What Passes for a Rave Review

“while not yet totally prepared on the issues, she clearly is getting there”
I don’t want someone who is getting there as VP. I want someone who IS there.
Especially when the top of the ticket is a 4 time cancer survivor with war wounds who would be the oldest President ever inaugurated.

Deeply, meaningfully unimpressive. Charlie Gibson is more prepared for the Vice Presidency. My City Councilwoman is more prepared for the Vice Presidency.

I can’t believe I live in this country.
I wonder how many conservative “thinkers,” like say a David Brooks type, will ultimately vote for Obama when they are in the privacy of the voting booth.
I can’t believe we “give passes” like this to someone who could be POTUS. This country is suicidal.

Gov. Palin looked very competent in the full length version of the interview that aired on Nightline. The edited version with her truncated answers on ABC News with Charlie Gibson made a different impression- eager but a lightweight- in the condensed version.
Having seen both, the full length version was much better for Palin. It’s too bad that most reports today were filed on the shorter version and not from Nightline where her full length answers were heard in entirety.

I think JPT’s blog is a good indication that Egobama is in trouble. Everyday we continue to spend talking about Palin is a great day for McCain.

Congratulations to Charlie for staying focused on issues, this is what the American people need, she is not qualified she has no views of her own, my excitement about her is no more

Do you know the difference between the Bush/Cheny and McCain/Palin team?
LIPSTICK!!!!
Four more years of the same. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN ’08

Obviously, Palin was coached to say the things that she had to say, as Charlie calls it ” Blizzard of words”. Indeed, she is an smart woman, but not smart enough to run the country if McCain ever passes from presidency. She has to much of her own drama to handle( low acheiving husband, pregnant teen, baby with down syndrome which needs alot of attention–I know because I am a nurse) to handle the so called dramas of this country.

Can someone at ABC please post the *entirety* of Palin’s response on Nightline to the Pakistan border question?
Every clip I have seen edits out te part where she says the situation across the border “illustrates why we must win in Afghanistan”.
This answer more than anything else she said, more than the Bush Doctrine, showed me that she has less understanding of how the border situation affects success in Afghanistan than someone who recently picked up an issue of Newsweek at the dentist’s office.

Palin is still far ahead of Obumma! The truth is that no matter how inexperienced they say she is, Obama’s lack of anything substatial besides being a community organizer makes him far worse! I laugh when they poke fun at her and ignore the fact that she still has more executive experience than he does. If she isn’t ready to lead then what the hell does that make
Obumma??!!

Look, for any gaffe Palin maded last night, there are about a dozen that Obama has made & he is running for the TOP of the ticket.

The media are criticizing Palin and examining her words much more than the other male candidates.
- What experience in foreign policy had Jimmy Carter apart from being governor of Georgia?
- What experience in foreign policy had Ronald Reagan apart from being governor of California?
- What experience in foreign policy had Bill Clinton apart from being governor of Arkansas?
- What experience in foreign policy had George Bush jr. apart from being governor of Texas?
- What experience in foreing policy has Mr. America community organizer? oh yes, he made an speech in Berlin and visited the troops in Afghanistan. That´s a lot of ´qualification´.

Sarah Palin is more aligned to Bush’s policies that McCain.
That is real scary, imagine another Bush in the White House.
OBAMA/BIDEN ’08

scared American
You are so right, as well as the fact the both McCain and Palin believe that “everyone” should serve their country in war. So since we are so tapped already for troops, they will reactivate the “Draft” and it’s open season on all able body americans.

The ultimate contradiction… Straight from McCain on Governors and Mayors handling national security. Wakeup people he just picked Palin to win the votes of women. Unfortuanately, lots of women only voting for McCain is because he selected a woman. Regardless of his track record in supporting Bush policies %90.

Palin is just the prettiest face in politics since Jackie Kennedy.
A little short on topics, but never the less pretty.
More of George Bush, but never the less pretty.

meanwhile, Joe what’s his name is telling someone in a wheelchair to stand up.

“meanwhile, Joe what’s his name is telling someone in a wheelchair to stand up”
Yes he did.
But Biden knows what the Bush doctrine is and can answer questions without repeating a script.
Biden is ready to be VP.
I doubt Palin ever will be.

Palin took some tough questioning last night and didn’t stutter once, unlike Obama.

