Stephanopoulos: Three Questions Republicans Are Asking Themselves About Palin

The MSM putting words in Republican mouths.

Just the tip of the iceberg. It speaks volumes to how McCain is so completely out of touch.
I’m not sure which scenario would be better for McCain: she was not vetted, or was – and still thought of as a good choice. Either way, not the best display of good judgment.

She will not survive the week as soon as the fringe group story hits the airways.

I’m glad that I am not a devoted Republican. But the faithful will not allow facts to deter them from the ticket. We have friends, names withheld, who although they are worried about their son after three tours in Iraq still worry more about whether the candidates are pro life. Go figure. I have never understood why people who in theory are against government want to use it to cram their views down the throats of others. This Republican Party I no longer recognize.

geevil, McSame has not vetted seriously Miss Alaska at all, he was impressed by her beauty, few of her remarks and age and made his decision. Now the problem is that slowly but certainly media will do its work and carry our its national responsibility. This greatest nation on earth will not be between the hands of Miss Alaska and the old McCain, because they are not capable of taking care of it. God save America from McPaulin. God bless America and God bless Obama.OBAMA/BIDEN08

I am not a right-winger but I do think that Mrs. Palin should consider staying home to take care of her baby and her pregnant daughter who is going to need her full support in the coming months. I also do not think it’s fair for her to be putting her 17 year old daughter thru all this.

At least the McCain camp got a boost from Palin’s new press secretary Maria Bartiromo who just happened to be interviewing her in Alaska last week. Was NBC setup? Sounds like Rove

Blowhard Joe Biden says
“if Barack grew up in our neighborhood like he did in Kansas being raised by his grandparents”
Obama never lived in Kansas.

So much for John McCain’s judgment! It’s quite apparent that Sarah Palin’s vetting was minimal at best. Are these the best people that the Republican Party can put forward to lead our country? It’s definitely time for governmental change in the United States — it’s time for Obama/Biden! Howard Gallas, Reno, NV.

It’s 3:00 am and the telephone rings. Time for breastfeeding!!!!oh no, my daughter is having her baby.

I am a conservative first, republican second.
As such, I am finding it harder and harder to support McCain. There were already troubles because of his “maverick” (which really means screw the GOP, I’m going liberal) tendencies such as McCain/Kennedy, McCain/Feingold, McCain/Lieberman. Note how those are very liberal Democrats he decides to team with.
But to find out that it was McCain’s intention all along to further stick it to the party by picking Lieberman or Ridge is just another straw on the conservative’s back. So he makes a rush choice of Palin and presented her as a conservative poster child to make folks like me happy. And now we see she is anything but that.
I will not vote for Obama because he is for all those things I listed that I am against. Plus, his tax policies (just as McCain’s initial opposition to the Bush tax cuts that greatly helped my situtation- and I am the definition of middle middle-class) are wrong for the country.
It is McCain that blew it. That and his little pit bull Huckabee during the primaries taking the conservative vote from Romney.
I call on the delegates at the RNC (and I was a county and state delegate) to not approve Palin. Not because of these “scandals”, but because we need to hold McCain’s feet to the conservative fire or he will either lose in November or he will ruin the party for years to come.

I’m shocked by McCain’s choice. Is this the best VP candidate out there? I don’t think so. So, why did he choose her? I’ve heard that McCain he did so because she is a reformer. That he sees her as a duplicate of himself. If his plan is to reform Congress, how does he intend to do that? Is it through a line item veto privilege? How does he intend to “change” the Republican and Democratic Congress? Perhaps if we could get some coverage about that instead of Palin’s pregnant daughter.

McCain has just given up the experience argument. They look ridiculous saying that she defended our borders against Russia. Even taking away Obama’s State Legislature and US Senate experience, he has shown that he has been able to run a tight ship in his Presidential race for a longer period of time than Pallin was Governor.

At least dan quayle should be happy, since he will no longer be the “worst-vp-pick” ever.

The double standard here is UNBELIEVEABLE… Edwards fathers a love child and nobody says anything and a 17 yr old girl is pregnant and soon to be married and it’s the end of the world and John McCain? Not to mention Clinton/Cigars/Interns/Lies in the White House and “that’s his business not ours” You Liberals are an IN-CREDIBLE group.Use your brain and TRY to think outside the liberal media box for once! WOW!

Even as an Obama supporter, the news that Palin’s husband got a DUI a million years ago is pointless and shouldnt make any headlines at all. Its a non-issue, even moreso with all the other material we are reading.
I am stunned however, that McCain supporters cant just say “wow what is he doing”. If Obama picked a Palin-equivilent, I would be pissed and qould question him big time.

If McCain’s camp did not not do a thorough vetting of Palin shame on them. If McCain’s camp did do a thorough vetting of Palin and still moved forward with this abysmal pick, also shame on them. I don’t know which position is worse.

Where are the reports od Biden’s son the lobbyist and of Biden’s ties to the financial mess we are going through?

That’s because Palin is a great pick. her record is outstanding. She fought corruption where Obama bathed in it. Palin is not anti-American like Obama and his associates.

Well there we go again. Those on their high and mighty horses, as recently as yesterday, saying that teen pregnancy is a social disease brought on by a myriad of issues that the democrats don’t just seem to see as a problem. Now look at what they are saying: Governor Palin’s family is like any other family and should be supported. Hello, one day you are saying that the right way to support a family is to be there with your children, support abstinence education, and act the “Christian Way”. The next day, OH! it’s OK to have a 14 year old date a 23 year old, a 17 year can get pregnant, a 16 year old who can get birth control (with her mother at her side?), a mother that can return to work within 3 days of giving birth to a beautiful, but challenged child, and a husband that can continue to be, pretty much, a unengaged, not too interested or non-supportive fatherLet’s look at the Republicans, while it is OK to be critical, don’t throw stones when you yourselves live in glass houses. Let;s name a few folks over the last year or so with some problems, and then the Republicans, can sit back and allow at least 30 Democrats the right to misbehave, without recourse:Vitter, Craig, Stevens, 2 sex perverts and 1 crook to name a few. If you want to stand the higher moral ground, then clean your own closets first. And yes Larry Craig is still in there, or so he believes!Palin is as unqualified as any one could be. Children that have no moral guidance (or if they did, they had lousy teachers, another reason she is a bad pick), a working mother that cares only for her job (3 days after giving birth she is back at work), a disengaged husband, a supporter of “Pork” (just ask the town of Wasilla how much return they got for the lobbiest they paid for – It was millions, not to mention her support for the “Bridge to Nowhere”, which she stilll supports but in a less expensive mode. Flip flopper, she is, as she has changed her position on several things as she has risen to the rank of Governor of a pretty backward state. What is McCain thinking, 3 electoral votes? Women’s votes? Yeah his senility is showing, Mike Huckabee or Mitt Romney would have been much better picks and they bring along many more states. The candidate for the Republicans has made a poor choice, and I for one, will not vote for a small town/time local politician who has never had a national leadership job, probably can not spell Darfur or Chechnya, let alone even been oversaes vacationing, where she shops at the local dock to pick up dinner off the boat. What in the world does Palin know about biofuels and the impact on food availability, the financial markets and where they are located, let alone how they are run and what impact there is on just the tiniest things happening, etc. Prove to me that she has a global knowledge and can show us where Tbilisi is located and what concern Russia has there, then I might think to vote for the Republicans. NO I THINK NOT. Someone needs to be gentle and tell her to go home for the good of the country.
bischo4 5:27 PM

Blah, Blah, Blah.
Talk about the issues not this crap.

3 Big Red Flags even before you even look at her ideology and her lack of experience on national and international issues.
1.) Palin is under investigation for what amounts to an abuse of power, i.e. using her political office to conduct a personal vendetta. She was caught lying about her office’s involvement.
2.) Palin lied in her introduction to the country about her opposition to earmarks and particularly the “bridge to nowhere.”
3.) Palin was a member of a fringe political party that thinks Alaska should secede from the United States and whose founders don’t consider themselves Americans.
All this brings into relief McCain’s poor judgment. Palin was definitely not a “country first” choice.

Why is it only Obhama supporters have a problem with Palin? If she was such a bad pick why the fear in your posts?

the real vetting process we should be concerned about is Dem Choice for President 08 Hussien Obama– we are not even sure whether he qualifies to run for the President. Is a natural US Citizen?? As a kid he had Indonesian citizenship. His ties to the CHicago underworld and anti American preachers.
The media is silent, why??
Dems , you lost the 08 by railroding the hillary Hillary, Dont railroad another WOMAN.

What a horrable parent I hope her kids are ok.

Judy, If we were to follow your logic, what does that say of the democrats? They’ve selected someone who has no executive experience. A “community organizer” (?).

Months ago when I told a frind of mine that I supported Obama for president he told me that the stars will have to all line up for such a thing to happen. I think that McCain’s VP choice was the final star moving into place.

Excuse me! I have failed to realize that Obama’s judgement is wise ad infinitum. Rezko, Wright and Ayers are merely distractions brought up to interfere with his divine plan to achieve socialist utopia. Hail the Obamessiah!!!

While I am not crazy about the idea of Palin belonging to a separatist party…..it was a way for her to express her opinion(remeber freedom of speech i think it’s in that document located at the archives building in dc)…possibly she feels alaska gives more than it gets….possibly she was tired of panty waste liberals telling her they could drill ANWR…..she’s got more balls than Barak and Biden put together…..

The penultimate question is:
“Would Sarah Palin shoot a pregnant moose, gut it and grind the fetus meat into hamburger, grill and eat it?”
That will be the defining question for her to answer.
“Sarah pales in comparison” will be the headline following her debate with Joe Biden.
Sheesh!

McJoke has sunk his own ship with his unvetted pick of unprepared, ethically-challenged, baby-story-covering-up Sarah Palin.
Where are the doctors to answer the questions about her son/grandson?
Are there any doctors willing to vouch for Bristol’s current pregnancy?
I SMELL SMOKE.

Every sane American should be afraid of Obama and his plans.

How can we trust Palin who was part of a group whose motto is “Alaska First, Alaska First” and who has a policy talking about how they should infiltrate national parties in order to achieve their goal of seceding from the United States?

The denial of the Republicans is comical. This was the worst VP pick possible. What is true about Palin does not matter. This is about the lack of Judgment by shoot from the hip playboy “country club kid” McCain. If this is the best reformer the Republicans have, sad!

It’s too bad that now the conservatives have someone to rally support for, the liberal press and Dem’s have to come up with as much “dirt” as they can. Even though its not relevant or truthful. You know that now your in trouble, and can’t deal with it. What would be better, a president – Obama, or vice president – Palin with limited experience?

Democrats have to prove they’re “patriotic”- because they are Democrats who want to change they way our faltering government operates.
Republicans claim it’s obvious they love America because they say word “patriotism” and “freedom” in all their speeches. They may think they love America, but they hate 50% of the people living here.
No thanks! We’ll take the change!

IF WRIGHT AND REZKQ ARE THE BEST YOU CAN GET AGAINST OBAMA—YOU ARE VERY WEAK INDEED —-LETS START WITH MCCAIN IN NAVAL AIR ACADAMY—AND HOW HE GOT THERE.

John L, I prefer the guy who taught constitutional law for 10 years and managed to properly vet his running mate.
Since the President appoints 6,000 people to office, I’d like them to be smart, hard working and not anti-American secessionists. Thanks.

“Every true American is terrified of that lowlife getting anywhere near the Whitehouse”
In your dreams pal.

Simple as this – we’re voting for Obama in my house now. Sarah Palin is as far from commander in chief and any woman could possibly be. I AM more qualified! I was a Hillary supporter who was going to vote for McCain. No more. John McCain and his poor judgment saw to that.

@Geevill, the irony is lost on people like you who just don’t get it.
Thanks for the comedy releif this morning.

HA- the MSM is mad because MAC’s VEEP Pick stole the news spotlight from their messsianic hero worship thursday night…they wanted the buzz to last longer…if nothing else the Palin pick froze them out…as if John Edwards had any more experience than she did when he ran the first time for PRESIDENT.

“As these questions continue to hang over Republicans, I’ll be asking McCain’s opponent for the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., for his perspective on these issues in an exclusive interview airing Sunday on “This Week.”"
George, How about doing your journalistic duty and asking Obama not just about Republican travails, but what the smooth talker would actually do in his first 100 days in office? No-one asks him this, and it is way more important subject than all this conventioneering bru-ha-ha. I am not voting for Obama, because I have a good feel for the type of president he would be, but why does no-one in the press ever ask him this question? Is it because you afraid his answer would be too revealing? Is this guy a smooth talking empty suit or not? What policies would be in place by April 2009 were he president?

Diane, what state are you governor of? What part of the economy have you handled. Alaska provides 20% of America’s energy.
Good to know you’re so qualified. And by the way, Palin is too.
Now run along and play with your dolls.

rob, you cant be serious. men have children that get pregnant too. idiot.

Suddenly conservatives have no problems with teen pregnancies. If it had been the reverse and this was a Democrat story, all the high moral “pundits” would have gotten on their pulpits to preach against the loose morals in democrats.

Jo, if by your logic Palin is qualified, than Obama is over-qualified

Those of you Dems who think you want change and are jumping on the Palin attack train need to vet your own Pres and VP picks. Obama is about the furthest thing from change you can find in Washington, other than his race. And Biden, he’s been in Washington longer than just about anyone left! Does taking a train really make you an agent of change in Washington?? Check out the “change” Obama brought to all his supporters in Chicago who are notably mute on his presidential bid. And check out how much Michelle Obama cares about health care for the poor while doing her job of keeping the poor out of the emergency room of her non-profit hospital.

I can’t believe CBS is reporting the truth and only the truth!!! Your website will be taken down for reporting the truth! Look what happened to KOS!!

I voted for a republican presidential candidate 6 times, but no more. What Bush and Rove did to the GOP is a complete shame. I don’t know what the GOP stands for anymore. They have managed to mix in nascar, religion, guns and a very warped view of patriotism and somehow call it republican, I call it repugnant. I will vote democratic in this coming election.

Dems scewed up big time o8 election by ignoring HIllary for the ticket. So all the hate is now directed against another WOMAN.
McCain-Palin 08
Media should be more concerned about vetting B Hussein Obama and see whether he really qualifies to run for the President.Is he illegal or a US citizen

Obama picked a 30 year Washington DC insider.
So much for “change.”
I’ll take that “fresh air” from Alaska.

…Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to ALTER or to abolish it, and to institute NEW Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness….
YEP, TIME TO CHANGE OUR GOVERNMENT!
COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER!
OBAMA 08!

I don’t think many Americans are worried about a DUI 22 years in a spouse’s past or a pregnant daughter. But McCain can’t get away with running someone as against corruption, big oil, etc when she cheerleads for drilling in wildlife refuges and the tracks they’re finding with the earmarked funds. The bit about seceding Alaska from the union is going to be seen as wacko. She could not have been thoroughly vetted. I’m a Dem for Obama regardless — but should McCain somehow win with this lady as his running mate, I will be downright scared. Mr. McCain Please DO put America first, find somebody else, oh please we beg of you!

Why nobody ask her or the mccain campaing about her involment with the 527 Group in alaska wich the head of it is now heading to jail.

“Obama was asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin’s executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small town mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded”
The false Messiah has spoken. Obama is more experiecne than Palin becuase of his executive experience running a campaign.Is Obama even running his campaign? How many of these nasty bloggers are on Obama’s payroll?
OMG, this guy is scary.

Now the media and Obama team go after yet ANOTHER woman with a vengeance.
Oh yes, that’s the way to round up the women’s vote.
LOLOL. Some people never learn.

Obama was a Senator for 19 weeks before he decided he was qualified to be President. That just about washes out the Palin-experience question.

Judy, sure you have.
And I’m a rock star.
Lol.

Jo, get a clue.
LOLOL. Some people never get it.

“Thinker” and other smear-meisters: just remember, the things people are questioning about Palin actually happened, and can be documented through statements and actions the candidate herself made (i,e, video of her supporting the AIP when its public platform was secession for the USA); the crap you sling at Obama is completely fabricated and cannot be verified in any substantive way.

Wow! Such dirt on Palin ( chuckle, chuckle ); how about Obama smoking weed, snorting coke “to escape the troubles of life” and talking about it? That’s ok?
Give me a break – the Dems are sweating mecury over the Palin pick, and rightly so; she has the horsepower and -genuine- charisma (unlike Obama’s artificial) to propel her and McCain right into the “white” house.

Though everyone keeps talking about how McCain selected Palin to shore up support from the religious right, it seems to me that this was his way of getting back at them for not allowing him to pick Lieberman or Ridge because of their views on abortion. It’s like a kid saying “you want me to be quiet? fine I won’t talk at all…see how you like that?”. So he gives them a seriously flawed, but staunchly pro-life election be damned choice. Either way…it does not reflect well on McCain’s judgement or temperment.

What was John McCain thinking? He definitely wasn’t paying attention tot he details when he chose Palin.

Oh, I’m a liberal, Democrat, and an Obama supported. I could care less that Palin’s husband got a DUI once upon a time, or that daughter is pregnant from a moral standpoint–that’s her family’s business. BUT. What I do have a problem with is her lack of inexperience (one of McCain’s main arguments against Obama!) What happens if McCain gets elected, kicks the bucket, and suddenly this woman who has basically zero experience with anything relevant in today’s society (the economy, issues in the middle east, etc) is suddenly leader of the free world. Obama may not have all that experience either but he graduated from Columbia and Harvard, was the president of Harvard Law Review, taught at the University of Chicago, was in the Illinois Senate and the US Senate. I feel much more comfortable in those hands.

The Google is all you need for vetting. The Maverick used the Google. So he did his job before hiring the Caribou Barbie. Quit being so picky!!!

Get over it Goerge and the rest of you… WOW!… she and her family happen to be REAL people! I can relate to just about everything this family brings to the table! Strengthens by vote for McCain-Palin!

Crazy. McCain is utterly crazy to claim Sarah Palin is the most “ready on day one” VP he could have picked.
“What does the VP even do all day?” –Sarah Palin
As a woman I am embarrassed to be represented by this flake. Obama all the way.

Obama was asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin’s executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small town mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.
“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded”
To quote Sam Kinison in Back to School,
“Well,is he right?”

who cares about her husbands dui arrest? her daughters pregnancy just means her daughter is an idiot, for the love of god, she is 17 and she is practically an adult.
The only troubling thing is that she was a member of the Alaska Independence party, which was a secessionist movement.
Mccain dumb for choosing someone that wanted Alaska to secede from the union. That can’t be good for national security.

ANWAR’s footprint is smaller than LAX. DRILL, DRILL, DRILL…go Sarah Pallin! OR, should we be strapped to the Messiah’s terrorist freinds forever? Sure..that’s so much better.:(

McGoo has such poor judgement and is no leader. If he wanted a woman he should have picked Condi Rice who everyone knows and respects.

The 4th question that Mr. Stephanopoulos should ask the Republicans is, “Why isn’t Palin wearing a flag lapel pin?”

The smears against Palin are coming from the Obama team. The websites have already been traced back to him.
Nice try though. You always this naive? Lol.

One name for you:
Ulysses S. Grant the 18th president.
Presidential experts always place Grant near the bottom of the pile due to his tolerance of corruption.
Presidential elections are not about the past, but the future. At the moment McCain is losing me, and my thinking is a few other independent voters.
This is why I question Governor Palin as his choice. The nation has moved in my humble opinion beyond a 50/50 margin due to President Bush. The difference this time will not be about energizing the base, but moving the middle. Once again it will be it’s the economy stupid time.
Respectfully,

Palin and her family should be left alone. We should focus on McCain’s judgment. He was not choosing a VP for himself but for teh Republican Party and perhaps the country. How could he be so reckless?

I wonder why McCain didn’t pick Lindsay Grahm? He’s a conservative yet somewhat practical, he is likable, a good friend of McCain’s.
I think McCain is loosing his marbles.

Cher FL,
Clinton should villified and so should Edwards. Cheating on your shows lack of character. However, choosing someone to potentially become the second most powerful person on the planet without properly vetting them, with minimal personal contact, and with disregard to her minimal qualifications shows a gross lack of judgement. I could care less about Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy. However, conservative reaction to it is hypocritical. You know if she wasn’t one of them they would pointing all kinds of fingers at her and being judgemental rather simply “stuff happens” and she should just be loved.

