So when is she going to start giving interviews and stop using the same false speechs???
America Wants to Know? Undecided Voters – Do you really want to elect somebody you don’t know at all???

Election Coverage:

Please get to the issues…This lipstick on a pig is ridiculous and is taken out of context…It deserves no time on tv…Get to the damn issues and stop letting the campaigns control coverage content…The American people deserve better…The media failed the American people during the run up to the war (afraid of being unpatriotic) now you a failing us during the election…Try reviewing the films of Reagan being questioned during the 80’s (he was hammered and never backed down)…America deserves for Palin to be interviewed not controlled by the campaign…Take your jobs seriously, America deserves it this time!!!!

First of all, Palin is NOT a Hillary Clinton and that is why I will not vote for her. Her soon to be son-n-law called him self on My Space a redneck and proud of it and I feel that Palin is the same. Hillary Clinton had experience and well knowledgable but Palin is NOTHING!! And these women who are flocking from Hillary Clinton support to someone who don’t hold the same value of Hillary. Why would you want to vote for her, Palin?

Rahni, Connecticut

Where were the Republicans when Palin COMPARED herself with a Pittbull? Where where they when she said Obama is inexperience?
We are still waiting on her interview. The Republican should NOT DISTRAC votes. If she is strong enough let her fight back.

The Democrats say it the way things are. How many times have they (Republicans) not critize the Democrats, but because the Democrats are out for a real change, they want to CONFUSE voters.

No way Jose.

I hope the Palin Truth squad really deals with things said or written that are untrue and cannot be backed up with facts. I’m afraid they may say anything negative about Palin is untrue and that would be a misrepresentation. They are probably going to be very busy regardless – there is such a wealth of things to question about her – some resident Alaskans have put up websites with things like “10 Things you need to know about Sarah Palin”, etc. and they have their items footnoted and referenced.

I want to hear Palin talk for herself to the press and not keep reciting her convention speech. I want to see the press question her closely and diligently on her environment stands, her association with Big Oil, the abuse of power and ethics investigation currently being pursued against her, her per diem charges to the state of Alaska (heard this on 360 from Gergen) for staying overnight in her own house, and if a Supreme Court opening occurs will she pursue getting a judge that is pro-life and a creationist like herself? I especially want to hear her talk about in specifics what she and McCain can do for American voters and what their vision is for the next 4 years. No canned answers, no falling back on party rhetoric – just Palin and what she thinks or feels or knows – authentic as you all keep saying.

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Palin is the new champ for scandal and oil wars.
Can somebody say Iraq part 2….

So what’s the real deal, McCain picked Palin not because he is worried about women, but to distract voters from Biden.

McCain was worried about Biden getting media attention. Biden has been in DC longer. Who else know McCain better then Biden? Who else can challenge his record, or reveal whatever else he may know about McCain over the years. Question is, what does Biden know???

There is an incredible uproar over the use of the word lipstick, but I don’t see anything on the fact that Sarah Palin had no idea how Freddie and Fannie Mac operated. She thought it was tax-payer funded on Saturday. That is a real issue and she had no idea what she was talking about in regards to these comapnies that are key to our economy.

We have all hear the slogan “A pig is always a pig”. If Obama wanted to attack Palin as she has always been doing to him, he would have. He is attacking McCain. The Republican are using Palin as cover up for McCain, Joe Bidin, Obama, Hilary they are campaigning on their onw but because the Republicans knows that they have to do it colectively because they are LOOSING come NOVEMBER.

A lot of people don’t want too settle for Obama, he treated her with no respect and still doesn’t. The fact is Obama can’t do it without the Clinton’s.
The Democratic Party requires the Clinton’s too support Obama, They don’t care if he is ready or not.

People wonder why America is spiralling down.? I will tell you. Americans are not researching their candidates and voting on just one speech and because someone is African American or a woman. Pretty sad. Look people – Why did McCain select Palin -because she is the most qualified vp? If you think that then you really need to research. He picked her because she is a woman and he wants to win MORE than anything else. Did he have his country first in mind when he selected her? Apparently not. Obama knows he could have selected Clinton and won but he chose someone based of the qualifications and someone who could run the country efficiently. I am an indepedent but when McMcain did that selfish thing, he lost my vote. McCain is looking out for #1- himself not us. Wake UP people! And the PRESS should be ashame for not showing us the facts about all the candidates. You are our voice so ask the questions that matter and expose those candidate’s true colors.

