@ JA

“”Second McCain wife isn’t running for anything. Just like Obama mamma and Palins daugther. So anything going on with them has nothing to do with the Quailty of the person .”"

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How you raise your children and who your children become is very much a direct reflection of who you are. (Yes there are exceptions where the child raised under a single mom without a present father goes on to become far better than the father ever was, however, thats still a reflection of something done RIGHT by the mom. Don’t get me wrong we have personal choices, but Children are under your leadership since birth.).

Do not excuse Palin’s daughter by saying she has nothing to do with this - YES she does.

The people you choose to surround yourself with, spouse, friends, VP Pick, whatever, has EVERYTHING to do with the quality of your character. EVERYTHING. You can’t choose who your mother is, but you can choose your spouse.

No one expects any of them to be perfect, but you should be a person of excellence and integrity. To whom much is given much is expcted. The VP of America cannot be running around as some anybody. There IS a higher standard. NOT a double standard, a HIGHER standard. .

And PLEASE, PLEASE visit samefacts.com and report back on all the “truth” she told. Her major points are all LIES. WRONG. NOT TRUE. However you want to brush it over they are FALSE, okay? Please.

So ridiculous….

*YAWN* The only way the Republicans will win the White House is if they steal it, which we know is not beyond them (think Florida).

@*Sigh*

Her teleprompter did not go out that is a right wind in order to make her sound like Clinton because that happened to him years ago.

She said that Obama has wrote two book but no legislation ever that’s a cold hearted lie or was she just reading from her speech that was written for her?

State

Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation reforming ethics and health care laws.[29] He sponsored a law increasing tax credits for low-income workers, negotiated welfare reform, and promoted increased subsidies for childcare.[30] In 2001, as co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican Governor Ryan’s payday loan regulations and predatory mortgage lending regulations aimed at averting home foreclosures,[31] and in 2003, Obama sponsored and led unanimous,

Federal

Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and cosponsored the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.[57] In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act.[58] Obama introduced two initiatives bearing his name: “Lugar–Obama,” which expanded the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons,[59] and the “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act,” which authorized the establishment of http://www.USAspending.gov, a web search engine.[60]

Obama sponsored legislation requiring nuclear plant owners to notify state and local authorities of radioactive leaks.[61] In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the “Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act,” marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor.[62] In January 2007, Obama co-sponsored the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which was signed into law in September 2007.[63] He introduced S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections.[64] Obama also introduced the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007. [65]

Later in 2007, Obama sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges.[67] He sponsored the “Iran Sanctions Enabling Act” supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran’s oil and gas industry, and co-sponsored legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism.[68][69] Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries.[70]

So again how does Palin’s career compare??? This also shows that he has reached across party lines.

The race card has no place in this election and neither does the sex card.

No Sex Card

No Sex Card

No Sex Card

Sarah Palin cut funding in Alaska for special needs children…

I guess that was before she had one herself..

Flippity flop flop flop… please Palin.. dont call the kettle black!

Hey Judah…. how’s it goin??

I’m sorry but come on - McCain for President? Really? Anyone who’s getting suckered by Palin’s apparently amazing speech and the Republican campaign has the same dealer as Britney Spears.
To those who are tring to put Obama in a box and say he has his speeches written for him - Obama writes all his speeches, then gets together with his people to edit them.
[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1837368,00.html]. There, evidence. He’s not a puppet, he’s ascended to this point based on him putting forward his own ideology of how the US, and the world for that matter, can move forward. Obama is his own man and is ready to ‘live or die’ by his ideas.
So he may have dabbled in some drugs in his past, so what? Everyone has skeletons in their closet, nobody’s perfect - we’re electing a President not a pope. whether we want a former cocaine taker in the White House is irrelevant because our best president in recent years spent his spare time receiving oral sex while in office. Did such a shortcoming hinder him or render him useless and incapable when it came to passing legislation and being a commander-in-chief? We’re looking for a leader, someone calm under pressure, someone who can take the sting out of the despairing economy and the rising tensions of the world we live in today. People keep talking about McCain’s war experience, but do we really need someone who’s tempestuous and aggressive when Iran, Russia, Syria and even North Korea have the potential to destroy millions upon millions of lives in a 3rd World War at the first instance of US aggression? Does 5 years as a POW qualify you to help me deal with the credit crunch, and increasing costs of living?
Obama set his stall out last week and told the world what he plans to do and how he’s going to do it. At the RNC, we’ve heard nothing in the past 3 days but the running down of reputations. The Democrats have built their campaign on the message of change, and how it will be delivered. The Republicans have spent their time and money on slandering Obama, rather than telling us how they’ll make things better. Even the pick of Palin was done not with the idea of putting someone capable a heartbeat away from the presidency, but rather just to hurt the Obama campaign and placate the Hilary-mourners.

