Two Other Maverick Republicans Not So Psyched About the GOP Ticket

wow, repubs are jumping like rats off a sinking McPalin ship. that “town hall” yesterday was a joke and only underscored how pathetic this ticket has become. McPalin actually got chants of “O BAMA, O BAMA” when he visited the GM plant yesterday.
wow, what a difference a week makes. granted, there’s still a long way to go (who knows what dastardly schemes those “good ol’ boy” lobbyist staff McPalin is coming up with now.

Hagel, now there is a republican for you. His lack of endorsement is a positive thing.
Lets look at qualifications. Palin speaks well especially with a teleprompter and a few years of executive obscure work experience. Obama speaks well especially with a teleprompter and a few years of obscure work experience.
There is going to be trouble if this comparison continues. OK, and we also have two fossils running.

Samantha, Michelle’s been out campaigning, why do you ask.

No seriously where is Michelle? I want to see how she feels about women in Washington and what is being said about working women with children. I live in Chicago and as a black woman I would like to hear her views. The first lady has an important role. So where is she?

Palin is qualified to be #2 on the ticket; Obama isn’t qualified to be #1 (which he himself admitted by choosing Biden to be his running mate).

why are we not talking about the deregulation lobby and the keating 5?
do you all understand that the issuie was John Mccain’s tight relationship with the people who fought for and abused the banking and mortgage system by getting their way with politicians like John Mccain to deregulate
and now it is happening again
AND NO ONE IS EVEN MENTIONING IT!

Michelle is only doing closed door events and fundraisers. Obama’s handlers don’t want her making any more “first time I’m proud of my country” comments in front of people who might actually care and be concerned about her views.

I’ve got to hand it to Obama – if nothing else, he’s instigated the biggest class envy war this country has ever seen.

But I care about what Michelle’s role will be as first lady just like I was influenced by Hillary and her platform as first lady, and followed her career to the senate and as a presidential candidate. Since it seems as though Obama will win, what is her advice to working women like me? I would like to hear her stance on this as well as education.

Samantha,
We have a choice between Barack Obama and John McCain. We have many important issues facing this country — the economy, health care, education, the war in Iraq, terrorism, I can go on and on.
Please try to focus on this issues. Who care where Michelle Obama is? Maybe she’s out campaigning. Maybe she’s back home tending to matters there with her children. She has a young family.

The more we learn about her record the more unqualified she’s viewed. After all the hype, where’s the substance?
Looking at the new polls it seems this pick has backfired on McCain.

With five polls in a row showing Obama/Biden regaining the lead, the RCP National Average now shows a 1.7% advantage for the Dems. I think it is fair to say that the Palin bubble has bursted.

Blue, I did not see the media coverage of Michelle on hurricane Ike. I watched the news all day. I have family out there. I curious as to why she has not been seen and why are these events not open to the public? I also noticed that her blog has not been posted on for nearly two weeks.

sad geevill sad sad sad
No one told McCain to chose Palin. He wanted to pander to the women vote and now it’s backfired.
After all the hype of Palin and a bad 2 weeks for Obama, Obama’s leads?
Yes

Mary lou wrote: “Palin is qualified to be #2 on the ticket; Obama isn’t qualified to be #1 (which he himself admitted by choosing Biden to be his running mate)”.
That shows to prove who is more concern with the country. Example: Obama chose Biden (qualified to be President if need to) – McCain chose Palin (unqualified, not experienced enough, terrible choice). Who do we trust more? We trust those that surround themselves with better people than they are. Think about that for a minute.

If Michelle were standing by Barack “two inches” away as Cindy McCain is standing by Mc, Obama would be accused of Michelle running his campaign. Cindy even reads Mc’s notes as he is reading them — she is that close. I can’t understand why Mc can’t stand on his own. Also, Cindy made the comment “we (John) discuss everything, everything”. If Michelle had made that statement, Rush, Sean, McCain camp, et al, would have really have been all over the airwaves with the comment. Cindy — no one commented. Michelle is a smart woman and I have no doubt that she will be an asset when her husband is elected President.

Bill and Hillary Clinton don’t seem so psyched about Obama.
“If you have candidate X and candidate Y….”.
And neither is this Democrat.

Thank you Chuck Hagel for calling a spade a spade.

