My big fear with Obama is that many nations will now challenge him with the thought that since he is such a pacifist wimp that he will not stand up to them and at some point some nation will force his hand and we will get into a major world conflict. It is easy to listen to educated idiots at a university and think their words are reality but in many cases it is only wishful thinking. I think Obama is in over his head.
The Editor’s Desk
Published Oct 4, 2008
From the magazine issue dated Oct 13, 2008
Member Comments
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 9:00:26 PM
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 8:50:14 PM
Guess who called Obama a "creepy creature" ! lol
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 8:49:38 PM
I can't wait until the idiots that voted for Obama (racist communist idiot himself) wake up and still have to pay their own bills! You liberals are nothing but a bunch of Goobers! lol
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Posted By: tmccauley @ 10/16/2008 4:47:27 PM
Posted By; t.mccauley
I???d like to extend heartfelt thanks to Jon Meacham for his 10/13/08 cover story, ???The Palin Problem???. It was refreshing, amid a sea of supporters, to find someone who doesn???t ???relate to her??? or is enchanted by her folksy cliché???s and mannerisms.
I personally question her ???family values??? and think her continuous references to Joe Six-Pack might play better at the local sports bar on a Saturday night, but is unbecoming of a candidate who may ultimately occupy the highest political office in the land. Like Meacham, I believe our leaders should be held to a higher standard.
Do I think John McCain made an irresponsible choice selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate?
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 9:04:13 PM
Well maybe you should say the same for OBama! He is nothing but a thug and now is being called a creepy creature by liberals and cult like!
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Posted By: ginijack @ 10/11/2008 10:02:49 PM
Thanks for the freedom of the press. Thanks even more for the freedom of choice. Jon Meachum excercised his freedom; I'm excercising mine.....my choice is to say NO! NO to Jon Meachum, NO to Newsweek, NO to MSNBC and NO to any company choosing to adverstise with them. NO, NO, NO!
Your lack of objectivity & tack is apalling. Like or dislike, there is no excuse for being so rudely disrespectful of Governor Palin. Your "mediocre" magazine isn't even fit for my puppy's potty pad. I wouldn't have his little paws soiled with your trash! -
Posted By: speechpath1979 @ 10/11/2008 1:08:09 PM
I have been a Newsweek subscriber for literally decades and I am through...Your magazine is no longer "news", it is full of Republican bashing articles, entirely full of opinionated biases. You have joined the ranks of trash/hollywood magazines like The Enquirer and People with your sensationalized and nasty covers of highly respected Republican candidates. I only hope more individuals like myself stand up against this type of media led negative press and also cancel their subscriptions to liberal biased magazines like yours.
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Posted By: Andjelko Galic @ 10/11/2008 11:22:51 AM
Isn't it a lot more effective to say I am not a liberal and then spread the liberal views on the front page of a liberal magazine?
How do we go about finding out what people want? Isn't there a value judgment already built in in our choice of words.
How would Katie Couric (or Gibson, for that matter) do during an interview on the subject of unbiased reporting?
Could not Gibson's interview technique be plausibly construed as a form of sexism?
Can we wash off Katie Couric's unprofessionalism and Gibsons sexism by pointing to something from subsequent events that was produced by that very unprofessionalism and sexism, like a self fulfilling prophecy!?
Was not it a given that the views of Sarah Palin had to be rejected by the main stream media, was not that a mandate from the gods that rule our media empire?
We cannot distance ourself by simply declaring ourself a non-liberal. There is something very wrong with our definition of "liberal" if liberal can be only those who advocate the Hollywood concept of a human being an a set of values that is best described as a creed of the porno industry.
Where is the space in the responsible and "non-liberal" media for a discussion on substance? Are not republicans (just like democrats) also Americans? Maybe I should ask Gibson and Couric because they are good a sophistry?
Andjelko Galic
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Posted By: DebinTN @ 10/11/2008 12:13:28 AM
I would weigh Sarah's fortitude against many a male politician's morality---dare I to mention a few.......Clinton, JFK. Both learned to be great leaders in time of need.
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 9:02:33 PM
In my opinion Sarah Palin is the strongest leader we have seen and I hope she becomes our next President. She has more backbone than ANY other Republican that I have see.
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Posted By: DebinTN @ 10/10/2008 11:54:04 PM
The word populism is derived from the Latin word populus, which means people in English (in the sense of "nation," as in: "The Roman People" (populus Romanus), not in the sense of "multiple individual persons" as in: "There are people visiting us today"). Therefore, populism espouses government by the people as a whole (that is to say, the masses). This is in contrast to elitism, aristocracy, or plutocracy, each of which is an ideology that espouse government by a small, privileged group above the masses. Populism is not ALL bad!!! Some people sit and write what other people should do----and some people DO the right thing and then write about it!!!
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 11:11:19 PM
Ya know, it is just blowing me away at how many people are defending Sarah Palin & John McCain! I love it! Why is this support now showing in the -polls- that we keep seeing & hearing about? Maybe because the polls are somewhat of the left wing persuasion too? It would not surprise me. I have seen about 1 in every 20 posts, for Obama, the rest are in favor of Palin. You do the math... I have been a bookkeeper for almost 16 years now too but for the life of me, I can NOT figure this one out... And, I have been looking for ANY poll to partake in, but I just cannot find any right now. Any ideas? I know they are all on the mainstream media websites, but I would at least like to see some that I can vote in at any time. Like I said though, they're probably -persuaded- anyway, so who knows if my vote would even register on any of them? Pretty sad...
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Posted By: desertrangers @ 11/07/2008 8:52:10 PM
Jokes going to on you big dummies who voted for the "black" guy to prove to yourself that you are not racist! lol
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:09:42 PM
When my post shows up, please excuse my errors, I accidentally hit the 'post' button before I was done & before I was able to fix my mistakes which I was well aware of. Also, I had planned on replying to my own post, so I could be looking at it while replying to it.... I hope that makes sense! Lol...
