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Sarah Palin is the best things since sliced bread! McCain and Palin are going to win this election. Stop the witch hunt!

I have voted Republican for 30 yrs. , but I see the McCain pick of Palin as a desperation move. He needs women voters.I will Not be voting for a Republican this year! Also, I think McCain's domestic policy is Pal-in comparison to Obama's.McCain doesn't have one and Palin can't decide which one.She failed her daughter already,I don't want to be next!

The right wing forced McCain to pick an ultra conservative so he folds and does it. They will be controlling his decisions and presidency on all issues including supreme justices. Real leadership McCain, sounds like a puppet. Also you have no right to be critical of Democrats who comment on Palin pregnant daughter. All you guys are so pious and all you do is claim how immoral we are for teaching birth control. Right wing evangelical teenagers are doing the same thing most older teens do except they are being taught abstinence so they have no education and hence have a higher chance of getting into a Bristol situation. Their heads are in the sand. Don't criticize us because we have common sense and are smart.

I have read numerous blogs about the Palin Baby Gate issue...Why is it so hard to get to the bottom of this story?Someone has to know the truth about baby Trig and who his mother REALLY is.It just seems VERY strange, especially after reading that Palin got on a long flight home after leaking fluid. As a mom, I know that the last place I would have been was on a long flight, the hospital was first on my list. It really isn't about the daughter getting pregnant at 17, it's about lies and cover up. Can someone just get to the TRUTH?

To cisc,
I do take interest in the wellbeing of your country but you might call it self-interest.
We live on the same earth, the same air etc.

Bush is not really liked by anyone outside the US as well. He has almost no political leverage any more . Mc Cain is portrayed and experienced as a war maker already now. Threatening Russia with the Georgia incident. This should have been handled differently. China is the same..

They are emerging world powers and risk to become bigger over the next 10 years. It is not that he is not right on the issues, that can be discussed but a good friendship and good alliances will be crucial over the next years to handle the fundamental threat for us all.

He does not show many skills of diplomacy. He would put America back into isolation. We are all western partners but you will need our enthusiasm to go along with some difficult problems that face our safety.

Obama has shown that people outside America like him a lot and he is seen as a wise leader, independent and opposed to Bush. It seems you do not like that when I see the reactions but I don’t understand why.

You have to make as a nation some decisions that impact life, some made by the heart some by the brain.

It does not really matter if Sarah's daughter is pregnant or not. I might be good to learn some lessons from that and try to limit unwanted pregnancies in the future. They happen everywhere but good sexual education and stressing the use of condoms might help.

I do find you handle a double standard on guns, war and abortion. It seems hypocrite but I understand. I smoke and will defend my addiction to others against my own better judgment.

About Sarah,
I must ask again, look in your hart or brain or soul and you don’t have to answer me.

Can you see her as the president??

I can name several republicans and Democrats that I find are more qualified. I am sure that If you ask her the question if she would be a good president, she would hesitate.
You can welcome her but can you take this ticket seriously?

I hope Obama wins, he will bring the nations together as he has already proven to do with France and Germany. His charisma will make the US more popular in the Middle East and take away the hate that is now facing the US. It will give you more support in these countries so that they can handle the fundamentalism on their turf.
Sure that your nr 1 enemy hopes MC wins

Sarah Palin seems to be out of touch with her children. She may be too busy to be a true parent. Perhaps she should not run for Vice President, she has two other daughters that could end up in the same situation if they are neglected for the presidency.

Sarah Palin seems to be out of touch with her children. She may be too busy to be a true parent. Perhaps she should not run for Vice President, she has two other daughters that could end up in the same situation if they are neglected for the presidency.

Please, let us take care of keeping our own homes clean before we dare ask others to keep theirs spotless.

As a working young woman, as a mother of a four-year old daughter, I've finally had it with all the holier-than-thou crap and will vote accordingly.

Go PUMAS!

People are being themselves, and logic, to try to defend this choice! The bedrock of the Republican philosophy has been abstinence! Once again, the Democrats are right... it is not the best sex education. A condom, readily avoided all this. This selection is a slap in the face of every man and woman who has worked hard and seen opportunity given to someone much less capable. If you can't be honest with us people, please, be honest with yourselves.

McCain call her the most qualified person in the country to be vice president? This in an insult not just to every woman, but every Republican int the United States.

