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Hey, are we the only ones who noticed the energizer bunny at the door of the white house behind George Stephonopolis during his comments on world news tonight with Charlie Gibson. That was just too funny.

I was ready to vote for McCain til he nominated Palin, ( and I doubt he made that decision, it was forced on him). Maybe alot of Moms can relate to a family with a pregnant 17 year old. I can't. Prove that you can run your house before you step into a posotion where you may end up running a country and legislate what other people should do. What happened to christian values and morals or is that only for the other guy.

I was ready to vote for McCain til Palin was nominated as VP candidate. Maybe some Moms can relate to a woman with 5 kids and a pregnant 17 year old. I can't . Prove that you can keep your own house in order before you try to run a state or country. What happen to good christian morals and keeping an eye on your kids.

McCain should have done his homework.
For those who would like to see what's real, our politicians records are a matter of public record...how did they vote, did they show up for work, what panels did they serve on, what bills have they sponsored or co-sponsored. With all of this at our fingertips via the internet and everyone is still wondering who has done what... Look it up... READ... become truly informed and I am sure that all of you will make a wise, informed decision on Nov. 4.

I don't believe that Palin really wants Alaska to be an independent nation. I think that this election has electrified people on both sides of the ticket and that Obama and Palin are the driving forces behind it.

With the economy and path that we're on we need Obama in office to unify the country and bring out the best in everyone. Although, I am glad that Palin is on the republican ticket cause America is better off having more people passionate about what they believe. We're forced to throw everyone's ideas, beliefs and actions into the melting pot and we'll all be better off for it.

Vote Obama | Biden '08

If Obama wins, I think I'll move to Alaska, join the AIP and fight to secede from the United Socialist States of America!!

I can't believe the hatred and passion that one person has stirred up. People get a life. You are all so obsessed and consumed with hatred. I feel alot of it is also jelousy. If you all had any intelligence you would know the mainstream news who are looking for any credible bit of dirt on Sarah would be all over this story. The reason they are not is because there is no proof. Sarah is a good christian women who wants to help this country get back on track. Get over yourself.

I want to know if Palin considers the AIP to be the 'real' pro-america she keeps mentioning in her addresses.

Did anyone actually read this article? I see people saying that she never denied belonging to the AIP when it blatantly says in there that they said "allegations are false."

At least Palin has run a small business, a state and a national guard. She obviously ran the state well. You don't get an 80% approval rating for being a bad governor. And I know about bad governors.. I live in NJ. What has Obama run? Oh, that's right.. nothing. He just votes "present" on every controversial issue.

ALASKA FIRST! YOU PEOPLE JUST WANT OUR OIL! GO, GO, SARAH AND TODD!

Crabby, you wrote that you were sickened by the video of Palin's "hobby." Well, it sickens me too, but did you also know that last June she ordered the deaths of a wolf pack and then she had her state biologists DRAG 15 wolf pups, a month old, out of their dens to held down and shot in the head. All of them! Against Alaska law which forbids killing nursing mothers and pups who are still in the den. Palin also is for the slaughter of the wild mustang. She hates all animals, even domestic ones like cats. She is dangerous and her affilation with that party that wants to secede from the United States is scary. She is not who she is trying to make America think she is. She is power hungry, and I hate to think of what she will try to do if she gets in to any office of real power. I am a Republican and I am not voting for McCain because of Palin!

The McCain campaign has tried to bamboozle the public by producing Palin's Republican voter registration records and saying those prove she was never a member of the AIP. Actually, membership in a party is entirely different from being a registered voter in that party; and many small parties urge their members to vote and run for office as a member of a major party, as a strategy for getting their policies enacted. Palin has done nothing to disprove her membership in the party.

This is amazing! CNN tried to explore the AIP/Palin connection but the story was deep-sixed and never made it onto their website.

She accuses Obama of "paling around with terrorists" but what about her -- she's the one who has been quite clearly "paling around with traitors."

