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Posted By Revelation1412 1 year, 4 months ago in NewsJohn McCain's choice of Alaska governor Sarah Palin is being hailed as a "game changing moment" by many conservatives.
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DoseASpinoza1 year, 4 months ago
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The Mondale-Ferraro ticket of the 21st Century. He's going down (she probably is too) and this way the party can blame the inexperienced woman for the loss, and not have to run a woman again for 40 years because they've "proved" they don't hate women in high office.
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NoWayMan1 year, 4 months ago
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seriously.
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by picking palin, mccain undercut his own arguement about the need for experience.
its also clear that mccain picked palin solely to help him win the presidency, not for the very real and important job of vice president.
and what's totally obvious is that palin was not his first choice. mccain has only spoken to her once, so how could she be? which means something went very wrong during the selection process.
palin's feel good story will wear off in a few hours, and then its all bad for mccain.-
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MyTown1 year, 4 months ago
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You liberals just kill me. Sarah Palin is 2nd on the ticket, not 1st. She has a wealth of more experience than Obama.
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Obama - no executive experience, never governed anything, spent approx 2 years in senate, rest of time was launching presidential bid, never wrote any major piece of legislation, has no foreign policy experience. Promotes himself as a change agent, yet picks an old school Washington Senator for a running mate.
Palin - Had 5 years of executive experience before Obama was even elected to senate. Was a mayor, and now governor of Alaska. As opposed to senators, governors make critical decisions everyday. She cleaned up corruption in her own party. Ran against an incumbent republican governor and won. Has a 80% favorable rating as governor.-
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drpolyphemus1 year, 4 months ago
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She is actually under investigation for firing Alaska’s Public Safety Commissioner because he wouldn't fire a police officer who was Palin's ex-brother-in-law. Hell hath no fury...
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She has been instructed turn over emails and records. The beauty queen is in trouble after only 2 years in office. -
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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What did Clinton's use of Jimmy Carter's experience get us in North Korea?
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You Democrats have already proven how dangerous "experience" can be when it's detached from reality.
And the argument McCain makes is intact inasmuch as Palin has had to make--as governor--executive decisions that would make or break her as a state politician. She currently enjoys a positive rating among Alaskans well North of 80%. However, I think focus on experience is unhealthy for both ticketc. Focus on the negative is likewise not going to serve either party well.
Obama and McCain need to focus on presenting themselves and their policies to the American people. We're not stupid...we can make the decision that we believe is best for the country.-
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NoWayMan1 year, 4 months ago
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and bush had plenty of "executive experience" going in.
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exec experience obviously don't mean squat. that line already doesn't work when faced with the reality of the bush administration.
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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Clinton was an executive and he had a chance to put Osama away and chose not to.If he had we would not have had a 9/11 and would not have had to send our troops to fight for our country. Wake up people. Your right executive experience in itself does not work. It is the way you govern that matters. Sarah Palin has done more in her short stay in office than Obama/Biden has done combined. As Bill Clinton says best, You have candidate x (Obama) that believes everything that you do and candidate y (Mccain) that only believe in half but your don;t believe x Obama will do anything and you believe y mccain will. Who do you vote for. Let me see, one that won;t do anything or one that will? I vote for mccain/palin
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Sounding more desperate by the minute Georgia.
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Alaskan republicans just chose a corrupt doddering old fool (Ted Stevens) again - pretty much shows their incompetence. As for Palin, she was in over her head as mayor of a town of 5000 and is clearly in over head as governor of a state with 700,000 people.
So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time
Alaskan Republicans voting for Ted Stevens
Your U.S. Senator is under indictment for corruption. He has shown signs of a lack of understanding of the 21st Century. And he's been around for a long time, and is older than John McCain by 13 years.
So you have a primary with a chance to substitute someone else in your party to run in a tight battle in November. And what do you do?
