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pough: You don't need to know any of Palin's personal business. Do you show your medical records to the public. Everyone knows about McCain being in the war. But Palin was smart she waited until it was over and didn't show them. It was stated she is in excellent health. Everyone was talking about McCain dying, didn't Rustert drop dead on the floor of Meet the Press at the age of 53?

"I'm afraid you're wrong. Had McCain's mother or grandmother died, the reaction from the "other side" would not have been the same as the hateful, paranoid drool that I see in this thread."

Actually, yes it would be. The statistics on that are quite clear.

It isn't right, but people can be very mean when made angry for a long period of time. It's time to get over it.

Umm, those aren't her medical records, that's a doctor's note.

Cold plate of CROW!

tiaa -

I'm afraid you're wrong. Had McCain's mother or grandmother died, the reaction from the "other side" would not have been the same as the hateful, paranoid drool that I see in this thread.

Most real Americans have managed to retain a sense of decency and are sick to death of the culture wars and the dehumanization of other Americans that they've generated.

"America has not seen war in our streets for a long time...but that's about to change." Are you actually advocating violence if things don't go your way?

This is America, not some banana republic. We transfer power peacefully every four year. I'm not a big fan of Bush's "intelligence" programs but for the safety and well-being of real Americans, I hope they're keeping track of you and your ilk.

mccain lost because of the financial crisis and his actions. a true maverick would , like most of america, been against it. the bailout would've still happened, but this was his chance to win and he blew it. as for palin, well, america hasn't heard the last of her.anyone that the media hates that much has a good future.

Aussie, you wrote:

"McCain lost this election when he put his campaign on hold and when he picked the most unintelligent candidate for a running mate!"

Even if the campaign had flawlessly brought out Palin, which it didn't, the media was so biased against her, McCain, and Republicans that it would have been an uphill battle just to get a fair shake from them. Even now, the media is doing as much as it can to suggest that this is over so some conservatives might not vote. For example, this evening Cynthia McFadden, I believe, reports on McCain and suggests, completely subjectively, that it seems maybe at his rally that he's saying goodbye. Things like that are not fair to McCain, Palin, Republicans, all Americans, and America itself. I highly doubt she would have ever said that about any Democrat, no matter how far behind he was. She’d be thinking that even though the contest seemed lost, she’d never want to lose even one vote for the Democrat on a comment like that.

As a cartoon that appeared in my local paper put it, Obama has had a pit bull too, the media, and it ate McCain's. Everything Palin has said and done has been distorted. The interview she did with Charlie Gibson is one example. It misquoted words she said on praying about the Iraq War (taking the "pray that" out of her words, completely changing their meaning) and distorted that "from Alaska you can see Russia" remark. Check out the transcript, titled: "EXCERPTS: Charlie Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin." The rest of the media was only too happy to pick up and spread the inaccuracies. And things like the “kill him” accusations weren’t true. One person yelled it about William Ayers, not Obama - as the reporter who first mentioned it agreed (“Milbank: Secret Service hasn’t called UPDATE,” Politico) - and in the only other reported case, the Secret Service said it didn’t happen (“Secret Service says ‘Kill him’ allegation unfounded,” Wilkes-Barre Times Leader). But just today I saw an article on a liberal site make that claim once again.

If people questioned every basic fact that the media has reported to them on the election, the last couple of months especially, and checked them out for themselves, they'd find out quite easily how that reporting has lacked honesty. It has distorted, suppressed, failed to investigate, and selected what to report, all according to what will serve Sen. Obama’s and the Democrats interests. You mentioned McCain putting a hold on his campaign. The only people who were opposed to him doing that and vehemently spoke out against him returning to Washington (because they knew it would look presidential) were the Democratic leaders, and the media passionately echoed them. The Democrats said keep politics out of this, we have to repair what 8 years of Bush and decades of Reagan Republican policies have done. The Democrats said it was a stunt, and sticking to the facts and leaving the opinions to the editorial page, the “objective” media said referred to it as a stunt too and they all ripped him apart for it. But what did the public think? The polls were never mentioned. This story from the Kansas City Star, “McCain has stunning comeback in Thursday's Gallup Poll,” reports that his decision brought him up 3 points into a 46-46 tie with Obama. Selectively reporting polls and referring to them less when Obama has been doing as well and trumpeting them when he is, especially those most favorable to him, have been the norm.

