Women Against Sarah Palin Speak Out

Too bad … there are a lot more women “for Palin” than there is against!
McCain-Palin ’08
Hillary 2012!!!

Umm. You are wrong actually. There are more women against Palin than for her. Try doing your research you uneducated wacko!
Independents for Obama/Biden!!

Palin’s abuse of rape victims is disgusting. Satan has a room in hell reserved just for her.
If Charlie Gibson can’t ask real questions, he needs to retire and let a real journalist take over.

Pa(l)in = Bush with a lipstick

Right hillbilly commenters, Palin is all about women’s rights. Gee I can’t wait until I have the right to be barefoot and pregnant again after 4 years of McCain/Palin. Yee-haw!

Sarah Palin is to woman the same way that Clarence Thomas is to African-Americans.
Both are NOT advocates for their cohorts. Most women are pro-choice or at least make exceptions for abortions in the case of rape and incest. Most African-Americans believe the OPPOSITE of what Clarence Thomas stands for.

Francisco,
Have you gone to war? Would you be willing to go to war? Because if McCain/Palin are elected, you won’t have a choice, unless you you have some kind of physical/mental problem. They are going to bring back the DRAFT!

PALIN IS A TERRIBLE PICK FOR WOMEN

Two women start a website… Wow!
That’s HUGE. Big Story yah got here…

For all those women claiming to be for Hilary and voting for McCain/Palin: SHAME ON YOU! You demean the rest of us AND Hilary by voting purely on gender and not on the issues at hand. Our country is in a major economic crisis. Learn the facts, and base your vote on platforms, NOT gender/color.

The candidacy of McCaine and Palin poses a very serious threat to the safety and freedoms we enjoy here in the US- They are both able to hold their own beliefs but not to thrust them on the rest of us. McCain is a man who at the tax payers expense went to the US Naval Academy and basically wasted four years graduating fifth from the bottom of his class.
His war service in Vietnam is admirable but many others served and were imprisoned and they have not used it to achieve fame or fortune.
His rhetoric about Russia and Georgia smacks of George W Bush- a president who has bankrupted this country and criminally neglected the national problems .
Sarah Palin is bottom line-not suited to be the VP or the President of the United States. I applaud her service to her state and she may raise her family and conduct her self as she wishes . That is because she is an American. She seems to think that everyone else needs to believe the same thing and current news shows that she has not accomplished all that she has claimed- I am 68 years old and I have never been more frightened about the future of this country. Stephanie Detjens Oregon

The feminist movement should not exclude those women who are pro-life. It’s absurd to think that holding such a belief as the fetus has rights at conception is contrary to the feminist movement.
Feminist movements should focus on universally accepted things like: no discrimination based on gender, equal rights, etc.
This is just a liberal women’s way to enter politics, under the garb of feminism. It’s despicable and sets back the feminist cause.
Maybe if you stopped conflating politics and feminism you would have seen hillary as pres.

As a devout Christian voter tired of the extreme Christian right pretending to speak for me, I am extremely disturbed by McCain/Palin (or should I say McCain/Ann Coulter). The extremely conservative views of Ms. Palin will not serve our country well (including teaching religion in public schools via intelligent design for God’s sake?! C’mon who’s going to teach what the curriculum, Rev. Phelps?!). Also, the fact that the extreme right is ecstatic at Palin suggests to me that the economy is going to be put on the back seat in favor or the latest social issue that social conservatives believe in.
It is time to heal this world, to help those in need, and narrow the gap between rich and poor. It is time to wake up and accept that we need to work together once and for all. While I do not think abortion is right, I also do not think that that is the worst problem plaguing our country. I think helping the poor (instead of more tax breaks for the rich), not risking the retirement of our seniors by privatizing social security, helping the environment, and ensuring we have insurance for all is extremely important. This is the true embodiment of Christian love.
God forbid something happens to McCain and she’s our president?! She’s so polarizing! I think Ms. Palin’s views on intelligent design, praying the gay away, funding of private Christian schools over public schools, and the like to see how she is very similar to Ann Coulter ideologically. McCain clearly showed poor decision-making in picking her–being pressured by the extreme right-wing. What we end up with is worse than even Bush/Cheney–we end up with a McCain/Coulter!

mOLLY,
Would you want to keep your baby?

I am a 60 year old white, educated, professional AND Christian woman who has looked forward eargerly to having a woman in the White House. However, the RIGHT person in the White House if far more important. Palin does not represent the majority of women in this country. A vote for McCain is dangerous. The possiblity that this woman could be the president is absolutely bone-chilling and more frightening than anything we have faced as a nation in a long time. McCain and Palin’s lies, insults, hatred and mockery demonstrate clearly they should not be elected. Experience counts. Intelligence counts. Motives count. Integrity counts. Character counts. These two lose all around. McCain’s ads that slam Obama have not so well hidden racial overtones and this alone should not be tolerated and is grounds enough to block them out of the White House.

Also there seems to be quite a few fake devout Christians and fake rebulicans and independants too.
Its obvious from what you write that you arent what you say you are, but nice try.
Now stop typing and IRON MY SHIRT!

I thought the interview with Palin was rediculous. She did answer your questions Charlie…. You just didn’t like her answers!!! It seemed pretty obvious by your behavior who you support. Did you really think of those questions for the Vice-Presidential candidate or did someone make them up for you? I support McCain and Palin. I have no doubt who’s side they are on.

i am a white woman blah blah blah
nice try, so sorry its really obvious what your up to.
look at me im a white woman and a christian and a republican but im not for Palin blah blah hwa hwa wha B.S.
Pro lib/dem bloggers are working overtime.

Charlie Gibson did a great job with Sarah….her lack of knowledge and experience was obvious. Sarah got a little “testy” when challenged….

Any women who truly supported Hillary could not possibly support Palin – Geez!! Palin doesn’t believe that global warming is man-made, she’s against abortion even in cases of rape and incest (how inhumane!), she only got her first passport a few months ago and today she says we should go to war with Russia!! The woman is definitely an attempt on McCain’s part to misrepresent his platform – he voted for Bush 90% of the time & no amount of razzle-dazzle is going to change that!!
OBAMA in ’08!!!!!!!!!!111

HILLARY GIRLS, PUMAS, CLINTONISTAS…
WE
ALL
SAY!!!!
NO WAY, NO HOW!!!NO MCCAIN/PALIN…..
WE ARE HILLARY GIRLS. MCCAIN THINKS THAT JUST BECAUSE WE ARE WOMEN WE ARE GOING TO RUN TO PALIN. PALIN IS CLEARLY ON THE WRONG SIDE OF WOMEN ISSUES. PALIN IS AN EXTREMIST. McCain vote for women equal pay. Biden is a decent human being he created and sponsor a bill call the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ACT. Potecting women agaist domestic abuse, I urge you all to look into this. I supported Hillary as a republincan women and now I will support OBAMA/BIDEN. This time I am will but my party aside and vote for OBAMA. I fyou think palin is on our side look at her record. I dont belive in abortion but I also dont belive if my child was raped I am going to make her keep her baby. Palin just dont understand This will be a mental issues not only for the mother but also for the child. Her positions are just too extreme.

Bon, you must be an English teacher or want to be one. What point does it make to take issue on how they say the word.

If you’re supporting Palin because you honestly think she’s well qualified to be VP and potentially president, and because you agree with her on the issues, good for you.
But there’s nothing feminist about electing an underqualified woman, especially one whose track record on issues affecting women is terrible (not to mention the environment, the economy, etc). Joe Biden authored the Violence Against Women Act while as mayor of Wasilla Sarah P was charging rape victims for evidence kits until the practice was outlawed by the state. I know which one has earned my feminist vote!

CORRECTION: MCCAIN VOTED AGAISNT WOMEN EQUAL PAY. SAD BUT TRUE.
THIS REPUBLINCAN WHITE FEMALE SAY NO TOO!!! I WILL NEVER SUPPORT THIS PALIN!!! WHAT A JOKE!!!!

I think it’s idiotic for these stupid libs that think Sarah Palin isn’t as good a role model for women as Hilary Clinton. Why not? Just b/c her views are different. I’m not a Hilary supporter, but I think she has kicked ass for women’s rights! That is CONSERVATIVE thinking—which eqautes to COMMON SENSE! Something liberals just don’t have….
Posted by: Molly | Sep 11, 2008 6:32:15 PM
Name on thing she has done for women’s rights.

I will strongly agree. Palin is to extreme and a big false.

She would go to war in a heart beat and think God made he do it.This woman is setting us back years and he views are not what this America needs.]McCain is riding on her skirt tails and he is about to fall.He choice her for votes not the safety of the people.For pity sakes think before you vote republican,,,,,,,,,

I’m guessing many of the anti Palin posters on here have at one point agreed with the sentiment “Don’t like abortion? Don’t have one”. Let me throw that logic back at you: “Don’t like Palin? Don’t vote for her”. Creating echo chamber blogs isn’t necessary, just cast your ballot for the Obamessiah like you have been planning and let those of us who share Sarah’s politics cast our vote for her. I Mean, it’s not like bitter whining on a blog is going to win someone over who is already planning on voting for palin…get a dog if you are that bored.

Why are Feminists/Democrats so angry? They sound hateful and ugly. Gov. Palin’s positive and passionate words are so refreshing…maybe that is why SO many are flocking to the McCain/Palin ticket.
Not to mention Mr and Mrs. Obama are not up to the task. They lack both character and courage!

It’s obvious from the majority of posts on this blog that the liberal men & women of this country are intimidated by Ms. Palin and how comfortable she is with her self-assured attitude. How can you not trust your future with this woman?
I’d rather have her calling the shots instead of Obama/Biden.

I can not understand how you were all willing to vote for Bush who had the same experience, But oh yeah! you are the fools voting for another inexperienced fool Obama.
Great Choice!

Sarah Palin has done more in two weeks for women than anyone else in history, expect those who foufht for their right to vote!

I question McCain’s judgement in selecting Sarah Palin to be his running mate. McCain without Palin is just another dufus. He needs her to energize his campaign but she’s not qualified for the office of vice president. It scares me.Lucy B.

What has Obama done for women?
For anybody?
For the people of Illinois?
Not a damn thing!
More of the same Chicago politics… NOTHING!
Send Obama Bin Laden back to charm school where he belongs!

Moralizing,rabid liberals like “The women against Sarah Palin” are amongst the most intolerant, the most deluded and the most threatening of people to a free society. Sarah Palin is a woman who is pro-life and practises what she preaches. And yet, the so called “pro-choice” women are outraged at her own personal choice.
The pro-choice notion that women are left to make a free and open decision is often only a liberal illusion. Male partners or family members routinely pressure a pregnant woman to make an abortion “choice” by threats of abandonment and rejection, or by scornful condemnations of personal shame and recklessness and many other deviously selfish methods to ensure the woman makes the right “choice”. Before these women condemn Sarah Palin, they should investigate the reality of how most unexpectedly pregnant women are treated by family members that are not loving and supportive like Sarah’s family appear to be.

I’m a black lesbian physician who works at an abortion clinic, and I think I’m going to support McCain/Palin!!! I guess i’m reluctant to vote for a ticket with TWO people that have never made executive decisions. Being a bloviating senator for decades (or in obama’s case, tens of months) doesn’t quite do it for me.
Female Black Lesbians for Palin!!!!!

Tolerance. That’s what I love about the old feminist ideology. NEVER were they about choice. They were about man hating, baby hating, family hating and destroying the USA for their Marxist ends. Be afraid old fems, be very afraid. There are women out their yearning to make a loud statement as they throw off the mantle of oppression from a bunch of hateful,intolerant old broads. Thank you, Sarah for your leadership and inspiration. Your scaring the old socialist hags to death.

Are those “exact words” from the web site’s operators, or are they being misquoted like Charles Gibson did to Governor Palin tonight?

Women against Palin? The point being? I think I’ve seen the polls and somewhere around half are opposed to Palin (give or take 10 percent or so). I strongly suspect these are women that would not be voting for McCain in any case so, again, what’s the point? Oh, I see! There are actual Democrats that won’t be voting McCain/Palin! Gee, who would have ever thought such a thing?

PALIN!!! NO FEMINIST. PALIN IS AN EXTREMIST,.

Palin will put things back 50 years if she gets elected. Somebody compared her to Margaret Thatcher on another blog. I am sorry this woman is NO Margarete Thatcher and she is NO Hillary Clinton.

Again, here come the Obama demons – all the work of Obama and Axelrod.
I will make sure to give them a little comment on their blog.
McCain/Palin 08

Sarah is more qualified than Obama – if she were a man none of this would be happening. She is a smart, impressive, conservative woman and liberal feminists can’t stand that! Read Camile Paglia, she at least has some integrity and she is a real feminist!

All the mothers and grandmothers of todays American women worked for the right to abort babies. Really?
From the pictures I’ve seen of the feminist leaders of the 50s and 60s I don’t think they had too many children. How many children did the deliriously happy in her singular old age Gloria Steinem have?

Sarah Palin is truly a Republican – say what you think they want to hear. Her Bridge to Nowhere – she sent the money back. Right! Now read the rest of the story about how many earmarks she got for Alaska. About hiring a lobbiest to get more. She is an all for me person and God help us if she ever become President.

I sent this to Fox news last night..This is my first time responding with my opinion to a network but I must say Obama/Mc Cain/Palin is the most interesting, enraging and passionate campaign I have ever witnessed. I feel obligated to express my views. The Bill O’Reilly camp along with most of the reporters on that channel seem biased. I have watched various programs on occasion. The fair and balanced statement does not appear to be true. I have heard stories about the station being quietly owned by the Republican party and from watching it appears to be true. The Republican party is not willing for a minority, particularly a person of color run the country while they take a backseat but they have no problem putting an alcoholic, egotistical personal family score settler and his cohorts in office for two terms to totally screw up our country, destroy the economy, leave us in the worst state we have ever been in while enabling terrorist from every county with the courage to publicly ridicule and challenge America on our own soil. Now they want to dupe us with the same but the picture is prettier..
On this eve of Sept 10th, Every American should reflect on what they were doing and where they were and what has resulted for years after that terrible day to remind themselves of the ignorance and results of the current administration. To prove you are fair and balanced, perhaps the TV stations should run a commentary tomorrow on 9/11 and let the world know exactly how many young men and women have lost their lives, how many were maimed to the point of permanent disability and how many military marriages ended in divorce due to the Iraq war that was initiated on the ego of the current admin and John Mc Cain. He is no better or different than the present admin.
I am a mother of four with a career that was not an easy path and I made some sacrifices.. I have a son in the military. He is being re-deployed like thousands of young men and women before him. I, like many mothers and parents do not have solid sleep while our children are abroad in harms way. My son loves his country, he is a young man & contrary to your average Republican perception is responsible, well spoken, bright and intelligent. I raised him to be that way. Tell me why he can not imagine or believe he could be President one day? Tell me why he can not watch a man running for presidential office be judged fairly and not looked upon as an “Angry” black man when Obama comments about Palin. In fact, Obama has been treding lightly to avoid the typical sterotype if a man of intelligence has a strong opinion.
As a woman, I am appalled at Mc Cains choice for a running mate. I am confident that there are several women of various backgrounds from one of the other 49 states that are more intelligent and have more on the ball than Palin does. What incenses me more is that we have (some) women that are trying to justify Palin just because she is a woman. I can not do this in good conscience. How can “we as” women say we are extremely comfortable with (if elected) Palin who would be a heart beat away from the Presidency? I can not accept that women of these great American states are that shallow and short sighted. We have seen too much from the sidelines… I do not see her (Palin) adding one single ounce of validity to the campaign and no, I refuse to say she is just like us… She is a woman who has not experienced the unjust treatment that the majority of us have faced or been stererotyped into. Please, Lets get real…her child who is going to the Military (Iraq) will NOT be put in harms way. He will always be protected. She will sleep at night! Now for the private family matter, If Chelsea Clinton or the Party Girl Bush twins came up pregnant while thier parents were in office there would have been a public outrage!
Recognizing that no one is perfect I will give her that with her wayward daughter but I can not see a mother with good judgmentment wanting to even take on a VP role such as this with a Pregnant teenage daughter whom she is forcing to marry, 2 additional kids and a special needs child who really needs his mother especially when he is less than 6 month old… What happened to sacrificing the ego? Mothers put thier family first so she is not setting a good example or being a role model… What message is she sending? You can have it all ? Well you can’t, there is a consequence to every choice. That is why I don’t DRINK the small town soccer Mom Kool Aid. This chick has an huge ego and really doesn’t care….. Additionally, every picture I see of the family it appears that the baby is being held and seems very comfortable with the pregnant daughter even when Palin is nearby, I have not seen the husband hold his son yet… Hmmmmm. Who is spending the real quality time with baby?
Regarding the lipstick/Pig quasi controversy, its a farce, this woman and the McCain camp are playing usual dirty politics and portraying her as “the victim” woman, this is a classic tactic (weapon) used to emasculate or silence opponents. What would the McCain camp do if another country opposes her ? Its interesting that Mc Cain used the same statement months ago…
What I know for sure is that the entire world is watching and judging us by what happens in this race and the outcome. The Obama/Biden ticket is now balanced because of Bidens experience. The Mc Cain (Fossil)/Palin ticket is not. McCain could and should have made a better choice. This is serious times and we as a country better make sure that whomever represents our country and women realistically be up the task…
Respectfully,
F. Brown
California

Alison wrote:
Sarah is more qualified than Obama – if she were a man none of this would be happening. She is a smart, impressive, conservative woman and liberal feminists can’t stand that! Read Camile Paglia, she at least has some integrity and she is a real feminist!
I am a republincan women. Plain does not act conservative. Where have you been??. She is loud and all over the place.She acts liek a rock star. Sorry conservative females dont act like that. Alison are you conservative?? Palin simply has no class. Michelle Obama acts more conservative than her. This is a republincan white female telling you like it is. Alison dear I am very sorry but Palin if anything acts like a red neck. I can belive this women is even being consider for this post as she does not represents us women. Alison please dont lie, she is not a feminist. A true feminist now that Palin is not a feminist. Period.

I am starting a blog “MEN AGAINST ‘WOMEN AGAINST SARAH PALIN’.
I hope it is more successful than the other blog Caucasian Oprah Watchers (C.O.W.s). Boy were those chicks stupid.

Hillary GIRLS SAY:
NO WAY!! NO HOW!! NO MCCAIN/PALIN

Palin is a true example of what feminism SHOULD be. Opportunity to make it on your own – unlike Monica Lewinsky’s ex-boyfriend’s wife…..

Gee. I bet if I watch this thread long enough, there will be more “Republican” woman against Palin than there are “Republican” women registered to vote…. Why do people think anyone would ever believe a post on the Internet that begins:
I am a long-time member of Party-A but because of blah blah blah, I’m going to vote for Party-B. You have to have an IQ smaller than your shoe size to belive it.

Women are their own worst enemy, I’ve known this all my life. They’ll throw away their credibility with both hands just to keep their party in office. “Women are equal! Unless they’re pro-life, or middle-class, or they belong to the wrong religion!”
Women deserve the backlash if they continue to be this stupid. And that backlash will last a lot longer than a presidency.
I’m sure that somewhere, a man has already justified not promoting the woman with a family on the basis that, this seems to be just fine with liberals.
They may win the election, but they’ll lose the war. And they’ll deserve to lose it.

I am a woman, an independent, had no intention of ever voting for Hillary, and no intention of supporting Palin. To think that women would support Palin just because she’s also a woman is kind of insulting to me. I will give it up to her for being a successful working mom, but bottom line is I think her views are narrow-minded and ignorant. I respect that people have the right to conduct their lives according to their religious/spiritual beliefs, but I am concerned that she may impose her conservative beliefs on policies that affect other women.

Jack Burton,
All I can say is if any woman supported Hillary there is no way they would vote for McCain/Palin.

How DARE McCain put a woman on the ticket who didn’t marry up, look the other way while her husband cheated on her, & defend him against accusations of rape?
Putting someone on the ticket who worked with her hands, has more executive experience than the other three combined, who thinks for herself and made her own way to the top — what kind a woman is that? Why, she hasn’t even been certified as a woman by the liberal feminist establishment. It’s an outrage I tell you!

All of you CRAZY republicants made me donate $100 to Obama/ Biden, thanks for that nudge!

“Jack Burton,
All I can say is if any woman supported Hillary there is no way they would vote for McCain/Palin. ”
So… how did you get that God gig that gives you such supernatural powers that you can speak for every Hillary supporter across the country. Did you see it advertised on Craigslist? Does it come with a killer retirement plan?
If that is “all you can say” then it is pretty apparent that you’ve already said enough to show that you really have no clue as to what you are “saying.”

I’m a lifelong conservative woman… er…I’m a lifelong progressive man who…er…I’m a lifelong feminist that ….er…I’m an independent woman who was leaning toward McCain but now I’m definitely gonna vote for Obama because Palin lacks experience. (yeah that’s it…)
Sheesh! How do you people keep track of your persona de jour?
Obama has set up a network of web sock puppets to do all these postings. Nobody in their right mind believes what is said in them.

felecia brown, it was John Kerry who disparaged men and women in the military, not the Republicans. Please get that right.

Jack Burton,
She is everything that Hillary has fought so hard against. That was my point which was obviously lost on you.
I was not speaking for ALL Hillary supporters. It is just unfathomable that they would vote for somebody completely opposite of Hillary.

Country First. Palin/McCain will screw up the rest of the world later!

A vote for McCain is a vote for against all women. Stand up and vote for Obama and real change that this country desperately needs.

I can see that every female Obama precinct captain, campaign worker and freelance Obambot is doing “her” bit here, as is the the black bag job who is pretending to be a sn illiterate racist. (Is that you, Axelrod?) In the unlikely event that any of you girls aren’t affiliated with the Obama campaign or the Soros empire, may I say that your opinions do not represent mine– not all of us women are gullible enough to believe that Interntional Socialism /Progressivism is good for women.

Posted by: bud | Sep 11, 2008 8:16:23 PM
You could tell she memorized whatever she said. I guess Karl Rove, Bush and McCain had her study their talking points.

She said that she has some “insight” into Russia because they are practically neighbors with Alaska. SNL is going to have a field day.

Palin’s pick by McCain was a cynical exercise in vote grabbing. He was not thinking of the country at all. To be sure, it seems as if he’s had some short-term success, however he’s still behind in the states that matter, and what’s worse, he’s lost all credibility as someone we can trust to use proper judgment. He’s now seen as a gambler, and if this is the sort of decision making he’d use as president, then God help us all. It’s a dangerous world out there, and Obama/Biden is looking more and more like the safer and more reliable choice.

I commend the women from New York who have set up the website to give those of us who think Sarah Palin IS NOT a role model for women and IS NOT qualified to be a VP let alone the President, an opportunity to voice our opinion. Give me a break, do all of you pro-Palin supporters really think that her substandard education and her minimal government service gives her the qualifications that are proportinate to the job? Its amazing how low we have set our standards. I wont even get into the family issues, although she seems to not be eligible for the Superstar Mom status you want to believe she has achieved.

It is just so sad to see this breathtakingly unqualified woman used for craven political purposes. She clearly has no clue about national issues. I think that Palin would set women back years if she became vice president. She would give sexists all the fodder they need to say, “she women can’t handle it” just because THIS woman won’t be able to handle it. Palin will just be a joke worse than Dan Quayle ever was.

Palin is being used to bring in money.
Female oil company employees were used reduce the amount the royalties paid to to the government.
Sex Oil and Drugs
Digg – Sex, Drugs, and Oil Government officials handling billions of dollars in oil royalties are accused of receiving improper gifts and having sex with employees.
digg.com/politics/Sex_Drugs_and_Oil – 46k
Guess what the Bush Administration does not
want the justice department to press charges.
It’s time for a change.

“She said that she has some “insight” into Russia because they are practically neighbors with Alaska. SNL is going to have a field day.”
You are aware, are you not, that every Govonor of Alaska spends an appreciable amount of time negotiating such things as fishing rights, overflights, and even things such as search-and-rescue with their counterparts in Russia.
No… of course you aren’t.

WAKE UP AMERICA!!!! Do you really want this woman a breath away from the presidency??? I’m an Independent white woman. I voted for McCain in the primary. His choice of Sarah Palin- as wonderful in so many ways as she may be- was reckless and irresponsible. I’m amazed and shocked the polls are as close as they are after this choice. It is SO scary to me. I am so shocked that the American public at large is as ignorant as they are for even considering this ticket as an option.

I dont think Sarah Palin has done anything to help women, and it appears she was overly dependent on the “First Dude” including him in emails that pertained to Government business. So if you want to know who is setting women back, I think you need to look at Sarah Palin. We have been struggling for years to recognized for our accomplishments and treated as equal accordingly. Women dont want to be rewarded just because they are women and we are need to fill some quota or in this case used in order for the Republicans to win the election and drive the country further into deeper despair.

Governor Palin is provincial and impulsive. If all you need to be vice president or president is a college degree, husband (in the background), children, strong opinions, moose hunting or fishing experience, ability to read a budget, and lipstick, a lot of us could fill her boots and then some. I’d like to see some show of intellectual curiosity and sophistication and ability to stand alone and answer the public’s questions without prompting!
Anchorage, AK

Democrats – why do you continually nominate these pompous, elite empty suits? John Kerry and now Barrack Obama. If you would nominate someone with substance you might stand a chance. Obama is an admitted liar, and he continues to tell lies. He has ZERO real accomplishments for CHANGE in the Illinois Government, the US Senate and from his days as a “community organizer”. He is all show and no action! McCain is a maverick and Palin has real executive experience at government reform. This year they are the best choice for change!