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:07:14 PM
I took this from the -Editors Desk- segment on the VP Debates, I took out irrelavant parts, but did not add anything to it:
???Sarah Palin won her debate with Joe Biden. She won, it is true, by not imploding, but a win is a win. But we should not move on from Palin so quickly.---- Palin's populist positioning is risky for the rest of us. She has said that it is time "Joe Six-Pack" took possession of the vice presidency. ----It is good politics to run as a hockey mom who is going to reclaim the office for the masses.---- It will, however, almost surely make for poor governance.???
???I am not writing from a knee-jerk liberal perspective. I disliked much of the mainstream media's reaction to Palin in those first days this summer: it was too fevered, and there was speculation about Palin's family that was out of bounds. I admire John McCain, respect him and have little doubt that he would be a fine president. (As I have little doubt that Barack Obama and Joe Biden would also do the job with skill and grace.) But the vice presidency of the United States in any age, but especially in an age of terror, should not be a slot for the proudly mediocre.???-
Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:27:35 PM
I do not know about the rest of you, but is this not hypocrisy at its finest? Seriously, just read what the -Editor-wrote... This is what scares me about our media, the say whatever they want, they back peddle & then do a 360 and slam her all over again! I do not get it! Who are you journalists? What are you thinking? What do you really think? Because according to the part of your article that I posted here, you are talking out of both sides of your mouths! Make up your mind & don't be scared to get dumped on when readers disagree with what you say. You cannot have it both ways!
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Posted By: MDtop @ 10/10/2008 7:30:34 PM
I'm tired of hearing the negative Palin remarks. Her gov't experience outweighs Obama???s.
Obama had been a Senator as long as Palin has been a Governor. Running for President keeps you too busy to accomplish anything in the Senate. At least a governor has an assistant.
Considering Obama???s current Senate record:
1. How many Senate ???bills??? have been voted on during Obama???s short reign?
2. Of those, how many was he present for?
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Posted By: squeezewhiz @ 10/10/2008 1:33:23 PM
Thanks for the closeup of Palin. She looks beautiful. I don't know what everyone's complaining about. It's not like she's running for Miss America. Gotta disagree with your judgment that she won the debate. Biden outclassed her in every way, and all the polls and any pundit worth his or her salt (who's not applying some weird criterion like "failure to implode" or "did better than in couric interview") agrees on that. In the Olympics they don't give gold medals for personal bests; it's a competition, as is a debate. And a command of the facts and an ability to communicate them is what determines a winner. Why do you want to be a party to the degradation of this process that has been a cherished part of our electoral process for generations.
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Posted By: squeezewhiz @ 10/10/2008 1:27:11 PM
Interesting how so many of your readers are concerned about Palin's looks. What relevance does that have to her qualifications? And the illogic of accusing of bias for not retouching the foto, when just the opposite is true. You showed her as she is (and I don't think it was particularly unflattering at that). But why on earth did you declare her the winner of a debate she clearly lost, citing your bizarre criterion of her failure to implode. Her fans should be sending you candy and flowers for that clearly erroneous judgment.
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Posted By: marivicki @ 10/10/2008 1:26:28 PM
Very disappointed with your cover. Yes her supporters realize that the presidency is not a beauty contest. You really don???t think that is why women find Newsweek???s cover offensive. Magnifying her photo was a calculated and malicious way to tarnish her image. I would love to know, why they made this decision?
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Posted By: marivicki @ 10/10/2008 1:26:13 PM
The liberal media, people like yourself, is what I find the scariest. Allow American to make their own judgments, report the facts and leave your liberal minded ideas to yourself.
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:22:01 PM
marivicki: I totally agree. I just sent an email to msnbc.com about how the mainstream media have single handedly tainted this entire election. I asked them, what about the McCain everyone knew & loved before this election campaign? It really is a very sad thing, that our own sources for almost all things news/world related, are so blatantly & chauvinistically masking Obama's faults & there ARE faults there. Yet they have NO problem smearing McCain/Palin for the simplest of things.. I don not get it, that we are all supposed to live together, love one another, yet we cannot even be civil to anyone right now. It's gotten to me too & I hate it. I am NOT this person, that bickers & posts thing that are not at least somewhat nice. I just cannot wait till it is OVER! Lol, then we can all move on, hopefully with the right President & Vice President...
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Posted By: lefty1 @ 10/10/2008 6:23:20 AM
I have enjoyed my Newsweek subscription for some years but, the recent Palin cover and other obvious effort to discredit her... very poor judgement. I will not renew my subscription. This is a small gesture but the only way I can strike back. We need publications to be balanced and not favor either side. I suspect some where along the way... NW has chosen to take a side. Not hard to figure which way you all see the world.
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Posted By: Ankhorite @ 10/10/2008 4:30:05 AM
Given the controversy, I hope you will make a full-size JPG of the Palin cover available on the site. Without having seen it full-size, I'm puzzled by the fury expressed by her supporters. It's not like you made her blacker, as was done to O.J. Simpson by TIME Magazine. If the cover shows crow's feet, so what? Haven't she and her supporters figured out the presidency is NOT a beauty contest?
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Posted By: speedo494 @ 10/10/2008 12:50:15 AM
Mr Meacham,
I elected to receive Newsweek free in lieu of expiring airline miles. Your cover of Governor Palin confirms I made a bad choice. But thanks for saving me a few minutes; I didn't have to read the article to know it wouldn't be objective. -
Posted By: Krissim1 @ 10/09/2008 11:38:25 PM
Jon, this statement, "But the vice presidency of the United States in any age, but especially in an age of terror, should not be a slot for the proudly mediocre. " show's how out of touch you are. If Palin is "mediocre" what's that make Obama? You're not a knee-jerk liberal? You could have fooled me. I'm just trying to figure out if you???re anti-woman, anti-mother or what because if you're talking the experience thing SHAME on you for regurgitating the same, tired Democratic rhetoric. Palin has more experience ACTUALLY running something more than a campaign! And, if mediocrity is seen as a bad thing to you then that is truly a shining example of how elitist NEWSWEEK has become. Kind of like the rest of our so called representatives in Washington D.C. I used to like NEWSWEEK for its informative articles and incite, but you???ve become a liberal blog at best, now. Tell me, how much does the Democratic Party pay you for keeping this up? PLEASE!!!!
