Just because you hunt does not mean that you don’t care for the environment. In fact in some cases people care more for it when they do hunt because they are out in it and see how it actually is. Plus hunting is a way of helping keep down populations of deers and such. If it were not done these animals would grow out of hand and ruin the environment by how much they eat and a lot of them would starve to death from not enough food to feed them all. Hunting is not bad!

Obama can call Sarah out all he wants for changing her mind on the bridge to nowhere but he better be willing to take the heat when it is brought up that he has changed his mind on many, many things since he has been running for president these past two years! So he doesn’t have much room to talk!! That’s like the pot calling the kettle black! A bit ridiculous!!

Cindy…Ga.

Mccain and his Puppet vp pick are all political now about personalities. one simple fact is Mccain has been in washington for more than 20years, how can he, Mccain declare himself as some one who brought about change to washington? oh ..I get it..maybe..it will take the united states another 20years Under Mccain’s administration to bring about change in america..say in the year 2028.

Sarah Palin is just the flavor of the week. Once people realize that she leaves a bitter after taste they will move on. Shame on John McSame for using her as a pawn in a very important election. He is willing to go to any lengths to be in charge of a war. Sarah should really read up on what is happening. Her comment yesterday regarding Freddie and Fannie showed just how uninformed she is.

It seems CNN is contributing the McCain-Palin bump after the RNC convention by advertising everything but the facts, CNN does mention some information that contradicts the GOP candidates claims, but it seems they down play it, instead of covering it, looks like CNN is taking sides? Every since Campbell brown had that interview with tucker bounds it looks like Palin has a free pass? Last time I checked she wants to be treated like a candidate (A pitbull with lipstick) so why not report on her like a VP candidate instead of a woman? She has so many flaws in her stories it’s amazing, however they are played down! There is no crying in baseball and no favortism in politics remember CNN (no bull, no bias)?

John McCain’s choice of V.P. is still baffeling . I acan’t understand how they could not find a adlut woman with grown children to be V.P
I know that working women seem to handle it all or want to but how much of a distraction will it be when her newborn child is drawing her attention away form important tasks at 3am ? I applud Sarah palin for her family values and her struggles as she raise her mentally challenged son he a real cutie I pray that she will continue to uphold family and moral values as this election gets closer and doesn’t let the power of being V.P. get in the way of that.

Thanks for your buzz 360 staff!
Michelle -

Palin needs to quit hiding herself and talk to the media NOW since we don’t have no idea what she is going to do for our Nation.. All Palin is doing is talking about herself and what she has done like her chef,selling the plane on ebay,the bridge to no where, etc. and those have been all LIES… McCain picking Palin was a joke, he needed to wake up his party since it was so boring so he picked a beauty queen. McCain was a Maverick at one time and Palin has done NOTHING to be called a maverick. McCain talks about winning on personality instead of talking about the issues and I think that’s plain dumb. I’m not trying to be friends with them I want someone that is going to better our economy not lie to me and promise us things and once they are elected change there mind like Bush did to our country. I’m sorry but no more Bush/McCain/Palin we already had the same for 8 years and 4 more from 90% McCain. Palin is coming out as the role of the first lady instead of the VP so whats wrong with that picture….

It is moments like the one we are in that scare me to be an American. We take pride in having a democracy, but what good is it when our voters don’t take the time to make informed decisions?

I am undecided, but appauled by the number of people who are in love with Palin despite knowing who she is. All we have really heard from her is a well spoken speech that someone else wrote for her. I am also very saddened by the direction the election has gone. Didn’t McCain say this would not be a negative campaign, yet all we hear is candidates tearing the other ones apart not building themselves up.

The saddest part is all the people that buy the spin and rhetoric. Maybe it is moments like these that some of us aren’t so proud of America?

I am so excited about the McCain/Palin ticket that I am even considering giving money to their campaign. She is just the perfect compliment to John McCain and will be ready and able to step in if the need ever arises. I will feel safe when they win this election.

Am I the only one out here who is bored of hearing the same old McCain/Palin speech regurgitated (nearly verbatim) again and again at each campaign stop? Seriously, I think I can give both of their speeches at this point because I’ve heard the same tired lines over and over…it’s like a very bad Groundhog’s Day.
With all of the money they’ve recently rasied, surely they could hire more speech writers to come up with something new to say. If I were undecided (which I am not) this would not impress me at all.

