‘It’s Not a Criticism of Sarah Palin, it’s a Criticism of John McCain,’ Emanuel Says

All the thinking Republicans are jumping ship. Doesn’t that tell you something?

“You’ve seen it in the way he handled the financial crisis”…sorry Rahm..you sawed off little runt…but you are WRONG! McCain suspended his campaign to return to DC to help work out a fix..and your Messiah? He went to NC to continue to campaign! McCain has a strong record of reaching across the isle to work with Democrats. On things like campaign finance reform, global warming and immigration. The last thing we need is a government controlled by one party. We saw it with Carter and we had 6 years of it with Bush. We all know the results if both.

McCain = DISHONORABLE; Palin = SCARY!!!

sorry to say but Palin’s accomplishments are very few if any. even her gas line is corrupted. bridge to nowhere, she kept the money, Socialist, gives money to all Alaskans every year from oil benefits(spread the wealth), fires people who think different to her, puts friends in power, abused her power in troopergate,$150,000 in RNC funds for clothes, $32,000 foe make up and hair, religion scary, got rid of building permits for personal gain, $17,000 charged to Alaskans for expences on family trips. Sorry not much good to say about her and you wonder why her negatives are going up.

your brainwashed by the ads and by Obama, these are not fear tactics, democrats are behind the reasons for our economy to plumpet like this, and behind the bailout. wake up people, promises can be made but can you really make it happen and will it work out? especially coming from someone who has no experience.
Posted by: Sharon | Oct 26, 2008 12:16:37 PM
Listening to Fox,Limbaugh, and Newsmax I see.

FIRST OF ALL, let’s remind everyone that Stephanopoulos was one of Bill Clinton’s political hacks. Sarah Palin ,in fact, would likely make a better President than either McCain or Obama. She’s the only one in this campaign with executive experience as both a Mayor and Governor. Senators run their mouths, that’s their job. Mayors run cities and Governors run states. VOTE FOR PATRIOTS – VOTE McCAIN-PALIN

JUST A REMINDER: Rahm Emanuel (aka Twinkle Toes)was another of the Clinton admistration’s hacks and, lest we forget, a former ballet dancer. Now that’s a qualification to work at the highest levels of government !

The basic facts of this election are these:
McCain hasn’t been able to offer a consistent attractive candidacy, being devoid of any realistic vision of where to go and how to get there which makes sense.
McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin, probably the LEAST qualified Republican woman in the national eye, indicates the “gimmickry” that took the place of substance in his thinking.
McCain’s complete lack of ANY message except fear of “the other guy” offers no reason to vote FOR him (McCain).
Obama has surprised many doubters with his calm and professional attitude, and his control in the face of rediculous and unfair charges from the McCain camp…a trait that will serve him well when dealing with the Iranians, the Russians, the Pakistanis… and the Republicans.
The Obama campaign’s ground game clearly indicates that that there is alot of value to being a community organizer when running for office…his organization simply is the biggest and most effective ever seen.
People are ready to give this guy Obama, who more than any recent Presidential candidate represents the culmination of the AMERICAN DREAM, who clearly is intelligent and thoughtful and deliberative, a chance to lead us.
McCain has already lost.
Sarah Palin has already divorced from McCain and is showing her unpricipled and unbridled ambition to become the Republican party leader and candidate in 2012.
On November 5th, President-elect Obama will begin the arduous task of putting the Executive Branch of the US Government back together from the pieces left over from 8 years of the hateful and disreputable reign of Bush/ Cheyney.
Get used to it, get involved and lend a hand…we are going to all need it!

BOTTOM LINE:
McCAIN = FAIL

Et tu, Peggy? I just finished reading When Character Was King. I thought it was a great book…then I hear you quoted as throwing Sarah Palin under the bus. I could not understand it…then George mentions that you have a book coming out. I am truly sorry to realize that you are another Washington insider willing to sell out…but you got to sit at the table.

I really liked the Republican sound bite of the week: that Obama is trying to redistribute wealth!
The real re-distribution of wealth already happened. The Republican administration of GW Bush has destroyed the middle class, executive pay went ballistic and money “investors” made all the money while more people fell into poverty than at any other time in our recent history. How anyone in their right mind can say the Democrats are responsible for this blows my mind.
To be fair, I blame Congress. The Chief Executive can’t get away with it without their votes. Replace them Nov 4th!

Independents are by and large independent because they don’t buy into the typical party line but they do tend to listen to both sides. Barack Obama stated on Bill O’Reilly that the surge “has succeeded beyond our wildest dreams”. For Graham to refuse to acknowledge Obama’s admission, and in fact, to flatly state otherwise does a discredit to the Republican message. It is disingenous and makes everything in their message this campaign season suspect. McCain is the benefactor of that suspicion. McCain has tried to win this election on tactics when the state of our nation, particularly our economy, required a coherent strategy.
John McCain has behaved erratically and he is off-message. When he should have been talking about a vision for this country, he was talking about experience. When he should have been talking about the economy, he was talking about Bill Ayers. When he should have been talking about a united team, he was defending the incoherent utterances of Sarah Palin. No vision, no clear economic message, a poor choice for VP, a splintered and often disingenous Republic machine and… NO MCCAIN!
G-O-Bama 08!

