Thinking Right

By Kathy

September 3, 2008 11:32 PM | Link to this

She is a female Reagan! WOW! What a great speech!

By Q3

September 3, 2008 11:33 PM | Link to this

Jim….election just ended tonight…not November. Forget about the men in this election….this lady said it all. Get out of the way Hillary…there’s a new sheriff in town and her name is Sarah Palin.

By amused

September 3, 2008 11:37 PM | Link to this

She introduced her family and then ripped into Obama. They shouldn’t have given her the nasty stuff to say, she came off as a total b**.

By Bush go away

September 3, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this

Just when you thought Wooten couldn’t get any more shrill. “Hey Putin, better stand down; we got Sarah Barrcuda on our side now! And she played high school basketball.

And all around the world, bad guys wet their pants. I think I’ll buy stock in Depends.

By Bush go away

September 3, 2008 11:39 PM | Link to this

Just when you thought Wooten couldn’t get any more shrill. “Hey Putin, better stand down; we got Sarah Barrcuda on our side now! And she played high school basketball.”

And all around the world, bad guys wet their pants. I think I’ll buy stock in Depends.

By Left Of Center

September 3, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this

Come on, Jim. You are fawning all over the place for Sarah P. She teaches and wants to teach abstienance nationwide along with creationism, and her own daughter doesn’t mind Momma’s advice about absitenance. What great family values we have with the Palins. I’ll take Barack and Biden any day. Let’s face it, McCain could have picked Ronald McDonald fo rhis VP mate, and Wooten would have been all over it, just feeling the love of it all. Too bad, Jim. Biden is better!

By Bill

September 3, 2008 11:41 PM | Link to this

I has no idea what to expect. But I can tell you clearly what I am voting now…

By Clinton 2X

September 3, 2008 11:51 PM | Link to this

not a bad speech. hillary needs to be taking notes

By juan

September 3, 2008 11:58 PM | Link to this

Didn’t Dole lose in 1996? I’ll take that outcome.

Can she help McCain in IA, NM, or NV? They contain the 18 electoral votes Obama would need if he can hold the Kerry states.

Does she help with indepent voters? That is the Area JM really needs the help. Does she help JM electorally.

She probably was the best candidate to energize the base

Juan

By Georgia Gal

September 4, 2008 12:03 AM | Link to this

I watched and my reaction is WOW!!! I was not disappointed at all. My husband summed it up very well when he commented “She is stirring up a great big pitcher of lemonade”. I have to agree that she took all those lemons thrown at her since last Friday and served up an extremely tasy refreshment!!

By Forrest

September 4, 2008 12:04 AM | Link to this

All the commentators I’ve heard say she did great and will be dangerous to Obama. She will eat Biden’s lunch. As for the “nasty” stuff, give me a break, after what they have dished out to her this week what she said was mild.

By Kris in NC

September 4, 2008 12:09 AM | Link to this

Hey Left of Center, I think after the 1st one, we got the point of your post but 4 more post of the same nonsense is a little over the top.

As the old saying goes, when you are pointing the finger at someone else, in this case at Sarah Palin and her family, you got 3 pointing back at you. Teen pregnancy is a big time problem in this nation.

Let’s focus on the issues and leave her family especially her daughter and unborn grandchild out of this election.

Obama and Biden got slammed by a woman who does have more experience in running a state and not some organization. Biden has been in the Senate, has he ever run a state, nope. Obama has never until 4 years ago, never done anything but sat in the state senate in Illinois, never ran a business. In fact, I do believe Obama has never served his country.

I know who I am voting for and it ain’t for Obama. Finally a woman who can handle herself with these two. Biden wants to fight Lieberman in the gym, let him try fighting Sarah, he would get his butt kicked for sure.

By Evil in EAV

September 4, 2008 12:10 AM | Link to this

Wow, Wooten is smitten judging from his last 3 or so columns.

By Ray

September 4, 2008 12:14 AM | Link to this

Home run, plain and simple. Ought to keep the libs quiet for awhile. Can’t wait for the Joe Biden debate. He’s going to get his a** kicked.

By Bush go away

September 4, 2008 12:23 AM | Link to this

Palin couldn’t hit a home run if you put her in a Little League park, gave her an aluminum bat, and access to Barry Bonds “nutritional supplements”.

Hell that was such a lightweight performance Biden won’t even have to plagarize anything for the debate.

By Loni

September 4, 2008 12:23 AM | Link to this

Wow….one pre-written speech and you’re already sold. Obama has been nothing but respectful to Palin and her family and this is how she responds. Typical…Obama gets blasted for great speeches…but when PTA Barbie comes to town all of a sudden speeches are a great thing. Most people have only heard of her for FIVE DAYS and already have her elected. Hypocrites (and probably a bit of desperate bigotry) abound.

By UnhappyRepublican

September 4, 2008 12:44 AM | Link to this

She sounded like a total idiot. Nothing substantial, just negative talk. Send her and her trailer park family back to Alaska. What an insult to more deserving Republican female nominees. McCain is a total sell out and desperate.

By UnhappyRepublican

September 4, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

She sounded like a total idiot. Nothing substantial, just negative talk. Send her and her trailer park family back to Alaska. What an insult to more deserving Republican female nominees. McCain is a total sell out and desperate.

By UnhappyRepublican

September 4, 2008 12:45 AM | Link to this

She sounded like a total idiot. Nothing substantial, just negative talk. Send her and her trailer park family back to Alaska. What an insult to more deserving Republican female nominees. McCain is a total sell out and desperate.

By DeanMorgan

September 4, 2008 12:47 AM | Link to this

You can tell all the democrat have their panties in a knot now. The funny thing is if Obama picked Hillary as vp he is the next President. As it is, he chose Biden and now he is going to lose the election. Obama’s camp used the Palin pick as a bad judgement call on McCain’s part, but obviously the worst judgement is Obama’s decision to not chose Hillary. What irony. There will end up being a woman this election and the White House after all and it isn’t Hillary Clinton. Instead it is going to be a lady named Sarah Palin.

By UnhappyRepublican

September 4, 2008 12:49 AM | Link to this

After 8 years of Bush, this is the best that we can offer? I’m so disappointed. There are so many more deserving Republican women, than this trailer park Alaskan. While the other side offers hope, we continue with more of the same rhetoric. I just wish we could offer something more. What a joke McCain has become.

By Obama the Man

September 4, 2008 12:51 AM | Link to this

Hey Loni….stop crying and just walk away with your tail between your legs…..your man obama cannot measure up to this woman….I bet you feel like a complete loser now…if not you should….sucker!! LOL

By Phil Davis

September 4, 2008 12:51 AM | Link to this

Are there ANY minorities in the Republic party? Is there ANY way this can possibly be good for our country? If we are divided we will fail.

By J

September 4, 2008 12:57 AM | Link to this

So much of what Palin said in her speech was patently false.

1- She left her her small town in the red and raised taxes 38%.

2- She was actually one of the sponsors of the “bridge to nowhere”

3- Obama’s tax plan lowers taxes for 83% of Americans while McCain’s lowers taxes for big oil. The opposite of what she claims.

It goes on and on. She is a prop and her only qualification is having put the previous governor’s jet up on Ebay - the man who helped the sportscaster get into politics in the first place.

I’d much prefer a Harvard educated expert on the Constitution with excellent judgement to this fakery.

McCain also has no “executive” experience. But he is a Washington insider who has voted with Bush on nearly everything.

I look forward to her debate with Biden.

By Keeping It Real

September 4, 2008 1:02 AM | Link to this

Okay the show is over for both parties and we can now get down to the task of selecting a president. I am glad Palin ripped into Obama. The gloves are off now and she cannot hide behind being a woman, her looks or her family values from now forward. Debates about her record with Mr. Stevens, Dick Chaney and earmarks will be coming out now, but it is too late to keep T Boone Pickens and some of the other zillionaires in Texas from making money from the energy project(compressed gas line) she was bragging about. She did make a good spin about energy, terrorism and more jobs in reference to the project.

Now we know why she was selected over more qualified women in the republican party. Its business as usual. Even a maverick like McCain can be bought when the stakes are high. Let’s see what other little tidbits will come up on the Alaskan frontier.

Let’s focus on whether the country is better off with a 72 year old Viet Nam POW with some issues or a Harvard Law grad with a belief that we all should share in the bounty that is America. I am voting for the man from Harvard because I do not believe that the 72 year man can wake up at 3:00 in the morning and know where he is. Bush was bad enough when he was fully awake. Whoever heard of an incumbent party President and a Vice President staying away from their own convention? Maybe they will show up tomorrow night.

By Phil Davis

September 4, 2008 1:11 AM | Link to this

Just to read the tone of these letters and posts tells me we have some serious problems in this country. Why are we so hateful to each other?

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 1:12 AM | Link to this

I just watched part of the 1st episode of “The Washington Hillbillies”. Now all they need is a catchy theme song…

Come and let me tell ya a story Bout a man name John Who couldn’t find his way From the bedroom to the john And then one day he searching for Veep And down from Alaska came a hockey mom creep…

Not bad huh?

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s futures!

By Hannah

September 4, 2008 1:18 AM | Link to this

I espected no less from Palin. AWESOME! What a woman!

Thanks again, John McCain (I certainly underestimated YOU)!

By Mike Toreno

September 4, 2008 1:22 AM | Link to this

Wooten’s certainly whistling in the graveyard, isn’t he? We’ve been talking about her corruption, the fact that she ran a tiny town and a small state and grabbed every bit of pork she could get, the fact that she has no clue about any aspect of national policy. She’s the one that brought up her daughter’s pregnancy, the only questions we’re asking are, why did she veto assistance and housing to teen mothers. She’s the one that flew her daughter’s boyfriend out there.

She read a speech written by others, with a lame delivery, she recited lies in the speech that have already been disproven. But anyway, Wooten doesn’t believe any of what he said, because he keeps saying it over and over. If you have confidence in what you’re saying, you say it once.

By Christopher Calandro

September 4, 2008 1:28 AM | Link to this

Unhappy Republican?

If you’re a real Republican, then Joe Lieberman is Michael Moore’s favorite liberal.

You’re phonier than Obama.

By Atlanta Guy

September 4, 2008 1:36 AM | Link to this

I agree with Peggy Noonan Jim. She’s awful!!! The standards of the party were clearly lowered with Palin as pick for the VP. Given her thin resume….and it is indeed thin…she amounts to nothing more than an affirmative action, gender-based hire. She’s lowered the bar for VP qualifications.

I’ll paraphrase…. Tim Pawlenty…you wanted that job…and you were qualified…and they gave it to a woman….all just for a quota and to stir things up a bit.

By Atlanta Guy

September 4, 2008 1:39 AM | Link to this

I agree with Peggy Noonan Jim. She’s awful!!! The standards of the party were clearly lowered with Palin as pick for the VP. Given her thin resume….and it is indeed thin…she amounts to nothing more than an affirmative action, gender-based hire. She’s lowered the bar for VP qualifications.

I’ll paraphrase…. Tim Pawlenty…you wanted that job…and you were qualified…and they gave it to a woman….all just for a quota and to stir things up a bit.

By Proud American

September 4, 2008 1:44 AM | Link to this

So this grandma-to-be mocks Obama in her pre-written speech. What will happen when her dubious background is mocked? She’s an easy target. Governing a state that has far less the population of Metro Atlanta, does not a potential President make.

By Proud American

September 4, 2008 1:44 AM | Link to this

So this grandma-to-be mocks Obama in her pre-written speech. What will happen when her dubious background is mocked? She’s an easy target. Governing a state that has far less the population of Metro Atlanta, does not a potential President make.

By Mary

September 4, 2008 1:50 AM | Link to this

Hey J:

Ain’t nothing fake about this gal. I’m from Alaska and I can tell you she doesn’t mess around. Don’t repeat what you hear in the media just to make a point for Obama. It hurts your credibility. It’s not true what they say about her. She did not leave her small town in the red or raise taxes. Just the opposite. She dropped the oil tax for residents and raised taxes on the oil giants. We don’t pay state tax in Alaska or sales tax in most parts like Anchorage. She’s the real McCoy.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if all elected officials put the interest of the people first and faught off corrupt politicians. She does that and doesn’t spend a penny she doesn’t have to. I voted for her opponent and over the past two years have come to love her.

By Michael

September 4, 2008 1:58 AM | Link to this

After the Republican speakers precluded Palin with “a noun, a verb, and John McCain was a POW,” she pretty much just reiterated such stuff. There sure was a lot of BS in her speech, including the new talking point that anybody with “executive experience” is fit for the presidency. Someone should really point out how dumb this is since it would mean she’s more qualified than John McCain (which she’s not).

I disregarded all of the talk about McCain being a hothead and such in 2000 when I thought about voting for him. Now I see what the talk was all about. You can pull all the “small town values” talking points you want, but this woman’s top job was being the leader of a state about as populated as Gwinnett County. Does this mean Charles Bannister is a prime candidate for VP in 4 years?

Many of us Obama supporters were skeptical about him at first because he did have little experience. But he has now been vetted like crazy and we have seen him over a year react to big situations. We have seen the best and worst because he’s not some complete stranger. His first big move was to pick someone with more experience than him to be his No. 2. That’s what great leaders do. They don’t pick a No. 2 because she checked the right boxes on a GOP Q&A form.

By AJ

September 4, 2008 2:03 AM | Link to this

A female Reagan? You people need professional help. Two weeks ago you didn’t even know who she was, now you’re comparing her to your great God. Oh and thanks for ruining the country the last eight years. Appreciate your dome.

By deb

September 4, 2008 2:07 AM | Link to this

AMAZING……..ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!! I WAS PROUD OF HER!

By Wootenisahack

September 4, 2008 2:14 AM | Link to this

It’d be a different story if she wasn’t hot. Think any of you who support this woman would be jumping on the bandwagon if she looked like a bowling shoe? And whoever said she’s gonna whup Biden in the debates needs to come back to reality instead of “faith based” reality. Your war hero - and his sorry excuse for a running mate - is going down. BTW…Cindy McCain = Madam Mim from the Sword in the Stone.

By Jawgadude

September 4, 2008 2:16 AM | Link to this

You’re all ignoring one thing… she has as much “star power” & charisma as Obama. Add in the fact that she is an attractive female and you have the makings of America’s Lady Di… just without the car crash. She will be a force in American politics for many years and could easily become our first female president. No spin… just analysis.

By Forrest

September 4, 2008 2:19 AM | Link to this

What is with these goofball comments about prewritten speeches? Are you so naive you don’t know all major politicians have speech writers?

By boxalarm

September 4, 2008 2:25 AM | Link to this

Question…didn’t the war end May 1, 2003? Just checking…I wasn’t quite sure.

By Fred

September 4, 2008 2:35 AM | Link to this

Go ahead, call her a b*tch, mock her family, belittle her experience. You know very well you’ve seen the future. If she doesn’t win VP this year, she’ll get the whole thing in 2012.

By bubba

September 4, 2008 2:41 AM | Link to this

Uh, not so much goofball comments Forrest (Run, Forrest, Run!). Actually, they have a point. The woman didn’t contribute anything to that speech. A team of surrogrates who’d rather debate tax cuts than talk to girls wrote it; all she had to do was show up. And still, people are awed by it. Including you, probably. You should really go to bed. You gotta go to work soon to pay for your East Cobb manor.

By Paul

September 4, 2008 2:45 AM | Link to this

Gov Palin’s speech was well evaluated by MSNBC commentator Chris Matthews. “A torpedo has just been launched against the Barack & Michelle Obama ship.” Obama & company, you have just met a lady who will delivery deadly blows with consummate class and style.

By Dave

September 4, 2008 3:51 AM | Link to this

When she is President of the United States after John chokes on a pretzel day one in office this great country will go down in flames faster than John’s jet. What has the McCain machine done? Sorry John, you blew it. God help us all …

By carolyn williams

September 4, 2008 5:14 AM | Link to this

Jim, If reading a lame,”let’s complain about the other candidate rather than talk about the issues speech” is all it takes, you are right she can handle the load—but then so can my bright 9 year old nephew. Electrifying, NOT!!! Bitter, shallow, simple, YES!!!

By NCBravesFan

September 4, 2008 5:53 AM | Link to this

Jim, two things …

1: If she’s so tough & so qualified, let her start talking to the media about the issues that are important to this country. She’s running to be vice president, not pit bull in chief.

2: I’ll anxiously await your blog post about Palin’s church up in Wasilla and the Jews for Jesus speaker that was there recently. Because I know since Jeremiah Wright is on the table for conservatives, that you’ll want to properly scrutinize why someone would attend a church where a speaker blames Israel for terror attacks because the citizens aren’t “saved.”

By Not very honest

September 4, 2008 5:57 AM | Link to this

Really, she didn’t support the bridge to nowhere. Actually, she did, until the rest of the nation went beserk about it.

Not into government handouts? Really, what about the more than twenty million dollars in federal funds her town received annually when she was Mayor of her little town. By the way, she traveled to DC to lobby for those funds.

I am an independent moderate, the kind that both parties need (though I am not particularly sure that my vote matters much in GA) and I have to say I am disappointed.

Neither party’s choices appeal to me much, but I can promise you nothing I heard last night convinced me to vote for McCain.

By Nodoginhunt

September 4, 2008 6:02 AM | Link to this

Everyone of you “Dimocrats” are an embarrassment to common sense and decency. I now will work even harder to elect McCain and Palin just so you can sit and be miserable for another four years. Your lack of class and general political aptitude is stultifying.

By Joyce

September 4, 2008 6:09 AM | Link to this

“Not Very Honest”, all governors lobby in DC for their state. They also work on international trade for their state.

I was impressed with her speech Friday, but she knocked it out of the park Wednesday at the RNC.

It’s been a long time since a candidate — especially a VP candidate — has moved me so much.

Palin is a great communicator. Plus, she is down to earth and a fighter for the common man/woman.

By Pat

September 4, 2008 6:15 AM | Link to this

Great(and true)barbs against the “community organizer.”

http://www.cafepress.com/IdVeepHer

By Barry

September 4, 2008 6:16 AM | Link to this

I’m so glad to see the Dimocrats trying to bash Sarah Palin on here because that just proves they are running scared! Joe “Dirt” Biden and Hussain “Insane” Obama don’t hold a candle to her alone much less with the experience and integrity that John McCain bring to the table. ALL Obama and Biden can say they are running on is change. Well after last night, I don’t think their 2 cents of change matters much! I’m for McCain and Palin all the way! And by the way, John McCain did an excellent job in his pick for VP. Sarah Palin is a class act all the way!

By Millard

September 4, 2008 6:40 AM | Link to this

Anyone who would refer to a college educated, self-made Governor of a state in this great union as “trailer trash” sure fits the mold of the elitist Obama led Democratic ticket.

Elitist would presume to know more than the “average citizen” thereby feeling the need to have government make all their decisions for them.

Elitist would deny your rights, such as denying you the second amendment right to self protection and belittle the “average citizen” for clinging to guns and religion.

I lived in New York City for 20 years. The city is full of elitist who look down on rural America as a bunch of idiots who can’t even decipher a wine list in an overpriced restaurant.

Elitist will lie to your face and laugh at you behind your back. Gov. Palin is surely a refreshing change.

By Redneck Convert

September 4, 2008 6:49 AM | Link to this

Well, she even fights like a redneck. If you get into a ruckus, don’t argue any of the points. Just insult the other guy’s mama and tell him what a bum he is, if you can’t answer back.

She was awful smart. She didn’t let herself get into nonsense about how to get jobs back and make prices lower and how to deal with health care and such. That stuff is for losers. She just let loose both barrels on Obama. Without getting into issues.

Us Republicans can win if we just follow her lead. We need to stay away from talking about the mess we got now and just say Obama’s mama wore combat boots and he ain’t so hot hisself. It works in the bars and it will work in the election.

I just wish old man McCain would stop hugging people. The libruls already put up big billboards showing him hugging My President. Now he’s hugging Sarah and it seems to me his hips was moving while he was doing it. Maybe somebody needs to do some snipping there.

Well, I got a load of beer to deliver but I sure feel good about it after last night. Have a good day everybody.

By The Man

September 4, 2008 6:51 AM | Link to this

I laugh at those who now equate this chick to Reagan. People SHE READ A SPEECH THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR HER!

Joe Biden will clearly wax that @ss in the debates in a few weeks, so she’d better study up!

