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Panic sets in for Obama, Democrats

By Jim Wooten | Friday, September 12, 2008, 09:04 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Barack Obama knows it. The election he had in the bag is slipping away.

The selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as John McCain’s running mate has so thrown him off stride, as it has most other Democrats, that all the momentum he had has vanished. He’s getting panicky advice from everywhere. He intends to launch more and sharper attacks, abandoning any pretense of a new and different, more civil campaign.

Democrats know something, and desperation is setting in. They have a novice campaigner who wanders off message. With every advantage in the primaries, Obama couldn’t win the big states — New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Pennsylvania — against Hillary Clinton, even when he got to define the rules for running against him. She could never risk alienating the base she’ll need in 2012; John McCain and Sarah Palin have no such constraints — hence the panic.

For a “change” candidate, Obama appears to be a man locked in time, unable to move past criticism, unable to move from the grip of the Democratic left, unable to adapt to the changed reality that the campaign is not the referendum on the war in Iraq or on the administration of George W. Bush that he’d envisioned.

He’s begun to sound dated. Last week, for example, he devoted valuable campaign days — less than two months remain — into explaining a silly “lipstick on a pig” line. The McCain campaign had reacted, accusing him of making the reference to Palin. “I don’t care what they say about me,” Obama responded. “But I love this country too much to let them take over another election with lies and phony outrage and ‘Swiftboat politics.’ Enough is enough,” he said. (The Swiftboat reference is from the 2004 campaign of John Kerry).

The Democratic left is still seething from the Kerry campaign’s loss and is determined to see Bush expelled from the White House in disgrace — the reason it is locked in to making this a referendum on the administration now ending.

It barely worked when the maverick McCain, no darling of the Bushites, got the nomination. With Palin, the Washington outsider, the “third term” argument is plainly absurd. But Obama can’t let go, just as the lefties can’t let go of the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth defeat of Kerry. He can’t move on.

Obama has the habit, too, of reminding voters of their doubts about him, as he did in reminding a Detroit audience that he’s been accused of being less interested in protecting you from terrorists than reading them their rights. And, when he professes love of country as his basis for refusing to allow the McCain campaign to attack his words, he raises questions about why he finds the affirmation of love necessary.

Obama will lose because with less than two months remaining voters won’t be able to get comfortable with him. He can’t stay on message and he can’t avoid sending signals that interfere with the message when he does.

McCain, on the other hand, has been superb going back at least to Obama’s European tour. Mainstream America is comfortable with him and, with Palin’s selection, conservatives who had their doubts are onboard. The GOP is energized and suddenly an unwinnable election is reversed.

Obama got this far by winning small states and Southern states he has no chance of carrying in November. In Georgia, for example, the latest Insider Advantage poll has McCain pulling 56 percent of the vote to 38 percent for Obama, numbers that are not likely to change more than 4 percentage points in November. The undecideds and those who intend to vote for third-party campaigns are at 6 percent.

In this election, voters will decide early. Obama’s been in a yearlong campaign; McCain’s familiar. The two are sufficiently exposed and known for voters to make a decision now.

It’s not over. But it’s getting there — and Obama knows it.

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By TexGEOas

September 13, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this

Wow… I can’t believe this is coming from the Atlanta Journal! Are you going to be fired for this?

By JordanJordanJordan

September 13, 2008 1:03 PM | Link to this

HerHerHer! Funny ain’t it how a little ole white girl came outta the northwoods and ate BoeRama’s lunch! A girl! HerHerHer! I cain’t stop laffin! HerHerHer!

By Churchill

September 13, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

Editorial Gov. Palin’s Worldview Published: September 12, 2008 As we watched Sarah Palin on TV the last couple of days, we kept wondering what on earth John McCain was thinking.

If he seriously thought this first-term governor — with less than two years in office — was qualified to be president, if necessary, at such a dangerous time, it raises profound questions about his judgment. If the choice was, as we suspect, a tactical move, then it was shockingly irresponsible.

It was bad enough that Ms. Palin’s performance in the first televised interviews she has done since she joined the Republican ticket was so visibly scripted and lacking in awareness.

What made it so much worse is the strategy for which the Republicans have made Ms. Palin the frontwoman: win the White House not on ideas, but by denigrating experience, judgment and qualifications.

The idea that Americans want leaders who have none of those things — who are so blindly certain of what Ms. Palin calls “the mission” that they won’t even pause for reflection — shows a contempt for voters and raises frightening questions about how Mr. McCain and Ms. Palin plan to run this country.

One of the many bizarre moments in the questioning by ABC News’s Charles Gibson was when Ms. Palin, the governor of Alaska, excused her lack of international experience by sneering that Americans don’t want “somebody’s big fat résumé maybe that shows decades and decades in that Washington establishment where, yes, they’ve had opportunities to meet heads of state.”

We know we were all supposed to think of Joe Biden. But it sure sounded like a good description of Mr. McCain. Those decades of experience earned the Arizona senator the admiration of people in both parties. They are why he was our preferred candidate in the Republican primaries.

The interviews made clear why Americans should worry about Ms. Palin’s thin résumé and lack of experience. Consider her befuddlement when Mr. Gibson referred to President Bush’s “doctrine” and her remark about having insight into Russia because she can see it from her state.

But that is not what troubled us most about her remarks — and, remember, if they were scripted, that just means that they reflect Mr. McCain’s views all the more closely. Rather, it was the sense that thoughtfulness, knowledge and experience are handicaps for a president in a world populated by Al Qaeda terrorists, a rising China, epidemics of AIDS, poverty and fratricidal war in the developing world and deep economic distress at home.

Ms. Palin talked repeatedly about never blinking. When Mr. McCain asked her to run for vice president? “You have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission,” she said, that “you can’t blink.”

Fighting terrorism? “We must do whatever it takes, and we must not blink, Charlie, in making those tough decisions of where we go and even who we target.”

Her answers about why she had told her church that President Bush’s failed policy in Iraq was “God’s plan” did nothing to dispel our concerns about her confusion between faith and policy. Her claim that she was quoting a completely unrelated comment by Lincoln was absurd.

This nation has suffered through eight years of an ill-prepared and unblinkingly obstinate president. One who didn’t pause to think before he started a disastrous war of choice in Iraq. One who blithely looked the other way as the Taliban and Al Qaeda regrouped in Afghanistan. One who obstinately cut taxes and undercut all efforts at regulation, unleashing today’s profound economic crisis.

In a dangerous world, Americans need a president who knows that real strength requires serious thought and preparation.

By JordanJordanJordan

September 13, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this

HerHerHer! Funny ain’t it how a little ole white girl came outta the northwoods and ate BoeRama’s lunch! A girl! HerHerHer! I cain’t stop laffin! HerHerHer!

By JordanJordanJordan

September 13, 2008 1:10 PM | Link to this

HerHerHer! Funny ain’t it how a little ole white girl came outta the northwoods and ate BoeRama’s lunch! A girl! HerHerHer! I cain’t stop laffin! HerHerHer!

By fb2002

September 13, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

Isn’t this treasonable in the AJC? Go McCain-Palin.

By Churchill

September 13, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

For me, the bigger question is why Republicans would want an undereducated person like Palin or someone who was third from the bottom of his graduating class like McCain or Bush who has proven himself to be a complete dufus to be president?

What is up with that? It is a very upside down world when you champion the least bright, least informed, and least competent people for the most important job in the world. Can someone please explain this concept to me? I simply can’t wrap my mind around pick a candidate who is clearly not smart. Wouldn’t you want someone who is really, really smart in place to solve all the problems we are facing? I know plenty of smart Republicans. Why aren’t they on the ticket?

By TW

September 13, 2008 1:12 PM | Link to this

Just heard, from the very polls the rightwing has been humping, that for the fist time since the intitial burst of Palin lies the tide has not only stopped going out, but has begun to creep back in.

By Mainer1776

September 13, 2008 1:17 PM | Link to this

Oh. Let’s not be unaware of the fact that Gibson’s presentaion of the Palin interview on Thursday was heavily edited to make her look bad:

newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/13/abc-news-edited-out-key-parts-sarah-palin-interview

Gibson and ABC should be ashamed. In the future, Palin and McCain should be making their own tapes of any interviews that they give.

By walterrhett

September 13, 2008 1:37 PM | Link to this

News that handicaps the presidential race now does something that is never done in even in horse racing: the race is described in emotional terms! Imagine a horse said to be worried, fearful,angry after its last race, or crying foul about the call,not wanting to be shouted out by those in the grandstand pulling for their favorite! It’s ridicuous! News should not be a “story,” and act of steamy fiction as bands of attackers fight to gain control of our national destiny. Simply report who’s telling the truth, who’s lying, how much stretch there is. Analyse the positions, report trends, not the ceaseless nattering of speculation and opinion, and emotional outcry would never fly at the horse track. Why does it fly in political news?

By TJRogers

September 13, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

“They must think we’re stupid,” indeed. You know as well as I do that had Sarah Palin been an African American (man or woman) with virtually the same background, personal concerns and experience level from the great state of Alaska, we(the People) would not even be having this discussion. There are obvious statements which can not even be uttered by the Obama Campaign because the very scent of them would conjure up emotions unfavorable to the current political climate. The object of the game is to get you(all) focused on anything other than what is truly important (i.e. the economy, the Iraq War, global warming). You can put a skirt on the “Bush Plan” and it is still the “Bush Plan” with a twist. I know one thing… if McCain/Palin win, I want to move to Alaska and find a porkbarrel just in case the heart skips a few beats.

By Churchill

September 13, 2008 1:38 PM | Link to this

“Lets all agree that “Charlie” Gibson is no friend of Sarah Palin or the GOP. Actually Charlie is the appointed hatchet man of the socialist left given the mission of executing the fatal GOTYA to bring this next VP down and remove her as an obstacle to taking this still great country into the tank of Socialism.”

WHATTT???? Let’s all just agree with my point of view? Sounds just like most of the reasoning of the NeoCon Christian Fundamentalists. We have no reasoning, but let’s just all agree to agree with my POV, because god told me to do it. Didn’t god tell the Son of Sam to kill people? Oh I’m sorry, God only wanted him to kill Blondes.

Makes me think of the old line “who are you going to believe, Me, or your own lying eyes?”

By swolf4810

September 13, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

What the hell have you been smokin, Woot?

By DD

September 13, 2008 1:43 PM | Link to this

The fact is, she didn’t do her homework in a fairly controlled interview. Charles Gibson is FAR from a hard-hitting, intense griller/interviewer, and Palin failed to deliver for the first time, and if I was a republican I would be very nervous. She wasn’t able to answer cupcake questions in a succinct and poignant way. She used stock phrases such as “efficiency,” “reigned in government,” “islamic fundamentalists.”

To her credit she did present evidence on Obama’s voting record on taxation, otherwise she was a definite dud that definitely did not appear ready to handle real reporters.

By Archie

September 13, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Despite Churchill’s filibuster comment the truth remains that Obama has not had one similar tough interview like Gibson’s. If he had it would publicly expose him for his own lack of experience. Even during a softball interview he came up with “my muslim faith”. Obama’s change is socialism.

By Scott

September 13, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

I agree with Churchill about wanting a smart, educated president. Obama went to Columbia, and then to Harvard Law where he was the editor of the pretigious Harvard Law Review. He is an incredibly bright and thoughtful man. Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987. If you can barely even graduate from college how on earth are you going to be able to run the country?

By Scott

September 13, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

I agree with Churchill about wanting a smart, educated president. Obama went to Columbia, and then to Harvard Law where he was the editor of the prestigious Harvard Law Review. He is an incredibly bright and thoughtful man. Sarah Palin attended five colleges in six years before graduating from the University of Idaho in 1987. If you can barely even graduate from college how on earth are you going to be able to run the country?

By Ryan

September 13, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

@churchill: answer this- what do you know of Obama’s collegiate record other than he went to harvard and was the editor of the law review? Remember, GWB had an mba from harvard. Nothing has come to light! The press hasn’t done its job.

By Mary Beth

September 13, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

I find it fascinating that when the left has run their course of intelligent arguments they resort to the “Bush is so dumb” mantra. (BTW,His grades were better than Kerry’s and Gore’s and Obama won’t even make his public. Why is that?) But really, the left wouldn’t recognize a true leader if he came down from heaven. True leaders lead by principle and a strong sense of right and wrong. They don’t expect to be the most popular person on the block. Let’s face it, the bad guys will not vote for you if you are kicking their butts. Bush is not running for another term. sorry to disappoint you. Conservatives recognize another true conservative when we see one. Palin is just that. Obama is a socialist at best. A Marxist at worse. That is the choice this year. Socialism is not in our constitution. We’ve crushed a few Marxists, too. Choose your side. Your socialism is showing.

By Ga Values

September 13, 2008 2:00 PM | Link to this

The question is:: Will our 2 RINO Senators work with McCain to cut waste? Both are owned by Special Interest Lobbyist. I’d like to see both of these turkeys make a NO EARMARK pledge like our 5 real Republican Congressmen have made. McCain countery first.. Johnny & Saxby Lobbyist first.

By Carl

September 13, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Regarding the importance of schools one attends, I would like to remind Obama supporters that Bush also went to the Ivy League schools and his grades were better than his opponents’. On the other hand, I thought Freshman Senator Obama was not running against Governor Palin. His opponent is Senator McCain, a graduate of the Naval Academy that is a better school than Columbia and Harvard combined.

Also, Churchill’s posting of the AJC editorial is rather redundant. Obama talking points pop up everywhere, pushed as they are by a partisan press.

By Carolyn Wilder

September 13, 2008 2:11 PM | Link to this

WTG Mary Beth!!! True, true, true.

By TW

September 13, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

Churchill - great insight.

Yes, we are where we are in great part do this idea that action must precede thought - the very atithesis to what we are told when we were just two years old.

For the last eight years Bush has acted from the gut.

Palin proposes action without blinking.

It’s as though their mere reflexes are inherently correct because they claim to be messengers of God’s will.

Not that I believe for a moment that the majority of the rightwing actually cracks their Bibles, but for those who do they might was to see what the Red Letters have to say about the concept of ‘wisdom’.

By sinz52

September 13, 2008 2:19 PM | Link to this

Obama needs to leave Sarah Palin alone. The spectacle of the Presidential candidate going after the other party’s Vice Presidential candidate is only elevating her and diminishing him. That’s why it’s such a rarity in politics for the Presidential candidate to be having a debate with the other party’s Vice Presidential candidate.

Obama’s argument is with McCain, the guy he’s running against. He should soft-pedal the whole Sarah Palin business and go toe-to-toe with McCain on the economy, health care, and yes, even the Iraq War if he chooses.

By Dusty

September 13, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this

Churchill,

You really should change your ID. Posting lengthy monologues does not a Churchill make.