I am an independent voter. I have listened to both Democrat and Republican sides. I have observed behavior and conduct, temperment and leadership abilities.
I have looked at the issues and responses. I have considered is best able to address the monumental issues of our day.
I have prayed about it. I have made a decision.
My choice is Barack Obama. He will get my vote tomorrow for President.

It’s Palin’s far rightwing ideas that turn off voters. They are tired of the rightwing and their failed ideas.
They are also sick of the polarizing rhetoric that Palin brings.
They could overlook her being unqualified if she proved she was highly intelligent instead of just average intelligence. But, along with this handicap her far right ideas and rhetoric are totally out of the mainstream and where the country is now.
They tried far right and look at the country and the failures it brung.
She is just too out of step with the country as a whole.
Knowing this, McCain showed he was too impulsive and erratic to trust as president.
The country also tried the cowboy, shoot em up hair trigger and it failed, too.
As one 80 yr old man said on Washington Journal: McCain looks like the type that shoots from the hip. I perfer someone who aims before he shoots.

Lindsay Graham looks like he lives in small room with black-out shades at the Motel Six. He’s a whiny, sickly little man with small ideas. Please spare us another 12 minutes with this weasel. Who wants to be non-partisan when Lindsay Graham is the creep on the other side of the aisle? No one.

McCain hangs out with Lindsay Graham and Joe Lieberman because they make him look healthy when he stands next to them. That’s all they are good for at this point, because their incessant whining is wearing us out. Please find some new blood on the GOP side. Oh wait… I forgot .. no one else wants to be caught on video defending John McCain.

Lindsey Graham has achieved nothing in the Senate.
“The last thing we need is one power”, kind of like we have had with the Republicans?
Do not “poor Sarah” me. She is a sick puppy with delusions of grandeur and an empty head and a filthy mouth. She did it to herself for her blind, raw ambition. It is also McCain’s responsibility for being so weak to kow tow to his campaign manager Schmidt and Rick Davis. They should have known better but, they were not about government at a critical time. They were about seizing and maintaining power with “personalities” for campaign images.

Lindsey Graham has achieved nothing in the Senate.
“The last thing we need is one power”, kind of like we have had with the Republicans?
Do not “poor Sarah” me. She is a sick puppy with delusions of grandeur and an empty head and a filthy mouth. She did it to herself for her blind, raw ambition. It is also McCain’s responsibility for being so weak to kow tow to his campaign manager Schmidt and Rick Davis. They should have known better but, they were not about government at a critical time. They were about seizing and maintaining power with “personalities” for campaign images.

So what if McCain suddenly slips on a banana peel and falls six feet under (not wishing him that) and Sarah Palin has to step into the oval office? Now, she would be the one to be tested, badly. She is not ready. Sorry!

I think it’s time to do something different…We Obama supporters need to quit sneering at people that have been led by McCain’s truly dirty politics to believe things that scare them. McCain has used their fears and weaknesses and has lied to them…We can be better examples by sharing the facts and by having some of the dignity that Obama shows. We are all going to have to live together after November 5th. Let’s all try to be better people. Got Hope? Share Hope.

what can i add that hasnt been already said? how about mccains dishonesty, lack of integrity, and continuous self promotion at the expense of the truth? bascially a boorish man with a horrible temper, a small intellect, and even worse judgement. as they have pointed out, george bush is one up on mccain- he didnt crash any jets while he was a military pilot.unbelievable.

RE: Post comments of 26 Oct.
(1)Note,,,,it appears as duplicates, that(Possibly ,Sharon and Dana could be one and the SAME??)) Get your grammar straight,, ie: “YOUR” Perhaps you meant,,”YOUR’E, (which means YOU ARE abbreviated.)
(2) You say the Dem party is the reason for the mess the Country is in??
(3) Are you too blind to see that scare tactics being used by the Mccain camp is perhaps you are too brainwashed to see?

As a female Independent from Ohio who has voted for both Dem and Rep presidents, I have been excited about this election from the onset, with its array of interesting possibilities.I have been attentive, open-minded and riveted throughout. After 21 months of foreplay, I have cast my ballot, mailed it and I am ready for the big Obama. Although I have concerns about one-party domination and checks and balances, I have not felt this much hope and anticipation for bettering our country since Clinton’s first run.

Obama gives me HOPE. FINALLY! I haven’t had hope since the election debacle of 2000…when doom cast a shadow across our nation. And doom and destruction is exactly what we received.
I’m sorry extreme right evangelicals… you finally got your chance, a full 8 years worth…and you blew it. Congratulations. I’ve not seen people in worse condition in my lifetime. Jimmy Carter included, thank you very much.
So, pick up your toys. You’re done raging about in this political sandbox. It’s time to go home.
Obama/Biden 2008! C’mon Tuesday!

Goodbye Republicans. Good Riddance. Don’t come back soon you sleazy stealing, lying, money grabbing religious zealots. I am so glad to see you go! The only thing that could be better than getting the Republicans out of office would be for the religious nuts’ ‘Rapture’ to come tomorrow and carry them all off. Now THAT would really make my day!