Palin Is Ready? Please.

Whatever criticism that can be leveled agains Palin can be leveled against Obama in spades. Obama takes a trip to Europe, meets some European leaders and according to his backers he has now gained some foreign policy experience? Gimme a break!
Obama would have had us out of Iraq by now regardless of conditions on the ground and Iraq would have gone to hell in a hand basket. That is why a terrorist group like Hamas sees Obama as a "useful idiot" and supports him for the presidency.

The following comes from pagamasmedia.com dated May 15, 2008 - by Steve Gill:

"A few weeks ago, Ahmed Yousef, a top political adviser for terrorist group Hamas, said in an interview on TheWABC radio in New York that the group supports Obama. ???We like Mr. Obama. We hope he will (win) the election and I do believe he is like John Kennedy, great man with great principle, and he has a vision to change America to make it in a position to lead the world community but not with domination and arrogance,??? Yousef explained. Hamas, which seized control of the Palestinian Gaza last June, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the U.S. State Department."
"The Obama campaign has claimed to be ???flattered??? by the fact that the Hamas endorsement compared their candidate to Kennedy. Obama himself told the Atlantic magazine that he understands why Hamas would support him. ???It???s conceivable that there are those in the Arab world who say to themselves, ???This is a guy who spent some time in the Muslim world, has a middle name of Hussein and appears more worldly and has called for talks with people, and so he???s not going to be engaging in the same sort of cowboy diplomacy as George Bush.??????
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It's no surprised that Zakaria has not commented on Obama's lack of knowledge, understanding and concern that Hamas is a terrorists organization nor commented on the fact that Obama shares and sympathizes with Hamas' view concerning Bush's diplomacy concerning the terrorist group Hamas. It is no surprise because Zakaria shares the same views toward Hamas as his bud Obama does.
Shameful!

With all do respect to all who is posting here...What does Sarah Palin's experience (or lack there of) have to do with Obama. Why is it that the only way anyone can defend Palin is to discount Obama? Listen, no one can deny the contribution that McCain has made to this Country, but please...Sarah Palin is not the best that the Republican Party could do for a running mate for Senator McCain. It is unprecedented that a Presidential Candidiate choose a running mate that he did not adequately vet and then deny the press access to that running mate. Since we only have the three interviews to judge Palin on, I would say that he did choose someone who is not qualified to be the VP. Her record does not matter, she can't form an intelligent opinion by herself!!! That is scary. Even if you don't like Obama (yes, I support him but thought that McCain won the debate) you can't deny that he is informed about world issues. The candidates just do not degree. That is usually what happens when people are on opposing sides. But back to Palin...I consider her an embarrassment to the Republican ticket and I fault McCain for making such a poor choice in running mate. While she energized the GOP for a couple of weeks she can not fool everybody all the time. She gives a great speech but when she has to think on her own, she hurts McCain way more than she could ever help him. And that is a fact.

I am an impartial foreign observer.Democracy is a wonderful prevliege we all seek to enjoy,the US is seen as the front runner for the Western World The sad fact is th Village Idiot can rise to power.But I fear for an old man a other of a young family trying to lead the world I think the US owes it to the World to come up with a better option

Hi Fareed --

I agree with your evaluation of Gov. Palin's readiness for the office of V.P. But, what can we do to encourage Sen. McCain to ask her to leave the ticket? I guess this is really a reason to vote for the Democrats in 2008.

Poor, poor, extreme rightwing Repubs just cannot see the fact that Sarah Palin truely is incompetent for the "HIGHER ECHELONS" of public service. A small-town mayor and a small-population governor who has not kept up with world affairs (by her own admission) and with the lower 48 is selected by a senile, 72 year old "maverick" and you people think she's ready for VP? McCain met Palin ONE time and then met her a SECOND time at one of his many homes and offered her the VP position. McCain did not even KNOW this person!! There are many Republican women in government positions who are 100 times more knowledgeable of every phase and factor in governing, yet McCain bypassed all of them for this woman. Go figure!! Guess he picked her because she once competed in a beauty pageant. His first wife was a beautiful model, his second wife, Cindy, was a rodeo queen, guess he also wanted a beauty pageant contestent! Remember, McCain VOLUNTEERED Cindy to enter the Buffalo Chip Beauty Contest where the women dress sparsily?? Remember he said he would be very proud to have Cindy as fist lady and a beauty queen at the same time?? Guess since Cindy did not enter that contest, McCain decided he would pick Pilan as his VP so that if he won the election he could then be proud to boast she was his veep and beauty queen! Think about it. I tried to get into McCain's head and this is the only reason I could formulate as to WHY he would pick such an incompetent person to be one heartbeat away from the presidency. Please try to remember that when McCain first introduced Sarah, he described her as "MY PARTNER AND MY SOULMATE". Again, please think about this, what SANE male candidate would describe his female runningmate in those terms??

