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Posted By Radiofreeeuropa 9 months, 4 weeks ago in NewsABC News' George Stephanopoulos Reports: Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is a " skilled politician," but the country doesn't know much about her yet, said Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., in an interview that will air tomorrow exclusively on " This Week."
"He chose somebody who may be even more aligned with George Bush – or **** Cheney, or the politics we’ve seen over the last eight years – than John McCain himself is," said Obama.
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Radiofreeeuropa9 months, 4 weeks ago
With the economy in the toilet, why not a single word about an economic plan at the Republican convention? Because they have none. "HaHa you whiners make us sick."
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Palin wanted to secede from the country, now we should stick her in charge of it? Hey my mayor is a woman and she's actually a republican I think. We have more people in my town than they have in Alaska. Of course we are NOT the biggest recipients of earmark pork in the nation. Come to think of it why would Alaska be? They get all that oil money? Why am I subsidizing them at all?
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Marrabella9 months, 4 weeks ago
Keith and Barack - They deserve each other. Two opportunistic, amoral loonies.
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miklkit9 months, 4 weeks ago
Palin is an ultraconservative. As such she made the budget of the little town of Wasilla bloom. She has proven herself to be an incompetent executive who was forced to hire an administrator to run her little town for her while she redecorated her office many times. Who is really running Alaska now?
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If McSame thinks this is a good executive record, what does that say about his judgment?-
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Marrabella9 months, 4 weeks ago
Better than Barry who never even ran a bicycle shop. Barry never stood up for anything. Thats why DNC crammed him down our throats. They thought they could control him. Whoever the mega-donors are behind Obama (Soros and his ilk ).... they do not have our country's best interest at heart.
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AntiNeoCon9 months, 4 weeks ago
Little Ms Palin's media honeymoon will soon be over as soon as the country gets over the shock of McCain selecting her as his VP candidate. The truth will come out and she will be exposed for what she is...maybe, just maybe the people will not vote for another Bush administration this time. You would think they would have learned after nearly eight years of Bush.
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gamahuche9 months, 4 weeks ago
The quote in the header is very sinister and it seems to tie in with the conjectured part played by Karl Rove in selecting the Palin pitbull with lipstick. She and McCain may complement each other but they do NOT look like a "marriage made in heaven" - though of course neither of them seem to subscribe to any concept like that in respect to their own marriages either.
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It would be very interesting to know what was going on in that hotel room in St Paul for three days and who was doing the coaching..-
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Radiofreeeuropa9 months, 4 weeks ago
This is traditionally the time the candidates soak up free publicity by appearing on news and talk shows for free as guests. They have said Palin will talk to no one for 2 weeks. (they pulled off letting her read from a teleprompter, but if she is asked a question,... it isn't even her vast lack of knowledge about national and international affairs they are worried about, ...it's that she might state what she really believes and that would be devastating) . I'd like to know who her "Henry Higgins" is?
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chevydog9 months, 4 weeks ago
It strikes me that Sen. Obama is hardly a disinterested party making that particular observation.
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One thing that has bothered me for the last few election cycles is that both parties seem to have gotten into a primary-heavy nominating process. That this identifies the best candidate to win elections I do not doubt. But ultimately, the election winner has to govern. And there is no guarantee that the person who can win elections is the same person who can govern well, or perhaps even at all. Though it may be heresy to some, we may have been better served by the proverbial smoke-filled room.-
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Radiofreeeuropa9 months, 4 weeks ago
Chevydodog, you are probably right about the primary process being flawed .
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I can't agree that those smoke filled rooms always worked well though. One could argue that even under a monarchy, sometimes a blueblood would actually govern well and fairly. I personally feel citizens would be well served if there were at least one more viable party. The more the merrier.
I think the process is interesting, complex, and full of possible strategies that might be utilized to win. Yet you are right, face it, he who has the biggest sum of money wins.
In a sense, the presidency is simply bought.
At least the bulk of Obama's campaign money is from 2 million citizens giving $25 a shot. He owes the people he is supposed to represent. Who does McCain owe? Is there a single person on his staff who is not a lobbyist? Does anyone believe a campaign funded and indeed run by lobbyists will "change" Washington?
(certainly they will simply change it in a way that further corrupts it if that is even possible).
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tchef9 months, 4 weeks ago
I can't wait for the debates. I would like to see Palin and McCain answer the real questions about the issues.
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Radiofreeeuropa9 months, 4 weeks ago
One would think...almost all the primary debates were ruined by phony dumb questions and non issues though. Who has the biggest flag pin?