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You had a shot at putting democracy and even party ahead of corruption, and you failed. So we proudly give to the 63% of Republicans who voted for Ted Stevens this week the GOP Hypocrite of the Week award.
http://gophypocrites.com/2008/08/hyp08035.html
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PATTYD451 year, 4 months ago
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The Ole shuck and jive boy spews from his pores "change and hope" and appoints Biden a 35 year veteran of the washington game. A warmonger who announced more than once Obama wasnt fit to be president. A washington game player that has his own son lobbying for him... YOUR shuck and jive boy was just FLUSHED.
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Palin has more experience in her big toe then the big shuck and jive boy has in his entire scrauny body.. a JOKE
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curt7311 year, 4 months ago
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John Mccain is 10 walter mondel...lol she adds a lot to the ticket.
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1.she is very nice looking and young.
2.not affraid to speak her mind and might put joe biden on the fence before its over.
3. she is a governer running a reformed state.
4.Obama has nothing ANY ONE CAN GIVE A GREAT SPEECH..wait till he has to tell you how he is going to pay for his big goverment..with you tax dollars dude...
5.U need to realize its not about getting the country unified.ITS ABOUT FIXING THE PROBLEMS AND THERE ARE MANY even left from the Clinton Camp.
6. As people we are diffent and we will never all be on the same page but if we have some that Can fix the problems we have THATS THE CAKE MAN.-
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PATTYD451 year, 4 months ago
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GET out a calculator you dumb fool and add up his tri lllion dollar tax hike and YOU tell me 1% of the population is gonna pay it.. you either are on welfare or dont work, those are the ONLY 2 reasons you would EVER vote this shuck and jive joke
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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It is pretty clear that Palin is either incredibly incompetent or just corrupt. Useful links in these articles.
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Some things you didn't know about Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin left the finances of her town Wasilla in tatters when she moved on in 2002 (h/t xgz). She wanted a legacy as mayor, it seems, and pushed hard for the town to build a hyper-expensive sports complex. But Palin screwed the process up badly. Instead of buying the land for the complex when it was offered, her administration allowed a developer named Gary Lundgren to snap it up. Then Wasilla tried to seize the land from Lundgren through eminent domain. In the end, what with court costs Wasilla paid at least $ 1.7 million for land it could have bought for less than one tenth that sum - if the purchase had been handled properly. For this incompetence, Wasilla is still paying a steep price: higher taxes and cutbacks in services. In other words Palin is about as efficient as Michael Brown, onetime head of FEMA.
Diarist loyalson, a resident of Wasilla, has more to say about the damage Palin did to his town while she was mayor.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/29/183255...-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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It is clear that Palin was already in over her head as mayor of Wasilla and is racking up the same record of failure as governor of Alaska. Just another "con" pretty face incompetent - kind of like Harriet Myers.
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Sarah Palin was my mayor
Sarah Palin's leadership in Wasilla was a disaster for the town with an explosion of urban sprawl with zero sustainibility. Schools deteriorated badly under Palin.
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/08/30/sarah-pa...-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Palin's Post-Scandal Appointee Served Just Two Weeks
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After the allegedly improper firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) appointed former Kenai Police Chief Chuck Kopp to the post - even though she knew Kopp had been reprimanded for sexual harrassment.
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/08/30/palins-p...
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Well lets see what republican, christian women in Alaska have to sat about Palin and her lies to voters.
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Sarah Palin -Investigated for Abuse of Power
Palin circles the wagons: Transparency a casualty
Seems like just yesterday, Sarah Palin was on a passionate crusade for open and transparent government. Fighting the Randy Ruedrichs and the Greg Renkes of the world, demanding a government that allowed a clear view for all to see from the outside.
Today it appears time for Palin to write an obituary for that noble crusade.
In a shocking interview with Anchorage Daily News Reporter Lisa Demer on Thursday, Palin's Communication Director Bill McAllister defended the administration's abandonement of their "open and transparent government" promise by saying it didn't really apply to everything.-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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On November 1, 2007 after the indictment of Vic Kohring, Palin's press release stated, " Public trust and integrity are the foundation of good government. This reaffirms my commitment to conduct the people’s business in an open and transparent fashion.”