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Posted By: Krissim1 @ 10/09/2008 11:38:08 PM
Jon, this statement, "But the vice presidency of the United States in any age, but especially in an age of terror, should not be a slot for the proudly mediocre. " show's how out of touch you are. If Palin is "mediocre" what's that make Obama? You're not a knee-jerk liberal? You could have fooled me. I'm just trying to figure out if you???re anti-woman, anti-mother or what because if you're talking the experience thing SHAME on you for regurgitating the same, tired Democratic rhetoric. Palin has more experience ACTUALLY running something more than a campaign! And, if mediocrity is seen as a bad thing to you then that is truly a shining example of how elitist NEWSWEEK has become. Kind of like the rest of our so called representatives in Washington D.C. I used to like NEWSWEEK for its informative articles and incite, but you???ve become a liberal blog at best, now. Tell me, how much does the Democratic Party pay you for keeping this up? PLEASE!!!!
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Posted By: coleymynatt @ 10/09/2008 9:26:07 PM
Your magazines portrayal of Governor Palin both on the cover (photo) and in the article was shameful. I wouldn't subscribe to your liberal piece of trash magazine if it was the last piece of journalism on the planet. You can be sure that I will advise all my friends to stay away as well. In your feature article on Senator Obama, it looks like he has a halo over his head and his photo had obviously been touched up like he was some super model. I know enough about photography to know that Governor Palin's photo wasn't hardly touched at all. Even super models get touched up on close-ups. Governor Palin is obviously a strong leader and a confident and beautiful woman. You just can't handle it. You guy make me sick.
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Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/09/2008 7:54:18 PM
From: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/rnc-obama--acorn-fact/story.aspx?guid=%7B29569FA1-136D-4B95-9D51-4EF9E87ED547%7D&dist=hppr
Obama's Campaign Paid Over $800,000 To ACORN For Get-Out-The-Vote Efforts, But "Mistakenly Misrepresented" Their Work To The FEC:
Obama's Campaign "Paid More Than $800,000" To ACORN For Get-Out-The Vote Efforts; The Campaign Originally "Misrepresented" The Group's Work To The FEC. "U.S. Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign paid more than $800,000 to an offshoot of the liberal Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now for services the Democrat's campaign says it mistakenly misrepresented in federal reports. An Obama spokesman said Federal Election Commission reports would be amended to show Citizens Services Inc. -- a subsidiary of ACORN -- worked in 'get-out-the-vote' projects, instead of activities such as polling, advance work and staging major events as stated in FEC finance reports filed during the primary." (David M. Brown, "Obama To Amend Report On $800,000 In Spending," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, 8/22/08)
The link below describes how some in Congress tried to use the original version of the bailout bill to divert money eventually recovered to groups like ACORN, a group Obama has a long association with. See:
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Posted By: jho-the six-pack @ 10/09/2008 7:49:36 PM
Shame on you for criticizing Palin, why don't you run for VP , let's see what can you do for the gov't. Let me tell you something, If Obama wins, The United States of America will go down. And United States will be considered as a 3rd World country, too. You wanna bet? If these happens in the near future after the election call me at 619-318-7999. Thank u
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Posted By: jho-the six-pack @ 10/09/2008 7:45:38 PM
This is in regards to your comment about the Palin problem issued Oct. 13,2008. You don't trust Palin to be the next VP? You criticized her for not knowing some of the questions Couric asked? If you knew better than her, why don't you run for VP ? That's the time you will find out who you are. People you knew or related to you will sometimes go against you, because they envy you. That's the answer to all Palin's critics. They just envy her too much. Go, Palin , Go, Girl! We're behind you no matter what they say!
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Posted By: mrsmade @ 10/09/2008 7:39:30 PM
Though I'm no Palin fan, I am still amazed at the "real" Sarah I saw on the cover of your magazine this week, and it's not the first of her with thick, eight hour old makeup settling into the lines and pores of her face. This one has been upped a notch with the blatant view of every wrinkle and hair. An MSNBC anchor said that Newsweek does not touch up their cover photos. Fine. But does Newsweek not employ makeup artists to wash, wax, pluck and powder their subjects as needed prior to a photo shoot? Palin would have looked much more polished and we would have SEEN the "real" Sarah and not her facial flaws and makeup faux-pas.
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Posted By: Bankermom @ 10/09/2008 7:07:23 PM
Thank you Newsweek. I have now become an even BIGGER supporter of the McCain/Palin ticket!
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Posted By: p1 brandon @ 10/14/2008 10:16:59 AM
Of course! You were already drinking the Kool-Aid from the beginning. As a former Republican turned Obama supporter, the Populist party planks ARE what turned me off from the Republicans. This is an area where I will always disagree with the mainstream Democrats and Republicans...we need an intellectual meritocracy in charge, regardless of their thoughts on what makes for the best governance.
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Posted By: mommasquash @ 10/09/2008 6:53:54 PM
Shame on you and this whole pathetic magazine Why are you and so many afraid of Sarah Palin? I admire her perseverance in light of all the trashing you and others have done to her and her family. She won't back down. You should be focusing your concern on Obama and his group of "close" friends ...Wright, Ayers and Farakan...now there is a fine group of charecters. I am guessing that won't happen. By the way...ACORN...have you heard of that? Are you looking into that? Doubt it. So long Newsweek.
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Posted By: nejking @ 10/09/2008 6:35:55 PM
You're kidding, right? That cover photo, untouched and brazenly biased, said all that needs to be said about Newsweek's so-called balanced views.