All we got last night was a horrible standup comedy show, full of insults. You can tell she was so entertained by herself she was snickering during her delivery. She kind of looked dimwitted, almost egging herself on. And supporters.. we know you have been SO BORED and unnmoved in your lives, someone who was able to actually get your “prim and proper” selves jostling in your seats kinda made you feel good.

Sarah “Barracuda” can guarantee that she won’t be given much of a break going forward. What’s the line on how long before the tears?

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 6:56 AM | Link to this

“By UnhappyRepublican

September 4, 2008 12:44 AM | Link to this

She sounded like a total idiot. Nothing substantial, just negative talk. Send her and her trailer park family back to Alaska. What an insult to more deserving Republican female nominees. McCain is a total sell out and desperate.”

UnhappyRepublican my arse!

Maybe you are more impressed by the community organizer, which is like a mayor, but without the responsibilities.

Maybe you are more impressed with a candidate who has written two memoirs about himself, but has written not one single piece of legislation since being in the United States Senate for, say, about 143 days before declaring to run.

Maybe you are more impressed by a candidate that has already promised to raise taxes on not only his vague interpretation of the “wealthy”, but on virtually by extension of his proposed tax structure, most of the small business owners in America, who comprise a large portion of our nations output. and jobs.

Maybe you are more impressed by a man who obviously flosses well, speaks well in front of a teleprompter, who associates himself with known or investigated home grown criminals and terrorists, and attends a separatist church with a leader who spouts hate and promotes racial disharmony.

Maybe you are more impressed by the fake Greek columns than just a plain old podium.

Maybe you are more impressed with the Democrats because you are one, and therefore maybe you are an idiot, and a not very well disguised one either.

Sarah Palin used last night to introduce herself to a lot of America that did not know her yet. She didn’t have to outline Republican strategy on health care, the economy, energy, etc., because that is her boss’ job, his plans that are important. The left wing spinners are in full panic mode now, because she is going to devour that lifetime political hack from Delaware, Joe Biden.

And watch Bill O’Reilly devour Obama tonight on The Factor, unless The Messiah suddenly backs out at the last minute. Obama’s backers must be MAD to let him go there…he is TOAST; either that, or they are now gripped by a sense of panic and fear that they really might lose what they feel they are entitled to, much the same way Hillary assumed the nomination always would be hers.

Last but not least, there may be an emergency call out for a really good dentist or oral surgeon today….. doubtless Hillary Clinton has ground her teeth down to the gum line after watching and hearing another woman on the podium. It’s always about the Clintons, isn’t it? And it seems to be always about other women.

ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

Obama/Biden ‘08 - making it easy to be stupid

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 7:02 AM | Link to this

Good morning all. I recorded my initial impressions last night on the “Waiting for Sarah” blog. I have only one additional thought, arising from the single unscripted line in the speech. I am always more comfortable with people who seemingly have a sense of humor. Obama does not; Biden may have one but he keeps his game face on at all times. McCain has a Bob Dole sense of humor, which is great if unappreciated by leftists. Sarah seems to have a good and gentle sense of humor. She delivered her scripted humorous lines well, and showed a good nature in the jabs at Obama, but the old “Lipstick” joke, extemporaneous, made the speech as far as I am concerned. It shows she can think and talk simultaneously. Sarah is not one to trifle with.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 7:04 AM | Link to this

Palin’s only gaff came when she failed to thank her husband’s pit crew.

Her magnanimity became obvious when she told the throng how she forgives her husband for his clubbing (baby seals).

By JIm

September 4, 2008 7:09 AM | Link to this

Well she does have experience 5 childred. Question common sense though.

By Captain Freedom

September 4, 2008 7:16 AM | Link to this

Wow. That was some speech, if by speech one means a series of disconnected diatribes delivered dyspeptically. Such fire in the belly! Such sneering derision! I guess Hillary is not the only beeeyotch in Washngto now!!!!

THE Captain is especially pleased to note that the liberals aren’t the only ones who can do shrill!! meeeeee-ow!

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 7:19 AM | Link to this

Watch Bill O’Reilly devour Obama tonight on The Factor, unless The Messiah suddenly backs out at the last minute. Obama’s backers must be MAD to let him go there…he is TOAST; either that, or they are now gripped by a sense of panic and fear that they really might lose what they feel they are entitled to, much the same way Hillary assumed the nomination always would be hers.

By L MITCHELL

September 4, 2008 7:20 AM | Link to this

this journalism major made her speech writer proud for sure! an evening full of spinning, good jokes and insults. EVERYTHING about this conventions LOOKS and SOUNDS very old. and the republican plan for change is …………..?

By The Way

September 4, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

During Palin’s speech, I watched the Super Semi-Finals between the William’s sisters. I kept switching back to Palin’s speech, but that semi-final was some of the greatest moments in sports history. They’ll be plenty of Palin to go around till november.

How about Venus? Her serve is nearly 130. Isn’t that a category Five?

You know, Palin’s husband may race snowmobiles, but with Hanna, Ike and Josephine three wide at Atlantic Freeway, God races Hurricanes.

‘muff said.

By TW

September 4, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

John McCain is to be commended for his choice in Sarah Palin - for filling the small sliver of daylight that separated him from his idol, George W. Bush. Palin’s ability to look the American people in the eye and unflinchingly lie about not having taken the money for the Bridge to Nowhere demonstrates the mastery of deceit we have come to expect from the White House. She also brings McCain’s record the much needed stain of corruption and investigation so that he can truly represent himself as George W Bush’s clone. The package is now complete.

Yes, John McCain went out and found himself the missing piece - He found Bushgirl!

McSame/Bushgirl ’08 – ERASING ANY DOUBTS ABOUT FOUR MORE YEARS!

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 7:28 AM | Link to this

Dear Keeping @ 1:02, you call to mind one of WFB’s clever lines, “I’d sooner be governed by the first 50 names in the Bronx telephone directory than the Harvard faculty.” (Fox and hedgehog theory.)

Dear Michael @ 1:58, bad analogy, Charles Bannister is not particularly a good candidate for Gwinnett county executive either. As to Obama’s “vetting,” you are drinking the koolaid there. Nobody from college speaks about him, nobody from law school speaks about him, nobody from his law practice days (especially not Rezko and Ayers, probably the two who knew him best), and only two women from his “community organizer” days –he is the blankest slate ever to wrangle a nomination. I don’t know whether he is a crazed leftist – I suspect he is – or merely a political opportunist. I am gravely troubled by Obama’s proposed change in taxes, wherein fully 50% of the American public will pay no income taxes – when 50% are not paying their fair share, we have a real problem. (I know, you leftists say it is “fair” for 50% of the people to pay nothing – weird definition of “fair” when it has the same meaning as “leech.”)

Dear Jawgadude @ 2:16, I think you are on to something there. I was thinking about running a batch of “Palin/Jindal 2012” bumper stickers.

Dear Boxalarm @ 2:25, no, just the initial mission. The war ended only last month. I know your team tried to surrender in the interim, but you lost.

Dear NCBraves @ 5:53, what is your problem with “Jews for Jesus?” The “Jews for Jesus” people I have met are not anti-Israel left wing crazies. I suspect you just don’t like Jewish people. I will be pleased to introduce you to a huge number of Alabama Baptists for Israel, who are the biggest fans of the “Jews for Jesus” people. Jewish people and Fundamentalist Christians have a huge amount of common ground, and I have never heard a Protestant say an unkind word about Jewish people, nor have I ever heard a Jewish person – especially a “Jews for Jesus” rep - say anything unkind about anyone.

Dear Millard @ 6:40, I wish I had written your first line, well done.

Dear Redneck, you should have stayed around for the “energy” portion of her speech. She knows her stuff.

By pat

September 4, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this

+ Class and style???? You have to be kidding! From just what we have learned about Palin thus far those words and her are an oxymoron.

By laughingoutloud

September 4, 2008 7:33 AM | Link to this

“- He found Bushgirl!” good one TW. LOL!**

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 7:35 AM | Link to this

Dear Man @ 6:51, I heard it was 2:1 that she would have Biden in tears before the end of the first 20 minutes. Nevertheless, you may be right about the difference between reading a speech from a teleprompter and having to think on your feet – we saw that in Obama’s mediocre performance at Saddleback.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 7:37 AM | Link to this

Palin’s greatest moment came when she said that she’d rather her husband lose a snowmobile race than her country lose a war. Such patriotism is going to be hard to beat in November.

‘muff said.

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 7:41 AM | Link to this

Do you suppose now that the Dimwitocrats will finally figure out that they are running against McCain and Palin, and not George Bush?

Their obsession with Bush highlights their desperation of the fact that they themselves have absolutely NO substantive base to run on, except to raise taxes by taxing the wealthy, which by their vague interpretation is virtually everybody. You class envy and wealth envy idiots buy into his crap because you haven’t the intelligence, drive, or any part of what it takes to improve yourselves and your station in life. You expect it to be given to you by the government, taken from life’s achievers, and you have to do nothing to get it. It is called the entitlement mentality, and I believe we have just seen what the entitlement mentality did for Hillary Clinton in her primary races.

She lost. And you Dimwits are losers as well, and boy what a loser you have for a front runner!

Go with that community organizer, that’s about as expansive as yours and his level of thinking anyway.

Go with that self absorbed megalomaniac who has had time only for himself and his career, not for the business of being a Senator.

Go with a man that has found time to write two memoirs about himself, but has not even bothered to write one single piece of proposed legislation as a sitting Senator, nor has he called into session one single committee meeting for the committee he supposedly heads.

Go for that man who says he puts ‘family first’, while his half brother lives in squalor and near starvation in a shack in Africa, while he has caviar and champagne in his house in Illinois that he was aided to purchase by an investigated criminal.

Go with the team that is running hard against George Bush. The rest of America knows who the Republican ticket is, but the Dimwits haven’t figured that out yet. Maybe they will after the election and they have lost. Maybe Americans are more desirous of candidates that know who they are running against, because it reflects that these if clowns can’t even figure out who their highly publicized opponents are, how can they be competent enough to run the country?

Obama/Biden ‘08 - making it easy to be stupid

By reader110

September 4, 2008 7:44 AM | Link to this

Setting aside the fact that she was completely wrong about many of the facts, I’ll say this - just as all of you said about Obama - she sure reads a teleprompter well.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 7:46 AM | Link to this

Anyone else notice how I tricked Redneck into dropping the hack hillbilly syntax to his blogs? Just like I tripped Duhng into reusing his unreadabel italics. What a dope.

What a couple of fallguys! What a bunch of maroons!

In other news:

Hanna, Ike and Josephine are three wide at Atlantic Freeway! Palin’s husband may race snowmobiles, but God races Hurricanes!

By The One

September 4, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

You have to be kidding me, She’s a Part time mom and a part time politician. Why was she even a thought, I didn’t think we were in need of votes that bad. Now we’re going to have to pay for babysitters and nurses. Fine Example.

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

My mistake. Obama chairs no Senate committees.

He has no experience there, either.

He needs to start thinking more of the US Senate as just one, big, happy community.

By CONSERVATIVE VOTER

September 4, 2008 7:47 AM | Link to this

This is one conservative that will give the people an honest answer. I don’t think Gov. Palin is more qualified than Senator Obama.

Obama: B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review 12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law 7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills 4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people

Palin: Bachelor’s in journalism from University of Idaho 4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people) 6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people) 1 year “Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission” 20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people

By The One

September 4, 2008 7:49 AM | Link to this

You have to be kidding me, She’s a Part time mom and a part time politician. Why was she even a thought, I didn’t think we were in need of votes that bad. Now we’re going to have to pay for babysitters and nurses. Fine Example.

By The One

September 4, 2008 7:49 AM | Link to this

You have to be kidding me, She’s a Part time mom and a part time politician. Why was she even a thought, I didn’t think we were in need of votes that bad. Now we’re going to have to pay for babysitters and nurses. Fine Example.

By let's get serious

September 4, 2008 7:56 AM | Link to this

Yeah, yeah, Peggy Hill for VP! Peggy Hill for VP! Oh, wait, that wasn’t Peggy Hill? Than who the heck is she and why does she pattern herself after a cartoon character?

By Goldie

September 4, 2008 7:57 AM | Link to this

WOW— What a whitewash last night. Repugs can say “BUH-BYE!” for the next decade or so…

I don’t care if Palin did a good job at reading a speech that someone else wrote for her — it doesn’t change the fact that she’s a religious extremist who’s attempting to take over the Repug Party in totality.

By JW

September 4, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

Jimmys got a girlfriend! Jimmys got a girl friend! So now all conservatives need is a pretty face and we should fall for it. What would Karl do with a candidate like this? She had the gall to belittle Obama’s community service while at the same time the GOP is feeding us info about her high school basketball team and her PTA. This election will be about the future and the GOP still doesn’t get it.

By Fred Flintstone

September 4, 2008 8:00 AM | Link to this

Palin

Divisive and mean-spirited

Small minded without much exposure to the diversity and depth of the world we live in

Exactly what the United States of America needs in these perilous days

HUGE RISK

Poor judgement call by John McCain and the republicans who forced this selection on him at the last minute

By Bitter EX democrackkk

September 4, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

HOMERUN speeches by all of them last night!!! Even Julie Annie!

WOW, NEVER have I been so inspired by political speeches, except for Dr. Ron Paul…course they kept him out of the RNC convention it seems…

By Peadawg

September 4, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

I can’t help but laugh when i read all these post about Palin being classless, mean, hateful, etd. towards Obama, the dems, and the media. What the heck did you expect? The media and the dems having been bashing her for a week. Hell have no fury like a women’s scorn, right?

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

Palin’s only gaff came when she failed to thank her husband’s pit crew.

Her magnanimity became obvious when she told the throng how she forgives her husband for his clubbing (baby seals).

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:06 AM | Link to this

Palin’s only gaff came when she failed to thank her husband’s pit crew.

Her magnanimity became obvious when she told the throng how she forgives her husband for his clubbing (baby seals).

By CONSERVATIVEVOTER

September 4, 2008 8:08 AM | Link to this

“HYPOCRISY IN POLITICS”

PALIN: “I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a “bridge to nowhere.”

PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform _ not even in the state senate.”

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: “The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: “She’s been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply … She’s responsible for 20 percent of the nation’s energy supply. I’m entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain’s phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more “responsible” for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state _ by population.

MCCAIN: “She’s the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities,” he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under “federal status,” which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska’s national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right _ change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington _ throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.

By Famuan

September 4, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

So all Sarah did was appeal to the base? That’s it? Oh….no worries for Obama and Biden then. If Wooten think this election will be won by the fanatical evangelical wingnuts that want to criminalize sex (unless its the knocked up daughter of their VP pick and there will be a “wedding” - wink, wink - to her high school dropout boyfriend, then sex is okay)- then Wooten’d in for a rude awakening Nov 5th. Obama’s base has been secure for quite some time, he’s reeling in those moderates and Independents who find McCain and Palin a bit to Talibanish for their tastes.

Oh, and all she did was READ a speech…a canned speech that was tweaked just to fit her. Sarah Jessica Parker could have done that, Sarah Michelle Gellar could have pulled off the Buffy speech…he!!, Sarah Silverman could have done it! All Sarah Palin did was READ and mispronounce YET again…NUCLEAR!

Chris Matthews was right…now they want to make this about the beautiful black family with college educated parents and bright engaging daughters taking piano and ballet lessons versus the Clampetts of Alaska planning a shotgun wedding.

Why won’t Wooten talk about the 11,000 who turned out to rally for Ron Paul Tuesday night?? The 11,000 disgruntled republicans that were not energized with the Palin pick? The media searched high and low for the 5 Hillary supporters that dont want to vote for Obama, but there were 11,000 in ONE place and not one media interview?? Why is that?

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this

So Palin’s husband races snowmobiles? Then why is her daughter only interested in submarine races?

By Fred Flintstone

September 4, 2008 8:13 AM | Link to this

lemme get this straight

If you are White male (hockey player) teenager with a baby on the way you receive a standing ovation and welcomed on a national stage with the Republican nomination Vice President

If you are Black male (football player) who is caught having consensual sex you are sent directly to jail for ten years and your name is Genarlow Wilson

By me

September 4, 2008 8:22 AM | Link to this

VERY impressive speech by Palin! Look out Dems, there’s a new force to reckon with — Palin Power!

By Jim H.

September 4, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

You dummycrats are in big trouble in this election now and you know it. It’s hilarious to watch you squirm and spin. The majority of this country still has traditional conservative values (thank God) and the pick of Sarah Palin has fired up this majority.

The dummyccrats media-created, over hyped, empty suit is fading. Can you say President McCain in 2008 and PRESIDENT PALIN in 2012?

By Whiners

September 4, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

Bud Wiser

Watch Bill O’Reilly devour Obama tonight on The Factor,

Don’t make me laugh. You think O’Reilley is some hard hitting journalist? Your standards are pretty low. BOR will kiss BOs butt during the interview I guarantee it. What tough questions can he ask that Obama has not already answered 100 times? Obama is going on Faux just to shut them up about being afraid to appear on that fake news channel. Obama’s too smart and too educated to have a nitwit like O’Reilly trip him up.

By Greg

September 4, 2008 8:26 AM | Link to this

I certainly liked what I heard & saw last night from Gov. Palin and her family. She’s a fiery speaker though not yet polished on a national stage. Given her extraordinarily appealing nature, however, I’d be willing to give her aplenty of time to grow.

I was reseaching the history of Alaska last night and came up with, what was to me, a startling fact. Alaska encompasses over 656,000 square miles of territory - bigger than many countries. Compare that with the size of Delaware: 2,490 square miles. I can’t imagine the difficulties that vastness imposes on a govenor in managing education, healthcare, law enforcement and fire services. Incredible task, really.

In some ways, governing Alaska is more daunting than managing the U.S. Fewer resources to serve a dispersed population. I’m certain Alaskans have taken up the slack by being a bit more independent-minded and self-reliant. You can tell Gov. Palin’s got that same independent “western” mindset.

Very appealing.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

Was is statutory rape? Has anyone thought of that? Was this underaged sex?

Fred Flintstone is right! I demand all those involved be tried in criminal courts. Otherwise, we make a mockery of our justice system. Oh, right, this is the USA and laws and taxes only apply to the little black poor people and their white trash counterparts. Capitalism doesn’t work without a war, so that’s where the little black poor people and their white trash counterparts come in: cannon fodder. (Capitalism sells the enemy the cannons). Hey, they worked theirasses off to get those arms deals, only in america, you know, and who knows how many commies are out there, come on.

Obama 08: America takes over.

By bart

September 4, 2008 8:27 AM | Link to this

I know someone with a child with down’s syndrome, it is 24-7, is Sarah Palin a fit mother dragging that child all over the place. None of you media hacks have interviewed parents with down syndrome children. Why didn’t she discuss the special care that the child will need, the special education, nope that is off limits. Those delegates have not even inquired about the special needs of that child, the special schooling, the health issues. Nope we have Sarah Palin, pitbull, with a child carrying a baby who is unmarried. Funny the Dobsons and Perkins are defending teen pregnancies. what a bunch of Harper Valley PTA hyocrites, remember that song? The McCain-Palin theme.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

Here is the template Sarah will use to destroy Joe Biden at the VP debate: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122049148440397625.html?mod=djemEditorialPage

Dan Heninger explains why our moonbats have gone over the edge on Sarah Palin: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122048635407597177.html?mod=djemEditorialPage

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

Mike Murphy and Peggy Noonan caught off the air on Palin pick…

you’ll need to page down!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

By Goldie

September 4, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

The Repugs have always whined that the media is “unfair” to them — and that scheme really worked so well for Richard Nixon back in 1973, hmmm?

When McBush does a one-day meet-n-greet before selecting his VP candidate, he has left the hard work to the media to fill-in the blanks for the American voters. That’s their job— that’s what they’re supposed to do: report the facts no matter how hurtful it may be to one political party. The media serves the interests of the American people, not solely your political biases.

Get over it, Repugs!

By marko

September 4, 2008 8:29 AM | Link to this

Now that grandpa Munster has elisted the aid of the girl wonder, you guys can saddle up, ride out of the wild west and kick a little liberal butt; right? Maybe not, I think Mr luckovich spotted a fatal flaw, in today’s cartoon, The Republicans are too old, too white, too wierd and too few. you guys are good soldiers; you will not back down from a fight, but you are’nt any more moral than the rest of us and you’re sure as hell not the majority.

