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One more comment for defenders of Palin:

Please explain to me why Palin is a better choice to potentially be President of the United States than EACH of the following people. The terms "maverick" and "reformer" and any related terms may not be used without specific, irrefutable examples. You may NOT fall back on the tired old argument that Obama isn't experienced, either.

Here is your list:
Tom Ridge (former head of Homeland Security)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Con)

If the candidate had to be female:
Dr. Condoleezza Rice (Sec. of State)
Sen. Olympia Snowe (R -Maine)
Sen. Susan Collins (R - Maine)
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R - Texas)
Fr. Gov Christine Todd Whitman (past New Jersey governor and former EPA secretary)

That's just my preliminary list. When you finish explaining away these choices, there are more.

I'll wait for your response.

To Palin fans in general:

Her comment that Joe SixPack is "finally" being represented in the vice-presidency means that she DOES NOT know her history! Apparently the names Harry S Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, and Gerald R. Ford (all from poor or lower-middle class backgrounds) don't ring a bell with her... and those are just late 20th-century V-Ps.

To bosco5021:

Honey, those aren't US History AP questions by a long shot! I teach a "regular"-level US history class and I know my students could have aced them. Speaking of my students, here is the best quote ever from one of them (a 16-year-old girl): "Palin would be great as one of my friend's moms, but she is NOT ready to be vice-president!"

Amen, my child!!

Quite a few of you morons would support steak sandwich if it was the VP Nominee for the Republican Party. McCain has known for quite a while that Ifill was the moderator, but now that you have an unprepared candidate, you blame the refs before they play the game! You've been brainwashed from so many years of right-wing talk radio that you haven't even noticed what an abject failure the last seven years ago. Shame on you for wanting Joe Six-Pack to run the land-it's that type of thinking (or lack of) that is rapidly turning the U.S. into a third world country. Keep in mind that the office of the VP has been elevated substantially under Cheney/Bush-the vice-president helps to set policy. Seriously, Palin may have more "executive experience", but how relative it to the position she is vying for? I mean, W had oodles "executive experience"-how's that working out for his presidency? Palin NEVER CONSIDERED being president or vice-president, which means that she has NO PLAN. So, let's talk about who's better PREPARED, who's more level-headed in these troubled times, and who can formulate plans to help reverse our current course. In this election, the candidates are NOT evenly matched. I take my vote seriously, and I hope that all of you will, too.

Speaking of wacky clerics, Palin hasn’t distanced herself from the witch-hunting pastor Thomas Muthee. In fact, she credited him for her election as governor. “As I was mayor and Pastor Muthee was here and he was praying over me... He said 'Lord make a way and let her do this next step.' And that's exactly what happened."

I wonder if Muthee has been called in for another witchcraft-rebuking prayer session with Palin for the step up to VP.

Bosco,

Wanna know when the messiah gets caught without a prepared answer?

He say's things like, "I'm not opposed to nuclear waste."

Mike

You know I'm right. You bring up Gov. Palins church but ignore Sen Obama's. Is that all you got?

Ryan C

Censorship? These two newspapers have done no investigative journalism into Wright, Davis, Raines, Johnson,...

Sen Biden said the other day that President FDR went on television in 1929 when the market crashed. Problem: FDR wasn't president and tv didn't exist.

None of my lib friends knew of this gaffe till I told them. But there is no doubt that if Gov Palin had made this kind of error it'd led every news broadcast and been above-the-fold for three days, at least.

Their silence indicates their bias. They have no credibility. Journalism is dead.

Christmas must have come early for the Democrates.And the gift is.......Sarah Palin.

It is a myth Obama has been "Vetted"..ask him some gotcha questions. The media just coos up to him, and then turn around and ask Palin questions from the AP American history test. I don't care what she knows, I care about her character..who she is. Obama went to Rev Wrights church for 20 years..thats what kind of guy he is.

