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Posted By MyWayOnNow 1 year, 4 months ago in NewsJohn McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain is set to trot out his veep choice before a rally in Ohio
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pastorwadec1 year, 4 months ago
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This was not a good choice for VP. A much stronger choice would have been Colin Powell or Condi Rice. Then the race card could not have been played by either side. This governor adds nothing to an already weak (at best) ticket. If this is an example of McCains judgement, Lord help us!
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memestryker1 year, 4 months ago
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Colin Powell and Condi Rice WERE tentatively picked and declined multiple times for both the #1 and #2 positions. I think this is great news. I was afraid it would be Ridge.
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Paulin has much more experience than many vice presidents and some presidents. And she's smart and innovative. I think it's a really good choice.-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Actually Palin is already under investigation for corrupt influence peddling and lying in in Alaska.
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Legislature may appoint investigator in firing
Palin under fire
Alaska Senate leaders want an investigation of whether Gov. Sarah Palin pressured and then fired the public safety commissioner because he wouldn't get rid of a state trooper who had gone through a bitter divorce with Palin's sister....
http://www.adn.com/front/story/471366.html
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UnusualSuspect1 year, 4 months ago
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Having just read Gov Palin's bio, I have to honestly say I like her for some things she's done in Alaska.
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She certainly wants an honest government, having gone after Democrats and Republicans alike in her state, cracking down on corruption. She might be embroiled in a controversy of her own at the moment, but all indications are that she had little or no involvement with it.
She's a fiscal conservative, which is great. She was able to reduce taxes in the state substantially.
She seems to be independent from big oil but actively promotes development and wise use of natural resources, and is interested in the climate changes of this planet.
I think it's an interesting choice for Obama's opponent, but I'm not certain it was the best choice. I think he'll have a battle on his hands. Conservatives should like the pick...she's a strong pro-life candidate. But I seriously doubt that adding her to the ticket will bring over many supporters who were strong Hillary fans. Hillary's supporters will come around, albeit late, but they'll come around. They might not have gotten the candidate they wanted, but they won't vote for a Republican ticket on it's own, or because a woman was added to the ticket.
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mesodude1 year, 4 months ago
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The thing is their ticket will, I think, be viewed as the reverse of Obama and Biden. She's only been governor 18 months and before that she was the mayor of a city with population 8000. If people are worried that McCain might not make a full four years (and we know that's a concern of both those on the right and the left) it seems to me that those who say Obama is too green should be even more concerned in this case.
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miklkit1 year, 4 months ago
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But faux noise, the official Ministry of Propaganda, has gone there. And Democrats, good people, are dying! This is a very real issue. I would support Obama over this issue alone. Shucks, I would support Alfred E. Neumann over this issue. Oops! Alfred is already in the White House.
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mivan41 year, 4 months ago
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On Powell, He said he didn't want it and women could still Pull the discrimination card. On Condi, she also said she didn't want it and yes she would have covered both areas so no one could cry discrimination, but again she said she did not want it! Anyway one should not pick a running mate based on race or sex, but on qualifications!
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samarafnp1 year, 4 months ago
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Really! McCain wanted someone who would get the women, and his judgement that it would not matter WHO it was, shows how dumb he really is about the world. She has no experience but he is so cocky he does not think he NEEDS anyone with experience. He wants someone he can boss around. Also, she has a newborn and a lot of other children in Alaska, with Mccain's health, malignant melanoma not with a good prognosis, is this woman going to leave her family and be president??? God help us. He is going to play the "downs syndrome" baby thing. Her pairing with him will lose it for him, not win it.
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bigurn1 year, 4 months ago
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Really:
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Alaska governor since December 2006-2008
Commander-in-Chief, Alaska National Guard, 2006 - 2008
Chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, 2003-2004; Two terms as Wasilla mayor, 1999 - 2003
Two terms as Wasilla City Council, 1997 - 1999
Note: BY THE TIME OBAMA GAVE HIS SPEECH IN 2002, SARAH PALIN HAD HAD 5 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE EXPERIENCE. SHE HAS 5 YEARS OF EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE; OBAMA HAS NONE!
EDUCATION: Graduated University of Idaho, 1987, journalism.
FAMILY: Husband, Todd; five children.