This isn’t a movie. This isn’t a reality show. This isn’t a sporting event. The future of our country. maybe the world, is at stake, and you think this is amusing?

-It is absolutely appalling to me that blatant Untruths..lies..are being stated over and over ie plane sold on e-bay for a profit…against the bridge..many others,without the media /public saying enough bs lets tell the truth.

I don’t understand what the big hoopla is about Sarah Palin. She has said nothing interesting or brought anything new to the table. Why is everyone in the news media praising her? They know less about her than they did Obama but yet everyone is so willing to except her at her word. Why is that? Is it because Obama is partly Black? I would think so. This is just letting the world know how racist this country is. He could have pick anyone White and the same enthusiasm would have been acceptable. I have an article on her that no one in the news media has reported on air about the racial slurs that she has made about the people in her hometown and Obama. Who can I submit this too to get it in the public? Not you all because you don’t want to hear it. I quite sure that you already know about it but refuse to report the truth about her. If you brought out Obama dirty laundry, you need to bring out hers.. Fair is fair.

Why is Todd Palin at every stump speech? Why does he walk the rope line with the candidates? No other candidates spouse shadows the candidates in this way. Does this have anything to do with their church’s belief that the wife must follow the husbands word?

Watching Obama last night on 360 I thought he looked like a deer in the headlights – what an abrupt turnaround in his fortunes right now. He has to be reeling. Obama had a chance to have a woman on his ticket and he passed it up; I’m sure for good reasons. But then McCain yanks the rug out from under him by picking a woman with executive experience who can excite the GOP base and grab some of the Hillary malcontents at the same time. And if that wasn’t enough McCain lifts Obama’s mantra about change too. There is some saying about age and treachery will always win out over youth and skill. This seems to be a perfect example of it (NOTE: I am not saying that McCain is treacherous).

I hope Obama can get his groove back and I wish someone would focus on the issues and what the candidate will do for the country instead of talking about each other and slinging barbs. Its going to be an interesting 50 some-odd days until the election. Wolfe and Anderson may have to stay up all night to cover this election.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

I think the debates will be a big factor in keeping leads or losing them.
When all is said and done, whoever does the best job of connecting to the voters, will win. It’s not clear yet who that will end up being.

Lorie Ann, Buellton, Calif.

Why is noone mentioning Sarah Palin’s speech at the convention for Alaska’s radial Independence Party. She is being given a free pass. When did we as Americans stop checking our facts. She is making false statements and everyone is behaving as though it is the Gospel.(pun intended). Look I am a middle class teacher; I am a born again believer; I balance my checkbook and althougth I don’t have a pregnant teenager daughter to prove my commitment to abstinence, I do have a respectable reputation in my small town community. Am I then qualified to be VP as well? Oh wait… did I forget to mention that I’m black? So according to the GOP my community service doesn’t count. Oh well. better luck next time.

You say you’re trying to get to know who Sarah Palin is, but the Republicans are making that pretty darn hard. After nearly two weeks as the VP candidate, she will be doing her first interview with Charlie Gibson. But how much of that will be scripted by the Republicans, as I’m sure they’ve already carefully chosen allowable questions, and Ms.Palin is no doubt diligently rehersing her answers. If the Republicans truly thought she was a viable candidate who could handle the issues, they would have allowed her to give her first candid interview the very next day after the annoucement. What are they trying to hide? In order to be more informed, I googled the Anchorage News online and read articles about her. The Alaskan people don’t seem to be as enthusiastic and dreamy eyed about her as the rest of the country. Obviously, they know her better than anyone else. I just don’t believe she’s qualified be VP of our country.

Has anyone noticed that every day in a different location Sarah Palin gives the same speech? She keeps saying that John McCain is too humble to say certain things about himself. She keeps saying that she said “Thanks but no thanks” to the bridge to nowhere. She keeps saying she put the state plane on ebay. John McCain said she sold it on ebay for a profit when in fact she didn’t even sell it on ebay and it was sold at a loss. Geez !!! I am amazed. Also, when is she going to let the press ask her questions? I’m talking about on the trail just let reporters fire questions. If they keep protecting her from this, I would just have to assume that they don’t trust her knowldge. Scary!!!! At least they could come up with 3 or 4 different speeches. Ha!!!!

