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I am not writing to judge her as a good or bad mother- but, I could not help but notice when she finished the speech in Dayton how her little girl was left to walk alone straggling behind her mom. How could she let her adorable little girl, with her smile be totally ignored and left to stand there alone or follow her mom around the crowded podium? Also from body language of the whole family, I was concerned as I saw no warmth between siblings, this little girl could have her mom hold her hand, her dad, or at least Mom Palin could have kept an eye on where the little girl was on the stage- instead of leaving her to follow around at the knee height of all the adults. McCain did not seem to notice her either. At the least in a warm family I would have expected the older siblings to watch over their little sister or hold her hand.( I know in my family the older kids automatically look out for the little ones) Watch the clip again to see what I mean.

Basking in the limelight with no concern or even any attention to even her young daughter or... her other kids for that matter. I hope she learns to hold her little daughters' hand and not ignore the child's needs when on the stage like that ever again... or at the least hire a nanny who will tend to the child's needs. Children have many needs and especially when they subjected to being in a new environment or the political spotlight. This made me really question all the hubbub of her being a great mom.

Also most of my pro-life adopt children who need home if they want kids after 40 and they practice responsible family planning -rather than have more kids at that age which is unfair risk for the child having genetic problems for their whole lives. It is the child who lives with these issues. Most parents don't have money to help their kids with all the related physical and medical problems that come with downs syndrome. The Governor has great health insurance- but what about insurance in Alaska for families for kids with disabilities who need medical care that their families can't afford!

Also, the few friends who did get pregnant after 40 did not even get any genetic testing- why as pro-life did Palin even get genetic testing?

Does anyone here actually support a candidate based on a specific policy or set of policies? It looks to me like everybody is basing their opinions on demographic make-up or who they consider to be more charismatic. Age and likeability do not get the job done.

McCain's lame and so is his VP choice. Nuff said..

Obama/Biden '08

Obama promises endless entitlements and endless love throughout the world. He proposes to tax the top earners to pay for all the joy. The top 1% already pay about40% of all taxes in the US. The average earner in the top 1% makes 30 times the national average and pays about 500 times the national average in all taxes. Do they get more Army? More Social Security? More Medicare, Welsfare, Food Stamps?? The top pays more than its fair share. We need government to SPEND LESS.
I'm going out to dinner tonight, 'cause I guess Obama's gonna pick up the check. Palin cuts spending, fat and corruption-- so does McCain. Obama and Biden are more of the same -- more taxes, more spending, more dumping on America as mired in some sad past and failing. Right. Check out the lines to get into Russia and China and Cuba. Elitist, smug socialists have taken over the Democratic party. Kidos.

McCain has put the country at risk -- all ads aare needed to point thiks out ,,,

McCain VP and his rash behavior -- Country at Risk
More rash dangerous decisions.

McCain only talked with his VP choice last week. He just does not know her. McCain is willing to make a decision that could impact the country on one conversation!!!

And we all know that McCain still has cancer. He looked death in the eye 2 times. One was just after the 2000 presidential race where he tried to be selected by the GOP presidential candidate. Shortly after he had to have an operation of 5 hours. He gets checked once a month. But there is nothing that can be done if the cancer starts to spread quickly. That means that there is a chance that he will die or be very sick when he is President. This puts his VP choice as the new President. She a smart and clever person, but is is not brilliant and grossly ignorant of the world. There are high school students that know more than she does.

Biden knows that Iraq does not border Pakistan. He knows that Putin is not president of Russia. Those are only two examples of John McCain's ineptness. Lieberman was able to correct him, but now he has been cast aside. Better candidates like Paul, Romney, Pawlenty and Huckabee were overlooked. Wow, the fact that you would try to defend the indefensible.

Ron Paul 2008

Think about it, John McCain is 72 years old and has had multiple bouts of cancer, now in remission. So are we really JUST considering Palin for VP? It probably doesn't matter though because Republicans can't be too happy about the pick.

