Wow!!! All the "mainstream" media sites are only reporting anti-palin stuff. Looks like McCain hit a raw nerve...

Come on guys, let's go at it.

Should I start for the neo-libs? Okay...I'll start with another neo-lib's quote.

"Check out Bristol getting drunk. Guess that's ok for 17 year olds."

That ought to get things going.

Good Luck.

McCain doesn't get it. When you make a promise to people, you keep it. People were looking forward to meeting her and speaking with her. Is he afraid of what she might say? That's not being a Maverick.

mccain cant back peddle fast enough

McCain lacks judgement and did a poor job vetting Palin. Now the heat is on and he's trying to hide her.

he now has his surrogates saying obama is being sexist against palin

LOL WHAT?

he stood up for her LOL my god geta grip mccain camp you picked this lady you took the gammble and now the gamble is paying off so to speak

McCain, the maverick... EMPTY SUITE... has no clue what the just did.

News flash: Sara Palin SUPPORTED the "Bridge to Nowhere" and the Congressional earmark to pay for it.

As mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska she hired a Washington lobbyist to bring federal pork home to her town.

Oh, by the way, Alaska actually sends money (some people would call it a welfare check) to every citizen of Alaska! So balancing the budget did not exactly require expertese in management.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT SARA PALIN.

We have had two chances now to judge John McCain's judgement:

1. The war in Iraq that costs $10 BILLION A MONTH, without helping educate our children, fix our bridges, or make the change to an economy based on renewable energy.

2. Choosing someone to be one heartbeat away from being president, without any consideration whatsoever as to the welfare of the nation.

Gambler. Hot-head. Reckless John McCain.

It is about the gambler and hot-head -- the one who didn't send a team to Alaska to vet his VP until the day before his announcement -- the man who put HIS needs before that of the country, John McCain.

The only thing worse for McCain than having Palin on the ticket with him is having to withdraw her name from it. What does that say about his judgment when you have to walk back to the American people and say “I made a mistake about this woman”? McCain is making mistakes before his job has even started; and, this is a simple decision, who to run with? This proves that McCain has no passion and no judgment if he is only looking for a running mate to scrap him some votes. Political mavericks, strong leaders with good judgment, and Commanders in Chief don’t test the waters with political candidates they think can bring them votes and then pull them out once they see otherwise. There is no “do over” as President of the United States. Cleary, experience does not equal good judgment, or McCain would never have made such a terrible pick; similar to his terrible judgments on the economy and Iraq that he has been making in line with George W. Bush now for too long.

Schlafly, who gained her iconic status among conservatives by leading the fight against the Equal Rights Amendment, called the selection of Palin to be McCain's running mate "terribly smart."

Kinda says it all for me.....

He was thinking with the wrong head when he picked this lady....

Palin, Hillary, Obama, nome of htem are really the issue. The real issue here for me is John McCain's decision making skills. I don't want someone in a position of power who's like me. I want the best, the brightest, the most squeeky clean person in the oval office or around the corner from it. Palin isn't a bad person, just a bad decision for VP. But it's McCain I won't vote for now.

I think you might be right Beck. Let's get him...or her...or wait...or her kids...aha...

From one of your fellow Comrades:

"Check out Bristol getting drunk. Guess that's ok for 17 year olds."

Grrr...

I have always been tired of the GOP using Religion and God to sway voters….it should simply be about the critical issues and the best leaders to build concensus and implement necessary change to help ALL Americans, not just the faithful. I thought it was hypocritical that Gov. Palin had her poor 17year old daughter holding the 4-month baby with a blanket covering her belly…if she was sooo proud, why were they hiding this? This is so obviously a tactic and it insults educated women like me who can see right thru this risky move. I wonder how the GOP and the media would react if it was a political family that happeed to be Hispanic or black? Would we see it as simply a “common mistake”?! or, would we call it another example of the lack of American values and a baby out of wedlock?!?

Clearly there is a double standard and hypocrisy…Again, it should be about the best candidates and focus on issues.

God bless ya, Phyllis, there has been very little time and Gov. Palin has a message to deliver Wednesday night!