BUSINESS: Worked as sports reporter for two Anchorage television stations; owned with her husband a snowmobile, watercraft, ATV business from 1994-97. Husband is a North Slope oil field worker.-
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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What's wrong with being tilted in favor of creationism? Evolutionists don't have all the answers. Turtles appear in the fossil record from nowhere...with no apparent genefic predecessor. At the bottom of the fossil record, we find an explosion of a vast array of life forms.
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Flip a coin. Next. No...I didn't see McCain looking down her blouse. I also didn't see him kiss her on the lips the way Whobama (and Gore) were kissing various women in Denver. GUHROSS.
Outdoorsmen, or for you liberals, outdoorspersons, are the most environmentally responsbile people on the planet. I don't hunt, and only do lazy-boy fishing (charter boats), but I have friends and family who do both and they are extremely responsible when it comes to wildlife and the environment. Oh wait....YOU think being an environmentalist means agreeing with tree huggers all the way down the line. That's YOUR myopia, not Palin's.
Pro-oil? And that is a problem because? Have you checked into the Demcorats in the Senate and House who own oil stocks? Might wanna get on that.
Anti-choice? She made the most incredible choice of any mother: knowing her youngest had development issues, she CHOSE to give birth anyway. OUCH! I DARE you baby killers to attack her on abortion-related issues. PLEASE GOD let the Whobama camp go down that path!!!
What else ya got? Her opposition to corrupt REPUBLICANS ??? Your "bridge to nowhere" went nowhere with this gal. And your*** bridge to nowhere isn't going anywhere with America, either.
McCain today, Palin tomorrow. Get real happy with it.
***Yes, I know the bridge was Sen. Stephens boondoggle. The same Sen. Stephens who said to Hyde RE Clinton impeachment, "I don't care of you have a picture of Clinton raping a woman then getting up and shooting her, you're not going to get 67 votes!" It's that Stephens/Clinton filth we're trying to save the country FROM.
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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Shocker!!! Senator McCain picks as a VP candidate someone with close (personally close, her husband works for an oil company) ties to BIG OIL. I'm absolutely shocked.
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And how's he going to spin the "experience" card on this one? I can't WAIT until the VP debate. Biden will eat her alive.-
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Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago
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LOL
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Can a Democrat do anything but blame "Big Oil" for the worlds woes?
You are ignoring the fact that she is one tough lady. She blew the whistle on ethical problem that Republicans had. She cleaned up the Alaska mess that the previous governor left. She has approval levels in the 80's and 90's. When she has made a promise in a campaign she keeps it.-
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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Read it again, End. I didn't "blame" anything on Big Oil. I simply said that it was a "shocker" that Senator McCain chose someone with close ties to Big Oil.
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And she has no more experience that Senator Obama. It's true that she has more executive experience, if you count being mayor of South Bear Claw, Alaska as experience and she has been a governor for all of a year and a half, but she has less foreign policy and national security experience than Senator Obama.
And if she keeps a campaign promise, that's great. Good for her.-
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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I'd be happy to do so.
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He has been on the Foreign Relations Committee since 2005. He's on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee as well as the Sub-Committee for European Affairs since early 2007.
As a member of these committees he has made numerous trips to Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
While his experience in this arena is not as extensive as either Senator Biden or Senator McCain it is significantly more than Governor Palin.-
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amazed1 year, 4 months ago
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He may have been on the committees since 2005 (which is when he first stepped foot into the Senate. By early 2006, he was running for President full-time and has been since-- so how much time has he really put into these committees?
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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This part of the conversation isn't on executive experience, this is actually on foreign policy experience. Bkumm's statement was that Obama has put more time into the committees he mentioned then Palin had.
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I think you should probably look at Bkumm's profile before you lecture him on history. You see, he has a degree in this subject. Do you?-
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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Well, let me help you out, Locky, since you obviously don't get the difference between state level and national level.
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As you stated, she has run a state (that is, a political division of the nation the United States, not an independent nation). As such, she has little, if any, contact with foreign leaders. She also has no impact on foreign policy and little impact on national security.
On the other hand, the United States Senate (that being the upper house of the two houses of the United States Congress) uses committees to impact legislation that either implements foreign policy (which is set by the White House through the State Department) or implements national security measures.
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amazed1 year, 4 months ago
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Governor Palin is reported to have to deal with Russia on a regular basis regarding fishing disputes. Now I know that doesn't sound as august as the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and the Senate European whatever, but if she has to deal with them directly, that blows anyone's committee "experience" right out of the water.