"No Republican could ever get away with having a ... minister like Jeremiah Wright"

Funny you should mention that just when Palin seems to be denying her membership in her church. Looks like she is getting away with the fact that she sits in church listening to anti-semetic rants.

"I will work to see both newspapers declare bankruptcy in my lifetime."

From the same group that screams about censorship

Exactly, Russ. Enough with gotcha journalism. Sarah’s accomplishments while in office are part of her biography & resume, and she might even know them by heart already. She would come across as able and confident and knowledgable. But the bias media keep shooting zingers at her instead, just hoping to trip her up on camera. Enough already! Start asking some hardball questions with Biden and Obama! Start off with what newspapers and magazines they read!

I like to think I'm pretty open to most of what's been going on- I can admit that Biden frequently says stupid things and recognize when Palin is painfully repeating the same talking points as answers to different questions. But reading that transcript, all I could think was, "Really Katie? With all that's going on in the world and America today, of all the relevant things that you could try to catch her off guard with, you decide that it's a matter of essential importance that we know what periodicals Sarah Palin may or may not read?" Great journalism, really top notch.

OMT, I had a politically diverse group of folks over for dinner this weekend.

NONE of the liberals or "moderates" knew of Rezko, Ayres, Johnson, Raines, or Frank Marshall Davis till I told them. You should have seen the look on their faces. It was like I just kicked them in the gut.

Nearly all of the conservatives knew. They'd all heard of Wright.

I've talked three people this week into cancelling their subscriptions to their local socialist rags. Two cancelled their Wichita Eagle-Beacon subscriptions, and one Denver Post. I will work to see both newspapers declare bankruptcy in my lifetime.

No Republican could ever get away with having a mentor like Frank Marshall Davis, a minister like Jeremiah Wright, "business partners" like Bill Ayres and Tony Rezko, have the looters of the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on their campaign team, and still be a viable candidate. EVER!

If Obama were a Republican with this kind of STINK around him, the Democrats could nominate the corpse of Jeffery Dahmer and still win.

Journalism is dead.

PS: Ifill MUST be replaced. MUST!

I see above wherein readers claim that they don't know Sara Palin . . . and then make insulting comments that absolutely prove they don’t.

Question: Do you guys really want to get to know the candidates, truly?

That’s easy. Evaluate them on their accomplishments, not the words.

At the upcoming debates ask them to reveal their greatest accomplishments while in office?

And by accomplishment, I do not mean what title they’ve achieved, but what they’ve actually done.

Being Chairman of a Senate committee for the last twenty years is of little importance if you’ve just been warming a seat. What have you actually accomplished?

The specific accomplishments a candidate is most proud of provide true insight into their highest priorities, thinking, governing philosophy, ability to work with others, and so much more.

Don't snake-oil me with platitudes, hopes, and dreams. Give me something I can really sink my teeth into: real accomplishments. Money talks, bull**it walks. You know, I’m precisely lookin’ for “where the rubber meets the road” kinda stuff.

If ABC’s Charlie Gibson and CBS’s Katie Couric are going to hold themselves out as true journalists then why did they not ask Gov Palin a single question about her accomplishments? Perhaps its because she isn’t their preferred candidate? Okay, I can understand that; but shouldn’t they have disqualified themselves from participating in the interview then? I mean, that what a real professional would do.

Right on, moderate! The bias media tries to paint Sarah as a far right fanatic. But she explained herself beautifully to that rude pushy Katie Couric. She would counsel a child who was the victim of rape to choose life. The product of that horrific horrific situation could then go on to be adopted into a loving home and everybody wins! The choice should always be life. But, she would allow for abortion if the mothers life was in danger. If Sarah was a far right winger like the haters say, she would let the woman die! And even though Sarah would like abortion to be illegal, she wouldn’t even put women behind bars for having abortions! She knows the meaning of forgiveness. But haters refuse to see that. God bless you, Sarah.

