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Someone out there actually had the gall to post in a list that they'd like to see Obama's certificate of baptism! I'm so disgusted to think there are voters out there who think within those lines. We get the government we deserve, and from the way we allow ourselves to be led to focus on issues of no importance, I say we're not worthy of good leaders. It is certainly no wonder how these people come to power. All they have to do is figure out how to best manipulate the sheep we've all become

Authentic debate about platform, policy, experience, leadership and values is dead. Sound-bite sniping has replaced point and rebuttal. The same strategies are being used to sell the candidates that are employed to sell sports cars to men who fear losing their masculinity by driving a mini-van. Establishing a climate of fear and inciting those who already tend toward self-righteousness, has become the prevailing strategy to procure votes. Religious claims are presented to court those who believe they will step into heaven on the backs of pagans who disagree with their “spiritual values.” We have always defined ourselves by “not being our enemy.” With the loss of superpower Russia and its perceived communist threat, we have turned on each other. It doesn’t matter who we elect, it just can't be “one of them.” Win at all cost and the people be damned. It’s not about Sarah Palin or Barack Obama. Its about power at any price and through any means.

I also like Sarah Palin and agree that
family issues,make her just like the rest of us!

Human

Best Wishes to the
McCain/Palin Ticket!

Pretty quiet out there, folks. Could it be that Sarah has you running scared?

Regardless of what has been said about Palin, the PROCESS, or lack of, McCain used in choosing her raises serious ddoubts about his judgment. As a "maverick" he yielded to the most radical, and single issue conservatives when he dropped Lieberman and chose Palin. He lost my vote.

WOW, what a pick! Ms. Palin seems to be just what the doctor ordered. A plain, ordinary, smart, and driven woman with problems that everyday American families deal with. I have dubbed her "Sarah, Plain and Tall". A children's book about a woman who travels from Maine to the Midwest to make a difference in the life of a family going through a heart breaking hardship. This to me is an analogy that can be made that enables Sarah Palin to travel from Alaska to D.C. and allows her to make a difference in the lives of American Citizens.

R Durham in North Carolina

Sarah Palin -- Dan Quayle in a skirt.

Sarah has EXECTUTIVE experience *running a government* (something NONE of the other candidates can actually boast, even John McCain as Governor of Alaska and got there by defeating the *incumbent* Republican Governor, who was definitely part of the “old school” and who WAS very much in the pocket of the big oil companies. We in Alaska wanted change – and we got it in the person of Sarah Palin!

Sarah Palin is everything she looks to be and more. Her approval rating as Governor of Alaska has been as high as 95% and is currently leveled out consistently in the upper 80 percentile throughout the state (and in both parties) - the HIGHEST approval rating of ANY sitting Governor.

John McCain should explain why Carly Fiorina is on his campaign - because you know - she was fired from her job at HP because of her bad record - and now she's on his campaign? How does hiring someone who was fired for doing badly - make sense? But, I shouldn't be surprised - since Palin is also a bad pick. John McCain has lost his judgment - he keeps choosing people who are terrible at what they do!

The real question is: why did McCain put the story of the pregnancy out in the first place?
He seems to be emphasizing the fact that she is not getting an abortion, an obvious play to conservatives. This is what I would call using a minor for political gain. And Palin? As much as I respect her in energy issues, she just doesn't bring much else to the table. She's just a political figurehead to be dumped as soon as the election ends. She's being used.

She became Governor of Alaska by defeating the Incumbent Republican Governor and doing it *without* the money or the support of the Republican Party, which was amazing in itself - and she won by a landslide. The "powers that be" at that time totally underestimated Sarah and learned better the hard way. Let’s hope Obama does the same. Sarah has done exactly what she claimed she was going to do when elected and is just as popular today as the day she was elected - perhaps more so since even the Democrats up here seem to like her - she works well with both sides in the Legislature here.