Open Message to John McCain and Sarah Palin: I am an American citizen, a mother, a wife, a sister, a friend. I am a member of this human race, this fabric that ties all of us together. And I am appalled. Appalled you can use the word disgrace when it comes to Barack Obama’s comments about Sarah Palin’s lipstick. Really, you guys are fighting over lipstick comments. You are the disgrace John McCain. Wake up and fire anyone who thought Palin was a good idea. It’s a shame you had to find someone that takes voters minds off the issues and instead focuses them on what, fashionable glasses, being a mom/pit bull, or lipstick. Ugh. This world needs real answers to real problems. Not two grown men fighting over lipstick comments. You don’t buy a used, beat up Maverick just because the radio sounds good. I used to like you John but as my four year old would say, now, not so much.

The only thing Palin and Clinton have in common is their gender and they’re both attractive. Other than that, Palin is not even on Clinton’s level. Any comparison of the two, I find offensive and an insult to Hillary.

If I were a woman I would not want another woman to tell me what I can or cannot do with my body. Woman who support Palin based on gender alone are setting women back 100 years.

I am not supporting Barack Obama just because he’s biracial. I’m supporting him because he’s a visionary and has good judgement.

The national news media is so liberal. Don’t they understand that we want the facts so we can make up our own minds, not their opinions and beliefs. If we want to know what you think we will ask. Please just report the facts and start reporting biased!

Oh!!!! By the way I see Palin’s family is campaigning with her. Are kids not suppose to be in school by this time? Anyway it is not strange, they are not talking about education in their change. This is a REAL example of how their leadership will be “if they will”. Education is NOT part of their Maverick/ Reform false change.

Fellow Dems…it’s over.

If the Democrats possessed only 10% of the Republican’s political savvy, they would have put the nail in the GOP’s self righteous, indignant coffin long ago. The last two elections should have been a piece of cake. But once again we have been out-foxed by our scaly skinned, trunk bearing opponents. Way to go, Democrats! We’re in for another long night on November 4th. Obiden vs. McPalin is going to end bitterly once more. And I am standing in amazement. We had it in the bag, guys. And we blew it.

The Republican blowhards are going to regain office once again, and fueled by Senator McCain’s bipartisanship, they will have solid footing to win again in 2012. So we punt to 2016, and with a stable of young up and comers (Palin, Huckabee, Romney…not to mention Giuliani, et al), the Republicans will be all the more formidable. Barack Obama is the kiss of death for the Democratic Party, and the scapegoat is the media for putting a torpedo in the hull of Hillary’s campaign.

The only thing about the upcoming eight years that will be similar to the previous eight years is the incessant whining that Democrats seem to have mastered. That, not our stance on various political issues, is the primary reason we are reviled in the public eye. Remember next time fellow Dems, consistency is only a virtue if you’re not a screwup!

@Rhani- I could not agree with you more. She is so far away from the issues that Hillary campaigned on I cannot beleive that people would then vote for McCain/Palin ticket. It just does not make sense. People need to start considering the issues and remember that this is not a popularity contest. There are serious issues at stake here, and right now no one has heard from Palin. Does this not make you afraid?

Amazing how people can be seduced by a woman who portrays herself as a pitbull while saying nothing about anything. Even her own party doesn’t trust her to give interviews and spontaneous responses to unscripted questions. Is this a woman who we would have in the second most important position, only to be waiting to take over as President? Please folks, this is not about gender. This is about saving our dying, starving country for our children and theirs.

Sarah Palin – First she was for the “Bridge to Nowhere” then she was against it – and even then she kept the money from the Feds. She was interested in banning books from the public library, doesn’t want to give women the right to make choices regarding their own bodies, and doesn’t believe that global warming is caused by humankind. And this is someone who could quite possibly be President of the U.S.? She is more right wing than John McCain – and a dangerous individual.

I rely on the news media during the year and also during this political season to inform and direct me to the most important areas affecting the nation, the economy and the world.

When members of the news media seem to be misdirected or uninformed where should I go?

This morning i listened to a discussion about pigs and lipstick that lasted a good 10 minutes by a guy named Scarborough. I know the country has vital issues to discuss and review but why don’t those items get a fair hearing?

Hard to reconcile her devout stand on “not killing living beings” (her no abortion stance) with those photos of her sitting, gun in hand, next to her latest bloody kill. I guess for her, animals dont count as God’s creatures. I will not vote for her or Mc Cain under any circumstance…while she hides from the press getting tutored, she should read about separation of church and state. Obama/Biden 08

Obama and Biden need to get on their Game Now!