Ron Paul 2008

Any episode of "Obama-hair-trigger" would have prompted him to call Palin "SWEETIE".

I am sure he was glad it was his staff that had "hair-trigger" not him ...

"Voters chose Obama after 22 debates over countless months. McCain chose Palin after one meeting."

Superdelegates choose Obama. Hillary vote the vote total. Regardless you are comparing a VP with a presidential candidate. On that note Biden fails miserably

Biden has quit before voters could reject him -he quit after the Iowa caucus with %1. He quit in 1988 8becuase of a scandal.

When I become President "I will learn to control my own campaign."

When I become President "I will ensure that my campaign no longer has a hair-trigger."

You have to love this guy, he gives a whole new meaning to the word "dumb."

I'm a little lost. The state trooper could not have done anything wrong, because he would have been arrested? So if the trooper was never arrested for wrong doing, then this is just another case of two people getting a divorce. We all know that in a divorce someones lying! So, with that said why would the troopers boss firer him? I would not think the trooper would be fired unless he broke the law? As governor you must have a lot of free time or I guest she must of made time to have him fired? I just can not see why this would be the governor's job, to fired troopers If she tried their must be something else going on there? Now, in this country we all have rights even people we don't like so, to say she was right is just not American!! To pick her to be V.P. and she did not know what a V.P. did, when asked is a little scary! I can not see someone who has never been to Washington running the government. Maybe someone that has only been in Washington a short time is a bit better? A person in the senate has more government experience than a governor. A Harvard law professor has more government experience than a mayor!! When you pick someone to be on your ticket as V.P. you should meet with them more than twice!! Picking someone because their a woman is the wrong way to go and sets back the movement years!! As a woman you want a job not because your a woman but, because your the best at that position. This is very, very scary, John gets sick and she's President of America ( not V.P.) I'm very ALARMED!!! I think McCain should have had more respect for the republican party and pick someone in the race as Obama has. What an insult to the rest of the republicans this is!! I'm sorry I can not vote for you John, this is not right!!!

Obama has every right to offer up his opinion about a woman who was selected over highly qualified candidates by McCain. Voters chose Obama after 22 debates over countless months. McCain chose Palin after one meeting.

Also remember that it was Phil Gramm, McCain's guy, who dissed suffering Americans in general when he called them "a nation of whiners".
Ron Paul 2008

Way to go Obama, with your first press release, you dis small town people again in reference to Sarah Palin's Mayorship, those same bitter people who cling to guns and religion...way to keep losing those voters!
McCAIN/PALIN!

bho distances himself from everyone.........makes you wonder where they came from to start with? oh yea, he chose them...

What happen to Obama today? Have not seen him except for his nasty remarks about small towns and dissing the Governor of Alaska.
His sing-song speech in the Temple of Dome last night must have really tired the poor guy out. Or was it knowing that McCain picked a VP candidate with more experience and credibility than he has. I certainly do not want any of his snake oil that cures all ills. How can a Harvard man be so dumb and out of touch with main stream American families? I just wished there was ONE item on his agenda that I felt confident he will be able to bring to pass. Most of his ideas just cost more money--like tax and spend.
Looking forward to seeing the best man in the White House and that will not be the socialist.

Palin had more executive experience than Obama

When Palin in charge as VP, she may start fighting over senators who corrupt,......like Obama who got money from Rezko.

"And he attacked him about 5 seconds after his speech.

Making the insincerity of the ad clear for all to see."

Posted by: Ryan C | Aug 29, 2008 8:03:26 PM
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BULL!

You could ony say that if you didn't see McCain's original ad until TODAY!

Obama is saying he isn't in control of what his campaign says - well, why wouldn't people buy it; they swallow the other drivel he shovels at them. I'm so tired of the passive-aggressive Obama. Waaaay too much drama!

Obama is a socialist.

Socialism takes from those who do, gives it to those who don't.

Eventually, those who do, quit.