Obama has gone on record to say that family members are off limits for political gain and he has stuck by this. It is obivious that lately, even republicans catch themselves wondering if Palin is up to the job. The dough is really streched thin here. I expect a ferocious speech from Palin today but it will not change her credentials. Based on her declared social policy stand (BTW, any one can have solcial policy stand, you do not need executive experience)she can become VP of GA, AL, MS, AK, TN, NC and maybe OH but not of the USA. All the feigned indination about 'sexist attacks' are a blatant play for Hillary Clinton's supporters. They are not stupid. Sarah Palin is no substitute for Hillary Clinton. She does not even come close. I am afraid Obama is going to win the popular vote because McCain failed to use good judgement. Mind you, the Presidency is only one of three power houses. Get ready for a hard battle for congress.

WE alwys knew it would be a Republican woman to be the first V>P> and the President!! Go McCain /Palin

McCain/Palin ticket is fabulous it's like the grand Oprah. Palin power house
with the high notes it's not about gender it's about the brainonomics

E.S. We know about Geraldine. Who are you yelling at?

Face it, we wouldn't be having any of this discussion if Palin were a man --

(S)he wouldn't be on the ticket due to lack of any significant qualifications.

And before anyone says "She's more qualified than Obama -- he's never had an executive position," what executive position has McCain ever held?

And if being mayor of a small town and governor of a geographically large but relatively unpopulous state makes her more qualified than Obama/Biden, I submit that she's more qualified than McCain as well. So why isn't SHE at the top of the ticket?

God help us all...

Sarah Palin is NOT the first woman to be nominated as a VP. The Democrats were the first party to treat women as equals!!!

"Democrat Geraldine Ferraro, in 1984 was the first female vice presidential candidate on a major party ticket"

The Palin children are absolutely off limits! But Gov. and Mr. Palin are not.
I think many people are missing the true issue regarding Gov.and Mr.Palin and their family. If they want to have 5 kids and both work full time, that is their choice. Under normal circumstances, it may work out just fine. But these are not normal circumstances. With the recent birth of their special needs son, an impending teen marriage and birth of a grand-child, their family is facing a challenging time. When offered the position of VP, did the Palins sit at the kitchen table and ask themselves,
"What is best for our family, above all else?" It is hard for me to respect the judgement of any parents who, under these conditions,choose to have one parent take on a high powered, time consuming job that will take him or her far from home. And before you scream, Sexism!, this applies to men as well as women. Just recently, my sister-in-law finally put her foot down on my brother who had, for the sole purpose of ego and career advancement,taken a job in Australia with the intention of commuting every few months. They are the parents of 3.
Perhaps if the Palin's had thought:
Family First,Country Second

The McCain/Palin camp would like to present the Palins as a typical American family. I would venture that most American families faced with this situation would re-group, re-focus their priorities and accept the reality that their new family situation will present a set of new emotional challenges and time constraints.

Wow!!! Some people will say anything to prove a point. I don’t claim any political party. But lets forget about the pregnant child issue and just talk about the investigation that Gov. Palin is under. Either the McCain camp is dumb for picking her or extremely smart. We all understand why it would be a dumb move. But why would it be smart? Will, we as a country have already spent 3-4 days talking about her and her issues. We have spent absolutely no time talking about the issues that are facing this country. I really think that’s what he (*McCain)was after. The economy is the major problem in this country and we are totally off that subject. If that’s what he wanted to do then he is brilliant!!!

Liberals are finding themselves critical of Sarah.... a woman's choice to raise children and earn a living, calling it bad parenting. Maybe it is because the Dem's have no one like Sarah. Has anybody ever asked Barack Obama can he bring up his two kids and be president of the United States? If Sarah was a dem none of this would be an issue. Stop the sexism I am just trying to understand. You can not have it both ways. Stop the sexism?

Conservatives need not worry, The Libs will self destruct very soon. They are allready in favor of killing their own children thru abortion. Simply do the math, Conservatives love kids and have larger families, Libs have very few kids if any. It's just a matter of time!

It is sexism and the MSM should be more objective and respectful instead of sexist and in the tank for Obama

Thanks, A.L.L. I think I will rave on. So take out the phrase, "especially coming from a feminist," from my earlier comment, and answer the questions. Particularly the one about giving these two women the courtesy of making their own choices. Not to mention the one about whether a person with a special needs child should ever hold public office.