“You are aware, are you not, that every Govonor of Alaska…”
Really? They negotiate fishing and overflight rights? Wow!
What else do “Govonors” of Alaska and other Republican VP candidates do that makes them qualified to be the US President? Take spelling lessons, hopefully? Potatoe, anyone?

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Wow, scary. I never thought there were so many democrats that were so afraid of Sarah Palin that they were ready to slit their wrists.
And you Hitlery supporters, such loyalty. You probably were with her when she was DODGING SNIPER FIRE IN BOSNIA.
Sorry to inform you whiners but Sarah Palin has as much experience as, let me see, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Jimmah Cartah, George Bush. Weren’t they, let me think, GUVnors???
How about some cheese with that whine.
Palin – 08

“jack burton,
So what? What has she done to help other women since she has become Governor? ”
I wasn’t aware that the tasks of a governor included “helping other women”.
Would you ask any male governor what he has done to “help other men”?
It takes a special kind of liberal democrat to think that women need “help” from a governor to suceed in life.

Two women start a website… Wow!
That’s HUGE. Big Story yah got here…
Posted by: patman | Sep 11,
Actually it must be hugh. Not only did I receive an email from them, almost every women I know also received one. And I am talking different parts of the country. I guess word travels fast.

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Spence, you said —
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I’d like to see some show of intellectual curiosity and sophistication and ability to stand alone and answer the public’s questions without prompting!
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I would too, from Obammy. And we saw just what he could do when he was not “prompted” at Saddleback. He couldn’t find his butt with both hands.
Palin stood alone and was full of intellectual curiousity, in Alaska as Governor. When the time comes she will be able to do her job as Vice President.
Palin – 08

None of the women I work with like Palin. In fact they HATE her even worse than I do. Republicans are seting theselves for an EPIC FAIL.

jack, you are an idiot plain and simple. YA just don’t get it do you? All your posts shows me that you hate Hillary. Secondly , there are women that will vote for her just because she is a woman. Some us aren’t that stupid.
I really don’t care, it’s up to them if they want to ruin this country even more.
I also don’t care what sex a candidate is. I look at what they can bring to this country not what sex they are.
Just like a republican to read stuff into what somebody said.

I didnt say the voters of Alaska picked her to fill a quota, but McCain sure did, otherwise please explain his failure to pick candidates that were more qualified? Oh you cant, because I have yet to hear a Republican answer that question…wonder why?

Jack Burton,
I asked you what she has done for women as Governor. Where’s the answer?

Men who assume that women are dumb like Sarah Palin a lot.
The others don’t.

I think you can think of her favorably but still not think she should be Vice President.

“None of the women I work with like Palin. In fact they HATE her even worse than I do. Republicans are seting theselves for an EPIC FAIL.”
Pauline Kael, who was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker magazine, is reported to have said, when Nixon won the 1972 election, “How can that be? No one I know voted for Nixon!”

Proves nothing.
More than 80% men & women in Alaska supports Palin. It isn’t because she is a woman. It’s because he serves the people.
Of course out of the remainding 20% you can find some “Woman against Sarah Palin”.
What are these woman actually for? “woman for no woman but a black man”?

The Gov. of Alaska has more power than the gov. of NY, Illinois and California. Actually, there is only one state that has more power than Alaska and that is Mass. Palin started her political career 2 years before Obama and she actually has executive experience. So if you guys can say that she has no experience than I guess he doesn’t either.

Sorry Jean, but where I live Mayor of a town of 7000 is a part time job and something most people do in the off hours. Up until now I had no idea it was considered to equate to Executive experience.

J = Carl Rove clone?

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Ya see, Eileen. Most supporters of Obamma don’t know the issues, don’t care about the issues, and will just march lock-step to the voting booth.
He has publically stated that he will eliminate our nukes. He has stated that he will reduce the military. He has said he wants an illegal Assault Weapon Ban more restrictive than the last one which was overturned.
“Tax increases to companies that take jobs out of the country”. That’s a misnomer, means nothing. Any tax increase to any company will mean that YOU and ME pay it.
Oh, I forgot. What is his plan to bring down gas prices which is the major cost of the economy downturn? Don’t say Air Up Your Tires. We need more supply to lessen the demand. The best and fastest way is to Drill in ANWR, where no one lives, but Caribu.
Whew!!!
Palin – 08

j sez:
I asked you what she has done for women as Governor. Where’s the answer?
Jack responds:
Scroll back up and you’ll see it. Thank God Al Gore invented the scroll back when he invented the internet so that silly questions such as this only have to answered once.

Eileen – I think you are the one making stuff up… Obama has done nothing. He is only good at hanging out with criminals. Rescko, Ayers and Wright… He may have been 8 when ayers commited those crimes, but he took his money in 1995 for campaign contributions. Now why would a know communist like bill ayers want obama to become president? that is not made up Eileen…. Maybe Obama is the troll, not the republicans.

Sorry liberal ladies – you are willing to kill your own unborn children to the toon of 15+ million to date primarily as a means of birth control. Now that is the real “inconvient truth”! Don’t you dare presume that you speak for all women (even educated, highly degreed women) in this country. You do have freedom of choice – the choice to keep your pants on or not!

Expand to Meet Military Needs on the Ground: Barack Obama supports plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marines by 27,000 troops. Increasing our end strength will help units retrain and re-equip properly between deployments and decrease the strain on military families.

“If we start with the 2nd amendment first, he is on record and saying her supports upholding the constitution, with the exception being to take AK47′s out of the hands of criminals and make it difficult for criminals to get guns.”
Really… because here is what he actually says…complete with cited references so you can look each point up for yourself to see what the truth is…
http://www.nraila.org/Legislation/Federal/Read.aspx?id=3991

nevadarose: A mother of 4 is aware of her own body and knows that once labor begins it could be a day or 2 before the baby is born. She knows how it was for the first 4 kids and how her body reacts. I have 2 kids and I was in labor for 3 days with each of them. My water broke on a wednesday and my son was born on friday afternoon. I could have traveled to Japan and back in that time period. the same situation occurred with my second son. It is not fair to criticize her for that.

small group of Obama supporters are usually very vocal and very good at making the world think they represent everyone by drowning out other voices and attacking others viciously. Hillary has been the first victim. Women, wake up, if tough as Palin and Hillary can’t even make it to VP (let alone P, who else can? If you are tough and attentive to business, they can say you are not femine and not caring the family enough. If you are attractive and tender, they would say you don’t have enough leadership. If you keep falling for the big trap that the washington establishment set up for you, then no women win. That’s why European are more progressive than the US in this aspect. Even a VP position incurred so much resistence, when the European has strong female leaders decades ago, don’t everybody think we are REALLY REALLY BACKWARD in all these hysteria!!

Eileen – How is obama going to expand the military as you describe? It is easy to get info. from the Obama website, but how is he going to pay for that? Also, you forgot to mention the draft that he will apply. In Feb. 2006 Charlie Rangel (D) wanted to reinstate the draft. I guess that is how obama plans to increase the military.

“Oh I’m sorry I forgot that the NRA is the most reliable source, silly me.”
Well, since each bullet point about Obama’s views towards firearms came with a specific cite that YOU could check for yourself to see what he actually said then I would heartily agree that you are silly.
And I am not sure why you think that concern about those who would limit constitutional freedom is less important that anything else. Or do you also feel that the arguments concerning the Patriot Act are meaningless?
And since you mention education problems, have you asked Barry what he did with the hundreds of millions of dollars he spent with his terrorist buddy on “improving” Chicago’s schools? They did a real “bang up” job so to speak, eh.

OMG I’m shocked by the interview she gave to Charlie Gibson. She’s a total nitwit, an amateur in politics!
Alaska first, Sarah!
Better leave America to Hillary!
And yes, to Obama.
She was even worse than Dan Quale!!! I’m ashamed that it has to be a woman who is so dumb in this race; but I blame McCain, not this hockey mom turned Governor of the less than 700,000 Alaskans….

Eileen, I’d like to hear that as well. Why should republicans remain in the white house. How will McCain be different.

As a working mother and grandmother, I just can’t see how Palin can balance being a REAL mother to her children AND run a country. Nothing replaces maternal instinct and I think Palin doesn’t have it. She had a baby…handicapped baby, FIVE months ago and still wants to take on the nation!! What a mother!! I know how hard it is to balance the attention children need and keep a full time job. I just can’t understand why she kept popping out the puppies when she is pursuing a demanding career!! She didn’t have to abort just use some protection!! I think she’s intelligent enough to figure that out!! Actually, I’m just thinking she is just selfish and conceded. Look at me!! I can hunt!! I’m a hockey mom!!

“Why dont all you Republicans tell me how McCain is going to rebuild the military, you guys are the ones that ruined it to begin with, lets hear it!”
Well… as a vet with 26 years in I am not sure that you have it correct about the military being “ruined.” But perhaps you can tell us your military experience so we can judge your beliefs accordingly.
“Also tell me how we are going to eliminate the, what is it now, $700 billion dollar deficit. I’m all ears.”
Barry requested almost a BILLION DOLLARS in earmarks in a part-time three years. McCain has requested none. Perhaps we can start there, eh.

“I just can’t understand why she kept popping out the puppies when she is pursuing a demanding career!! ”
I guess the ol’ feminist motto of “you can have it all” has gone done the tubes, eh.
I’ll be much more careful about either hiring or promoting women in the future if I have the slighest idea they are going to be “popping out puppies.”

“Jack, who can argue with your logic?”
Still won’t quote the actual legislation, eh.

Jack, it is just so stupid, its not worth even arguing with you, your right. Obama wants to ruin the military, the country, our children, he wants to leave us vulnerable to attacks. It gets to be so absurd with you people it just becomes a joke. Once again Republicans just make stuff up and people like you believe it. Its all very sad and its destructive to our great nation and it has been the reason we not find ourselves to be in the position we are in.

I’m would actually be quite surprise if there are more women than men are pro-choice. The liberal ideology of women are pro-choice is stupid. Being a mother is a special feeling to many women. I imagine most mothers would encourage their teens to keep their babies if they make mistakes.
by the way, National Women Organization should changed to Liberal/Democrat National Women Organization since they are not supporting just any woman in high office.

One of the things I like about Sarah is her AUTHENTICITY. She is who she is and not some fake personality molded for public viewing- all the while hiding her true feelings. I never felt like the Clintons (nor Obama) let their REAL SELF show. They are guarded and calculating, not to be confused with thoughtful and pensive. I get the impression that Sarah is pretty much the same person no matter who she is talking to. I would rather deal with someone who is GENUINE, even if they don’t have the highest IQ in the room, than someone who is SO SMART that they have to manipulate me with what THEY THINK I need to see and hear. Honestly….I can handle the truth.
AVERAGE & REAL VS GENUIS & PHONEY

It is about time we have a real choice to vote for. Palin is a breath of fresh air and it shows the kind of leader McCain will be that he choose her. To bad Obamba… you lose!

Palin is a Stepford Wife/Vice President. Either she was programmed by McCain or some foreign entity.
LarryMan is grammatically challenged, therefore his comments should not be considered valid.
Democrat until Republicans show intelligence,
Kate

Ms. Palin’s comments about the bridge to no-where remind me of how important it is for Obama to get on message about the need for us to get onto the bridge to somewhere. He needs to contrast her trite, repetitive mantra, with something substantive. We must get onto the Bridge to Somewhere, with good leadership, vision for the future, paid for not by earmarks but by our effort and intelligence to create a better society. As women, we have fought to gain financial indpendence (remember when we could only get a credit card in our husbands’ name?, control over our bodies (Our Bodies Ourselves) and equal pay for equal work. McCain doesn’t see us as equals, nor does he see Sarah Palin as an equal.
Let’s go after a national child care policy, encompassing the needs of all mothers/fathers with respect to children… from health care, to child care, educational support and neighborhood safety. Now is the time we need to speak up and articulate our agenda. Lynn

Every woman who wants to keep her rights, safety, and equality should read the following:
Women: *Please* email this to 5 women that you know:
From:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/65qxee
Sunday, September 07, 2008
10 Ways in Which, For Women, Sarah Palin Is *Exactly* Like George W. Bush
1) Like Bush, she is completely against a woman’s right to choose (in fact, she exceeds Bush in that she is against a woman’s right to choose even in cases of rape or incest;
2) Like Bush, she opposes stem cell research to prevent fatal diseases in men, women and children;
3) Like Bush, supports the teaching of Creationism alongside Evolution in public schools;
4) Like Bush, does not believe that Global Warming is man made;
5) Like Bush, has supported abstinence-only sex education methods that have proven ineffective;
6) Like Bush, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office–(in Palin’s case, despite a 72-year old, chronically ill running mate)
7) Like Bush, has engaged in conduct that has resulted in current government investigation of her actions;
8) Like Bush, has made statements which indicate lack of knowledge of basic elements of the office they are running for (Palin, July 2008: “What exactly does the Vice President do everyday?”);
9) Like Bush, has been sequestered to prevent her being asked questions that she has not yet been prepared to answer;
10) Like Bush, talks like a reformer–yet in her actions (i.e., relying on lobbying, supporting the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it) acts in the most typical, all-too-familiar fashion.
H/T: On The Issues
Cite:
Head of State
http://tinyurl.com/65qxee

Nonetheless, Sarah Palin has demonstrated extreme immorality in her decision making. A woman lacking such morals should be feared by all.

“Nonetheless, Sarah Palin has demonstrated extreme immorality in her decision making. A woman lacking such morals should be feared by all.”
So even though you found yourself agreeing with a complete lie you choose to label Gov. Palin “immoral”?
:-)

Reading some of these angry, whiny posts against Sarah Palin, one can see why the streets of New York are full of single women, mouths set in grim lines, clutching their elbows while striding home in the evening to empty apartments that will never know the blessing of a warm,loving touch.

I can’t believe there are actually women stupid enough to fall for this Palin idiocy. Republicans bank on voters being stupid- this time they’ve narrowed it down to women. Palin’s a moron, anybody catch her ABC interview? Talk about a moose in the headlights. She had no idea what “Bush doctrine” is. And then the Republicans called ABC to whine that Gibson was “mean” to her. That interview was a disaster… even if you put lipstick on it, it was still a pig.

Visit the blog
http://womenagainstsarahpalin.blogspot.com
I am heartened and proud to see all the articulate, well-thought-out comments from women of all ages and walks of life. (Unlike the shrill name-calling from both the left and right you find so many places on the internet).
Sarah Palin does not speak for me.

Google Dominionism. The AOG church Sarah Palin was a member of for 20+ years WANTS religious war. They believe it is the responsibility of the United States to have dominion in the name of Jesus over the entire Earth. Dominion is also created by doing business in exclusive religious cartels.
Palin also took a town that was in the black and left it $20 million in the red AND without decent roads or city planning. She is the queen of earmarks in a state that gets the 3rd highest per capital federal dollars in the union. She used our taxes to buy popularity in her state. She also deliberately ignored the advice of Alaska’s professional scientists, who said moose populations in the state are not in danger of decimation by wolves and Palin’s estimate of optimal moose counts is too high. She ignored them in order to subsidize, with tax dollars, rich hunters running wolves down in airplanes and then hacking off their left front leg to be turned in for a $150. bounty.

Like Bush, she is completely against a woman’s right to choose (in fact, she exceeds Bush in that she is against a woman’s right to choose even in cases of rape or incest;
[Yeah… desiring innocent babies to live is a sign of a real meanie.]
Like Bush, she opposes stem cell research to prevent fatal diseases in men, women and children;
[first lie, but not the last. Please find anywhere, any legitimate cite, that shows that Gov. Palin or Pres. Bush is “against” stem cell research. Be specific. Give detail. But you can’t, can you. Because you just made that up out of thin air.]
Like Bush, supports the teaching of Creationism alongside Evolution in public schools;
[Second lie.
When asked during a televised debate in 2006 about evolution and
creationism, Palin said, according to the Anchorage Daily News: "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."
In a subsequent interview with the Daily News, Palin said discussion of
alternative views on the origins of life should be allowed in Alaska
classrooms. "I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if
it comes up in class. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE CURRICULUM," she
said.
So why did you lie? Because you depend upon biased media for your
information? Because you're ignorant? Because you are a Democrat? All of the
above?]
Like Bush, does not believe that Global Warming is man made;
[Gee… just like tens of thousand of climate scientists across the globe. ]
Like Bush, has supported abstinence-only sex education methods that have proven ineffective;
[Thirty percent of teen girls get pregnant. SEVENTY percent of African American teens get pregnant. That standard sex education in school is proving highly effective, eh. And by the way… this is the third lie…,
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-sexed6-2008sep06,0,3119305.story
and here…
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=OGRkNDJlMjMxMTI2MWE4OWUyNDI2NDdkOGUxNTc1Njg= ]
Like Bush, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office–(in Palin’s case, despite a 72-year old, chronically ill running mate)
[Like Obama, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office.
Like Bill Clinton, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office.
Like Edwards, has virtually no foreign policy experience prior to running for national office.
Want to play this game some more?].
Like Bush, has engaged in conduct that has resulted in current government investigation of her actions;
[Democratic presidential candidate from Alaska, Sen. Mike Gravel, explains that this is a trumped up, bogus charge against Gov. Palin.
http://hotair.com/archives/2008/09/09/comedy-gold-lefty-radio-hosts-crestfallen-as-palin-defended-by-mike-gravel/ ]
Like Bush, has made statements which indicate lack of knowledge of basic elements of the office they are running for (Palin, July 2008: “What exactly does the Vice President do everyday?”);
[Fourth lie. But consistent. Why not give the full quote? Because it will show your lie?]
Like Bush, has been sequestered to prevent her being asked questions that she has not yet been prepared to answer;
[Yeppers… the fact that no one every watches ABC News is proof of this lie.]
Like Bush, talks like a reformer–yet in her actions (i.e., relying on lobbying, supporting the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it) acts in the most typical, all-too-familiar fashion.
[So changing one’s mind to ensure the community is better off is somehow “wrong” That’s quite some standard there.]

American women better hope Palin doesn’t become the next VP. You want the first woman VP or President to be someone totally qualified for the job, and not just a token candidate. If she does turn out not to be ready, she will push the women’s movement so far back that another woman will probably not be nominated for a very long time. I want so much to see equality be given to women, and have a woman finally crack that highest glass ceiling, but not this way, and not with this one!

“…not just a token candidate.”
I find it so fascinating that the elected governor of a state is a “token” because she doesn’t adhere to the “accepted liberal mindset.”

Yes! Crush this filthy vile sickening excuse for a woman. We will not let her hang out with the in crowd. She will not get invited to any of the good partys. We will exclude her and bully her until she slits her wrists.
The womans club is sickening!
Leftism is so lost in hate that I wonder why it exsists at all. Sickening.

“She had no idea what “Bush doctrine” is. ”
From Wikipedia…
The Bush Doctrine is a phrase used to describe VARIOUS RELATED [emph. mine] foreign policy principles of United States president George W. Bush, created in the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The phrase initially described the policy that the United States had the right to treat countries that harbor or give aid to terrorist groups as terrorists themselves, which was used to justify the invasion of Afghanistan.[1] Later it came to include additional elements, including the controversial policy of preventive war, which held that the United States should depose foreign regimes that represented a threat to the security of the United States, even if that threat was not immediate (used to justify the invasion of Iraq), a policy of supporting democracy around the world, especially in the Middle East, as a strategy for combating the spread of terrorism, and a willingness to pursue U.S. military interests in a unilateral way.[2][3][4] Some of these policies were codified in a National Security Council text entitled the National Security Strategy of the United States published on September 20, 2002
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I’m positive that if Gov. Palin announced that she developed a cure for both cancer and AIDs you folk would be on the net that very day posting that this proves she apparently really didn’t care about people with liver disease.

I am a white woman college educated medical professional and registered Republican. I was totally excited about Sarah Palin being chosen. My excitement soon turned to disappointment. I have just recently retired from my lifelong job as a medical professional. Friday morning I started my search on Sarah Palim. I found lots of “red alarms”.
I wanted to make sure I was not voting for a ticket merely because of gender. I saw she gave an excellent speech. I nneded to find out who she was and if I saw any patterns that would casue problems. I did!
(1)Acceptance Speech – CLAIM SHE TOOK ON GOOD OLE BOY IN CLEANING UP POLITICAL CORRUPTION ALASKA – NOT TRUE – FBI WAS DOING BEFORE SHE TOOK OFFICE. FBI STARTED 2004. FIRST LEGISLATOR OFFICE RAID AUG, 2004. SARAH PALIN RAN FOR GOVERNORS OFFIXE ON “CHANGE”, ELECTED TO OFFICE NOV, 2006. SARAH PALIN DID NOT START INVESTIGATION. SARAH PALIN AND ALASKA GOPVERNMENT DID NOT DO ANY OF INVESTIGATION. FBI INDICTED 11 REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS, NO DEMOCRATS +LOBBYIST + OIL EXECUTIVES + OTHERS. SARAH PALIN HAS DONE NOTHING BUT RIDE THE WAVE. CLAIMS TO ALASKANS SHE IS CLEANING UP GOVERNMENT. FACT IS FBI IS DOING. Go google Alaska Political Corruption – go to wikipedia. Info is there and can more up in Alaska.
(3)CLAIM SHE SAID NO TO BRIDGE TO NOWWHERE – Not true -fact checked – lied – She was totally supporting – then when it died in washington and was killed, she changed stance and klilled it in Alaska – but biggest fact is Washington still gave Alaska the money but labeled under different category. she accepted the money – verified lie all news media + fact check.com
(4)As mayor of Wasilla she starting building sports complex she got earmark money for without having legal title to land it was built on – Wasilla still in legal litigation- almost $2,000,000 dollars more for land- plus legal fees- land was actually sold to someone else since city of Wasila did not confirm actual sale final papers.
(5)Sarah Palin – Almost recalled as serving as mayor of Wasilla. Fired many staff, librarian and police chief. Recall Group of citizens formed as librarian quite popular and Palin forced to rehire librarian. Police Chief not as popular since he want to close bars at 2am instead of leaving open until 5am- statistics proff showed dramatic increase crime early morning hours and was getting out of hand. City did not like bars closed?? Residents Upset. Police Chief sued city. Judge in court transcripts stated police chief only lost because his legal signed document with former mayor stating he could only be fired for poor performance was not passed though city council. Was oversight by prior mayor. Palin was forced to get city administrator.
(5)Palin is under legislative investigation as governor at present – complaint is she fired poiice commissioner because he would not fire her brother inlaw. Her sister was involved nasty divorce. Some complaints about divorce and complaint ledges she continued to pressure to have brother inlaw fired even after being ggovernor. Legislative and judiciary branches of Alaska government voted for the investigation. They hired a private out side attorney. Palin said she had nothing to hide. Then proof started showing not true. Then she got chosen as Vice President. Then she hired her own defense attorney to defend herself and her administration. Now her attorney is attempting to take investigation away from legislature and judiciary arms of government. Palin files complaint against herself. Her attorney says they want Ethics Board to handle. But Ethic Board is a Governor appointed committee?? Conflict of interest and bias may be present. Her attorney has been taking all depositions. He is sending to Ethic Board. There has been with holding of emails and other information and claims of executive privilege. Legislative and judiciary branch had already gotten some depositions and appears some damaging information. Released were audio tapes of one conversation in attempt to let public know some problems, plus some incriminating emails shown from Palin to Monegan Police Commisssioner fired, to fire her brother inlaw. Relased by Monegan to major news outlet. Now attorney is attempting to block the supenas to get deposition by attorney legislature and judiciary officials hired. The elected officials on the voted for legislative investigative committee are bipartisan. There are about 4-5 Democrats and 10 Republicans. Number may be wrong slightly as info on affiliated parties vague.
I do know Republicans far outnumber Democrats. It appears major cover – up is being attempted by Palin. McCain also has top attorneys up there.
Please read below latest news article today
News articled from Wall Street Journal – September 11 – may go to website to verify
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state’s public safety commissioner and warned that the matter could snowball into a bigger scandal.
He also said, in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, that she should fire any aides who had raised concerns with the chief over a state trooper who was involved in a bitter divorce with the governor’s sister.
In the letter, written before Sen. John McCain picked the Alaska governor as his running mate, former U.S. Attorney Wevley Shea warned Gov. Palin that “the situation is now grave” and recommended that she and her husband, Todd Palin, apologize for “overreaching or perceived overreaching” for using her position to try to get Trooper Mike Wooten fired from the force.
Mr. Shea was acting on his own in writing the letter, with no official capacity. In late 2006, Gov. Palin asked him to co-write an ethics report for Gov. Palin with then-House Democratic leader Ethan Berkowitz that recommended new financial-disclosure rules for elected and appointed officials in the statehouse. That report served as a key document for the ethics bill she later signed into law.
Read the letters from Wevley Shea to Gov. Palin and her aides.
After his initial letter in July, Mr. Shea followed up with another letter, dated Aug. 4, in which he told Gov. Palin that she probably couldn’t legally shun a legislative investigation into the firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.
Gov. Palin has taken the opposite tack, hiring a private attorney to advise in a matter that has become known as “Troopergate.” Seven Palin administration employees have refused to meet with the independent investigator. The McCain-Palin campaign has argued that the state legislature has no right to look into the matter. Palin spokesmen say the state personnel board is the appropriate investigative body, setting up a showdown between the state’s legislative and executive branches.
The McCain-Palin campaign referred comment on the letters to the governor’s office, which confirmed receipt of them. “While we can’t always act on every idea, Gov. Palin thanks Mr. Shea for his counsel,” Sharon Leighow, the governor’s deputy press secretary, said in a statement.
Members of the House and Judiciary committees overseeing the probe — which lawmakers want wrapped up by early October — meet Friday to consider issuing subpoenas to the governor’s staff.
Mr. Shea, in his Aug. 4 letter, warned Gov. Palin against taking her current approach. “My feeling is this is not a personnel matter. It doesn’t have anything to do with the governing of the state of Alaska,” he said in an interview this week.
The governor has denied any wrongdoing in the matter and said the commissioner was removed over an unrelated budget dispute. After bipartisan committees of the state legislature in late July approved $100,000 to hire an independent investigator to see if any laws were broken, Gov. Palin pledged the full cooperation of herself and her staff.
I find many other issues/problems with Sarah Palin too. Would take a book. Women’s issues would never be addressed by her. John McCain has never voted for women’s issues. McCain spoke he does not support equal pay.
As a woman I can not support Sarah Palin. I can not vote for John McCain.