Obama is an elitist. This country has been ruled by elitist for too long. I think it would be refreshing if trailer people moved into the White House and hung a moose up out back.

geevill,
Get over your hatred of President Obama. Your candidates are both liers. How do you know that President Obama did not live in Kansas. He may have for a short time when he was a baby. Besides Kansas people are happy to have President Obama’s grandparents from Kansas.
Get a life. You are annoying.

Obama seems like a great person.
But Obama has no experience and is young, and there is a 100% chance he would be president on Day 1.
And that’s a problem.
Do these libs hear themselves?? Lol.

“America First”? When they have to take off their “Republican Hats” to put on their “American Hats” so they can pretend (again) they give a crap potential hurrican problems: how is that America FIRST? All the above, and still McCain has a chance, cause as has been proved the last 2 elections, America is 50% moron.

This is truly about judgment folks, and you can now clearly see what you are “buying” when you support McSame! Most unqualified of all candidates “vetted”, or in Palin’s case, NOT VETTED. So what does that say about any of the other potential VP’s, all of you poor sods – losing to a skirt who now will be the downfall of the republicans. Let’s leave the babies and teen mother out of it – anyway, shows the staunch conservative principles in the poorest of light. But now Palin will show that she was part of a fringe radical group, supported the bridge to nowhere, and secession of Alaska from the United States, and also being under investigation for trying to get her B-I-L fired and all the worms coming out of the woodwork. Who really cares whether McSame’s VP is a man or woman??? Anyone with that amount of baggage is totally unqualified to be a mayor of any town, let alone a VP of the United States. Help, before we become further laughing stock of the world by having such politicians. Keep them OUT before we even open the door to allow McSame and Palin in!!!!

Gonna post this again since it’s so relevant. Gotta love all the lazy, hypocritical liberals who don’t even believe their own words or ideals.
We finally get something close to a “regular american” and all liberals can do is whine. Just proof you don’t know what you want and you really apparently want rich, dishonest politicians who will make you feel good about your lack of personal responsibility by taking money from everyone to help others, help the environment, etc. It’s too bad the liberal idealist eutopia religion has taken over the democratic party.

The corporate media must still want Mitt “I crap corporate money” Romney on the GOP ticket.

Hey George!
Yeah, the Democrat’s Presidential Nominee doesn’t have National Security, Foreign Policy or administrative experience and you have the audacity to questioning the Republican’s VP nominee experience on these issues? George, it is obvious that you are so “in the tank for Obama”.

geevil: ““My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded”
To quote Sam Kinison in Back to School,
“Well,is he right?”"
Yes, but many people have already made the point that his successful campaign is an example of executive experience (that is about as long as Palin has been governor of Alaska too). This received a good deal of coverage during the primaries. The Obama campaign has been very well run, managing cash flow and employees smoothly with an executive structure and execution on par with a successful fortune 500 company. The unprecedented 2 million+ donor base is quite an achievement and an excellent example of successful and methodical business strategy. And there is no question that Senator Obama acts as the CEO of the campaign, for better or for worse (mostly better, but politically he should have handled Rev Wright quicker).

I am very conservative and was behind McCain 100%. Now with his choice of Palin I am not so sure. I honestly feel like he handed the election to Obama.

Wow. Focus on McCain, not Palin. Remember that the nomination fell in McCain’s lap after he had lost it because Romney was eliminated due to his Mormonism. The Palin pick is typical McCain throughout his career. His maverick style is not due to a unbendable, independent ethic but rather a brash, loose-cannon style. Sound like President Bush? McCain is not the Change We Can Believe In because he is unpredictable and it is impossible to believe in something you can’t predict.

I have to admit I’m much more concerned about Palin’s desire to drill ANWR and close ties to the oil industry along with McCain’s advisors (and money) coming from those same oil interests than the fact she has a pretty standard American family (sister with a messy divorce, kid expecting a baby, and had to bail her husband out one night). Her
personal situation doesn’t jive with the GOPs “Saintly Real Americans” platform – but I was pretty sick of that already.

The libs are pissed. They know we will win now. More people are ready for a woman VP, than an inexperienced black man for President.
Women are 1/2 the population. It’s their turn.

You people are wacked. Obama never ran a town fair let alone a city. The man is a speech and a suit. WTF?

ALL YOU CAN SAY ABOUT MCCAINS JUDGEMENT IS——(WHAT JUDGEMENT)—-I AM SURE WE ALL WILL SLEEP WELL WITH A DITSY TWIT RUNNING THE COUNTRY—MCCAIN IS ALREADY SHOWING SIGNS OF ALZIHIMERS—OR SIMPLY OLD AGE.

SFranz,
And the Palin bashing and the sexism don’t “jive” with the Left’s saying women deserve power, and we like diversity and the average Joe.
Oops.

Come on liberals admit it. Despite your whining what you really want is a two faced, blood sucking lawyer who will lie to your face with a smile so you think you’re getting a good deal. You seem to reject and denounce anything else so that is what logic dictates. Kind of like most liberal platforms it is how things look not how they work. Better get some new spinners for your 1989 Honda Civic. Sad.

Conservative mother of 7 = sinlge male Obama paid blogger.
As a Clinton voter, I and others have seen your types all year. posing as someone else. We know all about your operation. Palin was a powerful pick which is why the leftists are freaking out trying to destroy her.

Stephanopoulos your another dimwit in the tank for Obama

Obama is diseased with egomania
Hitler and Stalin were egomania diseased
Obama is friends with known terrorists
Obama is endorsed by Hamas
Obama is endorsed by the Black Panthers
Obama has no experience
Obama will never stop campaigning
Yikes…Sara’s daughter is knoeced up…
Guess I’ll vote for Obama
Wake Up America

mike, you are an idiot. “let her daughter get pregnant.” do you think she sat in the room while her daughter was having sex? how exactly did palin ‘let’ her daughter get pregnant. typical.

McCain DID NOT CHOOSE Sarah Palin.
The ultra-conservative “COUNCIL FOR NATIONAL SECURITY” chose Palin, and McCain just approved it like an idiot.
Like John Kerry said, McCain choosing Palin proves that McCain has sold out to the right-wing.
Too bad for McCain, that the corporate media would rather have a full-out corporatist on the ticket, like MITT ROMNEY, because they fully expect McCain’s running mate to take over during McCain’s first term, and the Republican Party as a whole WANTS IT TO BE MITT ROMNEY who takes over.
They couldn’t care less about McCain getting elected unless his running mate is their boy Mitt.

Obama Vetting Process:
Obama: Joe, do you have any skeletons in your closet? Any ethics problems?
Joe: Well, my LOBBYIST son and my brother are being sued for Hedgefund FRAUD.
Obama: Well, that’s bad, but do you think the mainstream media will look into it? I mean, they’re on our team.
Joe: No way! They’re working as hard as they can to get us elected.
Obama: You’re right. No problem. Welcome to the ticket Joe!

GEEVILL
COMPARING BIDEN TO THE DITSY TWIT IS LAUGHABLE——BIDEN WILL GIVE HER A LESSON ON HARDBALL AND WILL SMILE AS HE DOES IT.

I don’t have anything against the idea of Alaskan Independence. It’s not treason. If the people of Alaska voted democratically to cease being a part of the United States, the United States would have no right to force them to.
However Palin is still a psychotic lunatic.

The Hillary women are not gonna fall for this crap. They’re not going to vote for this fast-track bimbo from Wasilla or whatever two-horse town she’s from

Obviously a lot of people here have no idea what kind of person comes from and lives in Alaska. The place hardens you and makes you tough.
Do not attack this woman on experience, she has a lot more leadership experience then Obama and is a more qualified leader then he his. Her 17 year old daughter being pregnant, is that your business? Obama wouldn’t want his daughter punished with a baby in the first place.

My wife and I are jazzed over McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin. This year will see our first ever donation to any presidential candidate. The fact is she is a REAL person with a REAL history. Regular folks can identify with her life. Voting “Present” 160 times as a Senator is nothing but a phony person living a non-traceable history.
The arguments tossed up against her read less serious than most Democrat politician…
Fringe Alaskan party: USA = Freedom of expression: Bill Clinton— especially when he lived in England
Husband Drunk Driving; Ted Kennedy
Fired a public official: Bill and Hillary Clinton
Little experience: Barack Obama
Pregnant at 40: my wife
Had first baby 8 months after wedding: Even my family falls into this category
if your candidates are good enough for you, then Sarah Palin’s good enough for us.

Palin doesn’t stand for the issues that women care about….choice, reproductive rights, talking our 17 year old daughters out of getting married, gun-control, equal pay….and take it from a woman with a lot of contact with other women….we ain’t votin’ for Mooseburger Palin.
What a mistake McInsane has made.

Check out Sarah Palin on stage at the “Hookers and Blow” party at the NRC. Review ABC’s video and stop it at -1:02 remaining. Why hasn’t this been noted before now?
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=5703352

Palin needs Obama in the delivery room. He can club the baby like a seal when it pops out as he likes to support and stop the teenage mother problems right there.

The message voters are hearing is that McCain would rather win an election than put his country first.

Hahaha! What is wrong with people who dislike Obama? It’s so sad to see people so desperate that they have to throw out “black panthers” and “Hitler”! Are you really that afraid of a black man as President? The right wingers plan is simply to scare everyone into voting for McCain. they scared everyone into voting for Bush the second time around. Fear is a powerful tool. Look how it’s ruined our country.
Obama is a great candidate and it makes me sad that there are still ignorant people out there who are afraid of people of different races. America has come a long way. I wish everyone would get with the program.

geevil: “Palin was a powerful pick ”
Yes, talk about her for a bit. What specifically has she done? How did she fight corruption? What did she do to improve the governance of Alaska, awash in oil-royalty money? Beyond getting a passport last year for a photo-op trip to Kuwait, what specifically is her foreign policy experience?
All I’ve heard about Palin are irrelevant personal crap, meaningless talking points and… no specific examples of why she is a “powerful pick.” You have a voice – get out the word on what she has actually done, because right now it sounds like she has done nothing. Even Obama has a few laws on the books conceived, written, and pushed through into law during his last decade+ in elected office.

eagleton!
eagleton!
eagleton!

“DITSY TWIT”….that was deep. Any other intellectual pearls for us rodney.

Lunatic fringe left’s painful lesson in the subject of “blow back” coming in 5…4…3…2…1…
When will you ever learn?
What is the number one attribute for running in public office? Experience? Wrong. Authenticity and the ability for the electorate to “relate” to the candidate. Palin and family have this as their number one trait. Combine this with a relentless, nasty attack by the far left groups and the rating seeking main stream media fanning the flames – which will help to shape public opinion and bring out the biggest “sympathy” effect in modern presidential political history – and the “unintended consequences” are going to be substantial.
Good Luck.
CL

As Commander of the Alaska Natl Guard, last year Palin visited the troops overseas, including those wounded in Germany.
As a guy who wants to be COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the U.S. Military, Obama couldn’t be bothered to visit the wounded.
Difference? HUGE.

A major consideration that seems to be overlooked re: the Palin choice…while related to experience…is much more relevant in today’s multicultural, hyper-complex world. And that is: lack of knowledge. Lack of knowledge re: histories of “hot spots,” lack of knowledge of other cultures, lack of knowledge re: past, present, and (potential) future world leaders, lack of knowledge of economics, of technology, of all that interacts with and defines our lives, not only as U.S. citizens, but as global participants.
With all due respect: I would ask you to simply listen to what Mrs. Palin has to say in these areas (or absence thereof). It’s no accident she was kept from appearing on the Sunday morning news programs; even her surrogates have admitted she’ll need to undergo an intensive learning process “at the foot” of McCain (quite a visual).
Whether she was an “executive” or not (take a look at the Wasilla City Hall and you’ll know why I had to put the word in quotes), I would much prefer two individuals at the helm who know the difference between Shiia and Sunni and who recognize the main purpose of the “surge” (more palatable to say it this way than to tell us hey, we’re sending a whole bunch more troops in for an indefinite period of time)…was to settle the political climate enough to get warring factions working with each other on political solutions amongst themselves (which has yet to happen).
P.S. I look forward to a time in the near future when our citizens embrace astute intelligence…rather than scorn it.

There is precedent for a poorly-vetted VP candidate being dropped from the ticket – Thomas Eagleton, who was briefly on the Democratic ticket in 1972. Will this happen with Palin?

CRYOS
YOU COULD DO AWAY WITH SOCIAL SECURITY ALSO -IS THIS MCCAINS PLAN.

Does anyone need any more confirmation that the Fascist Republicans simply elect figure-heads? Does anyone really believe that any of the Reptiles on the Right would let this woman touch anything other than a coffee pot? Who is kidding who!!!

the big difference in the “experience” question when comparing Obama to Palin; Obama was voted to run for president by the American people; he WON the election; WE THE PEOPLE were willing to have faith in a fresh face in Washington; whereas the CHOICE of VP is a crucial campaign CHOICE to be made for the 2nd highest office in our country; and McCain CHOSE Palin as his best option to run our country should he not be able to complete his term;

So much for the so-called heavy weight journalists; Katie Couric of CBS & Matt Lauer of NBC who soft-pedaled around the pregnancy of Jamie Lynn Spears. Their reporting not only showed sympathy for Spears and her family, but they made shied away from the fact she was 16 when she was pregnant! Yet they are foaming at the mouth at the chance of having a chance at bringing down a politician’s family member, repeatedly mentioning she is pregnant at 17, despite the experts saying most Americans are not interested in prying into someone else’s life. The true colors of these journalists have come through in this story. While I am not saying that all is not squeaky clean in politics, but there should be equal time and reporting given to all.

Vic,
DEMS are not railroading Palin, McSame did.
President Obama 2008

jhw539
Palin’s done more than Obama and he’s running for PRES. Hello.
Obama: 140 working days in the STATE Senate, 1 working day in U.S. Senate…sounds like a real experienced pick for PRES. Go job DEMS!! Speaks volumes!!! What an educated decision!!!
Palin: 13 yrs in political offices

mtr2311 is one if those gibbering fringe bots. These guys always bring the Labyrinth goblins to mind.

Blah blah blah… enough whining! America needs to WAKE UP. The dark ages have to end with this presidency!!!
Vote for CHANGE! Vote Obama Biden 08!!!

Watch out everyone. The ciruit is in town. Its main character: McCain, The Clown and his assistance: Paulin, the Pimp.
This is going to be the darkest chapter in History of America.

The Neocon’s (Rove, Kristol, Limbaugh, Hannity & Co.) have pimped John McCain’s ride. How else can one explain the selection of a political neophyte of limited intellectual abilities for Vice President? It makes no sense, except that I think that the selection of a working class Governor with bona-fide Conservative values was designed to appeal to women and the Evangelical community. McCain is 72 years old with physical and mental health issues. Chances are he will die or had to step aside during his administration. Having the head of the PTA as President is hardly something which will give Americans confidence.

It is scary how many liberals can gather around and back a man who has done nothing but given a few, however great, speeches. I’d rather see a person with real life problems in the White House then someone who was spoon-fed from birth. Both Obama and Palin worked hard to get to where they are in life, and I commend both. It’s just hard to trust someone who says they can do so many things. Let’s be realistic, and throw out this controversy about Palin’s daughter. You cannot apply one person situation to policy, and for you nuts out there who say she should stay at home to take care of her daughter are so hypocritical it isn’t funny. You want women to be independent, strong, leaders yet, you want this one to stay at home and cook moose stew for the family. I think mainstream media should come out from their cloak that they report the news based on the “need for the populus to know”. It’s so funny how long CNN blab about Palin’s daughter yesterday, as FoxNews didn’t. They might as well split into two separate media entities. OneS that support the left, and the ONE that supports the right. It makes me sick to turn on the TV these days. Please just give me facts and not speculation.

No one is asking the real, possible reason Palin was chosen the Republican, and everyone is tied up wondering about her daughter, her experience, was she chosen because she is a woman and might get some of the Hillary voters that are displaced by Obama’s V.P. choice. This is the big reason I believe she was chosen— Republican’s want to drill for oil in Alaska and having her as V.P. Alaskian citizens would be so proud they are more likeily to vote to allow oil drilling. Other parts of the country will say; “Well, if they don’t mind drilling in there state! why then she we” and it will get passed through congress – no one is talking about the oil there, possible oil there. People wake-up thats the real reason mcCain chose her, the OIL!

FYI, In Alaska the Alaska Independence Party is not a “Fringe Group.” People that opt to live in Alaska are not the soft-bellied whiners of the lower 48. They are much more independent minded.
The choice of Palin reflects McCain’s fear of Bob Barr more than anything else. Palin is libertarian leaning. He is obviosly hoping to lure the Bob Barr vote — and hoping the rest of you won’t notice.

McCain is either LAZY or INCOMPETENT: He got the nomination sewn up SIX months ago, and he made no attempt – NONE, ZIP, NADA – to send people up to Alaska to research this woman. Read the news stories.

Give it up…. GOP
Better and holy-ier than evenone GOP
GOD fearing and can do no Wrong GOP…
Last I check Bill is not running for President. Paulin is…
If you live in glass houses don’t throw stones…. You can’t forgive Bill but can forgive Paulin…
She needs to stay home and mend her fences. Poor kids…what a shelfish woman.

Want to read Obama’s achievements-
go ahead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/03/AR2008010303303.html?referrer=digg

Sean:
WE continue down the path of smear? (Hookers and Blow??) WE are in denial? “I don’t even know Jeramiah Wright…I only went to his church for 20 years” (and people buy this?) Ha! You are funny!
Regarding the high gas prices” Does anybody here even know what oil futures are?

Stephanopoulos is a dork so what else is new

Who cares that the DUI was 22 years ago…
Can all you people out there making such a big deal about this like it is the biggest breaking news out there honestly tell me that you’ve never had more than the legal limit of alcohol at some point in your lives and then driven a car afterwards? Maybe you were just lucky you didn’t get caught and issued a DUI, too!
And can any of us say that we dont have a connection to either a friend or family member who has gotten pregnant unwed at a young age? Barack himself has said his mother was only 18 when she had him (and he was conceived before his parents wed). It doesn’t make Palin a bad mother. When kids reach a certain age, you can’t control everything they choose to do.
Also, why is every story about Biden so jolly? If we are going to bring up every flaw about Palin…why is the media not bringing equal negative coverage to Biden, who plagarized while he was in law school and finished at the bottom half of his class. Do your research before you criticize. However, I don’t think things from 20+ years back in any of the candidates past really need to be brought up unless they are extremely heinous. All of them have their share of sins and shortcomings.

You people are nut-jobs! You better get your favorite mind altering substance ready because you are not going to be able to handle reality when McCain smokes Oboma in November. It’s a done deal with his selection of Palin.

“As Commander of the Alaska Natl Guard, last year Palin visited the troops overseas, including those wounded in Germany.
As a guy who wants to be COMMANDER IN CHIEF of the U.S. Military, Obama couldn’t be bothered to visit the wounded.
Difference? HUGE.”
People like you make me sick. You wait just long enough so people forget, AND THEN YOU COMPLETELY GET THE FACTS WRONG.
Obama was adviceds by WASHINGTON that visiting the troops as a SENATOR is ok, by visiting the troops AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT is useing the troops as a political ploy. Obama, who had his campaign people and security with him, decided not to USE the SOLDIERS as PAWNS in his campaign.
Obama made a decision to not see the troops because he knew that he would be called a monster for “using the troops to win a campaign” which is worse then “refusing to see the troops.”
The reason why washington said it is not fair for him to see the troops is that only a Senator really has the power to do it. How is that fair to a presidential nominee who is not a Senator?
You blame Obama for playing fairly, and not abusing his power as Senator to win the campaign. You make me sick.

Open your eyes: Senator Obama has only one working day in the U.S. senate? Have you lost all touch with reality?

I never considered abortion rights as one of my concerns until this woman’s misfortunes reminded me of what can happen to any of us.
Her anti-abortion position would REQUIRE parents to give birth to hopelessly seriously handicapped children. It would also mandate that a young child, like her own daughter, have a child.