By The Man

September 4, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

So Ragnar Danneskjöld

Let me get this straight…

Are you saying that Sarah Barracuda was NOT reading from a Teleprompter last night???

Are you suggesting that all political candidates DO NOT read their speeches from a telemprompter when they are speaking at events??

Are you that brainwashed in TALKING POINTS, or just smoking that “good” s—-???

It’ll show REAL soon , just you wait (LOL).

By Ray

September 4, 2008 8:32 AM | Link to this

bushgirl -hahahahaha.

Where’s the money for the bridge sarah? sarah?

bushgirl?

sarah?

where’s the money we gave you -$225m? sarah? bushgirl?

By Churchill

September 4, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

She’s nasty and childish. I can’t believe my once great party would even joke about entrusting the security of our nation to this person. Republicans used to be the party of national security. How could this have been allowed to happen?

By BS Aplenty

September 4, 2008 8:41 AM | Link to this

You just gotta love this Gov. Palin and her family. In the middle of her speech, Palin’s youngest daughter is holding the baby, Trig. The young daughter then proceeds to, on camera, repeatedly lick her hand and “groom” Trig’s wayward hair. Absolutely hilarious (I’m spewing Dr. Pepper out my nose).

I WISH I could write a script like that.

By @@

September 4, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Jim:

Last night after Governor Palin’s speech, I was watching CNN for their analysis. 4 men 2 women. Paul Begala off camera, two female reporters on the floor. The men quickly began to diminish the value of the speech. The 2 women began to defend it and gave her the accolades she so well deserved.

The response put out by Harry Reed comes up. The women caution against the use of the word “shrill”. Paul Begala warns against allowing the Republicans to dictate what language can be used against Palin. It wasn’t Republicans who had cautioned them.

Campbell Brown, the woman who had warned against using the word “shrill” when talking about a woman, warned again. This time talking directly to Begala. Begala’s response?

“Uh……uh……Campbell and I will just have to disagree. I love Campbell, she knows that, she’s a great reporter.” rr-rrr-rrrretch!!! Campbell suggests they get the opinion of the women off camera. They are all in agreement…..be careful what you say Now let’s go to Larry King Live……..

Larry has four women. 3 were former Hillary supporters now supporting OBlahMa. One at a time but also in unison, they accuse Sarah of being mean and smug when she was targeting OBlahMa. Women to the fore protecting their OBlahMa. The best they could do was say “She’s being a meanie pants. Why’s she being a meanie pants?”

WERE THEY JOKING OR WHAT? Where the heck were those women when the big boys in the dem party stepped aside while the media were attacking THEIR candidate (Hillary)?

Unfreakin believable!!!!!!

Better think twice before picking a fight.

I kept hearing that over and over in the analysis. “She’s opened the door for an attack, but will she be able to handle it?”

Hear this…………A woman doesn’t invite attacks unless she’s carrying a concealed weapon.

Democrats! You have a problem.

I can point out half a dozen ways or more that your candidate has boxed your party in during this campaign. It’s gonna be entertaining to see if you can fight your way out of that box by November.

I just don’t see it happening.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

The Rise of Sarah Palin: The Ascension. The Assumption. The Political Virgin draws first blood. Clubbing 4 the Navy Seals.

McCain’s judgement, not Sarah’s, is suspect here. It’s moot whether she’s appropriate or will play well in Peoria.

What’s not appropriate is McCain’s first act as our possible president is the supreme folly of a desperate tyrant, like Hitler’s Battle of the Bulge.

We all have our Battle of the Bulge moment. McCain proves that he cant be trusted with our country.

He needs to abandon Palin, like McGovern abandoned Sgt. Shriver, (after being behind him 1000 percent), and pick Lieberman, who now seems like a solid choice.

Last night put America through a grist mill and we’re all wore out.

I have my voter hat on. I know how I feel, and America runs through my veins. Palin is out. (But Nice speech).

Sorry, If this were 2004, maybe. But R U 486 four years ago and Bristol would be Better off.

See what I did there?

By Goldie

September 4, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

BS Aplenty— that young daughter has probably been taught that tending that baby is HER JOB to do as a fill-in while her mommy’s out on her religious crusade to take over Washington…

By Willie

September 4, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Wow! It sure is fun watching the LIBERALS whine, twist, and make up things. All their misinformation is either from the biased media or the attack internet bloggers. Liberals someday you may have a little character but I do not expect it to come soon. McCain/Palin the people American needs at this point in history. Georgia will vote for McCain/Palin and those who live in Ga but are not really Georgians….tooo bad.

By John

September 4, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

This needs to be said by a red meat life long Republican now, while in the “glow” of the convention: John McCain had an opportunity to pick Governor Mitt Romney as his running mate, a true economic conservative that was favored by the majority of Republicans.

McCain knows he is our nominee only because social and economic Republicans split their votes between Romney and Huckabee.

I am deeply offended by McCain and Palin’s constant harping against the “republican bosses” and against “big oil”. I happen to believe that the Republican Party is just fine the way it is and does not need to be “reformed” by these nominal Republicans.

The enthusiasm over a pretty new face will soon wane and Republicans will forever regret the day when this election could have been won with the selection of a real Republican, one of those “bosses” that Palin so easily dismisses.

I will certainly vote for the ticket because there is no viable alternative, not because of the two leading our ticket. I don’t plan to pay much attention to this election prior to casting my vote.

By ckt

September 4, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

Yes Jimbo, she is indeed a fighter. She is also pretty damn good at bald-faced lying. I guess that’s ok. Opposed the bridge to nowhere? Um, no you didn’t. Not one single piece of legislation? Um, there are dozens, including sweeping ethics reform and a bill with Luger on non-proliferation. Said no to earmarks? Um, no, you brought $27 million of them into Wasilla, AK.

This is the same old thing, same old speech, same old attacks. It’ll rally the base, but there’s a reason McCain has never polled above 44% - this crap doesn’t inspire anyone else…

By threedeep

September 4, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrG8w4bb3kg How the republicans really feel about the palin pick.

Yes, let talk experience: Obama: B.A in political science from Columbia University, with a specialization in international relations J.D. in Law from Hardvard, graduated magna cum laude; President of the Harvard Law Review 12 years (92-04) teaching constitutional law 7 years State Senator: sponsored more than 800 bills 4 years Senator for Illinos, a state with 12.8 million people

Palin: Bachelor’s in journalism from University of Idaho 4 years Wasilla City Council (8000 people) 6 years Wasilla mayor (8000 people) 1 year “Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission” 20 months governor of a state with 660,000 people

Do the Republicans really think we’re so stupid that we would believe she is more experienced than Obama? Give me a breaký

Thanks fellow THINKERS and not lemmings. I CAN NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DEBATES AND THE ISSUES ARE DEBATED. Just pitiful.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

Reagan said, “R U better off today than 4 years ago?”

I say to Palin: “RU486 four years ago and Bristol would be better off”

seewhatididthere?

By TW

September 4, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

When do we get to the part about bushgirl’s preacher saying Isreal deserve’s terrorist attacks because they don’t accept JC?

Oh yeah, it’s coming…

By mscutie78

September 4, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

WOW!!! What idiots - this isn’t a Miss America pagnent - this is about who is going to run our country on issues that concern Americans….like the economy, the environment, national security and foreign policy - NOT one time have the Republicans stated their policies and how they plan to enact those policies. Instead - they have done nothing but attack Obama! I guess when you have no new policies - you have no other choice but to try and attack you opponent. I HOPE voters out there chose a candidate because of the issues - NOT their personality!!!

By mscutie78

September 4, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

WOW!!! What idiots - this isn’t a Miss America pagent - this is about who is going to run our country on issues that concern Americans….like the economy, the environment, national security and foreign policy - NOT one time have the Republicans stated their policies and how they plan to enact those policies. Instead - they have done nothing but attack Obama! I guess when you have no new policies - you have no other choice but to try and attack you opponent. I HOPE voters out there chose a candidate because of the issues - NOT their personality!!!

By Ray

September 4, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

The other Ray, not the one who posted that idiotic 8:32.
What are all you libs worried about? The louder you rant, the more foolish you look. The all out smear of this lady by libs and the MSM will come back to haunt you and you know it. The “elite” libs make most of thinking America sick at their stomach, the college academia crowd, the “intellectuals” that have never earned an honest dime in their life and the ones who want to give my hard earned money to a bunch of lazy entitlement Demos who wouldn’t know hard work if it hit em’ in the head. America loves an underdog, ask Joe Namath.

By BS Aplenty

September 4, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Fred Flintstoned

You left out that Genarlow Wilson was also smoking weed with this underaged girl, making a porn video with this underaged girl and intending, one assumes, to distribute it.

Yeah, I’d say some prison time was in order wouldn’t you, Hef.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Dear Man @ 8:32, I think you misread my 7:35 note. I agree with your point about teleprompters, and Obama’s dismal performance at Saddleback proves your point valid. However, Sarah went off-script for a single line, the silly “Lipstick” joke, and it worked. No, broadly I agree with your warning, that the ability to deliver a good teleprompter speech is not the same as being able to think and deliver extemporaneously, but I sense that such capacity is not above Sarah’s pay grade – perhaps in stark contrast with Obama.

Dear Churchill @ 8:38, after all of your posts over the last couple of days, did you actually call someone else “nasty and childish?” Have you ever heard the term “chutzpah?”

By just me

September 4, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

Yes, the Republicans wrote a great speech FOR HER. And it’s a good thing they didn’t let facts get in the way of what she was saying. To harp on what Republicans have said about a presidential candidate, “Let me know her party’s specific plans or policies instead of just an inspiring speech.”

By @@

September 4, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this

The Man:

Interesting! Last night on CNN all the men were asking who wrote Sarah’s speech? Later Anderson Cooper confessed that the question had not been asked of OBlahMa’s “waxing” of his philosophical legs on stage.

And THAT confession came AFTER the women commentators began to reveal what they saw as unequal application of the lotion.

Man oh man, you’re men are weak.

By Nicole

September 4, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

Are you serious? Even CNN did a fact checker on her insults and allegations of the Obama campaign plan to raise taxes and most of what she said was found not to be true. I am offended that not once did she mention the struggling middle class. We are struggling to balance buy groceries, paying utiliy bills, and gas. All Palin can focus on is throwing insults at Obama, who has managed to not throw personal attacks at her this week. When did she discuss the Republican platform? It’s almost like she is the class clown picking on the student that is truly focusing on change.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

Dear threedeep @ 8:48, I think you don’t understand the difference between training and experience. Obama had training, he simply lacks experience. You may also wish to review your notes on “foxes and hedgehogs.”

By Willie

September 4, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

By threedeep September 4, 2008 8:48 AM Yeah and like I remember what he did…..Oh yeah he gave a good speech one time and got total recognition. It sure is fun watching you liberals whine. You are so educated and smart! You are at your best in lying and deception. Keep it up! One day you may have character. Most of you are concerned with the Republicans pick for VP. Now why does that concern you? You liberals have a pick. Live with it…

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

Looking forward to the next episode of “The Washington Hillbillies” airing to night when John “Jed” McCain & Sarah “Granny” Palin continue their feeble attempt to trick the American People into four more years of stupidity in leadership. I just loved it last night when they they trotted out Ellie Mae & Jethro!

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s future.

By Peadawg

September 4, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Nicole @ 9:01

Cry me a river. You want some cheese with that whine? Do you need a wambulance? Obama did the same thing to McCain at the Democratic Convention. All the dems whining and complaining and playing curtain cards are really getting old and I think a lot of people are getting tired of it like me.

McCain/Palin ‘08

By gwen

September 4, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Oh please.

I can’t believe the Republicans are building a campaign on attack Obama and avoid the real issues. I really expected more than that. Also, as a woman, I was put off by the sarcasim that The BUSH SPEECH WRITER added to her speach. I still don’t know her. Yes, I know she can be nasty and hit below the belt. But can she be intelligent and reasonable when she’s speaking to foreign leaders. I can see her now meeting with foreign leaders in that hillbilly hockey mom tone. This is a joke.

By GOP - THE RETARD PARTY

September 4, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this

The GOP has disgraced and dishonored itself by appealing to the intellectually unfortunate among us. They dragged a retarded baby, an unmarried pregnant teenager, and a redneck babydaddy on stage alongside a major Presidential candidate. This “Jerry Springer” appeal to the very stupidest Americans will fail, and it is sad to see the Republican party soil itself like this. It’s truly an American tragedy.

By GOP - THE RETARD PARTY

September 4, 2008 9:16 AM | Link to this

The GOP has disgraced and dishonored itself by appealing to the intellectually unfortunate among us. They dragged a retarded baby, an unmarried pregnant teenager, and a redneck babydaddy on stage alongside a major Presidential candidate. This “Jerry Springer” appeal to the very stupidest Americans will fail, and it is sad to see the Republican party soil itself like this. It’s truly an American tragedy.

By BS Aplenty

September 4, 2008 9:17 AM | Link to this

Goldie

Kind of in the nature of what traditional families do, don’t ya think? My children all had chores to do like washing clothes, mowing grass and cleaning room(s). Whether the supervising parent is a man or woman really shouldn’t matter now, should it? (wow, you Dems really are hate-filled)

In this instance, the young daughter looked perfectly comfortable handling her brother with all the love and affection that a normal family provides.

Sorry you missed out on that - the normal family, love, affection thing.

And it was hilarious…

By Nicole

September 4, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Peadawg @ 9:09

Did you watch the DNC? We focusing on our platform any one that watch the convention know exactly what the Dems support. Can you tell me the platform of the Republican party based off of Palin’s speech? I didn’t think so. America has real issues going on, our economy is going down the drain along with the value of the dollar. You should open your mind and be realistic about the real issues. These issues impact us all.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

Dear MsCutie 78 @ 8:54, if I read your note correctly you are unfamiliar with the republicans’s energy policy, so skillfully discussed by Mrs. Palin last night? Hint, it is not “tire inflation is a fully adequate substitute for new drilling.”

Dear justme @ 8:55, you seemingly work from the same talking points as MsCutie. While terrorism – McCain’s experience area – is surely still the most important issue of the day, energy – Palin’s experience area – is surely the second most important area. I don’t know why you guys are unaware of the republican strategies on both – I thought we were boring people by repetition. I admit that I feel the same way about democrat strategies in both areas. As a public service, I would respectfully propose we swap pithy explanations of our candidates positions on each. I think I can comprehensively deliver the republican strategies in two sentences of 10 words or less. You first.

By Ray

September 4, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this

Get real, the elephant in the living room is race, plain and simple. Not much realism by all of the libs in this arena. Obama will have to have a good 10 point lead on Nov 3rd to make up for all of “other than black” America that will not vote for a black candidate. No one mentions it much, it’s easier to dis the lady from Alaska but reality is just that. All of this rhetoric about experience, pregnant daughters, old fossils picking the wrong VP…… all pale in comparison to the fact that America is not ready for a black president. It scares the libs to death. They know it and ignore it to their peril.

By KZ_Guy

September 4, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this

I’m sorry but McCain’s ‘hail mary’ fell way way too short. Is this really the best they have to offer? The only reason they would nominate someone so unqualified they are hoping to cash in on the attacks on the little woman. If Palin was a man he wouldn’t get the time of day from McCain. Sarah doesn’t deserve it it either. I hope she is served with a supoena during her debate with Biden on national TV.

By CONSERVATIVE VOTER

September 4, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

This is one conservate that will not vote for the MCCAIN/PALIN ticket

I need to thank Palin for helping me understand some things.

I was unaware that authoring more than 800 pieces of legislation and cosponsoring over 1000 more during his time in both the state and US senate means that Obama has penned two memoirs but never any major bill.

I guess The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006, The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, and The 2007 Government Ethics Bill are small potatos to someone of Palin’s qualifications.

I’ve also learned that volunteering is apparently a bad thing. Little did I know that someone who does such a selfless act of working for free for a cause they believe in means it’s a direct comparison to an elected position where you abuse your power by inquiring how to ban books. I now know that there’s no reason anyone should volunteer in places like a soup kitchen, or as a community organizer helping youth and the jobless, or the local McCain/Palin headquarters near Columbus, OH. If I were to run for office in the future, I wouldn’t want such a negative thing as volunteering to come up during speeches!

By Peadawg

September 4, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

Nicole, I did catch some of the DNC. Obama: tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, spend, “talk” to terrorist leaders, no drilling, no drilling, inflate your tires(sorry I still laugh at that one), abortion is a good thing.

what’d i miss?

By What is a Community Organizer?

September 4, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this

A smile appears on my face when I read the condescending comments about Governor Palin and her family.

Please continue to refer to her as ignorant, hillbilly, unqualified, etc. because every time you do the votes just keep coming over to the GOP. Stick with your affirmative action community organizer (now I know what one is) and watch your doors get blown off.

Conceit is a weird disease: It makes everyone sick but the one that’s got it.

By jane4

September 4, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

Will people please stop acting like this lady represent women!!!!! We as women are intelligent creatures. We do not cover our intellect with lies, sarcasim, catty talk, and jokes. Hillary Clinton is a strong political figure for women. Had this speech been written for Hillary, she would have thrown it back and made them write her something with substance. Because Hillary knows that people are suffering. Jobs are being lost. Gas prices are high. She knows that family vacations are cut short and houses are going into forclosure. She wouldn’t compare herself to a bulldog (you know a dangerous animan that ofen turn on people. You never know where a bulldog is coming from. Well I guess that does describe a Republican. They have turned on American who are suffering.)

By jane4

September 4, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

Will people please stop acting like this lady represent women!!!!! We as women are intelligent creatures. We do not cover our intellect with lies, sarcasim, catty talk, and jokes. Hillary Clinton is a strong political figure for women. Had this speech been written for Hillary, she would have thrown it back and made them write her something with substance. Because Hillary knows that people are suffering. Jobs are being lost. Gas prices are high. She knows that family vacations are cut short and houses are going into forclosure. She wouldn’t compare herself to a bulldog (you know a dangerous animan that ofen turn on people. You never know where a bulldog is coming from. Well I guess that does describe a Republican. They have turned on American who are suffering.)

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

This year every man woman and child who has lived in Alaska for one year will collect $3,200. That means the Palin family will receive $22,400!

No wonder she is popular with the Alaskan voters, and keeps poppin’ out those babies!

By JD

September 4, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Gov. Palin was inspiring - she inspired all the whining liberals here to go on the attack.

These limp-wristed liberals attack her family (critical of her youngest daughter? Please grow into an adult you simple-minded dolts), call her a liar without even the first fact of support (note I wrote fact, not opinion), treat leadrship of the Harvard Law Review as a plus when actually this should be a 12 year embarrassment - and have nothing of note to mention on Obama’s resume.

These l-w libs lie about BO’s tax policy and economic plans. How about the $1 trillion in new spending he proposes? How about his proposal to tax home sales at 34% (for Georgians and more for others)- this will wreck the retirement of many working Americans? How about BO’s stated goal of taxing Americans to raise the standard of living around the world, specifically Africa? Obama is a cancer upon America!

Barack Obama is a liar period. He lies about his religion, he lies about his background, and he lies about his true feelings regarding the United States - all for political expedience. You only have to read the two books he “authored” to learn who the real Barack Hussein Obama is and where his allegiance actually resides.

Liberalism does nothing other than create government dependence and those who post here as liberals are nothing more than leeches living off the earnings of hard working Americans.

Liberalism is a sickness and we need a vaccine to eradicate this mind-numbing, crippling disease.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Snowmobile racing: The Iditarod meets Nascar? Was the Bridge to Nowhere really a ramp to leap snowmobiles off of Evil Kneivel style? What, is everybody in Alaska a fiend? Doesn’t snowmobiling ruin the Tundra? Just how big of a black eye does Palin want to give Alaska anyway? Drilling in Anwar. That’s a great idea, if you like black snow.

It’s like the Exxon Valdeze. Notice how millions of gallons wash ashore and the Feds show up with paper towels to sop it up? What a bunch of dopes, you know? Actually we’re the dopes for not confronting big oil, who really picked Sarah Palin.

Anything goes with Sarah when it comes to pollutint Alaska with Texas Tea.

Sarah Palin: Baked Alaska.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

Dear Nicole @ 9:01, “Even CNN did a fact checker on her insults and allegations of the Obama campaign plan to raise taxes and most of what she said was found not to be true.” OMG, that is almost as devastating as a Daily Kos critique. Speaking of Queen Spamalot, where is Devastator today? I cannot wait to read her cut and paste on the speech last night.

