wizard wrote on Sep 6, 2008 12:51 PM:
" Brassy pants dont make a leader. See could have at least gave her daughter some advice or an aspirin to hold between her knees when she is with men. "
Teiresias wrote on Sep 3, 2008 11:16 AM:
" Yummm! Kool Aid! "
Bucketz wrote on Sep 2, 2008 7:32 AM:
" Family values?!? Pregnant teen daughter - maybe her and her hubby should stay home more often. Who's raising these kids when she's playing Gov and he's on his oil rig? "
theluckyone wrote on Sep 1, 2008 2:14 PM:
" If Palin's own mother-in-law doesn't even know who to vote for...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/republican_race/2008/08/30/2008-08-30_sarah_palins_motherinlaw_uncertain_about.html "
davidinlse wrote on Sep 1, 2008 12:08 PM:
" Family Values? That's one of the top reasons McCain selected her, according to him. As of this morning, here is another example of her "family values". "Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant" Of course she isn't married. "
kjam8285 wrote on Aug 31, 2008 6:18 PM:
" HAHAHA....great link from a fellow Alaskan!!!! "
theluckyone wrote on Aug 31, 2008 3:20 PM:
" If you cut and paste the link I posted, remove the quotation marks first, or it won't work. "
theluckyone wrote on Aug 31, 2008 3:17 PM:
" For one Alaskan's viewpoint, check out this link. http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/what-is-mccain-thinking-one-alaskans-perspective/ "
Double A wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:48 PM:
" Happymom has some very strong arguments. But she shot herself in the foot admitting that McCain would not be able to go a second term due to his age. If he's that close to 'done', he's too close. Obama should be our President. "
Double A wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:38 PM:
" Goals like yours are what make this country get better and better for those of us blessed with the situation and abilities to achieve our lakeside cabin goals. To heck with the rest of 'em, eh Happy? "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:51 PM:
" Nope, I guess I've changed my mind. happymom: (Although you don't really sound like it). If you can answer respectfully, how do you know who the terrorists want to be the President of our country? I'm just curious. You seem so sure. By the way, you've got your John Sidney McCain all down too... "my friend". "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:43 PM:
" I'm just going to ignore happymom. I think she has a maturity problem. Omar: Didn't Bush bring back real family values? Your right. I can't wait to watch the VP debates too. She better start practicing, now... "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:23 PM:
" Richard Cranium, Dickie Cerebellum, Ricardo Cortexo, you made the name up, my friend. Ask the terrorists who they want elected as our president. I can tell you who it's not. That's who gets my vote. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 6:55 PM:
" because she as a VP has more of a pair of " " than the two dems to fight terror if she needs to and to bring back real family values. I just cant wait to see the VP debates so she can send away biden with his tail between his legs "
LAX wrote on Aug 30, 2008 6:14 PM:
" Not only does she want to abolish all gun control laws, and strike down Roe v. Wade (outlawing contraception will be next if the right-winger wing nuts get their way) Palin also believes public schools ought to teach creation! If she isn't on the far right wingg loony edge, I don't know who is. No way, now how, NO McCain! "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 6:10 PM:
" To omar, enuffalready, jerminator and CJ: What do you think McCain based his decision on? It has to be more than the fact that she's anti abortion and pro Alaska oil drilling doesn't it? She could be a heartbeat (literally) away from the most important job in the world. You REALLY think she's ready for that? Please don't skirt the issue, I'd really like to know how you folks feel about that. Thanks. "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 6:03 PM:
" To happymom: First of all more people might take you more serious if you didn't call people names. It only makes you look foolish. Second: Your more or less saying that there's a good chance McCain can't complete two terms as President? Third: You care about his ability and readiness to lead? Well, that's just the point everybody against McCain is trying to make. They DON'T feel he has the ability and that he's NOT ready to lead. With everything McCain is forgetting, I think it would be a good idea to have him take an Alzheimer's test. He's showing a number of the conditions already and he's not President yet. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:34 PM:
" does anybody remember when barack obama said he was in Kansas City but he was in St Louis and his daughter called him out. "
jerminator wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:30 PM:
" does anybody remember when barack obama said there were 57 states? "
CJ wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:27 PM:
" Can anyone here give a short thesis on Obama's foreign experience? Here it goes...........................................empty. Watch him on tv unless he has a speech in front of him he's a terrible speaker off the cuff that's for sure. "
kitkat wrote on Aug 30, 2008 4:32 PM:
