent voter | September 29, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am

the bar has been set so incredibly low for palin (even a parrot would be expected to do better then palin) that all she has to do is show up, smile a lot, and simply regurgitate the canned lines that her handlers are shoving down her throat right now.
look for absolutely no substance to her answers. her answers may vaguely reference the question, but they will be pre-written canned responses. even a dog (though probably not a pitbull) could be trained to what she’ll do thursday night.
she doesn’t need to win the debate. all that this moron has to do, is stand there, smile, spew out her canned lines and she wins the night.
nobody, not even the staunchest republican, believes she can possibly debate Biden.
scary, scary, that the republicans are willing to put a completely incompetent, vengeful, dingbat in the VP office.
schleprock

Posted by: schleprock | September 29, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am

Those gloating over Palin’s so called interviews(leftist ambush operation inspired by the change clown)have forgotten the stutters,gaffes,half answers,ai ai ai ,ya ya ya from the community organizer.Do not throw stones if you live in a glass house..idiots.

Posted by: JOL | September 29, 2008, 9:30 am 9:30 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:31 am 9:31 am

George is right.If Palin says that FDR went on TV when the market crashed in 1929 it will show that she is a loon and it will all be over

Posted by: Susan | September 29, 2008, 9:31 am 9:31 am

I am surprised by the bizarro-world idealized version some wingnuts (Kristol and K-Lo, eg) are projecting on Palin when they haven’t seen any more of her in action than anybody else. Wishful thinking doesn’t win debates.

Posted by: TNeedle | September 29, 2008, 9:34 am 9:34 am

To be fair, I reviewed some of the old tapes of Obama and they are as painful to watch as Sarah’s interview with CBS. The thing is Obama has 18 months to polish himself and Sarah has only 4 days. The future of Mccain’s camp rests on her shoulder and we know it by this Thursday.

Posted by: mtr2311 | September 29, 2008, 9:34 am 9:34 am

And George, we know that you’ll be right on it if she does make a mistake. Good gravy, she could have a hangnail and the MSM wants to hang her.
But Joe will get a pass, of course. It will just be gaffe # 1083, 1084, and 1085 on the Gaffe-o-meter and everyone will have a good chuckle.
Bunch of yellow journalists, all of you.

Posted by: mak | September 29, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am

Sarah Palin is going to have to convince me that she represents “change” and Sen Joe Kinnock(D-MBNA) doesn’t.Wonder how she will manage that.

Posted by: Mayor Qumby | September 29, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am

I hope Palin brings up Wright, Ayers, Rekzo and the rest. Screw Gwen Ifil and the MSM. They will have the pro-Obama black moderator try to play gotchya all night. Palin needs to avoid getting caught in that trap.

Posted by: geevill | September 29, 2008, 9:36 am 9:36 am

if she doesnt make a mistake doesnt that mean auto win for her?
teh bar is very low for palin… almost too low, i really really hope she makes a mistake because she is horrible and the worst candidate for vp in the history of candidates

Posted by: Bhrandon | September 29, 2008, 9:42 am 9:42 am

How many times do you Think the McCain Camp has cussed when they allow Palin to Speak in public?
Bad Choice! But I can say she is definitely good at attacking – that speech was a game changer! LoL….
Todd Palin where are you? She need you to be on stage while she is debating so you can communicate a logical response to her. LoL! Thanks McCain for allowing her to be chosen because it’s been enjoyable to see your camp change their mind on things that you once was so against until Palin brought all her drama… Teen been pregnant, Todd actually running the office, she’s hold’s Vendettas, the bridge to no…was cancelled by washington and then it became the bridge to no where and so on and so on.
Yeah I must say she did pump up things didn’t she. I wonder what the Evangelist and Independants are thinking now….. OMG – What did McCain do to the party…. She’s a total disgrace. Bidden should not have to treat her any different…She’s ready…She’s ready to ATTACK….LoL

Posted by: Wow6790 | September 29, 2008, 9:42 am 9:42 am

The early 90′s musical group, Bel Biv Divoe, has a song with Sarah Palin in mind: “That girl is poison, never trust a big butt and a smile”

Posted by: johnnysweeps | September 29, 2008, 9:48 am 9:48 am

Palin will be criticized for her performance no matter how she performs. The media has been completely forgiving of Biden’s many gaffs and will continue to be. I think the media are afraid of appearing racist and have been threatened. Anyone in the media or in government who goes against Obama will be punished. Notice how ABCNEWS was excluded from the debates because Obama is still mad about the last one (against Hillary, with Stephanopolus as questioner).
We already know that the media thinks sexism is OK , because after all, as John Lennon sang: “Woman is the n-word of the world,” and “Woman is the slave of the slaves.”

Posted by: tina | September 29, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

What kind of country are we when we expect our vice presidential candidate to simply make no mistakes to get ahead. Leaders are supposed to excel, not just make no mistakes…Have our standards really deteriorated so much that excellence is abhorred, and intelligence is labeled as elitism?
Your article makes it seem like muddling through is a good enough benchmark to evaluate the strengths of our leaders. What kind of example do we want to set for our young? Mr Stephanopoulos, I forcefully beg to differ.

Posted by: andyt | September 29, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

I hope she does well to shut everybody up.It amazes me that all the mistakes Biden makes he gets a pass from the media. CNN ran a story about her not even being elected when the Bridge to nowhere were put in play.They also reported how biden/obama voted against taking the money from the bridge to nowhere and fixing a bridge damaged during Katrina Good for you CNN of course we will see if you continue to run it or will it fade as most truths about Obama

Posted by: reddog0216 | September 29, 2008, 9:52 am 9:52 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 9:54 am 9:54 am

Mr. Stephanopoulos must be delusional if he thinks it’s even remotely possible that Palin will not make a mistake in 90 minutes of debate.
——————–
I think the point is that the expectations are so low right now, she only has to keep from falling off the podium and people (well pubs at least)will think she did well.
Half of our nation must think this this is the “who wants to be vice president” show. It’s not a reality show, it’s reality. And Palin is DANGEROUSLY unprepared for the job.

Posted by: Lower the bar a little more | September 29, 2008, 9:55 am 9:55 am

Palin will be the torch bearer for us who are victims of media bias. She will recite the Obama crimes and will make this nation cringe with horror about Obama. We will be looking forward for her to put Biden to shame and with her degree in broadcast journalism, she will discreetly inform viewers about the danger of electing a foreigner like Obama and how America will survive with the economic crisis that the democrats dominated congress has made…

Posted by: darnobama | September 29, 2008, 9:58 am 9:58 am

HP Boston, I was there in the TX Caucus and your statement is not far from the truth.

Posted by: mtr2311 | September 29, 2008, 10:01 am 10:01 am

I guess the democrats dont want to debate who caused this financial mess they would rather waste time on claiming how ill prepared GOVERNOR Palin is

Posted by: reddog0216 | September 29, 2008, 10:05 am 10:05 am

Billy Bob,
You didn’t spell Governor correctly; ignorant leader, ignorant follower. I would rather have an educated leader who knows how to uphold the constitution rather than a leader who knows how to shoot a moose.
Margaret

Posted by: Margaret | September 29, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am

anyone can make mistakes and in fact no one can not make mistakes, so why Palin can not make mistakes? logically flawed title.

Posted by: tom | September 29, 2008, 10:19 am 10:19 am

I am not here to defend or attack Obama. I am not here to attack or defend McCain. I am not here to attack or defend Biden. I am here to show my respect to Miss Palin as a person and a hockey-mom, but also to add that she does not belong in the same league. Perhaps unwittingly, McCain, a true patriot, has done his country a great disservice through his selection of running mate. Those who continue to promote Palin as the right candidate should watch the Couric interview outside the political spin room and in the privacy of their own rooms. McCain deserves better!

Posted by: saif1028 | September 29, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

All you liberals are scared of Palin, and that’s why the media is attacking her so much.

Posted by: ssdf | September 29, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

To all of the Sarah supporters, there is a big difference between stating FDR went on T.V instead of radio and not knowing anything about anything. We all knew what Joe meant but no one, including yourselves, know what Sarah means.

Posted by: Srethng | September 29, 2008, 10:26 am 10:26 am

Yes, I think Palin will trip over her words, and I hate to sound insulting, but this woman should not be in the position she’s in – she should not be “going anywhere near” the White House. She’s fine governing her small city, and as the mayor of a town. Her management style is now widely known – her top aides did not even show up for her “abuse of power” hearing – why, a fear of retribution? Her support is slipping as shown by a rally decrying her — not all women identify with her.
She is a walking contradiction, and it goes to show what excellent judgment McPain must have

Posted by: Ann | September 29, 2008, 10:29 am 10:29 am

Watch where ol John has his eyeballs glued,when his young HOTTIE is speaking!into the mike,thats the only reason he picked her,TROPHY WIFE TROPHY MATE!!

Posted by: Raymond J Earley | September 29, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

“liberals” aren’t scared of Palin, they’re scared of the media. The media turned Palin into a saint when she was introduced, so everyone loved her. The media is turning her into a clown now, and everyone hates her. The media controls the election.
On the left, we’re just scared that the media will once again hand the election to the right (as with its portrayal of Gore as a lie-machine, and Kerry as a flip-flopper).

Posted by: Brian | September 29, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

ABC, why are you allowing blog spots to even post here?
Of course we all prefer that our candidates perform flawlessly but with the brillaince that all these wonderful lawyers and money changers have brought upon us why not give someone from a background other than beltway as usual a fair chance?The current crop we have in both houses are disgusting worms that deserve to be booted from their jobs and sent home to jerk sodas at a local drug store.

Posted by: david | September 29, 2008, 10:34 am 10:34 am

Biden thought FDR went on TV in 1929 but Palin apparently thought our founding fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegiance, complete with “under God” even:
Are you offended by the phrase “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance? Why or why not?
PALIN: Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I’ll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

Posted by: Deeva | September 29, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

Though Palin will be ready with good punches and responses for the upcoming debate, but the above indicates that she certainly lacks the right knowledge and understanding to deliver.I mean come on, we are not there to listen to a person, who is taught by some teachers.
Here is a useful resource related to Gov. Sarah Palin – the most comprehensive page of information on her record available on the Net.
http://dailysource.org/palin
It has in-depth research, audio clips, videos, excerpts and links to hundreds of articles, including many from papers and TV stations in Alaska.

Posted by: salil singla | September 29, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

Sarah Palin is actually good at debates.
Have a look at the 2006 Alaska gubernatorial debates on You Tube. She really sounds like a coherent, intelligent person. Her opponents in that race have warned about exactly this – keeping her away from the media, then having her blow everyone away at the debates after she is completely underestimated. She will probably do quite well.

Posted by: KC | September 29, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

I also think she was so terrible in the 3 whole interviews as a strategy, so we would be expecting a wonderfully funny debate. When I though of this, it bummed me out. I want funny.
After the debate she’ll be allowing interviews like mad and be a normal empty worded politician.

Posted by: Jane | September 29, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

I believe that in this 90 minute debate, Sarah Palin’s true colors would show: her lack of ability and knowledge to support the United States as Vice President. I do respect the fact that she is a woman running for office, but what matters is whether or not she is suitable for the position. George W. Bush (our Republican President, a.k.a. the party Sarah Palin belongs to in this election) said: “Americans will look closely at the judgment, the experience, and the policies of candidates…” in the Republican National Convention on September 2nd. If Sarah Palin doesn’t come strong on very important issues like foreign policy, how can we expect her to be a good Vice President?
I learned a lot about Sarah Palin at http://www.dailysource.org/Palin

Posted by: Annonymous | September 29, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 10:41 am 10:41 am

If Mr. Obama, who is a JUNIOR senator is running for the president, why not Sarah Palin for VP? Who is more important to run the country, President or VP. Tell us what experience does Obama have? Wrote two memoirs, spent few years on book signing tours, for the whole last year, he was occupied with campaign. So, let’s just assume his total time at the senate is little more than a year??? Sarah Palin hasn’t got a chance to bring (300) foreign policy advisers to bring with her yet(Obama brought 300 foreign advisors with him when he travled abroad). If you guys think Obama is doing well, I’m sure in a short period of time, Sarah will do well.

Posted by: smile | September 29, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

Sarah Palin obviously has a head full of air. Even fellow Republicans agree that in order for their ticket to have a chance, she should step aside. Barack Obama is going to be President of the United States. Grab up all of the memorabilia you can. This is truly history in the making!!

Posted by: Yvonne | September 29, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

“All you liberals are scared of Palin, and that’s why the media is attacking her so much.”
Exactly. And you should be afraid too. Such an incompetent person is possibly a heart beat from becoming a president.

Posted by: Gustav | September 29, 2008, 10:44 am 10:44 am

Her first mistake will be to show up at the debate. She cannot help the deer in the headlights moments because she is COMPLETELY OUT OF HER DEPTH!!!. I am sure she is a nice lady and she delegated well as mayor of a small town and a state with a surplus huge enough that thousands of dollars are given to the residents each year instead of taxes being collected. She has not the education or political experience for the job, she may shoot moose, but that means nothing when you are on a stage with millions watching, no teleprompter or notes, and the guy standing next you was doing this job when you where still cheerleading. I know it might play poorly at first but Biden and the moderator need to take her to task. Put her on the spot and not accept such incredibly inane answers, such as “I’ll find some and bring ‘em back to ya!”. that is not charming, that is frightening.

Posted by: Danny | September 29, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am

Mrs. Plain cannot even afford a single mistake.
How is she going to do that?
McCain was not thinking again.

Posted by: M. Tobias | September 29, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

Mrs. Plain cannot even afford a single mistake.
How is she going to do that?
McCain was not thinking again.
========================================
Since when does McCain think? He flys by the seat of his pants.

Posted by: samurai | September 29, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

Don’t under estimate Sarah Palin. She didn’t get as far as she has just on her good looks.
She’s going to take Blowhard Biden down.

Posted by: S Adams | September 29, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

Sarah Palin interview with Kathy Couric clearly shows she is utterly unqualified to be VP further more President if McCain dies. Palin should resign before the debate because all 3 interviews she bombed. What I don’t understand McCain always say country first, however, its sad he choose politics first. Sorry you lost my vote.

Posted by: Randy | September 29, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

Palin cannot afford a mistake? More like America cannot afford the mistake john Mc SAme already made by trying to put her a heartbeat away from our countries leader. Palin is merely the latest lying puppet brought to us by the same gang that brought us George W. Rick Davis, Steve Schmidt, and their daddy Karl Rove. America is not buying all the lies and smears this time. the tactics are tired time to put her out of her misery. CHANGE WE NEED NOW! VOTE OBAMA! YES WE CAN! SI SE PUEDE! I am a decorated veteran and my son just returned from iraq as a member of the 82nd Ariborne. The Bento like most veteran families are proudly voting for Obama! Airborne!

Posted by: Col Joseph Bento US Army Ret | September 29, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am

So many people who seem to know exactly what is going on so absolutely. The ability of many of my fellow Americans to be able to examine the intricacies and complexities (and they are intricate and complex, make no mistake) of this whole process and actually be able to defend conclusions drawn from what little actual knowledge we have available to us so vociferously is somewhat daunting and unsettling to me.
I just cannot seem to reach that place of self assuredness.
I read, watch and listen to as much as I can and still am not able to state unequivocally that I know any of these candidates well enough to defend (or attack) any of them and be even remotely assured of the validity of my stance. I am certainly not confident enough in the ultimate validity of my conclusions so far based upon less than sufficient information as to become emotionally invested in any of the candidates as so many here in this posting and others appear to be. With the amount of information (real information, not opinions) that I personally have been able to locate, I hope to be able to make a good choice come November, but realize that it will in the end still be a less than fully educated guess. There simply is not enough readily reliable data and sorting out all of the chaff surrounding it takes too long.
That said, at least that Nat Turner is just too funny….right? Nah……not really..

Posted by: Asanath | September 29, 2008, 10:58 am 10:58 am

I am for Obama and I suggest that the Dem’s not take her lightly. The GOP love to use trickery in their elections and maybe the last interview was just a game so people would underestimate her. Not time to let the guard down.

Posted by: CW | September 29, 2008, 11:00 am 11:00 am

“Under [Bill] Clinton, the entire federal government put massive pressure on banks to grant more mortgages to the poor and minorities. Clinton’s secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Andrew Cuomo, investigated Fannie Mae for racial discrimination and proposed that 50 percent of Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s portfolio be made up of loans to low- to moderate-income borrowers by the year 2001. Instead of looking at ‘outdated criteria,’ such as the mortgage applicant’s credit history and ability to make a down payment, banks were encouraged to consider nontraditional measures of credit-worthiness, such as having a good jump shot or having a missing child named ‘Caylee.’ Threatening lawsuits, Clinton’s Federal Reserve demanded that banks treat welfare payments and unemployment benefits as valid income sources to qualify for a mortgage. That isn’t a joke—it’s a fact. … In 1999, liberals were bragging about extending affirmative action to the financial sector. Los Angeles Times reporter Ron Brownstein hailed the Clinton administration’s affirmative action lending policies as one of the ‘hidden success stories’ of the Clinton administration, saying that ‘black and Latino homeownership has surged to the highest level ever recorded.’ Meanwhile, economists were screaming from the rooftops that the Democrats were forcing mortgage lenders to issue loans that would fail the moment the housing market slowed and deadbeat borrowers couldn’t get out of their loans by selling their houses. A decade later, the housing bubble burst and, as predicted, food-stamp-backed mortgages collapsed. Democrats set an affirmative action time-bomb and now it’s gone off.”

Posted by: GoUSA247 | September 29, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

A WARNING:
In concert with the Obama Truth Squad, the Dems are making rumbles about bring back the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine meant TV and radio MUST present both sides of an issue. If you had a Dem for a guest, you had to have a Republican. Sounds great? It wasn’t. And was repealed.
If the Dems bring it back, they will be muffling talk radio. They would essentually shut down Hannity, Limbaugh, even Air America.
What if they went further to include the internet? Could that happen? Who knows? I don’t trust them.
Remember Obama mentioned in a speech he wants to establish a Civilian National Security Force. That would probably be what we now call the Obama Truth Squad.
After Obama mentioned the Security Force in a speech, his campaign squelched him talking about it anymore. I think they don’t want to tip their hand, that if Obama is elected they will set up this Security Force and bring back the Fairness Doctrine. THIS WILL PUT A MUZZLE ON FREE SPEECH. This will be a Police State.
We must not let the Fairness Doctrine be re-instated and we have to convince voters NOBAMA!!!
Here’s the article about re-instating the Fairness Doctrine:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/23/business/fi-fairness23

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

This Plain doll was a masterful distraction now turned into a joke. we already suffered through eight(8) years of a talking dummy named George W. why bring another one in even if it is in the second seat. Would you let this woman decide if one of your offspring should go to war? Cant wait to see what the next tactic to distract us is from Mc Same. Only bringing us Osama Bin Ladens head on a platter will suffice John. America is ready for Change and we will elect Barack Obama the man with integrity and intellect in November proudly. YES WE WILL!

Posted by: John Mc Mullen | September 29, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

Yes, if you live in a glass house don’t throw stones. The difference between Palin’s glass house and Biden’s is that Palin thinks hers if protected from “witchcraft,” and that all those Small Town Values types will guard it with high caliber, ahem, “hunting” rifles.
In other words, she speaks as if she’s The Pure One; that’s why her (mis)deeds are so much more under a microscope, and they deserve to be, too.
My god, her Witch Hunting pastor outWrights Wright any day!

Posted by: palinslist.org | September 29, 2008, 11:03 am 11:03 am

Biden thinks *President Roosevelt* went on *TV* in *1929* to discuss the stock market crash . . . and people are worried about Sarah Palin??????

Posted by: Nolan | September 29, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am

If you act to change, do not worry about mistake.
If you talk about change, learn from Obama. Measure your each step but never really do anything.

Posted by: jy2008 | September 29, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am

At least Sarah Palin isnt a rumoured Muslim and having rumors of gay sex floating all over, along with a fake birth certificate, criminal slumlord and realtor, terrorist cousin abroad as well as a domestic terrorist friend , along with racist preachers and hate filled family members, isnt a recipient of hundreds of thousands of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac dollars, isnt interfering in Iraqi troop withdrawals, isnt criss crossing the world criticizing the USA, isnt willing to give 50 billion of our dollars to Africa and the Middle East, isnt a member of the kool -aid cult, didnt vote against giving the Bridge money to Katrina victims, didnt strong arm banks to give out loans to millions who were not qualified, didnt flip flop on public financing, Nafta, Telecommunications bills, town hall meetings etc etc etc …..I’d say Sarah has alot of material to draw upon and she should do well lifting the veil of secrecy from the Obama and the vultures in the liberal media who will stop at nothing to put their empty suit in the White House.

Posted by: jimbo | September 29, 2008, 11:05 am 11:05 am

I would have been interested in Obama’s answers to the same questions posed of Palin . . . too bad Couric and Gibson used their interview opportunity to dry hump Obama’s leg instead.

Posted by: Nolan | September 29, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am

With her degree in Broadcast Journalism she is going to make Biden look stupid? Are you people on the same planet….with a brain? My God, a librarian from an elementary school in Alabama, on a bad day,
would make her look bad!

Posted by: Steven | September 29, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am

Sarah Palin has unreal oral SKILLZ and can take any man to the root!

Posted by: Ron Jeremy | September 29, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

I got a kick out of this.
McCain now owns VoteForTheMILF.com
You get redirected to his website.
Classy NOT
This was put up by some ignorant fool who is voting for Hussein Obama. McCain had nothing to do with it.

Posted by: Freddy | September 29, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

never look back to think you made a mistake.
Whatevr is done is right.

Posted by: Tracy | September 29, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am

Palin’s new nickname: Nuke ‘em!

Posted by: Ron Jeremy | September 29, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am

Sarah Palin is a gifted orator.
She will beat Biden handedly.
Let us not forget to set the bar properly for Mrs. Palin.

Posted by: PulSamsara | September 29, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am

I am for Obama and I suggest that the Dem’s not take her lightly. The GOP love to use trickery in their elections and maybe the last interview was just a game so people would underestimate Governor PALIN. Not time to let the guard down.
Posted by: CW | Sep 29, 2008 11:00:52 AM
————————————-
Wow holy freaking crisp!! A thinking BOT!!! I love how THE GOVERNOR has destroyed the OBAMA thugs. You people spend more time on her than the PRESIDENTIAL CANDIATE!! WHY???
BECAUSE SHE I MORE QUALIFED THAN SILK RICK THE POVERTY PIMP!!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am

I would like to know how John Mc Cain and Sarah Palin are going to pay for programs that they want to implement when elected without raising taxes.
Thanks
Posted by: DAVID BRADEN | Sep 29, 2008 9:22:20 AM
So I guess you are wondering the same about Obama and Biden.

Posted by: Freddy | September 29, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am

Nonsense! Both can and will make many mistakes.
After every debate the factcheckers show the candidates blew it all over the map.
There is no pressure on Palin to be perfect. All she needs to do is make a strong case for why we should elect her.
Looking forward to a spirited exchange between our two well-qualified contenders.

Posted by: newton31 | September 29, 2008, 11:12 am 11:12 am

“Sarah Palin is a gifted orator”
Did you mean gifted with the oral skillz?

Posted by: Ron Jeremy | September 29, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

Wow holy freaking crisp!! A thinking BOT!!! I love how THE GOVERNOR has destroyed the OBAMA thugs. You people spend more time on her than the PRESIDENTIAL Candidate!! WHY???
BECAUSE SHE IS MORE QUALIFED THAN SILCK RICK THE POVERTY PIMP!!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

“BECAUSE SHE IS MORE QUALIFED”
“Qualifed”? Rednecks of America UNITE!!

Posted by: Joe | September 29, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

Jimbo,
Sorry, but Palin is a joke that even conservatives question.
She also has a witch hunter as a minister. You don’t think that is kooky?
Obama is not and never has been a muslim but, I dont’ see what is wrong with muslims. Because of a few fringies is no reason to scapegoat a whole group.
And Obama is accomplished, gifted and brilliant and has more knowledge of foreign policy then most presidental candidates (that has been noted). He made mccain look old and out of touch and stuck in the 20th century.
Obama is presidential and capable and one of the best candidates on either side in decades.
He is not only beloved by millions here in America but, across the world.
Palin on the other hand, is simply a big joke and woefully unqualified and not ready to be veep. She is a cartoon and the reason she was picked was only for window dressing.
A pretty box with a nice bow but, nothing inside.
Joe is smart, savvy and knows all the tricks and how to deal with them. He will be more then able to swat the gnat Palin is away and show her what a real knowledge on foreign affairs and domestic issues are.
Like Bush, Palin is incurious and has no interest in anything outside her little icebox world and it shows.

Posted by: vwcat | September 29, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

If Gov. Palin can put two coherent sentences together she may have a chance in the debate. I haven’t seen her do that so far. It has been mostly gibberish.

Posted by: lorwich | September 29, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

A WARNING:
In concert with the Obama Truth Squad, the Dems are making rumbles about bring back the Fairness Doctrine.
The Fairness Doctrine meant TV and radio MUST present both sides of an issue. If you had a Dem for a guest, you had to have a Republican. Sounds great? It wasn’t. And was repealed.
If the Dems bring it back, they will be muffling talk radio. They would essentually shut down Hannity, Limbaugh, even Air America.
What if they went further to include the internet? Could that happen? Who knows? I don’t trust them.
Remember Obama mentioned in a speech he wants to establish a Civilian National Security Force. That would probably be what we now call the Obama Truth Squad.
After Obama mentioned the Security Force in a speech, his campaign squelched him talking about it anymore. I think they don’t want to tip their hand, that if Obama is elected they will set up this Security Force and bring back the Fairness Doctrine. THIS WILL PUT A MUZZLE ON FREE SPEECH. This will be a Police State.
We must not let the Fairness Doctrine be re-instated and we have to convince voters NOBAMA!!!
Here’s the article about re-instating the Fairness Doctrine:
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/jul/23/business/fi-fairness23

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

Obama chose a Vice Prices. guaranteed to keep the status quo in Washington. Heck, he is the status quo. More change we can believe in? Baden hasn’t had an original thought since the 70s. Obama has stood up for a thought ever. It is almost unbelievable that our great nation might be led by Obama, Reid and Pelosi. In a time that cries out for leadership we will have the most ineffective group ever. As a Democrat it breaks my heart to look ahead to the mid terms and see the republican wave that these three are leading us to. Plains experience cannot be questioned without reaching the same conclusion on Obama. That is the brilliance of the pick.

Posted by: Jim | September 29, 2008, 11:17 am 11:17 am

Did any of you see her last interview? I thought Republicons hit the bottle AFTER the interview. With McSames age and health issues there’s much more than a fifty percent chance that she could become our commander-in-chief. If that doesn’t scare the *ell out of you, please move to another country and screw up their GOVT!

Posted by: Steven | September 29, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am


Sarah Palin interview with Kathy Couric clearly shows she is utterly unqualified to be VP further more President if McCain dies. Palin should resign before the debate because all 3 interviews she bombed. What I don’t understand McCain always say country first, however, its sad he choose politics first. Sorry you lost my vote.

McCain said Obama is only naive but dangerous.
So he is doing exactly what he meant, country first, to prevent Obama from winning.
Now with great financial crisis you guys probably have been woken up from dancing with media and Obama.
Yes, wake up! Stop enjoying the greatness and chosen one.
Stop the nonsense.
Stop media and BS.

Posted by: jy2008 | September 29, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

$920 Billion More to Bail Out the World
AIM Column | By Cliff Kincaid | September 28, 2008
While the Global Poverty Act has started getting more serious attention, the implications of passage of the Jubilee Act have been generally ignored.
With one socialist “bailout” bill apparently on the way to passage by Congress, two more are pending―both of them sponsored by Senator Barack Obama. One is the Jubilee Act, which would cancel as much as $75 billion worth of Third World debt, and the other is the Global Poverty Act, which would cost an estimated $845 billion. Total potential cost: $920 billion.
————————————- http://www.aim.org/aim-column/920-billion-more-to-bail-out-the-world/

Posted by: Homer | September 29, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

Obama has no idea how he sounds when he calls McCain’s reaction to the bailout to Katrina, he says Mccain just stood there like FEMA and Bush…….
he has no shame, and by the way does this sound familiar when Obama didnt go at first to the Gustav
hurrican area in was it, parts of Mississippi? (will give him credit, he did go to the Houston astrodome where some of the victims were housed)
Obama said then, “There was no magic reason why now instead of earlier. We didn’t want to come down here unless there was something concrete and productive to do.”
In describing his rationale for not visiting the Gulf Coast this week, Obama said the “tail” of his staff, traveling media, Secret Service and local authorities could get in the way of hurricane-relief initiatives.
The Illinois senator noted this week that he has had conversations with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency about Gustav.
Obama’s running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), was also among the senators who had not visited New Orleans or the surrounding areas at the six-month anniversary of Katrina.
Grilled about it on “Meet the Press” by the late Tim Russert, the loquacious Biden paused several seconds before answering that he didn’t want to appear to be grandstanding. Shortly after that interview, Biden toured the Gulf Coast.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
But to even bring up a comparison to Katrina is OUTRAGEOUS!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:19 am 11:19 am

HP Boston makes me laugh. He actually thinks we democrats are concerned about Palin. that is simply a hoot.
We discuss Palin because she is such a joke it’s impossible not to laugh at and make fun of her. She is worse then Quayle. She is the most unqualified veep choice ever.
Besides, McCain is kind of boring. We have already talked about his grump old man routine and his erratic ADD behavior and his sinking campaign.
She is simply fresh material for this joke of a republican ticket.

Posted by: vwcat | September 29, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am

Totally agree with you “jimbo”. In our history, we never had “fight the smears” website..because all the cadidates had nothing to hide and we know who they were and their backgrounds. Well, with this Obama guy…rumors came out so fast and his team has to fill those holes and stop spreading those rumors. So funny!!! Sometimes, rumors become truth. Few months ago, one of Obama’s half brothers said “Obama will be a good president although he has Muslim background”. The guy (dictator) from Libya mocked Obama “our African brother” and went and said “Mr. Obama has inferior complex due to his skin color”. At least we won’t hear that kind of mockery from our enimies for McCain and Palin.
Obama team showed his birth certificate and when the attorney from PA was about to file for law suit about Obama’s dual citizenship, Obama’s team quickly posted and said, “Obama has abandoned his Kenya citizenship”. I don’t trust those dishonest people. This is just a question of citizenship and they didn’t even give us honest truth. How can we trust these people?

Posted by: zoe | September 29, 2008, 11:20 am 11:20 am

Okay, HP Boston. You doing a Sara Palin look-alike?
Please stop multi-posting the same bull***t comment to Gov Rendell over and over. We got it!
It makes you look like just another right wing robot…

Posted by: sanityvoice2 | September 29, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

For years, women have been screaming about being seen as equal. Now all of a sudden scream feminism when it’s convenient.
WELL NOT ME!!!!!!
If Palin wants to play in the tough arena of politics, she will have to prove herself just like anybody else.
Just because we both have the same body parts means ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.

