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McCain’s Mrs. Right

Gov. Sarah Palin came out of nowhere to win the John McCain veep sweepstakes. Well, not quite nowhere.

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  • Posted By: kristinspack @ 09/10/2008 3:26:13 PM

    Correction: Juneau is the capital of Alaska, not Anchorage. C'mon Newsweek, amateur mistake. Please fix it! Thanks.

  • Posted By: kristinspack @ 09/10/2008 3:25:01 PM

    Correction: Juneau is the capitol of Alaska, not Anchorage. C'mon Newsweek, amateur mistake. Please fix it! Thanks.

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 09/05/2008 12:57:36 PM

    Article stating that McCain is sketching his blueprint on taxes and economy. This guy doesn't have his ducks in a row. What has he been doing for the past 8 months since everyone else dropped out of the Republican contest? I guess he was too busy watching Friends with Lieberman. I said it before and I will say it again.

    McCain has had since February to hone his campaign skills. McCain has had since February to form his committees and since then has been throwing people under the bus. McCain has had since February to develop his platform which he has not.

    He doesn't want to be president. If he really wanted to be president he would have made a better name for himself while he had the opportunity to do so while Obama was battling Hillary (you all remember the one that was supposed to win). McCain would have righted the wrongs on his VA stances, he would have had a chance to address voting for a war that was wrong and will go down in history in infamy.

    McCain doesn't want to be president. He just wants the title. He wants the perks that come along with it. He just wants power.

    He doesn't want to be president. If he wanted to be president, he would be giving speeches on the socioeconomic issues the country and world faces which is what the leader of the free world is supposed to do; not stand in front of a crowd of people that already has money looking for a photo op.

    If he wanted to be president he would be describing his policy on energy instead of throwing out a gas tax holiday or say he'd throw money at someone to come up with a battery idea that is already here. If he wanted to be president he would be stating his case to be president instead of attacking the person that wants to be president and perform the duties of that office.

    Obama wants the job, not the title. He has already made the case to the people. He has already formed allegiances with other countries to deter and suppress terroristic activities and extremism. Obama has put his policies on the table and has let the people see them. He listens to those around him and is willing to work across the aisle to come to agreements on issues that affect us. Just ask Senators Hagel and Bachus.

    Vote Obama for President.

    • Posted By: No Way No McCain No Palin @ 09/09/2008 5:19:23 PM

      yes, very true
      he spent all that time idling while the Democrats were battling it out
      what does he do now? he steals his opponents ideas and copies just about everything about him.

      Obama should be proud of himself, he has run and continues to run a very honourable campaign.
      He should rather lose the campaign than loose his honour the way McCain has shamelessly lost his through cribbing, amongst other things.

      He is copying everything about Obama with no sense of shame whatsoever.

      I wish someone would remind Palin how a Christian is supposed to behave and speak, especially in public.

  • Posted By: jojosteele @ 09/05/2008 6:14:49 PM

    The plane did NOT sell on ebay....look it up....AND when it did sell, it was with a loss..... You all are just plain STUPID,,,no other explanation for being in awe of that woman..... so many lies out there...I can't wait until they come to the forefront..... not that you'll care....she could kill your Mother,right in front of you,....and you'd just say...Well Mom was a Democrat.... WTG Sarah!!!!!!

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/06/2008 11:15:29 AM

      SHE NEVER SAID SHE SOLD IT ON E-BAY SHE SAID SHE PUT IT ON E-BAY IDIOT !

      • Posted By: No Way No McCain No Palin @ 09/09/2008 5:12:56 PM

        Yeah, and gave the impression it sold there when it didnt. She should have given the full story of the plane and not leave it hanging and create an incorrect impression.

    • Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 12:25:57 PM

      What exact lies are you talking about? And she could kill your mother and you'd just say, well she was a democrat?

      Good grief.... Are you for real?

  • Posted By: No Way No McCain No Palin @ 09/09/2008 5:08:35 PM

    Palin's father's car has a sticker or something on it saying vegetarian is a name for Bad Hunter...
    which century do these guys live in? Unbelievable.
    She shoots the mean she and her children eat?? I'm flabbergasted

    She's a Christian, God forbid I should judge her - but what comes out of her mouth is shocking for a Christian!! My bible tells me to be humble, live peacefully with all men, be kind etc.
    Does she have to be so insulting and cynical to prove she has what it takes?

