The GOP's Natural

It seems that the Democratic Party and the Liberal News Media are running scared right now. They cheapen
themselves with their petty but vicious rebuttles toward a woman doing the work of ALL VP nominees. They
hate the fact that she has elecctrified the RNC and maybe others as did Obama in his speaches to the DNC and the country. You say "where's the beef"? She was very clear in her statements about energy independence playing a primary role in both the economy and our foreign policy decisions. Howevver, unlike the Far Left, she did share a plan based on what we can do now and to be followed by persistant efforts to resolve this situation in America. I have heard of nothing which comes close to a real alternative
from the Dems. The Dems need to forsake their Far Left and get in touch with the most important issues
facing our nation. When are we going to get off this pro-choice, pro-life argument. We have laws that govern this issue. I would like to believe that Obama is the man that I heard at the DNC in a wonderfully orated speech. But Sarah did point out what I considered a character flaw when she brought to our attention how he speaks to his audiences desires and therefore reveals himself to be inconsistant. I hope that Sarah is the real deal and will not speak one way to one audience and another to a differently orientated audience.

I am not a fan of either the Far Left nor the Far Right. While I believe that niether party has clearly defined an
economic policy, I am much more favorable to what I have heard from McCain/Phalin than Obama/Biden. As
to foreign policy?? " A Strong America!!!! " Our foreign policy begins at home. Where is JFK when the country really needs a JFK. Sorry Obama, you are not a JFK. Niether is McCain/Phalin, but at least I have a
good idea of where they stand and what issues are "within their pay grade". I have to vote McCain/Phalin
this time.

Hey careerdaytrader you've forgotten about the middle class and lower middle class who in my opinion is the backbone of America. I'm an Obama supporter and I'm anything but Un American as you would say. I'd like to compare MY CLASS to that middle child who always tends to be left behind and out of focus. Funny how I don't depend on any government assistance IE., "WELFARE" but there is no SPECIAL tax cuts for us and we don't qualify for anything so it's about time we get somebody in who understands this unfair balance of lets help the rich get richer and the middle class can keep trying to make ends meet so sounds like you're an over indulgent brat that has no idea what it's like to struggle so people like you should stop DRAGGING America down by their self righteous attitude!!

I do not understand why a Democrat would watch and listen to the Republican convention. Naturally you will hear criticism of your candidate. and now you are boiling mad. My friends, this is a partisan convention. Last week, I heard the same trashing and bashing done by the Democrat against the Republican.

Palin is very definitely a "natural."
In her debut, she already lied several times. For instance, she claimed to be an outsider, but she is no stranger to Washington, going there frequently to lobby for earmarks and porkbarrels for both her home town and Alaska.
In addition, she lied about the energy crisis. More drilling will not bring down the price of oil. And nuclear energy, McCain???s pet pork barrel solution, contains many environmental risks.
While she trashes Obama for being a community organizer and seeking to help workers displaced by the global economy, She also trashes Obama???s energy plan which would free us from fossil fuels in 10 years and provide millions of high quality green collar jobs.
Although she loves to smear Obama, Palin seems totally that in 2006 alone, 5,840 American workers died in fatal workplace injuries, and that 50,000 to 60,000 workers died from occupational diseases. My source for this inofmration is USW@Work, published by the United Steel Workers Union, which brings up another irony.
While Palin claims to come from a humble background, she hates labor unions and blames them for unemployment. If only American workers would accept the same wages and working conditions as the workers in Bangladesh, India, or Colombia, we would not have unemployment.
This of course is the BIG reason Palin is the GOP???s North Star.
She can successfully turn one segment of the working class against the other: the workers in American against the workers in Colombia, the blue collar workers against elitists like Obama and the Democratic party who want to help the little man. The GOP thrives on this sort of division because they want to keep a large segment of the population bitter, angry, frustrated, and divided so that the corporations an rob this underclass of every penny they earn. The GOP is of course joined by the mega-buck, mega-church preachers of the evangelical right, who use the Sunday offering plate as an additional way to rob working class people.
No wonder the GOP hates Obama.
Palin, as well as the GOP, assume that the Bubbas of this country are stupid. They fell for this plan of attack before - they???ll fall for it again. What we???re seeing is is Palin not a new, maverick, reformist GOP, but the same old GOP in a new package. (Old product, new label.)
I just hope the working class of this country gets smart and gets smart fast.

If the republicans win the election in November, they are going to be very happy campers. Normal.

Then, shortly thereafter, reality will set in. Those well off republicans will be happy for the next four or eight years. They will enjoy life paying for whatever they want.

But what about the republicans who aren???t so well off? Those that will struggle to pay their rent or mortgage payments, fill their tanks, pay for health care and even buy their favorite foods and all the other things that goes with the cost of living. Having been there, I will really feel sorry for them. Yes, many democrats will be there too.

But, at the same time I will feel a great sense of justice knowing they are experiencing the effects of their own votes to put McCain in office and that I, as well as all democrats, did not contribute to their plight. They will NOT be able to have whatever they want or perhaps even what they need while their well off counterparts will. One thing they will have though and at no extra cost. That is their memory of the lies, distortions, and hate spewed by their rich republican counterparts against a very intelligent Harvard law School graduate and State and US Senator who wanted nothing more than to make the country prosperous, NOT just the well off, but for them as well.