I like her. So what if she doesn’t know much about international politics. She understands me. She’s a hocky mom. And just because she wants to be the second most powerful person in the nation, why should she have to know much about diplomacy?
I’d rather have a woman who is just like me rather than a highly qualified Vice President!

marylou, How anyone can condemn Obama and praise Palin as VP is beyond me. The woman only parrots talking points taught to her. Want to know what she really thinks, read some of her PAST statements, creationism in schools, no environmental protections, the earth is there for exploitation and crusader war.
McCain is 72 years old, she very well may become president sooner than you think and she certainly will be run by the neo-cons next.

pacific moderate,
You bring up a good point on the don’t blink part.
It was as if she was saying once you choose a course of action you follow thru no matter who right or wrong you are.
That was kind of scary.

We deserve to have soemone who is ready to take over on day One! even a crash course will not be enough. Here what our own government says about people with recurrent melanoma:
Recurrent Melanoma
Treatment for recurrent melanoma depends on where the cancer came back, which treatments the patient has already received, and other factors. As with Stage IV melanoma, treatment usually cannot cure melanoma that recurs. Palliative care is often an important part of the treatment plan. Many patients have palliative care to ease their symptoms while they are getting anticancer treatments to slow the progress of the disease. Some receive only palliative care to improve their quality of life by easing pain, nausea, and other symptoms.

Well folks…Any kind of publicity is good. Even bad publicity…for a while.
Palin won’t be able to hide her blatant inexperience for long. She can’t keep her mouth shut THAT long. McCain right now is riding off HER coat tails. Biden will make her head spin in the VP debate. Obama rode off celebrity for a long, long time, and now the media is tired of his parade. Now it’s the Sarah Palin circus. She’s got a juggling act, a magic act with smoke and mirrors and acrobatics with plenty of flip flops. Her supporters are going to LOVE her no matter what she does. Just like the Obama supporters who are incredulous about her appointment.

It has been repeatedly said that Alaska is littered with the proverbial “carcasses” of experienced politicians who underestimated Governor Palin. I am no ready to write her off.
As for Senator Biden, he has many years of experience, but in most areas, including foreign policy, he has repeatedly made bad judgments and been on the wrong side of issues.
Of course, then there is Senator Obama who has almost no experience that is applicable to duties of a executive/leader.
Like it or not, McCain is the only viable choice. I guess we have to hope he lives as long as his 94-year-old mother.

Republicans: “Give her a pass on her ignorance on critical economic and foreign policy issues.
Any attempt to probe her record — her request that all town employees offer a letter of resignation as a ‘sign of loyalty’ — the way she hired a former staffer of Mr. Pork Ted Stevens as a Washington lobbyist (for a town of 7000!) — her persuit of a million dollar repaving earmark for an airport that sees 80 flights a year — her support for the ‘bridge to nowhere’ — her lies about the bridge to nowhere repeated at every stop — her mission to bring hundred of millions in federal earmarks, MORE THAN ANY OTHER STATE, to Alaska — and oh by the way, her PRAISE for Barack Obama’s energy policy — All of this is somehow sexist!
Can anyone seriously say that John McCain was thinking of the welfare of the country when he made this choice?

Now that BHO is getting tough I guess he will go from fighting like a 4th grader to fighting like 10th grader.
I heard Keith Olbermann suggested he firmly say “Enough” more often.
Taking advice from Keith Olbermann?

Good thing Charlie didn’t pull out a map and ask Palin to identify Iraq.
The Republicans know their star is falling fast. She’ll probably stay hidden now except for interviews with FOX.
As long as Palin doesn’t have to answer any real questions, she’s ok. Give her lead-in questions so she can regurgitate pre-rehersed answers and she’s fine. Give her a sarcastic speech written by Bush speechwriters and she can act the part.
Ms PALIN, You’re 15 minutes are almost up. Enjoy the spotlight while you can!

The Straight Talk Express is in the slow lane waiting for a script.

Over and over again right wingers are whining about Palin being asked tough question while at the same time they tell us she is ready for the big job.
They do not see a contradiction.

“while not yet totally prepared on the issues, she clearly is getting there”
I don’t want someone who is getting there as VP. I want someone who IS there.
Especially when the top of the ticket is a 4 time cancer survivor with war wounds who would be the oldest President ever inaugurated.
Posted by: Ryan C | Sep 12, 2008 12:32:49 PM
Well, I hate to disappoint you, but your ticket has never been there. Its too bad you head is where it shouldnt be when it comes respecting experience. well, your candidates dont have it, so I guess you cant respect it. sorry, about that. better luck in 2012..next time come back with respect and maybe someone will give a hoot about what you think.

If I buy Zach Wamp – R-TENN argument:
Mr. Putin? Ahmadinejad?,
Uh…I’m not prepared just yet on the issues, but am a “transformative woman”. Can I get a pass or two on this international policy stuff?