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Posted By: rocbet @ 10/09/2008 5:51:58 PM
Let me stipulate this right off: "Newsweek", IS the problem, Mr. Meacham, not Sarah Pahlin. Stuart Taylor Jr. summed it up perfectly when he concluded that one can no longer expect objective reporting and election analysis from the media. You and your magazine should be ashamed for having reinforced that grim, but true, indictment . Instead of your cover story smearing Gov. Pahlin one month before the election, Why didn't you simply run a flattering photo of Barack Obama, unlike the one you ran of Pahlin, and declare that "Newsweek" endorses Obama for president. You wear your bias on your sleeve, Mr. Meacham. At least you recognize that we live in an age of terror. However, instead of your concern that the vice-president's slot is not for the "proudly mediocre," you should really be concerned that the slot of the presidency is not for the profoundly inexperienced. If Obama does win the election, he can thank "Newsweek," and its ilk for putting him on a pedestal and not checking out his past, and he does have a past. You have let down the electorate, sir.
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Posted By: uberzephyr @ 10/09/2008 5:16:17 PM
I can't claim credit for the wording, but I agree with this statement from the CultureMush.com blog:
"Maybe the correlation between words and imagery is lost upon the true elitists of society, but wouldn???t an untouched photo of a naturally attractive woman help the public relate to her as one of the folks a lot more than a heavily photoshopped image that shows nothing but artificially flawless skin and false perfection? In my opinion [...] this cover in an artistic sense is genius, correlating it???s words with a matching image. Mrs. High and Mighty with her high society status and beauty pageant past, has charmed the hoozeymawhatsits off of our rear ends, donchaknow???and she now is looking like one of us if our faces were magnified times two. Talk about a headline making sense: Now that we can see her flaws, we can all see that she is in fact, one of us!"
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Posted By: joehickmd @ 10/09/2008 4:50:06 PM
Newsweek, confirming the end of objective journalism!
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Posted By: J.R. Seus @ 10/09/2008 3:24:06 PM
A Cemetery in the Closet
Inspired by Dr. Seuss???s Green Eggs and Ham
Barack and Biden
Biden and Barack
That Barack-and- Biden!
That Barack-and- Biden!
I do not like that Barack-and-Biden!
???Do you like
closets to hide in????
I do not like them, Barack-and-Biden.
I do not like
Closets to hide in.
???Would you trust us
here or there????
I would not trust you
here or there.
I would not trust you anywhere.
I do not like
closets to hide in.
I do not like them, Barack-and-Biden.
???Would you like a racist preacher?
Or a terrorist for teacher????
I would not like
a racist preacher
or a terrorist
for teacher.
I do not trust you
here or there.
I do not trust you
anywhere.
I do not like
closets to hide in.
I do not like them,
Barack-and-Biden.
???Would you let us
steal and lie?
Let Fannie Mae
dip in your pie????
Not with a lie.
Not in my pie.
Not racist preacher.
Not terrorist teacher.
I would not trust you
here or there.
I would not trust you anywhere.
With all the closets you two hide in,
I would not vote Barack-and ???Biden.
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Posted By: dhlatham @ 10/09/2008 2:01:22 PM
I have subscribed to Newsweek for nearly 35 years. My economic stimulus packages is getting a refund after canceling my subscription. Goodbye, Newsweek.
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Posted By: whatabias @ 10/09/2008 2:00:23 PM
I was done with you a long time ago, but I am hoping lots of other readers will take suit. I would think you would at least "attempt" to mask your complete disdain for Palin and the Republican party a little better. You take a beautiful woman, blow up her face so we can see an enlarge pore, teeth in an unflattering light, eyes tired, nose looking ugly...all in an attempt to make her appear "ugly" to us. Sexism at its finest! Compare this to your cover of Michelle Obama. An ugly woman taking so far back to try to make her look better, air-brushed her flaws out, and have her hair wind-blown too. Let me guess. You want us to maybe vote for the pretty lady's husband and not for the very ugly hideous VP candidate?
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Posted By: abbyabby @ 10/09/2008 1:42:17 PM
Newsweek, I am done with you. First McCain not airbrushed, now Sarah Palin!!!!! and what is wrong with being one of the FOLKS? HOW DARE YOU. On Obama, A Rising Star Beyond Blue vs Red, Black & White, Shaking up Old Assumptions. On Michelle Obama, She Calls Him Her Rock. You should be ashamed of yourselves. Be straight with Readers and change your name to Newsweek for Liberals. I would like a reply
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Posted By: Pensfan @ 10/09/2008 11:35:48 AM
I agree with you. Somone who is a heartbeat away from the presidency should be investigated.
The right wing conservatives are going to lose this one. I was on the fence McCain or Obama, but when McCain did the same thing he acussed Obama of not having experience and then nominated Palin. Come on give me a break!!!!
She governs a state of 650,000 give or take a few moose and bear. No wolves because she cruely condones hunting them from planes. (Give the wolves a rifle and let them shot back fair is fair)
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Posted By: humblepops @ 10/09/2008 11:33:57 AM
Meacham, you're helping turning America into a socialistic country, and contributing to it's downfall. Your lib ideas can not turn this All American gal into something so bad.. I guess she's all that a women's lib is not, and that scares you. What happened to the "Greatest Generatio" media and support for America! I just hope that Europe doesn't take us over again!
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Posted By: humblepops @ 10/09/2008 11:29:23 AM
Hey Meacham, you're full of s-----! Why don't you do some real investigation on Biden and Obama...You'll be surprised on all the goddies you can find. I wrote you, spelled your name wrong, and gave you some advise.. You're on your way to increase America's downfall, and maybe the Europeans will take back America! If you lived under a non capitalistic government you would feel a bit different! Palin is an All American woman, not a freak women's libber, but a good person, so different from you and the other bias media!
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Posted By: geno @ 10/09/2008 10:04:40 AM
I see how the picture of Sarah Palin was enhanced to make her look bad. Your magazine is not fit to wrap my garbage in. We too will never again read it. I would encourage subscribers to cancel.
