Palin, Iraq and 9/11

With all this talk about Palin you would think SHE was running for Pres. If I were McCain I would be jealous!!

OBAMA/BIDEN our next Pres. and VP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As a female business owner and Republican (moderate and currently undecided as to presidential election), I found the Palin interview fair and balanced. However, I was disturbed by her lack of knowledge on national security/foreign relations...she reminded me of myself when I just started out in business...determined, yes; prepared, not really, but I honestly thought I was...however, somehow I expected the party to prepare Palin properly, but then again she didn't have much time to prepare for this task of running for VP. So, I rate Palin's performance as 'fair' and had she shown more confidence, my rating would be a bit higher. She seemed 'on edge'...which for me, as a business executive was very surprising. Gibson is nothing compared to the series of very difficult interviews everyone who holds the two top positions in the land faces almost everyday. The interview helps some of us understand why our party has kept her away from the national media. She should do much better when interviewed by our conservative commentator Sean Hannity on Pox News. I'm glad there are 50+ days left to give me more time to push away from all the news jabs so I can make the best decision in November. Unlike some, my vote will not be on personalities. As an informed women, I value my vote, my voice...my ancestors fought too long and worked too hard for me to base my vote on something so foolish as personality or gender. For me, it's facts and not fluff. The challenge is getting past all of the 'talking heads' (I find our commentators particularly misleading and have voiced my frustrations to them). Lately, I've had to turn them off. But I can't turn to the newspaper because there is too much bias there on both sides. Does anyone know where to truly find unbiased news? I find myself turning to C-Span more than I ever have in the past.

You can twist Palin's words any way you choose. If it comes down to who the majority of Americans trust to keep our country safe, the Republican ticket will win.

Some of you Obama supporters are showing signs of unmitigated desperation in your comments. You really hate the fact that Sen. McCain has chosen an incredibly superior vice presidential running mate (even your own VP candidate said that he wasn't the best choice) that you have to reach to the bottom of the sewer for your personal attacks against Sen. McCain, Gov. Palin (and her family) and all conservatives. And I thought the Democratic Party was the party of inclusion and tolerance. You prove that you are tolerant of only those of a like ideology. So much for "The One's" mystical powers to unite everyone into a message of hope and change. It's just the same ol' hatred towards those who disagree with you.

What you Obama supporters fail to understand is that Republicans win when the base of the party is energized. And Sen. McCain's selection of Gov. Palin has more than energized the Republican Party she has energized Independents and disenchanted Democrats. Sen. McCain has more legislative experience and foreign policy experience than Sen. Obama! And Gov. Palin has more executive experience than Sen. Obama and Sen. Biden combined.

I think since Gibson asked Obama the same question at the NH debate, it would have made a good comparison contrast to point that out. I also think that ABC's editing was too severe, crossed the line, and when you see the video of her actual speech...it shows that Gibson was wrong when he said, "EXACT WORDS" He took that from an AP report that was hacked, then hacked it more. Sad. I expect this kinda thing from FOX or MSNBC, but not ABC.

The ENQUIRER has learned exclusively that Sarah's oldest son, Track, was addicted to the power drug OxyContin for nearly the past two years, snorting it, eating it, smoking it and even injecting it. And as Track, 19, heads to Iraq as part of the U.S. armed forces, Sarah and her husband Todd were powerless to stop his wild antics, detailed in the new issue of The ENQUIRER, which goes on sale today.

The source also divulged the girls would do anything for Track and he’d use his local celebrity status to manipulate other guys “to get them to steal things he wanted.”

“He finally did what a lot of troubled kids here do,” the source divulged. “You join the military.”

And as Gov. Palin has billed the state of Alaska for various expenses related to her children, as reported by The Washington Post, The ENQUIRER's investigation reveals that she was so incensed by 17-year-old Bristol's pregnancy that she banished her daughter from the house.

Ryan C,
Some people live in nostalgia; some people just cannot afford that.

Sadly, Sarah Palin expressed what many Americans still believe to this day -- the Iraq War was retaliation for the 9/11 attacks. There are only two possbile conclusions -- She is either ignorant herself about the truth or, in a strategical political move, is happy to advance the ignorance of the American people as long as it keeps bringing the "fear" votes in for the Republican party.