Look at len pretend the Bush Doctrine is non existent.
From 2002
President Bush’s emerging doctrine advocating pre-emptive military strikes against America’s adversaries or terrorists possessing weapons of mass destruction could lead to unintended, and in some cases disastrous, consequences, defense analysts warn.
Since Bush outlined his new security doctrine earlier this month at West Point, N.Y., Iraq has been identified as the first potential target of a preventative U.S. war, in this case to pre-empt the possibility of dictator Saddam Hussein attacking the U.S. with biological, chemical or nuclear weapons.
More from 2002
As a presidential candidate two years ago, George W. Bush called for a degree of humility in our dealings with other nations. Since Mr. Bush took office, it has often been hard to locate that sentiment in his foreign policy. The latest and most definitive articulation of his views, published on Friday, reflects a good deal more modesty and generosity than earlier expressions, but it also bristles with bald assertions of American power. Mr. Bush’s Texas supporters may like it — he instructed his staff to write it in plain English so ”the boys in Lubbock” could read it — but it is sure to make the rest of the world uneasy, including America’s closest allies.
The tension between idealism and realism in foreign policy runs through America history, and the fault lines are evident in Mr. Bush’s policy statement. The paper — a policy summation that every president is required to submit to Congress — seems in some sections to be animated by the most enlightened and constructive impulses of the land of Jefferson, Lincoln and the Marshall Plan. It dedicates the nation to extending the benefits of freedom, democracy, prosperity and the rule of law to struggling countries around the globe. Mr. Bush speaks eloquently in an introductory letter about working with other nations to combat disease and alleviate poverty, and he reaffirms his determination to increase American foreign aid.

Sally seems agitated.
I guess she didn’t see the over hyped soccer mom crashing back to earth.
It’s just so mean to ask some basic questions that relate directly to the job Palin claims she’s qualified to do.
How sexist is that?

Journalists, If you want the American people to have any faith in your reporting, please, please look back through your notes from college re “biased reporting” and yellow journalism”. Mr. Gibson, a well respected journalist, is usually better than this. Why did he spend the entire interview acting like he didn’t believe Governor Palin–and would repeat her words back to her with just enough slant as to be misleading. On global warming, for instance, she did NOT “soften her stance”. She very clearly said that human activities could certainly have a role in global warming—-along with the normal weather cycles over the span of history. She did NOT say that she didn’t believe humans had ANY part–just that human COULD be A part of the whole picture. Good gracious, any first year journalism student–or any American with a brain could figure out what she was saying. Please, in order to save the credibility of your profession, keep your personal feelings and inclinations out of your reporting. Save your comments for the water cooler.

Omentum…the issue is McCain has had cancer a few times and is in his 70′s…
She could be the President!!!
PLus, as VP she will be representing us on other countries….YEzzz. wake up!!!

Any other right wingers want to claim the Bush doctrine is some made up term?
There’s even a right wing website called the bushdoctrine org that says we have to stay in Iraq and go after Iran.

Yeah Ryan C, Cheney hasn’t had ANY impact now has he? He just demonstrated how much damage a loose cannon as VP can do. Like $142 oil, well Cheney set up the “Bush” energy plan in 2000.

I am lost…Who is running for GOP President??? McCain needs her to bring a crowd to him. But when the votes are cast and if he wins is he going to send her to her room and not let her out. My guess is YES!!!

“People are worried about Palin’s lack of foreign experience even though she’s just the VP.”
One of the VP’s jobs is meeting with foreign leaders (like Cheney going to Georgia).
Lack of foreign policy experience coupled with lack of foreign knowledge is a bad combination.

Just give her a pass on the first couple wars she helps start. Perhaps she’ll have it figured out after that.
McCain let himself be pushed into picking Palin. That’s the “maverick”? He reversed his own positions on things “he could not do in good conscience” just two years ago? Who actually runs rhe Republican Party?
If a 72 year-old man does not know where he stands on the issues, he should be nowhere near the Whitehouse.