Posted by: Debra | September 29, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

It is about time the repubs feel the unfair scrutiny that Obama has felt. If Obama had a pregnant daughter then he would be looked at as an amoral “liberal” that can’t run his household. If Michelle had stolen Barack from his disabled first wife and was a recovering drug addict like Cindy McCain then she would not be fit to be first lady. If McCain had given up his high paying law firm job to help the community and change policy for the working class he would be admirable. Let me state the reason most don’t count community organizing as experience is because you have never done anything for the community and therefore do not know what it entails especially in certain areas of Chicago. If McCain or Palin had law degrees and knew about the constitution and government because they were professors you would count it as experience. Palin’s church has conferences to make gay people straight and we ignored it, but nobody took the time to look into Rev. Wright who is still admired by blacks and whites in Chicago and around the country, and served this country in the military. If Barack had a degree in journalism and barely got out of undergrad you would say he was not intelligent enough to be a senator let alone president. Barack was ridiculed for being on a board with a man and buying his house from another but Palin was allowed to have the chief of staff of a corrupt politician on her team. She hired a City Manger for a city of less people than Barack has organizied in Chicago. Palin’s future son in law classified himself as an f—ing redneck that like to shoot ish. If Barack had a family member that said I am an f—ing gangsta and I like to shoot ish there would have been problems. Palin was directly involved in an investigation warranted or not she was directly involved. However if Barack was directly involved with any type of investigation it would have been out during the primary just to stop him from having a chance. If McCain had been poor and achieved what Barack had he would be an exemplary American, not an elitist. McCain was born in Panama but the media soooo tried to make it seem as if Obama was not. He was born in Hawaii, which I believe is in the United States. Please spare me if this had been Obama crap because the media has not focused on the issues when it comes to him just his personal life but has never gone into McCains which has more than a few skeleton’s. McCain is just an overly aggressive war monger that is still trying to prove himself to his accomplished father and grandfather. Based on his memoirs this is just a long term goal for him he does not really care about helping the people. If you agree with McCains politics I have no problem with anyone expressing that through their vote but lets be real McCain has gotten an easy ride and not been asked any tough questions about issues or otherwise. The repubs started the personal attacks first and it makes me upset that the democrats have not done the same until Palin and now its just us pickin on a woman. Like Palin said about Hillary “stop whining”, and learn to make coherent sentences. I mean Barack does say umm alot but at least when I read the transcripts I can understand what he was saying. I have read her interviews more than once and the smartest person can not decipher what she is saying. Biden does need to learn to shut up. He is a smart guy, knows his foreign policy, but come on take a breather. Lastly you morons who talk about the democrat congress caused this mess. The Congress has been democratic for less than 2 years. Republicans ran ALL branches before that so please save that argument for people who finished at the bottom of their graduating class or barely at all like McCain/Palin.

Posted by: Ashley | September 29, 2008, 11:24 am 11:24 am

HP Boston, while McCain sat on his hands after Katrina, Obama introduced between the aftermath of the storm and now many, many bills to help the people of the coast including restoring the wetlands that were destroyed, housing, financial help, ect. It’s quite a long list of bills. You can look it up at the library of congress website.
mcCain, he sat on his hands and did nothing, just like bush.
Seems the only time the republicans are concerned and do anything to help is when corporations or the wealthy are in trouble.

Posted by: vwcat | September 29, 2008, 11:25 am 11:25 am

Passion or anger? You decide.
In 2002, Sarah Palin wrote to the editor of a newspaper thousands of miles away to say, “Dear Editor, San Francisco judges forbidding our Pledge of Allegiance? They will take the phrase ‘under God’ away from me when my cold, dead lips can no longer utter those words. God Bless America.”
Then, as mayor of Wasilla, she pushed through a resolution to keep “under God” in the Pledge.

Posted by: Deeva | September 29, 2008, 11:27 am 11:27 am

Obama has no idea how he sounds when he calls McCain’s reaction to the bailout to Katrina, he says Mccain just stood there like FEMA and Bush…….
he has no shame, and by the way does this sound familiar when Obama didnt go at first to the Gustav
hurrican area in was it, parts of Mississippi? (will give him credit, he did go to the Houston astrodome where some of the victims were housed)
Obama said then, “There was no magic reason why now instead of earlier. We didn’t want to come down here unless there was something concrete and productive to do.”
In describing his rationale for not visiting the Gulf Coast this week, Obama said the “tail” of his staff, traveling media, Secret Service and local authorities could get in the way of hurricane-relief initiatives.
The Illinois senator noted this week that he has had conversations with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R), New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, and the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency about Gustav.
Obama’s running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.), was also among the senators who had not visited New Orleans or the surrounding areas at the six-month anniversary of Katrina.
Grilled about it on “Meet the Press” by the late Tim Russert, the loquacious Biden paused several seconds before answering that he didn’t want to appear to be grandstanding. Shortly after that interview, Biden toured the Gulf Coast.
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But to even bring up a comparison to Katrina is outrageous

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 11:27 am 11:27 am

Ashley,
I agree with your comments, but I notice you are making the same mistake I did with my first few posts online by putting too much into a single post. It makes you seem to be extreme. Breaking it up into a few shorter posts will help us digest it and make you seem more genuine. Good Luck!

Posted by: sanityvoice2 | September 29, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am

Palin should ask if Obama has a genuine Christian baptism certificate. I am wonder when Obama became Christian, if only to get more votes.

Posted by: Amado Castaneda | September 29, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am

Mr. McCain was really not thinking far in advance when he chose Mrs. Plain.
I think it was a mistake.
I agree that it was not a Country First move, rather a campaign first motive.

Posted by: M. Tobias | September 29, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

I love the criticisms that “all” Obama has been doing for the last year is run a campaign. Aside from the fact that obviously Obama does other things at the same time that he is campaigning(unlike McCain, Obama can use e-mail, make phone calls, read, travel back and forth from DC to wherever without getting mixed up) – think about all the hundreds of thousands of Americans he has met during that time. If you don’t think spending a year on the campaign trail tells you what you need to know about Americans and their problems, you have your head stuck permanently in the Republican propaganda machine.

Posted by: Ann Wong | September 29, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

Georg Steph is a has been… kinda like Biden.

Posted by: Matt | September 29, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

Please tell me why Obama is labeled a liberal when McCain doesn’t even believe that God created the earth? This man is quoted in many articles, including one this month for CBS stating that he believes in Evolution. Wake up people. McCain is the real liberal.

Posted by: Lorraine | September 29, 2008, 11:36 am 11:36 am

It makes me sick that democrats want to say Governor Palin is unqualified for president, when their own nominee is running off of 1 term in the US senate. For someone who has been in the legislative branch, he can’t claim one serious accomplishment on legislation he passed. He votes present more then anything, and claims to be the candidate of change, and then picks Biden as his running mate?!?!?! Wake up people. He wants to claim that he did most work for this bail out bill? 3 years ago Mccain asked congress to look into Freddie and Fannie because they would pose a threat to the American people if they weren’t stopped from giving risky loan after risky loan to people. But no, the democratic congress didn’t act, and now the country is in a crisis, that could have been stopped had the “do nothing congress” acted. I don’t ever hear Obama talk about how he was number 2 on politicians that benefited from Freddie and Fannie. Only being topped by Dodd. Obama is a liar. He’s for it before he’s against it. Earlier this year before the supreme court ruled on hand guns in DC he was adamantly for banning handguns, but as soon as the court said it was unconstitutional, he came out applauding the decision. He’s so full of nonsense it makes me sick. He will say anything to get elected, and his own VP stated he’s unqualified for the position. You guys had your chance for the election when you could have voted in Hillary Clinton. You had it again when you could have made her VP. But you blew it by choosing the MOST UNQUALIFIED candidate in the history of the US, and followed it up with the VP pick, who likes to go out to the media saying things that FLAT OUT contradict what Obama himself has said. The only thing Obama proved in the debate is that he’s capable of spewing well researched and practiced answers. He likes to say that Mccain is just Bush’s protege. If you dems would just do a little research you’d find that most conservatives that backed Bush HATE Mccain, and were only grudgingly voting for him because democrats picked the most far LEFT candidate in the primaries. It wasn’t until his decision to make Governor Palin his VP that his ENTIRE conservative base begin to back him with ANY form of enthusiasm. Mccain has gone against his party time and time again. The only thing Obama can claim is that he’s “the first sort of main stream African American, who’s articulate and bright and clean.” to quote his own VP.

Posted by: Lorac | September 29, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am

all Palin has to do is pretend she is in the Miss America finals and she’ll do well answering any question about foreign policy.

Posted by: Bruno in TX | September 29, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am

On which channel will the debate air? Comedy Central?

Posted by: bronty | September 29, 2008, 11:38 am 11:38 am

Ashley, you said it and said it right. If mccain did even half of what Obama has accomplished in his life they would be singing his praises like he walked on water.
But, because Obama is a democrat, the fact that Obama is a brilliant and accomplished man is twisted into something bad.
His good works is made fun of and discounted and his life is twisted into him being some kind a scary other.
But, that is point.
And because republicans cannot come right out and be racist they use the the scapegoating of the muslim community as their new racism and try to link Obama to them no matter how ridiculous and over the top their lies are.
Now they try to make Hawaii into some non state and exotic place yet, what about Alaska. It doesn’t border on any mainland state and is some out of the way strange place too.
If Hawaii is a nonstate exotic then so is Alaska.
And if Hawaii is so bad why is it the top state to visit and vacation at?
Republicans try to make going to Harvard and succeeding because Obama has a brilliant mind as elitist but, don’t see McCain and heiress wife with her $300,000 outfits, 13 cars and 10 homes as elitist? give me a break.
I think the republicans are simply jealous because they are stuck with an old confused man who still living in the 1980s and has nothing to offer but, the same old failed ideas and his rerunning loop of being a POW over and over and over to the groans of even republicans having to listen to it again.
We democrats have an exciting, gifted and magnetic candidate who very smart, has led a quality life and is happily married and deeply in love with wife (while McCain never even looks at Cindy and always walks ahead of her like she is some kind of flunky instead of his wife). obama is successful, well liked and admired and when he gives speeches thousands watch and listen. Because he always has something important to say.
A thoughtful and admirable man.
Unlike McCain.
I’d say the republicans are jealous.

Posted by: vwcat | September 29, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

Palin is a miracle. How can a true blank cartridge manage to shoot herself in the foot so marksman-like???

Posted by: Henry | September 29, 2008, 11:40 am 11:40 am

Palin’s coached answers at the debate will go over well with those who support her. It’s the impromptu answers that really showcases someone’s knowledge on the issues.

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 11:40 am 11:40 am

I’ve been thinking about this and though it sounds crazy the only way McCain and successfully shed Palin is to have her killed. I know crazy but anyother way and she is leaving the wrong way based on what they took to be their platform.
Most importantly, Biden should just answer the questions as though he was in the room alone with his wife. He should explain the democratic position calmly and quietly and basically ignore Palin. He shouldn’t even look at her.

Posted by: essohkay | September 29, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Welcome to the new street corner of American politics.
The comment section.
It is the virtual equivalent of that guy standing in front of city hall protesting and screaming conspiracies!

Posted by: Chris Rock | September 29, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Pass on reading the story. It will be the same ol ABC instrument to get Obama.. an empty suit with a blank background.. elected.
Geee I wonder why Palin using Yahoo! is a SCANNNDLLLE and Obama’s own brother living in a shack is given a pass?
Dispariging liberal minds don’t want to know!
Ignorance has never failed them before!
“Palin Can’t Afford a Debate Mistake”?
Depends on what you call clout, now doesn’t it Aunty-A?
Bidenhood the gaff-machine will be given a pass if he keeps his foot in his mouth the whole time! Duh? He and Oblamer are untouchable.
Or is there some messianic miraculous change of plan by the networks here?

Posted by: Obama 08! (for EU pres) | September 29, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

Too many typos.

Posted by: Deborah Harry | September 29, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

I’ll be no one can tell me why Sarah has to make NO MISTAKES in her debate and yet BHO, the other night, has been proclaimed the winner just because he didn’t say something wrong. What if Sarah says nothing wrong too, wouldn’t that make her the winner? Oh, I forgot who was writing this piece, George (“I can’t believe the whole world can’t see how wonder BHO really is”) Stephanopoulos.
ABC is a sham and their license should be revoked.

Posted by: R | September 29, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am

Lorac wrote:
It makes me sick that democrats want to say Governor Palin is unqualified for president, when their own nominee is running off of 1 term in the US senate. For someone who has been in the legislative branch, he can’t claim one serious accomplishment on legislation he passed.
______________________________________
If you are not too lazy, I’d suggest you go to the Library of congress website and look up the legislation done by Obama vs. McCain. You’d be rather surprised. It seems McCain cannot claim much of a legislative record while Obama has quite a long one.
It’d actually be an embarrassment for you neocons.
And Palin is unqualified and dumb. She is so incurious she knows about nothing outside of her little world of Alaska and even then, has others do her work for her.
Obama was the editor of the law review, graduated at the top of his law class, was an attorney and constitutional professor for 10 years, a state senator for 8 and a published writer before he got to the US senate.
obama has been vetted for 2 years by the voters and obviously was seen as having enough experience and is more then capable of doing the job as he is the nominee and leading McCain.
And even writers on your own side thinks he has more knowledge on foreign policy then most presidential candidates.

Posted by: vwcat | September 29, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

Sara Palin is NOT the worst VP choice in my memory! I am an Obama supporter, but I have to say the bashing of Sara Palin, though understandable, is now being very over done.
I mean, if McCain asked me to be his running mate, I would know to refuse, because I would clearly be in over my head. But, I am not the governor of a state, and Sara Palin is. So, I think we should cut her some slack for imagining that maybe she really was qualified. The scorn should not go to her. It should go to John McCain, who has been around long enough to know better.

Posted by: sanityvoice2 | September 29, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

What McCain needs to do is drop out and let Romney or someone like that take his place. To many ‘Hail Mary’s’ and shooting from the hip.
McCain lost the debate by a reasonable margin for several reasons.
First he has no style what so ever. It is not just that you have an argument it is how you present it.
Second, he tried for the wrong argument. He attacked Obama for not being competent while Obama was sounding just as competent as him. That type of attack doesn’t work when your opponent is standing right there. Now if Obama was screwing up then that could have worked.
Third, if you are an angry old man you can’t appear that way on TV! What was his strategy for acting like that? Even the moderator told him to address Obama. McCain was all over the place.
Fourth, McCain set himself up for failure by trying to call a timeout before the debate. There was no way that was going to play well with the public. Everyone knew that he was doing it because he was on the ropes. Clinton showed more heart than he did in that instance.

Posted by: Sean Stevens | September 29, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

THIS IS FROM THE DEREGULATORS:
In 2002 there was an interagency review of the effectiveness of the 1995 regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act and new proposals were considered.[6] In related 2003 proposals, the Bush Administration recommended that a new Department of the Treasury agency should supervise the primary agents guaranteeing subprime loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congressional support was approximately split along Party lines and the proposal eventually failed.[11] The New York Times, calling Barney Frank “the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee,” quoted his opposition to the changes: “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”[12]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put new regulations into effect September of 2005. [13] The regulations were opposed by a contingent of Democrats[14]
The regulations included less restrictive new definitions of “small” and “intermediate small” banks.[3] “Intermediate small banks” were defined as banks with assets of less than $1 billion, but allows banks to opt for examination as a large bank.[13] Currently banks with assets greater than $1.061 billion have their CRA performance evaluated according to lending, investment and service tests. The agencies use the Consumer Price Index to adjust the asset size thresholds for small and large institutions annually

Posted by: reddog0216 | September 29, 2008, 11:46 am 11:46 am

the dwarf, Stephanopoulos, is an oddball Clinton lackee left over from Slick’s administration. This is why people don’t watch ABC and the other two. They are actually members of dimocrat parties and organizations. America needs a bail-out of liberal media. Instead of money, send them real journalists.

Posted by: larry clifton | September 29, 2008, 11:47 am 11:47 am

Obama 08! (for EU pres),
Hey nice of you to start paying attention to the election now, but you obviously have no idea what you’re taling about.
Obama’s words have been parsed and reparsed by every facet of the media. It hasn’t been until recently that McCain has been called out on his gaffes and mistatements. Spare me the “liberal media” crap..

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

This is such garbage. Why aren’t you saying that Joe Biden can’t afford to make a mistake? This is why fox is #1. They at least see it both ways.

Posted by: V. Barnes | September 29, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am

If you all want to know the truth, here it is… you don’t need a “truth squad” for this…
http://www.obamatruth.org

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am

Gaffe, oh you mean like the “my Muslim faith” gaffe by Barak Obama that Stephanopoulos had to correct on his show?

Posted by: jchris | September 29, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am

Truth Squad = Storm Troopers
Since when do we prosecute people for having opinions? We are slowly slipping into dictatorship with each passing day. Once the democrats control the white house, the congress and the senate… game over.

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 11:53 am 11:53 am

People who are supporting Palin need to stop blaming the media for everything. She’s running for the second highest position in the nation, her record IS going to be investigated.
The media has stoppped talking about Bristol Palin a long time ago, it’s her supporters who keep bringing it up.
Americans have 38 days to get to know Palin, the media wouldn’t be doing their job if they didn’t look at her record in Alaska.

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Good point Jennifer. We should not give any candidate a free ride. Including those running for the top position.
Question: Is anyone that is voting Obama worried that he has extremely close ties with the people that caused this financial crisis? Most of which are already convicted felons, or under serious investigation.

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am

I had a “vision” the other day. Sarah Palin withdrew and Mitt Romney stepped in in view of the “financial crisis.” In line with his “Country First” policy, McCain decided to make the right choice at the critical moment!

Posted by: Johns | September 29, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am

Name the people who caused this financial crisis, which ones are convicted felons, which ones are under investigation, and explain their ties to Obama. Then I’ll tell you how worried I am about it, tmac.

Posted by: Trevor | September 29, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

Good comment, Jennifer!
With Sara coming from a much smaller venue and suddenly being thrust into a national position she didn’t even seek, the deer in the headlights look is understandable.
But, the real question is not whether it is fair to Sara Palin, the issue is whether it is fair to the country for her to be going thru on-the-job training for the most powerful position on the planet and for McCain to have set up this choice for the American people.

Posted by: sanityvoice2 | September 29, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm

The American electorate DESERVES people like Palin, McCain, Gingrich, Kristol, Rove, Addington, Feith, Bush, Gonzales,Abramoff, Dennis Koslowski, Rice, et al!!

Posted by: Concerned Citizen | September 29, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

Lee wrote: People seem to forget what a good grasp Palin has on the Obama/Biden team’s shortcomings that were enumerated many times during her convention speech.
Nice try, Lee. That “good grasp” line dissipates when one recalls the fact that Palin was reading from a teleprompter. The convention speech was simply a ham handed attempt to make an inexperienced candidate appear to have a “grasp” of the issues. Her subsequent interviews have proven her inability to keep all the talking points in order long enough to make a coherent sentence. One has to wonder, however, that since the Rove thugs never leave anything to chance, if the entire “dumb” Palin is simply an act meant to lull the opposition into being unprepared for a sharp debate. I sincerely hope that the Veep candidates are checked for ear pieces and transmitters.

Posted by: Jimi Mosey | September 29, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

“However the reaction among some conservatives has turned bad.”
Honestly.. Any of you liberals really BUYING this bull?
I’m just trying to calibrate your AI against this here amoeba as a starting point.
It’s a gummint funded study ya know.
Shall we pray..
Oh PLEASE Obama.. grant me 10 more years for this valuable liberal study to gloify the infinite wisdom of allpowerful church.. sorry.. government.
Colection time! If you’ll just put everything above $250k in the plate, and please ignore the IRS guys with the sub-machine-guns.
And NO their SS uniforms are just halloween costumes! Relax!
Besides, resistance is.. unwise..

Posted by: zak | September 29, 2008, 12:02 pm 12:02 pm

“On the other hand, Biden has to make his points about why he would be a better vice president that Palin. ”
ABC grammer error on the second to last word ( “that” should be “than” )

Posted by: Trey | September 29, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

I don’t want gov. Palin in any national office just as alot of people don’t. I do think she is power hungry and has a huge ego to even take the offer. I have a journalism degree and I don’t want a journalist in charge of our country without additional degrees or MANY years of US Senate/Congress experience. But I do wish everyone would quit tearing her down so negatively. It makes you look as immature as the Republicians usually are.

Posted by: Julie | September 29, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN JOE BIDEN AND SARA PALIN IS THAT JOE BIDEN, DISPITE HAS “GAFFES” HAS SOME SMARTS WHEREAS SARA PALIN IS INTELLECTUALY CHALLENGED. HER MISSPEAKS ARE NOT “GAFFES’ THE ARE JUST STUPIN NONSENSICAL COMMENTS. SHE HAS NO IDEA OF WHAT SHE IS SAYING AND I BELIVE SHE DOESN’T CARE BECAUSE IF SHE DID SHE WOULD SHUT UP. IT’S OBVIOUSLY THAT THE REPUBLICANS CARE BECAUSE THE HAVE BEEN KEEPING HER IN HIDING/PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
HER CHANCES OF WINNING THE VP DEBATE IS SLIM TO NONE. BIDEN WILL EAT HER FOR DINNER AND THEN SPIT HER OUT. PALINS “OUTBURSTS” OF STUPIDY DURING THE DEBATE WILL SHOW AMERICA THAT SHE IS NOT READY TO BE SECOND IN COMMAND. WHAT THE HELL WAS JOHN McCAIN THINKING OF? PEOPLE THINK THAT SOME SORT OF FABRICATION WILL BE PUT FORTH BY THE McCAIN CAMP ALLOWING SARA PALIN TO DROP OUT OF THE RACE AND BE REPLACED BY EITHER RUDY GUILLIAN OR MITT ROMNEY…GOD I HOPE SO. IF THIS HAPPENS THEN I WILL VOTE REPUBLICAN, IF NOT, I REALLY DON’T KNOW WHO I WILL VOTE FOR BUT MOST CERTAINLY NOT FOR OBAMA.

Posted by: BOO-HOO | September 29, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

Ladies and Gentlemen-
Please allow me to say how awfully proud I am of all of you (posting on here). As an American, I wasn’t always. Reading your posts gives insight to the brilliant intellect that is spread across this great nation.
I am confident America will make it and once again prosper…I am confident because of each and every one of you.
You are the cream of the crop of this planet.

Posted by: USA1 | September 29, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

Would that gummint funded study be anything like the $2 million in Federal funds for studying crab mating habits, and $3.2 million for seal genetics research that Gov Palin requested for FY 2009?

Posted by: Trevor | September 29, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

Fox is #1?
Fox News viewers are so single-mindedly conservative that they texted in McCain as the winner of Friday’s debate at a whopping 82% to 16%!

Posted by: Deeva | September 29, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

George says one mistake and Palin is destroyed and out. The mistake was that Obama picked foot-in-mouth Biden because he DID not have the experience needed for President. Now, liberal broadcast media pundits are raising the bar to an impossible height for mortals, with respect to Palin. Palin does not have the spotlight earlier that Obama and Biden suffer from with the slanted media. I hope that Palin makes BIDEN look like a jackdonkey that he is. I hope Sarah Palin can bring up gun control, because Obama and Biden are on the wrong side of that issue to and have tried to suppress the NRA ads in the TV and channel markets by attorney. That tells you that on that issue, Obama is offended by the truth and cannot let it come out. People DO have a clear choice this time, they can vote for a conservative to moderate, or they can continue our procession into pure socialism by a Chicago thug politician. There are stark differences between the two tickets and I prefer the one with LESS government, nor more, LESS taxes over the long haul, and a solid, capable defense of our republic and our foreign interests. That will NOT come from Senator Obama, ever.

Posted by: curtis41 | September 29, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

Sarah Palin is already an outcast of the presidential campaign circles, and equal to Wall Street’s “toxic debt”
for McCain’s political fortune.
What is the difference between “lipstick and a pit bull?” Sarah Palin’s lipstick ineptness, and McCain’s pit bull warmongering attitude combine the paradox of a fizzling political credibility that show how the republican ticket can throw the country to the dogs. Nikos Retsos, retired professor

Posted by: Nikos Retsos | September 29, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

When I read this at first I LMAO! However, in hind-sight it is kinda scary!
Couric: Why isn’t it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries? Allow them to spend more, and put more money into the economy, instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
Palin: That’s why I say I, like every American I’m speaking with, we’re ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it’s got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and putting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade — we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We’ve got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation.
WHAT?

Posted by: Sean Stevens | September 29, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

At the vice presidential debate I wonder if Joe Biden would ask sarah Palin do she know about McCain temperment. The use of profanity, his shouting, his irritability, and outbursts of anger.
What about McCain as a naval pilot who flew twenty three bombing mission over North Vietnam.Droping bomb and killing thousands of innocent women and childen.
What about McCain war recorder as a POW while a prisoner of war.McCain was giving special treatment,because the Vietnamese learned that McCain father will soon to be commander of all U.S. forces in the Pacific including Vietnam.

Posted by: Glenn | September 29, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

Here is another one that I read and was LMAO!
“It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where — where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is — from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to … to our state,” she said.
Palin has two trade specialists working for the governor’s office. The top countries receiving Alaskan goods are Japan, Korea, China, Canada and Germany, according to 2006 export data, the most recent figures published, with seafood accounting for 50 percent of exports.
This is hilarious stuff, a first-rate comedy,
Too bad it’s not a laughing matter.

Posted by: Sean Stevens | September 29, 2008, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

For those who believe that Obama has these close ties with Fannie and Freddie execs read this:
“The McCain campaign is clearly exaggerating wildly in attempting to depict Franklin Raines as a close adviser to Obama on “housing and mortgage policy.” If we are to believe Raines, he did have a couple of telephone conversations with someone in the Obama campaign. But that hardly makes him an adviser to the candidate himself — and certainly not in the way depicted in the McCain video release.”
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fact-checker/2008/09/obamas_fannie_mae_connection.html

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

Has anyone pointed out how nauseating it will be to see the live debate video cameras repeatedly pan out to show the beaming first dude Toddster and the girls in the audience looking adoringly at queen Palin? Remember the awkward and painful pans into the audience (with spot light, no less) on Chelsea Clinton during the Democratic primary? Speaking of Chelsea, does anyone remember (because the media, for some odd reason, won’t talk about it) when McCain, while holding a microphone and addressing a bunch of bloviated Washingtonian insiders, said, “Do you know why Chelsea Clinton is so ugly? Because she’s really the child of Janet Reno and Hillary Clinton! Ha, Ha!” How presidential. This one comment alone should disqualify him to receive your vote to be president- unless you are a Clinton hater, of course. If not that ugly quote, how about McCain calling his wife Cindy a “c*nt”, which was done in front of reporters that documented it! Or how about McCain cheating on his wife and marrying a rich heiress named Cindy. All fact, and it shows what a misogynistic sexist pig he is. McCain finished 5th from the BOTTOM of his graduating class of nearly 900 at the Naval Academy! At least that’s better than Palin, because mysteriously, they won’t release her transcripts from the FIVE different colleges that she attended over six years to get her bachelors degree in Journalism. McCain will not even allow Todd’s and her tax returns to be released. Why, what are they hiding? Do you know how many Jets that McCain has crashed- even in the US? Google it. McCain admitted that he almost drowned after one crash, because he never paid attention or learned what he was supposed to do to eject from the jet’s cockpit. A military pilot didn’t know how to eject because he never took the time to read or learn how to do it? Unbelievable. All fact. We should really all be appalled at McCain’s gambling frat-boy (like Bush!) behavior, and his repeatedly poor, lack of judgment. Too bad that he’s admitted that he knows nothing about the economy. Too bad indeed. Throw him and Palin out before they screw us over like Bush did for eight long years. Anyone ready for some change?

Posted by: Joan | September 29, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

Here is another one that I read and was LMAO!
“It’s very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where — where do they go? It’s Alaska. It’s just right over the border. It is — from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to … to our state,” she said.
Palin has two trade specialists working for the governor’s office. The top countries receiving Alaskan goods are Japan, Korea, China, Canada and Germany, according to 2006 export data, the most recent figures published, with seafood accounting for 50 percent of exports.
This is hilarious stuff, a first-rate comedy,
Too bad it’s not a laughing matter.

Posted by: Sean Stevens | September 29, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

At the vice presidential debate Sarah Palin will bring her mentor Pastor Thomas Muthee the witch hunter from Africa.He will be hiding back stage praying that the witches will not confuse her.

Posted by: Glenn | September 29, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

This nation elected George Bush twice and now they are worried about whether or Sarah Palin is capable of being president. Oh Please … First, let’s not forget that she isn’t running for President, she’s running for the VP. Just because John McCain has had melanoma ( a very curable form of cancer when caught early) doesn’t mean he is going to die in the near future. And let’s not forget that his Mother is 96 years old and he would certainly have inherited half of his genes from her. So for all the bleeding heart liberals who want to conjure up reasons why Sarah Palin shouldn’t be a VP, they should instead be focusing on the facts about their “presidential candidate” , Obama, that makes him an extremely poor and quite possibly dangerous choice to lead this nation. Here’s six of them ….
1st reason: He has associated himself with one of the most radical racists churches ( for 20 years) in the country. A place where “Rev Wright damned and defamed America and the white race in front of thousands of followers on a regular basis. Obama was even raising his children in this church where the teachings of Louis Farrakahn was being espoused.
2nd reason: He is a part of the “Chicago Machine” where corruption is rampant.
3rd reason: His close association and “friendship” with “Rezko” ( a convicted felon, slum lord, and money launderer) was such that Rezko helped him purchase the mansion Obama now lives in. Rezko was “buying” all the Chicago politicians and Obama was no exception. Rezko is a Syrian born criminal, and you would have to ask yourself where the money he was laundering was being directed … Syria is considered a terrorist nation.
4th Reason: His association with Ayers, a known and admitted terrorist. Ayers participated in the bombings of government owned property which resulted in deaths and even the death of Ayers friends.
5th reason: He continues to tout the claim that he will not raise taxes on the middle class, but he will on those making over 200,000. Well, anyone who believes this is extremely naive. Obama knows that “every” taxpayer in this nation is going to be hit with tax increases … this nation is in debt and sinking deeper every day. He is lying and saying anything necessary to get elected.
6th and most important reason: He does not have the experience necessary to lead this nation.
So before you bleeding heart liberals go to the polls, keep in mind that Obama is not the upstanding innocent choir boy that he is trying to make us believe he is. He is an egotistical power hungry thug dressed up in a suit and tie. The main stream liberal media has lead the public to believe that he is some kind of a Messiah who is here to save this nation … when in reality, he is just trying to promote his own hidden agendas. And considering his past associations, you have to wonder just what those agendas are .

Posted by: katieNC | September 29, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

Palin pales in comparison to Biden.Let’s be real.Her fifteen minutes of fame are just about up.Likable but NOT ready to lead.

Posted by: TV | September 29, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

These “debates” are a total sham! Jim Lehrer is a joke. A REAL debate would last 4-6 hours. Each candidate would be given 30-45 uninterrupted minutes to calmly and intelligently state his/her position on issues of great importance to the citizenry and the nation. THEN each candidate would be given 30-45 minutes of uninterrupted time to offer a coherent rebuttal of his/her opponent’s position, point by point. THEN each candidate would be allowed 30-45 minutes of uninterrupted time to respond to the opponent’s rebuttal.
THEN each candidate would be given 30-45 minutes of uninterrupted time to put questions to his/her opponent. THEN each candidate would be given 30-45 minutes to RESPOND to those questions! THEN each candidate would be allowed 30-45 minutes of uninterrupted time to give a closing statement. The candidates would have pen and pad to write things down during the debate!
Imagine the wonderful education in civic responsibility that such a format would afford to the American electorate!
Imagine the edifying effect such a process would have upon society every 4 years!
Imagine the tremendous benefit such a process would provide to our nation’s children!
Instead, we get this scripted sham format with a “moderator” asking pre-approved questions. We get candidates interrupting one another on the air.
What?
The candidates are too STUPID to formulate their own positions?
They need Jim Lehrer?
The electorate is too stupid to care about a genuine debate that discusses things in depth?
The glaringly obvious reality is that the media and the corporate structure do not WANT an informed, intelligent, politically literate, socially aware electorate.
The corporate structure wants obedient, unthinking, uncritical, self-absorbed, confused, manipulable, obsequious, xenophobic, fearful, docile CONSUMERS.