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Posted By: Melizabeth @ 10/09/2008 9:50:06 AM
Dear Jon, With all respect, your cover shot of Palin was a journalistic miscarriage. As a democratic feminist, I may not agree with her stand on certain things, but I do respect the fact that she is a woman on her own two feet, as am I. I think the media in general makes an assumption that all democratic women agree with the way republicans, in general, and women, in particular, are portrayed in the public eye. Do all of you think that we are
so stupid as to fall for this shoddy portrayal of women, whatever their political affiliation? We get it! And it isn't pretty. I've enjoyed your magazine for many years and considered it among the "must reads" for information. But as a woman, I can't stand by and tolerate the lack of respect toward a sister woman. You won't be hearing from me again. And I won't be spending my money on quasi-tabloid journalism. To put it in your level of understanding, you just shot yourself in the foot! -
Posted By: junebuggie @ 10/09/2008 9:50:01 AM
If Newsweek really cared about Americans you would do a major investigation on Fannie & Freddie and the Obama worshiping Democrats who caused this financial meltdown. Get your priorities straight
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Posted By: nothappywiththecover @ 10/09/2008 9:20:24 AM
SHAME OF YOU WITH THAT PALIN COVER SHOT!!!!!!!! I AM FINISHED WITH MAGAZINE NOW!
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Posted By: nothappywiththecover @ 10/09/2008 9:18:54 AM
SHAME ON YOU FOR YOUR COVER OF PALIN. I AM DONE WITH YOUR MAGAZINE!
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Posted By: bsurfer @ 10/09/2008 9:13:46 AM
Your cover dipicting half of Gov. Palin is nothing short of disguting. Obviously you don't care if you offend all female readers and all moderate & conservative readers. But will you continue to not care about all of us when we all quit reading your magazine? Ditto to 345ls1.
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Posted By: 345ls1 @ 10/09/2008 9:03:16 AM
How can call yourself Newsweek, news is unbiased reporting. LIberalWeek would be more like it, from all the folks out here in fly over country, take your magazine and put it where the sun doesn't shine. When ever I see your magazine in a waiting room I will complain to the mangement. I can only unsubcribe by one but if enough people complain then hopefully this RAG will go under faster. Also I will check out all your advertisers and make sure I don't purchase any of their products.
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:49:26 PM
You hit the nail on the head girl! I could NOT agree with you more. I have never bought Newsweek, so I do not have to cancel, but I too will check out their paid advertisers to make sure I do NOT support them either. To me, it is not just about Palins pic (which I honestly do not think is that bad, because she is a beautiful Woman to begin with, I could only hope & pray that I would look that great at her age & after having 5 kids, 1 just a few months ago). But the so called writers AND editors here are hideous! I cannot believe this! I'm with you! You Go Girl!
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Posted By: iwantmycountryback @ 10/11/2008 5:11:00 PM
That is a great idea about going after the add people. That will get thier attention.they do not givea rats ass about us but that might get thiser attention. This mag needs to be taught a lesson from us americans.
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Posted By: becky33333 @ 10/09/2008 8:32:58 AM
although I am a staunch Obama supporter, I must say shame on you!!! You have forgotten the meaning of journalism and have lowered yourself to "RAG status.
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Posted By: illinoisvoter @ 10/09/2008 12:33:13 AM
What a sexist magazine and obviously, editor. I never knew. It's not hard to figure out with the Sarah Palin cover and your "Top Ten" story of Hugh Herner's breakup with his Playboy bunny girlfriend. WHO CARE! Don't your think Newsweek would have something better to report on this week?
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Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/08/2008 10:40:58 PM
If this election cycle has demonstrated anything, it is that in order to preserve democracy in this country, it is passed time we reconsidered the additional protections provided the media by the Supreme Court in New York Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254 (1964), which protects the media from most slander and libel suits. While perhaps noble at the time in its conception, the media has abundantly demonstrated that for the advancement of their own political agenda, on both sides, and to fill the demands of the 24/7 news cycle, they are willing to abandon any pretense of objectivity or, more importantly, of journalistic ethics. Since they cannot exercise the power they have been given responsibly on their own, perhaps it is necessary to return the threat of legal sanction under which they operated prior to 1954.
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Posted By: tecdoc5 @ 10/08/2008 9:54:36 PM
I will add my disgust to the way you portray Sarah Palin. You are supposed to be a non-biased news organization. Yet, it is apparent with each new edition that you are becoming more and more left-wing. What happened to report the news and let us, the people, decide? Newsweek has become so far to the left that I am sorry that I have a year left on my subscription.
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Posted By: dhlatham @ 10/09/2008 2:04:01 PM
Cancel it and get a refund. I did.
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Posted By: josieowens @ 10/08/2008 6:43:49 PM
I just watched the clip on Fox News in which Andrea Tantaros said that she was cancelling her Newsweek subscription and suggesting people to do the same because she disagreed with the picture of Sarah Palin. It is interesting that a Republican media consultant would focus on the cover and not the inside; perhaps that is the same criteria McCain used to choose Palin. Just send Ms. Tantaros's magazines here as I just subscribed to Newsweek.
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Posted By: geno @ 10/09/2008 10:12:46 AM
I would like to see a cover with Obama, Ayers, Wright, Farakan, Phalger, Russo as one big happy family. If Obama did not know the shady side of his Mentors, how can he be fit to be our President?
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Posted By: Arelius Frazzini @ 10/08/2008 6:20:53 PM
Every person who is a subscriber to this so called magazine should cancel their subscription. This left wing, nut case of an editor Jon Meacham must not have ever heard of jornalistic integrity. He has none. To be so in bed with the Obama camp and their fringe left wing ideology may be his personal business but don't use the magazine as your personal brothel prostituting your trash. To pretend that your magazine is in any way main stream is laughable. Lets call it by what it is...socialist propaganda! Shame.
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Posted By: Arelius Frazzini @ 10/08/2008 6:09:14 PM
Every subscriber of this biased, left winged propaganda machine should immediately cancel their subscription for it's blatant irresponsible attempt to photograph and report on VP candidate Sarah Palin with such indignity and spiteful hatered. This proves that journalism in America is dead. We now only have partisan hacks running magazines, papers, periodicals and the like with no fundemental integrity. Shame on you.
