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Bridge to nowhere | 1:00 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Are we going to do this again, elect another vice-president to run the oval
office?
Does anyone really doubt who will be in charge if McCain/Palin win the election?
Just like Cheney did Bush, Palin will charge over the top of McCain and take the reins.
She will believe, and rightfully so, that she won the election for the presidency of the United States.
Not only will she run things, she will gladly assure the country that God wants her to be in the
driver�s seat - and just like the evangelicals convinced Bush he was on a mission from God, Sarah Palin has already convinced the Republican base that God has chosen her to lead them forward. McCain & Palin are the 'Bridge to nowhere.'
What was it Bush said, �Fool me uh, uh, Fool me once uh and uh uh, fool me and......?
Does anyone really doubt who will be in charge if McCain/Palin win the election?
Just like Cheney did Bush, Palin will charge over the top of McCain and take the reins.
She will believe, and rightfully so, that she won the election for the presidency of the United States.
Not only will she run things, she will gladly assure the country that God wants her to be in the
driver�s seat - and just like the evangelicals convinced Bush he was on a mission from God, Sarah Palin has already convinced the Republican base that God has chosen her to lead them forward. McCain & Palin are the 'Bridge to nowhere.'
What was it Bush said, �Fool me uh, uh, Fool me once uh and uh uh, fool me and......?
kathyn | 1:08 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Sarah Palin is the reason John McCain has my vote. Unless you believe all the
smear stuff coming from MveOn.org, she's a great choice. She has as much
experience as Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton had. And she's much prettier.
She's smart and she's tough and I agree with her views on many things.
Don't believe all of the smear stuff coming from the leftwing.
(And if Obama gets elected, Nancy Pelosi is only two heartbeats away....)
(And if Obama gets elected, Nancy Pelosi is only two heartbeats away....)
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Disgusted Republican | 1:07 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
What a joke. If that was the best Sarah Palin could come up with, I am seriously
considering voting on the Democratic ticket for the first time ever. One-liners
might bring laughs, but they mask the real problem: The lack of a plan. Also,
McCain's team tells the press to "back off" Palin's family,
then she parades them around on stage and at the airport for a photo opp. NO
talk of what to do about the economy, no talk of how to help the people whose
votes she is pandering for. Pathetic.
We need Mitt! | 1:08 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Look Out here it comes
John McCain's presidential campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a print edition story the tabloid ran today alleging that Gov. Sarah Palin has had an extramarital affair with her husband's business partner.
The allegation would normally be dismissed by political observers as the random musings of a supermarket tabloid -- indeed, the McCain campaign said as much in its statements on Wednesday -- except that the paper has built up a reservoir of legitimacy following its earlier reporting on the John Edwards affair.
John McCain's presidential campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a print edition story the tabloid ran today alleging that Gov. Sarah Palin has had an extramarital affair with her husband's business partner.
The allegation would normally be dismissed by political observers as the random musings of a supermarket tabloid -- indeed, the McCain campaign said as much in its statements on Wednesday -- except that the paper has built up a reservoir of legitimacy following its earlier reporting on the John Edwards affair.
katyb | 1:09 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
RE: "I Get it"...
No, you don't get it. There's a big difference in reporting the truth and "looking for dirt". If i didn't listen to talk radio but only listened to network news, i wouldn't know: Obama has been groomed by a corrupt democratic machine, spent most of his life in meetings held by a radical communist organizers (Saul Olinsky) and/or terrorists (aka "The Weathermen"), and listening to a racist, America hating preacher ("Rev" White)for 20 years!It might be OK with you, but I don't want a Marxist in the White House.
No, you don't get it. There's a big difference in reporting the truth and "looking for dirt". If i didn't listen to talk radio but only listened to network news, i wouldn't know: Obama has been groomed by a corrupt democratic machine, spent most of his life in meetings held by a radical communist organizers (Saul Olinsky) and/or terrorists (aka "The Weathermen"), and listening to a racist, America hating preacher ("Rev" White)for 20 years!It might be OK with you, but I don't want a Marxist in the White House.
This is hilarious!!! | 1:09 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
You naysayers mis-state and mangle GOP positions and call us liars. You have
hissy-fits when your candidates lose, and call us the ones with the problem.
You kvetch and cry for substance from the GOP convention speeches, but we
didn't get any from Obama/Biden at the DNC. You claim that Gov. Palin had
a nanny for her kids, and out of the other side of your mouth you complain that
she can do all this without help and makes women feel bad. Get your story
straight, for once!