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On March 28, 2006 in a press release regarding putting the state's checkbook online she said it was part of implementing her mandate for more open, transparent government.
In the interview with McAllister, the ADN's Demer ask him if the Palin administration was backing away from it's "guiding principle" of open and transparent government.
McAllister offered Demer another shocking response, "Open and transparent does not mean you lose all common sense and conduct everything out in the open."
...The truth is this entire administration has begun to batten down the hatches due to the Branchflower investigation.-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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The recent opinion by Attorney General Talis Colberg that state employees have a right to privacy while using state issued communication equipment has set off a heated debate and one that will undoubtedly end up in court.
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In addition, the governor's Department of Administration appears on the verge of enacting more stringent requirements for the public to ask for public records....
... One has to wonder, what if Governor Murkowski attempted this brazen move while Palin was waving the red flag about Randy Ruedrich and Greg Renkes using state resources for personal business.
The news regarding the death of open government has not been greatly exaggerated.
http://palininvestigated.blogspot.com/
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trez_501 year, 4 months ago
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Hold on DoseASpinoza… after learning who John McCain VP pick was, I started my own research. Knowing nothing about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (like most of us), I've come to find article after article similar to this… I can see why folks feel comfortable with her.
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Everyone deserves a chance… she certainly has what it takes… the interest, self confidence and she is aggressive, she’s clear about her positions her beliefs. If she felt she couldn’t do it, she won’t have accepted. Think about that… would you take on such a feat? It’s a huge step. Let's see what happens.
At anyrate, all this babble about “no experience” tells us nothing about her intelligence.
Sometimes we get hooked on key words (used repeatedly through the media, internet) and we begin to follow the piper. By right… she deserves the chance… couple that with more time and we will learn what we need to know.-
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Dionys1 year, 4 months ago
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Dionys1 year, 4 months ago
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I'm not running for office. Even so I have a PhD, Masters and BA. I've worked with and for the poor of this nation most of my life. I've served in the Military proudly and never been the subject of any kind of ethics investigation.
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Those facts alone place my potential candidacy way above a nobody like Palin. Honestly -- do you want some barely educated nobody running this country when our economy is failing, we're at war with a few countries and on the way to war with Russia and we're trying to bring this country back to the great country it once was? Let's be honest -- McCain is a few breaths away from a heart attack at best. You better care who's next in line.-
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mesodude1 year, 4 months ago
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Dionys, I must remind you that you're also forbidden to question Bush's credentials. Those cons currently support or have supported in the past are totally irrelevant now. It's all water under the bridge or over the dam or something like that... And whatever twisted and bizarre criteria cons have used to make their voting decisions in the past have NOTHING to do with the twisted and flawed criteria they are using now or will use in the future. Dammit, Bush is not running!! ;-x
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Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago
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What government positions have you held?
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What accomplishments have you made to the betterment of this country to equal what Palin has done?
I have worked with people who have had impressive degrees and were in higher positions where I worked. Some of them are not worth the powder it would take to blow them up. Others worked hard and accomplished great things. Education means nothing unless you can use it well.
Palin was a mayor and governor. She has fought corruption wherever she has found it while in or out of office. One of the things that springboarded her into being governor was getting a group of bipartison corrution stopped and some going to jail.-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Palin was a failure as both mayor and governor (see links above) and is herself already under investigation for corruption (after only just over 1 year in office!).
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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By the way endo, seems that corruption is pretty endemic in alaska and the "cons" are still not smart enough to see it. How much is an endorsement for Palin from a known crook worth?
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Scandal-Plagued Ted Stevens Endorses Palin For VP
In a statement announcing the choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, Sen. John McCain’s campaign emphasized that “in Alaska, Governor Palin challenged a corrupt system.” But that claim was undermined today when Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK), who was indicted last month for not reporting gifts from an Alaskan oil company, endorsed her as McCain’s vice president....
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/29/palin-stevens-...