I wouldn’t vote for McCain and Palin if they offered me an equal share in the ten Trillions they donated to Iraq!

But Obama is really ticking me off! Just when he needs to show his smarts he’s showing his stupidity! We don’t need his repetitious stump speeches. We need New Fresh confirmations on what he is going to do to restore the devastation Republicans caused our Nation!

I need to hear his Point on Point resolutions on how he intends to repair the damages! I don’t need the ouuuuuus and awwwwws and stuttering and the same old stories he’s been telling for months! GET ON IT OBAMA! ANd Get On It Now or your going to loose and you’ll be taking me down with you! And that’s not what I bargained for after months of supporting you and your party!

Palin is against abortion but kills animals for sport. The country should not be run by the religious right. Separation of church and state please.

About Palin, just learnt this new bit of info which I am surprised the media isn’t uncovering. Her husband was a member of the Alaska Independence Party until 2002, which I knew. AIP wants secession from the US. She gave a recorded welcome address at the AIP’s 2008 convention saying “keep up the good work”, which I also knew. What I just learnt was that at the 2008 convention, the head of the AIP said something like “The raging fires of hell are nothing compared to the embers of hatred I feel towards the American state.”

Considering what a big story the media made out of Michelle Obama saying “for the first time in my adult like i am proud of my country”, I am shocked this angle is not being explored. The country’s VP being married to a secessionist?

Being a woman I think it’s great that the Republican party has stepped up and nominated a woman for VP. However their tactics following have me shaking my head. Why is the McCain camp turning everything and anything that the Obama camp saying an issue about Palin? Is Sarah Palin that fragile that a comment about Lipstick made in reference to McCain, or a comment on stem cell research is automatically assumed as a comment against her? Since when did the world or McCain camp start revolving around her? Who is runnning McCain or Palin? They’re saying that their remarks are sexist yet the only sexism I see is from them. If she’s such a strong candidate stop treating her with kid gloves and let her come into the ring like the rest of “boys”. As woman I want to see if she can hold her own.

I am a 62 year-old woman. I can’t believe women are really supporting Sarah Palin. She is doesn’t support any important women’s issues. Her comments so far have been classic Karl Rove politics. She attacks and then she hides behind her feminism. The McCain campaign rhetoric is filled with lies and deceit. They don’t discuss the issues and have admitted they are making this a race of “personalities.” I don’t believe other women in this country want John McCain or Sarah Palin making decisions about who will next be appointed to the Supreme Court. Just the thought of who they might appoint scares me to death. Women in America should be VERY CONCERNED. Younger women may not remember what it was like growing up before we had a choice but I do. Think of your friends, daughters and granddaughters future … Obama respects women and understands what is important to us.

I agree with Stephen! And asked the same questions yesterday on the blog, but did not get posted??
We NEED real interviews with REAL policy questions–am still undecided–am still smarting from Hillary’s situation–nobody at this point has really ‘touched base’ with me.
I doubt very much that the’interview’ with Gibson is going to be ‘hardball’. Or will ‘Dig Deeper’ for the truth!
I WILL vote, but it might be very interesting–I remain ‘undecided & still waiting in Ohio’.

I’d like to see Palin do solo campaigning. As David Gergen said, she’s in the big leagues now, treat her like a POLITICIAN, why do people forget that’s what she is? An elected PUBLIC official!!!
As amusing as the fodder really all is, it’s time for her to put her Game Face Lipstick on and pucker up.
This isn’t on the job training, according to her supporters, SHE’S EXPERIENCED ENOUGH!!! Now I want proof, not a POLL, not a Google search, not People magazine. Let’s see her skills put to the test.
What are they afraid of?

Stephen,

I agree…enough with the bitbull,lipstick, what she Palin did in Alaska……What is her world vision, where does she stand on the issues of unemployment, housing crisis, gas prices, health care and the economy……I’m tried of the beauty queen/christian presentation……..let us see what she can do instead of dressing a moose, shoot a wolf……where are her ideals for the American people outside of Alaska…

Palin is a lap dog for McCain….She has invoked McCain’s name so many times it makes you want to throw up. How about the issues at hand and stop glorifying that idiot McCain….