Its a damn shame some people can’t see that its not a case of wanting Obama to succeed, regardless of his race, its a case of NEEDING him to be our next president.

As one political commentator covering the Republican convention aptly put it, this election will not be won on issues - the issues the American people are concerned about favor the democrats (economy primarily) because democrats have traditionally been better at resolving those issues (I was living phat when Clinton was in the White House, and now I’m living paycheck to paycheck, so yeah, I understand).

Thus, they will continue to attack Obama because that’s all they can do. However, especially since Obama is not playing the “dirty politics” game with them, it will backfire - at least I hope it will.

McCain made a serious faux-paus when he chose Palin as his running mate and he knows it. However, he really didn’t have a choice - he needed a woman or a black man ( a black woman would have been ideal), and we know there ain’t too many of us in the Republican party. He can’t however go back and rescind his offer because that would call his judgement into question - if he can’t pick a running mate, how will ever run the country? She’s his “ride-or-die” chick now, seriously.

the McCain/Palin ticket has no credibility. Obama’s 50% to 42% lead in the polls show that Americans agree.

@ Wow

What’s good? I’m chillin’.

***RNC speeches fact-checked***

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Some examples:

PALIN: “I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a “bridge to nowhere.”

PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate.”

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: “The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: “She’s been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply … She’s responsible for 20 percent of the nation’s energy supply. I’m entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain’s phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more “responsible” for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.

MCCAIN: “She’s the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities,” he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under “federal status,” which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska’s national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate

*Sigh*,
I see people are really coming down on you and I’m trying to respect everyone’s opinions and yours. What is the republican plan?

@ 156

I wish I knew.

All I’m saying is that the Republicans are pretty damn good, when it comes to winning elections. I sincerely doubt they’d be leaking all this damaging info, if it weren’t going to benefit them in the end, some how. I guess we’ll all just have to sit back & wait and see what their next plan of attack is.

And damnit wassup w/ all these copied and pasted essays? Can’t folks come up w/ their own opinions and not be cutting n pasting shyt?

@sigh of course the repubs have a plan and it’s a bad one

@Poetic Blue yeah she cut the spending for special needs children by 62% (of course before she had a special needs child herself)- the repubs haven’t been able to explain that yet.

one thing i have to give to the repubs though is that they stand by their own NO MATTER WHAT. already several repubs have been caught off-mike criticizing her even though they were praising her moments before. the repubs know how to group together and they will attack you even if they have to lie to do it (as seen from the convention). might sound cruel but that’s how you win elections.

damn! I felt like I was watching a clan Rally!!!! She might as well have said “this nigger is unqualified…. off with his head!!!!”

*Sigh*,
oh so you think all the leaks is on purpose? Now I see. I donno it seems to me like they keep trying to cover the leaks. I donno. They are good at winning elections just like many cheaters are good at aceing exams.

let’s not lie,
I agree. The republicans would climb to the depths of hell for their own even if they can’t stand their candidates.

@sigh

You must be a REPUG troll. I mean WTF are you thinking. I cant stand GW Bush, but did he go back to snorting cocaine after 9/11? I’d consider that a pretty stressful situation.

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First off, let’s be clear about one thing, Bush never promised anything to the American people. Secondly, Bush doesn’t give a dayum about what anybody thinks about him! This man has the lowest approval rating in the history of all presidents. This mutha— could care less! LOL

Now back to your point, Bush didn’t do anything while in office. He had that little vindictive demon Cheney do all his dirty work, (do I still sound like a Repug troll?) so how can he be stressed when he didn’t accomplish a dayum thing.

And as for 9/11, he cared more about a childrens story book as oppose to what was happening in NY.

I say that Obama would be stressed because he has all these expectations, due to the constant rehetoric that he is spewing. IF he gets into office, and doesn’t accomplish anything? The villagers will be chasing him out of the White House w/ torches! LOL

CHECK IT

good job on the facts and debunking the rhetoric

#148

yeah, there plan is to lie and be negative. act as if people having hope is a bad thing

yeah they have a plan. its called DESPERATION and its going to go back on them

I CARE ABOUT MY FUTURE SO I TUNED IN ANDWATCHED THE SPEACH LAST NIGHT………. WHAT I GOT OUT OF IT WAS NOT A DAM THING

COME ON NOW ALL I HEARD WAS OBAMA THIS OBAMA THAT…
AND A BUNCH OFF EVIL BASTARDS CLAPPING AND SCREAMING.

PALIN YOU SEEM LIKE A NICE LADY NO DISRESPECT, BUT IN REALITY YOU ARE NOT FIT TO RULE THIS COUNTRY….. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU??? I DONT TRUST YOU WITH MY LIFE… IF YOU CANT KEEP YOUR HOUSEHOLD TOGETHER HOW THE HELL YOU GONE KEEP THIS COUNTRY IN TACK.