So Many Republican Hypocrites, So Little Time
Alaskan Republicans voting for Ted Stevens
... Your U.S. Senator is under indictment for corruption. He has shown signs of a lack of understanding of the 21st Century. And he's been around for a long time, and is older than John McCain by 13 years.
So you have a primary with a chance to substitute someone else in your party to run in a tight battle in November. And what do you do?
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You had a shot at putting democracy and even party ahead of corruption, and you failed. So we proudly give to the 63% of Republicans who voted for Ted Stevens this week the GOP Hypocrite of the Week award.
http://gophypocrites.com/2008/08/hyp08035.html
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PATTYD451 year, 4 months ago
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Lets talk about NO experience, the "shuck and jive" boy looks like a teenie bobber up against Palin... lets start shall we? city council, mayor, govenor, verses "community organizer" a glorified term for boy scout leader who btw associates with criminals, aka rezko, wm ayers.. and lets not forgot his long time racist buddies wright and farrakah. Obama looks like a big shuck and jive doofus.. thats exactly what he is. with his angry "james brown" look alike wife.. BIG JOKES!~ Two bitter angry blacks that sucked off the white mans welfare to go to ivy league colleges and NEVER used their leagues. NO never used his law degree or practiced law instead he pushed papers in a law firm because he was too much of a stuttering imbecile to do anything else.
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jordan111 year, 4 months ago
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she certainly has what it takes… the interest, self confidence and she is aggressive, she’s clear about her positions her beliefs. If she felt she couldn’t do it, she won’t have accepted.>>>>
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Interest, self confidence and aggression. What an odd combination to describe having "what it takes" to be a step away from the Presidency of the United States.-
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trez_501 year, 4 months ago
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It's not ones IQ that holds the answers ... it's having good common sense on how to use what one has learned...knowing how to apply knowledge to transfer wisdom. Get it?
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It doesn't sound like you understand anything about human dynamics and what makes a human being fit for what they can aspire to be.
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mesodude1 year, 4 months ago
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Innocent human life doesn't include children of parents without health insurance, apparently or babies blown to bits in Iraq. That's the problem. You people can't make up your minds when children are innocent and when they're a burden (which you love to accuse liberals of doing). ;-(
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mesodude1 year, 4 months ago
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I guess I'm still wondering why she was chosen VP over all those other guys who ran for President and who have way more experience than she does and if she is a better choice than they are, why is her name just coming up now? This is just so calculating and such obvious pandering. But the GOP is famous for tokenism by now so I guess I'm not entirely surprised. Then again, I guess they knew better than to try to kill two birds with one stone by drafting Condi (who never stood a chance since she's been an abysmal failure as Sec of State) or even one by drafting Powell (since he's still thoroughly disgusted by his party's criminality and lies to be associated with them).
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PATTYD451 year, 4 months ago
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You sound like you just discribed Obama.. Corrupt? Lets talk about is long time buddy Rezko who was indicted for felony acts,. who just so happened to make a deal with Obama over land and a 4 million dollar home. Or how about his good buddy William Ayers the domestic terrorist that blew up the pentagon and NYC police depart , who then bragged to NY times he "wished" he had set more bombs in an interview after Sept 11.
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"Tokenism" yes, certainly the Dem party knew some bozo stuttering idiot that hasnt got anymore experience then a walmart greeter was TOKEN joke.
the recent 400 million dollar "shuck and jive" speech the bozo gave was FLUSHED down the toilet immediately the very next morning. Like he will be FLUSHED in Nov.
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Dionys1 year, 4 months ago
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Grrr1 year, 4 months ago
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Could McCain have possibly made a decision more obviously a reaction to the Democratic party than about a sound choice for the 2nd executive of the country? I doubt it.
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NoWayMan1 year, 4 months ago
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anyone who thinks hillary supporters are going to flock to palin just because both of them are women is serioulsy delusional. you'd have to be stupid to assume all women think alike.