Laughing | 1:20 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Hey boys, Live with it... Women RULE!
Karen | 1:20 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
My counsel is for those who are undecided in this race or are following Obama
because of the media's treatment of him as a messiah.
Note the hatred by the Obama supporters. It isn't that they support Obama alone. They are bitter people who hate anyone on the other side. They hate Palin and are intent on destroying her.
I knew nothing about her and was open minded until she spoke. I liked her. At the same time, I don't have hatred for anyone running for office.
Do you really want to join up with and associate with a party that hates?
Note the hatred by the Obama supporters. It isn't that they support Obama alone. They are bitter people who hate anyone on the other side. They hate Palin and are intent on destroying her.
I knew nothing about her and was open minded until she spoke. I liked her. At the same time, I don't have hatred for anyone running for office.
Do you really want to join up with and associate with a party that hates?
Bill | 1:22 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
A star wasn't born last night. She was a super-nova!
How about | 1:24 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Jesse "The Body" Ventura in '12!
You don't have to thank us | 1:26 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I want to take a moment and thank liberal feminist that made this possible.
Once, serving in the Relief Society was the biggest position of leadership a
woman, like my grand mother could have aspired to in her life.
It was feminism that put the word "sexist" into the lexicon of American English. Today, even conservatives, embrace feminism here by decrying sexism.
It was liberalism the changed society from a culture that expelled pregnant girls to a society that gives young mothers equal chances to care for their babies and still attend school.
Conservatives, embracing liberalism, has cut the number of abortions.
It is truly historic that today we have a republican woman given a opportunity that grew from liberalism.
It was feminism that put the word "sexist" into the lexicon of American English. Today, even conservatives, embrace feminism here by decrying sexism.
It was liberalism the changed society from a culture that expelled pregnant girls to a society that gives young mothers equal chances to care for their babies and still attend school.
Conservatives, embracing liberalism, has cut the number of abortions.
It is truly historic that today we have a republican woman given a opportunity that grew from liberalism.
great speech | 1:30 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
She can deliver the speech, after all that was her major at Idaho State. But
who wrote it?
Just a simple question: who wrote it?
Did she edit it? Change it? Or follow the master and his handlers and just give it??? Puppet?
Intelligent minds want to know. who wrote it?????
Just a simple question: who wrote it?
Did she edit it? Change it? Or follow the master and his handlers and just give it??? Puppet?
Intelligent minds want to know. who wrote it?????
Go Mitt Go | 1:31 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Vote Obama 2008 - then Romney in 2012.
BMit4 | 1:32 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
You go girl!
Anonymous | 1:33 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I see double standards with some of you bloggers. Can you people ever not throw
a fit when things don't go your way? I think Palin is a good woman, and she
is the one for this particular job. There is no need for you guys to continue
licking your wounds on here. Don't be losers.
Night Side | 1:34 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
It sounded too much like High School name calling. Politics in this country have
sunk to an all time low of na-na-na's back and forth. Seriously, was there
anything new in what she said? It came across as shrill at times. Not the big
boost I expected from the V.P.
Grimble | 1:36 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Can one person on this thread state one policy position that Palin supports?
Anything? What of substance did she actually say last night? Anything?
[cue cricket sound]
Thought so. That speech was junk food for rightwingers. It offered nothing for America.
[cue cricket sound]
Thought so. That speech was junk food for rightwingers. It offered nothing for America.
missed it | 1:38 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I missed it: did she mention medicare, help for the elderly, the unemployment
rate, the global warming issues, the wars in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the need
for more soldiers to be trained, taxes to be lowered, the middle class, the
poor, and our border security.
What a great attack speech. But why should I vote for the gop when they cannot give me answers to the issues listed above? I am not voting for an Assembly of God believer who actually wanted to censor books in the her town's library. I am voting for a ticket and that ticket refuses to discuss the issues before us.
The demos did.
What a great attack speech. But why should I vote for the gop when they cannot give me answers to the issues listed above? I am not voting for an Assembly of God believer who actually wanted to censor books in the her town's library. I am voting for a ticket and that ticket refuses to discuss the issues before us.
The demos did.
Please McCain we need Mitt! | 1:44 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
The GOP candidate for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, may be facing yet
another ethics investigation back in her home state of Alaska.
An ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed yesterday by the police officers' union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper, Mike Wooten, the ex-brother in law of Palin, who is at the center of the "Troopergate" scandal.
The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten's personnel records. The complaint alleges "criminal penalties may apply."