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I wonder if Palin will be permitted to talk (other than reading Rove's speech) by then? They aren't worried about gaffes, If she is questioned and answers honestly, the damage control will be stretched beyond it's limits. -
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GOINGOINGONE9 months, 4 weeks ago
OOOHH YEA CHANGE IS COMING,,EXCEPT IT'S IN PENNIES, NICKLES, DIME,S HA HA DO YOU REPUBLICANS REALLY THING WE ARE GOING TO FALL FOR THE SAME ;;CRAP ;; OH MY GOD.
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obiefrommuskogee9 months, 4 weeks ago
Like I said in another thread, whenever McCain talks about change, all I can think of is Depends.
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Janeyre9 months, 4 weeks ago
Oh, there are so many good comments... I will just set back and read. Go back home Palin, you and your Redneck soon to be SIL. Poor kid...
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sherinko9 months, 4 weeks ago
That the Americna public could possibly be shallow enough to believe that Sarah Palin is after their best interests is appalling. We have two brilliant men running on the Democratic ticekt, yet we criticize that and focus on Sarah Palin's hair, glasses and children. How stupid can we be?
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jordan119 months, 4 weeks ago
How stupid can we be?>>>>>
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Marrabella9 months, 4 weeks ago
Say what you want about McCain. This campaign is of course about issues. However, in
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this particular campaign, character trumps issues. The DNC just doesn't "get it"
Obama's whole political history is one of Machivallian opportunism.
This fact is so apparent to anyone who cares to dig for the facts.
McCain and Palin have "walked the walk" - decades of charitable works
all over the globe. Obamas' only charitable act was $22,000 donation
to Rev. Wright's very wrong church. Amazing. He got down with slimy
Chicago dirty politics and ingritiated himself into their mud and
filth. One can only surmise - the people backing him so generously,
KNOW he can be bought. These mega-donors do NOT have our country's
best interest at heart.
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huldaah9 months, 4 weeks ago
Obama made the best choice. it is unfortunate that people think he should have chosen Hilary because she is a woman and could pull the women vote. Thank God he is able to see a bigger picture than that! Hilary is brilliant, but this is not her time. I believe the Palin drama is going to play out in Hilary's favor, she is no match for Hilary Clinton, and when her shallowness is exposed, it will only make Hilary more appealing. For now, though, Biden really is the best choice. Obama needs Bidens wisdom and knowledge. This is not a time for pampering people or having to wonder what they might be doing behind your back. This is a very serious time in our nation. I believe Hilary will be put in a major position, that only she could hold and do a bang up job at it. It's called "timing."
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suniliptor9 months, 4 weeks ago
When it comes to McCain campaign, How do you spell D E M E N T I A?
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Why did he pick a "teeny bopper" has a running mate any way? The "Young" vote verses the "Nursing Home" vote?
His pick was a slap in the face to all the republican politicians who worked so hard over the years to gain credible vast experience for the chance to atleast be a vice presidential running mate.
As for an economic recovery plan, does he have one , or know what a plan is?
Where is Osama bin Laden? Bush probrably is giving McCain a debrief as the three are eating dinner in the white house .
Why isn't McCain speaking about finding Osama bin Laden and the war on terror?
Why is such a trivial so called war taking longer than Vietnam to complete? When are we going to free Tiawan, Tibet, and Cuba?
All hail the New World Order! Support the Corporate Global Conglomerates who have moved into Communist Chinese territory! By The Way, what was the Support the Troops thing all about? American service people dying for what? So that the American corporations can support Communist China and lock out american worker to give their jobs to immigrants?
All hail the US Congress and the White House for jobs created for the immigrants! So much for being American and Buying American!
It's all a big Sell Out.
Look at your surroundings. What you see may be American but who really owns it or who operates it will surprise you.
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huldaah9 months, 4 weeks ago
What are you missing and where have you been all of American history? Obama is not the one who single handedly in 8 years caused the whole world to turn on America. Obama is not the one who has an oil contract with the Bin-Laden family. Obama is not the one who took the total focus away from Bin-Laden after 911, made Saddam Hussein his target, so that he would not lose out on his oil partnerships, and still won't go after Bin-Laden. Obama is not the one who sold American jobs to the chinese, and out sourced work on every level to foreign countries, leaving hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work. What is the name for someone who sells out their own country?
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lbrtyordeath9 months, 4 weeks ago
And yet you're on it, talking smack.
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Chaos imagined: my government can spy on me and no one will stand up against it, we are invading sovereign nations that DID NOT (let me repeat DID NOT) attack us on 9/11, the US Treasury has been looted, we have gone from a MASSIVE surplus to an equally huge deficit, we are spending TEN BILLION DOLLARS A MONTH on Iraq, when they have an EIGHTY BILLION dollar budget surplus! And you Republicans want to talk about responsible spending? About personal responsibility?