YOU DID NOTHING TO TELL ME HOW LIVING IN AMERICA IS GOING TO MAKE THIS WORLD BETTER, AND HELP THE LIVES OF MINORITY’S…

OH DID I FORGET DID YOU MENTION ANYTHING ABOUT MINORITY’S…..
BLACK, MEXICAN, ASIAN………… PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN STUGGLING ALL THEIR LIVES…..

OH BUT I DID HERE NOT END THE WAR, KILL KILL, KILL, OIL OIL , KILL KILL, AND I SACRAFICE MY OWN SON TO FIGHT OF A WAR THAT IS ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT…

THE REPUBLICAN PARY IS A DISCRACE….
THEY DONT GIVE A DAMMM ABOUT KNOW ONE BUT THEIR DAM SELVES

PEOPLE LETS STAND UP FIGHT TOGETHER GET STONG AND GET THIS COUNTRY BACK ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

MAKE SURE EVERYONE YOU KNOW THAT IS 18 VOTE
GOD BLESS

@Tish and Bk thank u so much even if u did not state the facts.. I still would not vote for mccain.

To Ja…I didn’t ask for YOU to look up a policy/reform she supported/developed. I asked that of her…and she did not discuss these things in her speech. You can support them all you want, but if you have loved ones in the armed forces( like I do), you might as well kiss them goodbye for years to come. I will ALWAYS choose diplomacy over war and Obama supports diplomacy while Palin states that he “wants to read them their rights.” That was code for…we will continue this war until Republicans feel it is over no matter if we are really getting anywhere or not. My loved one joined the military because he loves his country and so do I…but if they become in office, I am out of here. I refuse to be apart of the embarrassment that the world is being shown…and it is an embarrassment!

SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After having a discussion with a co-worker today, we’ve both concluded that we feel as though we’re watching a bad episode of PUNK’D!!! Any minute we’re expecting Ashton to jump from behind a box or the big screen at the RNC and tell us that we’re being PUNK’D.

I’m truly convinced that the Republicans don’t get, really don’t care to get it and don’t give a shyt about anyone EXCEPT for those that are in their economic bracket! Sarah Palin as VP??? Are they serious?! C’mon Ashton, we’re waiting!!!!

I’ve read about 50% of the comments and I must say thanks to #115 & #138 by far both of you have express my very same sentiments!

lmao @ SPODZ:

“..We’re looking for a leader, someone calm under pressure…. Our best president in recent years spent his spare time receiving oral sex while in office”

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Some examples:

PALIN: “I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending … and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. I told the Congress ‘thanks but no thanks’ for that Bridge to Nowhere.”

THE FACTS: As mayor of Wasilla, Palin hired a lobbyist and traveled to Washington annually to support earmarks for the town totaling $27 million. In her two years as governor, Alaska has requested nearly $750 million in special federal spending, by far the largest per-capita request in the nation. While Palin notes she rejected plans to build a $398 million bridge from Ketchikan to an island with 50 residents and an airport, that opposition came only after the plan was ridiculed nationally as a “bridge to nowhere.”

PALIN: “There is much to like and admire about our opponent. But listening to him speak, it’s easy to forget that this is a man who has authored two memoirs but not a single major law or reform — not even in the state senate.”

THE FACTS: Compared to McCain and his two decades in the Senate, Obama does have a more meager record. But he has worked with Republicans to pass legislation that expanded efforts to intercept illegal shipments of weapons of mass destruction and to help destroy conventional weapons stockpiles. The legislation became law last year. To demean that accomplishment would be to also demean the work of Republican Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana, a respected foreign policy voice in the Senate. In Illinois, he was the leader on two big, contentious measures in Illinois: studying racial profiling by police and requiring recordings of interrogations in potential death penalty cases. He also successfully co-sponsored major ethics reform legislation.

PALIN: “The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes, raise payroll taxes, raise investment income taxes, raise the death tax, raise business taxes, and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars.”

THE FACTS: The Tax Policy Center, a think tank run jointly by the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, concluded that Obama’s plan would increase after-tax income for middle-income taxpayers by about 5 percent by 2012, or nearly $2,200 annually. McCain’s plan, which cuts taxes across all income levels, would raise after tax-income for middle-income taxpayers by 3 percent, the center concluded.

Obama would provide $80 billion in tax breaks, mainly for poor workers and the elderly, including tripling the Earned Income Tax Credit for minimum-wage workers and higher credits for larger families.

He also would raise income taxes, capital gains and dividend taxes on the wealthiest. He would raise payroll taxes on taxpayers with incomes above $250,000, and he would raise corporate taxes. Small businesses that make more than $250,000 a year would see taxes rise.

MCCAIN: “She’s been governor of our largest state, in charge of 20 percent of America’s energy supply … She’s responsible for 20 percent of the nation’s energy supply. I’m entertained by the comparison and I hope we can keep making that comparison that running a political campaign is somehow comparable to being the executive of the largest state in America,” he said in an interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson.