Churchill had smething to say and inspired his country.

You, my friend, are but a bluster from Democratic dialogues, reprinting and posting and performing the politic.

At least, make it concise and make it original. Then someone may read your logic about the very fine editorial that Jim Wooten wrote.

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 2:39 PM | Link to this

The SnowWitch, part who cares

When the pointy heads in the Land of the Pundits awoke, they saw all the little signs the SnowWitch’s miniature army had erected, the ones with the circle and the words IRS and a slash through it.,

Well, by that evening, every single member of the miniature army was behind bars, because the IRS, alarmed at the spectacle of signs calling for their bannishment, audited the entire army, and even though the army had only been alive for half a day, they had all cheated on their taxes already.

“Curses!!” The SnowWitch needed a miracle to save her campaign to get into the big white house in the land of the Pundits.

By Misti

September 13, 2008 2:42 PM | Link to this

SUPER article! Right on! It is nice to see your newspaper telling it like it is. I certainly hope you are right come November! :)

By Apostled

September 13, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this

Sarah Palin is on the front cover of Newsweek and over her shoulder is what looks like a heavy calibre rifle, open at the breech. Sarah Palin looks ready for that shotgun wedding for her dum dum shell of a daughter, eh?

By Jackie

September 13, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

The concept of Gov. Palin being the next VP of the USA is a joke.

There are rumors that Dubya had better grades than those of his opponents.

Further, other contentions are that the Naval Academy is a better school than Columbia and Harvard and by extrapolation, John McCain is better educated than Barack Obama. Does one have to take into account the absurdity of that statement?

News reports are beginning to surface relating to Gov. Palin, concerning her foreign travels; her religious affiliations and her work with lobbyists.

Where is are the comparisons of the sermons of Rev. Wright to those of the church attended by Gov. Palin?

By Alan

September 13, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this

Must be a nice world you live in. I’ll have to visit sometime.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 13, 2008 3:11 PM | Link to this

Sarah Palin thinks that if she can see a country, then she can pack her foreign policy with it. Well, I see England, I see France. I see her unmarried, underaged undersexeducated daughter’s underpants.

bwa haw

By rkb

September 13, 2008 4:02 PM | Link to this

Ah, the playground rhetoric that Gov. Palin inspires in some!

As we now know from careful reading of the full transcript, ABC’s broadcast video of her with Gibson was extensively edited to make her look bad. Read the full transcript to get a better picture of what she believes and how she handled questions. Oh, and if you want a deeper understanding of how slanted that interview segment was, compare the camera angle and focus to the ones that Obama is given.

Neither McCain or Palin is my ideal candidate. But each is better than Obama - and for my part I’ll be d*mned if I’ll see this democracy so blatantly hijacked by the media as is being done this election. Their conduct, along with that of the Kossacks and their ilk, not to mention the Andy Sullivan set, is reason enough to vote Republican this year.

With the corruption we see in Fannie and Freddie Mac, with $16 billion of named earmarks to congressional favorite companies (and contributors), and now with the hopelessly politicized media, we need a serious housecleaning in Washington and in our media leaders. Obama, child of the Chicago political machine, and Biden, comfortable insider, are scarcely the team to accomplish that difficult task. It requires people who have nothing to lose to go up against entrenched interests and force sunshine and a cleanup of the mess we’re currently stuck with.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 13, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

PULL!

By oosik2

September 13, 2008 4:12 PM | Link to this

Sarah will receive the necessary briefngs and will do just fine. Go McCain/Palin.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 13, 2008 4:13 PM | Link to this

CNN just reported that Cheney has invited Sarah Palin on a duck hunt. No word from the Palin campaign.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 13, 2008 4:20 PM | Link to this

oosik2, briefings? briefs? underpants? Wait till sarah gets her Hanes on you.

moron.

The SnowWitch, part who cares

When the pointy heads in the Land of the Pundits awoke, they saw all the little signs the SnowWitch’s miniature army had erected, the ones with the circle and the words IRS and a slash through it.,

Well, by that evening, every single member of the miniature army was behind bars, because the IRS, alarmed at the spectacle of signs calling for their bannishment, audited the entire army, and even though the army had only been alive for half a day, they had all cheated on their taxes already.

“Curses!! Why did I have to pay them in cash? What a world! My entire wickedly beautiful army….behind bars…..now I know how Al Capone felt. Oh! The pity of it all….”

The SnowWitch needed a miracle to save her campaign to get into the big white house in the land of the Pundits.

By Jagator60

September 13, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Churchill:

You say Palin is uneducated. Are you not educated enough that you can speak your mind without plagiarizing other’s articles. Go crawl back under the rock you came from.

Obama is not qualified enough to run this incredible country. He spent 143 days as Senator, voting “present” 130 times. The only thing he has done since becoming a Senator is run for president. Wow…..he’s qualified because he has a degree from Columbia and Harvard AND he ran the school newspaper!!! What a joke. Oh! I almost forgot…..he was a community organizer in Chicago. lol

By Redneck Convert

September 13, 2008 4:50 PM | Link to this

Well, it was all a big cheat. After work Friday I brought in a couple cases of PBR from the truck and a few lbs. of fried pork skins and set down to watch the hurricane that was suppose to kill everybody. I even set thru the after supper ads where they talk about cures for the runs and being stopped up and yellow toe nails and other things people think about after they stuff theirselfs.

I was all set to watch a few idiots get pulled out to sea by sharks followed by killer whales. And all I got was some pictures of a little water on the roads and some wind. Not that I want any harm to come to anybody. I’m a Christian. But we could spare a few dozen Texans with big mouths and big butts. So next time I won’t beleive the weather people.

I liked this Palin innerview. She come right out and said we should take on Russia if they attack any NATO members. And I know we could do it. We got a big army in Iraq and the Sunnis and Sh*ts don’t want us there so they could just march off to the right and go till they see the sign for Welcome to Russia. I figure we could take the commies give or take a few A-bombs. We finally got a VP with guts that could get us into a war we need to have. And if we need more troops to do it I say bring back the draft. I would like to see that librul weasel getalife and others in a uniform.

Have a good weekend everybody.

By Churchill

September 13, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

The Mainstream Media (MSM) in the US is controlled I believe by only 6 (mega)corporations. So, at the most, we are getting only 6 points of view, and what the advertisers and CEOs want us to hear to sell their products (ideas). The media (reporters, news anchors) are just doing the jobs that their bosses order them to do. Also, many people believe that what is said by the moderators of talk radio, is the gospel truth, which is scary too! So, a person must really search through many avenues to find some semblance of truth, which I fear doesn’t happen with alot of people nowadays who have busy lives. So, remember that the MSM (corporations/advertisers) have found that soundbytes work, truth or not. I hope that voters in this election decide on a candidate that is intelligent, and has both good judgement and character. That’s why I am voting for Obama. McCain has not shown that to me in the years that he has served in government at all.

By Churchill

September 13, 2008 5:10 PM | Link to this

Report: Palin Did Not Visit Iraq By Anne E. Kornblut WASILLA, Alaska — Aides to Gov. Sarah Palin are scrambling to explain details of her only trip outside North America — which, according to a new report, did not include Iraq, as the McCain-Palin campaign had initially claimed.

Palin made an official visit to see Alaskan troops in Kuwait in July of 2007. There, she made a stop at a border crossing with Iraq, but did not actually visit the country, according to a new report in the Boston Globe.

Earlier, McCain aides had said that Palin visited Iraq, and expressed indignation at questions about her slim foreign travel.

The campaign also said she had been to Ireland; that turned out to have been a refueling stop.

In her ABC interview, Palin said she had also been to Canada and to Mexico, where her advisers said she went on vacation.

Obama aides described the new revisions to Palin’s account as part of a growing pattern of deception. “The McCain campaign said Governor Palin opposed the Bridge to Nowhere, but now we know she supported it. They said she didn’t seek earmarks, but now we know she hired a lobbyist to get millions in pork for her town and her state. They said she visited Iraq, but today we learned that she only stopped at the border. Americans are starting to wonder, is there anything the McCain campaign isn’t lying about?” Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor asked in a statement e-mailed to reporters.

A short time later, the Obama campaign circulated a new Bloomberg story that questions whether the McCain campaign has been sending out false crowd estimates.

On two occasions since Palin joined the ticket, McCain aides have cited law enforcement sources in claiming enormous crowds — but law enforcement officials interviewed by Bloomberg denied having given such estimates.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 13, 2008 5:21 PM | Link to this

If that were true, deegee, then you woulda stopped wanking long ago.

Smarten’ up, Cool hand, Lewd. (and idiot)

By Jackie

September 13, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

News reports indicate the Alan Greenspan, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, says the country cannot afford the McCain tax cuts.

The Gov. Phalin star-gazing is beginning to ebb and more attention is being focused on the head of the ticket and the policies that he espouses.

We can not afford to borrow more money from China to fight wars that most do not support.

We are currently facing an almost $500 Billion dollar deficit. Want more of that insanity?

By getalife wingnuts

September 13, 2008 5:35 PM | Link to this

“So the Republicans have decided to run against themselves. The bums have tiptoed out
the back door and circled around to the front and started yelling, “Throw the bums out!”

They’ve been running Washington like a well-oiled machine, to the point of inviting lobbyists into
the back rooms to write the legislation, and now they are anti-establishment reformers dedicated
to delivering us from themselves.”

Then they spew country first and the ignorant masses fall for it again and ignore the destruction of their country.

Bravo gop, bravo.

By editor

September 14, 2008 8:45 AM | Link to this

Jim, remind me on Monday to fire you for this. This is the AJC and this message is not approved by B. Hussein Obama.

By Cartman

September 14, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this

To Waterrhett

Ah but when has the Media ever been analytical ? In order to achieve this an editor must drop his own personal feelings about the race and become trully objective .

Now as far as we can tell that animal is dead , there is no such thing as News analysis from the Drive bys , and in the place of objectivity only comes partisanship and bias.

By bmc

September 14, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

Judging from the hysteria coming from my former party, the disgraced Democratic Party, these days, I think they know full well that Obama is teetering the edge of the cliff. The polls, EC maps, public sentiment are all swinging McCain/Palin’s way. The more McCain/Palin support solidifies, the more hysterical shrieking erupts from so-called “feminists” and so-called “progressives.” These people are neither progressive, nor feminist. They smeared Hillary Clinton with a vengeance, and they were repeatedly warned that the fraud engaged in by the Obama campaign in the caucuses, and by the DNC in the rules and by-laws committee to install a weak nominee—because he’s black, according to John Kerry, Obama is “uniquely qualified to be president!”—with a clear history of mendacity, political corruption, and dubious associations. Well, the DNC’s chickens have now come home to roost, and they’re squawking. My vote is going to McCain/Palin. And, I’m a former Democrat who no longer wants to be associated with the party.

By Churchill

September 14, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Whoever wins the White House next November, whether Barack Obama or John McCain, must know that George W. Bush had no problem whatsoever running those reckless and gargantuan Federal budget deficits year after profligate year for all of 8 years—and ballooning the National Debt to $10 trillion (that’s a “t”).

Yes, either Obama or McCain will be in a position to “deliver” on the promises each has made to the American people—if they prove as “smart” as George W. has been in all of his profligate years as President.

All that the next President will need to do is to run the printing presses 24/7 all year round.

If that doesn’t produce all the hundreds of billions of dollars he will need to “deliver,” the next thing he needs to do is to set up more of those printing presses. And run them 24/7 year round.

By Paul

September 14, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

There is always the chance that Biden will “take one for the Gipper,” and find some newly discovered illness that causes him to resign from the ticket, allowing Obama and the DNC to appoint a new running mate. Guess who that might be?

By General Goddard

September 14, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

Doesn’t it make you wonder what other decisions McCain would make if he thought Palin was the best choice for VP?

When the answer to every foreign relations question is “WAR!” and the answer to every economic problem is “CUT TAXES!” you really have to wonder if either one of them have thought of anything except their own ambition.

Governor Palin and Senator McCain, let me make this clear: the object right now is not just to win an election. You do actually have to govern. And neither one of you is showing what it takes to do that in this complex world.

By josey

September 14, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

While panic sets in - Obama releases an ad MOCKING McCain’s age and inability to send emails.

And now we learn McCain’s war injuries PREVENT him from typing!

Dems for McCain/Palin!

By Grace

September 14, 2008 9:05 AM | Link to this

I like Sarah Palin. She is a skillful politician who has got to where she is today on her own merits. But, she is not ready to be VP and a heartbeat away from the Presidency. No one could or should argue otherwise. America cannot stay on course. We need change and McCain is more of the same.

By Dusty

September 14, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this

McCain and Palin’s STRAIGHT TALK EXPRESS is leading America “STAIGHT” down the same path of destruction(the Republicans and Bush’s failed economic ,energy and foreign policies).We all know history does repeat itself.McCain and the Republican campaign has been consistently base on lies and distortion of the truth told to the American people.If they can do this right in the American people faces,they will do it when they get in the White House.If McCain and Palin are elected, why should the American people expect anything less and why would McCain and the Rebublicans give us anything more than what the American people voted for . MORE LIES! MORE OF THE SAME!

By Einstein's Ghost

September 14, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

Sarah Palin, the Chimp, and God

Sarah Palin has a monkey on her back, and she cant just shoot it off: Bush’s divine right of kings (about Iraq), and her own “God tells me how to legislate”.

Sarah Palin 08: Our Lady of Perpetual War.

I’m Sarah Palin and God approves this message.

By Dooley Doctor

September 14, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

On the Palin front, I liked this by Errol Louis in the NY Daily News today (To defeat Palin, ignore her”):

The Democrats’ Palin problem won’t be going away any time soon. And it could derail Barack Obama’s fight against Republican John McCain - unless Dems summon the discipline to ignore the GOP vice-presidential candidate’s celebrity and instead focus like a laser on campaign basics.

The brash, gun-toting, moose-hunting Gov. Palin isn’t just a canny politician: She’s a full-blown cultural phenomenon, like Obama himself.

And one of the great lessons of this campaign season is that it’s hard, really hard, to run against a phenomenon. Just ask the long list of pols, including Hillary Clinton, whom the Illinois senator dispatched by wielding what seemed like little more than soaring rhetoric, an intriguing personal story and a wave of enthusiastic crowds.

Just as experienced pols fumed at voters who flocked to Obama despite his skimpy Washington resume, so now are Dems wondering why so many Palin fans ignore her slender achievements as the first-term governor of a state whose population is half that of the Bronx.

The answer, of course, is that the rules change when you’re talking about celebrity pols. Voters like them less for what they’ve done than for who they are, making it hard for opponents to land a punch.