" I'm one of the voters who was angry about the whole Hillary situation. I was mad at the start of the DNC convention & felt "obligated" to vote for Obama at the end of the convention largely due to Hillary's speech. Now, because of McCain's VP pick, I will "enthusiastically" endorse Obama. Now I see why Bush got the GOP nod 8 years ago. On OBAMA!!! "
Mack wrote on Aug 30, 2008 4:07 PM:
" She probably is the best choice McCain could have made. Republicans have deteriated so far so fast. These dudes are not your father's republicans. "
Vicky wrote on Aug 30, 2008 4:05 PM:
" How closely did John McCain vet this choice? He met Sarah Palin once at a meeting. They spoke a second time, last Sunday, when he called her about being vice-president. Then he offered her the position. Bad choice. McBush just shot himself in the foot. "
Blue State Bruce wrote on Aug 30, 2008 3:58 PM:
" As for non-elected-office-experience, how does one begin to compare the President of the Harvard Law Review to a 3rd place beauty pageant contestant? Laughable. It will be funny when she's indicted for troopergate while on the campaign trail as well. "
groucho wrote on Aug 30, 2008 3:17 PM:
" All you die-hard Republicans have got to be asking yourselves today, "Is this the face of our new GOP ... John and Sara?" Too funny! "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 3:04 PM:
" davidinlse, his time on
The Oprah Winfrey Show does not count "
davidinlse wrote on Aug 30, 2008 2:54 PM:
" re: enuffalready wrote on Aug 30, 2008 2:39 PM: Your wrong, quit listening to fox, you will find Obama has as a total held several month's more total elected time if various offices, although both have nearly 12 years elected in office time. When compared the offices held, she is a lightweight, unless you count 4 years on city council and 6 years as mayor of a little burg in the middle of nowhere. "
enuffalready wrote on Aug 30, 2008 2:39 PM:
" Actually Blue State, Governor Palin has more time in elected office than Senator Obama. Sorry to disappoint you. "
davidinlse wrote on Aug 30, 2008 2:22 PM:
" RE: wiseup wrote on Aug 30, 2008 1:17 PM:
As voters, it is EVERYBODY'S business. "
wiseup wrote on Aug 30, 2008 1:17 PM:
" All the Dems that blast this pick remind me of all the Vikes~Cowboys~Bears fans that blast the Packers and Favre situation. MYOB! "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 11:42 AM:
" Blue State Bruce you been watching to much CNN "
Blue State Bruce wrote on Aug 30, 2008 11:39 AM:
" Doesn't anybody else find it ironic that after attacking Obama as 'not ready to lead' due to experience, McCain picked someone with even LESS experience to be a heartbeat away? "
davidinlse wrote on Aug 30, 2008 11:08 AM:
" RE: happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:34 AM: You should care just as much about his vice presidential pick to be able to lead. In that, he again demonstrated how much he is in fact not capable of being the president. "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:34 AM:
" To Dickie Cerebellum, you may have a point about McCain's age, but only in that it might limit his ability to complete two terms. I also don't place much importance on his "ability to connect" with Joe Average, which is sort of a squishy, unmeasurable quantification you dems like to use. I care about his ability and readiness to lead. "
LAX wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:27 AM:
" Well of course the local GOPs would praise Palin's appointment! They also think George Bush is wonderful...what else do you need to know. Palin sounds like a right-wing, home-schooler fruit. And it's an insult that they think just 'cause she's awoman that all the Hilary backers are going to vote for Palin! They are more out of touch with reality than anyone ever thought! No way, no how, No McCain! Looking forward to seeing the Bush/McCain twins in the Twin Cities! What a pair of dunces! Tweedle-dee and tweedle-dumb! "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:24 AM:
" To Frank or Micheal Moore, who ever wants to answer. What makes Palin not a qualified VP? "
Frank wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:23 AM:
" I'm being serious about this now. The next time you see John McCain, take a real close look. It looks like he is being controlled by puppet strings. "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:22 AM:
" To happymom: If you want to vote for a man "that stood the torture of a war camp", that's up to you. I personally don't care what someone did forty year's ago. I'm more concerned with their judgment NOW. I also don't care that McCain owns numerous homes. My concern was that he didn't know how many. I don't believe for one minute that a person like that can connect with the average Joe in America. I also don't believe that it's just his judgment at question here. His age IS a factor for a job like his that is supposed to be the most important job in the world. Obama, twenty year's from NOW, a generation from NOW, will STILL be younger than what McCain is NOW. "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:17 AM:
" Dave, a word about real estate investment. Perhaps McCain didn't know how many homes he owned because they are a fluid investment and are bought and sold like other stock. Maybe last month he owned seven, maybe this month he owns six and next month he'll own ten. If you own any stock, can you tell me immediately how many shares you own of each company? In any case, the argument that McCain is senile is laughable, and I doubt even you truly believe that. But it makes for a typical old-school personal attack that the dems are so eager to reject...or not. "
Frank wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:13 AM:
