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Wallace did not ask McCain about ethics investigation into "reformer" Palin

Summary: On Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace did not ask Sen. John McCain about the current ethics investigation of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, despite McCain's statement that Palin is "a reformer" and that his selection of her as his vice-presidential running mate "brings a spirit of reform and change that is vital now in our nation's capital."
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Posted by DAWUSS

WALLACE: ... (C)an you honestly say that Sarah Palin is the best person to put a heartbeat away from the presidency?

McCAIN: Oh, yeah. She's a partner and a soul mate.

 

Not necessarily what I would look for in a VP choice.

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to

Someone should archive this in case of certain incidents during his presidency.

Posted by Kyle_Broflovski in reply to DAWUSS

Isn't it a little creepy that a married, 72-year-old man is calling a married, 44-year-old woman his partner and soulmate, after meeting her once??

Posted by pearlene_scott1602 in reply to

"Watched her for many, many years?!?!?!?!?" WTF ?!?!?!? She has been a Govenor for 20 MONTHS.

LOL

McCain only met Sarah Palin 1 time, last February.

He called her on Sunday to discuss the VP slot and invited Palin and her husband to formally make the VP offer on Thursday.

I truly believe that in the coming month, the world will find out exactly what McCain's VP pick was really about. First and foremost was pandering to the religious right. Secondly, getting a few still unhappy Hillary supporters. I think they've scratched that idea since Palin got booed when she mentioned Hillary's name.

McCain would have been better off with Lieberman, at least folks would believe he likes him.

Posted by watershed in reply to pearlene_scott1602

Exactly. It's a double pander. They thought they could get the religious right AND some PO'ed Hillary voters simultaneously.

Quite literally the MOST cynical choice he could possibly have made, and this is the guy the call the "maverick". Astounding.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to pearlene_scott1602

Palin is the clear choice if, like McCain, you're looking to motivate the right-wing authoritarian base. Palin is the prototypical cruel right-winger. She is fine with making rapists fathers. She would force victims of rape and incest to carry a fetus conceived in violence to term. If the woman chose not to make her rapist a father and abort the impregnation, Sarah Palin has a plan for her. Prison.

She is dangerous and should be dealt with as a tough, cunning opponent. To underestimate her is to make exact same mistake we made with Bush II.

America has always been about moving onward and upward but Palin's vision for our future is not progress, it is not change.

Posted by annes10 in reply to roundhouse

I agree. This choice of McCain's gives me the creeps. There's not an adjective to adequately describe the depth of McCain's calculated and cynical mental processes that led to his selection of Gov Palin for VP candidate.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to annes10

Truly cynical.

If he thinks Hillary supporters will cozy up to this religious zealot of a running mate then he truly, deeply, cynically believes Hillary and her supporters are stooges without conviction.

Hillary is a champion for women's rights and was ready to assume the responsibilities of the office of the president from jump. Palin, with her rapist bill of rights, would eliminate the rights of women to choose who the father of their children will be. Palin simply lacks the ability to do the job in the very real event that McCain's health will not sustain him through the stresses of the job.

Posted by worrierking in reply to pearlene_scott1602

Am I the only one who thinks Joe Leiberman is way hotter than Palin?

Posted by roundhouse in reply to worrierking

You kinky devil, you.

You worrierkink.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to worrierking

Whoa.

Yes, you are. 

Posted by my4cents1172 in reply to

" I've seen her take on her own party"

and which party would that unnamed party be? McCain and Palin's.

 

Posted by Brabantio in reply to

That is classic.  McCain's staff must have done a choreographed face-palm when he said that.

I think I'm starting to get an idea of how the vetting process went:

"OK Lieberman's out, Obama didn't pick Clinton...Quick, someone find me a woman.,,No, I mean for a mate...I mean a running mate...someone Dobson will like...Sarah WHO?...OK, whatever...No, I don't want to see her bio, just give me a brief overview...mother, PTA, beauty contestant, reformer, religious nut...Got it, let's roll!"  

Posted by armadillo in reply to

"I thought the jokes that McCain was looking for his third wife were just that, jokes."