At the very least we have her video welcome for the opening of the Alaska Independence Party's recent convention. That's on U-Tube and was broadcast on CNN. That's been since she was governor.

So is it traitorous to advocate that a state or group of states break away from the United States? I think so.

Palen and her unknown-quantity husband have definitely been paling around with traitors.

I heard about this and I am sure great efforts have been made to cover this up by both parties involved. Her erratic behavior makes this very plausible. She might not be a great political speaker but she has her hands in some scary stuff here. Seriously, how the heck would Alaska defend itself on its own? It is teeming with resources. What is it going to do, join forces with Quebec succeeding from Canada?? She would be seeing Russia from her house alright... with a Soviet flag planted on her front yard. I don't think she realizes how crazy this is and I hope to god she has dropped this idea. These fringe movements border line on treason like racist and other extremist groups do.

I FIND IT INTERESTING WHEN PEOPLE DONT ANSWER THE QUESTION(S). WHEN ASKED IF PALIN WAS A MEMBER OF AIF THEY(THE MCCIN COMPAIGN) ANSWER THAT SHE IS AND ALWAYS HAS BEEN A REPUBLICAN...THATS LIKE SAYING YOU CANT BE A SHRINER AND A DEMOCRAT
AT THE SAME TIME... DOES IT HAVE TO BE EXCLUSIVE ONE FROM THE OTHER? JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION. AND THE NEWSIES...MAKE SURE THEY DO ANSWER THE QUESTION, OR MAKE IT KNOWN WHEN PEOPLE DONT FULLY ANSWER THE QUESTION ASKED.

are you all serious? am i the only person who sees this as a positive? that means she will care about states rights and a return to a true federal system, BTW the civil war did not answer the question of secession it changed the answer, the states always had the right to leave before that, look at the Virginia notice to the congress when it ratified the constitution.

AIP sounds like a domestic terrorist organization. Wasn't it Palin who was saying Obama hangs out with terrorists, I am thinking it is Palin who hangs out with them. So much for McCain's judgment, he can't even pick a good running mate.

McCain has basically lost control of the Republican Party. The Republican Party has become a stark raving mob under the McCain, Palin’s leadership. Now he is trying to conduct damage control and the mob is resisting his efforts. We are Americans. We need a leader that can stay on course with a steady hand. We need a leader who can motivate us in positive way. We need a leader to unite this nation, to solve our economic issues, and to lead us in a positive way. We definitely don’t need a Vice president that condones and tolerate a radical group that wants to withdraw the State of Alaska from the United States.
Senator McCain has fallen off the path of leadership and honor.

These AIP crackpots have never heard of "Seward's Folly" Aside from Manhattan's purchase with beads, Alaska is actually the only territory that was bought and paid for by the U.S. Government. AIP has no legal claim to any of the lands of Alaska. And, If they don't like it, they can pack their bags and leave.

I never before had reason to question any major candidate’s patriotism, even one whom I disagreed with, but of Governor Palin, I believe this is a legitimate issue.

She has spoken favorably of the goals of the secessionist Alaska Independence Party three times, most recently in 2008. Her husband was a member of the AIP for 7 years until very recently. This is a party whose founder said, "I am an Alaskan, not an American" and whose charter calls for separating from the United States. For a Governor to praise the goals of such a party should raise serious questions about her judgment and her ultimate loyalty to her country (America, not Alaska). Was she angling to be President of Alaska? Don't laugh; the Confederate States of America met extensively in party format before ultimately seceding from the Union. In addition, we share no border with Alaska, "America's only arctic state," as Ms. Palin put it to ABC's Charlie Gibson. Losing 1/5 of America's land mass, and its single largest supplier of oil, should not be taken lightly; thousands of members of the Alaska Independence Party don't.