>Obama is diseased with egomania
>Hitler & Stalin were diseased with egomania, Present leaders of North Korea & Iran are diseased with egomania
>Obama is endorsed by Hamas
>Obama has radical anti-american friends
>Obama is in bed with slum landlords
>Obama has no experience
>Obama cannot be trusted to be truthful
etc…
Sara’s daughter is knocked up !!!
We best vote for Obama !!!
Wake Up America !!!

brit1 said:
“Americans are not interested in prying into someone else’s life.”
This unfortunately is not the case, but it has nothing to do with the Palin uproar. What matters is that 1)Palin lied to the American people and 2)she is willing to throw her children to the wolves to realize her ambitions.
NOT a very good mother, not a good choice for VP.

With all due respect, this is the Palin’s personal situation and I don’t think this should be used against her. The lady is smart and intelligent, besides she is very baeutiful. Give her a chance, she will do well. Let’s not create a political circus, let’s talk about the issues that that affects this great country amd how they are solvable…Leave Palin’s personal life out and let’s focus on the real issues. We need to understand this beautiful and intelligent person…..

ok, lets say they knew all this and felt it was still worth the gamble. lets look at the other gamble. they cannot spin out of saying unwed, unsafe sex between consenting CHILDREN is okay. they are saying they celebrate it and the evangelical croud is going along. is this what dobson means by focus on the family?. mcsame is not the only one living in the dark ages.

geevill,
You are scary. President Obama has way more executive experience plus his time in the senate compare to lier Palin.
You are pathetic with your lies.
Change is coming – vote President Obama.

PALIN was PARTY SECRETARY of a secessionist party in Alaska. She was not just a young woman voting for Alaskan independence. She was an officer of the party.
Its entire purpose is to secede from the union and then have a vote on whether to be a commonwealth, independent nation or apply for statehood.
Since Alaska is already a state, if such a measure were to pass their election, Alaska would become a commonwealth or independent nation.
PALIN wears a giant flag pin. Dont fall for it.
Her actions were counter to the oath of office and the pledge of allegiance: ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE. She worked and helped the process, to make Alaska ‘free’ of the USA.

Quoth J:
“Hold on a second – aren’t DEMOCRATS always saying that their the party of people who understand teen pregnancy, drug use, free-will, people shouldn’t be overly scrutinized when they make a poor life decision blah, blah…yet when it’s a Republican who faces the same issue, all of sudden the DEMS find some kind of moral pulpit to bully from”
Leaving aside your misspelling, the reason Democrats are making this an issue is because the Republicans go on and on about so-called “family values,” which manifestly do *not* include unmarried teens having babies. So when the Republican VP candidate’s daughter does just that, one has to wonder about the strength of her mother’s commitment to those “family values.”

A Tom Eagletom for another age!
Let’s see… Ms Palin is determined to fight coruuption, but she’s under investigation for abuse of power.
Ms Palin is against earmarks, but she lobbied for the Bridge to Nowhere (“I was for it before I was against it”); she received $27-million in earmarks and a mayor, and she’s asking for $131-million more as governor.
Ms Palin is “America First,” but she was an active member of an Alaskan secessionist group, and gave the keynote address at their 2008 convention. The group’s stated strategy is “to infiltrate the major parties to help achieve our secessionist goals.”
Ms Palin is 100% for abstinence-only education, yet her home-schooled unmarried daughter got pregnant at 16.
Ms Palin is unwaveringly “pro-life,” yet she supports slaughtering wolves by hunting them from aircraft (how sporting!) and disregards the recommendations of her own, hand-picked experts regarding the survival of polar bears as a species.
Ms Palin has executive experience — as mayor of a town of 7,000, and as a 1-1/2-year governor of a state with more moose han people. The fact is, there are school district superintendents who oversee a bigger budget, larger staff, and greater population than the Governor of Alaska.
Her husband’s DUI is meaningless; the fact that he does not support the Republican agenda is not.
And this only a couple of days into her nomination. Speaks volumes about McCain’s judgement.

Maybe some people think that a group whose stated goal is to secede from the United States of America isn’t fringe, but we Americans believe that that is a treasonous act.
We fought a war with the South when they tried to secede where over half a million people died. We take that kind of talk very seriously.

TTRO – Throw the Rascals Out.
This applies to most of them. Why would anyone want to run for political office ? If you don’t have any black sheep or events in your family, someone will make something up. No one is without flaws and certainly no family is flawless. While there are many who ran for office to help their communities, etc., there are so many who have become corrupted in their quest to improve our nation.
There are too many political benefits for those elected. Talk about pork barrel projects; take a look at the benefits to those who are elected.
. . . Raises, Retirement, Medical Care . . . to name only a few. While the government continues to operate with a non-balanced budged. Does your project need money? – just get on the bandwagon, the government will credit your account or send you a check drawn on a government account that is funded by the government itself. The government gets the money from the IRS collections (us) and ‘creates’ from thin air the rest of the money.
Don’t get this wrong. The government must operate on a balanced budget; the same as individuals must. If you spend more than you have available, you get into financial trouble if you cannot pay it back. This country is in financial and social trouble and may now be in too deep for our politicians to admit they have and continue to fail.
We are a wasteful society built on cheap energy. Now that energy is more expensive, we see the obvious. Waste not, want not continues to come to mind. Something a friend likes to quote.
If you cannot balance the budget, none of you need to be in Washington. This does not mean no social security, no social programs, no military, etc. – just balance the budget and be accountable. How difficult is that to understand?
Still don’t get it? Then for the next 5 years, spend twice your annual income and see what happens.

Honestly, Republicans, it’s over. From the way you’re talking, it sounds like some of you are still in shock. Look at the (conservative) Rasmussen poll that just came out today. McCain’s candidacy is as dead now as Hillary’s was four months ago.
It’s over.
Start planning for 2012.

The contrast is quite clear between McCain and Obama.
The McCain campaign goes after Obama for his lack of experience and poor judgment.
The Obama campaign goes after McCain’s choice for running mate.
And, Old Joe Biden still plays babysitter for the Obamas…

“Open your eyes: Senator Obama has only one working day in the U.S. senate? Have you lost all touch with reality?”
There are 15 Presidents that HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THE US SENATE. I guess this is proof that Obama has the experience needed.

Thank you, John McCain, for handing the upcoming election to the Democrats! You truly ARE an idiot!

democrat economic policy has always been for taking more money out of the citizens hands and spending it. repubs lower taxes and let the people make their own economic decisions.

Incidentally, I *do* happen to think Ms. Palin’s daughter’s condition is irrelevant and a private matter (likewise her husband’s DUI). Let’s look at Ms. Palin’s qualifications to be VP or President.
Me, I’m voting for Obama either way, but the question is how many of our citizens will do likewise? Obama’s VP pick has experience coming out his proverbial ears, whereas Ms. Palin’s affiliation with a secessionist party makes her a somewhat questionable choice. If she abused her power for personal reasons, then she’s certainly not someone I want in the White House.

If McCain can’t be bothered to get the facts before choosing his Vice President, how can he be trusted to get the facts before something like going to war?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE REPORTERS?
Why is Palin’s approval of (even brief membership in) a secessionist party not treasonous — 100 times worse than any of the other stuff about her people are complaining about?
It shows her to be totally anti-American. Where is our responsible journalism?

Was the authenticity of Obama’s birth certificate vetted yet? His citizenship is questioned because there are family members who witnessed his birth in Kenya? His mother married and divorced Indonesian man who adopted Obama? The actual birth certificate document appears to have been forged. Apparently candidates have to be citizens to be eligible to run for President…..
Check out http://www.obamacrimes.com/

Obviously Palin wasn’t vetted properly. Choosing Palin reflects on McCain’s ability to make sound judgments. You mean to tell me that Palin is a better pick than former Sec. of Homeland Security Tom Ridge or Gov. Mitt Romney or even Gov. Tim Pawlenty?
It’s amusing to see GOP hacks trying to justify Palin’s “experience” credentials. Do you really want this person to be a heartbeat away from the presidency? Give me a break!!!

I don’t care about Paline’s daughter. I care about Paline’s demonstration of her family values as advocated by her as public policy.

Jessica TX,
So, just how is McCain a 26 year veteran of the Senate and Palin, a political novice going to change Washington. The answer is, they aren’t. The difference in the change message is McCain is a Republican and therefore will continue if not all of the policies that have led to the mess we’re and Obama is a Democrat and will set new direction and policy. I understand Republicans don’t that type of change but it is the change this country needs.

Just look at us. Aren’t we all so pretty? Could it be that our unelected campain aparachiks are guiding us all into the gaping chasm of eventual obscurity? I mean, really, the race to the bottom may have been instigated by the rightwing neo-cons ten years ago. Looks like the liberal camp is making something of a comeback but how does all this make for a better America. Sara Palin brings to mind Peggy Hill dressed for success. Not important…not even close when compared to the real issues. What would Thomas Jefferson think? I think he would be holding his nose in response to the entire reek of American politics wherein the personal foibles trump statesmanship/leadership. The Republican ticket appears to stumbling under the weight of its own hypocracy. Please,please lets not reduce ourselves to their level.

McCain has made a real blunder
That has made the whole country wonder,
Was she the best pick
This chick from the sticks
To lead us when he’s six feet under?

Palin is nice… but not ready to lead.

There are obviously many fine qualities about Sarah Palin. Her leadership and popularity as Governor of Alaska are clear for all to see. Her personal story is remarkable. Her experience on international matters is not deep, but neither is Obama’s. Why is is that the liberal hate groups are so determined to tear down and smear this person and her family? And why does so much of the media follow them, fanning flames of innuendo and doubt and participating in an orchestrated character assasination? They should be ashamed. They would never do the same to Obama. Let’s let this refreshing new person on the national scene speak about the issues and problems of America and the concerns of the American people. If you do not agree with her and John McCain, or you do not like them, fine. But do not shout down with smear tactics Sarah Palin, and do not attack her family.

As I saw on another post, “Obama has more skeletons in his closet than Petsmart has bones”. Add that to the fact that he is totally inexperienced, and you actually have some lefties screaming that she is a poor VICE Presidential choice? Please, your Presidential choice is the worst in history! No experience, unsavory associations, racist/bigot friends, a Socialist/Marxist agenda, actively trying to subvert the First Amendment, where does it end? God forbid in an Obama presidency!

Face it. She has five kids… She should be at home where she belongs. The presidency or vice presidency is not a job for women..period.
Obama/Biden 08!

Oran’s Dictionary of the Law (1983) defines treason as: “…[a]…citizen’s actions to help a foreign government overthrow, make war against, or seriously injure the [parent nation].” In many nations, it is also often considered treason to attempt or conspire to overthrow the government, even if no foreign country is aided or involved by such an endeavor.
Seceding from the US is considered or even planning it s considered conspiring the overthrow the government (the federal government).
After the American Civil War, no person involved with the Confederate States of America was tried for treason, though a number of leading Confederates (including Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee) were indicted. Those who had been indicted received a blanket amnesty issued by President Andrew Johnson as he left office in 1869.
Without that blanket amnesty, people in the Confederate States would have been guilty of treason for seceding from the United States.
The Alaska Independence Party is very much a treasonous organization. Even if we won’t prosecute them, they are fully anti-American.

No matter how much the dems want to say Palin has little exprence, Obama has less and he is running for president not VP. I would also like to see obama’s full medical records be released. Palins Husband may of had a drinking issue 22 years ago, which says nothing about her by the way, but Obama had a drug problem. however, Its nice to see the Media back on their heels picking on a VP candidate for issues that do not really matter. Try pussing your agenda bassed on real issues and lets see who wins the Palin vs Obama fight. Just remember she is just a VP candidate. I Love watching the leftest media all sweating. Its Great!!!
Craig

I’m going to get dizzy from the Rove-spin in the next week …
GO BARACK & JOE !!
Please please please THINK before you vote, y’all.

McCain sent his lawyers up to Alaska on Thursday to look into “Troopergate”, then announced Palin on Friday.
McCain spent one day picking his VP! ONE DAY!
It all reminds me of Bush and his rush to war in Iraq.
It’s an arrogant, out of touch, and dangerous man who thinks he can “shoot from the hip” when it comes to the safety and prosperity of my family.

What mother would not care about the psychological health of her 17 year old pregnant daughter and display her pregnancy to the world because of her own political ambitions … Sarah Palin knew this would come out and a mother with good judgement and true family values would think about protecting her child’s psychological health … her decision to accept the nomination shows poor judgement …

Note: I entirely disavow the “Rob” who said “Men only from now on.” That’s a different Rob. Mine are the two recent posts at 11:10:51 and 11:15:06.
The idea that a woman shouldn’t be in the White House is absurd, and always has been. Go back to the 18th Century, Rob.

Obama’s drug problem is with tobacco, that’s no secret. I’m sure “W” did more coke than Barack ever imagined.

When we think Vice Presdient, the first thing we think is 2nd in command to our country. I don’t know what McCain was thinking, Sarah Palin is not qualified to be 2ndin command to my country. From what I have read about her I actually really like her, she should be very proud of her career accomplishments. But I think it was a insult to the american voters that the McCain camp
thought if he put a woman..any woman…on his ticket that he would get the “gender vote”. Okay so McCain wasn’t doing all of the decision making on this….who does he have on his team that is? Is this the team we need in the White House. I am an Indepentdent voter, I truly look at the candidate not the party. McCain has just sent my indendent vote to O’Bama. Also, I would like to make the comment that if Sarah was so excited and proud to be a Grandparent why did she not mention she was going to be a grandparent before this? She could have mentioned it in her acceptance speech when the entire family was there to support her
daughter in this challenge she faces as a young mother. But she did not, instead she put her daughter right out there on
the “firing line” alone to now be
judged by the entire counrty. A good
mother would not have jepordised her child’s emotional and mental health just to climb the political latter. Sarah has her plate full right now she needs to get her priorites straight.
She sounds like she is doing a fine job governing the state of Alaska, she now needs to put some effort into being a thoughtful and compassionate mother. What if this 17 year old daughter starts shouldering the blame for the “bad press” her mother is receiving? A thoughtful and comassionate mother would have considered her daughter’s emotional health in this matter.

The joke initially was that Sarah Palin was John McCain’s Harriet Myers. But the joke seems awfully close to coming true at this point.

Incidentally, I happen to think Barack Obama’s past drug use is relevant as opposed to the conduct of any of the spouses of candidates or their VP’s. Always remember Obama’s lack of qualification and experience and his tendency to be a crowd pleaser and flip-flopper.
As for me, I’m voting for “Anybody But Obama.” That could be McCain, Nader, or PeeWee Herman. And, from the numbers emerging in the polls, a substantially growing number of voters will do the same in November. After all, the choice of VP (such as “Old Joe Biden”, the Obama babysitter) is of secondary consideration.
Listen up to your messiah, Obama supporters. Obama has declared family, especially children, as off-limits. In the socialist regime framework you will all do as you are told or get cut off from the government dole…

This is a bombshell no matter which way you cut it– and the double speak by some is noteworthy.
Yes, unwed teenagers get pregnant in America. However, the public messages that deride this ‘behavior’ as indicative of a lack of family values or some other social defect seem to always stem from the conservative wings of our enthusiastic poltical spectrum.
And now, one who has led the charge of social conservatism has had it happen to her own daughter. Personally, I empathize- this brings it home. Problem is, she’s running for VP of the USA, and was brought in to rally a conservative base that has stiff-armed McCain for his ‘aisle briding’ work. Who will listen to her now?

For whomever the person was that tried to belittle Obama’s trips overseas to Iraq, the Middle East and Europe over the years, the main distinction is that Obama consulted with foreign leaders and commanders on the ground. He’s visited many military bases abroad, and he has gained respect of leaders from abroad and across party lines in Washington.

I am no Obama fan. This is a choice between two evils:
Does America want a right-wing control freak bimbo from Northern Exposure for president (remember McCain is 72 with health issues)?

jayhawk: “Most of Obama’s Senate voting record:
Absent or Present…”
Compared to Senator McCain, who is mostly absent (in 2007 he didn’t even make enough votes to qualify to be ranked on that infamous ‘most liberal’ list Senator Obama headed). And in IL he made over 4000 votes, only about 130 of them were ‘present.’ Present votes were usually for clear strategy reasons (at the direction of the party chair) or for arcane constitutional objection reasons (he supported the ideals of the legislation but objected due to a constitutional technicality – he is by training a constitutional wonk).

In defense of McCain’s choice (and there seems little of that), change is difficult and Obama, who incessantly talks about change, isn’t going to change anything. Let’s talk about the big white elephant in the room that nobody is talking about. Most of the federal budget goes to entitlements. Who is going to change that? And how? With less than 20% of the budget going to discretionary items the president and congress have no power to change anything unless they figure out the hard problems related to entitlements. Yes, Palin is a wildcard. But that’s the only way things are really going to change. Change is the mantra but it seems that people want change without anything being different.

has somebody given her a geography test?

No she hags with repubs and that is as radical as you can get. What a sad day in america,just through us anything and make the spin. Mc Cain is one for the books as being history

People seem impressed that Ms. Palin is an ordinary person. Don’t we want our leaders to be extraordinary?

I hope she can hang on for about another month. I love her.
P.S. I’m a strong Obama supporter.

Face it, both Obama and Palin have serious “qualification/experience” issues. I do not like or respect Obama. I would have voted for Clinton.
But I will not vote for McCain is this Palin bimbo is on the ticket.