THE FACTS: McCain’s phrasing exaggerates both claims. Palin is governor of a state that ranks second nationally in crude oil production, but she’s no more “responsible” for that resource than President Bush was when he was governor of Texas, another oil-producing state. In fact, her primary power is the ability to tax oil, which she did in concert with the Alaska Legislature. And where Alaska is the largest state in America, McCain could as easily have called it the 47th largest state — by population.

MCCAIN: “She’s the commander of the Alaska National Guard. … She has been in charge, and she has had national security as one of her primary responsibilities,” he said on ABC.

THE FACTS: While governors are in charge of their state guard units, that authority ends whenever those units are called to actual military service. When guard units are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan, for example, they assume those duties under “federal status,” which means they report to the Defense Department, not their governors. Alaska’s national guard units have a total of about 4,200 personnel, among the smallest of state guard organizations.

FORMER ARKANSAS GOV. MIKE HUCKABEE: Palin “got more votes running for mayor of Wasilla, Alaska than Joe Biden got running for president of the United States.”

THE FACTS: A whopper. Palin got 616 votes in the 1996 mayor’s election, and got 909 in her 1999 re-election race, for a total of 1,525. Biden dropped out of the race after the Iowa caucuses, but he still got 76,165 votes in 23 states and the District of Columbia where he was on the ballot during the 2008 presidential primaries.

FORMER MASSACHUSETTS GOV. MITT ROMNEY: “We need change, all right — change from a liberal Washington to a conservative Washington! We have a prescription for every American who wants change in Washington — throw out the big-government liberals, and elect John McCain and Sarah Palin.”

THE FACTS: A Back-to-the-Future moment. George W. Bush, a conservative Republican, has been president for nearly eight years. And until last year, Republicans controlled Congress. Only since January 2007 have Democrats have been in charge of the House and Senate.

Whyme, I love all your comments! But, please don’t waste your time on people like Sigh and Ja. They aren’t worth your time. No matter what you say to them, they won’t understand. It’s like trying to explain to McCain the middle class IS NOT people who make under 5 million dollars.

I’m voting for Obama, not because I think he will change anything. It’s up to us to make the changes. I see his message the way I want to see it. WE ALL NEED TO CHANGE. Stop being lazy; stop being dead beat mom and dads; get a real fuckin’ job; go to the damn doctor; teach your kids what’s right; etc. As far as Obama goes, he could definitely do something about giving the rich and the companies
that out source tax breaks. Right now, in some situations the receptionist gets more taken out of her check than the boss. That’s crazy.

As for the experience, please. We have all been there. You can’t tell me that you tried to get a job that you had no experience and yet you got hired because of your ambition and potential. All of us start out with a little or no experience some where. You can hire some one with plenty of experience and they can still turn out to be a laze or a thief or whatever. It’s all about ambition.

Two words for Ja and Sigh: KEEP LIVING

did she say her sons name was Track?! what the heck?!!

LOL @17! Yeah the DNC crowd was a great mixture! The RNC crowd looked like a slave owner convention.

Trig…. lol its still a mess…

I usually don’t comment but today is different!! Yesterday I was watching the Daily show with Jon Stewart and he had a good point…McCain’s Aid is quoted as saying “Bristol decided to keep the baby, a decision “supported by her parents.” However.. Palin is Anti-Abortion, she believes that women should not get to choose, yet her DAUGHTER can choose…choices like this would be non-existent if Palin gets in the White House. What about the rest of the women Palin and McCain want to take that choice from??? What is her daughter special so she gets to choose?
What if a women is raped? Even if she decides to give that baby up for adoption, carrying that baby for 9 months could have psychological effects on that women for the rest of her life. Now I believe abortion is wrong too, depending on the circumstance, but that’s my opinion and choice not the government’s.

O-B/08

And did anyone else notice in Palin’s speech she said (I’m paraphrasing) that she’s ALWAYS been proud of her country? The tone in which she said that made it seem like a dig to the Michelle O. quote that has been taken waaaaaaaaay out of context. Michelle needs to put that to rest once and for all. She said it’s the first time she’s been *REALLY* proud [...] Meaning that she’s always been proud, but that moment in time was significant because it is the most she’s been proud thus far. In case they never got the memo, most emotions such as pride, can have varying degrees of intensity over ones lifetime. Ugh.

LOVE Palin. I’m black and I’m DEFINITELY voting McCain along with all my family and friends. She delivered a great speach last night and I’m glad because now I’m 110% sure that I’m voting McCain ‘08. And incase you ignorant Concreteloop readers don’t know, Palin is more experienced the Obama. I can lay it down for you if you disagree.