That’s why all the hasty fact-checking of Palin’s record leaked to reporters by Democratic operatives - which daily turns up gaping holes in her claims to be a good-government reformer, a budget hawk and knowledgeable about foreign policy - will have little or no effect on voters smitten by Palin.

The Palinites adore the very contradictions some Dems want to harp on. They love her sassiness (which barely masks serious questions of competence). They love the proud, nervy public display of her troubled family.

And they love those Bible-thumping calls for abstinence delivered in flashy red pumps and $375 titanium eyeglass frames.

What makes Palin an even tougher target for Dems is that she’s enough of a politician to know when to backpedal from her most extreme views on matters like teaching creationism in public schools or denying the reality of man-made global warming.

With Palin bringing money, momentum and swing voters into the Republican camp, the smart move for the Dems is to acknowledge her star power and start talking relentlessly about the economy.

Rick Davis, McCain’s campaign manager, recently gave away the GOP game and the key to Palin’s potency when he told the Washington Post that “this election is not about issues, this election is about a composite view of what people take away from these candidates.”

In other words, McCain and Palin will create any distraction to keep voters from focusing on the rising unemployment, soaring deficits, doubling of food and fuel prices, and collapse of the housing market that represent the legacy of eight years of Republican control of the White House.

http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/09/14/2008-09-14todefeatpalinignore_her.html

By Beth

September 14, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

If Sarah Palin is a reliable indication of John McCain’s capacity for good judgment, he has failed miserably.

Sarah Palin is probably the dumbest decision John McCain has ever made in all of his 26 years of political life—and the most dangerous for the United States of America.

This woman, a complete unknown and nondesript politician, is absolutely not ready and not able to take over the awesome and terribly complicated duties and responsibilities of President and that of leader of the Free World.

If she had the intelligence of the average American, she should have had the good sense to refuse McCain’s offer for her to serve as his running mate.

Right then and there she should have known that more than sharp teeth, strong jaws and a vicious temper are needed to act as President of the United States.

Not even if you smear that pit bull’s lips with a thick layer of lipstick!

By Churchill

September 14, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

I bet the devil paid a good price, a Republican politico with a soul left to sell is a rare find.

By Einstein's Ghost

September 14, 2008 9:26 AM | Link to this

We cant ignore Palin, it’s too much fun to write about her. Look, einstein, material like this comes around once in a blue moon, and you can go soak your head.

I’m sticking with Palin.

……………………………………

Sarah Palin: Our Lady of Perpetual War.

The fabric of the Iraq War is woven from ethno-sectarian threads of revenge. The burka is not so much a socio-cultural chastity belt as a theo-political ammunition belt. We are dealing with perpetual war.

Sarah Palin: Our Lady of Perpetual War.

Palin 08: I’m Sarah Palin and God approves this message.

Palin 08: Why bother with chastity belts when there’s ammunition belts. (and all those wolves).

man, everything works with this Palin stuff. I’m telling you, not since Jackie O (and Jacko) has America been so bequiled.

Okay, and Jack the Ripper too. Great material there. Jack the Ripper. Duhng the Gripper. See? Everything works with Palin.

bwa haw

By drew

September 14, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this

Sadly, the American public cares more about celebrity than it does about substance. McCain obviously didn’t choose Palin on the basis of her politcal prowess, competency, or ability to actually lead the country. He (or maybe I should say, his advisors) chose her because the name of the game is WIN AT ALL COSTS.

And what’s truly sad is, it just might work. The Repugs’ plan is to ignore the issues, attack Obama, and hope the voters go for the novelty of a sassy, moose killing, mother of five. The Repugs know that cannot win on the issues, so let’s turn it over to the Rovians, who know how to play the voters. Let Palin be the attack dog, and when the Dems counter-attack, the Repugs put on their indignant act, accusing their opponents of “dirty” politics. Smart…very smart.

It’s more like American Idol than politics. You can hate the Repubs, but you’ve got to respect their skills at “playing” the voting public. They know they can’t win on the issues, but they realize they have a chance with the Palin gimmick.

Hopefully the debates will bring forth issues. If the voters choose McCain/Palin, the country will get exactly what it deserves…four more years of McBush failures.

By GM Roper

September 14, 2008 9:47 AM | Link to this

Churchill sure takes an awful lot of words to say that he doesn’t like the way the Repubs are trashing the Democrats. Sounds like desperation to me!

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

The day for the SnowWitch’s weekly address to her constituency had arrived, and considering the debacles that her campaign had suffered from lately, the turnout was pretty good.

She approached the mic, leaned forward, and said, “GOD”, and turned and disappeared, as if into thin air.

The throng was sent immediately into convulsions. Snakes appeared, snakes were soon everywhere, up in the air, entangled in the pointy heads who were all speaking in tongues, dancing around fitfully, shaking on the ground, with more and more snakes seemingly coming out of nowhere.

What was left of the Black Knight’s spies tried to make a run for it, but……

They say the poisonous snakes didn’t kill them right away, that they took their time, as if they knew these types of things must be handled……delicately.

The polls were reversed, and suddenly the Black Knight’s mandate was lost for the third cotton pickin’ time as he vied for Chief of the Pointy Heads in the Land of the Pundits.

The Black Knight had no one left in his inner circle of spies and advisors. Now he needed the miracle, a one word speech so amazing and succinct, that it would turn the tide.

The election was now less than two months away…..

By Judith

September 14, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Hey, all you news reporters. You put Hillary down time after time and now you are in a mess because of Palin. It is time for Obama to resign and let Hillary take over. She is the only one that can beat McCain. Sure, it would be great to have an African American as President but we all knew that Hillary could carry it off wheras Obama is not hitting on all fours.

By Judith

September 14, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Hey, all you news reporters. You put Hillary down time after time and now you are in a mess because of Palin. It is time for Obama to resign and let Hillary take over. She is the only one that can beat McCain. Sure, it would be great to have an African American as President but we all knew that Hillary could carry it off wheras Obama is not hitting on all fours.

By Ga Values

September 14, 2008 10:36 AM | Link to this

Jim this what a CONSERVATIVE article looks like please notice they are thinking SMALLER GOVERNMENT, try to do something like this next week

EBELING, DAVIS: Why government grows Richard Ebeling and Shelby C. Davis Sunday, September 14, 2008

COMMENTARY:

As we enter the final weeks of the election campaign, it’s time for both candidates to explain their views on the proper size and role of government.

Republican John McCain promises that if he wins he’ll order “a comprehensive review of all programs, projects and activities of the federal government and then propose a plan to reprioritize where needed and terminate individual programs.” Democrat Barack Obama suggests much the same, saying he “will stop funding wasteful, obsolete federal government programs that make no financial sense.”

We’ve heard such words before. But much like the Energizer bunny, government just keeps growing and growing.

In the current fiscal year, Washington will spend $2.93 trillion - more than 4 times the amount it spent in 1965 when President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society programs and the Vietnam War helped boost spending to $627.6 billion.

Meanwhile, the government will take in an estimated $2.5 trillion in taxes in the current fiscal year, roughly $22,100 per household.

Contrary to popular belief - and campaign rhetoric - the explosive growth of government has occurred under Democratic and Republican administrations alike. In truth, the political system is rigged to encourage such growth.

The U.S. Department of Education, for example, will spend more than $68 billion in the current fiscal year. The average taxpayer’s share of this, however, is just $582: $48.50 per month, or $1.60 per day. There aren’t too many taxpayers who will wage war about the Education Department when that’s all it’s costing them.

On the other hand, a whole host of special-interest organizations will fight for every dollar of that $68 billion and more: organizations representing teachers, principals, administrators, school boards, textbook publishers, and so on. Federal funds are essential to these special interests and they will lobby for increases at every turn, as other interest groups lobby for additional funds for their favored programs.

In 2007 alone, more than 15,600 registered lobbyists spent more than $2.8 billion to influence federal legislation and tax and spending policy. According to the Center for Responsive Politics, organized labor alone spent more than $44.3 million on lobbying last year; business interests spent nearly double that amount, an estimated $87.2 million.

Both presidential candidates, on their campaign Web sites, promise to reduce the influence of lobbyists. Sen. Barack Obama’s page opens with a quote from a 2007 speech in which he says: “I am in this race to tell the corporate lobbyists that their days of setting the agenda in Washington are over. … They have not funded my campaign, they will not run my White House, and they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I am president.” Not to be outdone, Sen. John McCain’s Web site offers the following proclamation: “As president, John McCain will see to it that the institutions of self-government are respected pillars of democracy, not commodities to be bought, bartered, or abused.”

But when you look at the candidates’ fund-raising, a different story is revealed: large numbers of contributions - and large amounts of money - from individuals and organizations that want something from Washington. The nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics estimates that Mr. Obama’s fund-raising from industry and professional groups alone had reached nearly $30 million by June 30; Mr. McCain’s total was an estimated $17.5 million.

What will a President McCain or President Obama do when financial supporters ask for “special consideration”? Probably what other presidents and lesser government officials have been doing in the past: “selling” programs, bartering regulations and spending taxpayer dollars for the benefit of various constituent groups whose votes and contributions they received - and hope to receive again.

Inevitably, special-interest lobbying and the growth of government come at the expense of all citizens and taxpayers, most of whom receive no direct benefit from increased spending. As the late Col. E.C. Harwood, founder of the American Institute for Economic Research, said: “It follows that if there are men in society who are able to get something for nothing, other men must be getting nothing for something.”

Richard Ebeling is a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (www.aier.org), Great Barrington, Mass. Shelby C. Davis is Visiting Professor in Economics at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.

By Donkey Kong

September 14, 2008 10:55 AM | Link to this

As a card carrying Democrat who voted for John Kerry last time around and a Hillary Clinton supporter I and most of us on the Blog’s will not be voting for Obama now we have a moderate ticket who shares most of our values much more so than the nutty “Obamabots”.

Hillary and John have co-sponsored many pieces of legislation together and have crossed the isles in putting Country first.

Obama is such a conceited arrogant b*******, that the only isle he will cross is Saks on Fifth Avenue for another $8,000 dollar suit.

By Ronar

September 14, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

All this ridiculous talk about who had better grades in school and idiotic fairy tales about a “SnowWitch” amount to nothing. The fact is, 1. McCain didn’t want Palin in the first place. He wanted Lieberman ot Tom Ridge but they were Pro-Choice. She was just an after thought…an “also ran.” 2. Even McCain may be having second thoughts about this poor choice for VP. Palin does not answer simple questions becuse she’s so uninformed about the major issues facing America right now. 3. Palin has no thought for the future of our country. To her it’s all “Let’s drill for oil now in our beautiful vast wildness perserves & the hell with the consequences on nature, wildlife, & oil leakage!” Yes, it will make Alaska wealthy and powerful but there’s more to this country than just Alaska and Palin’s greed. I guess she never heard of “Alternate Energy.” We need to harness both solar and wind energy but God forbid that thought should cross Palin’s mind!! 4. She uses the word God in many of her talks as if she knows the will of the Almighty. I seriously doubt God speaks directly to her and it might serve her better if she stopped this habit. She looks like a complete a* every time she does this.

There’s simply no place in America’s future for a “Shot-Gun Mama” who is too raw and ignorant of the lower 48 states and the problems that affect us. Stick with Obama and we might see some progress out of Washington.

By John

September 14, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this

Oh my god how I love you libs. you are trying to make the same argument that the Right has been bring against the great and all knowing obama you wanna talk about experience? REALLY? please I beg you what has good ol’ B.O. done to make him look like he can lead the most powerful nation in the world? community agitating? being a US Senator for a few years. At least she has run something. Geez. Yes i agree that McCain is not the greatest choice for the Republicans but Mr. B.O is running on this whole change thing when he has filled is campaign crew with old washington insiders and picked a running mate that has been in the senate just as long as McCain if not longer. He is not for change he is the same old left doing the same old thing. And lets not forget his wonderful LACK of an energy plan. No on Drilling. NO on refining. No on Nuclear. What does he plan on doing powering our nation on the Hot Air he is blowing? come on people use your head and be smart. We need more oil until we can get reasonable alternative methods established. I don’t understand why we can’t you all methods of power that are and can be available to us. If not our way of life…our way of being the best nation in the world will go down the drain and we will be the laughing stock of the world. People make the Right Choice.

By Lloyd

September 14, 2008 11:10 AM | Link to this

Excuse me,what high mucky D muck degrees did Truman possess?I am so sick of these third worlders and their lack knowledge concerning America.You would think they would pack up and leave,rather than live in a free country.

By Sarah's Best Friend

September 14, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Let’s take a step back…regardless of your party. Now let’s consider a hypothetical….would you want your best friend to be Vice President. Sure, they believe everything you do but are they qualified for the rest…do they understand macro economics, international law, finance, global business, American history? Are they willing to subjugate power for the good of the country? Do they have the temperament to understand the limits of their expertise and surround themselves with experts in the field? Do they keep their commitments with a stanch integrity that their word once given is absolute? Have they “used” you or others to get their way?

If your best friend though she was a doctor, would you let them operate? If your best friend thought she was a lawyer, would you let them defend you? If your best friend was President or Vice President would you think that, just because they think like you, would they have the education, experience, temperament and integrity to lead? If you needed someone to decide whether to go to war would you rely on a career general or your best friend?

Sarah Palin wants to be my best friend. She’s a women and a mother just like me. She wants to convince me that she is smart enough and experienced enough to lead me to a better life. But you know, my REAL best friend has a superior education, business savvy and sound judgment but is not qualified to lead this country. Why? Because she isn’t well versed in the world economy, international law and finance. The difference is that she knows she’s not qualified. Sarah Palin doesn’t.

But hypothetically, let’s say my best friend did become Vice President. Maybe she’d appoint me to something like Homeland Security, or Department of Education or the Department of the Interior whether I was qualified or not. Wouldn’t you like to have a house on the coast with me in charge? How about sending your kid to a school where,—-oops!—- he can’t become a doctor because he can’ study human physiology with me in charge? Oh and that debt from oil and gas that I forgot to collect…well we got to make it up some way so…you are going to have to pay it with me in charge. But all this is OK cause Sarah is in charge and she has those small town values where friends are rewarded (and dare I say it…enemies are vanquished.)

My point is that this is not a popularity contest. We need extremely smart, experienced people to lead us out of the mess that greed, pettiness and political rewards have gotten us into. While McCain and Biden have extensive experience, the Republicans often point to Obama’s experience as a flaw. So…let’s compare the Palin and Obama experience….Harvard Law Review vs. five colleges in six years…. community organizer in impoverished community in Chicago vs. PTA president….family man vs. family women….inclusive vs. go it alone….chose a running mate to offset his experience vs. chosen as a running mate to get elected. But….we are comparing oranges and apples…..let’s compare Palin and Biden….Twenty-five years in the Senate vs. less than two years governor….Extensive experience on Senate Foreign Relations Committee vs. Lives next to Russia…family man vs. family women.