Sen. Obama has never actually released his birth certificate and other important records, and Sen. Dodd hasn’t released documents related to his loans from Countrywide, as he promised and has been criticized for not doing ("If Not Now, When? (Hartford Courant), and “Senator Dodd’s Notion of Courtesy,” (NY Times), and "Dodd and Frank, step down,” (Providence Journal).

>>>>>I bet he heard it from Sarah herself. You remember she wasn't guilty the first time according to her..lol<<<<<

You guys are really something...she was found to have broken no laws. They dinged her for not controlling her husbands desire to see the trooper fired...Big Whup!

One set of laws, Rodney, just as Barack Obama said today in reference to his aunt. If you have a problem with the Constitution, take it up with your representative or Senator.

No one is defending the 60s bombers of any political persuasion here except you. Bill Ayers is precisely the same as the men who blew up the churches. Precisely. The only difference is he is walking free.

I will vote proudly tomorrow. It's a great country with a great future if that is what we work toward. As for who wins, may having be as good as wanting.

she was Never guilty!

It was a trumped up charge by a pumped up candidate.... namely the one who hsa come to be known as " B O".

And now that the campaigns are coming to an end, in his magnanimous-ness he has permitted Palin's name to be cleared of this garbage.

The thingabout B O is.... the charges against him are STILL pending!

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU VOTE FOR; BE VERY VERY CAREFUL.

McCain and Palin:

COUNTRY BEFORE GLITZ!

goodnight.

Jake, I will accept your obsession with obtaining Palin's medical records when you start demanding Obama release his as well. AFter all, he's been running a lot longer. Oh, wait, it's too late now, isn't it? The man has a history of cancer in his family and has smoked. And yet you only seem to care about Palin's records. Why is that?

len
ayres did not actually do any of these things himself---i was around then and the nam war was a massive pustile eating at the country usa..as for your defending the bombings or trying to justify it with ayres-- is far beyond the scope of disgusting-----and trying to pass obama off as ayres is beyond my belief--- iam fully aware of mccain and his escapades when in the military-first hand-----so dont bother to attack me for the truth --vote for mccain tomorrow as i know you will ---simply let it end at that.

Jake, what about President Clinton's medical records? To use a tripe, copout liberal media phrase "Just asking.."

"you mentioned the 1960s that was when the white sheet freaks were blowing up churches---the most shamefull part of our history-"

And your point is? No one here is defending that.

I don't think it is the most shameful part. The shameful part was when the Constitutional convention refused to outlaw slavery.

The church bombings were despicable. Then there was Bill Ayers blowing up police stations and killing innocent Americans. The most shameful part is Bill Ayers is now a teacher in chicago 'free as a bird' whereas the bombers of the 16th street church were brought to justice. When Ayers is brought to justice, then talk about white sheets might have more meaning.

One law, Rodney, blind to persons and political persuasion, that is the ideal of the framers of the Constitution.

thanks abc for the opportunity to discuss our candidates---sometimes a little heated ,and sometimes with a dose of humor ---but by in large it has been enlightining.
tomorrow we will vote for our candidates
obama --biden is my choice as 8 years have been enough.
goodnight

During his election campaign and throughout his eight years in the White House, Bill Clinton never once released his medical records. And, how many of you reading this even know that fact? And, here again, when it comes to Sarah Palin, her wardrobe, her children, her husband, and now her medical history are used as weapons by our pathetically biased mainstream media not to challenge any of her positions, but rather to attack and slander her personally.

When the history of this election is written, one of the signal features of it will be the sad and pitiful death of the American media.

tommorow obama will be --the one----
and mccain will be----the other one---the one that lost.
see how simple it is concerned in ohio.

since she was found guilty previously---and now not guilty --what do we do ,flip a coin to break the tie.

Posted by: rodney | Nov 3, 2008 8:08:50 PM

I bet he heard it from Sarah herself. You remember she wasn't guilty the first time according to her..lol