Dear Lord,

I found a clever parrot named Palin and taught her to say witty words. Everybody loves her, even though she says the same witty words over and over again.

Now those vile truth-seekers in the media are hounding my parrot to ask her about words I haven’t yet taught her to say. They think she should talk for herself just because she wants to hold a high office in the government of our great nation. But you and I both know she’s just a clever parrot who cannot possibly answer their questions.

I know you are on our side because Palin the Parrot has learned to invoke your name for any and all of her causes. Please protect my Palin the Parrot from those evil truth-seekers. I’m certain t won’t be considered hood-winking the public if it’s done in your name.

JM

It is amazing how people can jump behind Palin even though they know nothing or little about her. I’m wondering what direction the public opinion will take as more background surfaces about her. For me, the latest about her church and beliefs would be enough to run hard in the other direction. Come on.. she thinks the war in Irac is God’s will???? Which therefore means that God has spoken through Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld???!!!!!!!!!….. now THATS scary!!!

AC 360 team,
I know you guys are all intelligent and well educated and perhaps know what is at stake in this election. We had one of the worst incompetent, immoral (repeated lies and zero accountability) administration last 8 years. And now in huge economical and social challenges all over the country. And yet, you intellectuals keep on playing by the Republican game, putting out the enormously distracting stories (personalilty contests?) after stories as headlines day after day. You treat the whole election as a mear game. Under the name to “equal time” to both campaigns, you promote their blatant lies over honest discussions about nation’s challenges. McCain/Palin stump speeches are not thoughtful analyses and vision about the nation’s problems; they shout to arouse and manipulate the vulnerable voters; they obviously don’t mind lying because you guys (AC 360) will report as if those lies have some significance to our lives. Why can’t you say lies as lies and shape the conversation into what really matter to our lives. I don’t have to tell you what really matter to ordinary voters’ lives because you guys are supposedly highly educated intellectual elites. Intellectual elites are not necessarily evil term, you know. You can be leaders in changing and shaping our society if you decide to do or if you are brave enough. You just don’t have the guts to report what is important to American people. And “you” includes Anderson Cooper. I am so very disappointed at you.

I really have a problem with the McCain/Palin political marriage, because it is one built on lies and outright deception! Lies told to deceive potential voters and to take away from the obvious force within the Obama campaign. Just a few weeks ago Mr. McCain cried about Senator Obama getting too much press coverage. Now that he is getting the coverage he wanted, he and those who (I feel) blindly follow him, are seeking to direct what kind of coverage he gets. They want the roses to be noticed, but without their potentially harmful thorns. Mrs. Palin’s sad attempts to bash the media should be reported just as much as her “pit bull” analogy. Let’s REALLY keep them honest and demand that they address every lie told in their speeches, every invesigation, and every negative public relationship!

When will CNN focus on the issues and Obama and McCain.
Palin is getting way too much coverage. But what else is news ?
The McCain campaign has been controlling the news all this
year. They give tv news a script and you do exactly what the
McCain campaign says. I am going to participate in the tune out
until the debates. What now Jon Stewart and Bill on Real Time
are doing a better job than the journalists. They see that the news
is a part of the problem and scared to not take the bait.

I hope you guys have fun reporting this stuff. Cause something dont add up. mcSane poll numbers rises but the electoral college is staying the same. Less blog abt that

As a Canadian who is watching your coverage of this election I’m sorry – but it’s more like you’re trying to dig up dirt than trying to know her.

Had CNN bothered to send its reporters as eagerly to Chicago to find out about Sen. Obama, his friends, background and record, this election season would be quite different.

By the way, any news organization that feels compelled to place the caption “NO BULL, NO BIAS” in the corner has serious credibility issues.

It is amazing to me that this “unknown”, who as we have begun to get to know her, we find is fraught with contradictions has garnered such support. How can you know what her record is when it keeps changing according to political tides? For months we heard that people were slow to move to Obama because they needed to get to know him. But rather than get to know him they chose to subscribe to internet rumors. For Palin, the people only needed to know that she was pro-life, pro-guns and could deliver a one-liner. I can only hope and pray that the American people will shed themselves of their naivete and this McCain/Palin momentum will quickly cease. And no, Obama/Biden can not safely get on the offensive. Whatever they say they will be labeled as sexist. Can we start saying, “Stop playing the gender card”?