Let’s get over this popularity contest mind set….Sarah Pailin is could be my best friend but NOT my Vice President. Why? Because she is not qualified to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency, lead the Senate and act on global policy. Can she learn? Sure she can….but not in the next three months. Let her gain some experience and she can be a formidable force.

By CaptainVictory

September 14, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this

Based on the tone of the anti-Palin comments, I’d say the headline of this article is dead-on.

Please continue your shrieking, people. It’s the GOP’s most effective weapon.

(Ha ha ha …)

By SalDalt

September 14, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this

Looking through the comments, the Dem supporters are in the same mode as their candidate. Funny how the GOP has made this a race between the Dem Presidential candidate and the Rep VP cadidate. This in and of itself is mindboggling since the Dem Presidential candidate has less experience than the Rep VP and for some reason the battle is between them. Wake up Dems - YOUR frontrunner lacks experience so any comments on Palin actually HURT your candidate!!

I have to reply to one of the earlier comments by Churchill - Do you really think that graduating from the lower part of a Military Academy catagorizes someone as uneducated? The only thing that statement rings of is HOW UNEDUCATED YOU ARE!! Please go get informed and see that the Naval Academy has very small classes - for a reason - it is not about money (like Harvard and all other Ivy league schools are) it is about finding the creme of the crop in the first place. No matter where you are in the class - they are all extraordinary. The education is not just academic - it is also leadership and quite physical. Grow up Churchill since YOU are the only one who is uneducated. But you are just being a DEM!! Also where in our Constitution does it invalidate someone from being a VP because they attended more than one school?? And where does it say someone is undereducated who has attended more than one school. This is the United States of America - and I for one think it is GREAT. Our forefathers created a great system and it was brilliant - not one of them had better education that any candidate running yet they were truly MUCH smarter than anyone you can contend is “educated”.

McCain beats Obama hands down and that is why the Dems and media have made this a race between Obama and Palin. You don’t even see Biden’s name much. Very funny and also very sad.

By getalife wingnuts

September 14, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this

Like Iraq, there is no victory in this election.

Both parties are corrupt and business as usual.

Lobbyists will continue to rule Washington and bankrupt your children’s lives.

Much ado about nothing.

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this

CNN just reported that Sarah Palin admitted to being a stand-in ghost-shooter for a member of the Chinese Olympic Skeet-shooting team. The Chinese considered the real shooter to not be able to “hit the broadside of a pagoda”.

By huneybee227

September 14, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

You Dems never cease to amaze me! You have the brass Kahonies to denigrate Sarah Palin’s experience for the VP position, and yet she brings more experience to the table in seeking the VP role, than your choice does for the Presidency! What a bunch of idiots you are. Barack was a community organizer, and that’s a wonderful and selfless achievement…McCain is not putting down service, but he does say that this activity does not shore up his resume to run for President. Saarah Palin lacks foreign policy experience - but if she is surrounded by intelligent people with foreign policy experience as the Veep she has the luxury of time to learn. The President on the other hand has to be ready on DAY ONE…and as Hillary, and Biden, and all the other Dems who ran against him stated right from the get-go…Obama is sorely lacking in ANY kind of experience..ooops, rather he is very experienced in RUNNING for Office, but lacking in serving!

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 12:18 PM | Link to this

Liar-loan McCain 08: Country B4 campaign.

I’m Liar-loan McCain and I lied on this message.

Palin 08: Our Lady of Perpetual War.

I’m Sarah Palin, and God approves this message.

By Irish

September 14, 2008 12:30 PM | Link to this

The Democrats are panicking? No, we’re outright infuriated. The Republican’s campaign has turned into one of the worst smear campaigns I can remember - a campaign MCCAIN said he’d never run. Obama NEVER turned to these tactics, MCCAIN did. Get THAT fact straight. McCain has done nothing but SPREAD LIES about Obama AND even his OWN ISSUES. As for Palin - what a disgrace. They claim she’s a strong Christian and yet according to CNN’s bio of her, she secretly ran off to marry and then had a baby “almost 8 months” later. Now we can do the math and understand the reason for the marriage. She’s used her authority to fire people. She’s attempted to ban books in libraries. She thoroughly opposes rape in the case of incest and rape. Too bad her own father didn’t rape and impregnate her - she might think twice about that stand. She willingly LIES and deceives people and yet places herself under the guise of being Christian. Are YOU kidding me? This is ONE VERY DANGEROUS person! I cannot believe that the media OR the public even discuss this issue - voting for McCain and Palin is a definite way to KILL what’s left of our country. Anyone who doesn’t see that will when they lose everything.

By catlady

September 14, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

The lies continue. Look for more “misquotes” and “misspokes” to come, as well as “faulty intelligence.”

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 12:32 PM | Link to this

McCain’s decision was the most deft campaign decision in our History. It even beat the Veep Choice James A Polk made with that squaw Susqueteena. This was when we first saw Indians, and they were still enjoying their celebrity. Americans loved everything Indian for months during the campaign of 1822. Susquiteena appeared on the cover of the Farmer’s Almanac with a bow and arrow, and a pride of rabbits slung over her shoulder. America was in love. Polk stole that election and then had Susqueteena put on a reservation, and replaced by James A Garfield, establishing a political dynasty that lasted till the civil war.

CNN just reported that Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney has chosen Sasquatch, or Bigfoot as her Veep Choice for 08. Her polls have bounced 50% since the announcement and is now considered a possible spoiler for Liar-loan McCain.

Obama 08: He’s already black, people

By Jane

September 14, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Obama made a Terminal Fatal error when he did not choose Hillary as his running matee. It was Terminal and Fatal. Obama will not recover.

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 12:40 PM | Link to this

CNN just reported that Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney has chosen Sasquatch, or Bigfoot as her Veep Choice for 08. Her polls have bounced 50% since the announcement and is now considered a possible spoiler for Liar-loan McCain.

I’m Cyntia McKinney, and Bubba and Nascar Pete approve this message.

By getalife "whiners"

September 14, 2008 12:45 PM | Link to this

Jane,

They should have run Clinton. Period.

Obama needs more experience in the Senate.

Like Palin, he is not even in her league.

By Katherine

September 14, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this

When anyone says Sarah Palin doesn’t have enough education, how quickly Harry S Truman was forgotten or maybe before some of your times. Truman was a habadasher (sold men’s clothing) without any college education. True, Truman was a DEM but didn’t follow strict party rules. He was very bi-partisan for the good of the USA. Education isn’t the most important quality for the job of President. The past few Presidents are prime examples.

By Tar and Feathered

September 14, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this

A new record! Katherine what part of “please wait” don’t you understand? What a dolt!

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 1:19 PM | Link to this

I’m Liar-loan McCain, but I also post under The Apostled, Analcord, Post Haste, Oz, Pee’er pressure, truthtalk, Hans Apology and many many more. In truth I am somewhat of a loser like everyone says, I have no life, no friends, no family unless you count those folks down at the psych ward as family. I post multiple posts on multiple blogs using multiple aliases because I have multiple personalities. I’m so desperate for some attention, any attention that I litter these posts with garbage just to get noticed. My whole life people have ignored me so even if you hate my posts and think I’m an idiot that’s OK, just notice that I’m hear, which is more than my parents ever did.

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this

McCain’s decision was the most deft campaign decision in our History. It even beat the Veep Choice James A Polk made with that squaw Susqueteena. This was when we first saw Indians, and they were still enjoying their celebrity. Americans loved everything Indian for months during the campaign of 1822. Susquiteena appeared on the cover of the Farmer’s Almanac with a bow and arrow, and a pride of rabbits slung over her shoulder. America was in love. Polk stole that election and then had Susqueteena put on a reservation, and replaced by James A Garfield, establishing a political dynasty that lasted till the civil war.

CNN just reported that Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney has chosen Sasquatch, or Bigfoot as her Veep Choice for 08. Her polls have bounced 50% since the announcement and is now considered a possible spoiler for Liar-loan McCain.

Obama 08: He’s already black, people

By Jackie

September 14, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this

Electoral college requires 270 electoral college votes. Current poll indicates Obama has 250 votes with MD, DE, VT and HI not having enough data to report and have a total of 20 electoral college votes.

Do you think this will be enough votes to win the Presidency and extinguish the Gov. Palin flame?

By Watcher

September 14, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

There are many outstanding pilots in the Democratic Party: Mark Warner, Hillary Clinton, Ken Salazar…Mr. Obama is a stewardess who has always promptly delivered treats for the extreme left hate groups of the party. Can anyone argue that Hillary would have been inferior as the nominee? She was the only one talking issues from the outset, and presenting them intelligently. I was going to vote for her. Barack O. is too far left to be an American president - most of us will never submit to his extreme moral ambivalence and evident disgust for rural America. Look at his supporters, and the things they have been saying in the last few weeks!! They showcase all that is disgusting about the San Fran - Chicago - Massachusetts trifecta. I have been following Chicago politics for years, and have regular insight into the Cook County judicial system - NOOOO THANKKKS!!! Chicago is a horrendous mess under the control of pandering tyrants, with a capital T. …And I have followed John McCain long enough not to buy into the HE IS BUSH lawyer’s trick. He was a good friend of Hillary and Barack in the Senate - Bush has almost no friends in Washington, and never did. There is no doubt that the neo-cons are tyrants. If anything, McCain is an opportunist, and it could be argued that he has shown as much on some occasions (outside of this campaign). If McCain was Bush, neo-con Republicans wouldn’t have fought so hard to keep him away from the nomination. Many of them HATE him. Sure, they are behind him now that it is a matter of party, but the same can be said of Mr. Obama. The fact that Barack chose Biden merely illustrates for me that he is a puppet of the aforementioned trifecta. Biden was their second favorite son. What was wrong with Evan Bayh?? Talk about a man with experience!! The party should go back, do over, make it Clinton/Bayh, and the election would already be over. Remember when Hillary said after Kerry got reamed that the Democratic Party had lost touch with most Americans…bingo! How did they recover so many seats in ‘06?? Picking economically strong, working-class progressives who do not despise the American experience (or life and people in general, judging from the last two weeks). B. Obama is the last gasp of a very powerful wing of the party, and if he goes down, I think the matter will be finalized. The Democratic Party will be stronger. The elections will be less partisan. You will see real change because Americans won’t be so prone to see elections as cultural wars (which, it could be argued, is why they elect guys like Bush in the first place). No, culture wars were not invented by Karl Rove, either (only graduate students can have enough pseudo-education to see the world so simply) - the phrase was used during the Dole/Clinton battle and goes back to the 70s.

By AmVet

September 14, 2008 1:33 PM | Link to this

Katherine, I don’t necessarily disagree with your sentiment that education is not the MOST important quality for president.

Intellect is much more valuable.

But as W has demonstrated for the past eight years, having a religious dufus in the White House can be d@mn near catastrophic. And so, the American public is rightfully very suspicious of any president’s seeming absence of intellectual curiosity.

I remember when he was campaigning in 2000, I thought, OMG, this clown is in WAY over his head! He struck me as not even remotely smart. By presidential standards. (Remember them?)

And I have said repeatedly that IMHO character is much more important than education (not intellect).

That the current occupier of the West Wing is as abysmal in this category as the other has made for the gawd-awful debacles we now as a nation face.

And somebody other than the run of the mill, incompetent neo-con must fix…

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 1:44 PM | Link to this

Oh, there’s a gal ‘n her name is Palin

and she’s just right 4 me!

She’s all the change I ever needed

she’s what POTUS should be!

Oh, VIVA MY ANCHORAGE!

VIVA MY ANCHORAGE!!

VIVA…VIVA…. MY ANCHORAGE!!!!

yeehaw!

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Sarah palin on the single bullet theory: “I coulda made that shot and got that liberal skankho Jackie 2…”

By getalife "whiners"

September 14, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this

Rove Says McCain’s Lying Goes Too Far

The door to attack his lying is wide open and hell just froze over.

By Joe Sixpack

September 14, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this

Hey, guess what lefties. Palin is smarter than you. She wants to produce energy in the US. The Democrats/liberals just want to finance our enemies by stopping US energy production and making the US buy overseas. The Liberals have been doing this for 30 years and won’t stop even now when its obvious that its forcing up gas prices. The libs are forcing up food/gas prices by the excessive corn ethanol mandates. The ethanol mandates are also bad for the environment. The Democrats hurt the environment by their unreasoning opposition to nuclear power. France and other countries have demonstrated that nuclear waste can be safely handled by reprocessing, but the Dems are too stupid (or hate America too much) to learn from other countries.

By Dusty

September 14, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

Ah..AmVet the Awful @1:33

Still beating that old bum drum you carry on your shoulder. Let’s see: Bush did it. Bush is no intellectual. A religious dufus!! We’ve all heard your stuck-in-a-rut dialogue before. The fact is that you have been blinded ever since Bush was elected (Horrors!). You just can’t recover.

Bush is better educated, better balanced and more experienced in handling crises than anybody ever presented by Democrats. That is why he was elected TWICE.

In your blindness, you overlook some of the main facts about America’s greatness. We continue to be FREE. WE have freed two countries from tyranny. We have done it under the leadership of Bush. That is not to say everything is perfect. It isn’t and never will be. The big important things are in place in America.

You can belittle a man for his faith. Then you must belittle most Americans who are the same. Your abject dejection and lack of appreciation depicts you as a man without faith or hope.

Sorry, AmVet, about your state of mind. I hope that you can find a bit of happiness one of these days.

By Jacqui

September 14, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this

I just don’t understand it. I’m a smart, intelligent woman and I just don’t see what everyone sees in Palin.

By getalife "whiners"

September 14, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Joe,

STFU whiner. The gop had complete power and did nothing but support what you are whining about.

By LNAB

September 14, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

It’s not like we didn’t tell them so is it. We said, great…caucus fraud to give him a miniscule lead, winning red states… WILL NOT TRANSLATE INTO A GE VICTORY! But, HD and company (and the very hidden interests trying to foist Barry on us like it did GWB)… had an agenda that didn’t include the BEST INTERESTS of the American people.

But I can now say…I’m getting over it g

As a democrat, I agree that McCain’s policy solution are lame and destined to drive us deeper into economic ruin if the spineless congress doesn’t oppose him. But truly, I cannot bring myself to install a Chicago thug in the WH even if he pretends he agrees with me on the issues.

Edible fruit doesn’t fall from poisoned trees. And Obama is poison of the worst sort.

By Liar-loan McCain

September 14, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this

Peyton who?

Vikings own the Colts today.

By Jackie

September 14, 2008 3:09 PM | Link to this

@Liar-Loan McCain

Sounds like you are either speaking for Gov. Palin, or, you are making a threat that you have no way of carrying out.

