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A WHAT Administration? A WHO Administration?

September 18, 2008 4:16 PM

Uh-oh.

Gov. Sarah Palin is now talking about "a Palin and McCain administration."

I've also heard her refer to McCain as "my running mate" -- a term I don't recall ever hearing a VP nominee use when discussing the guy at the top of the ticket.

Maybe the fact that the crowds are leaving after she speaks, while McCain is speaking, is getting to her.

-- jpt

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Like it or not, Sarah Palin has the most executive experience, best record of accomplishment and best natural ability to govern of all the candidates. No wonder the left is freaking! And we can't stop grinning! Besides that, the Queen, yes, Her Majesty(!), curtsies when she meets Sarah Palin. (Not even the great Annie Oakley got such respect.)

Posted by: Gary Ogletree | Sep 19, 2008 3:27:57 PM

JL, We welcome your comparisons between Governor Palin and Senator Obama. Sure, release her transcripts as well. As mayor and then as Governor, Palin is used to making executive decisions on a daily basis. Unless you've actually been in management, you don't appreciate the skill set and the value of that experience. Senator Obama has no such executive experience. In his Legislative positions, he was allowed to abstain and vote "Present". This is no preparation whatsoever for being the Chief Executive of the United States. He took three days to get it right on Russia/Georgia recently, including an intermediate postition to go to the UN Security Council, where he forgot the Russians would veto any thing he would try to do. Oops. Obviously, even with 300 advisers, he has trouble feeling his way through decisions. His record is thin and his executive experience is nil. He does give good speech... He and his trusty TelePrompTer.

Posted by: JimF | Sep 19, 2008 3:25:23 PM

When will John McCain give up the ghost and leave the ticket? We all know that if McCain/Palin do win, the Right Wing will find a way to get old man McCain out of the way so their pin-up puppet can take over.

Irony of the Republic/Democratic parties is that the Democrats are for gun control, but the Republicans are making it more likely that we will all need guns to stand up against government.

So far the Republicans have trashed/invaded our rights, moved to enforce a religious agenda into our lives and schools, created the largest movement of wealth from the middle class to the already wealthy, the list goes on.

Unfortunately, the wealthy will probably be living in another country, off of our money, long before enough people realize that they have been taken.

Posted by: MikeOHIO | Sep 19, 2008 3:25:06 PM

Jim F, do you really want all the nominees to release transcripts from their college years. It might take Sarah sometime to contact the six schools she went to. By the way since you did not respond to the topic, how do you like McCain taking second billing to Sarah?

Posted by: JL | Sep 19, 2008 3:13:18 PM

The lunatic left is in freefall. Sarah
Palin makes the community organizer
look like the fool that he is. I am expecting the clown car to pull up & Obama & Biden hop out dressed as tax paying patriots.

Posted by: paulejb | Sep 19, 2008 2:59:00 PM

"Personally, I am just enjoying watching the leftists having fits of hysteria, paranoia and panic because they finally encountered an empowered, independent female. "

You're right - we ARE having fits of panic, because we realize what the hell is at stake . . . this woman, if elected, if entrusted with this security and welfare of this country, will make such a friggin mess of things, it will make the Bush years look like a Golden Era. What doesn't every GET about that!?!?!? The only people who seem to support McCain, when I talk to them they have no clue about McCain's history, his stance on issues, and his proposed economic policies (truly more of the same). This country is poised to take a great stride forward into the 21st century with Obama, or to fester in the same-old tired bedraggled incompetence and self-satisfied smugness of Republican ideological do-nothingness. Another 4 years of lost opportunities and low-expectations. Great.

Posted by: Tony G | Sep 19, 2008 2:58:58 PM

They are each others running mates. Whats wrong with that? Palin and McCain ticket? Hey C'mon you libs. You know its ladies first.

Posted by: WakeUpPeople | Sep 19, 2008 2:49:52 PM

Obama needs to get back in the limelight NOW! He must do something vitally important and newsworthy. I suggest he announce that, if/when he is elected, he will appoint Hillary Clinton as his Secretary of State, a much more important job than Vice President!

Posted by: Elizabeth CO | Sep 19, 2008 2:19:12 PM

The bloom has apparently gone off this rose in record time. Today, Research 2000 says that Palin's approval rating has dropped 21% in a single week. Keep stonewalling that investigation and claiming that living next to Russia gives you foreign policy experience!

Posted by: Brooklyn Democrat | Sep 19, 2008 2:04:13 PM

I really like Sarah Palin. She is very impressive. She communicates much better than the other candidates. When she is talking, I feel as though she is talking directly to me. Perhaps that is because she is one of the people.

Posted by: John | Sep 19, 2008 2:04:12 PM

Reminds me of a Futurama episode, where they have an art exhibition of reproductions of masterpieces tattooed onto fat guys.