Posted by: Concerned Citizen | September 29, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

There is a simple reason why we have no power.
Women voters account for 52% of the votes cast in our country, yet we are largely divided by our party affiliation and by choice.
The issue of reproductive rights slices our power in half. Two polls were released in May 2007 asking Americans, “With respect to the abortion issue, would you consider yourself to be pro-choice or pro-life?” A CNN poll found 45% said pro-choice and 50% said pro-life. Within the following week, a Gallup poll found 49% responding pro-choice, and 45% pro-life. (*)
In presidential elections, there has been a gender gap in every election since 1980.
For example, in the 2004 election, men favored Bush by 14 points, while women favored Kerry by 3 points. In 2000, men favored Bush by 11 points, while women favored Gore by 11 points. (*)
Did the Democrats deserve to get a larger share of women’s votes?
A total of 33 women have held cabinet or cabinet-level appointments. 16 were appointed by Democratic Presidents, 17 were appointed by Republican presidents
In 2008, 71 women hold seats in Congress: 51 are Democrats, 20 are Republicans. In total, women hold 16.3% of congressional seats.
In 2008, 16 women hold seats in the Senate: 11 are Democrats, 5 are Republicans. In total, women hold 16% of senate seats.
The Democratic Party has selected 1 woman to run as Vice President. The Republican Party has selected 1 woman to run as Vice President.
The Democratic Party has never run a woman for President. The Republican Party has never run a woman for President.
This puts the U.S. in 69th place in the world for women in politics.
What can we do to correct this? It’s really quite simple. We need to create a voting block and work together as women. As the recent UN Study shows, when women hold positions in government, women’s issues are brought forward and dealt with.
We need to leave partisanship and choice aside and work together. When we can exercise the power of our full 52%, we will no longer be the divided majority.
********************************
This year we gain POWER…PUMA PAC!
We are united in our POWER to NOT VOTE FOR OBUMA!!!
We will still be united after the election to be a solid voting block for honest capable politicians who have COUNTRY FIRST standards…..NO BAMA!
We will in masses vote against this inadequate candidate!!!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 12:41 pm 12:41 pm

“There doesn’t seem to be a single Democratic officeholder on Capitol Hill who thinks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is better qualified to be vice president than Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del. Many don’t think she’s qualified at all.”
And I bet the majority of Republicans on the Hill feel the same way but won’t admit to it.. Until AFTER the elections!

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

KatieNC your news is old an unconvincing.It’s white noise.Only a true racist will continue to try to raise this point.Remember McCain was AGAINST MLK’s holiday. We are not bringing up that nonsense now are we?

Posted by: TV | September 29, 2008, 12:43 pm 12:43 pm

This election should be about who has the best policy prescriptions for this country.That is obvious to the sane and informed mind.Obama has the right agenda for this country.Millions of voters agree.The morons post blogs attacking him in any way possible.

Posted by: TV | September 29, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

Mr. Stephanopoulos; In my opinion if there is someone that can afford to make ANY mistakes that person is Joe Biden! American voters know that Sarah Palin was NOT selected as a VP candidate for her experience on foreign policy. McCain is the expert in that area. However, Biden was indeed selected for his foreign policy expertise because Obama who is running for President – NOT Palin – has none in that area. So- Biden with 29 some years of experience is expected to pull the debate with absolutely NO mistakes and NO GAFFS – THAT IS IF HE WANTS OBAMA ELECTED!! Remember, people vote for the top of the ticket not the #2. But since Obama is cluless when it comes to foreign policy and his judgement has been flawed (see his 3 statements on Russia-Georgia) Biden must do well on the debate in order for Obama to have any chance to ease people’s fears about Obama’s lack of experience.

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

^^^ Ron Paul in 2012, lol.

Posted by: J T | September 29, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

KatieNC,
Stop trying to look for scandals that just aren’t there:
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/guilt_and_associations.html

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

I am sorry – I meant to say, “if there is someone who can NOT afford to make ANY mistakes that person is Joe Biden!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

I think Palin will win on Thursday. She is being spoonfed short answers and zingers. That’s what she does well. The American people should put the three outings of Palin together and then evaluate what you actually have of her. She is already under an umbrella of suspcion by Troopergate. It’s not about Palin. It’s about McCain’s lack of judgment. He said he had not been feeling well. Palin as president should scare even the most hateful racist. All the people in small towns, all you racist union members, don’t be stupid. If you haven’t lost your job you will and soon if you vote for McCain. Vote for Obama and then have a beer because you were man enough and woman enough to put your racist views in the garbage long enough to vote Obama which will mean voting for a new country. We can’t take four more years. Eight is enough, people.

Posted by: Honay Rogers | September 29, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

McFAILIN‘: Dishonest, Unstable, Unable.

Posted by: Verily | September 29, 2008, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

I don’t know why all of a sudden their is such a great emphasis on EXPERIENCE. Did the Media or a Oprah decide it was necessary for a Vice President to have experience but not important for a President are you kidding? and you want the public to take what you say seriously- Dah! I don’t think so.

Posted by: mimi362 | September 29, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

“a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Saturday picked Obama over Republican John McCain when asked which candidate offered the best proposals to solve the country’s problems, 52%-35%”
Wow, I’m glad that most people realize the truth.. McCains tax plan is a disaster. It was one reason for the great depression, caused debt to go from under $1 trillion to over $2.5 trillion under Regan, and has continued to skyrocket under the current idiot. Obamas health care will actuall increase the number of people covered, and be more efficent that McCains, which will cause a net decrease in the number of insured. Obama wants to close the enron loop hole immediately, resulting in drastic price drops at the pump, while McCain simply says it needs more ‘study’. It is no wonder the poll shows those results.. Obama is the obvious choice if you want to get America back on track. With the stark difference between each candidates proposed plans, I’m amazed the numbers are not even further apart.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 12:54 pm 12:54 pm

Obama campaign urging people to watch debate on CNN
Chicago Sun Times
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/obama_campaign_urging_people_t.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

Someone wrote: “Biden was indeed selected for his foreign policy expertise because Obama who is running for President – NOT Palin – has none in that area.”
Well, he IS a member of the Senate Foreign Relations committee.. as well as several other International relations committees. I’d hardly call that ‘none’.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

WHETHER SARAH PALIN MAKES A MISTAKE OR NOT.. THE MEDIA PUNDIDT AND TALKING HEADS WILL FIND ONE..
THEY ARE ALL IN THE TANK FOR OBAMA, INCLUDING GEORGE STEPHANOPOLUOS.
WE CANNOT EXPECT A FAIR ELECTION CYLCLE WHEN THE ENTIRE MEDIA IS USING THEIR POWERFUL MCHINE TO DRUM OUT PALIN AND MCCAIN AND CORONATE OBAMA.
IM NOT SURE THEY KNOW WHY BUT IT COULD BE A FEMALE ON MCCAIN TICKET OR BECAUSE THEY ARE PLAIN ULTRA LIBERALS..
ITS HEARTBREAKING..

Posted by: TJ, THE CLINTONITE | September 29, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

Posted by: darnobama | Sep 29, 2008 9:58:20 AM
Palin will be the torch bearer for us who are victims of media bias. She will recite the Obama crimes and will make this nation cringe with horror about Obama. We will be looking forward for her to put Biden to shame and with her degree in broadcast journalism, she will discreetly inform viewers about the danger of electing a foreigner like Obama and how America will survive with the economic crisis that the democrats dominated congress has made…
———–What?
are you serious? First of all calling Obama a foreigner is so ignorant. So because you are uninformed and an isolationist, you would put your country in danger and vote for another “c” student to make yourself feel better. In case you didn’t know, America was founded by people from other countries idiot. Uless your a Native American your a foreigner too idiot.

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

America loves Sarah Palin. It is not a mystery or a surprise that the democratic party have done a real hack job on Sarah Palin. Now their new strategy is to make the republicans think that we don’t want her anymore. But their strategy isn’t working. If anything it has energized the party. After all we realize that John McCain didn’t choose her to be an interviewee, he chose her because she is a go-getter and will cut the fat in Washington. We all know that we need someone like Sarah Palin now more than ever. The democrats also know that with all of their crooked ways with Fannie and Freddie that their heads will be the first to roll. So they have got to do a real smear job on her. I for one could care less how she does in the debates, we all know already that Joe Biden is a career politician, so he will be sharp on facts. But we also know that he doesn’t have the ability to lead and get things done that Sarah has. Do we want a talker or do we want a doer?

Posted by: Brenda | September 29, 2008, 1:07 pm 1:07 pm

Someone wrote: “WHETHER SARAH PALIN MAKES A MISTAKE OR NOT.. THE MEDIA PUNDIDT AND TALKING HEADS WILL FIND ONE..”
Which is why you should instead read the transcripts youself, make an informed decision, and check the facts.
Idiots who base their votes on what the ‘talking heads’ say are just that. I’m amazed at the excuses some people can come up with to justify their position, and the above is just one such example.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

Janice- I think that you are a bit confused…Obama is NOT in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Biden is!!
Please read my comment again to understand that what I am trying to say is in fact that since Biden is the one with 29 years experience in foreign policy he is the one who CAN NOT afford ANY mistakes in the debate.

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

((( “America loves Sarah Palin” )))
Can you please give a reason why? And “fresh”, “young” and “energetic” don’t count.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

Speaking of double standards….
Ms. Campbell Brown & Jon Clown – as in Jon Klein – President of CNN, and the rest of the “24 hour media circus” had the audacity to question the fact that Palin’s husband had a DUI, 22 years ago! But at the same time I did not once hear the above clowns grilling Obama about his “drug use” and other “extracurricular activities”!!!
Go Sarah Palin! Give some of these pathetic far-left-wing-liberals in the media the medicine that they deserve…Better yet, IGNORE THEM!
Like you have already said to the obnoxious media, “I am not going to Washington to seek your good opinion”!!!
C’ est magnifique !!!!!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

Natasha scribbled: “Janice- I think that you are a bit confused…Obama is NOT in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee – Biden is!!”
Oh sweetie, you can’t really be that ignorant, can you?
From http://obama.senate.gov/
“Sworn into office January 4, 2005, Senator Obama serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which oversees our nation’s health care, schools, employment, and retirement programs. He is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, which plays a vital role in shaping American policy around the world, including our policy in Iraq. And Senator Obama serves on the Veterans’ Affairs Committee, which is focused on providing our brave veterans with the care and services they deserve. In 2005 and 2006, he served on the Environment and Public Works Committee, which safeguards our environment and provides funding for our highways.”

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

First and foremost, the major blame for this political crisis should be on the shoulders of Barney Frank and Chris Dodd… oddly enough, the ones chosen to help rectify the situation. It is their legislation that forced the banks to offer sub-prime mortgages to begin with. Banks that did not comply with giving loans out to people that couldn’t pay them back received stiff penalties from a legal team which OBAMA was part of. But these aren’t the criminals (not in the eyes of the courts anyway). The real criminals are people like Rezko (convicted felon) and Raines (under investigation).
And as if that were not bad enough, there’s the ties to known (and admitted) terrorists, such as Ayers.
You may come up with all the excuses and rationale you like, but the truth stands “as is” and cannot be disputed.

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm

Natasha,
because you hate the media you would ignore the glaring stupidity of Mrs Palin? Do you also think W was a good leader for this country? Leave the media out of it and tell me, you really think she is capable to run the most powerful country in the world?

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

All she has to do is put on more lipstick & look vice presidential and
who wouldn’t be interested hearing about the last moose she shot.
Can she pronounce Stephanopoulos? Hint: Sarah, it’s not the capital of Indiana.

Posted by: leo | September 29, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

McFAILIN‘: Dishonest, Unstable, Unable.

Posted by: Verily | September 29, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

Anyone care to explain how the man who wants to give free healthcare to the world offers no discounts for un-insured patients at his wife’s hospital?

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

First of all, I cannot stand George Stephanopoulos. He is another deceitful politician turned T.V. news show anchor. He discusses me, always has.
It is amazing the comments from the women on this blog supporting Governor Palin. You cannot be taking this woman serious? Everytime she speaks, UNSCRIPTED, she highlights how LITTLE she knows about governing a republic like America. Lets you forget, she is Governor of the THIRD LEAST populated state in the United States. What was her major governing challenge? Fighting corrupt republicans, her own party? Lets be real people. You listen to those comments she made not only in the Couric interview but at ground zero. A tourist wondering by could have made a better comment than she did. You are the VP choice and that was the best she could come up with on the spot? It was like she never thought about it. When I went and visited ground zero I was moved, sadden and enraged. Be careful what you ask for ladies, it may come with a price you are not willing to pay.

Posted by: CitizenAJ | September 29, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

Does anyone even care about the vp debate. No one decides who to vote for based on this. I don’t even know why they bother to have one.

Posted by: annie | September 29, 2008, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

What a sexist approach!! Why isn’t the title “Biden cannot affort a mistake”. That old hag has been in Washington for decades, ran for president god knows how many times yet he’s held to a looser standard than Palin!!
Good god!
McCain-Palin 08

Posted by: fob | September 29, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

Annie,
I care about the VP debate and so should you. SP could be President within months of the election. McCain has had cancer and is what72,73?

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

tmac you wrote: “Anyone care to explain how the man who wants to give free healthcare to the world offers no discounts for un-insured patients at his wife’s hospital?”
Uh, maybe because HE DOES NOT RUN THE HOSPTITAL AND NEITHER DOES HIS WIFE? Maybe that will change once their is some form of universal health care?

Posted by: CitizenAJ | September 29, 2008, 1:25 pm 1:25 pm

I will take a “hockey mom” over a “corrupt politician” any day of the week.

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

His wife doesn’t run the hospital?? SHE’S ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR’S AND COLLECTS A SALARY OF WELL OVER $250,000 ANNUALLY. I say that qualifies her to be running the corrupt hospital.

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

You don’t have to take my word for it, this can be verified at http://www.obamatruth.org

Posted by: tmac | September 29, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

If foreign policy experience were a key determinant of qualification for president, Biden would have been his party’s unquestioned presidential choice rather it’s twentieth or thirtieth choice.
As it is, he is little more than window dressing to make an entirely inexperienced actor like Obama look like a viable candidate.
Indeed, when he argued during the primary that Obama lacked such experience, he was entirely ignored by both the media and his own party and went down to ignominious and fully expected defeat, because the real basis on which we choose presidents is how well they can act, not how well they can lead or perform the functions of the office.
Are we now to forget all of this and pretend that the media and the Democrat Party’s newly found interest is anything more than a transparent political ploy?
Indeed, how can we trust Biden after his unequivocal comments during the primary re Obama’s foreign policy qualifications.
Outside of this race, the last presidential candidate who had enough significant foreign policy experience to really matter was Nixon and we all know how the Democrats and the media loved him. The next most recent example was Ike. The 50+ years since Ike say something for the importance we actually attach to this qualification.
Like all executive positions, it is important that a president be sufficiently familiar with the issues that they can effectively seek out and use the information and consultation of teams of experts from within their administration and without.
Finally, if this kind of executive experience is more important than the experience gained by negotiating the back rooms of our wholly corrupt legislative process, Sarah is the only candidate with any of it. Everything else is just more of the usual media b.s.
If “deer in the headlight moments” are to be the standard of judgment, the McCain campaign should work on her acting skills rather than attempting to inject substance into a race not based on it.

Posted by: R U Kidding | September 29, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

What can we do to correct this? It’s really quite simple. We need to create a voting block and work together as women. As the recent UN Study shows, when women hold positions in government, women’s issues are brought forward and dealt with.
We need to leave partisanship and choice aside and work together. When we can exercise the power of our full 52%, we will no longer be the divided majority.
********************************
This year we gain POWER…PUMA PAC!
We are united in our POWER to NOT VOTE FOR OBUMA!!!
We will still be united after the election to be a solid voting block for honest capable politicians who have COUNTRY FIRST standards…..NO BAMA!
We will in masses vote against this inadequate candidate!!!

Posted by: HP Boston | September 29, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

Sarah, One for the Gipper on 2nd.
haters will always hate,
What about Tina Frey using your popularity and then thumbing you down.
Same goes for Couric using you for her ratings.
What you call this people, who bite the hands that feeds them.
It is always the good gentle folks who will be rooting for you.
McCain/ Palin 08

Posted by: vic | September 29, 2008, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm

I heard things about that hospital too. They actually charge un-insured people more than they do insured people.

Posted by: Cindy | September 29, 2008, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm

Hey fob, aren’t you using the Lord’s name in vain in your post? I thought all you republicans were hearers and doers of God’s word? That means you don’t use his name in vain.
They are not being loser on Biden, they just know he will be able to answer questions effectively, he is very experience, more than McCain. The focus here is on a candidate that is clueless to running this nation PERIOD. Obama is new but he was in the state legislature for 8 years, a Senator for 3, 1 if you take away his campaigning. He has a background in constitutional law, the law that governs this great nation. So his newness is an advantage, new ideas, new direction, break from the stale politics that have lead this country to the state it is in now, both parties! Governor Palin, don’t know much, definitely has no law background and is supporting old policies and politics even though she is the fresh face. When she tries to step out on her own, her inexperience, lack of understanding what to do shows. She may give a good stomp speech, attacks on her opponent but that is it. What is she bringing to governing the United States, not Alaska?

Posted by: CitizenAJ | September 29, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

If you think “hockey mom” could go in and change washington your wrong. The administrations change, the lobbists and the burocrats do not. And so far, from her record, I do not see much difference, still cover-ups and scandals

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Tmac once wrote: “You don’t have to take my word for it, this can be verified at http://www.obamatruth.org
Oh, that is just laughable! Sorry, tmac, I’m not taking your word for it, and I am not taking the word of a site who claims that terrorists love obama because of his middle name!
Remember: A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

fearforthefuture, I do plan on watching it. But is it really going to have any affect on who people vote for. I don’t think it will. I hate saying this but I think most people will watch to see how Palin does after her disastrous interview with Couric.

Posted by: annie | September 29, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

Quote: “Sworn into office January 4, 2005, Senator Obama serves on the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, which oversees our nation’s health care, schools, employment, and retirement programs. He is a member of the Foreign Relations Committee, which plays a vital role in shaping American policy around the world, including our policy in Iraq.”
Reply to Janice:
Perhaps he joined the Foreign Relations Committee from the campaign trail because as soon as he became Senator he practicallt started running for President! He has less than a year experience as a Senator! Unless experience as an absentee sanator counts as experience to become Commander in Chief!! Ahahaha!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

It’s amazing that the presidential election has been going on for almost 2 years and there are so many people who are still uninformed…
Natasha and tmac sontinue to make up stuff about Obama that just isn’t true. Read a newspaper every once in awhile, and you’ll find your accusations quite inaccurate..

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

To all you Palin supporters who cry fowl over the media attacks – part of being a good leader (especially of a powerful country) is being able to handle your attackers well. Leaders in both parties – including President Bush – have been attacked repeatedly but hold their own. Clinton slammed back that FoxNews guy and wiped that smug smile off his face by making logical arguments. Palin, meanwhile, blubbers like a bimbo. If your VP can’t even handle a journalist’s measly questions, how can you expect the rest of the world, much less the terrorists, to take America’s might seriously?

Posted by: civilcitizen | September 29, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

Who care who wins the debate.
Decadence plus Treason equals the US Bailout and the end of our great country. What I propose is that everyone who was envolved with this abomination should be prosecuted not as white collar criminals but as TRAITORS to our nation. I don’t care who wins the election because if this is not done then our great nation is finished. Justice is the only answer to rebuilding the spirit of our nation. The world is watching us because they know that we are the light of Democracy. If we fall the world will fall.

Posted by: cony007 | September 29, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

Natasha scribed: “nless experience as an absentee sanator counts as experience to become Commander in Chief!! Ahahaha!!”
Sorry honey, you were the one who said that he was NOT on the committee, which shows your lack of knowledge. And now you want to now claim the absentee card, which again shows any lack of knowledge about the candidates. You do know that McCain has missed more votes in the 110th congress than ANY other senator, over 64% of them. Yes, that is true absenteeism. And in fact, during this session, Obama has voted much more than McCain.
Please see the congressional vote database:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/m000303/

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

Vic,
They are not biting the hands that feed them, they are not just willing to support a woman because she is a woman. Again, Governor Palin is a nice lady, probably governs Alaska well but the United States? No, no.
Look PUMA, if your cause was worthy, I would be right there with you and I am a man. But, your cause is out of bitterness for a candidate losing the nomination fair and square. This is your idea of supporting democracy and being patriotic? It’s like John McCain saying veterans know him and know he will take care of them and that he loves them. Yet, he has either not voted on bills for veteran and/or voted against bills for veterans. Remember, he did not support Jim Webb’s new GI Bill initially, he nor President Bush, but he is not a Bush third term. Right! In his own words he agreed with the president 90% of the time.

Posted by: CitizenAJ | September 29, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

Hey tmac – what necessarily stops a “hockey mom” from becoming a “corrupt politician?” read up on her shady record in Alaska. She’s your postergirl for Abuse of Power. Hey, if that’s what you want, at least the sex will sell…

Posted by: civilcitizen | September 29, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

Someone wrote earlier that they thought she was faking the stupid so that the expectation for the debate would be low.
somehow I think I might agree. Though I do think there is not much there, she has run for office before and her inablility to bullsh**t through questions is surprisingly missing. If she comes out and nails the debate she be the hero. What do you all think?

Posted by: fearforthefutrure | September 29, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm

Campbell, baby – what goes around comes around!!
Let’s Take A Look At Campbell Brown’s Family
by Dave Gibson (9/4/08)
A few days ago, CNN anchor Campbell Brown went on a very personal attack against Republican Vice-Presidential candidate and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds was giving Brown an interview, when she decided to place the focus of the conversation on the Governor’s 17-year old daughter Bristol, who is pregnant.
Brown said: “Tucker, though, this obviously putting this young woman, Bristol Palin smack in the media spotlight at what’s already got to be a very challenging time in her life. I mean, how do you respond to people who wonder why her mother would have subjected her to this scrutiny by accepting this high-profile position?”
Brown went on to say: “I recognize that in an ideal world, it would be private. You know, this is a presidential campaign. Nothing is private. The world is watching and if we, you know, as much as everyone might want to give this young woman her privacy, you know that’s not going to happen. And so you do risk putting her through an incredibly difficult process by accepting this job if you’re her mother. You can’t deny that, right?”
Well, this is obviously not an ideal world. Nor is it any longer a world in which the press gives legitimate, unbiased coverage to any and all candidates. This is in fact, now a world in which the press has decided to join the side of the leftist Democrat Party, and attack the Republican Party. Night after night, that same press ignores the fact that Barack Obama launched his political career at the home of unrepentant Weather Underground terrorist William Ayers, while attacking the parenting skills of Sarah Palin.
Since CNN’s Campbell Brown has changed the rules of the game, and it is now evidently appropriate for the mainstream media to question a candidate’s parenting skills and focus on the behavior of the candidate’s family…Then it is also fair to examine the behavior of those related to those members of the press who pose such questions.
In 2003, CNN’s Campbell Brown’s father Jim Brown served six months in federal prison, after being convicted of lying to a federal agent, during a fraud and conspiracy investigation involving Cascade Insurance Co. At the time, Jim Brown was serving as the insurance commissioner of Louisiana, a position which he was forced to resign after the U.S. Supreme Court refused his appeal for the second time. Brown continued that position’s legacy, as the two previous insurance commissioners were convicted of taking bribes and illegal campaign contributions from insurance companies, and still sit in federal prison.
So I would pose this question to Campbell Brown: Since the world is watching you…Do you think it is fair to your father to place this kind of scrutiny on him, since he is a convicted federal criminal? I mean, I know that it has to be painful for him. So don’t you think that you should have ended your journalistic career after he was convicted and resigned in disgrace? You want to be a good daughter don’t you?
We are currently seeing the most illegitimate campaign coverage in U.S. political history. We have seen so-called journalists become nothing more than cheerleaders for the left, and press secretaries for Barack Hussein Obama. In fact, I believe that the Obama campaign should have to list the glowing coverage provided by MSNBC as an in-kind campaign contribution!
I as a true conservative, now find myself in the unusual and uncomfortable position of defending the Republican Party presidential nominee. However, when the left-wing ignores major issues, and so alters their coverage to paint the Democrat as basically the next messiah, and stoops so low as to attack a child…I have no choice.
If those who often cheer for our enemies and hate this nation so much that they would refuse to report the truth as it relates to the success of our troops, as well as to the more than questionable past of Barack Hussein Obama, no one who loves this country has any choice but to support Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin.
http://newsbyus.com/index.php/article/1440
Source:
CNN, John McCain’s camp at odds following confrontational Campbell Brown interview
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/campbell-brown.html?cid=129044476#comments

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 1:43 pm 1:43 pm

Palin is manifestly unfit to be the president.

Posted by: rhbate | September 29, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

Palin is a moron. Any thinking person should be able to spot this simple reality. I have two teenage children who know more about our foreign policy than she and who understand the financial meltdown we are facing on a level that poor woman cannot grasp. Whether she is a good person is not relevant. Her qualifications to hold the presidency is what is important and she is NOT qualified simply because she is vapid and isolated from the real lives of tens of millions of Americans. McCain pandered to his base in selecting a right wing, intellectually empty person who would fire up those who want to take rights and freedoms from others with whom they do not agree. Palin has done something remarkable, however. She makes Dan Quayle seem intelligent and Spiro Agnew seem unifying.
And anybody who thinks the Republicans can manage the economy–or ever have been able to do so–should recall the fact that Reagan gave us the highest deficits in our nation’s history (until George W.) and that the Republicans brought us the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Depression. That is historical fact.

Posted by: Ted | September 29, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

Brenda wrote, “…she is a go-getter and will cut the fat in Washington.”
Palin does have experience at this. Being able to gut and butcher a moose in no time flat is one of her more adorable skills.

Posted by: Deeva | September 29, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

Not to worry, all Biden has to do is go on television, just like President Roosevelt did in 1929, and speak honestly to the American people. LOL – go Joe!

Posted by: Joanne600 | September 29, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm

Palin’s expertise in Alaska politics should not be discounted, but politics on a broader national spectrum is a whole different ball of wax.
There are many areas that a candidate running for the second highest office in the nation should know. By Thursday she’s going to have to appear to be an expert on foreign policy, the economy and a host of domestic issues.

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm

George, you make me sick! You and your liberal colleagues have a field day at trying to trip up the republican candidates and then running to report their off-guard responses as quick as you can. Gov. Palin is being asked questions never asked of any VP candidate in history. Your network and others give credence to a Saturday Night Live skit, as if it were the candidate herself, while sweeping under the rug Obama’s 57 States of the Union remark and Biden’s stupid comment about FDR being president at the time of the 1929 Stock Market Crash and going on TV to talk about it. For those of you who don’t know, Herbert Hoover was president and TV at that time was an experimental device and radio was the mass media instrument in peoples’ homes. What a jackass! But do these signs of stupidity rise to the level of importance of a SNL skit? No! So, based on this, Palin better not make a mistake because you and those like you will jump all over it while ignoring the garbage that spews from Biden’s mouth on a regular basis. Evidently, the did not teach objectivity when you were in journalism school. Or was your school devoted to pumping out pro-liberal pseudo-journalists the way you are devoted to influencing the public vote to the liberal side?

Posted by: BG | September 29, 2008, 1:50 pm 1:50 pm

Here are three questions I would like to see Palin have to answer:
1. Do you believe people lived at the same time as dinosaurs, and if so, should Americans be concerned about having a vice-president whose views aren’t consistent with scientific evidence?
2. John McCain is a 72 year old cancer survivor, and insurance company statistics put his odds of surviving four years in office at approximately 65%. Do you think McCain’s age and health are legitimate subjects for people to consider before casting their vote?
3. Freedom of choice guarantees American women the right to terminate a pregnancy, but it also guarantees them the right to carry a desired pregnancy to term. You chose to bear a child that many women would not have. Would you have preferred not to have that choice – to have been obligated by law to have that child instead of free to make that decision for yourself?

Posted by: balthus | September 29, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm

For unintelligent voters, Sarah Palin will do good as long as she sticks to her script and repeats republican slogans and demagogy.

Posted by: eric | September 29, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

Natasha,
Deflection is not your best form of defense. Attacking the media for looking into Palin’s record is silly.
Stop treating Palin like some china doll.

Posted by: Jennifer | September 29, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

someone wrote: Gov. Palin is being asked questions never asked of any VP candidate in history.
Well, you know that there are three other candidates in this race, and they are being asked the very same questions.. why should we set a lower standard for Palin? For the same reason they altered the format of the debate.. to make up for her lack of experience?
If she can’t handle the hard questions like the rest of them, it just shows that she has no business running.
Like Dr. Phil said: “One of these things is not like the others.. one of these things just doesn’t belong”.
And yes, I can’t stand Dr. Phil either, but it was funny.. and accurate.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

I have a feeling, if its like the past, and Palin gets beat at the debate we will hear sexism, how bad and mean Biden was to pick on her,etc…I hope he debates her as if an experianced male canidate was there. This is for the VP spot and a spot that may sit in the Oval office one day. Cant stand the heat get out of the kitchen. In saying that–Biden should not take this for granted. She will be well prepaired. She may not do great on the fly but as one can tell from the RNC she is easily programmed and the Rep. will make sure she knows her stuff by Thursday. The have already lowered her expectations so even if she just holds her own, she will be perceived as the winner. Of course the Rep acually thing McCain won.

Posted by: CW | September 29, 2008, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

I find it interesting that Biden’s comment about FDR and the TV is what the right brings up to defend Palin’s lack of knowledge. Biden does misspeak but the substance was correct. Palin can’t even give a comprehensive answer without her list of talking points

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm

A MATTER OF JUDGMENT!
Who in their right mind would vote for someone who exercised their judgment by selecting for vice president a person who believes in witches, and witch hunters as Sarah Palin does. I googled: Palin’s Witch Huntes and saw her with my own eyes.

Posted by: rhbate | September 29, 2008, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm

It is insulting for someone to equate my patriotism with the candidate I support. That is unAmerican crap.
Here’s a thought for the person who thinks if I love my country I should vote for McCain. If McCain truly cared about this nation, he would have found a running mate who could honestly, adequately and intelligently take over the presidency should he (McCain) be unable to complete his term (if elected). He played politics instead of putting his nation’s interests first.

Posted by: Max Becker | September 29, 2008, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm

GOOGLE PALIN’S “WITCH HUNTER.” This is the person McCain selected for VP engaging in a “laying on of hands.”

Posted by: rhbate | September 29, 2008, 2:05 pm 2:05 pm

The pain and suffering will INCREASE, no matter which “political party” is in office. That’s because the REAL powers-that-be are the corporate structure.
The pain and suffering will INCREASE, because neither “political party” is capable or willing to challenge that structure on behalf of the citizenry. Both parties are owned by that structure.
The pain and suffering will INCREASE, because all the safeguards erected under the FDR Administration have been severely eroded at best, or totally destroyed at worst…leaving the population totally unprotected against the very worst corporate abuses.
The pain and suffering will INCREASE, because the economy is owned, operated and controlled by a very wealthy elite who do not CARE about the citizenry.
The pain and suffering will INCREASE, because all 3 branches of the government are servile tools of the wealthy elite. Please remember how our illustrious Supreme Court gaveled into office the current occupant of the White House. Please remember how our illustrious Supreme Court arbitrarily halted the recount in the election of 2000.
The pain and suffering will INCREASE, because the population has been deliberately denied access to the fruits of the wealth of the nation: advanced education, universal health care, safe food and water supply, safe roads and transportation systems, productive and meaningful employment, affordable housing, and many other “benefits”.
Consider this: that enormous “greatest surplus in our nation’s history” that we had in 1999-2000 got totally squandered by the current administration. Worse than that, it got transformed into the “largest deficit in our nation’s history”. On top of this chicanery, the elite are now asking the population to bail out the financial institutions (owned, staffed, managed and operated by that same elite) with $700 billion of our tax money!
This in the face of $Trillions in tax monies already squandered in Iraq so that this same corporate elite can “control” that nation’s oil reserves. All the while the American population is paying more money at the gas pumps. Hmmm! How interesting! Yes, my fellow citizens, the pain and suffering will INCREASE until and unless our democratic instincts are aroused sufficiently to begin exercising our citizenship in a vigorous and sustained effort to truly impact decision makers at the highest levels. Until then, the pain and suffering will INCREASE!