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Posted By: taj713 @ 10/08/2008 6:06:17 PM
I'm stunned at how low you have sunken - shame on you and this magazine for the bias against Sarah Palin. I notice that your coverage of Obama certainly was more positive...not being able to report without bias means I won't be reading your magazine again. I will cancel my membership immediately.
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Posted By: taj713 @ 10/08/2008 6:03:44 PM
Shame on your magazine for being so obvious about your disdain for Sarah Palin - I notice that you don't treat Obama that way. Liberal news venues and holloywood have encouraged me to vote Republican - I have been a Democrat for 50 years and am embarrased by what I see. I am also cancelling my membership to you magazine - shame shame shame
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Posted By: womenwithminds @ 10/08/2008 3:48:27 PM
Shame on you Jon Meacham and shame on Newsweek, unbelievable behavior on your part...too bad Sarah Palin isn't an African American, you would probably lose your job.
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Posted By: Goddess_MomB @ 10/10/2008 10:59:15 PM
womenwithminds:
Ditto! If anyone even thought about doing that to an African American, OMG! The results would be swift & sharp! And no, I am not a racist, just speaking the truth! Did someone write that this rag had a cover photo of Obamas wife? I would LOVE to see that. I bet it was all polished up & pretty! Yay for her!
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Posted By: Caherrada @ 10/08/2008 3:39:50 PM
Sara Palin is beautiful even if your magazine did not see fit to do a little touch up and she will be more beautiful when she wins VP. God Bless American and keep us out of the hands of the radical liberals who are trying to destroy our country. One Nation under God!
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Posted By: Caherrada @ 10/08/2008 3:29:09 PM
Gov. Palin is a everyday person who thinks and has the same ideals of most everyday Americans who love our country. I would never subscribe to Newsweeks due to their far left liberal views. Although if I found one in the streets I may use it to start the fireplace, I guess it could be good for that.
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Posted By: Cnak @ 10/08/2008 3:21:12 PM
This liberal bias has been more than obvious for a long time. What a shame how the media on the whole is clearly far from objective, no thanks to this rag. Save your money, and throw Newsweek in the trash where it belongs!
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Posted By: Cnak @ 10/08/2008 3:20:51 PM
This liberal bias has been more than obvious for a long time. What a shame how the media on the whole is clearly far from objective, no thanks to this rag. Save your money, and throw Newsweek in the trash where it belongs!
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Posted By: Cnak @ 10/08/2008 3:19:21 PM
This liberal bias has been more than obvious for a long time. What a shame how the media on the whole is clearly far from objective, no thanks to this rag. Save your money, and throw Newsweek in the trash where it belongs!
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Posted By: russwebb @ 10/08/2008 3:05:29 PM
I have been questioning Newsweek's objectivity for awhile, but this was the last straw. The most recent picture of Obama on the cover made him look fantastic and the picture of Gov. Palin is not. She is a beautiful, intelligent woman and it is a shame that Meacham's bias and love for Sen. Obama will not let him see that. Take off your Obama colored glasses Mr. Meacham and realize that you just cost your publication some subscribers.
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Posted By: RoryGMyers @ 10/08/2008 2:47:04 PM
I will make this short. Though I am a Democrat, I find Jon Meacham's comments and picture of Palin disturbing. I use to think this magazine was objective but it has grown more biased as time has gone on. I will no longer be prescribing to your publications nor purchasing them at my local grocery store. Goodbye and goodluck.
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Posted By: mrrocco1 @ 10/08/2008 2:38:11 PM
Meachem swears his rag is unbiased, but now another unflaterring photo of a republican candidate just shows him to be the far-left freak he and his staff are. While they bathe Nobama in glowing light, or looking priestly. Hey John, all I use your dirty rag for is to clean up after my dog (which is an inuslt to poop everywhere). Who gets to blow B Hussein first after he wins? You or your photographers?
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Posted By: mrrocco1 @ 10/08/2008 2:34:57 PM
The only use I have for Newseek is to pick up after my dog. And that's an insult to poop everywhere. Meacham swears his rag is unbiased, but it's obvious how they place Nobama in halos and looking priestly, he and his staff are ready to line up and give Barry a BJ after he wins. What far-left freaks.
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Posted By: GoRepublicans @ 10/08/2008 2:28:22 PM
Newsweek how dare you !You call yourselves Americans. You use the freedom of speach to freely. This act is like an act of terrorism. I suggest you move your operations to the Middle East because that is the only suscribers you'll have going forward. Sara is part of the American Dream. Great Mom, beautiful, smart, a true American not like your left-wing editors, publishers, writers and suscribers. By the wat how much did "Oh no" Husain Obamba pay you?
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Posted By: rick575 @ 10/08/2008 2:02:25 PM
I saw the cover untouched. NIce shows real class. I don't mind who you vote for but apparently you were never taught to play nice with others. I may not vote for a Republican but I sure as hell will not vote for Obama. You can print what you want but don't try and act as if you are reporting anything. You small minded Liberals have dislike this woman from jump street. All your armies could not find any trash except troopergatre. Thats about a trooper who has violated department policy and is still working and his boss who worked at the will of the gov. Not even worth talking about. The media need to find out were the caring for the truth and american values went. You should be ashamed of your treatment of the gov. as well as the american people who at one time looked to your publication for those very things.
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Posted By: pls8395 @ 10/08/2008 1:44:34 PM
I had no idea the folks at Newsweek were such boobs!
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Posted By: gratefulamerican@comcast.net @ 10/08/2008 1:02:24 PM
This country really NEEDS a REPORTING magazine like Newsweek. Newsweek just proved though that it is definitely NOT it! My son is a Marine in Iraq and I like to send him Newsweek, NOT ANYMORE! I may be naieve, ignoring the Obama favoritism over Hillary, but didnt like either, so I ignored the favoritism. Now, however it is about swaying elections. The media is using their venues to push their own political agenda. I thought we Americans were better then this. This is compared to the Middle East type of reporting! Shame on Newsweek for not being FAIR to BOTH Parties! I wish that people in influential possitians realized that almost half, HALF the country and their readers are Republican. If you want a magazine to lean left, that is fine, just dont name it NEWSWEEK, name it OBAMAWEEK or The DEM Week! Now is see what the Hillary supporters were saying. I wont be wasting anymore of my hard earned republican money on NEWSWEEK Magazine!