Imagine McCain and this jerry springer clan running around the whitehouse doing crazy stuff to embarrass the country.

Why oh why cant we get a normal president to come in and set the ship on smooth sailing , we do in Barack its up to the country to deliver.

It's clear that John McCain only selected Sarah Palin as his V.P. to get female (and conservative)voters - which he needed badly. It may be true that not all Hillary voters were going for Obama - but were they going to McCain?? Highly doubtful. I feel badly for Palin's problems this week. Nothing to gloat about, that's for sure. But McCain should have been more careful whom he selected and not pandered to the female and conservative voter. Now, I am sure he regrets his choice tremendously. Shows very poor judgment and planning on his part.

Ms Schlafy has a right to be angry. After all McCain has sold his soul to the conservative far right wing of the party when he dumped his own choice for VP either Joe Lieberman or Tom Ridge and picked Sarah Palin as he was told to. McCain is no longer a marverick, he is a gelded old stallion that the right wing will use as it wishs for the next four years should he be elected.

I'm sorry I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT STAND THESE SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES AT ALL WHATSOEVER!!!! I am a LIBERAL REPUBLICAN and these people in my party are what makes me SICK AND DISGUSTED with the Republican party. Just remember everyone we're NOT all like these people.

FIX YOUR MISTAKE, MCCAIN, AND REMOVE PALIN FROM THE TICKET.

This should give the "Republican National Coalition for Life" more time to discuss the evils of the death penalty. Oh wait, what was that? That human life isn't important? Interesting.

It's very possible that they've pulled her out of this event b/c she's going to withdraw. First evidence of it, I think... We'll see.

My son in 7th grade has more international travel experience than Palin. Everyone of his teachers have more education than she does. A B.S. in communication from the University of Idaho? Please!

geecee: They both made bad judgement. McCain for picking her and her for excepting. Empty suites...

I guess she is not much of a "multi-tasker" after all. A speech and an event to meet supporters all on the same day?... OMG I cannot do all of this!!!
If she were POTUS, are we going to hear.. I cannot go to Mexico because my daughter is pregnant and my husband has the flu? (I know it sounds sexist)
Wow! A speech to rehearse and an event all on the same day. We did not have so much to do when I was mayor of the metropolis of 6,000!

The Republicans are in trouble, First Ron Paul gets blue balled by his own party, Then Huckabee & Romney get passed over by the Moose Hunter???
They then use the Hurricane as an excuse for small crowds & lack of interest in there convention. Theres more people outside protesting then inside!! LOL Tonight George W is speaking, McCain is being supported by Bush??? I dont think this looks good!

The Republicans are in trouble, First Ron Paul gets blue balled by his own party, Then Huckabee & Romney get passed over by the Moose Hunter???
They then use the Hurricane as an excuse for small crowds & lack of interest in there convention. Theres more people outside protesting then inside!! LOL Tonight George W is speaking, McCain is being supported by Bush??? I dont think this looks good!

Yeah. Repukes should kick Palin out and get Paris Hilton as their new VP bet who is more credible

Hey guys I have become a liberal now. I can prove it to you here are my complains about Sarah Palin. She wears stupid glasses, her daughter sucks....urh....urh.....urh....why would she wear a skirt?....urh....urh...I will keep you guys update about her. So what you think do I get the prevelege to be a Lib?

THE PALIN SELECTION REMINDS ME OF THE J ROSS PAROLE SELECTION FOR VICE PRESIDENT WHEN HE RAN FOR PRESIDENT ...

if you've been smoked by the baby decoy, you need to watch this to understand what the real agenda is.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-church-may-have-sh_n_123205.html

McPain suffers from PTSD. in his diseased mind, the viet nam war continues. he must lead the country to victory. this is his mission.