Carol McCain, former beauty queen, dumped by "family values" McSame after disfiguring car accident at 32

Cindy McCain, former beauty queen, 54

Sarah Palin, former beauty queen, 44

Advice to Cindy: Drive carefully!

Posted by Graydogs in reply to DAWUSS

Good grief....can you IMAGINE what an uproar there would have been if Senator Kerry had said that about Senator Edwards????....or even Obama and Biden? 

 

Posted by Graydogs in reply to Graydogs

..........Not only that, but he supposedly met her once before choosing her, and now she's a partner and a soul mate?

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to Graydogs

If only the Obama campaign ran an ad featuring that comment. The whining followed by JC on his radio show would be nothing short of phenomenal.

Posted by tjwdraws9354 in reply to Graydogs

He must have given her the same look Georgie W gave to Putin when he got a good sense of his soul. 

Posted by thedailyphosdex in reply to DAWUSS

Meanwhile, something worth looking into would have to be Palin's associations with weird and unwholesome elements otherwise known as the Alaska Independence Party, itself having known and notorious connexions to anti-government "militia" and "patriot" types.

Posted by snoopy

While I have rather enjoyed returning in kind, I think it's quite outstanding that she started lying about her creds within hours of being announced the VP choice. What kind of ethics does one have to claim she visited alaskan troops in Iraq when she didn't even have a passport to leave the country?

Posted by whillenbrand

Hello President Obama, and don't let the door hit you in behind on your way out Senator Mc Cain!  Is this the Harriet Myers selection process?

Posted by snoopy in reply to whillenbrand

You don't pick the beauty pagent winner based on intelligence and experience...

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to

I thought she got a call from Larry Flint.  Someone posted McC's buss is heading off a cliff. I don't think it will make it as it just got 4 flat tires. Bring on the debates. It is hilarious listening to the right wing talking heads defending this choice. They would be saying very similar things if McC had chosen a chimp. The right has "lost it" BIG TIME!

Posted by Graydogs in reply to snoopy

Nope, butts apparently:

,,,,"Palin was glamorous enough to have entered beauty contests to earn money for college. She was crowned Miss Wasilla in her home town and was runner-up in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest. “They made us line up in bathing suits and turn our backs so the male judges could look at our butts. I couldn’t believe it,” she told Vogue, more amused than outraged......"

 

Posted by snoopy in reply to Graydogs

Therin lies the greatest hipocracy yet. I can gaurantee you that right wing conservatives are all coveting her right now. Rush is leading the pack...

Posted by whillenbrand

Help me out on this one.... Why in the wide wide world of sports would this be the pick for VP? I just don't get it. A good friend of mine who is ultra right says it was a "gutsy" move, a gamble to unite, and possibly attract the disenfranchised women vote. I say it was pandering.

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to whillenbrand

I agree. But I don't think the GOP is in Desperation City just yet. All they did right now was add the Hail Mary play to the playbook. Whether or not they have to use it remains to be seen.

Posted by Graydogs in reply to whillenbrand

Here's on answer

8-2908 Businessweek interview with Palin:

Bartiromo: What will your role be at the upcoming convention?


" I'm doing a pro-life speech. Four months ago, my fifth child was born with Down syndrome…so I value innocent life. It took many months for me to get my arms around the idea of, first, having a fifth child at my age, but also knowing that my child would have an extra chromosome. But I prayed the whole time, "God, just prepare me, prepare my heart and prepare my family." And talk about confirmation of that prayer, I mean, Trig is just—he is to me—absolutely perfect. And everybody's in love with him, and he's the sweetest little baby in the world."

 

Posted by snoopy in reply to whillenbrand

Speaking of wide world of sports, what kind of idiot schedules the last day of his convention on the opening day of football between the Giants and the Redskins?

Posted by RABBITLUVR in reply to snoopy

No worries. The Deadskins will lose anyway... you won't be missing anything special. :)

Posted by snoopy in reply to RABBITLUVR

They'll still draw a larger crowd! ;)

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to snoopy

rush will be at the convention passing out oxies so there will be plenty of people ther. bush is using the hurricane as an excuse not to go. I think he was told not to show up so... this is the second hurricane the bush administration has created. lol

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to djasper2761

Bush is in Texas and said he wasn't coming to Louisiana yet because he didn't want to get in the way. Ha... The truth of the matter is that Bush isn't wanted...at least here in New Orleans he's not. And I know McCain didn't want him or Cheney at the convention. W must be kinda lonely these days...  ;>)

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to IRONY 101

w's post presedency speaking engagements will keep him plenty busy. At $25 each he will be raking it in.