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Posted By: dougsteele @ 10/08/2008 11:37:13 AM
Your reporting is so one-sided...you should be ashamed of yourself. I, and many other are canceling our subscriptions. The way the media has handled the last couple months...a depression will be unavoidable. After king Obama is appointed...the liberal media will start reporting only the positive news.
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Posted By: dougsteele @ 10/08/2008 11:34:53 AM
Newsweek has been so one-sided in its reporting....I and many others are canceling our subscriptions. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Posted By: dmmelvin1 @ 10/08/2008 11:02:04 AM
Is your cover the place for your left-leaning editorial comment ..... meant to sway voters towards Obama? It shows that your magazine is not going to give us a fair review of the candidates and issues, which means to me that I should not waste my money purchasing it. I also notice that you are affiliated with MSNBC. What a shocker!
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Posted By: ctjr @ 10/08/2008 10:37:33 AM
After seeing what you-all did to Sarah Palin I am going to stop my subscription TODAY! No matter what you do to Sarah I will never be OBAMAFIDE. { fideism ] CTJR
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Posted By: AlfanoM @ 10/08/2008 10:30:26 AM
This cover shows an editorial policy with liberal bias. Sarah remains a beautiful woman who will complete the task(s) at hand and get in your face you radical, liberal, left wing arm of the Democratic party
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Posted By: AlfanoM @ 10/08/2008 10:26:59 AM
This magazine must be in bed with Obama and the party responsible for the downfail of this market. We forget or choose to forget what a slick president like Clinton got away with. The market with Freddie, Fannie and AIG issues started with him in power (the Democratic Party) and has now trickled down to the current regeime. It seems no matter what happens these days the Republican party will be taking the heat and the Democratic party appears to walk on water.
It's a shame people can't see the trust or refuse to see it. Sarah Palin would make an awesome VP and/or President; she would stand up for the needs of the people she represents; she would fight the fight and take no prisioners; she is an asset to McGain where Biden is a liability to Obama.
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Posted By: AlfanoM @ 10/08/2008 10:26:39 AM
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Posted By: ctjr @ 10/08/2008 10:18:37 AM
After what you and your magazine did to Sara I am stopping my subscription TODAY!
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Posted By: shawni @ 10/08/2008 10:07:19 AM
I clicked the tab 'report abuse'...well ,your attempt with this cover is blatant abuse of Gov Palin! Why don't you put a zoom in cover of Obama, oh, his ears wouldn't fit on the page, that's right.....do you want Michelle Obama to have a close up cover, give her equal untouched time? All Obama is, is ....'EARS ON A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN'!!! anyway......you should all be ashamed of yourselves, you radical, liberal, left wing weirdos!!!!! shawni
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Posted By: Marmee @ 10/08/2008 9:50:45 AM
The cover of this issue is an editorial statement which reveals a liberal bias. The untouched closeup of Sarah Palin reflects just that.
I mistakenly thought at one time that this was a magazine I could trust to give more objectivity to issues.My mistake. AN issue of Newsweek will never enter my home or
Newsweek will never enter my home again.It will never again be a magazine I choose to read at any time.
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Posted By: playfair @ 10/08/2008 9:50:18 AM
I will never read your magazine so much for fairness
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Posted By: tlfg @ 10/08/2008 9:42:06 AM
In my medical practice we have thrown away all the Newsweek magazines and have posted a sign for our patients to be aware of your biased reporting.
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Posted By: playfair @ 10/08/2008 9:37:07 AM
I won't be subscribing to your magazine again- I won't read it either I am a proud member of the mindless population- Have you seen the news???? ever hear of acorn-ever hear of voter fraud I thought you were a respectable magazine I was wrong you made BO look like an angel with a halo over his head you are fools!
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Posted By: utleyjw @ 10/08/2008 9:34:58 AM
Newsweek should be retitled, "Editorialweek". Your unflatering close up photo of Sarah Palin, and the halo affect you put on Obama puts you squarly in a "editorial weekly" magazine instead of true journalistic endeavor. We can only hope enough people see through your leaning and send a clear, concise message to Jon Meacham and the entire staff at NEWSWEEK that your very biased coverage cuts against the very core of journalistic integrity and sets you up as a PRO OBAMA propaganda arm seeking to establish the obamanation. How do they send the clear message? Cancel the subscription to your magazine by the thousands....starting today.
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Posted By: carterazle @ 10/08/2008 9:34:46 AM
I am one of the folk that your article declares the problem. Never solicit me to subscribe to your magazine.
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Posted By: carterazle @ 10/08/2008 9:33:33 AM
I'm one of the folk that you declare a problem. Please never solicit me to subscribe to this magazine.
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Posted By: bradsinaustintexas @ 10/08/2008 9:33:20 AM
your current cover of Sarah Palin is a deplorable hack job by your left wing publication. i have never and will never purchase your magazine or use your advertisers. you really should just print the DNC emblem on the cover of the next issue. you are not journalists, you are Democrat surrogates. your plublication has lost any credibility.
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Posted By: jimnshel @ 10/08/2008 9:31:22 AM
I will never buy Newsweek again. I like unbiased information to make informed decisions about politics. Newsweek is no longer one of those sources.
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Posted By: playfair @ 10/08/2008 9:51:25 AM
I agree with you
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Posted By: eszewczyk @ 10/08/2008 9:02:49 AM
Since Barack Obama clearly won last night's debate and has been almost universally declared the winner, I guess Jon Meacham will want to stipulate that McCain won last night's debate?