So what really needs to change…
Bush has an approval rating of 31%, but the democratic led Congress is at 12%, and has not hit above 15% since the beginning of the year (Washington Post). Based on the approval rating Americans do not like what the democratic led congress has accomplished. So just how does the Obama/Biden ticket make a case for change? Both have voted along democratic party lines 96.0% of the time (Washington Post) compared to McCain at 88% (Washington Post). Ironically, McCain who is being billed as “More of the Same” actually deviates from the Republican party line 3 times more than Obama and Biden deviate from their party, the party that controls Congress and has an all time low approval rating. So which is really more of the same and which actually will drive change? Both McCain and Palin cross party lines, and their parties for that matter, at risk to their own political careers.
What’s all this about credentials…
All governors have the same knock, limited to no experience on the world stage and foreign affairs, yet this country has elected 16 governors as their president and 11 governors VP. 15 senators have been elected president.
As mayor, Palin was the Chief Executive Officer of her town, managing financials, personnel, services, and capital improvements, yes for a small town. She’s now a 1st term governor of Alaska. There is no arguing that Alaska is a small state, but she is a governor none the less. Palin does have some unique credentials which the talking heads continue to downplay or just plain ignore. Energy independence is one of this country’s biggest issues, impacting national security, the economy, and our lifestyle. Palin thoroughly understands the energy landscape, and how energy rich Alaska plays into national security by lessening the US’s dependency on foreign suppliers. She’s already proven she can tangle with big oil and come out with a win-win for business, the environment, jobs, and people. She’s also tangled with her own party big wigs and won those battles. Her approval rating as governor is 80% (New York Times). She is has no foreign affairs credentials, having only traveled to visit with Alaska’s National Guard stationed in Kuwait.
Obama does have an Ivy League education, is an attorney, a community organizer, Illinois state senator, and now is a 1st term US senator. Much of his time as a senator has been spent on his own presidential campaign. Obama does have the ability to draw enormous crowds here and abroad. He also lacks foreign affair credentials. He tried to quiet that criticism and took a trip abroad in July. His travel cost taxpayers about $28,000. Eight other freshman senators took office the same time as Obama, and the next closest spent $19,200 of taxpayer’s money on travel (NY York Times).
A heartbeat away or the heartbeat…
Which is more important, voting for an experienced presidential candidate or an experienced VP candidate? McCain and Obama’s experience, credentials, and ideology need to be compared. Looking at their voting records it appears they have common ground around immigration, stem cell research, gay marriage, the environment, and energy independence. Where they diverge is on taxes, national security, and social programs.
You have to ask why Obama tapped long time Delaware senator Joe Biden as his VP. Biden’s serving in his 6th consecutive term in the Senate and is on the judiciary and foreign relations committees. Biden brings strong credentials, just as McCain does. But Biden isn’t running as the presidential candidate against McCain, and Biden isn’t running against Palin. Anyway you slice it, the democratic presidential candidate has less experience governing than the republican presidential or VP candidate.
Does size really matter…
Alaska is a small state and ranks 47th in state population. Do you ever recall a presidential or vice presidential credentials being questioned based on the size of the state they govern? Former democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean was Vermont’s governor, 49th in state population. Former democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson of New Mexico, ranks 36thin state population with less than 2 million. Former democratic presidential candidate George McGovern was governor of South Dakota, 46th in state population. 7 states have a population of less than 1 million, so does that mean that the governors of these small states can not be considered to lead this country based on the size of their state? 8 states have a population between 1 and 2 million. 6 states have a population between 2 and 3 million, including Arkansas. President Bill Clinton was Arkansas’ governor, 32nd in state population.
Do as I say not as I do…
All talking heads as well as democratic leaders and mouth pieces seem to be having a field day chuckling and snickering in the most condescending way about the gun toting, moose meat eating, beauty queen, card carrying union member, blue collar, sportscaster wanna be, hockey mom, small town mayor turned small state governor that is now the Republican VP candidate. It’s incredulous that the party that aligns itself with everyday working class people is bashing someone with such a diverse background. The LA Times, Washington Post, and NY Times all raced to publish pictures of Palin standing in front of a kill, pictures of her in snowmobile garb, and pictures of her at local council meetings. You have to wonder how this will play out with swing state voters. Are they as offended as the highbrow crowd by hunting, snowmobiling, and everyday life?
Moose meat…
Alaska brings us moose meat and salmon, Texas bbq, Wisconsin cheese, Maine lobster, Georgia peaches, California wine, North Carolina livermush, Oklahoma okra, Vermont maple sugar, and Washington apples. What’s the point? If this candidate came from the inner city, Hollywood, the beltway, or the sushi eating and wine sipping crowd, would we hear those same snickers? If you have relatives that live in Alaska, you have an understanding that eating moose meat is as common as eating crabs in Maryland. Seeing a moose wander onto the golf course is as common as Floridians seeing alligators in their lakes. Foreign to those that live in the beltway or major metropolitan areas, yes. Since Governor Palin’s husband and children are of Eskimo descent should we assume there is some undercurrent of discrimination and disrespect underway or should we just assume ignorance?
Where’s the outrage…
So Obama has a minister that hates the US and fosters racial divide, is friends with an avowed terrorist that participated in the bombing of the Pentagon, and has ties to a convicted felon. It scares people that Palin is a member of an anti-abortion group called Feminists for Life (FFL), maybe due in part as some are trying to portray her as a right to life extremist. FFL doesn’t endorse or support candidates of any party, and their mission is to address the unmet needs of women who are pregnant or parenting. FFL has a college outreach program that challenges college and university administrators to provide resources for pregnant and parenting students. Preconception issues including abstinence and contraception are outside their mission. Palin is pro-contraception (Anchorage Daily News), which seems to align with non-extremist views.
Palin also believes creationism should be taught in our schools. Some see this as backwards or scary. But if you consider we teach our kids about Kwanza and Islam in schools, why shouldn’t creationism as a part of Christianity be taught? These should all be part of our children’s humanities education. “Teach both. You know, don’t be afraid of information….Healthy debate is so important and it’s so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher.” (Anchorage Daily News).
Baby, oh baby
Exactly how was the best way to handle this? Should McCain has said during his speech, and Sarah’s daughter is pregnant? Shoiuld Palin have come out during her acceptance speech and said, oh by the way my daughter is pregnant? It’s a family matter, and a matter that many families have had to deal with since the beginning of time. What is hard to understand is why people are jumping on this as a sign that she was not fully vetted. What exactly does this have to do with the vetting process? Why would people jump to the conclusion that this was a surprise to McCain?
Who do you like…
At the end of the day each individual needs to decide what presidential candidate they feel most comfortable with and cast their vote accordingly. In this day of information overload you need to be cautious about the information being presented and consider not just the source, but the motivation driving that source.

The Obamanistas are still try to discredit Ms. Palin, but it’s not a mystery, she’s a smart, down-to-earth person that takes a no-nonsense approach to politics. Be it Republican or Democrat, her crusade against corruption in government rings true and the good people of this country welcome that change and not the same old politics. The more they get to know her, the more they will respect her.

To Joaquin B and geevil: I hope you both get the help you so obviously + desperately need.

Jim, Nice sexist attitude. way to represent your party.

Boy, liberals want change, women’s rights, and new blood in Washington.
But when a person emerges with just these qualifications, they get raped by libs.
No women in politics? That eliminates Hitlery. Guess that’s why Obammma didn’t vet her.
Palin/McCain 08

A party whose purpose is to advocate a referendum on independence is by definition engaged in advocating a change in the status quo —> secession. The only reason they haven’t been prosecuted is the wordplay they used to go around the federal statutes.

Yeah, Francine2230, the birth certificate has been thoroughly vetted. You can read the whole article here (and see the hi-res photographs):
http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/born_in_the_usa.html
but here’s a synopsis:
FactCheck.org staffers have now seen, touched, examined and photographed the original birth certificate. We conclude that it meets all of the requirements from the State Department for proving U.S. citizenship. Claims that the document lacks a raised seal or a signature are false. We have posted high-resolution photographs of the document as “supporting documents” to this article. Our conclusion: Obama was born in the U.S.A. just as he has always said.
Recently FactCheck representatives got a chance to spend some time with the birth certificate, and we can attest to the fact that it is real and three-dimensional and resides at the Obama headquarters in Chicago. We can assure readers that the certificate does bear a raised seal, and that it’s stamped on the back by Hawaii state registrar Alvin T. Onaka (who uses a signature stamp rather than signing individual birth certificates).
In fact, the conspiracy would need to be even deeper than our colleagues realized. In late July, a researcher looking to dig up dirt on Obama instead found a birth announcement that had been published in the Honolulu Advertiser on Sunday, Aug. 13, 1961.

…WITH LIBERTY AND HYPOCRACY FOR ALL !!

Smitty: ” Be it Republican or Democrat, her crusade against corruption in government rings true and the good people of this country welcome that change and not the same old politics. The more they get to know her, the more they will respect her.”
Help us get to know her. Beyond the “corruption crusader” soundbites she used to get elected, what has she *done* to fight corruption in Alaska? Was she one of the people instrumental in bringing to light Senator Steven’s gravy train from the oil companies? Throw out a fact or two and you’ll make a better case than just repeating the hollow talking points that both sides are spewing.

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- Drug abuse (and poor education) does harm to the user.
(Hence, George Bush & Marilyn Monroe)
- D.U.I. does harm to children and others who are innocent motorists or bystanders.
Because Palin has “No Experience”: Blame Obama?
Because hurricane Gustav disrupts the GOP Convention and reminds us of the Ruplican’s lack of empathy during Katrina : Blame Obama?
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Ordinary citizens who recognize a declining economy, rising joblessness, increased hatred, increasing health insurance costs, recession, increased lawlessness, declining home values: Should we too Blame Obama?
- Democrats didn’t Pick Palin
- Independents didn’t Pick Palin
- McCain Picked Palin because she wears a dress.
The only logical explanation is he used a Dartboard!
Just because I’m not dumbfounded by this Republican Hypocrisy…. don’t believe that I’m blind or dumbfounded enough to vote for McCain or Obama for the wrong reason.
I DID NOT VOTE FOR GEORGE BUSH his 1st or 2nd term!
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I WILL NOT VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN either!
I’M SUPPORTING OBAMA for the right reasons. Don’t let fear, hatred, anger, or prejudices mislead you. This is already a historic event!
IndependentVoter2007
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I can’t defend McCain. It makes me so angry. I can’t even try anymore to explain this. It just makes me sound like an idiot.

CHANGE the VP Selection —–
I bet there surely will be a change in the VP selection.
The wrong person was vetted, chosen for the wrong reasons, chosen to keep more obvious picks from being slammed. The person does not share the ideas of the top of the ticket, and that person has many, many personal problems.
Sarah Palin?
No, Hairplug Joe.
Palin/McCain 08

McCain has lost my vote. What was he thinking to put the party through this? Everything about this person has brought up all the questions back home. Like everyone was over his age issue and now everyone is talking about how close the VP being one heart beat away from the President and how old he is. And then, he had beaten Obama with the experience issue and now we are talking about the experience issue in the McCain camp. He needs to figure out a new direction quickly before the rest of this stuff comes to light.

I think Jayhawk is misrepresenting Obama’s voting record. The way state senate votes are conducted (which he is referring to) vs. the way US Senate votes are conducted are quite different.
McCain hasn’t cast a vote for any type
of any legislation since April. He didn’t even vote on the GI Bill. He was adamently against it, then once the vote passed he ended up taking credit for a bill that Sen. Jim Webb authored.
McCain touts himself to be such an advocate for the military, and he didn’t even vote for a bill that would benefit vets from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Hold on now, the names are UNDER our comments.
I was going to say that what we think of as “women’s rights” and Sarah Barracuda are mutually exclusive.
She seems to be about women’s right to be second-class citizens.

I have to keep reminding myself that these message boards aren’t really representative of either party…
Especially today, reading these defenses of the Palin pick, that’s important. I remember when the Republicans were the party of stability; the party who nominated the next guy in line. They strove to, above all else, not be weird.
I have to think there are a lot of Republicans who still value that approach, and who are simply dismayed at McCain’s campaign right now. But I also have to think those Republicans aren’t here.

Steve
I’m not trying to represent my whole party but a lot of us Dems do feel this way but have been afraid to say it.
I’m just giving a little “straight talk” from an active lifelong Democrat. Others may not say it, but they feel it.
She should be at home trying to raise those kids.
The one thing I agree with McCain on is that talking straight is important.
Time for change.
Obama/Biden 08!

What ever happened to the neocon/republican mantra on family values. Let’s review. Who throws first wife under the bus because she is sick and all broken up,then commits adultery,then trades her in for a newer model? Who says all the time, country first, then picks a person ;by consensus not qualified as next in charge if needed, per her own words”just what does the vp do”,let alone the pres. job? Who supports a pres,that lies our coutry into war,and squanders the treasury at 10 billion a month? Who is quoted as saying “I dont know much about economics” ? Who is the person rejected by his own party in 2000, for a more qualified guy,(BUSH) for the job he now wants? Who is the guy,time and time again, displays poor judgement in his decision making process? Well, I could go on and on,but what’s the point. That the polls are close is not a reflection on JOHN McCAIN, but rather an indictment on the AMERICAM PEOPLE for voting for these type of people. If you really want more of the same, then vote McCAIN! And don’t you dare complain when you get more of the same.I say ENOUGH ALREADY!!!

Read today’s paper:
Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, she employed a lobbying firm to get almost $27 million in federal earmarks for that community of 6,700.
Just a typical opportunist. Not much different from the female VP who lied and slept their way to the top at your company.

A slo-mo train wreck, dammit.

jim,
so you are saying women have no business being in politics or in any profession whatsoever if they have kids? Are you saying that if a woman has children she cannot have any job outside of the home? interesting viewpoint from a life long democrat.

What really worries me about Palin is her environmental policies (especially in regards to drilling in the ANWR). Given the state of our environment these days I think it is evermore important for us, as consumers to support ‘green businesses’ that benefit the environment. For example, http://www.simplestop.net stops your postal junk mail and benefits the environment.

This Letter From Michael Moore:
Well, I guess God got my email and answered my prayer. Man, the power of the Internet! He even emailed me back! I’ll share that with you in the next few days. Proof there is a God in heaven? Never explain comedy or satire or the ironic comment. Those who get it, get it. Those who don’t, never will…
John McCain said “it’s time to take our Republican hats off and put our American hats on.” Really? It would have been nice if Sen. McCain had put on his American hat in the three years since Katrina. Just so no one is fooled by all his fake concern for the people on the Gulf Coast, let’s look at his record post-Katrina, compliments of Chris Hayes of The Nation:
If (McCain) cared about New Orleans and the Gulf Coast he could have done something these past three years. He could have made Gulf Reconstruction his issue, he could have excoriated his party for pushing federal dollars into the hands of cronies, for providing inadequate resources, for allowing the further destruction of the wetlands that serve as the only natural barrier to storm surges. He could have taken on the insurance companies that have been serially screwing the residents of the gulf. But he was too busy pushing for more troops, and more war and running for president.
Instead this is his record [via Mother Jones]:
Though McCain issued a statement the next week (after Katrina) calling on Congress to make sacrifices in order to fund recovery efforts, he was quoted in The New Leader on September 1 [2005] cautioning against over-spending in support of Katrina’s victims. “We also have to be concerned about future generations of Americans,” he said. “We’re going to end up with the highest deficit, probably, in the history of this country.”
That attitude was borne out in McCain’s actions and votes. Forty Senators and 100 members of Congress visited New Orleans before he did; he finally got there in March 2006. He voted against establishing a Congressional commission to examine the Federal, State, and local responses to Katrina in med-September 2005. He repeated that vote in 2006. He voted against allowing up to 52 weeks of unemployment benefits to people affected by the hurricane, and in 2006 voted against appropriating $109 billion in supplemental emergency funding, including $28 billion for hurricane relief.
So honestly, it’s an insult to watch him make a show of concern now. …
The possibility of a storm (a storm that never hit New Orleans, and was no longer a hurricane by last night) was enough for McCain to essentially cancel most of the first day of the convention. Cut and run? The AP reported yesterday that conventions have always been held when the nation was facing perilous moments. Right smack in the middle of World War II, the Republicans and the Democrats both held full conventions. Thousands of Americans were being killed every week. The Republicans held their convention in Chicago less than two weeks after D-Day. No one faulted them for that. In fact, it made Americans feel good that, no matter what happens, NOTHING stops Democracy. No retreat, no surrender…
So McCain and company used the hurricane for political advantage, to have an excuse to not have Bush and Cheney live and in person in St. Paul (Bush will appear Tuesday night via satellite). And he used the hurricane as a chance to release a potentially controversial story in the hopes that the hurricane would dominate the news and not many would notice. One hour after Gustav hit land, the McCain campaign announced that Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s teenage daughter is pregnant. I don’t want to say much more beyond this, as I agree with Barack Obama that “people’s families are off limits, and people’s children are especially off limits.”
I do feel very sorry that this minor, this child, now has to have her privacy sacrificed because her mother accepted an offer to run for VP. Obama’s right — the children are off limits. I remember when John McCain cruelly trashed Chelsea Clinton when she was a child in the White House. He told reporters that she was “ugly” “because Janet Reno is her father.” Of course, McCain would like us now to accord Palin’s daughter the respect he wouldn’t give Chelsea.
This does not mean that a discussion about the stupidity of “abstinence-only” sex ed classes is off the table; nor should we not talk about the right of a teenager to terminate a pregnancy (a right that has been essentially eliminated as the Supreme Court believes forcing a child to have a child against its will is not a form a child abuse), or Gov. Palin’s desire to make abortion illegal for anyone who is raped, a victim of incest or who may die if they bring the fetus to term. She’s “proud” of her daughter’s “decision to have her baby.” Uh-huh. Ok…
Word comes tonight that McCain’s people lied about Palin being vetted — the FBI has admitted they did NOT vet her. So McCain has dispatched ten operatives and investigators to Alaska to find out if there’s anything else that’s about to hit the fan regarding his veep pick, a woman he had run into only once in his life and then called her on her cell phone two weeks ago at the Alaska State Fair. That was it before she made the short list and was selected. McCain’s radar — honed perhaps during his own self-admitted indiscretionary phase of his life — is telling him there’s more to the Palin story. You mean things like her support of the Alaska Secessionist Party or being one of the directors of recently-arrested Sen. Ted Stevens’ political action groups? Heck, I dunno. We shall see…
But before everyone gets all smug and self-righteous about the Palin selection, remember where you live. You live in a nation of gun owners and hunters. You live in a country where one out of three girls get pregnant before they are 20. You live in a nation of C students. Knocking Bush for being a C student only endeared him to the nation of C students. Knock Palin for having kids, for having a kid who’s having a baby, for anything that is part of her normalness — a normalness that looks very familiar to so many millions of Americans — well, you do this at your own peril. Assuming she’s still on the ticket two weeks from now, she will be a much tougher opponent than anyone expects. You live in a country that voted for Dan Quayle.
I’ll close with this report on ABC tonight by investigative reporter Brian Ross. It shows Republicans in St. Paul taking off their Republican hats and putting on their American hats. In the meantime they should keep those hats ready as a new hurricane was announced today. No, not Hannah. She’s already on her way to Florida for Friday. The new one is called Ike, scheduled to hit the Gulf early next week. Ike. He’s the one who warned us about the “military-industrial complex.”
More to come…
Michael Moore
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Thanks, Alicia. It’s nice to hear from someone who’s actually read that book.
I’d like to see that level of forgiveness for Barack Obama. I sure haven’t.

Jim: “It’s also very interesting just how silent the womens’s lib movement is now when it’s a republican is being attached by the left wing bloggers and the biased media.”
I’m not an expert on women’s lib, but I’m guessing it means support for women being treated the same as men.
If Palin was a man with the exact same background (well, minus the motherhood and beauty pageants, of course), we’d see the same questions.
Actually we wouldn’t, because McCain never would have considered a Mr. Palin. And we all know that’s true.
This wasn’t country first; it was politics first.

I am not concerned that someone’s daughter became pregnant out of wedlock (it could happen to anyone). I am concerned that the news is coming out now, as it does make one ask the question: was this news hidden and if so, why? Any VP had to be considered as a potential president. As a mother, I cannot help but wonder how in the world someone can be a mother to so many children, among them an infant with special needs and a teen obviously in need of something…..(perhaps more attention from her parents… who knows but teens don’t get pregnant due to lack of education — they get pregnant out of rebellion, or out of neediness, perhaps to get someone’s attention, etc. My personal conviction on this topic). It matters because we have to consider her a potential president. It also matters because the Republicans are usually the first to go around pointing the finger at everyone’s “moral” failings… those who live in glass houses should not throw stones. As to Barack Obama’s drug use as a teen — the big difference is it is in the past (this isn’t and she is going to require alot from her mother — she needs her at this time) and Obama revealed his past himself before he was nominated as a Presidential candidate. I am impressed that Sen. Obama is not himself making this a targeted issue. He shows more character in these things…..

Lack of judgement and disrespect for women were demonstrated by McCain by the Palin choice – did he really think that choosing a token woman would woo the Hillary supporters – how cynical.

Ready to be President? This from James Dobson and Focus onthe Family:
“Many will not agree with my opinion on that subject, but it is borne of experience with thousands of families. All things being equal, I believe Mom is still needed at home as the kids grow. Why? Because the heavy demands of child rearing do not slacken with the passage of time. In reality, the teen years generate as much pressure on the parents as any other era. An adolescent turns a house upside down — literally and figuratively. Not only is the typical rebellion of those years a stressful experience, but the chauffeuring, supervising, cooking, and cleaning required to support a teenager can be exhausting.
Someone within the family must reserve the time and energy to cope with those new challenges. Mom is the candidate of choice.”
FLIP_FLOP???

When will McCain and Palin give interviews? What are they afraid of?

Marcy: “If Palin can’t manage her personal life…”
As an Obama supporter, I have to say that’s a cheap shot.
The question I have is why McCain made a knee-jerk pick without thinking it through, vetting the potential running mate, etc. As for Palin’s family, she’s a parent dealing with some of the difficulties a lot of parents deal with.

Good Gawd!!! Palin is not an environmentalist? Give me a Break!!!
She knows more about the environment than any South Side Chicago Slumlord. She actualy walks in the environment.
ANWR? How many of you green weenies have ever been to ANWR? Seen it?
Just keep drinking Obammy flavored kool-aid and pizz it into your gas tanks.
Until we drill in ANWR and offshore, the democrats will continue to keep the economy down.
Happy?
Palin/McCain 08

DOn: “…but we are very happy and excited that the Dems are running scared.”
Um, maybe its me, but it doesn’t seem to be the Dems who are running scared here.

jhw59-
How you can generalize two totally different people as having the “same economic” policies is beyond me. Bush cut taxes to put more money in the pockets of american citizens and mccain supports the same. But, as i’m sure you know, the controller of the purse in the US is the congress not the president. further, besides tax rates, the other most powerful tool to control the economy is the interest rate, which is controlled by the fed. so many ignorant people listen to politicians say my goal is to strengthen the economy. the truth is, the president has little power to do this, especially without congressional approval. also, the candidates view on abortion is irrelevant. save a reversal by the supreme court or a constitutional amendment, abortion is moot.

