Palin drills in on energy

Hey Palin! How about a cup of shut the hell up!

If McCain and Palin win this election weare in for some seriously troubling times.

hey soccer mom... go back to the field and serve some lemonade. Leave the issues of this country to someone who understands them and can make a change.

What a joke she is! Who in their right mind would ever take the McCain/Palin ticket serious?

Vote for Obama!

"going wonky" ? How about just reporting the facts instead of interjecting personal bias? Be a journalist, not a pawn.

Why won't Sarah Palin release her medical records. Is she trying to hide something. What is the big deal about this?

I thought that McCain was going to have an across the board spending freeze...except for Defense and Veterans...what happened to that?

Blah Blah Blah, now go and change your clothes Sarah, and wash your hands to get the oil off of them ---- while you are at it.

Ya gotta wonder whether Sarah Palin (SarahSixPack.com) is going to be the GOP's standard bearer for 2012, or whether she'll just be a footnote in history. Obama (ObamaAgain2012) is a shoo-in this go-round, and it’s very likely that he’ll effectively use the power of his incumbency in ’12 to win a second term. Question is: Will Palin’s star power within the GOP continue all the way into 2016? Or isn’t it more likely that many brighter (!) GOP stars will emerge during the next 8 years?

It will be the end of America if Obama is elected. The bigning of the end of America leadership in the world will be written as soon as Obama takes up the Presdency.

"When you look over the energy plans of Barack Obama and Joe Biden and the allies that they have there in Congress, it's just a long, labored agenda of inaction. And we cannot afford this, not a day longer. And it's the same agenda of inaction we could expect under the one-party rule of Obama, Pelosi, and Reid."

Palin, you are producing lots of exhaust fumes as usual. Check out Business Week, nice conservative publication, has not criticized the Obama/Biden plans to approach the problem on a broad front, ensure supplies today and then focus on all the alternatives for tomorrow. A two-track program is the only way, and Palin knows it, but because she is in the pockets of the oil companies (as is McCain, after all, his transition government would be headed by an oil and pro-Saddam lobbyist William Timmons).

But Palin chooses once again to lie about Obama, and especially to point a finger at the Democrats, because the McCain Palin camaign is out of ideas and seeks only to achieve power to push through their ideological agenda.

Obama is pushing to fix this country. McCain is pushing to get the rich richer, and Palin is hopin gthat she can make it to the WhiteHouse the easy way and push through her evangelical bilge, while becoming rich on Alaskan gas.

If McCain succeeds in winning, our great nation will hit an iceberg.

Go vote for McCain, rightwingers. I am happily ensconced in a foreign country already.

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Good article. Now why don't you go investigate why the LA Times won't release that tape and investigate why the Obama campaign turned off security mechanisms that would have prohibited fraudulent donations to his site.

What sense does it make to be pushing Alaska coal and oil at a solar panel factory in Ohio?

Thank you Brian P. Can you believe people actually say that the media skews facts against Obama? Let's be realistic now.

Our nation's policy should be: No more fossils. Not in our energy supply; not in our White House.

Former NY Mayor Ed Koch made an interesting point the other day on his satellite radio show (god bless satellite radio). May Koch noted that it is necessary for the U.S. government to heavily subsidize alternative energy to ensure its profitability pending the full development and evolution of alternative energy sources. He stated that this was necessary because every time a growth spurt in the area of alternative energy development occurs, (as recently occurred), the oil companies can manipulate the price of oil downward, (where is the price today?) --- therefore making further critical alternative energy reasearch economically non-viable. Instead of drill baby drill and wasting extraordinary amounts of money on the sand pits that are Iraq and Afganistan, shouldn't our government be seriously supporting alternative energy development with our hard earned tax dollars???? Lets do so, and take the Arabs and the Middle East out of the equation. We should ahve accomplished this 10 years ago.

I am just disgusted that this thing was put in this election. She is such a ditz! This election will be talked about for years to come.

How embarassing for us Americans to have this idiot, whinny, bubblehead trash talking ritz be even conisdered a viable candidate as VP.