McPalin is the key to making that happen. with her direct connection to the big guy in the sky, she will do 'his' will to brainwash any of the idiots out there who have yet to have their minds mashed to bits by the biggest group of tax evaders in the country, and....

yes, lead your sons and daughters into sure destruction in the ultimate battle of opinions about who is more correct, the 2000 year old myth or the 1500 year old myth.

or more correctly, not whether either of those is more correct but rather which opinion about either one of those is correct.

it's not too late for reason and ration to triumph over unbridled dogma.

if you get the picture, start typing. get the word out. 'god' may or may not be dead (there is absolutely no way to prove or disprove it) but there are plenty of people around who want you do die for their opinion of that word.

don't let it happen.

and most importantly, don't let them do it to your children.

You anti- people are pathetic.
Total distortionists.
Save your conspiracy theories.
Even Lindsay Lohan feels the need to 'comment'... that Palin shouldn't have announced pregnancy. She fails to understand that the press would have...and McCain/Palin had the sense to try and blunt the news with honest disclosure. Just like the rest of the posters here fail to understand Palin -was- "vetted". McCain understood the media frenzy to come and warned Palin of that. Palin' record in office and getting elected against two governors speaks for itself. She's diligent, knows when to get federal dollars , knows when to cancel projects gone bad, knows a darn sight more than the posters here.

Is this bitter hag still alive and kickin?

Maybe the Republicans should stop teaching the financing ov condos and start financing the teaching of condoms.

DRIP...DRIP....DRIP...you have 24 hours to get rid of Palin and get Jindal, Pawlenty or Romney in there QUICK!!! If he would have chosen Jindal, with the great work he did with Gustav, he would be sitting pretty and not RSVPing for a baby shower.

Although it is unnecessary to point it out, but how ironic that the GOP VP pick has more executive experience than the Dem POTUS pick. Have the Dems heard the expression, "Shooting yourself in the foot." They would be wise to not talk about executive experience when it comes to Obama. Such talk just highlights what a lightweight Obama is. Who in their right mind would entrust the executive office of the U.S. government to a lightweight with no experience? Oops, no one ever said the Dems or the left were in their right minds. Sorry!!

The GOP VP candidate makes the Dem's POTUS candidate look like a lightweight.

Obama will always come out second best when compared to Palin. Too bad, so sad Dems.

Did McCain think this through? First he picks her, then he checks her out, then he hides her? This makes me doubt McCain's judgement.

mccain is senile he use to stand up for what is right now he stands by king george then he picks palin and she calls hillary a name when her and mccain will need hillary supporters just to stay close to obama this fall. idiot!!!

I'm so sorry to point out that some of you people are absolutely delusional, but in no way does Sarah Palin have more "executive experience" than Barack Obama. I live in a town of almost 60,000 people and I would be pretty appalled if the mayor touted his 6 years in office as evidence that he's ready to be vice president or, God forbid, president of this country. Too bad, so sad, losers.

New Obama Supporter.

I feel your pain and realize that all and probably not even most Republicans agree with these people. When McCain won the nomination I thought you guys were finally taking your party back from the Buchanan brood; but unfortunately no. McCain just got to the point of wanting IT too badly.

I am not part of any political party! All of these people are Liars! All of them! Whats right is right, and what is wrong is wrong! Right? Based on all the dirt I found on everybody! Out of the 2 Canidates if Im Voting on DEMS OR GOP, I will have to go with OBAMA! Its very hard for me to do this but he has the cleanest record! Sure he's not perfect but look what he can do! he brings all colors, countries, sexes, & sexual preferences together, Can McCain do this? NO WAY!!!!

Palin was and is a great choice for VP by McCain. Finally he did something to show the Republican base that he is interested in including true conservatives in this campaign. True conservatives, by the way are the base in the Republican party. She has energized the base and we are ready to go into battle and defeat this Marxist, racist, terrorist befriending, and radical Barrack H. Obama. Libs want her taken off of the ticket because it was a very bad day for them when McCain selected her to be his running mate. We are raring to go now and that spells gloom and doom for libs in both parties. Cheers, and may the best man and woman win. That might disclude Obama and Biden, but I'm not sure.

Palin: They say I'm young and we just met
One day is hardly time to vet

McCain: Well I don't know if all that's true 'Cause you got me, and baby I got you

McCain: Babe
BOTH: I got you babe
I got you babe

Marxist, racist, terrorist befriending, and radical Barrack H. Obama?????
MARTY GRIFFITH ARE U AN IDIOT!!!!
He is none of the above! First He's Black, White, and Has Family of every color!! Then a Marxist? Hes a Dem! and Radical?? How??? MARTY GRIFFTH S*CK A D*CK!!!