Then there is nobody to take from to give to those who don't, because everybody doesn't.

Then, you turn into Cuba!!!

Great plan that Obama has!!

Sorry, I'll take McCain-Palin, who realize free markets is what has made this country great!!

The Amish don't get entitlements and don't want them. They successfully lobbied congress years ago to be exempt from SS. THEY ALSO KNOW, WHAT DAMAGE ENTITLEMENTS CAN DO TO THE INDIVIDUAL SOUL AND TO SOCIETY IN GENERAL. REMEMBER JOHNSON'S "GREAT SOCIETY" IN THE SIXTIES? WHAT A DISASTER THAT WAS! AMISH ARE PROBABLY THE LAST OF THE AMERICAN BREED!!

"McCain's ad on the eve of B O's EarMarking speech at the stadium honored Martin Luther King and wished Obama well."

After running negatives ads all week and breaking a decades old gentleman's agreement between the parties that conventions are a time for the opposition to have the limelight.

And, as he said, " but tomorrow's another day""

And he attacked him about 5 seconds after his speech.

Making the insincerity of the ad clear for all to see.

Eric C: "No JHW539, her plan, unvieled in May is an addtional $1200 administered through the fund"

OK, I looked it up. There is no "taxes on oil companies" that pay for it. She is simply giving away $1200 of the permanent fund to every Alaskan (easy to do since there aren't many, they get all those oil revenues, and they soak the lower 48 - getting $1.87 in federal tax support for every $1 they pay in). Palin's plan is estimated to cost the state $769 million. As a typical Republican, she offered no offsetting cost cuts or taxes to cover the check she wrote (lucky she started with a free pot of savings to raid since states can't carry a deficit).

you have to give mccain credit---he is good at using women to get what he wants----ask his wife or both of them--and just when i thought women were smart---what a letdown

kerrie
i thought that only moose and bears lived there---i am sure they outnumber the people---but mccain knows that there is oil there---remember exxon john.

PALIN - QUALITY. OBAMA - A MANFACTURED PUPPET. What has Obama ever run? NOTHING. WHAT HAS HE ACCOMPLISHED? NOTHING. HE HAS A NOTHING RESUME'

rodney - Alaska is a State --- It is just Obama didn't know it was one of the 57 states.

belle---to find out somethiong about palin ---you need to explore the moosejaw gazette---never heard of her--but then again alaska????????

What is really scary is Nutty Nancy Pelosi is just 2 heartbeats away from the Presidency.

entitlements are all that is keeping some people alive in these repub times so dont knock it.

"I know when Biden became the VP nominee, I was able to do a search for something about Biden and found dozens of articles. They've since disappeared for the most part.

"So I'm not surprised that Obama's initial classless response to the announcement about Palin have disappeared. This is how the left plays the game. They believe in free speech. For themselves."
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Stalinist subversion of the press is not a hallmark of the independent left -- open information IS.

Has the first response on Palin ALSO disappeared? The article I'm concerned about was a major AP article giving Charles Babington's take on Obama's Denver convention speech -- and the MSNBC denunciations of it are certainly still available.

Obama - great actor - but totally out of touch with the real world and NO IDEA what works and what doesn't work. Entitlement programs wind up doing more harm to the individual and a DISASTER TO A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY IN GENERAL. REMEMBER JOHNSON'S "GREAT SOCIETY?" Obama's plans - SAME FAILED STUFF - DIFFERENT ERA!!

b lip:

I guess you seee only what you want to see!

McCain's ad on the eve of B O's EarMarking speech at the stadium honored Martin Luther King and wished Obama well.

And, as he said, " but tomorrow's another day".

McCain is a Mensch!

I admire that in a candidate!

"She also enjoys a 65 percent approval ratings in a very democratic state!"

A Democrat hasn't won in the state in decades and her approval was at 80% or so in early July.