LarryMan: “She actualy walks in the environment.”
Don’t we all?

Jim: “Then, Obama totally ignored the other Democrat who received over 80 million votes.”
Are you getting fed these absurd “facts” from somewhere or do you just make them up out of whole cloth? There were a total of 80 million voters in the primaries.

“Jim in Seattle” said “The presidency or vice presidency is not a job for women..period.
Obama/Biden 08!”
Jim, you’re embarrassing us. The notion that one’s reproductive plumbing dis/qualifies one for office is absurd. There’s nothing about one’s gender that affects one’s qualification to hold office; you sound like a throwback to the eighteenth century, which is not the kind of message Obama’s campaign is presenting. Please don’t “help” Obama any more. Or are you a plant?

Very typical lib statements. Socialists who think they everything about everybody. Keep bouncing responsibility off your candidate and you’ve created the perfect echo chamber.

To Steb, you have written such a well-thought out and insightful response. Your comments should be read by all and taken to heart.

Hah hah, gotta love those posts that say “Palin is inexperienced, but so is Obama”. Difference is, Obama has managed to win the nomination and leads comfortably in the polls — he’s been interviewed by “the people” and they have given him the thumbs up. Palin has not passed been vetted by the voters. She might yet be, but it’s looking doubtful. Bad pick Mac.

From the first and most important appointment, that of VP, we see clearly now: McCain doesn’t give a rats a** about the economy or national security. Palin is dangerously uneducated. Were he putting country first, he’d have picked any number of other very capable men & women among them (e.g. Condi). He cares only using a token female right winger and with a pretty face with the hope of winning the election — clearly putting country LAST, McSame’s own ego (and his new pretty face) first.

The difference between the Liberal end and the Conservative end.
The Liberal end find excuses for their failures usually linked race, gender, or sexual preference linked to them selves and their opposition.
The Conservative end preaches conservative values, and while they may not achieve the goal, they still succeed. They don’t find excuses as ften.

Bob in Ohio: “I can’t beleive any of these things are an issue?”
As for the tabloid crap, I’m with you. But are you saying her potential support for Alaskan secession isn’t an issue? Or an ongoing investigation into potential abuse of authority? Or a record on issues that seems at odds with what she now claims to be?

Not drilling in ANWR caused the economy to tank?
Funny, I thought it was running up the national debt while (literally) sending plane-loads of cash to Iraq and bailing out out-of-control mortgage lenders.
Running up the debt always kills the dollar. Basic economics. If we want oil companies to drop their prices, then they need a good ol’ market solution – real competition. Which is the best argument out there for new – non oil – energy.
If you want a strong economy – quit running up the debt.

How wonderful to see the “enlightened” Libs making jokes about a working woman with children. And to top it off, since when are feminists concerned with marriage?
This reminds me of the “One Free Pass” rule that NOW invented to excuse their support of Bill Clinton after the scandal involving the young sycophantic intern, Monica Lewinsky.
Situational ethics at its worst.

“Obama totally ignored the other Democrat who received over 80 million votes.”
If by “80″ you mean “18″, and by “ignored” you mean “praise in every speech” …

OMG, I can’t believe it. All the facts about Palin are so revealing. She wasn’t vetted by McCain?
Did the Dems vet BO? NO. If they had, they would have realized that he’s an anti-American elitist and his wife is a sniviling Anti-American B*tch. If they had looked at BO at all, they would know that he has zero experience.
Now, the press is comparing BO’s experience with Palin’s…what a hoot! Now BO is running against Palin and she is still more qualified than him.
So, let’s see, Palin’s daughter is pregnant, here husband had a DUI 20 years ago, she went after money for her town, and the political hacks in Alaska have tried to pull her into a scandal…sounds like just the type of person that has all the credentials to be a typical American…not perfect, but definitely not an extremist like BO and his wife!
Mr. President and Madam Vive President…has a great ring to it.

Palin is a good choice. She has more international experience than Obama. she her husband and daughter are dealing with the pregnancy in a manner consistent with their faith. while she is pregnant out of wedlock as some say she will be marrying the father of the child and probably met him at church. while girls get pregnant without being married the ratio of inside the church and outside the church to the dismay of many church leaders is not much different.

jim in seattle,
So then a man with children cannot be the president either? doesnt obama have young girls? I dont understand your point. Her husband is capable of raising the children if she is the president the same as michelle is if barack is president. your sexist and antiquated views are scary.

Religiously and otherwise, I believe Sarah Palin should withdraw herself from the VP position, a spot that could land her in the president’s office at a heartbeat. Here are my reasons, among other things
1. No one tries to solve a problem (teenage pregnancy) by showing that they have the problem. Though it puts her in a position to empathize with other mothers, the best leader is one who prevents the problem in the first place; thus showing that she can help other mothers by, at least, setting an example. Jesus did not show how to over sin by sinning and then showing the steps to repentance. He set the perfect example for us to follow.
2. The bible says that if a person cannot govern his/her own household, they cannot govern a public office. (1 Timothy 3: 4&5
3. Her daughter is a bad example for my daughter, your daughter and Bristol’s other sisters. Seventeen (17) year-olds should be in school not anywhere else. According to the bible, one should first clear his/her eyes first before he/she tries to help someone clear theirs. (Matt 7: 5)
4. It gives a negative impression about McCain’s judgment.

McCain always thinks he’s so smart. But remember when he thought Lassie was one of the 3 Stooges?
No Senator McCain, Lassie was neither Larry, Moe nor Curly. Lassie was a TV dog, and a darn good one. Just look at all the times he saved little Timmy.

I am so embarassed by the comments on this page! First of all, Palin is an AMERICAN! Since when do we judge what small town or University someone graduates from as the most important factor in a president? If you look through history, did all of our Presidents (great ones?) graduate from Harvard? Are you saying that if you graduate from a state school you aren’t smart enough to run for public office? Are you saying that if you work your way up from PTA to Vice-President, you aren’t worthy? Are you saying that raising a family as a working mom means that you aren’t in touch with American moms? Are you saying that because someone’s daughter becomes pregnant they are bad parents?
I guess I always thought that this country was founded on the grounds that all people were created equal! I thought that the dream that thousands of people a year risk their lives for to come to the US, was that you can come from NOTHING and be very successful. I thought the class system was dead. I was always told that anyone could accomplish the american dream, regardless of where they came from. I would also say that the obstacles that Gov. Palin has had to overcome have given her the edge to UNDERSTAND just what us “average” americans deal with daily.
What I have learned this week is that the American people in general can’t have a political debate with issues without making deragative personal attacks. I have also learned that there really is discrimination against working women.
What needs to happen for this country to treat people equally? I am sad about the opinions of people in this country. I offer one piece of advice, the next time you choose to point out people’s flaws, think of your own. You are not perfect, neither are they. Keep your debate to the issues, not personal attacks! It is natural to disagree with people, the personal attacks show that you have a lack of knowledge on the topics and have to resort to put-downs.
God bless Gov. Palin in this tough time for her family. For the first time in a long time, I feel like there is a candidate that understands a working mom, raising a family, middle income america, and the need to keep our families safe. From an undecided voter to a McCain-Palin voter.

OK, the spin is making me dizzy.
I have an important concern. Palin was a beauty queen …
was there a swimsuit competition, and are there photographs?

It’s now official: The Republican party as well as McCain’s campaign are both simultaneously imploding. In one McMasterful stroke John McMost-experienced shows us what spending over a third of one’s life in the Washington cesspool does for one’s judgment.

steve: “How you can generalize two totally different people as having the “same economic” policies is beyond me.”
I don’t understand your confusion. The president writes the budget that is submitted to Congress for approval each year. John McCain’s stated budget priorities and specifics (spending priorities, national resource exploitation, extending the Bush tax cuts, etc.) are identical to President Bush’s (hence McCain’s strong and consistent voting in support of President Bush’s economic policy). These budget policies are commonly referred to in the English language as an “economic policy.”
Specifically, where do McCain and Bush differ on economic policy? They are even in lockstep on the disposition of America’s offshore oil deposits now (McCain flipped on this within just a few days of President Bush publicly advancing this policy).
Now you can give factual citations of where McCain holds an economic policy *not* directly inline with President Bush to refute my factual identifications of a few where he is inline.

It’s like watching the soaps. I’m on the edge of my seat for whatever transgressions are going to happen next. This campaign was made for our 24hr news service
Could John McCain be that incredibly savvy that Palin’s story just makes her even more tangible a candidate? She has to deal with some of the same issues that the every day American has to deal with. She’s of the people not above them.

So, all the Dems are saying that a woman with children can’t be the VP or POTUS. Really?, then why does she have a husband? He seems perfectly capable of being a good father while mom is at work. Also, are Dems so stupid as to think that there isn’t Secret Service Daddy Daycare? While she serves, her family will be very well taken care of. After she has served eight years as POTUS, she will be taken care of for life!

All we need is an unqualified Democrat to take office and raise taxes do nothing about this war. I have no respect for people anti-war protesting what they don’t know is that we are a free country due to FIGHTING for our independence!

YOU IDIOTS!
Let’s face it. It would not have mattered who McCain picked. The MSM would have smeared them.
Republicans. Stop crying like babies about Palin. This is a war for the future of the nation: Marxism or Capitalism.
Democrats: Stop whining about “vetting”, and stop making “mommy jokes.” If we are going to start Borking, start with your VP candidate, who was investigated in law school for ethical violations. Also, Google “Neil Kinnock” and Biden. If we are taking about families, where is Obama’s brother? I am my brother’s keeper. Ha.

Hey Repubs,
looks to me the GOP is just unable to rune a decent campaign this year.
Instead of continually throwing nonsenses and smears at Obama, could you guys please detail me your political arguments on the issues? Like:
-Economical and Tax program?
-Healthcare?
-Climate Issue?
You know, like real issues that concern us all?
I’d gladly vote for your candidate, if he has something good to offer to me and my family’s future.
A non-democrat/non-republican dad, tired of offensive posts

WARNING – WARNING – WARNING -
Forget the McCain not vetting lie. The Washington Post published a big article detailing the process they went through.
She was on the original list, then the last two weeks she was looked at thoroughly and her background investigated.
Then she was flew to Arizona and met with McCain, his selection committee, then McCain again, then Cindy McCain.
THAT story is as goofy as her non pregnancy.
Libs, try and get a life. I know it’s hard for some of you.
Palin/McCain 08

I don’t understand the bid deal surrounding Bristol Palin’s pregnacy. F she is seventeen years old( a minor)the media shouldn’t be aloud to talk about her 24/7 there are much more important things to talk about on CNN or The Today Show.WHen a celebrity is young and pregnant it is accepted why the double standard?

Wendy, your Kool-Aid is much more potent than ours!
Fighter of big oil?? Her hubby is an oil worker and she wants to plunder ANWR.
A block to wasteful spending? Paying lobbyists to solicit Wasilla pork? She was for the bridge before she was against it … let’s see, what does Karl call that? Oh yeah, a FLIP-FLOPPER.

Democrats who vote for Palin have serious issues. Republicans who vote for Palin are hypocrites. But this is entirely expected.

McCain committed a huge mistake! Now, the party needs to waste time cleanig Palin’s mess.

Criticizing Governor Palin for “no foreign policy or national security experience” is a double-standard. George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter were also governors and by definition did not concern themselves with foreign policy and had no national security experience. They all have had foreign policy successes.
Don W. Joe
Asian American Politics
http://www.asianam.org

Let me get this straight, Sen. Obama is held accountable for what other adults that he has no control over says but this woman is not to be held accountable for what a child in her house does?
Michelle Obama’s comments can be used against Sen. Obama but Cindy McCains drug stealing, and Mr. Palins drunk driving are not relevant?
It is okay for repubs to make the private sexual affairs of millions of women a political issue but her own child having unprotected, prematial sex and spitting out babies while she is still a baby is a private family matter.
You neo-cons are masters of hypocrisy!

Alicia, you ask: “If you can answer yes to any of these questions why in the word are you pointing fingers at Gov. Palin????”
The answer, Alicia, is simple. No one is pointing fingers at her shouting “Sinner!”; we are asking questions about her honesty and her ability to lead and inspire — both of of which are necessary qualities for someone who may very well be sitting in the office of President of the United States.
Yes, Alicia, it’s Christian to forgive and not point fingers, but it’s also important to choose leaders wisely based on their character.
For example, Palin said she’s against earmarks and that she said no to “The Bridge to Nowhere.” Both of these statements have been shown to be lies. That does not condemn her any more than it condemns anyone else — who here hasn’t told a lie in their life? No, she’s not being condemned as a person for lying, but yes, her lies make her unqualified for a vice-presidency that may well turn into a presidency.
She’s also a member of a group whose avowed objective is for Alaska to secede from the U.S. Does that sound like a sentiment desirable in a vice-president?
Not condemning or finger-pointing; just choosing a leader wisely.

McCain/Palin will not lose this election. You heard it here first. First off, Palin has energized the Conservative base. Second off, the Conservative base was just waiting for a reason to fight. This carrying on about Palin’s daughter will open the floodgates for the Republican machine to go negative HARD and FAST against Barry O. You think Lee Atwater and Karl Rove would not LOVE an opening like this?
You hear he was a Muslim??? What a great country this is.

Finally McSame and the Repubs are getting exactly what they deserve. Palin? What a loser. As a woman I am appalled that she would launch her 17yr old daughter into the national spotlight for her own political gain. And on top of that she has an infant with down syndrome who requires special care. My God!!!! This shows what kind of mother she is so imagine what kind of leader she will be. And with McCain having had cancer 4times….count them 4 and he is 72…she is literally a heartbeat away from being president. Considering the average white males life expectancy is 75…this is a mess. She is a mess and everyone who votes for her is a mess! OBAMA ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. NOW THERES CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN.

Don,
please list George W. Bush’s foreign policy successes.

Between Obama/Biden and McCain/Palin, Obama/Biden is the lesser of the two evil tickets. Pinch your nose shut.

Like everyone was commenting on Friday, Sarah Palin is a virtual unknown on the national political scene.
It is typical that anything deemed BAD or CONTROVERSIAL would be the first items that the public and MSM come up with to acquaint people with her.
A DUI her husband acquired 22 years ago, before they were even married, before he was a father or husband, in my book, is irrelevant.
A poor decision made by her 17-year-old daughter while on a Friday night date with her boyfriend, does not qualify as a blemish on her record as far as I am concerned. The only reason we are even learning this is because of the beliefs that Palin and her family share regarding abortion. Who knows how many other children of presidential or vice-presidential candidates had daughters who became pregnant, but the circumstances were quickly remedied by a quick trip to the clinic, or in less recent times, Puerto Rico?
Her two-year membership in a group that allegedly considered secession for Alaska hardly compares with a 20-year membership in an American-hating, radical church. At least she had the good sense to leave after a short period of time. Just because she was a member does not mean she was living and breathing this group’s doctrines, or attending every meeting. In the 1950s, how many Americans attended perhaps one meeting of what was deemed by the McCartney people to be an “Un-American” group, and then had their lives ruined forever??
Her seeming support years ago of Senator Stevens, also seems to be a choice that she reconsidered, and then went in the opposite direction from after a short period of time.
Regarding “Troopergate,” until the final results of the investigation are in, it is hard to say how that one will end. I read on Friday that she was soon to be deposed regarding the investigation. Anyone with half a brain in their head, even someone with nothing to hide, would hire legal representation to assist them during a deposition while they are being questioned by attorneys from the other side. There are two sides to every story, and I’m sure Palin has hers.
I am certain that once everyone draws their claws back in and allows the dust to settle, Palin will sit down with the media and provide answers to all of these lingering questions.

“….he chose someone to be his running mate who has almost no national security experience and who is so much of an unknown quantity?…..
Well, she is the VP running mate! What makes anyone think Obama has any of these qualities….National Security Experience…. an “…Unknown quantity”….? Give me a break!!!!!

Someone had the audacity to claim that Palin has foreign policy experience?
Oh yeah, because Alaska is close to Russia.
The GOP spin doctors are going to eventually unravel. They’re sounding like a broken record with all of those programed talking points.
Palin is not this reformer that people claim, because she was one of the forefront supporters of Ted Stevens and supported one of his 527 ads. She was for Bridge to Nowhere, and she lobbied for $40 million in earmarks for the town of Wasilla. How can she be a champion of ehtics reform, when she’s being investigated for abuse of power?

Wade,
The Big Deal IS the fact that SHE, may end up in charge of the greatest nation on earth that has fallen on hard times!!!
None of the people u listed had anything to do with public office!!!!!!

“I don’t understand the bid deal surrounding Bristol Palin’s pregnacy. F she is seventeen years old( a minor)the media shouldn’t be aloud to talk about her 24/7 there are much more important things to talk about on CNN or The Today Show.WHen a celebrity is young and pregnant it is accepted why the double standard?
Posted by: Candace M”
The answer is simple. Pure hyprocrisy. Liberals attempt to use people’s own conscience and values against themselves to make people believe the liberals really care about the issues not the person, but liberals show how shallow and partisan they are when the person doesn’t agree with them.
Democrats had a ton of prepared speeches and attack ads prepped for Pawlenty or Romney so were unprepared for this. So their knee jerk reaction is to attack the teenage pregnancy issue since they have nothing else ready to rally their entitlement crowd bloggers to.

The Maverick’s choice to choose an unknown woman speaks volumes of his desire to gain Clinton supporters through the use of another woman, who clearly has no experience nor business being a candidate on his ticket. How many women (Republican or Democratic) love being used to further McCain’s chauvinistic dream? Why else would he pick her with no real political experience? Obviously, the Maverick will go to any lengths to become president. Are these the kind of chances your willing to vote for, and what do you think he will do in the White House?

Ya know, I don’t give a rat’s ass about foreign experience. Foreign experience usually means handing out your hard-earned tax dollars to corrupt dictators. AMERICA and AMERICANS first.

Two comments: Why is it that in mentioning Obama’s experience, people seem to leave out his eight years in the Illinois State Senate? And why are conservatives so willing to say “this is what happens in daily life” when they seem to be incapable of recognizing that a lot of what they preach against and judge others by also is part of the normal human condition. That is the kind of tolerance that Obama speaks about.

Democrats are having a hell of a time trying to discredit Palin. Pregnant teen? so what. “problems” with McCains vetting process? come on. experience (executive and foreign affairs)? you’ve got to be kidding….. I recommend that democrats point that high-minded criticism at their own candidate before they look to the opposition.
Democrats have no moral or factual standing on any of this.

TTRO – Throw the Rascals Out (Again).
Neither McCain nor Obama will individually decide the fate of this country. The Congress, Senate & Supreme Court are deciding this now as in the past and as in the future. The best we can do is vote for the person & party we think is the lesser of two or three evils. It is unfortunate it has come to that. Instead of picking the best, we have to pick the best of the worst ones.
Whether I am voting locally or nationally, usually I vote for the loser. This time I am considering changing my vote. I may vote for the one I want to lose, not win.
Perhaps the reason the RNC has delayed the conference this week is not because of the hurricane, but because they hope Gov. Palin will back out or at least they will have time to rethink their new problem this week. Personal and Family matters are just that – personal and off limits just as Senator Obama has stated.
Both have something to offer this country, but what to the Democrats and the Republicans have to offer and how are they going to do it. i.e, make their promises work?

nomo stew-
how typical, you cite a new york times article to support you view that democratic economic policy is superior. by the way, it is generally accepted among economists that economic policy doesnt take effect for 4-6 years after implementation. but i’m sure you knew that.