Your typical neo-con clap-traps means nothing.

Now, if you care to discuss issues, bring it on!!!!

By Monica

September 14, 2008 3:30 PM | Link to this

  • I do not believe a person who considers themselves to be a Democrat could pssibly suport McCain/Palin. Ain’t pssible.
  • Why is it necessary for ANYONE—Republican or Democrat—to make up insulting nicknames for candidates. That’s grade school stuff. If you’re immature enough to think that’s funny or helps your cause, you’re too immature to vote.
  • God did NOT raise Sarah Palin up—God cares to o much for His creation to do that.

    • By Liar-loan McCain

    September 14, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this

    You couldn’t hang with me wench, McCain ‘08.

    By Jackie

    September 14, 2008 3:38 PM | Link to this

    @Liar-Loan McCain

    Try me, FROGFACE!!!!

    As for the wench portion, you have mistaken my screen name to be that of a female.

    Seems that you neo-cons are trying to use the same tactics that you perceive to be intimidating.

    Guess what? Nothing you can say has any affect on my gonads!!!!!

    By Liar-loan McCain, not

    September 14, 2008 3:50 PM | Link to this

    Someone is pulling your leg Jackie. Liar-loan McCain is an ardent Liberal, hence the name, who hates Palin and wants desperately for Obama to win. He posts under “The Aposle” Einsteins Ghost, The Way, Analcord, Post Haste, etc etc etc. You got your underwear in a wad over a prank. What a tool. Get yourself into some anger management classes wimp.

    By tjl

    September 14, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

    It’s SO obvious that the McCain campaign will say and do whatever it takes to get elected, disregarding truth or substance in their message. No lie or deception is too outrageous. What amazes me is that some people actually fall for their fraud! McCain KNOWS that he’ll never be elected by aligning himself with DubYa and his failed administration, so he’s had to clone Obama’s promise of change and put up a smokescreen of snarky attacks, half-truths and outright lies to distance himself from his own party and to avoid meaningful dialog on real issues. His platform, his record, his campaign managers and his speech writer all make it obvious he is another George Bush. Just like the native Americans who sold Manhattan for a handful of bright, shiny glass beads, people are falling for the swindle - attracted by the flash, not by the value of what is being offered. America, don’t fall for the McCain/Palen fraud!

    By Jackie

    September 14, 2008 4:03 PM | Link to this

    @Liar-Loan McCain not

    I will get some anger management when you choose to do so.

    As is typical, you neo-cons try to put lies and misstatements into public discussion without anyone calling you on the voracity of the statement.

    If Liar-Loan McCain is a liberal, I applaud the position. If you are trying to speak for them and try to use screen-name of that person, shame on you.

    By @@

    September 14, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this

    For a “change” candidate, Obama appears to be a man locked in time, unable to move past criticism, unable to move from the grip of the Democratic left

    I can almost…..ALMOST have sympathy for OBlahMa Jim. He should have known better than to “enslave” himself to the MoveOn.org PAC, which, in an e-mail during the 2004 election, proclaimed:

    “In the last year, grassroots contributors like us gave more than $300 million to the Kerry campaign and the DNC. Now it’s our Party: we bought it, we own it, and we’re going to take it back.”

    Soros’s movement didn’t succeed in getting Kerry elected. It’ll be no different in this year’s election. If that wasn’t problem enough, they set out to repeat their mistake under Soros’s directive:

    MoveOn.org launched a campaign urging their sheeple to warn party officials against electing a centrist. “Such a scenario’, the e-mail assures, ‘is a political loser.’”

    Well here we are again, and Soros has given the dems another far-left loser in OBlahMa.

    The American people will not elect a shadowy candidate that is indebted to The Shadow Party run by George Soros, the host carrier of BDS (Bush Derangement Syndrome.)

    On August 6th, a week after the Democratic Convention, a clandestine summit meeting took place at the Aspen Institute, in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. The participants, all Democrats, were sworn to secrecy, and few of them will discuss the event. One thing that is certain, however, is that the guests formed a tableau that not many people would associate with the Democratic Party of the past. Five billionaires joined half a dozen liberal leaders in a lengthy conversation about the future of progressive politics in America. The billionaires were not especially close socially, nor were they in complete agreement about politics or strategy. Yet they shared a common goal: to use their fortunes to engineer the defeat of President George W. Bush in the 2004 election

    And the best thing about Soros………or worst, depending on how one wants to view it is this:

    “I want my ideas to be heard,” Soros pined.

    No mention of his sheeple. His ideas……not their ideas.

    George Soros has set his Baaa-aa Rack ‘em Uppers to accept defeat yet again. This guy, Soros has been a disaster for the once True-Blue Democratic Party.

    George Soros! The left’s anti-semite…….Seig Heil!!!!

    When will they learn Jim?

    By Richard

    September 14, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

    How can Obama call himself an agent of change? What has he ever tried to change his entire time in office? Not one thing.

    The liberal left says McCain and Palin are not going to change anything that they are of the same crowd that has never done anything to benefit the American People.

    Well, look in the mirror Obama, and what will you see? You want to raise taxes on individuals and business to put us under even more financial bondage as a people to the government. You want to disolve our national sovereignty and put us in the same pot with all other European countries in the EU and UN. That is why they appear to love you so. It is only for the money they think they can con you out of.

    Isn’t it common knowledge that bleeding heart liberals constantly give away that which does not belong to them to those who don’t give a damn about our interests. Obama and liberal Democrats how much of OUR money will you plunder to give to these?

    Tyranny of the masses is alive when the masses are the most ignorant of their freedoms. Our fore fathers would be suprised to see such an one as Obama, or the whole Democrat party platform for that matter to be even allowed to think they could run on such obsurdities.

    Vote for Obama and you embrace and enlarge taxual tyranny from government. Vote for McCain and a change from the current tyranny will have the opportunity to happen.

    I am an American, I love freedom. I have served my country as a paratrooper. I vote for the politicians who are really agents of a greater change. McCain and Palin.

    By boonies

    September 14, 2008 4:39 PM | Link to this

    looks like the rev Wright’s chicken ‘n’biscuits be coming home to roost for Obambi….LOL

    By boonies

    September 14, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

    looks like the rev Wright’s chicken ‘n’ biscuits be coming home to roost for Obambi….LOL

    By boonies

    September 14, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

    some o’ Rev Wrights’ chicken ’ n ’ biscuits be comin’ home to roost for da Obambi fo-sho! LOL

    By Maria Houser Conzemius

    September 14, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

    Bambi is blowing it. Outside of his adoring cult, he doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t want to know. His scorched-earth policy with Alice Palmer and especially, Hillary Clinton — combined with the fact that according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reporting nonpartisan watchdog Legistorm’s findings, Obama pays women in his Senate office 83 cents for every dollar that he pays men — show me that he can’t even get along with the opposite sex or the centrist half of his party that supported her, much less reach across the aisle and get along with Republicans. He’s the ultimate partisan.

    By boonies

    September 14, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

    all y’all be restin assured dat De Kingfish gon’ look in da big book and tell Sapphire how to win de ‘leckshun fo sho….

    By Maria Houser Conzemius

    September 14, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

    Bambi is blowing it. Outside of his adoring cult, he doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t want to know. His scorched-earth policy with Alice Palmer and especially, Hillary Clinton — combined with the fact that according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reporting nonpartisan watchdog Legistorm’s findings, Obama pays women in his Senate office 83 cents for every dollar that he pays men — show me that he can’t even get along with the opposite sex or the centrist half of his party that supported her, much less reach across the aisle and get along with Republicans. He’s the ultimate partisan.

    By Maria Houser Conzemius

    September 14, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this

    Bambi is blowing it. Outside of his adoring cult, he doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t want to know. His scorched-earth policy with Alice Palmer and especially, Hillary Clinton — combined with the fact that according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reporting nonpartisan watchdog Legistorm’s findings, Obama pays women in his Senate office 83 cents for every dollar that he pays men — show me that he can’t even get along with the opposite sex or the centrist half of his party that supported her, much less reach across the aisle and get along with Republicans. He’s the ultimate partisan.

    By John J. Coulthard

    September 14, 2008 4:54 PM | Link to this

    Yesterday at the AARP video question and answer sessions Obama spent almost all of his time explaining what McCain’s plans were (inaccurately) and then criticing his fabrications. On the other hand McCain focused on the issues and how he really intends to act on them, never mentioning Obama except once when he said “the other candidate..” McCain explianed he has and will takes input from both sides of the aisle to solve the country’s problems, Obama showed how will shoot doen anyone else ideas without even listening to them. Did Obama propose any legislation to try to put a stop to our financial meltdown, Congress is also an elected part of our government. This is not a Bush dictatorship unless congressmen and congresswomen let it be. Guess who has been the majority in Congress during this last catastrophic two years. Obama is one democratic candidate and he thinks Palin is his opponent because whe probably has more credentials that he has but at least she is the VP candidate. That’s what he should be.

    By Maria Houser Conzemius

    September 14, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

    Bambi is blowing it. Outside of his adoring cult, he doesn’t know where he is and doesn’t want to know. His scorched-earth policy with Alice Palmer and especially, Hillary Clinton — combined with the fact that according to the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, reporting nonpartisan watchdog Legistorm’s findings, Obama pays women in his Senate office 83 cents for every dollar that he pays men — show me that he can’t even get along with the opposite sex or the centrist half of his party that supported her, much less reach across the aisle and get along with Republicans. He’s the ultimate partisan.

    By Betty Clark

    September 14, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

    I think Paulin is a bit over rated. She does not know s** from shinola. McCain has insulted all American Women of Substance.

    By AmVet

    September 14, 2008 5:17 PM | Link to this

    Dusty, please don’t believe I am gullible enough to think you wish ME happiness. Of any sort.

    And most who have read you, know your pretenses at tolerance are just that.

    Your air-headed slogans and Republican propaganda and your empty faux care for others here reminds me of what a good nazi you would have been.

    And it comforts me a great deal knowing how different we are…

    By Shirley Cox

    September 14, 2008 5:20 PM | Link to this

    By Scott

    Did you not read about Obama’s history of Colleges?

    Each one was posted, down the line and each one said ” He never finished any of them. True? I dont’ know, but if true he’s been lying to us.

    ShirlGirl

    By JD

    September 14, 2008 5:24 PM | Link to this

    Nothing is more fun than watching the Left Wing crazies attacking Sarah Palin because there is ABSOLUTELY no positive thing to say about Obama or Biden.

    Meet the Press with Tom (The Leftie) Brokaw and Chris Matthews spent their entire shows attacking the Republicans rather than bailing water for the ship of their sinking candidate.

    Glub, glub lefties - you should just sit quietly and watch another loser candidate (Kerry, Gore, Dukakis, McGovern, Clinton & Carter) disappear into the night.

    By Keeping It Real

    September 14, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

    The white Bubbas and Bubetts will never vote for Obama.I would bet that 90% of the undecided are people like this. The Republican party knows this. Palin’s draw comes from these people and the angry stay at home moms. That’s why there is very little discussion of the issues. I only hope that McCain remains able to fulfill his responsibility. If not, we will have to deal with the Lendscrafter model.The thought of that is scary at best.

    By Liar-loan McCain, not

    September 14, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

    Jackie I’m all for Obama, not exactly a “neocon”. People like you give us prod liberals a bad name calling everyone you think is in disagreement with you a neocon and hoping that is enough to hide the fact that you haven’t an original idea in your head. What a tool, what a fool. Obama ‘08

    By JD

    September 14, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

    Beth@9:14

    You wrote:

    “This woman, a complete unknown and nondesript politician, is absolutely not ready and not able to take over the awesome and terribly complicated duties and responsibilities of President and that of leader of the Free World.”

    Just substitute Clinton, Carter, Obama, or Biden for “this woman” abd you would have a more accurate assessment.

    By sarah

    September 14, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this

    I used to be a democratic until not too long ago. I work at a medical office where we see about 150 patients every day. I can tell you right now, ever since the nomination of Mrs. Palin as a running mate for Mccain, the way she has been scrutinized, criticized, underestimated, discriminated against, I decided to change my political party. At least half if, not more, of our patients think like me. To tell you the truth, the more they attack this woman, the better for her. The democrats without knowing are campaigning in her favor. May god bless all of them.

    By Dusty

    September 14, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

    Not good, AmVet,

    using that outdated “Nazi”. Doesn’t matter. Hope you can get out of the doldrums soon.

    When McCain is president you will feel better. He’s a happy veteran with relieved Americans supporting him. And an all-American VP with a son in the military! America just keeps finding the best of Presidents. McCain Palin 2008

    By Jackie

    September 14, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

    @Liar-Loan McCain not

    Someone used your screen name, not including the “not” to say things to me in response to a post I made about the electoral, not directed at you or the other person.

    I am glad that you are for Obama, but, you do not have the permission or authority to call me a “fool” or any other name that is demeaning.

    As long as you remember that point, there will be no response from me.

    While we are discussing this subject, “what original idea am I missing that you feel is germain only to your logical progression?”

    By tom

    September 14, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this

    The only thing i can say is people are atarting to notice what kind of phony Obama is. He hs done nothing but spread lies about sarah palin. If you really take notice of how he has acted during the election it makes you wonder how he would be as your president. He does not have the maturity to handle the job, he wont answer some of the toughest questions that are still left unanswered. He wont even go on any talk shows. i give example a.. Sean hannity has offered him time on his radio show, Obama wont even acknowledge Sean but yet he can back stab him in the public but will not tell it to his face. he always says he is going to send someone there to tear him apart. Obama stop trying to get others to do your dirty work and be a man and stand up for once. you have not had any back bone since this has all started. if you dont have it now you certainly will not have it as the president of the USA.

    By sabastion

    September 14, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this

    BRAVO! iS THIS REALLY ON THE LIBERal aol?? Someone must have slipped a roofy in the person’s drink who let this thru. It’s all true! BRAVO!

    By sabastion

    September 14, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

    BRAVO! iS THIS REALLY ON THE LIBERal aol?? Someone must have slipped a roofy in the person’s drink who let this thru. It’s all true! BRAVO!

    By sabastion

    September 14, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

    BRAVO! iS THIS REALLY ON THE LIBERal aol?? Someone must have slipped a roofy in the person’s drink who let this thru. It’s all true! BRAVO!

    By ed bunghole

    September 14, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

    Like any of this s** matters! McCain and Obama work for the same people you Arses!!

    YOU Dum b arses want change? Fire all of congress and get rid of the IRS, The Fed and slash the pentagon. It needs to be done but you people want to starve you dumb shets!

