Well Mr. Obama - HILARY CLINTON is also a skilled politician - AND qualified to lead our country - you are NOT. Guess you should of picked Hillary.
McCain/Palin will now get my vote - they both seem to be qualified, and I can trust them.

awww come on. he's just pissed because he got picked on in her speech... lol

Mr Obama, you are also a skilled showman. I wouldn't be surprised if after this election a college student will run for US President in the future, claiming that he/she has superior judgement than everyone else.

Democrats have to prove they are patriotic, but everyone knows Republicans love their country, they just hate half the people in it.

i see the trolls are out. but in all honesty, palin can be seen as another howard dean. remember how he was hyped up at first. i suppose you all are going to claim that the "scream" did him in. hardly. dean was hyped by the media and couldnt follow through. in the same vein, i suspect palin is like that. she has not given any interviews, the only folks she has spoken to are supporters and even then she retreads lines from her speech (written by others by the way).

If I did'nt love my country I'd be a Republican.

Well said Barack!

Obama/Biden 08

Sarah Palin:

"I said no to the bridge to nowhere"

From Reuters news service:

"In the city Ketchikan, the planned site of the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere," political leaders of both parties said the claim was false and a betrayal of their community, because she had supported the bridge and the earmark for it secured by Alaska's Congressional delegation during her run for governor."

Just why does oil-money rich Alaska need ANY federal support for their projects? Instead of a state income tax, they SEND FREE MONEY to every man, woman and child living in Alaska. Yet Alaska receives more federal earmarks per person than ANY OTHER STATE!

Not only is Palin the Queen of Pork but John McCain is the King of Hypocrites.

Wait until the retirees in Florida and all across the nation figure out that John McCain supports the same plan to divert the money paying for the current social security recipients' checks, to go to private accounts for younger workers.

If you want to fix the Social Security finances, the first thing to do is DON'T MAKE IT WORSE! Diverting money from the system for privatization will make Social Security insolvent sooner rather than later.

Sarah Palin makes Cheney look like Ghandi. Can you say "Abuse of Power"? I saw an interview with some people who know her in Alaska. They all said she is blunt, everything with her is black and white, and she has a problem with people who disagree with her or don't share her views. Apparently it's Sarah's way or the highway. She is an extremely scary woman.

The wheels have come off the campaign. It wasn't supposed to go like this and they don't have a coherent strategy.

Poor Zerobama ... it must scare him like nothing else that Sarah is getting some attention ....

Hahaha. Obama reminds me of Jimmy Carter and Mike Dukakis. Oh and by the way, I saw all those whoa is me, "POOR" liberal Democrats spending $30,000 to visit with the Senator at Bon Jovi's palace. Never fear everyday working class Americans, they're just like you!! Hahaa. What a joke.

Palin is more like Bush and Cheney....funniest line that the republicans will capitalize on big time. The media has been screaming she is not qualified, she is an unfit mother, they have trashed her beyond words. The media has moved into a level of indecency never before seen. And now, Obama is elevating her abilities to a sitting President and VP?

Obama is showing what a fool he is.

Obama is a political hack trying to cash in on the failed policies of Bush/Cheney. McCain is a 180 degree turn from Bush. Obama will lie until election day but it won't change the truth. The 90% of the time that McCain voted with Bush is another misreprentation by Obama. That 90% was unanimous throughout the Senate on things that everyone agreed on. By Obama's line of reasoning McCain and Obama voted the same on 90% of the issues.

Barry is out of his league. What next? A foot stomp?

Molly,
Who cares if you vote for McCain! Obama will win this thing by a landslide any way! It is over. Go ahead and vote for 4 more years of Bush! Go ahead and continue to struggle in this economy - unless you are already making 200K. It is the economy - stupid! And the democrats will prevail this time! McCain hasn't led a poll this entire summer. And he is polling better than Kerry and Gore did in the swing states.

Reuters says it? Golly, it must be true, for the MSM is surely not biased at all.....

Obama thinks people will buy his crap.

Palin defeated long time well known pliticians in the GOP primary and general election.

