Palin on the Pending Crises ‘President Obama’ May Face

ROFLMAO.
Way to go McCain, have your unqualified VP talk about scary hypotheticals!

Gallup (Registered): Obama +11
Gallup (Expanded Likely): Obama +10
Gallup (Traditional Likely): Obama +7
Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby: Obama +8
Obama is trending up, could this be the Powell effect?

Yeesh… Palin’s kind of dense.
If you look at the laws of probability and the state of the world, it is inevitable that ANYONE elected president is going to have to face an international crisis within the first 6 months.
Does she think Biden is like Nostradamus, prediciting that Obama’s election was going to cause an international incident? She reads too much Left Behind.

Concerned… you are probably right… our enemy, Spain, would NEVER attack us with McCain at the helm.

Sarah…. it’s over!!! Let’s go people…get out there and VOTE Obama. The time is NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama 08

you might say she’s a quick study, eh?

FEAR AND SEMAR ITS THE REPUBLICAN WAY!
BORING IM VOTING FOR THE SMART GUY!
OBAMA 08
FEAR…NOT THIS TIME!

At least she didnt say that Putin would “rear his head”! As if shes speaking of the metaphorical devil. Shes a christian religious nutbag. She is the one who will bring about the end of the world because she wants it to happen.

Wouldn’t dare attack under a republican administration? How soon we forget.
Palin forgets to mention that our own government agencies have said it’s not a matter of ‘if’.. it’s a matter of when.
McCain/Palin reponse? Shut off all communications with those we deem to be against us.

Now, John McCain said we’d be greeted as liberators once we had invaded Iraq. But I guess he kinda got that one wrong, doggone it.

I’m an Obama supporter, but Joe Biden is an IDIOT!!! What in the hell does he mean it is a ‘fact’ this will happen. What do these fools know that nobody else does? Biden should be investigated by the FBI for threatening a terrorist attack. If he knows something is up, he needs to spill the beans. How in the hell would he know a ‘crisis’ is going to happen, FOR SURE? That is a bunch of garbage. Biden is a complete fool. Obama should have never picked him.

Mitch – “Shes a christian religious nutbag.” PLEASE Please do not call that hate filled woman a Christian. She is so full of hate she could not fit Gods love in her heart if she tried.

Couldn’t the same be said about a McCain presidency in the first few months?
Either way, I’m not sure if this is a winning angle for McCain-Palin. Voters have digested whatever “risks” Obama poses and accepted them. Look at the polls and you’ll see that voters are more comfortable with Obama’s experience level and ability to be president more than ever before.

Have you seen her latest question and answer session. She was asked by a third grader what the vice president does. She got the answer wrong. Does that surprise anyone? This woman needs to go back from whence she came and never rear her head again.

Palin is an idiot! No one except her sheep-following would believe that the way she twisted Biden’s words is the way he meant them. Obama & Biden know that this country is in crisis on many fronts, and that is what he refers to. Palin is so clueless – she has no understanding whatsoever of the perils we face. (But to give her some credit, it’s not likely she wrote the speech she just gave, so maybe they weren’t her ideas) Does she have ideas?

Palin is the very last person that should be attacking Obama on crisis that he should face. Not even Colin Powell thinks that she is qualified.

Actually, I agree it’s entirely feasible. But it wouldn’t matter who was in office. Bear with me:
1) 1993, WTC hit, first year of Clinton’s term.
2) 2001, WTC hit, first year of Bush’s term.
I haven’t heard anything about Al Queda in recent months. No major tapes released, unless I’ve missed it in the news.
Makes me wonder, why is Al Queda so quiet? Were they this quiet prior to 1993 and 2001? I honestly don’t remember.
Could they be gearing up for a new attack after the Inauguration? Is is possible that they don’t really care who’s President, but want to try to embarrass the new one?
I don’t know what Biden meant when he made that statement. However, I do agree that another attack is likely, but only for the reasons I’ve put forward.
God Forbid!

Imagine her with the codes to our nuclear weapons

Doug etal – I guess this means Sarah will never be on Jeff Foxworthy’s Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader? I thought she took the cake with the Prozac comment when asked about the economic depression by Katie Couric. Man, there is green and the there is alian green. Give me A green Obama any day. At least he thinks before opening his mouth.

jennyromegeorgia, Sorry Jen, I meant “Extremist right wing christian wannabe nutbag” No offense to all the good christians out there.

“Strange that Florida and Ohio don’t seem to be trending with Gallup Poll.”
Actually they are with the exception of a FoxNews poll.
Obama went from a slight deficit in late Sept to a slight lead now in both states.
FL & OH may not matter this election given Obama’s strong showing in the other swing states and his ability to hold onto the Kerry states.

Sarah makes us laugh. She mouths whatever is written and put in front of her. Don’t think she understands what she is reading especially on foreign affair.
Anyone takes what she says seriously ought to have his/her head examine or go back to school to learn the critical thinking skills that are so under-developed, yet vital for a successful democratic society.

I too believe we could face some very daunting realities, not BECAUSE of Obama’s presidency, but rather BECAUSE this is a very serious time in history ON EVERY FRONT.
I sincerely believe that is why Americans, real or unreal, in Palin’s estimation, are rejecting her candidacy.
This is not the time for goofy games, division, or political trickery. The international world would UNDOUBTEDLY, test American’s judgement if we elected, as I read in the Israeli news, the “angry man and the dimwit”.
The world is watching folks.
Who puts someone down for possessing intellect? The Republicans- you betcha.

America’s worst looming crisis: the possibility of a Palin presidency.