Dear Gwen @ 9:10, “I can see her now meeting with foreign leaders in that hillbilly hockey mom tone.” Gee, I cannot remember such a harsh critique since the leftists said the same thing about a cowboy.

By Howard

September 4, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

Go to the websites of key Alaska newspapers and read coverage of their Governor. It is not very flattering to say the least…And, It is kind of scary to find out what she has said and done back home. Banning books from a public library, declaring our invasion of Irag was “God’s will”, firing those who do not go along with her and rationalizing her own actions as righteous and justified, a true believer. She is pretty much an intolerant fundamentalist. Certainly, her views are far from mainstream America.

By Peter

September 4, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

8 years later and this is what America gets from the REPUBLICANS…..

Fewer jobs, more foreclosures, scarce health insurance could raise numbers, group says By CRAIG SCHNEIDER

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Wednesday, September 03, 2008

About 516,000 children are living in poverty in Georgia, a bump of 3.4 percent from the prior year, according to a report analyzing recent information released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

The number of children living in poverty in 2007 represents an increase of 17,000 above the prior year, according to the study by First Focus, a nonprofit advocacy group for children in Washington D.C.

Nationally, census data has found that children have been hit hardest by the recent weakening of the American economy, the report said. The national percentage of children living in poverty rose from 17.4 percent in 2006 to 18 percent in 2007, an increase of over 500,000 children. At the same time, the national average for all Americans only increased slightly.

“Our analysis indicates that a significant percentage of Georgia’s children lived below the poverty line in 2007, a disturbing sign of what may lie ahead in 2008,” said Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus.

He noted that that the 2007 census data does not take into account the last six months of a struggling economy. It is likely, Lesley said, Georgia’s child poverty numbers will see increases in 2008.

“As unemployment rates continue to climb, home foreclosures skyrocket, and the costs of health insurance rises, the number of children living in poverty certainly will not diminish in 2008,” he said.

REPUBLICANS……..for the RICH….. BY THE RICH and Against American FAMILY’S !

By Churchill

September 4, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

THE Captain arrives with great news. McCain campaign honcho Rick Davis has confirmed that the speech written specifically for the VP nominee has been re-written to tone down the masculine tone. Because it was written, you see, before the speech writers knew who would deliver it.

So there are no worries tonight. Sarah Plain is an experienced on-air personality, just like Willard Scott but not all fat and stuff. Her mad teleprompter skillz will serve her well, and all of America will at last know just what kind of woman will sit a faint, skipping heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

Yes indeed, just another straight talking mavericky Republican who speaks from the heart. Just not necessarily her heart.

Supporting the Old Guy and his foxy Sock Puppet. It is the Right Thing to do.

By Nicole

September 4, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

Peadawg,

You are mistaken. Please check your facts and be realistic. The keyword is your response is that you watched SOME of the DNC.

By tcoach

September 4, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

GOP the retard party-@9:16 I hope you have achild one day and I wish nothing but the worst in birth defects possible for you and your child how dare you make fun and poke at a 4 month old baby with downs syndrom. You say it was an episode of spinger, even he does not insult mentally challenged people the way you have. But I know that would never happen top you because the moment you found out anything was wrong with the baby you would have it aborted. Cause I know you would not want to interfer with your weed smoking time. What a joke it is comments by people like you that force the world to dislike us. You mean cold hearted SOB. I feel horrible for thinking it but I truely wish nothing but pain, anguish, and despair for you and any member of your family you insensative waste of oxygen. I hope all of you liberals are very proud to have peole like this monster on your side. What a sad state teh people of our great nation are in if there are people like this included.

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Who is this Sarah “Elly Mae” Palin?

1) She has spent millions of Alaska state dollars on aerial hunting of wildlife from helicopters and airplanes, dollars that should have been spent, for example, on Alaska’s failing school system.

2) She has consistently supported drilling in ANWR, use of coal-burning power plants, strip mining, and almost anything else that will unnecessarily exploit the diminishing resources of Alaska and destroy its environment.

3) Prior to her one year as governor of Alaska, she was mayor of Wasilla, a small red neck town outside Anchorage. The average maximum education level of parents of junior high school kids in Wasilla is 10th grade.

4) She is currently involved in a political corruption scandal. She fired an individual in law enforcement here because she didn’t like how he treated one of her relatives during a divorce. The man’s performance and ability weren’t considered; it was a totally personal firing and is currently under investigation.

5) She knows nothing of economics (admittedly a weak area for McCain), or of international affairs, knows nothing of national government, Social Security, unemployment, health care systems - you name it.

Bush/McCain - The poor choice of Sarah “Elly Mae” Palin tells us a great deal about Mr. Magoo’s judgment!

By Ms. Hospitality

September 4, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Palin did an exceptional job delivering her speech to the Republican audience. I don’t know if she garnered support from undecided voters, though.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 9:41 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin 08: Baked Alaska? No, oil-fried.

Bristol Palin 08: With a bun in the oven, soon we’ll see a pillsbury doughboy, who’ll certainly make a fine gingerbread man.

McCangelina 08: A nice rack trumps Barack.

Palin 08: A strumpet ransacks Alaska.

By HIDT

September 4, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this

The yelping of the leftist hyenas on this blog is flippin’ hilarious.

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

By The Way

September 4, 2008 9:31

BY THE WAY..See my post at 9:27 AM.

Reason enough to want to drill in ANWR! More money!

The state of Alaska owns most of the oil-producing land and was getting upward of 85 percent of its budget from the oil companies that lease the fields, even before Palin helped increase the state’s cut.

Alaska has more money then they know what to do with!

Why is there not a FEDERAL WINDFALL TAX?

One that Obama favors, and one that McCain and the republicans opposed!

You can read all about right here:

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2008/09/03-0

By Independent

September 4, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

The only thing this woman can say that I would agree with is “I quit, for the sake of my family, I quit.” Her speech was an attack on Obama, although he has remained a gentleman to her. This no name, do nothing governor, that chose to put her family last, will never get my vote. How can you run a country and breastfeed at the same time? How do you care for your special needs child and run a country? It can’t and won’t be done. Thanks McCain for ensuring senator Obama’s win! Thank you!

By Mike

September 4, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Palin does NOT support abstinence-only sex education. She is pro-contraception but anti-abortion.

Second, four years ago a lot of people were thrilled with a part-time governor of an even smaller state being the Democratic front-runner. Doctor Dean was with a patient when he heard that Governor Snelling had died and he got promoted to the top spot.

Not only does a “community organizer” not have responsiilities, unlike a mayor, but they can run away when things get bad. Someone who votes “present” a lot and doesn’t write legislation in four years in the Senate probably thinks that’s still the way things work.

By Stew

September 4, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

Howard, Your point is?

More than you want to admit live our lives by seeking “God’s will”. Your reference to Alaska newspapers, we all know the printed media is falling down left leaning Liberal. What else would you expect? How do you account for the 80+% approval rating by the citizens of Alaska?

Stew

By JD

September 4, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this

gwen @ 9:12

Oh please indeed!

Obama has never addressed an issue. His entire campaign is “Change” but he has never indicated exactly what he wants to change.

He did say in an early speech, “We live in the greatest country on earth and I want you to help me change it”. I guess he wants the US to become a third world nation with unlimited immigration from Mexico and Africa. Now there are two places we should all aspire to live!

What a bunch of Grape Kool-Aid drinkers you liberals are (In the Jim Jones sense)!

Oh, By the Way (another liberal dunce) gwen, the word is sarcasm.

Retard @ 9:13 & 9:16

The Democrats only appeal to the intellectually disadvantaged - those looking for a handout and those dependent upon government are the voters keeping these charlatans in office. You ARE slow intellectually!

By Republican Retards and Rednecks

September 4, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

I felt sorry for Republicans when they paraded that retard baby and that preggo teenager out there like that. Then they brought out the teenage baby daddy and completed the three ring redneck circus. How far the GOP has fallen - they are reduced to trailer trash spectacles and glorifying teenage pregnancy. The GOP has lowered the bar into the criminal swamp of hillbilly inbreeding, and they will pay an ugly price in November.

By jm

September 4, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

I wonder who will draw more viewers tonight - the nfl season opener or Senator McCain.

By Republican Retards and Rednecks

September 4, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

I felt sorry for Republicans when they paraded that retard baby and that preggo teenager out there like that. Then they brought out the teenage baby daddy and completed the three ring redneck circus. How far the GOP has fallen - they are reduced to trailer trash spectacles and glorifying teenage pregnancy. The GOP has lowered the bar into the criminal swamp of hillbilly inbreeding, and they will pay an ugly price in November.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 9:50 AM | Link to this

Sarah Putin: Baked Alaska

By Bob

September 4, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

As usual, the GOP is proving to be much more moderate than the far left Dems. God Bless the USA.

By mytwocents

September 4, 2008 9:55 AM | Link to this

You libs have to keep on harping, don’t you? I think this will be an interesting race and let the best man and woman win! I am so relieved I don’t have to see a woman dressed in pantsuits anymore but real women professionally dressed and capable of delivering great speeches. Yeah, Obama did not have a speech writer?

The Rep ticket is not perfect but it is so much better than the see my lips moving Obama and the blowhard Biden. How is Obama going to debate without a teleprompter? Remember, he did not fair that well against Hilliary in the debates. He and Biden will further prove they are empty suits pedaling the same old Democratic jargon which represents anything but change!

McCain / Palin ‘08

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

Another highlight of yesterday’s episode of “The Washington Hillbillies”…

“On Wednesday morning, a teenage boy from Alaska stood in a receiving line on an airport tarmac, being glad-handed by the potential next president of the United States — because he got his girlfriend pregnant. TV cameras were lined up in advance. The mind boggles.”

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s future!

By hockey puck to the face

September 4, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

These negative posts reek of desperation and most of all hypocrisy.

You want to argue inexperience, fair enough, let’s call it a tie, our VP has the equal level of inexperience as your President. Pretty sure you got it backwards.

You want to argue about substance, fair enough… Obama campaigned for over a year before he delivered an ounce of substance. And when he did, he has turned back around on a number of the things he said. So I’ll take Palin talking about the substance of simply big govt vs. small govt and her direct energy experience in her first speech on the national stage, ANY DAY, over Obama’s flip flopping “substance”.

You want to talk about personal issues, not fair enough, that’s pathetic… but if you all really want to go there, I’ll take Palin loving her daughter despite her obvious mistakes over Obama making the personal choice to blow 8 balls on a Friday night, send money from Washington to Tony Rezko, and sit on a board of directors with William Ayers any day of the week.

Keep grasping Dems.

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

By Stew

September 4, 2008 9:45 AM

STEW…I’ve already addressed the issue of her popularity rating of 80%!

It’s called OIL…Plain and simple! Each man, woman and child who have lived in Alaska for at least a year will receive a check for 3,200. In Palin’s case that amounts to $22,400.

Anyone want to guess why she is so adamant about drilling in ANWR

MORE windfall profit taxes…Clear enough why she is so popular?

A

By dano

September 4, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

Hey Osama Hussein Obama Yo Mama fans: Your messiah just got his clock cleaned last night. I am still voting for Bob Barr (the only true candidate not seeking self-empowerment), but I would submit to you that it is no longer McBush……..it is McPalin. Yes sirree bob, Palintology is about to surpass Obamamania as the new hype.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

Sara Barracuda? More like Sarah Crabcakes.

By Observations

September 4, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

Republican Ticket:

LOWER TAXES!!!!(many supporters don’t realize THEIR taxes will NOT be lowered…mostly wealthy. Who pays the bulk? Middle Classm or we will continue to borrow and increase the deficit).

DRILL BABY DRILL!!!!(I hear the talk of all this drilling…okay what are the plans after drilling? Sounds empty to me. Don’t we drill now? How has this helped? I think drilling is PART, but not the end all be all. Republicans are hanging their hats on this…I heard nothing of a serious plan inclusive of alternative means of energy)

PORTABLE HEALTHCARE!!! (Who would sponsor/pay for that? Will that really benefit the majority of americans?)

PARENTS CAN CHOOSE SCHOOLS!!! (vouchers…No child left behind. Right. There are 50,000 students of all races being left behind behind in our own state)

Its funny “Do as I say not as I do party”. Lets stop the liberal congress, when the Republicans have held office for eight years

Hmm…that about sums it up.

There were plenty of attacks on Obama, plenty of attacks on Democrats as a whole.

Lets see what McCain says tonight. Attacks on Obama are to be expected. Hopefully the speech will actually encompass more that that.

Should have been Ron Paul running against Barack Obama.

By Independent Voter

September 4, 2008 10:01 AM | Link to this

As someone who was on the fence, lets be real. After the debacle of the last 8 years, do we really want someone we can relate to, or is a ‘hockey mom’ like other moms running the country. Republicans voted for Bush in ‘04 because they felt they could have a beer with him. This woman just got her passport last year. What does she know about ANY foreign issues? The Republicans talk about how dangerous times are right now, and this is the person they feel is qualified? After watching how the delegates and other Republicans reacted to such a thin resume, they have pushed me in the other direction.

By Not buying it

September 4, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

Written by AP

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Some examples:

PALIN: “I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a “bridge to nowhere.”

PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform _ not even in the state senate.”

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: “The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded. Story continues below advertisement

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: “She’s been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply … She’s responsible for 20 percent of the nation’s energy supply. I’m entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain’s phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more “responsible” for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state _ by population.

MCCAIN: “She’s the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities,” he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under “federal status,” which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska’s national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right _ change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington _ throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.

Associated Press Writer Jim Drinkard in Washington contributed to this report.

By gwen

September 4, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

To: JD (howdy) Howdy Prime Minister Howdy Queen Elizabeth

My’s name is VP Palin. Im’ma hockey mom from the good ole state of Alaska in the good ole US of A. Im’ma small town gul. I don’t know why the US sent me hear. Hell I just got my passport last year. Won’t me to teach you how to rope a polar bear. Oh I’m just using a little sarcasim, oops, I mean sarcasm…you see my other redneck buddy, JD, from Atlanta pointed out that my spelling and grammar is poor. Anytime you and the family come over to the US, call me. I’ll be in the back yard of the white house shooting my gun. ya hear.

By gwen

September 4, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

To: JD (howdy) Howdy Prime Minister Howdy Queen Elizabeth

My’s name is VP Palin. Im’ma hockey mom from the good ole state of Alaska in the good ole US of A. Im’ma small town gul. I don’t know why the US sent me hear. Hell I just got my passport last year. Won’t me to teach you how to rope a polar bear. Oh I’m just using a little sarcasim, oops, I mean sarcasm…you see my other redneck buddy, JD, from Atlanta pointed out that my spelling and grammar is poor. Anytime you and the family come over to the US, call me. I’ll be in the back yard of the white house shooting my gun. ya hear.

By Ray

September 4, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

Repub Retards,

Complaints of Repub candidates by libs are the pinnacle of hypocrisy. How about your two “Towers of Virtue’, slick Willy and Ambulance John? Lies, lies and more lies. Palin is a saint compared to these two and she scares you to death. I think that Mother Theresa could have spoken last night and you would have dissed her just because she is a Repub. You are scared…… we can all tell.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

Dear Fosdick @ 9:43, “Why is there not a FEDERAL WINDFALL TAX?” Great question: Answer: it is a stupid idea, on the economics. The simple effect of such a tax is to make it cheaper to import oil – thus the “windfall” tax becomes a US taxpayer subsidy of production by foreign governments. I realize that the leftist dream is to send as many jobs overseas as possible, thus to enhance the domestic need for a welfare state, but even a few democrats understand how dumb the idea is.

By DHD

September 4, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

You can hear the worry and desperation in the comments from the left. They should be worried. They got their butts kicked. Speechwriters? Are you telling me that Obama doesn’t use one? Who doesn’t? But…she wrote MOST of the speech.

Get used to hearing from Sarah. 8 years of VP and 8 years of President. Get used to it, lefties. You, Hollywood and the Media don’t run the country, middle America does.

Repeat after me…..Vice President Palin.

:)

By "She can handle her load"

September 4, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

You’re right - she can handle her load of crap Wooten.

Find out the facts folks -

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Some examples:

PALIN: “I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a “bridge to nowhere.”

PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform _ not even in the state senate.”

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: “The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded. Story continues below advertisement

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: “She’s been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply … She’s responsible for 20 percent of the nation’s energy supply. I’m entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain’s phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more “responsible” for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state _ by population.

MCCAIN: “She’s the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities,” he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under “federal status,” which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska’s national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right _ change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington _ throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.

Associated Press Writer Jim Drinkard in Washington contributed to this report.

By Common Sense

September 4, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

Mike why lie about Mr. Obama writing a law in the Senate, now name me something John McClain has done to help the people of America.

McClain states America first, what has he done to put America first. Except get capture then give up information after torture about who he is?

Tell what has McClain who states I do not know much about the economy then hires someone who know less.

Did anyone see Mrs. Palin give her baby back to her husband after holding the child for 10 seconds. Then the 2nd youngest was trying to hold mommies hand and she walked away waving to the crowd.

Let me tell you! My God and family comes first before this my country does!

Since when did God condone killing innocent people. What did Iraq do to the United Statess?

I thought Bin Laden was the terrorist that bomb the World Trade Center!

Am I wrong?

By JD

September 4, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this

gMan@ 9:39

You unvalued prevaricator!

Elly Mae herself would be more qualified than Hussein Obama.

1) Millions my backside! You are pathetic.

2) All bogus and you know so. ANWR drilling is your lynchpin argument but there is nothing there to destroy and the drilling footprint is so small as to be of no consequence. This is not the 1950’s (where your mind resides) and coal is now clean and green. Oil and gas are in abundant supply - not diminishing.

3) As opposed to being a community organizer and leader of the Harvard Law Review? Obama is an unaccomplished fraud - but the perfect Democrat.

4) The trooper you defend made death threats to her family, was stopped for DUI on several occasions (once in his patrol car) and excused because he was a trooper. Sounds like the perfect little Liberal to me I am sure he will vote Muslim in ‘08.

5) You have no basis to make such claims.

gman - another limp-wristed, liberal whiner supporting 2 life-long losers on the Dem ticket - a Muslim and a plagiarist.

By sam

September 4, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

lets not forgot that McCain the maverick was forced to pick Palin…his first two choices were vetoed…quite the maverick. i got a real kick out of Rudy lecturing us on family values and womens rights…what a joke. by the way, what was ms palin’s first job out of college, a sports reporter and a beauty queen in a town of 3 thousand…wow that is impressive….by the way, has John McCain ever run a town, state, or been CEO of a company? oh forget that, he’s war hero so nothing else matters…remember those goofballs last night are the same people who brought us 8 yrs of George W…..the worst president in modern history…last night was typical GOP garbage, they f things up for years and then blame it on everyone else, mention how much they love our country while they hate the people who live in it, belittle the other side, blah, blah, blah….lowest common denominator stuff….and the weirdos in the crowd eat it up…..they sure can campaign but unfortunately have no clue how to govern….

By ron

September 4, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

Good morning,I’ve recovered.I watched Mrs.Palin last evening.I don’t normally watch political speeches.Mrs. Palin can not only gut a moose,she can gut an opponent.Gracefully,quietly and nicely.Her friends say that the best is yet to come.The debates.They say she’s great at this aspect.

So what does McCain do tonigt to follow this speech?I once watched Senator Mitchell concede that the speaker before him had been so good that there was no reasons for him to try to compete.He promised to keep his remarks short and he did.

McCain doesn’t have this option,so he’d best be electrifing.Tonight he needs to lay out the skeleton of his Presidency.In Spades.He needs to tell people what his plans are.He doesn’t need to remind us of past accomplishments,but needs to tell us of future plans.Anything less will be a disaster.

By dirty harry

September 4, 2008 10:10 AM | Link to this

Last night Saint Ronnie Reagan’s speech writer, and loyal republican PEGGY NOONAN said of the Sarah Palin nomination……

Political BULL SH*T!

Says it all, doesn’t it?

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this

Dear Independent @ 10:01, you fall into the leftists’s “cult worship” trap – wherein “who” runs things is more important than the nature of the policies they would implement. Strongly urge you to look beyond the personalities, and into the actual policies proposed. Independent thinkers will find little to commend leftism (hence the leftist focus on cult rather than policy.)