Posted by: Concerned Citizen | September 29, 2008, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

I find it amazing that people are blaming the media for bias, when in truth, the media is just doing what they have always done. I tend to ignore what the media outlets say, except for perhaps a cursory examination on what the current smear tactic is..
Instead, if you are really basing your vote on whats best for the country, your sources of information should be more akin to looking at the congressional vote database, the library of congress Thomas center to see what bills each have introduced and for what purpose. Places like the Tax Policy Center to see an analysis of each candidates tax plan, or places like the Economic Policy Institute for analysis of health policies. Each candidates web site, where they lay out what each one wants to accomplish and how.
If you are really are an informed voter, then the decision is quite easily made, since both candidates stances are very, very different on the issues facing this country.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

Amen Concerned Citizen. I agree.

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

Tired of left-wing losers posting messages…
Hey, uneducated left wing liberals – do you even know what the “Truman Doctrine” is? I am certain that McCain and Palin do, trust me, otherwise you are in for a big surprise – the best is yet to come from Sarah Palin!!
Here is “History 101 – Lesson 1″ for the uneducated left-wing-liberals led by “geopolitically” inept and clueless “Campbell Brown, CNN Family & Friends”:
The Truman Doctrine
(March 12, 1947)
Audio:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumandoctrine.html
Text:
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/trudoc.htm

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 2:16 pm 2:16 pm

Tina: Spare us your B.S. claims of media sexism. No man with qualifications as scanty as Palin’s would even be on the ticket. It is not sexist to expect the same brains and experience from a female candidate that one does from a male candidate.
I would love to see qualified female candidates on both Democratic and GOP tickets. But Sarah Palin simply isn’t qualified and is proving to be a liability to McCain’s campaign. If McCain wanted to put a woman on the ticket, there were better choices.
Rendinder: It was the media that fell all over Palin with worshipful coverage of her when McCain so rashly picked her. She was an unknown to anyone outside of Alaska. In trying to find out as much as they could about her, the media were simply doing their job. It’s not the doing of any news organization that Palin has baggage and can’t perform adequately in interviews when she has to give unscripted answers. And it won’t be the fault of the media or sexism if she does poorly on Thursday.

Posted by: Kate | September 29, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

I was starting to feel sorry for her but guess her sharp tongue is out again.
BTW , I thought the Tina Fey spoof on SNL was just a joke. I didn’t realize she said those words verbatim. As a life-long republican I am highly disappointed. I also understand that during a brief QA on Sat after the debates, she agreed with Obama’s position on Pakistan rather than McCain’s such that he had to correct her statement on ABC. This is just too much!
I watched Obama during the debate and was very impressed by his intellect, composure and forward thinking ideas. This republican will be voting for the democrat this year.

Posted by: Linda | September 29, 2008, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

janice: You are so wrong. The media has been bias since the campaigning started. All the networks were promoting Obama exluding Hillary and McCain. And you don’t call that bias? All the networks were showing him constantly. And as far as the debate with Obama and McCain. No, Obama didn’t win that because it was a tie. The media only counts mainly the democratic vote and doesn’t count all the republican votes. How could Obama win when he said to McCain six times your right.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:19 pm 2:19 pm

The thing thats painfully obvious is that the only people dumber than Sarah Palin are those that would even consider voting for her.

Posted by: marc | September 29, 2008, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

They are NOT going to question their “Chosen One” – “God’s Gift to America”….
Quote: Jake Lewis wrote: “I don’t recall Mrs. Brown asking the same tough questions regarding Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience, his drug use, his ties to domestic terrorists, to explain how he purchased a $1.5 million home (yea…middle class) on a state legislature’s salary, his refusal to vote ya or na while serving in the state legislature, or why in his 3 1/2 years as a senator he has not sponsored one important piece of legislation? Oh! I understand now…he speaks well.”
Posted by: Jake Lewis | September 04, 2008 at 01:43 PM
BINGO!!
Dear Jake Lewis, you hit the nail on the head! But Ms. Campbell Brown and Jon Clown – as in Jon Klein – President of CNN – have been listening apparently to Nancy Pelosi…..they are NOT going to question their “Chosen One” – “God’s Gift to America”, as Nancy Pelosi refers to Obama!
Can you imagine if Senator McCain had said that Sarah Palin was “God’s gift to America”? They would be reminding him about the separation of Church and State!…
Source:
US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/08/29/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sarah-palin.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

OK, it’s official- I’m no longer even REMOTELY worried about the possibility of McCain/Palin getting elected. It’s just not gonna happen. I have enough faith in my fellow citizens to believe that most of us are neither idiots nor racists, and without that demographic, the McPalin team is sunk.
Sure, Palin looks terrific (especially for a politician), but there was no way to totally restrict her public exposure to all-smiles, no-speak photo-ops. She was going to HAVE to speak and answer questions, and in that process it became clear to most people that behind the lipstick is a VERY dim bulb; not only that, but a dim bulb who thinks she’s bright.
It’s one thing for Senator McCain to have his young, scary-blonde, Stepford-esque trophy wife standing there next to him like a mannequin; that’s their business. But for him to be such a tool that he actually chose a trophy VEEP, one he’d hardly ever MET, to be his one-heartbeat-away-from-the-Presidency, is just NUTS! Who wants to risk the country on THAT? I’ll bet some of those G.O.P. bigwigs are wishing they’d just let him have Lieberman in the first place! (Evidently it didn’t matter to them at the time that freaking Ronald Reagan was also a former Democrat….)
So…while McPalin will probably continue to fake-out the uninformed, intellectually lazy, and racist, it’s becoming crystal clear to more and more voters on both sides that this election’s Republican presidential ticket is a disaster that the nation can’t afford.

Posted by: flora68 | September 29, 2008, 2:25 pm 2:25 pm

bob: I think that your upset because Palin draws big crowds wherever she goes and that is what could make McCain win. Biden can’t keep his mouth shut for one second that’s why he got in trouble with Obama three times. He may have been around along time but that doesn’t make him smart. People think Obama is smart because he graduated Harvard. That is not the case. He is smaart at being underhanded and dealing with crooks that’s how he got a paid house from Rezko. Other than that he has to copy all the speeches he makes on the platform. Had to take three days for foreign policy training. Why did he need training if he was senator for three years.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

Natasha – I love the idea of you calling all liberals uneducated. This morning I read a post that said that Obama was “too educated”. Which is it? If were educated, we’re elitists aren’t we? Get a grip Natasha – you should get all of your right wing friends together and make a decision on what’s the appropriate level of education for “us liberals”. The ones that I know have everything from just a high school education to PHD’s. Damn, something else we couldn’t get right!

Posted by: jerzygrl | September 29, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm

Yeah, I think that is a good idea, let’s ask SP to compare and contrast the Truman Doctrine to the Marshall plan. How do you think she would do? McCain for that matter. As for “stupid” liberals, I would rather have an A student leading the country than a c or d student (we have that now and look at the state of the nation)

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 2:29 pm 2:29 pm

Mariann wrote: “janice: You are so wrong. The media has been bias since the campaigning started.”
You obviously did not actually read what I wrote.. I agree, the media has always been biased one way or another which is what I said. That is why I instead choose to base my vote on the sources listed. People who base their votes on what the media says are idiots.
Then you write: “How could Obama win when he said to McCain six times your right.”
Oh dear, you apparently have never taken a debating class or heard of diplomacy.. one thing that Obama indeed excels at. You apparently stopped listening just after he said those words and ignored the rebuttal. Perhaps you should go back and look at the transcripts then, just to refresh your memory:
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/debates/transcripts/first-presidential-debate.html

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm

It is interesting how Biden and Obamas errors and lies are covered for by the media (i.e. Stephanopolis covered for Obama’s “Muslim faith” slip of the tongue). Biden has lied repeatedly- even claiming that his first wife was killed by a drunk driver. Unless she was the drunk, that is the most egregious insult to the innocent man she carelessly drove in front of. He has lied repeatedly about his credentials and education. So has Obama. Little has been said about his close ties to the filth and corruption of the Daley Machine or the criminals in ACORN. Nothing has been covered about the fact that Obama has traveled under an Indonesian passport and has held citizenships in three different countries. McCain would not be my first choice for our country but he is certainly better than the sewer dwellers that the Democratic party has put forward.

Posted by: Nan | September 29, 2008, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

Natasha: You are so right. I do not like Campbell Brown. She got called on by one of McCain’s advisors about her attitude and cutting people off their statement before they finish. I didn’t know that Klein was an Obama supporter like Brown. And let me tell you what I think Pelosi and Obama did before the convention. Nancy does not like Hillary and didn’t want her to be president. Hillary was winning in the superdelegate column. However, it is in my opinion that Obama, Dean, Reid and Pelosi talked to the superdelegates to switch their votes to Obama and they would pass their bills and give them favors. Nancy stopped Hillary from the roll call and told her she could only count so many states. Nancy was afraid Hillary would come out winning the nomination. Now, Palin would not let Nancy get away with that. She is a fighter and knows her business. I think she will do just fine in that debate. She is a smart woman will be a good VP if McCain is elected.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

Quote: “When ABC News’ Charlie Gibson asked her how Alaska’s proximity to Russia gave her insight into that country, Palin replied: “They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.”
How hilarious, and frightening, that ‘INsight’ is interpreted as ‘in SIGHT’!”
Posted by: CT Woman | September 15, 2008 10:12 PM
Reply to CT Woman:
Here comes one more uneducated geopolitically inept left-wing-liberal, who fails to understand what Palin meant by her comment. Let me try to explain this one more time for those who do not even know how that Alaska is only 1.5 miles off the Russia! Only those with half brain and some basic knowledge of both American and World history would be able to understand that if Russia was to attack our country – at the Russia Alaska border – they only have 1.5 mile to cross! If anybody here or elsewhere in America thinks that Palin is not in the loop of any federal contigencies for our country’s security and defence in the State of Alaska are – mildly put -SLEEPING BEAUTIES!
Do you think that our Department of Defence, NSA, CIA, Joint Anti-Terrorism Task Forces etc. are not letting our Governors – especially the Governor of Alaska know about emergency/disaster/national defence/intelligence issues and operations logistics, ie. possible troop deployment, task force deployment, public safety issues, etc? Do you think that our Governement waits untik there is an attack to roll out defence plans? Or, you think that when our federal agencies summon our Governors in chemical/biological attack – rapid deployment task force -meetings, emergency planning, etc. Governor Palin is absent? I bet Obama has never sat in any of those meetings/intelligence briefings that is for sure!
Do you believe that as a “Community Organizer” or even as an “Absentee Senator” Obama has any clue or whatsoever regarding any of the above issues? I am convinced he DOES NOT, unless he learned them by “osmosis”!!
Yes, madame…Alaska’s location – 1.5 miles away from the Russian coastline -makes that state very unique indeed when it comes to its defence plans by our federal Government. Governor Palin is in the loop in most of these plans and contigencies. After all, during a possible attack by Russia Palin’s Alaskan citizens would be possibly the first target before any other state!
But of course, Americans can not believe that this would ever happen the same way no American ever believed that 9/11 would ever happen. Americans have such short memory span – it is pathetic.
Please go and learn some geography first – find Russia and Georgia on the map, learn somethinga bout world history and current geopolitical issues before you can even begin to judge Palin’s statements regarding Russia.
Source:
CNN, John McCain’s camp at odds following confrontational Campbell Brown interview
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/campbell-brown.html?cid=129044476#comments

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm

Meriann scribbled: “bob: I think that your upset because Palin draws big crowds wherever she goes and that is what could make McCain win.”
Meriann dear, please do not confuse popularity with a desperate desire to hear what she has to say, simply because she has been allowed to say so little. People want to find out what the GOP is hiding by keeping her in the shadows (and if they aren’t hiding anything, then they are sure doing a good job at making it look like they are).

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm

Janice: I don’t have to look at the transcripts. I heard him say John your right about that, then Obama becan to start speaking again. I know what I heard. Obama is not as smart as McCain in foreign policy although he tries to make the public believe he is. Biden is a smarter man than Obama.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:39 pm 2:39 pm

Nat Turner: If you call Obama old I doubt your own mother is under 30. And when your talking about age, remember one thing Rustert died much younger than McCain. Also, that your lucky stars if you live to be 72.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Joseph Biden with his tremendous wit will easily disect and erase Sarah Palin from the face of the earth, her lack a foreign intelligence and constant guessing of what the hell McCain stands for is her doom, period. Of course, the renowned statesman will prevail. Come on, this is a case of nolo contende, it’s a mousekater versus man!! So, let’s see she took on the oil/gas goons, they’re a bunch of fraternity whimps compared to the bloodsucking Washington DC politicians. America so needs to see her falter miserably, thus exposing her many weaknesses..and to the Media no softballs to the lady, please. We want nothing but direct hits – pure blood and guts, no time or lipstick or cool glasses. just the facts.

Posted by: blackirish | September 29, 2008, 2:45 pm 2:45 pm

– Please go and learn some geography first –
Oh Natashia.. you should take your own advice.. Ok, lets say Russia invades Alaska, then what? A nice trek through Canada to hit Seattle? Please.. you have shown repeatedly that you have no clue. You didn’t even know Obama was on the Foreign Relations Committee, or that McCain has been more absent from Congress than any other senator. And now you claim that just because Russia is close to Alaska that’s where they will ‘attack’. Do our country a favor, and go do a little research and perhaps actually find out about both candidates and their stance on real issues.

Posted by: BillyBob | September 29, 2008, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

Mariann, does this mean that you think Sarah Palin will be a good President. Doesn’t this statement give you pause for your vote if one is lucky to live to be 72?

Posted by: fearforthefuture | September 29, 2008, 2:46 pm 2:46 pm

Janice: I think your jealous of Palin for her accomplishments and you didn’t get that far. You can only accomplish your goals if you go after them. Apparently she did and she got more, she was chosen for the VP. Biden has been trying to become president more than two times but he didn’t make it. Hillary set her goals on it but got cheated out of it. Obama set his goals on the presidency to make history like MLK. Upon reading several books on MLK I think it went to his head. And he is the worst candidate that ever ran for the presidency of this country.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

– Janice: I don’t have to look at the transcripts. I heard him say John your right about that, then Obama becan to start speaking again. I know what I heard. –
You heard what you wanted to hear, and apparently have selective memory. What a shame.

Posted by: BillyBob | September 29, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

Just Asking: Will Campbell Brown Mention Her Husband’s Romney Campaign Connection?!
Dan Senor – Campbell Brown’s husband – Link to Romney’s Campaign….
“Daniel Samuel Senor (born November 6, 1971), is a founding parter of Rosemont Capital LLC, and Rosemont Solebury Capital Management. He is also a contributor to Fox News, frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, and author of an upcoming book about the economy of Israel and globalization in the Middle East. He is most noted for his former position as chief spokesperson for the Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq; some criticized him in that role because of his inability to speak Arabic [1] [2]. He is married to television news personality Campbell Brown.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Senor
Hmmmmm!…Perhaps this is why madame Brownose is sooooo obsessed with….Sarah Palin’s private and public life…
Remember, Romney was on the short list for McCain’s VP spot!!
Check this out:
Quote:
“Just Asking: Will Campbell Brown Mention Her Husband’s Romney Connection In Dem Debate?”
According to a November 9 Broadcasting & Cable article, former NBC News anchor Campbell Brown will “make her debut” on CNN as a “panelist” during the November 15 Democratic presidential debate in Las Vegas, moderated by CNN host Wolf Blitzer. Brown, who was hired by CNN in July, is married to Dan Senor, a former adviser for the now-defunct Coalition Provisional Authority in Iraq who is now reportedly serving as an adviser to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Given Brown’s role in the upcoming Democratic debate, will CNN disclose her husband’s link to Romney’s campaign?”
Read More: Campbell Brown, Campbell Brown Conflict Of Interest, Campbell Brown Romney, Dan Senor, Dan Senor Romney, Breaking Media News
Sources:
Just Asking: Will Campbell Brown Mention Her Husband’s Romney Connection In Dem Debate?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/11/14/just-asking-will-campbel_n_72663.html
Dan Senor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Senor

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 2:48 pm 2:48 pm

“PALIN CAN’T AFFORD A DEBATE MISTAKE”. Excuse me, McCain choosing Palin in the first place was mistake #1. This woman is in WAY over head. She will not do well in this debate

Posted by: Lily Bell | September 29, 2008, 2:49 pm 2:49 pm

Sarah Palin is a terrible joke,even a retarded person could see that. Then again aren’t all Bush supporters retarded? Yes! I can see Canada from my house! I’m a foreign policy expert! Biden will crush bimbo Barbie beauty queen without lifting a finger! Saturday Night Live will have many more skits when Sarah says: let me get back to you! Or when Sarah has that moose in the headlight look! Can’t wait! Fun! fun! fun! Sarah is done!

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 2:50 pm 2:50 pm

What Biden needs to do is to start out by saying this is no win situation for him. Let the listeners know that he knows if he comes out too hard, he’s damned and if he doesn’t come out hard, he’s damned. He needs to remember to let her dig her own hole (as will become all too appearent) and to not defend every rediculous thing she trys to hang on Obama. Anyone with any sense knows when the opponent is over exagereating.
Stick to the high road of answering the questions and he will come out smelling like a rose, instead of getting caught slinging garbage and smelling like it.

Posted by: joanne11kh | September 29, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

fearforthefuture: If McCain gets elected and lives out one term I think Palin will run for the presidency. Why not. Don’t you think she will? If Obama is elected and he lives long enough, he definately run for a second term. I believe this if Obama is elected Biden will be advising Obama what to say and not say because in politics Biden is a smarter man. Its his mouth that gets him in trouble.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

Quote: “I never in a million years thought I would be adding my own comments, but here goes it. First off, I am not committed to any presidential party as of yet, therefore, I am not partial to any one side. Second, I believe for the educated obvious reason, that those who congratulate Ms. Brown are those who undoubtedly do so on a partial basis.
This, Ms. Brown/Tucker situation is not about the questions and the alleged unprepared response of the Republican party, and this is not about the Republicans “running from CNN.” I watched the entire segment unfold and I was appalled. I kept thinking, out loud, as Ms. Brown kept hammering her questions in the interruptive fashion that she continued, “would you just shut up and let him talk.” I was really wondering what CNN would be thinking of this disgrace, of Ms. Brown’s hostility, of Ms. Brown’s very personal agenda, of Ms. Brown’s lack of professionalism and if that was not enough, of Ms. Brown’s conclusive “baby” remark. Wow! Unprofessionalism at its best.
Ms. Brown, this is very personal for you, isn’t it? I have been noting your biased opinions for a long time. I just laughed at how miserable it must be to actually feel so jealous to the point that you literally lose control. I wonder, what got under your skin? This situation was intolerant and hostile, and I would say quite embarrassing. Your colleagues and station know this as well. I can see the “clean up” they are trying to do on your behalf in spite of the fact that John Klein “says” he supports you.
John Klein; bad move not to acknowledge to the public a poor performing employee such as Ms. Brown. Anyway, have it your way Mr. Klein, things have a way of working out in the end. Although I am including an opinion, its really no skin off my back. I can only change what I have control over and I decide for starters to just tune you and yours out. You have had plenty of time to quell Ms. Brown, this situation is not a first, its just the “straw that broke the camels back.” She has been disgusting for a long time. I hope, John Klein, you reprocess your priorities.”
Posted by: Anita A. | September 05, 2008 at 02:14 PM
Source:
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/campbell-brown.html?cid=129291166#comments

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 2:53 pm 2:53 pm

Natashia said: “I don’t have to look at the transcripts.”
Oh lord.. Ok, don’t.. if you are afraid to be shown wrong, then you believe what you will. You have been pretty far off the mark up to now, so why should this be any different. Unfortunately, that is what got us into the mess we are now in under the current numnuts in office.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 2:54 pm 2:54 pm

AJ: Apparently you don’t know that Russia is on the border of Alaska. It depends where her house is located. I know she has a big home and its beautiful. I seen it on TV. Good for her. She earned it.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:55 pm 2:55 pm

Jimbo you are too ignorant for words!

Posted by: Nicky | September 29, 2008, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm

Lily Bell: How do you know Palin won’t do well in the debate. Were you her teacher? And how well would you do. Can you challenge her in what she answers. And besides that the debate doesn’t start until Oct. 2. You don’t know what the questions are so how can you say she wouldn’t do well. Look at Obama. He never won all the debates against Hillary and failed in the forum interview. The news media said he had an edge on McCain, other’s said it was a tie. This is the first time in a debate that he made progress.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 2:59 pm 2:59 pm

Mariann wrote: “Janice: I think your jealous of Palin for her accomplishments and you didn’t get that far.”
And please explain how you know my accomplishments? Just another typical logical fallacy you have shown over and over again trying to justify your position.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

Janice wrote: “Natashia said: “I don’t have to look at the transcripts.”
To Janice:
I suggest that you get your facts straight before you reply to comments. Please be advised that you are replying to the wrong person. The above comment to which you have recently replied was posted by Billy Bob – not me.
Btw, it is Natasha – not Natashia!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

Obama would be a great film star…
Btw, he is the one running for President – not Satah Palin!
1. Yes, Sarah Palin is being drug around in the dirt because she is a Republican woman and how dare the person call Sarah a Caribou Barbie! That is one of the most sexist comments, yet. Also, for the one who called her “trailer trash” that just shows to me that it is not the Republicans who are elitists but the Democrats.This should be very offensive to those whose homes are trailers and who don’t make a six figure income.
2.It keeps coming up about the Bridge to Nowhere. Obama has ALSO been in favor of MANY things and then changed his mind….Israel/Pakistan…Russian/Georgia, etc. but NO-ONE dwells on that. In fact, he can’t make a decision; he just goes with the flow after asking dozens of advisors. He is charmismatic, I will give him that but charisma isn’t what we need. Some of you mentioned that McCain’s heroism doesn’t qualify him for the White House…well,okay then…neither does being a charismatic celebrity. Obama would be a great film star. He loves the spotlight. He’s an eloquent speaker. I’ve heard that John McCain is not. Hmmm…someone who’s become good at smoothly eloquent speaking probably has learned to make words work for him and twist them when necessary and people won’t even notice.
3. I’ve noticed that some are comparing Palin’s lack of experience and background to Obama. How come they are not doing the same comparison on McCain and Obama? Why is Joe Biden not the one that is being compared to her? At least, I have not seen much to that;maybe someone can fill me in on somewhere I could see this.
4. It seems Palin has so many sins in her life and McCain, too. Then,I guess the Democrats are without sin. They are presenting themselves as perfect. Too bad the voters are not nearly as perfect as Obama. In the Bible, there was a story about an adulteress that was getting ready to be stoned to death. Jesus told them “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.” The Dems have done a great job of casting the stones and hitting Palin.
And, let’s not forget the Democrat who was President, and even though I’m not a Democrat, he did a decent job of the duties in office, yet he was an adulterer while in the office that he was elected to, disappointing Americans, but in this whole election,no one, not even the Republicans (except this one) has brought that up;(which is right thing NOT to do)maybe, it is because we all have skeletons in our closet. Have you ever thought what would come out if you ran for office?
5. The newstands are full of articles tearing Palin down, but I’ve yet to see the faces of Obama (the liberal media’s little darling) or Joe Biden on the covers presented in a negative way. I agree with one blogger who said that these publications are only ruining themselves. Let’s do real journalistic reporting…report the facts, Jack on both sides, both negative and positive and let the readers decide. I would absolutely LOVE to see an article in a mag that compares Obama to McCain and in the same mag Palin to Biden, side by side on issues, skeletons in the closets, biographies, awards and honors….maybe in the form of resumes so the American public could compare and then at the polls hire the ticket they think would be the best for the job.
6. Finally, and then, I’m through. I understand it may be good to understand the candidates’ views based on their faith but it is a little undeserving to undermine one for “praying” that God’s will be done. Our country was founded on a faith in the One True God, The Creator and our laws and values were built upon the Christian faith, but now, it’s not politically correct to be a Christian,no one must renounce their deep beliefs in order to please everyone. I couldn’t see one bit of hatred in the video that has been circulating where she spoke at her church in Alaska. Praying for someone does not cause hatred or racism or sexism. Their beliefs in their faith did not say they hated gays,only that they would be praying for them. And, in the privacy of a church building, they may do whatever (within the law) that they believe. Now that Obama has disowned his pastor, no one has mentioned anymore about how that church shaped his views. They are afraid to because of the venomous rhetoric that came from the pastor’s mouth. Does anyone know what Biden believes;have they gone to a church he attends or does he attend one? What about McCain? What are his religious values? So, then, why does that play into the equation with Palin? I could understand if she were part of an anti-government,hate religion. The most she could be convicted of in her faith is saying that she believes in praying to God, asking His will for the country. Go back in history to other presidents; many were men who prayed or sought God’s will. At least, the great ones did.
Thank you, both Republicans and Democrats for letting me air my feelings. How, sometimes I wish we didn’t have parties. I can’t stand the division and hatred that ensues. Especially when we say “United we stand, Divided we fall.” Let’s just let each other vote our consciences or faith or whatever standard and quit yelling at each other. I really hope that people in other countries don’t read our comments because it will show the United States are not so united after all. And…I will be praying for this election, that God will put in the candidates He wants (and, although I will vote Republican which is voting based on my faith) I know that whichever party gets in will be because God put them there “for such a time as this” and I will relax and support the Preident of the United States and respect the office.
Posted by: Gloria | September 09, 2008 at 01:43 AM
Source:
Los Angeles Times
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/campbell-brown.html?cid=130091336

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm

Natasha wrote: “To Janice:
I suggest that you get your facts straight before you reply to comments. Please be advised that you are replying to the wrong person. The above comment to which you have recently replied was posted by Billy Bob – not me.”
I am sorry.. and it was actually Mariann who made the comment, not BillyBob. Do accept my apologies for the incorrect citation.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 3:10 pm 3:10 pm

Questions for Joe Biden to ask Sarah[the princess]Palin. 1. Did your witch doctor remove all the evil spirits lurking about before this debate? 2.Can you see the Kremlin from your house Sarah? 3.Is it true you believe Adam and Eve had pet dinosauers and Fred and Wilma Flintstone were their neighbors? 4. How many tongues do you speak in? 5. Why is it that your a flip flopper like John McCain?

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 3:12 pm 3:12 pm

Will Palin jump Joe Biden over this POS comment he made about the Surge last week?
“The fact of the matter is, the only thing succeeding in Iraq right now is the plan that Barack and I talked about that Petraeus is implementing … giving local control in the very areas with a limited central government.”
Seriously?!?!
For example, I suppose we are now expected to believe that when Biden said, “The president and others who support the surge have it exactly BACKWARDS,” in December 2006, he secretly meant, “Go through with the surge, Gen. Petraeus — I believe in you!”
Or, when Biden was pushing for Iraq to be divided into into three ethnically-homogeneous, unsustainable “states,” then abandoned it, he was actually working behind the scenes with the freshman Senator from Illinois and General Petraeus to craft a plan to make Iraq more unified and sustainable.
We are likewise expected to believe that, when Barack Obama sponsored legislation that would have withdrawn U.S. troops from that country beginning last year — at the most sensitive point to date in the entire conflict — with a full retreat having been completed by this past March, thereby rendering every single achievement made possible by the ‘Surge,’ from the rising up of Concerned Local Citizens, to the driving out of al Qaeda in Iraq, to the quelling of sectarian violence, to the growing political reconciliation that made possible legislation passed this week setting the stage for provincial elections in that country, entirely null and void, he was actually laying the ground work for success there. Good thing General Petraeus was somehow in on the secret there, and understood that all of Obama’s posturing was actually cover for Petraeus to do what he has done to date in Iraq.

Posted by: I'm Joe Biden, and I Approve This Gaffe | September 29, 2008, 3:14 pm 3:14 pm

Natasha: You are so right about Campbell Brown. She is the most ignortant news media of all the stations put together. She needs to be suspended for a month without pay or fired. I have heard both Obama and McCain’s advisors tell her to let them finish saying what they had to say but she cuts right in. MSNBC gave Chris Matthews a boot and said he was too bias so let’s see what happens to her.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

HP Boston: Your right in telling Billy to take two asprins and go to bed. That’s what the doctors use to say, take two asprins and call me in the morning. Maybe Billy will have to call the doctor if McCain wins the election or Palin wins the debate.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

Janice- Apology accepted. But just so we can get the record straight please see below the actual comment – it was Billy Bob who had replied to you – NOT Mariann. The name of the person who replies is aleays on the bottom of the comment – not at the top.
Original comment:
Quote: “Janice: I don’t have to look at the transcripts. I heard him say John your right about that, then Obama becan to start speaking again. I know what I heard. –
You heard what you wanted to hear, and apparently have selective memory. What a shame.”
Posted by: BillyBob | Sep 29, 2008 2:48:46 PM

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

Pallin is a redneck, a hill-billie, a gun loving, moose killing, a racist pig, with lipstick of course.
Redneck Republicans ” I hate muslims, I hate muslims” But “I love my nutcase Christians for blowing up Oklamoma”
DOUBLE STRANDARD HERE??? I will these rednecks with small brains figure this one out..

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 3:21 pm 3:21 pm

Quote: “[Canpbell Brown]…She is the most ignortant news media of all the stations put together. She needs to be suspended for a month without pay or fired. I have heard both Obama and McCain’s advisors tell her to let them finish saying what they had to say but she cuts right in. MSNBC gave Chris Matthews a boot and said he was too bias so let’s see what happens to her.
Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | Sep 29, 2008 3:15:13 PM
Reply to Mariann:
Mariann- you hit the nail on the head!
Miss Obnoxious – Campbel Brown – sooner or later will have the same luck as MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, who was demoted just a couple of weeks ago for being… Mr. Obnoxious!!!!!!
We want the idiots of all 24 hour “news for dummies” networks to give us just the facts – not creating the news according to their personal political agendas.
Miss Brownnose is the worse of all journalists in the history of CNN…she is a disgrace to serious journalism.

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:25 pm 3:25 pm

Faux News has by far the worst news reporters of any network.100% rightwing BS and lies! Unfair and unbalanced as it gets!Though this network would have been a hit in Nazi Germany years ago,the similarities are many!!