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Have you ever sat on a committee, Bkumm? Have you any idea what an exquisite waste of time and masturbatory experience it most often is?-
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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She has to deal with the Russian fishing delegation or whatever it is. That isn't "foreign policy" experience and you know it.
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And I have sat on committees and yes, they are generally a colossal waste of time, but that is how our government works. The are where bills come from. So, regardless of what you or I think about the process, that's how it works and that is what counts as foreign policy experience. In fact, that is where Senator McCain is counting all of his foreign policy and national security experience. So, before you discount it, remember that that is where the Republican candidate is claiming his experience comes from.
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miklkit1 year, 4 months ago
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amazed: Obama has spent waay more time in those committees than his opponent, who has spent more time elsewhere than anyone except your hero, Dumbya.
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https://pol.moveon.org/donate/gettowork.html?r=401...-
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amazed1 year, 4 months ago
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You're right, I am sure that Obama has clocked FAR more committee and legislating hours in his three years of senate tenure (two of which have been spent running for President) than McCain could have possibly collected over the -- what? 30 years or so that he's been there.
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Ya got me on that one dude.
And moveon.org is about as reliable a site as the birch john society or the swift boat for truth guys.
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Well, she seems to have gained experience in such lapses in a very short period of time! She is now known in Alaska for lying to the 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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injest1 year, 4 months ago
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“And how's he going to spin the "experience" card on this one? I can't WAIT until the VP debate. Biden will eat her alive.”
ROFLMAO neither can I
Let’s see, hum Executive experience
Palin, mayor and now Governor of Alaska
Biden? Been in the Senate since he was 29 years old and has run? Nothing, zero, nada Zippo
Obama? Executive experience? Ah ueerreer uhm Nope, Nothing.
Oh ya, he has a speech from 2002!
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bigurn1 year, 4 months ago
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Exactly right.
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Governor Palin has more executive experience than Senator Obama and Senator Biden, and almost as much as Senatory McCain.
Governor Palin is also Commander-In-Chief of the Alaska National Guard, including interaction with the US Coast Guard, which patrols the Aleutian island chain and interdicts Russian trawlers.-
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
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Bigurn:
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you know you are fudging with tacking on the 'executive' adjective to 'experience'. Doesn't really change the facts.
She hasn't been in charge of much, for long.
McCain has for decades; Obama for a decade; Palin for a couple of years.
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LWhee19611 year, 4 months ago
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I totally agree McCain's choice for an unknown woman for VP showed poor judgement. If he wanted to pick a strong woman with experience he would have picked Condolezza Rice. McCain certainly isn't going to be able to use the "Obama isn't ready to lead" card anymore when he picked a VP that is unkown across the country. And what is scary is if something happens to McCain this unkown person could be our commander-in-chief. Last but not least, I can't wait until the VP debate either!
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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I knew he'd pick Palin. She's not a bad choice at all; pretty clear neither Obama or McCain were playing electoral college math here. They were playing to demographics, for the most part, I think.
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Being an unknown, I highly doubt that McCain will have an immediate boost in numbers from this, but it might blunt Obama's numbers a bit. Not a bad pick, a couple areas that may be exposed by the Obama people and hit hard on, but overall the best pick I could see from the McCain campaign.-
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memestryker1 year, 4 months ago
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Yes, I thought of those available and willing, Palin is the strongest. At least I know Ridge or something worse won't be replacing Cheney, no matter what happens. Biden needs an attitude adjustment, but has experience. Palin has a great attitude and more experience than a lot of veep candidates.
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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The biggest issue with Palin is she has at least one scandal I know of brewing. Its not massive, to my knowledge, but still not great. From what I've read she may have even been right to a large extent in what she did.
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The biggest weakness here is that her charisma will overshadow McCain... Obama, right now, has so much charisma he is managing to not be overshadowed by Biden, lets see how McCain does here.-
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memestryker1 year, 4 months ago
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I don't really care about her scandals, really. Biden is a jerk and McCain and Obama both have skeletons.
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I don't think McCain cares about her charisma. He married a beautiful and charismatic woman, and he's not afraid to hire them now. He is trying to keep the Republican hardliners and bring in fence-sitters. I think that, given his choices, she was the best pick.-
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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Well, he better hope she doesn't overshadow him on this ticket. Palin is to conservative for my tastes. She was the best pick I saw available and I've been predicting Palin for about five days or so (and was rather certain yesterday) that it was her. I guess I'm batting 1000 on the "Who will be VP" line of questioning.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
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There is no point in pouting.