Gov Sara Paulin is just another Stupid Person. She has no idea of anything and is the worst choice for VP ever made. Hope when this is over and she is again a full time govenor she is found guilty of abuse of power at the least. Boooo

"But it is widely agreed that militants allied with al-Qaeda have taken root in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion. "

Could you do your readers a favor quoting this paragraph?"

Yes so that they can see as Plain talks about the ones who actually attacked us and conflates them with a supportive organization of the same name that was not in Iraq until we invaded in 2003.

from WaPo:

"The idea that the Iraqi government under Saddam Hussein helped al-Qaeda plan the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, a view once promoted by Bush administration officials, has since been rejected even by the president himself. But it is widely agreed that militants allied with al-Qaeda have taken root in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion. "

Could you do your readers a favor quoting this paragraph?

"You want to know what I think? I think you are spending a hell of alot more time picking through Sarah Palin's words than you have ever spent picking through Obama's words."

Waaaaaaaahhhhh

Stop writing about the only interview our VP nominee has given.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!

You want to know what I think? I think you are spending a hell of alot more time picking through Sarah Palin's words than you have ever spent picking through Obama's words.
Why is that?

"a place where al Quaeda once had a stronghold and is now being rooted out."

And when did this Al Queda stronghold come into being?

Sarha Palin very well showed that she IS READY to lead the country:
-To Nowhere!

I think she watches too much FoxNews.

One often-cited research study about the faulty news coverage of Fox News is from the University of Maryland Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA) Research Center. Released in October 2003 and titled "Misperceptions, The Media and The Iraq War," the researchers from Knowledge Networks in Menlo Park, Calif. conducted a poll with nearly 10,000 respondents. The study was to see the frequency of misperceptions concerning the news coverage on the Iraq War. The questions focused on whether Iraq was involved with the 9/11 terrorist attacks, whether Iraq was supporting al-Qaeda terrorists, whether weapons of mass destruction have been found, and whether world opinion was for or against the U.S. invading Iraq. The reality was that no links between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda terrorists have ever surfaced and no weapons of mass destruction have been found. In general, world opinion about the U.S. invasion of Iraq is overwhelmingly negative or non-supportive.

I think those are perfectly valid comments from a mother of a child deploying on 9/11 to go serve his country in Iraq -- a place where al Quaeda once had a stronghold and is now being rooted out.

The WaPo is already backtracking on their misreporting of this and have performed a "stealth edit" at their web site of the lying paragraph. So I guess that settles it that Governor Palin was NOT implying or saying outright that Saddam ordered 9/11 and that's why Coalition troops are in Iraq.

And speaking of stealth edits, Mr. Tapper, how about ABC prove that it's not part of the dinosaurs of the (print) media and put all of the unedited video footage online? You know, so we can really see everything that was asked and answered?

I realize that you're not a "suit" at ABC, but maybe you can try to influence the brass to air all of the footage online. It's what the hip kids would do.

One little smidgin of fact has been briefly mentioned in this ongoing diatribe that is worthy of more attention. It displays the uncaring, in fact, callous attitude of Sarah Palin's puppetmasters, as well as herself, for being party to it. Great play was given to a "deployment ceremony" for her 19 year old son, several months before his deployment to Iraq. I cannot help but wonder how many members of National Guard units, recalled, although unwilling reservists, victims of Bush's hidden draft, and even members of our volunteer military have been graced with such media event "deployment ceremonies". The press was not even permitted to cover the "undeployment" of 4,155 American dead repatriated in flag draped boxes and scant attention is paid to the 30,568 "offically" wounded in combat in Iraq. Ditto, Vietnam. How many of the 53,000 dead had "deployment ceremonies" held in their honor? I didn't, nor did three of my brothers. Every one of those 53,000 paid a much higher price than Sen. McCain. We get tired of hearing about the "heroism" of survivors, but when it comes time to pass the hat for funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the heroes are nowhere to be seen. It is high time to strip off the flag of Chauvinism and get to work on repairing the damage done to this country on all sides by the failed, outgoing administration. It is not going to be done by adopting Rovian election tactics or those same failed policies.

It's obvious to most people that Saddam hasn't been in Iraq for close to five years, and that Palin was speaking recently. Now, I do give WaPo the understanding that they haven't been covering Iraq all that much since things have been going well for the US, so maybe that's why the article's author is confused and thinks Saddam is still in charge over there.