Posted by pearlene_scott1602 in reply to snoopy

Speaking of wide world of sports, what kind of idiot schedules the last day of his convention on the opening day of football between the Giants and the Redskins?

Correction: DEFENDING SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS NEW YORK GIANTS!

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to pearlene_scott1602

I think I'll watch the game until it's decided (in the event of a blowout), or I'll watch the whole game and catch JC's glorified version the next day.

Posted by BottleBlonde in reply to whillenbrand

The reason McCain was pushing the "I am a maverick" theme so much was because he knew that the candidate who was seen as the best one to implement change in DC was going to win.

Obama has taken ownership of being the change candidate. McCain hasn't been a maverick, despite his campaign's desperate attempts to distort reality to prove that he is, and Obama's campaign has been able to knock McCain off that pedestal.

McCain thinks he can only win if he's put back up on that pedestal, so he had to choose someone far away from DC, far away from being conventional. That's why McCain was trying to say that for "years" she has a history of being an agent of change! He's got to paint her that way. That's why they're pushing the false meme that she was comfortable with not getting the earmark for that bridge to nowhere when the fact is she fully supported the porkbarrel spending that wasn't justifiable - they want her to look like someone who will buck traditional politician behavior. Problem is, she's got her own ethics problem! She's got her own words that show her to be a hypocrite. Like all Republicans.

Posted by wolf kotenberg

reformer my a$$. she is a hunter on the side, just like Cheney.

Posted by loonz

Here's a survey that gives some insight into the way Palin thinks.  She believes the Founders had some involvement with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Posted by BillJ-MN in reply to loonz

Apparently she also believes that marriage is defined in the Constitution.  She says that in questions 10 and 12, so it's hard to believe that she meant to say something else.

Posted by loonz in reply to BillJ-MN

I think she was referring to the Alaskan Constitution but who knows.

Posted by mikeinmd

Palin, being an almost completely blank slate, can be anything the Republicans want her to be:  gun advocate, anti-choice champion, and very little baggage.  While "the base" may be apprehensive about McCain's recent orthodoxy (don't call it flip-floppin', call it position evolution),  Palin is a true believin' straight arrow. But has Sarah Palin ever gone Parasailin?  Inquiring minds want to know!

Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to mikeinmd

Cheney did the same thing when he picked GW.....................think about the parallel

Posted by wolf kotenberg in reply to mikeinmd

she might just do that as soon as she meets the rest of the family and goes up with senior Bush and joins him in a parachute fest.

Posted by czarkhasm

Of course, we all know that Wallace is a hack, even though certainly, he's had his good moments on rare occasions. But, c'mon... if a cub reporter were to be sent to Alaska to do a profile on this woman, surely, the ethics investigation would be amongst a handful of things worth noting, since there's so very little out there about her in the first place.

Posted by right-winger

HEY DID YOU SEE THE NEW CNN POLL 49-48 OBAMA. NOW TELL ME AGAIN HOW RACE IS NOT APART OF THIS RACE. IF WHITE PEOPLE WHO LOVE TO SAY THEY CAN'T VOTE FOR SOMEONE LIKE OBAMA BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT HIM AND THANK HE DON'T HAVE EXPREINCE CAN  PUT MCCAIN UP 48 POINTS WHEN HE DID THE SAME THING WITH HIS VP PICK. PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK!!! WHITE PEOPLE WOULD RATHER PUT THIS WHITE WOMEN IN OFFICE BEFORE THEY PUT A BLACK MAN THERE.

Posted by DAWUSS in reply to right-winger

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Posted by open_mind in reply to DAWUSS

Hahaha! Great way to make a point.  The onlything missing is a red arrow pointing to the proper key.

Posted by ukobserver in reply to DAWUSS

Now that, that was funny!!!!