I’m an ardent supporter of Hillary Clinton. I am now a supporter of McCain/Palin.
My impression of the interview is as follows:
I had a very low expectation prior to the interview. Sarah exceeded my expectation. Prior to the interview, I wasn’t sure that she is ready to be commander-in-chief. After the interview, I have more confidence in her readiness to be CIC.
The take home message that I get from the interview is that she will do whatever is necessary to protect America and its allies from aggression. Nonetheless, war would always be the last resort for her.
Her steely calm gave me great confidence that in the face of danger, this is a leader that I want in charge of our military and as a matter of fact, I would trust her more than Bambi with the nucleat button.
It is my personal opinion that as a CIC, she will bring peace in the world through strength.
I grade her interview a solid A.

decentamerican states “Obama’s foreign policy experience, which, in case you haven’t noticed, is ZERO……’
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Obama introduced 10 bills in this last congressional session that were foreign policy based. 3 the session prior. In additions, there’s the Lugar-Obama Threat Reduction Bill; Iraq war de-escalation Act and much more. Obama is running against McCain and I am sorry your candidate made such a poor choice for VP. It hurts all Americans.

A pig with lipstick.
The four words that lost Obama the women’s vote.
How stupid was it for him to even go there?

jen
The asnwer to your question is because she took over a place with a large surplus and turnded it into a $33-$35m debt!
If they ask that question or provide that information Rove will fix it!
MCCAIN PALIN AND FOX NEWS SAY:
THE MEDIA IS IN BED WITH OBAMA!

Sarah Palin did great! Why hasn’t the media focused on Obamas lack of foreign policy experience? According to him he is going down size our military, get rid of a missle defense program, which will leave us very vulneerable. Not to mention he’s for redistribution of wealth and having the government pay for people to do community service, HOW! I am very scared that we are heading to socialism, this is not what our founding fathers and fellow americans have given their lives for. Rememeber we live in a free country, I hope I can say that after the election. History repeats itself.

I don’t know why Obama’s supporters on the one hand reject Palin for lack of experience and on the other one accept Obama despite of his huge void of experience.

30% of Americans think he shares Rev Wright’s views. They wonder if Obama really loves America as he says.
Why is this race even close?
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Because those are the 30% who still think Bush has done a good job. They’re gullible morons who are the reason Carl Rove exists.
The other 70% are the smart enough to know they can’t believe everything they read. We can actually THINK for ourselves.
Palin’s dangerous lack of knowledge is frightening. McCain’s lack of economic knowledge is just as scary.
THIS TIME, WE VOTE FOR THE SMART GUY!
OBAMA 08!

cindy in nc….McCain went there also….I guess this is a perocial saying. Da….grow up….even the Reps are saying it was not meant against Palin, but against McCain.

“According to him he is going down size our military,”
This is a lie. Obama wants to expand the size of our military so that our soldiers don;t have to do 4 and 5 tours in hostile envorinments. He does want to cut wasteful defense projects (something McCain has discussed as well)
“get rid of a missile defense program, which will leave us very vulneerable”
We have spent over $100B for a missile defense system that does not work.
We would have been much better served using that money to secure nuclear material around the world lest it get in the hands of terrorists.

Hi, Ryan C re “blinking”: “It was as if she was saying once you choose a course of action you follow thru no matter who right or wrong you are. That was kind of scary.”
Yes, it reminds me of our foreign policy over the past several years.
decentAmerican: “you have the right to criticize Palin’s foreign policy experience, however, in the same post, you MUST defend Obama’s foreign policy experience”
What has many Americans concerned isn’t so much Palin’s lack of experience, but her obvious lack of knowledge and interest on the topic. She had no clue what the Bush Doctrine is, despite that having been the justification for invading Iraq. As of several weeks ago in an interview, she’d only vaguely heard about the surge from “the news”. She couldn’t even BS her way through Gibson’s question credibly, or be honest enough to admin she didn’t get the reference. Whatever Obama’s experience level, the past several months of campaigning and media interviews have dispelled any concern I have about his knowledge and interest on foreign policy, and his ability to function on the international stage.

For her first interview I thought Palin held up well against a tough
interviewer.
Her strength is energy, reform, budgets.
She’s only going to get better and better and that’s what scares BHO.
She has a proven record of reform–something BO doesn’t have.

Look at this defense system from the other side of things. Would you want the Russians putting up a missle “defense” system in Cuba?