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but then again, after hearing mccain's famous rape joke, I can see how mccain would conclude something so stupid and narrow minded about a group that makes up over half of the world's population.-
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jordan111 year, 4 months ago
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anyone who thinks hillary supporters are going to flock to palin just because both of them are women is serioulsy delusional. you'd have to be stupid to assume all women think alike. >>>>
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Palin thinks women will flock to her because she's a woman. She even mentioned Hillary & the cracks in the 'glass ceiling.' She's a superficial woman, who thinks because she has the same parts, other women will gush over her. Bizarre. It's the only word I can come up with to describe this joke. it's bizarre!-
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bluetexasvalley1 year, 4 months ago
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http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/08/30/palin-yo...
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nikkibabe1 year, 4 months ago
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PUMA membership has declined to 9,000. That will not win the election McCain with a running mate who is pro life, anti gay, pro guns and someone who has never been exposed to the diversity of this country.
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Blacks, Latinos and Asians will fall head over heels for Barack Obama.-
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jmopinion1 year, 4 months ago
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bdl-wXB9do
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saneman1 year, 4 months ago
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According to Wikipedia, Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative political commentator, syndicated columnist, and best-selling author. According to Wikipedia, a columnist is a journalist who writes material on a regular basis for publication in a series.
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mmrhe1 year, 4 months ago
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So far I have to say I'm underwhelmed....She was asked if she's qualified to be President and all she came up with was basically "Thanks".
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She has a shrill speaking voice and their body language is screaming "Uncomfortable!"
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lloydm651 year, 4 months ago
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Why would McCain have a heart attack at 72 ,I'm seventy five I just had a complete physical,including a complete stress test with all the bells,and whistles.Not one blocked artery, no sign of artery disease.I intend to live to see McCain run in 2012.
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jaern1 year, 4 months ago
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Game changing moment, to pick one of the most inexperienced women in politics for the 2nd most powerful position in the free world? I am all for shattering that glass ceiling but how about doing it with Elizabeth Dole, Olympia Snowe, Susan Collins, or Kay Hutchison who have a lot more experience than being a near neighbor to Russia. Well, maybe with her inexperience John McCain thinks he can pay her less than any other vice president before her!
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Hobe1 year, 4 months ago
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John McCain a 26 year Do nothing Senator had a two Hour Meeting and he Chooses this Hockey mom to be the next Commander And Chief of the most Powerful Nation in the History Of the World.....
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It it Fair to Say, John McCain has extremely Poor Judgment????
McCain 72, Palin 44 years old Has NO world experience? None?? Is John McCain is NUTS....
To All Women, Governor Palin Supports In Your Face, a Woman Does NOT have a right to an Abortion If She Chosen.
John McCain and Palin will decide if you are entitled to, a Right to Choose....
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Shill1 year, 4 months ago
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Well, according to the AOL polls, this is an absolutely BRILLIANT move on the part of John McCain. I'M thinking, "What a MAROON!!!" In one fell swoop, he just dismantled his OWN argument that Obama is not experienced enough to be president! But Palin IS?!!?? DUH!! Although I have serious reservations about Obama, I have to believe that if THIS is the kind of judgement we can expect from THIS guy, we do NOT need him as president! But maybe he can fall back on his supposed "maverick" schtick (even though he voted Bush's way most of the time during this disastrous administration) and get over THAT way. I DO think he's going to win, but he's not making it easy.
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most_reasonable1 year, 4 months ago
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Ms. Pain will fortify the right wing base with her stance on abortion, guns, home schooling, preference for "intelligent design" over intelligent biological theory, the push for raping the Alaskan wilderness, taking the Polar Bear off the endangered list and put it on the extinction list, and calling Hillary Clinton a "whiner".
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Of course she will also fortify the democratic, Hillary supporters, and middle America against more of McSame. I can't believe she says I can't believe that she says NUK-U-LAR. Of course that never bothered the GOP "faithful" who thought that G. W. Bush was "brilliant". -
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RCHIII1 year, 4 months ago
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If McCain thinks that Hillary supporters are going to run to him now that he chose a woman for VP he's in for a let-down. Palin is against everything that Hillary supporters believe in. Does he think that women are really that stupid?