Posted by princeofwheels in reply to ukobserver

With any RightWinger, you need one of those O'Reilly Big Arrow flow charts. Dawuss gave a great hint but with any RightWinger, you have to run it thru Limbaugh or one of the goons to make them understand.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to DAWUSS

Funny!

Posted by IRONY 101 in reply to right-winger

Mind-boggling ain't it? Sarah Palin could be a laughingstock or our worst nightmare...or both. I have a feeling she will say some really embarrassing things...but that the general reaction from the typical brain dead, right wing Republican will be along the lines of "Well she really told him a thing or two..." They will be too stupid and partisan to even realize they should be embarrassed by Sarah Palin. They'll be proud of her....

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to IRONY 101

The masses are asses. Old saying and very true. Get into sales and you will see. This is a big joke. The right just smoked way too much of their own poop. What next laura b. as secretary of defense, and lush limpbahahahahah as sec. of state?

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to djasper2761

DJ,

After GW steps down, Laura will run for the Senate from NY and winning office, make a run for the White House.

Just kidding. Nobody would go for it. ;-) 

Posted by annes10 in reply to right-winger

Did you see THIS ONE?

 

Posted by jeter2

If the Republican party were smart they would use McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for VP as grounds to have the Maverick committed to a mental institution & nominate another candidate ;-)

If this idiotic choice isn't enough to convince voters that McCain is whack job, maybe even dangerously deranged, I don't know what will.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to jeter2

Jeter,

... And Obama is not a crazy choice by the Democrats? 

Posted by roundhouse in reply to anotheramerican

Nope.

Obama is an outstanding choice. He makes Republicans look small and petty by comparison.

Posted by worrierking in reply to roundhouse

You're correct. There's no comparison because Obama is the nominee of the Democratic Party. He's spent the last nineteen months touring the country, introducing himself to the electorate and winning primaries.

Sarah Palin was appointed by a fearul man who has his parties nomination but not the support of it's base.

He feels that with this choice, he'll appease his base and pull disatisfied Clinton supporters away from the Democratic Party.

Just another case for how out of touch Senator McCain is.

Most of the women I know who were Hilary supporters, were with her because of her positions and life's work, not her genitalia.

Most women will be insulted by his choice of a woman whose views are so profoundly  opposite Senator Clinton's.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to worrierking

Yep. And beyond that just consider what the Palin pick means.

The right have been framing Obama is inexperienced yet they pick someone who hasn't even been governor as long as my 2yr old daughter has been alive. That's small.

They attack Obama's appeal, call him an empty celebrity, yet they pick a beauty pageant contestant. It expose they're attacks as petty.

The GOP. Small and petty.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to roundhouse

Round,

Any claim of inexperience toward Palin is negated by the inexperience of Obama.

Both are inexperienced. It is simply that what little experience Obama has, has been on the legislative side while Palin's has been on the executive side.

Since they are both running for an executive office, Palin has more experience than any of the other three candidates. 

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to

Loonz,

No doubt your wish will come true in the next few months.

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

It's only eight weeks till the election.  I think they'll either keep her away from these venues or McCain and her will make joint appearances.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to loonz

I'll take that bet. :-)

Posted by open_mind in reply to anotheramerican

"Since they are both running for an executive office, Palin has more experience than any of the other three candidates." --AA

Wow.  I thought you weren't a Kool Aide drinker.  I even defended you the other day.  I see I was wrong.  This "executive experience" stuff is pretty much pointless when you have only been running the 47th largest (by population) state in the country.  I would understand if her state had any power or people in it.  This person is not ready.  I am actually frightened at the prospect of someone who has this little major experience will be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.  What's-her-name just made Obama look much more attractive.  It actually was a bad enough pick, I am now changing my vote and support to Obama.

Posted by loonz in reply to open_mind

You forgot to mention that she was the mayor of town of about 5000 people which is slightly more than the student population of the high school I went to.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to open_mind

Open,

Thanks for the defense. You are correct, I enjoy a wide range of beverages. :-)

The size in population of Alaska has nothing to do with the argument about executive experience. By your logic iIt would be equally valid to argue that Palin is most qualified because has governed the largest State in terms of square miles.   No matter the number of people in Alaska, Palin has been the executive. None of the other candidates can make a claim to any executive branch experience.