As for racism, it might be helpful to know where she stands on the issue of whether she believes the world was created about 6,000 years ago, as described in the bible. Aside from being wildly scientific and irrational, such a belief also coincides with a belief that God created all the races in their present “pure” form, instead of all human beings having descended from a common racial ancestor, and then splitting off into the various races we see today. Many people who believe in the literal interpretation of the bible also do not believe the races should co-mingle, as Obama’s parents did, since it is, in their view, against God’s original design. This is directly relevant to Palin’s views on race relations.

If they want their independence I suppose that means they want to turn the land back over to the native people. Right??????

HA!!! You say that their goal is INDEPENDENCE, huh? Yeah, right!!!!

You do that through referedums, not hatred for America garbage. Their founder stated that hell is cold as an ice berg compared to his hatred for the U.S. government.

Their current leader admits that Palin has an open door policy for him and that he has never been denied an opportunity to visit her office.

He also talks about her being their insider and helped to get her elected as mayor and governor.

Go to Salon.com if you want to know the facts.

Lastly, who are they to want to "reclaim the land from the U.S. government. If anything, why don't we give it back the native people of Alaska and not those who invaded the land and displaced or killed the native people of that land?

Palin is pallying around with ALASKA SEPARATIST, Tod Palin. This person would be in heart beat away?
How risky can you get?

When McCain chose Palin to be his VP, he put the county LAST.

Sarah Palin is George Bush with lipstick. She lies, deceives, denies, blames, distorts. Attack your opponent with what you are guilty of. Typical Rovian tactic.

People who live in glass houses shouldn't cast stones.
She was far too cozy with a group that hates America.

I just pulled this answer from the FAQ section of the AIP website. Please NOTICE THE LAST SENTENCE.

Q: Would I lose my U.S. citizenship?

A: Depending on the form of independence, several forms of citizenship would be possible, including the retention of U.S. citizenship or dual citizenship. However, considering the moral, educational, and economic decay of the U.S., Alaskans' who hold themselves to a higher standard might very well decide to at least maintain an arm's length distance from a country in decline.

I see that some of the kool-aid enthusiasts are still flogging that dead horse of Obama's "lack of experience." He has been in the Senate about twice as long as Palin has been governor and during that time he did a lot more actual governmental work than Palin did. Before that, while Palin was a mayor who needed a city manager to govern a town of 6,000 people, Obama was a state senator who represented many multiples of that number. Palin was a member of the PTA while Obama was in the streets showing people how to stand up for their rights and use the government for their own benefit rather than their detriment. McCain, despite all the time he has been a senator, still doesn't know as much about the economy and domestic policy as Obama does,and there is ample evidence that he doesn't know as much about foreign affairs as he thinks he does.

but you see, we don't have to prove sarah was an actual registered member of this group as the game is all about associations now. and what closer association can there be than the one she sleeps in bed with every night??? her husband was a card carrying member of the hate-america, extremist, alaska independence party.

it's FAIR GAME NOW SARAH!

RB posted :

Barrack Obama and John McCain spend their working days as Senators researching, thinking about and voting on issues of national and international issues relevant to our country. Sarah Palin,based in her answers, evidently, has not. She may or may not be a good govenor for her state but she clearly is not ready for the presidency. That she thinks she is, is what truly scares me about her. She said in an interview in that she had no hesitation whatsoever in saying "yes" to John McCain's asking her to be heart beat away from being president. I want someone in who thought long and hard about it. I want someone in office who is confident enough to take charge and scared enough of the potential consequences of his actions that he hires the best people as his advisors and considers all angles before making decisions. Whomever gets into office has a very tough task ahead. I don't envy them.

Barrack Obama is the best of the two choices for president. He is smart, thoughtful, and looks into the future in terms of global warming as well as long term economic and foreign policy impacts. While he is not perfect, he has my vote.

And for the record, I am a woman. I would like to see someday a President and/or a Vice-President who happens to be a woman. But gender will not matter at all after the election, only policy.