WHY NO COMMENT REPUBLICANS.
YOUR CANDIDATE’S CAMPAIGN SHOWED CONTEMPT FOR THE AMERICAN FLAG BY DRAGGING IT ON THE GROUND.
HOW MUCH MORE ANTI-PATRIOTIC AND UN-AMERICAN CAN YOU GET.

Mike NC
“Palin is like a gutter rat”
What an even-handed, thoughtful, non-hate-filled comment about an opponent!
Sorry, she made some good points…
Can’t wait for all that unity under Obama…

While Obama is off in Hawaii — the Obama campaign is selling Chicago election night coverage packages to news outlets.
Obama is a socialist when he talks to the people, but a true unrepentant capitalist when running his own affairs.
Classic liberalism of do what I say, not what I do.
Of course Chris Matthews (thrill up my leg) and Keith will get in free.

What will SNL do after November 4th.

Susie–
Sen. Obama went to Hawaii to spend time with the woman who raised him. He showed the importance of family by going there.

“What will SNL do after November 4th.”
Periodically trot out Tina Fey as Palin as a way to wring every last laugh froma no longer recent topic ala Jay Leno and the Judge Ito dancers?

And what would you do Miss I can see Russia from my house? that lady wouldnt Know what to do, she doesnt even know the Job of the VP! please,send this airhead back to Alaska where she belongs we lower 48 dont need her!

The woman whose foreign policy experience consists of living next door to Russia is warning us about Obama/Biden foreign policy? If nothing else, you have to admire the chutzpah!

EVEN BIDEN HAS LINGERING DOUBTS ABOUT OBAMA AND THANK YOU JOE, FOR POINTING IT OUT YET AGAIN!!!!
I knew you always wanted to run with Johnny! You respect him more and even said “Obama is not ready” when asked by Stephenopolois. You also said Obama is clean and articulate for an African American. Seems like you and Hillary had it right all along. Thanks guys, that seals the deal…NO VOTE FOR OBAMA.

Someone shot a bear cub in the head and stapled Obama signs to it. Seriously. What is wrong with people?
Can anyone say with a straight face that they are PROUD to be a member of this party?
How despicable.

Socialism is an equalizer by multiplication with zero. Spreading the wealth means killing the wealth.

Jhw539
I support Obama but that doesn’t mean I am a tree hugging wussie.
It’s time to fight and if you think McCain doesn’t represent fascism you are naive.
Have you been PAYING ATTENTION?????
This goes way beyond Obama, this is our country we are fighting for. These people are talking about MCCARTHYISM. They are putting people on “LISTS.” Donors to a political campaign are being compared to TERRORISTS.
Go preach to someone else.

GUESS WHAT? THE SOCIALISM ARGUMENT IS BULL.
No why? Obama isn’t a socialist. Try educating your ignorant selves and find out what socialism is.

“Drudge and National Review’s Campaign Spot — with a measure of conscious self-parody — link the Nickelodeon Kids poll, which has Obama up only two points.
It’s an online poll. Of kids.
“The Nickelodeon Kids’ Poll is one of those polls that is always interesting to keep an eye on,” writes NR’s Geraghty.”
ROFLMAO!

this just brings the focus onto her own knowledge of world affairs…NONE….and McPain judgement

“It’s time to fight and if you think McCain doesn’t represent fascism you are naive.
Have you been PAYING ATTENTION?????
This goes way beyond Obama, this is our country we are fighting for. These people are talking about MCCARTHYISM. They are putting people on “LISTS.” Donors to a political campaign are being compared to TERRORISTS.
Go preach to someone else.”
Now you’re just making stuff up! You libs are amazing at that. Fascism?? You must mean the “Fairness” Doctrine!

Ryan C., the Nazis were socialists (left-leaning). The Nazis put all the control in the state (left-leaning). The Nazis put controls on the press (left-leaning … fairness doctrine???).
Do you have a point?

Oh poor little liberals have damage control to do again.
How do they do damage control? They spread their hate. Just like terrorists.
Barack Hussein Obama belongs to a party that has KNOWN terrorists within its ranks. That’s a fact!!

Dear Mr. “ROAD”
There was nothing to address that held any merit!
Sincerely,
Logic!

The more I’ve research the facts and mega years of information I have come to the conclusion that it isn’t the DNC’s fault (not that I’m letting them off from their participation in the corruption) but it is Obama and his “Mob” syndicated corruption that has taken over the entire election…..and I mean “mob” in the old sense of the word….syndicated crime and politics of the Old Chicago criminal Politics of crime bosses running the show…it goes so deep and so very long and ingrained that no one can stand up unscathed to them….even Elliot Ness and J Edgar Hoover would have a hard time……….when you have money, power, crime, corruption, politics, communist philosophy, socialist ties, and extreme Radicalism tied together you get one very deadly cocktail. His white Grandfather and friends, and O-ssiah’s youth years are not innocent in the formation of who Obama really is. There is plenty of contributions and blame to go around…….let’s just say that his parents, grandparents, and family weren’t as “mainstream” American as he would like people to believe……it is way too much to be discussed in detail here …..no I’m not saying that they were bad people just different philosophies from the “average” American…but always far Left.

“Chairman – Perhaps the confusion betwen the Nazis and todays Republican party the the tremendeous amount of hatred being spewed forth and directed to anyone that dares question them.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga”
So the left isn’t spewing forth hated toward anyone who dares to question them? Ask Joe the Plumber what he thinks of that!!!
Please!!!

Alarm – “How do they do damage control? They spread their hate. Just like terrorists.”
The Obama supporters are not the ones draping Obama signs over dead animals, allowing their rallys turned into KKK rallys, and spweing hatred at every given oppertunity. Notice I did not say liberals I said Obama supporters.

“…Does this woman have any original, thoughts, ideas, insights???”
You mean like the ones Biden has??