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 3:33 pm 3:33 pm

Redneck Republicans “we cannot elect a black man. we only live in 2008. we need another 500 years so our brains can still grow and stop this hatred for these black people. I know I know we killed all these native people to get this land and now pretend this is our land. But we look so cool with our trailers, shot-guns, mud on our faces, playing with our chickens, in some cases having sex with them. Life of a redneck, wish you all had this life”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 3:36 pm 3:36 pm

Quote: “Campbell Brown- Ditto the above. I’m so glad to see that someone else is saying the things I’ve been thinking. Some in the media are saying that Palin was “shrill” last night. Campbell Brown DEFINES the word “Shrill” and Soledad O’Brien defines the word “mean.” They’re both rude AND mean. Hafferty is disgusting. They are all a disgrace not only to journalism, but to themselves. I never watch their reports. I’ve been tuning in to them, though, over the past week to see what the other side is saying and knew I’d be sick about their lop-sided coverage of Sarah Palin. But then I took heart last night after Palin’s speech. The liberal press was almost speechless. That was a real kick. I say – Go Sarah!
Posted by Joyce of NC.”
To Joyce of NC:
Governor Palin gave the left-wing-liberal media the medicine that they needed by her memorable quote, “I am not going to Washington to seek your good opinion”!!!
It was about time that someone -an accomplished and intelligent woman like Palin – replied in “kind” to the “24 hour tabloid news circus”! And, the best is yet to come!!
To the above list of utterly rude and mean spirited left-wing-liberal media clowns – Campbell Brown, Soledad O’Brien, Zack Hafferty led by Jon Klein = Clown president of CNN, I suggest that they enroll in a “Swiss finishing school” to brush up in good manners! Their disgusting behavior only shows their character and non-existent moral values.
It would be a great omission if to the above list we did not include another rude and obnoxious left-wing-liberal clown – Keith Olberman of MSNBC!! Keith Olberman defines the word “idiot”!
To all media clowns: Get used to it as the best is yet to come!!
Sarah Palin, tu est intelligent…tu est magnifique!!!
P.S. If anyone can think of any more names of media clowns please keep posting them…They all need to be exposed – once and for all. They did the same thing to Clinton – enough is enough – we will not just sit and watch “news for dummies” by clowns like all of the above! Posted by Natasha of NY.
Source:
US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/08/29/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sarah-palin.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:40 pm 3:40 pm

News Release.
Substituting on domestic and foreign policy in the vice presidential debate for Sarah Palin is… Tina Fey.

Posted by: Al | September 29, 2008, 3:45 pm 3:45 pm

Redneck Republican in the deep south “I love my horse, it gives a good ride. Being a redneck makes me so much better than anyone else. I live in my trailer with “ma”, vote for Bush since he is so much smarted than me, we have shot-guns to kill these animals, with lipstick. I don’t care rest of the world is laughing at us, we are having so much fun with our animals here, horsey horsey, come here I have something to show you”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 3:45 pm 3:45 pm

Sarah Palin photoshopped…No doubt the left-wing-liberals are behind this unethical behavior, what is new right?!
The Sunday Times – London, UK
Sarah Palin in pictures and video
By Nico Hines
Photoshopped! A familiar refrain and a common tool for mocking the political elite – with Sarah Palin, however, it can be quite tricky to work out which of the pictures in circulation are real. (story continuous here)
http://timesonline.typepad.com/uselections/2008/09/sarah-palin-pic.html?OTC-widgets&ATTR=tolblogs

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:46 pm 3:46 pm

Natasha wrote: “But just so we can get the record straight please see below the actual comment – it was Billy Bob who had replied to you – NOT Mariann”
Sorry, but not correct. Mariann claimed that McCain won because Obama said he agreed 6 times. I claimed it was out of diplomacy and she should go read the transcripts. She replied that she did not need to because she heard what she heard. Billy bob was commenting to her reply (which had my name at the beginning), as was I. In other words, BillyBob and I were both responding to Mariann, and I mistakenly attributed my response to you.
Hope that clears it up.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 3:50 pm 3:50 pm

Redneck Republican “I know this black man trying to running for President is much better than our old guy, but he is black, a made up Muslim(shhh I know he isn’t but we pretend though), and me being a racist and loving my animals, I will always vote for retards. Look at our country now, it’s great, economy is glowing, our world status is so much higher, people just love us and why would we change that??.. horsey horsey, where ya go, I WILL GET BACK AT YA”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

Janice- OK, I am sorry- I had not gone that far back. You are right, I had only seen Billy Bob’s reply with that same quote. Thank you for the clarification.
Natasha

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:55 pm 3:55 pm

Us Magazine Hit Hard by Canceling Subscribers After Palin Attack
By Warner Todd Huston
September 5, 2008 – 06:19 ET
Courtney Hazlett over at MSNBC’s “The Scoop” is reporting that thousands of “Us Weekly” subscribers have not only called the magazine to cancel their subscriptions — some reports say up to 10,000 cancellations have occurred — but have also contacted advertisers and expressed their outrage that they are advertising with the celebrity news magazine that would so blatantly try to destroy Governor Palin.
Hazlett is hearing that the editorial board of “Us Weekly” had thought they pegged it right that media pressure and attacks would see Palin pulled from the McCain ticket even before her debut speech. Because the media had so quickly swarmed to destroy her, they thought she was toast before she even had the chance to accept the nomination.
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/09/05/us-magazine-hit-hard-canceling-subscribers-after-palin-attack

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm

I am so tired of everyone looking at Obama and Biden as Saints. Biden screws up all the time and the press doesn’t do a damn thing but cover up his and Obama mistakes. Biden always has his foot in his mouth, but you don’t here anything about it. Obama said the other night on the debate that Henry Kissinger had told him that it was OK to have talks with the Iranian president with unconditional preconditions. Henry Kissinger was on FOX News the next day saying he did not say such a thing. He warned Obama not to do the talks. LIE, LIE, LIE, and never a correction about the truth. If you are going to say things that are not true, say they are not true before you give it out to the public. I will not vote for Obama because I got this on my email the other day. Let’s see if you put this on the air.
Obama: Let’s expose the lies
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Posted by: Dee Ann Goodson | September 29, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm

Oct Suprise ?
Michelle Obama doing Osama BiLaden in Bill Ayers house ?

Posted by: Dumbocrats | September 29, 2008, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm

“Lipstick and Pigs” on the Eve of September 11th…
The left-wing-liberal clowns of CNN – from Campbell Brown to even Larry King -were talking about “Lipstick and Pigs” on the eve of the anniversary of the September 11th attacks.
Shame on you CNN that you could not have at least honored this day by having perhaps a special Larry King program honoring the innocent people who died on that day. Instead, Larry King decided to address the issue “Lipstick and Pigs”. Yeah, I say that in this case the pigs were he and his two liberal witches on his panel.
Shame on you all at CNN, for being a disgrace to serious journalism – for being a disgrace in the eyes of the relatives of the people who died on 9/11, and in the eyes of our troops. You are running so freaking scared that you would not even talk about Sept. 11th…And, on top of that I heard that you had the idiot Michael Moore on the Larry King show, on the anniversary of 9/11. But that’s OK – we did not expect you to be more patriotic than your leader – Obama bin Biden!
Shame on all “24 hour News-for-Dummies networks” and their leadership, especially Jon Clown – as in Jon Klein -the President of CNN.

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

Oct Suprise ?
Michelle Obama doing Osama BiLaden in Bill Ayers house ?

Posted by: Dumbocrats | September 29, 2008, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

Redneck Republicans “please also donate to http://www.voteagainistblackpresidents.com, This cannot continue, no black people allwoed in the WHITE House. How dare they. Stop Obama, stop him, look at our last years, SO much better”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm

Quote: “Oct Suprise ? Michelle Obama doing Osama BiLaden in Bill Ayers house ? Posted by: Dumbocrats | Sep 29, 2008 4:02:06 PM
Ahaha…ha! I guess after all we would not have to bomb Pakistan to catch Bin Laden! COOL !!!!
:-)

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

Governor Palin can look up facts anytime. Joe Biden can look anywhere he wants and never find character.
Governor Palin will always act in America’s best interest. Barack Obama believes in globalism.
I trust Sarah Palin. She stood up to corruption and fought back. Obama has rolled over 100% of the time when faced with Daley machine corruption and dirty party politics.

Posted by: joinamerica | September 29, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

Again, I fail to see why everyone is so concerned over the media.. yes, they are biased, which is exactly why you should ignore them. Go to the source. Go to the library of congress and see what bills each candidate has championed. Go to the congressional vote database to see what each has voted. Go to each candidates site and look at their plans and what they say. Go to the Tax Policy Center and see what each of their tax plans would do, or the Economic Policy Center for an analysis of their health plans. Try some of the myth buster sites like snopes or politifact or the many other non-partisan places that separate the fact from the fiction. Basing votes on what the media says is only for idiots.

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm

Some fool wrote: “Barack Obama believes in globalism.”
And what exactly do you believe in? That we should live in an isolationist society and ignore the fact that we are all on this planet together? How naive!

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

In case you didn’t notice 91 DEMOCRATS Voted Today Against the bailout bill….So why would Pelosi even bring the bill to the table if her own didn’t want it. The Dem’s had plenty of votes to pass it.

Posted by: GoUSA247 | September 29, 2008, 4:14 pm 4:14 pm

The mother of all flip-flops…
Iraqi surge exceeded expectations, Obama says
LANCASTER, Pa. – Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Thursday that the escalation of U.S. troops in Iraq, which he had opposed, has succeeded in reducing violence “beyond our wildest dreams.”
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26550764
And check this out… This latest revelation by Mr. “This is above my pay-grade, Barrack Obama” – comes in less than 24 hours after Sarah Palin stated in her speech that her opponent [Obama] never mentions the word “victory” except when he gives [pretty speeches] about his own campaign!!
Does the man [Obama]think that we are stupid? Or does he think that we are so naive not to realize that he just listens to what the other side and the media are saying and then he flip-flops according to where the wind is blowing?!
Come on Obama – the American people have already figured you out…When the heat is on, you start flip-flopping left and right – right and left!
Why is it that Ms. Obnoxious – Campbell Brown – did NOT take notice of this flip-flop by her “Chosen One”?!… She is so pathetic – she has not mentioned a thing!
Booooooooo, Campbell Brown!…Make sure nobody attacks your “Obama Icon” about his latest…”mother of all flip-flops”!
Question: Could Obama be suffering from “multiple personality disorder”???!!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Redneck Republican in the deep south..
” I lost my horsey.. please find my horsey. I miss him, haven’t been laid in 2 weeks now. I have an IQ of a horse too, thus I vote for idiots over and over again. Look at Palin and her interview, people say it was horrible but I think, having the IQ I have, think she did great. Exactly what we are looking for if the the old guy cracks.. McCain/Palin. all the way baby.. white, with animals, and shotguns, just like you and me”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

All references to “liberals” and “conservatives” are superfluous under the conditions in which we find ourselves here in the USA in 2008. Since the end of WWII, the power of the “military-industrial complex” (and the wealthy elite that owns, operates and controls it)has grown astronomically, REGARDLESS of which party is in the White House or which party “controls” Congress. The Supreme Court, at one point in our history (1886)declared a corporation has the same rights, privileges and protection under the law that a person has.
Divider*************Internet Research
Excerpted:
Business
Before 1886: States and local communities had laws to protect and nurture entrepreneurs and local businesses, and to keep out companies that had been convicted of crimes.
After 1886: Multi-state corporations claimed such laws were “discrimination” under the 14th Amendment (passed to free the slaves) and got such laws struck down; local communities can no longer stop a predatory corporation.
War
Before 1886: Government, elected by and for “We, The People,” made decisions about how armies would be equipped and, based on the will of the general populace, if and when we would go to war. Prior to WWII there were no permanent military manufacturing companies of significant size.
After 1886: Military contractors grew to enormous size as a result of WWII and a permanent arms industry came into being, what Dwight Eisenhower called “the military/industrial complex.” It now lobbies government to buy its products and use them in wars around the world.
Regulation
Before 1886: Corporations had to submit to the scrutiny of the representatives of “We, The People,” our elected government.
After 1886: Corporations have claimed 4th Amendment human right to privacy and used it to keep out OSHA, EPA, and to hide crimes.
Purpose
Before 1886: Corporations were chartered for a single purpose, had to also serve the public good, and had fixed/limited life spans.
After 1886: Corporations lobbied states to change corporate charter laws to eliminate “public good” provisions from charters, to allow multiple purposes, and to exist forever.
Ownership
Before 1886: Just as human persons couldn’t own other persons, corporations couldn’t own the stock of other corporations (mergers and acquisitions were banned).
After 1886: Corporations claim the human right to economic activity free of regulatory restraint, and the still-banned-for-humans right to own others of their own kind.
http://www.niemanwatchdog.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=ask_this.view&askthisid=126
End Divider**********Internet Research
From that time to this, the corporate elite have partially and/or totally monopolized:
*the resources(both natural and human) of our nation
*the most crucial decisions regarding domestic and foreign policy
*the economy of our nation
*the infrastructure of our nation
*all the machinery of government power
How can anyone who has read USA history NOT see that “liberal” and “conservative” are meaningless labels?

Posted by: Concerned Citizen | September 29, 2008, 4:18 pm 4:18 pm

Syndicated Conservative Republican columnist Kathleen Parker in a recent column has called upon Sarah Palin to drop out of the race in order to help save McCain’s faltering campaign. A good showing in the debate will not save the McCain/Palin ticket at this point. Palin needs to drop out and McCain needs to put Romney on the ticket to help with the out of control economy. And, I’m not sure that will be enough to save McCains campaign.

Posted by: PhilBgood | September 29, 2008, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm

CNN has become pathetic, even credible people like Wolfe Blitzer and to a certain extent Larry King have turned CNN to Obama Head Quaters.
Campbell Brown – Bimbo without a brain
Anderson Cooper – Fair and Balanced … yea right, his face and his derrire are not fair and balance like his commentary
Jack Cafferty – This senile whimp is always turned on for Obama the sissy
S O’Brien – Dumb and idiotic
Gloria – Clueless
Donna Brazille – the biggest racist
CNN … the glory days are behind you, its all downhill for you dumbwits

Posted by: StraightTalk | September 29, 2008, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm

Lead Republican commentators are saying Palin will only make a mistake if she opens her mouth – McCain is preparing another dramatic intervention to prevent her from having to speak, and he will disguise it as a heroic move related to his POW days.

Posted by: Doctor Perfect | September 29, 2008, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm

Natasha, you didn’t happen to read the transcripts to Congress did you? Hardly a resounding success, particularly since the goal was to ‘buy time’ for the political process to take hold, which it didn’t. General Paetraus even went so far as to say that he believed the reduction in violence would have occured anyway due to the sectarian civil war and ethnic cleansing, only slower.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 4:21 pm 4:21 pm

CNN is the BEST political coverage on TV!
Its not CNN’s fault that McCain and Palin are so atrocious that nothing positive can be said about them politically.
People complaining that CNN is biased – if CNN is doing a story on Manson or Hitler and doesnt point out there good qualities – will anyone care?
McCain-Palin – going down in FLAMES!

Posted by: Doctor Perfect | September 29, 2008, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm

Redneck Republican “glad to see all the rednecks out today… let’s repeat the last 8 years of greatness…start a new war..get our economy even better than today….yeah baby…stop these coloured people….we are much smarter in our trailer parks”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

Palin vs Biden? This “mickey mouse” debate is just like a debate for high school student body president. Palin serving up cupcakes. Biden pin buttons. LMAO. SNL or Daily Show will definitely have a parody of this.

Posted by: kng863 | September 29, 2008, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

Doctor Perfect- CNN is the “24-hour-news-for-dummies-network”. I now understand the left-wing-liberal CNN viewers’[dummies]problem!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm

CNN is the BEST political coverage on TV!
Its not CNN’s fault that McCain and Palin are so atrocious that nothing positive can be said about them politically.
People complaining that CNN is biased – if CNN is doing a story on Manson or Hitler and doesnt point out there good qualities – will anyone care?
McCain-Palin – going down in FLAMES!
—————————————-
If CNN is the best …
Why are they not sending an army to Illinois
Why are they not talking about his association with a terrorist
Why are they not talking about Obama/Rezko
Why are they not talking about ACORN – voter fraud in several states
Why are they not talking about his experience
Why are they not talking about him not using the word ‘VICTORY’
Obama + Michelle = Bad omen for the world … never in the history of apresidential election the country has seen hurricanes, economical turmoil and pandering to other nations

Posted by: StraightTalk | September 29, 2008, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm

While I appreciate the purity of joinamerica’s comments to go to the source for information, this is both impractical and almost certainly misleading, because of the way legislation is passed.
Almost no legislation is what has been described as a “clean bill”, because every special interest and their legislative supporters fill bills with stuff entirely unrelated to the title or supposed subject of the bill.
So, it is entirely possible for any given legislator to vote against a bill the basics of which he is profoundly in favor of – just because it has been loaded down with pork, poison pills, or provisions that render its effect substantially different from or the exact opposite of its claimed intentions.
The only way to get around this is to pay attention on virtually a full time basis, reading not only the primary sources, but positions regarding it from across the political spectrum.
Unfortunately, this is a highly impractical undertaking for most of us.

Posted by: R U Kidding | September 29, 2008, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm

Redneck Republican “hey straighttalk, good points, whatever BS it takes to get another 8 years of greatness back again, that is our mission…he is black, must a terrorist, btw I don’t think Bush and Cheney should be in jail for starting this war in Iraq and being war criminals, damn Liberals makeup stuff, and we the rednecks never make up stuff, we just hide stuff ..just between us rednecks shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahaha”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 4:39 pm 4:39 pm

Stephanopoulos: “A major mistake, particularly on foreign policy, would be absolutely fatal to her candidacy.”
Dear George- Neither you nor your former boss – President Clinton – had ANY experience when you took over the White House!!
Or you think we have forgotten your not so innocent gaffs during President Clinton’s campaign? You want to at least appear “fair” now, don’tyou”
Hey- your former boss President Clinton and Senator Clinton have absolutely NO respect for Barack Obama – Bill Clinton could not even bring himself to utter the words “great man” when Tom Brokaw asked him if he considered Obama a “great man”. It was this past Sunday on “Meet The Press”, when Bill Clinton stated that he considers McCain “a great man”!
Did you perhaps miss the show, George? Don’t go too far now – be honest with your viewers – did you originally support Hillary or Obama??
Just remember- if it was not for the Clintons perhaps we would not even know who you are today. Your American dream came true when President Clinton gave you a high profile position in his team, even if you [and he]were “too green”!!
Many people are capable of accomplishing the American Dream – like in your case you have worked very hard to get there – but we should always be grateful to the people who help us along the way!
Hugs,
Natasha – Greek by Birth – American by Choice!…. :-)

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm

Bob thinks Joe probably won’t have to say much in the VP debate. Since when did Joe not say too much in any political oriented situation. Can Joe take a breath long enough to allow the Palin gaff. Guess we’ll find out

Posted by: Who Gnu | September 29, 2008, 4:59 pm 4:59 pm

Another question for Sarah Palin: Do you believe in the Rapture? Are you eagerly awaiting it? Would you start a war to facilitate the Rapture? Will your witch doctor be along side you casting out evil spirits as the Rapture starts?

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

I’ll be watching. I don’t CARE what she says. You could pick up someone off the street corner….Anything is better than Biden and Obama’s regime, with a plan to destroy America and everything we have worked for all these years.

Posted by: Merry | September 29, 2008, 5:01 pm 5:01 pm

The first five minutes I heard Obama, I knew he was a fatal mistake for our country and still feel that way.
I would trust Sarah’s judgment any day over his or Biden

Posted by: Lisa | September 29, 2008, 5:04 pm 5:04 pm

I think Sarah Palin is a mistake waiting to happen. She is so lite on knowledge that she will be limited to scripted answers and attack. Hopefully, people will see thru it.
http://www.palinspin.com – the scandals, incompetence, lies and deceptions of Sarah Palin!
http://www.obamamate.com – social news for the Barack Obama nation

Posted by: beingajoe | September 29, 2008, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

– The first five minutes I heard Obama, I knew he was a fatal mistake for our country and still feel that way. –
Sad, really sad. After 5 minutes the decision had already been made. Unfortunately, a lot of others also refuse to use their brains for something other than a seat cushion.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm

I have no respect for anything ABC reports since I have found them to be nothing but frabications/lies.
I would vote for Palin no matter what strategy the media uses to defame her.
After all, all of use weren’t born yesterday. We see the real truth about this election.

Posted by: Beary | September 29, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

News Of The Day…
Obama: A ‘great’ non-answer
by Domenico Montanaro
Monday, September 29, 2008 9:25 AM
The New York Post picks up on Bill Clinton’s interview on Meet The Press, in which the former president could not bring himself to call Obama a “great man,” as he did with McCain. His biggest praise for the Democratic nominee was: “I think Senator Obama has shown a remarkable ability to learn and grow in this campaign. He always was highly intelligent and always a very good politician.”
MSNBC
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/29/1462796.aspx

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm

Funny how everyone is chattering about Sarah Palin’s “inexperience”.
Get a grip people… Obama has NO EXPERIENCE WHATSOEVER and he is running for the #1 spot. How does this not sink in to your stupid heads is beyond me.
These are the people who are voting for slick Obama.
What a sad state this United States of America is in.

Posted by: ML | September 29, 2008, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm

Anyone who votes for Sarah the princess should be given an IQ test,no doubt 90& would flunk it!

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 5:18 pm 5:18 pm

–( After all, all of use weren’t born yesterday. We see the real truth about this election. )–
Please Beary, please.. let us in on what the ‘truth’ is!! Since you are an avid Palin supporter, I’m sure it would be worth a good laugh or two.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 5:19 pm 5:19 pm

I too am disgusted with ABC and their methodical ripping and ruining people in their reporting, for their own biased preferences. You have your heads so far up Obama’s … you can’t see the truth. Keep trying to make Sarah Palin look bad, it will come back to you in some way, shape or form.
Like the commenter above, I WILL VOTE FOR MCCAIN/PALIN NO MATTER WHAT YOU REPORT.

Posted by: ML | September 29, 2008, 5:21 pm 5:21 pm

Obama bin Biden education
Besides Harvard and Columbia Obama has also been educated in…”Muslim Studies”!
He attended “Muslim” school, in Indonesia, where he was registered as a MUSLIM!!
Btw, Osama bin Laden’s siblings were also educated at… Harvard!
So-
Thanks, but no thanks…. :-)
No way, no how, no Obama bin Biden!!!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

– you can’t see the truth –
You keep saying this, but have yet shed one bit of light on what the heck you are talking about.
How about this truth: Both candidates will increase the federal deficit, but McCain will increase it by a lot more. Or how about this truth, McCain wants to continue on our ‘trickle down’ path of taxing, even when it has shown over and over again to fail. Or how about this truth, under Obamas tax plan, more people will see greater tax cuts. Or how about this truth, Obama wants to close the enron loophole as a priority, while McCain says it needs further ‘study’. Or how about this truth, Obamas health care plan will get more people insured and McCains will most likely cause people to lose employer paid health care due to him wanting to, for the first time in history, tax those health care policies by the employer.
Now, what ‘truth’ were you referring to?

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 5:27 pm 5:27 pm

–( Besides Harvard and Columbia Obama has also been educated in…”Muslim Studies”!
He attended “Muslim” school, in Indonesia, where he was registered as a MUSLIM!! )–
And did you know that some people actually go on and get a Phd in this thing called theology? You are showing your racial hand here, and it isn’t pretty.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 5:30 pm 5:30 pm

Some fool wrote: “Barack Obama believes in globalism.”
Barack Obama believes in Marxism.

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm

Palin is more qualified to be president that Obama and Biden. Jack Cafferty is a grumpy old coot who loves to kill babies like Obama and to play to the Hollywood crowd, so he can look cool, even though he’s old enough to be McCain’s grandfather. He’s just a heartbeat away from sparing us from this liberal BS he’s spouting on CNN. Maybe he and Matt Damon should become life partners.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 5:35 pm 5:35 pm

Natasha said: “Besides Harvard and Columbia Obama has also been educated in…”Muslim Studies”!”
Yes! Isn’t it great! He has a much greater advantage than most, particularly McCain, in understanding and dealing with matters of foreign affairs. That is one reason cited for president Bush’s dismal handling of things, and one reason cited for how bad things got in Iraq.
I really feel that his different cultural experiences will be a great asset while in office. McCain is a Military man, so he offers little hope at restoring our foreign relationships with other nations.

Posted by: Mary | September 29, 2008, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm

Obama would like to have tea with the terrorists.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm

Concerned American wrote: “And did you know that some people actually go on and get a Phd in this thing called theology? You are showing your racial hand here, and it isn’t pretty.” Posted by: Concerned American | Sep 29, 2008 5:30:30 PM
Reply to Concerned American:
Oh really? In that case the people who wrote our Constitution are racists for not allowing someone who was not born in America to become President! Please give me a break.
The fact that Obama had ties to Indonesia Muslims and also the fact that he had ties to Chicago radicals such as Ayers – a confirmed terrorist – not to mention his Anti-American pathetic pastor for some 25+ tears, gives me at least reasonable doubt to question his judgement and therefore his candidacy – at least a this time – to become our Commander in Chief.
But of course the media clowns have been attacking Palin for her religious beliefs and that is OK with you left-wing-liberals. When we bring Obama’s Muslim background – you have the audacity to call us racists!! Jow convenient, indeed!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm

CNN protects kooks like Cafferty by not allowing opposing views on his blog. Take a look at them. It’s like you’re reading a book titled, “101 ways to kiss Cafferty’s hind parts”.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 5:48 pm 5:48 pm

Natasha said: “Barack Obama believes in Marxism.”, and “Obama would like to have tea with the terrorists.”
And while you may be saying that in jest, it is unfortunate that a lot of the more ignorant and uninformed Americans will really believe stuff like that. It really is a shame that with all our advances over history, that such people still exist.

Posted by: Mary | September 29, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm

Palin4President wrote: “Obama would like to have tea with the terrorists.”
Yeap, and the location…downtown Tehran. He will be having tea while he watches the President of Iran and his “puppets” hanging a few people in public view… :-(

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm

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Posted by: Boxcar Frankie | September 29, 2008, 5:52 pm 5:52 pm

whoops, quoted from two different sources.. my bad.

Posted by: Mary | September 29, 2008, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm

Senator Obama is an eloquent shell of a president. You’re right, John.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 5:58 pm 5:58 pm

Palin4President wrote: “CNN protects kooks like Cafferty by not allowing opposing views on his blog. Take a look at them. It’s like you’re reading a book titled, “101 ways to kiss Cafferty’s hind parts”.
You are absolutely 100% correct! I have tried zillions of times to post on his blogs as well as other CNN blogs… No luck! They wait until a couple comments appear to their liking – they post them and then in a split second they close the blog to further comments. I have tested them all at CNN…I posted glorious pro-Obama comments (on purpose) and they posted them right away. Whenever I wrote a pro McCain-Palin comment or a comment blasting Campbell Brown for example they NEVER post them – those left-wing-liberal clowns!

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

Quote: “We do need any more whinny republicans to destroy it [the economy] further. Go Home McCain/Palin.” Posted by: The One | September 15, 2008 5:21 PM
Reply to “The One”:
We do not need a Congress controlled by the Democrats to destroy the country and the economy further. That is exactly what they did in the last two years that THE DEMOCRATS had control in both the Senate and the House. What did the Democratic MORONS do for two years, other than sitting around doing absolutely NOTHING – NADA….NADA! It is NOT the President that makes the laws – he just signs them! It is your freaking left-wing liberal representatives that have the lowest approval rating ever in the history of any Congress – even a lower aproval rating than President Bush!
Go Home Obama bin Biden.
Source:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/campbell-brown.html?cid=129044476#comments

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:06 pm 6:06 pm

****
He will be having tea while he watches the President of Iran and his “puppets” hanging a few people in public view… :-(
*** Natasha ***
Fear not little one, the big scary black man is here to help you, not to cause harm. The fear should be in grandpa who wants to go to war with the world, and that little one, will not happen as long as there are intelligent rational people in this country who vote based on reason instead of fear.

Posted by: AmericanAndProud | September 29, 2008, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm

Ahaha…ha! THIS IS SO COOL!!
Palin for President (in 2012)
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/palin_for_president.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm

— What did the Democratic MORONS do for two years, other than sitting around doing absolutely NOTHING – NADA….NADA! It is NOT the President that makes the laws – he just signs them! —
Or vetoes them, like the two times the democrats tried to pass legislation that would, among other things, closed the enron loophole and caused an immediate drop in our gas prices. You apparently have very little knowledge in how government works. And it’s the presidents duty to uphold the law, which Dubba has not done several times now (can anyone say FISA??)

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 6:15 pm 6:15 pm

Another Obama gaff – in fact a lie that Obama said during his debate with McCain.
Fact Check:
Kissinger Defends McCain’s Iran Stance
September 26, 2008 11:54 PM
ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger came to the defense of longtime friend Sen. John McCain following Friday’s presidential debate saying he “would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level.”
“Senator McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level. My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Senator John McCain. We do not agree on everything, but we do agree that any negotiations with Iran must be geared to reality,” Kissinger said in statement issued by the McCain campaign.
Source:
ABC NEWS
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/fact-check-kiss.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm

Natasha,
Even if Obama was a Muslim (which he’s not), u say it as if it’s an insult to be a Muslim. There are many world religions and they deserve respect. It’s people like you with your intolerant and narrow-minded veiws that fuel fanaticism and strife in the world. Every religion has their radical fundamentalists as well and u seem to be apart of that group from your slew of preposterous posts.

Posted by: J78B | September 29, 2008, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm

KISSINGER: Well, I am in favor of negotiating with Iran. And one utility of negotiation is to put before Iran our vision of a Middle East, of a stable Middle East, and our notion on nuclear proliferation at a high enough level so that they have to study it. And, therefore, I actually have preferred doing it at the secretary of state level so that we — we know we’re dealing with authentic…”
and later added:
KISSINGER: “But I do not believe that we can make conditions for the opening of negotiations. We ought, however, to be very clear about the content of negotiations and work it out with other countries and with our own government.”
The level at which talks take place are nothing but semantics, ignoring the sentiment of what he said.
Obama favors opening a dialog (as does Kissinger and all the rest of the panel in the discussion) without conditions, Bush and McCain don’t.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0809/20/se.01.html

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm

Obama lies during his debate with McCain about Kissinger’s stance on Iran and gets away with it [the media clowns have shut-up about this].
I can only imagine what will happen if Palin does something like this during her upcoming debate with Biden! The freaking media will eat her alive…

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm

J78B- read my lips…. I am making a comparison, just in case you have tough time understanding. Why is it that Palin is attacked on her religious beliefs and you left-wing-liberals get so sensitive when we mention Obama’s Muslim/terrorist ties? Or is it not true that Ayers is a condirmed terrorist? What about the nutcase pastor of his?
Reply to Concerned American:
Oh really? In that case the people who wrote our Constitution are racists for not allowing someone who was not born in America to become President! Please give me a break.
The fact that Obama had ties to Indonesia Muslims and also the fact that he had ties to Chicago radicals such as Ayers – a confirmed terrorist – not to mention his Anti-American pathetic pastor for some 25+ tears, gives me at least reasonable doubt to question his judgement and therefore his candidacy – at least a this time – to become our Commander in Chief.
But of course the media clowns have been attacking Palin for her religious beliefs and that is OK with you left-wing-liberals. When we bring Obama’s Muslim background – you have the audacity to call us racists!! How convenient, indeed!
Posted by: Natasha | Sep 29, 2008 5:44:56 PM

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

Dear Americans,
I am sensing that the end of America’s leadership of the world is almost achieved given the obvious facts of both economic, political and social downturn the nation is going through. Given also the importance of leadership in redirecting the America future role, electing retired John McCain/Palin will be the final disaster that will be inflicted on the nation of America. Sincerely speaking, I see a lot of Americans queuing up for emigration to larger economies of China, Nigeria and South Africa. Americans at this time should be more reflective than being overtly partisan about their “must” candidates.