  • Posted By: dmacy_DC @ 09/09/2008 2:54:18 PM

    When did Newsweek turn into a partisan cheerleader and Sarah Palin's own public relations organ? I read this piece all the way through, expecting that at some point it would redeem itself as a legitimate piece of journalism, i.e., dig below the surface of the spurious self-agrandizing claims that comprised Ms. Palin's acceptance speech. Instead, what I saw was an almost exhaustive regurgitation of her own shameless self-promotion - a recounting based almost entirely on a 2007 interview, of how she "stood up to the good ol' boys," and other claims. Given the vintage of the interview, it's not like there wasn't plenty of time to investigate these claims and present an objective set of facts. In fact, many of her claims have been questioned by the public and the media. This piece was absolute fluff! The part that was totally unbelievable to me was the close of the article, though... I am speechless. Here it i: <<...But later, Obama told reporters, "She seems like a compelling person, with a terrific personal story." He seemed to dismiss his own spokesman's "hair trigger" comments. Obama may have just been playing the good cop. Or maybe he was just telling the truth.>>

    Is this for real? How can you print this absolutely boot-kissing piece of propaganda? I might expect this from People or one of the other pieces of grocery stand garbage, but not from Newsweek.

  • Posted By: newsweek59 @ 09/09/2008 9:17:13 AM

    I am no stranger to death. Having been able to rationalise the situation, death has never bothered me. The body of a dead gang member I walked past - survival; the burnt bodies of two children left alone by a teenaged mother too immature for the task - tragedy, the broken body of an accident victim I stopped to look at - misfortune, and when I hugged and kissed the bodies of both my parents - life.

    Then I opened the pages of Newsweek and saw the head of that bear, a trophy for the woman sitting next to it. It was death for pleasure-I named it evil. Then I cried.

  • Posted By: newsweek59 @ 09/09/2008 9:16:54 AM

    I am no stranger to death. Having been able to rationalise the situation, death has never bothered me. The body of a dead gang member I walked past - survival; the burnt bodies of two children left alone by a teenaged mother too immature for the task - tragedy, the broken body of an accident victim I stopped to look at - misfortune, and when I hugged and kissed the bodies of both my parents - life.

    Then I opened the pages of Newsweek and saw the head of that bear, a trophy for the woman sitting next to it. It was death for pleasure-I named it evil. Then I cried.

  • Posted By: TruthForward @ 09/08/2008 8:19:53 PM

    Comment: This is what POWs say about McCain. In their own words.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70

  • Posted By: mowinegal @ 09/06/2008 6:02:24 PM

    I am disappointed with this fluff piece about Sarah Palin. Is this Newsweek or People Magazine? Where is the investigative reporting into the statements taken as fact by the candidate? Most of the reporting in this piece seem to be regurgitations from other reports, with no attempt to delve into the truth of the statements or her record. Come on, Newsweek, I expect more from your reporters.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/06/2008 11:14:22 AM

    HEY WE CAN USE JOHN McCAIN'S MIDDLE NAME(SIDNEY) AND JOE BIDEN'S MIDDLE NAME(ROBINETTE) OR EVEN SARAH PALIN'S MIDDLE NAME (HEATH) BUT YOU BETTER NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT MENTIONING BARACK OBAMA'S MIDDLE NAME BECAUSE IF YOU DO THEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SCARE PEOPLE ! IT IS HUSSEIN ! THAT DON'T SCARE ME BUT HIS POLICIES DO !!

  • Posted By: mattcbaldwin @ 09/06/2008 11:09:42 AM

    I'd like to encourage y'all to read my comments as found on my blog (link below). In short: the media has misunderstood the WHY of McCain's choce. Palin was chosen as a fantasy girl, in order to appeal to the American Male.

    http://eschata.blogspot.com/2008/09/pit-bull-in-lipstick.html

  • Posted By: mattcbaldwin @ 09/06/2008 11:08:11 AM

    I'd like to encourage you all to read my comments as found on my blog (link below). In short I'd say that the press has continued to misunderstand WHY Palin was chosen; she's a fantasy girl who was chosen to appeal to American males.

    http://eschata.blogspot.com/2008/09/pit-bull-in-lipstick.html

  • Posted By: Ranger-Suasponte @ 09/05/2008 10:09:46 PM

    ABOUT SARAH PALIN:

    http://webpages.charter.net/suasponte/

    If you really want to know Sarah Palin's history (in detail) this is a "must read". It was written by Anne Kilkenny, a resident of Wasilla, Alaska.