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Posted By: newsweekissocialist @ 10/07/2008 8:54:08 PM
One question for Newsweek: Do you still even claim to be objective? Or do you openly acknowledge your political leanings like National Review and others? I am utterly amazed at your election coverage. Nothing critical about, Obama or Biden. Almost nothing about Obama's association with domestic terrorists and America-hating preachers. No mention that he is the most left wing senator and presidential candidate in our history. No mention of his involvement with Dodd, Frank, and other sin Congress in helping to set up this financial crisis we're in by pressuring Fannie May and Freddie Mac to make ludicrous loans. It seems you just can't stop bashing Sarah Palin, even though she has more experience than Obama. Look, I don't hate democrats... I voted for Kerry. But the fact is Obama does not represent America, which mostly hovers around the political center, not on the left-wing fringe. Man I'm glad I don't pay for Newsweek anymore!
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Posted By: newsweekissocialist @ 10/07/2008 8:42:52 PM
I have a
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Posted By: jheath03 @ 10/07/2008 8:26:30 PM
So help me, if I see Sarah Palin on another cover I will cancel the subscription I;ve held for more than 30 years!
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Posted By: daviddawes @ 10/07/2008 6:46:51 PM
I've been a Newsweek subscriber for years. I've always known your slant to be left of center but found it tolerable because, usually, the stories were thought-provoking. Over the past year or so, however, I often cringe after seeing the cover or reading the CW watch. First it was The Denial Machine issue with its shrill attacks against anyone who dare not fall in line with the human-caused global warming "crisis" theory and what our government "must do" to save the world. Then it was the CW watch giving the thumbs down to Galveston for being unlucky enough to be devasted by a hurricane! Now it's the elitist positon that the problem with Sarah Palin is that she's one of the folks. I have news for you Mr. Meacham, a lot of us "folks" subscribe to your magazine, know how to read, and take issue with your elitist views. You sound a lot like your pal Obama who shares your sentiments. Not only do we pay for subscriptions, we vote too. David Dawes
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Posted By: Nowforthetruth @ 10/07/2008 8:57:52 AM
Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing
Prosecutors move to delay Rezko sentencing, a hint he may be ready to spill political secrets
By MIKE ROBINSON Associated Press Writer | AP
Oct 7, 2008
"Speculation has simmered for weeks that the key fundraiser for Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama was whispering what he knows about corruption in Illinois government to federal prosecutors in hopes of getting a lighter sentence."
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Posted By: SD_citizen @ 10/07/2008 1:06:10 AM
LOL! She won? I love how the media has taken upon itself to interpret every fact out there for us. We can understand english, we can differentiate substance from crammed responses with populist phrases. Please dont tell us who won. We can decide that for ourselves. I am sure many republicans will think she did because they even believe she did well with Katie! I am republican and the fact that the campaign picked her over so many experienced republicans is shocking and a disgrace! McCain, if you win, you better live!!!
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Posted By: DBoyRodriguez @ 10/06/2008 10:36:30 PM
I'm no Karl Rove but I'll refute you. It's actually so very simple and I am shocked the editor of Newsweek doesn't get it. How can you say Palin is not qualified when among the three she is the only one who has executive experience having been a Mayor and a Governor. She has governed her city and her state successfully! What more do you want? You don't deserve to be an editor. And for Newseek at that? You make me laugh.
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Posted By: DBoyRodriguez @ 10/06/2008 10:35:34 PM
I'm no Karl Rove but I'll refute you. It's actually so very simple and I am shocked the editor of Newsweek doesn't get it. How can you say Palin is not qualified when among the three she is the only one who has executive experience having been a Mayor and a Governor. She has governed her city and her state successfully! What more do you want? You don't deserve to be an editor. And for Newseek at that? You make me laugh.
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Posted By: cwhitehouse @ 10/06/2008 2:59:50 PM
Are you kidding me? I open to "Women and Leadership" and see Tyra Banks? Dara Torres? Rosario Dawson? Anna Sui? Cynthia Nixon? Not to take away from the accomplishments of these women, but leadership? The real leaders are either missing or buried in the back. Insulting.
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Posted By: enchanted @ 10/06/2008 1:25:26 PM
What happened to honor and integrity? What happened to reporting the facts and keeping your personal agendas out? The only reason the media is trashing Governor Palin is to hide the fact and to divert the attention from obama and his obvious lack of experience and is perpensity toward marxist socialism.
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Posted By: p1 brandon @ 10/14/2008 10:42:40 AM
Perpensity?
Nucular too, huh?
Of course you support Palin.
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Posted By: dcrockett @ 10/06/2008 10:34:52 AM
There is not a link to article "When Atheists Attack" but since it was aimed at Shara Palin, I thought I would post it here. In the article Newsweek states that the Assembly of God faith believes Jews and Methodists will be punished for eternity in a lake of fire.
Nothing could be more further from the truth. I have been a member of the Assembly of God since 1976 and while in the Army lived in Alaska, Alabama, California, Kentucky, and Washington State. Never once have I heard anyone make a statement like that. If anything we believe Jews are still Gods chosen people and have prayed for other churches when we have heard there is a sickness or tragedy in their churches. It is against the faith of the Assembly of God Church to say anything against Jews or other Christain Churches. It is not allowed.
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Posted By: stardustsara @ 10/06/2008 9:32:10 AM
your article on palin applies directly to obama: "It is, rather, about the pursuit of excellence no matter where you started out in life. Jackson, Lincoln, Truman, Eisenhower, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan and Clinton were born to ordinary families, but they spent their lives doing extraordinary things, demonstrating an interest in, and a curiosity about, the world around them. This is much less evident in Palin's case.' mr. obama has no experience in leadership, no world experience, and has never done an extraordinary thing in his life.--AND HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!
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Posted By: MGarrett @ 10/05/2008 8:20:57 PM
Dear Mr. Meacham,
It is a fine thing to discuss "The Palin Problem", but the "problem" is, in the same article, you continue to support the view that John McCain is an honorable, devoted public servant and all around good guy. I know you have read
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