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Palin Says the Race Is Still on in Virginia
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ABC News' Kate Snow and Imtiyaz Delawala Report: They may be behind in the polls, but vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin predicts a race that will come down to the wire.
Speaking in the hot sun at the Richmond International Raceway, Palin compared this election to the recent Chevy Rock and Roll 400, a race that was decided in the final laps.
“The lead going back and forth, lap after lap, nobody knew who was going to win right up to the finish line," Plain told the crowd. "Well, John McCain and I are nearing the finish line here too of another close race and you know it is looking a lot like that Rock and Roll 400. Our race is gonna be close. It's gonna be a real sprint to the finish line and it is a long way from being decided."
The latest polling in Virginia showed McCain leading in the state but it is considered a battleground Obama could turn blue. No Democratic presidential candidate has won Virginia since Lyndon Johnson in 1964.
The crowd at the Palin event was, by all appearances, already well in the McCain camp. Most wore McCain-Palin buttons or stickers or held signs. And there was a new sign today—a blue printed sign seen throughout the crowd read: “I am voting for the chick!”
Palin continued with more toned-down attacks on Obama. She said, “all across America there’s a lot of anger right now,” as she has said frequently in recent days. The crowd cheered as Palin cited anger at Wall Street, anger at “the arrogance of the Washington elite” and “anger about voter fraud.”
“We believe in the forward movement of freedom, not the constant expansion of government. And though Barack Obama disagrees, that freedom includes—that freedom includes the rights and liberties under the 2nd Amendment." The audience booed loudly when she said the words “though Barack Obama disagrees.”
Speaking about the economy, Palin said she and John McCain disagree with Obama’s policies but she did not specifically refer to new plans unveiled today by the Obama campaign.
“It’s in times like these that the last thing that we need to see is a tax increase,” she said.
As Palin detailed what a McCain-Palin administration would do about the country's housing problems, she mistakenly reprimanded her own supporters in the back of the outdoor audience, who were attempting to get Palin to speak more loudly.
As the crowd began chanting, “Louder! Louder! Louder!”, Palin apparently became flustered and stopped her remarks to say, "I would hope at least that those protesters have the courage and the honor of thanking our veterans for giving them the right to protest."
She then continued on with her housing message, telling the crowd, "We’re going to walk with those who are under the wrong mortgage and get them a fixed rate mortgage that will help them keep their homes."
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Obama better be elected OR ELSE .. you haven't seen anything close to the riots that will take place! Trust me! Except this time you'll have people with "white guilt" handing the bricks and lighter fluid to the homeys!
Posted by: Marcus | Oct 13, 2008 5:55:36 PM
Comical how they want to talk about the Palin girl being pregnant .. hell, at least she knows who the father is AND he's accepting responsibility! Sheesh! Give me a break ..
Posted by: Leslie | Oct 13, 2008 5:56:55 PM
I'll bet my pet Macaca Palin will do poorly in Virginia.
Posted by: ricky | Oct 13, 2008 5:57:00 PM
“Compliance with the code of ethics is not optional” is one of the best lines that I have read, and so very true. I question how Sarah Palin can show her face to the great people of Alaska. How can she look them in the eye? How can the people of Alaska ever trust her again? How can she face her family, her friends and her supporters? How can Sarah Palin smile and pretend that she has not told so many, many, many lies to the American People but worst to the people of Alaska. Sarah Palin should consider removing her name from the GOP ticket and stepping down as the Governor of Alaska. But she will not for she adores the crowds and the lights of Hollywood on her. But the bottom line is that one is ethical or one is not and now it has been proven that not only is Sarah Palin not ethical she is attempting to entice hate among the crowds as she continues to spew her lies. Perhaps her pastor should cast her into the water to see if she floats or sinks.
Posted by: Valdar | Oct 13, 2008 5:57:24 PM
Actually the latest polling in Virginia has Obama ahead not McCain.
Posted by: Karen | Oct 13, 2008 5:57:52 PM
Latest poll out McCain leading in Ohio
Va. up for grabs as of now.
Hmmmmm Looks like Hussein is slipping!!!