*FLUSH* (that's our paychecks, privacy, civil rights, and world influence going down the toilet).
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lbrtyordeath9 months, 4 weeks ago
Palin rumors? Created in the same vein of the INFINITELY MORE PREVALENT Obama rumors.
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Rumor-mongering has Karl Rove written ALL OVER it.
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MsV9 months, 4 weeks ago
Palin would not be a discussion if Obama was not black. McCain has called the American people stupid and they have followed worse than sheep.
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huldaah9 months, 4 weeks ago
I think most people understand that John McCain would not give a woman a second glance as his VP, if he had not seen the effect Hilary made on her run against Obama. It just goes to show how arrogant and disrespectful he and the republicans really are concerning women. Here is a "what if?" to consider: What if the plan is to use Palin to pull women so that McCain can have a better shot at getting into the Whitehouse, and if it works, she holds the VP position, just long enough, then steps down ( using all of her family issues as the reason) so that his real pick (one of the men he claims he didn't choose), can then step up? They may all be a part of it, after all, they do stick together, and we learned from Bush's second term with the Florida fiasco (Jeb as Governor), that the Republicans will try to win by any means necessary. Also, I am confused about the term "Maverick" being used by someone who is supposed to be a Christian. True Christians do not refer to themselves in terms that lead people to think that they cross lines, bust down doors, ignore the status quo, make up their own rules, and dare anyone to address them. Palin referring to herself as a "pit-bull" who wears lipstick, only confirms the charges leveled against her concerning the attempted firing of her brother-in-law. Also, no matter how they try to clean it up. If you teach and preach abstinence, you should at least wonder why your own child didn't take your advice. And this is the person ready to "step right in"? The Republicans can't even think of their own catch-all phrase to describe what their format is. That is why they have stolen Obama's description of his purpose of change. Doesn't anyone get it? The Republicans don't have a platform. Duh!
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HateKoolAid9 months, 4 weeks ago
Can a VP resign their office so easily?? If that is McSames plan he screwed up. No way is a woman who proudly acquired the nickname "Barracuda" going to go quietly away in the night.
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Marrabella9 months, 4 weeks ago
huldaah- Obama is an empty suit. If you research at all into his political life it is apparent. He never improved anything -- just profitted for his own good. ONLY charitable thing Obamas did was donate $22,000 to the very wrong, Rev. Wright. His politics in Ill. was self serving and opportunistic. Palin really changed things in Alaska. Obama grabbed all he could with his political power. I am a liberal dem. I am voting Republican. DNC needs to know they can't shove a Machivillain, poser down our throats and yell "Roe vs Wade" it "ain't gonna work".
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Marrabella9 months, 4 weeks ago
Say what you want about McCain. This campaign is of course about issues. However, in
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this particular campaign, character trumps issues. The DNC just doesn't "get it"
Obama's whole political history is one of Machivallian opportunism.
This fact is so apparent to anyone who cares to dig for the facts.
McCain and Palin have "walked the walk" - decades of charitable works
all over the globe. Obamas' only charitable act was $22,000 donation
to Rev. Wright's very wrong church. Amazing. He got down with slimy
Chicago dirty politics and ingritiated himself into their mud and
filth. One can only surmise - the people backing him so generously,
KNOW he can be bought. These mega-donors do NOT have our country's
best interest at heart.-
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HateKoolAid9 months, 4 weeks ago
Oh yes we do "get it".... Palin is HOT! man.... Feel better now. A word of advice; don't let her answer any tough questions, she might trip 'walking the walk'.
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Jimjn29 months, 4 weeks ago
Same old rhetoric . … from the Dems and liberals that is....
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Anybody who doesn't agree with Dems and liberals is the same as George Bush. Come on. It's obvious by the new poll results that people aren't buying those witch hunt fanatics, attempts to trash candidates on a personal level and are seeing through the Bush scare tactics too.
The fact is John McCain is not Bush by a long shot and Palin is the exact opposite of Cheney where it counts for sure.
Sarah Palin is not for the big oil companies at all. She went after them and won. She also ran a boat load of corrupt politicians out of political office along the way. She balanced the state budget too by taking special interest groups to task and vetoing wasteful spending.…
None of that Cheney is like at all. As a matter of fact, Cheney would probably be sweating and quaking in his boots if he had to answer to her.
We need a president that has done more than write about himself and only vote "present" 129 times instead of in favour of or against bills and legislation. We also need someone who has a record of successfully working with both parties to get things done, not someone with no record at all.
If you want real change, vote for the only two candidates that have a record of it. McCain and Palin.
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