Is Gov Palin really the best choice that John McCain could find? I am sure that he could have done better. With Republicans recently suffering from so many high profile sex scandals, he should have advoided this kind of distraction. For those of us Independents who truly value family life, this is a death knell. I absolutely agree that the 17 year old should have her baby, her choices in getting her there are simply poor. By having premarital, unprotected sex she has gone against the values my family stands for. I do not think I want my 10 year old and 7 year old to see Gov Palin’s family as an example.

steve: “for starters, mccain wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35% to 25%. thus, their ecomomic polcies are not identical.”
Really? Google Bush corporate tax cut. A cut of the corporate tax rate is a policy President Bush has been pushing since last year.
“further, mccain has not spent a day as president nor has he written one budget proposal as president. most of what you are claiming is based purely on conjecture.”
Are you completely ignorant of how the budget process works? Again, the president writes it and Congress votes on it. McCain has been making public his position on economic policy through his votes for decades.
“finally, republican economic policy, not bush economic policy, is proven and supported by the most respected economist in the world. ”
Nonsense. Who is this most respected economist in the world? And I suppose we are suppose to assume that the economic policy implemented by Republicans when they had control of both Congress and the presidency is somehow “bush economic policy” rather than Republican policy? Corporate socialism, privatizing gain while socializing loss (ala Bear Sterns) is hardly widely respected economic policy, nor is allowing infrastructure to decay, nor is consumer economic stimulus approaches versus infrastructure investment.

Maury says: You are NOT the father

Children baggage? Women VP’s sleeping their way to the top? I suggest you all get your heads out of your *sses.

TBuzz: you are 100% correct in my opinion, the delay is to stall to “vet” her more and get her to back out. I hope Rove is behind the scenes and through some of these “revelations” trying to make this happen. the problem is the genie is out of the bottle now and no matter what happens there will be fallout.

Paul… PROVE IT! Unless you have EVIDENCE it is hear say! You are part of the problem…. debate the issues, not make personal attacks. Thank you for helping to prove my point!

Vetter: Actually, I’m agreeing (somewhat) with one of your ravings.
Remember in May when our boy McCain reluctantly let go former Congressman Thomas Loeffler from the campaign because it came out Loeffler represents Saudi Arabia as a registered lobbyist?
My problem isn’t with McCain – its with the people he hires. His campaign has run out of money twice and he sold his soul to black gold, Texas tea, for this campaign.
Big oil would love another puppet they can use to control the White House. While McCain is no puppet, Palin might suit them just fine.

wow – i just linked here and started
reading the comments and thought i must have accidently linked to the Democratic
Party Headquarters blog …
then looked at top banner – saw it was
ABC news site and realized why its all
left wing nonsense here.
who CARES who is vice president ?
We had Nixon’s fiasco in mid 70′s
over 30 years ago – slim chance of
something like that ever happening again
- then FDR’s death in 1945 over 60 yrs
ago … so im not staying up nights
worrying about vice presidental successions .
I was undecided until the Russian
invasion of Georgia ( don’t tell me
the S.Ossetians started it ).
THIS was the best test we’ve had to see
how these two candidates would react on
foreign policy.
McCain immediate strong response was
exactly what the USA needed .
Obama’s give-me-a-few-days-for-my-advisors-to-tell-me-what-to-say
was amazingly inept.
On domestic policy however – neither
candidate impresses me.
We DESPARATELY need better candidates
but WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND would subject their family to this crap ?
Good thing Jesus isn’t running for
Office … since he had no education,
unmarried, no money, “bad” friends,
and “new” religous ideas ->
ABCNews would have a field day reporting
on JC !!!!
He/She who is without sin ( or pregnant
daughters) – let them throw stones
..and write for ABC”News”.
Shame on ALL OF YOU for posting this
story .. THIS ISN”T NEWS !
Obama’s BEST moment for me has come
NOW – when he rightly condemns such
hypocritical invasion of privacy.
I have ZERO respect for ABCNews and all
other reporters until they subject
THEMSELVES to the same SCRUTINY as they
feel free to SUBJECT EVERYONE ELSE .
We need no comedy shows on TV .
Just list on Air all the sins and
peccadillo’s of the the TV anchormen – AND THEIR OWN FAMILIES and we’d have
enough jokes for years to come.
And of course – lets not forget all
the executives making policy…
If anyone feels they have to right to
tell other people what to think -
then they must open up their OWN lives
for examination and ridicule.
and all their executives.

So is that fact that the 1st term senator from Illinois’ mother was a pregnat teenager when she got married and the fact that his father died while driving drunk ………should any of that be important? Come on…………

No, Clinton, that should not be important because it has nothing to do with the candidate himself. The difference with Palin is that SHE is under an ethics investigation, SHE was a member of the Independant Party in Alaska advocating for cecession from the union.

geevil, one thing you are right about is that we should go back 20 some years and ask about Obama’s marijuna use. Then, of course, we should also go back 20 years and ask about McCain’s infidelity. Unless of course you want to apply a double standard?

It’s too bad about Gov. Palin’s teen-aged daughter being 5 months pregnant by her high-school boyfriend. NOTE: It’s ironic in that Palin favors the teaching of CREATIONISM in public schools — but is against kids’ instruction in the basic facts of PROCREATION and methods to prevent same. The girl is going to have the baby and HOPES to marry the boyfriend — maybe a White House wedding?
Then there’s the news of an ongoing investigation of the Gov. Palin, to determine if she unethically used her position to push for the firing of her ex-brother-in-law from his position as state trooper. Sen. McCain’s rash judgment in choosing Gov. Palin as his running mate and his possible successor despite knowing about these potentially explosive negatives sure to surface in breaking news? Eeeww!
Does anyone recall Sen. McGovern’s having to REPLACE his candidate for Vice President because of Sen. Eagleton’s having sought treatment for depression in his distant past? (Sargent Shriver joined the ticket instead). Anyone watching Gov. Palin presenting her public record in over-the-top terms might suspect the opposite side of that coin: MANIC tendencies! Wouldn’t a more balanced parent pass up a penetrating national spotlight on herself to shield an unwed pregnant daughter from wider media frenzy? Palin’s highly self-centered.
Is Sen. McCain bewitched by Gov. Palin’s extreme fundamentalism and huge enthusiasm for increased oil and gas drilling in Alaska? Does he need more campaign funds and activism from the far right?? He might have been better served by pursuing a more thorough grilling of his candidate, because his reputation for impulsive behavior is again at the fore. And what of the perennial GOP mantra “family values”??? Not a New Deal, but a Dead Deal at last.
McCain says he’s also a “reform” candidate, but he’s really regressing to the G W Bush rejection of truth, science, individual rights and separation of church & state, favoring the dark days before Roe v Wade!

To whoever says Obama respects your PRIVACY: Didn’t he just vote for WARRANTLESS WIRETAPPING?
Give me a break with the Obama worship and revisionist crap.

Is the teenage daughter really getting married? Her boyfriend’s Myspace page said, “I’m a F…. redneck… I’ll kick ass. I don’t want kids.”

The anger and frustration being vented by the liberals here confirms John McCain made the correct choice. I am an independent that had decided to vote for Bob Barr until the Palin choice. I am pleasantly surprised by McCain’s insight and I feel I have underestimated him. I will vote Republican…

So far, the things they have decided to report about Sarah Palin, indicates that she might ought to be a Democrat, who, by and large on purpose do the things they say Palin has done.

The Dems look for any reason to slam McCain because he represents the party that keeps beating them. He could choose a homeless person and would still win because Dems are losers. Look at 2004-they should never have lost that election-it was a perfect storm for them to win and yet they didn’t. Deja vu all over again for the Dems.

“What kind of daughter would put her teenage daughter through this?”
An unfit one, Sue Allen. She should go be a parent and pull herself out of this race, fast.
Obama 08

I get so sick of being labelled “liberal.”
I’d have to call myself a social libertarian and a fiscal conservative … I’m 900% behind Barack Obama.
Whatever, you love your labels, it helps to divide us, right?

Isn’t it obvious that this election is NOT about what is best for the country? What is best for us is almost always in the middle. NEITHER side get’s my gold star for being right! This election is about the same divisive BS we have argued about for way too long now! It is about the haves versus the have-nots. It is about incessant greed. It is about who is more of a hypocrite. I have no problem with a “Christian” minor breaking GOD’s laws and getting pregnant out of wedlock because mistakes happen…unless we listen to and obey our mother who preaches abstinence, in this case! I have a problem with the hypocrisy of the party supporting her. Never practicing what they preach! Impeaching a President while having affairs. Clinton inhaled, but Bush snorted coke.” The former matters, the latter does not. Their actions ALWAYS end up speaking louder than their words. Hmmm…Christians who believe in no abortion then agree to capital punishment and war (which brings eminent death to thousands). Christians whose preachers tell them their wealth is a reward from GOD for working hard? Was Jesus rich? It’s so funny how one minute it’s…”you bad democrats” and the next it is “forgive the republicans.” As I understand it, Bush did cocaine too! I think (I said THINK) he and Cheney have 3 DUI’s between them. How many DUIs do you think Congress has? It is scary! Bristol’s boyfriend SHOULD be in jail for statutory rape. If he was black, he would be! Since he is now of the priveledged sect, he will be honored for impregnating a minor and then marrying her when they are way too young! What about Palin’s judgment to end up pregnant at 43? I am not slamming them for messing up. We all do. I am slamming them for acting like they are perfect. The greedy of this country have hijacked the GOP under the guise of Christianity! How shameful. Unless you make over $1 million a year, you should not be voting Republican! Wake UP! You know who you are. You cannot be a christian and then believe in staunch bigotry, greed, and war mongering.

CAROL – My goodness…
You don’t want your kids to see Sarah Palin because she had a baby, her daughter is pregnant and not married. You are ASHAMED!!
Guess you were ashamed too when Slick Willie had sex with a little girl half his age and lied to his wife about it??? Did you have your kids “look away” from him too?
Sarah Palin will overcome this problem. But most of all, she will overcome all this democratic vitriolic HATE that permiates the democrat party.
Palin/McCain 08

Geevill,
You’re an idiot!! Drilling in the Alaskan Wildlife Reserve will not decrease our reliance on foreign oil. It will take at least 10 years for oil drilling to have any kind of effect.
And for the people who claim that a level of intelligence shouldn’t have to be a requirement for a President or Vice President are probably the same people who voted for Bush twice.
Democrats as a whole aren’t attacking Palin’s daughter. We are simply pointing out the level of hypocrisy in their claims to having a hold on family values. Palin is a staunch supporter of abstinence only programs instead of real sex education for teens. And when news broke that her own daughter turns out to be pregnant nullifies her argument of abstinence only for teens.

Midwest fiscal conservative. Im not voting for mccain. If i vote for mccain I get depression with wwiii. I do not trust him to sit at the top. Plus he cheated on his first wife after her car accident and hooked up with the sugar mommy.
Palin vp pick wasis stupid. sold out to right wind extremeists. Sounds like highschool popluarity/beautey contest. Only two meetings with her. SHe for aK seceding from union.
No to mcsame..

Far too much press coverage of the 17 year old daughter. Stay out of Palin’s children’s lives. Obama’s dad died how? None of this is important! What is important is what each candidate can or will do. Americans do not need the press to interpret or “think” for them. This is just like the “journalist” reporting his/her interpretaion of what was said in a State of the Union. News folks should report the facts – that is news. However, creating stories and calling it “news” is what we get and it ranks right up there with waste management.

As a registered nurse and mother, I don’t have any compliments to give Gov. Palin. What kind of LEADER would hop a 8 hour flight in a high risk pregnancy with her water broken? Maybe she did not care about the health of her child, but she certainly did not put any pea size of thought into the safety of other passengers. No normal person would fly in that fashion. She’s going to fall and make the GOP look absolutely ridiculous!!!! And if she is so PRO LIFE, WHY would you hide your pregnancy for 8 months? Stand up and lead by example, Gov. Palin. It’s a house of cards ready to fall, fall, fall!!!

Thank God there is still free speech in America.People fought and died for our freedom to this (and still do).
Be grateful that you live in a great country like this.I am Republican, but don’t hate any Democrats. They are fellow Americans, no mattter how wrong or misguided they may be.
Is Sarah Palin blaming the federal government for her daughters pregnancy because we have not spent enough money on abstinence programs? Now that’s demeaning to parents!
I don’t know if she is.But more responsible parenting in this nation would solve many, many problems.
America: Democrats and Republicans -
Start taking more responsiblility for yourself and in the world around you. Make your part of the world a better place to be.YOU make the difference.

I’m concerned about McCain’s health. He has had several serious bouts with cancer and was not forthcoming about releasing his medical records. He allowed selected members of the press to be in a room for only 3 hours to review reams of paper about his health. And now he selects someone as VP with so little experience. Why aren’t the press dealing with this basic reality?

Cryos, If it were Obama’s daughter, the reaction would be the same, except from Republicans. I would question the values and sensitivity of him and his wife if they chose to put their teenaged daughter through this.

aMom – if you meant the secession part, that’s what the news is reporting – she was at one point supporting the Alaskan Independence Party, which reportedly has as part of its platform secession from the United States.
I haven’t been to its website, so I don’t know whether that’s the case. But that’s what the news said.
Someone here added that she cut a video supporting them earlier this year. I also don’t know whether that’s true.
As I predicted, if – IF – this party really favors secession from the Union and if – IF – she supported this party in, say the last couple years, she may well be forced to withdraw from the ticket.

This is completely ridiculous. This news about the pregnancy is completely irrelevant. Her daughter is not running for office and that is all that matters. Everyone knows that no matter how strict you are with teenagers, sometimes this happens anyways. This is not a reflection of her qualifications. Anyone that is saying otherwise needs to listen to their candidate Obama who said this topic is not on the table for discussion. If you respect your candidate and your party, you should listen to him. Also, to say that she doesn’t have the necessary experience when Obama’s resume consists of community organizer and limited days in Senate is shocking! She is the only one who has executive experience and even though she has only been a governor for a short while, she has done amazing things for Alaska and has an approval rating in the 80s or 90s. She is also the most popular governor in the U.S. That is outstanding! If she did that only in two years, imagine the great things she could do for this country! It is very petty that anyone would question her abilities and would judge her based upon her daughter’s actions. As far as any other allegations, this is a smart, respectable woman that would not put herself in a position to be humiliated. I’m sure we will all see very shortly that she has complete integrity and didn’t do anything improper.

“I’m sure we will all see very shortly that she has complete integrity and didn’t do anything improper.”
Swiftboaters know how much that is going to matter. ..

The issues are the Judgement and Temperment of McCain, not DUI’s or pregnancies.
My late father was a USAF lifer: a fighter pilot then a squadron commander a finally a base commander. He once grounded, then had transferred a friends father who had made a “low pass” on the flight line. I asked him why? He said “reckless pilots kill themselves or others.”
I think McCain must have been an awful pilot. His decision making is a low pass on all of us.

Larryman,
You are correct, I was very ashamed to have a president who had an affair with a young intern. My values do not change because someone belongs to one party or another. I think as a real converative Christian, I am deeply troubled by Gov Palin’s daughter’s situation. I am aware that many of my fellow conservatives are willing to turn a blind eye and even praise the young lady because she elected not to abort the child. That may be commendable but as a result of her actions she is now going to be an unwed teenage mother. That is not a good example for children. I also know that if the pregnant teen were the daughter of Biden or Obama, my fellow conservatives would not be so forgiving. That’s the truth. I couldn’t care less if the parents are Republicans or Democrats. It’s the principle that bothers me.

P.S. I’m getting tired of hearing about women’s “rights”, as in Sarah Palin has a “right” to have a career argument….. even though she has a big family. I’m concerned about the kids; not about her rights to be a powerful political figure. Yes, women can work and raise a family without anyone suffering greatly and the opposite is true as well — you can be a stay at home mom and be a lousy mom. However, I do not believe you can be the President of the United States and raise a newborn with special needs, as well as 4 other children, one a teen who also now has “special needs” and do a good job at being a President, let alone a good job at being their mother. A mother’s heart will pull her towards that baby — and it should. My friend’s grandson has Down’s Syndrome. He is a little boy who has a great deal of need and so much so that his mother quit her part time job to be sure to meet his needs. He had many unanticpated health issues and has had multiple surgeries already. Being the President of the US(a possibility for Gov. Palin if McCain’s elected) or even the VP is alot different than simply having a career. What about the kids? Why does she think SHE’s so important that only SHE can be McCain’s VP pick? Lots of other people can be that. No one else can be a mom to HER teen in need, and HER baby with very special needs. Is this being pro-life? I think it’s being “Pro-Me and Pro-my Ambition”. Sorry Gov. Palin. My opinion is not against your daughter being pregnant. It’s in support of your daughter’s and other children’s need to have their mother home at least at night…. to help with homework, to kiss good night to listen to how their day was, to hold that baby … your husband plays an important role… they need both parents esp. because they have special needs. I think Gov. Palin should stick to being Gov. of Alaska — ambitious enough for someone on whom her children rely. I think Gov. Palin will regret her decision to accept the nomination to be VP. If you want to quote Bible verses, I’d be cautious on this one.

Just who is calling who idiots? Because McCain chose someone with little experience?
Just who are the idiots who chose a democrat for president with so little experience?
I say un-choose Obammma, and choose Hitlery for president.
Palin/McCain 08

Bud – you need an economics class refresher to better understand supply and demand. Impacts to the oil market are significant.
Discovery of the Prudhoe Bay oilfield was announced in July 1968, the largest deposit ever found in North America. Environmentalists called it a “few months’ supply.” Nine years later over 13 billion barrels of oil has flowed. Prudhoe Bay natural gas reserves are 30.9 trillion cubic feet.
Studies of the ANWR coastal plain indicates it may contain between 6 and 16 billion barrels of recoverable oil (between 11.6 and 31.5 billion barrels in-place). ANWR oil could provide an additional 30 to 50 years of reliable supply. Natural gas, produced with the oil, could be reinjected or added to a new gas pipeline originating in Prudhoe Bay.
Environmentalists are dismayed that their reality never came true. For instance, the Central Arctic caribou herd has grown from 3,000 to as high as 27,100 in the last 20 years. Drilling activity in ANWR would be limited to winter months when wildlife does not frequent the coastal plain.

“Did you have your kids “look away” from him too?”
I wish I could have, but the Republicans wouldn’t allow it. We didn’t even have to know, let alone look away.
Posted by: Bud”
The media saturated everyone with the Clinton sex scandal to avoid covering the other less known scandals such as real estate deals in Arkansas, technology transfer to China, underhanded democratic fundraising from China, involvement in savings and loans issues, Watergate, etc.
The media successfully got most people to believe it was “just about sex” which was not the point of the investigations but was the area republicans could prove Clinton was lying. Amazing how many suspicious deaths there were around Clinton on those issues. If the same thing happened with Bush there would be a blogsphere field day.
The funny thing is that the MSM created Clinton’s legacy by hiding his shortcomings. Then they destroyed the legacy they created to shoehorn in Obama. And the same liberals that were red in the face defending Clinton in the 90s are now red faced saying how bad he was and how Obama is better. Politics is amusing for people that have a memory older than 1 week.

John McCain has George W Bush to thank for the dismal image of the Republican Party. On his own, John McCain has damaged himself through his own doings, the latest is the flawed judgment in his VP selection. He pandered a voting block rather than put America’s interests first.

jhw539 :”Palin only got a passport in 2007, Bill Clinton was a Rhodes scholar who studied abroad.”
So while Bill was studying and Oxford and not inhaling, he became a foreign policy expert? Yeah, OK.
“Arkansas has over 4 times the population of Alaska. It is generally accepted that governing trees is not too hard and, believe it or not, our entire system of government bases representation on population.”
So population is the sole measure of responsibility when governing a state? What about natural resources? They don’t count? Okay, for the sake of argument I’ll stipulate your point (even though it’s horribly simplistic). By your measurement of responsibility and effectivness, Reagan was 12 times more qualified to be President than Clinton was. See how silly?
“Alaksa has about $11 billion in revenue (they are LOVING the high price of oil) while Arkansas has about $15 billion in revenue.”
Last time I checked Bill Clinton was not the governor of Arkansas in 2008. When Clinton was governor in 1992 the Arkansas state budget was around $2 billion. I don’t know what that is when adjusted for inflation (about 2%/yr.) but it’s not $15 billion.
“In 2007 Alaska generated 263,595 barrels of oil.”
Incorrect. According to the Alaska State Budget, Alaska produced 740,000 barrels per day. The US produced 5.1 million bbl/d. So Alaska produced 15% of US domestic supply. I said 20%, I was wrong.
“If your math is a bit weak, Alaska supplied about 7% of our oil needs. Note that oil is only a portion of the nations energy needs – this completely ignores the electrical and natural gas components, which Alaska does not help provide.
Were you incorrect or just lying? Do you even know anymore?”
Thanks for the insults. I was wrong on one point by 5% and admit as much. The answer to the question as to whether or not Palin’s experience is comparable to Bill Clinton, or Obama for that matter, is an unqualified “YES”. Now please respond to my other points about MSM failing to dive deeply into Rezko, Wright, Frank Marshal Davis (Uncle Frank in Audacity of Hope), Ayers, etc.