Posted by: Joey | Oct 13, 2008 5:58:42 PM
Valdar - entice hate? HA HA! When has that become something that's unethical? Read your own liberal limp wristed postings and get back with us!
Posted by: LiberalDork | Oct 13, 2008 5:59:09 PM
She is all talk and no substance...
She is as empty as her words...
What does she really say? Its just a bunch of words jumbled together, trying to make a complete sentence.
She is not someone I admire, nor would I ever vote for McCain/Palin.
Posted by: lmg | Oct 13, 2008 6:00:02 PM
Nobody wants to talk about the pregnancy of the Palin girl. And we would not have to if her mama had not accepted the Vice Presidential offer knowing she had not sufficiently inculcated the values of abstinence only education in her daughter. We would probably enjoy not having to talk about illegally hunted moose or tasering children, all staples in the Palin household. On the other hand, Tina Fey is a plus.
Posted by: ricky | Oct 13, 2008 6:00:47 PM
Thank you Jeremy for pointing out that ABC is wrong when they said that McCain is ahead in Virginia. All the recent polls show that Obama is ahead in Virginia.
Posted by: Karen | Oct 13, 2008 6:00:57 PM
I don't need someone to tell me to hate Obama .. it comes easy!
Posted by: Get a Job - No Liberals There | Oct 13, 2008 6:01:12 PM
Shoot a moose from a helo - it's very cool stuff!
Posted by: Ricky. | Oct 13, 2008 6:02:04 PM
Cynics seem to have their priorities twisted AGAIN. Class is in session:
1. Currently, with the states Obama already has, he's showing 264 electoral votes. That's not counting, OH, CO, FL or PA, which he's up in all of them.
2. In "so called" red states such as VA, NC and WV, it appears that McCain is behind in two out of three and is losing ground in WV. West Virginia??? Is McCain that pathetic? Must be, huh?
3. Right now the electoral numbers show Obama with a massive landslide. In fact, McCain will be lucky to get 190 electoral votes.
4. After Bob Barr and Ron Paul drain another 10-15% from him, he should have enough votes for a bridge tournament at his local VFW in AZ. Buttermilk will be on tap.
5. POTUS OBAMA - It's a lock
(Cynics already know this)
Posted by: Nat Turner | Oct 13, 2008 6:02:38 PM
PALIN IS A LIAR, WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE ANYTHING SHE SAYS??
The only thing that Moose with lipstick can do is read the teleprompter, lie and give McCain and the rest of the Redneck Republicans and Klan members (same thing) a woody!
Posted by: Davis | Oct 13, 2008 6:03:15 PM
Did Joy Behar pass gas and explode yet? How's that for hate? I can't wait until she disappears and gets a condo with Rosie .. all the homeys will be a stoppin by to bang a white chick! That's what they do - bang our outcasts!
Posted by: Tina Fey Sukz Nads | Oct 13, 2008 6:04:08 PM
I'm a dumb nig that can't read .. McCain leads in Ohio but I refuse to admit it! He's my savior .. like a President has ever done a thing for anyone who is a lazy arse!!
Posted by: Nat Turner. | Oct 13, 2008 6:05:52 PM
as we now find ourselves, all affected by the current economic situation, coupled with other situations, let us exercise care, by being sufficiently wise, in the selection of the best candidate for president. It is true, that every person now desires real change, and not just promises to bring about real change. The vast majority are now hurting terribly, and cannot wait to experience the future sunshine. It is my view, that the party that can best deliver, by bringing about that needed change is the democratic party. May God continue to bless and to protect America and its peoples.
Posted by: rev.Larcher | Oct 13, 2008 6:06:17 PM
Whatever Rev. Run!
Posted by: Harvey | Oct 13, 2008 6:07:06 PM
I am forwarding Tina Fey''''' post to PUMA. I know it will reinforce their redicrected love of the Palin-McCain ticket.
Posted by: ricky | Oct 13, 2008 6:09:19 PM
Ha, ha, ha! She thought her supporters were protesters.
She is so dumb. What an insult to women and good people in the Republican party.
Posted by: Yoki | Oct 13, 2008 6:11:07 PM
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