The lying has become pathological to the point where you even dimish GOOD things about your candidate.

all in all you have to admit --this time mcdummy has totally lost his mind--what little he has--or is very desperate.he actually thinks that the women supporting hillary would go against her and vote for him---that is really what i would call a stretch of the imagination.

Unlike Obama and Biden, PALIN ACTUALLY HAS EXPERIENCE RUNNING SOMETHING - state gov of Alaska - SUCCESSFULLY. SHE HAS socked it to corrupt Democrats AND REPUBLICANS alike. She also enjoys a 65 percent approval ratings in a very democratic state!! Five kids with son in military - leaving for Iraq next month. Great choice, McCain.

"No JHW539, her plan, unvieled in May is an addtional $1200 administered through the fund"

That is a one time payout though.

The other post was unclear on that.

The best way to fix the media problem is to become President and then just declare everything "executive privilege."

Belle Star - The media are the problem. The biggest part of the problem. I've seen situations exactly as you documented but I don't know a way around it.

By this time I had expected that the internet and bloggers would force the media into at least a shamed position and a tad more truth. Instead, they've gotten more blatant.

Well... at least Palin get free government health care for her family. They are going to need it in this economy.

Too bad the GOP doesn't want it for the rest of us, though.

I cannot wait to cast my ballot for the REAL feminist candidate... John McCain... who uses the bad c-word in an effort to appropriate its meaning from the patriarchy and reclaim it as an act of pride for women everywhere.

Belle Star - Very interesting.

I know when Biden became the VP nominee, I was able to do a search for something about Biden and found dozens of articles. They've since disappeared for the most part.

So I'm not surprised that Obama's initial classless response to the announcement about Palin have disappeared. This is how the left plays the game. They believe in free speech. For themselves.

Tolerance? No Abortions, ever, says Palin, even in cases of rape or incest; Creationism being taught in the Public Schools, forget about separation of Church and State; Guns, Guns, Guns; Drill in ANWR and Offshore Alaska, the heck with the consequences!

Palin is to the right of McSame, Bush and Chaney on many issues. And she shoots Bullwinkle!!!

Hey, I'll tolerate Palin as the VP candidate because it will contribute to a huge loss by McSame. Quayle, Spiro Agnew both are good precedents for Palin. And she follows well in the footsteps of Geraldine Ferraro, ill-equipped to serve and likely not the best campaigner. Running for VP is much, much differnt than being elected Mayor of a town of <7,000 or a small, isolated state.

Eight Years is ENOUGH!!!

No Way, No HOW, NO McSAME!!!

Obama/Biden 08

eric
you have to admit --the tales get bigger and bigger---guess she wrestled a grizzly with her bare hands--and kicked a few moose around----you have to admit they are funny

Yeah... Palin sure knows how to go after big oil!

Abel: "Palin taxed the oil drillers in Alaska the gave each resident $1,200."

Are you serious? Now Palin is single handedly responsible for the Alaska Permanent Fund payouts established when she was 12 years old?

Thanks for the laugh!

No JHW539, her plan, unvieled in May is an addtional $1200 administered through the fund

"Manufactured misery is the backbone of Democrats!

If they didn't make so much of it, they'd never get elected!"

Ah yes the nation of whiners.

Time to make you Republicans OWN your lack of compassion

So far I haven't heard any mention of Obama's Temple of Dumb speech last night.
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It was interminable and frothy.
An analysis by AP's Charles Babington was soooo right on the money about the speech that Keith Olbermann is trying to have him fired (along with Ron Fournier, also under fire from MoveOn even before the Temple of Dumb, for insufficient obeisance).

Meanwhile, links to Babington's story have flat disappeared all over, including newsvine, which had it this morning (and also features MSNBC ads). There are some quotes from it in a rawstory article about Olbermann's freak-out -- but now, even Babington's article about the Obama campaign's double-take on Palin has disappeared from the web, as far as I can tell. (If someone DOES find it, please post a link -- I began this message with the intention of posting it myself, only to find it disappeared.)