So what level of specificity are you after, Jake? You actually expected Sarah Palin to say exactly what sources of news she uses? As someone else noted below, would you ask that of Barack Obama? No, you would assume that he peruses the usual suspects, like the New York Times and the Washington Post. But that would not be an interesting thing to ask him. So why ask Sarah Palin? Well, to insult her, it seems to me. She says she reads broadly and I believe her. Katy Couric clearly did not, and neither do you. How strange. If the questions had been brought up some different way, in some less confrontational, less condescending way, I think Ms. Couric would have gotten a much different answer. Why not ask, for example, "Alaska is pretty remote from the lower 48 states. Do you have ready access to the New York Times there, for example? Do you read it in print, online, or do you ignore it entirely?" Pose the questions as if you expect an intelligent, positive answer and maybe you'll get one. Pose the questions as if you are trying to shine a spotlight on what you have decided is someone's ignorance and you will meet resistance. Get Real.

To all those who believe it is appropriate to have Gwen Ifil (author of a pro-Obama book) "moderate" Thursday's VP debate I have a proposal.

Let's appoint David Freddoso (author of another Obama book) as the moderator to the October 7th debate.

I'm sure Mr Freddeso can pose the insightful questions the media has refused to ask over the last 18 months.

Then, and only then, can we begin to even consider the possibility that Obama has been "fully vetted."

And in Thursday's VP debate, let's talk about Biden's and Palin's actual accomplishments rather than who they know and how long they've keep their seat warm.

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Gov Palin is a joke. That said has any one counted when she is asked a question that you get a valid Answer; or do you get a dance. Here when asked what she reads she could not name one, does she have a STM {Short Term Memory} problem, I do not think so.

Facts are facts, and she keeps digging a deeper hole. Digging away from proving she knows the fact: Or anything.

militarymom: You know after reading most of your posts I'm becoming very suspicious of you. I'm beginning to wonder WHAT MILITARY are you associated with. I'm starting to think things like the PLO, HAMMAS, ALQUIDA, IRANIAN REVOLUTIONARY GUARD, etc. Could you help us out a little bit and be a little more spicific, hhmmmmmm?

I think perhaps Michelle Obama spoke too quickly when she said she is proud of her country(men). I guess she had not met this one yet. Governor Palin may be the next one, after she drinks her six-pack, to vomit on the Prime Minister of Japan. John McCain did work with President Reagan but is Alzheimer's catching?

Oh, good grief. She gives an interview that is much smoother and more solid than her previous ones, and none of you media folks are talking about her answers on abortion, gay rights, evolution, etc.-- answers that show that she is NOT the far right nut bar media wish to spin her as. I have to wonder about the questions that elicited these answers of course-- reminiscent of the infamous Kitty Dukakis question from a long-ago debate (don't want ya'll to think I only defend Republicans. *G*), Couric asked an inflammatory question related to abortion. She didn't ask "So, are there any exceptions to your belief that abortion is morally wrong?" Instead she challenged, "So, if a fifteen year old girl is the victim of rape or incest, you still think she should not have an abortion?" (I may not have the wording exactly right, but that's the basis of her question.) She immediately followed up with a question about the morning after pill. Somehow not the phrasing of questions she tossed to Joe Biden last week. She wasn't challenging him constantly, asking him to defend his statements that a drunk driver killed his wife and daughter when the driver was not under the influence. That would have been tacky, I agree, but so were the questions she was presenting to Palin and that didn't slow her down a bit.

Anyway, today, rather than a post on the subject of, "Hey, remember all those silly rumors about Palin being a hard-core strict creationist, complete with silly ideas about the devil and dinosaurs? Remember how so many folks fell for that, including Matt Damon and other Hollywood types who lambasted her for views she never even held? Well, last night's interview should put those rumors to rest, as she presented a perfectly normal, perfectly reasonable support for teaching evolution in school and talked specifically about keeping faith out of the science classroom, as her father the science teacher always did." I didn't see that post here, Mr. Tapper. I remember people rushing to knock down persistent false rumors about Obama, from Muslim faith to fishy birth certificates. So why not defend Gov. Palin from the kook rumors as well?