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It was a beautiful party, Klarisa; and you were invited.
When you are at McCain's quiet, toned-down little affair at the holiday inn banquet room, remember; all of america was invited to the real party;
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Will13131 year, 4 months ago
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now obama can go right back to Mc Cain's ad featuring Hillary and stating that MILLIONS of voters were ignored.......
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Obama can play Huckabee and Rommney adds all day long with several of their quotes about McCain....
WOW.....
then show a portion of McCains ad and end with the word HYPOCRITE.. in huge letters....
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Rigel1 year, 4 months ago
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I think this might have been a good choice too. McCain's campaign might take a hit on the experience argument but it also does do some damage to Obama's "change" angle. If a young woman in the White House isn't going to change things up from how they are now I don't know what will! I like the idea of McCain's long-time experience mixed with a young person's ideals -- they could balance each other out nicely. It will be interesting to learn more about her.
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willottica1 year, 4 months ago
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I think she was definitely the best choice for the ticket, and I think she would do an excellent job as Vice President.
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BUT... what real powers does the Vice President have. McCain is going to be surrounded by the old school political advisors. Palin is, I think, very much new school, and also very much a threat to those advisors. I think she'd be minimized by a McCain government.
I hope I'm wrong on this. If McCain gives her the respect and attention that she deserves as a running mate, rather than treating her like a subordinate, I think she would definitely mitigate the damage a McCain win could do. I think the upcoming weeks will tell a lot about what their partnership will be. Is it the old man calling the shots, or will he actually respect the opinions of a woman who is 30 years his junior?
The choice was the right one. What will make or break the campaign is McCain's ability to show that he respects and values the opinions of a non-military woman who is much younger than he is.-
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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We don't need a VP who supports creationism. Enough of the kooks already.
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'Creation science' enters the race
GOVERNOR: Palin is only candidate to suggest it should be discussed in schools.
Anchorage Daily News
The volatile issue of teaching creation science in public schools popped up in the Alaska governor's race this week when Republican Sarah Palin said she thinks creationism should be taught alongside evolution in the state's public classrooms. ....
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Rigel1 year, 4 months ago
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Of course creatiionism should be taught in public schools alongside the theory of evolution, plus as many other theories as possible. This is America and we all have the right to hear every possibility so we can decide for ourselves what we believe to be the truth.
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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We are already losing the education race to the rest of the world, nor do we need the GOP continuing to hamstring science in America. Palin is clearly a retrograde step.
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U.S. Lags World in Grasp of Genetics and Acceptance of Evolution
A comparison of peoples' views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey ranked lower.
Among the factors contributing to America's low score are poor understanding of biology, especially genetics, the politicization of science and the literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians, the researchers say.
http://www.livescience.com/php/multimedia/imagedis...
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memestryker1 year, 4 months ago
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I disagree with her completely on the creationism issue.
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I think religion--all of them--*should* be discussed in schools-- in a humanities class. I think we should take a critical look at the concept of "belief" and examine how people develop a system of belief from a conglomeration of traditions. But I don't think that religion should be discussed in science, and I don't think a single religious doctrine should be taught to children because they take things so literally. The only dark side is that the teacher is generally a member of one religion and human nature would have them be biased towards their own. -
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miklkit1 year, 4 months ago
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Considering his proven record in preferences, this is relevant. His first wife was a beauty queen until her accident. Then Ross Perot had to take care of her and Mcsame had an adulterous affair and divorced her for another pretty face. And now we have another pretty face associated with him. Is there a pattern here?
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Well Palin still doesn't think Stevens should resign - after being indicted for corruption.
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Palin not ready to call for resignation
... Asked whether Stevens should quit the Senate, Palin said she hadn't had a chance to fully read the 28-page indictment and said it "would be premature at this point" to call for Stevens to resign, as she did in the case of state Sen. John Cowdery, R-Anchorage, after he was recently indicted on federal charges including bribery.
Palin said she has no interest in leaving her job as governor should the Republican Party look to find a replacement for Stevens on the election ballot....
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/478749.html-
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
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have any of you people ever actualy tried to throw someone under a bus?
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Ignoring for a moment the moral and muscular dificulties of tossing even a skinny grandmother, there is the whole matter of timing the throw so that the person does not merely collide with the side of the bus.