Please tell this “abuse of power” Governor of Alaska to stop telling lies.
I was so excited a woman was chosen.
I soon discovered Sarah Palin is not a person of good honorable moral integrity. she is wonderful at giving speeches. But her total lack of knowledge and inexperience is so evident.
Sarah has lied so much in Alaska. Big law suits will be filed against her in Alaska. She is still under even more investigation there. More complaints. Troopergate is long way from being over!! Legislative investigation found she violated ethics law – abused her power.
Sarah on the Campaign Trail entices hate mongering to her crowds. She lies all the time. She has great god given talent to make people hate. She has gotten crowds quite angry!!
This Republican is saying no to McCain-Palin.

The great irony it that someone as dimwitted as Palin is trying to raise the point on international crisis.
Every good president relied on a team that helped and advised him on the crisis. JFK has his team that advise him on the Cuba crisis…
Obama has assembled the smartest team of people that would advise him, Powell, Biden, Luger, Clarke..
And who does McCain relies on in times of crisis… Palin. This should be a scary thought!!!

“Chair – I have seen no hatered being speewed forth just the man being investigated and any Republican would do.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga”
With all due respect Jenny, you’re not paying attention. The man dares ask a question and all you hear from Biden on down is how the man lacks any credibility. The point was the question he asked! That never got addressed – all we heard was what a fool Joe is ….

Concerned – What the heck are you talking about? I have followed this campain thisclosly and I not seen this. Tell me where I can find Info.

MY – the comments here from the corrupt obama gang are really a DISGRACE to your guy – you know the campaign that is above it all – NEVER has a negative word. Just look at his supporters!
Is this what an obama President would bring along? No NO NO
VOTE SMART: McCain/Palin

Has Obama ever been tested???
I don’t really want a certain terrorist attack to be his “test”.
Maybe he should study some more before he takes his test.

Chair – The point is Joe lied or at least misrepresented himself to Obama. He did come clean later. If you are gonna get into the game out on shoulder pads cause you are gonna get bumped. Why has his life been ruined because he owes back taxes?

Alarm – “How do they do damage control? They spread their hate. Just like terrorists.”
The Obama supporters are not the ones draping Obama signs over dead animals, allowing their rallys turned into KKK rallys, and spweing hatred at every given oppertunity. Notice I did not say liberals I said Obama supporters.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | Oct 21, 2008 3:05:02 PM
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Got any proof that it was NOT obana supporters? That may be like the person in the McCain crowd that yelled kill him”. After much investigation, apparently the reporter was the only one that heard that comment being yelled in the crowd. That could and probably was a left wing supporter.
Ryan C., will have the answer for us on this one.

What Biden was saying applied to both Presidencies? I guess her message works only on the “pro-American” sections of the electorate.

Wow! People are really over the top on here today.
This is going to get interesting. In West Virginia, the computers are changing the votes on the screen from DEM TO REPUBLICAN!!
They say, hit it again and change it back and keep your printout.
If you think the printout matches what’s inside you need therapy for delusion.
WV is being stolen, by GOP computers, today.
This WV election would not hold up in AFRICA if the UN were watching the process.

Edward
2 letters and a word.
GI Bill.

while the economic policies of the GOP are conservative, the use of Nazi-style dirty tricks, fear tactics, lies about minorities and lies about candidates seem accurate.

What does Joe know that nobody else knows???
Joe knows that we will have an attack to test Obama. He knows this how?
I fear those two! shudder
We need to pray that an attack never happens.
Joe Biden needs to be talking with someone in this nations security!

Obama is smart, his advisers are smart, his supporters are smart. That’s all that matters. Palin makes Dubya look like an intellectual! So there’s no point explaining these scenarios to her, it would overload her faculties. That combined with her spectacularly unsuccessful executive record and penchant to abuse executive power over the pettiest matters disqualifies her for any office of responsibility.

Edward
I am looking at the numbers behind the poll and it appears the poll had a hugely conservative leaning. 69% had voted for Bush (higher then the actual results of the election). This tells you two thing these interviewees are all above 22 at least, and probable a majority are already republican. Considering that this is a poll and not actual campaign contribution also puts a death nail in your failed attempt to confuse the electorate. Plus this is a poll of people with magazine subscriptions. I don’t know too many democrats Period that have military magazine subscriptions.

Biden was off the wall to say what he said — Sarah probably meant to say “moral equivocation” not “moral equivalence”. Both are physically and mentally exhausted after a long and intense campaign. Let’s agree to disagree. Don’t demonize me because I support McCain/Palin — I won’t demonize you because you support Obama/Biden. Let’s have a civil, vigorous debate, not an echo chamber full of like-minded people shouting out beliefs they already hold so they can remain smug and closed down. Let’s try to understand each other, and respect the other person’s right to disagree.

JT, why would they need a draft if they’re going to end the war in Iraq?

Whoever – I was cooking dinner and had the tv on and I heard It.
Posted by: Jenny Rome Ga | Oct 21, 2008 3:16:48 PM
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TV – remember the left wingers tell the right wingers not to watch TV unless you watch CNN or MSNBC…Remember to make your selection carefully.

Mack
Obama didn’t threaten Pakistan he decided if Al Quaeda was hiding in Pakistan he would go in and get them with or without Pakistan help. Something even the CIA agreed with.
With regards to your quote, Bush invaded Iraq, and McCain wants to invade Russia.

MAck – But rember you know who is in Pakistan. So why are we in Iraq??

They did the same thing with Wright and Ayers too.

Ty
Thanks for calling over 50% of the American people delusional. I hear calling a majority delusional is delusional.