By What is a Community Organizer?

September 4, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

Suddenly Obama supporters suddenly feel the need to (1) engage in vile, disgusting attacks against Governor Palin, and (2) try to prop up the alleged intellectual nature of their candidate.

Eggheads possessing multiple degrees but with little common sense and no practical work experience abound—but those individuals are unqualified to be president.

If Obama is (suddenly) such an intellectual powerhouse:

So, where is Obama’s intellectual heft? Where is it? I have yet to see it. He is an empty suit with a couple of college degrees. He is an affirmative action candidate. He is a community organizer. He has risen to his level of incompetence. He is….Barack Obama.

By Truthifier

September 4, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

For a change, I agree with Jim: “this will be a very dangerous woman.” The combination of thin skin and power should terrify us all.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Dear loaded Drinkard @ 10:08, I read only your last fact – who was the Senate majority leader 2001-2002? You lied.

By Dutchman

September 4, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

GMAN,

I have never seem such ignorance from anyone person - you must be a shill for a committee.

Face it, the traditional people can identify with Gov. Sarah Palin more than with the elitist BHO. The folks in Mid-Town I have given up on a long time ago.

I have yet to see BHO suggest he knows anything about an economy or even how it works. Taxing business will raise the price of everything. Corporations do not pay taxes, they pass it on to the consumer.

Regarding energy, the current “lets not drill” policy sure seems to have worked for the countries in the middle east and that mad man in South America.

I also want to congratulate those “peaceful” protesters in St. Paul. Great show, destruction of property and taunting the police is a real smart move - your mommies must be very proud of you. You make rednecks look good by comparison.

I just want to add, that if BHO and Biden excite you Prius drivers, my condolences. I will stand with a man that wore the uniform any day.

By GOP = REDNECK DISGRACE

September 4, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

The GOP is a redneck disgrace to America. They put a teenage sperm donor and a pregnant child on stage with a Presdential nominee. I consider that a disgrace. Teenage pregnancy is now the official policy of the Republican party. This party has become an embarrassing gang of inbreeding and child sex, retards, and unwed mothers. What a horrendous trailer trash soap opera! This party is a disgrace to itself and to this nation.

By Joby

September 4, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

I think it’s really telling that all of the Democrat attacks on Palin are ad hominem. “trailer park mom” et al. Don’t worry about addressing what she said. Typical liberals, ducking the issues, attacking the people.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Dear Dirty @ 10:10, you fall into the leftists’s “cult worship” trap – wherein “who” says something is more important than the truth of what they say. Strongly urge you to look beyond the personalities, and into the actual statements.

I am a great fan of Peggy, but when confronted with the classic Groucho, “who are you going to believe, me or your own eyes” your argument becomes silly.

By GOP = REDNECK DISGRACE

September 4, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

The GOP is a redneck disgrace to America. They put a teenage sperm donor and a pregnant child on stage with a Presdential nominee. I consider that a disgrace. Teenage pregnancy is now the official policy of the Republican party. This party has become an embarrassing gang of inbreeding and child sex, retards, and unwed mothers. What a horrendous trailer trash soap opera! This party is a disgrace to itself and to this nation.

By CommunistAJC

September 4, 2008 10:20 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin just buried the inexperienced media AND the two inexperienced democrat nominees. Goodbye socialist Obama Hussein. Maybe Hussein Obama can run for office in Iran. I mean, he is a muslim right? Or at least every part of his name is.

By Chaz

September 4, 2008 10:22 AM | Link to this

Go ahead, keep calling her an inbred hillbilly. The Blame America First crowd says we’re all hillbillies, and guess what? These hillbillies vote, especially when you get them riled up. Kind of like last night.

(And Joe Biden is a well-known plagiarist. Perhaps if he’d spent the money for a speechwriter, rather than steal other people’s words, he’d be at the top of the ticket. Then again, naaaaah.)

By Mrs. Captain Freedom

September 4, 2008 10:23 AM | Link to this

Mrs. Freedom here to let you know that THE Captain despairs at the tone of today’s conversation and has locked himself in his gun closet. THE Captain wonders how it is possible to offer slashing satire and effective evisceration of evidently emetic e-commenters when the loony fringe on this board is patently parodic to begin with.

THE Captain said, as he ran weeping into the closet, that in a world where Dusty is the sanest of the lot, there is no hope.

I hope He will be back with you soon, but I fear that your unbridled lunacy may be too much for this Good Man to bear.

That said, I would offer that Sarah Plain has a voice that could strip the chrome off a trailer hitch, and that THE Captain’s disappointment with the Wooten Klan was only matched by his tumescent awe at the Powerful Polar Poacher from Wasilla. Still, as a woman, I feel badly for young Levi, who faces life with a mother-in-law who would field strip his jewels at the slightest provoacation. Perhaps he should demand a paternity test.

By JD

September 4, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

gwen

Suppose you could, at the very least, keep your idiotic comments to ONE post?

I know learning the “ins and outs” of your new Aaron Rents computer (no credit check) is tough but please try. Or are you at a job stealing time from your employer? Based upon your comments I do not imagine you have a job.

You Liberals are so much fun! Skewering you is far too easy so I think I will head to my office, make my estimated tax payment (due 9/15 for your info)so you can pick up your government assistance and then I will call it a day.

I do not live in Atlanta but then you Liberals are so quick to jump to conclusions you skip right over the important parts.

Muslim/Plagiarist ‘08

By Doug

September 4, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

Different look, same old tired Republican crap. A pretty face and hoops skills aren’t going to keep the Democrats from tying both Palin and McCain back to the Bush policies that have been driving this country into a ditch for eight years now.

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 10:26 AM | Link to this

By JD @ 10:09 AM, I laugh at your pitiful defense of Sarah “Elly Mae” Palin’s total mismanagement of everything she’s ever been in charge of. She is an unfit mother of five who places political ambitions before her family and you know it. No matter how you try to spin it she is a disgrace to motherhood.

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s future!

By The Way

September 4, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Wooten wrote another blog that is still closed, but he quotes Palin’s ragging at Obama.

Notice how Wooten isn’t talkin’ ‘bout McCain?

Palin is a beard for McCain. A shield. Isn’t a rag the last refuge of a scoundrel?

By JLK

September 4, 2008 10:27 AM | Link to this

Hey, can y’all fill me in? I had to walk the dog and missed some of those great speeches last night — specifically, the part where she talked about a plan to address our NINE TRILLION DOLLAR DEBT. Surely she would have addressed that in an arena full of people who supported the policies that got us there. Right? It’s not like the Republicans are going to eschew personal responsibility and pass the buck by insinuating that somehow Barack Obama is responsible for the deficit that’s increased exponentially since the successful outcome of last two Republican conventions. And certainly they wouldn’t insinuate that somehow Barack Obama has been the one in bed with the Saudis and other hostile mid-east nations perpetuating our dependence of foreign oil for all these years. Or that Barack Obama held secret, classified meetings with energy executives to set the policy that’s now got us all bent over, paying dues in a most uncomfortable way. Just looking at Sarah Palin last night, I can see that the Republicans are WAYYYYYY too classy for THAT!

By Maniac is accurate

September 4, 2008 10:29 AM | Link to this

Not all talk radio is conservative or liberal. In Chattanooga the talk station is very much small town, middle of the road beauty shop and barber shop talk. In other words, the hosts and callers are like the small town, middle and working class that makes up a huge part of this country.

Jim’s assessment of how Palin played there was evidenced in the comments on The Morning Press of WGOW this morning.

They were talking about how impressive Palin was, how smart and tough she seems. And, they were enchanted with the children, especially the touching shot of the youngest daughter licking her hand and slicking down young Trig’s cowlick.

McCain just unleashed his own celebrity – one that shows more middle America substance than Sen. Obama. She will indeed play well in the South, the Midwest, the Mountain West and everywhere there are families who look like hers. There are a lot of them.

By shay

September 4, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Wake up and smell the coffee people. Hell, I can read a good pre-written speech. Not one person representing the Republican party has addressed the problems in our economy. Dayum her kids, her pregnant teenage daughter or her run as governor, what in the hell are you going to do for the people?

Answer that, then maybe I will be impressed. All that other smoke she was puffing last night meant nothing to me. She did look cute though! That’s about all I noticed from her speech.

BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!!

By President Barack Obama

September 4, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this

Dear Republican Trailer Scum:

Last night you just witnessed the final nail in the failed GOP coffin. No issues, no intelligence, only desperate partisan attacks.

President Barack Obama will soon take the oath of office and will become the 44th President of the United States of America.

Your worst nightmare is about to come true.

By President Barack Obama

September 4, 2008 10:34 AM | Link to this

Dear Republican Trailer Scum:

Last night you just witnessed the final nail in the failed GOP coffin. No issues, no intelligence, only desperate partisan attacks.

President Barack Obama will soon take the oath of office and will become the 44th President of the United States of America.

Your worst nightmare is about to come true.

By Churchill

September 4, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Mrs. Captain Freedom

Please tell the Captin to be careful where her crys, the salt water will cause rust on his guns.. 4 more years..4 more years..

By gwen

September 4, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

JD, please take a chill pill and relax before you have a stroke. Man you are in rare form. We all have opinions. No need to get upset.

By gwen

September 4, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this

JD, please take a chill pill and relax before you have a stroke. Man you are in rare form. We all have opinions. No need to get upset.

By BS Aplenty

September 4, 2008 10:39 AM | Link to this

Even if they have to lie ad naseum, right Doug?

By Jason

September 4, 2008 10:40 AM | Link to this

Palin proves one thing, she is a real professional at reading a teleprompter…just like Reagen was. She ought to have plenty of experience, after all she was sportscaster in her little po-dunk Alaskan town reporting which high school basket ball team was winning that season, then segue into which local farmer grew the biggest pumpkin this year! Just look at that twinkle in her eye when she talks about “fighting our wars” and sending her child off to Iraq…she is a war mongering AVON junkie who should have gotten hit by one of those hockey pucks before she blew someone to get in as the PTA chairman… er uh Mayor of her village. Alaska….now that’s in touch with America….but cant blame her since they are so close to Russia and all, makes for great foreign policy experience.

By reebok

September 4, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

No substance, no experience, no credentials, and a hypocrite on ‘family values.’ She’s pretty, mean, sarcastic and angry. She should be working for Fox ‘News.’

By hotlanta

September 4, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

Why is it when folks say Obama gives a good speech you guys say that is all he has. Yall acting as if she is Moses parting the Red Sea. Remember how folks was SOOOOOO excited about Hiliary then she started sinking like a ship loaded with bricks. Enjoy it now Palin because it will not last long. Why was I looking at my favorite show last night America’s Next Top Model with one of the contestants from Alaska. She said that she did not have electricity nor running water and she acted as if she had won the lottery last night when they moved into the home. She is probably still in the shower now. I was like whoa this is 2008 and she doesn’t have any running water or electricity and her Governor is running for VP and she is talking about energy supply. Where it sure isn’t getting to all of her residents of Alaska. Did anyone else see that.

By hotlanta

September 4, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

Why is it when folks say Obama gives a good speech you guys say that is all he has. Yall acting as if she is Moses parting the Red Sea. Remember how folks was SOOOOOO excited about Hiliary then she started sinking like a ship loaded with bricks. Enjoy it now Palin because it will not last long. Why was I looking at my favorite show last night America’s Next Top Model with one of the contestants from Alaska. She said that she did not have electricity nor running water and she acted as if she had won the lottery last night when they moved into the home. She is probably still in the shower now. I was like whoa this is 2008 and she doesn’t have any running water or electricity and her Governor is running for VP and she is talking about energy supply. Where it sure isn’t getting to all of her residents of Alaska. Did anyone else see that.

By The Way

September 4, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this

The whole scene last night was surreal. This is my America?

McCain has proven himself to be a fool, with the ability to gamble everything on a foolish desperate gamble.

No country should be without a fool.

By GMAN

September 4, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

By Dutchman @ 10:16 AM, once again you try to defend John “Jed” McClain by dragging out very old war stories that have nothing to do with his ability to make the necessary decisions to run a country. Let’s look at recent decisions. Mr. Magoo has selected an unfit hillbilly mom with poor decision making skills as his running mate. He’s changed his mind, or what’s left of it, on nearly everything he stood for when he last ran for president for purely political purposes. He’d get in bed with anybody to get elected, even Elly Mae (watch him closely Cindy, he’s done it before).

Bush/McCain - Gambling with our children’s futures!

By Republican voter

September 4, 2008 10:46 AM | Link to this

Last night was a disgrace to the party. The jabs were uncalled for and for someone who was ridiculed by the media just two days ago, she didn’t seem like she gave a damn truthfully about her family being drug in the mud. Way to go Sarah. You are the mother that all women inspire to be. Politics first, family second!

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Palin’s Speech Is Over; We Now Return To Your Previously Scheduled Reality CHECK!

I believe most of the nonsense, and blatant lies she spouted last night have already been relived here!

Is this the best the republicans can bring to the table?

Oh man…we are in deep do-do!

By Brett

September 4, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this

GMAN:

It was much better than last weeks episode of The Obamasin’s.

“We movin on up you’ll see, to de-lux accomodations in D.C.

Movin on up, where everything’s free

All ‘dem rich folk gonna take care of you & me.

There’s nowhere I won’t surrender No where I won’t back town Just put me in the Whitehouse I’ll take those evil corporations down I’ll take care of your healthcare Give you no responsibility I’ll make all those other hard-working suka’s Take care of you and me

Movin on up..

Now sing along all you Obamanut sheep..

BAAAAH BAAAAH BAAAH

By Common Sense

September 4, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

The Republican party really likes the rednecks and country folks.

All the Republicans have to say is they am going to take your guns away.

Hey they may remove religion from the school the liberals always do that!

Let’s see redneck your graduation rate is low!

Factories are closing so you still have Hee-Haw and your guns but no jobs!

So your taxes do not get raises when you don’t work and live off welfare!

To Rag: Quit defending this pick it takes 2 parents to raise a family not especially one with special needs.

Single parents do a great job but I am sure they would like to have a partner to help out!

By Davo

September 4, 2008 10:57 AM | Link to this

Republican can teach the Dems a few things about how to party!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfJoIiKAmJs

By LOL AT BRETT

September 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

BRETT THE RACIST!!

Take an English class please before you attack the Obama supporters. That’s what’s wrong with you aristocracks. Your asses McCan’t spell.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

What’s funny is that anyone who considers pointing out the problems with Obama and his lack of experience as ‘attacks’ on him.

They are merely pointing out the truth, and you know what they say, “the truth hurts!”

Anyone who says Palin doesn’t have any experience is just making themselves look silly. She has more years of elected service that your TOP guy. She has executive experience to Obama’s NONE. The two closest neighbors to the state she leads, and leads with a 90% approval rating, are Canada and Russia. So, to say she’s never dealt with foreign nations is just not true. What foreign policy does Obama have? Giving an anti-war speech to 200,000 angry Germans doesn’t count. The list of accomplishments for Obama pales in comparison to Palin’s list. In fact, can someone please list me ONE of Obama’s accomplishments since he’s been in the U.S. Senate?

There’s this one - Senate Bill 2433 but the mainstream media doesn’t mention it because it exposes Obama for what he really is. Billions in ADDITIONAL US Taxpayer dollars going overseas. It used to be on Obama’s website, but I’m unable to find it now. Imagine that? The bill, however, is still active and pending.

Here’s a list of Obama’s versus Palin’s accomplishments

I understand it’s one sided, but really, it’s not that far from the truth.

Anyone who thinks Palin isn’t accomplished is an uninformed fool!

By Patrick Tuohy

September 4, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

Many Americans believe that electing Zerobama will finally end all racial divisions and conflict and usher in a new age of domestic tranquility.

Forget that. The poverty industry is a big business and the army of victicrats,professional crybabies and yawn facilitators (i.e.,”community organizers”) who make their living claiming anyone who won’t go along with their beggy agenda is somehow”racist at the core” will keep on whining no matter what happens.

Obama: a zero,not a hero.

By too funny

September 4, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

Rob, did you write that all by yourself or did Cindy McCain write it. Sounds like that dumb mess she was talking bout!.

LOL!!

By Hey Jimmy

September 4, 2008 11:04 AM | Link to this

How’s about fixing your blog?

By 2BFREE

September 4, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

I used to call my self “independent” because I voted for the person I thought was best for the job regardless of their party. But I have to agree with the Republicans, Democrats are idiots. I thought the speeches at the Dem Covention were good and some down right moving especially Hillary’s. But people, Sarah was over-the-top bring it home good. It was like watching my wife’s best friend up there. You could relate to her and couldn’t help but laugh at her snide remarks to all her nay slayers out there in the Media and the opposite party.

And as to the economy. the biggest driving force right now is the price of fuel. Get a handle on that and most of the other stuff will fall into place. Don’t believe me, watch the stock market (which is the leading key indicator of the economy) when oil prices change. Palin’s speech as mentioned how drilling is not the only solution, but part of the overall solution. In other words we need to drill and find clean alternativs for energy now, not 10 years from now to turn the economy around. And McCain has already stated that free health care is not the answer to the un-insured. But rather a tax incentive to assist individuals in acquiring health insurance so we can choose our own provider instead of one forced by big brother.

If you can’t objectively listen to what is said and don’t have the sense to understand what was said, you don’t need to respond. And trust me, listening to what ABC, CBS, CNN or especially NBC states after the speech will not give you and objective opinion. Democrats hate FOX since it is the only network not taking a bow to their new god, Barack Obama.

By Dutchman

September 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

GMAN -

Bumper sticker in Alaska “Alaska Girls Kick A*”. That she did last night. She showed that BHO was not only an empty suit, but a cheap one at that.

BTW, where did all the money go that he and Ayers spent during his “Community Organizing”?

The only way you have left is the ridiculous jabs at the Governor of Alaska. If that ain’t red neck, I don’t know what is.

Does she walk the walk? Yes, her son is deploying to Iraq, how about yours. Mine is at Camp Lejeune right now.

Does she know how to govern, gee that is a tough one, What has BHO done?

I thought her comments were on target and precisely placed, good grouping also.

This modern woman is real. She isn’t a feminazi, didn’t go to an ivy league school but instead lived a real life. Just like real folks, her family is her family, warts and all, so why be ashamed of them. Those of us with grown children can identify with that.

I will give BHO the ability to speak a very good speech. Maybe his speech writers need a little help from Sarah Palin’s speech writers. You understand substance, right?

So who will it be, someone that will lower our taxes but force everything to cost more, or someone who will lower taxes and help Americans get back to work?

Following T.Boone Picken’s plan, the expansion of our energy sector will add untold American jobs. And John McCain will be the best choice to do it.

By tcoach

September 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

So are you dems ready to drop Biden then cause he rode a train home each night after his wife passed away and he was afather with children needing his care. So maybe should not have been a senator for those years and that makes him a greedy power hunger piece of crap to hear you all tell it. Oh that is right he is a man though and that changes the rules. What a load of crap. Just remember Palin’s husband will be there to take care of teh children. Biden did his selfish deed as a single father.

By allen981

September 4, 2008 11:11 AM | Link to this

What a woman…what a politician…what a leader!

An unknown 44 year-old woman from Alaska had 30 million viewers last night hanging on her every word. No matter what you think of her politics (she will be a great VP), appreciate how difficult what Sarah Palin accomplished last night.

She’s honest, believable, attractive, motivated, highly intelligent and very aggressive.

Democrats, be afraid, be very afraid.

By David from Augusta

September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

She was BRILLIANT! America’s Margaret Thatcher…I think the election is now up for grabs

By OH COME ON

September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

The two idiots who posted the St. Paul News article are the EXACT type of voters Obama is looking for. You go out and read an OBVIOUSLY liberal slanted news article, send it to all your friends, then call yourselves educated.

FACT: Palin reduced the governor earmark requests from averaging about 100 from the previous governor to 12 in 2008. Nobody expects a place like Alaska to not need support from the taxpayers for some infrastructure development and other relevant federal spending causes. By the way, that number getting thrown out there, is greatly influenced by Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, currently under investigation for corruption. So thanks for the slant.