Nor should "history" be a reason to put a woman into the V.P. slot. Extremely strong women have run very difficult countries, including Pakistan and Israel. We just have not yet had the right person to run who happens to be a woman. (Hillary was close but had made too many enemies to be electable).

Poor Sarah. The GOP taught her nothing but talking points. Maybe you noticed during her debate how surprised she looked when Biden discussed McCain's issues. She didn't have enough info to even know if Biden was correct. Before she even walked on the convention stage the media was already programmed to be
her enemy, yet the GOP would not even let her engage. When they finally did let her talk to the media, it wasn't a gentle push into right wing media to get her feet wet, - no, it was right on to Charlie Gibson and Kaitie Couric. That way the GOP could continue to complain abt how badly the media treats poor Sarah. Then, what do they do - well, listen to her now, spouting all her vitriol against Obama. You think this wasn't planned by the Republicans? They didn't pick a real woman capable of handling this job because a real candidate wouldn't put up with this b.s. Did you see her with McCain during the Couric interview? He's shushing her and talking over her like the old man he is. He treats her like his prize fight dog. She thinks she's on the way to becoming a big deal V.P. and on the way to Pres in 2012, when in fact, she'll be on her way to Alaska, the land she really loves, after they lose. In the event this R. strategy works.....well, gosh darn, I'll betcha Granpa John will be darn glad she has so many kids 'cuz that'll keep her out of gov't business where she clearly doesn't belong.

NOTICE: SARAH PALIN NEVER DENIES BEING A MEMBER OF SECESSIONIST AIP; AND NO ONE MENTIONS TODD PALIN, HER HUSBAND, WAS A MEMBER OF SECESSIONIST AIP -- STILL LETTING OTHERS IN MCCAIN CAMPAIGN LIE FOR HER -- GOTTA LOVE IT --AND BY THE WAY, NO ONE CAN ERASE HER VIDEOTAPE SUPPORT OF SECESSIONIST AIP THAT IS LISTED IN THE ARTICLE.....HHHMMMMMM.

Biden's Son, Brother Named in Two Suits

....in part
"A son and a brother of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, court records show."
....more

By Kimberly Kindy and Joe Stephens
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, August 24, 2008; Page A09

Now, are all you folks really wanting to rumble?
Aug 2008 vs 1994

Just proves she really CAN work across party lines.

This blogs also proves to me that "O" is scared to death of her on the ticket. Watch the polls in the next weeks. A surprise is coming and it may just be a early snowstorm but we shall see.

CHANGE YOU WON'T REGRET!!

Obama is going to play this ace card a week or two before the election, while McCain will resort to outright made-up lies. Mark m words.

If the McCain/Palin campaign is really going to play dirty with Ayers and Wright, then I think the Obama folks need to pick this one up and run with it. An ad showing a clip of her video address interspersed with some of the the leader's quotes would be appropriate. Right now the Obama campaign seems to be fighting back with the Keating 5 stuff, but it doesn't pack the same emotional/psychological punch as the accusations that Palin et. al. are making. A juxtaposition of Palin's close association (if not membership) with a group of successionist radicals plus a reminder of McCain's participation in the S&L scandal might do it.

In observing Palin's body language closely when with McCain (and I am a well trained observer) I see that she does not like or care for McCain in the least. He is but a stepping stone for her. Her actions and reactions are rote and simply superficial acts. There is no connection whatsoever from Palin to McCain- he is simply an object to be used for her own advantage. Very, very dangerous to this country.

Jake: You need to do an update on this story especially since Palin likes to make accusations about others associations with terrorists. AIP has a dark shrouded mystery to it including the murder of one of its leaders.
I know I saw it on AE last year-I think it was Cold Case or City Confidential. Please dig deeper. I am also going to dig it up.

you find the goal of the party is to succeed from the union.

thats secede from the union.