Posted by: fesidu | September 29, 2008, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

Concerned American- you are behind in the news…
Fact Check: Text of Kissinger’s statement after the debate!!
Kissinger Defends McCain’s Iran Stance
September 26, 2008 11:54 PM
ABC News’ Kirit Radia Reports: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger came to the defense of longtime friend Sen. John McCain following Friday’s presidential debate saying he “would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level.”
“Senator McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level. My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Senator John McCain. We do not agree on everything, but we do agree that any negotiations with Iran must be geared to reality,” Kissinger said in statement issued by the McCain campaign.
Source:
ABC NEWS
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/09/fact-check-kiss.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

Natasha, you have indeed lost touch with reality. The GOP should get their money back from you, as you really are doing more harm than good.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm

The 3:00 AM call to the White House…
If Obama bin Biden answers that “3:00 AM call to the White House” he would forward it to…the United Nations!!!!
Is this what you want America?
Do not vote left-wing-liberal Obama bin Biden to be our next Commander in Chief. It took 3 statements by him (after talking to his 300+ foreign policy advisors) to kind of condemn (he still did not even come close to it) Russia for invading a democratic and sovereign country….And, this while Senator McCain, Senator Clinton, our government, and ALL our allies – blasted Russia’s invasion of Georgia! Even China turned its back to Russia on the Georgia issue despite the fact that the Russian leaders – Medvedev (Putin’s hand picked puppet) and Putin himself were courting China’s support on the Georgia conflict!! Ha-ha!
Go McCain-Palin ’08 :-)

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm

“”" at the Presidential level. “”"
WHAT PART OF THAT DO YOU NOT GET NATASHA? YOU ARE MAKING YOURSELF LOOK LIKE A FOOLISH IDIOT! MCCAIN TRIED TO PULL A FAST ONE, AND IT FAILED. THE MEDIA ARE NOT ALL OVER THIS ‘LIE’ BECAUSE IT ISN’T. DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE SHOW IN QUESTION?
IF PEOPLE LIKE YOU WERE IN CHARGE, WE WOULD BE BACK IN THE DARK AGES BURNING WITCHES AND HANGING INNOCENT PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE ‘DIFFERENT’. FOR SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO BE AN AMERICAN, YOU HAVE A VERY NON-AMERICAN VIEWPOINT.

Posted by: JohnSnider | September 29, 2008, 6:47 pm 6:47 pm

Concerned American wrote: “Natasha, you have indeed lost touch with reality. The GOP should get their money back from you, as you really are doing more harm than good.”
Mind your socialist/communist…hmmm… democratic party, I meant to say…

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:50 pm 6:50 pm

Campbell Brown quote: “Why did Palin subject her daughter to this scrutiny?”
Campbell Brown- you are an obnoxious partisan Moron!!!
Next time, wash your mouth before speaking about Palin. Perhaps we should talk about your “daddy”, should we?
Wikipedia: Campbell Brown
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_Brown
Hillary Clinton Forum
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=27154
Palin Sexism Watch Blog:
http://palinsexismwatch.blogspot.com/2008/09/campbell-brown-why-did-palin-subject.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 29, 2008, 6:55 pm 6:55 pm

Wow, I come back in here and see nothing but hate and ignorance from you Natasha.. did you forget to take your meds dear?
Janice

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm

Natasha wrote: “Oh really? In that case the people who wrote our Constitution are racists for not allowing someone who was not born in America to become President! Please give me a break.”
You apparently are not even familiar with the Constitution hun.. only US citizens are allowed to run for president, regardless of where they are born. If you had to be _born_ in America, then McCain would not qualify, but Obama would (he was born in Hawaii).
Why you don’t go bone up on some of this stuff you want to defend so you can get your facts straight.. In the meantime, I’ll be making dinner for me and the hubby. Okie dokie? :)

Posted by: Janice | September 29, 2008, 7:03 pm 7:03 pm

McCain and Palin are both in the toilet. Somebody, quick flush it and put the lid down!

Posted by: Itchy | September 29, 2008, 7:09 pm 7:09 pm

Susan wrote: “Palin’s intelligence, experience and judgement will prevail despite the media’s desparate attempt to invent someone they can control. They don’t know what to do with people of character, McCain and Palin, who cannot be manipulated by “media perception”. ”
Um. Did you SEE the interview with Couric? I didn’t notice anyone from the media putting words in her mouth. She was on her own and she was SCARY! “Media perception” had nothing to do with the fact that she didn’t know what she was talking about. That was plain & clear! “intelligent”? eh hem. sure. I must just be listening to the words coming out of her mouth incorrectly because I am manipulated by the media. Poor little media-abused Palin. I need a tissue.

Posted by: really | September 29, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

The Republicans have lost this election. They have a functional moron as President. No one listens to him.
They have a candidate who has run his campaign based upon repudiating his own party. They have a VP candidate who is an example of JMc’s judgement.
Let us now turn our thoughts to digging out of the mess that has been created.

Posted by: henry | September 29, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

The GOP Nazi lovers like to say Obamba is a Muslim which is Rightwing BS. Guess what your all wannabe Nazis. Seig Heil! And remember Jesus is a true Liberal,Satan is a Rightwinger.Thus Sarah Palin truly follows the teachings of Satan,and she should be scorned by all true Christians for following a witch doctor.

Posted by: AJ | September 29, 2008, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

I think we need to put Natasha in the toilet and flush her back down to the sewer she crawled out of.

Posted by: Itchy | September 29, 2008, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm

I’m beginning to think that Natasha isn’t even an American.. which would explain a lot.

Posted by: Concerned American | September 29, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm

Natasha, the Redneck Republican “yeah right I don’t even have respect for myself nevermind anyone else, that’s why
have all this time to be on chat all day to stink it up with hate and nonsense. Look at our wonderful economy today, it’s the highest ever, stocks are rising, employment is low, Bush has killed all these Muslims, while I kissa$$ fundy Christians. We have done really well for ourselves the last 8 years. Damn, where is my medication???”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 7:21 pm 7:21 pm

It has been common for commentators to say that Obama “held his own on foreign policy”. That statement is an adequate description only in that Obama (at least) held his own in the sense of the street fighter aspect of the “debate”… in other words, for those who will judge the debate based on posture, tone, who appears to be winning….. on a visual level. I would argue that Obama actually beat McCain on that because he gave no ground, was tough and took it to McCain when necessary, but did it with much more grace.
However, on the question of who’s ideas made more sense… who’s plans, strategies, and thought process held together better… which ultimately is much more important for the country after all…. Obama wins hands down. McCain’s basis of thinking is largely based on the idea of overwhelming American strength and a version of “the ends justify the means”. Obama’s approach is much more sound… based on a realistic evaluation of American military strength… and critically important…. a realistic evaluation of the moral context within which to project American power.

Posted by: jake1492 | September 29, 2008, 7:30 pm 7:30 pm

Wasn’t it sweet to see John McCain sitting next to sweet little ol Sarah on tonight’s CBS news with Katie Couric. Yep, Johnny had to be there in order to protect his little darlin from being picked on any more by that mean ol Katie Couric. It was so obvious, Sarah wouldn’t comment on anything without first looking at Johnny for guidance. Golly, I wonder if Johnny will ask to stand by Sarah’s side at the debate on Thursday night. McCain/Palin, what a joke!

Posted by: PhilBgood | September 29, 2008, 7:47 pm 7:47 pm

jake1492,
I totally agree with you but I think that is part of the problem for Obama. He is simply too intelligent for his own good unfortunately. If you take the premise that about 55% of the electorate are narrow minded, short-sighted, prejiduced dum dums, (the same lot that voted for Bush a second time), then is it any wonder Obama has such a hard time connecting with them? He flies right over their heads and they wouldn’t know smart if it sh!t on them. Obama is great at taking a step back, assessing the situation, looking at the big picture and then making a calm thoughtful decision and most people in their own personal lives aren’t as measured or thoughtful so how can we expect them to be on the same wavelength with Obama when it comes to something as large as the direction of our country. I say this even though I know come November he will win and then we can all breathe a sigh of releif.

Posted by: J78B | September 29, 2008, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm

And i can c Russia from my House!

Posted by: Matt.G | September 29, 2008, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

after the debates Sarah will surely shine at the religious fan-atics debate. There, she will discuss the Rapture, the 2nd coming, God’s chosen wars, The supremeness of Whites, Dinosaurs – that silly myth, and How to teach your children to Abstain unless they are named Bristol.

Posted by: Doctor Perfect | September 29, 2008, 7:57 pm 7:57 pm

Instead of discussing an economic plan, McCain felt it relevant to discuss how S.Koreans are 3 inches taller than N.Koreans. Got my Vote! Thanks John!

Posted by: Geo Bush | September 29, 2008, 8:00 pm 8:00 pm

Doctor Perfect
LOLOLOL @ Dinosaurs, that was good and don’t forget how humans rode around on the dinosaurs’ backs.

Posted by: J78B | September 29, 2008, 8:02 pm 8:02 pm

The Republican majority helped in the defeat of their own party-sponsored bailout plan. Interesting. I can’t wait to see how this will play out in the Palin-Biden debate. As that famous philosopher Desi Arnaz (Ricky Ricardo) would say, “Sarah, you’ve got some ‘splaining to do!”

Posted by: em | September 29, 2008, 8:10 pm 8:10 pm

Obviously, it was a political move by McCain to choose Palin as his running mate…he wanted the conservative votes! Duh! But the plan is actually back firing because Sarah Palin is clearly incompetent!

Posted by: Berkeley1 | September 29, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm

hey HP Boston how do you feel now that the Democrats have rejected this Republican turkey? Or did you get your parties mixed up?

Posted by: M | September 29, 2008, 8:22 pm 8:22 pm

Petra: And Joe has said some stupid things to make Obama mad. I don’t know if your an Obama supporter and I really don’t care. But Biden has a reputation of spouting out without thinking even if he apologizes later. He is know for that. Palin doesn’t do that and even McCain doesn’t do that. Obama likes to talk in the order of like MLK talked when making his speech. That is due to the fact of him reading so many books about MLK he is desperate to make history too. He lives and breathes it. Is interest in this country is all fake. And the public is falling for it.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm

Berkeley1: Well, if you think Palin is not qualified to be the VP why then don’t you write McCain a letter and apply for that job. I doubt he would even consider you since you don’t have any experience in politics. Palin accomplished a lot in her life and set out her goals in life. So what are your goals?

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 8:42 pm 8:42 pm

Doctor Perfect: I wouldn’t take any bets that your perfect. If you are a supporter of OsamaObama then you already know that he has been called the Messiah. Well, in that case why don’t you give him a call and ask him when he is going to walk on the water? Sincer there was so much flooding it should be easy for him. After that I would like to seen him go straight up and disappear out of sight.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 8:47 pm 8:47 pm

what some of you may fail to understand is that Palin used to be a sportscaster. therefore, an earpierce may actually be her saving grace. you know that they learn to effectively use those things. but i am suprised she lets herself get so stumped. im pretty excited to be entertained on thursday. its the only one im interested in.

Posted by: danny | September 29, 2008, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm

I’m not worried about Sarah Palin. To the Republicans and McCain, she can do no wrong. Even if she humiliates herself and her party, they will be ready to put the blame on Obama, Biden, the Democrats, and anyone else as they seem to be doing for anything else. The financial crisis? It’s Obama’s fault. Palin’s stupid remarks? It’s her Bush tutors’ fault. Palin fails the debate? It’s Biden’s fault. McCain and his party within a party just can’t admit SHE does it to herself, and won’t take responsibility for all her unqualifications. Always ready to put the finger at somebody else, that’s the McCain-Palin ticket. I guess they are after all the perfect match and deserve each other, but please, America does not need to be punished by people who won’t admit they are wrong. So please Americans, put your pride aside, and vote not to show that you are right, but that you can admit you were wrong when you elected Bush, and will not do so again. Thank you!

Posted by: all4Obama | September 29, 2008, 8:49 pm 8:49 pm

http://www.dump-palin.com
Well we can dream, can’t we?

Posted by: rhbate | September 29, 2008, 8:53 pm 8:53 pm

Sarah Palin is an embarrassment. For all those women who were die hard Hillary fans — she has done nothing but brought disgrace and shame. Now the world really does think American women are shallow, ditzy, teasers — and will support anything that has breast regardless of the substance of the individual. I feel sorry for Sarah because she has been used to no end. If McCain, by some miracle does win, she will be dumped as quickly as she was vetted. This has nothing to do with Obama. He didn’t make McCain select Palin.

Posted by: wyoung2345 | September 29, 2008, 8:54 pm 8:54 pm

Matt G: Evidently you are not aware of the fact that Russia is on the border of Alaska. What school did you graduate from. Palin’s house is not located in the city it is in the outskirts. Get a grip. Have you been to Alaska. Why don’t you take a trip and get educated.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 8:55 pm 8:55 pm

Palin should know she’s an airhead when she can smell her own brain farrts.

Posted by: rhbate | September 29, 2008, 9:01 pm 9:01 pm

Janice: America loves Palin because she turned out to be a better woman than you ever will be. Your problem lies with jealousy because she was chosen for the VP and you haven’t even accomplished near what she did in your lifetime. Of course everyone can’t be that smart. But your not the only one that’s jealous. There are a lot of commentors that are in the same boat as you swimming together. But make the best of it. By the way Katie Couric once worked for ABC in 1979, left ABC to work for Cable; News Network and covered the 1984 presidential election, but was released from that job because a CNN executive was annoyed by her squeaky voice. In 1989 she worked for NBC. Later she went to CBS. I think that NBC was not that happy with her. Katie doesn’t have a personality, does not smile much and is no Diane Sawyer or Robin Roberts when it comes to interviewing.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 9:06 pm 9:06 pm

wyoung: I was a Hillary fan but Palin does not embarrass me at all. In fact I think she was a good choice for McCain. You and the rest of the jealous commentors should be mad at OsamaObama for not choosing Hillary. Now he is stuck with big mouth bad mouth Biden who stuck his foot in his mouth three times and Obama had to lecture him. And for your information, Bill Clinton and Biden both gave a praise to Palin. Where have you been?

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 9:11 pm 9:11 pm

Natasha: Don’t worry about ObamaOsama answering that call, because he isn’t going to win the presidency. Regardless of what the polls say, all the networks are democratic so they usually inflate the polls to make it look like Obama is ahead. Not so. They said he was going to win in Nevada, New Mexico and California but he lost all three. And by not voting for Obama we don’t have to worry about anothere 1929 depression that he would lead us into. As you know it takes brains to run this country and he left his at Harvard.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 9:20 pm 9:20 pm

Nat Turner: When you talk about a shotgun wedding for Palin’s daughter you better talk about this generation of college student’s living together in dorms, drinking, drugging and don’t forget the abortion if pregnant. Don’t forget all the young teenagers getting babies out of wedlock, throwing them in the garbage, killing them or having them aborted in late stages. Where have you been? I am sure you have been in and out of bed with some of those girls.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm

Lee: Your right about Biden and Obama, Biden has put his foot in his mouth three times and Obama was mad. Palin won’t have to worry because Biden will do it again and again. He just can’t stop. And Palin should let him do it. I can’t wait until Oct. 2. This is going to be some debate. By the way, when CNN said Obama had an edge on McCain.Not so. CNN is supporting Obama and they had to make it look for him. He has never won a debate and lost in the forum interview because of dumb answers given. And Biden will not be any better.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | September 29, 2008, 9:32 pm 9:32 pm

Abortion is murder. Palin is strongly against abortion. Osama Bin Laden said the difference between the terrorists and America is that America loves life and the terrorists love death. He obviously would not view Barack Obama as an American, since Obama agrees with his death stance in condoning abortion.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 9:35 pm 9:35 pm

The reason so many people are attacking Palin is because she stands for things that are honoring to God. And you who attack her are at enmity with God, because your deeds are evil. You love darkness rather than light. You will not come to the light for fear that your deeds will be exposed.

Posted by: Palin4President | September 29, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm

I was suprised that this country still against women. I notice how Hillary was treated and now Sara Palin.

Posted by: Hellen | September 29, 2008, 9:51 pm 9:51 pm

Obama chose Biden because that’s what his wife told him to do. . . . no brainer. . . . McCain chose Palin because he needed a quick boost, the only problem was he forgot there was still 3 months until the election and he’s run out of places to hide her . . . . . Palin strategy for the debate. . . let Biden talk for 2 hours and NEVER interrupt him.

Posted by: Present | September 29, 2008, 10:01 pm 10:01 pm

Mariann Pepitone – “ObamaOsama”…What!
Based on your posts – I think your problem is much deeper than Obama not selecting Hillary for his running mate. As far as Clinton and Biden, the politically correct thing to do is to praise Palin. Don’t you know anything about politics!

Posted by: wyoung2345 | September 29, 2008, 10:05 pm 10:05 pm

Something stinks…I think it is Sarah Palin and Joe Biden.

Posted by: OB1Kinobi | September 29, 2008, 10:11 pm 10:11 pm

As far as Palin being briefed all week, that’s nice, but the problem remains:
Yo can’t shine a sneaker!

Posted by: Shoeshine | September 29, 2008, 10:16 pm 10:16 pm

She can’t help but mess up! After all she’s already shown the world she can’t hold up under pressure based on the interviews with Charlie and Katie not to mention she has no clue about foreign policy. Biden is going to eat her alive!

Posted by: Bea | September 29, 2008, 10:17 pm 10:17 pm

Yet another sign of the Liberal Media!!! They are ALL against America, the GOP and they are ALL terrorist lovers!!!
You want to know who she is, ask her fair, bipartisan, patriotic and real world questions and not throw curve balls. Ask her Fair and balanced questions, NOT TRICK HER..
Ask questions that real Americans understand, like…
(Who is she) what is your name?
(Her Vision) do you wear glasses?
(Foreign Policy) can you see Russia from Alaska?
(Economy) have you ever bought anything?
(Health care) have you ever been inside of a hospital?
(Housing Market) have you ever been inside of a house?
(Leadership) have you ever been in front of a line?
(Energy) Have you ever used a heater?
(Mid-east) have you ever faced east in middle of some where?
(Terrorisms) have you ever dressed up in Halloween or scare anyone?
(Global warming) have you ever been outside during a hot summer day? Did everywhere seem warm to you?
Leave here alone!!!

Posted by: Dave | September 29, 2008, 10:42 pm 10:42 pm

Shoesshine, I beg to differ. Go review Obama speech in Bristol,Virginia 06-29-2008 and tell me that it was not painful to watch a Presidential who could not utter a complete sentence. God bless America. This is the best we can have to run the country !

Posted by: mtr2311 | September 29, 2008, 10:43 pm 10:43 pm

A must watch for George Stephanopoulus and ABC News personnel and to everyone that reads this blog:
A VIDEO PORTRAIT OF BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/v
ideo.aspx?RsrcID=2036
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE!

Posted by: Marla | September 29, 2008, 10:46 pm 10:46 pm

If you see McCain and Palin in the latest CBS interview it is like a father and his child. They blame gotcha jurnalism when a person asks you a question at a rally. A voter was trying to get an answer it wasn’t gotcha journalism!!!!!! WHAT LIES!!!
what a joke. And seeing McCain there making sure she doesn’t make any mistakes. The late night shows are soooooo going to mock this pathetic situation.

Posted by: GOTCHA JOURNALISM...THE MCBLAME GAME | September 29, 2008, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm

I think Palin’s totally playin’ rope a’ dope.
I look for her to be on Thursday & Biden better be ready with his A game!!!

Posted by: Palinator | September 29, 2008, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm

Redneck Republican “damn right all these Iraqi babies have died, burned in the bombs, they deserve this, the last 8 years have been wonderful under Bush, we need more, so don’t mess with our Moose killer Palin, she’s so hot with those glasses, I love her, she has guns, believes everything is one under ‘GOD’, she might be dumb as a pig, with lipstick, but who cares, the legacy of Bush will continue and we will continue to burn these babies, this is the best way of dealing with this, let’s kill babies and they will show more respect for our great Christian Country.. just a wonderful loving, with guns and moose of course..”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 29, 2008, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm

help Sarah Palin clean up Washington, check out http://www.sarahpalinhasaposse.com

Posted by: dlw | September 29, 2008, 11:52 pm 11:52 pm

I feel Sarah Palin should drop out of the race for vice president. She should maintain her current position as Governor and take care of her baby with “special needs”. All babies need their Mommies, but I feel that babies with special needs, need their Mom even more. Her children should be first & foremost in her life, not running for vice president.

Posted by: Wendy Stewart | September 29, 2008, 11:55 pm 11:55 pm

Who says Palin can’t make one mistake? The media? And if she makes one mistake, in your opinion, then what? She loses the debate? And then you’ll call it as you did the McCain-Obama debate? (I know–you’d order their names the other way around.) Does anyone else smell a rat? Vote for honesty, vote for country–vote for McCain.

Posted by: april | September 30, 2008, 12:01 am 12:01 am

How biased the article says half of the country. Polling a few hundred people is not half of the country. I cant wait for Sarah Palin to make George eat his words!!!

Posted by: laurie | September 30, 2008, 12:03 am 12:03 am

Redneck Republican “yes, please vote with honesty, remember the WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION that were 100%, true, Liberals lied that it did not exist, please we the rednecks know they were true, Bush said so,, HONESTY, the Republican Party”

Posted by: PeopleagainstMORONS | September 30, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am

Sarah Palin represents all the women in America that had to work the “ranks for the last 25 years” to get equal pay while working, taking kids to sports, comforting her husband in a declining Union position that once made it possible to have a middle class income, has children like many of us, especially those in the military or special needs. She paid the price and made it to Governor, overhauled education spending. Mpls/St Paul Public Schools has less than a 50% graduation rate. Pretty sure Alaska is better.

Posted by: David | September 30, 2008, 12:07 am 12:07 am

About the view that Palin should stay home with her special-needs baby: Thank God for daycare, grandparents, and older siblings, who can help out… With all the corruption going on among Democrats, we need Palin in there, going to bat for McCain. Further, she teachable, positive, and forward-loking. Whatever lack of experience Palin has at present is far outweighed courage and persistence.

Posted by: april | September 30, 2008, 12:11 am 12:11 am

Obama and his campain have collected a lot money from people for the campain. They spend money for bad ads while a lot of American are struglling with finding food and a place to live. They like to spend money.

Posted by: Hellen | September 30, 2008, 12:11 am 12:11 am

I do not know why a lot of american like Obama as well as terorists. My boyfriend is a middlist, he is muslim. I love him but sometimes I cant stand the fact that he and a lot of muslims that I know they do not like America. Once I ask my boyfriend why you live here while you hate America? And he likes Obama and I know that a lot of muslim love Obama and hate John McCain.

Posted by: Hellen | September 30, 2008, 12:19 am 12:19 am

AmericanAndProud wrote: “Fear not little one, the big scary black man is here to help you, not to cause harm. The fear should be in grandpa who wants to go to war with the world, and that little one, will not happen as long as there are intelligent rational people in this country who vote based on reason instead of fear.”
Reply to AmericanAndProud:
Oh yeah, let’s turn this to a “race” issue! How convenient, indeed!
The truth is that while I have tremendous respect for a “humble” big black man, whose name is Collin Powell, I have absolutely NO respect for the “arrogant” little black man, whose name is Barack Obama. Get it, baby?!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 12:37 am 12:37 am

CNN – Campbell Brown: “Mother of 5 shouldn’t be a VP”
Quote: “Amazing to me the fuss about a Mother of Five not being suitable for a VP position. Nancy Pelosi has five children and 7 grandchildren and has been in political life a long time. There are 16 Female Senators, 5 Rep. and 11 Dem. most of whom have two or more children. And this just scratches the surface, it’s a non-issue. Go Sarah!” Posted by: M Rhodes.
Reply to M Rhodes:
Bingo!!! I agree 100%!
Campbell Brown – the maniac of CNN – had a special report on this – bending obviously out of shape (as usually) about how Sarah Palin was going to juggle 5 kids and the VP position!
I suggest to Campbell Brown to resign from her position at CNN and stay home to juggle her 8 month old baby! She will be doing us a favor – no love lost here!
Sarah Palin’s private life and how she juggles her 5 kids is none of Campbell Brown’s or anyone else’s business! Besides, why she did has not asked Joe Biden why he did not abandon his career as a Senator to stay home with teo children after that tragic automobile accident in which he lost his wife? If she had asked such question she would have been fired and rightfully so!
Why is this neurotic/maniac of CNN – Campbell Brown – so obsessed with Sarah Palin?
CNN needs to put her on some sort of tranquilizers…I am worried about Campbell Brown’s ability to be a fit mother with all these nerves of hers!
Campbell; remember…what goes around comes around! Leave Sarah Palin alone and mind you own darn business, BABY!!
Source:
US News & World Report
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/08/29/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-sarah-palin.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 12:49 am 12:49 am

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Posted by: dlw | September 30, 2008, 1:04 am 1:04 am

Bea wrote: “She can’t help but mess up! After all she’s already shown the world she can’t hold up under pressure based on the interviews with Charlie and Katie not to mention she has no clue about foreign policy. Biden is going to eat her alive!
Reply to Bea:
She still has not made as many gaffs as Joe Biden has made in one week – 4 of them last week alone! You should look them up – they were entertaining especially coming from a person who has 29+ years of experience in foreign policy! My favorite one was the one that he did not know who was President of the United States during the Great Depression!! Ahaha…ha!!!!!
Mr. Stephanopoulos; In my opinion if there is someone that can NOT afford to make ANY mistakes that person is Joe Biden! American voters know that Sarah Palin was NOT selected as a VP candidate for her experience on foreign policy. McCain is the expert in that area. However, Biden was selected for his foreign policy expertise because Obama, who is running for President (not Palin) – has NO EXPERIENCE in that area.
So-
Biden with 29+ years of experience is expected to pull the debate with absolutely NO mistakes and NO GAFFS – THAT IS IF HE WANTS OBAMA ELECTED!!
Remember, people vote for the top of the ticket not the #2. But since Obama is cluless when it comes to foreign policy and his judgement has been flawed (see his 3 statements on Russia-Georgia) Biden must do well on the debate in order for Obama to have any chance to ease people’s fears about Obama’s lack of foreign policy experience.
Left-wing-liberals…get used to it- Obama is running for President – NOT Palin! You are the last ones to speak about “lack of experience”!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 1:12 am 1:12 am

Video: Joe Biden Gaffes Continue
By Lynn Edwards
Sep 13, 2008
Joe Biden likes to listen to himself talk and that often leads to some of the most awful gaffes imaginable from the mouth of the man that wants to be vice president. While the media world is trying desperately to get Republican nominee Sarah Palin to slip up Joe Biden is spilling out gaffes galore.
The media is missing most of it. Are they bias and pulling for the Barack Obama and Joe biden ticket? The “Southern Gentleman” notes that “Some may not realize that Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden made a slight mistake in his introduction of Senator Chuck Graham.”
See the video here. http://southerngent.wordpress.com/2008/09/10/other-joe-biden-gaffes/
The New York Times points out that at a campaign stop this week in Missouri, Biden urged the paraplegic state official to stand up to be recognized. “Chuck, stand up, let the people see you,” Mr. Biden shouted to State Senator Chuck Graham, before realizing, to his horror, that Mr. Graham uses a wheelchair.
“Oh, God love ya,” Mr. Biden said. “What am I talking about?” Can you imagine the catcalls for Sarah Palin to resign if she did anything like that? Biden is a legendary blowhard that is in love with his own voice and often just blurts out whatever is on his mind at that leads to some really embarrassing moments.
Source:
http://www.nationalledger.com/artman/publish/article_272622683.shtml

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 1:21 am 1:21 am

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 1:29 am 1:29 am

Biden garbles Depression history
September 23, 2008
Joe Biden’s denunciation of his own campaign’s ad to Katie Couric got so much attention last night that another odd note in the interview slipped by.
He was speaking about the role of the White House in a financial crisis.
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed,” Biden told Couric. “He said, ‘Look, here’s what happened.’”
As Reason’s Jesse Walker footnotes it: “And if you owned an experimental TV set in 1929, you would have seen him. And you would have said to yourself, ‘Who is that guy? What happened to President Hoover?’”
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/Biden_garbles_Depression_history.html?showall

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 1:34 am 1:34 am

Marla wrote: “A must watch for George Stephanopoulus and ABC News personnel and to everyone that reads this blog:
A VIDEO PORTRAIT OF BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/v
ideo.aspx?RsrcID=2036
THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE!”
Reply to Marla:
Yeah, how is it that the CNN and MSNBC media clowns are NOT playing this video or the “Biden gaffes” videos everyday? Oh, I know…they are busy showing the Catie Curic interview with Sarah Palin…
I agree, this video is a “must see” for ALL Americans!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:01 am 2:01 am

Marla- I am reposting this link for the video because it was split in half in your original comment and my previous reply to you.
A VIDEO PORTRAIT OF BARAK HUSSEIN OBAMA
http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:08 am 2:08 am

Posted by: GIGI - FREE PALIN | September 30, 2008, 5:02 am 5:02 am

Claim: Obama will raise your taxes, McCain will lower them
Fact: False/Misleading
Reality:
Under Obamas proposed tax plan, only top earning American families will see an increase in taxes (those earning $250,000 or more, which according to the most current US Census data, accounts for just under 2% of the total households in the US). In fact, over 95% of American households will see a tax cut under Obamas plan, with lower and middle class Americans receiving LARGER tax cuts than would be realized under McCains tax plan. Even McCains own economic advisor has admitted that the Obama plan would result in a net decrease in taxes for the majority of American households.
The difference between the two plans is that McCain favors supply-side economics (sometimes referred to as “Trickle-Down Economics”), giving large tax breaks to the wealthy and large corporations, while Obama favors tax breaks for working class Americans. In it’s most recent analysis of the 2008 presidential tax plans, the non-partisan Tax Policy Center in Washington D.C. reports:
“The two candidates’ tax plans would have sharply different distributional effects. Senator McCain’s tax cuts would primarily benefit those with very high incomes, almost all of whom would receive large tax cuts that would, on average, raise their after-tax incomes by more than twice the average for all households. Many fewer households at the bottom of the income distribution would get tax cuts and those tax cuts would be small as a share of after-tax income. In marked contrast, Senator Obama offers much larger tax breaks to low- and middle-income taxpayers and would increase taxes on high-income taxpayers. The largest tax cuts, as a share of income, would go to those at the bottom of the income distribution, while taxpayers with the highest income would see their taxes rise”.
To see the analysis and how much your taxes would be affected, please visit the Tax Policy Center at:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org

Posted by: TruthHurts | September 30, 2008, 5:16 am 5:16 am

what a one sided article by our liberal friend George Stephanopoulos. Give me a break.
Go Palin……….

Posted by: james | September 30, 2008, 5:52 am 5:52 am

Shhhhh, keep it down. You might wake up Natasha.

Posted by: Deeva | September 30, 2008, 5:58 am 5:58 am

I missed the appearance of them on Katie Couric last night. McCain continuously come to her defense each and every time she appears alone. I thought he made it clear she was capable to formulate coherent responses after her prepare lines. Will the debate be cancelled – because of the new crisis’s that erupted yesterday? Let’s see if they pull the sexist card again for their unprepared candidate
Palin will be fine – just keep craming and they will make sure you don’t go over the 2 minute limit..!

Posted by: WoW | September 30, 2008, 8:39 am 8:39 am

The liberal media is definitely to blame. How DARE Katie Couric ask Palin what she meant when she said that proximity to Russia gave her foreign policy experience? What GALL to point out that she made a statement contradicting what McCain was claiming showed Obama “Doesn’t Understand (TM)”. It is clearly totally unreasonable to ask her to speak without a script.
http://palincounter.blogspot.com/

Posted by: billthomson | September 30, 2008, 9:03 am 9:03 am

just let her run her mouth, her only defense is her normal name calling smart ass offense. Clueless Caribou Barbie will be like the wolves she hunts in the cold Alaskan winter from a low flying aircraft – DEAD! painfully dying a slow death with a buckshot riddled backside.Not a chance to get away, no where to go.Seen by the whole nation. Deer in the headlight stare knowing this is her demise, her fate. It’s not nice and either is she.

Posted by: Another O and Joe supporter | September 30, 2008, 9:13 am 9:13 am

Sarah Palin… how irresponsible of the Republicans to try to sway votes using this blue collar woman. She’s a great lady with wonderful qualities and probably smart too. But seriously, possible leader of the free world? Now come on. I think she’s smart enough if she slows down and thinks and doesn’t feel intimidated, to make it through the debate and throw most Americans off the trail that she has NO experience to qualify her for vice president and god forbid president.Even if she answers the questions right doesn’t mean she can handle the job. Just means she’s rehearsed enough. Sorry Sarah, I’m an ambitious woman too but I fear the Peter Principal is at work here. Maybe see you in 10 years. Now if you and Hillary could somehow morph.