FACT: Are you kidding me on that Obama legislation acheivements item? That one is ridiculous. You should be embarrassed and that is not FACT journalism. You just argued your presidential candidates experience with that? What about his 130 “present” votes in the state senate? And he missed about every vote in the Senate, as confirmed by Clinton, so I’m really trying to understand how anyone is arguing this whole issue. I mean how is it right that a man is elected by the people to represent them in the Senate and then he doesn’t vote. How is that possibly the right thing for someone to do? His #2 said he’s not ready to be President. Give me a break.

FACT: The tax issue is too much for you Democrats to understand. Obama can promise billions of tax breaks to the middle and lower class, that’s fine… but when he starts raising taxes on businesses where those people work they aren’t going to have income to pay taxes on. Businesses do not pay taxes, they absorb taxes. That’s the fact. EPS requirements are not going to change just because the savior takes office. So how are CEOs going to fight that?? How are they going to prepare their company’s for more big labor policies, spending requirements on clean energy regulations, and tax increases on top of all of that including offshore income? Cutting out workers or shipping them offshore so the company can survive, and that is not cruel, that is reality. Democrat’s policy is to make tax issues as complex as possible, so that we can have the 2nd highest corporate statutory tax rate in the world and then the Dem’s can decide which of their buddies get certain tax breaks while others spend ridiculous resources trying to get the same. Granted, McCain needs to step up his ideas for middle class tax breaks given the current complexities of the system, but Obama does not have a solution. Check out the Jimmy Carter economy misery index… and you thought Bush was bad.

FACT: The energy debate?? Do some research. This one just makes me angry. She has single-handedly forced big oil into competitively bidding on a $40B natural gas pipeline that will be a great resource to this country. The Alaskan government ABSOLUTELY has a strong input on the resource development of their state. It’s why the corrupt Republicans of the past had their hands in the pocket of big oil because it’s a dependent relationship. She has things moving there in a non-corrupt way. When big oil companies complained, she said “I don’t care”, and so a different company is building the pipeline. She challenges them to drill on their leases or risk losing them. She has raised state revenues by taxing them fairly and has then built a surplus as a result and… given that money BACK TO THE PEOPLE. GIVE ME A BREAK. READ SOMETHING OTHER THAN YOUR LIBERAL CRAP. IF YOU DONT THINK THE MEDIA IS SLIGHTLY SLANTED, CHECK OUT THE COMPARSION OF PALIN’s US WEEKLY COVER VS. OBAMAS.

THE FACT: I’ll take a leader having had experience being in charge of the national guard, with a son going to Iraq, who is the VP to a President having served this country honorably for 22 years over Obama any day. I mean, are you guys kidding me here??? Are you really going to go at her experience with the National Guard??? Because while it’s not incredibly significant at the federal level, it is more than Obama’s got, and all it does is point that out and then lead into the fact that wait a minute, our VP has a little more experience than your Presidential candidate, but our Presidential candidate makes yours look like an incompetent idiot. Good call on the surge.

THE FACT: HAAAAA!!! Oh wow, you were angry enough and pathetic enough to take a Huckabee joke about Biden’s vote count and do a literal comparison. It was a joke. You guys should try that sometime. Nobody expected it to be true. But fact is Biden got what, 1% in the primaries???? That was the line of the night. Or maybe the one about Obama sending his greek statues back to the studio they came from. Seriously, sit down, shut up and take a joke.

THE FACT: Nobody’s going to debate that Bush’s fiscal policies were not weak. But why did we get to the point we’re at now in our economy? Because under Bush’s 8 years home prices have more than doubled, and people who are bitter now, were the same people who were borrowing on the equity they made in the process, getting themselves way over their heads. Obviously there are other issues, but I don’t have time to discuss here, and I would argue that the housing crisis was the number 1 problem leading to where we are now. But there was a lot of economic growth after recovering from 9/11, so much so that many people are in homes now that they were able to buy with cheap money as a result that would never have been able to afford them otherwise. A lot of those people are still in those homes because they were responsible with their investment. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that it wasn’t just the financial institutions or the government that got us into these problems. Everyone is biting the hand that fed them, because it is individuals both Republicans and Democrats who have just as much personal responsiblity for this issue as well. So let’s take some and let’s ask for more. Vote McCain/Palin. And if not, just do your research legitimately, please.

By michelle

September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

WOW…What a fantastic read from a teleprompter! can’t wait until she actually has to think on her own against biden! i’ll bring the popcorn to what is going to be a fantastic democratic trounce of a VP debate!

wooten…is your viagra working?

By ron

September 4, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

By the Way,Want the job?

Vice Presidents don’t normally set polcy or discuss it.They are there to do the dirty work.Attend the funerals that are deemed to be beneath the dignity of the President.That sort of thing.They take opponents to the cleaners on demand.Hunting acidents.Mrs.Palin hunts.Just like Cheney.I woldn’t that woman mad at me.

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 11:22 AM | Link to this

By Rob 10:58 AM

ROB..by stating that because Palin’s proximity to Canada (NOT SO MUCH RUSSIA) provides her with foreign policy experience is laughable!

Since the closest Russian point from Juneau is 1,230 miles I wouldn’t exactly equate that into foreign policy experience!

According to business leaders and academics familiar with foreign-policy issues and Palin’s administration, she has demonstrated little interest in expanding the state’s trade ties with Canada or Russia compared with some of her predecessors.

Got any other jokes you want to share?

By Joby

September 4, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this

I think it’s really telling that all of the Democrat attacks on Palin are ad hominem. “trailer park mom” et al. Don’t worry about addressing what she said. Typical liberals, ducking the issues, attacking the people.

By maddoxh

September 4, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

One point I got from Palins speech and from the Republican Party is that Community Service is not really important. Do Delegates realize that they are Community Service Leaders. The ones whose votes are needed to put these canidates in office. So much for what the republican canidates think about your jobs. Seems to me that they are laughing at you not with you. “Thank you for the nomination but your job is worthless, not important.” My My She is a Barrcuda.

By Not so Fast

September 4, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

“Oh Come On” at 11:12: Placing the word “FACT” in front on your opinions does not make them facts. You are of course still entitled to your opinions here in America where Republicans occasionally remove their Republican hats to put on ther America hats —snicker— while the TV cameras are on, so we should be grateful that particular privilege has not gone the way of 4th, 5th, and 6th amendments.

The fact is, sweetcheeks, that FACTS exist externally to your interpretation of or beliefs about them, regardless of how strongly you assert them. Sorry.

By Davo

September 4, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

Great line-up of speakers last night…

Guiliani= pro abortion, anti-gun rights, pro-war, pro Isreal

Lieberman= Pro abortion, anti-gun rights, pro war, pro Isreal

Seems to me like the conservatives are the new liberals; thats why they call themselves neocons.

No room at under the big tent for real conservatives like Ron Paul and Chuck Hagel though.

SA Radio - Calling Out the Neocon GOP Convention http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJs7vVWi_zY

By Reagan's Chick

September 4, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this

Brilliantly executed speech!

Governor Palin was exceptional - she didn’t back down on the touchy points and she pushed headstrong into the issues we all were wondering about.

I’ve been on the fence, as McCain and Obama have been tied in my mind - originally, I was just debating on the “lesser of two evils” decision.

I immediatly went online and found out as much as possible about the amazing Alaskan Governor and her ability to handle pressure, make executive decisions that Biden might have wet his pants over, and stand up for America and figuring out the right thing to do!

Governor Palin sealed the deal for me last night.

By Reagan's Chick

September 4, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Brilliantly executed speech!

Governor Palin was exceptional - she didn’t back down on the touchy points and she pushed headstrong into the issues we all were wondering about.

I’ve been on the fence, as McCain and Obama have been tied in my mind - originally, I was just debating on the “lesser of two evils” decision.

I immediatly went online and found out as much as possible about the amazing Alaskan Governor and her ability to handle pressure, make executive decisions that Biden might have wet his pants over, and stand up for America and figuring out the right thing to do!

Governor Palin sealed the deal for me last night.

By Susan

September 4, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this

You people talk like you think this is the first time candidates dissed each other! She says something negative about her opponent, and she’s a “b”. But it’s okay for Obama to do it to her…and he DID. Payback’s the “b” here.

Look out…she is brilliant, a born leader, intelligent, family-oriented, and nothing like the “b” you Dims wanted for Prez, and you can’t stand it!

By Peadawg

September 4, 2008 11:33 AM | Link to this

Michelle: just like Obama did a good job reading a teleprompter. THEY ALL DO IT YOU IDIOT, LOL!!!!! She’ll make Biden cry and go home w/ his tail between his legs. Lets see, 44 yr old b*** woman, or a 70 yr old wrinkly old man, I’ll put my money on the woman.

By dirty harry

September 4, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this

By Reagan’s Chick

September 4, 2008 11:28 AM

REAGAN’s CHICK..Yea, sure you were on the fence…YUK..YUK..YUK.

Got any ocean front poperty for sale in KANSAS?

Well, I ain’t buying!!!!!

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 11:43 AM | Link to this

Susan @ 11:31 AM

Please cite some negative comments that you claim Obama has made concerning Palin?

The only comment I’m aware of is when he said the Palin family was OFF limits!

I’ll be waiting…….

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 4, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

Note to conservative friends: are you guys receiving the emailed essays by Chuck Norris? I perceive he is pursuing a Reaganesque path to political office. I think his essays are intelligently written, and I have no quarrel with the sentiments expressed in the notes. Just hit me a little odd, I don’t remember signing up to receive his arguments. Maybe there is another actor in the future of conservatives?

By CONSERVATIVE VOTER

September 4, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this

This is one conservative that will not vote for the McCain/Palin ticket. They are forcing two children to get married.

Let me tell Sarah Palin about COMMINITY ORGANIZERS. They are the people who have “responsibilites” to the citizens who are suffering the most to gain basic rights, job training to improve thier lives and their families. This is done FROM THE GROUND UP…not from the top down.

If it was not for COMMUNITY ORGINIZER SUSAN B. ANTHONY, Gov. Palin could not be where she is today.

If it was not for COMMUNITY ORGANIZER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., millions of Americans would not have to rights guarnteed by the costituion to be treated fairly and equally, regardless of age, sex, race or religion.

If it was not for COMMUNITY ORGANIZER BARACK OBAMA, thousands of citzens from the South Side of Chicago would have DIED from asbestos contamination in thier apartments, would have no job training and no hope for their futures after the steel plants closed and families and communities devastated.

I applaud the many people who unselfishly work to improve the lives of thers and most of the time without recognition. I am one of those people.

Sarah Palin, the GOP PUPPET, has shown her arrogance and vulgar disrespcet for the spirit of community involvement in American History.

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

By Peadawg

September 4, 2008 11:33 AM

PEANUT…Were you describing McCain when you said “70 yr old wrinkly old man?”

Biden is 66…Get a clue!

When Biden is 70 Scarface will be 76!

By GOP INCEST

September 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

I AM DISGUSTED to hear that Sarah Palin’s daughter plans to marry the father. He should not have done that to her, and besides, isn’t he already married to her mother?

By The Snark

September 4, 2008 11:50 AM | Link to this

You may well agree with Sarah Palin’s positions on the issues, but I’m sure there are a dozen geezers down at the Podunk Rotary club with the same views. That doesn’t make them — or Palin — qualified to assume the Presidency of the United States on short notice. The woman has been governor of a small-population state for 20 months, and before that mayor of a town one-third the size of Decatur. She isn’t qualified.

Enjoy your “attack dog,” Jim. This election will be decided by the political center, and they ain’t looking for energize-the-base Rovian attacks. Sen. McCain has done himself and the country a disservice by choosing political theater over sound governance.

By GOP INCEST

September 4, 2008 11:53 AM | Link to this

I AM DISGUSTED to hear that Sarah Palin’s daughter plans to marry the father. He should not have done that to her, and besides, isn’t he already married to her mother?

By ButtHead

September 4, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this

J, you are one lost puppy, let me help you with the FACTS, I know you liberals hate to let the facts get in the way but here we go.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 11:56 AM | Link to this

Crazy Eddie -

I do believe Palin is the governor of the WHOLE state of Alaska, which, at its closest point is 58 miles. Though the capitol is in Juneau, her jurisdiction is all of Alaska.

But, for argument’s sake, I’ll agree to everything you stated.

Now, please tell me about Obama’s foreign policy experience?

By sam

September 4, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

when did community service become a bad thing? last week the dems preached to the choir, now the reps are doing the same….who do you think will reach us in the middle? not fire breathing hockey moms “quoting” fake insults and speaking out of both sides if her mouth… isnt John McCain part of the washington elite? and wouldnt residents getting checks in the mail from the Alaskan G’ment qualify as a socialist program? and can you people keep you rants to 100 words or less..nobody reads past that anyways…

By Reality

September 4, 2008 12:05 PM | Link to this

how many of you had premarital sex? how many of you think the government has much to do with YOUR success? Those that make fun of someone else typically has never looked in the mirror. How should you earn your money? Should the government give it to you? NONE of these candidates have much experience to be President. Bill Clinton? Governor of a ‘small’ state. But turned out to have pretty good leadership skills, but poor morals. George Bush, poor leadership skills, poor speaker, but seems to have good morals. I say, VOTE for two people this election, the one who you think has the best combination of leadership and morals and more importantly, vote for YOURSELF. YOU are the only one who can make YOU better.

By M. Drake

September 4, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this

I’m so sick and tired of the smug, sarcastic way the republicans come off. After 8 years of tearing our country to shreds they still have the audacity to behave as though we should continue to trust in their judgment. And the hypocrisy of the GOP is just unbelievable. After last nights speeches it’s obvious that they are not the right party to bring our country back together. There’s no room for anyone who thinks differently in their camp. Enough is enough!

And as a women I do find it incredible that a mother would parade her unwed, underage, pregnant daughter and her high school drop out boyfriend in front of the whole nation as though they are good role models. Besides I thought they wanted to keep this a private matter - or did they just mean “private” when it’s convenient for them. Typical republican hypocrisy yet again.

By Hey Jim

September 4, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this

Republican talking point #4562: The media is sexist!

Yet they sport pins that claim Sarah is “the hottest VP from the coolest state”

HYPO….you know the rest

By fearless fosdik

September 4, 2008 12:14 PM | Link to this

By ButtHead

September 4, 2008 11:55 AM

BUTTHEAD…You’ve got your head up your butt again!

If you would have read my previous posts! I pointed out that Alaskans receive a windfall oil tax of $3,200 a year which means the Palin family will receive $22,400 not bad .. eh? Why aren’t all americans entitled to this levy…Isn’t Alaska part of the United States.

Of course she didn’t sponsor the bridge to nowhere..how could she? Was she in the U.S. Senate…I don’t think so! But, she did support it…

http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/31/sarah-palin-supported-ketchikan-bridge-nowhere-dur/

I’m not going to respond to other moronic issues….

Except to say pull you head out, and get some fresh air!

By Strat-eee-gery

September 4, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this

Interesting strategy at the RNC this year. Usually the incumbent party issues a plea to stay the course, to some degree, citing practical policy successes. Attacks on the opposition explain why deviating from the course would undermine current success. This crop of modern Republicans are taking the opposite stance, pretending that all the country’s problems are the fault of those who’ve been OUT of power for many years, and that change is indeed necessary, and that we can count on them to bring it about. HUH? Is Mitt Romney’s call to “throw out big government liberals!” asking us to vote OUT the current crop of modern Repubs who has created the BIGGEST FEDERAL GOVERNMENT in history and the BIGGEST DEBT every accumlulated in the history of mankind?

Did Romney forget which side he’s on? Or is he a tad miffed at being passed over by the self-professed pit-bull hocky mom? Things that make ya go Hmmmm…

By sam

September 4, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

i’m a democrat, i work, my wife works, we pay taxes (more than our fair share), raise our kids the best we can..never expected the g’ment to pay me, take care of me, etc…..what I do expect of my government and my countryman is that we take care of people who are less fortunate who for a number of reasons cant help themselves…a very christian idea that seems to escape the right..stop picking and choosing your morals and bible verses, stop caring more for unborn fetus’ than you do about those that walk among you..if you dont like abortion, dont have one, if gay marriage if unseemly to you, dont marry someone your own sex, you see what I’m getting at? who’s the freedom party here? although they’re all mostly full of sh*t, for my money the Dems are a bit less hypocrital than reps..i do like that Palin lady on 30 Rock…

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

By Rob

September 4, 2008 11:56 AM

Since you asked ROB

A little excert from NPR (National Public Radio)….

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has returned home from foreign travels that took him from the war zones of Afghanistan and Iraq, to the simmering conflict in the Middle East and to cheering crowds in Europe.

Nuff said!!!!!

By doorknob

September 4, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIK OF ALASKA, Sarah Palin has lead Alaska in being the leader in sucking on big government’s t**. If John McCain wants to be president, he needs to go out and find a capitalist to run with.

By What is a Community Organizer?

September 4, 2008 12:25 PM | Link to this

M. Drake,

When you criticize Sarah Palin, you are criticizing your mother, wife, and daughter. This point is not lost on them and others nationwide.

If my candidate were a “community organizer” (I still laugh when I type those words), I might be tempted to attack my opponent’s teenage daughter and boyfriend. Absent accomplishments from Obama, that is all you have—and I understand.

Libs believe (as someone recently wrote) that women “must not deviate from a script in which every female role model is a feminist and abortion enthusiast”.

Another wrote that “the bien-pensant criticized Palin, saying it’s irresponsible for a woman with five children to run for vice president. Liberals’ new talking point: Sarah Palin: Only five abortions away from the presidency.”

I thought enlightened liberals encouraged teens to have premarital sex and wanted it taught in public schools.

You folks are digging your own graves. Please continue.

By ghostwriter

September 4, 2008 12:28 PM | Link to this

Jim, Of the two presidential candidates, based on their history, if you had to guess, which one do you think Gov. Palin hopes her future son-in-law patterns himself as a husband?

By rc

September 4, 2008 12:31 PM | Link to this

she is a fighter, but also a liar…

now her party doesn’t want her to answer policy issue questions…

what a brave party

By ghostwriter

September 4, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

Jim, Of the two presidential candidates, based on their history, if you had to guess, which one do you think Gov. Palin hopes her future son-in-law patterns himself as a husband?

By Hey Jim

September 4, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

Republican talking point #4562: The media is sexist!

Yet they sport pins that claim Sarah is “the hottest VP from the coolest state”

HYPO….you know the rest

By Rob

September 4, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

Crazy Eddie -

If you think a Super Star swing through a couple of war zones with the media flunkies in tow qualifies as foreign policy experience, then maybe you should be one of Obama’s mindless followers….

The rest of us can see past his pretty speeches and empty promises.

By Trudy

September 4, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

Can’t wait until the facts reveal Palin’s lies and she is forced to withdraw. What a bunch of rednecks.

By ghostwriter

September 4, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this

Jim, One more thing. The handlers keep throwing out this info about her daughter planning to marry the stage prop, er boyfriend, as if this is a good thing. She is 17! I have to question the judgement of a mother who is now going spend many days away from home and away from her 17 year old daughter (who probably thinks she knows it all) to marry and co-habitate with a 18 year old horny high school student. Does her ambition have no limit?

By Ironic

September 4, 2008 12:56 PM | Link to this

Jim and Sarah sitting in a tree…. Don’t have sex until your married you two! Oh wait, it’s cool, you can knock her up just as long as she has the baby because babies are acceptable and cute and every woman, preteen to old needs to have one attached to her at all times because that’s what we women do! We might as well have freakin’ Britney Spears as president.

By Hey Jim

September 4, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Republican talking point #4562: The media is sexist!

Yet they sport pins that claim Sarah is “the hottest VP from the coolest state”

HYPO….you know the rest

By Hey Jim

September 4, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Republican talking point #4562: The media is sexist!

Yet they sport pins that claim Sarah is “the hottest VP from the coolest state”

HYPO….you know the rest

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

Rob ..

Tell me once again how much foreign policy Sarah Palin has..did you say NONE?

Thought so!

By dudley do right

September 4, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

I found this on a web page .. and have got to share.

What’s galling is this: When the subject is a pregnancy to an unwed, minority teenage mother growing up in some (presumably Democratic) urban area, that pregnancy becomes fodder for lectures from conservatives about bad parenting, the perils of welfare spending and so on. But when the subject is a pregnancy to an unwed, white teenager from some small town in a Republican state, that pregnancy is…a celebration of the wonders of God’s magnificence—and choosing life! ———- -Thomas Schaller

HOW TRUE!