  • Posted By: tucanofulano @ 09/05/2008 9:20:34 PM

    McCain/Palin''s high approval percentage is more than double GW Bush''s approval rating. Therefore McCain/Palin are ready now, and Bush/Cheney ought to resign today to let McCain/Palin finish the Bush/Cheney second term as a running start to their own two elected terms (the max). All AMERICANS gain this way.

  • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/05/2008 9:47:57 AM

    Part 1 Who got Obama started in his political career? William Ayers, of course, is the Weather Underground bomber. And Obama began his career, his coming out party in 1995, and Ayers and Bernadine Dorns home.
    And then for, you know, some 20 years, Obama has been working with Ayers, certainly since 1995, on a series of foundations: the Annenberg Foundation and the Woods Foundation. The boards of directors together, or in the Annenberg Foundation, Ayers created it, and Obama was on it. And together they spent the money of these foundations to implement their radical socialist agenda.
    A lot of people say, no, they just know each other. They???re not friends. Just because -- you know, just because they worked on boards together.
    Obama was in 1995 going to take the seat of Alice Palmer, who is also an extreme socialist. She???s an African-American who had actually gone to Russia and had attended communist party meetings and reported on them. And it was all very much of a leftist gathering.
    Ayers and Dorns were like the stamp of approval on Obama, introducing them to their click of leftist friends for funding and for advancing his candidacy. So that very beginning was a chosen intentionally association with Ayers and Dorns to launch Obama`s career, and Obama knew exactly what he was doing picking him.
    Senator Obama is the one who???s saying, "This is just another guy in my neighborhood," but in fact, that???s not true at all. It may turn out to be that they had a much closer relationship through their work together on the Annenberg Challenge to create their ideas to control the government and its people that???s the challenge!
    His agenda -- I believe, in 2001, in which Ayers was unrepentant, saying that he wished he bombed more. And obama???s greatest influence is
    Saul Alinsky he was a radical socialist organizer. His main book was "Rules for Radicals." His methodology was you go in as a community organizer. That means, really, a rabble-rouser.
    You rub raw the discontent of the community, almost in a communist sense. You find class antagonisms. You learn to speak the grievances in the people???s own logic and language, and then you go for radical redistribution of income and wealth through gaming power and mobilizing the community. Making them think that your working for them by doing small stuff that seems to help but ultimately you gain far more than the people you help it???s a trick to get them on your side because it seems you care about them and in turn they move you to the top of the political ladder!

    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/05/2008 9:52:49 AM

      Part 2???
      The -- the connection to Saul Alinsky. In
      Fact, Alinsky had change as his mantra. And by it, he meant radical socialist redistribution of income from the haves to the have-nots. That was the primary purpose.
      Alinsky dedicated "Rules to Radicals" to Lucifer, whom he called the first radical. And he said it was a Machiavellian approach, which means you???ll lie, do whatever you need to do to get power, because the haves were going to lose to the have-nots, who were being championed by this community organizer. (Obama)
      The theme is common that Senator Obama made in San Francisco about people are bitter, clinging to God and to guns. That is actually a paraphrase of something Saul Alinsky wrote in that same book, in "Rules for Radicals."
      A very condescending view that he has of the middle class as people who are lost, who -- he says that they turn bitter, because they cling to certain fixed points that are elusory, but very real to them. They ask questions that Alinsky considers meaningless, like what does our flag mean to you? Interestingly, something that was just said at the Republican convention. That???s Alinsky. You know,obama???s his influence coming through.
      Just take a look at his taxation policies. He wants to increase capital gains, because he says they???re unfair.
      The point is that he clings to this relationship. And he???s even defending Ayers now. His campaign is defending Ayers, despite the fact that he???s an unrepentant terrorist who set bombs and may, according to congressional testimony, may have even been involved or had knowledge of a bombing that killed somebody. That???s the important thing.
      Alinsky taught to say whatever is necessary to get power. That???s the Machiavellian approach. When Obama articulates policy positions, especially moving to the center, it may be completely calculated. We will not see the real Obama until its too late then we are going to be stuck in a radical system that will take a civil war to get out of !