Why isn’t anyone pointing out that if McCain kicks the bucket Palin’s vice president will be Nancy Pelosi. Imagine the cat fights!

The democrats love womens rights…..as long the woman is leftwing, she has rights. Their problem with Sarah Palin is two fold. First and foremost she represents a threat to their ideology. She’s reached the place she stands from an extremely humble beginning, She didn’t come up through the ranks of the enlightened elite. The American people look at Sarah Palin as one of their own, she could be somebodies mom, neighbor, coworker, or wife. Liberals can’t seem to understand that simple fact. Little Towns like Wasilla Alaska are where a good portion of America grew up. I don’t think calling their inhabitants backwards trailer trash is a good plan for winning an election.

I KINDA THINK THIS ONE IS SPECIAL, COMING FROM A WOMAN AND ALL…
“Iraq is a long way from Ohio, but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face.”
Madeleine Albright, President Clinton’s Secretary of State
Town Hall Meeting on Iraq at Ohio State University
February 18, 1998

We should start a Obama isnt a real man club. You know stop him from catching on. Make kinda like a way point for emails and information backing up the fact that Obama isnt a real man. yaaa thats a great idea. NOT. Men extend basic respect for the most part and dont (I repeat) dont act like 8 year olds. Grow up ladys of the left because the light your standing in isnt flattering at all.

“jack burton – you are quoting the oh so reliable Wikipedia? The website where anyone with access to a computer can update the contents of each web page? Really?!”
You’re welcome to point out where wiki was anywhere in error in what I posted. Be specific. Give detail.
If you won’t (or, as is the real case, can’t) then your post was pretty pointless, eh.

So, women who are OPPOSED to the election of McCain are advising us that they should be happy with his VP selection? Is this a new kind of logic?

Before posting my comments I took the time to read each and every comment on this board. It does not matter if a person is a liberal , conserative,or anything inbetween. Each person has an emotional reaction to Ms. Palin. Why? I do not know. I have read that one woman would vote for her because she has a gun. Does having a gun make anyone a good choice for VP? I have a gun too. I have taken the time to read as much about Ms. Palin as I can and she is just NOT qualified for the job of VP. I too not only own a gun but have been a hard working mother, while taking care of my elderly grandmother, and a special needs child and being on chemo during this time . If Ms. Palin is qualifyed to be a VP and most likly step into the Presidency (if Mc Cain wins that is which is unlikely), why , when she became Mayor of a small town did she hand over the job to someone who easily handled the job themsleves. My entire family on both sides have acted with old fashioned patriotism , all the way back to the American Revolution. But does this make me qualified to be the potential leader of the most powerful country in known history? No. Nor is Ms. Palin. She is correct in defining herself as a pitbull with lipstick. That is her only statement of her qualificaions. Yes, have listened to her speak, and gave Mc Cain the same chance. He has had his chance to make change , after serving his country for 26 years, and look at the mess our country is now in. To the person who said that Barack speaks badly must have mistaken him for someone else. His mannor of speach is clear, to the point , and is a gentleman. Not a doggy. Ms. Palin reminds me of highschool and the haughty cheerleaders who thought that they had a voice only for the beautiful, (or God , whom Ms Palin seems to know and speak to and for.When I was young a person who claimed to speak to God was promtly put into a mental hospital) Its the work of the ordinary person that is the back bone of this wonderful country. Mc Cain flaunts the sad fate he endured as a captured soldier. But he knew the risks when he signed up. At least he is still here amoung the living. I have a few relatives whos bodies were never found. Not even a bone to bury with honor. Ms. Palin flaunts her disabled child like a shield. I have a disabled child too and would never do that to my dear daughter. That is disrespectful to all women and men who have special needs children. So what is her problem.? I dont know. I still do not know what her views are , really. Only that she gave her daughter the choice that she would gladly take away from the rest of us. The old definition of a Republican is ” socialy hands off and ecomicaly conservative. ” Period. Does Ms Palin or Mc Cain, stand up to this very real definition of a Republican? To those who think liberals are pot smoking , drooling morons, you would be suprised who is a Democrate or liberal . Many Republicans are far more liberal than one might think. You never know what your neighbor is Really thinking until you ask. Ms. Palin is Not VP material . And I do ask. Everyone I have asked are frightened. Not because of what Ms. Palin stands (which is still unclear)for but what she does. That pistol packing momma should go back to her pom poms and gun and get back to her assault against her own environment , and shoot animals. There are many people better qualified to be VP than her and I do not care if its a male or female. Its about who is qualifed for the job. Ms. Palin is not. (I regret repeating myself and will most likely get some feedback on that one) but Ms. Palin seems to bring out the worst in most everyone. What will she do if she becomes (unfortuantely) President,? How will she handle the abuse she will get from other countries . Go to war with them because they disagree with her. ? Our country is on the verge of a great new road to follow. Will we follow the old road or step into the new ? So far the old road has taken us nowhere but down. I will proudly vote for Barack Obama and Biden . They are more qualifed to lead us to a new world order , And no one can figure out why the rest of the world hate Americans.? Just go to a forgien country and actually talk to real ordinary people and see what they say. I have. Have you? But it does not matter if you have had the good luck to acutally speak to others of different cultures , religion or nationalailty within their own countries, there are many legal immigratnts who will gladly give you a different perspective if you bother to ask. My long time neighbor was from Germany and lived with her mother during WW 11. I also worked for a very kindly Jewish family, two gay men who had 50 happy years of co habitation. The one sadly passed away while I was working for them. This country is made up not only of Christians but of many different religions , cultures and opinions. That is what America is supose to be. The bottom line. Its about being informed and make the good choice. This is it friends. Will we survive the next 4 years . Its up to us to decide and believe me the entire world is watching what we do. Good luck to America.

kids, it’s been fun but it’s getting past my bedtime.
if anyone is still posting tomorrow I might bring myself to join you.
But just remember, virtually everything said about the Governor here has been proven to be either mistaken or an outright, knowing lie. Keep that in mind as you read any further posts.
And that’s my “preemptive strike” for truth, goodness, and the American way. (and apple pie too)
Oh… and in a bit of shameless promotion since the holidays are approaching if you want the absolute best ever recipe for Turkey Dressing you can look here:
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Are you implying that we cannot protect our own land without having to invade every country we think might have terrorists? Put yourself in Iran’s place, if a foreign land invaded Canada and Mexico, wouldn’t you want to ready yourself too, in case this foreign land decides that we should be invaded too?

Quote:
I want someone with INTELLIGENCE and good judgement to be in charge.
I want someone who can spell judgment to judge others.

Nancy – In addition, if your logic is that we need to invade countries where terrorists are, in order to make our country safe. Should we then invade Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, The Philippines and Indonesia too? Not to mention that there are terrorist cells all over Europe and North Africa as well. Should our military be over there too?

I am struck dumb by Governor Palin’s response to the Bush Doctrine question. That she knew nothing about it is bad enough for someone who could become the leader of the free world, but the way she tried to pretend that she knew was embarrassing and frightening. What are we supposed to do if she becomes VP? Invest in bomb shelters? Will someone please tell her Russia has nukes?

You think this is bad google about John MCCAin saying about women being rape and enjoying it and mention ape or monkey. We as women need to tied these two together and make sure everyone see it…..

Seven years. No memorial. No Osama bin Laden. A lot of red ink going towards invading the wrong country: http://zfacts.com/p/447.html . Oh, but it’s not patriotic to want a President who might know enough about the Middle East to have predicted that the Sunni and the Shia Muslims in Iraq might just go back to their centuries-old conflict. It’s not patriotic to want our C in C to make sure he is not wasting the lives of our troops in a bogged down mess like VietNam and Iraq. If we vote for Obama, someone might say we are jealous of Sarah Palin’s looks. I quiver in fear of the insult. I’d rather face Russia’s nukes when McCain loses his terrible temper with Putin or Palin declares war. Riiiight.

Ladies,you’re insecurity is showing. I’ll bet most of you live in the city and are afraid of breaking your nails or mussing your hair. I’d rather have Sarah Palin for president than Nancy Pelosi. I just can’t see Hillary, Nancy, & Michelle all together without a cat fight…much like all of you. Your lives must be empty and void to carry on so. Such anger and poison. Just like a Dem to tear down and destroy what they can’t understand and are afraid of…the only way to conquer is to smear and degrade.

I am really disturbed by the lack of education most of you people obviously have. First of all, where do you get by assuming that McCain only picked Palin because she is a woman and trying to get women’s votes?? All of you who think so are a product of far left media coverage and are obviously stupid enough to be brainwashed. All you liberal women against Palin should take a good hard look at your presidential candidate and realize that he has a thinner resume than Palin. It is appalling that you would disgrace a women because she doesn’t share the same views as you. If anything, Palin on the ticket has proven that feminists only support liberal women…and all you liberal feminists and liberal feminists groups have now been proven to be frauds. If you are a group who support the advancement of liberal women then give yourself that title… but don’t pretend you are advocating for all women because it is now very apparent that you are not.

I thought the Bush/Cheney team was the worst in US history (HNN Poll: 61% of Historians Rate the Bush Presidency Worst), but McCain/Palin would have them beat-that’s what you get when public education is devalued.
Obama was president of Harvard Law Review, McCain was a legacy (and adulterer) and Palin barely finished college.

Oh and Andrea…how about we get some two-sided coverage on the issues…they would love you over at MSNBC wouldn’t they? lets just post an article from the AP who we all know ( or do we) are liberal extremists.
http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjJhYzdlZmMzMzA1NGViNmE2MmUxYmUxZDg1NmQ1ZTk=

Strongerthanyou, your argument is nothing more than ad hominem. Obama would know what that means. The “cat fight” fantasy doesn’t answer the questions a lot of us have about Governor Palin. Why did she make rape victims pay for their rape kits? Why does she support “abstinence only” sex ed when it didn’t work in her own family? What does she recommend women who are carrying a Downs baby do if they don’t have the money to take care of the child…are the oh so compassionate Republican taxpayers going to lend a hand there? Why does she close her eyes to global climate change when the effects are dramatic already in her own home state? Why does she even talk about war with Russia when they have nukes? Why does she pretend to know about things she has no clue about on national television? Exactly where does she think McCain should cut the federal budget and which people are going to be hurt when he does it? He hasn’t bothered to tell us; does she know? Does she support his plan to tax us on health care benefits we get from our employers? She seems to favor an aggressive foreign policy; how does she plan to pay for future wars? What does she think should be done about unemployment going up? About Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and Bear Stearns needing bailouts with more on the way? Why does she support drilling in Alaska when the oil will take a long time to get online and will not even begin to keep us from slamming hard into the coming energy crisis? Oh but I’m not supposed to ask her any questions; I’m a woman! I should vote for her because she’s a woman! Well, at this point, I’d vote for an alien with green skin if he/she/it would get the mess this country is about to fall into straightened out. Since the alien didn’t show up, I guess I’ll console myself with the Harvard graduate and the Senator with years of experience who doesn’t look like he’s about to kick the bucket and leave a moose catcher in charge of the nation.

Posted by: E | Sep 12, 2008 12:31:52 AM
E – You need to use some new material. The whole “liberal media”/”leftist elists” schtick is getting stale. I’m not defending some in the media. Some are biased, but there are other media outlets that favors the other side as well (i.e. Fox News, Rush Limbaugh). I actually do watch Fox News and listen to Rush Limbaugh as well, in order to see the other side of the story. Just because their points of views are different, it doesn’t necessarily mean I will ostracize them for it. It means keeping an open-mind about things, maybe you should try it, instead of automatically dismissing any information that comes from what you call the “liberal media”.

Too bad Ms. Hoppock doesn’t identify the political affiliation of Latimer & Kilston. I’ll bet they’re both Dem’s who disagree with Palin idealogically. So what’s the big deal that they’re getting attention from other Dem’s who also disagree with Palin idealogically? If they were Rep’s this story would be have more meaning.
It’s interesting how NOW supports working mothers with responsibilities in the work force…except conservative women. What a bunch of hypocrites!!!

On Nov. 4th, the message we as voters should send to McCain/Palin – “Thanks, but No Thanks”

Can anyone tell me WHY the press isn’t using this time to ferret out and print all the things about Obama and Michelle’s backgrounds? Obama said on a newscast Sunday “my Muslim faith” and the commentator corrected him to ‘my Christian faith’. Why did he correct him? And why hasn’t more been printed and reported about his family ties? There’s a lot of things that need to be exposed, yet everyone is sticking their heads in the sand and pretending it doesn’t exist for some reason. He’s Muslim, in his 40′s, and fits the terrorists description to a “T”, as well as the anti-Christ mentioned in the Bible.

Bush didn’t send everyone’s income tax checks back. Guess he is “socialist”, too. McCain has not said how he plans to fund more wars, pay for more bailouts of fragile financial institutions, pay for the coming energy crisis, pay for climate change, without repealing the Bush tax cuts in any way. He’s going to do it all with cuts in programs. Well, which programs? Who is going to be out in the street, and how many? His proposal to tax people on their employer-based health care benefits isn’t a program cut, but since it’s a Republican idea that tax is ok. If the people who have benefited overwhelmingly from the income redistribution brought about by “trickle down” economics aren’t willing to give up the extra home they can’t even remember to count (McCain couldn’t remember how many he owns), I guess it has to come from the poor and the middle class, then? We can step over the poor who die in the streets on our way to our third job to pay the gasoline and grocery bills–oh wait. Unemployment is going UP. How are we going to get our third job? The Republicans don’t care. They care about their rich friends and their rich campaign donors. And run around screaming about “liberals” and “socialism” instead of telling the truth about the economic, foreign policy, energy, and environmental challenges we face. I’m NOT going to vote to keep running up the bill for the generations to follow me. I’m willing to pay what I can afford and I think the super-rich should do the same. It’s not like they are all starting businesses and creating jobs so spare me that argument as well if it’s about to appear on the screen. I want to start a business. Can you find me an affordable health insurance policy? I have a pre-existing condition. We spend more per capita (that’s per person for the educationally challenged) than ANY other nation on health care. Why are so many of our citizens struggling with health care access issues? Why would anyone even THINK of voting for a man whose health care advisor said we all have good insurance because we can go to hospital emergency rooms if we need treatment? And don’t forget his genius economic advisor, who said the economic squeezes a lot of us are feeling are all in our minds. We cannot afford more ignorance, more complete absence of empathy, more neocons. We’ve tried them and they have failed miserably. Why would we try them again? Whatever for?

I am a former Hillary supporter and became an Obama supporter during the primaries. I can’t stand Palin. The mother of 5 as experience is sooo overated. Who cares, so she doesn’t use protection and she is able to raise a daughter that gets knocked up by the age of 17 big deal. Had it been Obama’s daughter pregnant at the age of 17 the conservatives would have had a field day. As an educated women I am finding that Palin supporters are either ignorant on the issues or conveniently putting “party first” they rather have republicans win the white house than actually solve real issues. I swear if the Rove tactics win again I think liberals should form a seperate country where cures through embryonic stem cells can be found, people can have universal healthcare and children can have access to high quality education. What do you think?

…but don’t pretend you are advocating for all women because it is now very apparent that you are not.
Posted by: Elyse | Sep 12, 2008 12:23:24 AM
I hope you don’t think you or Palin are advocates of all women.
No feminist would deny your right to have a healthy baby, yet Sarah Palin would take away every woman’s right to choose not to have a baby…even in cases of rape and incest. Not only that, she’d cut funds for poor women who have special needs children…people she ought to be able to relate to since her own baby is a Downs Syndrome child.
The disdain she holds for people who work in community service, which includes volunteering to help developmentally disabled children like her own, is appalling…yet she wants respect? What women is she representing here?
And finally, she has spoken about not ruling out the possibility of a war with Russia, as if our military would be in any shape to deal with something like that. She may not object to sending her boy out to die in a war that never should have begun; but I sure as heck don’t want her to think I feel the same way. She does NOT represent my views.

Here’s something to consider: instead of voting for a candidate who gives to the poor, how about voting for a candidate who helps the poor help themselves. Just giving to poor people does not solve their problem. It’s only a temporary solution. Poor people need to be given opportunities to work and support themselves.
“Give a man a fish, he eats for a night. Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime.”
McCain/Palin 08!

I am not afraid of “the government” in a democracy. We ARE the government. Although I’m a little scared of those of you who want the government poking in women’s wombs. And I’m a christian who does not care for abortion. But making abortions illegal makes illegal abortions. Helping women get access to contraception and not letting large numbers fall into poverty is what prevents abortions. That costs money. Those who won’t put their money where their mouths are have some logs to take out of their eyes. We could save a lot of money if we stopped electing neocons, though. Financing their red ink is getting a tad expensive. All that money and NOTHING to show for it. No infrastructure repaired, no alternative energy, no health care mess fixed, no climate change solutions. No helping the poor, as Christ directed. No helping the middle class, as common sense directs. Just a big fat bill accruing interest every day. The “income redistribution” was just fine as long it was going from my little pocketbook to the super-rich. Because they fund campaigns? Well, those of you who vote McCain/Palin can set up a charitable fund and pay off THIS: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/ . Because I don’t think my 3 year old niece should have to do it.

McCain isn’t helping the poor help themselves, and Bush didn’t either. The New Republicans are helping the super rich at the expense of the rest of us. And they’ve managed to get a lot of you voting against your own self-interest as well as some of your professed Christian beliefs. That’s a big con. They’re good. I see right through them; I used to be one. Now I’m a fiscal conservative for Obama ’08.

Um, “liberals” are somehow silencing Sarah Palin? Wasn’t she on national televison tonight? She’s free to say what she wants and believe what she wants. And I am free to disagree with her. Welcome to the First Amendment. I think the neocons haven’t trashed that one completely yet.

“Read my lips — no new taxes”.
Who said that? Hint: it wasn’t Bill Clinton.

Beep– get your facts straight before stating things about Sarah Palin. You just lost my respect for what you say.

I’ll do my best to go on living then without your respect, Recovering Liberal. I’m a Recovering Republican, myself.

Beep-
“Read my lips” wasn’t McCain or Palin either, so what’s your point?
Sure, you have a right to your opinion, just as we all do. We can agree to disagree. But Obama will try to redistribute wealth without providing needed jobs for the poor.
Interesting that the approval rating for the Democrat-controlled Congress is lower than the approval rating of an unpopular President. Just imagine how low approval ratings could get if the Democrats control Congress & the Presidency! Bye-bye checks & balances!

Neocons redistributed wealth without providing jobs for the poor, and now you seem to be asking me to vote for more of them. And it was a Republican who promised “no new taxes”; you were saying not to trust Democrats because they might raise taxes. That “Democrat controlled” Congress doesn’t have enough Dems to override the Republican President’s vetos OR stop the Republican filibusters. Yet.

What kind of Liberal bi–hes would waste their time with this kind of website. This from the “party of tolerance”, right. The Victa-crats are in scared s–tless mode….and it’s showing itself more everyday. Their boy isn’t all that….just ask Hill, Bill and Biden…not ready for primetime. Palin on the other hand has executive experience and not just community organizing (i.e. getting asbestos removed from a building).
GO PALIN, GO! THE REFORMERS ALL THE WAY TO THE WH….where McCain WILL APPOINT DEMS TO HIS CABINET, BECASUE HE IS BIPARTISAN AND NOT EGO DRIVEN LIKE B. HUSSEIN.
These 80,000 women are libs and not party of the Palin pack, who needs them anyway?

This is my first time reading this blog and I must say that I am shocked by the level of hatred so many of the Republican male posters are directing toward women. What the heck is wrong with you boys? Spend some quality time with your blow-up doll and lighten up!
And some of the Republican women are complaining about Democrats being “hateful.” Clearly, they have a total blind spot when it comes to the behavior of their own party for, say, at least the last 16 years.
I’M A HOCKEY MOM, feminist, wife, mother of three, who loves to fish and be outdoors as often as possible. Yet, I think the choice of Sarah Palin is cynical, it was pandering, it’s insulting and appalling. She makes George W. Bush look well-informed and intelligent. Sarah Palin is self-righteous and egotistical and it’s easy to imagine her being a disaster at anything involving diplomacy.
Worst of all, she will be one temper-tantrum induced stroke away from the Presidency. Anyone who argues that she is qualified for that is flat-out lying.

I think it’s very simple. Forget about the four of them. It’s about going left or staying a capitalist country.
Women are as good as, and very often better than, men! Sarah Palin has more executive experience than the three men combined.

No, 42n82bfearless, she is not more qualified than Obama. When she was mayor of Wasilla, it was necessary to hire a city administration (for the first time in the town’s history) because she couldn’t run things. She was governor for 20 months. There is a great deal of lying and exaggeration on the part of Repubs trying to claim she is “more experienced.” It’s just silly.
She certainly doesn’t have the knowledge that would make her a safe choice to lead the Free World.
As far as the tone of my post, I would suggest that you read the entire thread, particularly the comments from “Joey” and others. But, it’s typical for Repubs to whine when criticized. They can dish it out, but can’t take it.

The overwhelming majority of women support Palin. It is about time that this country had a woman VP and Sarah Palin is the best person for the job.

When I learned that Palin was McCain’s running mate, I fell over. My first reaction was “Who the hell is she?” I think that McCain could have done a lot better job.
This woman failed when being asked what the Bush Doctrine was – since she is aligned with the Republican party… don’t you think in the least, she’d know what the hell it was?

Palin’s grammar is embarrassing as a governor much less as a possible VP. I am a high school English teacher and I put her English usage at about the 6th grade. How pompous and stupid to say she is ready to be our President. Ridilicious. She was nothing but a blizzard of words last night on the interview and she did not even speak in complete sentences most of the time. A real HICK who clearly is “a wanna be someone important”. How sad our nation has come to having someone like her run for national office. Says a great deal about how far we have sunk under Bush. She has done an inadequate job with her own kids. God help us!I do not vote for someone just because they have the same wiring I do. Only stupid people consider that as the sole criteria. We are a pathetic nation at this point.

Sarah Palin has proven repeatedly that she has a tendency to turn on those who disagree with her. As a leader of our country, that would be extremely dangerous. If you are interested in seeing this country turn into a dictatorship, by all means support Palin.

NitaBarack,
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe Palin was NOT McCain’s top VP choice. Lieberman was definitely on his list, as was another whose name is failing me (not Pawlenty). From what I read, it was his campaign manager who steered him to Palin in order to draw in NRA and evangelical voters.

I agree with you there.

Palin might just make it to the Oval Office. It’s a frightening thought that it has come to this. I feel like this is a bad dream. McCain…”country first” my foot!

The other day my boyfreind’s17 yr old daughter told him that she was not planning on having children because “she did not want them to suffer” in a world racked by global warming – i thought that this child understood the threat of global warming better than every republican and how tragic the current state of the world is.
Sara Palin’s extremist views belong in the deep freeze – not on the red button in the white house!
Debra Solomon
NY NY 10001

;-0 ;-O Cindy,, now you going to have to sit in the corner for that kind of outburst..shame shame Alaskan’s know only Red Salmon,, not Red-Necks,,
Go OBIDEN!!!

“I am a mother and I am a republican. I would like to know how is that a woman knew she was carrying an unborn child diagnosed with Down syndrome ,travels 12 hours in labor (after her water break) to Alaska from Texas by plane. Did her trie to kill her unborn baby? my doctor tell me that I can kill my baby or she will be brain dead.”
1) Her water didn’t “break.” Don’t believe everything you read.
2) She wasn’t in “labor.” Don’t believe everything you read.
3) She spoke with her doctor and had his concurance on traveling. Who are YOU to come between a woman and her doctor?

I am so glad this blog has come into existence. I, too, have not been able to sleep since Sarah Palin was announced as V.P. candidate by McCain. My reaction to McCain’s decision was”this is a joke”. Now I am frightened at the possibility that she could possibly lead our country. I watched her acceptance speech and saw a woman who is nasty and demeaning and polarizing. I can’t imagine her negotiating with Foreign heads of State.
Her views on abortion, the environment, the economy, gay rights, the separation of church and State, education, women’s rights,stem-cell research and freedom of speech are against everything that I believe in. She would set this country back at a time when other countries are moving forward.

“Obama was president of Harvard Law Review, McCain was a legacy (and adulterer) and Palin barely finished college.”
1) It’s not how much education you have but what you’ve learned.
2) Let’s see ~you~ get thru the Naval Academy.
3) You have a special insight to Gov. Palin’ college transcripts? Please share them with all of us.