Obama threw out all his primary opponenys and tough general election opponents. Obama has never defeated anyone in a true election. He needed the DNC to award him the nomination over Clinton.

First McCain was Bush. Now Palin is Bush... LOL.

Empty-suititis strikes again.

How's this?: Obama is more aligned to the policies of Reverend Wright than to JFK.

Two can play this game.

Duane must be on the vote early, vote often staff.

Hey, guess what, Barry? Governor Palin doesn't look like a typical candidate, either? And she has an unusual name, too. It's GOVERNOR.

So Sarah is more like Bush? I guess Barack will be glad to know that McCain will be giving the orders and Sarah will follow them. She will set no policy.

OTOH, Barack Obama is more like Jimmy Carter and will set policy. Be afraid of the second coming of JC.

If I didn't have a job and a brain I'd be a Democrat! If I didn't love my country I'd listen to Rev Wright God damn America and help Ayers blow it up and help Rezko and Obumma steal from the taxpayers! I sure am glad I'm not a Dem-wit Democrat!

Sarah Palin received only a little more than 600 votes in the election for mayor of Wasilla. That's pretty bad turnout for a town of around 7000. It looks to me like the people really didn't care who the mayor was since the town council and adminstrator actually run the town.

"He chose somebody who may be even more aligned with George Bush – or Cheney, or the politics we’ve seen over the last eight years – than John McCain himself is," said Obama

Obama says Palin can step in for Bush or Cheney. very impressive.

We haven't seen a meltdown like this since Chernobyl!!! Wow, keep it up Barry---you're doing just fine... McCain/Palin '08

Marika, not all those 7000 residents vote, ya fool. Some of them are kids or just don't vote.

Do Democrats really have absolutely no new talking points since 2004? All they ever say is that everything is "like Bush" when they want to smear it. Change you can believe in!

Since this an open thread on a supposedly unbiased major news organization's website how can there be trolls? Could it be the liberals consider supposedly unbiased major news organizations their mouthpieces?

OBAMA IS A TAX AND SPEND ULTRA
LEFT WING L I B E R A L.......
NO LEFT L I B E R A L EVER WON
THE WHITE HOUSE........

AMERICANS V O T E FOR PRESIDENT WITH
CERTAIN QUALITIES AND VALUES REGARDLESS
OF THE PARTY........
OBAMA DOESN'T M E E T THE ABOVE
STANDARDS............

JOHN McCAIN/SARAH PALIN '08

Sarah "Abuse of Power" Palin will become VP and after 2 months in DC will decide that it rains too much and return to Alaska.

Barry seems to be getting rather confused lately. I thought that he was running against MCain, Not Palin. What a loser.

No way no how for the Old Man and the Bimbo.

Maybe if McCain made better decision over Vietnam he wouldn't had to tell his boring saga.
If Palin was a better parent she wouldn't have to worry about being pro life.

2008 Dem Talking Points:
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Hillar-ious had to continue to reinvent herslef too! Obama is slipping in the polls and now has to try new campaign themes and bashing Sarah Palin! Good luck with that strategy you America hating Muslim terrorist! McCain will win in November! Stop your whining you Dem-wits!

Good grief. What a freaking whiner.
He was that boy on the play ground that everyone picked on especially the girls because he cried all the time.
He can not stand up to a girl and he thinks he can stand up to our countries enemies - HRC has bigger ones than Barry - the dems have made a terrible mistake.
I predict that Barry will not be on the ballot in November.

Obama To Stephanopoulos

I can't stop laughing!

Funny. They couldn't get the McSame stuff to stick with anyone other then their dumbest followers, so now they try to hang it on Palin. This is the greatest election ever. I need more pop corn.

If Sarah Palin is more like Bush than McCain is AND McCain voted in favor of Bush's programs 90% of the time. That probably averages out to the two being about 95% identical policy-wise to Bush. Where's the "Change" going to come from? Oh yeah... Obama.

Mr. Obama is too late for you to repick VP. Now, you hahe seen POWER OF WOMAN.
TOO LAAAATE.

Molly, give it a rest, he's just as experienced as Clinton. AND he won.

Obama is still running against George Bush....