You know the difference between Palin and Cheney? Lipstick

What scares me is that people like Palin without truly knowing more about her. She has become a celebrity and the way this country operates with American Idol etc., I can see McSame and her winning the presidency just because of that.

What little I do know about her I do not like. Her ignorance with the environment and the refusal to put polar bears on the endangered species list along with her itch to drill up Alaska is completely opposite of me. Her religious views infringing on my rights to have an abortion and her attempt to censor books frightens me. I can’t imagine what else she’ll try to do once in the White House. Of course I can’t forget that she has the largest earmark requests ($750 million) in her 2 years as governor – more than any other state in history.

Palin campaigned for governor promising to build the Bridge To Nowhere. After being elected, she turned on the Alaska congressional delegation and the Borough of Ketchikan by refusing to build the bridge. However, an important point, she did not refuse the $250 million earmark for the bridge, but kept the dollara for her own pet projects. Self Sarah scored.

Would you please ask the Governor of the great state of Alaska her understanding
on climate change , global warming and sustainability.
When she prays to the almighty to support a new pipeline,
more drill drill drill in a reactionary way with little long-term regard .

Where is the line between Divine intervention and corporate lobbying ?

This DRILL DRILL DRILL mentality of the McCain ticket feels not of change,
More so of the reactionary fear that pushed us into a war in Iraq based on bad intelligence.

Mandatory reading material for the McCain – Palin ticket should be ,
” Hot, Flat. and Crowded ” , by Thomas Friedman.

All the best,
Hambone Pickins

We need leaders that have the credebility.

McCain and Palin have the credebelity.

Obama and Biden just loves to talk that is all.

Vote McCain/Palin.

The Palin mania is very real and not in a good way. Although it is packaged as getting to know Ms. Palin, it is nothing but controlled banter for the Republican party. If the media and Americans keep discussing issues such as her daughters pregnancy or her manufactured radical beliefs then we are not discussing the real issues such as the economy, the war, womens rights or our desperate need for health care for eveyone. PLEASE start to discuss the real issues again and ask the questions and if the Republican only want to answer in a controlled well branded scenario then the American people will have to show them what we really want and need.

@ Ellen from Fort Myers….It seems your hatred has clouded your mind. Take a step back and realize the truth. With the government now taking over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac we the people have to foot the bill to fix it! That is what Palin was talking about. She is dead on right! Who do you think is going to pay to fix the problem? It sure won’t be Fannie or Freddie. Get a clue!

Cindy…Ga.

Yes John McCain is switching his colors and talk to match Obama’s. Conservative Republicans are running as Democrats now. But be not fooled. This is not the reason for his recent poll bumps.
Stop looking for dirt on Palin because she is clean, maybe vindictive at best. The hard reality is that women identify with her because she looks and feels familiar to them. The problem is that they really can’t see how different she is from most of them. When they switch the Supreme Court next year, pro-choice goes out the window with it. But not for 4 years, but for the next 20 years. That is the wool being pulled over women’s eyes.
Problem is, women are not carrying this critical issue (their right to choose) in the forefront of their minds. They won’t get it tell it’s too late, and after the price for Palins seat proves too expensive in personal rights.

McCain / Palin are gaining ground, Obama /Biden and the 300 advisors are wearing diapers as they bite their nails , McCain proved he is a calculating and intelligent risk taker, his leadership will be unquestionable come NOV, the american voters are”" Getting it” and what they” ” get” is that Obama doesn’t have in any way ,shape or form what this country needs, Palin also” gets it” these two will lead this country in a new and positive direction .

Maritza

I agree with the other comments… Sarah Palin and her family are being used. “Wal Mart Moms” of America… how are you falling for this??

I can’t believe the Republicans are backing Palin! Wow, talk about despraration! She is, just about, the most rediculous choice McCain could’ve made. I’m glad McCain didn’t pick an exceptionally smart lab monkey for his VP candidate. The Republican’s probably would have backed that too!