“Why does she close her eyes to global climate change when the effects are dramatic already in her own home state?”
Let me pick just one illustration here to show how vacant the arguments are that the libs are putting forth.
while I do believe that she has expressed some skepticism that warming is wholly human-caused, the existence of the Alaska Climate Change Sub-Cabinet and the Alaska Climate Change Strategy work demonstrate that she’s considering the problem and has brought together people more expert than she to advise her.
This and many more answers to the continued lies the womyn here are telling can be found at
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/separating-palin-fact-from-palin-fiction/2/

“Christ told us to give to the poor. ”
Really? Perhaps you can quote a Bible verse where Christ told the government that it was their job to take money from people and give it to the poor.

Enough already! This country is in a huge economic mess! I am voting based on issues alone. Not on gender ,race , religion.
Oh by the way Palin ,Wolves have families too!!! Could not resist.
No Planet, No People, No Problems!

There are so many reasons why Sarah Palin is not ready to be vice president. Chiefly, she shows a decided bent toward recrimination and abuse of power against anyone who does not agree with her (ala “Troopergate” and “Librariangate” and “Policechiefgate”).
[I guess that tasering a child and stating that he is going to kill the family ~could~ be characterized as a “disagreement” but perhaps that is just me. And I do recall that Mr. Clinton FIRED ALL 70 federal prosecutors when he came into office – an act that no previous president had done.]
We need to restore diplomacy in the world, which requires leaders who understand how to listen and negotiate with others.
[Please explain to all of us how a governor that got an agreement for a much needed pipeline that cost 800 billion dollars to be built that all of her (male) predecessors couldn’t do has a problem with “listening and negotiating.”]
In addition, she has lied, repeatedly, about the earmarks for Alaska–most notably, the money for the “bridge to nowhere”, which she was in favor of before it became a national albatross. Most egregiously, she took the Federal funds that were set aside for the bridge anyway, and built a gravel road to nowhere.
[Where is that “bridge”? Has anybody walked across it lately? Drove? Oh.. . of course not. Gov. Palin killed it, didn’t she. And you would criticize someone for eventually coming to the right decision? And which funds were “set aside”?]
In addition, I think she demonstrated an inability to properly manage as a mayor, as witnessed by the fact that this small town was left $20M in debt, even after receiving $27M in earmarks.
[So if the TOWN citizens voted themselves a bond issue for something they think they needed… this is Palin’s fault?]

When I learned that Palin was McCain’s running mate, I fell over. My first reaction was “Who the hell is she?”
[You get a certain amount of credit for admitting your ignorance to the world…but many of us have been following her career for quite a number of months now.]
I think that McCain could have done a lot better job.
[TRANSLATION: I think he should have appointed a liberal]
This woman failed when being asked what the Bush Doctrine was – since she is aligned with the Republican party… don’t you think in the least, she’d know what the hell it was?
[Please explain just how asking for a clarification of a very open question is “failing” it. The Doctrine has evolved over the years and has a number of component parts. Just what section and what part was the interviewer asking about? YOU certainly don’t know, do you.]

“Palin’s grammar is embarrassing as a governor much less as a possible VP. I am a high school English teacher and I put her English usage at about the 6th grade. How pompous and stupid to say she is ready to be our President. Ridilicious.”
This is too precious for words. Ridilicious indeed.
:-)

“I’m sorry, but a mayor trying to fire a librarian because she does not support “her agenda” is scary, no matter how you look at it. What type of loyalty does she expect? Imagine what she would try at the federal level…”
1) I wasn’t aware that “librarians” had such a sacrosanct position in society. Is that a job akin to a priest or something?
2) “Agenda” means a lot of things. Perhaps Mayor Palin wanted to modernize the computer system and the librarian liked the old fashioned paper system better. “Let the kids use computers at home!!!” Maybe the librarian thought the town needed to put a ten cent sales tax increase on all purchases to give her a larger salary. The fact is… YOU don’t know, do you?
3) What would you think of VP Palin coming in and on the first day FIRING all federal prosecutor attorneys? Just like Clinton did, which was unprecedented.

“The other day my boyfreind’s17 yr old daughter told him that she was not planning on having children because “she did not want them to suffer” in a world racked by global warming – i thought that this child understood the threat of global warming better than every republican and how tragic the current state of the world is.”
Great news. Less liberals raising kids…more conservatives raising kids. Win Win for all.
:-)

“I am so glad this blog has come into existence. I, too, have not been able to sleep since Sarah Palin was announced as V.P. candidate by McCain.”
Two weeks without sleep? Wow. Must be closing in on a new record.
What is going to happen to you when McCain/Palin wins?

Palin proves she’s the Trojan Horse for McCain’s campaign. After the first ABC interview, its clear Palin has confused hubris with courage and strength with arrogance. Her cockiness will undo her in the end.

“Give ‘em HELL Jack! I love it1″
Always glad to hear from one of the Navy’s younger cousins.
:-)
Thanks for your service.

I do not follow party lines but we should all consider what my 11 year old son said. Either way you look at it we are voting now for a VP. The president elect will die in office (either health issue or criminal act) and we have to make the choice as to who can step in running. Palin does not have the experience now, to hit the ground running. She can be ‘taught’ but we need someone who doesn’t need a learning curve. She has no foreign policy understanding (hence her interview)at this point. Putting a gun in someone hands does not qualify them to lead a country or decide foreign policy. I think if the country were ready for a female president McCain would have been running against Hillary. McCain is not qualified just because he served our country and she is not qualified. Sometime down the road maybe but not at this point. McCain has turned this into a sexist election and Palin is just his pawn.

“Palin does not have the experience now, to hit the ground running.”
And Barry does?

You notice it’s the men that are so stridently FOR Sarahh Palin and her stances on issues. Men are afraid of strong, independent, critically thinking women, so they turn nasty and insulting becoming no more that silly trolls on web sites. Sarah Palin is controlled by her pastor and her husband, who she emailed on every issue facing her as mayor and governor. She has no original ideas…..she is a Manchurian Candidate.

These woman group are not for real woman issues. Just like the Jessie Jackson in the world who don’t stand for ALL black people advancement These are more about their own agendas and some case self advancement they are for woman rights There biggest belief is abortion rights All the other issues are just smoke screens to make you think it woman rights Just like the Jessie Jackson attacking Bill Cosby and even Obama when they spoke out on real problem that are in our black community they got chastised by Mr Jackson The same is true when these woman attack VP Palin They’re really attacking her on her abortion position and the fact that is she has conventional values They know that if a woman like Sarah gets to on a national platform they’ll have a real problem It could effect their group, which in turn effects their pocket book and some case they would be out of work as organizers Most woman in the US don’t have the same views that the far left woman have These ideals are more like the woman in EU than are in the US
It is ok not to agree with her on the issues but to denounces her success and say that she unqualified is going pretty far Again the media and the far left don’t want her to have a plat from not because she not qualify but because of her stance on abortion If she came out tomorrow morning said that she was for abortion they would flock to her like baby chickens The tone that far left woman have toward anyone that has a different speaks for itself In this country we should be able to debate the issues and agree to disagree and if the majority don’t agree with you don’t belittle them
If you plan to vote in this election take some time go back and look at the past ten years Look at the all the street protest this country has had and tell me which groups act uncivilized. I think they are Abortion right activist. Gay rights and anti war group Its is not the conservatives who are out raged I ask all voters look deep into your mind and heart to search for what import to you Which values do want imposed on your children

Joe Biden was CORRECT! She is a giant step back. She is no Hillary – definately no Hillary. Shouldn’t be compared in the same sentence.

You notice it’s the men that are so stridently FOR Sarahh Palin and her stances on issues.
[Really? I certainly noticed a lot of women’s names here defending the Governor. Perhaps you overlooked them in your haste to post bogus info.]
[Men are afraid of strong, independent, critically thinking women, so they turn nasty and insulting becoming no more that silly trolls on web sites. ]
Many liberals will completely contradict themselves if you give them enough posts, but it takes a very special talent to do it within the space of just a few sentences. Men are “stridently for” a strong, independent, critically thinking Sarah Palin and “Men are afraid of strong, independent, critically thinking women:”]
Sarah Palin is controlled by her pastor and her husband, who she emailed on every issue facing her as mayor and governor. She has no original ideas…..she is a Manchurian Candidate.
{Yeppers… and that’s why she was voted in as governor of her state and has approval ratings north of 70 percent. Because she’s “controlled” by men.]

“her church “speaks in tongues.”"
And ~this~ is the best they can do, eh.
:-)

McCain’s 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain’s office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, ceteris paribus, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart — while adding $10,726 to her annual income — by leaving Barack Obama’s office and going to work for John McCain.

The left is going bananas over Governor Palin’s answer to Gibson’s “Bush Doctrine” question. I thought I’d add a little history of the “Bush Doctrine” using the search function at NYTimes.com.
http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ODFkOTU3MjUwYWM4N2I1NzE2ZjU3NGQzZjg0MzYyZjk=

Please put aside that we are speaking about a woman. Put aside what “side” you are on and you’ll notice the simple fact that she is unintelligent and dangerous. Just like Mr. Bush. Mr. Bush has the lowest approval rating for a president ever. The McCain/Palin ticket, if not for the likes of Karl Rove and his chronies, would be getting the same reaction.

“Jack,
If McCain/Palin openly support the Bush agenda, and we know where this country has gone since Bush became president, what good can they possibly do for this country? Our economy sucks, people are foreclosing on their homes faster than ever, more people continue dying in Iraq, and we have an unfathomable deficit. Sounds great to me.”
1) McCain has been the number one critic of Bush’s lack of resolve in regard to vetoing the excessive spending of Congress. But I guess you don’t know that, eh.
2) The “economy” by objective, measurable standards is not doing bad at all. Yes, there are always people hurt in transitional times (the buggywhip manufacturers are still complaining about those new-fangled cars) but the strenghth of the nation is not measured in how many sad stories one can find.
3)Congress was warned years ago that Freddie//Fannie Mae was out of control and going to crash… and they did nothing about it. Do you think there is a reason why Congress approval is about 13% right now.
4) Yes, people die in a war. Good thing your attitude wasn’t prevalent in 1943 or else all of Europe would be goosestepping and speaking German.
5) Ask Congress about that “deficit.” THEY are the ones that control the budget.

“Her actions have been terribly unethical and even immoral at times.”
And ~which~ actions have these been? Be specific. Give detail.

America embracing Sarah Palin as the possible leader of the free world (If John McCain is unable to finish his tenure in office) is the equivalent of you hearing about some new miracle weight loss drug and then deciding that that is all you, your family, and everyone you ever met or ever will meet, needs to be thin, glamorous, rich, successful and happy for the rest of your life! This is about judgement, plain and simple. It’s about choosing someone to represent the whole of the people of the United States, not just the lunatic fringe. Remember, more people have died in the name of religion, than for any other reason under the sun. We need someone with sound judgement to keep our country safe and to protect the rights of ALL the people.

I can’t believe a woman would vote for Palin just because she is a woman! Rather than helping to break through the glass ceiling, she is helping to put in a new one. Why? She is the perfect puppet for the male majority. She looks cute but has little else but the knowledge of how to play the coy little helpless thing that many males want to protect.
Look at how her interview with Charlie Gibson went. When she couldn’t answer a simple question regarding an important doctrine President Bush put into place — who is a fellow Republican — she tries to cover her ignorance with by the standard throwing back a question, “PALIN: In what respect, Charlie?” Politically, given the issues of this election it’s like Gibson asked – what’s 2 + 2 “PALIN: In what respect, Charlie?” No wonder, Gibson had to look at his notes and ask this SIMPLE question again. But, rather than most Americans seeing her ignorance, they saw Gibson as being harsh and rude. Yet, they gave Hillary hell for allowing her eyes to tear up for a second.
Sure, she’s a “working mom” and it’s “sexist” to question her desire to take on such a time-consuming responsibility such as this campaign when she has a special needs infant at home. But if she wants equal treatment, then why was most of her acceptance speech about her family and husband — clearly devoid of any pressing political issues.
We need someone with the intelligence to help run this country, not someone who would be detrimental to women’s rights by merely being a puppet for men to manipulate bringing back the stereotype that women are good for little else but to look at — but look we put one in an important position (pat on back).

“It’s about choosing someone to represent the whole of the people of the United States, not just the lunatic fringe”
Sounds to me like another one of the comments that are “vindictive and demeaning… hateful and closed minded.”
Oh… wait… wasn’t it supposed to be the ~conservatives~ who were posting comments like that?

Why are you liberals so mean and angry?
Sarah is right for this country. Low taxes, the right energy policy, security of this country. You want socialism –go to Europe.

Although I am registered as a Democrat, I was leaning toward voting independent this election when Hillary lost the nomination. I find the democratic party frustrating. The are spineless when it comes to opposing the Bush administration’s policies and supreme court justice nominations. I find very little differences between the two party. However, the thought of Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency scares the day light out of me; I will be voting for Obama. I find the McCaine-Palin ticket insulting. Palin is no Hillary. Palin doesn’t represent what I stand for. Does the McCaine campaign thinks that women will vote for Palin because we share the same reproductive system? The recent positive poll endorsement of Palin from white female voters makes me doubt that as a group we made that much progress toward women’s right and in fact I think we have regressed. Why aren’t the American women concern with the real issues? What about equal pay for equal work and the right to choose? Being a former beauty queen, working mother, having a child with down syndrome, having a unwed pregnant teenager, and living in a state that is close to Russia doesn’t qualify you for the second highest office. If it does, then all females that fit Palin’s profile should also qualify for the position. Those are the only true facts about Palin. Everything that she has claimed in her speeches are lies. Why are women allowing the Republican party to use someone as dangerous as Palin, under the false pretense of women’s right, as a pawn for their party?

HA! Typical frightened little boys and girls. Hate-filled, small-minded, small-genitaliaed jackaninies, and you neocon-women who follow them will bring down this country.
Wait…they already have! Eight years of this dreck. Eight years of evangelical bullying, hatred and ignorance and you want more. Masochists.
Did you even watch the interview? Did you hear the dribble this useless shill spouted? She could barely get the talking points together, never mind communicating an original thought that wasn’t injected into her mind by her boss.
Ignorant, uber-religious wing nuts. I hope Obama gets elected, teaches your ignorant brats about evolution and makes them read Nabokov’s Lolita, raises taxes on all the rich, whiteys and fires up the liberals to rise against you insane neocons.
And I don’t even like Obama. But just to spite you sycophants, I’m gonna vote for him.
BTW, jealous old hags?? Dope. Do your research and you’ll find mostly YOUNG, EDUCATED, CAPABLE and HOT women who support Obama/Biden and aren’t stupid enough to buy into McSame’s sexist ideology that gender follows gender.
You hausfraus who ARE naive enough to follow this woman/child’s rhetoric deserve what you get: your bodies ruled, your environment polluted, your books banned and your children sent to white the rich white man’s war!

“There is no comparison between Hillary and Palin (what’s her name).”
1) Ain’t that the truth.
2) Palin’s husband hasn’t been catting around for decades
3) Palin got elected on HER own name.
4) Palin never thought she was co-president of the United States.
5) Palin never turned a thousand dollars into one hundred thousand dollars based on exceptionally shady finacial transactions.
6) Palin never once “lost” important papers that somehow magically turned up in her home years later.
7) Want more comparisons?

the thought of Palin being a heartbeat away from the presidency scares the day light out of me;
[The thought of Barry being the heartbeat of the presidency scares the daylight out of most people.]
Does the McCaine campaign thinks that women will vote for Palin because we share the same reproductive system? The recent positive poll endorsement of Palin from white female voters makes me doubt that as a group we made that much progress toward women’s right and in fact I think we have regressed.
[I guess you just answered your own question, eh. Yes, McCain thinks that… and you just admitted that he’s right.]
Being a former beauty queen, working mother, having a child with down syndrome, having a unwed pregnant teenager, and living in a state that is close to Russia doesn’t qualify you for the second highest office. If it does, then all females that fit Palin’s profile should also qualify for the position. Those are the only true facts about Palin.
[Dear Readers, please note how the hysterical womyn have to totally ignore the TRUE FACT that Gov. Palin has been elected as the highest state official in her state, and is one of the only fifty state governors in the United States. One day some of you are going to wake up and wonder just why this is. :-) ]
Everything that she has claimed in her speeches are lies.
[Please list these “lies.” Be specific. Give detail.]

The Victa-crat pary….supposed to be the party of Tolerence, but only when you do and say as they tell you. C’mon Dem women, join the ranks…don’t let them threaten you with that lose your right to choose crap…..ain’t going to happen, ladies, not in today’s sexualized culture. And who would vote on one issue anyway.
CHANGE IS COMING AND IT’S McCAIN/PALIN..real reformers who will appoint Republicans AND DEMOCRATS to his cabinet….the wealthiest to take only $1 in salary. True Bipartisan government….I believe McCain, as his ego isn’t more important than his country. Obama DOES EVERYTHING FOR HIMSELF….DOESN’T DESERVE TO BE POTUS!

All this neocon rage tells me you are all afraid. Are you scared that Obama will favor the black man, and leave rich whitey in the dust? Don’t worry, he’ll take care of you too.
Hey Jodi, try and actually READ something about politics.
Classy? Do her shoes match her bag?? I’m certain “classy” will get her far when she builds her bridge to nowhere and goes to war with Putin.
Enough nonsense.

Hey Jackie boy, just trying to play on your turf, baby! Hate-filled rhetoric (along with lies, pandering and incompetence, of course), got ol’ Dubya and his coterie of creeps eight years of slackin’ off and lots of nice, oil money that your kids gave their lives for. If you’re not bothered that they’re trying to flimflam you into another four, then you and yours need to get off the planet and find your own, nice, safe neoconny world.
Please, please do. Maybe ya’ll can fund the spaceship through another war. Wheeee!!

“This woman has her own agenda and he is just a pawn in her plan to become president, a position that she may honestly believe God has chosen for her. ”
Is paranoia a common occurance amoung Canadians?

Wow, Jackie boy, if you call that rage, then you ain’t seen a pitbull with lipstick going after its prey. Or was it a pig?
Oh, and what’s a womyn? Do you write olde english, or was that a misspelling? I’m figuring the latter since neocons aren’t that bright, baby!

Wow, Jackie boy, if you call that rage, then you ain’t seen a pitbull with lipstick going after its prey. Or was it a pig?
[Actually… I don’t think ~anyone~ has seen a “pitbull with lipstick.” Indeed, the difference that Gov. Palin specifically pointed out is that a pitbull ~doesn’t~ wear lipstick. But that’s what happens when you don’t pay attention – you make silly statements such as that.]
Oh, and what’s a womyn? Do you write olde english, or was that a misspelling? I’m figuring the latter since neocons aren’t that bright, baby!
[You’ll have to ask these womyn what it means… perhaps you think they also are not “that bright” eh.
http://www.michfest.com/
And then you can buy a t-shirt from these not too bright womyn…
http://shop.cafepress.com/design/588961 ]

Latimer, you’ve got to be kidding! Now its John McCain’s fault for the slutty behavior of the rags US and People? Your statement is cheap and tawdry. You’re just another elitist thinking you can slide those kinds of statements past the public without getting called on it. Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. The NOW feminist movement is failing because successful middle American women value their individual freedoms; they don’t want to be cowed into conforming to ANYONE’s opinions or choices. Sarah Palin is fantastic and her successes should be celebrated along with her supportive family, especially by women. She has already stated that she wouldn’t force her personal choices of faith and life on anyone else but would respect their personal choices. You should wish you were as classy. Shame on you Latimer.

Jack attempts:
“Hmmmm. Touche Jackie boy. Touche. But wait…shouldn’t you warmongers vote for him, and leave Sweet Sarah to field dress a moose.”
Mr. Burton responds:
I retired with 26 years in the military. My brother is retired military. My wife retired with 26 years in. Her father was retired military. Out of her 28 cousins 17 of them are either career military or married to one. We’ve lost track of the number of younger generation in the military.
Unlike you, our family knows what war is. And, like Sen. McCain said,
“I hate war. It’s terrible beyond imagination. I’m running for president to keep the country I love safe and prevent other families from risking their loved ones in war as my family has. I will draw on all my experience with the world and its leaders, and all the tools at our disposal — diplomatic, economic, military, and the power of our ideals — to build the foundations for a stable and enduring peace.”
Jack tries again:
Sadly, I have to end this repertoire to go back to my day job, slapping around neocons, but…good luck with your firings.
Mr. Burton points out:
Cotton swabs and marshmallows seem to be your “weapons of choice” for your “slapping around.” I’ve seem better commenters from the third grade class. :-)

Sarah’s bridge
The bridge, a span from the city to Gravina Island, home to only a few dozen people, secured a $223 million earmark in 2005. The pricey designation raised a furor and critics, including McCain, used the bridge as an example of wasteful federal spending on politicians’ pet projects…
…National fury over the bridge caused Congress to remove the earmark designation, but Alaska was still granted an equivalent amount of transportation money to be used at its own discretion.
Last year, Palin announced she was stopping state work on the controversial project, earning her admirers from earmark critics and budget hawks from around the nation. The move also thrust her into the spotlight as a reform-minded newcomer.
The state, however, never gave back any of the money that was originally earmarked for the Gravina Island bridge, said Weinstein and Elerding.
Read complete article at:
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN3125537020080901

Time reported last week, for example, that Palin asked the Wasilla librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, about the process for banning books. Baker was reportedly “aghast” at the question. Soon after taking office, Palin, according to a New York Times report, fired Baker, and news reports from the time indicate that Palin thought Baker hadn’t done enough to give her “full support” to the mayor.
Palin reversed course on Baker’s dismissal after a local outcry, and later said the discussions about banning books were “rhetorical.”
But as long as McCain aides are talking about this issue, maybe they can answer a couple of additional questions, such as, “Why did Palin try to fire the librarian in the first place?” Or how about, “Why did Palin broach the subject of book-banning if she had no intention of trying to ban books?”

McCain should be ashamed of the danger he has put us all in by the selection of Sarah Palin. He would do anything to win. She is so far from what this country needs right now it isn’t funny and McCain sounds like a bungling old man when he defends her and can someone please define what an “Energy Expert” is and tell me what credentials she has that allows McCain to say she the most energy knowledge of anyone in the country and that this is more important that foreign affairs experence. Wake up people the republicans playing us for fools if we let this happen.

Veronica, you are an ass! you never heard of the woman before last week but now YOU know she’s going to hell. I think that because of the way you think you’ll know for sure having the room next door.

The more you attack Palin, the more popular she becomes! News for all of you ignorant, hypocritcal Obama supporters… mainstream America,the heartland,Christians, support and think like Sarah Palin. We love God. We love our country. We lover our families. We are tolerant of others beliefs and ideas, and we believe people have a right to live their own lives. This campaign has shown the real face of all liberals– intolerance if you don’t think like them. Keep spinning!
McCain/Palin 08

Yes it is dana, that’s exacty what it is, “IT”S A MRS AMERICA CONTEST” and this time she will win!!!

Arthur O’Neil….yeah Todd Palin had a DUI before he married Sarah from too many beers. Obama however smoked crack, did blow, a felony….so what’s your point. Everyone knows Obama was a druggie in the early 80′s.
As for Todd and accusing him of some anti American crap….LET’S JUST ROLE THE REV. WRIGHT TAPES, OBAMA’S “OLD UNCLE” AND INFLUENTIAL MENTOR…..GOD DA– AMERICA, U.S. OF K.K.K., “BILL WAS RIDIN US”, while simulating sex in the pulpit.
When will you Bots get over the ridiculous smears you are hoping will be taken seriously? Really, if Obama/Axlerod can’t get anything out of Alsaka with their 30 lawyers and Private Investigators swarming the state, YOU ALL NEED TO GIVE IT UP…SHE’S THE REAL DEAL AND OUR NEXT VICE PRESIDENT!

I’ve read through quite a few of the comments (not enough time for all 437 that have accrued so far) and it’s interesting to note that the only thing the pro-Palin commenters do is make personal insults to those expressing anti-Palin feelings (such as, “there are a lot of lesbians out there” — or “New York women need to get some action” — huh??) Schoolyard rhetoric.
All of the factual, reasoned argument comes from the anti-Palin camp. See the very first comment for an example of the solid reasoning of the pro-Palin side. Does this tell you something?
I hope and pray that there are more thinkers who vote in November than people who only know how to use the “Nuh-uh” argument. You know, “The sky is blue.” “Nuh-uh.”
The election’s gotten to be all about Sarah now. If you’re as pro-life, pro-war, anti-science, anti-environment, pro-religious dogma as she is, vote for her. That’s your right as an American. There’s absolutely a clear choice in this election. But don’t vote for her because she’s a woman. If you don’t like her policies, don’t vote for her. She certainly doesn’t represent my views, as a 52-year old woman, just ’cause she wears a skirt.
We’ll see on election day if this country has learned anything at all from the debacle of the last eight year. I hope so.

OBAMA IS NOT A LEADER!
LET’S EXAMINE WHAT HE’S DONE FOR HIS OWN CONSTITUENCY IN CHICAGO,IL.
– THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
– THEY HAVE SOME OF THE HIGHEST FORECLOSRE RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
– THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY (while Nobama’s daughters go to elite private schools.)
– HE HAS WRITTEN TWO BOOKS, BUT NO SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF LEGISLATION OR REFORM.
– HE HAS CLOSE FRIENDSHIPS WITH KNOWN TERRORISTS AND CONVICTED FELONS (eg. Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko)
– IS A KNOWN RACIST (20 year friendship with the adulterer Rev. Wright)
– HAS A WIFE WHO HAS NEVER BEEN PROUD OF HER COUNTRY, UNTIL HER HUSBAND BECAME DEM. NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT.
– VOTE 130 TIMES PRESENT IN STATE LEGISLATURE, BECAUSE COULD NOT MAKE A DEICISION ON ISSUES.
THIS IS WHO YOU LIBERALS WANT FOR PRESIDENT? THIS SCARES ME!