Posted by: mvanwall | September 30, 2008, 9:35 am 9:35 am

I want all of you McCain/Palin supporters to put YOUR BLOOD where your mouth is. Join those of us who are ACTUALLY FIGHTING THIS WAR.
ENLIST or send your kids or grandkids so you may continue to spew McShame’s platitudes.
McShame couldn’t even muster a vote on the new G.I. Bill. HE has never attended a committee hearing on Afghanistan (there’s been 20 hearings).
Wake up! Look it up!
VETS AGAINST MCCAIN!
BLUE STAR FAMILIES FOR OBAMA!

Posted by: Sue M Vet for Obama | September 30, 2008, 9:42 am 9:42 am

I hope you don’t think me overly paranoid, but…what’s to prevent Sarah Palin’s handlers from inserting an ear receiver into her ear Thursday night? Will anyone be watching out for such scullduggery? She certainly needs all the help she can get…

Posted by: phoebef | September 30, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

honestly now how obama supporters attack palin for not being qualified when obama himself was only a state senator for what 10 days, at least shes been the leader of something.

Posted by: Joseph | September 30, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

I was wondering just why Fidel Castro spoke well of Senator Clinton and Obama, but did not have any kind words to say about Senator McCain? See, now Senator Obama can add the endorsement of Fidel Castro to his very short resume. That SHOULD tell voters something, but I suppose it will fall largely on deaf ears and be lost in demo-logic. If democrats keep holding on to the experience hook, then I would suggest that Biden should be running for President, and Obama should be in the VP slot. However, in the Republican ticket, it is fine, McCain is at the top of the ticket, and Palin is in the VP slot. My logic is fine, democrats have selected an inexperienced socialist at the top of their ticket, so I would go a little easier on the experience issue, unless you care to make it one. Democrats have selective amnesia. If a major part of the current financial crisis involved Fannie Mae and Freddy Mac and the bad sub-prime mortgages, please remember it was the democrats who insisted that Fannie Mae issue about 50% of its mortgages sub-prime to minority first time buyers, with little to no money down. Democrats were at the head of Fannie Mae and are responsible for practically ALL of those bad sociopolitical decisions, so quit trying to lie to some of us who DO have a brain, and use it. Shareholders got the shaft and the CEOs got the golden parachutes. Please try to have the Speaker of the House shut up and quit antagonizing the same people she would like to have vote on the bailout, and that IS what it is. (Whatever the meaning of IS is.) Blaming Bush for what a lot of Democrats clearly helped create does neither side of the House any good. This legislation needs to be passed to keep over half the nation invested in retirement and other accounts from losing their retirement and have money to lend in the economy for cars and houses. Hopefully, THIS time, to people who are spending no more than 2.5-3 times their annual income on their home. and with some money down.

Posted by: curtis41 | September 30, 2008, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

Deeva wrote: “Shhhhh, keep it down. You might wake up Natasha.”
Ahaha…ha! How cute!!!!!!!
Deeva- Perhaps your lack of geography knowledge and the fact that there are different time zones in the world is the cause of your “stupid” comment. Yeah, pathetic left-wing-liberal- did it occur to you that whole you are asleep some of us are NOT! The truth is that you left-wing-liberal-socialist-communists are notoriously on a “SLEEPING BEAUTY” mode!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 1:57 pm 1:57 pm

Boooo…Biden – the man with the 29+ years of experience who can NOT keep his mouth SHUT! He has made more gaffes in one week than Palin has made in her entite career! And, that is a fact!
Biden Gaffe Triggers Trio Of Ads
http://adspotlight.nationaljournal.com/2008/09/coal_ads.php

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

Unlike Clinton, Biden Gets Pass for Saying He Was ‘Shot At’ in Iraq
When Hillary Clinton told a tall tale about “landing under sniper fire” in Bosnia, she was accused of “inflating her war experience” by Barack Obama’s campaign — but the campaign has been silent about Joe Biden telling his own questionable story about being “shot at” in Iraq. (story continuous here)
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/30/unlike-clinton-biden-gets-pass-saying-shot-iraq/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

Even More Biden Stupidity…
Joe Biden quote:
“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the
television and didn’t just talk about the princes of greed. He said,
‘look, here’s what happened.’”
Sen. Joe Biden, in an interview with CBS News. Of course, as Reason
points out, Roosevelt wasn’t president in 1929 and televisions were
still experimental.
Ssshhh!…Biden thinks he’s really smart.
Source:
Google Groups – Even More Biden Stupidity

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:20 pm 2:20 pm

Barney Frank’s Fannie (Mae) Love Connection
Barney Frank, the pansy in chief of the House Financial Services Committee, has an ex-spouse in the employ of Fannie Mae.
Prominent Democrats ran Fannie Mae, the same government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) that donated campaign cash to top Democrats. And one of Fannie Mae’s main defenders in the House – Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., a recipient of more than $40,000 in campaign donations from Fannie since 1989 – was once romantically involved with a Fannie Mae executive.
The media coverage of Frank’s coziness with Fannie Mae and his pro-Fannie Mae stances has been lacking. Of the eight appearances Frank made on the three broadcasts networks between Jan. 1, 2008, and Sept. 21, 2008, none of his comments dealt with the potential conflicts of interest. Only six of the appearances dealt with the economy in general and two of those appearances, including an April 6, 2008 appearance on CBS’s “60 Minutes” were about his opposition to a manned mission to Mars.
Frank has argued that family life “should be fair game for campaign discussion,” wrote the Associated Press on Sept. 2. The comment was in reference to GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant daughter. “They’re the ones that made an issue of her family,” the Massachusetts Democrat said to the AP.
The news media have covered the relationship in the past, but there have been no mentions since 2005, according to Nexis and despite the collapse of Fannie Mae. The July 3, 1998, Reliable Source column in The Washington Post reported Frank, who is openly gay, had a relationship with Herb Moses, an executive for the now-government controlled Fannie Mae. The column revealed the two had split up at the time but also said Frank was referring to Moses as his “spouse.” Another Washington Post report said Frank called Moses his “lover” and that the two were “still friends” after the breakup.
Stuck on Stupid
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:30 pm 2:30 pm

Bailout Vote Failure Blamed On ‘Bela’ Pelosi Speech
Watch video here:
http://stuckon-stupid.com/
Nancy ‘Bela’ Pelosi squelched the survival of the 700 Billion Dollar bailout. Pelosi’s speech before the vote blamed the Bush Administration and Republicans in general for the failure.
Here is what the moron said:
PELOSI:
When was the last time anyone ever asked you for $700 billion?
It’s a staggering figure and many questions have arisen from that request. And we have been hearing a very informed debate on all sides of this issue here today. I’m proud of the debate.
$700 billion. A staggering number, but only a part of the cost of the failed Bush economic policies to our country. Policies that were built on budget recklessness when Pres. Bush took office, he inherited Pres. Clinton’s surpluses – four years in a row budget surpluses on a trajectory of $5.6 trillion in surplus. And with his reckless economic policies, within two years, he had turned it around. And now 8 years later, the foundation of that fiscal irresponsibility, combined with an “anything goes” economic policy, has taken us to where we are today.
They claim to be free-market advocates, when it’s really an anything goes mentality. No regulation, no supervision, no discipline. And if you fail, you will have a golden parachute and the taxpayer will bail you out.
Those days are over. The party is over in that respect.
Democrats believe in a free market. We know that it can create jobs, it can create wealth, many good things in our economy. But in this case, in this unbridled form, as encouraged and supported by the Republicans — some Republicans, not all — it has created not jobs, not capital, it has created chaos. And it is that chaos that the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Fed came to see us, just about a week and a half ago. It seems like an eternity, doesn’t it? So much has happened. The news was so bad. They described a very dismal situation.
Stuck on Stupid
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:35 pm 2:35 pm

The Obama Campaign Admits Barack H. Was A Kenyan Citizen Until 1982
Barack Obama’s own website designed to fight the alleged smears against him and his campaign admits that Barack Obama was, in fact, a Kenya citizen until 1982.
Will the MSM pick up on this?
FactCheck.org Clarifies Barack’s Citizenship
“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.”
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Henry Sez…..Shame On You Barack!
Kissinger Unhappy with Obama)
“Senator McCain is right. I would not recommend the next President of the United States engage in talks with Iran at the Presidential level. My views on this issue are entirely compatible with the views of my friend Senator John McCain. We do not agree on everything, but we do agree that any negotiations with Iran must be geared to reality.”
-Henry Kissinger
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

Exposed! The Democrats’ Coverup Of The Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Crisis (video)
This video is a must watch… (please follow link)….
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

GOP hitting Joe Biden for gaffes.
By Lynn Sweet on September 24, 2008
WASHINGTON–The Republican National Committee is turning up the heat on Joe Biden on Wednesday. Their oppo team is keeping tabs on what they consider gaffes at the Biden Gaffe Clock
Not to pile on, but here’s what Biden said on Tuesday at the National Jewish Democratic Council: In recounting his 1972 race for the Senate, Biden said, “I was a 29-year-old kid nominated for president, excuse me, nominated for senator.”
Source:
Chicago Sun-Times
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/gop_hitting_joe_biden_for_gaff.html

Posted by: Tanya | September 30, 2008, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

Recent History: Dems understimate Gov. Palin–Gov palin does well–McCain takes lead. Our Gov. is new at this gotcha game, we don’t play that. She’ll do fine and another backlash will put McCain back in it…again.

Posted by: SWalaska | September 30, 2008, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

I suppose Biden can afford a mistake? People seem to forget that either of these candidates are running for VP and that the election should not hinge on the VP.

Posted by: Mike | September 30, 2008, 4:48 pm 4:48 pm

I am confident that Palin will do well, but why does she need to be perfect? Talk about a double standard!

Posted by: Mike | September 30, 2008, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm

Sarah Palin will have a difficulty pulling through this debate. There is absolutely “no way” that she could possibly study for this debate in 3-4 days. Ms. Palin, unfortuately, was not capable of handling interviews from Katie C. & Charlie G. without huge difficulty. Lets examine: Craming for a debate or bringing experience to the debate. Wonder which one will work best??? Let’s face it, Ms. Palin is totally out of her league. Anyone who truly thinks that she is ready to become Commander in Chief if something is to happen to McCain is ignoring what they see and hear. Listen to her….she doesn’t know what she is talking about. Lowering the standards for the debate is not because she is a woman but simply because he does not measure up! I am a woman and I would not want anyone to lower the standards for me if I was running for VP of the United States.
Anonymous

Posted by: Anonymous | September 30, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm

Sarah Palin went from lipsticked pitbull, sneering and rallying the Conservatives to her side with a prepared script of vitriol and sarcasm at the RNC, to panic-stricken deer-in-the-headlights spewing of incoherent nonsense at media interviews. But she might do quite well at the debate, as she can get back to the sneering and snarling. The Conservatives better hope that she’s also been given a few lessons in basic English Language principles and vocabulary, so the viewers can at least understand what she’s trying to say, even if it has no substance.

Posted by: annaloh | September 30, 2008, 7:33 pm 7:33 pm

Mariann wrote: “…And by not voting for Obama we don’t have to worry about anothere 1929 depression that he would lead us into. As you know it takes brains to run this country and he left his at Harvard.”
Mariann- I agree with you 100% about the polls and your last sentence is… right on the money! Obama reminds me a Chef who graduates from the Culinary Institute of America and right upon graduation he/she expects to be hired as the Exec. Chef at the Pierre Hotel in NY City! Just because they graduate from an excellent school they think that having cooked a few omelettes in “real life” is NOT necessary! And, boy are they ARROGANT! Same thing with Obama – it is his arrogance that nauceates me besides his lack of judgement. Collin Powell may have not graduated from Harvard but I respect the man for his humble character, his moral values, and patriotism. Obama has a long way to go to convince me that he has any of these qualities – I can care less from which school he graduated.

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 7:53 pm 7:53 pm

You all should be ashamed to speak in such a derogatory way about the Gov of Alaska. Probably Sen Biden will have his famous gaffes, that is, if he is not drunk.

Posted by: Elisa | September 30, 2008, 8:05 pm 8:05 pm

Mike wrote: “I am confident that Palin will do well, but why does she need to be perfect? Talk about a double standard!”
This has to be the “60 million dollar question”! Yeah, for some reason it is widely accepted for Obama and Biden to be less than perfect but Palin is expected to score a “perfect 10″!
Anybody who convenietly forgets that it Barack-this-is-above-my-pay-grade-Obama, who is running for President – NOT Palin – is the definition of an IDIOT!
We must keep reminding them of that Mike. The left-wing-liberals-socialists-communists are SOOOO confused! They should be the last ones to attack Palin on “lack of experience” – all they have to do is look at their “Chosen One” -”God’s Gift To America” per Bella Pelosi!!!!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 8:06 pm 8:06 pm

There you have it, see what the “O’Bammies” have been up to…
Obama campaign urging people to watch debate on CNN
Chicago Sun Times
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/09/obama_campaign_urging_people_t.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 8:13 pm 8:13 pm

Sarah will do just fine. She was confident and unblinking in this exchange from the 2006 governor’s debate.
Q: Suppose Senator John Doe puts forth a constitutional amendment that would outlaw abortion even in cases of rape or incest, and he asked you to attend the announcement and support him in that. Would you do it?
Palin: You’re, you’re asking if… in front of me were legislation that I would be asked to sign?
Q: No, if he was going to put forth a constitutional amendment, and he just wanted your support, you know, as a party member, as the leader of the state.
Palin: Um, I would. I would. And it’s no secret that I’m pro-life and I don’t hide that and nor am I ashamed of that but I am pro-life and yes, a, a proposal like that, I would stand by it.

Posted by: Pubby | September 30, 2008, 8:16 pm 8:16 pm

Annaloh wrote: “The Conservatives better hope that she’s also been given a few lessons in basic English Language principles and vocabulary, so the viewers can at least understand what she’s trying to say, even if it has no substance.”
Reply to annaloh:
Her English is perfect – in fact she is extremely articulate! After all she was not elected Governor of Alaska because she did NOT speak English.
In the mean-time, I suggest to you “smartie” that you start taking some Spanish lessons because in the tragic event that your Barack-this-is-above-my-pay-grade-Obama is elected as our President, we are all going to have to learn how to speak Spanish! Isn’t that what he said in a stump speech during the primaries?! Oh yes, that is exactly what he said!
I have nothing against Spanish people – I am an immigrant myself. However, I do have an issue with Obama telling me or any other American what language we must learn how to speak, while we live and breath in the United States of America.
I came from a European country myself but I learned enough English to function in this great country – never having expected that the American people learn to speak my own language. As a token of respect for America, who welcomed me in its soil, I learned how to speak the language of its great people – not expecting it to be the other way around.
Having said this, I do believe in education and that speaking foreign languages is important. But NOT because Obama says that we must all learn how to speak Spanish!
How much Spanish does Obama (or Biden) know anyway? Enough words probably to impress the Spanish voters on the campaign trail!

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 8:35 pm 8:35 pm

Sarah will be wearing one of those hidden ear phones and someone, (McLame maybe) will be piping in her answers. Watch her pause, listen and then answer. We are having a “Watch Sarah Palin fall on her face” get together on debate night :-)

Posted by: Itchy | September 30, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm

If Obama and Biden are going after Spanish people rather than Latin Americans, I suppose they would speak Castilian Spanish.
Kwat-roh think-oh.

Posted by: Pubby | September 30, 2008, 9:36 pm 9:36 pm

C’ est magnifique!….. :-)
CNN’s Campbell Brown Smacked Down By New McCain supporter
http://patdollard.com/2008/09/cnns-campbell-brown-smacked-down-by-new-mccain-supporter/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 9:38 pm 9:38 pm

Sarah said it plain and simple to Katie Couric. She DOES believe that creationism should be taught in schools. You go girl! God bless you!

Posted by: Pubby | September 30, 2008, 9:52 pm 9:52 pm

Apparently they have taken the video down – this to show you how obmoxious the witch of CNN – Campbell Brownose – was toward this new McCain supporter…
But the story is still out there…
Let’s All Watch One More Time as CNN’s Campbell Brown Gets Put in Her Place
Because it’s Friday we should take a breather and enjoy watching CNN blowhard Campell Brown get put in her place.
Scenario: Brown, fanatical water carrier for Barack Obama, can’t come to grips with the fact that former Hillary Clinton fundraiser Lynn Forester de Rothschild now supports John McCain.
Brown gets mean, defensive, and perhaps a bit angry before calling Rothschild a bitter elitist. Rothschild was fine up to that point and then makes Brown eat her lunch.
Added bonus, Rothschild explains to the world why a Hillary Clinton supporter should want to support John McCain. Groovy.
Partial transcript:
BROWN: All right. Lynn, let me ask you finally. I mean, I understand you’re still a Democrat. You’re not going to leave the party.
DE ROTHSCHILD: Right.
BROWN: To some people invariably, it’s going to sound like you’re bitter. Hillary Clinton didn’t get the nomination, this is your way of getting even.
DE ROTHSCHILD: You know what, Campbell? Barack Obama went and he called the people who have guns and cling to their religion bitter. The people out, you know, who are the rednecks or whoever are bitter. If bitter is the easiest way for you to rationalize that I truly with all my heart believe that John McCain will be a great president, then call me bitter. But it doesn’t really advance the dialogue, Campbell, sorry.
BROWN: All right.
Sourrce:
http://www.webloggin.com/lets-all-watch-one-more-time-as-cnns-campbell-brown-gets-put-in-her-place/

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 9:55 pm 9:55 pm

‘Bitter’ Campbell Brown Brought to Heel by Lynn Forester de Rothschild
By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive)
September 19, 2008
It was a beautiful sight to behold. The obviously pro-Obama Campbell Brown snarling throughout an interview at the heels of former Hillary Clinton fundraiser and now McCain supporter, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, for “daring” to switch sides. After several minutes of accusing de Rothschild of everything from being an elitist to acting as a traitor to the Democrats, Campbell Brown set herself up for the grand slam dunk by Ms Rothschild using the very words of the Lightworker to turn the tables on the CNN interviewer. First we see in the transcript how Campbell Brown begins with an elitism charge against de Rothschild (emphasis mine):
CAMPBELL BROWN: Now to the political story that everybody has been buzzing about today, the prominent Hillary Clinton fundraiser and big- time Democrat who came out for John McCain. And it’s not just that she is switching sides, it’s what she says about Barack Obama. She calls him elitist. That word a bit surprising for someone who is married to a billionaire. So let’s ask her about it.
Joining me live now, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Lady de Rothschild, is it OK if I call you Lynn?
LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD: Please call me Lynn, Campbell.
BROWN: I absolutely will. So, you have to understand how ridiculous this seems to a lot of people. You’re a Rothschild. You’re married to a billionaire. You were a millionaire before you married him.
You’re a jetsetter. You live between New York and London. And yet, you’re calling Barack Obama an elitist. Are you not a member of the elite?
DE ROTHSCHILD: Let me tell you what informs my support of John McCain. I grew up in a middle class town in New Jersey. My father worked two jobs to put four children through college, law school, and medical school. We were taught that we were blessed by God to live in the greatest country in the world. And if we worked hard we could have anything.
And the truth is, I have it. I don’t have to be doing what I’m doing supporting John McCain, but I am doing it because I really believe it’s John McCain and Sarah Palin who will keep this country the way that I was taught this country.
BROWN: OK. But the point –
DE ROTHSCHILD: They are the great Americans.
BROWN: But I think –
DE ROTHSCHILD: So, please, you know, the class war that Barack Obama would like to declare in this country to divide people is so wrong.
BROWN: OK, we’ll stop there.
DE ROTHSCHILD: I have basic –
BROWN: Just stop there for a second. Let me ask you a question because you didn’t answer my question. I assume, I guess that you came up through a middle class background. But I was accurate in describing your lifestyle, is it not?
(CROSSTALK)
DE ROTHSCHILD: Let me — right, you did. You described my lifestyle.
BROWN: OK. But let me ask you specifically to tell me, then, what has Barack Obama said that has caused you to come to this conclusion that he is so elitist and out of touch?
DE ROTHSCHILD: OK. I wrote this piece in the “Wall Street Journal” last week if you want to look at it. What I said is that the Democratic Party has a very bad history with the likes of Adlai Stevenson and people who think they are grander than the rest of us.
Barack Obama –
BROWN: So what makes you think — what’s he said that makes you think this guy thinks he’s grander than the rest of us? Specifically, be specific.
DE ROTHSCHILD: You know what? OK, a lot of it is you know it when you see it. This is a person who went to Berlin to speak to 200,000 people. This is a person who made speeches about how he is the one that the world has been waiting for. He came into this campaign talking about audacity. Where I come from, audacity is not a good thing. It’s modesty and simplicity and being in politics to help people…
BROWN: OK.
DE ROTHSCHILD: … not to advance yourself.
BROWN: But — but –
DE ROTHSCHILD: That’s why I admire John McCain. What I said in my piece –
Then Campbell Brown suggests that de Rothschild is somehow a traitor to the liberal cause:
BROWN: But let me ask you — let me ask you about the issues here, because if you look at the major issues in this election, the war in Iraq and the economy, what everybody in all the polls says are the most important issues in this race. Hillary Clinton, the candidate you supported and you worked hard for, she could not be any more different than John McCain on these issues, but her positions are nearly identical to Barack Obama.
So it sounds like the issues aren’t important to you, aren’t what you’re voting for. You’re voting on personality, right?
DE ROTHSCHILD: Campbell, no, you are so wrong. First of all, Hillary Clinton is not in this race. So let’s talk about John McCain and Barack Obama. No one –
BROWN: But the whole point of you being here, Lynn, let’s be honest, is that you were one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest supporters and biggest fundraisers so you making a switch is what’s making news. Anybody else making a switch wouldn’t make news. So I’m trying to get at what it is about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who are identical in all of these –
(CROSSTALK)
Source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/19/bitter-campbell-brown-brought-heel-lynn-forester-de-rothschild
ROTHSCHILD: OK, let me tell you — let me tell you why I am a Democrat. I am a Democrat because I believed — I believed in the Democratic Party’s sense of fairness, sense of fair rules, and most of all, that they would be there to protect the middle class, the family I came from, the town I came from, the people I care about, the people who make America great. I believe in this — OK.
And now, ladies and gentleman, we come to the moment you’ve been waiting for…the grand slam dunking of Campbell Brown. First Campbell inadvertently sets herself up by calling de Rothschild “bitter”:
BROWN: All right. Lynn, let me ask you finally. I mean, I understand you’re still a Democrat. You’re not going to leave the party.
DE ROTHSCHILD: Right.
BROWN: To some people invariably, it’s going to sound like you’re bitter. Hillary Clinton didn’t get the nomination, this is your way of getting even.
And now the slam dunk:
DE ROTHSCHILD: You know what, Campbell? Barack Obama went and he called the people who have guns and cling to their religion bitter. The people out, you know, who are the rednecks or whoever are bitter. If bitter is the easiest way for you to rationalize that I truly with all my heart believe that John McCain will be a great president, then call me bitter. But it doesn’t really advance the dialogue, Campbell, sorry.
Ouch! And now Campbell Brown limps away into the distance:
BROWN: All right.
Well, thank you for being here, Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Appreciate your time tonight.
To truly savor the slam dunk moment, you really need to see the video of this encounter. It was reminiscent of a wayward dog being brought to heel by Barbara Woodhouse.

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 10:04 pm 10:04 pm

Obama’s Class War “So Wrong for America”
Friday, September 19, 2008
Lynn Forester de Rothschild, appearing on Campbell Brown’s “Election Center” on CNN, offered one of the most trenchant arguments against Barack Obama’s presidential campaign I’ve heard in months.
Forester de Rothschild grew up in middle class New Jersey, and she says the class war Barack Obama would declare is “so wrong for America,” via Newsbusters:
Here’s the introduction from her Wall Street Journal essay:
If Barack Obama loses the presidential election, it may well be the result of a public perception that he is detached and elitist — a politician whose expressions of empathy for hard-working Americans stem more from abstract solidarity than a real connection to the lives of millions of citizens.
Suggestions that Sen. Obama has failed to relate to working- and middle-class voters in swing states have dogged his campaign for months. His choice of Sen. Joseph Biden as his running mate only marginally corrects the problem.
While Obama supporters attempt to dismiss the charges about their candidate’s perceived hauteur, they confuse privilege and elitism. Elitism is a state of mind, a view of the world that cannot be measured simply by one’s net worth, position or number of houses.
Source:
American Power Blog
http://americanpowerblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/obamas-class-war-so-wrong-for-america.html

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 10:17 pm 10:17 pm

Oh no! I just saw the full video clip of Sarah talking about creationism. She Doesn’t support it being taught in the science classrooms. This is very disappointing.Maybe she will change her mind once she and John McCain have been elected.

Posted by: Pubby | September 30, 2008, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm

Sarah Palin is an embarrassment. For all those women who were die hard Hillary fans — she has done nothing but brought disgrace and shame. Now the world really does think American women are shallow, ditzy, teasers — and will support anything that has breast regardless of the substance of the individual. I feel sorry for Sarah because she has been used to no end. If wyoung2345 wrote: “McCain, by some miracle does win, she will be dumped as quickly as she was vetted. This has nothing to do with Obama. He didn’t make McCain select Palin.”
Reply to wyoung2345 = sleeping beauty
Is that so?! Take a look at the links below – you may be enlightened!
Hillary Clinton Forum
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=27154

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 10:45 pm 10:45 pm

Sorry- in my previous reply, I forgot to mention that the initial paragraph is a quote by “wyoung2345″
Quote – wyoung2345 wrote: “Sarah Palin is an embarrassment. For all those women who were die hard Hillary fans — she has done nothing but brought disgrace and shame.”
Reply to wyoung2345 = sleeping beauty
Is that so?! Take a look at the links below – you may be enlightened!
Hillary Clinton Forum
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net
http://www.hillaryclintonforum.net/discussion/showthread.php?t=27154

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 10:52 pm 10:52 pm

Sarah Palin is the victim of bias media. They do gotcha journalism. When Sarah was in the pizza parlor, reporters could have done stories about all the people there who loved her. But no, they focus on the questions about Pakistan. They know full well that Pakistan isn’t even next to Alaska. It’s all just so unfair. But it only makes Sarah supporters feel that much more strongly about voting for John McCain come November.

Posted by: Pubby | September 30, 2008, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm

Go Lou !!
Dobbs: Biden Makes ‘Many More Misstatements Than Sarah Palin’
An astounding thing happened on CNN Monday evening: not only did Lou Dobbs say that Democrat Vice Presidential candidate Joe Biden makes “many more misstatements than Sarah Palin,” but he also chided Wolf Blitzer and the “Situation Room” crew for failing to point it out during their Bash Sarah session.
In preparation for the upcoming vice presidential debate, Blitzer brought on CNN analysts Gloria Borger and Jeffrey Toobin, as well as “The Weekly Standard’s” Steve Hayes, to handicap the event.
As you might expect, Palin was the butt of many jokes leading Dobbs to marvelously inject the following during a mid-segment promo for his upcoming program (h/t NB reader Kevin Groenhagen):
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Well, Wolf, I’m shocked. I wish you guys would take it easy on Joe Biden, because I think you’re being really unfair to him, just because he makes so many more misstatements than Sarah Palin. But, anyway, I’m sure you can sort that out.
How delicious. What follows is a partial transcript of this exchange:
BRIAN TODD, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Wolf, McCain campaign officials say they believe Sarah Palin is a valuable asset to them. They’re holding firm on that. They say she’s able to energize voters, really connect with them. They also believe that her public missteps have been way overblown.
But Sarah Palin is now under a microscope to prove just that.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
TODD (voice-over): At the very least, Sarah Palin’s getting valuable training on where political curveballs might come from — like from a grad student in a South Philly cheese steak joint.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: So we do cross border, like Afghanistan to Pakistan you think? VOICE OF GOV. SARAH PALIN (R-AK), VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: If that’s what we have to do to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should.
TODD: On its surface, a position that seems more like Barack Obama’s. It prompts her running mate to say on ABC’s “This Week” we’re on the same page.
MCCAIN: She shares my view that we will do whatever is necessary. The problem is you don’t announce it. You don’t say to the Pakistanis, we’re coming in unilaterally and carry out operations.
TODD: But as she prepares for what’s clearly her most important public appearance of this campaign, GOP strategists say the stakes for Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign have been hyped up considerably over the past week. McCain’s gambit on the financial bailout raised them, as did Palin’s own performance in a CBS news interview parodied on “Saturday Night Live.”
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP FROM “SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE,” COURTESY NBC)
TINA FEY: Ultimately, what the bailout does is help those that are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy…
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: (INAUDIBLE).
FEY: Oh, it’s got to be all about job creation.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
TODD: McCain campaign officials tell us they’re not worried about Palin’s debate performance. They say some of her other answers in network interviews show she understood the issues.
Campaign aides say Palin is going to Senator McCain’s ranch in Arizona to prepare and that some top staffers from the senator’s campaign will help her. Analysts say she’s got a tall order to show command of the facts and not look rehearsed.
LISA BURNS, MEDIA ANALYST, QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY: If she’s not comfortable at this point, she needs to do whatever it is that takes for her to get more comfortable so she can say a few things that are possibly off script, yet, of course, are still going to represent McCain’s stance on these issues.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TODD: So Sarah Palin has clearly got to demonstrate command of the issues, but not look heavily coached.
Now, GOP strategists we spoke to say that while Palin’s own gaffes have contributed to the pressure on her here, it is also true that right now expectations for her are so low, that all she’s really got to do is not make a major mistake and not really lose this thing — Wolf. BLITZER: Thanks very much, Brian.
Let’s get back to our panel, Gloria Borger, Jeff Toobin and Stephen Hayes.
All right, guys, is that the sort of the standard, Steve, that she’s got to simply avoid making a major mistake?
STEVE HAYES, “THE WEEKLY STANDARD”: Well, I think she certainly benefits from low expectations. But I think she’s got to do more than that. I mean what’s happened, I think, is that the McCain campaign has kept her so bottled up for so long, that she sort of lost whatever rhythm and whatever natural instinct she has to do these kinds of interviews.
What would have been much smarter is to put her out for a series of short interviews on local television networks, have her get comfortable behind the camera, have her talk more. For one thing, if she were talking more, we wouldn’t be quite as focused on every single word that she says, which I think is where she now sees herself.
BLITZER: She does seem, Gloria, just on that Katie Couric interview, to have lost some of her self-confidence over these past few weeks.
GLORIA BORGER, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: Oh…
BLITZER: If you remember, the speech she delivered at the Republican Convention in St. Paul and then you compare that to that interview, it’s like day and night.
BORGER: Yes. I mean, she looks like she’s lost her self- confidence. I mean you can just imagine, they’ve been sitting her down with a list of 150, 200 questions you need to know the answers to. She’s cramming. She’s desperately afraid of going off script. If she goes off script, she’s afraid she’ll contradict what John McCain has said.
And, so, as a result, she censors herself. And when you censor yourself, you’re not as good. And so she’s trying to work this out. And I agree with Steve, I think they’ve made this much more difficult for her.
All I can say is she’s sitting against Joe Biden and Joe Biden has some debating problems of his own. So, you know, it’s going to be interesting to watch the two of them together.
BLITZER: Although I will say this. I moderated some of those Democratic presidential debates when he was participating. Even though he didn’t get many votes, he did pretty well in those debates, Jeff. He’s a pretty good debater, although occasionally he says, shall we say, not necessarily the smartest of things.
(LAUGHTER)
JEFFREY TOOBIN, CNN POLITICAL ANALYST: His biggest problem is that he’s a windbag, is that he talks too much. But he’s fortunate in that there will be time limits in this debate.
I think, in fairness to Sarah Palin, we have to point out that the idea of debate camp is not some kind of remedial education program for her. All candidates do this. They go away and they prepare.
The problem is that she’s gone into the witness protection program. She’s just — she’s not being seen in public, which is customary for people running for national office.
So I do think that this business of expectations, as we’ve discussed before, is a totally phony issue. I think the expectations should be the same for Biden and for Palin. They’re both trying to be vice president of the United States. They’re both trying to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
BORGER: Right.
TOOBIN: So they both should be in capable of doing it.
BLITZER: Well, Steve, the ridicule she’s facing — the “Saturday Night Live” skits, the Tina Fey stuff and all of that, how damaging is it?
HAYES: Well, I think it’s damaging. And I think you have a lot of people who don’t, you know, maybe watch the news shows as much as we do and some who get their news from places like “Saturday Night Live” or Jon Stewart’s show or what have you. You know, they pay attention and they see her mocked. And I think the sense that people take away from that is that she’s not to be taken seriously.
And that’s why I disagree a little bit with Jeff, because I think that that lowers the expectations for her. And because of the scrutiny she’s been under, it’s natural that those expectations would be lower.
BORGER: And when you hide a candidate, when you sequester a vice presidential candidate, people start asking the question, well, where is she and why haven’t they put her out there and what is there to hide?
BLITZER: Well…
BORGER: And that’s really hurt her.
BLITZER: We’d love to have her here in THE SITUATION ROOM if she’d like to join us. She’s more than welcome.
All right, guys. We’ve got to leave it…
TOOBIN: Wolf…
BLITZER: We’ve got to leave it there.
TOOBIN: Wolf, don’t hold your breath.
BLITZER: I — well, you know, I…
(LAUGHTER)
BLITZER: I’m an upbeat person, an optimist by nature.
TOOBIN: Yes, you are.
BLITZER: All right, guys, stand by.
Thanks very much.
Remember, Thursday night, our coverage for the vice presidential debate will begin right here in THE SITUATION ROOM.
Lou Dobbs is getting ready for his show that begins at the top of the hour and he’s going to give us a preview — Lou?
LOU DOBBS, HOST, “LOU DOBBS TONIGHT”: Well, Wolf, I’m shocked. I wish you guys would take it easy on Joe Biden, because I think you’re being really unfair to him, just because he makes so many more misstatements than Sarah Palin. But, anyway, I’m sure you can sort that out.
Audio
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/09/30/dobbs-biden-makes-many-more-misstatements-sarah-palin

