Interactive Graphic: Swing States on the 2008 Electoral Map

kelligirl1.

Answer me this! Where did your information come from that Obama can't provide a Birth Certificate??? If this were true, Do you actually believe our Government would allow him to run for Office, let alone the Presidency of the United States!

You people are mental. Anyone that would pick that idiot Sarah Palin as a VP clearly is not in his right mind and shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the White House. And being a POW does not make you more qualified to be president!! Come on! Serving your country is an extremely admirable thing to do... my brother is a Marine; but it doesn't mean that you have any more knowledge to run our country.

Sarah Palin is a mom of 5, a soon to be grandmother, and loves to hunt. She is the Governor of a state of 600,000 and was the Mayor of a town of 6000. She hired a lobbyist to bring in earmarks over 28 million dollars, and as Governor has requested more earmarks than any other state per ca pita.

She is tough. When the news media keeps telling everyone that she did not sell the state jet on ebay, or that she was not always against the bridge to nowhere, she sticks to her scripts. In the face of truth, she is able to repeat her stomp speech and not change a thing. Not many politicians can say that.

She stood up to Charlie Gibson in her interview and said, "Yes, I am ready to be president." She is ready. How many people can say they are ready to be president. Why do the liberals want to ask her questions about her past or what she believes in? This is not fair. She has a right to be VP without explaining herself. Katie Couric should be ashamed of using gotcha politics. Who watches SNL ? They should do a skit on Obama not taxing anyone over 65 that makes under $50,000 a year.

She also stated that she did not blink when McCain asked her to be VP. This is proof that she is a patriot. She will take on Russia, and go to war if necessary to protect our great US of A. She is ready to be VP and even President.

McCain knew it after meeting with her twice that she was his soul mate. McCain's gut told him- now that is the kind of guy that I want leading the country. A man that tosses reason and logic out of the window and goes with his gut. Unlike that wimp Obama; who wants to talk or use diplomacy first.

Proven by all of the things I have listed. Who cares about The Bush Doctrine? She is a mother of 5, not a baby killer. She looks like the girl next door, and has a comprehensive energy plan that includes only drilling. She will not drill in Indiana, Ohio or Michigan, but there will be lots of jobs in Alaska- America's Last Frontier.

This is what I hate about the internet... All I see are a bunch of people with one side of a story pointing fingers at the other side. Obama is not a terrorsit, Mcain is not GW Bush. But more frustrating than any of this, is the fact that we allow ourselves only 2 choices for High Office. A red tie or a blue tie. We have our one or two issues we believe in, pick a side and then let the system we align ourselves with make the rest of the decisions for us. How sad and lazy we all are, that so many of our views are not formed by our own thoughts but by one of two multi billion dollar orginizations engaged in a power struggle, who disagree with the other side just to get the votes that those guys missed.

You all talk about who is more willing to change the system. Change the way our government spends. Change the way we make laws. Guess what, nearly every, if not every president for the past 50 years or more has tried to reform some of these systems (especially spending). And it gets shot down every time. Would you give up a blank check if all you had to do to keep it was vote "No" on something. And this attitude transends every level of people, from the mega powerful and the super rich down to prisoners and the homeless. We all want the system to work but no one wants to sacrifice anything to help it do so.

I think, what the "system" really needs is a TRUE shock. Beyond the Red and Blue ties that have been the commanding party. We need to know that we have more than just two choices, that there are good men and women, neither Democrat or Republican, who form there own views, make up there own minds, and hope to do good in a new style. We all want change, but the truth is neither Dem's or Rep's have done it in a long time, and the truth is, A Democrat would rather have a Republican in office than an Independant ,a Liberatarian or worse yet a NON-PARTISAN (Que the dramatic music *Dun*dun*DUUUUUUNNNN*) because once people realize they have more than two choices they will start taking option 3, 7, or 43. And no one wants to fight a battle on that many fronts, too hard to win that way.

But who am I kidding, Sheeple, errr I mean people aren't ready for that yet. Or are we? Start thinking about something different, maybe it will happen in our lifetime.

I've been reading some of your comments and most of you are quite IGNORENT, it has nothing to do with the fact he is black oh excuse me, not even full black, obviously you all haven't really been paying attention, I mean he was raised by his WHITE grandmother, whom I give a heart felt I'm sorry to OBAMA and his FAMILY for her loss, I feel very sad that she didn't have the chance to see her grandson WIN the PRESIDENTIAL ELECT.
As we all know from the 2004 election it really comes down to the Electoral Votes anyways, it doesn't seem that our votes really count for sh*t!!!
Besides you Mc Cain voters out there, want the war to continue?? I don't get it! We (well not me that's for sure, hey, I do support our troops however I definitely DO NOT support a war that is not even ours to fight) are spending 10 BILLION dollars a MONTH, A MONTH CAN YOU BELIEVE that BS and that IS OBAMA'S FIRST order of business is to rap this war up and yes I believe he will do exactly what he says he will do, I mean really would our country need a "bail out" if it weren't for that 10 BILLION A MONTH going to IRAQ!
I do not trust someone who was tortured for years as a POW who could really SNAP at any point and say "hey, let's nuke those #@*$@&% that tortured me" I mean really, have any of you ever seen the "The Manchurian Candidate", I really do believe it only takes that one word at the right time and that scares the sh*t out of my family. You know, it's the rich ONLY that will benefit from McCain getting office, Here???s another question to the Mc Cain supporters, what if something were to happen to McCain do you all REALLY trust Palin to run our country, what does she know about ANYTHING other than fashion and stupidity I mean come on, she got a call from the "French Canadian President" and the fact that she wasn't smart enough even to figure out by the line of questioning that she was being punked, she actually answered all of the STUPID questions, definitely not presidential questions that's for sure!!
We as a country will benefit from the Obama/Biden ticket they both are extremely smart and they work TOGETHER where as WHAT THE HELL WAS MCCAIN THINKING WHEN HE ASKED THIS DING BAT TO SHARE A TICKET WITH HIM that should tell you right there that he doesn't REALLY know what he is doing.
Darlene C. Vancouver Washington.

Come on America wake up!! Where have our values gone? The reason we are in such a disturbing enviorment is that we have removed ourselves from the one and only true leader Jesus Christ our God. The end of times are happening right now. Check out the best guide for voting...the bible. I'm voting for McCain, it is a total no brainer.

Muslims and terrorists will take over? You are the type of person who woul have said not to free slaves because the blacks will take over. Racist, ignorant Americans like yourselves make the rest of us look bad. You are the reason the rest of the world looks down upon this country that was once great. God bless America with people like you at every corner spreading fear, hate and ignorance.