Palin Is Ready? Please.

Senator John McCain picked Governor Sarah Palin because he intends to follow through and make his Project Lexington for United States energy independence the dominant issue in this campaign. Governor Sarah Palin is a strong supporter of increased offshore drilling and she knows that Alaska has an offshore coastline greater than the rest of the country combined and is also comes in second among the states in oil production. Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and John McCain understand that Obama and the Democrats would never consider government loan guarantees or tax breaks for a sure thing that will produce energy for the American gas tank. In fact Democrats are trying to put together a so-called windfall profits tax which will have the effect of discouraging future investment in the United States oil industry. John McCain also knows that Governor Sarah Palin family situation also illustrates that longterm Democratic leadership hostility and policies toward United States owned energy companies have caused our current energy crisis. Her husband works for British Petroleum but instead should be working for the former American owned Arco Oil Company. Arco Oil Company developed and explored the Alaska North Slope and formerly owned eighty percent of our proven Alaskan reserves. With its substantial oil reserves Arco Oil Company should have bought British Petroleum instead of British Petroleum buying out Arco Oil Company during the second Bill Clinton administration. With the right business environment and support from both political parties in the United States, Arco Oil Company might have been more successful and been able to buy out British Petroleum instead of British Petroleum buying out Arco Oil Company. Look at Apple Computer and Microsoft. Their success in the computer world have made them bullet proof to corporate takeovers. Longterm Democratic hostility and opposition to offshore drilling and periodic talk of windfall profits taxes contributed to the takeover of Arco Oil Company.

Fareed, Please, how can you say Sarah is Ready? "You must be a Republican".

aren't you a muslim who wants a muslim president?

McCain's choice of Palin is completely reckless and self-serving. It also displays an ego that is convinced of immortality.

Don't underestimate her debate perfdormance. With ten days of prepping and skills sge displayed in debatsew when running for Governor she may surprise us. Anyone can memorize lines to say as answers to questions that will be asked. Unfortnat;y what we have seen is that she stumbles over these memeorized lines in interviews but a debate could bring out the best in her. Don't underestimate that a woman's good looks matter, sad to sday. I am still hopeful McCain will choose someone lese now taht today's Gallup has Obama with an 8 point lead.o

I saw Gene Robinson this morning on the Chris Matthews show and he made a statement about the Palin Vice Presidency that I think is right on and that is, This is not a Republican problem this is an American problem. We should all be scared if McCain/Palin win!

if mccain won and die, God help us

We can't take the risk that Palin would be our president should Mccain won and die. But I'm always voted republican so I am hoping Palin, for the sake of our country, excuses herself from the ticket. Otherwise, I just simply stay out of the voting booth november because I do not want to be part of the reason cause a sad fate of our beloved country.

Like George Bush, Sarah Palin shows what happens when an mostly empty mind opens its mouth.

The first decision any president makes for his country is who will step up to take over the most important job in the world, should it be necessary. Obama chose Biden, who has helped to run the country since 1972, and who has served on many committees that placed him in a position to meet and negotiate with heads of other nations. McCain chose Palin, who has governed the smallest state in the country for 20 MONTHS. Nuff said.

The very first decision a president makes for his country is the person who will step in to the most important job in the world should it become necessary. Obama chose Biden, a man who has been helping to run the country since 1972, and who has served as chair of the Foreign Relations Committee. McCain chose a Palin, who has governed the smallest state in the country for 20 MONTHS. Nuff said.

Sarah has never evolved beyond the publicity stunt that McCain needed. Sarah is snarky, sarcastic entertainment, a Joan Rivers, brought in to hopefully entertain a swarm of giddy fans. Well, it worked...before it backfired. Sarah hasn't been anything more than Sen. McCain's grandstanding of the same type we saw with his 'campaign suspending.' Sarah has been fun entertainment. She needn't pretend to be more.

Moscow is closer to New York than it is to Anchorage. Does that make David Patterson a Russian expert?

As a Democrat, I can't thank Sarah Palin enough for what she's done to help my party. She is better than $50,000,000 in campaign ads for Barack Obama.
Thank you Sarah, thank you, thank you, and hey, you look GREAT!

I would also like to add that, in part, we should judge McCain (i.e. decide to vote for him or not) based on this most important choice. Why should he be given a "Get out of jail" card? If we don't think his vice presidential running mate is ready for this job, the presidency, or national and international politics then we should not vote for McCain.

McCain made his bed, so to speak, and now he must "lie" on it.