And Hillary Clinton is smiling to herself and already printing up her new bumper stickers: "Hillary 2012".

Obama's a one-trick Show Pony. Actually 2 tricks. "You're just like Bush" and the Race Card.

It's all he's got.

It has been breathtaking to watch the rise of Gov. Palin over the past week. Even if she is an empty suit (which I am beginning to doubt), at least the Republicans have her at the bottom of the ticket. The Democrats have the untested candidate at the top of theirs.

PALIN THE REPUBLICAN POLITICAL WHORE.

Pearl of Wisdom from Suckerpunch - "If Palin was a better parent she wouldn't have to worry about being pro life." So if she aborted her kids she would be a good parent? Guess what genius? If she aborted her kids she wouldn't be a parent (she'd also be a murderer, but there is no way I can help you to understand that).

Its nice to see Obama finally acknowledge that she's GOVERNOR of Alaska, instead of still Mayor of Wasilla (or, Wasilly, as he calls it).

To BuckNutty,

You missed the point, think about it maybe you'' get it.

When will Sarah Palin actually answer questions?

McCain and Co. keep saying she's ready to be VP, but ... she's not ready to talk to Larry King? C'mon, get serious.

Palin to Putin: Yes, I agree we have very critical issues to discuss. Just give me two or three weeks to get up to speed and then we'll meet.

Obama: Talks change but doesn't offer anything of substance. Just big government where all individuals are reduced to robots.

Obama - Pelosi's boy!

I love watching "progressives" show their true colors. How many different names (whore etc) can they pile on her. You guys sure are inclusive. I wonder what you would be saying about Obama if he was a republican (in other words didn't stay on the plantation like you tell "them" to).

Haha Obama, are you a skillful politician? You beat Hillary, right?

I think Obama is desparate now. He is seeing somebody is going to defeat him.

Obama is closer to Bush than McCain or Palin.

Let's assume -- so that we can focus on issues -- that Biden, McCain, Obama, and Palin are all equally qualified for the officen of President. As Obama points out, from the indications we have so far, Palin's political beliefs seem more aligned to Bush and Cheney than do McCain's beliefs. In fact, Palin may actually fall to the right of Bush-Cheney. If you think that's a good thing, you might consider voting for McCain-Palin. If you think it's not so good, go with Obama-Biden.

A record 39 million people watched McCain's nomination speech. That's more than tuned in for Sen. Barack Obama a week ago.

McCain/Palin 08!
"Country First!"

McCain has turned this election into a really bad reality TV show.

This is so pathetic of Obama. He's now running agst Palin as McCain floats above it all. He has no idea what hit him. (Hint, it's called American common sense.)

This web site is just a bunch of partisan loonatics yelling at each other with name-calling barely higher than fifth grade level. Stupid lies are half-truths are told by both sides.

"X hates america."
"No Y will destroy our country"
"Y is greedy and in it for himself"
"No Y will bankrupt us all."

Will you name callers all go home so that some of us can have a mature conversation.

It is like we have conservative idiots like Sean Hannity arguing with liberal idiots like Mike Malloy. These guys are all just mouthpieces trying to polarize our country in the worst way.

What our country needs is an intelligent debate about issues and about what we need to do as a country. If we don't learn to get along and work with each other instead of against each other the whole country is doomed.

(I can hear it now... "X will work across party lines", "NO Y will work across party lines!)

May God have mercy on our future.

No one is asking who Barack is. But here is some insight into who he associates with. Remember his shady house deal? Rezko, who was bankrupt at the time, had his wife purchase the lot next door even though she didn't have the income to support such a transaction. So where did the money come from and why on earth would Barack purchase something he couldn't afford? Why would we want him as the steward of our economy? And who does he associate with. Here's a clue....
Several US political fundraisers are currently on trial for corruption in connection with loans received from Auchi. Auchi is currently barred from entering the US.
Nadhmi Auchi was viewed with a lot of suspicion by the Iraqi opposition to Saddam Hussein's regime, regarding him as a front-man for Saddam's intelligence service.[4] Auchi was involved in several multi-billion dollar business deals in the post-Saddam era too, such as the Orascom mobile phone network (IraqNa), and at least one power generation contract involving Chicago-based tycoon Antoin Rezko and Iraq's former Minister of Electricity, Aiham Alsamarrae, who has been convicted over corruption charges in Iraq and is now living in Chicago.
There's your change you can believe in.....Wright.