No, we'd rather focus on the one awkward moment in the interview, when she declined to get specific about her reading matter. Know what? At that point in the interview, after all the questions Katy Couric has posed to her over the past week, I think I would have blown my top in Palin's shoes. I would have withered her by asking if Katy planned to ask Joe Biden about his choice of news sources, or Obama, or even McCain. We all know how ridiculous it would have sounded for Katy to ask such a question of these men. Yet, no one questions why on earth she was quizzing Palin about it. Palin is quite within her rights to wonder what the catch is, where the gotcha is hiding, and thus wisely declining to get specific. Does Katy really think Palin has never read a major newspaper? Do you? Get serious. Stop being so insulting.

Let the media question Obama's claim on foreign experience. His claims are
1. He grew up Indonesia.( as a child).
2. Visited Pakistan when he was young Muslim.
Nobody questions that.

"Yet, another PERFECT example of media bias. WHY in the world is what papers Palin reads front page news?"

One of what 8 blog posts in a day is front page news?

Always go to see a right winger get themselves up in a lather over nothing.

Palin stated that even though she only just got a passport, she got her "world views" from reading all these materials that were available to her. So the next logical question is, what did you read?

Everyone's views are formulated by their experiences. You all know the saying, once bitten twice shy. What we are shy about what we experienced.

So Palin said to Couric that she did not go to Europe like other kids. She worked and learned about the world by reading.

So then tell us what you read. It is not a gotcha question or a biased question. Palin by her prior answers set herself up for this question.

She is running for VP here folks, not student council. She placed herself in this position. If she were to be VP, she will get asked much tougher questions and by people whom as she said, "hate our freedoms" and what will she do, bat her eyelashes and say, "very clever, but that's a gotcha question, I'll have to get back to ya."

Please. The woman cannot put a sentece together. She speaks in glaring generalities and her answers are non sequitors.

Finally, I thought reading was fundamental. Heck all of you here can point to this site as to where you get your news. Palin could not point to one single publication, not even the Anchorage Daily. Tragic.

But, go ahead, let Joe Six-pack who has never even been to that little island from where she can see Russia be part of running this country. That is exactly what we need, a pretty face that lacks in any substance to lead us in these difficult times. Great.

We do not know Gov. Palin.She has not been before the American public long enough to be considered for the vice presidency.People want to compare her to Senator Obama.He has been under public vetting and interaction on a national scale for about two years now.If all of you people want to get upset because she was asked what publications she reads...This is just a dumb defense of something that is indefendable.The woman may be president.I mean did Katie ask about that probe into that investigation against her.Katie should.Why in the world people want to treat a possible law maker like a beauty queen I never know.Bottom line is Palin needs to be asked all the hard questions just like Obama,McCain and Biden have and will.This election is not a game, hockey or anything like it.

Palin is a disgrace. She is pitiful. She overcompensates by being overconfident. She should quit the VP race and stop her fantasy and go back to Alaska.

Yet, another PERFECT example of media bias. WHY in the world is what papers Palin reads front page news? Perhaps she didn't want to single out any newspapers to seem unfair. Are you suggesting that she doesn't read the news? Honestly, what rubbish!

And yet, you continue to ignore the HUGE issues of Obama's involvement with ACORN, his thug tactics using tax funded police to suppress freedome of speech in Missouri, or "Obama youth" creepily being forced to sing songs about Obama. THAT is news.

You tell us, Mr. T, why should the public trust ABC, or the media, when you have clear ridiculous and obvious bias like this? What exactly are you afraid of, that would make you ignore such significant aspects of Obama?

BrooklynDem,

"We have a President who's proud of the fact that he doesn't read newspapers or magazines. What's the big deal?"

My thoughts exactly! Liberals feel, conservatives think. So long as liberals make decisions based on the way they feel, rather than reasoned analysis, there is really no reason to waste time trying to gain insight by reading or watching the MSM.