Delete Obam’s skin color, and then tell me if you would vote him. Yeah, I know it’s not just because he’s black but he has made so many promises that I garuntee he won’t be able to fulfill. A lot of candidates do, but Obama went over board. Can someone please explain to me what Obama is going to do that HE MUST be elected? Besides that fact that he’s paving the way for African-Americans, because that’s all I hear from peoples mouths. I don’t need Obama to be president for me to realize that it is possible for me to become a black president.

And you guys know that whatever mistakes Obama does you try to make an excuse because you are that obsessed. I admit when McCain is wrong, but it seems to me that all you guys keep defending Obama, shooting down McCain with hateful comments because he’s against Obama. We get it, he’s old..now what? You people are just such hippocrates and foolish that it’s laughable.

i’ll keep it short….sarah palin’s a raggedy-ass BITCH

and she needs to take her jerry springer-ass family somewhere

@150..

I highly disagree, to an extant. I’ve seen parents in my church work their butts off trying to raise their children in the correct manner. But it seems like the more they try, the worse the child becomes. It isn’t the parents fault if thier child was born with a “I do what I wanna do” attitude.
The most you can do is tell & show them the right and wrong ways of the world, but you have to also remember that friends, music, and other things have a huge impact on them also. So not only do they have your ways of living they have the worlds ways of living. If your daughter gets pregnant I don’t think you should be tearing up sheets over it, if you know you did the best that you could do than don’t blame yourself, you blame her. It was HER mind that made the decision, it was HER mind that let a boy get up in her, it was HER that aloud a boy to touch her in a rude manner. Some children are just ignorant and they always blame the parents. some of the best parents in the world have kids in Rehab, it is what it is.

[...] did you think of Sarah Palin’s speech [...]

@171 said “I admit when McCain is wrong, but it seems to me that all you guys keep defending Obama, shooting down McCain with hateful comments because he’s against Obama.”

well then go talk to a lot of ppl from YOUR party that do the same thing towards obama

i mean seriously when will americans or really all ppl realize that both sides are hypocritical. this is politics. everyone hates each other and talks bad about each other. i think it’s laughable when ppl complain about the hypocrisy of one side as if their own side doesn’t do the same thing

hmmm # 115 and 138 I have to agree with some of what you both said….. esp #138 no one really has experience to be President unless they make it a second term but Bush and his croonies have proven that sometime even a second term is a futile effort so do I really want to take a major CHANCE on McCain repeating the same mistakes that have already been made by Bush?

If McCain is in office it will be like voting Bush in for yet another term…. do your own homework gather information and make an informed decision… speeches and conventions are great entertainment and a great way to get more money flowing into the campaign but facts speak for themselves and I’m speaking about both DNC and RNC…

Obama having less experience then Bush or McCain really means nothing because it’s already been proven the most experienced person can also prove to be the greatest f**k up of all time so much so he will go down in history as a legend for just that I’ll take my 10% chance on O and keep it moving….

@176

Haha, it’s true even second term candidates with actual presidential experience doesn’t make them anymore successful or suitable than the opponent

LOL….at some of these comments!

It’s like everything Obama say’s is a work of god to some of you, but as soon as someone talks against him…..They are considered “EVIL”. Sometimes it’s not worth commenting on.

I respect Palin in her on right…..Her speech was the truth!

This woman is Just like Her Candidate, Last night she talked about Barack Obama (The Next President of the United States of America) sooo much, I could’nt tell if she really did’nt fancy him… or if she was so in love with him that she had to spend 40 minutes bashing him because he wouldnt give her any play… (You know people who hate on you are usually the ones who love you the most)… Just like John McCain, she turned her speech into an overveiw of Obamas flaws (and not everything she said could be backed)…. that she forgot to focus on the Issues… If your standing in front of the Nation to formally except the Nomination for VP, you would think there’d be more mention of Yourself and the things your going to do (She should call Hillary, Who In my opinion, is a MASTER at talking about herself, for those of you who saw her DNC speech last week, you know what I’m talking about)…. but there was no focus on any of the issues… and although I’m not a republican, and John McCain has NO CHANCE at capturing my vote, it still would of been nice to see Sarah Palin receive her rounds of applause based on her Merit… talk about shallow!

Obama - Biden - Change ‘08

Ms Monae, you can vote for whomever you like. But why do we all have to be ignorant because we choose to vote for Obama? You sound just like Palin since she likes to fire people that don’t agree with her. So Palin has the experience needed to be a VP, huh? Please enlighten us.

Also you can guarentee what Obama will do? How do you know he will even be elected? Also how do you know what he will do? Are you psychic? Wow! And you call us the foolish ones. You need to keep living too. Oh, and good luck with your McCain vote! LOL

GREAT SPEECH PALIN….NUFF SAID

@176..

Please state your age. Really, Americans are just such idiots that they don’t realize that THE PRESIDENT DOESN’T EVEN MAKE HALF OF THE GOT DAMN DECISIONS!! But go ahead hate Bush..why I dont know. The only thing I feel he did wrong was put our country in more dept..but that’s about it. Bush is still my buddy, he hasn’t done shit to any of you guys because I keep asking people what Bush has done to them and they always seem to avoid or change the subject. I wonder why?