I don't care if you're a feminist or not. Or whether you are Republican, Democrat, Independent, male or female, black or white. You're right - this is a parental responsibility issue, and until I hear otherwise, I will assume that she has been a responsible parent and will not assume to judge her based on 5 days of wild media speculation and partisan sniping.

Liberals are finding themselves critical of Sarah.... a woman's choice to raise children and earn a living, calling it bad parenting. Maybe it is because the Dem's have no one like Sarah. If Sarah was a dem none of this would be an issue. Where are the Feminist? I am just trying to understand. You can not have it both ways. I have no clue how to vote? Where are the Feminist?

To Sue and GOUSA247:

You can both try to lay claim to the Feminist postion all you want but I still say it isn't a Feminmist issue. It's a parental responsibiloity issue and an ethical issue. You both think you've got truly decent people cornered on the feminism issues, but you are very wrong. Sarah Palin is anti-woman or she wouldn't have exposed her daughter to such a bizarre situation. Political power is worthless if you can't be a good and thoughtful parent. So rave on all you want to.

I say again..Has anybody ever asked Barack Obama can he bring up his two kids and be president of the United States? They're asking can she be vice president and be a mother. Where are the feminists?

A.L.L. posts "I'm a feminist, and I supported Hillary Clinton. I was planning on voting for McCain until he chose Sarah Palin. I, too, am asking how she can be a VP and be the mother of four children (her oldest is now an adult), one of whom is pregnant and one of whom has Down's Syndrome. I ask this question as a woman, because I could never put my daughter in such a position or allow anyone else to oversee the upbringing of my special needs child. This isn't an issue of feminism. It's an issue of parental responsibility."

(Even when your children are adults, you are still their mother. She is the mother of 5.) Maybe her daughter is cut from the same cloth as her mother, and is prepared to take responsibility for her actions, and does not want her mother to shrink back from this call because of her daughter's situation. Perhaps the young lady sees the big picture, and is willing to take the temporary heat, rather than live with knowing her behavior caused a dream their entire family could have realized to be abandoned. Should no one - man or woman - be allowed to be in an elected position, or any job, for that matter, if they have a special-needs child?

I'm sorry, your comments just don't make sense, especially coming from a feminist. What you would do would be your choice. Why not afford these two women the same courtesy?

Has anybody ever asked Barack Obama can he bring up his two kids and be president of the United States? They're asking can she be vice president and be a mother. Where are the feminists?
Posted by: GoUSA247 | Sep 3, 2008 11:47
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I'm a feminist, and I supported Hillary Clinton. I was planning on voting for McCain until he chose Sarah Palin. I, too, am asking how she can be a VP and be the mother of four children (her oldest is now an adult), one of whom is pregnant and one of whom has Down's Syndrome. I ask this question as a woman, because I could never put my daughter in such a position or allow anyone else to oversee the upbringing of my special needs child. This isn't an issue of feminism. It's an issue of parental responsibility.

Dawn's comments (7:23) remind me of how some people claim that rape victims "asked for it." I am so bemused by the confusing stand that many in the media and left-wing blogs are taking on this woman - NOT her experience, but her personal life and her children - that I'm waiting to hear again about how mean-spirited and into the politics of personal destruction the RIGHT is. (Hello Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, Condi Rice -- and on, and on, and on.) The media have spent more time digging up dirt on this woman in the last 5 days than they have in any real vetting on Obama (or John Edwards, for Pete's sake) in 2 years! I'd had enough of what was thrown at Ms Clinton, and I'm no feminist, but this is absolutely ridiculous and pathetic and cruel - not to mention mean-spirited and hypocritical. I can't imagine anything but this reflecting badly on Obama/Biden, and that makes me sad, because I DON'T believe it's them doing it. The far-left has gone off the deep end and the media is running close behind them with their microphones and notepads. Could we PLEASE get back to the issues?

It seems to me that all of this nonsense is just more of Operation Chaos.