First if you read further in the AIP website it says their ULTIMATE GOAL is INDEPENDENCE! The reason for the reversion to Commonwealth Status or even Territory is the minor little technicality that the United States fought a Civil War that forever ends the right of a state to leave the Union!

Thus in their wild imaginations the only way is to first revert back to a Territory then wait a few years. As a territory they could then leave the Union!

I find it amazing that you would list that she attended their convention as a "courtesy" while Mayor! I imagine that her 2008 address to the Alaskan Independence Party was also a "mere courtesy". What does this show about her VALUES? Even if she was not a formal member? Imagine if that were Obama?

What does her Video Address to the AIP show about her judgment? What does the fact that no news reporters have asked her questions about this show how the news media is really in fact intoxicated with her putrid "folksyness"!

Sarah should stop wasting time with the political attempt -- her destiny is to be a talk show host.

Let me understand this--that party wants to return Alaska to the control of its original citizens? OK! Native Americans get a whole state back!

Palin is great. She is providing the best comedy in this race. Her extemporaneous answers to questions remind me of Miss Teen South Carolina ("everywhere like such as")

I don't care to discuss her family, however, her politics are important to me. I believe she is and still supports the Alaska Indep. Party and this coupled with many other lies .i.e told them "thanks but no thanks" on the bridge, sold plane on e-bay, build a road to nowhere, build a sports complex on land the town did not own resulting in 150 mil to be given to the owner. She has no real knowledge of foreign concerns...as evidenced by her lame comments on Katie Couric and even on S. Hannity avid supported of Mc Cain, she did poorly and he covered it up. She scares me with her religious convictions and I think Mc Cain knew all of this and wanted the presidency so badly that he lied from the get go to convince the public she was the answer. He truly has lost his mind. He cares that little for American that he would knowlingly put someone like her on as V.P. when he had so many better choices. He does not PUT AMERICAN FIRST....ONLY MC CAIN.

I guess all the people commenting about her inexperience, think that Obama is experienced. Could one Obama supporter please tell me about his wealth of experience.

As governor it is your responsibility to do what is best for your state. Amazing how no one realizes this simple fact.

I couldn't agree more with most of the public's opinion about Sarah Palin. What a disgrace...!! It would seem that John McCain and the Republican party has no shame. This is the most unqualified person to enter the race....ever!

It's so nauseating (and I am a woman who would love to see a woman in power), that I think of leaving the country if this "joke" of a candidate should become Vice President. This person's background smells too high heaven. This new baby, the daughter pregnant....this family unit is so shrouded with mystery.....her water broke and she flew five hours back to Alaska to give birth!!!! I don't think so!!! I still do not believe that this last baby is indeed Sarah Palin's child.....there is soooo much more to that story. Having this woman as a VP would be one of the worst things that has happened to this country since George Bush!!

Sarah Palin is the worst VP candidate, period. She basically serving the ultra-conservative agenda. Just because she is a women, she does not represent women's rights at all. All she does is stand next to her man (McCain) and look pretty. God forbid the media should ask her a question on any of the important issues this country. Her answers are evasive and blames the media for intrusion. I hope America makes the right decision at the polls this time

Hi Jake,

Did you edit Clark's comments after you posted this article?

In the Google cache of the article, and in every other re-telling of it, you quote Clark as saying

"But when she joined the party our platform was right under her nose."

This now shows an ellipsis instead of "when she joined our party." Did you not think that point was relevant (it's the most relevant part of the article!). Or do you now not think the quote is true?

