Michigan Independents Cold to Alaska Governor*

Keep it up Jake- you're obviously terrified of this women who's had the courage to actually 'do' what other supposed agents of change will only talk about.

Hank why are you furious that Afghanistan wasn t mentioned? Don t you think McCain knows about it and how crucial it is? What are you actually furious about? I think it is clear that McCain brings the more credible answer to the situation.

LOL....the mainstream media pimped again -- whether by the Code Pinkos or by somebody in the Free Press' newsroom.

Whoever did it, all of this is music to my ears. It's about time you guys were exposed.

Was Bill Burkett an independent on the panel too?

Jake,

You are losing your entire credibility over this. Time to cut and run!

A third "independent" on the Detroit Free Press (DFP) panel -- who you quote -- is a man named George Lentz, a liberal activist professor who has been engaged anti-Iraq war activism, and gay marriage activism. Check out the NRO blog, "ABC Touts Anti-Palin 'Independents' Who Are Actually Anti-war Activists" by John McCormack.

The writer of the original DFP story conceded that many of the so-called the "independents" had been given by people in the newsroom to an administrative aide to put on the list.

Their story is completely bogus!

Jake, it is barely laudable that you have *noted that two of the independents were actually Code Pink members, and so, therefore, not independents at all. But do you really believe that a footnote is sufficient to rehabilitate this bogus story? It seems to me that your credibility is at stake here.

They were intentional plants, Jake, and so this whole exercise by the Detroit Pree Press is completely suspect! How could you not conclude that at a minimum the process the Detroit Free Press used to select representative "independents" was comletely corrupted? How can you, therefore, continue to give it any credibility at all?

Jake, I have followed your blog with interest, but you are simply being taken apart on some other sites.

Are you going to join Dan Rather and say it was "fake but true?"

What I am reading has been quite pleasing to me. As someone who has made up his mind for Obama, it is hard to be objective sometimes when watching these speeches. I was sure Republicans would love Palin and Dems would hate her, and also thought independents would be turned off. What I have been reading and hearing is proving that to be accurate. I thought her speech was way too negative, disrespectful and sarcastic, especially for an introductory speech to the nation - huge mistake. The media is playing nice because she read the prepared speech well, but it has been very overrated. She will lose McCain more votes than she will get him.

It is offensive for the Republicans to nominate a VP candidate based on her gender or religion, but it is all OK for the Democrats to nominate someone for the President who has zero experience and "did I mention he is black"? Wake up, people. History of him being the first black man being elected to the highest office will not help to reduce the price of oil, food, repair roads and bridges, strengthen our military etc. His program will, but from what I can see he is weak and undecisive on pretty much anything and everything. His economic program is more of the same bs Democratic policy we have been seeing during Carter years. His team of 300 foreign policy advisers needed three days to come up with a proper draft about Georgia. He is spending his raised money faster than he can raise it.

Klondike Barbie is a cheap stunt. The only good thing is this should (somewhat) shut up social conservatives about how it's always the parents fault when teens get pregnant.

I'm sure she excited the repub base.
But they will vote for Maccain even without her.
But, repub base is minority these days.
So what does Maccain gain from this pick?
as a obama supporter, i was worried that he might choose Rommey, then Michigan can go to Blue. Now i feel relieved. Thank you , Maccain....

Palin = Eva Peron in Alaska Version

Why?
first, she is power hungry
secondly, she misuses power
lastly, she is saintly

Great for the 3rd world
Thanks, no thanks for America

Ms. Palin can sure read a speech written for her by someone else. However, I could take only so much of her voice and her condescending attitude before I had to shut her off. No, never, not in a million years. Pack her up and send her back to Alaska.

Two of those "independents" are members of Code Pink, and Lentz is a member of "Social Justice" group that is avowedly anti-war and pro gay marriage.

I'm impressed: you managed to find lefties who don't like Palin. What's the next trick? Locating some Klansmen who don't like minorities?

Is there anybody left in the media with more than three operating brain cells? Don't you realize that this sort of half-assed reporting only helps the Republicans?

Just vote for a third party candidate. It really is that simple.

Either Nader or Barr offer more substance than these two nincompoop tickets combined.

These are the two most hilarious tickets the GOP & Dems have ever fielded.

I find myself almost insulted by the two choices they are offering in 2k8.

How can any true supporter of Hillary switch to the Republican party? Palin stands for exactly the opposite of what Hillary did. Does that mean that you only cared about Hillary because she's a woman? Or does it mean that you're petty enough to back someone whose beliefs you disagree with simply because you feel like your candidate got screwed over? How is that going to help our country? How would voting for someone simply because of their gender or skin color help the nation? Wake up, people. The only person you should consider voting for is the person whose beliefs most closely match your own. For me, that equals Obama. If you don't have beliefs then don't vote...

More nasty attacks, and some very personal mocking, this won't resonate with female voters, only white trash from woods. Watch the republicans not even get a bounce, prob a loss in polls...

Didn't even talk about issue #1,(economy) spent all their time attacking another American. Thats not gonna solve our problems

I suspect a lot of these former Hilary supporters who've switched to McCain/Palin were GOP plants in the first place who liked the novelty of a woman running for office. They were never progressives. In their hearts, they were always part of the GOP base, and now they've returned to the GOP taskmasters to await further orders.

I think McCain blew Michigan and Florida with this VP pick.

Carolyn, It's Barack, not Barrak.

I live in Michigan and have supported Senator Obama over the past 18 months (as has most of my entire family), but others at my place of work who were not supporting Senator Obama yet wanted to hear Sarah Palin speak last night. Well, I have to say as of this morning Senator Obama has 14 more supporters as Sarah Palin did NOT impress any of them (10 women and 4 men), no wonder Senator Obama has raised over 10 million since last night.....he will win in Michigan.

Cinna,
Lack of hubris? Where's her personal seal, her Berlin speech, her 2 memoirs at the ripe age of 47, her Greek columns? She's a self-made woman. She's more qualified for VP than BHO is to be President.