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  • Posted By: davert @ 09/08/2008 2:02:53 AM

    of course Palin is every bit as qualified to be president as Obama, and she has much more proven leadership than Obama! from PTA, to town Council, to Mayor, to Governor, now that's leadership. and she did all without the help of Oprah or domestic terrorists! and Obama, state senator & US Senator for a short time & no leadership

    • Posted By: Angela Miller @ 09/08/2008 1:21:05 PM

      Well, if that's the case then just about ANYONE is qualified to be VP. Using your logic I suppose you would also agree that having sold something on EBAY also stands for "executive experience" too? I don't consider Obama's 11 years in the State Senate and US Senate a 'short time". This experience argument is tiresome. Let's get to the issues.

  • Posted By: Canyousee2009 @ 09/08/2008 11:49:44 AM

    i don't know about being elusive, but not trustworthy. i believe you should know something about a person before you attack them. Not a barracuda but a pit bull and we know they can turn on a dime. any questions?

  • Posted By: victhpooh @ 09/07/2008 12:18:00 PM

    is sarah opposes abortion no matter what, why did she have genetic testing on this last pregnancy? for the nursery color? give me a break

    • Posted By: pumapurr @ 09/07/2008 12:48:30 PM

      >"Comment: is sarah opposes abortion no matter what, why did she have genetic testing on this last >pregnancy? for the nursery color? give me a break"

      Umm, because-
      1)they would want to do know if a special needs child was coming so they know how to plan. being older than ever before, she was at higher risk of special needs than ever before = test.
      2)knowing it is a special needs baby may aid in making sure the delivery goes right.
      3)because sometimes there are in utero treatments that can aid the fetus, depending on the diagnosis.

      It's obvious you've never had a child. No break for you.

      • Posted By: neocon @ 09/08/2008 11:46:24 AM

        Plus it is a typical procedure to have done on women over 35 having children.

  • Posted By: jeffwtux @ 09/07/2008 7:31:28 PM

    Sarah Palin has plenty of experience......experience in getting FEDERAL PORK BARREL EARMARKS that is. John McCain has vowed to destroy anybody who asks for an earmark. How about starting with somebody who got $28 million of them for her town of just $9000?

    • Posted By: neocon @ 09/08/2008 11:21:18 AM

      So, and Obama's is giving pork barrel 760 million in the last 3 years. Makes her 26 mil look like chump change doesn't it.

  • Posted By: garysgary @ 09/08/2008 9:57:31 AM

    What we should be worried about is the fact that Joe Leiberman insisted that Palin meet with AIPAC lobbyists even befor she gave her acceptance speech. Think about that for a minute....here is a campaign that says lobbyists days are numbered....but, Palin had to meet this lobby group for a FOREIGN COUNTRY and get their approval before she could accept the nomination. McCain's campaign is owned by the "Israel Lobby." This is what we, as patriotic Americans, should be worried about...I don't care if it is Israel....our elected officials and prospective officials shoud not have to "cow-tow" to the lobby of any foreign government!

  • Posted By: James Beam @ 09/08/2008 8:29:52 AM

    A comprehensive list of Palin rumors and their debunking, with attribution, can be found at http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/06/palin-rumors/

  • Posted By: Ardent Avow @ 09/08/2008 7:58:23 AM

    I think what is important here is the 'collective american psyche' - and how each party taps that. The 'cult' of celebrity arguably thrust obama on to the main stage originally - but he has the substance, poise, philisophical nouse and planning to sustain and grow a foundation of support. Not sure if palin has that same substance, but with only two months to go, does she need to? I personally do not like the republican ideology, of which she is a very capable champion. My reading is that women politicians need to mimmick male behavior to be successful. I just don't see it with this woman, she seems more a novlty at this stage - a 'gun toting, moose killing, bullish, neo con' war mongering hawk.

    It staggers me that Obama has not drawn a direct line from american economic concerns to the cost of the Iraq war - the economic and social cost. Wars cost money to fight, Rumsfeld in his article on transformative military spells it out himself (can't believe i'm referencing rumsfeld). Wars cost money, and the 'all guns blazing' war at all costs bush policy (of which mcain can be linked direct) - this has sacked the american economy - OBAMA, hit mcain and palin there, draw the connection.

    Don't criticise her education, her family, what she has done in the past - hit her hard on the tired, partisan republican hawk policies that a) has sunk the american economy and b) she so abtly espouses.

    Do that, and palin is your greatest ally because she reminds americans what republicans stand for. in the current economic times - that would be a good thing for Democrats.

  • Posted By: Vail80 @ 09/07/2008 3:27:32 PM

    What scares me most about McCain???s choice for his veep is his lack of judgment and his blind ambition - to win at any cost even if it means putting this country in danger. Truly, there must be other, more qualified and deserving republican women.

    • Posted By: Ella Quint @ 09/07/2008 3:44:52 PM

      And truy there must be another, more qualified and deserving Democrat woman to run for President. Hillary Clinton comes to mind.