Palin's political mentor (Hickel) is an AIP member (per Newsweek), Palin's husband is/was an AIP member (now "undeclared"), AIP leader Lynnette Clark thought Palin was a member (until McCain denied it), AIP Vice Chairman Dexter Clark told Southern Secessionists in 07 that Palin was a member and they too should "infiltrate" the other parties, Palin attended several of AIP's conventions and spoke live at 1 or more, and taped a speech to the 08 convention, talking of a "self-sufficient Alaska" (separate), and telling them to "Keep up the good work!" And is that the work of speaking against the US from Iran's pulpit at the UN, or getting blown up in "a plastic explosives sale gone wrong" (all works of the AIP founder - Vogler -before the Palins attended AIP). His hateful words against America are on the AIP website (and Pravda). So, how can McCain claim Palin is not part of this group? I don't get it?

now why on earth would gov. palin want to acknowledge her alliegance with a party that had such radical ideals such as seceding from this great country?
because she doesn't want the public to know. anyone who has been to alaska or lived there knows it is manned by outcasts and renegade types that do their own type of justice once you get outside of the larger urban areas...yeah, the urban areas do align with laws and things but hell, most of them carry guns to and from work anyways and that is the way the believe in settling disputes outside of city limits. she doesn't want you to know who she really is and once the veil of secrecy is lifted you will see that not only would she like to ban books, take away my rights to choose but she will have big brother invading every crack you own...count on it bubbas...
freedom?
hell...bush/cheney has already started chipping away at our freedoms, palin?
hell, we will be earmarking alot more things for alaska IF mccain wins.

It's funny. So many who are obviously democrats who say Palin has to go. Why do they care? If she's such a bad pick, shouldn't they want her on the ticket? Wouldn't it be easier to beat McCain if he has a train-wreck for a running mate? You people are disingenuous when you deny your fear of Palin, or when you characterize it as fear that she may someday be President. She has energized the base of the GOP, and everyone knows any political candidate must have the support of his/her base in order to win election. And for all of you so-called "lifetime Republicans" here who are now no longer going to vote for McCain... whatever. You've never voted Republican in your life. I'll bet you got an email from George Soros that said you should go to all the online articles about Palin and post this tripe. Anyone who says they were going to vote McCain, but changed their mind after the Palin pick, is a liar. Period.

I once really liked McCain and would have been thrilled to support a ticket with a woman on it, but not this ticket and not McCain any longer.

Which is more troubling? Michelle Obama stating, (possibly just misstating) that she is proud of her country "for the first time" or First Dude having been a member of a fringe secessionist party for a decade and sitting in on high-level meetings with his spouse, the governor, and possible VP of the USA?

What I find equally upsetting is Palin's hobby, especially after seeing a video of what this entails. It literally makes me feel sick. I'm not opposed to hunting, but this tactic is cruel.

I need to clarify to my prior
post.

The AIP takes the position that members of the armed forces and dependents should not have had the same voting rights prior to statehood that their civilian counterparts had.

If you look at the AIP's web site

you find the goal of the party is to succeed from the union.

That the party takes the position that members of the armed forces and dependents should not have the right to vote in Alaska (or that members of the armed forces/dependents should not have the same voting rights that other Americans have living in Alaska )

If you do more reading on the party you will find that:
The man who started the party hated America so much that he ask not to be buried in the United States.

That he talked about Alaska joining OPEC

Having lived in Alaska for 20 + years
I have run members of the AIP who like their leader hate America.

The differences between members of the AIP and other radically left or right wing groups is members of the other groups want to change America. Member of AIP don't want to change America they want to leave.

As someone who loves my country I can't understand why an American would join a group like AIP or why a person Like Ms Pain would have anything to do with these people.

At the very best it puts her judgment into question

Addressing their convention is no big deal. She's trying to gain their support for her legislative agenda and their votes in the next election. You will find any number of Republicans who have addressed Libertarian Party gatherings in the same way. The Democratic mayor of Houston addressed the Republican national convention in his city that year. Big deal.

Twenty-one years ago I was the mother of four children, the oldest who was sixteen and pregnant, the youngest age two with no special needs. I am an educated American, somewhat conservative and cannot understand where Sarah Palin stands. Anyone who has ever been a mother and puts her family first realizes that it is impossible to function in the political world with the cards she has been dealt. In my situation I was neither able to make rational decisions in my daily life nor was I able to remain focused for any length of time.