Obama didn’t threaten Pakistan. He threatened Osama Bin Ladan. Wherever Bin Ladan is he plans to capture or kill him. It just so happans he’s in Pakistan. If the Pakistany government refuses to help or hand him over, then so be it. We entered Iraq on faulty intelligence. At least if Bin Ladan is killed there will be justification for the invasion.

Whoever – I beleive I heard it on Fox news. And I heard it sorry folks I know what I heard.

Plain and Simple: It’s Racism
What if John McCain were a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
What if Obama were a member of the Keating-5?
What if McCain were a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
What if McCain were still married to the first woman he said ‘I do’ to?
What if Obama were the candidate who left his first wife after she no longer measured up to his standards?
What if Michelle Obama were a wife who not only became addicted to pain killers, but acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
If the above were true…who would you vote for?
You are The Boss… who would you hire because you wanted the best qualified people working for you?
With America facing historic debt, two wars, (or three if you count the supposed war on terrorism), stumbling ineffective health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, an extremely low educational standard, a mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc. consider the below…
Educational Background:
Obama:
Columbia University – B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard – Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden:
University of Delaware – B.A. in History and B.A. i n Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law – Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain:
United States Naval Academy – Class rank: 894 of 899
Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University – 1 semester
North Idaho College – 2 semesters – general study
University of Idaho – 2 semesters – journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College – 1 semester
University of Idaho – 3 semesters – B.A. in Journalism
Now, honestly, which team makes the most sense to hire to deal with all of the problems we all now face?

Mack
1 incident 2 months ago. McCain has several incidents everyday for the past week. See the video of Muslim McCain supporters switching votes because of some of things McCain camp has been doing.

Face it ObamACORN fans!
It is over for you.

PALIN IS DOING A FAR BETTER JOB THAN BIDEN IS…..MAKING THE POINT THAT HER RUNNING MATE IS T-E-S-T-E-D!
Never an Obama, but certainly NOT IN THESE GLOBAL TIMES.

Hopey Uniter, is Dopey Divider
McCain was tested, and found positive for having cancer. Tested doesn’t mean jack if your dead before the first term.

Everyone has more trust in McCain to handle a crisis…polls have always shown that. FEAR FACTOR THAT OABMA STILL GENERATES IS THERE PEOPLE.

Just think that if it were not for acorn and all of the Mickey Mouse registered voters, Obama would be losing.

Palin hit the nail on the head here. Fifth scenario– Biden’s next campaign appearance. Crack me up!
Sorry, gang, but Biden was saying that Obama would face challenges McCain would not, because like that golden boy JFK, he would be young and inexperienced and people who want to test his mettle, take advantage of his weakness. He can backpedal as he “revises and extends” his remarks all he wants, but if you go back to the original source, he was not talking about a threat that would be faced by either McCain or Obama as president. Foreign powers won’t have to test McCain’s mettle; they know where he stands. That’s the sort of steady, strong leadership we need.
Biden also said that it would seem as if Obama were not doing the right thing at first. What on earth does that mean? He’s not going to tell us, and the press isn’t going to ask, if they ever get the chance to talk to him, that is. But since Biden isn’t talking to the press of late, no problem there.
Palin ticked off a few of the danger points that could lead to crisis in an Obama administration, based on the policy statements he has made. What troubles me most is the man’s stubborn nature. The surge was a resounding success, proving McCain was right to risk his political future to advocate for it. Obama, even as he finally and reluctantly admits that success, refuses to say that it was a good idea or that he should have supported it after all or that his prediction of its failure has been proven wrong. So once he has his mind made up, that’s all there is to it? Not the sort of flexible, agile, muscular diplomacy I want to see in our next administration.
And there are plenty other problem areas Palin didn’t even get to. Russia is building on their relationship with Venezuela– maybe there will be another missile crisis in our hemisphere? Maybe there will be a crisis in Mexico, leading to a flood of illegal immigrants rushing to the border. Maybe Castro or Kim Jung Il will die and their successors will try to throw their weight around to put their own stamp of leadership on their beleaguered countries? These are not crises that I want to see Obama deal with, any more than I want to see him dealing with a nuclear Iran or a Russian land grab.
I trust John McCain. I want his steady leadership in the years ahead. I will vote McCain/Palin on Nov. 4.

I don’t trust either McCain or Palin to handle a crisis.
McCain makes decisions on the fly and Palin just wouldn’t know what to do.

Ryan C
The distinction is Obama is not attacking Pakistan. He is not going after the government or its people. But I guess you don’t want Al Quada caught or Bin Laden… Vote McCain for never ending war.

Mack
If it so easy why are you getting basic facts wrong.

“Everyone has more trust in McCain to handle a crisis…polls have always shown that.”
Rasmussen:
Forty-eight percent (48%) of voters now say that Obama is a better leader than McCain while 42% hold the opposite view.
Pew Research:
Who can best handle the economy:
Obama – 53, McCain – 32
Who can best handle Iraq?
Obama – 48, McCain – 42

Barack Hussein Obama has never been part of anything important, signifigant or worth while.

Biden blabbing on in CO about early voting and Colin Powell’s endorsement….as the black endorsement trumps McCain’s FOUR EX SECRETARIES OF STATE…..KISSINGER, BAKER, EAGLEBURGER, AND HAIG. Why does McCain not get mention of all the Generals behind him….McCAIN DOESN’T NEED THE CRED BOZO DOES, SO POWELL BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT, but because he’s black it is wiped off the table to alot of undecideds.

I saw her in an scripted interview last night regarding Relgion – she might want to explain what she is doing practicing witchcraft in the you tube video. She acts like we are stupid everyone has seen this video.
She really is out of touch with reality. I can understand how Alaska overlooks this, but the rest of the world is not that stupid.
Sarah Palin – John McCain’s new legacy.

