Palin's popularity rises
Voters can't cast ballots separately for vice president in November, of course.
But if they could, a new national poll released this morning suggests that Republican Sarah Palin would beat Democrat Joe Biden -- yet another sign of the popularity of John McCain's high-risk veep choice.
While the same CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey found Barack Obama and McCain statistically tied -- Obama with 49 percent, McCain with 48 percent -- Palin leads Democrat Joe Biden 53 percent to 44 percent.
The first-term Alaska governor's favorability rating is also higher than the veteran Delaware senator's -- Palin's is 57 percent favorable, 27 percent unfavorable, while Biden's is 51 percent favorable, 28 percent unfavorable.
Palin's rating has improved since the Republican convention last week; it was 38 percent favorable, 21 percent unfavorable just after she was introduced.
And 58 percent of registered voters rate McCain's choice of Palin as excellent or pretty good, up from 52 percent a week earlier.
The poll was conducted Friday through Sunday and has an overall margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
I think McCain made a good choice but the one thing I cannot agree with the Republicans on is the right of a woman to chose what happens in her body. That is not the business of the government - it is between that woman and her God.
I find it interesting that most of Pahlin's women friends back in Alaska are Pro Choice!
No one knows who she is yet. We go throught this everytime their is a new face on the scene. The numbers spike and then come back down to earth. I thought McCain was not a fan of "celebrity". A man of real substance...yeah right!!!
I could be more popular than Joe Biden. I could not be more popular than Sarah Palin.
What a joke, we must collectively be crazy to fall for this. After 8 years of Bush, we're even considering putting McCain and Palin in office?? Are you kidding me?!?
I'm sorry, why is she so popular? All I've heard in terms of "praise" has been about her family and how "cute" she is. I've heard nothing about her politics, which I can assure you, are abomnidable! What's scary is that people are not taking the time to get informed. She is a staunch conservative, pro-guns, anti-choice, pro-creationism and the opposite of a fiscal conservative. Do people realize that she's currently under legislative investigation for abuse of powers?
The bottom line is this, would you want her to be president? If so, what do you know about her as a politician that reinforces that?
Get informed people, there's plenty of info out there. I have some posted on my blog: www.democraddicts.com/blog.
Party lines aside, she should have no place in the executive office, period.
No big suprise. Americans LOVE distractions and the GOP is great at exploiting that.
It's a shame we will all suffer through 4 more years of destructive policies.
As the campaign continues and the real issues become forefront her inexperience compared to Biden, particularly in the area of foreign policy, her numbers should go down.
Of course, this is the same country that elected Dubya not once but twice. Palin appeals to these same knuckleheads and substance goes out the window.
Anyhow, as you pointed out in your blog - its the Presidential numbers that matter not VP.
The media needs to provide the voters with an accurate review of her positions. This election is not about her children or her beauty-quenn status! With so little time left before the election, the press must reveal her positions favoring the "highway to nowhere", lobbying for substantial earmarks for Alaska, championing the destruction of the environment to obtain oil, refusing to support alternate energy initiatives, denying man's effect on global warming, doubting the power of education and knowing what GOD wants her to do in governing Alaska. Given McCain's health status, it is critical that America learns her positions on key issues. How can you rate or vote for someone you don't know?
Another sad reflection on the love affair of Americans with trash and refusal to give any thought to anything.
That is obvious since Palin is young and attractive and Biden is old and unattractive. however, do you really want a milf as veep and potentiall President of the United States? with her finger on the button ready to set off a thousand nuclear warheads???? i think not!!!! But if you do, it's your funeral. of course, christian wackos are kind of like those muslim wackos, ready to die since they are all going to heaven anwway. and attain those 93 virgins or whatever
It is sad to know that the hockey moms of America feel that someone with there level of "experience" is fit to occupy the second most powerful job in the world. Can't wait. And the poor polar bears..
Palin might be like a kid's new toy - it's a lot of fun at first, but loses its appeal after a while.
Palin is still an unknown - virtually no one south of Alaska had heard of her 2 weeks ago - and we still haven't heard her say anything unscripted. I suspect her appeal will thin when the novelty wears off and she faces the press - who should not be intimidated by the inevitable Republican claims of sexism (this after all is a woman who would be a heartbeat away from the presidency)........the press should treat her as they did Clinton.
She is the new kid on the block (no pun intended), she will wear thin her welcome.
The last thing we need is an attack dog to do the dirty work of the pres. But then again, we will get what we stupidly deserve. I have lost faith in this country to elect a good leader, republician or democrat.
Palin's rise in popularity is in direct proportion to the disgust people feel over the Democrats trying to divide the country at every turn. It is no secret they would love nothing more than countless dead bodies flowing from Iraq, a US economy in shatters, and gas costing $5 a gallon. The problem is that the average US voter now sees them as the culprits, not the Republicans. Democrats have been controlling congress for 2 years and things are only getting worse by the day. Nobama is right about one thing – we need a change – from a Democrat controlled congress.
Great. A stranger from Alaska shows up, gives a great speech and then doesn't talk to the press. Everyone loves her because no one knows much about her. What is obvious is that she is an ultra right wing fundamentalist with pretty much the exact same mind set as the current failed administration--just how STUPID are americans!?!?
I'd rather have a VP with questionable experience than a President with questionable experience. Obama is the least qualified Presidential candidate EVER.
A companion Globe story alludes to Palin being McCain's 'Hail Mary" pass. I look at it differently. McCain was already catching up to Obama without Palin. Security and experience will eventually be the deciding factor and they belong to McCain. Obama tried to supplement his weakness with Biden, on the surface brilliantly thought out, but McCain knew he didn't need help with the 3:00 AM phone call or the experience issue so he went for a fresh face and a reformer to co-opt Obama's change Campaign.
Obama, may have out flanked Clinton with an unconventional primary strategy which capitalized the grass roots movement and caucus's, but McCain has clearly out flanked Obama by showing he doesn't need to be supplemented on primary voter issues, and he was able to steal Obama's fresh face chnage, now more eloquently called reformer message. Unless McCain some how implodes in the next 8 weeks, the presidency will belong to the GOP for the next 16 years, assuming that Palin runs on her own.
I am astounded that folks are falling for the change line from John McCain. Change what? The status quo? John McCain and Joe Lieberman pandering to the Bush administration? Paraphrasing Pogo, we have met the status quo and they be us. For crying out loud, think for yourselves people. It's the economy. It's the economy. Talk issues not platitudes, Talk Iraq, Russia, China, oil prices, foreclosures. Wake up Americans we cannot afford another 4 years of the same old same old.