Samantha: “I curious as to why she has not been seen and why are these events not open to the public? I also noticed that her blog has not been posted on for nearly two weeks.”
Yesterday, Michelle Obama was in Richmond, VA, attending a forum where economic problems faced by many women and families in a roundtable discussion was discussed. She specifically pushed for equal pay for women (as a woman, that might interest you, or do you agree with McCain and Palin that women need more training and education than men before they’re paid equally?)
And right now, she’s in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Well, Neil1785 and geevil, too – you certainly do have a lot of “evidence” against Obama and his associates, don’t you? I would suggest you turn this information over to the FBI, CIA, NSA, Homeland Security and any other security agencies you can think of as it all seems so nefarious, insidious, sinister and dangerous to all us Americans that you really should be a good citizen and save our country from this harmful choice we are about to make! Don’t you think you should do that and not leave it up to the mainstream media, as evidently they are not doing their jobs, according to you? I am sure these other government agencies will get on it right away since you are so convincing in your arguments against Barack Obama, who by the way, has a middle name and it is “Hussein” and let’s not forget, his last name is just one little bitty letter away from Osama. Gee, that’s real scary stuff!!!

Obama has met with the heads of state of countries in the Middle East and Europe. He’s met with commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s traveled and worked with Sen. Lugar to secure loose nuclear weapons in Russia. We know Obama’s policies and we know nothing of Gov. Palin’s foreign policy experience and neither does she as she has publicly stated she has not given Iraq much thought.

It takes a brain to be the US president and that is what is lacking in the “all white” ticket. The republicans has to come to term with the fact that McCain who has a foot in his grave has made a serious mistake by taking as running mate Sarah Palin who has not been able to manage properly her own family and has extreem positions on social and religious issues. The lack of judgement on McCain’s side is gross and demonstrate his inability to lead America. God save America from McPalin

After Palin became the VP candidate, McCain’s lawyers took over her side.
Since then, the refusal to answer questions has stumped everyone. McCain talks about open government, but this isn’t open.
When Palin was first charged, she invited the investigation and said she had nothing to hide.
The bipartisan vote to investigate Palin was 14-0.
The committee in charge of the investigation is made up of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats, but this committee recently voted to keep the investigation going.
Just like with Nixon, when politicians keep changing their story about an investigation, they are clearly hiding something rotten.

Hey Hagel you lib in disguise, you vote like a lib but you say you are a Republican , yea ok, and what foreign experience does Obama have? or in that case what domestic Experience does Obama have?
The only foreign experience Obama has is going to a Madrassa at age 8 when his best friend Ayers was bombing the our Country!!
Please someone explain what experience’s the top of the Democrat ticket has!!
Palin has actually more experience then Bill Clinton had when he ran for President.
Hagel is a liar!

McCain was forced to face the economy issue now – his least favorable subject. He is only interested in war. McCain’s election would guarantee a new war in the making! Grandma Palin might be the commander-in-chief.

Oh, yeah, this Rothschild women. Who the heck is she and where did she come from? Glad she ISN’T supporting Obama, as a matter of fact! On the other hand, Susan Eisenhower, the granddaughter of General and President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of Obama and talked about why she is supporting him. She is an intelligent and elegant woman, and I think she holds a bit more credibility than Rothschild, wouldn’t you all agree?

The best response so far on Obama’s expertise is from Paige – “….met with middle east and european leaders…”
Sorry, Paige, can you enlighten me more? Weren’t those conversations during the Obama summer tour of ’08?
That’s like stopping at a soup kitchen on your way to an interview for the Peace Corps.

geecee,
Just to bolster your argument for Obama. He didn’t list his race on his application to Harvard, so affirmative action would not come into play. He got in on his own merits.
Brooklyn,
You forgot to mention the financing loophole McCain’s group is using to get more money than is allowed when using public financing. There is a limit on contributing to the campaign, a limit to contributing to the committee, and I think one for the general election fund. I wonder where the majority of the money from all three of those categories are going?

Really, how come nobody is mentioning McCain’s involvement in the savings and loan fiasco in the 1980′s? Does his involvement there make him against government regulations?
God, where this Republican party took us! From budget surplus to deep recession immediately in going to war with a country that was not a direct threat to US security!
Palin’s Alaska does not have the same bread and butter issues like the rest of America. But Alaska is selfish enough not to share their good location and therefore, oil riches, with the rest of the country. Of course, from the lobbying and pork barrels practices of her predecessors, the same Republican Party, she was still greedy to do the same=she got more pork money per citizen than Illinois. The country is in such financial mess, let politicians be more truthful now. Without politicians’ help this present mess would not be here.