Feeling the Sarah Palin love from some of the comments. It’s so warm and fuzzy. I trust that you’ll put the facts out there about her, Biden, Obama, and McCain as this election continues as much as your corporate conglomerate bosses will allow you to report reality. Whether or not people will actually listen to any of this, read on their own, and make informed decisions by looking at all sides is another matter completely.

I want to know WHERE IS SARAH PALIN? Why is she not give interviews only when the REPUBLICANS wants her too. THE REPUBLICANS CONTROL HER AND MCCAIN EVERY MOVE. Is that strange or what?

Gov. Palin, indeed, changed her stand on the “bridge to nowhere” issue. Isn’t it great that she had the courage to do that, knowing that she would no doubt draw criticism . I believe Sen. Obama has been known to change his stand on various issues from time to time and
he did so without all the scrutney that Palin has drawn. This comment probably won’t be posted.

I am a 25 year-old female and I cannot tell you how EXCITED I am that Sarah Palin is on the ticket! I would like to ask Gregg from Lockport what evidence and factual info he has that allows him to presume that the McCain/Palin ‘marriage’ is “built on lies and outright deception!” So many liberals out there are hurling insults and crying false when all this proves is that they are a party frightened by Palin’s impact on the Republican party, Independent voters and the nation! Get your facts straight before you spew them – heaven forbid the almighty Obama’s pedestal should be lowered and the focus of the media is off him for 5 minutes! Gimme a break!

I agree with everyone else on the fact that we need to focus on the issues. I also think Ms. Palin should be on every talk show so we can get to know her. Those few blue-collar men who are whooping it up about her “hunting” and how she’s such a “hottie” are either kidding or plain out of touch. This country is at the cross roads of failure and success. Bin Laden is winning by ruining our economy. Why should any terrorist group attack us when our own poor choices will bring up down? How many troops can we have all over the world, how much money can we spend, when can we have our borders secure, when can we solve the immigration problem, when can we get the national debt down? Our founding fathers must be turning in their graves at this GRAVE SITUATION. Please don’t play “personality” with this woman; she is nothing but a mouth piece with lipstick for the old guard RNC (Bush, Cheney, McCain) and has no mind of her own. I agree with the guy who said she’s a parrot. Please do something to stop this silliness and get the media in the right place.

give me a break! this palin push crap is just that, CRAP! and if working class americans fall4 this trick, just be prepared to pay the consequences of whats shurely to come. just remember, just a short time ago most of you didnt even know who she was! then those deceptive republicans introduced her2 you. then george bush speechwriters wrote her a speech. just like they wrote bush one 8yrs ago, this time the same group of people wrote sarah one, talking about pit bulls, lipstick and e-bay. then she turned around and praised hillary clinton cause she think that the wemen who vote4 hillary will be dumb enough to vote for her JUST because she’s a woman. just remember, she might look like hillery at first glance, but when you look at her closer she resembles GEORGE BUSH way more than she EVER did hillary. infact she’s more like another george bush with a sarah palin mask on. so its time for the american voter to WISEN-UP! stop voting for people who know how to recite a speech that some one else wrote4 them! stop voting4 people cause they happen to share your gender, or color, or cause they ware the same lipstick as you. go look in your refrigerator, if you have less food in there than you did when the Last administation was in power, then let that be the basis of your vote!

The McCain/Palin campaign retoric is repetitive and boring and of no substance. Palin is acting like a puppet for the GOP and McCain just stands there nodding and waving.
Pay attention to the body language of Palin…..she is not confident with herself outside of her rehersed speech that was written for her, she keeps saying the same thing over and over again.
As a mother, I can not imagin running all over the country and leave 5 kids at home, one of which needs her mother’s support in her troubling time of an unwanted pregnancy and another who needs his mother as a special needs baby. Not to mantion exposing that little baby to all the horrible loud noises at the Republican Convention, cheering and geering, being passed off from person to person on the stage, for hours upon hours.
Palin has embellished on several of her accomplishments (the bridge to nowhere, and the Governor’s plane on Ebay and sold for a profit)
Wake up folks, this woman is not who the GOP wants you to think she is!