Liberals and the main stream media are in panic mode over Palin. This is Obama's own fault. If he named Hillary to the ticket, McCain wouldn't have chosen Palin and Obama would be ahead in the polls by at least 15%. There hasn't been a presidential election this teed up for the opposition party since the Reagan/Carter debacle in 1980 and the Dems are seemingly letting it slip away.
But, good for Palin regardless. Make fun of her roots, or her beliefs, but at least she's not the typical millionare elitist that both parties tend to throw out there. She doesn't take private jets? Her husband is a blue collar union member? She didn't graduate from a snotty Ivy league school? She attends religious services regularly? Her daddy's name didn't get her elected? Why she must be stopped then!!!! Pretty pathetic if you ask me. Here's a little tip....she has more in common with the majority of Americans who are living paycheck to paycheck than anyone else on either ticket, or most members of Congress for that matter.
I'm Canadian and we just started our own election, Still this is interesting. Whiole all the actual issues go out the window Americans are getting swayed back into the G.Bush era just because there's a woman on the ticket now.....seems e have a scary, easily manipulated nuclear armed dying super-power next door. Maybe we should just build a wall along the Canadian-US border so that we don't have to watch you throw away your dignity.
You ultra-liberals just don't get it! Conservatives DO think and they reject the thoughts, goals and ideas of ultra-liberals like Obama! So are the stupid ones?
Jacob Weisberg: " if we don't elect Obama we'll be shamed before the entire world"
More from Weisberg: "If Obama loses, our children will grow up thinking of equal opportunity as a myth. His defeat would say that when handed a perfect opportunity to put the worst part of our history behind us, we chose not to. In this event, the world's judgment will be severe and inescapable: The United States had its day but, in the end, couldn't put its own self-interest ahead of its crazy irrationality over race."
If I had any doubts about "not" voting for Obama, they're gone. I will NOT be coerced into voting for Obama. Especially when I can help elect the first woman vice president.
The republicans claim they are going to be the ticket of change... it really doesn't matter who is on the ticket. The republicans are the thing that needs to be changed. They have been in control of our executive office for all but 12 of the 36 years I have been alive. If anyone of you can point to a year of proserity during those 36 years that doesn't include at least two nines let me know.
Why would anyone other than oil companies and gun manufacturers have any interest in the Republicans. If the arguement is they want smaller government then I'll tell you they are only decreasing the size of the government they created and it hasn't worked in 30 years. Making it smaller or bigger is pointless. It needs to be made better not smaller.
Palin can't even teach her own children to have enough respect for our system of government to avoid getting pregnant as a teenager when her mother is the gov. of the state. I mean seriously, what kind of example could these people possibly hope to set. If (as this article suggests) White Women are inclined to vote for Palin it's because she used the word Lipstick in a speech and that in itself is a historic moment for the small minded public who watch American Idol with more interest and concern than they apply to their own lives.
after cnn's special on McCain, I don't know how anyone could NOT vote for him. wow! there's a leader who won't fold under pressure, who stands up for the USA, who can take the bull by the horns. And, Palin, she's a real woman, with a real family!
The Army is hiring administrative people but there's an age limit of 41. Why is it ok. for a President to be in his 70's? I refuse to believe American Women will be idiotic enough to vote for Sarah Palin just because she is a woman. Hopefully Americans will vote more intelligently this time.
this nation is unbelievable. I don't think the Republicans could have found a vp pick that looks more like George Bush on paper than Sarah Palin.
What is wrong with you people?? It is extremely maddening as a Canadian to sit here and watch this going on. So, Sarah Palin's pick by McCain has given a bump in the polls for white women voters for the GOP camp?? Think about this for a minute. Did you ever think that the pick of Palin was meant to do just that? From my seat on the couch over here, this reeks of misogynist tactics. It basically says that women are so ignorant, that they will vote for the candidate for President merely because his running mate is a woman. I guess if Hillary was Obama's pick, all these women would be on the Dems side.
Also, let's look at what type of person this Palin is... Mother of five from Alaska. OK, so now she is on the campaign trail in the lower 48. I don't know of any mother who would leave her family thousands of miles away for so long. Sure she'll ride the party line by putting her "Country First", but in my opinion the only one that she is putting first is Sarah Palin herself. Do you not think that she should be putting her "Family First"?? Check it out, she has a 5 month old Down Syndrome baby who needs her attention now. Speaking of attention, how about the desperate cries coming from her daughter Bristol? I don't know anyone who wouldn't agree that her pregnancy is a plea for the attention of her mother who, rather than giving it to her, decides to vacate the home nest in quest of her career. Now that's certainly not putting the "Country First". Children are our future, they are first. The message that Sarah Palin is giving is quite contrary to that.
I'm sure some of you are saying that the children should be left alone in this campaign, which I agree with. However, Sarah Palin herself uses her son's military service at every chance she gets. If she is so eager to talk about his service, certainly she opens up the discussion about other members of her family. This is called convenient contradiction and it stinks.
I watched idly by in 2004 as you guys voted for another 4 years of George W Bush and at the time it made me lose all my faith in Americans. You have the chance now to right the wrongs of the last 8 years and I deeply fear that you will again show the world that you can be duped by the Republican propaganda machine. Don't do it!
As a Canadian I can tell you that the view of Americans in the rest of the world is at an all time low. Another 4 years of the GOP will continue this downward trend. When you think about "Country First", think about what that really means. After all, to use an expression: "When America sneezes, the whole world gets a cold".
Palin is a conservative's wet dream. At least that's the best explanation that I can come up with. She has proven what a sterling example like her can have on their family, she's proven her complete denial of the overwhelming evidence of man-made climate change, she's even proven how her steadfast stand against sex education pays off (thank you, daughter Bristol).
The only reason someone like her could possibly boost McCain's poll ratings and fundraising must be because conservative women are desperate for one of their own to be in the spotlight, and conservative men are desperate for a sexy poster that can make them look patriotic.
I swear I'm moving to China or France if Americans elect McCain.
Despite my gripes with this administration, I'll take 8 more years of Bush than top turn the country socialist any day of the week.
Visit Canada, Most of Europe for a taste of socialism. Everybody is poor equally. I know, I from Canada and been to Europe and live here in the States because its simply the best country in the world, well "it has been". This is exactly what Obama believes in and proposes. There is nothing "New" There. Its not change. see the Carter years, its the exact same policies Obama is peddling masked as "change". Please, try to actually "listen" to what this guy is actually "saying"
Half of you Americans are just plain stupid,and spoiled. Maybe you deserve your country to turn socialist
To NewCitizen;
What a joke! After 50 years of fighting communism, we might elect one to President?