" Sounds like Sean Hannity is posting here at the tribune, the scumbag. When Sarah Palin is your most qualified candidate you know your party is in shambles. "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:11 AM:
" To Omar: We'll just see about that. I still think Obama wins big unless the Republicans kill him with a bullet like they have done to other Democrats. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:07 AM:
" Mcbush, how original. I do know this, in November Mccain's house count is going to increase to one more. "The White House" "
davidinlse wrote on Aug 30, 2008 10:00 AM:
" RE; OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:47 AM: Obama was critical of mcbush for NOT KNOWING how many houses he owned, not for owning them. Quite a difference if your to senile to even know isn't it. As far as associates, Mcbush sure doesn't pass that test either, but then all politicians are tainted by something. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:47 AM:
" TO:davidinlse "davidinlse" i hope i was able to answer your question.
Now Senator Obama is critical of Senator McCain for owning several homes, some of which are investment properties. A rather ironic criticism since none of Senator McCains properties were purchased from a convicted felon unlike Senator Obama who purchased property from Tony Rezco, good friend, Obama fund raiser, and convicted felon "
right reality wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:39 AM:
" The LIBS are on the run! Their feeble blogs say it all. See ya in 2012. "
davidinlse wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:37 AM:
" RE: OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:59 AM:
Exactly what were the issues of housing Obama had, as you post? The issue of McCain isn't the number of houses, it's that he's to senile to remember how many. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:19 AM:
" so let them cry, and thanks happymom for being on the right track. Goals like your is what makes this country grow "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:16 AM:
" happymom they just dont get it. they are all blinded by lies. "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 9:08 AM:
" Exactly OMAR. I hope to own more than one home in my life. Shouldn't that be the goal? I'm working towards a summer home, a lakeside cabin, and my primary residence. Or should we tax achievement, success and wealth so that everyone has the same, as is Obama's intention? "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:59 AM:
" get over the house issue, you been watching to much jay leno. I think obama had similar issues with housing. mccain/Palin 08 "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:52 AM:
" Richard, my dear, I'm not suggesting Arkansas is insignificant. That's the argument you dems are making about Alaska. Glad I could spell that out for you. And I'd rather elect a man who can stood the torture of a war camp than someone who knows how to wiggle his I-Pod. "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:37 AM:
" Mack i bet you have a greater military experience than McCain, maybe you do. Besides, the only way mccain was involve in the fire disater that you know so much about was that his plane was on the same carrier. So go bluff somebody else with your half fact based stories. "
Richard Cranium wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:28 AM:
" To happymom: I find it interesting that you would call any state "insignificant". You sure you want to vote for a man that doesn't know how to use a computer and doesn't know how many homes he has? Go Obama! "
enuffalready wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:27 AM:
" Ryeguy:
Governor Palin has more time in elected office as the number two on the GOP ticket than the Democrats number 1 on the ticket. Just in case you forgot, that would be Senator for 3 1/2 years Obama of which he spent over 2 of it campaigning for the Presidency. "
happymom wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:22 AM:
" Dear Friendly Democrats, are you really whining about Gov. Palin's lack of experience? Is that really a fight you want to bring up, considering YOUR candidate for the main office has ....uhhh...no experience in executive office? Do you really want to knock being the governor of Alaska when your God Bill Clinton governed a state virtually as "insignificant" as Alaska? How tremendous that Obama, the candidate of "change" picked an old Washington insider, and McCain picks a true reformer! "
Mack wrote on Aug 30, 2008 8:18 AM:
" McCain's military experience isn't all that great either. He stubbornly ignored warnings of an incoming missile and lost an expensive war plane and sat the war out in a POW camp. He was involved in the Forrestal aircraft carrier fire disaster that cost us 132 men. He was considered a poor pilot who graduated fifth from the bottom of his class of 899 at the Naval Academy. We lost that war too. "
cobrajd wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:58 AM:
" McCain could not have made a better choise. All you Dem's have been talking about is change. How much more of a change could you hope for than a Republican canidate that is half Democrate and a Vice president women with
good looks and brains and a total outsider from the Washington good old boy group. Tell me this is not a change from what we have now! "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:38 AM:
" part3:'
The man smiled and responded, 'You must be a Democrat.'