Palin is Bush/Cheney in training. No doubt about it. She left a small town that had NO debt before she came in, 22 million dollars debt. Sound familiar?

I also laugh when I see McCain and Palin together. It's the perfect Viagra commercial. Move over Dole. Republicans have a new rock star. Their own "messiah", who has come to rescue the party. Hallelujah!!!

So, Obama thinks Palin is like Bush/Cheney. I don't know if she's met either one, but Obama spent well over 20 years being mentored by a hateful, racist bigot that idolizes Louis Farrakhan and Dr. James Cone. Gee, who should I vote for...

david from texas

Country always!

BuckNutty

Truth hurts, that's all McCain's campaign needs her for. She offers nothing else but, a gimmick to attract all the lost Republican sheep.

Palin is the brunette version of Ann Coulter. Both are harsh, mean spirited, and arrogant. Pretty packaging on the outside but ugly on the inside.

ACORN Obama. That's how he handles taxpayer money.

No, Palin is no pit-bull with lipstick, pit bull with lipstick take time to bond with their 4 month old puppy. Yes, Palin is Cheney lite with lipstick.

Well, let's see. Conservatives are the base of the party. Palin is very conservative; meaning McCain is considering his base. That's leadership, unlike Obama who cuts off the Democratic base as though it were a cancer; you know the DEMS who protested for many of the rights he enjoys.

A record 39 million people watched McCain's nomination speech. That's more than tuned in for Sen. Barack Obama a week ago.

McCain/Palin 08!
"Country First!"

We know this much about Obama: He started running for President before his first Senate term was finished. He has had a 17-year relationship with Rezko whose trial has yet to be completed. He has written untruths in his books about when and how his mother and father married. He was untruthful when he tried to drammatize how his father came to this country with help from John Kennedy. He plaigiarized "his" famous "words" speech, a speech already given by Deval Patrick. He has lied about the sources of his campaign money. He had a shady deal with Rezko and his wife to buy his home and adjacent property, and continues to lie about it. He has had a 20-year relationship with his pastor, friend, and spiritual advisor who has thousands of words with ranting and raving hatred sermons condemning America and "damning" America. That is just the surface. He had a lot of audacity to run when he had so little experience, but, we know that people like Kerry and Kennedy urged him to run. They think that the American voter will follow their lead. Not this time. We have seen a great lack of wisdom and experience in his words and decisions. We have seen too much double talk in the debates, his speeches, and his decisions.

Obama's political godfather is an unrepentent terrorist.

'Nuff said.

HEY NEIL, APPARENTLY THEY DIDN'T HAVE MATH WHERE YOU WENT TO COLLEGE...OBAMA ENTERED HARVARD 5 YEARS AFTER GRADUATING FROM COLUMBIA, NOT A DECADE.
Why are Republicans so afraid of well educated people? Probably because they know only stupid people would fall for their line of crap.

like him or not at least he's man enough to put himself out there & answer questions.
Standing practice & McCain promised his VP would go on Larry King to take softball questions then backed down because Palin would not have que cards like she reads at every campaign stop.

Do you know why Palin has failed to talk to the press?

Because she's having an intensive crash studies and the subjects are:

1)Introduction to American Economics-Course101.
2) Introduction to Foreign Policy and Startegies-Course 102.

It's alright. It is within her right to study the above courses. But, the most unfortunate thing about the crash courses is that her professors are members of the Bush administration! And what does that tell you about Palin/Mccain ticket?

Obama knows its over... He needed to be up by 15 points right about now to withstand the Reverend Wright Show, debuting in ads Oct 1 - Nov 4, 2008 - produced by GOP 527s.

Good night and good riddance, Obama.. and MSNBC and CNN.