Face it ,this is the Demo election to loose. if they had chosen a candidate with substance, yes, even Hillary would have been better. They would not be so worried. If demos loose, the have only themselves to blame. When will they learn that the majority of Americans are either moderates or conservatives. We want better than GWB but the demos don't seem to be able to find anyone that even comes close to middle American values.
In a country that buys lite beer and Hummers, Sarah Palin is no surprise
If Palin were pro choice , in favor of raising taxes, and weakening
national defence i.e. a liberal democrat she with be lionized
by the dems and their press lackeys with exactly the same
personal circumstances in her life. Incidently, I am pro choice
but one cannot have it all, all the time. Compromise is sometimes
needed.
not ready for Prime time. Not ready for President. End of story.
LOL you liberals in MA are so scared that a real politician with real accomplishments is rightfully becoming a rising star. The other side has ummm oh wait there are none.
Now we might have Washington reformed and babies like all humans will be protected and not murdered.
It is so amazinmg that America has come to this, a popularity contest and not on substance. This woman we hardly know is running for the highest office in the world and now some uneducated Americans are so caught up with this media frenzy and willing to vote for McCain. Sorry America you deserve what you get another 4 more years of Bush if Republicans get in and you know what demorats should do, sit back and do nothing when republicans take control of the white house. Let them take our country out of the mess, do think they could with 8 years of broken Washington under Republican administration??? Our country's economy is down the toilet and Republications are responsible for that and now with this inexperienced VP pick you guys willing to vote for McCain. I am an independent and have now tilted towards Obama, voting Obama/Biden 2008, independent and I am voting Obama after McCains VP pick
I love it... All you libs are freaking out right now.
I think these poll numbers speak to the disgust Americans feel towards men who get hair plugs.
I think it was a stellar pick for McCain's campaign, but not a good pick at all for the American people. As proven from her acceptance speech, she's a very divisive politician who holds some very extreme views on certain issues. The fact that she's only committing to staged interviews with the media is just another indication that she's not ready for the position. She herself admitted that she didn't know what a vice president's role was.
Not every republican is pro-life. That is just the view the simple minded left hangs on to. Many republicans like myself are pro-choice. Roe vs Wade will never be overturned, any intelligent being knows that. Even pro-life canidates accept that fact.
Republicans care more about limited government and lower taxes. A strong national defense and fair treatment for all. Freedom from government interference is one of our biggest concerns.
The angry left will continue to hammer Palin on issues most americans don't care about. Liberals just don't understand america and americans.
Why liberals consider themselves intelligent, when they are wrong so much of the time, is one of the true wonders of the universe.
well of course... she's a loud mouth "hockey mom." You know how many suburbanite moms around this country finally are thrilled that they have someone representing them in terms of what they do and who they are? Look at the Polls!!!! DO they even know she's staunchly against abortion, gay rights and even wants to censor books in libraries??? Probably not!!!!! Should they vote for McCain simply for the reason that she's like them? obviously not, but again as I state in almost everyone of my entries... this has NOTHING TO DO QUALIFICATIONS. IT'S A POPULAROTY CONTEST AND UNTIL THE DEM'S FIGURE THAT OUT WE WILL LOSE EVERY IMPORTANT ELECTION. We are a dumb country and the GOP knows this... that's why they make such a big deal over gay marriage, flag pins and other ridiculous non issues.
May God help us should these two get elected.
WHO are "THEY" polling? America is just not that crazy. We know what is happening to our country -- and Palin for "Vice President" is truly truly not the answer - nor should it be garnering this much hype. The media should be ashamed of itself for promoting such garbage when we should be focusing on Obama and McCain's differences. Plus it is so very obvious that Joe Biden is the most experienced of them all, and whose side is he on? And one more thing, women do not vote for gender, we vote for substance of which Palin has none.
Palin = Cheney, only less informed.
Anyone who thinks you will get change from McCain and Palin, has to listen to his policy talk...It matches the policies of the previous administration.
Palin didn't even know what Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae are!
I told him to pick Clinton but he did not listen......
well the Republicans are being smart by not letting her talk to the press. She has too many skeletons in her closet that are slowly starting to come out that would destroy McCain's campaign. Oh and for anyone who says that McCain made a good pick, give me a break he did not pick her, his group picked her. This man talked to her one time and seen her one time prior to her being picked as the VP
Let Palin talk to the media so they can hit her with the hard facts that she is just as corrupt as any other politician. She is so great, that is why she wanted to censor books in her town she was mayor in, lets also not forget that she fired the safety commissioner after he refused to fire her ex brother in law who was a CHP officer.
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Ask your dear lover Barrack Hussen Obama and the demorat about muslim. They are very close to them.
It's really very simple. McCain is an INDEPENDENT Republican. Obama is a very LIBERAL Democrat. Palin is an INDEPENDENT Republican. Biden is a very LIBERAL Democrat. The Democrats recieve only the LIBERAL votes. McCain Palin recieve the Republican votes AND the INDEPENDENT votes. How did this happen? Apparently the most mistified people in this are the very LIBERAL Media. If the LIBERAL Media had been honest, perhaps the Democrats wouldn't have such a LIBERAL Nominee. Too Bad. This is what happens with a dishonest media.
So Sorry.
Your a bunch of idiots.
As was said, study the facts and her record.
Don't you know that when you start name calling it just makes you sound stupid.
Look at Obama's record. I have and it just does not add up to what he is saying.
If you want the same do nothing politics vote Obama.
It's sad when all you can do is parrot the talking points. Do Your Own Homework and stop looking at what others are saying as fact. The internet is full of Lies and you people soak it all up as fact. Get a brain of your own and look at the records.
Unbelievable! Surely this country can collectively muster enough brains to see through this daytime soap opera character - or is everyone addicted to the National Enquirer?
Type your comment here...Obama had a chance to select a strong woman as his running mate but never even vetted her for the job. Instead he chose Joe Biden. I don't think there was much 'change' in that. John McCain comes to town and made change happen by putting a strong woman on his ticket. While others talked the talk, John McCain walked the walk.