I would like to know who makes up the population of the polling samples when results are posted. It is difficult to believe these polls truly represent the American people as a whole. These pollsters need to be investigated. With the state of our economy being what it is we cannot afford any misrepresentation, subjective skewing or manipulation of the polling results. It would seem the facts, statistics and explanations would be critically reviewed, defined and accurate. To say 39% are in favor of a particular candidate or position is deceiving and manipulative because this same statistic means 61% are not.

If the polling sample is made up of people who predominately hold a specific view and are not random then the statistic result from the poll is flawed. The pollsters know this and the people who post the results also know this.

The stakes are too high and the potential losses are too great for the American people to be deceived. The media, researchers and pollsters should and must have integrity, honesty and the utmost accuracy in presenting the true facts and statistics in this election. Anything less than that is criminal.

Once again CNN shows their bias towards Palin. Since when has Obama ever said anything about lipstick? No one has until Palin made her remark about the pitbull and lipstick. That comment was directed right at Palin and Obama knew it. Why do you think his followers jumped up and started screaming? They knew what he meant just like I do! Be truthful 360!

If you want to say that you are unbiased then why didn’t you all tell about Obama being on the show with George Stephanopoulos where he was asked if he would still raise taxes on businesses when he got into office. His response…not if the economy is still bad, I’ll just give tax breaks. UMMM..HELLO…isn’t that what John McCain has been saying all along what needs to be done!? But why wasn’t this on 360? BIAS…that’s why!

Cindy…Ga.

Don’t tell me that lipstick on pig comment wasn’t to Palin, because it most definately was, and it was wrong. If Palin had said “you can stick an afro pick in a shaggy dog, and it would still be a shaggy dog.” What would the people say about that?

When will Rick Davis give her part two of her talking points. If I hear her lie about telling Congress Thanks but no Thanks I will barf. Also, the plane shown on ebay was sold privately at a loss. So she not too good at neogations. After her son goes off to Iraq will the press give her another week off to grieve, so she doesn’t have to answer real questions. I am not expecting Charlie Gibson to be tough, she may as well be on entertainment tonight. It’s the media who is keeping this liar front and center. If she can’t come out of her cone of silence maybe you should start covering her at the end of your broadcast, say something like day 11 VP nominee is still using her convention speech nothing new.

Lets be truthful Obama pick someone to help govern McCain pick someone to help win a campaign. That should tell us something, i guess America is still asleep.

The republican agenda is still pushing the “Obama is a Muslim” lie. They continue to claim she’s the governor of one of the largest states in the Union and that her experience as the mayor of a town of 7000 makes her qualified to lead the nation.

Anyone who is surprised by this latest distraction from the truth (in itself a lie) probably needs to get up to speed.

Anyone who has heard Obama speak previously will know that he has used this phrase about ” a pig with lipstick is still a pig” for months – longer than Palin has been a candidate. Why aren’t the “fact-checkers” reporting on this???

Am also disappointed that the media is caving to comments from the Republicans that any form of criticism of Sarah Palin is “sexist.” It’s NOT sexist to criticize her words and ideas – unless only men can have words and ideas!

Palin and her supporters can’t have it both ways – playing up the tough “maverick” image to appeal to the base, but hiding behind her skirt when the criticism hits too close to the truth.

Is she really a “maverick”? – or just a “hot-house flower” that can’t stand up to the scrutiny?!

Barack Obama went way over the line with his extremely ugly, hateful, sexist comment about Sarah Palin, comparing her to a Pig in lipstick. Do not insult my intelligence by saying he was talking about John McCain’s change. Everyone knows that Sarah calls herself a pit bull in lipstick and every time the use the word lipstick they are referring to Sarah. This was a just a cheap trick to call Sarah a pig to get laughs and in this crowd of his followers it got lots of laughs and cheers because they all knew as well as did he that he was referring to Sarah Palin. Obama has lost all credibility as a Presidential figure with that gross slur against Sarah Palin.

I agree, why isn’t Palin giving interviews? Based on her repetitive speeches, I don’t know anything about the candidate, her views, platform, anything, so how can I in good conscience vote for McCain/Palin? It will be interesting to see how McCain does w/o Palin at his side and vice versa. Just read a news story about how Palin charged the State of Alaska to stay in HER OWN HOME and expenses for her family to travel with her. How come that’s not news? I’d rather read about the decisions she’s made/makes and what she stands for then the incessant “lipstick” stories and charges/claims of sexism from the Democrats. The “Bridge to Nowhere” is a big thing too – since she’s lied about that, what else is in her background? If she can’t stand the heat now, what will happen if (and that’s a big if) she becomes VP?