And I get the unpleasant idea that conservatives actualy think that Obama actualy threw his grandmother under a bus.
But, they couldn't be that silly, could they?
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
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Jackson?
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Err, do you mean 'jefferson'?
Assuming that, we point out that all the dems were calling for him to resign.
Here is Pelosi's:
http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/william_jeffer...
And before you begin, stop right there
No one on propeller wants to hear how all black people look alike to you.
You may be amazed; not as amazed as we are.
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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In terms of electoral clout from a VP, nither Obama nor McCain seem to get the math.
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Obama's pick gets him an insider who can put polish on his initiatives, run interference, take the hits when an approach fails, and perform some necessary give-and-take (on both sides of the aisle) to get Obama's policies moving forward on the Hill.
McCain's pick is an appeal to the women who yearned for Hillary and remain undecided. He is easily the insider operative that Biden is, so he has that base covered, too.
Both tickets have plenty of experience, if at lopsided ends of both tickets. I think this one may be more razor thin than 2000. Let's hope a key state moves the numbers significantly in one direction or the other so we can wrap up the election and move on.
(Off point...I think Obama's nomination is a win/win. Even if he loses, he will have established a bar for young blacks for generations to come. The whole country benefits from that.)-
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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ace,
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If that is so, why did the NBC affiliate in Atlanta not carry Palin's speech in Ohio? I'd think your ilk would be eager to present an Eva Braun to the nation.***
I just listened to her speech. It was nothing short of a grand slam. The girl has more cylinders than a garage full of Dodge Vipers. Her one speech trumps every Democratic speech ever spoken since JFK.
My only question...why the hell isn't SHE running for president? I had planned to abstain and not vote for either Obama or McCain. But I'm damn sure voting for Palin!
Democrats...talk to the rear view mirror. It's over. You can put up a nice front, go through the motions, etc. Next time, spend less time running against a lame duck president and a little more time eyeballing your opponent.
***But since you libs can't stay away from the Hilter analogies, tell us this. Hollywood backs Obama, right? All those celebs at Denver, right? Ok...so tell us...WHY IN THE HELL IS HOLLYWOOD PRODUCING A FILM GLORIFYING COCO CHANEL WHO HELPED THE NAZIS HUNT DOWN JEWS ??????
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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No. Along with most of America, I had no idea who she was. (A friend of mine said McCain should pick her, and this was months ago, but the name didn't register and I barely remember his comments about her.)
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Tooday, I know she is going to be a 16-year occupant of the White House, and there's nothing the Democratic Party can do but sit back and watch. Here's why.
The alphabet media, all of whom had reporters and technicians sporting Obama--er...I mean Whobama--hats in Denver, now know that the naval aviator has body-slammed them all to hell. They must now go from helping Whobama focus on Bush to helping Whobama focus on McCain's VP. If Whobama cannot run against his opponent, it's over. But that's not all.
(By the way, if network employees wear team hats at a major sporting event, that can get them fired. So we all know how partisan MSM has become.)
Let's tally up the demographics that this woman touches.
1. women
2. working mothers
3. unions (husband is a union steelworker)
4. fishing industry (family business)
5. outdoor sporting enthusiasts (she hunts and fishes)
6. families with special needs children
7. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST the same small town America that Whobama openly despises
All this is let alone the traditional GOP touchpoints. But let me say this...just as it was ok for GOP women to be proud of Hillary and not vote for her, it's certainly ok for liberal women to be proud of Sarah Palin and not vote for her.
Here's a candidate who denies the opposition so many typical points of attack. As she rose to power in Alaska, she took on corrupt REPUBLICANS and turned them out of office or had them prosecuted. Any you Democrats got a problem with that?
When she rewrote and rebuilt Alaska's ethics code, she did so by reaching out to Democrats and Independents. Any you Democrats got a problem with that?
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hyperbola1 year, 4 months ago
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Pretty hard to imagine Hillary supporters voting for someone who is being investigated for corruption, abuse of power and lying by the (republican-controlled) Alaska legislature within one year of being elected.
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Prertty hard to imagine Hillary supporters choosing someone a heartbeat away from having to replace a 72 year old, four times cancer patient because she has fishing/hunting experience.
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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Hmmmm....do we go with hyperbola's investigative skills and objectivity...or McCain's vetting operation....