I saw a video yesterday of a talk Palin gave at her church. She is Assembly of God (same as John Ashcroft), Pentecostal and likely has and/or does speak in tongues. She appears to believe that US foreign policy should be carried out as a form of worship to her version of the Christian God. This can mean that she prays to see Armegeddon begin in the Middle East as the necessary precursor to the ascent to heaven of all believers. Pat Robertson visited Israel during the Israel-Lebonon war to let the Jews know of the "special" place they hold in the hearts of Evangelicals. That "special" place is that Israel must expand its borders to prescribed Biblical positions and must ultimately plunge into a great war in order for the Christian prophecies to be realized. More Bush?
Chosen because she is a woman and McCain is convinced that there a plenty Hillary supporters out there who still want a woman President but will settle for a woman vice president.
However, I want to hear her speak to me and tell me what she can do for me. I want to hear her voice instead of McCain's and the GOP. I'm still waiting to hear what McCain can do for me. He's not giving me specifics which I have heard from Obama. McCain spends too much time tearing into Obama and discrediting what he says he can do without actually saying what he can do. But that's politics people don't seem to be interested in the issues just the smears and lies.
Well, Evelyn, since the subject of new life is 'between a woman and her God,' the answer is simple: He has already spoken quite clearly on that. The answer is no. We are not free to do whatever we will with our bodies or with that of the infant in our womb. We belong to God, we are created by Him and are in reality temples of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit of God lives within us. The answer to abortion is to choose to live a chaste life - and particularly if we wish to be treated with true honor and respect. No man respects a woman with whom he can sleep at will, knowing that should a baby become part of their relationship, he can count on her to 'get rid of it.' Pretty sad commentary on the (lack of) true character in many men today. Choose to live a life of honor, true dignity, and self-respect. It pays the greatest benefits in the years to come. God bless you.
If the people of this country actually fall for someone like Palin and the Republicans win the election, I am going to consider jumping ship and moving to another land, because the USA will have ceased to exist for me.
What have we turned into? Are we really this stupid and ill-informed?
What is going on with the press anyway? Where are the important questions for Palin that they should be asking? Seriously!
COME ON PEOPLE WAKE UP BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE FOR AMERICA!!!
I'd rather hang by my nails than contemplate an America run by McCain & Palin!
Please, enough is enough. 8 Years of Bush-Cheney was enough!
Palin is the political spawn of Cheney and Physllis Shafley!
I am slightly confused. I am pretty sure the media has done a fair job on telling the masses where Palin stands on most issues. She is a conservative on most of the issues. Bevan was fairly accurate in the description of Palin as "a staunch conservative, pro-guns, anti-choice, pro-creationism and the opposite of a fiscal conservative." Although I think she is relatively fiscally conservative, I believe the liberal intelligentsia must understand that those values are important to a wide swath of the American public. Its counter-productive to resort to name calling and personality bashing just because someone does not share your beliefs. Same goes for the conservatives. Let's move beyond name calling. If a candidate is more closely aligned with your beliefs, vote for that candidate. Quit acting like 3rd graders and lets move into intelligent discourse.
What is wrong with America? Sarah Palin is a nightmare. She opposes sex education and reproductive rights for women. She's a member of the NRA. She has no concern for wolves, polar bears, or the beautiful Alaska wilderness. She used to want Alaska to secede from the union and her husband still does (for whatever reason? Isn't this treasonous or not patriotic?) What was McCain thinking? I thought the man was supposed to be reasonable. There is nothing reasaonable or humane about Palin. Sexism was rampant against Senator Clinton, so why is this self-professed soccor mom being touted as vice-presidential material? She's the medieval version of June Cleaver. Let's move into the future people!
Dal - You are truly ignorant to compare christians with muslim extremists.
LJS - I have read alot about Sarah Palin since the announcement - both the good and the bad. Nobody is perfect - but she is the candidate most closely aligned with my values.
Bevan - As I said above - I have read alot about Sarah Palin's political views. So no - not everyone is making an uninformed decision.
Obama and company were clever to use the caucus system to eke out a victory over a much more qualified candidate in the democratic primary. He could have chosen that much more qualified candidate to be his running mate, but lacked the courage to make a choice for women in America. Clever is not good enough to be president. If he had acted presidential, we wouldn't even be having this discussion.
You people are just a bunch of liberal Nitwits who want to instill socialism in our great Nation and the sorry Media is in your pockets. Palin is a breath of fresh air and when the smoke clears, she will be the best Vice President ever. I'm just an Independent who is fed up with both the Democrats and Liberal Republicans
Keep attacking, folks, it's having a great effect on the poll numbers.
Maverick/SarahCuda '08
Who is Palin? I don't know her.
You are all out of your minds!!! Sarah is a breath of fresh air that will help lead our country back onto the right track. It has only been since the Dems took over Congress (2 years ago and paralized the country) that everything has crashed around us. When McCain wins, Sarah will be VP for 4 years, then President for the next 8. Beyond that... we should be ready for Mitt Romney to take over. If this country is truly lucky, we could actually have another 20 years of Republicans at the helm. This will be just what the country (and the world) needs to eliminate terrorism and deal with China... Never forget 9/11/01
NOBAMMA!!!
Palin's popularity is as high as it will ever be. When people find out she would outlaw abortion even in instances of rape and incest, when people find out that she became mayor of a town of 6000-9000 with $0 in long term debt and left the post of Mayor of Wasilla with the town $22,000,000 in debt, when people find out that she doesn't believe in global warming, when people find out that she tried to fire a librarian because she wouldn't ban certain books that upset her, when people find out that she fired a police chief for wanting to change last call from 5:00 am to 2:00 am and her state security director for not stepping above his authority and taking extra judicial actions to fire her state trooper brother in law during a nasty divorce and custody hearing, when people find out that she didn't know that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; institutions that hold half the home mortgages in her state were privately funded until this recent proposed bailout, when people find out that her husband was a part of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party and that she encouraged them to 'keep up the good work' at their convention just last year.... The shine will be taken off.
Seriously, I don't know how right wingers excuse membership in a party that wants to secede from the US in this day and age. Inexperience is ok with me if you can prove that you have a good grasp of the issues. Sarah Palin doesn't know the issues that face most of us, her views are more right wing than Dick Cheney and her abuse of power smacks way too much of Bushism.
The "right to choose" what happens to your body is a myth.
You cannot take drugs.
You cannot be a prostitute (in most places)
You cannot even legally commit suicide.
But the pro-choice people don't argue against those laws.