Bidens struggling with the prompter…it’s not moving fast enough for him in Colorado. I see the usual group behind Biden…..kids and blacks…the group that will deliver it to Obama IF he wins. They sure are pushing early voting as they know the polls are tightening and they want as many up fronts.

John McCain was a hotshot flyboy untilhe screwed up and got shot down. He then was a POW for 5 years. Not to diss McCain’s service but to me the real hero’s are the guys on the ground like my uncle who lived in the mud and muck and fought daily hand to hand combat with the viet cong. HE came home with a steele plate in his head and a body full of Agent Orange. These guys are the real heros.

“McCain is losing because he doesn’t have a ground game and has to resort to smear tactics”
Tough to compete with a liar that is spending $29 million a week on attack ads.

Mack
Obama doesn’t have to lie and he doesn’t. That $29 million a week is funded by guess who Americans at about $89 per person’s donation. But I guess those 9 million people are Anti-American. Why do you support a McCartyist?

“Obama doesn’t have to lie and he doesn’t”
Wrong. He lied about his relationship with Ayers and Rezko.

Mack
An accusation is not proof. The day it is, I will leave this country.

“The distinction is Obama is not attacking Pakistan. He is not going after the government or its people. But I guess you don’t want Al Quada caught or Bin Laden… Vote McCain for never ending war.”
MM,
I am quite aware of the distinction. That is why I posted Obama’s quote. I also posted how the Bush administration has actually adopted this policy in the last year.

Ryan C
There in proving my point. Bush proposed it, Congress wrote it, Bush left the money behind. Who’s policy mistake, proposing things you can’t pay for when you get.

“Obama is nasty and disgusting the way he runs his awful campaign, which will reflect his horrible presidency.”
Pew Research:
Voters give significantly higher marks to Obama’s campaign than they do to McCain’s. About two-thirds (65%) give Obama A or B grades for the job he is doing convincing them to vote for him. By comparison, just 34% give McCain’s campaign A or B grades. Obama’s presidential campaign is now graded more favorably than any other – Republican or Democratic – in the last 16 years, outpacing the 58% who gave Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign similar high marks. At 34%, favorable views of McCain’s campaign are low, but still surpass the 1996 Dole campaign – only 29% gave the Kansas senator’s campaign grades of A or B.
Nearly nine-in-ten Democrats (88%) offer A or B grades to Obama’s campaign, compared with two-thirds (67%) of Republicans who give McCain’s effort top marks. There is a wide difference among partisans when judging their respective campaigns: 53% of Democrats give Obama A grades compared while only 23% of Republicans give the McCain campaign top marks.
Independents and swing voters mirror the general voting public in giving higher marks to Obama’s campaign. Just a third of independents and swing voters grade McCain’s election campaign A or B, while more than six-in-ten (64%) give him a C, D or F. Obama does much better among both groups with 64% of independents and 56% of swing voters giving his campaign one of the top grades.

From latest Pew poll, among likely voters:
Obama 53, McCain 39

I guess Sarah Palin does not believe in the superior strength and might of the United States. She is proclaiming doomsday scenarios. (Probably co-incides with her apocalyptic religion).
She is over-estimating our “enemies” and finally fails to mention how she or McCain would handle any of these scenarios.
One might also point out that it is her foriegn policy beliefs and those of George Bush’s that have led our nation to these dismal circumstances she is proclaiming. But then again…one needs to only look at her “base”.

I was adressing Concerned in Ohio….if there is the thought that Obama is Muslim it could be because both his dads were and in Muslim culture if your dad is, so are you. Just as with Jews, if your mother is so are you. Obama also has a director of Muslim Outreach, Minha Husani. Does McCain, ya think?

If I were Isreal I would be terrified by the mere thought of Obama being president.
Now this. Joe Biden knows for certain that we will be attacked if Obama is presidnet.
Things aren’t looking too good for the world with Obama as president.

“Obama also has a director of Muslim Outreach, Minha Husani. Does McCain, ya think?”
Are Muslim not Americans? Should they not have a voter outreach program?
Also from the McCain website:
Welcome to Arab-Americans for McCain. Our coalition is the central gathering point for members of the Arab-American community to join forces and collectively endorse Senator John McCain for president. As an organized and united force we can really support Senator McCain by organizing our community and getting out the vote for the 2008 election.
We are proud to endorse Senator McCain whose character, judgment, leadership, and experience is precisely what all Americans need in their next President. His foreign policy experience is unparalleled and most importantly he understands the issues facing the Arab world.
As Arab-Americans, it is imperative that we get involved. We ask you to add your name and information to our team. This will allow you to receive updates on the campaign and where he is on the campaign trail.

Sen. McCain & Gov. Palin fear mongering? It was Sen. Obama’s running mate, Sen. Biden, who guaranteed that there would be an international crisis if Sen. Obama is elected president. He opened the door! The opposition has not only the right, but the obligation to include this in their stump speeches.
Sen. McCain & Gov. Palin hate-filled? They are only pointing out the truth. To call that hate speech is really laughable. Actually it is many of the Obama supporters are filled with hate speech: “Christian religious nutbag,” “Gutter rat,” “Idiot,” “Racists,” etc.

Where is the headline with the Murtha comment? If he was a Republican saying these things….racist, “rednecks”, comments…why the pass with the old guy in PA?