Before his Evita-style Rainbow Tour, had Barack Obama met any foreign heads of state? I honestly don’t know.
Look, Sarah Palin directed negotiations with Canada (a foreign country, last time I checked), Canadian regional and municipal governments, Native American tribes, and municipalities within her own state to create a new $40 billion pipeline. What has Obama done in his entire career to match that one achievement?
That Sarah Palin — who has served in local and statewide legislative and executive offices during her career — has little foreign-policy experience as an absolute measure is indisputable. But relative to Barack Obama she looks pretty good, and she makes a lot more sense than either Obama or Joe Biden.
After all, when Russia invaded its democratic neighbor Georgia (a country that, being in Europe, falls into the portfolio of the Senate subcommittee of which Barack Obama is the chairman — but which has never met since he took over), Barack Obama came out with a dishwater condemnation of both sides that it took him three days of revising to make sound coherent and informed.
On 9/12/2001 Joe Biden suggested that, to show good faith to the Arab world after the previous day’s attacks, we should send a $200 million check to Iran — despite Iran being a major sponsor of terrorism, being involved in an arms deal (of which we vocally disapproved) of comparable size to that check with the Russians, and being Persian — NOT Arab — and in fact actively hostile toward almost all of its Arab neighbors.
Barack Obama’s experience in foreign policy consists of little more than showing up (sometimes) and being wrong — and in a tenure so short he himself said in 2004 he was unqualified to run for President in 2008. Joe Biden with three decades’ experience in the Senate thought sending a blank check to Iran might placate the Arab world.
It’s a free country. Feel free to savage Sarah Palin and belittle her experience. But if you back Obama/Biden, you’ve got nothing to feel superior about.

pacific…that is why he chose Joe Biden as his VP…

Sarah stood up well…..under Charlie’s “interrogation”….it was not a good interview…he was only looking for an opportunity to “trip her” and get the glory.
It was not the quality of a journalistic interview we had hoped for. Bob Shiefer (sp) would have been great.
When will the press “get it?”

ZZ, are you saying someone who smokes is making a good choice? Really, is that where you are going?

dl…talk about negative campaigning, what about the ad McCain is running suggesting Obama wants to teach kids sex education before they can read? He actually supported a bill funding Citys and Towns to teach kids how to avoid preditors….

cindyct, yes, that’s the spin they are putting on it anyway. the problem with that spin is you can put lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig.

Hey Tapper,
I wonder when you’re gonna run that new story about Obama’s turn to negative politics:
1. Sends 30+ attorneys to Alaska to try to dig up dirt on Palin
2. Campaign head says Obama will now take the fight to McCain “but over issues that matter to Americans”. And yet the new ad by Obama criticizes McCain for not knowing how to use a computer.

kitty…I do not get what you mean?

Ja…sounds like what the Reps did to Obama when he started, doesn’t it?

For all you who question Palin’s competence, please explain how she is different from Ronald Reagan in 1980? Okay, he was governor longer and a Hollywood star and of course a man. But they both went to small colleges (he went to Eureka) and had broadcast journalism gigs. He was always accused of being a stiff actor performing scripted speeches. If that’s what you think about Palin, she’ll do just fine. I want leaders who can learn the rights lines and communicate them effectively. I don’t want leaders who shoot from the hip and get off message (heard Biden lately?) I am not a huge Palin fan, but think that she is facing a much higher burden of proof about her competence as a leader because she is a woman and mother. Imagine if Palin had also been a Hollwood star. I usually vote Dem, but am giving the Republicans a chance this year and am very turned off by the assumptions and spin about Palin because she’s a woman. That is wrong and I’m happy to cast my vote against sexism in this election.

McSame and Barbie will be the downfall of these united states. We are on the brink with the shrub and this duo will deliver the final blow. Write it down, if you allow your family to wait until the election is over it will be way to late. Palin is sharp as a wooden spoon!

formerhillary — I would guess she’s referring to the fact that the bill that extended sex ed into kindergarten required that STDs and STD prevention be taught “at all levels”. Now, maybe no curriculum implementing that policy actually would go that far with kindergarteners, but that’s what the bill said. Saying it only was about good touch/bad touch is the lipstick.

“1. Sends 30+ attorneys to Alaska to try to dig up dirt on Palin”
Um John Fund made that up and can’t provide any evidence that this happened. Its been denied by the DNC.
I think its hilarious how the right wing demands the mainstream press cover lies they’ve been told by their right wing media.
Don’t you guys get tired of being embarrassed.

DuskyDakota — I like Palin, too. And I see the similarities you describe, but she’s no Reagan. Yet, at least. Reagan was a serious political thinker — which Palin might be — and he had proved it — which she has not — with years of writing and radio commentary. Palin’s not in the great man’s league yet.

DUSTY..
Who do you think got us into this mess? And there is no sexism as far as Palin. People dont’ know her just like Obama. We want the fax man….
Anyone who says it is sexism is crazy. She must prove to us that she can so the job. I haven’t seen that yet.