It will be virtually impossible for Sarah Palin to perform the job that she has agreed to take on in any productive manner.

Unfortunately she has chosen not to make her children a priority in her life and unfortunately has chosen to put her children on display for the American public to scrutinize and criticize. I feel for her children and the embarrassment she has caused them.

Forgive me for judging but Sarah Palin has no business running for Vice-President. She should know that our country needs someone who can step up and take over the job of leading our country in the event that something happens to our President. How on earth does she think she is capable?

Sarah Palin's place is looking after her two children with very special and unique needs.

mmills

Seems like the Alaskan Independence Party, Todd Palin and Rev. Isaiaha Wright are all on the same page. And all Bible-belt fundamentalists. Indeed strange bedfellows.

At the end of the day, Palin may speak well, she may be a baracuda or a maverick, but lord forbid if something were to happen to McCain I'm sure a majority of American people would be literally freaking out with the thought that someone with so little background would be running the country. Let's realistically look to that point in time and then come back to the present and realize that McCain did not make a good selection for the second most important job in the USA. He put into effect a short term strategy decision over what really is best for the country long term...which is a succession plan for himself should it be needed. It doesn't take a scholar to figure out she is not the most qualified for this job. I am an Independent and voted for Clinton and then George W....guess what, I'm back to Obama because of this serious gross miscalculation on the judgement of the Republican party. I actually like McCain but can't take this risk. Thanks but no thanks on the bridge to nowhere...that being the McCain/Palin ticket! If we wanted that bridge, we would have picked a different VP on the Republican ticket.

The AIP is a legally recognized party in alaska. Why not Google their page and see their history. So much for Palin's flag waving, Vogler hated the United States and there are recordings that have him saying that he hates the US flag and doesn't want to be buried here. Jack Coghill and Wally Hickel ran as AIP in 1990. Check it out in the State archives. Hichel supports Palin in her campaign TV spots, lots of them.

sarah Palin want to have her cake and eat it too, any Deccnt law abiding person would not take direction fron that Criminal Carl Rove who Refuses to go Before The Congress of The United states of America.we Pay his Salary and He refuses to Talk to us. I hope there is no Pension, for him, and No law License in any of the States in the Union and any Laywer out there Should Notify Their Bar Associations where he is Licensed to Pactice Law so that his license maybe revoked,

Conspiracy Theory-A Lot like Hollywood
What happened to John McCain while in captivity for five years under Communist control? Shouldn’t we ask that question of the next President of the U.S.A.? Could it be possible that John McCain is a sleeper agent programmed by Communist? After all, half of all POW‘s have had some sort of mind control performed on them. John McCain did say “he found his way”, during captivity. Why is John McCain so close with Georgian Lobbyist? Georgian rulers are ex-KGB. John McCain was visited by KGB interrogators while in captivity. And the KGB has been known to experiment with Mind Control. Why pick such an odd VP choice? When did McCain decide to pick Palin as a VP? November 17, 2006 McCain creates an exploratory committee to run for 2008 President icy. The same Month (Nov. 15th) Palin announces her run for Governor. In the event McCain is elected President, Look for McCain suicide and a Palin Presidency. I know this sound a lot like Hollywood, but don’t the events of the last couple weeks sound a lot like a Hollywood story.

I lived in Alaska for 6 years in the 90's. I was shocked by the attitudes of many Alaskan's towards the rest of the US. They looked at people from other states with contempt. They talked about how they hated it when other people came to Alaska to visit or live. "Those people" were outsiders and invading their state. They wanted just to be left alone. I heard many, many people talk about wanting to secede from the union. They resented the US government for interfering in their business. They definitely felt they were Alaskans first. Across the board that was the general sentiment. I don't know the Palins, but knowing how so many Alaskans felt, it definitely seems plausible to me.

It's hard to know which McCain I'd be voting for: would it be Senator McCain, or Candidate McCain?