As usual the pro Obama headlines all throughout ABC. I’m telling you, it will backfire shoving him down our throats. I’m sure everyone in his camp is happy for the economic downturn so it appears to be good for BO. However if we had a terriorist attack reminder, it would shift to McCain….and BO taxes and hand outs will throw this country into depression.
Donald Trump endorsed McCain/Palin last night on Larry King….and who knows more about money? Hillary supporter Lynn Forester came out in support of McCain yesterday too. Riordan and Hagel are not of any interest.
HILLARY SUPPORTR FOR McCAIN even before he picked Palin.

The next big thing is ending
oil imports. And actually
beginning to use renewable
and alternative energy
sources like – biofuels,
hydrogen, solar power, wind
and others.
Obama is the candidate most
committed to energy independence
and will make it a reality
within a decade or so.

“There is a limit on contributing to the campaign, a limit to contributing to the committee, and I think one for the general election fund. I wonder where the majority of the money from all three of those categories are going”
Mack,
The GOP has set up joint fundraising ventures with McCain. So he can do things like $70K a plate fundraisers. McCain gets very little of that money (he can only raise funds for accounting purposes). The rest goes to the RNC, NRCC & the NRSC.
Obama’s fundraiser the other night was a joint fundraiser wiht the DNC.

Obama did get affirmative action he got poor grades at Columbia and got into harvard.
Posted by: neil1785
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|CORRECTION; Obama didn’t put any race down when he applied to go to Harvard. He did not get poor grades ar Columbia anyway. So you are mistaken.
But I’m sure the McCain/Palin campaign will appreciate you spreading false stories for them.
By the way , it was McCain who only was admitted into the Naval Academy because of Affirmative Action for the wealthy and the well connected. (they just call it Legacy admission)

“since he never had a meeting for the committe he chaired on Foreign Affairs where’s his cred. NOT ONE MEETING as Hillary pointed out.”
Its true that Obama did not as chair call a meeting for his foreign affairs subcommittee to discuss Afghanistan. But he did attend hearings on Afghanistan with the full Foreign Relations committee (chaired by Joe Biden)
John McCain as ranking Republican could not be bothered to show up to any Afghanistan hearings(there were 8) over the last 2 years at the Armed Services committee.
Maybe that’s why he has such a low priority on going after the people who attacked on on 9/11 instead focusing on people who did not attack us in Iraq.

500,000 newly registered voters in Indiana.
McCain is gonna have problems.

Thank you, Hagel.

Do John McCain, Sarah Palin or conservative republicans respect the moral foundations of our country? The U.S. Constitution is abused by conservative republicans at every turn.
U.S. Constitution: Amendment I – Freedom of Religion
Because of conservative republicans, your tax dollars are funding religious groups you may not agree with. To add insult to injury, conservative appointed judges have ruled that you do not have a right to challenge this expenditure.
Amendment IV – Search and seizure
Under the guise of court action against abortion, Conservative republicans had John Ashcroft subpoena all the medical records of literally thousands of women like you and members of your family. Conservative republicans invade your privacy every day by browsing your email and phone records. Unfortunately for all of us, they don’t appear to care about our U.S. constitution, and they certainly don’t care about your privacy.
Amendment X – Powers of the States and People
John McCain and conservative republicans have tried consistently to overturn States Laws. They used your hard earned tax dollars to destroy the will of the people of Oregon, and the famous “Death with Dignity” law; they lost, but undoubtedly will try again. Conservative republicans and John McCain do not respect States Rights. If your state votes for something conservatives don’t agree with they will use federal powers to overturn it regardless of how you and your fellow voters feel.
Amendment VIII – Cruel and Unusual punishment
Would you rather die, or support a government which supported and sanctioned torture? The founding fathers would rather have died. The founding fathers were proud to fight and die for our government: A government which specifically outlaws cruel and unusual punishment. Conservatives don’t agree with this philosophy. Conservatives are at odds with our founding fathers on this score, and too many others to count.
John McCain, Sarah Palin, and the conservative republicans have already gone too far in destroying the moral foundations of our country. I urge you to keep this in mind in the coming election as we rebuild our nation together by voting for Obama, who stated that in his first 100 days he would eliminate all of Bush’s unconstitutional signing orders as a start.