Sarah Palin’s pointed criticism of Barack Obama’s foreign policy agenda Tuesday morning included a swipe at Obama’s stated commitment to strike at terrorists inside Pakistan’s borders if they are in the sights of the American military.
“Senator Obama has also advocated sending our U.S. military into Pakistan without the approval of the Pakistani government,” Palin said. “Invading the sovereign territory of a troubled partner in the war against terrorism.”
But Palin herself has advocated the same approach.
Palin told a voter at a retail stop in Philadelphia in September that the United States should “absolutely” cross the border into Pakistan to hunt terrorists, a statement that appeared to contradict John McCain’s preference to negotiate with the Pakistani government first, or at the very least, to not publicly announce such a strategy.
At Tony Luke’s cheesesteaks in South Philadelphia, Temple University graduate student Michael Rovito asked the vice presidential candidate several questions about United States foreign policy towards Pakistan.
“So we do cross border, like from Afghanistan to Pakistan you think?” Rovito asked.
“If that’s what we have to do stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should,” Palin responded, before moving on to greet other voters.

“Jobless numbers set a record last month.
The Dow lost TRILLIONS in value.
People are losing their retirement savings and their homes.”
All brought to you by a DEMOCRAT majority congress.
Now you want to elect them to more power?!
Quit beating your head in a wall, it will quit hurting. But you want to keep business as usual.

“Sarah Palin appears to be a continuing – if not an increasing – drag on the GOP ticket. Currently, 49% of voters express an unfavorable opinion of Palin, while 44% have a favorable view. In mid-September, favorable opinions of Palin outnumbered negative ones by 54% to 32%. Women, especially women under age 50, have become increasingly critical of Palin: 60% now express an unfavorable view of Palin, up from 36% in mid-September.”
(from today’s The Pew Research Center national poll, that gives Obama a 14 point lead over McCain; yes, you read that right)

“Mr. Obama’s favorability is the highest for a presidential candidate running for a first term in the last 28 years of Times/CBS polls. Mrs. Palin’s negative rating is the highest for a vice-presidential candidate as measured by The Times and CBS News. Even Dan Quayle, with whom Mrs. Palin is often compared because of her age and inexperience on the national scene, was not viewed as negatively in the 1988 campaign.”
New York Times and CBS News poll, October 20, 2008

As for the responsibilities of the Vice President, the U. S. Constitution spells out only three responsibilities:
(1) President of the Senate;
(2) To open all of the states’ Certificates from the Electoral College;
(3) To temporarily assume the responsibilities of the President whenever he is temporarily incapacitated; or replace the President should he be declared unable to discharge the powers and duties of President; or upon his death.

Lets see
Biden has the experience and can NOT talk
Palin does not have the experience but CAN talk and has not made any gaffes during her campaign.

No one in their right mind would prefer Palin over Obama in a crisis.

Why hasn’t McCain declared moral bankruptcy? All they have is innuendo. They aren’t bright enough to put forth convincing lies.
Really scary is the drooling class his campaign has attracted.

“No one in their right mind would prefer Palin over Obama in a crisis.”
Um….is Palin running for president against Obama? I think the comparison should be whether people would prefer McCain over Obama & I think the answer is “YES”!!!!!

“Palin does not have the experience but CAN talk and has not made any gaffes during her campaign.”
ROFLMAO.
Yeah not being able to name the newspapers she read or which Supreme Court decision she disagreed with beyond Roe were great moments in political dexterity. So was totaling freezing when she was asked about the Bush doctrine.
Let’s not forget her claiming New Hampshire was located in the NorthWest, her real America comments and since the McCain campaign wants to make hay over the Rays vs the Phillies.
Palin in Boston:
“New Hampshire, I gotta tell ya, I am looking forward to the debate tonight right here in Red Sox Nation,” Palin said to roaring approval from the crowd, many of them decked out in Red Sox gear. “We’re just 20 days out from the election and it’s gonna come right down to the wire, and we’re counting on you because Red Sox fans know how to turn an underdog into a victor, and that’s exactly what you can help us do on November Fourth!”
Palin 1 week earlier:
“It’s great to be here in the home of the Tampa Bay Rays too. I know that earlier some of the experts this year were kind of tough on the Rays. I’ve been there,” Palin said, drawing laughs from the Tampa-area crowd.
“But what a difference a season can make, and now the Rays in the playoffs for the first time ever,” Palin continued. “So Florida knows a little something about turning an und

Jen
“I think the comparison should be whether people would prefer McCain over Obama & I think the answer is “YES”!!!!!
Have I got some polls to show you!
I would rather Obama over McCain any day!

Mike NC,
I meant during a time of crisis I think McCain would handle it much better than Obama…McCain has a proven record & history of dealing with crisis, going all the way back to his time as a POW. What does Obama have? Flip-flopping policies and talk that panders to whatever crowd he’s speaking to & NO real experience in a crisis.
And for those of you are “scared out of your minds” that Palin will end up being president (which I think is pretty hilarious that she brings up such angry & fearful emotions), Biden is the one who told the American people to expect a crisis in an Obama administration. How ridiculous is that? I highly doubt Obama has the ability to handle an international crisis, but the fact that his RUNNING MATE thinks that his presidency will BRING multiple crisis scenarios is AMAZING!

We are here commenting because of a “gaffe” Biden made., not for any “gaffe’s Palin made”. I think this is number 109 in gaffe count for Biden.
According to Biden he is the “smartest guy in the room”, and in reference to Obama he said, “The presidency doesn’t lend itself to on the job training”.
The Obama campaign has also kept Biden off the campaign trail today. Damage Control anyone?
If you want to ask Biden what he meant you can find him at Katie’s Restaurant, still waiting for service, even though the place closed 15 yrs ago. Or he might be in the hole they dug for Michelle, muzzled to keep him quiet.