And, if Gov. Palin is pregnant, so what? Why does she allow a rumor/scandal like this to be released to the media when she can tell the truth, even before she gets into the White House? Is this practice lying? I would not vote Republican even if I was a member of the Republican Party with goofy stuff like this going on - pretty embarassing!

Personally, I don't really see why this is an issue, so the kid got pregnant, is that really particularly out of the ordinary in this day and age? And who in this forum can actually say that they never did things that thier parents did not approve of?

A parent can not entirely control thier child, they may wish it was so, but to do that would be to inhibit thier liberty to such an extent that eventually when they come out from under the wing, they will be very hard pressed to get along in society.

A parent must do what they can to teach thier values to thier kids, but it is the childs CHOICE to follow or not, and this response by the child is not dictated by the skill exhibited in the parenting. It is a choice that comes out of that childs exercise of personal liberty.

I am not saying that I think Palin would be a great VP, I haven't had time to look at her enough to make that decision yet, I am only stating that this should not figure into that process. Lets look at her professional record and personal character to choose a candidate, and lets not be distracted by those issues that do not pertain to her ability to hold the office of VP.

OK, now it is time to set things straight. Those who are critical of Senator McCain and Gov Palin fail to see the obvious. Both are running their campaign based on accomplishments, not promises and "Change because of Change." Sr. Obama is a caring individual, but has accomplished NOTHING. He hasn't lead anything. A trip overseas does not make one an expert on Foreign policy. His remarks at how efficient China's infrastructure should scare every American to death. How can you be pro American and turn a blind eye to China's lack of environmental concern, child labor and poor living conditions for it's people? And wasn't it President Kennedy who said "Ask not what this country can do for you, ask what you can do for this country?" Something Sr. Kennedy seams to have forgotten. And if you have issues with the way this government is running the war in Iraq, why would you want it to run everything else especially health care?

This is a joke. 17 yr old daughter pregnant plus a scandal in the Governors office. What was he thinking. you can try to sugarcoat this if you want, but this is scary. Gov Palin could be the next president. She would be good as Mc Cains secretary that's about it. not VP Republicans spin that's all your going to get. they are embarrest I would be too. Thank God Obama going to win.

Ok for all those who keep talking about the sex education. Take a look around at all the unwed girls in this country. You can talk sex education until you are blue in the face and there will always be an unwed teenager, get over it already.

For those who are saying Palin is a bad mother and she should not be working because she has 5 children, let me tell you a little story. My grandmother had 11 children and worked everyday until she turned 76. Oh, she had to quit then because the place she worked went out of business, or she would still be working today. So get over it. One more thing, My aunts and uncles turned out just fine.

Palin should have turn down the nomination because the photo with her wearing a flag bikini show her future son in law smoking a cig, and drinking beer. What a good mother LOL....

"I don't understand that,

then you can just taken anyone from the street and put him or her in the white house"

Have you ever seen the movie "Dave" with Kevin Kline? Check it out.

Gov. Sarah Palin is a courageous woman who will be the next Vice-President of the United States.

All the vicious smear attacks made by Obama supporters will not change that fact. This story is about a family dealing with personal issues and does NOT belong in the political domain.

All it shows about those who want to use this as a club to attack Palin is just how low the Obama Campaign will go to score political points.

Women Defending Democracy
Country Before Party
McCain/Palin08

Brendan M:

We will just have to disagree on this issue, I remember the circumstances very well because I considered Rumsfeld a total disaster as Secretary of Defense.

When McCain criticized Rumsfeld and also called for his resignation, he was attacked. McCain stood up to Rumsfeld and George W. Bush.

At the time, I was very happy to see SOMEONE stand up to Rumsfeld. and McCain did so!!

When McCain becomes POTUS, I am sure he will consider appointing Collin Powell as Secretary of Defense. Powell is another patriot who stood up to George W. Bush.

Women Defending Democracy
Country Over Party
McCain/Palin08

This situation is ironic because it demonstrates the consequences of the abstinence-only "education" (really, non-education) which Palin advocates. It also demonstrates the "do as I say, not as I do" attitude of the Republican party (witness Bush's record of driving drunk and dodging military service). In short, it's perfect. Obama is not a great choice for President, but I will vote for him because (a) another Republican administration would be disastrous and (b) we need an opportunity to clean Bush's foxes out of Washington's many henhouses -- and McCain, despite his talk of being a maverick -- would not do it.