Whatever happened to McCain? Then came Palin. I just can’t forget that bemused look on her face dealing with the question of the Bush Doctrine. She was totally lost. The answer that she can see Russia was just as vacuous. All this was played to proper effect on SNL. Unfortunately, McCain is in the middle poilitically(a place that I like) but had to sell out to the extreme right wing to have a chance in his mind. He does have the Bubba vote which means you can add 3-5% to his side on any poll but he is at great risk depending on just how badly this Palin selection seeps in. After all, it’s not unthinkable that she would have to deal with an unfriendly Pakistan, Russia and others.

The Last of the Honest Republicans!

I am with Obama. However, I would have considered voting for Hagel had he run. Working guys appreciate an honest straight shooter like Hagel. Not the BS, lies, smears, and idiocy that we are getting from McCain-Palin. We Americans deserve better than this. McCain sold his soul and Palin lost hers years ago…and now they will pay for it. Americans are intelligent people and can smell a lie a mile away. OBAMA-BIDEN 2008 ALL THE WAY BABY

And I thought an honest republican was an oxymoron. Go figure.

Spock -
Hagel is a conventional conservative who has opposed the War in Iraq. Calling him a “liberal” is simply not true. Calling him a “liar” for voicing an opinion based on his own considerable foreign policy experience is just off-the-wall.

The change I see are placards. Here in Eastern Oregon there was a literal wave of ‘W’ for the Bush on cars, yards and people.
I have not seen a single McCain/Palin item. It is all Obama.
Noone in their right mind, with an open and honest mind, could place McCain/Palin in after the last 8 years.

Jake – Add one more to your list:
Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, a maverick Republican from Maryland, endorsed Illinois Democratic Sen. Barack Obama for president in an interview Wednesday with WYPR, Baltimore’s National Public Radio station.

Angie,
Debates are Obama’s format. He should do great. I would be more worried about McCain in the debate. This is not where he shines. Remember he is better suited to town hall meetings. Maybe if McCain used a teleprompter he wouldn’t make so many gaffs on the campaign trail. And shame on you for saying that Obama or anyone would wish what is happening with the economy on americans. That is no different than if is someone said that McCain is hoping for an international situation to boost his ratings. Oh that’s right someone from McCain’s camp did say (earlier in the election) that what McCain needs is an international incident to boost him in the polls.

Yeah and Donald Trump and Lynn de Rothchild went from supporting Hillary to supporting McCain/Palin.
Your point is??

How is Obama going to do in the debates when he can’t have a teleprompter?
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This question should be directed to Palin…. HAHAHA….

GOP MOM you talk of a woman who splits her time between her homes in NY and London. Not real in touch with Americans and she also referred to those middle-class Americans as “rednecks”. You can have her.
On the other hand, McCain has a significant defector, Elizabeth Drew. Drew knows McCain VERY well as she wrote a pro-McCain book and has followed him for many years. Drew writes this of McCain in Politico today: “McCain’s recent conduct of his campaign – his willingness to lie repeatedly (including in his acceptance speech) and to play Russian roulette with the vice-presidency, in order to fulfill his long-held ambition – has reinforced my earlier, and growing, sense that John McCain is not a principled man.
In fact, it’s not clear who he is.”

GOP thought they got a Hillary when Mcsame chose this know-nothing idiot!
Instead they got a pain in the b*tt!!!
Drill baby drill, but drill her first!!!
Palin knows nothing, got D grades in Economy in college!!!! WHOA!!!

The two original ‘Mavericks’, were two gambler brothers, who had a good poker ‘bluff’, on the tv show ‘Maverick’. McCain better watch what he is ‘bluffing’. America has called Palin on her ‘bluff’, of troopergate, and she still hasn’t shown her hand.

Neil writes, “Obama did get affirmative action he got poor grades at Columbia and got into harvard. Who is that mystery man that got Obama into Harvard?Another questionable associate for Obama: Dr. Khalid Al Mansour.While the MSM vets Palin they really should take the time to vet Obama.”
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Is that what underachievers are talking about these days? I guess the fact that he was able to attend college using academic scholarships doesn’t exactly “negate” what you’ve been taught. What about graduating with honors from Havard?
Let’s be honest. Obama has more intelligence in one strand of hair than the sum of your entire family. (lol) We get it. It’s not that he’s Black, it’s because he’s an intelligent, successful, educated Black man that gives you pause.
How sad and little you must be.

Riordan is spelled RINO. He’s not Republican or Conservative or morally sound. He was a dirty cop, and an even more corrupt mayor. He’s just tagging along for the free Soacialist ride B. Hussein Obama’s gonna provide him if he is elected by the droids.