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Palin’s Post-Scandal Appointee Served Just Two Weeks
By Kate Klonick – August 29, 2008, 7:32PM
It looks like there’s even more muck than meets the eye in Trooper-Gate.
After the allegedly improper firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appointed former Kenai Police Chief Chuck Kopp to the post.
Kopp served just two weeks this summer as the head of law enforcement in Alaska, resigning on July 25, after a past complaint of sexual harassment and a subsequent letter of reprimand surfaced in news reports.
But Palin made sure he had a soft fall from grace, giving him a $10,000 severance package for just two weeks served.
While Palin has conceded she was aware of the past complaint against Kopp, she claims that she thought the complaint had been unsubstantiated and was unaware of the letter of reprimand.

SARAH PALIN IS NOT OPPOSED TO GOING TO WAR WITH RUSSIA
Written by CORKSPHERE on Sep-12-08 2:16am
From: corksphere.blogspot.com
I was shocked beyond belief when asked if we would have to go to war with Russia because of their invasion of Georgia, her answer was a flippant “Perhaps so.” I am still trying to wrap my brain around that answer since the head of our country namely our president and vice president must exude an air of confidence. That answer is tantamount to sticking one’s finger up in the air and seeing which way the wind blows.
What Palin fails to realize is Russia’s nuclear capability as well as the toll taken when humans are sent into the battle field. We are already bogged down in Iraq and we also have troops in Afghanistan as well as limited forces in Pakistan. With what military force can we even think of going to war with Russia?
In closing we have already lost too many troops. In Iraq we have lost to date, 4,158 and in Afghanistan we have lost, 519. Should McCain and Palin choose to go to war with Russia, I cannot even fathom the count. Can you?

It scares the hell out of me that Sarah Palin could possibly become President if John Mc were to die in the next 4 years. I do not agree with her beliefs, i.e.., women’s right to choose, global warming, endangered species, drilling there is some much more. I think John could have picked a women who was much more qualified. Just think if Obama would have picked Hillary, she would have chewed Sarah up and spit her out.

Sarah Palin’s nomination is an insult to all women! The republicans think just because she “wears lipstick” all of the female Hilary supporters will be willing to go blindly along. I was a Hilary supporter but I am very happy to say I will be voting for Obama in November. My vote has nothing to do with gender or race it has everything to do with policy. Fix the economy! Stop the war! Preserve a woman’s right to choose! Provide national healthcare! Bring our country back to the position of world respect that we enjoyed when Bill Clinton was president. The current administration is an embarrassment to all Americans and we don’t need four more years of that.

can someone please explain to the governor what it’s like to be a rape victim? no feeling, thinking human being would force their own raped daughter to have a rape baby. she should have her daughters taken away from her for their own safety. the only thing worse than a rapist is a person that sanctions one. how can you call yourself pro life when you would callously destroy women’s and girl’s souls without blinking an eye?

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Can someone please explain to Donna Gonzalez what it is like to take forceps and punch in the skull of a poor, innocent, defenseless baby.
Too bad no one used forceps on you back before you crossed the border.
Not every idiot in this country is heartless enough to want to kill a tiny, living being. Forgot, democrats have no heart.
Palin – 08

I dont know what it feels like to be raped, BUT I do know what it feels like to be the product of a rape, However, I was put up for adoption… I do not necessarily agree with abortion, as I could have feel victim to it, but I dont agree with force…. As a women and because of my background I am torn, You will never know how any of these women feel unless you walk a mile in there shoes, NOW dont get me wrong, I am Greatful so Greatful for the life that I was graced with…
I dont think it makes you any less human or any less of a person because you make this choice to abort, I think of different women who have been forced to carry their babies until full term knowing that their seed is already dead, forced to bear babies that have no heart beat, no life… BUT I also think about those individuals who use abortion as a way of birth control… I guess I am saying that I am empathetic towards those (in my eyes) who deserve the empathy, but that doesnt make me right and that doesnt make me the expert on the subject, I can only speak for myself and how I feel…
the problem that I have found throught these blogs is that Human beings have not been given the right to voice their own opinions (as they see it), once they do they are immediatly attacked, by both Demo and Repubs and Independents…
Judge ye not least ye be judged…

Who am I?
I am under 45 years old,
I love the outdoors,
I hunt,
I am a Republican reformer,
I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
I have many children,
I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two
years in the governor’s office.
Did you guess?
I am Teddy Roosevelt in 1900.
His image stands alongside Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln on Mount Rushmore. Surveys of scholars have consistently ranked him from third to seventh on the list of greatest American presidents.
Palin 08

As a women, I can say that I am proud of the accomplishment of ANY women who can step up and take a challenge, I am proud of women like Gov. Palin and Sen. Clinton, especially since there was a time that Women had NO voice, No voice in the home, NO voice in Politics…At the same time I am a African American, and I must say, that I am also proud of the accomplishments of Sen. Obama, again, We had no voice in the communities that we helped build at one time…. Women had the right to vote before African americans did….
Come this November i wont be voting because of a Women or Because of a African American Man, I will be voting for that individual whose voice is my voice, whose views are my views, whose concerns and issues are my concerns.. its not going to be based upon whose popular with PDIDDY or Matt Damon…..I havnt decided yet who that is, but I am taking my time and weighing the good, the bad and the ugly of all the candidates, their views on war, their backgrounds, their views on taxes, their views on college, their views on medicar and the elderly, etc… ALL the things that are important TO ME and MY FAMILY and their future, I have a daughter i have to think about her future, college… I have a grandmother in her mid 80′s I have to think about how things will effect her, I have a mother and father in there 60′s…I have a community thats important to me…
My vote is counts

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It is evident so far that Sarah Palin’s rule structure is, “My rules for me and my rules for you.” Not my idea of going forward for change in the twenty first century.

ANYBODY who votes for ANY candidate solely based on their sex/race/religion is AN ABSOLUTE FOOL and is undermining democracy in this nation.

I am a transsexual and me and my lover have started a blog called “Transsexuals for Barack Obama”. Can ABC create a story for us too?

@ Sep 12, 2008 1:37:32 PM
“Jack Burton” quotes me:
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So, True or False?
When Sarah Palin was Mayor, did Wasilla bill sexual assault victims…for the cost of rape kits and forensic examinations.”
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Jack Burton’s response:
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So… true or false?
1) Did this practice begin ~prior~ to Mayor Palin?
2) Did she have the power to overturn it?
3) Did she agree with the practice?
4) Did she disagree with the practice?
5) Do other cities across the nation have (had) the same policy?
When you can answer those then you might actually have a story.
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My answers:
1) Irrelevant. As mayor, she either had it in her power to change the policy, or at least express her outrage, then lead that change through whatever mechanisms were needed (City council vote, public referendum, etc).
2) See my answer to 1.
3) We don’t know, and won’t until Gov. Palin speaks out on the issue. She isn’t talking, by the way. Her spokesperson has so-far refused to answer specific questions (see article in USATODAY).
But we do know this: either she knew, and did nothng to change it, or she didn’t know and so was grossly misinformed as Mayor. She cared enough to ask the local librarian if she could ban specific books, but she never bothered to learn that her own police department was charging rape victims for rape kits? Some executive!
4) See my answer to 3
5) Irrelevant. That other mayors or cities may be grossly irresponsible, and act punitively toward rape victims is not at issue. What is at issue is that, while Sarah Palin was Mayor, Wasilla WAS THE ONLY CITY IN ALASKA to do so. The Alaskan State Legislature had to pass special legislation in order to address Wasilla’s REFUSAL to change its policy.
Yes, Wasilla’s peculiar policy came to public attention, yet Wasilla still refused to change its policy.
BTW, the Chief-of-Police in Wasilla who is on record refusing to change the city’s policy, is the Chief-of-Police that Mayor Palin appointed after firing the previous, popular Chief “because he intimidated her”.
Lastly, its not really my job to answer the above questions, as you suggest Jack Burton, it is Sarah Palin’s job to answer the questions you pose. And she is not talking to the media.

I’m just an old fart, even older than John McCain. Never imagined that the selection of a bright, talented middle age female as a running mate would cause such panic among the retarded citizens and idiots among us.
Of course I realize that Obama, the messiah is not just another crooked politician from Chicago. Fifty years ago when I was graduating with my degree in Political Science, Chicago was recognized as the city where the dead elected the leadership. By 1968, the same bunch of thugs still ran the windy city. Nothing has changed, Obama epitiomizes the Chicago machine politician.
“You will be judged by the company you keep!” Obama shall in my family be judged as an associate of Tony Rezko, William Ayers, Bernadette Dohrn and other criminals and enemies that are not the ones that Barry knew. Obama is a product of Chicago machine politics, he associates with criminals and terrorists.
For me, I’ll vote for that young fellow John McCain, a man of great character and strength and for the pit bull with lipstick that came from Alaska.

There are 3 main qualifications for becoming Vice President of the United States, the rest is up to you:
1) Must be a natural born citizen (or citizen) of the United States
2) Must be at least 35 years old
3) Must have been a resident living within the United States for 14 years

This one sums it up…
http://mccainpalinworld.com/

Haven’t we had enough of the cowboy “bring ‘em on” mentality? Of the rash, act-before-you-think temperment? Of the “I don’t care what you think, I’m going to do it anyway” personality? This country and the world is desperate for some intelligent, careful, thoughtful people to be in such a powerful position. We don’t need to subject our dear world to anymore hell.

I’m highly offended that the current McCain/Palin ad airing in our area (New York City) assumes that we are so stupid that we don’t know who has been in office for the last eight years! They refer to “tax and spend” democrats as if Democrats were the ones who took an interited budget surplus and turned it into a giant and increasing deficit!! The last time I looked, Bill Clinton, who created a balanced budget and budget surplusses for his last two years in office, was a so-called “tax and spend” Democrat, while “Shrub-ya” is a Republican. Hello-o-o!

There are 3 main qualifications for becoming Vice President of the United States, the rest is up to you:
1) Must be a natural born citizen (or citizen) of the United States
2) Must be at least 35 years old
3) Must have been a resident living within the United States for 14 years
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Brain Cells are definitely optional.

Paul,
No, the problem is that Palin decided to raise 5 kids instead of reading books and learning how the world works.
That is not a slander I’m just saying stick with what works for you.

McCain/Palin want to impose their religious-based point of view on the women of America. Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion–does not believe women who are raped, incested or ripped apart have ANY rights and must carry their rapist’s baby to term. Now that’s the true definition of BIG GOVERNMENT!I live in Utah with it’s religious-based government. Trust me it’s oppressive.
Sarah Palin does not believe in birth control’,that it is ‘an abomination unto the LORD’!Or sex education for that matter–only abstinence based teaching–and we all can see how far that got her own unmarried daughter, Bristol–who will deliver a baby in December.
Sarah Palin doesn’t know a thing about foreign policy–ONLY THAT ALASKA IS NEXT DOOR TO RUSSIA! It’s called GEOGRAPHY,Sarah. MCCAIN/PALIN are down right SCARY! Dana in Salt Lake City, Utah

Who are you people? Dinosaurs from caves? When my 11 year old daughter learned about Sarah Palin she said, “mom, that’s you”. I am a proud upper management full time working mother, cheerleader mom, and wife and don’t know what planet the rest of you came from but try living living in this century. McCain/Palin 2008 all the way! Or, I guess you guys like living with socialism.

Everything I have learned about mccain palin scares me to death. “the dumbest b*tch alive” said”McCain/Palin 2008 all the way! Or, I guess you guys like living with socialism.” Well I sure don’t agree with that! Why would she call herself “”the dumbest b*tch alive”? But sadly, with her attitude I have to agree with her. MR. OBAMA/ MR. BIDEN to save America!

The major problem with Sarah Palin is that she truly is a loose cannon. She has a history of using her power to make life a living hell for those who vocally speak against her. Can you imagine the damage she could do at the federal level? It terrifies me.

This country is gradually becoming a dictatorship, first by Bush/Cheney, and if we’re not careful by McCain/Palin. The abuse of power demonstrated by these individuals is going unnoticed by many, but our basic freedoms are slowly being taken away.

Once again nothing but media hype and vapid noise distracting us all from the issues, the facts and data we need to make an intelligent decision on the right team to lead our country through these troubled waters.

It is absolutely stupid to pick Palin as the VP. No need to argue. American who choose McCain/ Palin they all are racist. If they take a look back deep down to their heart, they will all realize that it’s their ego who vote for McCain/Palin, not their heart and mind.

This is the scaries development in this whole campaign. Is it the Brady Bunch everyone wants to have as a reality show?

Well, as a 59 yr old white woman, I’m voting for McCain/Palin. Talk about a loss cannon, what is Biden? He’s been in the Senate for 35 yrs & now he’s going to show OBAMA what needs to be done to change the world. Give me a break. You feminist can just keep crying & complaining about a strong woman who’s showing OBAMA how to campaign. If OBAMA wins, he will have the liberal media to thank since their not asking him any hard questions about his past in any area. They Don’t Want to Know, it might cause people to question his honesty. He & Michelle sat in that church for all those years & didn’t have any idea of Rev. Wright’s views. Yeah right & I have a bridge to sell you!!! Go Sarah.
Posted by: rednan152 | Sep 13, 2008 1:23:33 AM
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So NOW you’re a 59 yr old woman. I have read your crap posted as pretty much every woman from every age bracket.
Obviously you are another republican Drag Queen, which DOES NOT qualify you as a WOMAN. Loser

McCain’s campaign should be over, done, cooked, imploded because:
-he was celebrating his birthday with a cake while New Orleans was drowning
-he was in a Party that has been a governing disaster for the past 8 years
-he had fellow Senators of his Party publicly worried about his temper and temperament to be POTUS.
-he violated campaign rules about flying in private aircraft owned by his wife at n/c to his campaign
-he let Cindy show up for his nominating convention,wearing $330,000 worth of jewels and clothes
-he dumped his 1st wife for a 24 year old heiress to a beer fortune, committing adultery in the process.
-he’s surrounded himself with a lobbyist operation of 150 people who manage his campaign.
-a lobbyist got him to intercede with the FCC on broadcasting licensing with a potential sex angle involved.
-he’s 72 years old with a medical history of numerous occurrences of cancer.
-he erroneously fingered Iraq for the 9/11 attack.
-he used his office to allow his wife to carry narcotics for her consumption on a diplomatic passport and his influence as a senator to keep her out of jail.
-he was involved in the Keating Five scandal where he traded campaign favors for political influence
-he picked a running mate who lacks the knowledge to be president
-he couldn’t remember what borders Afghanistan.
-he confused Iraq with Iran, shia with sunni
-he involved himself in a regional conflict on Russia’s border with potential for WW III
-he called his wife a trollop and c++t in public, laughed when Hillary was called a bitch, made a joke about rape and another about Chelsea when she was a girl
-he continues to lie about Palin’s accomplishments, particularly on earmarks and the bridge to nowhere.
-he stated that Joe Biden probably knew more about energy than any other person in the US.
-he graduated at the fifth to last in his class of 899 and crashed 5 jets

In rebuttal to ‘Leslie’ and her reference to Sen. McCain choosing a “vagina” rather than someone with true experience, all I can say is… wherever you received your education (per your preface that you are an educated woman), you might want to consider asking that institution for a refund! That said, it’s no wonder you believe that a McCain/Palin victory would result in WWIII… how sadly ill informed you are and how poor your judgment is to assess a situation. It’s a shame that there wasn’t some way to revoke voter registrations for voters with such an exorbitantly high level of ignorance. Not an insult, just a statement of fact.

I would like everyone to read what Sarah Palin stands for “straight from the horss mouth” as you would say:
“Our scientist feel confident that it would be unwarranted to list Cook Inlet belugas now,” Gov. Palin said. “Seven years ago, NMFS determined that these whales weren’t endangered, and since then, we’ve actually seen the beginnings of an increase in their population. We are all doing everything we can to help protect these important marine mammals.”
Please visit all info site to see the stances on all candidates before you decide to vote on them because of their gender…….I am a women and it disgraces me that other women would be ignorant enough to vote on a candiate just because of her gender!
No Party Affiliation.

I’m sick of hearing that Gov. Palin is too inexperienced to be a “heartbeat away from the presidency”. Obama is just as, or even more, inexperienced, and, if elected, he will not be “a heartbeat away”; his will be the heartbeat.

That blog is sour grapes turned rotten. They should give it up before they make even bigger fools of yourselves. It sounds a lot like “Code Pink” and the rest of those perverted, pseudointellectual idiots.

I have watched this whole election unfold. I must say I’m not comfortable with Mccain’s choice either. There seems to have been an assumption that she’d do well as a VP and that women would flock to her since she made a remark that Obama is regreting for not having chosen Hillary. Wake up people, this is not about who’s liked the most or most popular. We got hit 7 yrs. ago and you cannot risk again. Obama has been preparing for all his life and is well versed and well read. You can see he’s knows what he’s talking about and his choice of Biden was well thought through by many advisors.Biden has over 30 yrs.of foreign experince under his belt, Hillary respects that decision and she wishes well for our country. Put color and gender selfish issues aside and fight for your children’s future. If these two men are not the right ones, you can throw them out in 4 yrs. give Palin a little time, get to know her before you make such a hasty decision.This is not to discred her as a nice person or as agood example of a mother.

Posted by: Denise in PA | Sep 13, 2008 10:25:41 AM
I’m sick of hearing that Gov. Palin is too inexperienced to be a “heartbeat away from the presidency”. Obama is just as, or even more, inexperienced, and, if elected, he will not be “a heartbeat away”; his will be the heartbeat.
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I rarely agree with a McCain/Palin supporter, but I have to agree with Denise on this…whether or not Gov. Palin has enough “experience” to be Commander-in-Chief isn’t a relevant question.
Who knows? Maybe Gov. Palin would rise to the occasion, if – God forbid – McCain should not survive his first term, and she were to take over the reins of government.
Maybe we can look at the question of “experience” from a different angle.
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Does anything in Governor Palin’s past suggest that she WOULD rise to the occasion?
Now, I know how to ski – downhill and cross-country in the winter snow.
I have never water-skied.
Should I feel confident that I can water ski, based on the fact that I know how to down-hill ski?
Hmmmm….
I know how to play ping-pong, a game with a paddle, a ball, and a net.
Does that mean I will be a good tennis player?
My child can swim the dog-paddle.
Does that mean that my child should enter the 200 m butterfly in the Olympics?
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Here’s another way to look at Gov. Palin , and the question of experience.
I speak English pretty well. Does that fact that I can speak English, mean that I would be good at speaking Mandarin Chinese – if only I bothered to try?
Again, I can add, subtract, divide, and multiply numbers with the best of them. I’m middle-aged, do you think I should consider switching careers and try to get a degree in advanced Physics?
I’ve never shown any interest at all in foreign affairs, international finance, the complicated interplay between the various branches of government at the federal level. I don’t even know what it is the VP does., I’m hard-pressed to name the capital of Belgium, let alone the capital of Saudi Arabia. What exactly is the Bush Doctrine, again? And the IMF, the World Bank. I know that NATO – well – those are the good guys. But what are the conditions of memberhsip? Why aren’t GEORGIA & the UKRAINE already members of NATO? Jeez, they have that big bully Putin breatthing down their necks….I know I said Putin invaded Georgia UNPROVOKED…and that really isn’t the case…GEORGIA DID PROVOKE RUSSIA, no doubt about that, but still, PUTIN is just such a big bully – I want to pop him one. So, yeah go to war with RUSSIA!
And while we’re at it, let’s take on that meanie Ahmadini the Djini – the “first Dude” of Iran. I know I could take him out mano-a-mano. He’s just a wimp – I skin moose with my bare hands…

Why are they reporting only one side of the story? We are Women for Palin, http://www.womenforpalin.net, and we have Women for Palin parties going this weekend and about to launch several states, totally through grassroots networking. Why don’t they tell the whole stoy?
http://www.womenforpalin.net

Without Palin, McCain has nothing, not even the benefit of his integrity. Once the Palin-hype dies down and the public begins to see her for what she truly is, support for McC/P will dwindle. The far right wants to keep everyone in the dark ages – teaching non-science/nonsense creationism, global warming has no man-made component, abstinence-only sex ed. Ignorance must truly be bliss for McC/P supporters. Thankfully, they are the true minority.

Nominating Palin as his VP candidate is one of the most insulting move by McCain for all women and to the candidate herself and to add insult to injury he is running around telling all of us ‘dummies’ how qualified she is! For ANYONE who thinks that Palin is anything like Hillary Clinton, is an insult for Hillary Clinton and all women, while I don’t agree with Hillary Clinton or some of her policies, at least I know who she is and she has done a lot for womens rights. I will not allow this women to come in without any hard work and destroy what many great women like, Clinton, Pelosi, and Rice have worked so hard accomplish. With this choice, McCain just lost my vote!

It’s not just that she is against what most women. She is totally unqualified to become CEO of a large company much less a heartbeat away from becoming the leader of this great country. McCain has shown us he exhibits the same poor judgment we have come to expect from Bush. Please people – this is not a popularity vote on American Idol. This is a serious choice for our future.
52 YR OLD WHITE WOMAN/FORMER MILITARY
OBAMA/BIDEN 08

I am so glad to see so many women with some common sense.
To the Hilary/voting for Palin women
It is on Video that Paline blasted Hiliary in the primaries, she stated that Hiliary was a whiner and bad example for the woman movement. I am sure that had an affect on Hiliary not winning the primaries. Chales Moore, republican. said abut Hiliary Clinton she go get her apron strings is she could take the heat. McCain used the pig with lipstick twice on Hiliary. The Palin republican crew bashed Hiliary in the primaires and took probably the few votes she needed to win. And now you are going to reward Palin and McCain with your vote and have Palin the first Woman president instead of Hilary? What kind of loyalty is that? And you are not supporting Hilary now that is campaigning for Obama, clearly saying she think he is a better choice then the McCain/Palin? You are making a mockry of your own statement. And setting women back a lot.
I am an independent white profesional single mom. I raised my children all by myself with no help from family. And It has been rough. It terrifies me that the number of white women who openly state that they don’t care about the issues(equal pay for women, support for school education, lower taxes for the middle class as opposed to the wealthy, not jumping into more wars at a hrop of a hat when we are already weak from the Iraq war, etc) but just want to show how vindictive they can be when they don’t get their way. Isn’t this an image that the women’s momvement tried to correct 30 years ago. Are you really going to take us back there?
Palin may be a strong woman but if she is why doesn’t she get in the arean with the good ole boys now and face them head on? Instead of running and hiding from the tough reporters questions? Hilary sure has face a lot of tough questions, why shouldn’t Palin have to do the same. Charles Gibson was a walk in the park to what all other candidates have had to face(both men and women).
I am truly fightened for my dauters’ future and yours. Please put your emotions aside and think about what your actions are saying to the world about women.
To the women who are blogging here we need to go to ralleys and let out view be heard . Let this country know that not all women favor Palin. We need to send emails to all the networks news and talk shows letting themn know there is a large number of women who do not agree with the Palin choice. We need to let our voices be heard

These “women against Sarah Palin” show that liberal women are not for women per se. After all these years of running on one issue, Roe v. Wade, finally here’s a woman who can run on more than that one issue. If women in the party support Palin, Democrat men have lost their ticket to ride into Washington on the Row v. Wade express and that’s what’s been happening. You would think the Democrats would have more women in ther ranks than the Republicans do but they don’t and they never did. We are finally waking up to the fact that Democrats never had our best interests at heart…just their own power.

I have never known any candidate to choose a running mate that came in with so many bones rattling in the closet. McCain’s pick was worse than just sexist, once again, as when he cheated on his first wife, who was a model, to marry the Rodeo Queen beer baroness, he was thinking with his little head (the one that is confined behind his zipper).
Those who are swept up with the ex-beauty contestant, Peggy Hill (Hank’s wife, and Bobby’s mother) look-alike, are not looking at the fact that Elizabeth Dole, or Kay Bailey Hutchinson, for two, would have made better running mates if a women was needed. When Palin’s lustre wear off, and when women’s voice is heard that Palin’s extreme views are opposed to the rights that they have fought to attain, it will be too late for the Republicans to replace her as she damages their ticket. In the event that more negative press comes from the courts in Alaska involving her “TrooperGate” scandal, or after a decision is made in about mid-October, the Republican McCain will be washed out. He will be responsible for the sinking of his own ass. McCain is a guy who does not know which direction his campaign in traveling. At first glance, one would think that Palin is at the top of the ticket, and he is the running mate. She has been secured from the media because she doesn’t know her ass from a hole in the ground…which is the actual truth. The videos on MySpace of her speaking prior to VP selection, and afterwards do not lie.

Bottom line: Hillary Clinton rode her husband’s coattails — while Sarah Palin made it on her own!

Bottom Line: True feminists aren’t threatened by Sarah Palin!

Here are some pics of Sarah’s kid.
Guns, booze, and girl on girl tongue action.
http://mojo.channel955.com/cc-common/gallery/display.html?album_id=135887

In my view, the educated, informed women are the Obama voters, the Palin voters … just need to do more research. I’m deeply offended by the Palin choice and as a former Hillary supporter, Palin secured my vote for Obama. The McCain ticket is the single biggest threat to women’s rights in recent history, and it sickens me that a woman is behind it.
OBAMA BIDEN 08!

The reason demoncrats don’t like Sarah is because she has not done” like:
she has not had six kids by six different men who failed to marry her.
she has not lived on food stamps in a big city government project.
she has not lived in a big city run by a queer mayor.
she just doesn’t meld with the majority of demoncrats from big cities.

