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Palin is breath of fresh air

And people wonder why Utah is branded as backward and stupid...WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE POTUS HERE! The person with the finger on the RED BUTTON! We can't afford to have that person be just some random folksy lady who can charm you with her "gee-gollies". Get real!

Palin is a person right out of Centerville. She is very much like how, I view most Utahans. Looking at Palin must be like looking in a mirror.

Palin is a farce. She did not answer the questions. She in fact stated that she would not answer the questions at the start of the debate.

We need someone who is smart in the presidency. Not Joe 6-pack, you betcha.

This country is in deep trouble and the current candidates are questionable. But McCain / Palin is not the answer.

Please elaborate. How, pray tell, could this woman possibly be "a phenomenal leader for this country". With a wink and a nod?

Palin is a good woman, but I lost degrees of respect for her when she falsely accused Obama of having a terrorist friend, who it turns out was only a passing acquaintence, that he spend some serving on a board with.

Either she lied or she didn't bother to check her facts.

Since then I heard that the polls are going Obamas way, I wonder if other people are feeling the say way I do.

In better times, someone with homespun common sense and average education would make a good vice president, one heart beat away from being president.

In these times, I don't want someone with an average education/intelligence.

We need someone who has thought through the issues is more sophiscated and highly intelligence.

a breath of HOT air.

Palin may be a nice and freindly person but that is not enough. She is clearly lacking the knowledge and skill required for the job of VP. That doesnt make her a bad person, just not qualified.

Look for a lot of lies to start coming out of the
McCain camp. His manager said they intend to start making increased negative attacks. And, from what we have seen so far, the truthfulness of the attacks dont matter to McCain and Co. They are starting to get desperate and the truth isnt working well for them.

Palin represents the extreme right. Always moralizing and dictating how people should live their lives even calling in big government to enforce their ideology.
I despise everything she stands for.

The End of Days is approaching for John McCain and Sarah Palin, and at least one member of the ticket is not likely to greet this development with religious rapture. Their numbers are tanking. Their campaign has had to pull out of Michigan, and they are trailing in most of the battleground states they must hold onto. Even Karl Rove has predicted an Obama win if the election were held today. McCain's hotheaded behavior during the Wall Street crisis and his numerous other erratic tactical swerves have backfired. And his biggest gamble, choosing Sarah Palin as vice president, is increasingly looking like a disaster.

John Edwards and Clinton, does this person even know how is running for office?

I think he made a big mistake in not picking Mitt. I think Mac the mav would be on top right now. He was told and told and told and told that Mitt would bring him all the battle ground states he is now losing.

And, as far as Obama having a terrorst for a friend, it is MUCH more than a passing acquaintance. He has been strongly associated with him since 1995. There have been many meetings in Ayers home and alot of association there, much more than a passing acquaintance....

Stop listening to Limbaugh and Hannity, and take a look at the real facts. You're dead wrong in what you're saying. Obama and Ayres sat on the board of a charitable institution for a few years, and worked for the benefit of a school. This was all in the eary 2000s. There have NOT been "many meetings in the Ayers home and a lot of association there". Obama and Ayres are passing acquaintances, and that's all.

Too bad the McCain campaign and their associates feel the need to lie. I guess that just shows that they can't win on the merits of their argument. Sad.

These are The End Days for the far-right and Rush O'Hannity.
Watch for some of the nastiest smear tactics yet.
It's what makes them legendary.

The man who incessantly talks about "honor" has checked his own at the door. Back in April, McCain -- himself the victim of a vicious, race-baiting smear campaign orchestrated by Karl Rove in 2000 -- disavowed a North Carolina ad attacking Obama for his association with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. "It's not the message of the Republican Party," McCain said. "It's not the message of my campaign. I've pledged to conduct a respectful campaign."

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But that was before McCain faced imminent defeat. His "pledge" has turned out to be about as credible as his sudden incarnation as a lifelong enemy of Wall Street. On Monday, McCain rolled out a new TV ad, "Dangerous," that accuses Obama of being "dishonorable." "Who is Barack Obama?" a narrator ominously asks. "He says our troops in Afghanistan are 'just air-raiding villages and killing civilians.' How dishonorable."

Of course, this is an outrageous smear. Obama was simply pointing out the well-known fact that in fighting an insurgency, over-reliance on air power is counterproductive.

Sarah Palin, confidently pronouncing on Obama's bona fides despite the fact that she has repeatedly revealed herself to a terrified world to be someone who must be kept as far away from the presidency as possible, joined in the smear campaign. Citing Obama's acquaintance with former Weatherman founder Bill Ayers, Palin said about the Democratic presidential nominee, "This is not a man who sees America as you and I do -- as the greatest force for good in the world. This is someone who sees America as imperfect enough to pal around with terrorists who targeted their own country."


Never mind the fact that Palin herself supported, and her husband belonged to, a secessionist Alaska political party that advocated armed opposition to the U.S. Never mind the fact that Obama's relationship with Ayers, as detailed in the very New York Times story that Palin cited as her source, was utterly casual. Facts are for those in the reality-based community. The point is to paint Obama not just as a terrorist sympathizer and America-hater, but as an alien. Hence Palin's description of him as "not a man who sees America as you and I do."

I initially thought Palin was an impressive personality. When I heard her say during the VP debate with tortured grammar how she would like to expand the office of Vice President, I decided McCain-Palin must be defeated.

The executive branch is out of control. It must be reigned in. I don't believe Obama will do that. Obama will have to be defeated in four years too.

But I will not cast a vote for a big-government evangelical.

after reading the vitriol and hate spewed in the comments today, I am in agreement with the original writer. Palin is unique and novel. She is a breath of fresh air from outside the dirty political system of Washington.
The coolaid drinking liberals on this blog sound so angry and uninformed. for example: The terrorist friend of Obama was just a passing aquaintance.
Then the blinders come on with the so called church he belonged to, it was more like a Democrat action organization.
If Palin is like us (looking in the mirror) then she is what I want for VP. or Pres.

Sarah is a gust of ill wind. We need to do way better than this right now. Yes, I do expect someone to reasonably be able to provide answers to the softballs thrown by Katie Couric. And I expect a whole lot more. Not this time, Sarah.

To attack Obama because of a casual meeting years ago while she and her husband belonged to a secessionist Alaskan party hating the U.S. is typical of the far-right and their tactics and is probably why they are going away.
Thank God!