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Boy....that's a tough decision, hype. Can I get back to you on that? I'm honestly stumped.
Meanwhile, it's clear that the alphabet media bots have their marching orders: keep Hillary women on the plantation! Do not let one single vagina escape!
It's so pathetic that alphabet news is now humor.
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Georgia501 year, 4 months ago
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BTW...while the Whobama campaign works overtime to keep itself relevant, and while the alphabet media plays up the age difference (GMA just referred to a McCain/Palin handshaking tour as that of a father and daughter ice cream outing), at least Obama and Biden did the classy thing and congratulated Palin...Biden by phone call.
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I'm hoping this will be a clean election with a clear-cut result either way.
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Spadecaller1 year, 4 months ago
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Just another example of McCain's duplicity and hypocrisy; he condemns Obama for lacking the necessary experience to be the commander in chief (which is false) and then appoints a VP with less experience. How absurd and obvious is that?
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It confirms what most people know anyway, McCain does not even believe the criticisms that he makes against Obama. You can see why he was near last in his graduating class.-
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Endoscopy1 year, 4 months ago
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She is a politician who has a lot of fire and zing to her. She is charismatic and a record of a reformer. She has taken on tough problem and not backed down.
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The Democrats have a problem with the strong Hillary supporters. At this point 47% are going to vote for Obama. This choice is tailor made for that problem. If enough Hillary supporters go to voting for her that will spell major problems for the Democrats. Both Clintons have made the obligatory speeches giving support for Obama but what about the days ahead? The Hillary supporters feel dissed by the way Obama has treated them. You don't tell a bunch of angry women to just suck it up for the good of the party. Women are not made that way. Obama or his people have created this problem.-
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Mutainia1 year, 4 months ago
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I don't think that's why some people hate Obama, (Communist? Appeaser of terrorists? 20 YEARS of sitting through something on par with the Nation of Islam?) and, don't even MENTION the race issue here, either, because race should have nothing to DO with it.
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Mutainia1 year, 2 months ago
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I'd have nothing against the Nation of Islam OR Black Liberation Theology IF they were hatefilled, anti-American, pro-terrorist, anti-Christian, racist institutions themselves. Again, race should have nothing to do with this, but, Obama supports sure MAKE it a racial issue.
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ConsAreNonGrata1 year, 4 months ago
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Yep, Palin is a great choice.
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http://www.adn.com/front/story/469135.html
"Former Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan on Friday said that since Gov. Sarah Palin took office, members of her administration and family pressured him to fire a Palmer Alaska State Trooper to whom her sister was involved in a bitter child custody battle."
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ConsAreNonGrata1 year, 4 months ago
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080829/pl_polit...
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Larry Kudlow of CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co.” asked her about the possibility of becoming McCain's ticket mate.
Palin replied: “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.”
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mompro1 year, 4 months ago
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Frankly I'm sick and tired of people assuming that women will vote for any woman that comes along for the simple point of electing a woman. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure women are smarter than that and put a little more common sense into their choice process. No intelligent Democrat, I pray, is going to cross party lines based on the sex of a candidate. This is a stupid conversation to be having. Plain and simple McCain needed an edge on his ticket and getting an African American would have been too obvious. So, now he's played the only card available for his desperation. Yes, I will enjoy the VP Debate.
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jaern1 year, 4 months ago
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Its funny how his choice in VP is brilliant. She's young and inexperienced but he's bringing so much experience to the campaign. The big problem is he has had melanoma cancer 4 times in a 9 year period and is the oldest candidate ever. If he did win the election, he might not finish a first term and we'd be left with a young and inexperienced Sarah Palin for president. But, what the heck-GWB was young and inexperienced too. What's the worse that could happen?
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willottica1 year, 4 months ago
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Let's see, the worst?
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McCain rattles the sabres of war for 2 years and brings the cold war on full force.
Then he dies. Palin takes his place as President, and everyone from Russia to Iran to Pakistan decides that the US is finally weak enough to be a target. The first Nuke detonates in a major American city...
That and the fallout of it is the worst that could happen. Is it likely? Unfortunately, I wanted to write a far-fetched doomsday scenario and I think I failed. He has certainly shown interest in re-invigorating the cold war. The angrier he gets, the more his health will suffer, and the likelier he will keel over.
Luckily, I don't think Putin is stupid enough to start a Nuclear War... but I don't know about terrorists or other nations' dictators who might "test" a woman president.