Palin is a disastrous choice of a VP pick. McCain is not ready to be president because now you how McCain will make executive decisions as president:
1. Palin not vetted. He will not do his homework about very important matters in the WH. He met with her only once. And now she’s his running mate? He’s OK with that?
2. Country First? No – McCain first at any cost. How can he possibly care about Americans?
3. He will lie to us. He lied to us about the required qualifications of the VP – must be ready on day one to step in to be president. (That’s laughable after hearing her schoolgirl scripted responses for Gibson.)
4. He will make huge gambles that will most certainly affect our security. This was a big campaign and is turning into a big fiasco.
God help us all if Americans elect McCain.

McCain and Palin have told over and over lie after lie after lie. Don’t for one minute think they will stop if they get in office. Palin is ignorant and uncultured, Should she ever serve as president, we will be the laughing stock of the world. China might even pull its money out of its never ending lending program. Oh, yes, expect the draft, and, in consequence, we’ll have the late 60′s and early 70′s all over again.

I’m a Christian who believes the Bible and teachings of Jesus Christ. Palin is an evangelical Christian and I understand that you Republicans are supposedly Christians.
Yet listen to yourselves. What vitriol and disrespect you spew to anyone who doesn’t see things YOUR way. You actually sound like you’re full of hatred! Are you putting your political party above your faith? What would Jesus say to that? Love your neighbor as yourself. Love God with all your heart, mind, soul and strength.
What we need is more respectful, civilized talk when we disagree. Don’t stoop to the (spiritual) enemy’s methods.

I am dismayed over the vicious lies that McCain and Palin continually throw out. Lie now, they’ll lie later. Palin is an ignorant and decidedly uncultured person. On the plus side, if she were ever President, American would finally have to shed its hubris. China would probably pull back all the money they’re lent us. By the way, we find out now that she never went to Iraq – only Kuwait.

As a lifelong feminist, I am pleased that women are enjoying greater influence in the political arena–it is what feminists have worked for and hoped for, for years.
I am pleased that the Republican Party has finally considered a woman seriously as a candidate on the presidential ticket.
With that said, I am deeply concerned about Sarah Palin and her stance on a variety of issues. I become uncomfortable when any political leader suggests that a war is “God’s will.” I think that’s an extremely dangerous and arrogant world view.
I’m also concerned about her stance on global warming. The super storms that we are now experiencing, the hurricanes that are now wracking our coasts and threatening lives are a result of climate change and global warming. Scientists are all saying this, and have been saying this for a long time.
I’m concerned about her stance on abstinence-only education, because it’s clearly not working–and the evidence of this exists within her own family.
I’m concerned about her stance on reproductive health and freedom–anyone who is that virulently anti-choice is also against birth control and other family planning services.
All of these concerns are valid, and should be discussed. What I find particularly appalling is how incredibly polarized we’ve become as a nation–it seems that many of us can no longer debate the issues in a civil and respectful manner, but have to resort to bullying to get their points across. I’ve noticed a lot of that in the negative posts–the negative posters who are name-calling, hurtling insults and the like must really be threatened and scared? They must not believe in their candidate as much as they would like us to believe . . .

kerry – your a feminist right, you talk with calm manner’s when i have never known feminist to act calm and civil because of thier anger and hatred toward’s men. now your feminist buddy’s are attacking Gov. Palin with anger and lies, so why don’t you get control of your feminits buddies attitudes and straighten them out before you tell other people how to talk and act without attacking out of anger and lies. the american people with commonsense and the republican’s are not stupid, because we all see the double standard here with Gov. Palin. if she was on the democratic ticket she would not be getting attacked with lies coming from your side. im not attacking you personally, but you need to understand liberal women are the bitter and angry one’s that make calm respectful women as yourself look bad. the feminists cause is over because of Gov. Palin and the left is just mad that she is not a democrat and don’t share her view’s. what did happen to commonsense and respect, the left is using a double standard with her and don’t care how the look anyway because they are just angry and bitter people who like to control and tell people what to do, pelosi is a good example of that fact.

Re: the abortion issue: it is demeaning to women to believe that this is our ONLY issue. We also care about national security, the US dependence on foreign oil/energy and the loss of American jobs due to our culture’s obession for cheap goods.
As for abstinence, I ask ALL parents: Why is it up to the school system to teach your children not to have sex before marriage? Why do parents want everyone to parent their children, right down to fundamental, basic issues such as this? And where is the forgiveness if your child does indeed have sex before marriage and does get pregnant? And why is the stigma–for all you “feminists” out there–always on the young lady and her mother, not on the boy and his father and what his father did–or did not teach him?
The self-proclaimed “feminists” of today have an agenda…it is abortion and abortion only. We feminists of the old school believe that ALL women–indeed, ALL people are created equal…not just white, upper-middle-class Northeast or left-coast Ivy League, latte-drinking “prochoice” liberals. If a sister is prolife, as is Laura Ingraham, Sarah Palin, or Kay Bailey Hutchison, she is as worthy of
respect as Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, or Barbara Boxer.
I am shocked and appalled to see such anger and hatred against a woman who has done the work and made it on her own from other women who should know better. But then, until their daughters and granddaughters face opposition, these so-called “feminists” will tear every other woman apart, much like they did to Hillary Clinton, until they need support. Which, of course, they will expect from the same sisters they have hated and violated. Silly rabbits!
McCain 08
Hillary Clinton 2012

Timmaaa7,
Thank you for writing in your opinion. I have to disagree with your statement that feminists hate men. I’m a feminist, and I certainly don’t hate men at all. My father defines himself as a feminist, and so do many of my male friends. While this space is to short for me to define what I feel feminism is, in short, I feel it’s ensuring that women have the same opportunities as everyone else. While we’ve made progress, I feel that we have a ways to go. For instance, the Fair Pay act, which McCain opposed. Women still make approximately 70 cents to the dollar that every man makes. That is one of the reasons that I can’t in good conscience, vote for McCain.
You mentioned a double standard in your message–I must also respectfully disagree with you on your suggestion that if Palin was on the Democratic ticket we wouldn’t be responding the way that we are. I was a Hillary Clinton supporter, and while I was thrilled to see a woman so close to gaining the nomination, I didn’t supporter her just because of that–it was because she stood for the issues that I care deeply about, and am concerned about with regards to our country’s future.
I was angry at the portrayal of Hillary Clinton by the media–I really felt there was a double standard when it came to the media’s coverage of her. When it comes to the media, it seems that more often than not, their portrayals of women in politics, regardless of whether they are Republicans or Democrats leaves a lot to be desired.
I am a proud, liberal Democrat–just as I’m sure you are a proud Republican. I can agree with you that the political climate is getting more and more devisive. And, there is blame on both sides of the fence for this. I think that we all need to remember that while we may not agree on the issues, whether we are “red” or “blue”, we are all first and foremost Americans–and we should treat each other with respect and civility in our debates. Thanks!

Women are NOT Pit Bulls
Normal Woam would not gamble politics with sick infant child on Campaign Trail
Normal woman would not bring unwed pregnant teen daughter on National stage to show
Normal woman would not spread false in official events
Normal woman would protect victims of rape.
This Monster Pit Bull is an image of what is NOT Normal Woman is.
It is ugly low-minded personality, Moron-Mom,Moron-woman, Monster.
It is Disgrace for America to put this Moron on the ticket.
Disgrace for generations to come.
we know – GOP is fooling us again with this Moron.
American people are NOT stupid
NOWAY
NOHOW
NO McWAR
NO Pit Bull

If Sarah Palin continues to evade questions regarding her actions as governor and mayor, how can we possibly trust her. She is extremely gifted at evading questions in a very poised way. Take, for example, the questions about her initial stance on the Bridge to Nowhere in her recent interview. I believe she was asked the same question at least 4 times. Either she is hiding something or she is too stupid to understand a very clear and direct question.

Sandy Diana,
If Obama chose a running mate like Sarah Palin, I would be be scared over to the McCain side immediately. Not because of her experience, but because of what she stands for. She is a master at lying and manipulation, as can be seen in her interviews. Notice how often she avoids questions regarding the Bridge to Nowhere, the book banning, the public safety commissioner, and the list goes on.
Furthermore, if Obama’s VP choice had said the Iraq war was “God’s will”, that in itself would be enough to send me running in the other direction.

I love how people blindly trust Palin whenever her values or honesty is put to question. Take the book banning for example. Perhaps her questions were “rhetorical” and her attempt at firing of the librarian was just coincidence. However, at this point we only have her word against those of others. This and other key issues need further investigation until they are completely resolved.

Beth, thank you for your response to me. I am an old lady. Your argument is something the Dems have manipulated me with for the past 30 years. Fear and Guilt and Victimization.
Please answer my question: Where was your righteous indignation when the Florida and Michigan votes were discounted? Where was your outrage? And what did YOU do to get those votes to count?
You are believing the lying liberal media who annoited Obama. That is your choice, of course, but it is still a free country. You cannot and will not change my mind and the minds of millions of people out there that John McCain is a good and decent human being and can and will be President of the United States. I’ll be waiting for your answer to my questions. Thanks.
McCain 08
Hillary 2012

kerry – the books talked about with the librarian was harry potter books. she was just looking out for the moral well being of the community kids. now, i understand it’s not her job to morally raise other people’s kid’s, but she was just looking after thier safety. that show’s how good of a heart she has when it comes to kids. look at big cities and their problem’s with kid’s, can you blame that all on the book’s, no. but it is the parent’s responsablity to morally raise thier kids how they see fit, and every body know’s not all parent’s do their job as parent’s. as an example, my nephew is into those books along with alot of his friend’s and some of their personalities are destructive at home, school, and abroad acting out in wierd manners such as talking about dragon’s and demon’s and putting spell’s on people and especially teacher’s and also has led to some kids getting into satanic influeces. columbine was just an
opening into the forsight of today’s parents neglect towards the well being of their kids life mentally and morally.

I am 71 years old and against Sarah Palin!
I am old enough to remember back alley abortions. Whether I believe in them or not..I believe in a woman’s RIGHT to choose. There are seats on the Supreme Court open and hopefully not to pro-lifers. Many other reasons, even tho she seems to be “macho” that I believe she would be WRONG for women as a VP and a possible President.Just because she is female doesn’t mean WOMEN will vote for her

Julie, Congrats on your lovely family and all your hard work in your personal choice–being a parent.
Your points are well-taken. May I offer this: There are many women who are raising differentially abled kids, without husbands or extended families. They are smart, tough women who are real mountain lions when it comes to their cubs. And yet, they never make it on that liberal bastion, “Oprah”, they are never held in martyred esteem, and they quietly take care of their chosen lives–kids–with great grace and grit.
I have NO doubt that Governor Palin is not only capable of doing the same, but that she can do it without all the drama and martyrdom the Dems wish to infuse her with. Her family unit is so strong and loving. She has come this far, so splendidly, with the same issues and concerns as so many parents experience nowadays–child deployed to Iraq, pregnant teen daughter. Let me ask you: If it were Governor SAUL Palin or Governor STAN Palin, would anybody be questioning HIS skills? Of course not! The “Little Lady” would stay at home and take care of the kids. Well, in this case, Governor Palin’s “little lady” is the “First Dude” of the state of Alaska, the father of their children who will be with their children, to love and nuture and raise them. Is this such a bad thing? It’s an INTACT family unit (now that’s a rarity in America!!!) and both the mom and dad are equal parents in the raising of the children they chose to create, carry to term and parent. This should be cause for joy, such a wonderful example of a strong marriage and family values, and the honoring of one’s marriage vows and the lives these parents chose to bring into the world and accept PERSONAL responsibility to love and nuture and raise right, we should be celebrating the truimph that it really is. Instead all we do is try to destroy it. We should feel very blessed and lucky that the glass ceiling is truly cracking because a qualified woman with all these family attributes is achieving a great first for all women in this country.
McCain 08
Hillary 2012

Sarah Palin is a far superior role model for young women than Hillary Clinton will ever be… and some women don’t want to vote for her? If that’s not a great way for women to sabotage their own gender, I don’t know what is.
P.S. Palin currently has an 80% approval rating, which is significantly higher than any of the three men can boast.

Hi Sandy Diana,
I agree that if the “first dude” is committed to being the primary caregiver of the children, this could work. He would need to be the type of person that is willing to research the many options out there and determine what is right for their son Trig (correct me if I have the wrong one here). The question is, is he willing and able to make this commitment if they win the election?
I just agree with Julie that this couple has more on their plate than the average family right now, and I hope that they truly understand what they are getting into.

mark – how is this for a correction. i can admit to being wrong only by using the wrong books name’s in reverse, harry potter book were and issue at it’s time of release but just talked about with no action. the librarian issue was about the books go ask alice and pastor,i am gay. those moral issue’s we’re what the town had issue’s about. the main reason for issue’s of the firing of the librarian was from the frustration of resident’s and the librarian having personal issue’s with one another over differences of moral overtone with the book issues. the librarian is a city official appointed in most cities and can not disrespect any citizens by code of conduct. that is why sara asked the librarian such question’s and walked away. sara was just doing her job which is to serve the community. and once again, issue’s can be talked about freely, but no book’s were ever taking off the shelf. that is how sara listens to the people from both side’s.

In response to Sandy Diana’s comments:
If my husband decided to run for VP at a time when we had a baby with down syndrome, a pregnant teenager, two children in between, and a son going going to war, I would be pretty upset with him for picking such bad timing.

sarah palin is no more than a political harlot. the republicans have put her in a tight skirt and sexy specs, and then put her on the political corner to lure votes from uninformed women. well count me out, i’m not buying!! sarah palin is the WRONG woman!

timmaaa7…and you call yourself a christian?

The one thing I like about being a Liberal, is the ‘Freedom of Imagination’. It feels good to imagine that one day, we will live in a Free and Equal Country, that our Fore-Fathers once Imagined. I am also glad we can be conservative, on a personal level, and pass on traditions, that may or may not, be accepted by others.But to live in a conservative dictatorship, where the rich rule the country, makes me wonder if McCain/Palin are being influenced by Russia.Palin after all can see Russia, from her house.As for timmaaa7, do you think Jesus wished we all had guns? Or, do you just believe, that ‘anyone can hurt anyone’, and just be forgiven? Everybody needs to get away from the idea that Palin is a woman, and see her, as a corruptable politician.I am personal glad to see a larger demographic, represtened in this election.But my vote will not be fixated on Race, Color, Greed, or Sex.Just Good Politics.

To Charlie Gibson: When you asked Sarah Palin her views regarding the Bush’s Doctrine which of Bush’s Doctrines were you referring to? And do you know there is old news video evidence proving that several years ago you didn’t really know what the Bush Doctrines were either. Charlie what gives you the right to look down your nose and over your glasses at Sarah Palin as if your were instructing a novice on Bush Doctrine? Sorry Charlie you disappointed me and a lot of us…. you have set yourself apart….you just don’t get it any more….. are you too old…. does ABC need a change?

Hi Mark–Thanks for your comments to me. I picked John McCain, after the Dems violated me and three million other voters, because I respect him and his integrity and service to our country. Whom he picked for VP was of little interest to me, though I did lobby online for Tom Ridge or Lieberman. My husband and I do find Sarah Palin bright and refreshing, even if we don’t agree with many of her views. I want to make it abundantly clear that this is not a protest vote, though I’m sure the whiny Liberal press will position it that way. My husband and I have been used by the Democrat party for over 30 years. We have faithfully stood by them and voted straight party line, no questions asked. We became interested in John McCain in 2000 during the angry battle the Bushies gave him in 2000, and have followed his actions ever since. Many Dems I know are very interested in McCain, but not because of Sarah Palin. Are you old enough to remember Reagan Dems? Because if you are, it’s those voters who have been awakened by this contest and are coming home to roost in McCain’s corner. This is a two party system at present and one of those candidates–Obama or McCain will be elected President. After watching Obama ignore the lose of three million primary votes–indeed, stand idly by and do NOTHING–those his minions called/wrote/fought tough and hard NOT to have our votes count because if they were Obama would lose and Hillary would win, we Hillary supporters were sent a message: GO TO HELL. WE DON’T WANT YOU.
Well, hell, then they got want they wanted! It’s their party and they got want they wanted—now they expect we the voters to “reconsider” because of big, bad, John McCain and Hockey Mom Palin. Didn’t the Obama supporters stop and think that they would need the support of the very people they fought so hard to disenfranchise? Maybe you should ask CHris Matthews or Roland Martin, or Eugene Robinson, or several of my neighbors who spent months blogging and snailmailing Dems in the party to NOT allow the FL and MI votes to count. Many of us disenfranchised have moved on to other candidates–Ralph Nadar, Cynthia McKinney, and yes, John McCain.
My husband and I believe John McCain has the best chance of winning this election and running this country with respect and dignity, inclusive of all Americans, not just the ones who voted for him (sound familiar)?

Kim,
Timmaaa7 obviously is NOT a christian. Jesus did not teach us to hate the way he does.

This is for timmaaa7
Thank you so much for writing that because you just proved that everything that I wrote was true. HYPOCRISY STILL LIVES!!! See, it is YOUR kind of christianity (NOT!) that is frightening. No true christian would write those things. What GOD do you serve? How proud of you must he be after that. I obviously step on YOUR toes. Should your parents be blamed for your behavior or your GOD? I noticed in your name calling, you used used moron and stupid repeatedly. WOW, don’t we need a boost in vocabulary. When reading your response, I felt your hate. Does your GOD teach you to hate? Mine does not. I don’t hate you, McCain, or Palin; however, I respect that we have different views and I think that the 3 of you are hypocrites. I HAVE that right right now.
This is the issue: I make over 100K a year. Do you? So does my husband!!! However, can our economy (which McCain admitted that he knew little about) stand 4 more years of the same mess. See, I pay the same thing for gas and groceries as you do; however, is it hurting you? It is hurting many American people. Do you even care about the economy? McCain has proposed tax cuts (but not for the middle class.) Sorry, that me. Is it you? See I am sick of the rich getting richer at the poor and middle class expense. Don’t be his whore!! Vote for what you need.

I’m a grandmother who has spent my whole life in small towns. Small towns like the one T W (that woman) comes from.
If it weren’t for community leaders and volunteers small towns couldn’t exist. Is’nt that Democracy, the people organizing to run their communities and the country?
To see T W and her Side Kick Giulani, stand on the stage and laugh about Obama being a community organizer was the height of Hypocrisy on their part.
If McCain thinks most women will vote for him because of That Woman, he’s wrong. We have higher standards than that.

N wrote-
Sarah Palin has done more in two weeks for women than anyone else in history, expect those who foufht for their right to vote!
ABSOLUTE B.S.! If the republicans win, they will screw everything up even more than it is. Palin will set us back a century, all the work the women before us did will be put to waste by this dog in lipstick.

It is people like timmaaa7 that give Americans and Christians a bad name. I am both, and want the world to know that most of us are not that bigoted and hateful.

Sounds as if the liberal left ladies have their pantyhose in a wad. Suggest they call their doctor and have their meds changed ASAP.
As for the Obamessiah’s campaign, the gurgling sound you hear is his campaign going down the toilet…quickly. Face it, if he couldn’t even make the right decision to chose Ms. Clinton as his running mate, how in God’s name can he make decisions regarding the welfare of the U.S. and its citizens? It’s as simple as that – whether you’re a Palin-hater or a Palin-supporter. The Obamessiah dissed Ms. Clinton when he should have chosen her, so ‘the chosen one’ isn’t doing very well on choosing, is he?

Carol- How can you support Hillary and then just reverse your views to those of McCain/Palin? Even Hillary is now campaigning for Obama because she realizes how devastating the alternative could be.

Sarah Palin is being keep away from the media except in very controlled situations and that tells me they are afraid that we all will figure out she is not ready. Lets stop calling each other names and get this women vetted. This is not a game. This is scary stuff and she could end up president and we don’t even know her. I found her interview with Gibson rehearsed and astoundingly lacking in diplomatic tone and basic knowledge.

How can anyone stand behind a woman who is being hidden from the media whenever possible? She needs to be questioned to find out who she really is and what she truly stands for. Until then, stop portraying her as someone who she may not be. Once she is questioned without rehearsal, and we see her true colors, then we can make informed decisions. Maybe I am wrong and this woman really is a saint, but we do not have any proof either way.

Bob has it exactly right.

Hi Lynn, Thanks for your comment to me. By asking me this question, you are freely admitting there was an injustice done to the voters in Florida and MMichigan.
Therefore, it appears you are comfortable with it. Why does it bother you that I choose, after my violation, not to be violated again? Hillary will do her best for her party because that’s the kind of person she is, and for that, I applaud her and will vote for her again in 2012 if the old white guys in the Dem party will allow her to win next time.
When the Dems said “We don’t want you and we are going to steal your vote from you to prove this”, I chose to leave and look around at other candidates who were running. I chose John McCain for whom I have deep respect for his inegrity and service to our country, and he chose Sarah Palin, whom I find bright and refreshing, but with whom I have several differences of opinion. But as a woman and a servant of the public good, she has my highest respect.
What puzzles me is why you won’t get over your issues with folk not wanting to vote for your candidates, and the incapability for your team to grasp that they were not team players, and we who are no longer on the team are under no obligation to support it. You all are so outraged over that, lol, but you ignored the loss of 3 million votes of your fellow dems so your candidate would win the nomination. Now you’re angry because some of us don’t want to play in your yard anymore! You threw us off the team, and now we’ve joined another team.
When the right captain comes back to the team, my husband and I may come back. But until that time, we are free agents and loving every minute of it! We feel like rock stars…everybody wants us!
Tell me, Lynn, what rule am I breaking by not voting for Barack Obama? Thanks.

WOW, maybe timmaaa7 went to church or mass this morning. Maybe he will come back and discuss the issues without hatred. I assume that Palin is a good person until I have proof otherwise; however, this alone does not qualify you for VP.
Let’s think about it. How much have we heard from Cheney other than him shooting his hunting partner and not being punished. I think for most people that is usually punishable by law. Oh yeah, the other thing we know about him is that he is getting so rich because his company is rebuilding IRAQ. How quaint is that? Your boss tears it down and hires you to build it up for billions of dollars. Rich getting richer at the expense of lives and the American people. I have lost several family members in Iraq. This war is senseless unless you are one of the gun toters that love war. Political Gangsters! Drive by shooting in Iraq!! Sorry, that is another website. This is about Palin.
Mothers of down syndrome kids were very insulted that she wishes to advertise that “I kept my baby even though I knew.” KNEW WHAT! You never know what kind of blessing the Lord is sending you. But whatever it is- it is yours!!!

Hey Everyone!
For those of you sick and tired of the media’s attempt to show that “true progressive” women can’t stand Palin, check out this website to show your support of Palin. http://www.chicks4palin.com My wife is a young professional woman who wants to show that there are thousands of young professional women out there like her who are pro-life and support Palin. She created hot pink bumper stickers that read “Chicks 4 Palin – God, Family values, guns & lipstick”. Her goal is to have thousands of these bumper stickers on womens’ cars showing their support for Palin. Check out the site and show your support. http://www.chicks4palin.com

NY persons do not understand women in the rest of the country. Get out into the country and smell freedom in the air.
How is it that Mars, Titan and Pluto (which is moving away from the sun) are warming? Maybe like the earth, they share the sun?? Man might be a contributor to global warming, but not the root cause here on earth.
Call the NY girls a WAAAAAAmbulance.

Sable get over yourself. Living in the country does not give you some great incite into being a better American. Oh, let me guess. You are for McCain/Palin. They have been pushing that derisive crap for weeks.

Sorry guys. Mispelled divisive in previous entry.

Sandy Diana,
Of course you are not breaking any rule by not voting for Barack Obama. However, are choosing the right candidates by picking someone “with whom you have several differences of opinion”? Obama may not be the answer for you, but there always are other candidates on the ticket.
If you look at your basic views, are they more in sync with Obama/Biden or McCain/Palin? If you can honestly say that McCain/Palin best represent your views, then you should vote for them.

Oh and by the way, I am registered as an independent. I have tended to vote for democratic candidates in recent years because I tend to agree with them more, but I consider each candidate individually. I actually prefer Hillary, but I’ve decided that Obama is still a much better choice for this country than McCain.

Let’s face it, those who watched the Charles Gibson/Sarah Palin interview, and support her will find no fault in the interview. At least that is what they will say publicly. Anyone with an ounce of common sense should be terrified at the thought of that woman being that close to the most powerful position is this country. Matt Damon hit the nail on the head, for which he is be criticized. He said, can you imagine her sitting down to talk with Vladmir Putin. It’s mind boggling why more people aren’t outraged. Scary isn’t it. It’s one thing to have confidence in your self, but confidence in ones self does not qualify you to be the Vice President and possibly the President. To her Republican supporters, it seems she can do no wrong. Short of committing murder they will continue to support her. That should you have stupid they are. Everyday more and more of her untruths are being uncovered. I predict she will do very poorly when she debates Senator Biden. I also predict that it won’t matter to the racist Republican party supporters. Also, I read John McCain has decided that he and Sarah Palin will continue campaigning together. He knows he cannot draw a crowd, and lots of foolish, misinformed people will come out to see her. Wake up people. John McCain, the same John McCain who admitted he did not have any experience with the economy, the same John McCain who keeps touting the surge is working in a country that never should have been invaded, the same John McCain who only separated himself from President Bush because of his political ambitions, the same John McCain who is a warmonger and is too old. Chuck Norris himself said it. Now he supports him. This is one of the most important elections of my lifetime. For the sake of my future and the generations that follow, we cannot afford four more years like the last eight.

palin is not qualified to be vp. Period.
It would be better to have a conversation about issues and background rather than name calling.