The fact that ordinary journalists are being muzzled if they fail to flack for the guys who've hijacked the Democratic Party should make anybody, of any political affiliation or tendency, scared and/or angry.

Those who can, must DO something to remedy this Stalinist lock-down of the press.

"Today's newest polls (3) say he lost 2 more points behind McCain"

Today's newest polls (actual results vs right wing lies)

Gallup tracking has him up an additional 2 points (now 49 to 41) from yesterday.

Rasmussen tracking has him up 4 points (now 49-45) when they were tied yesterday (Ras poll includes leaners)

No other national polls have come out since Tues (a hotline poll showing Obama up 4)

Ryan... I know... I was a Republican for 10 years. I had to leave because the whining made me feel so sick

Where do people get the idea that McCain is so classy all of a sudden?

He ran attack ads last night before and after Obama's acceptance speech.

I did not see any ads congratulating Obama. I only saw attacks.

And, McCain immediately went on the offensive when Biden was announced. (You know they'd have their hooks all over Hillary and Bill if she were named VP).

But bloggers keep talking about how kind McCain was to Obama yesterday... kind of bizarre.

Ryan!

Manufactured misery is the backbone of Democrats!

If they didn't make so much of it, they'd never get elected!

Blip,

Manufactured outrage is the backbone of Republican politics.

Don't take that away from them!

So, Obama plays nice and lets someone else do the dirty on the Republican candidate and does know what is going on. I think the BHO people are worried. Today's newest polls (3) say he lost 2 more points behind McCain. Is that the debounce he wanted? HOPE-voters will buy my BS; CHANGE on position will be coming soon.
Sarah Palin has more experience than Obama and he knows it. 143 days in Washington is not qualification for the prezzzz.
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO OBAMA, NOT NOW, NOT EVER. NO SOCIALIST IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

GS, really? His new name should be McLame? Let me write that one down since I haven't yet read McShame, McLame, McBush, McSame, etc. Your name could be Wake up and Read the Old Tired Cliches and Pledge to Ban Them From Your Vocabulary. Heartbeat away, heartbeat away. We're hearing lots of that also. If we want to talk inexperience, the inexperience on the Dem ticket is NOT a heartbeat away, it IS the heartbeat.

I can understand that Democrats didn't know much about Palin. But conservatives have been watching her for a while now.

Most conservatives never heard of Obama 2 years ago either, but he's been a darling in the Democrat party for a while, at least since his 2004 speech at the DNC convention.

""Hey, she's a girl," isn't enough of a reason to cast a ballot for someone."

How about "Hey, he's black"

being in charge of a couple moose and bears is not what i would call experience---after all alaska---what a stretch.

I just realized something

Palin has more "executive" experience than McCain has years spent as a POW.

Maybe they should put her at the top of the ticket!

"It's worthy of repeating; McCain congratulated Zerobameus on his nomination, but in return, this is what McCain got on choosing his running mate:"

Its also worth repeating that during that insincere congratulations ad (which followed a week of negative ads) McCain said he would wait till tomorrow to renew the fight.

His campaign hit Obama right after his speech.

GOP hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Obama doesn't have a deep record to run on besides a couple terms in state senate and a term as a senator.

But Obama has been under the microscope for a long time after running against one of the best and toughest candidates in the entire politcal landscape: Hillary Clinton. He has met with world leaders and run a great campaign. And, in many, many cases, he has demonstrated a stronger grasp of foreign policy than McCain... who only knows how to bluster. And to make us double sure, he picked a seasoned candidate as his running mate.

McCain, he's a known quantity. Moreson than Obama, but what we know about McCain isn't all that great. He's got a short temper and an arrogant attitude. He has developed into a hard right ideologue on foreign and domestic issues.

Now... maybe Palin can prove she has the chops to compete on the national and world stage. Maybe she can even add some balance to McCain's whackier positions.... But from what I have seen, I have serious doubts. She seems to be pretty much a conservative ideologue, with little experience beyond shooting a moose and getting her sister's ex-boyfriend fired.