Many people believe abortion is murder. Arguing that a woman should get to choose because it is her body has no legal foundation. (Except, of course, for the Roe Vs. Wade decision which had no basis in legal foundations and has not given anyone additional freedoms since)
Seems people want to elect themselves, thinking they are qualified. So why not Palin, someone we have never heard of. So she went to 5 schools in 4 years and it is unclear if she graduated. Who knows what she really thinks. Oh and lets just have all our kids get married at 17 and have kids, that will be fine. Ideally we can all be uneducated have a failing economy and not get taxed. Sure that makes sense.
The "right to choose" what happens to your body is a myth.
You cannot take drugs.
You cannot be a prostitute (in most places)
You cannot even legally commit suicide.
But the pro-choice people don't argue against those laws.
Many people believe abortion is murder. Arguing that a woman should get to choose because it is her body has no legal foundation. (Except, of course, for the Roe Vs. Wade decision which had no basis in legal foundations and has not given anyone additional freedoms since)
People are ignorant. Stop letting the media influence your decisions and your behavior. We have a free country worth fighting for and the media keeps dividing our country. We have two great guys running for office and both want a better country.
We want a free country, a secure country, a strong economic country, and a country that treats people equally. When you cast your vote, please vote for the person that will help ensure this country's stability and growth. Vote for the person, not the party. Remember, all presidential candidates can make promises but it requires congress's approval. Stop fighting each other and let's build a greater America together.
From reading the first 10 comments, I can see why people from the East Coast, Boston, etc, really do look down on those of us who live in "middle America."
You use terms like "milf" and "trash" to describe her, state that no one knows her, yet her politics are abominable, because they are conservative. You hate Bush, because he's not like you, but he's keep us safe for 7 years. But overall, he has not been destructive or a failure for this country.
Yes, through the political process we need to learn more about Palin. Yet, the media have been very reluctant to really investigate Obama's dealings with some shady characters. But herein lies the hypocrasy.
In my study of the differences between conservatism and liberalism, I find that liberals are the least tolerant of the two groups, especially if you don't agree with them.
I am from Romania and I congratulate McCain for his choice , Palin is fantastic !
We love her here in Romania too!
It has been said that we get the government we deserve...and if we are foolish enough to vote for a Palin ticket...we may get something we will regret.
She is a fun- with -a -gun inexperience politician from a state with a population less than many cities.
She was mayor of a burg of around 6,000 and was almost recalled from that.
She demanded resignations as a sign of loyality in this city.
She tried to get her ex-son-in-law fired and then got his boss fired.
There is a reason her nick-name is Sarah Barracuda.
If you want Obama to win the only way is to get young people out to vote. Sara Palin has achieved rock star status with political views that take us back to the Cave man. She would like to reverse everything woman and minorities have achieved. The media will not help us. They are controlled by Rupert Murdock and friends. The only media beyond their control is the internet. Get your kids to post on MySpace and Facebook encouraging their friends to vote for Obama. It is they who will suffer in the years to come if the religious take over our government.
Palin is a joke for VP. She doesn't have a clue about the world outside of Alaska lol. You vote for the top of the ticket and being associated with McCain is her deathnell in politics. She better head back to the great north where she can get some more per diem for living at home at taxpayers expense......
The moment I heard this woman was McCain's VP choice I was terrified. But what's become more terrifying is the support she's getting. Men are "excited", women are cheering. Forget her lack of credentials and backward positions on personal freedom, the planet, evolution, war, etc, the woman hunts and can field-dress a moose. You'd think she was running against Davy Crocket. You'd also think that eight years of Republican blunders and deceptions would be enough. Nope. The Right has someone they can really rally around, someone fully prepared to lead us...straight back to the 19th century.
Palin is what is wrong with America. She is mean spirited, negative, short sited, two faced, duplicitous and so far out of step with intelligent people that it is laughable. I feel sorry for the misguided people who can't understand that McCain has sold his soul to the religous right and is no more of a reformer than Bush. Four more years of this crew and we'll be in the same sad economic shape with more war, poverty and disappointment. President Palin; if that doesn't chill your blood; nothing will. She is a "bridge to nowhere".
Why do people like Dal refer to Christian's as "whackos"?
And why are so many people so God-phobic?
Considering He created you... whether you believe it or not is irrelevant.
Our country is built on the free expression of our religion.
Look around you and see how many churches there are.
Maybe that will give you a clue of how much in the minority you are
and the complete lack of the "tolerance" so many of you God-haters advocate.
What arrogance--belittling God! I'm glad He is patient.
But if you choose to hate God, I guess it only makes sense you would also attack those who love and show allegience to Him.
Consider that if God is real, He has a right to assert His requirements on us.
He doesn't have to ask your permission.
How can those who shake their puny fists at Him expect him to bless them?
OMG... she's so beautiful... and she has five children... she's so cute in fact, I'm going to ignore the fact that she's an extremist kook and vote for HER and what's-his-face, that old guy whose name I forget.
Well, I think that most of the folks on this particular comment page are thinking patriotic americans. Other comments are not so endowed. Sometimes I read the same comments on several other commenting areas. It is so much that it is hard to read. I think that whoever is monitoring the comment area needs to limit so that it does not become a shouting match.
Anyway, I agree with all of the comments. Let's go our there and let them hear us loud and clear.
good night and good luck.
Palin will be the end of the world as we know it.
It is plain to see why Palin was not on Meet The Press or has not conducted any other interview since she was "Starlighted" 10 days ago. She is a "Paper Pit Bull" with the hightlight on Bull. If she showed me some substance and knowledge on current affairs such as the economy, health insurance costs, the nine trillion dollar federal debt (doubled since Bush got in), social security and maybe a clear view on the war, this Hillary supporter may have thought to support her. Sorry, I was born at night but, not last night. The Republicans may try to hide her longer to keep her popularity up but, just as surely as the sun sets, we all willl see her for the liar she is. Sold the jet on EBAY, a lie, stopped the bridge to nowhere, and kept the money? She really should just go back to Alaska and forget she was ever picked to run with that hot head McCain. I want to hear how the republicans are going to deal with the issues. They can stop running thier adds saying Obama is going to raise taxes. The truth is he will, for the rich.
McCain's main point against Obama is Obama's lack of experience. Palin has less than two years of experience as governor of Alaska. I'm supposed to believe that that's okay because governing is "executive experience"?
Alaska has less people than Monroe County, NY. Executive experience? Psh.
The one substantial thing Palin can say is that she opposed the "Bridge to Nowhere" project. I hope everyone informs themselves enough to realize that she backed the project until the public deemed it unfavorable, then she flip flopped. She had even called it "crucial" to Alaska's economy.