Imagine being a republican pundit right now. They must secretly hate McSenile for picking Palin, because they have to constantly defend stuff like this little jewel from the Gibson interview.
GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions, particularly in the last couple of weeks, does the proximity of the state give you?
Palin: They’re our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land her in Alaska, from an island in Alaska.
I can’t wait for the debates.
But the ultimate responsibility for picking someone so unprepared to be a heartbeat away from the presidency is John McCain. If they win and God forbid he dies in office you have to ask yourself is this the person you want to have a finger on the proverbial red button? I shutter to think.

Thank you for starting this blog. I am a retired professional woman who raised a family and went to school and/or worked as I raised my family. Most of my friends were doing the same. Since we are a generation older than Sara Palin, we encountered many more gender-related barriers than women find today. To overcome these barriers, we simply worked harder. In any event, Sara Palin who represents the neo-conservative world of Cheney, et al. does not represent my friends or myself. Many of my opposing views to her policies have been summarized by others (above) or can be noted in Frank Rich’s column in the NY Times today (Sunday).
I have learned recently that Alaska continues to receive a percentage of oil company profits annually. So what does Palin mean when she says that she continues to oppose the oil companies?
By the way, I think that the democrats have done a terrible job of handling the Palin phenomenon. She is an individual who is a media phenom. People like her. They believe her home-style delivery of anything (true or false) that she says. She is a formidable opponent.
I do not know any other parent who believes in keeping a pregnancy secret from other family members. Is that a policy of the far-right?
Her naive political policies, probably scripted by advisors, frighten me. I already have lived through the era of McCarthyism and was happy to have this country survive it. I don’t need a repetition to test my patriotism.
I live in Florida. In speaking with employed colleagues, it appears that young women support Palin. How does one reach these young women?

Do you mean women have fought for rights all these years to have someone like Sarah Palin come along! I can imagine if Obama had put a beautiful black woman on the ticket and she had come on stage with five children,the 17year old being unwed and pregnant what the Rep. Swift Boaters would have said…Picture that one and tell me it isn’t about race!

Hi Sandy, this is Sandy, too.
You are right. It is all about race. Nobody is allowed to oppose Senator Obama because he is 1/2 black. If anyone says they are not voting for him, they are racist. Trust me, I live it everyday. Senator Obama has 95% (at last count) of the black vote in this county, but is you are white and not voting for him, you are a racist. If you are black and not voting for him, you are an “Oreo”. And if you are black and a Republican, your people consider you the anti-christ.
Ask Roland Martin and Eugene Robinson, they’ll tell you. Why do you think the Dem party wanted Obama him on the top of the ticket–instead of the most qualified and experienced candidate, Hillary Clinton? They wanted Obama so badly that they were willing to disenfranchise the primary votes of two states in order to have him win. But if those two states had gone for Obama, I can only imagine the cries of racism.
You’re right, Sandy. Pure and total racism. But not how you think. Cheers.
McCain 08
Hillary 2012

There a few thing that I would like to break down. I am not quick to get on the bus with just anyone. I am a 29 year old minority mother of 4 whom resides in Alaska. I believe that Palin is not the right person for vp for McCain me personally I am for Obama but I respect peoples opinions on the matter. Sarah has not done by her self as many things here as she has claimed and still to this day refuses to meet with any minority leaders in Alaska. Even though ALL the past governors of Alaska have had at least one meeting with them. On a number of occasions she has been asked to meet and has flat out refused. This is not hear say it is straight from the horses mouth. She is willing to drag a small baby with a disability all over the country and not spend the time required bonding and giving her son a stable home life with his mother now attendants. All I want to say is vote for a president not vice president. Whom ever you choose make sure that you are fully informed on the facts and yes there are over 60,000 black people in Alaska for those who don’t know we don’t all support Palin. I love the thought of a woman being vp I just don’t think she’s the right one. I know my husband family whom happens to be blended with both black and native Alaskan agree.
Concerned Alaskan

Hi Sandy,
I respect your right to vote for who ever you feel represents your issues the best. The problem for me is John McCain could have chosen Joe Lieberman. He wanted to and I would have more respect for him as a “Maverick” if he had, but his choice proves to me he is anything but. He needed to pull in the religious right and it appears to me that that is how he made his decision. Obama didn’t let anyone force him to chose someone he didn’t want. I started out for Hillary and now I am totally on board with Obama.
Its not about liking or disliking. He has not represented the issues I care about in the state of Arizona and so I have a point of reference to know he is not suddenly going to care about these issues if he is President.
I guess we will have to respectfully agree to disagree and pray that the best man/women for the job wins.

Well, look at this–an Australian paper tells it like it is. So how many McCain/Palin voters are ready for MORE WAR? Wondering why the economy is going down the drain? Read on…and pass it on please!
Iraq war ’caused slowdown in the US’
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Peter Wilson, Europe correspondent | February 28, 2008
THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
The former World Bank vice-president yesterday said the war had, so far, cost the US something like $US3trillion ($3.3 trillion) compared with the $US50-$US60-billion predicted in 2003.
Australia also faced a real bill much greater than the $2.2billion in military spending reported last week by Australian Defence Force chief Angus Houston, Professor Stiglitz said, pointing to higher oil prices and other indirect costs of the wars.
Professor Stiglitz told the Chatham House think tank in London that the Bush White House was currently estimating the cost of the war at about $US500 billion, but that figure massively understated things such as the medical and welfare costs of US military servicemen.
The war was now the second-most expensive in US history after World War II and the second-longest after Vietnam, he said.
The spending on Iraq was a hidden cause of the current credit crunch because the US central bank responded to the massive financial drain of the war by flooding the American economy with cheap credit.
“The regulators were looking the other way and money was being lent to anybody this side of a life-support system,” he said.
That led to a housing bubble and a consumption boom, and the fallout was plunging the US economy into recession and saddling the next US president with the biggest budget deficit in history, he said.
Professor Stiglitz, an academic at the Columbia Business School and a former economic adviser to president Bill Clinton, said a further $US500 billion was going to be spent on the fighting in the next two years and that could have been used more effectively to improve the security and quality of life of Americans and the rest of the world.
The money being spent on the war each week would be enough to wipe out illiteracy around the world, he said.
Just a few days’ funding would be enough to provide health insurance for US children who were not covered, he said.
The public had been encouraged by the White House to ignore the costs of the war because of the belief that the war would somehow pay for itself or be paid for by Iraqi oil or US allies.
“When the Bush administration went to war in Iraq it obviously didn’t focus very much on the cost. Larry Lindsey, the chief economic adviser, said the cost was going to be between $US100billion and $US200 billion – and for that slight moment of quasi-honesty he was fired.
“(Then defence secretary Donald) Rumsfeld responded and said ‘baloney’, and the number the administration came up with was $US50 to $US60 billion. We have calculated that the cost was more like $US3 trillion.
“Three trillion is a very conservative number, the true costs are likely to be much larger than that.”
Five years after the war, the US was still spending about $US50billion every three months on direct military costs, he said.
Professor Stiglitz and another Clinton administration economist, Linda Bilmes, have produced a book, The Three Trillion Dollar War, pulling together their research on the true cost of the war, which does not include the cost to Iraq.
One of the greatest discrepancies is that the official figures do not include the long-term healthcare and social benefits for injured servicemen, who are surviving previously fatal attacks because of improved body armour.
“The ratio of injuries to fatalities in a normal war is 2:1. In this war they admitted to 7:1 but a true number is (something) like 15:1.”
Some 100,000 servicemen have been diagnosed with serious psychological problems and the soldiers doing the most tours of duty have not yet returned.
Professor Stiglitz attributed to the Iraq war $US5-$US10 of the almost $US80-a-barrel increase in oil prices since the start of the war, adding that it would have been reasonable to attribute more than $US35 of that rise to the war.
He said the British bill for its role in the war was about 20 times the pound stg. 1billion ($2.1 billion) that former prime minister Tony Blair estimated before the war.
The British Government was yesterday ordered to release details of its planning for the war, when the country’s Information Commissioner backed a Freedom of Information request for the minutes of two cabinet meetings in the days before the war.
Commissioner Richard Thomas said that because of the importance of the decision to go to war, the public interest in disclosing the minutes outweighed the public interest in withholding the information.
THE Iraq war has cost the US 50-60 times more than the Bush administration predicted and was a central cause of the sub-prime banking crisis threatening the world economy, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.
The former World Bank vice-president yesterday said the war had, so far, cost the US something like $US3trillion ($3.3 trillion) compared with the $US50-$US60-billion predicted in 2003.
Australia also faced a real bill much greater than the $2.2billion in military spending reported last week by Australian Defence Force chief Angus Houston, Professor Stiglitz said, pointing to higher oil prices and other indirect costs of the wars.
Professor Stiglitz told the Chatham House think tank in London that the Bush White House was currently estimating the cost of the war at about $US500 billion, but that figure massively understated things such as the medical and welfare costs of US military servicemen.
The war was now the second-most expensive in US history after World War II and the second-longest after Vietnam, he said.
The spending on Iraq was a hidden cause of the current credit crunch because the US central bank responded to the massive financial drain of the war by flooding the American economy with cheap credit.
“The regulators were looking the other way and money was being lent to anybody this side of a life-support system,” he said.
That led to a housing bubble and a consumption boom, and the fallout was plunging the US economy into recession and saddling the next US president with the biggest budget deficit in history, he said.
Professor Stiglitz, an academic at the Columbia Business School and a former economic adviser to president Bill Clinton, said a further $US500 billion was going to be spent on the fighting in the next two years and that could have been used more effectively to improve the security and quality of life of Americans and the rest of the world.
The money being spent on the war each week would be enough to wipe out illiteracy around the world, he said.
Just a few days’ funding would be enough to provide health insurance for US children who were not covered, he said.
The public had been encouraged by the White House to ignore the costs of the war because of the belief that the war would somehow pay for itself or be paid for by Iraqi oil or US allies.
“When the Bush administration went to war in Iraq it obviously didn’t focus very much on the cost. Larry Lindsey, the chief economic adviser, said the cost was going to be between $US100billion and $US200 billion – and for that slight moment of quasi-honesty he was fired.
“(Then defence secretary Donald) Rumsfeld responded and said ‘baloney’, and the number the administration came up with was $US50 to $US60 billion. We have calculated that the cost was more like $US3 trillion.
“Three trillion is a very conservative number, the true costs are likely to be much larger than that.”
Five years after the war, the US was still spending about $US50billion every three months on direct military costs, he said.
Professor Stiglitz and another Clinton administration economist, Linda Bilmes, have produced a book, The Three Trillion Dollar War, pulling together their research on the true cost of the war, which does not include the cost to Iraq.
One of the greatest discrepancies is that the official figures do not include the long-term healthcare and social benefits for injured servicemen, who are surviving previously fatal attacks because of improved body armour.
“The ratio of injuries to fatalities in a normal war is 2:1. In this war they admitted to 7:1 but a true number is (something) like 15:1.”
Some 100,000 servicemen have been diagnosed with serious psychological problems and the soldiers doing the most tours of duty have not yet returned.
Professor Stiglitz attributed to the Iraq war $US5-$US10 of the almost $US80-a-barrel increase in oil prices since the start of the war, adding that it would have been reasonable to attribute more than $US35 of that rise to the war.
He said the British bill for its role in the war was about 20 times the pound stg. 1billion ($2.1 billion) that former prime minister Tony Blair estimated before the war.
The British Government was yesterday ordered to release details of its planning for the war, when the country’s Information Commissioner backed a Freedom of Information request for the minutes of two cabinet meetings in the days before the war.
Commissioner Richard Thomas said that because of the importance of the decision to go to war, the public interest in disclosing the minutes outweighed the public interest in withholding the information.

Sarah, the above message is for you. Sorry, it’s late out here. Take care.

I hope you all vote for McCain and you continue losing your jobs and your homes because we have been able to buy homes at a great rate without bias and maybe you will have to move back to the ghetto.

You crazy ### people have any you served in the military? You Libs talk a good talk but are never willing to walk the walk.

We don’t want Hillary liberal freak women. Palin is a real woman. They are the ones who hate men, and GOD so much they kill unborn babies. Look at our family structure. We shouldn’t pay for unwanted pregnancies either stop fooling around period if you don’t want babies or take BC and pay for it yourself.None of you want to take your own responsibility in anything and try to force us to pay for all your misdeeds. Their is no global warming it is GOD made and if you think the rest of us won’t pay for your filth well we will have to so this is one conservative sister who prays for all you. We blame us for not stopping you for the filth you teach in our schools, the teachers you can’t fire, the TV shows and movies that can even show a cartoon anymore without nudity or sexual pervertions. Your Democratic platform is trying to make everything gender neutral take away our freedom of religion like you did out of the schools, and try and take away our decorations for christmas. Well behold the power of GOD work through MCCain/ Palin presidency. The power of prayer will surely make you all more frenzied, and than the Palin selection did.
My 4th child serves in Iraq and they all vote Rep..And 6 other Hillary girls have switched.. told prayers work..hahaha

Hi Lisa, Thanks for taking the time to respond to my message (and for keeping it civil, lol. Civil Discourse can be so messy, sometimes:))
Please tell me where, in any of my posts, I mentioned or discussed separation of church and state, and whether I am for it or against it. I notice you capitalized it in your response to me. I want to understand why.
Secondly, please forgive me, to all who have read and responded to this previous post, but I am going to reprint it here to answer Lisa. Thank you for your patience:
My husband and I left the party because we are the “bitter old white people clinging to our guns and God”. We left the party in June after the violation of
three million voters in Florida and Michigan. Where were the writers of this site? Where was all the indignation over the silencing of three million American votes?
Where was their outrage?
Or are these women, like so many others, expecting me, after having my vote violated, to thank my violaters, by voting for their party?
Where was my party when WE needed it? Where were these ladies? Or don’t they think the violation of three millions voters and the sexist treatment of Hillary has anything to do with them?
We are not voting for John McCain merely because of Sarah Palin, whom we do like and find very refreshing, even if we do not agree with her on many issues. We left the party in June after the violation of three million voters in Florida and Michigan, which we fought for for several months. Personally, I would have preferred Lieberman or Tom Ridge. But we have liked John McCain since 2000, when he stood on his integrity during the abysmal Republican primary against GWB; we respect McCain for his service to our country and trust him and his integrity. We are voting country over party. His acceptance speech made me weep. It reminded me of the great hope of America.
MCCAIN 08
Hillary 2012″
Many folk have responded to me and while not agreeing with me, have articulated their reasons with dignity and respect.
Lisa, I have a few questions for you:
Why does everything come down to abortion?
Do you believe a woman can be both a feminist and prolife?
Where were you when 3 million votes were violated in order to make sure that Senator Obama won the Dem primary? Where was your outrage then?
I am a prochoice, progun, DRILL, BABY, DRILL, non-party affilated old lady. I CHOOSE (there’s that pesky word again!) to vote for John McCain because I trust and respect him, his integrity, and his service to our country.
If you are attempting to change my mind, may I suggest you use your life force for something else?–perhaps blogging out all the reasons YOU believe your candidate is the BEST person for the job. It’s a much more positive use of energy.
I look forward to reading your answers to my questions, Lisa. Thanks.
McCain 08
Hillary 2012

Hi Sandy Diana,
You wrote a comment yesterday about the importance of checks and balances. I completely agree with you on that. The problem is that we do not know how congress is going to turn out after this election. Just because it is Democrat now does not mean it will stay that way. What if we end up with McCain and a republican congress?

I have read about some far right Evangelists stating that Sarah Palin was “chosen by God”. If that is true, she is probably the catalyst for our country’s big fall as a superpower. It happened to the Romans, so it is bound to happen to us at some point.

Jeff, then we must campaign and support our candidates of choice! What if we end up with a Dem congress and Dem Pres? Personally, that would be just as bad (I am voting Dem on most of my lower ticket–ssshhhhh–don’t tell anybody, I dont’ want my crusty old lady credentials to be rescinded, lol) But remember, after all this is settled, no matter who wins, we will all have to help each other.
My friends (lol!) I really like John McCain. I’ve liked and respected him since 2000 and have followed his career with great interest. My mind is made up. Had the Dems not kicked 3 million voters off their team in order to make sure their candidate of choice was their candidate, as opposed to him winning the Primary FAIRLY, I would be honoring the will of my party and voting for Obama, though Senator McCain has always had my deep respect. I probably would not have considered him in all those dark months so many of us fought day and night to get the votes counted…but my party didn’t listen and many members of my party all fought tooth and nail to make sure that the votes wouldn’t count. This horrible violation of the will of the people opened my eyes to all other candidates, but in the end, John McCain won my heart.
Linda, I appreciate your opinion and choice, with which I respectfully disagree. However, we may be on the same side come 2012 when Hillary runs again and if the old white guys in the Dem party allow all the votes to be counted this time and put aside their sexist/racist obesseion. Cheers to ya, girl!
McCain 08
Hillary 2012

Below you will see information defining an “Energy Expert”. The reason I sought out this information is because John McCain continues to refer to Sarah Palin as the “top Energy Expert in the USA.” In reviewing the resume provided by the Republican party, Sarah Palin holds none of the degrees or job related experience required to claim this title and it alarms me that John McCain continues to say it.
To see the video go to You Tube and search for
McCain: Palin Is Top Energy Expert In US, Understands Russi
Dear Inquirer,
Thank you for your inquiry concerning energy experts.
We do not have a listing of the “top energy expert” that you were
seeking.
Hope this information helps. Please contact us again if you need
further assistance with energy data or statistics.
Bill Horvath
Energy Information Administration
(202)586-8800
william.horvath@eia.doe.gov
My question is:
Please define an what makes someone an energy expert? What are the
qualifications/education requirements? Who is the top energy expert(s)
in the USA?

If Obama picked Clinton, the Republicans would have said that he was playing the gender card. The only reason Palin was picked because she is a woman. She didn’t blink when she was asked to be VP. She didn’t take into consideration her family, her job as Gov. of Alaska or the fact the fact that she’s not ready for the job. Christian conservatives who live in her small town in Alaska won’t even vote for her. Think about it.

Ms Palin is female. That is why she is running on the ticket. Such a violation to our intelligence, and our brothers intelligence, that Mr. McCain would play out this plan with a cocky assurance that people would vote for him.
Well Mr. McCain, you do NOT get my vote. You WILL NOT receive my sisters vote. You do NOT deserve my daughters vote.
Ms. Palin is NOT capable of running a small town let alone a country. People- please read what is out there, what is known and what is NOT known about her. This is NOT a game. We are in it for our basic rights as human beings. DEMOCRATS FOR A BETTER TOMORROW, DEMOCRATS FOR A CHANGE!!

There is no little bottom to push to send us anywhere. Cant go to war without approvel. Everyone says McCain wont last he will die she will take over. What makes you think Obama will make if he wins. There entire middle country out there that ppl forget about. I am sick of hearing because Paln is a Mom of 5 she cant do it. Why not. Thats the most horrable thing I have ever heard. I also find it awful that woman groups are not standing up for her due that she is pro-life. She is a woman who worked to get where she is. THe only thing Hilary did was marry a man. Biden is a singel dad so he can not do the job either. His state has less ppl then Alaska so he cant do the job either. Obama does not have much more experince then she does. Obama will bring solcism to our country. If that what you want go to china. As far as his taxes im not rich by far and everyone says republican only give tax brakes to the rich. i have gotten a rebate check every year since Bush. He wants to change that. Also why should i give what i have worked very very hard to for to someone who wants to be lazy. Im sick of handouts. Get up and do something for your self. Im tired of helping ppl who can do it them selfs but wont. If someone is able to make millions a year cause they went for it why the hell not. Why should we take it from them cause some jerk off in the hood didnt finish highschool and would rather be on welfare.

If you read the newspapers this morning, and I’m not referring to the “liberal press”, it seems to me that it is time we stopped sniping at one another….calling each other names…insulting our opposition’s views on either McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden, and really look at what is happening in this country this very instant.
Hurricane Ike has left a huge area of our Gulf Coast devastated. Inundated by water and sitting in sweltering darkness, with a dawn-to-dusk curfew in effect, and still, some 36 hours after Ike made landfall, no emergency federal disaster aid has made it into Houston. Is this not reminiscent of the Katrina fiasco when local New Orleans residents were basically left to fend for themselves while the Washington establishment, both Democrats and Republicans, comfortably attended cocktail parties?
The other big headline today is that Lehman Brothers, an institution which I believe has been in existance for over 150 years is declaring bankruptcy; Merrill Lynch has been bought out by Bank of America, saving it from financial failure; and AIG is probably the next big financial/insurance group to hit the rocks.
Now I’m not laying all the blame for these disasters at the feet of the current administration…but the lack of a proactive response to all of these foreseeable problems leads me to believe that they either don’t care about the potential fall-out of these or any other future crises on the average, run-of-the-mill American, or they can’t plan ahead enough to deal with these types of disasters, thus sparing its citizens the economic or personal suffering that many of these occurences have caused us.
If we can’t see that it is time to look for CHANGE, to at least give some other group a chance to show us what they can do to make this a government “for, by and of the people” once again, then we truly deserve to have our civil rights amended with impunity, our economic basis eroded by greedy, but irresponsible corporations, and our personal lives disrupted by disasters which we must learn to deal with on our own!
This election is not about deciding whether we think Sarah Palin is qualified for the second highest job in this land or whether it is important that Barrack Obama is the first black presidential candidate in U.S. history….it IS about finding a new approach to getting our government back to serving the people who work and live and die for it every day. And in my humble opinion, the Republicans have shown over the past 8 years that they can’t or won’t do that!

Palin is really pretty for a conservative square head. She doesn’t know that the Bush doctrine means “first strike” on other nations is our new forgien policy, but she’s really pretty. She Thinks the earth is 6,000 years old, but she’s really pretty. She governs the smallest populated state in the USA, but she’s really pretty. She wants to revert back to coat hanger aborations for desperate women, but she’s really pretty. She can spew out the same old nasty conservative rhetoric as the good ole’ boys do without even using a telepromter, but she’s really pretty. She can’t think outside of the box that conseravtives call a head, but she is really pretty. If I was going to vote for someone who was really pretty. I’d vote for her. But, I don’t vote for pretty. I vote for be most qualified and she is NOT!

I want to thank ABC News for allowing this open forum and for the free bandwidth. I also appreciate very much everyone who chose to respond to me with thoughtfulness and respectful passion. You all help me to understand.
I wish you all well. God Bless. Sandy Diana

I have never in my life been so scared of a presidential election! Can any reasonable person think that this woman is qualified to be president!!

The question isnt if sarah palin is ready to become president, the question is if a certifiable fruitcake like this creatiure, whatever her gender, should be considered for dog cather. I still hope I shall wake up and this whole thing will be a hige joke. How dare she claim to speak for women !

It’s not enough to vote. Everyone please read this article from “06: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen
And for the people on here claiming that Obama has web-puppets, or that these posts are written by just a few: your posts are actually similar in tone/message but with different usernames.

How can you respect someone who snidely belittles community organizers? This country was founded by COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS.If Ms. Palin is qualified WHY has she been sheltered from the media, oh what a field day would be had if Joe Biden refused to answer guestions from anyone.I am a middle aged white female who is not afraid of an intelligent well spoken half BLACK half WHITE man.I am afraid of the lack of intelligence displayed by sooo many eligible voters in this country.I want a leader who will take on the issues facing us, the war in iraq,the energy crisis, health care,our declining education system,the economy,global warming ,our standing in the world,and last but not least the decline of the middle class who ends up footing the bill for every stupid decision our goverment makes. When the news is dominated by lipstick on a pig I am sickened.Wake up America.We as a nation have been screwed by our leaders and the news media. I need a real change, not the pennies the republicans have left me with. From a registered female republican in Delaware

Everyone stop the bickering and see the facts – a vote for McCain/Palin – is a vote against not only women but our children. She wants to take sex education out of schools and put in the homes, because obviously she did such a great job of teaching her children the responsibilities of sex. This will not solve the problem but increase the amount of teenage preganancies as well as STD’s and AIDS amongst children across this country – is that the future you want for your children? She is for women paying for their own rape kits at the hospital – as if a rape victom had not already been thru enough.
Let’s all stop this constant chattering about Palin and force McCain to talk about the real issues – which as long as you are all stuck on lipstick and fashion – are getting ignored -which is exactly what McCain wants because then he does not have to explain his plans for the country and his supporters will sit there shocked when nothing in this country changes if he is elected. We can’t let that happen. Educate yourselves see what Palin really stands for and recognize her lies she is telling the American population and don’t let her get away with it. It is time for a change – OBAMA this country needs you!