I love the fact that liberals are outraged by her...makes me love her even more.

NOBAMA '08

Liberals Suck

What liberals fail to understand is that "diversity" is NOT always a good thing, quite the contrary. It was NOT diversity that made this country great (and it IS great, suck it libs) but diverse peoples acting with the same likemindedness. Focus and goal oriented is how great things have been accomplished by the greatest nation on earth, not stupid ideas of "our greatest strenght is our diversity" and crap such as that. Finally the Republican party can FOCUS and become GOAL ORIENTED behind a candidate...God himself is the only one that can help the libs when that happens...is it too late to push for a seperate nation for Liberals?? Maybe Canada can take them??

Liberals Suck

Out of four elections this will be the first time that I have voted for a republican. I have been swayed to the right because of the unfair treatment McCain has received. Now everyone wants to give the same treatment to Palin. It scares me to think that Obama might win, no, what scares me more is his running mate. Talk about hot-headed, not only is Biden a big mouth but he is also PRO-IRANIAN.

PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR BARRACK O'DUMMY

The fact that the press jumped all over the story about Palin's daughter is not a surprised. In fact, it was perfectly foreseeable. "Family Values" should include a Mother protecting her daughter by setting aside her personal ambition. She's a terrible choice for Mother of the Year or anything else.

Dear concerned citizens of America and mass media of the U.S.A.

As a concerned disabled American Veteran and American citizen, I consider it my duty and responsibility to address the following critical issues facing the voters of our Greatgrand nation, the United States of America [USA].

The citizens of the United States of America [USA] have the ultimate power and responsibility to elect the Right Ticket with the right joint "temperament, judgment, and statesmanship" to lead our nation as well as change our nation's present and future moral, political, economic, educational, health care, energy, military, and foundational soul.

In my firm professional, personal, and political opinion, the media should help the common voter to explore and discuss the following attributes of the present Republican and Democratic presidential slates:

1. Does the joint ticket have a calm, cool, and collected " temper and impulse" [Presidential Temperament]?
2. Does each ticket have sound and sustained "Judgment and Caliber"?
3. Does each ticket have a "presidential depth and degree" in regard to their purpose, policies, and positions?
4. Does each ticket have adequate, "understanding and knowledge" of workings around Washington"?
5. Does each ticket have enough "vigor, wisdom and Vision" for the future of our beloved Great-grand Nation?
6. Does each ticket possess enough joint foreign policy experience and ex-poser based on "American Values, Virtues, Vastness, and strong soul"?
7. Are their campaign talk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair attacks, negativity, and impulsivity?

If your answer to a majority of the above questions is yes, I suggest you vote for that ticket. As a Independent registered voter I have decided to vote for Obama-Biden ticket. I am sure they will protect our national security, Strong's, stamina and strong soul. Rebuild our nation from bottom up in all areas of need, OBAMA-BIDEN ticket will once again restore and rebuild our global standing with the use of maximum international humane diplomacy and minimal force if and when indicated.

Yours sincerely,

COL. A.M. Khajawall [Ret] MD., Forensic psychiatrist, Colonel, US-AR / MC Combat Stress Control[Ret], Disabled American Veteran and Iraq Freedom team.

PS: Selection of Palin as his vice presidential candidate confirms common concerns of common American pulic about the Senators Temperament, judgement, impulsiveness and the rest.

Go Tony! I completely agree with you! The only people that would possibly attack her are those that are threatened by her! How dare anyone mock McCain's abilities to make decisions when the fact that the decision of the democratic party to nominate a man with a resume consisting of community organizer and short-term senator exist? Talk about poor lack of judgment. His number 2 is more qualified than him to be president. He has nothing to back up his speech while McCain and Palin have quite a lot. With his questionable associations, I think your time would be better served defending him than attacking Palin!

Liberals are narrow minded fools. Obuma is nothing more than a street hustler.