For example: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were created to assuage liberal guilt (emotion). When Republicans tried to regulate fm/fm (S190 for example), guilty liberals circled the wagons around other guilty liberals (Raines, Johnson) to cover the looting of the GSE's.

The MSM, still to this day, hasn't made a big deal about the fact that the looters of FM/FM are on the messiah's campaign. And they still haven't placed any blame on the defenders (guilty white liberal Democrats and the Congressional Black Caucus) of giving loans to people with no money.

Another thing, no Republican could ever get away with having a mentor like Frank Marshall Davis, a minister like Jeremiah Wright, and a "business partner" like Bill Ayres. EVER!

The MSM are complicit in the fraud that is Obama and indeed, Democrats. Normal people are rejecting the MSM en masse. It just proves that Republicans are like everybody else.

Bhrandon

You're right. I can't believe that the McCain campaign doesn't pay attention to every leftist pronouncement that some Obama sycophant has written a new book...or that they'd ignore your emails.

That's the proof that McCain isn't ready to be president?

Are you allowed to vote?

Who watches Fox News?

Their viewers had McCain winning the first debate 82 percent to Obama's 16 percent.

Fair & Balanced.

We have a President who's proud of the fact that he doesn't read newspapers or magazines. What's the big deal?

Palin whined about gotcha jouralism, "...so much has changed since I received my education in journalistic ethics all those years ago. But I’m not going to pick a fight with those who buy ink by the barrelful. I’m going to take those shots and those pop quizzes and just say that’s okay, those are good testing grounds. And they can continue on in that mode. That’s good. That makes somebody work even harder. It makes somebody be even clearer and more articulate in their positions. So really I don’t fight it. I invite it.”

Zinger 1: What nespapers and magazines did you read?
Ouch, what a shot!

Zinger 2: What did you read specifically?
Ugh, what is this, a pop quiz?

Zinger 3: Can you name a few?
Oof, how unethical!

BTW, Bhrandon, nice cut n' paste from huffpo. That tells us all we need to know.......

This was a perfectly legitimate question to shed some insight onto where her views come from, and by whom have her opinions/positions been biased or shaded. Had she answered People magazine, the local news, and USA today, we'd be able to conclude that she is heavily influnced by mainstream, popular culture media. Had she answered The New Republic, New York Times, and Huffington Post we could conclude her influences are left leaning/liberal. If she answered Rush Limbaugh talk radio, Fox News, and US News and World Report, we'd be able to ascertain that her views are skewed to the right based on the conservatively biased sources she relies on for her information. If she truly read them all, she could have given a selection from each of the three areas (left, middle, right) and would have been able to offer some sort of evidence that she is well-read and open to dissenting opinions, and has thus shaped her own views based upon her understanding of all the positions. Her answer was ridiculous, and was paramount to taking the "fifth".

The McCain camp is claiming it didn't know about Gwen Ifill's book prior to agreeing to her as moderator for the VP debate:

I confirmed for us here on GretaWire: the McCain campaign did NOT know about Gwen Ifill's book (I think I told them when I made my efforts - emails about midnight - to find out!) I am stunned....the campaign (actually both) should have been told before the campaign agreed to have her moderate. It simply is not fair - in law, this would create a mistrial.

If that's true, it just shows the McCain campaign's incompetence. The debate moderators were agreed to on August 6. Ifill's book was reported in the Associated Press two weeks earlier:

"We have an awkward history about how to talk about race in the nation and in newsrooms," says Gwen Ifill, senior correspondent for PBS' "The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer" and author of "The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama," slated for publication early next year.

Of course, when you have Drudge on your side the facts don't matter much.

the book deal is simple

ifills book was announced before she was chosen as a moderator

the campaigns must agree on the moderator of any debate

so, either

the mccain camp didnt do any research at all, or they didnt see a significant problem with her as the moderator

the fact that they claim they didnt know now, should show you how incompetent the mccain camp is

Greymatter,

"I get most of my info about world affairs from the newspapers."