I don’t know, I can’t see the trees:
Ok, so you say Palin has executive experience because she was short time governor.
So my question is has McCain been a governor???
Which means that he has no executive experience?
Now let see where the rubber meets the road, both Senators present laws and vote on the interest of MILLION OF PEOPLE, not a small town or a STATE.
As I see it controlling a tennis ball, or controlling a stamped of bison.
Palin is not ready to do much but shoot wolves from Planes.
Her and Mike Vick would be BUDDIES.

“The Obama campaign has also kept Biden off the campaign trail today”
ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe Reports: In the wake of his guarantee Sunday that Sen. Barack Obama., D-Ill., would be tested by an international crisis within his first six months in office, Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., came to Colorado today, electing not to reference his weekend remarks and instead hit out at Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., for focusing not on the economy but on tying Obama to former 60s terrorist Bill Ayers.
The lesson as always?
Actually I hope everyone realizes the lesson by now.

Palin just old a local television station in Colorado (in response to a question from a third grader), that the Vice President is “in charge of the U.S. Senate, so if they want to they, can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes.”
No gaffes, eh?
NO ONE in “in charge” of our Senate. Does Palin know or understand how our democracy works????

Have you seen her latest question and answer session. She was asked by a third grader what the vice president does. She got the answer wrong. Does that surprise anyone? This woman needs to go back from whence she came and never rear her head again.
Posted by: jane | Oct 21, 2008 2:16:32 PM
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jane–this is a completely moronic statement. The fact is that during the VP debates, when this question was asked, BIDEN GOT IT WRONG! and Palin got it right.
Google it.

NO ONE in “in charge” of our Senate. Does Palin know or understand how our democracy works????
Posted by: jeezz | Oct 21, 2008 5:25:51 PM
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Obviously you don’t.

I still like Palin, but Giuliani would have been better, just subjectively…or Thompson..I like both of them better…
I hate that McCain’s age is a factor, but it does bring up the issue of successor (side note–Pelosi is 3d in line…Byrd is 4th! if that doesn’t scare you…of course that has never happened, but…) Of course, if McCain had picked another old white guy he would have looked even older.
Course, how does Nader feel about it? Poor old soul…at 74?
Palin is probably not qualified to be president, yet…then again, neither is Obama, imo, but he is more crafty and sounds better, so people think he is more prepared…he is VERY good at deflecting criticism, with shades of truth, and sometimes truth, to be fair…(see blatant lie about limits of ACORN involvement/ McCain health plan…abortion votes…he is very lawyerly and that is not a compliment on one’s direct explanation of the facts.)
I would rather have Palin than Biden, a proven liar and someone with very poor judgment, as president.
Obama glosses over things better than Palin (a lot better, I know)
…wait til the real tax plan gets implemented..y’all will never remember the old one…wait til the civilan corps gets trotted out…oh boy.
I don’t believe it will be doom and gloom, but for people who can’t stand it when gov makes you fill out yet another form, or send in proof of something, or qualify for another exemption, or hate to see funds diverted to projects that bear no fruit, it will be bad…
their beards will grow longer overnight…
McCain 2000! Heh heh.

So, some of her fans as just as… well, stupid as Palin.
A director of a company is “in charge” of that company. But the President of the Senate is NOT in charge of it. He or she is presiding over it, which is quite a different thing. We’re not talking about the Kremlin…
That difference may not matter or be clear to those who defend Palin, but it surely should matter and be VERY clear to any VP candidate.

Governor is definitely more qualified to run this country. She has had experience running the biggest state of the USA: Obama has the qualification of running the biggest mouth from South Chicago. Is there any comparison????? I think not.
Both Biden and Clinton have said previously that Obama is not qualified. What more do you need?

Posted by: Mike NC | Oct 21, 2008 5:29:59 PM
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These rumors are baseless and are along the same lines as Nazi’s claiming the Holocaust didn’t happen.
This story came from a former Communist camp guard who beat, tortured and starved American POW’s. I tend to not believe him, as he has no credibility.
McCain’s story is backed up by other POW’s in the camp and by his physical exam after he was released. If you have seen the before and after pictures you can see he was treated very poorly. If you look at the pictures of the tiny, dirty room that McCain was kept in, you can see the torture devices still in place. If Obama were in the same position, and offered to leave he would have done it in a heartbeat, leaving behind his comrades. McCain went through 5 1/2 yrs of severe torture and isolation because he refused to leave after his captors found out who he was, unless the prisoners there before him were allowed to leave. He is a hero and you have no right to judge anyone in that situation, unless you have gone through it yourself.
Many American’s have been forced to give anti-U.S. propaganda statements by Al Qaeda on air. Anyone who is sane knows that they are being forced, and do not believe what the prisoners are forced to say.

“Governor is definitely more qualified to run this country. She has had experience running the biggest state of the US”
ROFLMAO.
Yes because land mass equals importance.

S Adams
John McCain himself admits it !
You can read the propaganda statements online..
You can read the NSA documents obtained from freedom of information records!
You can read John McCain admit his actions in his book although he down plays them!