    By dmlpc

    September 14, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this

    Yesterday while taking a walk my husband and I stopped at a yard sale. As I was looking at some books they had for sale a female started talking about Palin, about how much she liked the fact that palin was just like her and that she was going to vote for palin. I said that palin was not at the top of the ticket, she replied that mccain is old, he want be around for long. She stated that palin was a mother[she said like me], she said palin was a real person[like me she added], she then said that palin was going to change things in DC for everyday people like us. I said to her that I had read some very bad things about palin, that palin had lied about her record. The woman said you can’t believe any of the bad things you read about palin, they are all lies. I asked her how did she know that palin would be good for her kind of women, she said that she had read and heard good things about palin. To that I said help me understand you better, do you think all of bad things said about palin are false and all the good things said about palin are ture, she said o-yes. I walked away as fast as I could.

    By EDWARD

    September 14, 2008 6:14 PM | Link to this

    THE CONSERVATIVES HAVE MADE THEMSELVES CLEAR…A KNOWLEDGE OF FACTS AND FIGURES IS DETRIMENTAL IN A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE. IGNORANCE IS BLISS. THEY CAN APPLY THAT STANDARD TO EVERY ISSUE.

    THEY LOVE THE RICH AND HATE THE POOR. AND THEY HAVE ENTERTAINERS [LIMBAUGH, OREILLY] ON THEIR PAYROLLS WHO CONVINCE THE POOR THAT THEIR POVERTY IS LINKED TO THE LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON HOW TO USE A BOOTSTRAP. SIMPLE, CONCISE, STUPID…YEAH!

    THEY CONVINCE WORKING ‘CONSERVATIVES’ THAT SOCIAL LEGISLATION FOR THE GOOD OF THE PEOPLE IS UNAMERICAN, PNKO, COMMY STUFF. NOT ONE OF THOSE ENTERTAINERS CAN DEFINE SOCIALISM, NO LESS COMMUNISM.

    SCARE THE PEOPLE REALLY SCARE THEM, AND THEY WILL PAY YOU OFF TO KEEP THEM SAFE.

    REMEMBER…ONE MANIAC IN A PHONE BOOTH ON THE TOP OF MT. EVEREST CAN PUSH A BUTTON ON HIS CELL PHONE AND BLOW UP PENN STATION AT LUNCHTIME.

    MEANWHILE, CONSERVATIVES WILL BE AT CONEY ISLAND WATCHING FOR TERRORIST CANOES APPROACHING THE SHORE.

    THEY, OF COURSE, DON’T REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT THE LIMBAUGHS, O’REILLYS, LEVIN’S ARE OBVIOUSLY HOMEOEROTIC…THEY WANT BUSH TO INVITE THEM TO THE PROM.

    PS: HAS THERE EVER BEEN A CROOKED, DEVIOUS, SELF-SATISFYING, NARCISSISTIC CONSERVATIVE WHO SOLD OUT THE GOVT?

    THEY STILL BUY THEIR OIL FROM IRAN AND IRAQ. THAT SEEMS TREASONOUS TO ME.

    LASTLY, APPARENTLY THE PALINITES BELIEVE THAT EVRYTHING COMPLEX CAN BE REDUCED TO SIMPLE SLOGANS AND PATRIOTIC SAYINGS.

    TELL THAT TO THE DOCTOR NEXT TIME YOU GO IN FOR BRAIN SURGERY. KEEP IT SIMPLE DOC. IF YOU ARE REALLY A GOOD DOCTOR YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO THIS OPERATION WITHOUT ANESTHETIC. FORGET ABOUT YOUR TRAINING. WHAT’S YOUR BOWLING SCORE DOC?

    By JJIMJORD

    September 14, 2008 6:29 PM | Link to this

    Why is it that so many of the Democrats blame the Republicans for the problems with the economy these days???? Don’t they realize that in 2006 when they took over both the senate and the house that they controlled the only government department that could really pass laws to control the economy? At that time the economy was great, unemployment was at an all time low and from then on it all went to pot and brought on what we have today. And they blame the republicans for it. As I recall, that is when Obama became a part of the problem that we have today. I guess they want to keep it that way for the next four years. WELL, I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE SMARTER THAN THAT. WE WILL FIND OUT IN NOVEMBER.

    By oliver

    September 14, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

    I only want to point out one more time what I have been saying for over a year now. OBAMA is not qualified even to fill his position in the Senate let alone become the commander in chief of this great nation. Everybody keeps talking about Palin forgetting that we’re electing the president not the VP. Sure she could become president but so does OBAMA and what tragedy wouldn’t that be. Think fellow citizens. We’re electing the PRESIDENT of the United States. We do not want to elect an individual has not professed love for our nation who’s wife has said in public that she had never been proud of our country now do we. Sure lots of folks have protested and even burned some flags but they’re not asking us to vote for them so that they can be elected to become president of the United States; and this is the real problem OBAMA faces - lack of credibility. We don’t know anything about him thanks to liberal/leftist media. If I can’t get “inside” his head I don’t vote for him. By protecting him the liberal media is providing him a great more damage then good, and I’m glad.

    By Blake

    September 15, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this

    Great article. How true. Why is the Democratic Presidential Nominee going up against the Republican Vice Presidential Nominee? I thought his fight was with McCain. What a joke. It takes both Obama and Biden to take on one Republican woman. What a joke.

    By bearcasey

    September 15, 2008 8:33 AM | Link to this

    Palin is an interesting person but essentiallly a gimmick. Desperation will set in for the Republicans when people start remembering that the the GOP must answer for “W’s” incredible incompetence.

    By Ragnar Danneskjöld

    September 15, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

    Dear Bearcasey @ 8:33, I think you err by concept. The Saturday WSJ had a well-written argument by “Lee Siegel” whoever that is, on the nature of the election.

    Siegel argues that democrats normally, and especially this year, frame elections by highlighting the failure of political policies, and frame elections as a matter of issues. Thus the jbmlaw argument of “cult,” that changing the driver will make the car run better.

    Republicans in contrast (this year and normally) frame politics as a nearly irrelevant element of cultural and social deficiencies, and the need to change the culture, with or without the tools of government. Usually expressed in Reaganesque terms, “government is the problem, not the solution.”

    By Siegel’s argument, Palin is the catalyst to a McCain victory, both by re-igniting the cultural warriors of the right and by effectively disparaging the political solutions of the left.

    By Clint

    September 15, 2008 8:51 AM | Link to this

    Why should we surprised that Palin finds her greatest support coming from the lower, lower middle class? For those people she is a “status symbol” for the stigma they try in vain to erase, no matter how they perpetually vote against their own financial interests. The curse of the nation.

    By Jeff

    September 15, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

    Churchill…you arent related to that idiot out in colorado are you??? or maybe to the Churchill that said that if you are still a liberal after 30 then you dont have a brain? He would be really embarrased by you. So what if McCain was at the bottom of his class…how the heck many giants in the business world didnt even have a college education? And your boy Obama is educated…too bad for us he was educated as a socialist.

    By bearcasey

    September 15, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

    RAGNAR: Quite a few of us aren’t that stupid. Do you have Karl Rove as a house guest?

    By jeff

    September 15, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

    Clint…almost the entire democratic party support comes from the bottom half of our society…the ones with their hands out demanding the government take care of them because they cant take care of themselves…

    By jeff

    September 15, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

    Clint…almost the entire democratic party support comes from the bottom half of our society…the ones with their hands out demanding the government take care of them because they cant take care of themselves…

    By JR

    September 15, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

    Churchhill show me where having a college degree is a requirement to be president. Last time I checked that wasn’t one of them.

    By JJ

    September 15, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this

    Obama is a joke. He is not qualified. If the Democrats were so bent on anything but a QUALIFIED white male why did they pick him??

    Democrats will lose again

    By Alexander Hamilton

    September 15, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this

    The MSM continues to ignore Palin’s ties to the odious fringe Alaska independence Party. Her half-Eskimo and all-drunk husband has been a member since 1994. Palin herself taped a fulsome welcome-message to one of the “conventions.” (How would would like it if Perdue welcomed the KKK back to Stone Mountain?) Just check out what the AIP believes. Their “founder” was murdered when a plastic explosives deal went sour. he cursed the untied States and is buried in Canada — not under our “damned flag.” a central tenet of the AIP is the disenfranchisement of the military. In short, they wish to deny the vote to soldiers stationed in Alaska. This alone should establish how looney this bunch is. And, Palin supports them in their “Alaska First” mentality. This crowd is as treasonous as Aaron Burr, who was also a Vice President. Looks like history might get a chance to repeat itself.

    By swissman

    September 15, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

    At least Georgians recognize the most qualified presidential candidate. Unless you hope for a premature catastrophic event for John McCain, Gov Palin will have considerable time to grow into a “more perfect politician”.

    By LISTEN - UP

    September 15, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

    Facts: Dems say that Palin has no experience…that maybe true, only that she actually has MORE experience than the front runner on their end. Obama has the audacity of Dope running on his brain if he thinks that trashing this governor through the mud he’ll become the next president. How can he erase Michelle Obama not going to the 9/11 ceremony, or his terrorists friends launching his campain, or his obvious lack of expertise at picking a VP that thinks that Obama has NO experience and that Hillary could have been a better VP. WAKE UP Lefties…He can’t possibly be the good president we all need. Better put on McCain and wait 4 more years for Hillary.

    By hillbilly ragger

    September 15, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this

    Cute—practically declaring victory after a, what, three point bump in the national polls? Go ahead, run your victory lap, hell, you’ve practically got it won!

    By the way, Jim, not to sound ageist but you really ought to figure out how to enable comments at your new post. It’s been dead for the past ten minutes.

    By Alexander Hamilton

    September 15, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this

    The MSM continues to ignore Palin’s ties to the odious fringe Alaska independence Party. Her half-Eskimo and all-drunk husband has been a member since 1994. Palin herself taped a fulsome welcome-message to one of the “conventions.” (How would would like it if Perdue welcomed the KKK back to Stone Mountain?) Just check out what the AIP believes. Their “founder” was murdered when a plastic explosives deal went sour. he cursed the untied States and is buried in Canada — not under our “damned flag.” a central tenet of the AIP is the disenfranchisement of the military. In short, they wish to deny the vote to soldiers stationed in Alaska. This alone should establish how looney this bunch is. And, Palin supports them in their “Alaska First” mentality. This crowd is as treasonous as Aaron Burr, who was also a Vice President. Looks like history might get a chance to repeat itself.

    By JimFrank

    September 15, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this

    What fascinates me, is that the Republicans found a VP Candidate who is more middle-class than anyone on a ticket in decades, and is hands-down more qualified to be president than the Democratic presidential nominee. She is not the bitter man-hating feminist that we see on the liberal side, but a real working woman. The kind that so many of us see in our lives today.

    I have never seen a campaign where the vice-presidential nominee was expected to be adept in international affairs. It is the only thing the Democrats can attack her on, and she is still more adept than the Democratic presidential nominee.

    It is about time we have the chance to get a real American in Washington.

    By GaHaggis

    September 15, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

    I find it odd that the greatest attacks on Palin all revolve around her limited experience, her mere 2-years in office as a governor and a host of other objections that paint the woman as some sort of dim bulb, yet Obama’s experience is relatively the same (if not less), his accomplishments are thin and the man somehow fabricated an additional 7 states to campaign in…if Sarah Palin’s experience isn’t good enough to make her vice-president, then how can one, in good conscience, make the case that Barack Obama’s is sufficient to make him president? Unless, of course, this has nothing to do with experience and it’s all about defusing what is clearly a significant threat to one of the Democrat’s favorite constituencies…the female voter. Panic mode indeed. God help the Democrat party if minority voters ever wise up and stop voting as a block of victims.

    By JD

    September 15, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

    Democrats continue to nominate far-left loons (Obama, Kerry, Gore, Dukakis, McGovern, et. al.)and then wonder why they lose. The only Dems elected were unknown Southern Governors who both ended their terms as embarrassments.

    Despite the tedious whining of Pelosi and Reid, the American people consistently demonstrate a desire for less government and lower taxes. The only hope for the Dems is to continue to add illegal immigrants and the like to the voter rolls in an attempt to create a Dependent society.

    Lower tax rates have ALWAYS increased revenues and yet the Left Loons scream for higher taxes. As Anti-American as any position can be - yet there are the Dem leaders screaming for more.

    The US has the highest corporate tax rate of any industrialized nation and the Left Loons cry about “Corporate Welfare” as if there were such a thing.

    The Left Loons cry that American jobs are going over seas and we need higher tax rates to bring the jobs back home. That is pure nonsense - the high tax rates are the reason the jobs are gone!

    The Left Loons blame gas prices on Conservatives, yet the failure to build refineries and drill our own oil is the real culprit and the Dems have opposed both for over 30 years.

    We could have $1 per gallon gas in this country if the Left Loons would simply disappear.

    By CJ

    September 15, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this

    Saturday Night Live’s skit on Palin sums her up perfectly! Watch the video!

    By AmVet

    September 15, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this

    Mr. Wooten certainly clings to the Obama bashing hope that by encouraging the “faithful” here he can provide a ray of sunshine.

    Nonsense.

    You neo-cons have already lost.

    You frauds got slaughtered in the last election. To the tune of a history making slaughter.

    And every one of the knuckle-dragging darlings of the far right got simply humiliated in the campaign to replace their most gawd-awful leader.

    The RINO is not one of you.

    Yes, he screwed around on his first wife and ditched her when a great upgrade became available. But that is one of a very few indicators that he is a good Republican.

    He knows the religious right is brimming over with “agents of intolerance”.

    He knows these scandal-ridden charlatans are little men of greed and revenge. And he has exceptionally little in common with this GOP “leadership” of never-served, never-will chicken hawks and their never-served, never-will children.

    And you are so paranoid and delusional, you can’t even admit it..

    It does not matter.

    Another GOP slaughter is hopefully at hand…

    By GaHaggis

    September 15, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

    I find it odd that the greatest attacks on Palin all revolve around her limited experience, her mere 2-years in office as a governor and a host of other objections that paint the woman as some sort of dim bulb, yet Obama’s experience is relatively the same (if not less), his accomplishments are thin and the man somehow fabricated an additional 7 states to campaign in…if Sarah Palin’s experience isn’t good enough to make her vice-president, then how can one, in good conscience, make the case that Barack Obama’s is sufficient to make him president? Unless, of course, this has nothing to do with experience and it’s all about defusing what is clearly a significant threat to one of the Democrat’s favorite constituencies…the female voter. Panic mode indeed. God help the Democrat party if minority voters ever wise up and stop voting as a block of victims.