Come on people! How can you vote for McCain? Are you not listening to what he says and we all know what Palin says... blah blah blah...joe sixpack......etc

How disgusting can this ticket get?

While Sarah Wailin' constantly portrays herself as "standing up to the oil companies," what does her husband do for work in the winter, when he's not fishing?

Works for an oil company.

Any credibility she may have ever had on the subject went out the window a long time ago.

In August this year, a few weeks before being nominated for vice president, Sarah Palin said in an interview with Philip Gourevitch that Alaska is "set up, unlike other states in the union, where it's collectively Alaskans own the resources. So we share in the wealth when the development of these resources occurs."

Why would it be in the end if Obama were elected? I do not get this concept. We have lasted terrible leaders and what do you see from Obama that will be so terrible that America will fall Vincent? As far as John McCain and checking his record, I am not sure that is such a good idea for him to be spreading. If we do check the record we will find he flipped and flopped more than anyone. And for energy give me a break this county, Reagan came in office took solar panels off the roof of the white house installed by Carter and we have been beating this energy independence since Nixon! That is right Baby Boomers your generation is not serious about energy independence, nobody is in this country, good talk with no action from everyone. One example Where is the rally cry about plastic bags, China will save 37 MILLION barrels of oil each year due to their ban of free plastic bags. You catch that. Only one city in America banned plastic bags, San Fran in 07, Boston is considering it but come on people. Whoever thinks we are serious about Energy independence needs to wake up.

Dear Oink ...? (does this refer to pork b...)

As with the independent organization, ACCORN, Obama flags/intercepts suspicious donations "after" entered and "before" deposit. If we are going to scrutinize every donation and illegal contribution I would be much more interested in the Republican scams than I would about small web donations for the Dems. Historically it is the Republicans who are always skirting, if not violating the law in this area - and if investigations are to proceed they need to focused on the whole process.

Sarah Palin's expertise on energy consist of "Alaska has oil, lets drill baby drill", even if we were to drill now, we wont see the effects in our gas stations for decades, I would really like to hear her talk about possible alternative fuel sources, I'm sure it's another Tina Fey skit waiting to happen

MPM
Sarah Palin isn't a "soccer Mom" she is a Governor who beat out an incumbent from her own party. She has a lot more governmental experience than Obama, whose only good quality is that he can speak well. I think Hitler had that quality also. He has been running for President more than he has actually been in the Senate. Even Biden thinks we should be afraid of an Obama presidency, and that's enough for me.

Usually when someone is afraid, they become nasty and beligerent. What are you afraid of??

Mr. Mongare (comment 7) - I'm sorry you feel such anguish about Obama's impending election - goodness knows there are millions of us out there who feel the same about McCain/Palin. While I can sympathize with your fear, I have to laugh at your following comment. The beginning of the end of American leadership in the world with Obama's election? Where have you been for 8 years? We forfeited leadership of the world years ago under Mr. Bush. Mr. Obama's legacy will not be the beginning of the end, but rather the beginning of the resurgence (excuse the reference) of American credibility on the world stage. The world doesn't need another American President interested in blunt trauma to the head as a diplomatic philosophy. Relax and take a deep breath. And keep an open mind.

Who said this.... "Every day we spend more than $120 million for foreign oil. This slows our economic growth, it lowers the value of the dollar overseas, and it aggravates unemployment and inflation here at home.

Now we know what we must do--increase production. We must cut down on waste. And we must use more of those fuels which are plentiful and more permanent. We must be fair to people, and we must not disrupt our Nation's economy and our budget.

Now, that sounds simple. But I recognize the difficulties involved. I know that it is not easy for the Congress to act. But the fact remains that on the energy legislation, we have failed the American people. Almost 5 years after the oil embargo dramatized the problem for us all, we still do not have a national energy program."

Wow, thos were the days when a politician could look us in the eye and tell the truth and give us a positive direction in which to go....