I wish you hadn't asked that question.
Unfortunately, the worst that could happen with Obama being elected is fairly similar (it just doesn't have the 2 year wait period). Putin's taken out of the equation, but terrorists and rogue nations may try to test him (I think it's less likely -- given that the nations being considered are more likely to expect a woman to be weak). Alternatively, Obama could be assassinated before or just after he begins his presidency and quite a bit of chaos would almost definitely result. Either way, the "worst" scenario is possible, but hopefully unlikely.-
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Bkumm1 year, 4 months ago
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Okay, I think all of that's a little far fetched, but I get what you're trying to say.
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The only good thing about your scenarios is that in the second one, Joe Biden would be President of the United States. Can you image what would happen if a terrorist assassinates President Obama and doesn't get "Fightin' Joe" Biden?
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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Will, if Obama is assassinated then the Dems are guaranteed a win in November. Joe Biden is on the ticket and he gains a massive sympathy vote and becomes the President. It'll basically be Obama on the ticket, people will vote Obama, Biden will become VP and then President. Not anarchy at all, I don't think.
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Charlson1 year, 4 months ago
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Here's a little bio about Palin. She like many other politicians has some strengths and some weaknesses. Have mixed feelings about her but let's see how this all hashes out on the campaign trail.
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Palin is strongly opposed to abortion and supports capital punishment. While running for Governor of Alaska, Palin supported the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in schools. She is an avid hunter and sportswoman and a member of NRA.
Alaska was one of the first U.S. states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage, in 1998, along with Hawaii. Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment. But Palin's first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska's attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.
When the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin realized that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she simply replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. The new board, led by businesswoman Kristan Cole, reversed the decision to close the dairy. The new board approved milk price increases offered by the dairy in an attempt to control fiscal losses, even though milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices. In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts but received no bids. -
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StillUnashamed1 year, 4 months ago
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That seems to be all you have, saying McCain is Bush III. That's stupid. Of all the initial Republican primary candidates, McCain was the most un-like GWB. During the early part of the campaign, McCain had even been called a Democrat in Republican clothing. Once he secured the nomination, the statement was made that the next president will definitly be Democrat, we just didn't know if it would be Clinton, Obama, or McCain.
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This may come as a shock to you, but George Bush IS NOT RUNNING in this election!
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Judy_H1 year, 4 months ago
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I love it! Imagine the stage now...children, women, African American, and Senior Citizen...(all family members on the Republican Stage at acceptance time...) all those that the Democrats have been saying Repubs are out to destroy! Makes Barack and his family look a little one-dimensional.
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Judy_H1 year, 4 months ago
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Not kidding! I'm excited by the obvious proof that Republicans walk the walk, not just talk the talk...they are the most inclusive of either party...and so color/gender blind that they seldom boast like Dems do about their inclusiveness. I will never understand how the Dems, who really are all about race and gender, get credit for inclusiveness when it's really the Republicans who have actually accomplished it without the blithering fanfare.
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CRYMTYPHON1 year, 4 months ago
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Republicans may walk the talk and talk the walk, - but do they talk sense?
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Democrats are not about race , gender and hypens at all.
They are about americans. They want american to be for americans, not the temp labor pool for global stockholders.
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mompro1 year, 4 months ago
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Like no one has ever set up things to look a certain way in their favor for appearances only? Gee, someone must be blind, or got run over by the turnip truck that it fell off of.
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Obama picked someone to bring something to the table he could not in order to have the best rounded, informed, experienced, and ready to fill his shoes no matter what. McCain had to overstack the deck, but it will hopefully not be enough. It's laughable. I just hope people can see through it. I hate taking that position, but I think it's right on.
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saneman1 year, 4 months ago
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Is this a joke or what!!!! Sarah Palin graduated with a simple BS degree from a podunk college called the U of Idaho. It would be no different than graduating from North Dakota State University or South Dakota State University where you can have a 16 on your ACT and get into school. Hilarious. On top of that, McCain graduated at the bottom of his class. Oh wow, It appears we have a Republican ticket of Forrest Gump (McCain) and Elly May Clampett (Palin). ROFLMAO!!!! Can we get any worse than Bush & Cheney? It appears they are trying extremely hard to do so.
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Mutainia1 year, 4 months ago
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If you want to make it a racial issue and believe whites are that racist and narrow, be my guest. I'd love it for America to have a black president. It's not that he's black, though, it's that he's GREEN... and a Communist, that worries me.