      • Posted By: Omaar @ 09/05/2008 12:14:39 PM

        OBAMA'S POLITICAL CAREER STARTED AT COLUMBIA & HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

        BILL AYERS IS A PROFESSOR AT SOME COLLEGE AND IS NOT ON THE TERRORIST LIST.

        OBAMA WAS 7 YEARS OLD, WHEN BILL AYERS AND HIS CRONIES, COMMITTED SUCH AN ACT.

        OBAM SAT ON THE SAME FOUNDATION AS BILL.

        WHAT IS OBAMA GOING TO DO, WHEN HE BECOMES PRESIDENT...BLOW UP THE CAPITAL FOR BILL AYERS...HAHAHAHAHAHA !!!

        OR YOUR GREATEST FEAR COME TRUE AN THAT IS THAT HE MIGHT SEND YOU BACK TO EUROPE...HAHAHAHAHA !!


        YOUR FEAR & HATE MONGERING WILL NOT HELP YOU, AT ALL

        • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/05/2008 2:19:23 PM

          no he won't blow up anything he'll just make this country into his social playground and weaken it to the point of no return ! p.s. obama did not get his start into politics in college he go them in chicago w/ayres there's a difference between studing and practicing ! he will destroy this country look up saul alinsky and you tell me what his agenda is !!

  • Posted By: Driver of wagons @ 09/05/2008 10:15:50 AM



    McSame and Painlin the Clown will only be good for corporate fascist types who don't really believe in democracy only in corporate greed and domination of the American people. Repugs only support the social programs that benefit corporate America and you are all about cynicism, criticism and culture warring. you have no substance and don't have a clue as to what is ailing our great country America and its people. you use fear and division to win elections and solve no problems only create new ones.you force Middle Class Americans to foot the bill for your mistakes, lies and your corporate greed with the lives of our bravest Americans and the depleting of out Treasury. you are so afraid of change that there aren't enough Diapers on this planet to even delay your swill from leaking out from where you speak while you eject your rhetorical circus of superficialness and idiosyncraticity.

    Nice green backdrop though! What school was that?






    • Posted By: willnotvoteobama @ 09/05/2008 2:14:29 PM

      walter reed high school p.s. your a idiot !

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 09/05/2008 1:00:07 PM

    John McCain said, "I voted with the President (Bush) over 90% of the time, higher than a lot of even my Republican Colleagues."

    John McCain has said, "I didn't decide to run for President to start a national crusade for the political reforms I believed in or to run campaign as if it was some grand act of patriotism.

    I wanted to be President because it had become my ambition to become President.

    I was 62 yold when I made the decision and I thought it was my one shot at the prize."

    Again I say, McCain just wants the title, not the responsibilities.

  • Posted By: Cloudosmoke @ 09/05/2008 12:52:18 PM

    McCain's Mrs. Right is Wrong. McCain is Wrong. The GOP are Wrong. The Devil is Wrong. Bin Laden is Wrong. Al Quaeda is Wrong. Skeletor is Wrong. FOX News is Wrong. The NRA is Wrong. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong... McCain is Wrong. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong... McCain is Wrong.

  • Posted By: HolyRoller @ 09/05/2008 9:59:10 AM

    SERVICE OF LAWSUIT CHALLENGING SENATOR OBAMA???S RIGHT TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE DOES NOT MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS HAS BEEN COMPLETED
    ( Lafayette Hill , Pennsylvania ??? 09/04/08) - Philip J. Berg, Esquire, the Attorney who filed suit against Barack H. Obama challenging Senator Obama???s eligibility to serve as President of the United States, has received confirmation from his Process Service Company that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and Senator Barack Obama were served today, September 4, 2008, with the legal documents pertaining to Berg vs. Obama, Civil Action No. 08-cv-4083. The DNC was served at 12:00 p.m. and Senator Obama was served at 1:00 p.m. The U.S. Attorney???s Office accepted service on behalf of the Federal Elections Committee (FEC) on or about August 22, 2008.