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 11:05 pm 11:05 pm

Pubby wrote: “Sarah Palin is the victim of bias media. They do gotcha journalism. When Sarah was in the pizza parlor, reporters could have done stories about all the people there who loved her. But no, they focus on the questions about Pakistan. They know full well that Pakistan isn’t even next to Alaska. It’s all just so unfair. But it only makes Sarah supporters feel that much more strongly about voting for John McCain come November.”
Reply to Pubby:
Bingo! You hit the nail on the head! And, with all these attacks on Governor Palin the end victim will be… Obama bin Biden !!
:-)

Posted by: Natasha | September 30, 2008, 11:15 pm 11:15 pm

Don’t worry Biden fans, the democrats had to stack the deck/ PBS moderator is releasing a book praising Obama. Lets give Biden the questions before the debate too. I guess they are afraid of Gov Palin

Posted by: bosco5021 | September 30, 2008, 11:59 pm 11:59 pm

Don’t worry Biden fans, the democrats had to stack the deck/ PBS moderator is releasing a book praising Obama. Lets give Biden the questions before the debate too. I guess they are afraid of Gov Palin

Posted by: bosco5021 | October 1, 2008, 12:00 am 12:00 am

Hey Demos wasn’t Keith Olberman available to moderate??? Oh I can hear Obama’s Hitler Youth singing with Joy now…

Posted by: bosco5021 | October 1, 2008, 12:05 am 12:05 am

Dear Obama Supporters: If Palin is so stupid, how is that she is a governor and you aren’t?
If Obama is so smart how come he has smoked for 30 years? Pretty poor judgement.
Obama friends of William Ayers pentagon bomber. Hater of America.
Obama: “Truth Squads”
Obama: Singing Hitler Youth
Obama: Infanticide. OK to murder third term infants that survive abortion.
Obama: “”Fairness Doctrine”. Suppress free speech except PBS, NBC, SNL, The View, Hollywood, David Letterman..
Read Animal Farm It is happening now

Posted by: bosco5021 | October 1, 2008, 12:18 am 12:18 am

I think George Stephanopoulos is one of the smartest DC reporters and he nailed it. Palin doesn’t have the experience (we all know that already) required for the position of VP. And it’s clear she is confused on important issues and seems to becoming more confused with each passing day. She will remember the date of 10/02/08 when she crashed and burned. But hey, she got her 15 minutes of fame. Isn’t that about how long we saw her mouth moving combining ALL of her airtime? ^-^
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Rock the Vote
Obama/Biden 2008

Posted by: Valari from Oceano | October 1, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

‘Bitter’ Campbell Brown Brought to Heel by Lynn Forester de Rothschild
By P.J. Gladnick – September 19, 2008
It was a beautiful sight to behold. The obviously pro-Obama Campbell Brown snarling throughout an interview at the heels of former Hillary Clinton fundraiser and now McCain supporter, Lynn Forester de Rothschild, for “daring” to switch sides. After several minutes of accusing de Rothschild of everything from being an elitist to acting as a traitor to the Democrats, Campbell Brown set herself up for the grand slam dunk by Ms Rothschild using the very words of the Lightworker to turn the tables on the CNN interviewer. First we see in the transcript how Campbell Brown begins with an elitism charge against de Rothschild (emphasis mine):
CAMPBELL BROWN: Now to the political story that everybody has been buzzing about today, the prominent Hillary Clinton fundraiser and big- time Democrat who came out for John McCain. And it’s not just that she is switching sides, it’s what she says about Barack Obama. She calls him elitist. That word a bit surprising for someone who is married to a billionaire. So let’s ask her about it.
Joining me live now, Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Lady de Rothschild, is it OK if I call you Lynn?
LYNN FORESTER DE ROTHSCHILD: Please call me Lynn, Campbell.
BROWN: I absolutely will. So, you have to understand how ridiculous this seems to a lot of people. You’re a Rothschild. You’re married to a billionaire. You were a millionaire before you married him.
You’re a jetsetter. You live between New York and London. And yet, you’re calling Barack Obama an elitist. Are you not a member of the elite?
DE ROTHSCHILD: Let me tell you what informs my support of John McCain. I grew up in a middle class town in New Jersey. My father worked two jobs to put four children through college, law school, and medical school. We were taught that we were blessed by God to live in the greatest country in the world. And if we worked hard we could have anything.
And the truth is, I have it. I don’t have to be doing what I’m doing supporting John McCain, but I am doing it because I really believe it’s John McCain and Sarah Palin who will keep this country the way that I was taught this country.
BROWN: OK. But the point –
DE ROTHSCHILD: They are the great Americans.
BROWN: But I think –
DE ROTHSCHILD: So, please, you know, the class war that Barack Obama would like to declare in this country to divide people is so wrong.
BROWN: OK, we’ll stop there.
DE ROTHSCHILD: I have basic –
BROWN: Just stop there for a second. Let me ask you a question because you didn’t answer my question. I assume, I guess that you came up through a middle class background. But I was accurate in describing your lifestyle, is it not?
(CROSSTALK)
DE ROTHSCHILD: Let me — right, you did. You described my lifestyle.
BROWN: OK. But let me ask you specifically to tell me, then, what has Barack Obama said that has caused you to come to this conclusion that he is so elitist and out of touch?
DE ROTHSCHILD: OK. I wrote this piece in the “Wall Street Journal” last week if you want to look at it. What I said is that the Democratic Party has a very bad history with the likes of Adlai Stevenson and people who think they are grander than the rest of us.
Barack Obama –
BROWN: So what makes you think — what’s he said that makes you think this guy thinks he’s grander than the rest of us? Specifically, be specific.
DE ROTHSCHILD: You know what? OK, a lot of it is you know it when you see it. This is a person who went to Berlin to speak to 200,000 people. This is a person who made speeches about how he is the one that the world has been waiting for. He came into this campaign talking about audacity. Where I come from, audacity is not a good thing. It’s modesty and simplicity and being in politics to help people…
BROWN: OK.
DE ROTHSCHILD: … not to advance yourself.
BROWN: But — but –
DE ROTHSCHILD: That’s why I admire John McCain. What I said in my piece –
Then Campbell Brown suggests that de Rothschild is somehow a traitor to the liberal cause:
BROWN: But let me ask you — let me ask you about the issues here, because if you look at the major issues in this election, the war in Iraq and the economy, what everybody in all the polls says are the most important issues in this race. Hillary Clinton, the candidate you supported and you worked hard for, she could not be any more different than John McCain on these issues, but her positions are nearly identical to Barack Obama.
So it sounds like the issues aren’t important to you, aren’t what you’re voting for. You’re voting on personality, right?
DE ROTHSCHILD: Campbell, no, you are so wrong. First of all, Hillary Clinton is not in this race. So let’s talk about John McCain and Barack Obama. No one –
BROWN: But the whole point of you being here, Lynn, let’s be honest, is that you were one of Hillary Clinton’s biggest supporters and biggest fundraisers so you making a switch is what’s making news. Anybody else making a switch wouldn’t make news. So I’m trying to get at what it is about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama who are identical in all of these –
(CROSSTALK)
ROTHSCHILD: OK, let me tell you — let me tell you why I am a Democrat. I am a Democrat because I believed — I believed in the Democratic Party’s sense of fairness, sense of fair rules, and most of all, that they would be there to protect the middle class, the family I came from, the town I came from, the people I care about, the people who make America great. I believe in this — OK.
And now, ladies and gentleman, we come to the moment you’ve been waiting for…the grand slam dunking of Campbell Brown. First Campbell inadvertently sets herself up by calling de Rothschild “bitter”:
BROWN: All right. Lynn, let me ask you finally. I mean, I understand you’re still a Democrat. You’re not going to leave the party.
DE ROTHSCHILD: Right.
BROWN: To some people invariably, it’s going to sound like you’re bitter. Hillary Clinton didn’t get the nomination, this is your way of getting even.
And now the slam dunk:
DE ROTHSCHILD: You know what, Campbell? Barack Obama went and he called the people who have guns and cling to their religion bitter. The people out, you know, who are the rednecks or whoever are bitter. If bitter is the easiest way for you to rationalize that I truly with all my heart believe that John McCain will be a great president, then call me bitter. But it doesn’t really advance the dialogue, Campbell, sorry.
Ouch! And now Campbell Brown limps away into the distance:
BROWN: All right.
Well, thank you for being here, Lynn Forester de Rothschild. Appreciate your time tonight.
To truly savor the slam dunk moment, you really need to see the video of this encounter. It was reminiscent of a wayward dog being brought to heel by Barbara Woodhouse.
Source:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/19/bitter-campbell-brown-brought-heel-lynn-forester-de-rothschild

Posted by: Natasha | October 1, 2008, 3:38 pm 3:38 pm

Speaking of double standards….
Ms. Campbell Brown & Jon Clown – as in Jon Klein – President of CNN, and the rest of the “24 hour media circus” had the audacity to question the fact that Palin’s husband had a DUI, 22 years ago! But at the same time I did not once hear the above clowns grilling Obama about his “drug use” and other “extracurricular activities”!!!
Go Sarah Palin! Give some of these pathetic far-left-wing-liberals in the media the medicine that they deserve…Better yet, IGNORE THEM!
Like you said during your RNC acceptance speech – that little “flash news” gesture to the obnoxious media -”I am not going to Washington to seek your good opinion”!!!
C’ est magnifique !!!!!!

Posted by: Natasha | October 1, 2008, 4:07 pm 4:07 pm

Why isn’t the press raking McCain over the coals over his being a part of the Keating 5 scandal? Why isn’t the press raking McCain/ “Mr.Straight Shooter” over the coals about the numerous times that he cheated on his first wife before and after Viet Nam including with current wife Cindy? How’s that for character? If Obama had that kind of trash in his background, there would be constant reminders on the first page of the news. The press was all over Obama about what Rev. Wright, who is not running for President, said. What about what McCain, who is running for President,DID!!! The man lied to his family and now America. He doesn’t deserve to be President.

Posted by: MY2cents | October 1, 2008, 8:37 pm 8:37 pm

Why isn’t the press addressing this every 10 minutes as they usually do when it comes to McCain-Palin attacks…
Exposed! The Democrats’ Coverup Of The Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Crisis (video)
This video is a must watch… (please follow link)….
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am

To uneducated and geopolitically inept left-wing-liberals:
If you think that Sarah Palin as the Governor of Alaska – a state that is only 1.5 miles away from the Russian border – is NOT in the loop of NATO ACT such as this one below – either you are really naive or you must be smoking something funny!!
May 16, 2008
ACT and JFCOM host Joint Forces Reserve Orientation Course – videocast
VIDEOCAST
http://www.act.nato.int/media/5-Multimedia/Vidcasts/080514jfroc.wmv
For a more information regarding ACT:
NATO ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION
http://www.act.nato.int/
NATO ACT Multimedia Library
http://www.act.nato.int/content.asp?pageid=520

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am

This is just one example as to why Palin keeps referring to “Russia’s proximity to Alaska”.
To the obmoxious Catie Curic, Campbell Brown, and the rest of the media clowns:
Have you understood yet what Governor Palin was trying to tell you – idiots – when she made the comment about Russia’s Putin peaking into our airspace?
Read on media partisan morons…(and this below is NOT an isolated incident, trust me).
Russia bombers get NATO escort near Alaska:
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:51am EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2659163020080326?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:31 am 11:31 am

To the media morons and all other left-wing-liberals-socialists-communists:
Just do a Google search with keywords:
NATO+ALASKA+RUSSIAN+BOMBERS
Now, perhaps you can shut-up and stop making fun of Palin’s remarks about Russia’s Putin peaking into our airspace…idiots!!

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

Google search…
Results 1 – 10 of about 53,000 for NATO ALASKA RUSSIAN BOMBERS
Just one of the “eye catching” items about which Americans are clueless. We have fallen asleep a long time ago because the liberal media simply does NOT want the voters to know – they do NOT want McCain to use it as a campaign talking point, you know…(they think that we are stupid)
There you have it…
NATO fighters again accompany Russian bombers near Alaska
RIA Novosti
09/04/2008 12:11 MOSCOW, April 9 (RIA Novosti) – NATO fighters accompanied Russian Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers on a regular strategic patrol flight on Wednesday, a Russian Air Force spokesman said.
Four Bear bombers and four Il-78 aerial tankers conducted a patrol mission over the Arctic and the Pacific Ocean and performed aerial refueling, which is the second exercise of Russian bombers near Alaska in three weeks.
“During the flight over neutral waters near Alaska, the Russian planes were accompanied by NATO fighters,” Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky said.
Interceptions of Russian combat aircraft by NATO fighters have been a common occurrence since Russia resumed strategic bomber patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans last August, following an order signed by President Vladimir Putin.
Drobyshevsky reiterated that regular patrols of Russian strategic bombers do not pose a threat to other countries, and Russia always issues prior warnings of their patrols.
He said that the main purpose of these missions was to train pilots in instrument flight and aerial refueling.
Source:
Global Security
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2008/04/mil-080409-rianovosti04.htm

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:33 am 11:33 am

Go Sarah!!…Explain to the nedia morons and the cluless left-wing-liberals why you made the comment to Catie Curic about “Putin stiching his head out into our airspace” and why yopu keep referring to Alaska’s proximity to Russia. The idiots think that you are goinf to go into “sensitive” information regarding “national security” issues. They are so naive to beleive that as the Governor of Alaska – the top Executive in your State and also the Commander in Chief of the Alaska National Guard you are not involved in any contigency/emergency response plans/joint antiterrorism/chemical biological threats, etc. 90% of Americans are so naive when it comes to geopolitical issues – yet they always seem to express an opinion as they know it all!! Half of Americans can not even find Georgia on the map!!!!!
Just last month…
How is it that we are not hearing anything about this from our “24 hour news-for-dummies” networks???!!!
BBC News
Last Updated: Friday, 17 August 2007, 16:37 GMT 17:37 UK
Russia restarts Cold War patrols
Russia is resuming a Soviet-era practice of sending its bomber aircraft on long-range flights, President Vladimir Putin has said.
Mr Putin said the move to resume the flights permanently after a 15-year suspension was in response to security threats posed by other military powers.
He said 14 bombers had taken off from Russian airfields early on Friday.
The move came a week after Russian bombers flew within a few hundred miles of the US Pacific island of Guam.
A few days ago Moscow said its strategic bombers had begun exercises over the North Pole.
Flexing muscles
“We have decided to restore flights by Russian strategic aviation on a permanent basis,” Mr Putin told reporters at joint military exercises with China and four Central Asian states in Russia’s Ural mountains.
“In 1992, Russia unilaterally ended flights by its strategic aircraft to distant military patrol areas. Unfortunately, our example was not followed by everyone,” Mr Putin said, in an apparent reference to the US.
“Flights by other countries’ strategic aircraft continue and this creates certain problems for ensuring the security of the Russian Federation,” he said.
In Washington, state department spokesman Sean McCormack played down the significance of Russia’s move, saying: “We certainly are not in the kind of posture we were with what used to be the Soviet Union.”
“If Russia feels as though they want to take some of these old aircraft out of mothballs and get them flying again, that’s their decision,” he told reporters.
One of the reasons Russia halted its flights 15 years ago was that it could no longer afford the fuel.
Today Moscow’s coffers are stuffed full of oil money, says the BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Moscow, and the Kremlin is determined to show it is still a military power to reckon with.
‘Shadowed by Nato’
Russian media reported earlier on Friday that long-range bombers were airborne, and that Nato jets were shadowing them.
Itar-Tass quoted Russian air force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky as saying: “At present, several pairs of Tu-160 and Tu-95MS aircraft are in the air over the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, which are accompanied by Nato planes.”
Nato said it was aware of the flights but had no comment on whether Nato planes were in attendance.
In last week’s incident near Guam, the Russian pilots “exchanged smiles” with US fighter pilots who scrambled to track them, a Russian general said.
The US military confirmed the presence of the Russian bombers near Guam, home to a large US base.
Last month two Tupolev 95 aircraft – dubbed “bears” according to their Nato code-name – strayed south from their normal patrol pattern off the Norwegian coast and headed towards Scotland. Two RAF Tornado fighters were sent up to meet them.
Russian bombers have also recently flown close to US airspace over the Arctic Ocean near Alaska.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/europe/6950986.stm
Published: 2007/08/17 16:37:09 GMT
© BBC MMVIII

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

The liberal media idiots have NOT said one word about this. Oh I know…if the did it would have easily explained Palin’s comment about Putin picking into our airspace. They do not mention the Russian bombers issue so they potray Sarah Palin as “stupid” when she mentions it. Read on left-wing-liberals – you may finally be able to get rid of the blindfolds that obnoxious media has forced upon you…
REUTERS
Russia bombers get NATO escort near Alaska: reports
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:51am EDT
MOSCOW (Reuters) – NATO forces sent jets to escort two Russian long-range air force bombers patrolling neutral skies near Alaska on Wednesday, Russian news agencies quoted the defense ministry as saying.
Russia’s military has resumed its Cold War practice of flying regular patrols far beyond its borders, and in the last year has also sent turbo-prop Tu-95s over U.S. naval aircraft carriers and the Pacific island of Guam.
Accompanied by two Il-78 refueling tankers, the two Tu-95 “Bear” bombers flew for 15 hours over the Arctic and Pacific oceans, Interfax news agency quoted Russian Air Force spokesman Alexander Drobyshevsky as saying.
“In the course of the air patrol, long-range aviation aircraft were escorted by NATO jets in the region of Alaska,” said Drobyshevsky.
Originally designed to drop nuclear bombs, the Tu-95, Russia’s equivalent of the U.S. air force’s B-52, is a Cold War icon refitted for surveillance and maritime patrols.
Russia, in the eighth year of an economic boom driven by high global oil prices, has raised military funding after years of neglect following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The Russian navy has finished construction of mothballed submarines and restarted large-scale naval exercises that shortages of fuel and spare parts had made a rarity.
Analysts say the Kremlin is using its reviving military might to support a policy of projecting Russia’s power again on the world stage.
But some military observers say the Russian armed forces are still hampered by a shortage of combat-ready assets and that the exercises are primarily a public relations exercise.
(Reporting by Chris Baldwin; Editing by Catherine Evans)
Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articleId=USL2659163020080326

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

To uneducated and geopolitically inept left-wing-liberals:
If you think that Sarah Palin as the Governor of Alaska – a state that is only 1.5 miles away from the Russian border – is NOT in the loop of NATO ACT such as this one below – either you are really naive or you must be smoking something funny!!
May 16, 2008
ACT and JFCOM host Joint Forces Reserve Orientation Course – videocast
VIDEOCAST
http://www.act.nato.int/media/5-Multimedia/Vidcasts/080514jfroc.wmv
For a more information regarding ACT:
NATO ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION
http://www.act.nato.int/
NATO ACT Multimedia Library
http://www.act.nato.int/content.asp?pageid=520

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

I expect Sarah Palin’s Answer to include reference of her statement how she told congress thanks but no thanks to the money she claimed that congress wanted to give her for that Bridge to No Where.
But I hope that Biden will be quick on his feet and remind everyone that congress said no to that project, and that Sarah took the Money and Built that “ROAD TO NO WHERE” while the other roads on that Island are Decaying.

Posted by: mere | October 2, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

Governor Palin is going to make whip-cream out of Barack-This-Is-Above-My-Pay-Grade-Obama-Bin-Biden…
As soon as tonight’s debate is over I will be playing my favorite pieces of Baroque music:
Handel’s “Royal Fireworks” and Tchaikovsky’s “Overture 1812″!!!
Go Saraaaaah! Our country needs you!!
Exposed! The Democrats’ Coverup Of The Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Crisis (video)
This video is a must watch… (please follow link)….
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 6:19 pm 6:19 pm

Sarah Palin: A star is born in our country…
Go McCain-Palin !!!!
Watch this spectacular video – a salute to our mighty country!!
A USA Military History (Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture)
Search Google for video ID:
v=WGiz_qbViE0
God Bless America!!

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 6:38 pm 6:38 pm

Appropriate finale for tonight’s debate!
And the winner is….
A USA Military History (Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6370539579217643597&hl=en
God Bless America!

Posted by: Natasha | October 2, 2008, 6:49 pm 6:49 pm

I was embarrased for Palin. If McCain-Palin win in November, then America has truly gone to hell.

Posted by: nopalin2009 | October 3, 2008, 12:35 am 12:35 am

Governor Palin – A Star Is Born!!
Appropriate finale for last night’s debate!
A USA Military History (Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6370539579217643597&hl=en
God Bless America!
McCain for President 2008!
Palin for President 2012!

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 9:07 am 9:07 am

Congratulations Governor Palin! You have warmed our hearts with your honesty and humble straight talk! This is exactly what our country needs!!
Keep smiling, you are on your way, America’s Princess !!
America salutes you and Senator McCain!
Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/prom-palace-music-for-the-royal-fireworks/416649911
God Bless America!

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 9:09 am 9:09 am

nopalin2009 wrote: “I was embarrased for Palin. If McCain-Palin win in November, then America has truly gone to hell.”
Reply to nopalin2009:
Speaking of who is truly going to hell…Is your name Keith Olberman? Or perhaps Campbell Brown?

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 9:21 am 9:21 am

Exposed! The Democrats’ Coverup Of The Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Crisis (video)
This video is a must watch… (please follow link)….
http://stuckon-stupid.com/

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 6:35 pm 6:35 pm

This is just one example as to why Palin keeps referring to “Russia’s proximity to Alaska”.
To the obmoxious Catie Curic, Campbell Brown, and the rest of the media clowns:
Have you understood yet what Governor Palin was trying to tell you – idiots – when she made the comment about Russia’s Putin peaking into our airspace?
Read on media partisan morons…(and this below is NOT an isolated incident, trust me).
Russia bombers get NATO escort near Alaska:
Wed Mar 26, 2008 11:51am EDT
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2659163020080326?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 7:31 pm 7:31 pm

To the media morons and all the left-wing-liberals-socialists-communists:
Just do a Google search with keywords:
NATO+ALASKA+RUSSIAN+BOMBERS
Now, perhaps you can shut-up and stop making fun of Palin’s remarks about Russia’s Putin peaking into our airspace…idiots!!

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 9:16 pm 9:16 pm

To the uneducated and geopolitically inept left-wing-liberals: (The NAIVE!!)
If you think that Sarah Palin as the Governor of Alaska – a state that is only 1.5 miles away from the Russian border – is NOT in the loop of NATO ACT such as this one below – either you are really naive or you must be smoking something funny!!
May 16, 2008
ACT and JFCOM host Joint Forces Reserve Orientation Course – videocast
VIDEOCAST
http://www.act.nato.int/media/5-Multimedia/Vidcasts/080514jfroc.wmv
For a more information regarding ACT:
NATO ALLIED COMMAND TRANSFORMATION
http://www.act.nato.int/
NATO ACT Multimedia Library
http://www.act.nato.int/content.asp?pageid=520

Posted by: Natasha | October 3, 2008, 9:23 pm 9:23 pm

Congratulations Governor Palin!!
Thank you McCain!Thank you Senator Clinton!
And, hell NO – we are NOT going to “waive a white surrender flag” Mr. Obama bin Biden!!
Appropriate finale for last night’s debate!
A USA Military History (Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture)
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6370539579217643597&hl=en
God Bless America!
Palin for President 2012!

Posted by: Natasha | October 4, 2008, 12:21 am 12:21 am

Party of one?

Posted by: Please wait to be seated | October 4, 2008, 6:54 am 6:54 am

For those naive, uninformed, unread,ill-educated, platitude-driven, misguided,historically ignorant, easily manipulated people who think there is any substantive difference between and among the “candidates” and the “parties” they represent……here’s a news flash: you’re all going to see the same program of
(a)continued corruption
(b)domination of American life by the Pentagon
(c)unspeakable corporate greed and rapacity at the expense of the American citizen
(d)the use of divisive “wedge” issues to distract the public from meaningful public discourse
(e)wholesale theft and embezzlement of the wealth and property of the middle class by the wealthy elite
(f)continued erosion of the social contract and destruction of government oversight over corporations
(g)continued destruction of America’s infrastructure
(h) continued employment marginalization of the masses of our citizenry
(i) ever more limited access to higher education for the masses of our citizenry
(j) continued denial of access to health care for ever increasing numbers of our citizenry
The list is almost inexhaustable. The truly stupid among us who misguidedly identify with the wealthy elite and vote for the Republican agenda of “deregulation”, “privatization”, “faith-based initiatives”, “compassionate conservatism”, “no child left behind”, and all the other transparently cynical platitudes devised by people like Richard Perle and Karl Rove ….THOSE citizens are aiding and abetting this program of societal disintegration.
However, all the well-meaning “liberals” who have voted for Johnson, Humphrey, McGovern, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis, and Clinton are also aiding and abetting the same process precisely because the military-industrial corporate alliance which has a stranglehold on all of our lives remains unchallenged and unscathed regardless of whom we elect!
Anyone who reads American 20th Century history knows that JFK was very resistant to any escalation of military presence in Vietnam; knows that JFK was in fact ordering a draw-down of troops to begin in December of 1963, with an eventual total withdrawal by 1965. Well, JFK was gone by November of 1963, and LBJ (the PEACE candidate)was pushed relentlessly by Maxwell Taylor, Robert McNamara, McGeorge Bundy, Dean Rusk and the entire Joint Chiefs of Staff to massively ESCALATE troop involvement in Vietnam. Score 1 massive victory for the
military-industrial corporate alliance…score 1 massive defeat for the American people (the costs of which are STILL being paid today!)
LBJ’s War on Poverty never got off the ground once the military got its hooks into him! By 1968, he had realized what an abysmal failure he had made of his presidency, what a total betrayal of JFK’s visions for the nation,a betrayal for which he had become the instrument! Thus he announced that he would not seek re-election! Unprecedented for a sitting President!
All the RAND corporation, “brain-trust”, “think-tank”, servile intelligentsia who have aided and abetted this historical process of military-industrial-corporate domination of American life are an integral part of the massive deterioration that we see all around us today. McNamara wrote a book: In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Brian VanDeMark and Robert S. McNamara . In that book he tried to paint himself as a well-meaning public servant. The fact is that he was one of a cadre of arrogant, self-righteous hawks who badgered JFK and LBJ relentlessly to INCREASE troop commitments to South Vietnam! At any rate, McNamara left the Pentagon to begin a successul ten-year term as president of the World Bank.This is the clientelism between the busness elite and the Pentagon. This is what Eisenhower tried to warn the public about in his farewell address.
Liberal or Conservative? These labels have no meaning, and the people who fall for that paradigm have no historical understanding of who owns, operates, controls and derives enormous profits from the American economy.
Vietnam robbed the American people of the fruits of an upturn in our economy that should have made LBJ’s Great Society a reality. Instead, the military-industrial-corporate alliance produced a horriific, senseless, meaningless war that robbed our citizens of the benefits of that robust economic upturn. The military-industrial-corporate alliance produced chaos and discord at home, and unspeakable misery and suffering for the Vietnamese peasantry.Yes, Vietnamese are humans, too.
Fast-forward to our time. When Clinton left office, we had the largest budget surplus in the nation’s history. He was the 1st President in 28 years to balance the national budget (a mantra that the “right-wing Republicans love to chant, but never actually PRACTICE). Bush comes in and immediately exploits the tragedy of 9-11 to mire the nation in a horrifically wasteful miitary “investment” in Iraq. Let’s not belabor all the corporate media complicity in selling this war to the public. The fact is that we are once again STUCK with this disgracefully WASTEFUL (on every level)drain on our economy. To say nothing of the fact that it has cost thousands upon thousands of human lives (American and, yes, Arabs are humans, too).
In BOTH of these “wars”, American citizens have borne the burdens of the fighting and dying, the killing, the paying of the taxes to fund the carnage. At home, we further pay the costs and bear even greater burdens of home foreclosures, loss of jobs and income, and there will be much GREATER pain yet to come when all the bleeding plays itself out in the massive deterioration of our society that will result from this horrific “mismanagement” by our illustrious “leadership”…..both Liberals as well as Conservatives!

Posted by: Concerned Citizen | October 5, 2008, 12:58 pm 12:58 pm

Why would I vote for you Barack Obama?
Why would I want to vote for a man that does not seem to grasp capitalism? Why would I vote for a man that has very little experience? Why would I want to vote for a man that will be the head of our military yet has never served and does not truly understand what it would mean to send our men into war? Why would I vote for a man that stood under a pastors teaching of hate for years, and as soon as it started to hurt his campaign he denounced him? Why would I vote for a person that has in anyway been linked to terrorist of any kind? Why would I vote for a man that said he would run his campaign financing one way then went the other way? Why would I vote for a man that lied on to our nation during the debates? Why would I vote for a man that wants to take control away from business owners and the businesses they own? Why would I vote for a man that wants to tax me even more than I am already taxed! Why would I vote for a person that is in anyway linked to voter fraud? Why would I vote for a man that has very very little foreign policy experience? Why would I vote for you, a man that picked a running mate that does not even think you are qualified?
Nothing you “say” can ever make these things go away in my mind, you can’t do one thing, then say it never happened. You are not the man to lead this country and you are not what you say you are, and it scares the crap out of me that the people of this great nation have let you get as far as you have gotten.
Sincerely,
A concerned citizen of the United States of America.

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