So... it is natural that we would want to ask if there is something to her. She hasn't been vetted... and if you want us to vote for your people at a time when the country is at war and our economy is in the tank.... You have to let us ask those questions.

"Hey, she's a girl," isn't enough of a reason to cast a ballot for someone.

Now, clearly, the McCain folks here are too ideological to do anything other than vote for Republicans... but if you want Indys and Dems to vote for your candidates... you cannot get all offended when we ask: Who in the world is Sarah Palin and why should she be in line for the Presidency.

It's a responsible question. A patriotic question. One that shouldn't be left to chance.

rodney - you aren't really talking about a lack of experience for the VP pick are you? Not while your own candidate has ZERO experience.

He's never run a business, a state or a budget. He is one of 99 other votes and voices in the Senate.

This is a contest between the Hero and the Zero.

d0 - that's a good point. McCain spent money to congratulate Obama on his achievement and mentioned it was timely that it happened on MLK day.

Obama in return attacked Palin while demeaning small towns and women.

It's same to say that Obama has no class whatsoever.

"Rep's are silver spoon hacks that take care of their cronie friends when they get in office. Wake up!"

Forget silver spoons, we're talking gold here...Kennedys, Kerry, Gore.....

Hey Blip .... I've watched the majority of Obama's speeches .... that's what scares me!!!

Capitalism is undefeated when taking on Socialism!!

Call me nuts, but I'll bet on the undefeated team!

It's worthy of repeating; McCain congratulated Zerobameus on his nomination, but in return, this is what McCain got on choosing his running mate:

"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," said Obama spox Bill Burton.

peach---try no experience just what our country needs---the russians are laughing----bin ladin is laughing---iran is in a state of laughter---just when i thought mccain could not get any dumber

Obama's classless attack on Sarah Palin this morning was an attack on people who live in small towns and on women.

So much for Obama's supposedly superior judgment. Good luck winning an election without the small town vote and without the women's vote.

How's this for Obama's "superior" judgment:

Obama has whined for months that McCain lacks the judgment to be president because he voted for the Iraq war.

So what does Obama do but choose Biden for his VP who voted the exact same way as McCain.

Sure, that makes sense. To a crackhead.

"I love all these know-nothings... who diss Obama but don't even bother to watch his speeches."

If you've seen one teleprompter reading then you've seen them all. Sometimes you need to step out from behind the teleprompter and actually do something.

Just found out that according to the McCain campaign, he met Palin exactly once before he decided to make her the nominee. Their 2nd meeting was today.

So John McCain selected a possible leader of the free world based on a single meeting.

John McCain does not have the judgment to lead this country.

John McCain was wrong on going into Iraq.

He was wrong about setting a time table to get out of Iraq.

He was wrong about Afghanistan.

He continues to be wrong about Afghanistan.

John McCain is wrong about tax cuts favoring corporations and the rich

He is wrong about health care depending upon insurance companies.

And he is wrong selecting a minimally experienced extreme conservative he has met once to be a heartbeat away from leader of the free world.

John McCain....just plain wrong.

where is this woman from--moosejaw--need some help here---mccains next choice grandma moses--it sure is easy to see through this one---wow this is what you call good judgement---no wonder the repubs have our country so screwed up.

What makes you think people here haven't watched the Obama and other speeches, blip. I've seen a lot of the same names comments on the speech and getting pretty specific at times, so I think you're wrong.

Can someone tell me what the word "spox" means, and where it came from? All the hep cat political journalists use it, and I'm curious.

I love all these know-nothings... who diss Obama but don't even bother to watch his speeches.

I'm an Obama supporter... but I will watch McCain's speech.

Voting for president is an important decision... and you should pay attention to what each candidate is offering before making up your mind.

It says a lot about McCain's supporters that they don't even want to know what the opposition has to offer.