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pcknowledge1 year, 4 months ago
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Let's not count Palin out yet. With her "professional" background, leadership experience, demeanor and attractive face, Palin could be excellent at foreign politics. She could tell foreign leaders to practise unsafe sex, have several chidlren, go hunting, go to church (that should go well with Evangelicals), eat Moosebrugers (that should go well with the Iraqis and Ahmedinejad for example) and she could tell women in the Middle East who have been raped and are pregnant that an abortion would be sinful. She could tell the Saudis to go to hell because Alaska has oil. And, as she said in one of her speeches she has "not thought much about the Iraq war," the Iraqis will be all to happy. Maybe she can teach them hockey?
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most_reasonable1 year, 4 months ago
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Yes, more than a talking head, A TALKING ASS AND LIAR.
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She will definitely appeal to the GOP faithful. Like on Fox News, who says she has international experience because Alaska is geographically so close to Russia.
The woman?? who claimed that Hillary was a whiner, brought on board to attract the Hillary crowd.
Only the GOP faithful can believe such things.
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Historylover1 year, 4 months ago
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I was voting McCain anyway, but I really like Palin, so far. I think other American's will like how she appears to stand behind her beliefs. That is applaudable, I am soooo sick of politicians, politics, Bush bashers, the war in Iraq, Obama Frenzies, CNN and FOX biases, negative ads, this election, and basically RUDE remarks. Why can't we have two sides that plainly state their beliefs, and we choose who we agree with most? Why all this name calling, hate mongoring, negativity, that brings us all down. I am so tired of it all, and I know I am not alone. Look, we all have reasons we vote how we vote, and thank God we are able to pick our leader through a democratic process, so let's show some respect. I believe the reason Palin is causing such an uproar is because she is a breath of fresh air in this down-ward spiral of an election. I will admit, I am skeptical about her foreign experience, but not any more than I am with Obama's. But I admit, it would not matter who McCain picked (although Romney would've been a stretch) I would vote for him.
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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I have voted over the years for republicans and democrats. This year I had planned to vote for Obama. I loved his speech. It wasn't until I heard the accomplishments of Sarah Palin that I realized how empty Obamas resume really was .He really hasn't accomplished much at all. Sarah Palin has done so much more in her few years in office than any of the other candidates. The news media is doing such a disservice by being so one sided on there coverage. You can definately see who they are voting for. I tuned in to Fox News and watched their coverage and then NBC and there non coverage. if you want to be more informed, choose a news media that is not trying to sell their candidate and one that will allow you to choose on your own by having all the information you need to make the right decision. To me McCain had guts and great courage to put her on his ticket. He truely made a good choice. and thats why I am voting for McCain/Palin
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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The hypocrisy of your statement is showing through. Why would anyone vote for someone who has been a failure as both a mayor of a small town and as the governor of a small (in population) state?
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Especially when the only other VP candidate EVER that has anything like as little experience as Palin was Spiro Agnew. Look how that turned out!
Scholars question Palin credentials
Presidential scholars say she appears to be the least experienced, least credentialed person to join a major-party ticket in the modern era. ...
“I think she is the most inexperienced person on a major party ticket in modern history,” said presidential historian Matthew Dallek.
That includes Spiro T. Agnew, Richard Nixon’s first vice president, who was governor of a medium-sized state, Maryland, for two years, and before that, executive of suburban Baltimore County, the expansive jurisdiction that borders and exceeds in population the city of Baltimore. ...
.... If elected vice president, Palin would appear to have the least amount of experience in federal office or as a governor since John W. Kern, Democrat William Jennings Bryan’s 1908 running mate, who had served for four years in the Indiana state Senate and then four more as city solicitor of Indianapolis. The Democratic ticket lost to Republican standard bearer William Howard Taft and running mate James S. Sherman by an Electoral College spread of 321-162....
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Historylover1 year, 4 months ago
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Why would we believe 'Presidential Scholars" are not biased? Everyone is biased to some degree, do you not remember those prof.'s from college? I have a Master's in US History, can that make me a presidential historian too? hmmm...
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