"It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed [Wooten's] personnel file," John Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News.
The McCain-Palin campaign today launched a spirited defense when contaced by NBC News. They say the personnel files were not protected. A campaign source says Wooten himself had previously signed a waiver allowing a divorce lawyer to obtain his personnel records. The campaign then sent a copy of that waiver to NBC News, which reads, "I hereby waive any privilege I may have to said information to said attorneys."
An ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed yesterday by the police officers' union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper, Mike Wooten, the ex-brother in law of Palin, who is at the center of the "Troopergate" scandal.
The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten's personnel records. The complaint alleges "criminal penalties may apply."
"It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed [Wooten's] personnel file," John Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News.
The McCain-Palin campaign today launched a spirited defense when contaced by NBC News. They say the personnel files were not protected. A campaign source says Wooten himself had previously signed a waiver allowing a divorce lawyer to obtain his personnel records. The campaign then sent a copy of that waiver to NBC News, which reads, "I hereby waive any privilege I may have to said information to said attorneys."
John | 1:50 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
THEY ALL HAVE SPEACH WRITERS!!! Get over it.
Anonymous | 1:53 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
All I heard last night was a trumped-up version of any Rush Limbaugh Show.
Attacks on liberals, character assassinations, nothing of substance presented whatsoever.
No change in the way the GOP conducts politics.
Attacks on liberals, character assassinations, nothing of substance presented whatsoever.
No change in the way the GOP conducts politics.
KJB | 1:59 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
This just shows how bankrupt the Republicans are this year. They have no record
to run on and no plan or vision for the future, so they just bash on Obama.
And who thought that belittling community organizers was a good idea? Getting off your duff and working to make your neighborhood and town a better place? What kind of whiny elitist does that? And Obama even gave up a job on Wall Street to do this! Does he hate America or what?
Palin's speech may make the right-wing base all tingly, but this is going to backfire in big way. Can't wait for her debate with Biden.
Karen 1:20 P.M.: Obama's been accused of everything but first-degree murder on these boards and HIS supporters are the ones filled with hate?
And who thought that belittling community organizers was a good idea? Getting off your duff and working to make your neighborhood and town a better place? What kind of whiny elitist does that? And Obama even gave up a job on Wall Street to do this! Does he hate America or what?
Palin's speech may make the right-wing base all tingly, but this is going to backfire in big way. Can't wait for her debate with Biden.
Karen 1:20 P.M.: Obama's been accused of everything but first-degree murder on these boards and HIS supporters are the ones filled with hate?
You're All Ridiculous, Really | 2:03 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
...but this one goes out to Anonymous | 10:45 a.m. Sept. 4, 2008. How incredibly
inappropriate and off-topic is it for you to take a jab at 'sexist'
mormons and their women who "are used to taking a back seat,"
referring to the role of raising children and the holding together a home
environment.
By making this ignorant and sensationalist claim, you are inadvertantly implying that the responsibility of raising children is a 'back seat' job. Are we to believe that this responsibility (whether headed by a man or a woman) is not the most important role on the face of the planet? What other job/role could possibly influence the future of our culture/livelihood/survival more than the successful upringing of our children?
I believe that 99% of the world's pop. would disagree with your ridiculous assertation.
Furthermore, not that any more attention need be paid to you, take a look at mormon women today. How many entrepreneurial ventures are headed by your so-called 'back seat' women? How many college graduates?
Why don't you embrace this woman's success like the rest of us without unnecessary, inflammatory and inaccurate jabs at a religious establishment.
Examine yourself first and make the world better.
By making this ignorant and sensationalist claim, you are inadvertantly implying that the responsibility of raising children is a 'back seat' job. Are we to believe that this responsibility (whether headed by a man or a woman) is not the most important role on the face of the planet? What other job/role could possibly influence the future of our culture/livelihood/survival more than the successful upringing of our children?
I believe that 99% of the world's pop. would disagree with your ridiculous assertation.
Furthermore, not that any more attention need be paid to you, take a look at mormon women today. How many entrepreneurial ventures are headed by your so-called 'back seat' women? How many college graduates?
Why don't you embrace this woman's success like the rest of us without unnecessary, inflammatory and inaccurate jabs at a religious establishment.
Examine yourself first and make the world better.
Huh? | 2:06 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Saying you were going to vote for Mitt but now are voting for Obama makes no
sense. The two disagree on just about everything. Cast your vote for a
conservative 3rd party if McCain isn't your man.