The truth is that Palin is nothing but a desperate hail mary that no educated American will fall for. Hillary Clinton's female supporters have already seen through the bull. McCain-Palin are going to take a big hit in the polls once Palin actually talks to the press and stumbles over more terms like "nuclear proliferation".
McMaverick has become McClassic.
You guys really act like the whole USA is ran by just the president. When in fact they are just a poster politican for a bigger agenda.
Look beyond this box were in and find out the truth.
Any wich way were screwed which one is going to hurt less
I'm disappointed in Palin as choice for VP and very uncomfortable at the thought of her taking over as president if McCain passes while in office. This woman does not stand for hope... she stands for big money and environmental negligence. I fret to think if she is ever in control of sex education in schools. I won't raise my children to be ignorant about safe sex!
Well, Evelyn, since the subject of new life is 'between a woman and her God,' the answer is simple: He has already spoken quite clearly on that. The answer is no. We are not free to do whatever we will with our bodies or with that of the infant in our womb. We belong to God, we are created by Him and are in reality temples of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit of God lives within us. The answer to abortion is to choose to live a chaste life - and particularly if we wish to be treated with true honor and respect. No man respects a woman with whom he can sleep at will, knowing that should a baby become part of their relationship, he can count on her to 'get rid of it.' Pretty sad commentary on the (lack of) true character in many men today. Choose to live a life of honor, true dignity, and self-respect. It pays the greatest benefits in the years to come. God bless you.
It's horribly depressing and a very worrisome statement about the voting public. Don't people read anymore? If they did they would know she has been lying about being against the Pork Barrel Bridge. And about selling the jet on eBay. I thought it was important to have a VP not lie. How about her extreme views on a woman's rights, on no sex education, on banning books from libraries that offend her, on saying out loud we need to pray to make people not be gay anymore and on and on. We just cannot have someone that extreme in the white house in any role. And it really says horrible things about McCain, someone who as little as 6 years ago this lifelong Democrat was very interested in voting for. How do we get people back on track looking at what the candidates stand for, what they will do and stop focusing on this silly superficial stuff?
So we should vote Palin in because she's a 'breath" of fresh air. Based on what?
Snarky, elitist comments and a plasticized bouffant?
Proves once again that no one will ever suffer underestimating the intelligence of the American people.
Palin is the most hollow and transparent VP choice there could possibly be. She is nothing more than a shallow symbol to attract the same religious zealots that put George W. Bush in office.
We could potentially have a 72-year old president who has undergone several skin cancer operations-- and the person to emerge behind him is someone who just a few years ago was mayor of an Alaskan town of 5,000 who doesn't even have an OPINION or real stance on Iraq, or any global foreign policy for that matter. The Republicans are putting our whole country at extreme risk just for the sake of winning an election.
She immediately fired everyone once she was governor because she prefers to surround herself with people who agree with her. People who know her think she takes disagreements personally, and while there's no proof yet I think it's pretty clear that the man who divorced her sister was a sent a message. She is corrupt and selfish, as what parent (whether male or female) would take such a high profile and busy job as Vice President of the United States when they have a young child with down syndrome and their daughter is expecting? She is too power hungry to put her family first.
Electing a black person just because of their race will be a huge setback for race relations, and a terrible symbol of lingering racism.
It is interesting how quickly liberals lose their devotion to "diversity" and being "open-minded" when a woman or an African-American is conservative. They are devoted to socialism first, then they can pay attention to "diversity" after that.
And how quickly they call people "trash" when they don' conform to their world view. That is mighty open-minded, eh?
Face it Obamaphiles, your guy failed his first test as nominee. He picked the wrong guy as VP. Obama had no confidence in his message of "change". If he did he would have picked someone that was more of a change agent like Kane of VA or the female Gov of MO, Sibelius??
Obama flinched with Biden. That gave McCain an opening to take Palin and really helped him with his own message of "change".
Obama is acting like a loser. He has been acting like that ever since he got started in politics. He got elected to the IL State Senate by getting his opponents kicked off the ballot - not by the strength of his message. He got into the US Senate by exposing his opponents divorce records which caused his opponent to withdraw and then the Republicans put up a nut job Alan Keyes. Then against HIllary he won by the tactic of focusing on the caucus states early. When he became the front runner and had no caucus states left he got beaten like a rented mule by Hillary in the last primaries.
Obama is a loser. He is going down because now he has to win on his own merits.
Picking BIden awas a BIG MISTAKE. Palin is stealing the eelction for McCain.
It is articles like this that perpetuate her celebrity. I've seen some news reports about her political past, but she's not getting near the negative press the McCain campaign is claiming - in fact it's quite the opposite. She's gotten a pass from the media and hasn't even deigned to sit down for an interview since her scripted speech at the convention where she was full of nastiness, negativity. Why she's so popular is beyond me. I hope she'll show us some substance before Election Day but somehow I doubt she will.
#71: Palin is fantastic? IN WHAT WAY?? So far, all she's been is a fantastic distraction. What has she done that's "fantastic"?? She's a PTA president gone wild ... who cares if she's cute and feisty, these are not qualifications for VP. Anyway, she's not the one running for president, McCain and Obama are and I wish people would get back to the business of talking about the actual presidential candidates.
Eye candy, that is all she is. Nothing between the ears. That is why the McCain camp is keeping her away from the press. They with cherry pick who they want interviewing her because the right journalist will pick her apart.
This ticket of McSame/Puke is a joke. Damn she's hot.
"I swear I'm moving to China or France if Americans elect McCain."
Better start packing. Oh, if you choose France then you might want to pack your burqa....
Palin was a genius pick by McCain. Her experience vastly outweighs that of Obama's. So, if libs say that she doesn't have the credentials, then what exactly does that say about your presidential candidate?
This undereducated, ignorant woman who thinks that God has an economic plan for alaska and a battle plan for the US makes an absolute mockery of the progress women have made in this country. 5 colleges in 6 years, to come away with a bachelors degree in journalism. I have a bachelors degree in journalism. you want to know how much I learned about math, science, government, law, the constitution? NOTHING. And I did it in 4 years, from Temple University, one of the finest schools in the country for the major.
I can remember when having an education was considered a good thing for the President of America.
If Obama's "Change You Can Believe In" is anything like Deval's - I'll pass thank you very much. My property taxes have gone up 20% since he promised some relief.
Not all "CHANGE" is good - and just look at Europe (which is swinging back towards conservatism) - socialism isn't good for anyone who works for a living.