S Adams
Former POWS Say McCain not Tortured
Two Former POWs Say They Doubt McCain Was Physically Abused 1999 – March 25, 1999, The Phoenix New Times: Ted Guy and Gordon “Swede” Larson, two former POWs, who were McCain’s senior ranking officers (SRO’s), at the time McCain says he was tortured in solitary confinement, told the New Times that while they could not guarantee that McCain was not physically harmed, they doubted it. “Between the two of us, it’s our belief, and to the best of our knowledge, that no prisoner was beaten or harmed physically in that camp [known as "The Plantation"],” Larson says. “. . . My only contention with the McCain deal is that while he was at The Plantation, to the best of my knowledge and Ted’s knowledge, he was not physically abused in any way. No one was in that camp. It was the camp that people were released from.”

think this is what Biden might be talking about?
READ these excerpts :
“There was that sense of sacred obligation that, frankly, we have lost during
these last two wars,” Obama said. “I want to restore that.”
“But it’s also important that a president speaks to military service as an
OBLIGATION not just of some, but of many. You know, I traveled, obviously, a lot over the last 19 months. And if you go to small towns, throughout the Midwest or the Southwest or the South, every town has tons of young people who are serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. That’s not always the case in other parts of the country, in more urban centers. And I think it’s important for the president to say, this is an important obligation. If we are going into war, then ALL of us go, not just SOME.”
Let’s read that again…
“If we are going into war, then all of us go, not just some.” Can you spell d-r-a-f-t?

rodney knows the truth!

what is wrong wit posting the truth about mccain—he may have suceeded in having his records sealed –but the truth is the truth—-mccain was a military disaster.

excuse the spelling.

Ryan C, sorry, I don’t see any Republican lies in your quotations. I see Rick Davis pointing out that the initial bailout bill included millions for ACORN, as those con artists expected to get their cut of the pork as usual. ACORN was part of the problem, not the solution, so Republicans including McCain insisted on taking that provision out.
McCain came back to washington and helped the house Republicans gain a seat at the table, where the Dems had until that point elbowed them out. Of COURSE Harry Reid claims that McCain blew things up– he is hyperpartisan. Remember how the dems rushed out to announce there was an agreement before McCain could get to town to get involved. They wanted to be able to claim he had no part in the negotiations. Problem is, there was no such agreement, as the republicans were not yet on board and the house reps in particular had been shoved aside. So McCain comes in, the Republicans make their views known, and things changed. Reid is hardly an unimpeachable source for how things transpired.
I also keep hearing Dems claim that McCain did nothing in that meeting at the White House. Yes, he was quiet, taking in the arguments, evaluating the ideas presented. Isn’t that what you guys usually brag that Obama does? Obama, however, was appointed to speak by the Dems so they could claim he was showing leadership ability. That meeting did not accomplish much, but it was not the fault of McCain.

“Ryan C, do keep in mind that right wingers and Republicans and McCain supporters are not synonyms.”
Yes, which is why I direct my comments towards right wingers.
I will occasionally jab at Republicans but that is more the party structure & office holders.
In terms of the remarks by Rick Davis, you can follow the previous posts.
Basically I was making the point that the McCain campaign handled the financial crisis quite badly, flip flopping positions, changing frames etc.

hey belle
even elvis was drafted–and quite a few other celebs.

“dont worry about russia–after november palin will be sitting on her porch WATCHING THE RUSSIANS.”
ROFLMAO…good one rodney

RYAN
WHATEVER HAPPENS I WILL STILL DREAM OF PARIS WASHING MY CAR—A HAZARD AT MY AGE.–I ONLY WISH ALL WOULD RUN A RESPECTFULL CAMPAIGN–THE LIES ANH HALF TRUTHS ARE DISGUSTING—BUT I WILL VOTE FOR THE BRILLIANT YOUNG GUY,

Ryan C,
Try to keep up. (Actually, you know perfectly well that you are twisting things, most likely, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt.) You say it was Rick Davis who claimed McCain blew things up on the bailout. Go back and look at the interview. One problem with reading a transcript is capturing tone. (If Ryan C posts “I think Joe BIden is brilliant,” I would assume he was serious. If Concerned in Ohio wrote the same sentence, I would assume she was being sarcastic.) It was widely reported that Harry Reid proclaimed that McCain “blew up” the negotiations. Davis was asked about this, and in his answer, he mirrored the language. He was basically saying, to paraphrase, “if by blew it up, you mean he came in and stopped them from giving goodies to ACORN and if by blew it up, you mean he called them on the fact that they were ignoring a key group who needed to be included in negotiations, i.e., house republicans, then heck yeah he blew it up. If you mean that he came in and screwed things up so that a good plan fell apart,then no, he didn’t blow it up. ” I would say Mr. Davis was correct.j What Rick David did not do was to say in a serious tone that John McCain blew up the negotiations.

As Palins distorted mind grinds on looking for the kind of trash her constituents seem to think has merit, she is simply digging a deeper hole for McCain to try to climb out of.

Check this out…….
1.What is America’s first line of missile interceptor defense that protects the entire United States?
49TH MISSILE DEFENSE BATTALION OF ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD
2. What is the only National Guard Unit on permanent active duty?
49TH MISSILE DEFENSE BATTALION OF ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD
3. Who is Commander in Chief of the 49th Missile Defense Battalion of Alaska National Guard?
GOVENOR SARAH PALIN
4. What U.S. govenor is routinely briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security and counter terrorism?
GOVENOR SARAH PALIN, ALASKA
5. What U.S. govenor has a higher classified security rating that either candidate of the Democrat Party?
GOVENOR SARAH PALIN, ALASKA
The liberal media insults the American people with their bias reporting. They have attempted to “redefine” and defame
Govenor Sarah Palin…to create a perception that is an absolute fallacy…to push Obama and their liberal agenda.
We are not buying it…….

Sarah Palin has been the most predictable pre-emptive strikee I’ve ever seen quoted! She has assailed everyone else with her own laundry list of sins. What the heck did she agree to this assignment for anyway – why is she so interested in getting her hands on the codes. I wouldn’t trust her with them; she has been untrustworthy in Alaska, she has appealed to the nazis, if that’s a clue to the caliber of these guys and their politics, and their Cabinet. It is a ridiculous notion that I hope we never have to entertain.

Palin is not aware that we’re already in an international crises or two? Biden and Powell were simply stating the facts. The next president will have to hit the ground running.

palin actually dont know what the vp. does.–talk about a ditsy twit.