      • Posted By: LMAO @ 09/07/2008 4:06:29 PM

        So why did not the DNC pick her? I suggest to you that she needed to be a bit more like Sarah to get the nod. For a Sarah archtype would have said: Obama gets the nod over my dead body! I have 8 brothers and they are only reasonable when you let them know you are not above a knock-down, drag-out, dirty fight to get what is yours. But no Hillary wanted to project this ladylike aura when that was the wrong strategy given the circumstances. I am of the view why should I worry about appearances when the other party don't? I sure hop ethey lose this and I am working night and day and bringing all my friends along ... enough is enough!

        • Posted By: Dartay @ 09/07/2008 6:11:54 PM

          The DNC ALWAYS makes the dumb choice. They have set up their own candidates with Dukakis, Kerry, and now Obama. It would be nice for the American people to choose instead of a setup by the DNC that feeds the media the news to forward their desired results.

          • Posted By: perspectives @ 09/08/2008 3:49:51 AM

            I think its the electorate not the DNC that makes dumb choices.
            So far we have not talked about McCains "choice" in education, choice in healthcare and choice is just about everything else. McCain is about doing away with government and you're on your own- which means the rich will freely run the country.
            Good deal if you are rich.

  • Posted By: john02 @ 09/07/2008 3:39:31 PM

    "She has a respectable favorable rating back home in Alaska" If ever a sentence emerged from the pen of a MSM writer to so vividaly illustrate why you are charged with such a leftist bias, this has got to take the prize. Gov. Palin's favorability ratin back home is above 80%, astronomical by any standards at any level of office, and you say it is "respectable". Heaven help us if it drops to 70% or less, she will then be described as having a favorability rating in the gutter with the people who know her best. Howard, you really need to take a cold shower and rethink how you phrase yourself before putting this stuff in print to be ridiculed..

    • Posted By: Dartay @ 09/07/2008 6:09:43 PM

      I believe her first year in office was 80% approval, but it has lowered since then due to her "Bridge to Nowhere" and the TROOPER scandal.

      • Posted By: bosco123 @ 09/07/2008 6:46:55 PM

        as of today i thhink i heard it was 7% approval

        • Posted By: perspectives @ 09/08/2008 3:45:31 AM

          She replaced a corupt government Sothere she was a brath of fresh air.
          In the campaign she brightened up a rather dull election. Again a breath of fresh air.
          But I think she is took Common and not educated enough to be respected around the world. Just like she is carted away to Alaska now, as VP she would be kept in a closet except for making local "hockey mom" speeches. She is not a real decision maker. She just has a degree in communications and she's communicating.

  • Posted By: skucount @ 09/06/2008 6:51:29 PM

    The more the press calls for a Palin interview with a network anchor the more the expectations will be lowered.

    One only has to look at the YouTube video of Palin with Maria Bartiromo or the other CNBC videos pre-announcement to fully understand Palin???s true effectiveness without notes or teleprompters.

    Biden Beware!

    Also, Maria B with Brokaw explaining Palin has a strong grasp of domestic economic issues:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy833gcUcTo

    • Posted By: perspectives @ 09/08/2008 3:38:56 AM

      I followed your link. Palin did not seem to have any grasp on domestic ecomic issues and Bartiromo said she needed work on on understand ing banking. Palin really just talked about the Alaska Pipeline and drilling in Alaska. That's all she knows.

  • Posted By: Yes! We ALL Can @ 09/08/2008 2:59:06 AM

    WOW! Cowardly Palin finally agrees to an inteview - although she had to get permission from Steve Schmidt who runs the McCain campaign. I guess that 60 day media ban strategy didn't quite work out!! Seems like pressure from voters, media and all other interested partie would like to hear her stance on her extremist views - that's if Charlie Gibson (softy for the republicans) will ask the tough questions he needs to ask! Remember the primary debates where Charles and George questioned Barack about tabloid stories?! We expect no less than that same performance from you Charlie!! You don't want to be accused of media bias do you?

    Palin's first instinct to cower from all press interviews, as I wrote earlier, still provides a revealing look into her character:


    She talks tough about reporters, but can't face them; she talks up government ethics, but won't answer an investigation under oath; she raves about her own pit-bull image on stage, but betrays a cowardice under actual pressure. In some ways, she is living out the very caricature that she drew of Obama last week -- all talk, no action -- coupled with the smug attitude of her predecessor, the sarcastic swagger and faux-populism of George W. Bush.

  • Posted By: Yes! We ALL Can @ 09/08/2008 2:58:08 AM

    WOW! Cowardly Palin finally agrees to an inteview - although she had to get permission from Steve Schmidt who runs the McCain campaign. I guess that 60 day media ban strategy didn't quite work out!! Seems like pressure from voters, media and all other interested partie would like to hear her stance on her extremist views - that's if Charlie Gibson (softy for the republicans) will ask the tough questions he needs to ask! Remember the primary debates where Charles and George questioned Barack about tabloid stories?! We expect no less than that same performance from you Charlie!! You don't want to be accused of media bias do you?