Honestly, not be mean, those families are SO foolish for crying over Bush keeping the troops in Iraq. Who signed up for the war?? They did. They’re acting like there was a draft and random men got dragged out of their homes..If you signed up then your family should already know that there is no 100% sure that they’re coming home. And that’s just too bad. They chose to be in the war so they should face what they chose, gosh..There doesn’t have to be an empty seat at the dinner table..just put it in the living room. It’ aint that complicated. I’m not trying to be mean, it’s just honesty. I like Bush mattafact I LOVE Bush and I dont care what anyone says. The Bible says you should pray for your leaders but yet y’all are talking Bush down to the core of the Earth. If Bush were to run again, I would vote for him. He’s also cute for an old white guy.

palin did a good job avoiding talking about the countries need ,health care,taxes,education,economy so what about her family ,if that’s all she is going to talk about we don’t need a kathy lee in office, we need a vice pres not someone to gush over her kids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

palin slapped the crap out of obama last night. DAMN!!!!!!! I’m impressed

OH AND IF PALIN ‘DRAGGED HER FAMILY ON STAGE’ SO DID OBAMA. HE PUTS THEM UP ON PEOPLE AND A BUNCH OF MAGAZINES TO BE EXPOSED TOO. THEY BOTH PROP UP THEIR FAMILIES FOR PHOTO OPS.

When I saw Palin’s youngest daugther lick her hand and wipe it on the baby’s head last night,I was like wow these are some real hillbillies!!!!

I’m curious to see how she does in a debate. Let’s see how far that sarcasm can get her.

What I feel sorry for is that special needs baby. #1 They could of put some dressy clothes on him and #2 He will end of being taken care of by a Nannie or in a special home or something while she is on world tours and she had the nerve to try and appeal to mothers with special needs when she went back to work after 3 days…. 3 DAYS?? you are still bleeding… God please help us!!! Obama or die!!!!

THIS IS A VERY PROUD DAY FOR ME to see my brothers and sisters knowledgeable and involved in this process. This is a very important time for this nation and like I said earlier we always rise to the occasion. MUCH LOVE TO ALL OF YOU

Blah @ all of you members of the Obama protection squad. She didn’t “shamelessly attack Obama” her speech mirrored the tone of many of those heard at the DNC - and by the way - she never mentioned her opponents by name, neither Biden nor Obama can say that. I am really shocked that you all speak so harshly of her bringing her children out. The Obama family had a PREPARED SKIT- i honestly thought I was watching In Living Color and Lil’ Magic had appeared on my screen. And she did speak to issues - drilling, energy, coal, taxes, corruption in government. Obama sounds just like John Kerry did some years back - great ideas, no plan. I mean fundamentally how can a black man just totally be against reparations - in itself that makes no sense - N-O-N-E, don’t even get me started on what he wants to do to inner city schools and teachers.

Is Fox News calling Palin’s daughter’s childs father her “baby daddy” like they did with Michelled and Barack Obama?

I hope that unqualified bitch rots in Hell with the rest of the hypocritical right-wing! They espouse all these bullshit family values publicly, but behind closed doors it’s a different story.

Nothing but hate and lies spewed out of her mouth! I felt like I was watching a KKK convention. She said nothing about the middle class and us college struggling to pay tution. Republicans dont believe in helping those in need… yet they do everything in God’s name? Well WWJD? They are sicking! And it’s unfortunate they will win!

Go to cnn.com. Palin’s speech raised $10 millin dollars for Obama in one night. I need Palin to make an attack speech against me so that I can pay my tuition.

IM NOT buying it she used her family as props for the convention. She attacked Obama so much to make it appear as if shes tough as Hillary but I wasn’t buying it. Im honestly a little jaded on this election i want Nov 4 to hurry up.

Lets talk about how Obama just raised 8 Million over night from Palins speech lol…

Man the more the republicans talk the more the Dems look good… just keep on talkin right wing!

Her whole speech was riddled with attacks and jabs at Obama and Democrats and that’s okay… Republicans are known for getting down and dirty….

but wait until sheis up there alone with Biden during the debate, she will get taken down a peg or more…

I was not the least bit impressed with her, she came off as shrewd and condescending AND never once spoke about her positions on ANY issues…

CNN touiched on the new culture war between urban and rural America…. now us urbanites are the enemies???? I am soooo sick of her and that old guy, let’s just let them go head to head and we’ll see whose stepping up to the plate with some cajones… literally…

that heifer needs to go back to lalal land with her earmark taking ass…. oh yeah, she tried to drop dime about that EXCEPT she left out the fact that she had already taken 26 MILLION earmark dollars for that “bridge to nowhere” until someone blew her spot …. she is sooo full of bull and ANYONE who was moved by her better check that resume ….

that chick will stab you in the back while tongue kissing you…. don’t get it twisted….

she has no interest in the African American experience, or anyone unlike her trailer park ass…

her husband was arrested for DWI, her future son in law was photographed with his sister holding a rifle and a Smith and Wesson clearly going negro hunting and her daughter was taken out of school for a few months round the time Trig was born, due to a serious case of mono….. hhhmmmm all kinda suspect shit in this woman’s life and this is who you want giving executive advice to the old guy??!??!?!