Today he said his experience was a lot more than Sarah's but he only compared his (which is nothing) to her job as

Guess he doesn't know what her job now is that governor of a major state (Delaware is really a large county) ....well maybe he is confused. After all he said we have 57 states in the union. Give him a map of the north America and let's see if he can even correctly point to Alaska.

Obuma is exceedingly dull.

McCain chooses political theater over national security by professing his future Vice President’s executive experience fighting for oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge has prepared her for being one heartbeat away from taking on a belligerent Iran, an unstable Pakistan, a resurgent Russia and an unfinished Iraq.

The prime requirement of a Vice President is readiness to step into the office of President at a moment’s notice. Period. As a former naval aviator, it is unconscionable that Senator McCain would take an enormous tactical risk that leaves the nation without a parachute.

The blithering idjuts from the liberal cracks in the wall commenting here are dumb as a post. Sarah Palin is an excellent choice. She's brilliant and tough as nails. Her children are no more a part of this equation than Barack's children. They are not running for office. Of course if it was Chelsea who was pregnant, you wackjobs would be chanting, "that's her business, not yours." What freaks the slobbering Dems are.

The spark plug Sara Palin is being hidden from the public and media view. Of course, a podium appearance is a safer way to present this fraud of a VP candidate. McCain is a disgrace and the stench is spreading throughout the Republican Party.

To Revolutionist!
Frank Marshall Davis was a mentor to Barrack Obama and Obama admits to smoking dope with him. You can google this man's name and find that he is a Marxist. So one of his earliest mentors is a Marxist that he smoked dope with. Obama's father introduced his son to the Marxist radical.

Obama attended a church for 20 years which espouses black liberation theology, which is anti white, anti Jew, and Marxist in nature.

Obama was a Saul Alinsky disciple in his early 20s. This is also someone whose name can be googled and you will find him to be a Marxist.

If Obama is not a Marxist, he has spent his whole teenage and adult life trying to look like one.

May all of you terrible souls that enjoy making pain for a 17 year old girl, have an experience that will awaken you to realize the evil that you have become, and the terrible things you have down. May the good Lord have mercy on you.

What was John McCain thinking? Did he know anything about Sarah Palin before he chose her to be his VP?

It sure doesn't seem like it...

John, you must be listening to the liberal media. If you want reality, turn on Fox News. They are not worried or indicating that he hastily chose her.

Oh my, the left is certainly in a tizzy. I have to say that makes me want to vote for McCain/Palin even more. Left loons are particularly enraged. Stick it too em Sarah Barracuda.

We're judged by our actions. Palin chose to accept the VP position, knowing that her daughter's pregnancy would have to be discussed (how was she going to hide it?) in the media. She chose to take an 8 hour flight after her water broke, potentially jeopardizing her unborn child.

If Mitt Romney was tapped for the VP position with a special needs newborn and it came out that his teenage daughter was pregnant, American families would feel the same way - you have to stop and get your house in order before serving the country!

Her ambition appears to trump her duty to family, and McCain's reckless has only added to it. A sad day for family values.