GOP are attack dogs | 2:09 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
More politically damaging is the absence of any truly stinging attacks on John
McCain. Even Joe Biden's speech -- billed as the "attack dog"
event -- almost completely avoided any criticisms of McCain the Person, who will
emerge from the four days here as a Wonderful, Honorable, Courageous Man -- a
friend to Democrats and Republicans alike -- who just happens to be wrong on
some issues. The Republicans will spend the next four days mercilessly ripping
Barack Obama's character to shreds, as they did to John Kerry in 2004. . .
.
The GOP's attacks on Kerry in 2004 were mocking, scornful, derisive, demonizing and deeply personal -- in speech after speech -- and they were also highly effective. They weren't the slightest bit deterred by the fact that Kerry was a war hero who was wounded multiple times in Vietnam while George Bush and Dick Cheney. . . . weren't. Has there been anything remotely approaching those attacks on McCain by any of the prime-time Democratic speakers?
The GOP's attacks on Kerry in 2004 were mocking, scornful, derisive, demonizing and deeply personal -- in speech after speech -- and they were also highly effective. They weren't the slightest bit deterred by the fact that Kerry was a war hero who was wounded multiple times in Vietnam while George Bush and Dick Cheney. . . . weren't. Has there been anything remotely approaching those attacks on McCain by any of the prime-time Democratic speakers?
Leo | 2:19 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Have the American People completely lost their Minds, or just their Power of Reason ???
I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the 'unknown' candidate Obama...
Anonymous | 2:25 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
"Have the American People completely lost their Minds...?" asks Leo
2:19.
A lot of them have. We saw this when then voted for the Cheney/Bush debacle.
Looks like they are even more stupid than last time.
A lot of them have. We saw this when then voted for the Cheney/Bush debacle.
Looks like they are even more stupid than last time.
Palin is doing more | 2:31 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Palin has proven to all America that a mother does NOT need to stay home with
her children in order to be a good mother.
Her choice to run as a V.P. candidate is doing more to advance the cause of feminism among conservative women than anything else that could possibly happen.
She's showing the women of America that any dream is possible. She's an example we can all admire and look up to.
Her choice to run as a V.P. candidate is doing more to advance the cause of feminism among conservative women than anything else that could possibly happen.
She's showing the women of America that any dream is possible. She's an example we can all admire and look up to.
Women can do ANYTHING! | 2:39 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Palin is the best thing ever to happen to the Republicans. She will open their
eyes to new possibilities that they have often been unwilling to even look at
before.
Women make up more than half of the U.S. population. They should be represented, not told to stay home and tend their babies.
Everyone has the right to live their own life the way that they choose. Women of America are finally breaking free from the chains that have held them down in the past.
Yet, I'm still a little shocked that it is a Republican woman who is leading the charge.
Women make up more than half of the U.S. population. They should be represented, not told to stay home and tend their babies.
Everyone has the right to live their own life the way that they choose. Women of America are finally breaking free from the chains that have held them down in the past.
Yet, I'm still a little shocked that it is a Republican woman who is leading the charge.
to RI Reader | 2:42 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
You ask "How many homes are in foreclosure in Alaska and what do John and
Sara intend on doing about it?" I ask you...did they get Alaskan citizens
in the foreclosure mess in the first place? NO! We the people got ourselves
into our own foreclosure mess and we the people are responsible for getting
ourselves out of it (myself included) by being more careful with our money and
how we manage risk and reading the small print when we sign contracts. That is
NOT the Governments business, it is our own and we are lucky to live in America
where we are free to make stupid mistakes with our money and usually not wind up
in debtors prison for it. God bless PALIN! Palin for President in 2013!
Just wondering | 2:48 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Does anyone else see the irony that this woman who has had "God's
personal approval" on so many issues seems to be doing things that
I've always been told God disapproves of? Things like killing animals for
sport, spreading lies and deceptions about others, and following her own worldly
ambitions instead of cherishing her God-given role as a mother?
HOT | 2:51 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Please boys! Get on with your lives... women are taking over. You boys need not
stew in your pots any longer...It's over! and It's for the best
interest of our country.
Book Ban | 2:56 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I wasn't pleased to see that Sarah Palin tried to ban books at her local
library when she was a mayor in Alaska. A google search shows the books she
proposed banning...
I wonder if the Book of Mormon was one of the books she tried to get banned?
I wonder if the Book of Mormon was one of the books she tried to get banned?
nasty people | 2:58 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Palin is typical of those from today's modern American Conservative
movement.
Throw away family values, honesty, the constitution, brotherhood, and decency for political gain.