Likewise... it would be hard to know which Palin we would get. Would it be separatist Alaska-first-Alaska-always Palin, or opportunistic socialist Bridge-to-Nowhere Palin?

I suppose the fact that McCain wanted to choose Lieberman as his VP instead could be a slight consolation... but seriously, if McCain can't even stand up to the Republican Party, how can he stand up to Al Qaeda?

Does anyone else realize that the Bush Administration's decisions have led us to Depend on foreign oil instead of alternative forms of energy, and that by doing so we are essentially putting money into the very pockets that are funding terrorism.
Now Republicans are offering quick solutions in the form of anti-environmental drilling practices, which they have been pushing for, for years. How convenient for them. The democrats really need to learn a little about manipulation from the Republicans. They're experts. Palin's entry into this is a joke... but watch it get the conservative vote. This all making Fox News' job far too easy.

McCain's campaign must realise how strong Obama's campaign is... they are copying it note for note.

-Nominating Palin to be thier own Celebrity...
-Copying the 'reform Washington' mantra... (though how could you beleive it for the R's?)
-Styling thier energy plan to sound just like Obama's....

I could go on... it seems that since the (R) smear campaign against Obama has failed, they have decided to simply embody Obama's campaign.

Man.... they must really love Obama in the Republican camp....

Next week McCain will have a 4 point lead which will stretch until the election. Final vote: 54% McCain/Palin, 45% Obama, 1% Other. Watch.

Come on people. Like any good story there are 2 sides. Time will show which of side is "right". Unless you personally know it to be true, nothing you hear or read is necessarily 100% true. It is always based on someones interpretation. Everyone is running off on both sides of what they know to be "true". Give it time, 45 to 60 days from now you may have a totally different opinion on your candidate. I am a member of the republican party. Sarah Palin has definitely shaken things up. It is good to be passionate. Not a big fan of Obama, but I will still wait and see how it all works out and make my decision in voting box.

It should also be noted that Palin's husband Todd served as the treasurer of her 1999 mayoral campaign, while he was an active member of the AKIP.

It should also be noted that Palin's husband Todd served at the treasurer of her 1999 mayoral campaign, while he as an active member of the AKIP.

If Palin is so quailified, why is she not at the top of the ticket as it would appear that based on GOP reasoning, she actually has more experience than McSame??

I also cannot believe that GOP surrogates claim she has foreign policy experience because Alaska sits across from Russia with the Berring Strait between the two!! Unbelieveable!! According to that logic, there are 48 Governors here in the contiguous portion of our country that also have foreign policy experience given Cananda to the north and Mexico to the South. How can anyone, even a Republican, buy into this garbage?

And it seems the only energy policy these "guys" can offer involves mostly drilling in our own country. Plus they blur the line between an energy policy and our national security, as if to say we will be safer by drilling in our own territory. Although I don't completely disagree with the idea of more domestic drilling, at least the Obama/Biden ticket goes beyond the GOP ticket by adding the importance of supporting alternative, clean energy efforts to decrease our foreign dependency.

All I took from what I watched of the RNC Convention is the attempt to sell an idea or a thought instead of solutions to our tough issues. But of course, the GOP ticket has no imagination or creativity with regard to the issues, yet we heard from Obama last week a very clear plan for how he intends to address the things.

I can't wait for the debates!!

Cheney in Georgia with $1billion, I think Putin might be correct afterall. "lets bomb your country so that our presidential candidate will get a boost and we'll give you $1billion for reconstruction" its sounds to me. What a deal! at the expense of human lives in georgia. Putin is former KGB He will give you intelligence report if you care.

As for makin Palin VP, This is how it sounds: "Forget the country, we will shout a make believe 'country first' when the whole world is watching but now Lets introduce the gender card so that we can win over Clinton supporters and we'll win the election. forget vetting for now I want a woman real bad. This election is do or die"

This election reminds me something about Mugabe.