    By CBL

    September 15, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this

    My mind’s made up for McCain though I think the Republicans could have done much better. I can’t vote for a candidate who wants to jack up taxes and spending and punish small businesses and push country deeper into a recession. I don’t think now is the time to soften up our foreign policy agenda in light of Russia beating its chest and a materializing alliance between Russia, Venezuela, and Iran. I would rather not make going to the doctor or dentist an experience comparable to going to the Post Office or DMV. And I would rather give the free market the opportunity to provide domestic solutions to our energy crisis (Pickens Plan?) rather than have some incompetent half-asleep bureaucrat dole out ration coupons for fuel based what he is told my perceived need for it should be.

    I’ve got my beliefs and you may of course have your own. But this election will not be decided until the 3rd debate is overwith. Only then will we cut through the rhetoric and snide personal attacks worthy only of coverage in tabloids and see what these candidates can do off the cuff and under pressure.

    By Ragnar Danneskjöld

    September 15, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this

    Dear Bearcasey @ 9:04, apologies, I did not mean to speak condescendingly. I inferred from your post that you were unaware of Obama’s fundamental problem.

    As to Karl Rove, I really cannot say whether he hears anything I say. He is a pretty bright light, and keeps his own counsel.

    By GaHaggis

    September 15, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this

    I find it odd that the greatest attacks on Palin all revolve around her limited experience, her mere 2-years in office as a governor and a host of other objections that paint the woman as some sort of dim bulb, yet Obama’s experience is relatively the same (if not less), his accomplishments are thin and the man somehow fabricated an additional 7 states to campaign in…if Sarah Palin’s experience isn’t good enough to make her vice-president, then how can one, in good conscience, make the case that Barack Obama’s is sufficient to make him president? Unless, of course, this has nothing to do with experience and it’s all about defusing what is clearly a significant threat to one of the Democrat’s favorite constituencies…the female voter. Panic mode indeed. God help the Democrat party if minority voters ever wise up and stop voting as a block of victims.

    By DJR

    September 15, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

    It is time to put the qualification question of Sarah Palin to rest. She has been the Governor of a state for two years (perhaps a level of expertise that should be required to even run for President), has actually managed a budget and demonstrated fiscal responsibility. By the way, the revenues of the state of Alaska exceed those of the great state of Arkansas when the beloved Clinton was running yet no one from the left will allow that little fact to slip out when challenging Palin’s experience level. Barack Hussein Obama was a U.S. Senator for about 143 days when he announced his candidacy and has been campaigning ever since (about 19 months). Where is his experience? Biden is the consummate career out of touch Washington Elite politician whose only claim to fame is his uncanny ability to plagiarize the work of others. It will be fun to watch Palin slap him down in their one and only debate. There is a change looming on the horizon but it is not the one that the liberals have believed it to be for the past six months.

    By Maniac is accurate

    September 15, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

    Spielberg is going to direct a remake of The Invisible Man … starring a real invisible man, Joe Biden.

    By Joey Williams

    September 15, 2008 10:18 AM | Link to this

    Barack will be forced to present Hillary as his running mate. Something will “happen” and Biden will all-of-a-sudden have some kind of illness or injury and will have to be “out” for 6-8 weeks, doctors orders. Hillary will accept the VP spot with Obama. Then, after Obama is sworn in, Hillary and Bill will have him assassinated which will then leave the socialist and her violent rapist husband as our, once again, Commander in Chief…so help us God. Think it can’t happen?

    By VOTE NO TO HALF-BLACK UPPITY BLACK RACIST MUSLIMS

    September 15, 2008 10:30 AM | Link to this

    @ arseholeVet 10.03

    U really need to let your vet “fix” U properly arsehole vet. Ur poisonous, unprovoked unhinged hate is just typical far left puke engendered by the half-black black racist Hussein Obama’s hilarious and long overdue systematic slide in the largely liberal run polls. Watching millions of treasonous scum like U screech and scream like the WORTHLESS LOST TO THE GIGOLO KERRY hatepig nutter Dr Death from the child molester’s paradise of far VT will be fantastic sport on Guy Fawkes Day as the black racist Hussein Obama gets hammered all across the fruited plain.

    Ordinary Americans simply will NOT allow a far left uppity surrender monkey black racist in the White HOuse … huge patriotic snigger*

    President McLiar and VP Palin will be gracious though.

    We see just how despicable and desperately dishonest the black racist scumbag Hussein Obama is though:

    http://www.nypost.com/seven/09152008/postopinion/opedcolumnistsobamatriedtostallgisiraqwithdrawal_129150.htm

    By get real

    September 15, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this

    Haven’t we lowered the tax rates for the past eight years (wonder who that helped)? What has this gotten us? Can you geniouses please elaborate on the state of the US Markets? Can you tell me the national deficit? I thought the lower tax rates by Bush were going to stimulate the economy overall? I thought the Republicans were against big spending and big government? McCain is touting “Change” as his mantra. Really? Is that going to be the case? Do we even HEAR the Repulbicans speaking on issues affecting us? Or are we only listening to them act as the Moral Police? What is wrong with this country?

    By John

    September 15, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this

    Unusual clarity from the AJC. How desperate things must be there.

    As for you Palin critics: Every time a Democrat tries to make an “experience” argument against Palin, they hammer another nail into the Obama coffin. The “present” voting “community organizer” is an empty suit. The issue isn’t experience anymore. (Remember the Clintons?) It’s character, and Palin is far more genuine than Obama.

    By AmVet

    September 15, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

    Brit Twit,

    Aren’t you late for your Klan meeting, skinhead?

    You gotta hand it to these repulsive cons.

    They have no shame.

    None.

    They have the worst track record imaginable over the past eight years, and they grin like none of it ever happened.

    And many of these racist, lipsticked pigs in the lower middle class here in the Moron Belt grin right along with them.

    It is undeniable they have directly caused one debacle after the next - from the chicken hawk-led, bungled invasion/occupation of Iraq, to the endless scandals, pedophiles, corruption and pettiness to gutting environmental safeguards in the name of “Healthy Forests” and “Clear Skies” to theocrats and plutocrats creating havoc and “policy” that has the nation absolutely reeling.

    Now the Goebbels-like Karl Rove, feigns tolerance and fair-play in the campaign.

    Much more telling though, we still have a couple of total scumbags here who best portray that lunatic fringe element of thee REAL Republican “conservatives”!

    Too funny…

    By Michael

    September 15, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this

    Just another comment about education - there is a reason for McCain’s low grades… At the Academy there is a tradition that the midshipman with the lowest grade gets a dollar from every one of the other graduates. It’s a bit of an honor! So when mids know that their grades are not the greatest - some start to take a dive to try to hit the lowest passing gpa (again a straight “C” career). Unfortunately for McCain, he wasn’t able to get that distinction. But let’s face it, he still graduated from a very tough school… and the Navy’s War College is nothing to sneer about either!

    As for Palin - I have no problems with 5 schools is 6/7 years - she paid for them by herself. Good for her. At the tender age of 18, she didn’t quite know what she wanted to be - no fault there. That she traveled to different schools and got to have a lot of, dare I write it… “EXPERIENCE” - good for her! She did graduate from school before having children - again, good for her!

    All I see here is lots of pluses for my candidates!

    By GaRebel

    September 15, 2008 11:03 AM | Link to this

    Let me see if I have this right!

    Obama - foreign policy experience 0 military experience 0 chance of becoming president if Democrats win 100%

    Palin - foreign policy experience 0 military experience 0 chance of becoming president if Republicans win 1 in 3

    Something strange about the complete focus on Palin’s lack of experience and practically no focus on Obama’s lack of experience. He supposedly chose Biden because he is on the foreign relations committee or some such. I’m sure if Palin became President she could pick someone just as qualified to be Vice President. Obama is not running against Palin for President but McCain seems to have become invisible. Probably because it would show up Obama’s lack of qualifications.

    By roadrunner

    September 15, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this

    Churchill, will you pleased tell me the last time a politician did an interview that wasn’t scripted? ANY politician.

    Apparently you don’t realize that Gibson was wrong with his definition of the Bush doctrine. Read the Charles Krauthammer article about that.

    You also don’t seem to realize that since Ford was president, all Presidents except one were governors. No governors are particularly knowledgable about foreign policy.

    Regardless, Palin was a mayor of a town, albeit small, but Obama can’t make that claim. She was a governor for 2 years, but again, Obama can’t say that about himself. So tell me how he is more experienced than her? He is running for the top slot, not a V.P. slot.

    By Chamberlin

    September 15, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

    Churchill, we all know that Obama would have never been admitted to Harvard if he were white. A background enhanced by affirmative action does not qualify him to be president.

    By paulejb

    September 15, 2008 11:48 AM | Link to this

    I know it is mean but I can’t help being gleeful as I watch the lunatic left start drooling in their oatmeal. These sickos are stuck with an empty suit who can’t seem to find his own but with both hands. I wonder if they will be leaping from buildings on November 5th.

    By James

    September 15, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

    I’m so glad that Jim Wooten feels comfortable speaking for me. LOL. Let me again say that I am so very happy that McCain picked Palin! She will continue to pay dividends for the democrats. A new scandal every day is revealed. She is at her heart, corrupt. God has blessed the Democratic party!

    By RationalGeezer

    September 15, 2008 12:15 PM | Link to this

    Subject: Barack Hussein Obama’s Ineligibility

    Philip J. Berg, Esquire filed a lawsuit on O8/21/2008 in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Case 08-cv-4083.

    Count One - Violation of the United States Constitution, Article II, Section I. Barack Hussein Obama was born in Kenya because his mother’s pregnancy was so advanced that the airline denied flight privileges and Barack Obama was born in a Kenya hospital.

    Art. II, Sec. 1, Constitution of the United States regarding eligibility to be President follows:

    “No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty-five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.”

    Count Two - Dual Citizenship. Barack Hussein Obama holds dual citizenship in Kenya and Indonesia, and is not a citizen of the United States of America. Obama’s Kenyan citizenship derives from his Kenyan father and his birth in Kenya. Obama’s Indonesian citizenship derives from his adoption by his step-father Lolo Soetoro, and Obama’s use of an Indonesian passport to travel to Pakistan when he was twenty (20) years of age. His mother failed to execute a loyalty oath to regain her United States citizenship. Obama failed to execute a loyalty oath to gain United States citizenship.

    Count Three - Fraud. Obama committed fraud by running for the Office of President while knowing he was not eligible. Obama submitted false information on his Application to the State Bar of Illinois by stating that he never used any other names. Obama has in fact used the additional names Barry Soetoro, Barry Obama, Barack Dunham, and Barry Dunham. Obama used and displayed on his web site a forged Certificate of Live Birth. Obama, who claims to be a Constitutional lawyer, misrepresented himself as eligible to run for the Office of President when he knew, or should have known, that he was not eligible.

    The complaint asks that the Court declare Obama permanently ineligible to run for the Office of President.

    The complaint appears at www.obamacrimes.com. Additional information and updates appear at www.americasright.com.

    By Anne

    September 15, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this

    The future of this country is at best with the Mccain/Palin in the white house. I am a biz owner and a mother,I know what’s good for my children’s future, they called it mother instinc.Let us get together and put good people to be in charge for this great country.

    By GaHaggis

    September 15, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this

    And just to key on some of the comments others have alluded to; there is a significant number of Americans out there who are fed up with these Ivy League elitists who will campaign in their hometowns, begging for money and support, then retreat into their clubs and social circles where the Great Unwashed are not allowed to dwell. This goes to both Republicans and Democrats. “Ordinary” Americans are sick of having their values mocked, their institutions attacked and their religious traditions diminished. Most of these people willingly support tolerance, fairness and decency, yet when they ask the same, they’re sneered at, referred to as “bigots” or worse. Then to add insult to injury, the very ones who supposedly fight injustice and the use of stereotypes do the exact same thing. So when someone starts tossing out their Ivy League credentials, I have to laugh…in the very quarters you’re trying to woo for support, they know you’re little better than a grinning charlatan.

    By RationalGeezer

    September 15, 2008 12:23 PM | Link to this

    Subject: Obama’s Citizenship

    www.abc.net.au reports a BBC poll that said people across the world want Obama in the White House.

    Here’s an idea for O’Bama: find a country where he’s actually a citizen, and run for high office there. He could choose Indonesia, Kenya, and other British Commonwealth nations. I heard the black guy in Canada is for him.

    By roadrunner

    September 15, 2008 12:29 PM | Link to this

    **By James

    September 15, 2008 12:03 PM | Link to this

    I’m so glad that Jim Wooten feels comfortable speaking for me. LOL. Let me again say that I am so very happy that McCain picked Palin! She will continue to pay dividends for the democrats. A new scandal every day is revealed. She is at her heart, corrupt. God has blessed the Democratic party!**

    This is the most hilarious post. Every poll shows Obama falling farther behind since Palin was named AND the congressional races all becoming closer yet James calls her naming a blessing.

    Is it a blessing to Dems because it shows them how to run a campaign and how to actually make a woman relevant? Does it show the Dems how to actually prove to women that you are behind them by taking action rather than just talking about it?

    Perhaps if the Dems are learning from this it is a blessing for them.

    By colorjedi

    September 15, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

    Since the basic question seems to be whether Palin or Obama is the most qualified to be president, I propose that Palin challenge Obama to a debate, no moderator questions, just general topics. Let them go head-to-head for 90 min and settle it once and for all. Otherwise it’s all just our own humble opinions and that’s worth exactly one vote apiece on Nov. 4ht.

    By roadrunner

    September 15, 2008 1:20 PM | Link to this

    For those of you knocking Palin over the interview, are you fair enough to read what parts of the interview were edited out by ABC?

    newsbusters.org/blogs/p-j-gladnick/2008/09/13/abc-news-edited-out-key-parts-sarah-palin-interview

    While you’re at it, how about comparing questions Gibson asked Obama to those he asked Palin?

    sayanythingblog.com/entry/compare_and_contrast_gibsons_questions_of_obama_vs_gibsons_questions_of_pal/

    Does it do Obama a favor by asking him nothing of importance? It looks as if they are afraid to ask him because he wouldn’t be able to answer in a way that makes him look good, doesn’t it?

    By CowbyoyUp

    September 15, 2008 1:32 PM | Link to this

    The democrat party and MSM have really pitched a fit and made a spectacle of themselves over Gov. Palin.

    Or…

    Karl Rove had chips implanted in their heads while they were sleeping. He can apparently make them broadcast, publish, and post a deluge of 'news' stories on Gov. Palin that get debunked in less than 6 hours, cause them make such stupid statements about her, and ask such stupid questions(the kind that reflects worse on their candidate, and themselves). Rove got them from President Bush, who, used them to take over the Clinton administration, the democrat party leadership in Congress, the CIA, NSA, and all the major intel outfits in the world, while he was Governor of Texas. That's how he got them to say all those 'lies' about iraq in the '90s. President Bush doesn't need them anymore, so he sold them to Mr. Rove.