    NOBAMA!!!

    • Posted By: Omaar @ 09/05/2008 12:07:58 PM

      I AGREE WITH YOU "UN-HOLY ROLLER"

      PALIN HAS GONE FROM COLLEGE TO COLLEGE AND HOLDS A JOURNALISM DEGREE OF SOME SORT, UNRELATED TO LAW OR POLITICAL SCIENCE...


      NOR DOES THE COLLEGES SHE CLAIMS TO HAVE ATTENDED (5) CAN DOCUMENT HER ADMISSION NOR HER TEST SCORES...

      WELL AT LEAST SHE AND JOHN MCCAIN HAVE LOW GRADES IN COMMON.

      WHERAS OBAMA & BIDEN HAVE LAW DEGREES FROM HIGHER INSTITUTIONS OF LEARNING, WITH DEGREES TO MATCH IN LAW. AS WELL AS BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON AND MOST SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN-WOMEN.

      IF OBAMA HAD PALIN'S CREDENTIALS, YOUR LOW LIFE A!! WOULD SAY, HE'S "UNQUALIFIED" AN RIGHTLY SO, IN SUCH A CASE....

      BUT THATS NOT THE CASE AT ALL...IS IT ??

      SAY HELLO TO YOUR NAZI, KKK CHRISTIANS, ARYAN NATION AND OTHER WHITE HATE GROUPS THAT WILL EAT UP, THIS BULL-SH!T YOU ARE SPEWING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

    • Posted By: Omaar @ 09/05/2008 12:00:05 PM

      THATS IT FOLKS...THE SECRET SERVICE ARE INCOMPETENT AND THIS A!! HOLE SHOULD REPLACE THE SECRET SERVICE, THE FBI AND THE CIA, FOR INCOMPETENCE DURING FEDERAL CLEARENCE OF A PROSPECTIVE PRESIDENT.

      UM...I'D LIKE TO SEE WHERE HAWAII HAS SECCEDED FROM BEING THE 50TH STATE IN THE UNION ?

      I WONDER HOW YOU SUPPOSEDLY KNOW WHERE OBAMA WAS BORN AND WHAT RELIGION HE WAS (BORN AS) WHEN NO CHILD IS BORN ANY RELIGION...DUMB A!!

      OK GOLD STAR FOR YOU....

      OBAMA HAS PULLED OFF THE CON OF THE CENTURY !!

      THE FBI, THE CIA, OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE, COLUMBIA & HARVARD UNIVERSITY, THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE CITY OF CHICAGO, THE ILLINOIS STATE SENATE & THE FEDERAL SENATE & THE USA IDENTNTIFICATION PROCESSORS IN AMERICA ARE VERY, VERY BAD AT THEIR JOBS AND YOU ARE VERY VERY GOOD AT YOURS...

      I HOPE YOU BELIEVE THAT, REALLY I DO !!

      YOUR SAVIOR OF THE FREE WORLD JOHN "SEMI-SENILE" MCCAIN IS THE ONLY FOREIGN BORN PERSON, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF THE USA...THE ONLY ONE..

      THE PLACE OF JOHN MCCAIN'S BIRTH IS (PANAMA) NOT ALARMED BY JOLTIN JOHN MCCAIN..HUH

      I KNOW MCCAIN'S RACE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR BLIND EYES, REGARDING MCCAIN'S PLACE OF BIRTH...HUH (PANAMA)

      SO I'LL HELP YOU WITH THAT...JOHN MCCAIN WAS BORN IN PANAMA !!!

      I WONDER WHEN SARAH PALIN ADMITS SHE WAS PART OF A ALASKA SECCESSIONIST GROUP, SEEKING TO MAKE ALASKA A SOVEREIGN NATION UNTO ITSELF !!

      THE AP HAS ALREADY OUTTED HER HUSBAND AS A 7 YR CARD CARRYING MEMBER AND THAT SARAH HAS ATTENDED MEETINGS AND AS GOVERNOR VIDEO TAPED HER SUPPORT OF THIS GROUP DURING HER PRESIDENCY !!

      NO PROBLEM....MCCAIN AND PALIN ARE WHITE...WOW, WHAT A SNOW JOB !!!

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