Thomas,

So you are switching to Bob Barr because of Palin. Who exactly is Bob Barr's running mate? ROTFL

Tell Palin to release the emails! They are public servants, their business belongs to the public. What is she trying to hide?

i dont think that the old senile geser will get away with thinking that women are that stupid to fall for this nonsense----he stated before that all he wants is to get in the white house----this is just another lame attempt

Of course McCain doesn't care... why do you think he made his pick so recklessly?

He wanted someone young and female to try to impress the kids. He thinks we'll all run out and vote for anything with XX Chromosomes.

The GOP know they can't win unless they find some gimmick. They just don't have the number of registered voters to carry the White House.

So they try Operation Chaos... they pray that God will send a tornado to destroy Mile High Stadium... some tweekers take a road trip to Denver and get nabbed by the cops... They hope for riots... They run smear ads... They deal in rumors...

The first thing Karl Rove said when he heard a hurricane might hit us again was: "This could be bad for our convention." He didn't say, "I hope that our citizens are safe." He went straight to political calculation. That's how the GOP thinks right now. It's sad and disgusting and it explains why we STILL haven't rebuilt New Orleans... but why we are dumping 10 billion a month into Private Contractors in Iraq.... Because it's nothing but a golden opportunity to them. We are not real people to the GOP.

They need some kind of magic trick to get people to forget all their problems and vote against their interests.

But most people aren't going to vote against their own interests. They are going to vote for Obama/Biden... and I bet it'll be about as good as Clinton/Gore... which ain't great, but it's a heapin helpin of better compared to what we have now.

"Obama has said for 1.5 years that Washington is broken. So what does he do? He chooses a 30 year DC insider.

"McCain has said for 1.5 years (or more) that Washington is broken. SO what does he do? He chooses an outsider, reformer, and someone who took on the big guys in Alaska."
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I have an inherited inability to vote for Republicans, but this is a persuasive point.

Its still about the issues!

Republicans must have been inspired by McCain's decision. Rove is already promoting Governor Palin of Alaska to the media. A lot of us Democrats thought of Geraldine Ferro who was the Democratic Nominee for the Vice President with Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale back in 1984. Geraldine Ferro is the complete opposite of Governor Palin of Alaska on the issues. Geraldine Ferro was a pioneer that made it possible for Hillary to run this year and almost win. Hillary Clinton on the issues is the complete opposite of Governor Palin of Alaska. In the media the Republican strategists are trying to paint Joe Biden as what in contrast with Sarah Palin? They should know better. His mom also taught him about honor and decency which is lacking in the relentless Republican attack ads.

Sarah has enough on her plate already. Mitt and Rudy tripped over McCain's 7 houses. I'm sure that Sarah will find a answer to McCain's Seven Houses? Of course he already helped her by stating that he only lived in Four. Recently McCain stated that the economy was fine. I just went to the store and cooking oil double in price. The issues are so much more with clear contrasts between the Democrat and the Republican party.

With Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska McCain has run to the right. Classic Rove trademark that won him two Bush terms. We respect Gov. Sarah Palin. Congratulations to John for picking her. Us Democrats love and support our kid from Scranton, Pennsylvania. It will be a civil debate between them. This race is still about the issues.

McCain has supported Bush over 90 percent of the time. This election cycle Writer Steve Benen has already documented 75 flip – flops by McCain running for President. Jukebox John keeps changing his tune by Steve Benden

The issues are what the voters care about. The Democrats will show the contrast between both Parties and the Candidates Obama and McCain.

The real debate will be between Obama and McCain.

"Was there some kind of speech or something last night?"

It was more of a teleprompter reading than a speech. It was in front of a cool faux-Greek temple though.

You Obamafonts are in a panic and it's actually very to read (here) and listen to on the radio. You were totally unprepared for what happened today, and it shows.

Sorry - game over. You tried hard Obama, but we've decided to move in another direction with filling this President spot. Good luck in your future endeavors!