Let me guess...Democrat?

There's an interesting current at play that I think the MSM is missing. The presidency & congress (as well as most companies and law firms and yes Wall Street) have been populated by knowledgeable "went to Harvard/Yale/Princeton read the WSJ/FT/NYT watch CNN/CSpan" types - who by and large have gotten it wrong ... in the sense of performing the way Americans want them to perform. So why use that as some baseline foroffice?

There's nothing condescending about the question if you actually read newspapers. Calling it condescending assumes she doesn't read anything, with the implication that it's in fact good not to read anything (maybe reading is considered elitist in some parts). And Katie the elitist is out to rub it in. So go suit yourself.

Couric asked how she formed her world view because ANYONE who is politically literate formed their view somehow.

Biden, McCain and Obama all have done serious work on the national and international level.

Palin has not.

It's a valid question.

If she were an honest interviewee, she could have said she formed her views from TV news and by looking at Time and People in the doctor's office waiting room.

Perhaps she was trying to hide the fact that she got her political world view from religious publications, or that she doesn't have a political world view because she never thought about it much.

Bottom line. It was a lame gotcha question by Couric. If Palin didn't rattle off some pre-approved list, then Couric would've henpecked about individual items being missing.

Her follow up would've been just like Tapper's: "What, you don't read so-and-so? Evvverrrryonnneee 'in the know' reads so-and-so."

I read her transcripts with 0bambi and Biden. She was pretty fair with 0bambi, although no absurd gotchas and quizzes, she was absolutely a blush over Biden. I think one of her questions was "So, why does everyone love you so much, Oh That Lovable Joe?"

North Korea calls itself the Democratic Republic of Korea. Are they democratic?

They can call themselves what they like, but the style of governance is considered fascism in Nazi Germany.

I am very aware that the extreme left can produce dictators too. China is an example. Myanmar claims to be a socialist country too- and look at the balance of power there. The Soviet Union for example.

What I'm stating is Obama doesn't preach any sort of radical ideology that Hitler did. He himself would have been considered an undesirable.

America's standing has been dragged through the mud because of the Bush admin's foreign policy- the shoot first talk later kind of foreign policy the int'l community hates and McCain would continue. Obama represents a breakaway from all of that, and his soaring oratory has made him an inspiration to people,that's all.

I get most of my info about world affairs from the newspapers. Surely she has time to do that when she gets her coffee every morning? She doesn't have to be reading Newsweek or what.

At least the PAPERS?

Sorry about the double post and the typos. Not enough coffee:)

Also, I think this is funny. Obama supporters here claiming that Gov Palin isn't "qualified" to be president.

That's right. Obama.

Too funny.

Katie Couric: And when it comes to establishing your worldview, I was curious: what newspapers and magazines did you regularly read before you were tapped for this to stay informed and to understand the world?
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I didn't love Palin's answer, but that is a tremendously condescending way to ask a question. To establish your worldview? To understand the world?

Come on, Couric is implying that Palin must be a rube, sequestered up there in Alaska. People from New York do that all the time. I don't blame Palin for getting defensive about Alaska not being a foreign country.

In three recent Governor's elections in Kansas, women candidates were attacked and belittled by their male opponents.

Voters responded accordingly and elected the women candidates in all three elections.

Knowing the vitriole and sarcasm exhibited in past performanced of Joe Biden, it will be interesting to see if he is able to curb his nastiness when debating Sarah Palin.

Or, maybe Joe Biden should try to get a "deferment" from the debate to avoid any potential misstep this close to the election.

After all, deferments worked for him 5 times during Viet Nam.

also ifills book would be written were obama to win or not, this is a huge significant time in politics for us

Ifill stands to gain financially should Obama win. That means a financial interest (on top of her obvious political/ideological interest).