But voice of reason just saying he wanted to teach sex ed to little kids is misleading very very misleading I wish they would make those adds illegale for both sides sake

Everyone would be better of under Obama well 95% of Americans would !
The world would be happier if we choose Obama.
The air would be cleaner and America would be heather if we choose Obama.
Hillary Clintons supporters think Obama is sexist so all Palin has to say to everything is Obama is sexist and the GOP wins.
Clintons supporter think the media was on Obama’s side so all McCain and Palin have to do is say The media is working for Obama.
The GOP wins!
McCain and Palin are not the smarters bunch! Idiots really but when has America voted in the smartest ?
Since colored TV ???
Fact is America is stupid and my party reminds America of that every day!
Obamas the smart choice so McCain wins!
I love our country!
GOP GOP GOP

Gee whiz. Sure, her resume’s a little thinner than some people might like (although I’d like to hear who on the Republican side — the unfortunately-named Jeb Bush aside — was clearly a better choice for the job).
Sarah Palin rose to become governor of her state. Yes, that’s G-O-V-E-R-N-O-R. As in, the highest statewide office, with real and serious responsibilities.
She did this despite being opposed by a corrupt political machine. (C.f., Barack Obama — who rose with the help of a corrupt political machine that helped him, among other things, get his opponents removed from the ballot or to withdraw from the race in his first state senate primary, his national senate primary, and his national senate general election.) She did this without the help of a wealthy or politically-connected husband (C.f., Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, etc.)

Read My LIPSTICK:
No Way, No How, No McCain!

dl
McCain doesnt pay the woman in his office they are just happy to work with the great man!

Haven’t we already given this President enough passes? BTW for those that think we are safer since 9/11, there is more terrorism, less security and less freedom since then. You are not safer, you just like the lies you’ve been told.

Just keep up with this sexist talk just reminds me why women only get .84$ for every 1$ a man makes it’s because they wine too much. The sad part is it’s not Palin who is doing it it’s the GOP. After they critized Hillary saying she is ” HIDING BEHIND HER APRON STRINGS” and you think Obama is sexist (has two daughters) you should go to the dailyshow and watch tohose clips then you’ll see what sexisum looks like and it’s intials are GOP!

dusty….questions?
Palin differs from Reagan?
Reagan was:
Governor in Califronia 1967-1975, 8years
Totally against racial discrimination
Baptised at 11 as a Christian
Graduated in 1932 with degree in Economnics
Served in the military 1937-1945, retired as a Captain
Signed in 1967 the “Theraputic Abortion Act” to stop backroom abortions
Do you need more?

The Voice of Reason: agreed–I’m just annoyed by the many so-called enlightened thinkers from my own former party of 20 years (the Dems) saying that Palin does not have the right “pedigree.” It smacks of hypocrisy when you look at amazing leaders like Reagan who graduated from Eureka college and the became a movie star. I don’t mean to diminish his accomplishments–just saying that the Palin’s background is not so very different from her male counterparts. Had Reagan run for Pres. after two years of his 1st term as governor, he might have been just as great a leader.

Why is reagn so great? What did he do?

OPf course he ignores that Roosevelt was previously Sec of the Navy. He also ignores Ted’s military service.
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And Sarah Palin has 5 great kids
Go Sarah Palin. Break Barriers.

From that sex-ed bill:
“Whenever such courses of instruction are provided in any of grades K-12, then such courses also shall include age-appropriate instruction on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections.”
For whatever it’s worth. The McCain ad is aggressive and negative, sure. Spin (i.e., characterizing his opponent’s record in the least-flattering way possible)? Yep. A lie? Nope. At least not as far as I can tell.

And parents could opt out of it too. I think it was a great bill

The media assault on Sarah Palin proves that liberals feel nothing but contempt for the working class and middle class people whom they say they care so much about.
America is full of working class and middle class people who like to hunt and fish, go to church on Sunday, support the military, watch NASCAR races, and encourage their daughters to enter local beauty pagaents and pie baking contests at county fairs.
Then along comes a candidate who fits this mold, and the liberal elites go bonkers. Is it any wonder why the states with the largest percentage of working class and lower middle class people consistently vote Republican?
Republicans respect the values and lifestyles of these people. Liberals view them as trailer trash and then expect them to vote for the Democrats because they promise to put a few extra bucks in their pockets.
Obama’s comments about bitter people from small towns did a good deal of damage. The media’s assault on Sarah Palin did 20 times more damage.
Can’t wait to see all the liberals peeling their 1/20/09 bumperstickers off their cars after McCain/Palin win!

Todd Palin: Twice the man Obama could ever be!

“Todd Palin: Twice the man Obama could ever be!”
Zero times two is still zero, so you may want to rephrase that to be less insulting towards Todd Palin.