I have no interest in a socialist who wants to tax and spend us into a depression.
Go McCain/Palin!
The Republicans have, and continue to run, a very negative campaign. John McCain and Sarah Palin are nuts. If you look into Palin's history, you will find that she is a extremely dishonest person. She stated in her biography that she attended a certain college in Hawaii. The Associated Press (AP) checked into it and found that the Hawaiian college had no record of her ever attending there. Palin states that she fought against the so-called 'Bridge To Nowhere' in Alaska. In fact, she fought hard to have that bridge constructed until she could not get funding for it and the project died, then she changed her stance on having it built. She still used millions to have a road built to the nonexistent bridge. Those were only a few of her exposed skeletons with more to come. John McCain is no different. McCain steals ideas from Barack Obama. Barack started his campaign around the theme of 'Change'; now McCain has stole that. I will keep supporting Barack Obama.
Liberals are supposed to be about free speech and no censorship.
How about demonstrating some "Polital Intelligence!" and
discussion issues instead of one-sided name-calling?
People, people, people. Why all the harping on 4 more years of Bush politics? McCain is not Bush and if you look clearly at the past 8 years, you will see that the economy was not in any trouble until Congress became dominated by the Democrats. Someone will have to pay for all the programs that Obama wants and we all know it will be the average American. These programs will increase taxes faster that you can say, "Why the heck did I vote for Obama?"
Hey Tim from Canuckville!
At least we diginity to throw away!
McCain has one of the worst voting records on women's issues...a trophy wife and a beauty queen as a running mate. If you are a woman thinking of voting this into office, get your out your approns and turn the clocks back to the 50s. Perhaps you should read up on women's history and all the work women have done to get us to where we are today and start to understand what you'll be throwing away. Is this what you want for our daughters?
The media has fawned over Palin like she was a rock star and refused to ask her tough questions. Why was Obama pilloried for being associated with a pastor who simply stated, with strength and verve, that America has a racist past, while Palin has been associated with the most radical wing of the Assemblies of God for her entire life, part of the "Toronto Blessing" movement that most evangelical Christians abhor as satanic and dangerous? Why isn't Palin questioned about her apocalyptic beliefs that Jesus will return in her lifetime, or about her husband's membership in a fringe political party that caters to the militia movement that spawned Timothy McVeigh and those of that ilk? That's just the tip of the iceberg.
In todays News Obama says"You cant just reinvant yourself."When addressing Palins not accepting "pork"spending in Alaskas"bridge to nowhere."Well from what I hear,and heard from him over the past year is exactly that.He keeps reinventing himself.He's done it over and over again,to suit whatever the moment dictates.Or whatever is expediant for his purposes.Talk about political hypocrisy!?He's disguarding friends of twenty years standing.His most trusted people.Disguarding them like so much garbage.What does this man believe?What will he do to us?What will he promise us?Just to win the Presidency.Will he keep any?Or will he disguard them,and us?Once he's won?These are hard questions,we must ask ourselves.We need honesty from all the candidates.The stakes are too high for anything else.We must demand honest answers.From all of them.This election is too important,not too!
First of all, I voted for Hillary in the primaries. Some of you may know that Bernie Sanders is the only professed socialist in the US senate. Back in 2006, Obama campaigned for him in Vermont. Since the two senators have served together, Obama has voted to the LEFT of Bernie Sanders. Does that give you any clue as to where Obama will take this country? To the LEFT of a known socialist?? Now, I know that anyone on this board with any brains at all knows what lies to the left of socialism: COMMUNISM folks!!! You think it's bad now? Just wait till the government starts telling you where you can live, who you will work for, how much you can earn, HOW MANY CHILDREN YOU CAN HAVE. Sound familiar???? Sorry, but Obama is just a little too scary for me. Being liberal minded is one thing, taking the country so far away from democracy is a totally different matter.
While the following comments were intended for Gov. Sarah Palin, they can be equally said about B. Hussein Obama and he's running for President!
"not ready for Prime time. Not ready for President. End of story."
Posted by Paul NY September 9, 08 10:45 AM
"Another sad reflection on the love affair of Americans with trash and refusal to give any thought to anything."
Posted by MomofDecentGirl September 9, 08 10:23 AM
"It is so amazing that America has come to this, a popularity contest and not on substance."
Posted by Tanya September 9, 08 10:46AM
I also agree with the above posting that pointed out how intolerant liberals from Boston/ East Coast are towards those who do not believe lock-step with them. For a group of people who openly proclaim how open-minded and "let's look at both sides before making a decision", they are THE MOST close-minded and one-sided thinkers I have ever met. Your elitist east coast secondary school and university educations have taught you to tune out other's opinions and to trash people's characters if they do not believe exactly what you believe.
It's pretty sad actually.
I live in one of the most liberal college towns in America. Our college was the first co-educational college in the country. We were a stop along the Underground Railroad during pre-Civil War. And yet the hate-filled remarks seen on this board are never heard out there. We have civil discussions and do not bash each other in such crude and intolerant ways. All that does is weaken your argument and make you look very very small indeed.
I think that being critical of her for being new on the scene is stupid. Obama is basically new to the national scene save for a few well written speeches over the last few months. Yes, her policies are scary but she does have executive experience which is a lot more than Obama has. He has promised us all sorts of pie-in-the-sky things that are dubious to any reasonable person.
Hillary should have been our candidate, not Obama. He's simply not electable and what's worse is that when he loses, it will completely send the Democratic party into chaos. What does it say about Obama that he's not leading by more given the extreme unpopularity with the current President and party. So, people better get used to Palin since she's going to be our VP. Obama supporters; you will have done this to us by falling victim to his false promises.
I am amazed that a non-science, Christian person is supported by many. Perhaps not many people have incurable diseases which stem cell research could help. I am a christian (small C) but am threatened by those capital C Christians who feel they have the only God and all the right answers. I revere the Chinese culture which, according to Creationists couldn't have been around since the world began with Adam and Eve about 3,000 years ago. What about seeing God as the holy spirit of trust, love, consideration, good, tolerance, and kindness instead of a white man with a beard who takes the responsibility off the individual to act in a godly way and instead whose will shall be done? The pick of Sara Palin is very scary to me.
I think Sarah Palin is a total babe. I hope she does win the election, then I can drool over her for 4 years at least. I do not care one bit what she believes or stands for. Any woman who looks that much better than most women I see gets my vote, hands down!