What really bothers me is that the Republicans are going to put both Bristol and Levi (the boy who is the father)on display at the convention. What kind of people would put two teenagers in a difficult position on public display like that? Who could approve of such a monstrous political tactic? As a parent I am appalled. I've never heard of anything so misguided in my life! How could any truly decent person vote for McCain or Palin with the way THEY are handling her daughter's pregnancy? Sarah Palin isn't a feminist, not if she is capable of doing such a profoundly embarrassing thing to her own daughter just to make a political statement. Sarah Palin is anti-woman, obviously.

Shame on the Republicans.

The lefties are puzzled. They feel like the prize was in their grasp, but now it might slip away because of their screwing Hillary.

If Gov. Palin doesnt care about forgein policy or Iraq then how will she keep the country safe? The GOP is huge on talk of protecting the Country, but then they pick someone that doesnt care what the terrorist will try to do to america. Im sorry but that is scary and stupid. We dont know anything about this lady or her family besides her daughter is pregant. I cant vote for republicans this time around, because McCain just showed his true judgement. The VP is suppose to be someone that is ready to step in the postion of the POTUS in case something happend to the president. If she is one sided on every issue or doesnt care about what our enemys are doing then she doenst need to be no where near the white house.

What the GOP also doenst get is all of the Women that voted for hillary clinton wants her in the white house not someone that we dont know anything about. I dont like how they are playing the sexist card to get votes.

JILL

John McCain is 72 years old and this unknown woman would literally be a heartbeat away from being president and leader of the free world. Please tell me what is NOT insane about this picture?

Of Course they are.
They play every card they can get their little greedy hands on.
THey are the party of lies, deceit, and fraud, and they fooled the american people with Bush's fraudlection last time and are doing it again with McCain/palin
The GOP is the worst that humanity has to offer.
period.

Has anybody ever asked Barack Obama can he bring up his two kids and be president of the United States? They're asking can she be vice president and be a mother. Where are the feminists?

Man the republicans are desperate. You have to wonder - where is their dignity?

Experience without good judgement = incompetence!

Dont believe me. Just think Bush! Dumb is as dumb does!

Obama 08

Of course the republicans are playing the gender card.

...and I for one find it DISCUSTING !!!!

I they think for one minute that I will vote for a person just because they have a vagina, they are not only discusting but STUPID.

This woman is NOWHERE near a Hillary Clinton. They are TOTAL opposites on the issues.

The republican party just blew ANY chance of getting Clinton supporters !!!!

Obama has no executive experience. The gall to question Palin's exper. AND . . . I'm am still waiting for this info from Mr Obama. Hey wants my vote; I want this info:
(1) your Occidental College records
(2) your Columbia College records
(3) your Columbia Thesis paper
(4) your Harvard College records
(5) your Selective Service Registration
(6) your medical records
(7) your Illinois State Senate records
(8) your Illinois State Senate schedule
(9) your Law practice client list
(10) a Certified Copy of your original Birth certificate
(11) your embossed, signed paper Certification of Live Birth
(12) your Harvard Law Review articles that were published
(13) your University of Chicago scholarly articles
(14) your Record of baptism

Maybe the reports we get over her in England are not the full reports, but I have seen repeated reports where Obama has said "people's families are off-limits" - What exactly has he said against Palin's daughter that has you all up in arms? Obama does not control the media as far as I am aware but I could be mistaken - is this ia case of only in America?

The McCain campaign is using Palin as a political distraction. Their campaign announced her daughter's pregnancy knowing that the media will jump on the issue, thus garnering sympathy from Americans. The political strategy of making the media the enemy has worked in the past and McCain is trying to keep that strategy alive. I don't care about her Palin's daughter, I don't care about her alleged flip-flop on the "Bridge to Nowhere", and I don't care that she was a mayor of a town of less than 9000 people. I do care if she can prove herself to America. The McCain campaign is trying to shove Palin down our throats and any challenging questions about Palin is met with the gender card response or contempt (ask Campbell Brown of CNN). The republican convention was like a sea of white people. How can the media demand Obama to appeal to whites when that request is not expected of McCain with regards to people of color? I heard nothing about our economy last night, the energy crisis, or restoring our nation to its good standings around the world. All I heard is a partisan cry for either your're republican or unpatriotic. McCain will not win the election with conservatives only. Last night's convention did not appeal to anyone other than neocons. Lieberman tried to bridge the party gap, but he can't be trust because he looked right into the camera and lied to America about Obama not having a record of reaching across the isle to create change (Obama's role in nuclear proliferation, ethics reform, state version of earned-income tax credit in the Illinois senate obviously don't count for Lieberman). McCain and Palin have not earned my vote.