By Keeping It Real

September 4, 2008 1:13 PM | Link to this

While we are so busy talking about how great or bad the lady from Alaska is, people in Mississippi and Louisiana are still suffering from the huricane with little comment from the media liberal or conservative media. This is an example of how out of whack we are regardless of whether you are a democrat, republican,liberal or conservative. As someone said earlier, we are a divided country filled with genuine dislike for each other. Maybe a war is the only thing that keeps us from going to war with each other. God help us all if the enconomy keeps going south.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this

Actually, Crazy Eddie -

Sarah Palin has also been to the Middle East exactly as many times as your dream boy has.

She also made time to visit wounded troops in Germany. Your Super Star chose to go to the gym instead, since his media flunkies weren’t allowed to follow him into the hospital.

By dirty harry

September 4, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

Country First??? No Alaska and big oil first!!!

How John McCain could pick Sarah Palin for Vice President is beyond belief. Besides the fact that she is just about the least qualified pick ever and has no foreign policy experience at all, her views on the issues are the most extreme for anybody ever considered for the Vice Presidency (yes, even worse than Cheney, who believes in gay rights). She is against abortion even in the case of rape and incest — and, yet, she claims to believe in freedom and acts like she is taking up the mantle from Hillary and Geraldine Ferraro on women’s rights?

This woman will be

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

By Rob

C’mon Rob she went to Germany and Kuwait!

Or due you count the re-fueling stop in Dublin too?

Quit grasping at straws.

With all her negatives I don’t see her lasting beyond October…..

By OH COME ON

September 4, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

Not So Fast - Fair enough, I’ll give you that there was a bit of opinion around those facts. Your other comments were pathetic and typical of the arrogant and angry liberal. Let me dumb it down for you though and take out my opinions so you can legitimately debate instead of throwing out your BS:

FACT: Palin reduced annual earmarks from 100 average from previous governor to 12 in 2008. She also ended “bridge to nowhere” project.

FACT: Obama placed 130 “present” votes in the state senate. Been absent on 82 of 346 votes in the Senate.

FACT: The US already has the 2nd highest statutory tax rate on corporations.

FACT: $40B natural gas pipeline bid on and being built by TransCanada after BP and Conoco failed to successfully bid for the project. Competitive process initiated and overseen by Palin.

FACT: Palin has overseen the operations of the National Guard within Alaska, she’s the VP. John McCain, the President, has 22 years of military service.

FACT: Biden had just under 75,000 votes in primary. It was a joke.

FACT: More than one-third of homeowners have home equity lines of credit or home equity loans. Home equity lines make up about one-fourth of mortgage debt. Last year, $5.4 billion in new equity lines were opened.

By steve-o

September 4, 2008 1:40 PM | Link to this

She is definitely a very talented woman who is able to maintain focus while raising a family. However, her politics are rather extreme, her speech-while enthusiastic-was very hollow in regards to policy, and her (and Giuliani’s) attacks on community organizers was very childish.

All in all, last night confirmed my belief that a vote for the McCain-Palin ticket is a vote for the downfall of American hegemony and strength.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 1:41 PM | Link to this

So you discount her well-intentioned trip to the Iraq theater of operations and to visit troops in Germany, and you actually give credit to Obama for his media stunt over there? There is no hope….. (except for in Obama’s speeches).

With all of Obama’s flip-flopping, I don’t see Biden lasting long enough to get her butt kicked by Palin in the debates….

By dirty harry

September 4, 2008 1:45 PM | Link to this

This just in:

“Delusional John McCain peddles “Alaska is close to Russia” nonsense” AND more BS!

http://www.crooksandliars.com/

By amy

September 4, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

These comments amaze me - nothing but attacks. I’ve watched both conventions. I thought Obama gave a great speech. He’s inspiring and seems to be a decent guy. He has some good ideas and some I don’t agree with. I thought Biden did a good job as the ticket whip. And Palin did the same, with a little more talent for public speaking. But they’ve all talked about policy, what they want to do and what their opponents won’t do. Are you all so blind that you really can’t admit there’s content to the party’s platform in which you don’t belong?

I really am one of those independent voters. I don’t know yet who I’m voting for, but I’ll tell you one thing. I’m tired of hearing things like trailer-trash mom, Barak “Hussein” Obama, retard baby, and other similar epithets.

In the past few years, blogs have given people a forum for anonymous catastrophic speech and mean-spirited rhetoric. It really brings out the worst in people. And the anonymity seems to engender the belief that whatever you want to say is okay, no matter how beyond the pale it might be. My question - how do you feel about yourself after you’ve regurgitated gossip and half truths gleaned from other sources?

By Jake

September 4, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

Based on experience Obama is clearly the least qualified of the four, no executive and no military (when you’re at war it’s good to have someone that understands a little aobut the military) experience. When most of the discussion is about comparing Palin’s experience to Obama’s it becomes ridiculous. Obama is the least experienced empty suit in the group and is running against McCain not Palin you bloody wankers.

By crazy eddie

September 4, 2008 1:58 PM | Link to this

By Rob

I didn’t discount anything ROB..But, you did discount Obama’s trip where he went to Afghanistan and Iraq,and to the simmering conflict in the Middle East and to cheering crowds in Europe.

I don’t recall any cheering crowds coming forward for Sarah Palin’s visit to Kuwait and Germany ..Do you?

In fact until a few days ago you had no clue who she was..did you?

Bigger and better things to do Rob..Keep on making stuff up .. If it makes you feel better!

By hotlanta

September 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

I bet Wooten is so happy that he popped in the movie Gone With the Wind on his DVD. She had on a flag pin for Alaska not the US. Does this make her unpatriotic or UnAmerican. Guiliani was right at home grinning and carrying on. On stage with a unmarried pregnant teenager while he cheated on his wife and had her in the Governor’s Mansion. While McCain left his fist wife while she was ill. I tell ya birds of a feather, flock together.

By hotlanta

September 4, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

I bet Wooten is so happy that he popped in the movie Gone With the Wind on his DVD. She had on a flag pin for Alaska not the US. Does this make her unpatriotic or UnAmerican. Guiliani was right at home grinning and carrying on. On stage with a unmarried pregnant teenager while he cheated on his wife and had her in the Governor’s Mansion. While McCain left his fist wife while she was ill. I tell ya birds of a feather, flock together.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Cheering Germans? Remind me again how many electoral votes does Germany have?

By CJ

September 4, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this

Bookman hits the nail on the head today. For all of you Conservatives who are bashing us Liberals on questioning Palin’s decision to put her career ahead of her famiy, read this:

“In March of 2007, John Edwards decided to continue his presidential campaigning even after his wife was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The reaction will sound familiar.

Rush Limbaugh said the Edwardses were turning their eyes to the campaign when they instead should turn their eyes to God. Katie Couric, in a “60 Minutes” interview, accused Edwards of mining his wife’s condition for sympathy votes.

“Even those who may be very empathetic to what you all are facing might question your ability to run the country at the same time you’re dealing with a major health crisis in your family,” Couric told Edwards.

And in Time magazine, columnist Jay Carney wrote that “surely many average Americans have to be wondering at what point the candidate will decide that his duties as husband and father to three children, including a 6- and 8-year-old, trump his duty to his country and the cause of winning the White House.”

Edwards is a man; he is also a liberal. Yet, he faced the same questioning and second-guessing that Palin is now undergoing. Why? Because human beings are drawn to human stories, and the media have an economic incentive to tell those stories, regardless of political bent.”

By Filster

September 4, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

How desprate is the left to attack Palin? I just read about her husband, her husband mind you,not her, having a DUI 22 years ago. And this effects HER how? of course if your a democrat, you can get drunk, drive off a bridge and kill a young woman decades ago and get re-elected bunches of times to the Senate. Remember Chippaquiddick [sp?] boys and girls? What a double standard the left has.

By The Man

September 4, 2008 2:28 PM | Link to this

Well Ragnar, sorry been working all day.

So.. coming off the teleprompter for a “one-liner” makes one a great speaker??

A 10 second “one-liner” in the course of like a 40 min. speech??? You cannot be serious right?

By the way, I’m really glad you were standing up on that stage during the speech and had full view of the teleprompter, otherwise we would never know that the pit bull joke just came off the top of her head. Thanks! (LOL)

By Fred Flintstone

September 4, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

America The Beautiful

If you are White male (hockey player) teenager with a baby on the way your name is Levi Johnston and you receive a standing ovation and welcomed on a national stage with the Republican nomination Vice President

If you are Black male (football player) who is caught having consensual sex you are sent directly to jail for ten years and your name is Genarlow Wilson

By Nicole

September 4, 2008 2:36 PM | Link to this

I see, what gets you dumb, idiotic republicans going, Insults, so let me fling a few at you all. Stupid, Senile, war mongering, hypocritical, lying, bubba gump, stupid is as stupid does, hick hill billy, pig wrestling, and sexist.
Shrill is a sexist word, get the F outta here. Dumb blonde repub bimbos where wearing hottie for VP. All that CHICK did up there last night was throw insults. She did not say anything PROFOUND. She is a beer drinking slick tongue bar b***.

By Peter

September 4, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this

HA HA HA…….what a bunch of hypocrites………

There are pics all over the internet showing Sarah Palin strutting her stuff like a Ho…..and pics of her darling Littlte Ho with drinks and all types of Liquor.

Pure “Republican Family Values”……. Underage Drinking that leads to SEX…….gee I guess this is what happens all over AMERICA in the REPUBLICAN HOUSE HOLDS !

Perhaps the Little Ho should be arrested for the under age drinking ?

No wonder she was having SEX at 16 or YOUNGER.

Gosh that is sooooooooo Sweet……….

I guess all you Right Wingers need to show those PICS to your KIDS to get them going in the “RIGHT” direction !

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 2:52 PM | Link to this

Was Rudy in drag? Gov. Twinkie unleashed! That tundra scum doesn’t want her family brought into it? Seems to me she’s the one who brought them into it. If she didn’t want to have them be fair game then she should have left them in the trailer back in Fairbanks or Wasilla or wherever. Jim, it’s very touching to read your nostalgic remembrances of speeches by Republinazi hacks.

By The POW bait

September 4, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

Yes McCain was a POW. It was awful, he’s a hero and our nation is grateful. But that was ages ago and his service then only gives him experience in fighting the war in Vietnam not the type of war we’re in now. For heavens sake the man doesn’t even know how to use the internet!

By tcoach

September 4, 2008 3:04 PM | Link to this

Fred in Alaska the age of consent is 16. While Genarlow was on tape with a 15 yr old. Not to mention on tape smoking weed and drinking all before in a drunk stooper she was convinced to pleasure Mr. Wilson. Just read the law before you decide to make something about race.

By hrw

September 4, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

In the very beginning, VP elector Palin came out swinging…and saying nothing! She packed her family and came into the arena with a whole lot of baggage; let alone her own problems. Attacking anybody should be the last thing on her list because; now, there is a of stuff to attach her about. She knew her daughter was having a baby and she also knew she had a child that was sick; plus, the boy did not want to marry her daughter; so why is she attacking Obama. She is not bringing nothing to the table and she make herself look very unwanted by those who have seen and heard her!

By Dondee

September 4, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

The Republicans are building a campaign on bashing Obama? And pray tell, what are the Democrats doing…..McCain, just 8 more years of the same…..I think that is along the same line of bashing…..How about both sides just deliver the facts, present their platforms, the media publicize each, in everyday language that all Americans can understand, and then let the public make their own decision….

By Dondee

September 4, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

The Republicans are building a campaign on bashing Obama? And pray tell, what are the Democrats doing…..McCain, just 8 more years of the same…..I think that is along the same line of bashing…..How about both sides just deliver the facts, present their platforms, the media publicize each, in everyday language that all Americans can understand, and then let the public make their own decision….

By Denise Lumsden

September 4, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

After reading a ton of the responses from this blog, my only conclusion is this country is down for the count. The world is watching this one people. After this much time, we still would rather risk the lives of our children and grandchildren instead of choosing someone that can get us out of this mess. Regardless of who it is, male or female, black or white. You right winged aholes complained about Hilliary and now suddenly, Palin is a saint. You complained about Obama’s speeches that he wrote himself, and now one written by a journalism major for Palin is “supreme”. You take the phrase collateral damage to a new level. You rather blow your own ahole up instead of letting everyone get a part of this American Dream. I will see you in the soup line baby. You does the bell toll? The bell tolls for you. I feel so sad being called an American right now. You all are stupid as hell. We are all in this together. It is them and us. What stupidity. If we end up with another 4 years of what we have gone through the last eight , we deserve what we get. The world will laugh at us for sure. What idiots.

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 3:40 PM | Link to this

Nicole, you are my kind of woman. Gov. Twinkie is little more than an elevated bar b*** and her daughter, Trollop, is following her example. The Republinazis sent a screeching b*** out of hell to deliver an elitist, simplistic attack upon the next president of the United States and the sheep, like Wooten, talk about how inspiring it was. The Republinazis have to talk about garbage like Gov. Twinkie because their party and their president, who was never elected, has ruined the nation in every way it can be ruined. The American people have had enough of the facist regime and they are going to be driven from power. So, warmongers, hatemongers, vermin enjoy your moment. You are done!

By Kwame Kilpatrick

September 4, 2008 3:41 PM | Link to this

COMMUNITY ORGANIZER = THUG

OBAMA VOTER = Elementary School Dropout

By dirty harry

September 4, 2008 3:43 PM | Link to this

Last night at the convention you had Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, and Gov. Sarah Palin!
Between the four of them, anybody want to guess how many times George Bush was mentioned? If you guessed once you win a prize to go club a baby seal with Palins husband! How charming!

Also, Rick Davis (McCains campaign manger) added these little words of wisdom…”This election is not about issues,” This election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”

No issues, just spin Ricky boy?

By ButtHead

September 4, 2008 3:47 PM | Link to this

Fred Flintstone, if you are a black democrat with $100,000 in your congressional freezer you get…. That’s right nothing. If you are a Black male (football player) who takes movies and shows them to the world on YouTube.com, you go to jail. Yep, and if you are a white male hockey player who is of age, as the girl is, then, no harm no foul. But if you are a liberal, you re-elect drunken driving killers and KKK members over and over again. Shouldn’t Nancy Pelosi be home raising her grand children. RLOL liberals are so wrong on so many fronts, it is funny….WOW; Nicole, way to prove my point…

By Deano

September 4, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

Yeah, I’m ready for another eight years of: Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Dimokrauts want none of this . Watching the Dimos twist in the wind is worth it, hearing them whine, priceless. Give up now Obama and save what little face you have left.

By Meghan

September 4, 2008 3:49 PM | Link to this

As a 20 year old woman college student I thought her speech last night was amazing. I thought she stood up to everyone that did not think she was McCain’s right choice. She is a great choice for VP and I am so happy McCain chose her.

VOTE McCain 2008!!!!!!

By Meghan

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

As a 20 year old woman college student I thought her speech last night was amazing. I thought she stood up to everyone that did not think she was McCain’s right choice. She is a great choice for VP and I am so happy McCain chose her.

VOTE McCain 2008!!!!!!

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Karl

September 4, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this

We need more of the same, eight more years of Security, Freedom and Prosperity. Eat s** and die Dimokrauts.

By Meghan

September 4, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

As a 20 year old woman college student I thought her speech last night was amazing. I thought she stood up to everyone that did not think she was McCain’s right choice. She is a great choice for VP and I am so happy McCain chose her.

VOTE McCain 2008!!!!!!

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 3:59 PM | Link to this

Butthead, your name is quite appropriate for a Nazi, Koolaid drinking miscreant such as yourself. Meghan, I’m delighted with Mc Numbnut’s pick as well. She and her daughter Trollop put the appropriate face on the Republinazi party. Obama and Biden are going to win this election!

By RenaP

September 4, 2008 4:00 PM | Link to this

karl Security, Freedom and Prosperity What the hell country are you living in? its sure not America.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this

Denise Lumsden -

I guess you point out a fundamental difference between the Right and Left -

You and the Left think the American Dream is something that is magically granted be the government.

The rest of us know the American Dream is something that must be earned through education, hard work and perseverance.

By Misty

September 4, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

I thought that Palin did an excellent job last night. Apparently the Dems can dish it out but can’t take it when someone calls them out. She is a classy, intelligent and strong woman. The Dems came across in their convention as angry and bitter. One commentator even noted that Obama barely smiled during his speech. Their “hate America” rhetoric is shameful and ridiculous. I am having money woes as are many Americans these days. I don’t like war but yet I understand that sometimes it is necessary. I wish that our troops could come back home but I understand that the battle must first be won before doing so. However I, unlike MIchelle Obama, have always been proud of my country. I am proud to be an American and believe that this country represents good, not evil, as the Dems like to convey. America did not cause 9/11 by occupying other countries, as Obama likes to point out. American troops were not in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan or any other Middle Eastern country when we were attacked. I am voting for those who want to protect America. I am voting for those who love America and support its troops. I am voting for those who wish to protect human life. I am voting for McCain/Palin in ‘08.

By Barack Hussein YO MAMA!

September 4, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

FYI:

“Algonquin J. Calhoun” = “David Duke” = “Tito the Bear”

Save your “words of wisdom” for the Falcons Blogs, Sissy.

By Professor's Pet

September 4, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

Dondee at 3:16, let me help you understand. The incumbent or incumbent party runs on their RECORD. “Here’s what we have accomplished. Here’s why you should stick with us.” The challenger or challenging party runs on CHANGE. “Here’s where the incumbent failed. Here’s what we want to do differently.” The Democrats taking apart eight years of failed policy is appropriate, just as the Republicans took apart eight years of successful policy eight years ago by telling us it s—ked. (Who knew?)

Now McCain’s people are in a slightly different position: non-incumbent in the incumbent party. They can either say, (a) stay the course of the administration everyone in this convention hall supported wholeheartedly, or (b) here’s how we will change our predecessor’s course to go forward. They did neither last night; they only attacked Obama, AS IF the nine-trillion dollar debt, the seven-year-where’s-bin-laden war, the loss of good jobs, the shrinking middle class, escalation of foreclosers etc. were the direct result of the challenger’s actions. Since they weren’t, this is as bogus as Guiliani’s claim that “the Democrats want to lose in Iraq so Al Qaida and Bin Ladin win.” (My choice for prize horsesh-t of the night.)

The Dem challenger presented facts and ideas for change. Appropriate. I have no idea what the Repubs were presenting last night, but it fell short of facts and ideas, though heavy on the “Hey, s—k this!” factor.

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 4:26 PM | Link to this

The Dimwitocrats are festering in their own swill.

a) They think G W Bush is running for re-election.

b) Their smear groups are going hard after a 17 year old girl, who made a very big mistake and is now pregnant. I guess the grown men and women (like Sarah Palin herself) candidates themselves are much too scary for them to handle.

c) They castigate Palin (like Hairless Joe Biden did) for not using her speech last night to talk about health care, the economy, etc, etc. Once more they seem to have forgotten that it is the presidential candidate who will be making policy, not his Veep.

d) All the things they say they have stood for over the years about sexual equality in the workplace, and feminine rights, have been trashed as fast as you can say Barack Obama. It started with Hillary, and now they are focusing on Palin. It proves that the Dimwits will try and say anything to get elected.

e) They shamelessly use their female media connections to trash Palin, like that ignorant twit Maureen Dowd of the NY Times, and the Miller woman (her name is so forgettable, just as she is) from Washington Post, I think. These women are so stupid as to not realize that they are in fact demeaning themselves and their sex by the smear crap they say. But, I have always said that the Dimwits use their media ho’s like puppets anyway, so what’s the deal?

The Dimwitocrats are running scared, they cannot focus on issues, just try to smear and trash their opponents, but that is ‘Ops Normal” for them. They probably will not realize that America knows more about who is the Republican nominee, McCain, than these idiots are trying to make believe, G W Bush.

They’ll know it in November.

Obama/Biden ‘08 - making it easy to be stupid

By oscar

September 4, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Did anyone else notice last night, when the cameras panned away from the close ups that all the people at the convention center were on the floor? Most of the center’s seats were empty?Hmmm…Wonder why? Speaks volumes it does.

By 2BFREE

September 4, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

Do I want 4 more of the past 8 years? Number one I think you under estimate McCain as he has opposed Bush on many major issues.

But as I see it, the mortgage crisis was caused by those trying to give more than was earned. In other words selling larger and more expensive houses to those that could not afford it and making them believe they could. But when it came time to pay for “hand outs”, the cost was too great. Sounds like the Democratic Tax Plan No I don’t want 4 more years of this.