The key to combatting McCain and Palin is to make sure that you are registered to vote and that you show up on election day and pull the lever.

What I saw last night would never have been tolerated if it were Barack going after Palin in the same manner.

Everyone is saying that Barack and Joe have to walk a fine line when discussing her to not come off as being a bully to the woman. Well, she threw punches last night so she should be able to receive them as well. If she’s a pitbull, somene needs to call the dogcatcher.

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this had to be the worst speech i have ever heard in my whole life. She spent more time trying to Defame Obama and not discussing the issues and how she will try to make this a better country while in office.

I love to see another woman in the race! Congrats to the republican party, that’s a big change in the right direction! And I like Palin a lot, she’s not affraid to say what she thinks and isn’t overly “political”… go head Sarah!

@ 8… THANK YOU!!! When Palin said Obama hasn’t authored “a single major law or reform - not even in the state senate.” That scared me to death!!! And he’s who we want our next president to be!? Come on people! Plain may not have a ton of experience either, but she’s only running for VP not president, and she STILL has more experience than Obama in regard to actual leadership and responsibility! Some of the people on here need a reality check- FOR REAL!!! 95% of the media is extremely left-winged so of course they’re going to praise Obama no matter what, but you better do your homework!

The media is so obsessed with this Sarah Palin woman…when just a week and a half ago, 97.9% of this country didn’t know who the (expletive) she was. And another 60% of the US sometimes forgets that Alaska is a part of the United States…i know I do. LOL!!!!!

Anyhow, I think she presents herself very well…but she has become the Republican poster-child for anti-abortion, working motherhood, career woman–and I must admit that picking her was a very smart, strategic move on their end. She went so hard at Obama last night…and she is stealing Obama’s superstar status away from him in the world of sensationalized media. OBAMA NEEDS TO ROLL UP HIS SLEEVES AND GET DIRTY!!! IT’S TIME TO ATTACK.

It’s a shame that now i am worried about whether Obama will win this election. The Republicans are the most conniving, deceitful people on the planet..they will do any thing to take away our progress!!!

I was appalled by some of the comments made by the news anchors, saying this wasa home run. Like most of you said prior , she is just pointing obama’s flaws,but what is she going to do? I try to watch the RNC with an open mind, but its hard, when the majority of the people are white, watching a mini-nazi campaign, one once have they said what they are going to do better than Bush, im still waiting. This issues should be spoken about ,right in the get-go… Correct me im wrong, but there something shrewed and fake about that woman. all of the sudden her 5-moth pregnant daughter is going to get married, and next week, the boyfriend/fiancee is there to share the glorious moment. what a fam!

@210 lol he has. it was only one though and it was actually an adjunct so idk if that counts. read up on it. whenever a person makes a speech (regardless of party) you need to write down several points and research them. that’s what i do b/c all politicians either lie, omit details, or exaggerate. they are here to win, not to be your truthful friend

How bout Sarah explain’ dem nudie pix….DO That!!!! Explain no sex-ed in schools when Alaska is #1 in chlamydia outbreaks…Do That!!! Explain the non-funding of shelters for teenage moms!!!! Karma will get ur AZZZZZZ!!! Nor can U can’t tell us what goals u have for the nation. A**hole…

Amen sister.

@Ms. Monae. . . .

If you only count the number of years the Sarah “Manchurian Candidate” Palin has more experience, but if you count what they have done is office then she’s like a first grader. about 90% of what Palin said she has done in of was either already in place years before she got in office or she just flat out lied. She said she lowered taxes when in fact Alaska has never had any state income tax and in fact while she was mayor she started the first sales tax in her town. She talks like her Husband is a blue collar guy when really is a oil executive.

I’m loving this clip from the Daily Show on Sarah Palin and how the Republicans are double-peddling on her behalf.