It is insulting that McCain brought a woman on to his ticket who has such little experience. He could have chosen better...

If the Republicans are trying to play the gender card, it certainly is working on me. I've been a Democrat all my life. I was sickened by the way Democrats treated Hillary, and I am sickened by the way they are attacking Sarah Palin. Why do I owe loyalty to a party that clearly shows little respect for women? I realize the Republicans are trying to exploit the anger of Democratic women. At the same time, I applaud the fact that Republicans don't seem to have a problem with a woman in the White House. Conservatives have treated Palin with far more respect than many Democrats treated Clinton. I was going to stay home in November. With the nomination of Sarah Palin, I will cast my vote for the Republicans.

What in the world is going wrong in a country like America. We have a great man in Mr. McCain who has a proven record of being a man who believes in this country & is in the know as to what is going on world wide. We have a woman nominated for VP with a great history not only in the political arena but has a great set of family values who is REAL. These two candidates represent what is REAL in AMERICAN & some people want to complain about it!

Yes,,,Of course, McCain is playing the gender card, just so he can use the word, "sexist" towards Dem. when there are just on the Reps side. He is using her as a shield. the sly fox saw how Hillary and woman supporters divided the Dem. camp. He hopes by using a woman it will revive his own camp which it has. Palin is just a fresher, newer version of the same issue and same politics. As VP she will do as she is told to do. Obama/Biden

You chose some great quotes there to completely not illustrate the point. I believe the sexism comes from an immediate decision to pounce on Gov. Palin's child-rearing abilities. Biden's quote was sexist and disappointing - as a fan of Biden's, I was deeply disturbed that her looks would be used as a way to belittle her experience. On the other hand, Obama's quote about running his campaign being comparable to Palin running Alaska is laughable at best, but not sexist. Although, I must say, I have seen more sexism in the blogosphere from so-called liberals than I have ever seen from conservatives in my life. I'm really scared by the left wing right now.

So the media is biased because they are digging up negative things about Palin? This wouldn't have happened if the McCain campaign had made a more thoughtful choice. They instead seem to have made a snap decision out of desperation that is beginning to haunt them. The Obama campaign isn't making sexist attacks...it's the media that are out there pointing out flaws they have unconvered. Flaws that McCain would have known had they property vetted Palin. The McCain camp just needs to look in the mirror when looking where to place the blame.

Why are some of you saying McCain caved into pressure? Mccain never even said he was going to choose Leiberman. tHE MEDIA SAID IT, ON PURPOSE. OBAMA (THE CHANGE CANDIDATE) CHOSE A WASHED UP WASHINGTON INSIDER FOR HIS VP.. WHO REALLY CAVED INTO TO PRESSURE? I WOULD SAY THE COMMUNITY ORGANIZER DID.

WHAT does this choice say about MCCAIN'S JUDGMENT?? It tells me he is NO MAVERICK! He CAVED under pressure from CHARLIE BLACK and the right wing and did not choose Joe Lieberman who certainly IS EXPERIENCED! Instead he chose PALIN who ADMITS she has no interest in foreign policy!! No opinion on Iraq!! He was making a POLITICAL decision, going for his base and Hillary voters. Forget the COUNTRY'S WELFARE if he should die in office - NO, THIS IS THE ANTITHESIS of a MAVERICK!! THIS IS A COWARD who won't even stand up to Charlie Black!!! HOW can he be trusted to stand up for AMERICA if he is THAT WEAK and MALEABLE??? I am a Republican and deeply disgusted. He met her only once before for 15 mins and found a soulmate and partner!!

hi americans...obama is the greatest to happen to american and destined to mk a change..amazingly you all dnt kw how great obama is outside america..germans are amazin cynist to charisma and speeches abut more and more germans are been upto obama..ghanaians are doin like wise and tht showsthe new image yet to picked by america and its supremacy..if maericans want the america of lincoln,clinton and wht martin luther king routed for..then u hav a messiah in u...and please it isnt about him but abiut you..he siad it all..it is about color...americans...it is about who can...a better life for a better world..it can only tk a discernin bein to vote for obama.