Amazing.I did not believe that it was possible for anyone to have the guts to step outside the corpocracy/politically correct/insiders club at that level of politics. An absolutely brilliant choice by McCain and Palin is *dynamite* -- in all the good ways possible. She has more relevant experience than Obama (he's never run anything! ... and he's running for Pres, not VP!) In fact she has more executive experience than all three other candidates combined! Alaska is first line Pacific defense for U.S. and the Alaskan Governor is "in on" vastly more federal security briefings than that of any other state. [Probably the only Governor that has a "hot line" to the White House.] She's Commander & Chief of the Alaska Nat'l Guard - a much bigger deal than in any other state. She has much more foreign policy acumen [and classified security information due to Alaska’s unique defense position] and experience than Obama. In many ways, Alaska is a lot more like a country than a state; certainly the experience as Governor of Alaska is more similar to the Presidency than the Governor of any other State. Alaska is the only state that has direct diplomatic ties and armed forces which deal with all of the Pacific Rim Countries - Japan, Russia, Canada, Chile, Vietnam, Thailand, Korea, China, etc. She’s had more dealings with the PacRim countries than Obama and Biden put together. She's the one who brought down all the corrupt politicians in Alaska and the only one to have the guts to take on Big Oil which, with sleazy politicians, have been running Alaska. She already proved she can play with the big boys and whup 'em .... Senator Stevens would not be under indictment now but for her. [And the nonsense about the "trooper scandal" is essentially press malarkey.] She can hold her own in a policy debate on any subject with any person ... she'll mop the floor with Biden in the VP debates. She's super sharp, got major mojo, is tough as nails and is squeaky clean "unbuyable".
I am *NOT* a social conservative! [Truth be told, I'm a Libertarian.] I oppose her stand on abortion and most other social issues. But she is so well qualified and such a breath of fresh air ... I'm delighted. And it is fun to watch the smug fall off the faces of all the Obama supporters!:-) They had this election wrapped and rolling down the highway. Then the wheels just came off. They are scared to death! I didn't think McCain had a chance, nor was I going to vote for him. I just changed my mind on both!"

So much for family values. What a role-model! knocked up teenage daughter, ethics scandals, no passport till last year, pork barrel politics...... McCain has lost his mind.

Whoa - I didn't notice the previous poster was also a "Mark". We are two different people folks!

Huh? I thought 'continued discussion' of her daughter's pregnancy was kinda the whole point.

You know: how she's 'choosing' to do the right thing, keeping the baby, marrying the father, making her parents and John McCain look great...

...all while selflessly enduring the media glare and the inconceivable pressure they've just knowingly exposed her to, in all their boundless Christian compassion...

Ah. I think I see what kind of discussion they'd rather not have...

Mayor of a town with 9000 people????
No vetting process????

Is this some kind of a joke, McCain? I really used to like and respect you; now I just think you're suffering from Alzheimer's. I'm really ticked off. You just blew the whole deal.

Oh my god, please tell us that you've changed your mind. What happened to Romney???

Yukon Barbie was chosen for two reasons:
Her wacko right-wing politics and her
vagina.
Unfortunately, they forgot to vet her before proposing installing her one 72 year heartbeat away from the presidency.
Too bad. So sad. McCain is now stuck with her and her cascading series of
scandals, lies and just plain embarrassments.

Palin's teenage daughter is pregnant and the religious right is pleased that she's marrying the guy and having the baby, no negative commentary from them at all.

If a Dem's teen daughter was pregnant, the religious right would be all about how awful the parents are, how bad their values must be, how much we need abstinence only education (the kind Palin promotes), how immoral they are even if they do marry and have the baby, etc.

Republican hypocrisy again.

As a lifelong Republican, I'm still voting for McCain regardless.

Palin was not a good pick by far, but what choice do we really have now that the decision has been made. Sour apples.

Let's just hope McCain doesn't die in office.

I believe John McCain made a good choice in selecting Sarah Palin for his Vice President. Most people who agree don't waste their time going from blog to blog, trying to spread ill will.

Instead of trying to defame people with character assasination and slander, they should write what they like about their candidate of choice. We can strive to put the best construction on everything by speaking honorably about people, and not resorting to trying to be-little a political opponent. I hope more bloggers will rise above the temptation to stomp upon the opposition candidate, and show integrety by speaking and writing honorably of those who are willing to serve us in public office. All candidates need to be in our prayers. May God help us to display His love by how we choose to write about others.

Libs, get the peanut butter out of your ears. Palin WAS vetted, for several months and a complete background check. She met McCain several times. CNN just did a segment detailing it.

She was Governor the whole time Obammy was skipping out of the senate, voting Present. He couldn't make a decision on what shoes to wear.

Palin is going to make a good VP, a GREAT president.

Palin/McCain 08

re Tony:"I love the fact that liberals are outraged by her...makes me love her even more."

Well, if that's what you base your vote on, that's OK. The rest of us? We're trying to elect a President who can get things done with bi-partisan support, fix the atrocities commmitted against our great country by your buddy George W, and knows a thing or two about America (hello? The founding fathers didn't write the pledge!), the Constitution (hello? God helped make the oil pipeline - let us give thanks?), and FOREIGN POLICY (hello? it's kind of important to know Shi'a from Sunni, ya think?)