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saneman1 year, 4 months ago
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At least the Republicans can have a platform which states "You don't need an Education to succeed, just look at us. Lie, cheat and steal is easier and you don't even have to open a textbook." Maybe, that is going to be the way McCain intends to balance the budget. "No more college loans, who needs to go to college, not us" is going to be the new Republican slogan. ROFLMAO!
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ReaganRules1 year, 4 months ago
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Sarah Palin's experience as governor is far superior and hs proven her mettle far more than being a rabble rouser at Chicago community meetings, or double dealing in back room Chicago style sleazy politics. I mean Chicago is where dead people vote more often than living people, the mafia greases palms(likely Obama's as well), and systematic Democrat voting fraud is par for the course. Governor Palin is younger than Obama, yet has had a much more varied and challenging life, all while raising kids and fighting the status quo. Obama is the ultimate Chicago insider, and thus ultimate Democrat insider and party comrade. Obama offers nothing but more liberal interfence in daily life, oppressive taxes, anti-american vitriol in foreign affairs. I mean instead of Obama why don't the Dems just nominate Ahmedinajad, or Putin, they like America as much as he does.
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dcfixer1 year, 4 months ago
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Mr. McCain has just sealed my decision. It's obvious he is going for the disenchanted Hillary and general women's vote. It looks like he's more interested in wining than governing this country later. The Republican leaders must think that the majority of voters are just as uninformed, apathetic and gullible as they were 4 years ago.
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Reane1 year, 4 months ago
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Let's give her a chance and find out just who she is. Perhaps she is exactly what America needs since all the other bajklfdjfs have been selling the American People out. Maybe she will concentrate on our needs and not spending billions of dollars on other countries. If we don't get a grip here at home, then there will not be an America to help ourselves much less anyone else. It is time America puts America first. What are they doing with all this money being spent in Iraq?????????? I think the biggest $ of America's money is on a totally different budget than the military budget. Wow, for those bucks we could support the US, take care of healthcare, prepare for our children's futures and give them a decent education like children get in other countries. Palin may be the better choice of all of them, but it might be better if she weren't running with McCain.
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Harbeas1 year, 4 months ago
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Let's be honest here. McCain picked a woman because he was aware of the tremendous following Hillary had. Sarah is also well respected by her peers. but it really doesn't matter who the front runners picked or who is elected. It is congress where the real power resides. I am much more concerned who is in congress than who is in the white house.
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gfranksart1 year, 4 months ago
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I totally agree with those who think McCain's choice a poor one. The last thing we need in the white house is a beauty queen contestant who wields a rifle and eats buffalo! Seriously, I'm horrified to think that this woman with practically no experience could be in a position to have to deal on the world stage with all its complexities and espeically middle eastern heads of state. Can you honeslty picture a situation in dealing with Iran, for instance, that Ahmadinejad would take this woman as serioiusly as either Obama or Biden? I think not.
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And I agree that it was unwise to choose someone in anyway connected to the Oil market, when there were other credible choices.
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nvsue1 year, 4 months ago
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What a wonderful choice for McCain. McCain is a Republican that doesn't feel he has to abide by what the higher ups want him to do - he does what he feels is the right thing to do, and so does Palin - good for them!! We need that.
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We don't need 4 new years of higher taxes, which is how the Dems always try to fix things. When Bill Clinton was in, our taxes skyrocketed, he cut our troops so badly that we are still recouping from that and he spent his spare time cheeting on his wife.
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Mutainia1 year, 4 months ago
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After looking into her brilliant background, for what she stands for, etc., etc., etc. Hey. In this game of political chess between GOP and Democratic hopes for winning the White House, I think the GOP has not only made the perfect move, but, can now look into the eyes of the Obama, and say, "CHECK... and... MATE!"
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ViggoM1 year, 4 months ago
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Hello? The race card has already been played by the Democrats. And could someone tell me why we never see Obama's white Mother? Are "they" trying to hide the fact that he is HALF white? When Bill Clinton was running for president there were constant pictures of his proud mother. So what gives here??
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Mdiar1 year, 4 months ago
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I'm not sure if his grandparents are alive, actually. As I understand it he had little to do with anyone outside of his grandparents and mother on the white side of his family. Assuming his grandparents are alive, then yeah, they should. But as I understand it most of the family he actually knew is dead.
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