"Whatever it takes" is their nasty motto.
Throw away family values, honesty, the constitution, brotherhood, and decency for political gain.
"Whatever it takes" is their nasty motto.
Rachel | 3:13 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
re- nasty people
The world continues to evolve. My suggestion to you is UPDATE!
Go Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The world continues to evolve. My suggestion to you is UPDATE!
Go Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freeman | 3:23 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Grimble, I can state one policy Palin advocates--drill for more oil! Seriously,
how did you miss that?
Also, if what she said last night sways people to vote for McCain instead of Obama, that is indeed good for America.
Also, if what she said last night sways people to vote for McCain instead of Obama, that is indeed good for America.
AL | 3:23 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
To Grimble: Do you ever listen to anything that anyone says? Palin talked about
drilling for oil in the US, about energy alternatives such as solar, nuclear,
and clean coal burning. She talked about less government, and lower taxes. She
talked about taking corruption to task no mater who. She talked about some of
the things she stands for like no wasteful spending. Did you listen to anything
she said, or were you sitting in your easy chair swearing and bad mouthing you
country?
Again, she is not the Presidential canidate, so she is not the one to ask to explain what the McCain/Palin tickets views are, McCain needs to. We must, if we want the right person in the White House, learn about her and what she has done in Alaska. Not just sit and complain.
To Others: To those of you who think that staying home and raising your children will never result in teenage pregnancy, are fooling yourselves. Stay-at-home moms sometimes get the same result. This has no place in her ability to do her job. Judging her on the actions of her daughter is not going to get you anywhere except gain sympathy for her.
Again, she is not the Presidential canidate, so she is not the one to ask to explain what the McCain/Palin tickets views are, McCain needs to. We must, if we want the right person in the White House, learn about her and what she has done in Alaska. Not just sit and complain.
To Others: To those of you who think that staying home and raising your children will never result in teenage pregnancy, are fooling yourselves. Stay-at-home moms sometimes get the same result. This has no place in her ability to do her job. Judging her on the actions of her daughter is not going to get you anywhere except gain sympathy for her.
Granny T. | 3:32 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
She is awesome. A women and a man can achieve anything if they work together. Go
Sarah!!!!
Huh? | 3:36 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
To Anonymous 1:53: how can you assassinate a character when your man has no
character? Obama is nothing more than an empty shell controlled by the extreme
left wing.
If you ain't | 3:36 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Gonna pay attention, then you ain't gonna get the message! She explained
all she needed to....that corruption isn't safe, that real energy plans are
coming in January when she takes office, that she can hold her own with any
copy-catting windbag with years in the Senate, that she isn't pandering to
the talking heads, and she don't need permission to do her job. If you are
threatened by that, then you are the problem and not the solution.
Granny T. | 3:41 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
What I meant was a man and wife can achieve anything if they work together.
Re; great speech | 3:46 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I'll tell you who wrote Gov. Palin's speech. No one. They put the
wrong speech in the teleprompter so she had to wing it. She did a wonderful
job, especially under all the pressure. She was speaking for herself. Does
that answer your question??
Hey Conservative Women | 3:55 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Women's place in the home???? NewsFlash: Both men and women are equally
responsible for raising their children.
If a woman has special God-given talents and a "serving heart" and has the energy to serve her community and the nation...let her!!!
She is an amazing example to us all.
If a woman has special God-given talents and a "serving heart" and has the energy to serve her community and the nation...let her!!!
She is an amazing example to us all.
Crazy GOP | 4:00 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Republicans sound like you love this crazy lady more than senile McCain. I
really got a laugh out of the truth hurts the Democrats.
Republicans wouldn't know the truth if it ran them over. When confronted with the truth they simply ignore it. Was there any reason why Palin felt the need to keep her infant and toddler children up so late? Funny how the GOP wants the "liberal" media to leave her daughter out of politics but it has no problem parading her children around all hours of the night to demonstrate her "family values" character. I felt sorry for the father to be. He looked miserable.
Republicans need to get off their high horses about being the party of family values. It is a bunch of baloney. There are just as many immoral republicans as there are democrats. I don't really see the behavior of the GOP as being an example of high morals.
I know the popular thing for GOPs to do right now is to spin the Palin card like she is the best thing since sliced bread but her speech was nothing more than the same old GOP hate speech. Indeed Change is needed.