Wasn’t the greatest interview ever. The sad part was Palin was better prepared then Gibson as Gibson just flat out lied about her “exact words”. Very sad, even sadder ABC has not issued a correction, downright criminal is I’ve heard ABC edited out that part for the West Coast broadcast!
As for the sex-ed to kindergartners, saw a clip of Obama talking about it. Saying it had to be scientific. How scientific do you need to be to tell kids not to let strangers touch their wee-wees? Seems that bill was like the expansion of SCHIP which Vilsack admitted was a trojan horse to socialized health care. This bill was meant to get sex ed into schools easier, you just call it “teaching kids to avoid sexual abuse”.

Let me put forward this blanket proposition: Anyone who has served as the chief executive of his state is presumptively adequately-qualified to run for vice-president.
I think that’s a pretty fair statement that should be unobjectionable. Sure, that includes Jesse Ventura, but I said “presumptively” qualified — not “indisputably” qualified. If you’ve been governor but done a terrible job, that’s one thing. But if you’ve been even moderately-competent at running even a small state, that should be enough to dispel questions about your ability.
Lots of people thought Obama should choose Gov. Sebelius from Kansas, and that McCain should choose Gov. Pawlenty from Minnesota. What foreign-policy expertise would either of those people brought to the ticket? Most certainly very little. The question of her qualifications is a silly canard.
Ideology is something else. If you think her policies are bad for America, say so. But stop belittling the lady’s qualifications. She’s not only been governor of her state — by all indicators, she’s been a GREAT governor. The idea that she’ll be overmatched by the VP job just doesn’t pass the laugh test.

“The sad part was Palin was better prepared then Gibson as Gibson just flat out lied about her “exact words”
No he did not. Though Redstate is huffing and puffing about it.
Palin had no idea what Gibson was talking about when he said the Bush doctrine and she repeated scripted answers.
Prepared must be a relative term.

Danny, Danny:
“Haven’t we already given this President enough passes? BTW for those that think we are safer since 9/11, there is more terrorism, less security and less freedom since then. You are not safer, you just like the lies you’ve been told.”
Where in America is there more terrorism, less security, and less freedom? Tell us.
Depends on what you call lies, or what “is- is”.
We were not safe before 9/11, we just thought we were. We will never know SAFE anymore, but we have to give credit where credit is due. No one is fighting in our backyard now, but if we let our guard down..who knows. Maybe none of the candidates can continue to do this, but for the safety of all Americans, don’t you think we should vote for the one that has experience to continue with the policies that are in place to keep us as safe as possible in these times, and who knows that person just might have some better ideas.
America is worth fighting for..this is serious.

“So I think (Obama) definitely has convinced people that he stands for change and for hope, and I can’t wait to see what he stands for.”
– Susan Sarandon
BARACK OBAMA. THE CANDIDATE FOR CHANGE AND HOPE. AND WE HOPE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT.

Heh.
First, Obama and the media ran against President Bush. (Note: He’s not running for office.)
Now they’re running against a Vice-Presidential candidate. In the process, they’re (purposely??) alienating every demographic you can think of.
Ayup. Sounds like a strategy to me. Not a good strategy, mind, but a strategy, none-the-less.
How’re those ol’ stock options lookin’, Jake?

I am a long time Democrat, have met Hillary Clinton and have a significant job in public education. Sarah Palin is an intelligent, powerful and capable woman who also lives her convictions and is the kind of real person Americans can identify with. She, unlike Obama, has actual executive experience. She will get all the help she needs to get up to speed on important issues – the same thing happens to every VP. For examples of other women who rose to the occasion, think of Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher. She and McCain will win it.

The editing after this interview was a real hatchet job. Anyone who reads the transcript will see that Palin knows what she’s doing.
As for the “Bush Doctrine” question–does anyone really know what that is? There’s no such document as a “Bush Doctrine”–it was something cobbled together by journalists from various Bush statements, and every journalist has a different idea of what’s included–no wonder Palin asked “In what respect?”
All these questions about “Would you go to war if Enemy X attacked Ally Y?”: If she says yes, she’s a war-monger–if she says no, she’s a weakling. She also knows that our enemies are watching this interview!!! So she says what any reasonable President would say–we’ll try diplomacy and economic sanctions, but keep military action as a last resort.
Consider the alternative: Obama declares unconditional surrender in Iraq, concessions to Iran, and invades Pakistan, then Biden chops Iraq up into three small undefendable countries squabbling with each other. What a disaster! Palin is MUCH more qualified to President than Obama, and she wouldn’t have to be unless McCain dies in office.