I find the Conservative comments on this board amusing. To listen to them, you'd think that America was humming along fine until the Democrats took over Congress less than 2 years ago, that Obama is a Communist, that the media which refuses to ask McPalin any hard questions is somehow "biased" against them (I guess they even think that FOX News is part of the "liberal media"), that bloggers who uncover unsavory details about Palin's past and religion are really just "angry," and Palin is just so cute and sexy that the Conservatives have trouble spelling correctly because their hands are busy doing something other than typing. If that seems like reality to you, seek professional help immediately. They may have a pill for you.
after reading most of the comments here I am ashamed to live in this state.
I can't believe how far left you people are. I am convinced that 95% of the residents of this state are Communist / Soicialists .
If you people really feel this way please move to Russia
I am waiting for the debate to actually make my choice of who I favor as a vice president, but in no way will it sway my vote as to the next president of the U.S. That is who I will be voting for, which is hard lately. I have been leaning towards Obama because he is a Dem, but lately all I hear are two subjects "Bush, Bush, and Bush" is one...I don't even hear the name McCain from his campaign anymore, and also when someone gives a speech, as in McCain's speech on education, then Obama goes with the same idea and gives us the same, such as the education and charter school speech he gave yesterday. What are his ideas?...not McCain's, Biden's or Palin's. Once I hear them, I will then judge who I will vote for. Maybe the debates will be more enlightening. Please, Mr. Obama, tell us where you stand so we can have a fair and enlightened vote.
She's on board with sending our sons and daughters to die for oil, if you're okay with that you either don't have a son or daughter or care more about your V-8.
And yes, I know her son is deploying with the Infantry, what kind of a mother wants her son in harms way and calls it "Gods will"?
What else do you really need to know?
To the democrats: If you can't get dumb people to vote for you than who is the real dummy?
What substance has Obama shown?
Your guy didn't exaclty sweep the democratic nomination what makes you think it would be easier in the general election?
You can tell who is ahead by the attacks.
What's new, another loss for the democrats?. This is pretty much the way it has been for the last fifty years you should be used to it by now.
I am a former Canadian and I'll say this: Canada sucks.
Tough questions have not yet been asked of Biden. How come he did not serve in the army during the Vietnam war? Five college deferments followed by a disqualification due to a medical condition - asthma????? Was that just a bogus excuse to avoid service - he was quite an athlete in college. So far it appears Biden's military service pales in comparison even to George Bush's stint in the National Guard. I did not think anyone could make George Bush seem like a highly decorated war hero - other than Biden. NEWSMEDIA - please do your due diligence and let the public know what you uncover.
What some of you do not seem to understand, is that elections are not decided by the left OR by the right, but by the middle … and the middle likes Sarah Palin. They like her because she’s got a good VALUE SYSTEM. Having a good value system matters to the middle more than having an Ivy League degree.
You are only starting to see the beginning of the McCain surge in the polls … and you are scared (and we know it).
VALUES MATTER … not to you, but to the middle.
The more you bash her, the more out of touch with the middle you appear (you know that as well, but just can’t help yourself).
McCain/Palin ‘08 - Because values matter.
I am appalled by the whole thing. The GOP's focus on religious pageantry and ingratiating talk over effective, meaningful politics is sure to lead this country down the same path of the last 8 years. Separation of Church and State has become an illusion and I, for one, am deeply troubled by this. I have a feeling that even if the Democrats were to win all the debates and prove a far better choice for all the right reasons, the Republicans will still win because they are far better strategists and have their finger on the pulse of Revivalist Politics. Not to mention the "Politics of Resentment," as Paul Krugman has so eloquently put it. America is fortunate to have a man like Obama running for the Presidency. For our sake, I hope more of us see this and vote for the right reasons this time around.
Well, Evelyn, since the subject of new life is 'between a woman and her God,' the answer is simple: He has already spoken quite clearly on that. The answer is no. We are not free to do whatever we will with our bodies or with that of the infant in our womb. We belong to God, we are created by Him and are in reality temples of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit of God lives within us. The answer to abortion is to choose to live a chaste life - and particularly if we wish to be treated with true honor and respect. No man respects a woman with whom he can sleep at will, knowing that should a baby become part of their relationship, he can count on her to 'get rid of it.' Pretty sad commentary on the (lack of) true character in many men today. Choose to live a life of honor, true dignity, and self-respect. It pays the greatest benefits in the years to come. God bless you.
Well, Evelyn, since the subject of new life is 'between a woman and her God,' the answer is simple: He has already spoken quite clearly on that. The answer is no. We are not free to do whatever we will with our bodies or with that of the infant in our womb. We belong to God, we are created by Him and are in reality temples of the Holy Spirit, because the Spirit of God lives within us. The answer to abortion is to choose to live a chaste life - and particularly if we wish to be treated with true honor and respect. No man respects a woman with whom he can sleep at will, knowing that should a baby become part of their relationship, he can count on her to 'get rid of it.' Pretty sad commentary on the (lack of) true character in many men today. Choose to live a life of honor, true dignity, and self-respect. It pays the greatest benefits in the years to come. God bless you.
I think they will try to shield her from the press as much as possible because most Americans would be highly alarmed by her views. Grampy McCain is an old fellah and this woman could realistically become President.
As a Jewish-American, I am terrified that McCain has thrown us all under the bus, including his buddy Joe Leiberman, to capture the White House. He is now firmly in bed with the Christian Taliban, aka James Dobson and the religious right. If he is elected, he will need to make good on those political favors. It is even more frightening to think what will happen if Palin were to become President. Alaska has one of the worst school systems in the nation. Has she addressed any educational issues since she became governor?
What ever happened to separation of church and state, which is a fundamental foundation of American democracy? Has this been tossed out the window? It will be a sad day for democracy if these two are elected.
When did all of these right wingers show up in Boston? Can't they all go back to the trailer parks that spawned them? I got news for all you right wing bigots who benefit from paychecks in this democratic state - "GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM - ALL OF YOU!!!!
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I saw this morning that there have been complaints from the Dems because Hillary will not "sock it to Sarah" and Hillary responded she is not the one running for President, McCain is...good for you Hillary. I was wondering why Obama has made a luncheon date with only Bill Clinton this coming Thursday and could not fathom why...until I heard Hillary's views this morning. I'm sure it is to pursuade Bill to "put his wife on the right track to bash Sarah and keep Hillary in line." Can't say for sure, but I am thinking my intuition is correct. Tell Hillary what to do and say? Good luck, Mr. Obama in pursuading Bill on that one.