As for Palin's good looks, she is attractive; deny it. And it isn't only Biden that thinks so, but Rush, her friends in the Alaskan Independence Party, McCain and I'd wager just about anyone you ask. Should women be ashamed of their beauty? No. Does acknowledging that make someone a sexist? Not if it's done respectably, and Rush calling her a 'babe' may have gone too far.

As for making it about the politics, I agree. It is high time we talk policy and issues, unfortunately McCain has attempted to make this a referendum on anything other than issues as he backs Bush 90% of the time. Now he wants to make it about gender.

I do believe the pregnancy thing has gone little far, but that is the media's fault, not Obama's. In fact, if anyone is to be blamed it should be McCain for throwing a complete unknown at us with only two months to get to know her. Of course the scrutiny will be hypersensitive, what did they expect? That we'd vote for someone we don't know? That is another hypocrisy in their nomination: republicans still claim to not know Obama after this god awful long campaign and then expect us to be Sarah's 'soulmate' after three days.

There are a significant amount of articles from the mainstream media questioning Palin's maternity decisions, the decisions of her daughter, and comments on her good looks. When can we talk about the issues? As a woman and former supporter of Hillary I am outraged!!!!

This lady is a ditz. A journalism degree from Idaho (no offense Vandal alumni) is all the education she ever had. Now with McLame who only got into college with daddy's help and graduated at the bottom of his class, you have a dream ticket for the stupid. America needs smart leaders more than ever.

BTW the Repub convention looks like a morgue.

Maverick*Maverick 2008

Let them play the sexist card.

Yea, yea I know McCain is a POW and Sarah is a woman. Not allowed to make statements or ask questions. Learn to like it.

Soon it will be a religious condemnation to suggest that Palin is anything but pure. A theological Dictatorship.

Why is the Republican convention not representative of the country? It looks like an exclusive country club.

Tom..you are hopeless. The Alaska Indepence whatever was made up of many different people. They were united in wanting a vote in Alaska whether they wanted to be part of the US. Many people get confused.....and automatically jump to the wrong conclusion that all of the members wanted to succeed from Alaska....this was not the case many just wanted the vote and to put the issue to rest permanently, others wanted to remain in the union but wanted federal laws changed in Alaska you know like the environmental nutjobs that realize that the Anwar province really has no environmental creatures to protect and that drilling for oil and Alaska can work together without harming the environment unneccarily. BTW, nice attempt to draw attention away from Obama abusing taxpayer funds for earmarks to get his wife a big fat raise....but I won't allow it to drop...and voters shouldn't forget that Obama is nothing more than a conman.

Tom...whatever...what a bunch of nonsense. I already know the facts and I am sorry but the facts show that only an idiot would vote for crooks and Obama is a crook.

chattyway--- i will check back tommorow i know you have to listen to rush limburger to find your "facts" so i will check back after you listen to him tommorow. i will go get real hard facts ok. i know republicans hate facts and the truth but you will get over it.

chattyway---ok you come up with facts about obamas earmarks and i will coem up with hers. also why dont you check out how she wants alaska to seperate from america she is a member of alaskan independence party. and lets talk about mccain and his keating five connections that was ahuge earmark.

Tom, can come up with any abuse of taxpayers money that palin supposedly has done? Go ahead and say no dear...because I know you can't. The obama guys hate honest women and will do anything to smear them over nonsense....just look at them attack Palins cute little 5 month old Trig, and the attacks on her teenage daughter. You guys are really sick.

Honestly, how many normal intelligent people would vote for a Senator abusing tax payer's money to get their wife a raise like Obama has? How do you Obamabots justify this type of cronism?

chattyway---um yes she got alot of earmarks, but i know you republicans will never admit mistakes.