There may be hope. This article is from Newsweek/September 16, 2008
Palin’s Favorability Ratings Begin to Falter
To know her is not necessarily to love her.
When John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate late last month, the Alaska governor quickly became a media phenomenon. Largely unknown, she existed at first in something of an information vacuum, and due to the shock of her selection–everyone loves a surprise–the press rushed to fill the void with whatever data was easily available. Mostly this consisted of human interest material; Palin had plenty to go around. Mooseburgers. Float planes. Ice Fishing. Beauty pageants. Teen pregnancy. Et cetera. By the end of her first 15 minutes in the spotlight–which included her speech at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul–Palin existed mostly as an idea: a frontier supermom who’d triumphed over adversity (the Ol’ Boys Club, the “liberal media”). Palin spent her first week reading from a teleprompter and avoiding questions from the press–and the public–so as not to sully this useful image.
The polls reflected the early success of her strategy. In the three days after Palin joined Team McCain–Aug. 29-31–32 percent of voters told the pollsters at Diageo/Hotline that they had a favorable opinion of her; most (48 percent) didn’t know enough to say. By Sept. 4, however, 43 percent of Diageo/Hotline respondents approved of Palin with only 25 percent disapproving–an 18-point split. Apparently, voters were liking what they were hearing. Four days later, Palin’s approval rating had climbed to 47 percent (+17), and by Sept. 13 it had hit 52 percent. The gap at that point between her favorable and unfavorable numbers–22 percent–was larger than either McCain’s (+20) or Obama’s (+13).
But then a funny thing happened: Palin lost some of her luster. Since Sept. 13, Palin’s unfavorables have climbed from 30 percent to 36 percent. Meanwhile, her favorables have slipped from 52 percent to 48 percent. That’s a three-day net swing of -10 points, and it leaves her in the Sept. 15 Diageo/Hotline tracking poll with the smallest favorability split (+10) of any of the Final Four. Over the course of a single weekend, in other words, Palin went from being the most popular White House hopeful to the least.
What happened? I’d argue that Palin’s considerable novelty is starting to wear off. In part it’s the result of a steady stream of unhelpful stories: her unfamiliarity with the Bush Doctrine during last Thursday’s interview with Charles Gibson (video above); her refusal to cooperate with the Troopergate investigation; her repeated stretching of truth on everything from earmarks to the Bridge to Nowhere to the amount of energy her state produces. That stuff has a way of inspiring disapproval and eroding one’s support. (Interestingly, Palin’s preparedness numbers–about 50 percent yes, 45 percent no–haven’t budged.) But mostly it’s the start of an inevitable process. Between now and Nov. 4, voters will stop seeing Palin as a fascinating story and starting taking her measure as an actual candidate for office. Some will approve; some won’t. It remains to be seen whether Palin’s recent slide will continue, or hurt John McCain in the polls. But it’s hard to argue that the journey from intriguing new superstar to earthbound politician doesn’t involve a loss of altitude.
Just ask Barack Obama.

All the women I know detest Palin, she does not speak for most of us. Only the conservative right who are against women’s rights support her.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!!

check out http://womenagainstsarahpalin.org/
another anti-Palin website and blog

wow!! thank you for starting this blog! I was getting discouraged that I was the only woman who can’t stand Palin’s stand on various issues essential to women!!
I’m so glad I’m not the only republican
woman who is ashamed of the McCain/Palin tactic.
Sad truth is, he could have chosen any number of well qualified women with ample experience to be his running mate. Who does he chose? A woman who is certainly not a represntative of woman or Americans! She jst happens to be appealing to white women under the rouse of “shes one of us”! She’s not one of us!! I don’t have others taking care of my kids. I work because I have to put food on the table!!
I can’t imagine being glad that my daughters have a woman politician to look up to when all I can see is a woman who is full of….well…lets just admit it….CRAP!!!!
Palin needs to go home and take care of the mess she calls her family. Perhaps if she devoted more attention to her kids instead of running off to chase ambitions (being used by McCain for women’s votes, she would be much better off!! Go home Palin – where you belong!!!!!!

Sarah Palin is not vice-presidential material. Period. If the NASCAR and WALMART crowd can’t figure that out, then God help us.

As a woman, (also past PTA pres & proud mother of 3 daughters), I feel completely patronized by the Republican machine that chose a wholly unqualified Sarah Palin. She’s a joke.
As a Christian, the last time I read the Bible, Jesus was “the community organizer,” and Pilot was “the mayor” of a small backwater town.
If Sarah Palin was a man, “he” would not be considered VP material on any political party (Dem/Rep/Lib…).
Those of you even thinking of slamming my comment as “liberal”: STOP insulting my intelligence, and my religion!

I am 67 years old and (up until recently) proud to be a Republican. I never even considered voting for a democrat until 2000. I had high hopes for a breath of fresh air after 8 years of a president who has destroyed our country in far too many ways to count. I anxiously awaited McCain’s VP choice, and even was intrigued by Palin on that first day. You can’t imagine my disappointment when I learned more about her. All along I thought McCain would steer away from the Bush path, but his VP choice has proven me wrong.
The republican party is not the same party it was 25 years ago. It is turning into an establishment full of corruption, and violations of our constitution. The republicans I know firmly believed in separation of church and state, freedom of speech, and checks and balances, just to name a few core values. Not so with the current Bush administration and Sarah Palin. They are a complete disgrace to the republican party.

Helen-
I have to agree that my first choice was Hillary, but when you compare Obama/Biden to McCain/Palin, it is not hard to figure out who most closely represents Hillary’s views. I would not be at all surprised if Obama has a specific appointment in mind for Hillary if he becomes president. Obama did not get where he did by back stabbing, as you claim. He worked extremely hard to get into college, and he earned those good grades (unlike a couple others whose names I will not mention here).

50 year old mother of four from Mississippi join in this protest. I got such a sad feeling when I watched her special needs child at the DNC. She got the infant and positioned him face forward for the cameras to photograph his face. Of special note to me is both she and her husband are traveling around campaigning. Not one parent is at home with the children. In spite of her profane ignorance, that tells me a lot about her character. The role of the mother and father is different, yet equal. That is the way we were created by God. When you become a parent, there are self-sacrifices. With children, you pay now or pay later, and a solid foundation is priceless.

Food for Thought: Hillary does not want to be VP. She ran for the democratic presidential nomination. VP is second; however, Hillary wants what she wants, and that is to be the first female president of the United States. She will be our first female President. Obama paid her campaign debts to the tune of 35M. Believe me it was not a gift. This is politics. Don’t ever under estimate Hillary R. Clinton. She always has a plan. That VP stuff, forget it. That’s beneath her.

Look, dont hate these women because they see through all the false enthusiasm over Sarah Palin. These are SMART women. They are not part of the phony flock going to Mccain just because he tapped a woman to run with him. So Kudos to Women agains Palin!!!Palin and Hilary have NOTHING in common, other than being female, so if you call yourself both Hilary and Palin supporter you are attempting the impossible. And you sound retarded doing so. Thats like worshipping God and the devil simultaneously. Its OBSURD! And in this case, very SEXIST on your part.

The feminist are up in arms over Sarah Palin – why? Numerous reasons! But the number one reason besides the fact she has a great record and is intelligent, they don’t like her because she is attractive – unlike the SCAGS who dominate their ranks.

Chris, I should be offend, but that is so funny. You are right, a better word however would be skanky.

Woman against Palin drop flipping dead. I’m so sick of woman who trash other woman. And the National Organization of Woman that I was a member of in the 70′s are a bunch of pathetic women haters. I’m SICK of the discrimination against woman it’s worse than racism and many woman are the ones that do it. McCain/Palin for me, never voting Democrat again. I’m an independent.

What’s up with all the lesbian attacks. I love d***, but I don’t like Palin for VP. I’m all woman, but Palin is the wrong woman for this job. Count me in as a WASP (Woman Against Sarah Palin)!!! Obama/Biden 08 & 12!!!

I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…..
* If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.”
* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, you’re a maverick.
* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well-grounded.
* If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 2 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian.
* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your broken and disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian.
* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you’re very responsible.
* If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s.
* If your husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
OK, much clearer now.

The post by another women against palin is great. I love it!

Any woman who supports this “Stepford Wife” and well trained monkey deserves the crap the Republicans have brought about. Unfortunately, people like me have to eat the same crap because of uneducated fools that support this Bimbo and McBush. Global warming is “God hugging us closer?” Well then, I hope he hugs all you ignorant fools close enough to choke you.

All right, Another Brainwashed Woman Against the Common Sense, let’s talk facts.
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, because your unstable mother was jumping from one extremist to another and your first “teacher” was a COMMUNIST, who, among other things, taught you “never trust white people” – you are “exotic” and for sure “different”. Most of American parents teach their kids to be kind, nice to others, and trustful.
If you became Christian in a tender age of twenty something, thanks to an extremist, a disgusting pastor, who hates this country and its people as much, as his “first” teacher did, I would like to know who you were before that – atheist, Muslim, Jew?
I also would like to know what were you doing in Columbia University? Of course, you told us that you were spending all your time in the library (using drugs, probably, between introducing yourself to great books). By the way, what books, I would like to know. Why all your records of that time are inaccessible? What, I would like to know, are you hiding, Mr. Obama?
If you spent 3 years as a “brilliant community organizer” not achieving anything (your own words) – what were you organizing over there? I lived in Chicago at that time – the south part of that city was also inaccessible to law abiding, normal citizens of that great city.
If you were such a great professor of a Constitutional Law, why not a single student of yours came up and told us anything, SOMETHING about your greatness? Maybe, because you were just “present” there, as well as you were present during all the voting on the main, IMPORTANT issues in Chicago’s Senate? I also would like to know how did you become a chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, on your first year in the Senate? Whom did you stub and whose asses did you kiss? And why, as a chairman of that committee, you were against a simple, human law, to provide a medical help to children born alive after abortion? The picture of that poor baby, thrown in a dirty room, between brooms and garbage cans, screaming for help, should never be forgotten by anyone. And please, Another Woman, don’t even go in the area of him, sponsoring 131 bills – what bills? And what does it mean – sponsoring? Not introducing! Not fighting for! Spooooooooooonsoooooooooring…. And we know by now, that those 131 bills were not something important – he didn’t even vote for something important. Oh, I am sorry, he sponsored a very important bill – to teach 5 years old “appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control”. Do you read what you write? Do you understand what you say? And don’t tell me that it was to teach kids how to avoid sex predators – READ THE STUPID THING.
If you have been married to the same woman… and in your first year in Chicago’s Senate, your wife’s salary jumped by some insignificant 170% and her boss got 1 million dollars of people’s money, of course, she would stay married to you. And in regard to her working for “the betterment of her inner city community” – the hospital she worked for sent most of sick people (like 70% of them) coming to them for help, unfortunately without the insurance, to other hospitals in the area.
I don’t know who you are and what’s the purpose of you writing this nonsense, but you are still in dark. I hope that someday everything would become clearer to you. I only hope that it won’t be too late.

It’s my day off (I teach and AFT card holding union member) My youngest (11 mo)of 4 is finally napping and I thought I would take a stroll over to “the dark side” of liberal feminism, namely this web site. WOW the hatred and frankly bull I see is unbelievable! And toward another sister! Yes I am WOMAN! NO ABORTION is NOT my only issue, and I APPLAUD any strong woman shattering the glass ceiling, getting it done!Finally a role model for my 19 yr old daughter!A strong woman taking charge, running things that MEN usually run!
Remember sisters, for years our place was in the kitchen barefoot and pregnant! As I type this i am barefoot, starting dinner, paying bills, playing with my 4 year old, checking my e-mail, working on my dissertation, checking on my plummeting 401K, writing my congresswoman, and counting the days until I can afford for my husband to be a stay at home dad! You go Sister Sara! You have got me thinking of running for governor of my state!

To a “Get Real” person. Thank you for not calling me names (that’s what I expected) and for not putting all those lies in contrast to my true information about Mr. Obama’s greatness. Please, wake up. Everything I wrote about is the TRUTH. THE FACTS. You can find this information(of course, not here and not on MSNBC). It’s open to public. And for Kimba – good, girl, go and do something you believe in.

still nothing from the liberal libbers? Well I have more…
Are you so bitter and disenchanted that you will just swallow whatever bitter pill the dems give you? Tell me how a man can ever support a woman’s agenda? Do you really think a male Senator from Chicago cares about you my sisters? The Dems had there chance and they chose MEN.
I believe this is MaCain’s Legacy, he will hand over the reigns to A WOMAN! And the Dems. Well sisters, we would have to wait 8 more years to see that. Take the power when you can. Work hard for the betterment of WOMEN THROUGH WOMEN.

Helen,
It is clear that you are are among the most brainwashed of anyone here. Have you been listening to those “Christian” talk shows? I checked on your claims on factcheck and could find almost nothing on any of them. Please wake up from your dream state before it’s too late.

I have one comment for Allison,
Sister you are so sadly mistaken about Carter. That man is a supporter of the PLO. Normally I would not care about this, but Palestine, like most Muslim countries is very very anti woman. To tell a woman to cover her head, to kill her if you want,to not allow her an education or the freedom to work and to keep her in the home as one of your many wives DOES NOT support a feminist agenda. WAKE UP!

I had to copy this from a previous post, It looks like it has been lost on my fellow feminists. Come on sisters, how much MORE proof do you need?
Obama’s 28 male staffers divided among themselves total payroll expenditures of $1,523,120. Thus, Obama’s average male employee earned $54,397.
Obama’s 30 female employees split $1,354,580 among themselves, or $45,152, on average.
On average, Obama’s female staffers earn just 83 cents for every dollar his male staffers make
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmEzMTZmNTk5MDI0NTZmNjUwMjllN2ZlZTc0MWFmYzY=
Posted by: jack burton | Sep 12, 2008 11:00:11 AM
McCain’s 17 male staffers split $916,914, thus averaging $53,936. His 25 female employees divided $1,396,958 and averaged $55,878.
On average, according to these data, women in John McCain’s office make $1.04 for every dollar a man makes. In fact, ceteris paribus, a typical female staffer could earn 21 cents more per dollar paid to her male counterpart — while adding $10,726 to her annual income — by leaving Barack Obama’s office and going to work for John McCain.

To another woman against palin,
Thanks for your post. It pretty much sums up how the republicans would like us to think. Very scary.

My dear Steve, what couldn’t you find? Google the information. I hope you know how. Everything I wrote, is the TRUTH, THE WHOLE TRUTH, AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH. What do you mean “almost nothing”. Spend a little but more time, if you want to know the truth. And let me give you another fact, the good one – do you know that Senator Obama made around 3 mil. last year (not counting his salary as a Senator) and didn’t pay a penny of the tax on it. You know why? He invested with some company (don’t try to do the same, it is for RICH only, and I’m mot taking about people with $250000 a year income) that pays untaxable dividents. How do you like this? He tells you to be patriots and pay as much in taxes as he will make you to pay, but when it comes to Mr. Obama (and Mrs. Obama, by the way) they are patriots just by saying that. Again, this is the truth. Look at their tax returns. THIS MAN IS A FRAUD. In everything. So… don’t tell me to wake up. I am fully awake and the more I learn about the man, the more sleepless I become.
Thanks, Linda, for pitying me – honestly, I don’t deserve it. Because when I hear something that is too good to be true, I’m checking it out and make a solid decision based on facts. You are eating from the plate full of lies and deceptions. Sorry, lady.

I will say this one more time.
Feminists wake up!!!Take charge!!!Vote the only ticket that actually has a WOMAN!
It IS your only choice. If you truly believe in equality for women, than vote for the WOMAN!
Come on, its really not that difficult, Women Unite!

Read this article to see the truth about that natural gas pipeline Palin claims she has started. It’s not where near to being started, in fact we could call it the pipeline to nowhere and she wants to take it through Canada and send more of our jobs out of the country. When she was running for governor her moto was “Canada My Ass-It’s Alaska’s Gas”. Once she got elected she was willing to consider “other options”.
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/sep/15/palins-pipeline-less-meets-eye

If people would just listen to her interviews, they would realize that Palin never answers the questions. She constantly goes off on tangents or talks around the questions. Either she can’t stay focused, she doesn’t understand the questions, or she has a lot to hide. None of those possibilities speak well for her as a potential leader of this country.

Sarah Palin is merely a female promoting a rich white male agenda (i.e. “Bush in lipstick”). As women, we should be appalled by this. There are so many republican women out there who would have been fabulous, and I am so disappointed in McCain for making such a poor choice.

Helen, This isn’t a blog supporting Palin…maybe you should find one and spend your time there. You really do need to check your facts before you post. There are several – poltifact; factcheck; snopes. Then check the polls. Your rantings are are just a tad insane!

I’m sorry, I forgot to write that my above post was addressed to Helen.

It is amazing that Obama had no idea of what to do about the financial crisis. When the markets rose up supporting the Republican methods, Obama suddenly agreed that it was a good idea and states McCain is in panic. John McCain does not know panic. Anyone that has survived being a severely tortured prisoner of war and was a fighter jet pilot that coolly escaped a burning aircraft on an exploding aircraft carrier never panics. John McCain is a man.
Obama talks with insecure emotions. He is a weak individual who will crumble under extreme world pressure. Look at Obama and see the little boy that he is.
Obama is not qualified to be the President of the United States of American. Palin has more experience running government the Obama. He has not experience in an executive position. Palin has experience in an executive position.

All you liberal women are just upset because Palin represents how America truly feels, and pro-homo lifestyle feels threatened. Palin is Christian, right-to life (not pro-choice for a bunch of women who won’t keep their legs closed), and wants to give us the right to protect ourselves with guns (instead of just being victims of them). Hillary is just a liberal lesbian who hasn’t come out of the closet yet. Obama slipped in an interview and mentioned his “Muslim” faith. Why isn’t the liberal media jumping all over that?!!! Plus, Palin’s husband is hot! Obama’s wife looks more masculine than he does!

Wow, Tina, you have proved yourself to be ignorant, homophobic and racist. In one email you managed to judge and slam just about every segment of our society. How very Christian of you. Love thy fellow man and all that. You do Palin proud. So let me make sure I understand, you have absolutely no respect for anyone who is different from you and unless they are “Christian” they can’t raise children who “keep their legs closed.” Apparently, Governor Palin isn’t having too much success in that area either.
And just for the record, statistics show that most Americans are no longer as backward thinking as you are.

Hi Ann,
I totally agree.

Palin is NOT my choice. It’s not about voting for her because she is a woman. Her platform is against women’s rights!! She doesn’t support the issues that advance women to lead empowered lives: anti-choice; she supports a right wing religious agenda to keep women as their husband’s subordinate; Palin supports censorship in libraries; she promotes backward sex education programs like abstinence only; look at what happened to her dauther Bristol under this direction; never once has she mentioned what she will do to help working women. There’s millions of people living in poverty in this country and all Palin talks about is Soccer moms. She’s not addressing the working mothers who have to hold two jobs to make ends meet. Palin only knows her privileged platform.
NO PALIN!! She’s a BAD Disney Soccer Mom Movie as stated so correctly by Matt Damon. Her folksy views would be a global embarrassment to our country. Her media hype will fade soon when people see there’s not much there for our country.

To We must ask more questions,
I completely agree! As Tina so eloquently stated, “Palin’s husband is hot!” That is the only positive thing I have heard about the man. For some reason, first dudes do not seem to get the same scrutiny as first ladies.

When I first saw that Hillary was running for president, I was mortified. Just the thought of another clinton getting near the white house really bothered me since bill was the cause of 9/11 and had osama handed to him twice but let him go. Also, they were the ones who pushed for everyone should own a home and look what that has done to our economy. The media today is so biased toward obama that even you fools are now jumping on the bandwagon. You claim falsehoods against someone you know nothing about. Banning books, please half the books they claimed where not even out when she was mayor. Not everyone in this country are as ignorant as you osama lovers are. We actually do our homework and make an intelligent pick when it comes to leading this country. Obama has done nothing to better the U.S. You womenagainstpalin are just like today’s media. You are totally bias and one-sided. I cannot wait until the lawsuits come out on false reporting and smearing that has taken place during this election. We, the American people have been threatened by riots, lied to, and have not been given the right to our voice. CNN, MSNBC, ABC, Cafferty, The View, Oprah, ACORN to name a few and now “WAP”. The media refuses to report on Rev Wright, Ayers, Campaign money received from terrorist groups, Voter registration fraud (ACORN) or anything negative that might deal with Obama. They used these same tactics during the primaries and that is why Hillary was not your pick. Now we have “The Messiah” “The One”. If you really would do your homework instead of trying to smear a true American, you would see everything I have said is true. Your goal is to keep a female from office without knowing the truth. Shame on you. You females are exactly where you belong, fighting against your own progression

To Adrian
Which one of the people running for president or vice president is NOT a TRUE AMERICAN??????

Nina you make very very good points
about this woman…. i dont understand people in this country at all. how hard is it to look up the facts… but the bottom line is that she doesnt need to be vp or possibly pres. if mccains old ass kicks the bucket…. i have to put it that way because i dont like the man… and no i am not a Dem.. and no i am not a Rep. either.. what sticks in my gut is that he picked her not because she was qualified but shes just a token pick….i dont see how people dont see that…. i dont care what party your from… how can she even stand next to him when he voted against equal pay for women…. i guess women dont matter to either of them… but what also gets unders my skin about him being mccain is that he talked about how he loves the vets and they know that he will take care of them…when he has voted against funding for them or not even bothered to show up to vote… he has voted against the GI bill i mean what an ass but anyway this isnt about him we are talking about her… she cant even stand up and face the music on this troopergate thing… how cowardous is that… from her down to her husband and on to her aides… if she has nothing to hid then she would have answered their questions and gotten it over with… but she is ducking and running for cover after saying she would cooperiate… people only see what they want to see… in people they dont want to face the truth…. i see that in some of the respones written here…mccain only met her once… what does that tell you all… he didnt fully check into her…. he waited to see who obama was going to pick and when he didnt pick Hillary then he saw his chance…. and just grabbed someone….. he hasnt got the sense… sugar cube….. thats been stepped on….

I went to college and have 2 AS degrees and A BS degree in Bus Management.
I competed in Beauty pageants in my younger days, I divorced my husband because I wanted to go to college and learn. He liked me participating in Pageants and said I should take up gourment cooking and not math and stats. I wasted my life and my money learning when I should have been putting on lipstick. Palin is very mean in her presentations, but she always looks good. And I know as a woman I have learned my lesson. We will never get ahead being intelligent looks are really the only thing that matters for us. I only wish I would have not wasted my money on college and saved it for a face lift. Being liberal has gotten me know where. I want to stay home and clean a house and get my hair done instead of working 12 hour shifts back to back. Palin is a genius. She did the least amount of work to get ahead. She even gets to bring her children to work with her.
And her oldest daughter does a great job raising Trig. The Women is a genius.
She makes everyone think she is not so smart and makes mistakes and its ok because she doesn’t know better. ?
THE WOMAN IS A GENIUS

No Palin-No McCain.
They do not care about the welbeing or the welfare of mainstream American. To busy slandering. Talk about solutions for the education system, unemployment and healthcare. People are really struggling and all you people care about are the peers of Sarah Palin. Most of these people are wealthy and can never relate to those that are struggling even with college degrees. They look out for themselves and the heck with everyone else. It’s sad. These people are so nasty with how they debate. No dignity, and no respect for citizens outside of their class.

Sarah Palin doesn’t even understand what a V.P. does all day, and should know that asking on national T.V. is going to make her look like an ignorant second grader who, surprisingly, has two years of leading experience. She’s under investigation for corruption in her own state, for goodness sake, and she wants to be the vice president of the United States? McCain is 74 and has had cancer 4 times. There’s a 30% chance that he’ll die in office, if he does, we’re stuck with Palin. If Palin doesn’t know what a V.P. does all day, she won’t have a clue as to what the President does! This is a woman we’re sending to meetings with leaders of countries that already don’t like us that much. Sending her to those meetings is basically like a transition straight into World War 3! I don’t think we need a President, or a VICE president, where one’s living in the past, and one wants polar bears off the endangered species list. She thinks she can see Russia out of her backyard. She lives in ALASKA! You’d have to live on one of the far islands to see Russia. I’m not saying she’s not a perfectly nice person, which, she may very well be, but she does not have the qualification, intellectuality, or knowledge of the job, or WORLD MAP for that matter, to be our V.P.

Palin is a joke, Julia Dreyfuss the 2nd..everyone thought Clinton was an old hag,,she knows how to run a country,,Palin knows how to try to act..and can’t even do that successfully..shes a joke..her hubby may be the one running the show, heard he is all around all the time..and as far as her special needs child, I commend her,,but parading that child in front of all of America is a ploy she needs her ass kicked thats a pity ploy and her daughter pregnant oh hell yeah,great role model for everyone..McCain just picked her for publicity because he’s too damn old to run the country,,has the scars to prove it,I commend him for his act in the war,,but his scars are from there not congress or washington..and I AM TIRED OF HEARING Obama is a terriorist he is trying to play the ole RACE CARD and get Obama hurt..PALIN AND MCCAIN NEED TO GO SIT DOWN and leave the country to fresh minds fresh ideas and CHANGE.

Obama for president, Palin for HOCKEY MOM OF THE YEAR..that is HER resume, besides carrying a rifle on her hip..should call her PISTOL CARRYIN PALIN…IF McCain is elected,,god forbid he passes on how in the hell does she have the credentials to run a country? She can’t even control her own daughter and keep her in track from gettin knocked up…as i said before…good role model,,just like Brittney Spears and her little sister,,why not let them in men,,thats all your lookin at anyway…your not looking at the persons abilities just their physical appearance,,Palin is HOT? Lord have mercy, must be alot of ole geezer’s out there,she looks like a school marm.

We women could learn a thing or two from the African American Communtiy like being Proud of our gender. And proud that we have finally gotten to a point that we have this opportunity. I think this show African American Men have surpassed Women of all race. Mabe the cat scratching has something to do with this. Watch The View, and you can clearly see women have alot to learn…

It is embarrassing for women everywhere how she has been treated. And what kind of message is this giving to our daughter’s and young women when accomplishments such as being governor is ignored and what clothes she wears is given so much press. The media says “Who cares what you’ve accomplished! What we really want to know is what did you wear and what do you read?” It is still true that a women has to work twice as hard and be twice as good to earn the same position as a man. Apparently she has to run for VP and President while Biden only has to run for President.

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