So, as usual, the people who gave us W want to palm off on America a senior citizen with PTSD, anger, and memory issues, and a noobie from the sticks who has ethics problems and supported the secession of Alaska.

Yep, sounds like Republicans to me!

Funny how the libs are saying what a horrible pick Palin is. They are scared to death of her. Also funny how Obama is comparing his experience with hers...since he can't compare his to McCain's.

Sarah Palin is somewhere working on her very crucial speech, which is a zillion times more important than Phyllis Schlafly's event.

It would be nice if Phyllis had the good sense to realize that.

I wish Governor Sarah Palin was running for president.
She's EXACTLY what the people want!! Senator McCain is a veteran, and I respect him for that but it seems like an "off-year" for Republicans.
I hate to think what radical leftist Barack Obama will do for U.S. national security and the business community. He could be worse than Jimmy Carter (gave away Iran to the Ayatollah and the Panama Canal - now run by Chinese companies). I hope this post is not too long to be printed. God bless the G.O.P. and Good Luck America!!

Regarding Sarah Palin, it is true that she is on the ticket, and not her daughter. Some have tried to blame the parent for the actions of the child = she didn't raise her right. We should hesitate from making such judgements--how many of us know the full story? I have known excellent parents who did a wonderful job raising their children, yet a child rebelled. I'm not speculating what happened here. Their situation is not my business. My point is that we should not be quick to cast blame on others.

Regarding experience, it is interesting that many who support Obama decry her 'lack of experience'. She has more executive experience than Obama, and he's on the top of the dem's ticket. I've been told Barack was a "community organizer." I'm not really sure what that is. Obama's V.P. choice has decades of experience in the legislative branch of our government. If Barack wants to push "CHANGE" as his mantra, I'm rather surprised he didn't select someone other than Biden. Yes, change involves knowing how to get it done, but those who have been in politics for too long sometimes become part of the problem, not the solution. I do not know Biden well enough to know where he stands, but I have to admit I was surprised by Obama's pick. I'm wondering if it was to balance his shortage on experience. The important thing to remember is a cry for CHANGE can be ambiguent. I imagine everyone wants some things to change and other things to remain as they are. It seems to me the watchword "CHANGE" was thrown out there with the hope that everyone will assume that Obama desires to change everythimg we all want to change, collectively and individually. Unfortunately that is inaccurate. A desire for change, OR, for that matter, the slogan "Country First" should not be an excuse for us to keep from learning where the candidates stand on the issues. There are some very real differences out there (the one that most concerns me is Partial-birth Abortion, which isn't really different from infanticide). We should not let a candidates rhetoric mask their real positions, and where their loyalties lie. I believe that McCain-Palin, Obama-Biden, and those of other political parties truly desire a better America! The difference is how the candidates operationally define 'A Better America'. Studying the candidates positions can help see their visions of how the USA should look. I hope more people try to chip away at the way the press try to paint a candidate, to try to get as un-biased a look as they can on who would lead us for the next four years. Hope is fine, but realism needs to be there too. We are not voting for merely a celebrity, but someone who will lead the country with the other branches of government. I would be happy with a McCain-Palin win, but we all need to do our own homework.

WHAT does this choice say about MCCAIN'S JUDGMENT?? It tells me he is NO MAVERICK! He CAVED under pressure from CHARLIE BLACK and the right wing and did not choose Joe Lieberman who certainly IS EXPERIENCED! Instead he chose PALIN who ADMITS she has no interest in foreign policy!! No opinion on Iraq!! He was making a POLITICAL decision, going for his base and Hillary voters. Forget the COUNTRY'S WELFARE if he should die in office - NO, THIS IS THE ANTITHESIS of a MAVERICK!! THIS IS A COWARD who won't even stand up to Charlie Black!!! HOW can he be trusted to stand up for AMERICA if he is THAT WEAK and MALEABLE??? I am a republican and deeply embarrased by McCain's actions