    By Econ101

    September 15, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

    I’ve read Obama’s tax plan from his very own site. It’s brilliant. An example of his acumen is how the plan takes advantage of our lack of education and states that he’ll give tax cuts to 95% of workers. But in fact the lower 50% of wage earners do NOT PAY INCOME TAXES, so for them it’s a handout at the expense of small business owners and future generations. Other fakeouts in his policy include removing a nonexistent capital gains tax on small businesses. His tax plan also implies that a company’s decision to move headquarters overseas is a ‘loophole’ and who a company chooses to employ is a FEDERAL rather than a business decision. I find Obama’s campaign brilliant in his crafting of undetectable economic prevaracations. I also find them incredibly adept at disguising a socialist income redistribution agenda. However, this is the kind of intellect I believe America can do without.

    By Christina

    September 15, 2008 2:04 PM | Link to this

    John McCain is a true Honorable American. Anyone who can make the decision to stay with his fellow prisoners of war instead of Ol Dear Admiral Daddy to get him released can defintely make crucial decisions of war and the economy. For McCain it will be a walk in the park compared to the horror that he went through as a prisoner of war. Obama does not have this experience nor will he ever in his lifetime. What the hell does he know of makeing decisions on war,horror and misery.

    My top Ten List on why not to vote for Obama…..

  • He has a muslim background (the same people we are fighting terreroism)
  • has a Muslim name
  • He did go to a Madrassa school in India and He has said that since he has a muslim background and went to a Madrassa he can deal with them better.
  • He has no experience to run this country what so ever
  • He was part of a church w/the Crazy Rev. Wright!! (My a* that he didn’t hear him say all the crazy things he has said about this country)
  • He knows nothing of foreign affairs or anything about war and what’s important to protect in this country.
  • His VP is a major left winger
  • He knows nothing of heart wrenching decisions to make in time of crises and/or extreme high stress. (McCain in the Vietnam war) anyone who can make the decision to stay a prisoner of war and remain with his other fellow prisoners instead of Dear Admiral Daddy to get him out is a President who can make honorable and high stress decisions. Then on top of that, when he came back to the U.S., went to rehab and worked his a* off to go back in the war try to try and fly again. Nothing in this world can surpass this. WHAT A GO GETTER!
  • He wants socialized medicine (well, half socialized medicine) any socialism in this country is not tolerable.
  • The one reason why he should not be elected…….HE’S A DAMN BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!

    • By Peter

    September 15, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

    Perhaps Obama/Biden should take on the successful slime tactics Bush/Cheney/Rove employed against McCain in prior campaigns.

    By BHO

    September 15, 2008 3:18 PM | Link to this

    It is laughable that Sarah would look to Greenspan for advice. He is a guilty as anyone for the subprime collapse.

    By USNMike

    September 15, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this

    Wow, I have read every other comment and then read the rest. I do not know what to say to all this, but I will give it a shot. I am neither Democrat or Republican. First, Churchill, please do not ever post again until you can handle the fundamental concepts such as remembering that Palin is married and is titled Mrs. and not Ms., if you cannot handle what was prevalent throughout your long diatribe, then your knowledge and research(if any was done) is questionable. Second, TJRogers, are you really that stupid or is something trained hard at? The “issues” you want to focus on has been gone over several times by both parties. Now that Obama is floundering for the pathetic speaker he is, and McCain and Palin are dealing with the crap that Demo’s are throwing around with their buddies in the News business there can be no real discussion of the issues. Please actually pay attention to what has happened for the last several months instead of reading cliff notes that was written by the biased media. Lastly, to cover the rest of the morons posting nonsense on here, please do everyone a favor and do not vote, the comments made here(some by republicans and most by demo’s) reflect the great and (sadly) ever increasing ignorance of the general public. Now I refer to those individuals stated above. The comments about lack of experience on Palin’s part shows your lack of research. Try doing that. Those constantly trying or (even more sadly) believe that McCain is just like Bush, your just as big of idiots. You probably even believe the crap about voting with Bush 90% of the time.. NEWSFLASH, President does NOT get a vote in the Senate, so how is that possible? Oh wait, it isn’t. Must be that 143 actual days of work that lends to Obama’s ignorance on how his job works. For all you McCain fans, your not bright either. While I can easily have more respect for someone who is not spineless, his policies are questionable and has very few stances that he does not change. In contrast, he would make a better choice than Obama who is spineless and has no policies that he has defined. Only thig that has changed is his stories. Want to make a real change? Start by changing your sheeple mentalities, also pay more attention to who you send to Congress, they ARE the ones who make the majority of the policies. Quit being social and economic idiots and start actually learning something. The facts are out there, so get off your a* and do some actual work and quit relying on your government check to support your stupid rears.

    By Maureen

    September 15, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this

    WOW! Finally a fair editorial by the AJC. Palin has energized the Republican Party including John McCain. I feel they are a great team with a vast array of experience.

    By Liar-loan McCain

    September 15, 2008 3:32 PM | Link to this

    USNmic: break up your comments into little ones and scatter them across a few minutes of time. no one has the attention span to……

    bwa

    If U R US Navy, then what can you tell us about wet starting a jet?

    Now THAT we’ll read.

    By Churchill

    September 15, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

    I am convinced McCain had very little to do with the selection of Palin. Though he has overseen the complete ruination of his own formal and public pledge to keep the campaign respectful, I believe he has the best interests of the nation in his heart. Assuming he is still focused on improving the nation’s health in general and restoring its international standing, he must be appalled that a campaign under his direction has tapped a person with such an obvious knowledge gap for such a high-ranking position. To me, it’s reminiscent of Brown’s FEMA appointment (from a horse racing background) and all the green appointees the Defense and State Departments sent to Iraq to run the CPA in 2003-4.

    Obama’s campaign should forget about experience and drive the messaging toward knowledge. It’s one thing to repeat 3-by-5 card sound bites. You can’t lead us to the future if you don’t understand what’s been tried before and where we are now.

    Gibson should have asked Palin about the history of any important policy debate now ongoing - say, health care - and how she arrived at the positions she’s so confidently taking.

    By jessie

    September 15, 2008 3:35 PM | Link to this

    OMG-I have never seen such long winded people, both for and against. I will make it short and sweet. Obama will lose all of the south and border states, all of the normal red states and one or all of the following. Ohio, Michigan or Pennsylvania. Game over! He may even lose Minn. and Wisc. and maybe NJ. I do believe there is a whiff of a landslide in the fall air.

    By the Deets

    September 15, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

    We have been witness to ga$ price$ tripling in Atlanta with ‘what’ party in control of the US Congress in DC?

    nviro-D-E-M-O-C-R-A-Ts

    -nuf said

    By Edwin

    September 15, 2008 4:04 PM | Link to this

    I know your not ready for any facts but here they are. The bumbling and stumbling that you saw with the Obama campaign is what he and his advisors are finding out what it means to be black in america. The knock on Obama has been the experience issue. Your oppenent goes out and gets Palin who just got her passport and can say that because her state is close to Russia (She actually said that!!!) that is her international experience. It is not McCain’s fault he knows he is fighting a losing battle so anything goes. The shock is that the american people fell for it. Obama has been running for president for a year and people say that I don’t know him yet. Palin is on the scene for 2 weeks and everyone feels a connection with her. Even when you find out she is misrepresenting a lot of her accomplisments.

    African-americans know that qualifications only matter when you are an african-american. Obama went to Harvard graduated top of his class. Running against McCain who graduated at the bottom of the Naval academy. McCain is basically Mr. Magoo. We already have a “C” student in the white house.

    Reality vs percecption. The media is making the war between Obama and Palin. You have not heard Obama attacking Palin, the lipstick on the pig was directed at McCain, the media and McCain made it look like he was attacking Palin. Obama in every clip that is shown is attacking McCain. The pundits on both sides are telling you that he should not be attacking the bottom of ticket but find me clip where Obama is attacking Palin. Biden is still out there stumping but the media are not showing his clips or giving live look-ins.

    Obama needed to sure up foregn policy experience he took the SMART pick in Biden not the safe one. Safe would have been Clinton but then the critsimn would have been running as co-presidents with Bil looking over his shoulder.

    McCain needed personality and celebrity so he picked Palin.

    So it is not Obama’s celebrity that bothered the american people it is just that it is wrapped in the wrong packaging.

    By TiredOfBS

    September 15, 2008 6:06 PM | Link to this

    Churchill, you ramble on and on about how little experience she has, trying to make yourself sound so important. But lets look at the facts, Obama does not really have any more experience then her. And wait one more minute, didn’t a small time governor from Arkansas become president - If I remember right it was Bill Clinton. So let’s put this lame argument to bed and start discussing where the candidates stand on the real issues.

    By GaHaggis

    September 15, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

    Edwin,

    I’m going out on a limb here and guess that you’re a student, otherwise there’s no way possible that you can honestly post such inane garbage as “African-americans know that qualifications only matter when you are an african-american. Obama went to Harvard graduated top of his class.” If that is the case, then we’re truly doomed as a nation, where a significant portion of my fellow citizens have no regard for anything more than putting a black man in the White House. The concept of “judged by the content of my character” must be nothing more than words…the idea of equality used as a punchline where the true underlying sentiment equates political revenge or that this is about having one’s “turn”, as if the presidency were a playground slide. I’d thought (erronously, I suppose) that we’d left some of this in the dustbin of history, that we’d progressed to at least the point where bigots and morons who seek to seperate us by skin tone were to be laughed at and ignored. Then I read your laughable screed and I realize that not only am I wrong, I’ve been an idiot to believe these things…clearly I’m the enemy…it’s a waste of time treating people with respect and at least listening to their ideas. The left in this country wants revenge, and they’re willing to do what it takes to exact it. Good luck on that.

    By Frank

    September 16, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

    REMEMBER ONE THING, WHITE WOMEN…………it was the BLACK MAN that showed the nation that YOU DONT COUNT to them…….

    bujt it was the EVIL, WICKED, NASTY Republican WHITE MAN that reached down, grabbed her hand and helped her up off of the floor…where the BLACK MAN slapped her…and WANTED her to stay down……

    It was John McCain that helped her up…….and INCLUDED her into the American Realm……

    BLACK MAN slaps the White Woman to the ground…

    WHITE MAN helps her up and includes her…gives the White Women respect that they deserve……

    WHITE WOMEN……REMEMBER ‘THAT’……when you go into the voting booth this year….

    clown-bama is a racist, a bigot, a hater of the White people, the enemy of the White people……..and IF he gets in……

    it WILL be a new America……after the civil unrest that will inevitably take control of this nation….and he wont be the president of OUR country……

    NEW AMERICA……coming soon…..

    By Frank

    September 16, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

    REMEMBER ONE THING, WHITE WOMEN…………it was the BLACK MAN that showed the nation that YOU DONT COUNT to them…….

    bujt it was the EVIL, WICKED, NASTY Republican WHITE MAN that reached down, grabbed her hand and helped her up off of the floor…where the BLACK MAN slapped her…and WANTED her to stay down……

    It was John McCain that helped her up…….and INCLUDED her into the American Realm……

    BLACK MAN slaps the White Woman to the ground…

    WHITE MAN helps her up and includes her…gives the White Women respect that they deserve……

    WHITE WOMEN……REMEMBER ‘THAT’……when you go into the voting booth this year….

    clown-bama is a racist, a bigot, a hater of the White people, the enemy of the White people……..and IF he gets in……

    it WILL be a new America……after the civil unrest that will inevitably take control of this nation….and he wont be the president of OUR country……

    NEW AMERICA……coming soon…..

    By Frank

    September 16, 2008 8:43 AM | Link to this

    REMEMBER ONE THING, WHITE WOMEN…………it was the BLACK MAN that showed the nation that YOU DONT COUNT to them…….

    bujt it was the EVIL, WICKED, NASTY Republican WHITE MAN that reached down, grabbed her hand and helped her up off of the floor…where the BLACK MAN slapped her…and WANTED her to stay down……

    It was John McCain that helped her up…….and INCLUDED her into the American Realm……

    BLACK MAN slaps the White Woman to the ground…

    WHITE MAN helps her up and includes her…gives the White Women respect that they deserve……

    WHITE WOMEN……REMEMBER ‘THAT’……when you go into the voting booth this year….

    clown-bama is a racist, a bigot, a hater of the White people, the enemy of the White people……..and IF he gets in……

    it WILL be a new America……after the civil unrest that will inevitably take control of this nation….and he wont be the president of OUR country……

    NEW AMERICA……coming soon…..

    By DJR

    September 16, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

    On national security issues - does it not bother the citizens of this country that every rogue terrorist supporting country in the world openly supports Barack Hussein Obama for President? I think this point alone is reason enough to NOT vote for the man. Be afraid if he gets in - BE VERY AFRAID!!!!!

    By DJR

    September 16, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

    On national security issues - does it not bother the citizens of this country that every rogue terrorist supporting country in the world openly supports Barack Hussein Obama for President? I think this point alone is reason enough to NOT vote for the man. Be afraid if he gets in - BE VERY AFRAID!!!!!

    By dwayne bair

    September 16, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this

    The old world of polictics is alive, no change noted on the champain trail. Lets talk about lip stick on a pig, or how unfair an interview was. I believe we must wake up the candidates. When did the words “ear marked” replace “pork barrel”. When a politicain says that it not wrong to request special ear marked funds for special projects as longs as it’d done in the light of day. WHOS day, not the American People. What candidate is brave enough to stop policial corruption, but supporting a live item veto, or suggesting with the modern day techniology that all bills are posted on a government websight, so the American people know what is actually happening. As the commerical says ” Wake up People”

    By Dzedo

    September 16, 2008 12:47 PM | Link to this

    Keeping it Cool; has it right.

    As Bill Clintons sidekick James Carville would say:

    “It’s the Bubbas and Bubettes, Stupid.”

    By Camilla Outlaw

    September 16, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this

    Pro choice female here — I love the McCain/Palin ticket. We need 2 people who are going to get things done. Period. It doesn’t bother me at all that she is Pro-Life. In fact, I admire that she sticks to her guns in the face of a hostile media. It’s called integrity and I’ll cast a vote for it.

    By Andrea

    October 1, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

    “It’s not over. But it’s getting there — and Obama knows it.” Say’s Wooten

    LOL! Does Obama still know it Mr. Wooten?

    Yea, that’s what I thought. Mr. Wooten, leave the fortune telling to the Gypsies because you suck at it.

    BARACK THE VOTE!!!!!!!

    By George

    December 15, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this

    “Barack Obama knows it. The election he had in the bag is slipping away.”

    THE MOST PROPHETIC WORDS OF MODERN TIMES FROM THE TRUE PROPHET HIMSELF..JIM WOOTEN!!

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