Of course, lockstep partisans don't see it. They're lockstep partisans, willing to carry the water for their cause.

When I was more involved in politics, I too "read them all". I'd been easier to tell you what I didn't read.

However, if I were gov. of a state, local media would probably dominate 90 percent of the media I read of listened to. And the VAST majority of my time would be to the service of my constituents; NOT to the country as a whole (national socialism, er, I mean "shared responsibility), or to the world as a whole (global socialism. eg Global Poverty Tax).

OMT. Thanks for the "heads up" on Ifill, Katmandu (Oct 1, 2008 8:26:27 AM). It's no wonder the MSM is hemmorraging readers, viewers, and money.

Reading is not a class issue. Palin is simply not ready to be second in command.

Sarah Palin has become a caricature of herself. She IS a cartoon!

It is almost beyond comprehension how ANYONE can take this woman seriously.

Columnist Kathleen Parker, who normally leans to the right, has suggested that Palin should withdraw from the race and give McCain a second chance to get it right.

That's a WONDERFUL idea!

Palin is a very likable person
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That's why you vote? That is the exact thing that was said about Bush.

The check out girl at my grocery store is a "likeable" person as well. But I sure don't want her to be next in line to the President of the United States!

I guess you'd think that's a good idea though. I'll ask her if she's interested. She's probably smarter than Palin at least.

Typical Palin.

In debate's, she does the following...
1) She will ignore the question and instead talk about small town Alaska. In fact, she will put down Washington.
2) Never give a specific answer to anything.

Palin has never lost a debate.
Biden has lost every presidential debate he's been in.

After the debate, watch for McCain to be leading in all the polls.

How does ANYONE defend Palin as a VP candidate at this point? Seriously.

Aside from reading one sarcastic speech, and shoveling out misleading information about herself out at the convention, what has she shown us?

We know she can see Russia. Uh, ok.

She was a mayor of a town of 6000. My daughter's high school has almost 4000. And as mayor of that town, she had to hire an administrator to run the day-to-day operations for her.

As mayor of Wasala, she took a solvent town and ran it millions into debt by the time she left.

As mayor, Wasala became the crystal meth capital of Alaska

As mayor, Palin supported charging women for rape kits in Wasala. That's Palin's version of fiscal responsibility.

As governor, Palin requested more ear marks per capita than any governor in the US. More per capita than Obama - and McCain criticized him?

The state of Alaska has only 650,000 people, has very little ethnic diversity, and has the advantage of getting huge sums of revenue from the oil industry. The mayor of Indianapolis governs over more people and has more fiscal and social issues to deal with than she does as governor.

She has waffled in every interview and is afraid to talk to Americans openly.

I work with many intellegent, sharp, and powerful women...and all of them would be more qualified to lead our country than Gov Palin.

So why is she being perceived as something she's not by Republican supporters?

This is very simple... Palin is just a MORON!

ACORN's Senator

By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:20 PM PT

Election '08: Barack Obama wasn't just the second-largest recipient of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac political contributions. He was also the senator from ACORN, the activist leader for risky "affirmative action" loans.

"I don't fight it, I invite it"...yeah, like she told the Alaska investigating team to "hold her accountable, I will cooperate"...
She seems to say one thing--to sound good--and then turns around and in action, does something else--not cooperate. I can just see how she invites the media, and then will blame them. She really has only herself to blame, and John McCain for putting her in her position. He's got it figured out, if he loses, he can blame it on Palin! He doesn't seem to care who takes the blame as long as it is not him. If he loses, he will finally admit that she was not qualified and brought him down. I can't wait for that day!
I do feel bad for Palin, she is like a child who wants to please. But she is an adult, and should act as such. Can't name what newspapers or magazines she reads? Probably doesn't read anything, judging by her knowlegde on what's going on in the world. Will read whatever is put in front of her? Tells us she is not the one seeking to learn, curious to know, but rather she has to browse through what's handed to her that's why she can't even say the name of one publication, she doesn't know them!
Even a Joe Sixpack can communicate better than she does, she is NOT EVEN QUALIFIED to call herself a Joe Sixpack!
Please, America, realize who you are putting in office. Just because you understand what she says, doesn't mean she is saying anything good at all. Look at Bush, people voted for him because they could relate to him, one of us, well, look what happens when you put a dumb person in office. Let's not repeat the same mistake a 3rd time!
Nothing against dumb people, just don't want them running this country!
Enough is enough!