Something similar happened in Germany with Angela Merkel. She was looked down on by her colleagues, a protestant northern woman coming from the ex RDA in a party traditionally leaded by catholic southerner men. In her first debates she was nervous and made mistakes. She was less popular and charismatic than Schroeder and won the elections by a narrow margin. She has done things well, german economy is recovering after years of depression and now the conservatives are 20 points up over the socialdemocrats in the polls.

“I’m sorry but I am not in the business of putting my life in the hands of a tasmanian devil!”
Why? Are you afraid of cartoon characters? On the other hand, Mrs. Taz was pretty scary in lipstick and even Bugs admitted that after putting them on the plane.

Let’s please get off the executive experience mantra; George W. Bush, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan, and more all had it but that so called quality did not lead to postive results for the country.
Experience too, while it can be a good thing if it is combined with sound judgement. Neither Repbulican candidate has sound judgement and they will take us deeper in debt and further offend our friendly nations; which will mean we’ll continue to bear the brunt of the burdens of the rest of the world.
Let’s take a serious look at plans and policies and get off all these meaningless one-liners and talking points. Time for some serious and significant discussion of the issues we face!

Jimmy Carter, one of America´s worst presidents in the XXth century. My parents voted him and regretted their whole life.

I have been a fan of ABC News for many years, mainly because I felt they did the best job at staying “neutral” but after watching the last several weeks I am terribly disappointed. I am on the fence and was hoping to see the candidates and listen to their responses to the tough questions without the interviewer throwing his or her tone of acceptance or displeasure in my face. I am so turned off by Brian Ross, Diane Sawyer, and, sadly, Charlie Gibson, who I thought had grace and poise.

The interview was so injected with edits, that you can spot them, as you’re watching.
He twisted, and mangled things, and went into this interview with that in mind. To appear as lording over her, intimidate, and assault with words. If anything was scripted, it was Charlie boys performance.
I thought, of all the msm’s, we had at least one left, we could trust, and look to….but nope. Charlie just proved he runs with the herds.
The democrats, rantings of lies, and conspiracies on 9/11 is a ruse. This is their smoke and mirrors act, to distract. They want us to wrap our brains around that, while in reality, they plan on a socialist society, perhaps even as far out there, as communist. Obama’s thug tactics used, when someone prints, or exposes something he doesn’t want out there.
William Ayres visits to, and glorification of Venezuela’s Chaves ideologies. The white hate. I don’t think all these white dudes that help get Obama elected will be exactly welcome after, if he were elected.
Obama giving millions in earmarks as donations to private organizations.
He’s bogus. He’s America’s equivalant to Russia’s Rasputin. He’s totally not who he portrays himself to be.
The difference here is…he lies, and everyone supports, and defends him no matter what.
Mrs. Palin and McCain, are treated as if they’re the plague in human form.
It’s disgusting.
THINK people. The democrats claim all this love, and peace, and harmony, but look down their noses at these people. Do you really think they love, or care about you? They look down their noses at you, when you aren’t looking.
If their ideas, and promises meant anything, wouldn’t we all be out of poverty by now? How many more years do we pay for these social progams that DO NOT WORK, but only maintain the status quo, and keep you where you’re at. Each year, more money is doled out for them, and each year, more people fall into them. This needs to stop NOW!
Smaller governement, give us our money back, and let us create the jobs, and the work. It can be done, but not under a socialist regime, and I guarantee you, if Obama is elected, we are headed into the world that Venezuela is in now. Ask those people who have been so restricted, and still in abject poverty, how well that’s working out for them.

Gov. Palin will be a sponge at President McCain’s side…when has a VP really done anything in recent history? She will be a quick study and represent the Average American better than any elected VP before her.
McCain aced his first important executive decision….Obama didn’t. His CHANGE mantra went down the toilet with Biden…politics as usual. Shoring up a Presidential candidate’s weaknesses is not what I will vote for. Presidential material at the top of the ticket….McCain all the way! Palin is just icing for me.

There is something fundamentally rotten at the core of the republican party when they can celebrate the elevation of a candidate to run for our highest office that is so unqualified as to be laughable. Over and over again they say the opposite of what they truly believe – in this case, “country first.” They will pull whatever stunt necessary to win an election, and with Sarah Palin they and John McCain have hit a new low. It is despicable and disheartening to think our great democracy has fallen so low. If republican’s had any shame, they would hang their head and weep.

I think transformative disappointment just about sums it up. At least it’s something to hope for as long as it isn’t another four year lesson.