Whether Palin is ready or not will be debated. My feeling is she is more ready than Obama. If you disagree, please state what 'experience' Obama has that makes him ready on "day one"? 

I find it rather amusing that you are worried about #2 being a heartbeat away when Obama has never run anything nor done anything except get himself elected to the U.S. Senate.


Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

By your logic iIt would be equally valid to argue that Palin is most qualified because has governed the largest State in terms of square miles.

So your argument is that she governed land.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to loonz

loonz,

Apparently you misunderstood.

The argument that just because Alaska is 47th in terms of population experience governing it doesn't count is about as logical as saying it is #1 in terms of size does make it count.

I hope that cleared it up for you. 

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

It doesn't count.  Anybody can be governor of Alaska.  It doesn't require any special skills or any real leadership.  The only real qualification is being a republican because they won't elect Democrats.

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

If you disagree, please state what 'experience' Obama has that makes him ready on "day one"?

His education and in depth knowledge of the Constitution; showing aggrieved citizens how to petition their government - community organizing;  state legislator and senator of a state that is 23000 times the size of Wasilla and 18 times the size of Alaska; and he was able to hang with the best of them and win a grueling primary.  He is also someone who can articulate his vision for America and knows the issues and challenges facing Americans today, domestically and internationally.

Palin, from what I've seen, knows nothing about government and McCain has experience but his erratic judgement, unstable temperament and the fact that he is on the wrong side of every issue negate it.  Both are less qualified than Obama.

Posted by loonz in reply to loonz

That should be "2300 times"

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to loonz

Loonz,

In the resumes I've read, "Experience" and "Education" are in two different categories.  Thanks for proving my point. 

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

You're education is experience if it's in the field your applying for.  Do you think I can get a job as a lawyer even though I have a degree in civil engineering?

Posted by loonz in reply to loonz

Or could I get a job as a lawyer with a degree in criminal law?

Posted by Col. Harlan Sanders in reply to loonz

Loonz, I'm sure you've been around here long enough to know that when Anotheramerican says "Thanks for proving my point", it almost always translates as " I'm going to ignore you proving my point wrong, and self-hypnotize myself to a state where  you reinforce my point."

But you're nice to humor him.

 

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

Since they are both running for an executive office, Palin has more experience than any of the other three candidates.

What are the challenges in Alaska that would require the leadership of a governor?

Posted by djasper2761 in reply to loonz

Last I heard the 3 Eskimo factions are building IED's and are Being infiltrated by Iran

Posted by roundhouse in reply to anotheramerican

"Any claim of inexperience toward Palin is negated by the inexperience of Obama."

And vice versa, homey.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to roundhouse

But are you going to tell me that McCain isn't a disgusting hypocrite for picking a 20 month old governor and beauty queen after launching his attacks on Obama as inexperienced and an empty celebrity. I suspect you're that type of con. Show me I'm wrong.

I mean really, given McCain's age and health, he had an obligation to pick someone with more gravits. Obama recognized that he'll need help from his veep and picked a solid, proven leader in the event that Biden shouild need to step up. What did McCain do? He picked up some religious zealot eye candy to pander to the right-wing authoritarian base.

Pathetic that you would even make comparisons.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to roundhouse

And don't tell me Palin isn't an extremist. What with her rapist bill of rights, she would give rapists the right to chose the mother of their child while taking away the rights of women to be secure in their own choices.

Palin supports criminalizing abortion. What's next? Death sentences for women and the doctors involved in abortions? Death penalties for fertility doctors who wantonly dispose of the extra fertilized eggs that accompany in vitro fertilization.

Palin is an extremist.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to roundhouse

Palin is an extremist and apparently, you, another american, are a sissified right wing partisan lackey.

Answer the call, boy. Or are you simply too accustomed to liberals who lack the courage of their convictions to defend against my very real, bone deep assessment?

Posted by mescal in reply to roundhouse

That would be my guess, RH.

Posted by roundhouse in reply to mescal

The answer is in the question, isn't it?

Hi, Mescal.