'I am,' replied the balloonist. 'How did you know?'
'Well,' said the bass fisherman, 'you don't know where you are or where you are going. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to Keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it's my fault.' " "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:37 AM:
" part2:
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet Above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 1497 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.'
She rolled her eyes and said, 'You must be a Republican.'
'I am,' replied the bass fisherman. 'How did you know?'
'Well,' answered the balloonist, ' everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me.' " "
OMAR wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:36 AM:
" Part1:A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a bass boat below. She shouted to him, 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am.' " "
ryeguy wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:27 AM:
" Let us look at her resume:HS basketball player; BA Idaho - Journalism; Beauty Queen runner up; Small town sports caster; Mother of five; Hockey Mom; PTA member; City Council (9000 people); Mayor (same town); Governor of Alaska for 19 months. I should say she is a very, as Mr. Stark put it, "ordinary person" who could very well become president if the ancient one, McCain, is elected. This shows very poor judgement on McCain's part and is a cynical bit of pandering. Is Mr. Lynch, Mr. Stark, or any Republican really going to tell me that she is the best they can do? "
DailyReader wrote on Aug 30, 2008 7:00 AM:
" Her selection has little to do with experience or ability. And everyone knows it. Shallow thinking gets shallow results. "
Big Spender wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:54 AM:
" From the wiki world, here's an happy little inspirational quote to start your day:
"On his Keating Five experience, McCain has said: "The appearance of it was wrong. It's a wrong appearance when a group of senators appear in a meeting with a group of regulators, because it conveys the impression of undue and improper influence. And it was the wrong thing to do."[6]"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keating_Five
It's near Labor Day so, it's time now for a back-to-school math story problem for all the kiddies: if the price of a Republican Senator is $75,000 in 1989 dollars, how much will 49 Republican Senators cost you in today's dollars? "
Big Spender wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:37 AM:
" I've seen news reports that Palin stood up against the corrupt fellow Republican Senator-under-indictment "Bridge-To-Nowhere" Ted Stevens, but it looks now like this was not courage on Palin's part; instead, she had to act because the public spotlight was upon all of Alaska--Stevens was just too blatant for even a Republican to ignore:
" "That was quick. This morning, an ad from Sarah Palin's 2006 gubernatorial campaign featuring an endorsement from scandal-plagued Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was available on Palin's campaign Web site."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/29/scrubbed-palin-ad-featuri_n_122488.html
When is Republican Ted gonna get me an earmark to fix up my house? He can send Abramoff along to remodel my porch when he gets out of jail" "
Big Spender wrote on Aug 30, 2008 5:27 AM:
" Sarah Palin is under investigation by the Alaska state legislature, i.e. Troopergate:
"Gov. Palin is revealing her ugly side during this, her toughest political battle to date. As she continues to dig a deeper hole for herself day by day in the so-called Troopergate scandal, the more desperate she appears. Sarah Palin is not handling the pressure well."
"On Thursday Gov. Palin kept digging at Walt Monegan for lying for saying he felt pressured by her administration to fire her former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten. "
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/496302.html
How petty is that? The Devil Wears Palin! " "
The Real World wrote on Aug 30, 2008 12:32 AM:
" A breath of fresh air, finally we have someone who is not an insider who has shown we are going to represent the people not special interest. "
groucho wrote on Aug 30, 2008 12:32 AM:
" Seriously, I expect McCain to call a press conference today and say, "I was just kidding." This choice is unbelievable ... until today, I thought McCain actually had a good chance to win. Not now. "
new world order wrote on Aug 30, 2008 12:28 AM:
" All I can say is wow....There's no way he'll be elected with this choice. Barack Obama will get my vote. "
Mack wrote on Aug 30, 2008 12:04 AM:
" It's condescending to women to suggest they are shallow enough to vote for any woman who runs. "
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