That, of course, was Jimmy Carter and he was virtually hammered into the ground by the Happy Days Reagan and by an electorate that refused to take responsibility for anything.... and the GOP fed that laziness and the spending, and more spending.... In fact Reagan outspent all presidents before him put together, George Bush the Elder shoveled more money out the window, Clinton left a SURPLUS and the Lesser Bush beat them all. Now we have another republican stealing ideas from Jimmy Carter. Oh, well...

If you sleep with oilmen you wake up with smelly spots. McOil/Palin should wait this one out if they have any honor. Oh.... I rest my case.

CHeers

Conservative Fred Barnes was right! Fire Nicole Wallace and Steve Schmidt (Sarah's Unwanted Handler's from Washington who are responsible for all those unnecesary expensive clothing purchases) and Let Sarah Be SARAH !!!!

MPM, I'm not going to tell you that you should support McCain, but lets at least be realistic. You call Palin an idiot and bubbleheaded, yet you can't even come up with an example of anything she has said or done to justify it. Give me one example of something idotic that she has said or done and I'll give you two for Biden.

"It will be the end of America if Obama is elected. The bigning of the end of America leadership in the world will be written as soon as Obama takes up the Presdency.

Posted by Vincent mongare October 29, 08 11:23 AM"

Vincent - it will be the end of the world if Palin gets in.

She is too trigger happy for my liking - she doesn't even understand foreign politics. The rallies are broadcast around the world. She allows her supporters to chant "Kill Him". And how awful was that old woman who told McCain that she would not vote for Obama "because he is an Arab". That would not go down well in the Middle East. It certainly has not gone done well in Europe where I live.

McCain is already saying that there will be more war under his leadership.

(see YouTube McCain Says More War).

More war-? no thanks. The world has had enough.

Hey Brian, Dan, etc... "wonky" is suppose to be a postive as in "policy wonk". It describes the type of speech she gave.

Wonk: a person who studies a subject or issue in an excessively assiduous and thorough manner: a policy wonk.

Posted by husky:
"She has a lot more governmental experience than Obama, whose only good quality is that he can speak well. I think Hitler had that quality also."

I remember the righties getting into a tizzy over Bush-Hitler comparisons. The hypocrisy never ends.

Someone wrote "the beginning of the end of America" if Obama elected. Really? As Bush/Cheney trampled the Constitution, ran us into war, ceded the moral high ground on every world issue from democracy to environment to war, where was this guy? As the US Justice Dept was polluted with political bias and cronyism in direct contravention of what the authors of the Constitution intended, what was he saying? NO President, republican or democrat, has done the kind of lasting damage to America's position in the world...and it is not about taxes, abortion, gay marriage or big gov't...it is about arrogance, deceit and blatant disregard, where convenient, for our guiding principals. You need Jesus and America needs OBAMA.

Dantheman:

guess you missed her Russia/Alaska proximity = foreign policy experience fiasco? And then her failed attempt to explain it a second time ("as Putin rears his evil head . . . whose airspace does he fly over? ") Or the time she said that the bailout is to help those concerned with the healthcare system?

I'm sorry, but there's no intelligent way to explain or clarify any of the above. There are no missed facts, just nonsensical and irrelevant argument.

Husky,

Very nice, well thought out post. I agree, it is much nicer to calmly explain your thoughts in a rational manner and compare someone to Hitler, than it is to use a few exclamation points and call someone a whiny bubbleheaded ditz.

You are indeed a quite thoughtful nazi.

this blog is just like this newspaper. I wrote yesterday a non-degragatory, non-attacking email and linked to articles indicating that 135+ newspapers publicly endorse Obama, while only 40 do for McCain, that negative press towards McCain campaign has outnumbered positive press by 3 - 1. It's no wonder it wasn't posted as, let me guess, this editor (that'd be YOU reading this) is a liberal, supports Obama as this paper probably does. Nice selection of comments.... vast majority are Obama supporters....congrats on your continued biasedness. You still need to learn how to perform objective journalism....."wonky"? lol...come on...