We were attacked by a foreign that killed thousands of Americans on our soil because the past administration refused to opened their eyes (granted the Bush administration failed as well). No I don’t want 4 more years of this.

We went on the attack (offense if you will) and carried the fight to the ones that wished us harm and have not been attacked once since. Yes I want this.

Oil prices shot through the roof for many reasons, but one main reason is the new demand for this precious commodity in other counties with growing economies. Had we had started off shore drilling 5 years ago, we would have been more in control of the price, but Democratic rule in the past prevented this. No I don’t want this.

The economy is similiar to that of 1976 when Jimmy Carter came in and turn bad into worse. No I don’t want this with the next Carter.(Obama for those too young to see the similiarities).

More young people die every year on the road from traffic accidents and DUI than in Iraq. So no I do not want 4 more years of distorted facts.

Basically I have a future to put on the line for a bet and I’m putting my chip on McCain/Palin. And no I didn’t vote for Bush 4 years ago and wouldn’t today, but McCain offers enough of a difference to get my vote and Obama and his terrorist friends scare me back to McCain.

One more point to ponder..Why is it all that in other parts of the world that want to see America fail, they are cheering the loudest for Obama. The jealousy of America is great and I don’t trust those waiting for us to fail to pick our next leader.

By Joe

September 4, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this

Obama/Biden - Vote anger and hate in ‘08

Obama/Biden - We hate America, do you?

Obama/Biden - We got nada, oh yes we do. We got nada, how bout you?

Obama/Biden - We don’t have a clue how to run a country. But our suits look great, don’t they?

By IVAN

September 4, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

You can tell by these blogs that the DIM-ocrats are scared badly by McCain-Palin. Scared and injured Yellow dogs always go into an attack frenzy. A crack has occurred in the glass ceiling indeed-the glass ceiling of the Obama Cathedral of Worship. As far as the windbag Biden, Palin will beat him like a drum in the debate.

By Tamiko

September 4, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this

I’m an african american woman, who has been a loyal follower of Obama since he started his campaign. I must say after watching and listening to both parties conventions, it has come to my attention that the Obama is not ready for the job as president. Palin’s speech last night really made me and all my girlfriends realize that we were only voting for Obama because he is black and not his politics. We so wanted a african american president that we didn’t focus on the real issues and what is best for us and our families. We will be much better off having someone like McCain and Palin in the office then Obama and Biden. Biden really came off as an idiot when he spoke last Wednesday night and from all the things I read this week, it is clear that we will totally struggle as a country with Obama leading the way. I feel ashamed of myself as do all my girlfriends that we were actually voting for someone just because of the color of his skin and not what he would do to help us. Raise taxes, don’t drill for oil in the us, poor judgement, no experience, no confidence to answer a question and stick with it, and a wife who just recently is proud of her country. As a african american woman that is the most insulting. She went to an ivy league school and I’m quite sure she doesn’t live in a house in the ghetto, or drives a dump of a car, bad schools for her kids, struggles to pay her bills, and I’m quite sure she has a hard time getting jobs. She made all of hard working african americans male/female look like racist as*holes. I must admit, she is a b*** and is totally not suited to be the first lady of any country. We have all decided its in everyones best interest to vote for McCain this election. I hope any african american who is voting for Obama just because he is black thinks twice. He is definitely not up to the job and we will all suffer badly if he is elected. McCain is for black america!

By Brown-Eyed Girl!

September 4, 2008 5:05 PM | Link to this

*By Rob

September 4, 2008 10:58 AM

There’s this one - Senate Bill 2433 but the mainstream media doesn’t mention it because it exposes Obama for what he really is. Billions in ADDITIONAL US Taxpayer dollars going overseas. It used to be on Obama’s website, but I’m unable to find it now. Imagine that? The bill, however, is still active and pending.*

Rob, I just read that bill. I guess I am missing your point. A bill to reduce global poverty benefits everyone. What is your point?

By Brown-Eyed Girl!

September 4, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

*By Rob

September 4, 2008 10:58 AM

There’s this one - Senate Bill 2433 but the mainstream media doesn’t mention it because it exposes Obama for what he really is. Billions in ADDITIONAL US Taxpayer dollars going overseas. It used to be on Obama’s website, but I’m unable to find it now. Imagine that? The bill, however, is still active and pending.*

Rob, I just read that bill. I guess I am missing your point. A bill to reduce global poverty benefits everyone. What is your point?

By Rob

September 4, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Brown-Eyed Girl -

My point is that it’s not the job of the U.S. Government or the U.S. Taxpayer to solve the world’s poverty issues. This bill is estimated to cost taxpayers an ADDITIONAL $845 BILLION - In addition to all the aid we already send overseas.

So, if we as a nation had it, I’d say no problem. However, last time I checked, we were $9 TRILLION in the hole.

Is this a smart use of American Taxpayer’s money?

Oh, and yes, the bill benefits EVERYONE but those funding it!

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

Tomiko, you are not African-American. You are a caucasian impersonating an African-American while delivering a load of steaming, smelly horse s**. McNugget is the one not up to the job and you know it!

You my brown-eyed girl, Rob doesn’t have a point! he fails to mention the billions of dollars George W. Hitler has wasted and the hundreds of thousands of lives he’s taken. Pay no attention to these Republinazi mental defectives!

By Tamiko, do your homework!

September 4, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

I watch both conventions so far because I am a free thinker and like to know what both sides are saying. What I saw from the Democratic convention was ordinary people that just want to pay less for gas, keep their homes, put their kids through college, eat. Then I have watched the Republican convention and all I’ve seen is former CEO of Ebay, and a few more execs from Fortune 500 companies…no one that looked like me. I heard the Dems talk about how things have been over the last 8 years, but they really don’t have to tell me…I’ve lived them. I heard the Rep so far talk about how terrible the Dems are and be so sacraligous as to suggest the Dem candidate will do things after he turn back the waters and heal the earth. I will vote for whoever will speak to my needs and so far, the Dems have hands down. I don’t know Gov Palin from Eve, but there is something about her that is just not right. It was something in her eyes, and the eyes are the window to the soul. I didn’t like the fact that the little baby boy was passed from arm to arm as if he was a prop. Please, don’t vote for someone because of the color of their skin, or their gender. Vote for the best candidate based on your own research. Everything you need is out there to aid in this search. I wish you all the best!

By Jake

September 4, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

The only good news is that after four years of the empty suit about to be elected it will be the Dem president and hopefully a lot of the Dem Congress that will take the heat for the huge foreign and domestic policy failure America will become under the gutless socialist.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Algonquin J. Calhoun -

To oppose the war is to approve of Saddam Hussein, his state sponsored terrorism, his killing of half a million Kurds and too many other atrocities to list them all. How many mass graves have we found since we toppled his regime?

I don’t like war any more than you do, but unlike you, I understand it’s necessary sometimes. Case in point, were it not for our involvement in WWII, I’d be typing this German right now.

You can’t have it both ways!

By get out much?

September 4, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Karl@3:52 - and massive deficits, you can’t forget that - it is the conservative republicans greatest accomplishement - massive debt.

By Thespis

September 4, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Everybody grab your brooms………..

I AM CALLING SHENANIGANS ON TAMIKO

You are no more an African American woman than I am. That’s not to say that African Americans don’t support McCain, I personally know a few that do. But to say you were an Obama supporter who “saw the light” during the conventions and somehow switched sides is ludicrous. It’s almost as insulting as thinking Hillary supporters would flock to Palin because of her private parts.

SHENANIGANS

By Independent Voter

September 4, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

So how do you explain Dobson and all the right-wing religious folks bending over backwards to say Palin’s little boozing slut of a daughter is acceptable having a baby out of wedlock - oh, excuse me, she’d going to marry her babydaddy.

Gov. Kaine of VA was mayor of Richmond VA and Gov. but he was not experienced enough according to the GOP talking heads, but Palin was mayor of Wasilla AK and Gov of a sparcely populated state, but she is a great choice? HUH?

Hypocrits.

By Bud Wiser

September 4, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Who do you think you are, Thespis…..Jay Bookman???

By Thespis

September 4, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

I’m lots better looking than Jay Bookman. I probably smell better too.

By Thespis

September 4, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

Rob,

I agree with you totally that war is sometimes necessary but your logic in your post is twisted at best and irrational at worst. This world is filled with despots as bad as or worse than Saddam Hussein. Under your logic we should be in each and every one of those countries to prevent state sponsored terrorism, killing of their own citizenry and the atrocities they perpetrate. To do so would make us the world police, a job I don’t want.

When GWB first ran for President he decried out involvement in Bosnia saying that America should not be in the business of nation building. When it comes to Iraq, like it or not we went into a sovereign state, toppled its government and installed one more to our liking. That is the very definition of nation building. And I must point out that the weapons we were searching for were supplied to Saddam by the US to combat Iran, a bigger boogey man at the time.

It is possible to detest Saddam and what he stood for and to oppose our involvement in Iraq. To say “you can’t have it both ways” shows how simple minded your argument really is. I, and others like me, are not trying to have it both ways. We just see this war as unnecessary in its inception and ill-conceived in its implementation.

Whether you see it or not, there are shades of gray in the world if your eyes aren’t completely blinded by partisan rhetoric.

By Common Sense

September 4, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

Rob do you ever plan on telling the truth? Are you a politician?

No one has found 1/2 million grave sites of Kurds! Why do you lie like that?

We entered Iraq and over 500,000 Iraqis have been killed since we enter. I am sure they areenjoying their freedom.

You talk about Saddam like he crash into the World trade center!

What is wrong with you people? I cannot believe that you can come this site and just start lying.

The United States give a lot of countries billions of dollars so now they can’t help poor countries.

The countries our major Corporation send our manufacturing jobs too!

By Rob

September 4, 2008 6:43 PM | Link to this

Sorry, I overestimated a bit. It was only 100,000 Kurds who were massacred.

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2006/06/27/saddam-new-trail.html

By Common Sense

September 4, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

To 2bfree:

First the republican had senate since 1994 and the white house since 2000 so how come they did not come up with a energy plan.

Oh wait vice president Chaney met with the Oil Exes to let them know how our Government would raise the price of oil!

Let’s face-it we have know for the past 16 years that China and India plus other countries were growing! Can you tell me what the republican party was doing for the past 16 years.

I tell you nothing but easily convincing you that it is all the Democrats fault.

I am not sure why some of you do not read to show yourself approved.

I guess you think this 9 trillion dollar debt is going to disappear too!

McClain states he is going to balance the budget in 2013. How many of you genesis know this is impossible when you are supporting 2 wars and will have increase hospital costs for the veterans plus the baby boomers are retiring in the next 2 to 5 years.

See A REPUBLICAN can say anything and you will believe him that is because you do not research anything to find proof on how stupid you are being played!

By algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

Rob, spare us! George W. Hitler has murdered more than a hal-million people. Time to turn the fascists out and bring them to justice!

By buck

September 4, 2008 7:29 PM | Link to this

JIM as usual you are right but ann coulter hit the nail on the head if dim-o commies / rats had in sense they would be republicans I THINK SARAH PALIN OUGHT TO BE THE PREZ. NOMINEE

By Algonquin J. Calhoun

September 4, 2008 7:35 PM | Link to this

buck, you sleazy bag of puke. As Bob Dylans’s lyrics go in Sweetheart Like You-Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings. Steal alittle and they put you in jail. Steal a lot and they make you king.

Thanks for quoting the anorexic fascist b*** Coulter.

By Rob

September 4, 2008 7:47 PM | Link to this

Common Sense -

If the Democrat’s hadn’t blocked the Republican’s bill to open up ANWAR during the Clinton years, that oil would be flowing now, and less of our oil would be coming from countries who don’t like us.

That’s what the Republican’s proposed.

The Democrats ran on a platform to lower the cost of gasoline in 2006, and they won both Houses. Gasoline was then half the cost of what it is now.

So, I ask you, what have the Democrats done to fulfill their promise to the American People, other than blame Bush and block exploration of our own resources.

And before you go there - we know drilling isn’t the ONLY answer, but it’s part of it. The Republicans’ plan is the same as the Democrats’ plan, only ours is more comprehensive.

By Truthifier

September 4, 2008 8:17 PM | Link to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8uGenNjOAI

Would be interested to hear from those on here who are supportive of Governor Palin after seeing what Karl Rove had to say about a inability of a short-term governor and former mayor of a less-than-large city becoming Vice President. Can’t wait to read the spin from you guys!

By nic

September 4, 2008 9:11 PM | Link to this

McCain just lost my vote due to Palin, and her disrespectful speech.

By walter

September 4, 2008 9:35 PM | Link to this

The contrast between the GOP Convention and the DNC Convention are just remarkable.

The GOP is full of hate, sarcasm, cynicism and attacks. Witness Guiliani gleefully mocking Barack Obama for community service, something all people should be encouraged to do. Witness Sarah Palin’s continuous attacks and cynicism against the American people.

The GOP has nothing to stand on after 8 years of failure so they resort back to attacks. Attack the Democrats, Attack the Gays, Attack the Media, Attack anyone who disagrees with the war in Iraq, just Attack everything and anything that moves.

This way people will not realize that not one example of how McCain Palin will actually help the American Economy, Security and Health has been mentioned. Economy reform? Nothing. Security Reform? Keep mentioning 9/11. Health Reform? Nope.

By contrast you had the DNC with a very warm, engaging and inclusionary Convention. Specific platform reforms were offered. They rightfully pointed out that McCain’s plans are a continuation of the failings of George W. Bush.

Palin’s “Executive Experience” is a complete joke. By her own logic, she has more experience than John McCain, after all he has never been mayor or governor.

Palin supported the Bridge to Nowhere until the project was about dead, then she decided to oppose it. Sounds like political posturing to me.

Palin garnered in excess of $20 million of federal earmark dollars for pork projects for her town of 9,000. Sounds like “Good Ol’ Boy” politics to me.

Palin’s husband was a member of a party that wants Alaska to secceed from the U.S. Not Country First.

Palin is under ethics investigation in Alaksa while she is running for V.P. Sounds like more of the same with the Bush Administration.

Long story short, the GOP is throwing up the same Karl Rove playbook of keep 9/11 in front of everybody and tell everyone we’re the party of change. Nevermind that the GOP is responsible for completely destroying the U.S. Economy over the past 8 years.

We really don’t need more hate and rhetoric from the GOP. Barack Obama is real change with real proposals for this country.

Run as hard as you can Republicans, but you are the party of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. That is your legacy.

By SameOldCrap

September 4, 2008 9:44 PM | Link to this

Wow, some bimbo puppet with “show” experience read a prepared (spewed) speech well, and you would think Mary (as in Jesus’ mother) had arrived. I wasn’t going to vote at all before, now I might just vote for Obama…. Nah, BARR ‘08.

By ATL

September 4, 2008 9:52 PM | Link to this

Palin was certainly funny to the Repulican party with her so called speech, all of those that have “made it” so go get your own Republicans that is. So to the rest of us Americans….oh well. You all really fell for the okeydoke, just what was expected. So go ahead, vote for John/Palin…but don’t cry when you lose your jobs, homes, can’t pay your gas bill…remember now…it was your vote that counted.

By JR

September 5, 2008 12:40 AM | Link to this

GMAN, How do you like this verse?

Let me tell you a story about a guy named Barak. He’s got a head that’s a thick as rock He got a wife that’s as b*** as can be And a preacher in the church that is a commie

His favorite book is the Koran and he often quotes it when few are around he has a vision what he wants this country to be kneeling towards Mecca for all the world to see

By Eric

September 5, 2008 7:25 AM | Link to this

The Republican ideal is that we should not wait for, nor depend on, the federal government to solve our problems. While I’m encouraged by Sen. McCain’s desire to “change the way government does almost everything,” it is high time for the governors, mayors, and state legislators to get a swift kick in the rear. They know the problems we’re facing better than any presidential candidate. That will be Sarah Palin’s role in a McCain Administration. Palin fighting from the ground up, and McCain fighting for our safety abroad.

By "Blackie"

September 5, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

I guess Tamiko fails to realize something about Black people,and this is * that there is an innate sense that we have about the way we express our ideas and tone* and you can clearly tell even reading when the average person is in fact Black or not

And I won’ t even tell you what specifically gives it away about you in your post, because it’s not for you to know frankly.

But you are a PHONY Tamiko, not to mention a lying sack of $—t.

By Churchill

September 5, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

On Wednesday night, the CBS anchor asked Senator John McCain’s wife, Cindy, about her views on abortion, and discovered that Mrs. McCain, usually so impenetrably poised and well prepared, had difficulty describing her husband’s position on Roe v. Wade, or her own. (She said he did not want to overturn it, until Ms. Couric assured her that he did oppose Roe v. Wade. Mrs. McCain, looking a bit confused, then said she, too, wanted the legality of abortion to be determined by individual states.)

At the end of the interview, Ms. Couric told her viewers that the campaign had clarified Mrs. McCain’s position: “They told us that, like Laura Bush, Mrs. McCain does not favor overturning Roe v. Wade, which guarantees the legal right to an abortion.”

Especially on a day when the staunchly anti-abortion Governor Palin was being acclaimed by the Republican convention, it was a good question to ask and as, it turned out, a hard one to answer.

By kitty

September 5, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

SO how about those issues and the economy? McCain’s people already said that issues DO NOT MATTER, personality does? HUH???? After he puts Obama down for the personality cult???? What a bunch of hypocrites the GOP are.

The thing to remember is what got Clinton the presidency during an economic downturn… IT IS THE ECONOMY, STUPID. If Obama focuses on that and McCain doesn’t, he will probably lose…unless Americans are so stupid that we do only care about personality. Then we get what we deserve…more GOP hypocrisy. I hope we are smarter than that.

Oh and Palin was exactly what the GOP keeps yelling about.. a QUOTA pick…the men lost out just because she is female…no more, no less. Hypocrites.

By cici102

September 5, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this

i am a woman and palin would NEVER represent me. and she is SO NOT the most qualified - Mcsame was pandering, thinking that he could just replace a history making, proven woman like hillary with just another “skirt” and get me to vote for him and her. Well, he is wrong. I am a woman and a single mom and palin, and mccain too, can never represent me:

she would do even more harm than bush to the environment

she does not believe in global warming - same coloring book as bush again

she wants to drill everywhere

her running mate has NEVER voted for alternative energy

she laughs when other women are called bit__ on a public radio

she is a member of the AIP that thinks it can start its own country

she is OK with book banning and will bully librarians to get her way

she has hacked into computers in campaigns to get her way

she was before the bridge before she was against it and “forgot” that

she has troopergate and now wants to transfer the case to her cronies

she thinks God ordained the war

she left her town $27 million in debt - a town of LESS than 10,000

she HAS used lobbyist - we are just supposed to ignore that fact

her running mate VOTED AGAINST equal pay for equal work

mccain and his family spent $900,000 on ONE credit vcard in ONE month - he has no clue about the economy

mccain wants to, and VOTED for privatization of social security - my parents depend on that!

mccane health care - the cost for a famly of four for insurance is $13,000 A YEAR by a recent study - he will give you a $5000 tax credit - and tax any benefits from employers. Does he think the insurance companies are just going to suddenly LOWER their costs.

his probable financial advisor - phil graham - thinks all this is in our heads!

as a woman - i say NO WAY. and there needs to be vetting, and public discourse. i AM SICK of sound bites - she “has done so much” - what??????? when she was mayor WE ARE TALKING LESS THAN 1000 PEOPLE WHO ELECTED HER - that needs to be known. Alaska has a population SMALLER THAN Columbus, Ohio - true fact. And she has 18 months experience.

and tax breaks - Obama will cut the taxes for anyone making less than $250,000, eliminate capital gains tax on small businesses AND the low income elderly will pay NO taxes. ONLY the very rich (at least to little old me) will get an increase.

please report these things or publish this letter!

By Daniel

September 5, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Sarah Palin’s speech was fabulous!! I was a little dubious at first, afraid that she would make a gaffe, but she was perfect.

I think Joe Biden’s going to need to do some studying before Oct. 2.

By Daniel

September 5, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

Sarah Palin’s speech was fabulous!! I was a little dubious at first, afraid that she would make a gaffe, but she was perfect.

I think Joe Biden’s going to need to do some studying before Oct. 2.