    Palin's first instinct to cower from all press interviews, as I wrote earlier, still provides a revealing look into her character:


    She talks tough about reporters, but can't face them; she talks up government ethics, but won't answer an investigation under oath; she raves about her own pit-bull image on stage, but betrays a cowardice under actual pressure. In some ways, she is living out the very caricature that she drew of Obama last week -- all talk, no action -- coupled with the smug attitude of her predecessor, the sarcastic swagger and faux-populism of George W. Bush.

  • Posted By: jrssjdca @ 09/08/2008 2:27:39 AM

    Biden's got a problem as well as the rest of the Democratic base. The horse is out the barn for one thing. For another, Biden has a huge problem in 2 facets. First he has to be careful not to be a "good ole boy" with his tactics. Second, with Biden having to bite his tongue and play "nice", his bite will be muzzled which will greatly reduce his effectiveness. Obama also created a gaffe. He told the media in a brief interview, that in response to Palin's assertion that she had more experience than him, Obama said "she is more aligned with Bush and the last 8 years than McCain is." Obama with that comment, has separated McCain from Bush all by himself. That's exactly what political pundits said McCain should do, and Obama did it for him.

  • Posted By: arealmom913 @ 09/08/2008 12:44:01 AM

    Palin is not going to be a factor. she thinks she is so perfect, she will fall, mark my words. The women of America are not going to buy this act, and the truth of what she is and what she has done will do her in.

  • Posted By: thehappyamerican @ 09/06/2008 5:53:03 PM

    Another important reason for Palin to go to Alaska is to avoid the Rock Star immage obama is such a clutz at!
    He thinks everybody is stupid!
    Palin has to simply be a solid candidate for VP and solid conservitive and NOT go overboard with the Rock Star crap.
    She is real. She can leave Obama to his showmanship!
    And Biden is in trouble! I don't expect Palin will have much trouble from Biden in the debate, and Biden will clearly demonstrate he's a far left / Liberal kook. He does it all the time!.

    • Posted By: wings @ 09/06/2008 8:12:39 PM

      How do you know what Obama thinks? I've never heard him call or suggest that anyone is stupid.
      Aren't we all Americans? Be fair, not rude. Opinions are different but can't people be nice to each other anyway? .

  • Posted By: davert @ 09/07/2008 11:10:54 PM

    hahaha, saying that biden tends to be heavy-handed is being very nice, he actually tends to be a pompous ass, and he'll look like even more of a pompous ass next to someone with as much charisma as Palin. i'd hate to be Obama or Biden or any other democrat now, the Alaskan Barracuda is going to tear them up, chew them up and spit them out! and yes, Obama does look duller than ever, he always did seem pretty dull to me to begin with, i think there has been a lot of fiegned enthusiasm for him lately, he's getting old

  • Posted By: tjb072800 @ 09/07/2008 10:51:22 PM

    You're right Fineman, it is Biden's task, not yours, or Matthews, or the incredibly obnoxious Olbermann. You are helping the McCain campaign . . . perhaps instead of targeting Gov. Palin you and Newsweek should bone up on what all Christians, including Catholics and Presbyterians, belive regarding God's Spirit and the life of a Christian. You look like liberal, East coast, elitists! And you are driving middle America to McCain. I know five women who were supporting Hillary,before you guys attacked Palin. You can insist that they won't convert, but, they will and they have. I guess yall think if you keep saying it, well, that it will become truth. Sen. Obama would not be dispatching women surrogates if you were right. You and the media need to leave the campaigning to Biden/Obama. You've done enough damage aleady. l . . . .

  • Posted By: pmarriott @ 09/07/2008 10:44:04 PM

    to raviandsonia @ 09/07/2008 9:43:38 PM ... apparently you have missed some of the more interesting moments of the past six months. It would be useful if the Democratic party would not select their candidate from the extreme left of its party. It would then not find itself in this pickle. As for dirty tricks ... I am sure that President and Senator Clinton were stunned to hear that they were "racists," and speaking for myself, I am more than a little tired of hearing about Obama's "funny" name codespeak for being non-white.

  • Posted By: scubadeeper @ 09/07/2008 10:37:53 PM

    Drudge posted a report that on ABC Obama said "My Muslim Faith" and had to be corrected by the host. Interesting that the "left" is trying to critique Palin when they really needed to have vetted their own candidate SO much better!

    • Posted By: labman57 @ 09/07/2008 10:42:04 PM

      Hey, if you want to start comparing frequency of misstatements between the two candidates during the past two years, bring it on. McCain will lose on this topic big time.

  • Posted By: politicod @ 09/07/2008 10:41:06 PM

    Palin and her family are off-limits until the gOP uses them to disply their version of family values. Palin is ready to be VP, but not ready to be on MTP. This whole thing is a smoke-screen for a crumbling economy. The one thing Obama should do is keep talking about the economy. He's meeting with Bill Clinton this week. The master will no doubt tell him exactly the same thing with this nugget, "I feel your pain."

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