Republicans wouldn't know the truth if it ran them over. When confronted with the truth they simply ignore it. Was there any reason why Palin felt the need to keep her infant and toddler children up so late? Funny how the GOP wants the "liberal" media to leave her daughter out of politics but it has no problem parading her children around all hours of the night to demonstrate her "family values" character. I felt sorry for the father to be. He looked miserable.
Republicans need to get off their high horses about being the party of family values. It is a bunch of baloney. There are just as many immoral republicans as there are democrats. I don't really see the behavior of the GOP as being an example of high morals.
I know the popular thing for GOPs to do right now is to spin the Palin card like she is the best thing since sliced bread but her speech was nothing more than the same old GOP hate speech. Indeed Change is needed.
Grimble | 4:03 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
Okay, I'll grant you drilling. She did say drilling. She didn't
mention that the Bush administration's own budget office said that more
drilling would do nothing to lower the price of oil. But okay.
And then sure, she said the words "alternative energy." But that's not a plan, that's just a feel-good idea. The reality is that McCain has refused to give the same tax incentives to alternative energy entrapreneurs that he gives to big oil. Did Sarah Palin do anything to support alternative energy as governer? Have republicans done ANYTHING to promote alternative energy? Under Bush, less was spent researching alternative energy than is spent in ONE MONTH in Iraq. So until the GOP can do something beyond dropping the words "alternative energy" in a speech, I won't hold my breath.
And then she says "Less government, lower taxes." That's not policy statement. That's a Republican brain-stem reflex that kicks in any time they approach a podium. The government and its spending have grown more under Bush than under any president, and 90% McCain hasn't done a thing to stop him. Again, Palin said the catch phrases, but fell far short of actually laying out a plan.
And then sure, she said the words "alternative energy." But that's not a plan, that's just a feel-good idea. The reality is that McCain has refused to give the same tax incentives to alternative energy entrapreneurs that he gives to big oil. Did Sarah Palin do anything to support alternative energy as governer? Have republicans done ANYTHING to promote alternative energy? Under Bush, less was spent researching alternative energy than is spent in ONE MONTH in Iraq. So until the GOP can do something beyond dropping the words "alternative energy" in a speech, I won't hold my breath.
And then she says "Less government, lower taxes." That's not policy statement. That's a Republican brain-stem reflex that kicks in any time they approach a podium. The government and its spending have grown more under Bush than under any president, and 90% McCain hasn't done a thing to stop him. Again, Palin said the catch phrases, but fell far short of actually laying out a plan.
LaVell Johnson | 4:06 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
What a breath of fresh political air! Sarah will be a great asset to our
country as vice president. We have to give credit to John McCain for selecting
Sarah to be his running mate. I was delighted to hear her remarks last evening.
They offered hope in temporarily solving our energy problems and offered
additional effort for renewable energy.
Middle of the Road here. | 4:18 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
I voted for Bush the first time, Kerry the second. But am a pro-life woman, who
still believes in the American Dream and in democracy.
i am horrified at the state of the Republican party. For the second time in my life, I will vote for the Democratic ticket.
I want a party, and team that is better than me, that i can look up to.
McCain/Palin represented the WORST of divisional politics last night. I HATE!!!! what our political scene has come to, and I can't deny it any longer: this party is vicious and hell bent on winning regardless of the damage to the country.
I don't agree with the Dems on everything, but I can't support this vicious cycle any more.
i am horrified at the state of the Republican party. For the second time in my life, I will vote for the Democratic ticket.
I want a party, and team that is better than me, that i can look up to.
McCain/Palin represented the WORST of divisional politics last night. I HATE!!!! what our political scene has come to, and I can't deny it any longer: this party is vicious and hell bent on winning regardless of the damage to the country.
I don't agree with the Dems on everything, but I can't support this vicious cycle any more.
Sam | 4:23 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
This woman(Palin)has a good marriage, and good family values. I am excited for
her. It is good to be an American.
Anonymous | 4:27 p.m. Sept. 4, 2008
The GOP convention revealed the nastiness and dishonesty that is their
trademark.
No issues were discussed. Just character assassination.
Limbaugh would be proud.
No issues were discussed. Just character assassination.
Limbaugh would be proud.
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Reality Mormonism allows for life situations to be taken in stride. The young couple look fine and will most likely be married before the baby is born. That however has nothing to do with Mrs. Palin's ability to hold office. It has to do with her daughter and her daughters choices.
The example to my Daughter is that, things like that happening can really Convoluted life and life needs to be convoluted as little as possible. However we live in Hawaii and she already knows that. However that may be everywhere now to include Utah. I hope the baby is a healthy girl, and I will make a donation to Special Olympics.