You're up late.

Posted by albertsenj in reply to roundhouse

Is there anyone out there who can refute the idea that, if Gov. Palin weren't a woman she wouldn't have even gotten a 2nd look?

Posted by BottleBlonde in reply to anotheramerican

Round,

Any claim of inexperience toward Palin is negated by the inexperience of Obama.

Both are inexperienced. It is simply that what little experience Obama has, has been on the legislative side while Palin's has been on the executive side.

Since they are both running for an executive office, Palin has more experience than any of the other three candidates. 

 

  • - anotheramerican / Monday September 1, 2008 1:07:20 PM EDT

 

How you can claim that her executive experience (a couple of years as a mayor of a town that had 5-7000 residents when she was there, and a community left in desperate financial straits by the decisions she made, and 20 months as the governor of a very lightly populated, homogeneous state) somehow qualifies her to claim any experience that's relevant to being President of the United States is baffling!!!

On the other hand, Obama has 7 years of service in the Illinois Senate, and 3 1/2 in the US Senate. 10 years of legislative service trumps the time Palin has had 'executive' experience.

This is just another example of a rightie falsely claiming that both left and right are equivalent so it gives the right a pass! We've seen that countless times, and the voters are really tired of the false equivalency claims by those on the right. They are really tired of the hypocrisy, but our resident rightie trolls just can't help themselves.

I for one appreciate it. I want the Republicans to crash and burn for at least one more election cycle, to ruin the reputations of the existing power brokers on the right, so that they will run off with their tails between their legs and stop ruining our country.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to BottleBlonde

BB,

You are entitled to your opinion.

Palin has six years experience as Mayor, (Obama, Biden, McCain, none,) and two as Governor, (Obama, Biden, McCain none). Palin defeated the incumbent Republican Governor in the Primary and the former Democratic Governor in the general to win that office. Before that she swept Republican cronies out of her town government after defeating a three term incumbent. After two terms she went on to challenge her party at the State level, uncovering corruption while on the oil and gas commission. 

What did Obama do?  Lets see... Rose through the Chicago party machine to vote "present" over a hundred times in the Illinois legislature. Did he ever buck his party?  That's a real leader for you!  He has since voted party-line almost 100% everytime since joining the Senate. Yeah, that's bringing people together. 

For all Obama's so called "experience", I'd like for someone to tell me exactly what is a "Community Organizer" and what specifically did Obama accomplish as one of these organizers? 

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

Palin has six years experience as Mayor

As I said before, that town has slightly more residents than my high school.  So according to you, the class president of my high school is ready to lead this nation.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to loonz

What I don't understand is why you don't see your own argument works against Obama just the same.

If you can argue Obama's inexperience qualifies him to be President, you can just as well argue Palin's inexperience qualifies her.

We simply disagree that Palin has more inexperience than Obama. :-)

 

 

Posted by Brabantio in reply to anotheramerican

What amuses me is that Obama doesn't have to attack her experience.  Her positions are vulnerable enough as they are.

Meanwhile, McCain just took away his ability to question Obama's experience, which is particularly damaging to him since he's overplayed his POW card.  What does he have left for two months?  Nice trade-off there.

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

What I don't understand is why you don't see your own argument works against Obama just the same.

It doesn't work against Obama because he has in-depth knowledge on any issue and can articulate a position and he's on the right side of the issues.  On the other hand, Palin seems clueless about anything outside of Alaska.  I'm sure Palin is a nice person but she's in way over her head.  Obama's first important task was to choose a person that could help him lead or, if need be it, lead and he choose Biden.  McCain's erratic judgment led him to Palin.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to loonz

Loonz,

Wow. You found all that out already?  How many interviews have you seen? How many speeches? How many debates.

I think you've decided to give Palin a decent trial then hang her. 

Posted by Brabantio in reply to anotheramerican

I think that someone running for VP should have known what a VP does from day to day.  It would also be nice if they didn't think the Pledge of Allegiance (including the "under God" part) was written by the Founding Fathers.

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

Wow. You found all that out already?  How many interviews have you seen? How many speeches? How many debates.

I've read news stories and a questionnaire and seen interviews.  She doesn't know anything.