Make the correct choice. Vote Obama so he can decide which children are up to par for birth. For the rest of them we can use the Obama mallot, club them to death and give them to stem cell research.

cryos,
you and your freakin’ mallet. I’ll bet the Palins go on a family seal-clubbing trip every year … but anyway.
Obama has the realistic notion of trying to reduce the number of abortions and teen pregnancies through education, rather than just making them illegal (and creating a dangerous black market.)

Cryos,
What a strange interpretation of “Pro-choice”.
The law of the land is that the girl and her family can decide whether to have a child or not – and Bristol has, apparently, made her decision.
The decision of the highest court is that difficult decision is best made by families, not governments.
Bristol’s choice would likely be unchanged under Obama – or frankly under McCain.
The idea that Obama is forcing young girls to abort their pregnancies is just downright silly.

I would like to respectufully remind Mr. Stephanppollrtrrr that Gorverness Palin leads the nations state in closest proximity to RUSSIA, therefore she is not all that ignorant of foreign policy. She can even hear them at night… while she prays for all the hungry children and peace on earth.

Posting this again since there appears to be Hillary voters which feel this nomination was directed at them. I don’t think it was. It is an issue of party image that the democrats and MSM have perpetuated and McCain just kicked the false image in the nuts.
Of course Hillary voters were a factor in this decision but I don’t think the primary factor. Liberals try this “republicans are racist and sexist and only want white males in office.” This was partially an image issue; a false image created by the racist, sexist left wing who sees minorities and women as pawns not equal players.
McCain countered that punch and came out swinging. You’ll see proof to the truth that republicans will support and race or gender if they agree with the person on the issues. The shallow, disingenous liberal attack will be moot.”

I find it rather annoying when people keep emphasising the Hussein in Obama’s name- because its blatantly obvious what you’re trying to insinuate- Hussein= Saddam Hussein or some other Islamic extremist. It’s sad if nowadays a Middle-Eastern sounding name immediately brings to mind a gun-toting, explosives strapped suicide bomber- for the rest of the Muslims in the world who aren’t extremists.
If you want to argue on any issue, focus on things that are actually relevant- like perhaps saying Obama isn’t experienced enough- I personally don’t buy that, but it’s an argument that is at least based on fact and not on underhanded fear-mongering.
On the issue of say, McCain/Palin having more international experience, experience may count, but as to whether it really translates into making better choices, I’m not convinced by McCain. McCain may be older than Obama, but I don’t see much logic in making tax cuts for the upper-income permanent when the economy and country is running on a huge deficit because of the spending in Iraq. It’s only going to be a vicious cycle. It’s a mistaken assumption that one can wage a “cheap” war- throughout history, taxes have been raised during the world wars, the korean and vietnam wars-except for Iraq. That’s the only way to pay for them without our economy suffering in the long run from the massive deficit. It may hurt a little now, but it’ll stop the deficit from snowballing.
I’m not American, but I’ve been following this election closely-as have many people from around the world. The fact is the US has a great impact on the rest of the world, which is why we are so interested in seeing who’s the next president going to be. Obama seems to be a fresh face, and I’ll admit his being of mixed-blood alone made him an exciting candidate- not to say I did not take his policies into consideration. Even if the surname “Hussein” sounds too uncomfortably associated with terrorists to some of you, look at it this way. These terrorist groups proliferate from painting a picture of an enemy, an enemy that has absolutely nothing in common with them, that is completely at odds with their ideals- and this won’t work as well anymore if the “enemy” appears to hold some similarities with them-and is willing to talk to them-as with Iran- instead of taking a confrontational approach.

“Cryos,
What a strange interpretation of “Pro-choice”.
Not an interpretation of pro-choice. I’m politically pro-choice although personally pro-life.
It is an interpretation of Obama’s explicit support for killing babies that live from partial birth abortion. Where should we draw the line. Maybe if the baby is premature and the mother decides before the 9 month time she doesn’t want to keep the baby maybe she can terminate it then too.
Most of the rational, logical posts I put in here get ignored since liberals don’t have an answer (maybe an ideal but not a rational answer) so I throw in some things to liven it up and get responses.

Kate,
I’m sorry, do male politicians actual resign when caught having an affair? I guess I forgt that Bill Clinton resigned after being caught with Monica. Thanks for the history lesson.
Mark

Dear American Patriot,
That’s why I would like to respectufully remind Mr. Stephanppollrtrrr that Gorverness Palin leads the nations state in closest proximity to RUSSIA, therefore she is not all that ignorant of foreign policy. She can even hear them at night… while she prays for all the hungry children and peace on earth.

What part of “hazard to others” don’t you understand when you equate drug-alcohol ingestion with drunk driving. People are not maimed and killed if they used a designated driver.

Cindy McCain and VP Sarah Palin can go shopping for high-end good on tax payers money. McLame choose Sarah Palin because Cindy going to be lonely in the White House. Cindy is away from all 5 homes, oops 7 homes, opps 8 homes, oops was 10 homes.
Cindy and Palin does need to decorate the White House. The dynamic Duo can visit other head of state spouses and help with the decorations. Gucci and Coach Purchase for all wives of Head of States. Any spouse of Head of States are men, too bad! You left out!
If though I am voting for Obama, there are thousands of more qualify women in the US that meet Republican Conservative Standards.

Palin strikes me as unloyal; first she abandons Ted Stevens as soon as the tide turns on him, then she sacrifices her daughter’s privacy to deflect rumors that her youngest child really is her grandchild. I am a Republican, and unless the Party can do better than this, it doesn’t get my vote.

“this won’t work as well anymore if the “enemy” appears to hold some similarities with them-and is willing to talk to them-as with Iran- instead of taking a confrontational approach.”
No offense but this makes you completely naive. If you look at history or even at modern times you can see that most negotiations are hot air. WWII is a prime example I’ll offer a couple modern ones.
Iran isn’t “willing to talk about it” they are not negotiating AT ALL and are using the talks as a stall tactic and to prevent justification for taking out their nuclear facilities with military. We’ve offered them incentive after incentive then act mad when they live up to their promise of “no compromise and continuing uranium enrichment.”
The EU and Russia situation is another example of “negotiations.” Putin lied to Sarkozy and the EU by signing a peace treaty and continuing to destroy Georgian infrastructure. And the EU is doing nothing as a consequence because Russia supplies their energy.
Leaders like Putin and Ahmadinejad know that people like Obama and Sarkozy are weak minded, weak willed and can be manipulated into any situation as long as it looks good to their voters back home.

The pot calling the kettle black!
“…has almost no national security experience and who is so much of an unknown quantity.” Can you say OBAMA

Compared to Obama’s pick of VP McCain did an outstanding job. How can Obama pick a person who recently had this to say about minorities “”I’ve had a great relationship [with East Indians in America]. In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian Americans – moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” — Joe Biden, speaking to Indian-Americans.
What was Obama thinking?

we now found out that Lieberman was the actual choice of McShame until 10 days ago but he did not want to bother the republicans. SO MUCH OF A MAVERICK!!!!!!

If Obama remains “unknown” to you, maybe you need to make just a little effort.
http://www.barackobama.com

why is it so hard for people to believe that mccain knew about the pregnancy, but chose her anyway? Why should her daughter’s pregnancy have any bearing on her politics and candidacy?

I love this comment:
“I wasn’t aware I was supposed to be asking these three questions about Gov. Palin! How foolish of me. Here I was asking myself how she and Sen. McCain planned to implement a comprehensive energy plan, revive the economy, and weed out corruption on the Potomac. Maybe I should have asked myself if she cut in the lunch-line in middle school. But what do I know, I’m no fancy inside-the-beltway political pundit. I’m just an average, flag-waving, tax-paying, red-blooded American. And with Palin on the ticket, I am now 100% behind McCain’s campaign. Bring on November!”
Seriously people, stick to the issues. You know what I think the news actually means, that people will actually see her as a REAL AMERICAN with REAL ADVERSITIES just like everyone else. Honestly, idont see how anyone can say she is any less experienced than Obama. No arguement there, but for those who challenge this, namely Obama people, you must remember that she is VP not president like Obama.
I am currently a registered Dem but just until they count my vote as one they lost. When you take away all the smoke and mirrors, I want confident people who do not waiver and flip and flop all over the place the please others in their party. Believe it or not, I DO THINK McCain and Palin would do a better damn job than Obama/Biden anyday. That Dem camp has too many “bignames” to answer to. Thanks, but no thanks. Either way, the dems have LOST my vote this election year.

Poor liberals. Their attack strategy had changed into class warfare and sexism/racism with the “McCain is too rich and Obama is more of a regular person.”
Then they are forced to change their strategy the next week to “Palin is too much of a regular person and should be taking care of her kids.”
Wow I would like to see the reaction if it was republicans saying that a female democratic candidate should stay at home and take care of her kids not run for office. I could see the feminist picket lines from here. Hyprocrisy at its finest.

The sexism here is blatant and discusting. Ladies you need to listen up because MSM and the paranoid Obamites are trying to tell women that can’t be in roles of leadership. They need to go home and take care of the kids. The MSM have the gall to focus there questions about her leadership because her daughter had a unplanned pregnancy – not Palin – but they ignored the facts Biden and lying about his college credentials and the plagerism scandals, not to mention how much they tried to sweep the REV Wright scandal under the rug.

I think McCain’s choice was great. I am willing to help with the campaign for the first time. She is bright, gutsy, and willing to take on the norm. Aren’t we all sick of the norm in Washington. Leave her husband alone for a DUI 20+ years old. It wasn’t even HER, as I remember Obama HIMSELF did drugs. So she has kids, so does Obama! Don’t tell me the liberals think women should sit home and raise the kids now!
She is tuff, she will stand up to the Good Ole Boys, and that is what we need. My husband and I work hard to make ove $150K a year, now Obama says I am rich and will raise my taxes! Maybe we should sit home on our butts and get national medical care, and pay lower taxes!

I am excited about Mr. McCain’s pick in Sarah Palin. Sorry liberals, this so called scandall is not going to deter my vote by any streach. I was reluctantly going to vote for McCain anyway, but now I’m excited! If this makes me unpopular on this liberal thread, GREAT! I don’t belive for one second that anyone on this thread who says this pick will deter them was planning to vote Republican in the first place! The thing is, there are SO MANY who belive the same way as me. That’s what this tantrum by the liberal left is all about..They are afraid! Go ahead deny it. We aren’t buying.

Bud:
That is such a great comeback…You got nuthin better than that?

Have you ever known a “red-neck mama”? They are cool! Bud maybe your hippy mama could learn a thing or two from Palin!

I am not too sure the DUI offense for Todd Palin 20+ years ago is a relevant question, although it is an interesting piece for the family portrait (some would dismiss it as very average, very American, life happens) and from all I hear in Alaska one needs to qualify it with whether the person was driving a vehicle or an airplane.
But all the other questions are relevant and needed because there is so precious little for the public to vet this woman on and there is so little time to do so, especially since she has the highest probability of succeeding a president than anyone before. Any question that gets at this woman’s moral character (her single asset that brought McCain to choose her), judgment, integrity and experience is fair game, and I hope every single thing comes out. Perhaps for the first time in the history of presidential politics, we the public will have to decide matters on the principle of “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire.”
More important than the public’s Palin is what these things will tell us about McCain himself. In his first decision as a national (versus Arizonan) public official, I am not impressed at all, and I certainly do not want to have to wake up each morning wondering what the guy did the night before if he gets elected.

You know what I think, I think Bamabots better get used to the idea of LOSING in Novemeber. You know what th4y say, the only bad publicity is NO publicity at all.
Obama is going to lose in Novemeber and they can thank their unwillingness to LISTEN to 18 million people when we spoke.

Wow, her husband had a DUI over 20 years ago. What a scandal!!! Her daughter had sex, how outrageous!
Watergate was a scandal. Iran/Contra was a scandal. Chapaquitic was a scandal. The circumstances surounding the death of Vince Foster’s death should have created one. Gun wiped clean, gun not in his hand etc…
But this crap? A prego daughter and a 20 year old DUI are not scandals. The fact that democrats think that they are scandals along with the internet rumor that Trig was not Sarah’s baby is very indicative of just how afraid the democrats are of Sarah Palin. $10 Million in two days. Go Sarah!!!!!

One of the worst parts of this mess is Sarah Palin choosing to drag her daughter through the firestorm of media attention. She knows what it’s like out there as a candidate. Her daughter’s picture is now plastered on every front page in the world. Palin is a very selfish, hypocritical woman.
However, maybe there is a silver lining for McCain AFTER ALL; perhaps his right- wing fundamentalist buddies will somehow turn it into the first Republican Virgin Birth. They are truly annointed by GOD….

I think it’s sad that a child is going to have a child. Her life is ruined. She is being forced to grow up way too soon. I don’t understand why they didn’t use protection especially in this day and age with Aids. That is the responsible thing to do. Were they not taught that. And if they weren’t shame on their parents.

“Let me be as clear as possible … I think people’s families are off-limits and people’s children are especially off-limits,” said Senator Obama. (stated speaking in Michigan)
Funny how their own canidate feels this way, but most democrats do not show the respect people deserve.
Obama thanks for being respectful. You deserve the same! I think that is very big of you to be this way.
I support McCain’s choice of Palin!

Cha Cha,
It’s already been announced that she will be getting married to the father soon. No Virin Birth, but it was a nice thought.
As the daughter of the governor of Alaska, Bristol would have been all over the Alaskan newpapers anyway.
Jamie Lynn Spears has gets pregnant and the world can’t wait to ooh and ahhh at the pics of the little bastard.
Bristol Palin gets pregnant and Democrats think her mom should pull out of the race. Wishful thinking on the part of democracts. If you truly thought she was bad for the republican ticket, you’d want her to stay in the race. Love the logic by democrats. She’s going to kill McCain’s chances, she needs to pull out. Thanks for looking out for our candidate.

It figures that many of you are casting stones, thats what the do nothings of this world do best.
Is Ms Palin the only one in government who is becoming a grandmother?
Is Ms Palin the only one in government whose teen is becoming a parent?
One could name many high profile politicians whose children have placed others in grave danger or even caused bodily hard to others, having a child is a blessing.
This is so comical reading your rants when you have overlooked so many because they are on “your side”

Yes we will.

Ay,
Are you going to say that in your family immediate or not that you have never had a problem? If you do say that you are lying. Everyone on this earth has problems of some kind at home. Shame on you for ridiculing another persons problems. I hope you can continue to live your problem free life.

PALIN IS CERTAINLY NO COMPARISON TO HILLARY …SHE WON’T SURVIVE THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER

Palin caught on Jerry Springer punching her alcoholic strumpet of a daughter—no kidding check you tube……. June 2007

Mcbush is ready for a 3:00 am phone call,
he mostly likely is up anyway.

I thank Gov. Palin for educating us about Alaska and how they are milking the American taxpayer for federal welfare.
I thought Appalachia was in south. I guess I was wrong.

Okay, they want no one too discuss that Bristol is pregnat. Let’s talk about trig and the fact that Gov. Palin never appeared to be with child until when? I and every female knows that each time you have a child, there’s a reminder we carry physically from that child. Another thing, Trig is not even 6 mos old yet! She returned to work 3 days after the birth of her child. I viewed the photos and concurr that it wasn’t Gov. Palin that was with child. So, maybe she had a serrogate mother to carry Trig for her. Just a thought! Yeah right!!!!

I have always been tired of the GOP using Religion and God to sway voters….it should simply be about the critical issues and the best leaders to build concensus and implement necessary change to help ALL Americans, not just the faithful. I thought it was hypocritical that Gov. Palin had her poor 17year old daughter holding the 4-month baby with a blanket covering her belly…if she was sooo proud, why were they hiding this? This is so obviously a tactic and it insults educated women like me who can see right thru this risky move. I wonder how the GOP and the media would react if it was a political family that happeed to be Hispanic or black? Would we see it as simply a “common mistake”?! or, would we call it another example of the lack of American values and a baby out of wedlock?!?
Clearly there is a double standard and hypocrisy…Again, it should be about the best candidates and focus on issues.

You don’t see what’s going on. He wants to ditch her and pick a pro-choice candidate once the screams get too loud.

No matter who McCain chose, it would upset someone. And I really don’t care if the Dem’s don’t like the choice. She isn’t on your ticket! You’re still peeved that Hillary IS NOT! You guys whined about the 2000 and 2004 elections and you whined about your own stinking primary results. You gave better seats to the “banished” deligates then you did to the folks from Utah. The Repubs punished the states that had their primary early and they are sticking to it. How come no one mentions that Biden got caught plagierizing? Farewell to the Clinton Dynasty! May all it’s dress stains, “I didn’t inhale”, “it depends on what your definition of is is”, the trashing of the White House upon departure and other embarassing Mementoes continually remind us that we dont’ want anymore of that.

HAHAHHAHAH global warming – riddle me this batman…where did Lake George and the Great Lakes in NYS come from? How about the Rocky Mountains and the Adirondacks? How about the Grand Canyon? Some of the best vinyards used to be in Greenland and England. Climate change is not man made. It comes from volcano’s, erosion, and land shifts since I’m sure you think all these came about from SUVs. I thought Dems believed in evolution and change.

She didn’t have a passport until 2007????!!!!!! The woman is not prepared to be President and Commander in Chief by January. This McCain pick boggles the mind. I don’t get it. McCain has handed Obama the election because even I might now hold my nose and vote Democrat. McCain,Biden and Obama (in that order) would make decent presidents. But Palin??!! What a bizarre choice as VP (and thus president in waiting).

The most important question, is why McCain wasn’t able to stand up and insist that he chose his own running mate. McCain wanted Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge. He caved in to the extreme religious right and picked an ultra conservative woman because he was convinced they would put a messy battle on the floor of the convention and/or not come out and vote for him. He has sent a message to the American people that he is not his own man. McCain is no maverick, he is a gelded old horse who will allow the relgious right to take the reigns of the white house. His candidacy will not be one of reforming corruption, it will be a religious reformation.

Palin was a fantastic choice. It showed us just the kind of decision maker McCain is. I believe it is very similar to the fine judgement shown durin our most recent crusade into Iraq. Jump in with both feet on limited or bad information. Not change, more of the same. Heck, I’m even considered a conservative by most. Where are the real conservatives? They are the smart ones not these pretenders that the GOP has been serving up. Barr? Perhaps.

McCain’s shoot from the hip selection of Palin is just one more example of his unsuitability for the job of commander in chief of any country much less the United States of America.
I’m sure that none of his advisors advised him to selection this young lady.
It’s not one thing, its everything that is wrong with this choice. And I fear we’ve not heard the last or the worst.
This is one former lifetime Republican voter that will cast his vote for and support Obama and Biden – we can’t risk a wild man in the oval office.

I must say that Obama looked a little smarmy last night when interviewed. He knows it is in the bag unless Rev. Wright comes out of his cave on the day before the election. GOP should have not allowed McCain and Huckabee team up on Romney. He would have won this thing. So sad, so sad. Maybe the GOP will go to apportionment in the next primary so someone like McCain won’t be able to win the election so early. He only had about 4 mos. to make this bad decision. Still only talked to her twice. I seen kids get more scrutiny for a job at McDonalds.

I just can’t get enough of the Sarah debacle.

Mrs. Palin would be well advised to reconsider and decline the nomination. Personal reasons…and she seems to have plenty. It’s still not too late and I am sure they can spin it.
This would give McCain a second chance to get it right. Without Palin stepping aside, McCain will never win the election.

Don’t want Palin answering the phone at 3:00 a.m. if, God forbid, McCain was president and if, God forbid, McCain then had a tragic age-related health problem and died in office. Experience in WASHINGTON is what is important, not in Alaska.

to the blogger named “woman”
You are ignorant! The statements you posted are ignorant and incorrect.