Life imitates art :-]

Posted by: middy | Sep 19, 2008 2:02:05 PM

Senator Obama has not released his college transcripts from Occidental, Columbia nor Harvard Law. What courses did he take and what were his grades? He has not released his application to the Illinois State Bar which is a very detailed document. He has released only a one page medical report. He has not explained the nature of his three week trip to Pakistan after his Occidental coursework and before starting Columbia. What is he hiding in all these instances and why? Does he have any long term close friends that will stand up for him and vouch for him? Any that are not convicted felons like Rezko, or unrepentant terrorists like Ayers? Who IS this guy???

Posted by: JimF | Sep 19, 2008 1:55:57 PM

Personally, I am just enjoying watching the leftists and Obots having fits of hysteria, paranoia and panic because they finally encountered an empowered, independent female. All of their fem-lib / equality / tolerance BS goes right down the toilet when they run up against someone who doesn't march in goose-step with their own Marxist ideals. It's hilarious!!!

Posted by: Heath Jayman | Sep 19, 2008 1:40:49 PM

Wishful thinking on her part and the part of most Republicans...Might also be because she admittedly doesn't know what the vice-president does and longs to be president instead...

Posted by: indy_voter | Sep 19, 2008 1:37:51 PM

Doesn't anyone see through this? The campaign designed her faux flub. They think she has a greater chance of winning this election than the old senile guy at the top of the ticket.

Posted by: Dorothy | Sep 19, 2008 1:27:40 PM

I can't believe how frantic you webnuts are getting. It's clear to all of us that Palin was the right choice. Obama will be crushed by the festering hive of nuts he drew around him.


Posted by: keep it up zealots | Sep 19, 2008 1:21:50 PM

"Here, honey, grab some more rope. Don't worry, there's plenty. You go, girl!"

Posted by: rogerthomas | Sep 19, 2008 1:14:21 PM

cme,

"Um, Robert in SJ, I gotta disagree. JT did a great job addressing the Obama Spanish ad that unfairly tied McCain to Rush Limbaugh on immigration and that also unfairly took Rush out of context."

You mean if it's 10 to 1 in Obama's favor instead of 10 to 0 it's therefore objective and not blatantly biased? Ugh.

Posted by: b | Sep 19, 2008 1:09:57 PM

To use an analogy of Mr. Obama, the entire Palin/McCain campaign has turned into a Saturday Night Live skit, except the joke is no longer funny. Palin has made more than one slip of the tongue indicting that, in her mind, she is really at the top of the ticket. I guess nobody told McCain that, when he picked a "barracuda" as his running-mate, that barracudas eat other members of their own species to survive. Palin is hungry, and McCain is dinner. Or should I call him Vice President McCain.

Posted by: JeffofOH | Sep 19, 2008 1:09:06 PM

This board seems to be full of O-bots willing to believe all sorts of lies, but let's set the record straight on a few questions from John Michael:

Q) Why is she conducting state business on a Yahoo account?

A) She dids't. The hacker himself said that he didn't find anything.

Q)Why did Palin say she would be open about the “TrooperGate” controversy, and now she is working hard to delay and shutdown the investigation?

A) The Troopergate investigation is a sham. It should have been investigated by the Personnel Board, and Alaska Democrats tried to bring it to the Legislature after her selection as VP nominee. The police commissioner was fired for insubordination and using State funds to lobby Washington for funds Palin had already vetoed.

Q)Why did she lie about visiting Iraq, when she never did?

A) She did visit troops in Kuwait, about to be deployed to Iraq. She has also visited Alaska National Guard troops prior to their deployment to Iraq.

Q) Why does she say she opposes earmarks, yet with her leadership she has asked for nearly a half billion dollars in such earmarks?

A) She didn't request earmarks--she requested Congressional funding, to be voted on by the entire Congress, not just Reps or Senators from one state. Her funding requests are much less than her two predecessors as Governor, one of whom was a Democrat.

Q) Why did she never travel outside of the US and Mexico, until last year? Does she have any world interest?

A) Are the taxpayers of Alaska expected to fund their Governor's world travels, or is her job to serve the people of Alaska? She did travel to Canada, for negotiations on the gas pipeline, and to Kuwait, to visit troops, and she did telephone the President of Georgia after the Russian invasion.

Q) Does Palin have any control over the Alaska National Guard? If so, can she explain key achievements that she has had in managing the Guard the past 18 months?

A) Governor Palin has visited with the Alaska National Guard, both at their base, and those deployed to Kuwait. She also sent part of them to Louisiana to help with rescue efforts from Hurricane Gustav.

All the Palin-bashers on this board are afraid of her for one reason: she is far more competent than the TOP of the other ticket! Can anyone here name ONE accomplishment of Barack Obama, besides being elected?

Posted by: Steve Z | Sep 19, 2008 1:08:58 PM

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