Posted by armadillo in reply to anotheramerican

AA: So if you were king, would you decree an Obama-Pander debate on foreign policy?

And no fair using months flash card drills on foreign policy Rove used on Chimpy in 1999. (That worked, he speaks of Kosovonians and Grecians and wingers still consider him qualified.)

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to armadillo

You're condescension aside, there is no need for me to decree it, no doubt the candidates will debate foreign policy.

It'll be very interesting to see how Obama fares against McCain and Palin does against Biden in those debates.

Posted by armadillo in reply to anotheramerican

AA: "You're [sic] condescension aside, there is no need for me to decree it, no doubt the candidates will debate foreign policy."

Hmmm... usually you don't see the presidential candidate debating the vice-presidential candidate, which is what I asked about. But you are wiser than I, maybe I missed one.

So again, would you decree, or at least welcome, an Obama-Pander debate?

Comedy Central could host it.

Posted by loonz in reply to anotheramerican

A reporter asked Palin if she was ready to lead this nation and she answered yes and instead of elaborating on that, she launches into this spiel about how her candidacy will be good for Alaska. I don't think she knows anything about the complex issues facing America and Americans today. She seems like someone who would parrot back anything the right-wing tells her without having a clue as to what any of it meant. She’s similar to George Bush.

Posted by jbraskin4786

Why would Chris Wallace question McCain on this?  He's already gotten his talking points from Roger Ailes.

Mike Wallace would have though.

Posted by right-winger

HEY AS A EX DEM WHO KNOW OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO WIN BECAUSE YOU SO CALLED DEMOCRATES AND INDEPENDENTS WILL NOT VOTE FOR HIM BECAUSE HE IS BLACK.  I DON'T MINE WATCHING THE DEMS PUT THERE FOOTS IN THERE MOUTH AGAIN AND AGAIN. FIRST IT WAS GOD LIKE DEMS SO THAT'S WHY THE REPUBLICANS ARE HAVING A HURRICANE AND NOW BIDEN STATEMENT PALIN IS PRETTY. HEY DEMS KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

Posted by ukobserver in reply to right-winger

HEY AS A EX DEM WHO KNOW OBAMA IS NOT GOING TO WIN BECAUSE YOU SO CALLED DEMOCRATES

 

Who the f*** is Democrates? Is he the little brother of Socrates? As well as taking off the cap locks it my be a good idea not to post while on meths. Oh, and by the way, use the f'ing SPELLCHECKER!!!

Posted by snoopy in reply to ukobserver

Democrates, i.e. us, are the living deciples of Socrates. Now, todays rupublicans? I would have to go with Caligula.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to snoopy

Hahahah..

I'm thinkin Diogenes.  :-)

Posted by snoopy in reply to anotheramerican

For republicans? And, which one?

I'm thinking you meant one of the last two. ;)

Posted by ukobserver in reply to snoopy

I think l would have to go with Diogenes syndrome

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to snoopy

Snoop,

I guess we'll have to let this one remain over your head. :-) 

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to anotheramerican

ps. I hate starting out the week on a snarky note. Look up the first on the list.

Posted by snoopy in reply to anotheramerican

I'm wondering if you read the two choices I provided? See if you get the Irony!

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to snoopy

Snoop,

You need to work on counting. Looks like your provided more than two. :-)

Posted by ukobserver

Most republicans think that "Ethics" is a mis-pronounced county in the south of England!!!

 

www.essex.gov.uk/

Posted by juliajayne in reply to ukobserver

Now, that was cute!

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to ukobserver

And Sussex is the question Dems ask at the end of a date. :-) 

Posted by tjwdraws9354

Even better, if you find the clip on-line, is his answer to Wallace's last question about her ability to take over as POTUS. Why is she ready? Not because of practical experience but because she has good judgment of course. LOL! 

Posted by armadillo in reply to tjwdraws9354

TJWDRAWS9354: She's ready to be POTUS because Alaska is near Russia, which shares a border with Iraq and Pakistan.

Posted by anotheramerican in reply to armadillo

Hahaha... Funny!

Posted by roundhouse in reply to anotheramerican

Funny as that dip shit, Doocy.