What they, and all of us, will have is just MORE OF THE LAST EIGHT YEARS . . . .
or perhaps, something even worse. And even if you like Palin, she is NOT the decision and policy maker, McCain is.


One thing is for certain:

After November 4th, there can be buyer???s remorse but there can???t be any going back.

I love her John Stewart humor! She is much more qualified to run the country and is more intouch with the American people then Obama the Arrogant.

UVA for McCain/Palin

The only thing Palin did last night was read back what former Bush speechwriters and Republican supporters wrote FOR her. Don't think anything in that speech was original aside from her biographical information.

"Go John and Sarah - Educate these moron Democrats and wipe the FLOOR with their blood when you're done with them!"
hatred, fear and war mongering is no way to run a country. unless you're a republican. i will not be scared into voting for McCain. that speech last night pushed me right into the Democrats corner.

OBAMA IS CONSTANTLY TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE ECONOMY IS. WHY DON'T YOU IN THE MEDIA DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT IT. WHEN BUSH TOOK OFFICE CLINTON LEFT THE ECONOMY IN A NEGATIVE GROWTH PERCENTILE. OVER THE LAST EIGHT YEARS IT HAS GROWN IN THE PLUS SIDE EVERY QUARTER BUT TWO AND IT STILL IS UNDER BUSH. IN SPITE OF THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS PUTTING UP BARRIERS AND THE MEDIA FABRICATING STORIES ABOUT HOW HORRIBLE THE HOUSING MARKET IS. THE HOUSING MARKET FLUCTUATES ALL THE TIME. THE REASON THE MEDIA DOES THIS IS TO MAKE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC BELIEVE THAT TAX CUTS ARE BAD, JOBLESSNESS IS ON THE RISE AND EVERYONE AND THEIR DOG IS LOSING THEIR HOUSE. I AM BETTER OFF THAN I WAS UNDER CLINTON AND GEORGE BUSH AND HIS WIFE HAVE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES HONORABLY. THE LIBERALS AND COMMUNISTS IN THIS COUNTRY AND OUR ALLIES JUST CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT CONSERVATISM AND SELF RELIANCE ARE THE KEYS TO A FLOURISHING ECONOMY. WHEN THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE DOES WELL THEN ANY ONE WITH DRIVE AND A WILLINGNESS TO DO HARD WORK CAN GET AHEAD AND HAVE PRIDE IN THEMSELVES.. HARD WORK ARE THE KEY WORDS HERE, THOSE WHO ARE NOT WILLING TO WORK HARD, THEY ARE THE WHINERS IN THIS SOCIETY.

Riverside Warrior: When your talking about crooked republican's remember these names, Farrakhan, Wright, Rezko, Ayers and Father P. Ring a bell? Those are the close freinds of Obama Hussein. And he learned how to be as crooked as them sabotaging the woman who ran against him for the senate. Obama and Pelosi both sabotaged Hillary on her delegates that's how he became the nominee. Hillary was a fool for not sabotaging him last Wednesday. You can bet that Palin would not stand for the DNC sabotaging her. She knows how to fight back, says what she means and means what she says.

I consider myself an independent, not belonging to either "party". I don't like to be labeled and are raising my children to be the same. I will never base my vote on party, race, or gender. What I do base it on is issues, facts, intelligence and what I would like to see and think should be mandatory is a "good speaker" yes like Barack Obama & Sarah Palin (it would be a refreshing change from what I've had to endure every time I listen to Bush or McCain try to speak). But what Americans REALLY should consider is foreign policy exposure, we need this so much more than ever at this time! What I hear from the Repulicans lately is an echo from the Obama camp, Now they're wanting the troops home, Now they're talking reform, ect... But let us Not forget---John McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time (not a leader, a follower), Palin is plain and simple NOT experienced AT-ALL in Washinton must less foreign policy! This person could be running our country???? I think if my tea-cup Yorkie was running under the Repulican Ticket They would RALLY and try to prove that he was experienced and ready on "Day One" to run our country!!!

Well said Beth Indiana. I was extremely disappointed with Sarah Palin's much anticipated debut. I was expecting to hear her tell us all what makes her so qualified to run as McCain's VP and what expectations she has of herself should the Republicans win the election. Instead it was the same 'ol same 'ol. She had no focus on why we should vote Republican but plenty of reasons why to not vote Democrat. If she wants to spend all of her time bashing Senators Obama and Biden, she may as well have cut down McCain's "experience" as well. Sure he may be a war hero but how does that make him better qualified to run a country? I certainly hope that the undecided women of this country do not vote for McCain/Palin simply because of Palin. Sure the idea of making history is great and all but at what cost? She doesn't even come close to representing Hillary's ideals so she's hardly a good substitute.

to latinaUSA- the reason why educated amercians use the term black is because that is what they are. black, brown, white. why is it that people want to seperate americans into african, asian, etc? we are all amercians. i would like people to say german-american from now on instead of white. I am american through and through and proud of it!