Media is so unfare to McCain/Palin, wondering why. Is this country still Democracy? Sick of MSN/MSNC, their daily work is doning free campaign for Obama, fool the American people. Sick of MSN?MSNNBC

Posted By: Love LA @ 09/28/2008 10:42:51 PM

It's sad, truly sad to see you spew the same anchient Republican rumors that were put out early in the campaign. The "Hussein" Obama bit which is supposed to make us believe he's a terrorist, the not putting his hand on his heart (see Snopes.com) and the flag pin, which he only skipped wearing a few times and has nothing to do with you patriotism. Are you wearing your flag pin right now? I actually feel sorry for you that you're so easily convinced. Try thinking for yourself- you might find it refreshing.

Hey wertheworld, Putin still runs Russia. Medvedev is a figure head. Go read up the latest analysis from his invasion of Georgia.

Recent poll summary from TMP listed below.... BIG Obama bounce post debate..... The majority of Americans see what McCain is... an angry country club vetran and cancer survivor whose better days are clearly behind him. I respect his service to his country but he's not the answer. Six years of GOP rule has bankrupt the country.

TMP
With one new day of post-debate data within the three-day tracking polls, Barack Obama's lead is growing.

??? Gallup: Obama 50%, McCain 42%, with a ±2% margin of error. Yesterday, Obama was up 49%-44%.

??? Rasmussen: Obama 50%, McCain 44%, with a ±2% margin of error, unchanged from yesterday.

??? Hotline/Diageo: Obama 47%, McCain 42%, with a ±3.2% margin of error, compared to a 48%-43% Obama lead yesterday.

??? Research 2000: Obama 50%, McCain 43%, with a ±3% margin of error. Yesterday, Obama was up 49%-43%.

Adding these polls together and weighting them by sample sizes, Obama is ahead by a margin of 49.7%-42.9%, up from a lead yesterday of 49.3%-43.8%.

These numbers entirely span the time since John McCain announced his quasi-suspension of his campaign to deal with the financial crisis, and they include one day of post-debate data. And it looks like that period of time has been very favorable for Barack Obama.

Jojousa, the least you can is give sensible feed back. Are you one of those who can't call a spade a spade? Even a child could see that Governor Palin genuinely messed up in this interview. She was pathetic, she was embarassing, she is simply not ready, her addition to the ticket was simply political. What does Mr Zakaria's birth place have to do with this? Hey guess what, I am a republican and I can call a spade a spade.

What is this. The bloggers don't even know that Putin is no longer the president of Russia. The president of Russsia is Medvedev. So much for foreign affairs.

Seems to me that Sen. Obama family represents the most stable and truely inspired vision of the American Family . More so than the twice married Senator Mccain or Palin the mother who puts her own special needs newborn ,preganant daughter and children's lives in the hands of nannies and government appointed yes men so her and her hubby can "unblinkingly,
" yet niavely" accept a job way over Sarah's head to satisfy her egotistic ambitions.

Senator McCain made the wrong choice. His camp thought that this woman would both stimulate the Hillary voters and the republican base. The truth is undeniable; she is not prepared to lead. She is not the least bit "worldly" and knows little else about the world other than her home state of Alaska. The Republicans know this, but they have to make the best of McCain's choice. You certainly wouldn't expect any loyal republican to say it was a bad choice- they're going to tow the company line and do it with a smile. They???re clearly putting the needs of their party ahead of the needs of this country, but it is typical of the current Republican "win at all costs" strategy, which brought them to power in Washington.

A mindless Glide you are. Sitting in a POW camp is tough service worthy of commendation, but it does not, in and of itself, add to one's qualifications to lead. As Bill Maher noticed of Palin almost immediately, she has a small mind, meaning that she does not view issues globally. The Couric interview demostrate that Mr. Maher had her pegged from the start. And now we see that she puts faith in witch doctors!! But even more bothersome is McCain's recklessness in having chosen her. McCain's age and his bouts with cancer make it all too likely that we would face a Palin presidency. That risk, frankly, cannot be taken.