I’m loving this clip from the Daily Show on Sarah Palin and how the Republicans are double-peddling on her behalf. Check it out and pass it on…

http://www.thedailyshow.c...e=sarah-palin-gender-card

@213.let’s not lie

She said that Obama has wrote two book but no legislation ever that’s a cold hearted lie or was she just reading from her speech that was written for her? Also it’s a lot more then one

State

Obama gained bipartisan support for legislation reforming ethics and health care laws. He sponsored a law increasing tax credits for low-income workers, negotiated welfare reform, and promoted increased subsidies for childcare. In 2001, as co-chairman of the bipartisan Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, Obama supported Republican Governor Ryan’s payday loan regulations and predatory mortgage lending regulations aimed at averting home foreclosures, and in 2003, Obama sponsored and led unanimous,

Federal

Obama voted in favor of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and cosponsored the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act.[57] In September 2006, Obama supported a related bill, the Secure Fence Act.[58] Obama introduced two initiatives bearing his name: “Lugar–Obama,” which expanded the Nunn–Lugar cooperative threat reduction concept to conventional weapons,[59] and the “Coburn–Obama Transparency Act,” which authorized the establishment of http://www.USAspending.gov, a web search engine.

Obama sponsored legislation requiring nuclear plant owners to notify state and local authorities of radioactive leaks. In December 2006, President Bush signed into law the “Democratic Republic of the Congo Relief, Security, and Democracy Promotion Act,” marking the first federal legislation to be enacted with Obama as its primary sponsor. In January 2007, Obama co-sponsored the Honest Leadership and Open Government Act, which was signed into law in September 2007. He introduced S. 453, a bill to criminalize deceptive practices in federal elections. Obama also introduced the Iraq War De-Escalation Act of 2007.

Later in 2007, Obama sponsored an amendment to the Defense Authorization Act adding safeguards for personality disorder military discharges. He sponsored the “Iran Sanctions Enabling Act” supporting divestment of state pension funds from Iran’s oil and gas industry, and co-sponsored legislation to reduce risks of nuclear terrorism.[68][69] Obama also sponsored a Senate amendment to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program providing one year of job protection for family members caring for soldiers with combat-related injuries.

So again how does Palin’s career compare??? This also shows that he has reached across party lines.

The race card has no place in this election and neither does the sex card.

No Sex Card

No Sex Card

No Sex Card

For whoever asked - Yes Obama writes his speeches. Remember, he’s the man that was offered a book deal when he was an unknown and graduated from Harvard Law. He’s very intelligent and he’s a skilled writer.

Sarah Palin proved herself to be the unintelligent redneck she is. That speech was an insult to democracy. She is unintelligent, incapable, small minded and unexperienced. She outright lied about everything Barack has said and she said NOTHING about what her plans are for this country.

People who will vote for someone like McCain and Palin are ignorant - plain and simple. That speech was for ignorant Americans who are dumb enough to fall for cheap shots and no substance.

Pathetic!

PATHETIC!

@ . . . .Ms. Monae. . . .

You sound real ignorant, just like Palin and the type of uninformed Americans who would vote for her or McCain. Obama’s support is about more than just his skin color, it’s about his platform. One that is innovative, comprehensive, pragmatic and fiscally sound.

Unless you own Exxon, or have contracts in Iraq I can’t see how you or any other American can actually benefit from the election of John McCain. Do you actually know McCains platform? Do you actually understand the implications of his presidency? Have you benefited from George Bush being president? Do you think it’s sound to elect the party that put the economy in the tank it’s in?

Please go on with your foolishness…

Go vote for McCain, but don’t dare tell me that I’m ignorant or uniformed for voting for someone who is intelligent and capable.

BTW. I have a hard time voting for people with less education than me. So no, Gov. will never get me vote.

To Ms. Monae and JA

I really wonder how you can stomach voting for a man who has done nothing, NOTHING to champion civil rights issues? Do you realize that Obama’s agenda is to bring the troops home with honor.

Most of these young men and women are black or Latino, not white. The fact that he can speak so highly of the troops yet continue to commit them to a war for which there is no victory is beyond me. And on top of that, to say that he has a record of fighting on behalf of minorities when his voting record contradicts that, is abysmal.

The fact that this GOP convention was purely, PURELY about attacking Obama instead of offering real solutions to the American people who need SOLUTIONS is beyond my understanding. It’s clear that the GOP is out of touch with the United States. They’ve been for eight years, and will continue to be out of touch for the next four if they are elected.

Fortunately for the US, Ms. Monae and JA, the state-by-state polls show that Obama will not only win, but he will HANDILY win.

Like my mama always say “You people (Republicans) are BRAINWASHED!!!”

This election is driving me insane and I am so glad this RNC/GOP Convention is overwith. Bring on the debates!!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN ‘08!
The CHANGE that AMERICA NEEDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@102 *applauds* You said EXACTLY what was on my mind.
If y’all think McCain and Palin are gonna be the ones to change this funked up country YOU’RE WRONG.
You cannot vote for people that could care less about the issues at hand. Remember, Republicans do not give a flying rat’s ass about the middle or lower class.
They do whatever they can to help their OWN. It’s a damn fact.
And yes there were 2 black people at that convention.
I do customer service, and we have racist white people always coming in saying that things should stay the same, and praise McCain in our faces. And yes, they do say that.
i just worry for Obama cuz one of those crazy people will try to do something to him.