If Ms Palin is unprepared to give interviews to the press, what makes her prepared to take charge of this country if something were to happen to Mr. McCain? If it is because the Republicans want to educate her on McCain’s agenda, they might want to remember that if Palin goes into office it will be HER agenda that will be acted upon. So, I don’t want to know what McCain wants her to think. I want to know what she thinks. And to be truthful the longer they wait to let her answer questions the more we as a country should worry. Is she cute, yes. Can she deliver a great one-liner, sure. But this isn’t a beauty pageant, or comedy central. Neither one of those qualities are something I look for in a VP. Let us know what her plans are for this country. And let us hear the specifics on how she intends to follow through on these plans.

These canadates (McCain Palin) need to start telling the truth. I’m tired of their lies. Also Good old phoney Rudy G has to get his 2 cents in not to mention sarcastic remarks which add up to nothing. These republicans show no respect or class.

Palin needs to go home and parent.

i was watching john mccain and sarah palin today on the campain trail sarah WAS very much preaching today talking about A TIME FOR THIS A TIME FOR THAT it showes that she is going to bring her speaking in tongue VOODO religion into the white house

The McCan do nothing mavericks are hard at succeeding with their unsatiable desires: McCain is a man who thinks he deserves to be President and repeats over and over and over about his tragic experience of being a POW. I give him honor for that. I don’t give him honor for trying to lead our Great America at 73. That tells you something about the man not one lick of consideration for us average Americans who suffer daily. On the other hand, if you don’t succeed at becoming a beauty queen or journalist why not start your power trip on a small town of Wasilla. Total extremist a possible President running America. ITS SCARRY!!

Shes not the only Christian, I’m going to pray pray pray for the American people and the integrity of the United States to be restored.

i can’t stand sarah palin voice it’s like a sweek mouse can you imaging hereing that voice all day long

Its fine to be a Pentacostal, whats not fine is using the pulpit to push or sway a congregation politically.

I feel that the media is turning Sarah Palin into a celebrity. The press appears to be intimidated by the Republican Party. Ms. Palin’s speech was sarcastic and mean-spirited as well as filled with inaccuracies and lacking in solutions. Unfortunately, the press was totally taken in by her theatrics and all I hear are raves from supposed expert political analysts. This woman is an extremist with dangerous views and as she herself admitted in the past year, she knows very little about Iraq – not to mention any other foreign policy issue. As mayor and governor, she has been intolerant of and unresponsive to people whose views differ from hers. Isn’t this the kind of politics that has gotten our country into so much trouble? I am a married working mother of four and most of the women I speak with are horrified at the thought of her becoming vice president and possibly president. The media is doing a great disservice to this country to allow this charade to continue.

Oh! please this woman is a witch. Sarcasm, lies…isn’t she wonderful. The only reason the old guy picked her was he can’t give a speech, he can’t excite a tree and he’s old, boring and out of touch. Get real people, we need real change. Let ’s rally around a young strong thinker who has great ideas for change.

Every 4 years the abortion issue seems to come into play. I’m a 52 year old Gay male, who could NEVER tell a woman what to do with her body. I bet if you asked men to get a vasectomy, they would cry into their Viagra bottles. Abortion issue aside; How are parents going to explain that Sarah Palin, a woman running or Vice President…. killed Bambi, Rudolph and Bullwinkle???

Time to take the protective bubble wrap off Palin and let her answer some media questions. Elections are not about mystique, they are about issues. lets hear what she has to say…I have watched her campaign trail and she is giving the same tedious speech over and over. Like a chatty cathy doll, pull the string, ‘I said ‘no’ to the bridge to nowhere’…Give me a break!

Why is McCain so afraid to let her speak alone? They whisk her away after any public appearance. Can she not answer a question without her speechwriter? Will she unveil herself to be just a prop for the evangelicals?

She compared herself to a pitt bull yet the republicans cry like babies if they hear soemone say soemthign negative coming from the democratic camps. grow up! They dragged Hillary Clinton through the mud, if Hillary can take it, so can Palin

enough of the scripts! She said she stood up to the good old boys, let her take it like everyone else.

The Democrats need to get back on message:
The real question: What is the difference between Palin and Cheney? …. Lipstick
The follow up: What is the difference between McCain and Bush? … Nothing (OK, maybe a cowboy hat.)