Puzzling that McCain self-describes himself the original “maverick,” (Webster’s definition means “refusing to conform to that of a party or group.”) It’s a sad day for GOP. RIP.

I didnt hate the Clintons for Whitewater, misappropriating FBI files, Bill humping interns, etc. I dont hate Joe Biden for his family swindling millions from hedge fund investors. I dont hate Palin because her kid got knocked up either.
All the Dems were whining during Clinton’s follies that we need to focus on the issues. All the Reps where whining about character, etc. The irony is great. Me? I care about the issues. I find laudable aspects and fault with both candidates. All four, if you include VP nominees. I am torn as to whether I would rather have the moral freedom of Americans infringed upon by McCain/Palin or the financial freedom of American ruined by Obama/Biden. Not an easy choice. Whats worse? Not having the right to privacy without government intrusion or not having the right to prosperity without wealth redistribution. I dont know.

to the blogger ignorantPeopleNeedToGo that responded to me with :You are ignorant! The statements you posted are ignorant and incorrect.”
Obama, a senator from Illinois, had a 47-44 percent advantage over McCain in Rasmussen tracking results through Aug. 30, the same margin he had a week ago, before the Democratic convention began. Including undecided voters who say they’re leaning toward one candidate or another, Obama leads 49-46 percent, Rasmussen said.
Good comeback! Not. Not ignorant or incorrect. Check your facts. In a Rasmussen Reports tracking poll, 35 percent of those surveyed said Palin’s selection made them more likely to vote for McCain, while 33 percent said they were less likely to back the Arizona senator. Most voters questioned in the Rasmussen poll had a good impression of Palin, who beat out more experienced contenders to join McCain’s ticket.
I was an undecided, indepentent, working woman with children and husband, as are many, many of my friends, and the discussions we’ve been having since seems to support this as well
McCain / Palin 08

I could not care less that her daughter is pregnant; that her son has Down’s Syndrome or that she is a woman. I want to know why she belonged for two years to a group that advocated Alaska’s secession from the USA. Does she still hold those beliefs? Did shed become Governor with the intention of pushing that agenda? Is she merely an advocate of what is politically expediant at the moment? I want to know???

Forget Bristol. The REAL reason you should flee Sarah Palin like the plague is that she is a DOMINIONIST (google it, scary stuff people), aka neo-pentacostalism. You know, the speaking in tongues, snake handling, faith healing antics you might have seen on TV….. YOU WANT THAT CALLING THE SHOTS AS POTUS???? You thought BushCo were pushing for theocracy, you ain’t seen nothing yet! The primary goal for Dominionism is to replace our secular government with a theocracy and bit by bit they’ve been hard at work doing exactly that. How do you think somebody with such little experience got picked for that spot? If McCain kicks it, your next POTUS WILL rule this nation as a THEOCRACY, and not the faith that our “founding fathers” established either, but with all the nutcase theatrics that we’ve seen with the Terry Schiavo intervention, Rapture nuts, the “war on Christmas” fanatics, and oh yes, abortion will be VERY illegal in any form. Roe vs Wade WILL be wiped out, especially after 3 soon to be retiring Supreme Court justices get replaced by her administration. Who will it be? James Dobson? Pat Buchanan? Reverend Moon? John Ashcroft, or perhaps Ken Blackwell. Why do you think the religious right are so fired up about her? Minority rights? GONE! Secular education? GONE! Contraception? GONE! Freedom of Religion? GONE! Will there be more wars? YOU BETTER BELIEVE THERE WILL BE! Forced prayer in schools? YEAH BUDDY! ****DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER!!!****

Check the facts people. The media is now saying that may not be the case as they have registration cards going back to the early 90′s, she’s registered as a republican. And you really need to check out the AIF site. They really seem to be more aligned with Ron Paul beliefs.
http://www.usiap.org

What’s all this about credentials…
All governors have the same knock, limited to no experience on the world stage and foreign affairs, yet this country has elected 16 governors as their president and 11 governors VP. 15 senators have been elected president.
As mayor, Palin was the Chief Executive Officer of her town, managing financials, personnel, services, and capital improvements, yes for a small town. She’s now a 1st term governor of Alaska. There is no arguing that Alaska is a small state, but she is a governor none the less. Palin does have some unique credentials which the talking heads continue to downplay or just plain ignore. Energy independence is one of this country’s biggest issues, impacting national security, the economy, and our lifestyle. Palin thoroughly understands the energy landscape, and how energy rich Alaska plays into national security by lessening the US’s dependency on foreign suppliers. She’s already proven she can tangle with big oil and come out with a win-win for business, the environment, jobs, and people. She’s also tangled with her own party big wigs and won those battles. Her approval rating as governor is 80% (New York Times). She is has no foreign affairs credentials, having only traveled to visit with Alaska’s National Guard stationed in Kuwait.
Obama does have an Ivy League education, is an attorney, a community organizer, Illinois state senator, and now is a 1st term US senator. Much of his time as a senator has been spent on his own presidential campaign. Obama does have the ability to draw enormous crowds here and abroad. He also lacks foreign affair credentials. He tried to quiet that criticism and took a trip abroad in July. His travel cost taxpayers about $28,000. Eight other freshman senators took office the same time as Obama, and the next closest spent $19,200 of taxpayer’s money on travel (NY York Times).

Where the heck are the role models in this world. Our teenage girls needs to understand that their lives is placed on the back burner because she allows life to take care of them.
Yeah, Gov. Sarah’s daugther made a mistake once and then turned around and made another. Gov. Sarah knows she didn’t have Trig and now forces Bristol to get married and future complicate things. This is backwards for women.
And, I want to know what the hell Obama and McCain’s stand is on this type of thing. What type of help will they give to young women who makes a mistake.
This is a National concern to me, and nothing or not enough things are being done about it!
More than a step backwards!

Private family matters are those that no one finds out about, they are definitely not announced for the entire nation to deliberate over.
We now claims that it’s acceptable and Normal, that these things happen yet no one does anything about it!
Gov. Palin, its the lies!

“Minority rights? GONE! Secular education? GONE! Contraception? GONE! Freedom of Religion? GONE! Will there be more wars? YOU BETTER BELIEVE THERE WILL BE! Forced prayer in schools? YEAH BUDDY! ****DANGER WILL ROBINSON DANGER!!!****”
I am most curious about this comment… “Minority rights.” As I am not too enthused about the term “minority” I have to ask if you actually believe we really ever had any in the FIRST PLACE. And the last time I checked, Affirmative Action was chucked out the window a LONG LONG TIME AGO. READ UP PEOPLE.
If you ask me, Obama is more a threat to “minority” rights than a Palin or McCain could ever be. Once they put that black man up there you will hear in America that all is well in “minority hood, see there is a black man running the country now.” Meantime someone innocent kid was just murdered, the police have kicked the ass of several more black people, and somehow, I just cant get that job or raise I deserve. His entire candidacy leaves me with a completely uneasy feeling.
IT REALLY IS TOOOO SOON for America. These comments say it all.

And another thing… WhatEVER happened to “CITIZEN RIGHTS” I didnt realize as a “Minority” that mine were SEPERATE!

Cryo,
I beg to differ. I live in a very rural town and there are many Republicans on welfare. How dumb is that. Voting on values and not the needs of your family.

At Wasilla Bible Church, Jews For Jesus spoke. Sarah Palin was in attendance. Thanks Politico!
NEXXXT!!!!!

When complains about “Senator Obama experience, s not mention Sen Mccain 25 yr member as well.
And for executive experince:
“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded”.
His numbers are right.
Wasilla budget is ONLYy 12.5 Mill$
http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?page=49
Plus Wasilla, ak use a city administrator, who does the real work. and the mayor (palin) is a figurehead job. Giving her plenty of time to intimidate librarian and police chief. Wasilla went in debt for Palins pet projects. and do NOT disagree with her
incredible poor decisinon. Mccain looks like an angry child. If i cant pick my guy the entire RNC is going down in flames. Like the jets he crashed on purpose. another reason not to trust his judgement. He will get POd and start a war
THis is a scary pick

Liberal sexism knows no bounds.
Why has Obama never once been asked real questions about his character and associations? Why is the media attacking a 17 year old girl? Why are questions about Obama’s fathering skills never brought up?
Liberal sexism is the answer.

“Is there no one who wants to stand against depravity and sanctify MARRIAGE as it was naturally intended, between a man and a woman?? ”
shouldn’t that say “between two teens that have no idea what they are doing just so that their mommy can clean her name and run for vice president”?
Let me tell you something… My cousin’s wife left him for another woman. After almost 20 years! The courts gave her EVERYTHING, of course! the “poor wife” right?
She is living in the house that my cousin bought for himself and his family… he lives in a rented room in a third world country now. SHE LIVES THERE WITH HER LESBIAN PARTNER, and until she remarries, my cousin has to send her alimony checks every month! but then of course, she can’t really marry her lover, can she now?
Didn’t think of that, brainiacs! You hate gays you say? well there are gays who are loving your dumb asses!

I am so excited that McSame has chosen a token female. If he thinks that women are so ignorant that they will choose to vote for a woman that wants to erase decades of female progress, just because she has a uterus, he is insane. This is clearly a desperation move, and a hasty one at that. This chick is alledgedly a reformer, but has a laundry list of her own corruption. Good luck GOP. More of the same corrupt politics that we have endured for 7 1/2 years.

why don’t we see the media questioning Barack Obama how can take care of our citizens with compassion when he ignores his own bother suffering through a horible life in Africa. He’s going to help us and he couldn’t give a damb about his own brother. How can we believe him? He doesn’t even know me and he’s going to look out for me and my family, please.
Maybe George can run Newts comments to MSNBC’s reporter and ask Barack to respond. What experience does he have that make him more qualified over Palin.

How can the democrats be so stupid- have our candidate Obama answer the questions about his association with Ahers and the racist preacher. We nominated a completely inexperienced liar and now want to throw stones. the real vetting process we should be concerned about is Dem Choice for President 08 Hussien Obama– we are not even sure whether he qualifies to run for the President. Is a natural US Citizen?? As a kid he had Indonesian citizenship. His ties to the CHicago underworld and anti American preachers.
The media is silent, why??
Dems , you lost the 08 by railroding the hillary Hillary, Dont railroad another WOMAN.

I just read all of these comments, most of you sound like angry liberals who know the end is near. Now your true colors are showing and America is finally seeing you all for who you really are! I just hope Sarah Palin can withstand the fury that will be descending upon her and her family.

All of these little things about Mrs. Palin’s life really don’t mean a damn thing in the grand scheme of things. I would like to see a show of hands from anyone who doesn’t have a DUI or a pregnant teen or a weird uncle or some other thing in their family. What this tells me is that she is just like the rest of us. She has the same family issue’s that we all have.
Remember the old saying” He who lives in a glass house.”

Three new questions:
Will your approach to this campaign change when Obama announces that Biden is dropping out due to health concerns, and that he has selected Hillary as his replacement?
What is your knowledge of “community organizers” and what they do in Chicago?
Why do you oppose adding the polar bear to the “endangered species” list?

Sarah Palin is a earmarks goddess. The woman loves earmarks and lobbied for them. She not a reformer, but a deformer.

Sarah Palin is an earmarks goddess. The woman loves earmarks and lobbied for them. She not a reformer, but a deformer.

Sarah Palin is a earmarks goddess. The woman loves earmarks and lobbied for them. She not a reformer, but a deformer.

jj: you got it wrong. Your post should have read as follows:
“I just read all of these comments, most of you cons sound like brain-dead, robotic parrots, who know the end is near. Now your true colors are showing with all your truth twisting, slander and avoidance of the issues. America is finally seeing you all for who you really are! I just hope Barack Obama can can withstand the hypocritical fury of the right wing that will continue to descend on him and his family from the likes of impudent, lying, ignorant, high-handed “evangelicals” like Sarah Palin. She is dragging her poor family through the knot hole just so she can pump up her own ego.

George – I am an urban professional female with an MBA from a well-known school. Like many of my highly educated, very hardworking friends and colleagues, I am completely aghast at McCain’s choice for a VP candidate so late in the game. We are counting on you and your fellow reporters to thoroughly vette Gov. Palin so the American public can really get to know her policy views. We are finding it ludicrously hypocritical that the Republican machine is keeping her as far away from the press as possible when she used to be a journalist herself. If Ms. Palin can’t handle the heat, she should get out of the fire! Just so you know, I have never participated in these blogs before nor contributed money to any presidential campaign since becoming eligible to vote 24 years ago -until yesterday! And my contribution went to the Obama campaign. My friends and I have never volunteered to help a presidential campaign before, but we are thinking of helping the Obama-Biden ticket now. America has too much at stake to allow McCain-Palin-Neocons to control its future. I don’t mind paying my share of taxes, but I want it to go to improving healthcare and education, not war!

On the National Security “question”:
“Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units.
As governor of Alaska, Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counterterrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s.
She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counterterrorism plans.
Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska’s proximity to Russia, she may have security clearances we don’t even know about.
According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets.
She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is.”
Also:
“Soldiers of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion defend America from an intercontinental ballistic missile threat 24 hours a day, seven days a week, while maintaining competency in all warrior tasks. (Photo by Sgt. Jack W. Carlson III, Unit Reporter, 49th Missile Defense Battalion.)
U.S. Northern Command brought the 100th Missile
Defense Brigade (Ground-Based Midcourse Defense) to operational level for the first time in response to the July 2006 North Korean missile crisis. Previously maintained in test mode, the brigade, headquartered at Colorado Springs, Colorado, and its 49th Missile Defense Battalion (Ground-Based Missile Defense) at Fort Greely, Alaska, remained at high alert status for the duration of the crisis.”
So I don’t see a problem there. I don’t care about her husband’s DUI more than 20 years ago–he was either a teenager or just turned twenty. It’s not like he had multiple DUIs. And it’s Alaska, not the Boston freeway. NOT GOOD ever to drink and drive, but maybe not the big deal everyone is making it to be. He probably learned from it not to do it again. About Bristol. OMG–adolescents do what they do . . . but it’s REALLY A CRAPPY thing to do to hold them up to ridicule the way the media did. The developmental stage they’re in can be characterized as steeped in the “imaginary audience” in that teens of that age already think everyone is looking at them and thinking about them, etc. I thought McCain did a great job welcoming them and making them feel normalized. And what’s Palin supposed to do–make some big announcement: “Oh, and my 17-year-old daughter . . . ” Palin’s unconditional support for the two of them is great. And about abstinence education–the teens who get a chance to take those classes really like them, because they teach social skills of personal assertiveness, and that every date does not have to involve intercourse. Teens like being empowered. Even condoms have a 35% failure rate, so maybe it’s nice to know there’s alternatives to the sex 24/7 pressure zone kids live in, right? I recommend http://www.rantburg.com for a thorough history of news articles dealing with the WOT. Many of hundreds of thousands of articles archived since 9-11, for those who actually want to become educated.

She gave one speech that she didn’t even write! This is either the biggest hype job ever conceived or the Republican are in much worse collective shape than anyone yet knows.

So Barak writes his own speeches? ha ha that’s funny. (thanks Halifax for the Sunday morning funnies – - ha ha LMAO)
Set aside everything else about her for a moment, at least she has around 12 years of EXECUTIVE experience. Yeah, yeah – mayor of a small town in Alaska is NOTHING compared to a “community organizer” which has NO responsibilities, and then there was that little ol’ Govenor job.
Obama compared his campaigning to her Mayorship. “My campaign budget is, uh, about, umm, 3 times as much, uh, in a month as ,uh her entire yearly budget.” (Her annual budget as Mayor was about $12 million.)
If he compared his campaign budget to her Governorship budget, he’d have to campaign for about 21 years in order to spend her annual budget. ($9 billion per year vs $36 million per month – do the math.)
How much executive experience do Obama and Biden together have? NONE – ZERO – ZILCH

“John McCain hasn’t talked about my Muslim faith.” – hmm – - – a Freudian slip?
Barak just said it on George Steph’s Sunday morning program.
In fairness, George caused him to pause and he corrected himself to “Christian” faith.
He may be Christian, but may have spent a little too much time in a Muslim school in Indonesia.
Give me four years to teach the children and the seed I have sown will never be uprooted.
Vladimir Lenin

A mayor of a town of 7000 hires a Washington DC lobbyist and gets $27,000,000 of pork and leaves the town $22,000,000 in debt.
FORGET the personal stuff. This alone (though there’s lots more) should be enough to sink the Republicans.
Dems should repeat that laugh line over and over and over again. Isn’t that more humorous than, “Community organizer? What?”
Cheers

cmhmd – And yet she has an 80-90% approval rating.
Seems the folks in Wasilla aren’t concerned.
Look a straw – grasp grasp!

There is a fourth issue which is far larger than the other three. It is quite clear that Todd and Sarah have NOT been pursuing a country first policy whatsoever.
For aeons of time the media talked about what it would be like to have Bill hanging around —- but it is painfully obvious that America will be well served by Hill, Bill and Jill —-
but what about TODD.
The only things that we know about Todd is that he belonged to a union and a violent revolutionary Alaska First movement and that Ms. Palin implicitly gave it support with her welcoming remarks. These are NOT youthful indiscretions or experimentation – this is recent history.
Were Todd and Sarah Democrats, there is little doubt that he would be on his way to Guantanamo – not as pretenders sitting on the White House lawn

Glen6431:
>>cmhmd – And yet she has an 80-90% approval rating.
Seems the folks in Wasilla aren’t concerned.
Look a straw – grasp grasp!<<
Ah, proving my point. Sucking at the Federal teat and decrying wasteful government spending. We should make that the Red State pledge of allegience! You are aware that the Red states suck vigorously at the federal teat, right? You know those "independent-minded" citizens of the Red States all take more out of the federal budget than they put in, right?
And you're aware they can do that because of their disproportionate power in the Senate, right? I mean, the 600,000 citizens of Alaska get the same number of votes as California. The Founding Fathers' biggest mistake!
Cheers,

Every Sunday that Sarah fails to appear on Sunday shows, the networks should put out an empty chair and place a cutout of Sarah in it.
Once a show, the moderator can ask, “Ms . Palin, “what do you think about this issue?” followed by about 15 seconds of silence and then move on.

Is this column a re-run from LAST WEEK? Talk about repeating the same lie so many times that it becomes “truth”. Well at least those desparately clinging to Obama’s “all talk” policy seem to have become converted. Taking federal money is not the problem, since we give so much of it to them (hey its OUR MONEY) The problem is when something UNIMPORTANT is tacked onto something critical. I dont trust Obama…or Biden.

Cmhmd – Wrote: “I mean, the 600,000 citizens of Alaska get the same number of votes as California. The Founding Fathers’ biggest mistake!”
Your knowledge of the Federal Gov’t structure is amazing. Have you ever heard of the House of Representatives?
Alaska has what 1 or 2 and Calif has something like 60? (I didn’t look it up so feel free to be critical.)

Hey Amy – With respect to all of the numbers you posted, a question.
Does the comparison of income paid in to income paid out include the natural resources royalties that the Fed collects (and other Fed fees), or is it just income taxes?

Amy – I’ll give you an “A” and this
“Russia is wrong to invade a country in response to Georgian troops moving to its borders. . . ”
Maybe you should have advised Obama before he stuck his foot in his mouth – - twice.
Iran’s elections are like Georgia’s. ha Another Sunday funnies. ha ha “D-”
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. (I believe that’s an old Arabic saying.)
Hypocrites – Just another word for politics. (And today one could add the National Organization of Women. NOW – Who espouse a woman can have it all – Family, career, success, etc. – - So long as she’s a liberal. Now that’s hypocritical.)
bbfn

Halifax said:
>>Alaska has what 1 or 2 and Calif has something like 60? (I didn’t look it up so feel free to be critical)<<
Umm, Duh? As it should be. BUT even in the house the tiny state do better:
Wikipedia: "the present size of 435 seats means one member represents on average about 650,000 people; but exact representation per member varies by state. Four states – Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska and North Dakota – currently have populations smaller than the average for a single district, resulting in over-representation for residents of those states." [Yes, I see Vermont in there.- cmhmd]
But as we see year in and year out, the Senate is where bills are made or broken. The disproportionate power of the low populaton states in the legislature and electoral college is hurting America. Bush v. Gore being a pretty good example!
Cheers,

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