What did Palin do as governor....for one balanced the budget, and spoke out against EARMARKS....you know the taxpayer money that certain Senators Obama abuse to repay their corrupt friends or get their American hating wives raises. As soon as Obama became Senator he gave a big taxpayer's earmark to Michelle's bosses and they nearly tripled Michelle's pay in return. I don't want my tax money going to get Obama's wife a raise.

the republican convention looks like a local meeting at a nurseing home..wow what an out of touch out of time party they are... no more old politics of give to the rich and screw the poor. no way no how no mccain. there were a few younger people there but they were with there parents. just doing what they were told.

I thought things would become so boring once Hillary was SHOVED aside, but noooo. Come on, Demcrats, admit it; that was one fast-curve-ball from the Republicans. I still feel disillusioned after how much I believed and put into the Democratic Party, but I am watching and realizing that the weird, sexist extreme left who suddenly became concerned with RACE when there were so many other concerns on the table (that Hillary was ready, with a plan to solve) are facing the masters of the Old Dirty Politics game that Obama criticizes while using. Republicans are at the mound against the Democrats. And that Biden pick did not excite the Democrats the way the Palin pick excited the Republicans. Write this down in your journals people, because in this campaign we are making a UNIT full of history. Pay attention; these are extremely interesting and culturally significant times.

Who cares about these. One thing is sure clear: Obama stinks!

Too much pressure is going to be hitting Bristol. She has lots to plan for and consider - I believe it irresponsible for McCain to ask and Mrs. Palin to accept that her daughter be held up to the scrutiny she will be exposed to. This will change her life - I hope for the better, but wouldn't roll those dice with my child.

I was for McCain 8 years ago but he's aged noticably and it appears to me he's changed his position on many issues and can no longer be considered any kind of maverick - which was a positive trait. Instead, he now stands firmly with a standard Republican agenda. And, given his choice of VP - a very poor choice I might add, I can't back him now. Time for a change - vote OBAMA.

Wow! Now it's the democrats who are trying to swiftboat a woman just like Hillary Clinton! I guess it is just politics as usual and a change for the worse!

It's weird: I look at the GOP Convention on TV and it looks like the night of the living dead. I mean all I see are a bunch of white-haired wrinkly old men and women. Not only is their hair white, almost all of the people are white. I was wondering if this were a meeting of the Ku Klux Klan I heard about years ago. I did not see one black, red, yellow or brown face at all. It this the new Republican party or the Old?

It was just pointed out to me that Palin herself had a shot gun wedding.

Palin "eloped" with her husband Todd, in 1988. Just EIGHT months later, their first son, Track, was born.

I think Palin was chosen for historical value, as the first republican female to be a vice presidential candidate, but it was done in haste. From a female standpoint, I do not think she is exceptionally educated or has remarkable intellegence. There are some relevant points to this years election concerning Palin, however. Her household is not perfect and reflects a more realistic ideal of the American family. Americans are individualists and truly do not have long term relationships, and the idea we see is that the president and any other governing official has a the stereotypical household ie spouse, 2 kids.This is not true at all. I personally can't wait for a single parent to appear in the elections. Palin's disclosure as far as job performance should be considered a resume. I hope that we as Americans can focus on the issues that concern us all, based on what's relevant.

One thing needs to be made clear. Republicans are having a lot of discussions about Sarah Palin not just dems. I'm surrounded by lots of republicans from family, to people on campus, to strangers and they all have concerns about this woman. These are die hard Bush loving republicans, so I think is wishful thinking that it's just the dems.

Did Palin Really Fight The “Bridge To Nowhere?”

A LIAR FROM DAY ONE!

Sarah Palin, in her first news conference stated that she was against the “Bridge to Nowhere” from day one. Republicans have been heavily touting Sarah Palin's reformist credentials, with this supposed opposition to Alaska's "Bridge to Nowhere" But how hard did she really fight the project? Not very, it seems. Here's what she told the Anchorage Daily News on October 22, 2006, during the race for the governor's seat (via Nexis):

5. “Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?”

“Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now--while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.”