Asking Palin about what newspapers she reads is like giving her a pop quiz, WHAT ? You can't be seriuos! That is one of the simpliest questions Ms. Palin has been asked so far. There is a story out there, that was an AP report and it stated, Palins husband and Palin herself, were part of a group that wanted to seperate from the United States of America and be their own free small little country. While, I am always reluctant to believe certain stories, there were many parts of this story that made it believable, because of the people that were interviewed for the story. Seems as though Todd is anti government and anti USA and did not want to be an American citizen anymore. Food for thought people. I have sent the article to CNN to see if they would be interested in checking it out.

just

palin is scary she obviously knows zero about the world

she knows about alaska and thats it, she should have stayed in alaska

this vp could be running the white house
and i know nothing more scary other than maybe one of the bloggers on here running hte country

Trashing the moderator will not make Palin prepared. Ifill is a respected professional. She was selected by the debate commission and approved by both campaigns. If nonsense talk is all you have, then I understand why McCain is falling behind by a larger margin each day.

also ifills book would be written were obama to win or not, this is a huge significant time in politics for us

Palin is a very likable person. The more the extreme left wing democrats lie and distort her views the more i like her and the more republicans will come out to vote for her.

Ifills book was in the works before she was picked to be the moderator for the debate

both campaigns have to agree on the moderator

so either, the mccain camp didnt do their homework (like the palin pick) or they didnt see any significant reason to not object to her as a moderator for this debate

there you have it

geevill,

Yeah, her book is about race- about African American politicians, I think.

Look, so what if it's about race? Is it wrong to discuss that? It's not anything like "Black Power!" or "Toss the White Man into the Sea!"\

And about the whole Guantanamo Bay thing. I would think that common sense dictates that when you detain people without a trial or access to lawyer, you have a very high chance of arresting innocent people. Some may be terrorists, but there are plenty who just there at the wrong place at the wrong time.

At the very least, there should be more accountability about what is going on at Gitmo.

Why is it when Charlie Gibson or Katie Couric interview Palin and she is unable to answer the question, Charlie and Katie are too hard on her????????? Anyone else has had to face the press. She is not a prima donna, if she wants to be in the political world, she had better learn a few things - like foreign policy, economy to mention a couple of items.

I thought the most interesting comment was that she does not belong to a church!

What!?!?!

I tell you what, let's keep this on the up and up. At the McCain/Obama debate, let Jerome R. Corsi moderate, or better, Lou Dobbs.

People with a financial interest in the outcome should be disqualified as moderators.

ifill being moderator means nothing compared to the fact that the mccain camp is sinking and they need to try to tread some water and gain some ground

so they are going to do and say anything

they are desperate

Anyone not reading the papers today is doing themselves a favor 95% of the are just liberal rags trying to push their liberal agendas. You are not missing anything not reading them

ifills book was being written long before she was picked to moderate the debate

the campaigns have to agree on the moderators

sooooo either mccain camp didnt do their homework, or they didnt see it as a significant factor

Anyone else not surprised to see the Republicans dealing out the ol' "she's a racist!"

#1 - I am a Democrat
#2 -Ifill's book is about race.

Whatever happened to personal responsibility and the republicans. Palin has played both the sexism card and the elitist card now. Could it be that her woeful interview performances can be blamed on an overall lack of preparedness?

Look at the title and subject matter of Ifill's book. If I didn't know better I would of thought it was Michelle Obama's thesis.