NOBAMA voted 97% with his group of do nothing dems. so get your facts right. Change into Socialism isn't good change. I wouldn't vote for anyone that comes from Chicago, they are all crooks. Now, can anyone please give me the name and #'s of 3 people BHO brought out of the slums into prosperity? Crickets......
Tony Rezko got his money though. What project did he knock down and build up into clean places to live? Crickets.... Tony rezko got his money though. Any cases that he tried in court while he was a hired hand? ANYONE, lets not all speak at once. Who was raising his kids while he and bitter-gate Michelle were off in Indonesia writing a book, all about himself? Tagging along on poeces of legislation doesn't count for good government work. LAZY is what it is. He is a typical Chicago crook, Liek his good friend Kwame, HA.

Only Obama supporters would think they hold a monopoly on being educated. It's so cute how they fall for their own deceits.

Obama will never be an option for us ...
Our conscience points us to MCCAIN for Hillary is not the nominee ..
The Democrats deserve to lose the White House is they put up Obama as their nominee ...

I'm so glad Sarah Palin started at the very top of her game because there is only 1 way to go

Molly, Is this the kind of President and Vice President you McCain voters want? You were going to vote for them anyway, so why do you pretend you just changed your vote. Obama is just being honest but I forget Republicans take honesty as a sign of weakness.

You want two crooks who run an angry and derisive, insulting, lie-laced campaign, don't you? Ones who cover up and lie about their records and policies while distorting the stances taken by their opponents, instead of talking issues and differences of opinion? Do you want a repeat of these last eight years after all you’ve seen happen that is so bad for our country?

The only thing one can conclude is that you McCain voters use ‘experience’ as a smoke screen and really you just love underhanded, sneaky power mongers who think they can have it both ways. They can talk loftily of bipartisanship, then allow their team to savage their opponents with things that aren't even true.

The McCain campaign is bringing two Bush administration communication veterans on board to beef up the team that will travel with Palin.
Tucker Eskew has joined the Palin team as a senior advisor, and campaign officials said he will play a role akin to chief of staff. Eskew served as director of the White House Office of Global Communications and as director of media affairs.
The campaign also confirmed Friday that Tracey Schmitt is joining as deputy communications director and national spokesperson. She is a former Republican National Committee spokesperson.

Doesn't that contradict his own "McSame" argument? And why does he keep getting drawn into a fight with Palin? Comparing himself to their number 2 doesn't seem like a good idea...

Oh sure WATCHING. Now that he STOLE the nomination. So why is he going after SARAH? Where's Biden? Watching his wife dance of some table top?

She is providing the conduit for the self-destruction of the democrat party. Long claiming to be "liberal" and "progressive", but put a woman on the republican ticket and the Whore, Viagra, etc jokes just start flying. To borrow a line from the filthy hippies "the whole world is watching". The whole world is reading these comment sections, and your blogs, the european press can't believe the bias and slander in the US press that is directed at Palin.

The whole wold is watching, and your mask is slipping. The democrat party is finished after this.

MUSLING

Gosh, you're not from around here are you?
Luckily the world doesn't get to vote. Unless of course ACORN signs you up.

Sen. Obama " I never took and will never take money from the oil companies." He only took 215k from the Oil Industry. And he has two Oil Industry Executives on his fundraising staff... change?

Sen. Obama " I never took and will never take money from the oil companies." He only took 215k from the Oil Industry. And he has two Oil Industry Executives on his fundraising staff... change?

This country is going down the toilet faster than anytime in history and the Republicans don't have the intelligence or the nerve to admit they are the ones that caused it. They just spew racial hate and lies that their followers believe cause the majority of them are the "Christian right?" - Even Jesus would be ashamed!

changer1701

he is answering questiions straight forward

who is not?

As a career woman and mother, it seems to me that Sarah has prioritized her career aspirations over the special needs of her family in a critical time in their lives. Shows poor judgment in my opinion. I would love to see a women at that level of power, but only a women who is truly the right person for the job.

Check this out: "Palin's Introduction to the American Public__Smearing and Lipstick?___"

http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/diarypage.php?did=9109 ___

If my Pastor said America is responsible for 9/11 and "god d@#$ America", wouldn’t most Americans stand up and walk out.... How can a US Senator Take that...
Obama said, "I was never there", and then later "I was there" ...