How ironical would it be if Karl Rove were to head up Palin’s Truth Squad?

I saw Obama address the ‘Lipstick on a Pig’ outrage this morning. What a class act. And straight to the point. Another perfect example of why this man should represent our country.

If the GOP is upset about the lipstick comment, then the pig comment didn’t bother them? As usual you guys are making a mockery of this election. Your polls are incorrect as you are only getting information from the internet, did you forget that most of the Obama followers cannot even afford computers to poll with. Now I am looking for the real men and women to stand up and say that Sarah Palin is nothing more than a liar. If you believe that she and her husband are happy that their 17 year old CHILD is pregnant and deciding to have it, with mom being prolife you are insane! Her seesaw tactics are nothing more than making the American people tricks as she pimps her family for personal gain. My other question is this; where the hell is Joe Biden in the entire Republican’s Democratic Bash Sessions, hereafter known as the DBS. To the American people please do not let the GOP prove their theory that you are stupid, think, stick with the issues and send John into retirement and send Sarah home to raise her family,

I originally voted for Hillary, and I now support Obama who shares the sames values and political beliefs. The only difference between them really is how they want to handle the health care problem. I too, like Rahni do not understand how one goes from Hillary to McCain/Palin. But the CNN poll shows that it is mostly men that are now siding with McCain.

Obama is still way ahead in the electoral poll. That is the real deciding factor.

McCain is Bush #2. A very poor choice. Palin is too extreme in her religious views. She has the right to her views, but does not have the right to change laws to try to turn America into a country of one religion.. Her religion. She is already doing this in Alaska. The leaders of the Middle East and Africa have this same mindset. One religion. This is why those countries have so many problems. America should never elect a person that wants to ban freedom of religion.

First of all don’t put Palin down because you don’t know her and neither do I. Second if you know Obama so well why can’t he make up his mind? When you vote on a bill it’s pretty simple , Yes or No, not present. Besides he seems to flip flop more than an olympic gymnist. Give me a break! If want to know the truth, neither one of them should be President. What are the issues and how are they going to solve them. Stop the mudd slinging and get on with it maybe we can get a real President in 2012.

You all did a great show last night sorting through all this lies and fibs and internet rumors! Good job, 360!

I find it funny to hear grown men chatting about lipstick. It makes them look rather childish and somewhat boyish. Next they will be chatting about pantyhose and somehow trying to figure out what color hose Governor Palin wears.

Penny, just wondering if you could dispatch a reporter out to 5th Ave searching for Palin Pink lipstick and matching nail polish. It has to be out there somewhere. Right? Just curious.

Okay Anderson and AC360 Gang.

Its taken about 18 months, but you’ve finally lost me as a viewer. I can no longer stand to watch the political JUNK you are wasting my time with.

I realize as a Canadian your programing is not aimed at me and so I find little to interest me about your report content since about Februrary, but over the past month I find so little to recommend either the subject matter or the performance of the pundits and guests that I am going back to all of the 10 pm crime shows or the repetative Nancy Grace on Headline News.

Anderson, over and over you have said you feel you present an unbiased view of the the world and I agreed with you until fairly recently.

When your program brings only biased guests to the table each evening your show looses its aim at being unbiased. You can say that you personally are not showing a bias, but the tone of your show is not.

Last week after Palin’s speech at the convention you pointed out to Wolf and the gang that no one had discussed any of the other republican or democrat’s speeches by saying how great the speech writer was. You were right on with this comment. I feel the whole gang was reeling from the loss of the McCain interview they harped on.

This behavior was both tacky and unprofessional – a lot like The Views host who got off on revealing Mrs. Obama’s taboo subject limitations.

So, while in the past I enjoyed your reporting style and content I will be looking for more interesting and yes relevant viewing material in the 10 oclock time slot. I promise to look in say in March of 09 to see if you are back to your old interesting programming, but for now you and the rest of the “Best Team in Politics” are boring and irrelavant.

Lesli

PS We are having an election in Canada in the fall it seems. We will announce the election call and do all of the campaigning in about two months.

Phew, what a relief. What a money saving, stress saving way to have an election. Believe me no one gets sick of Politics in two months.

It’s nice to see the Republicans becoming full-fledge hypocrites of the first order with their phony baloney ‘Palin Truth Squad”. Who are they kidding? This is just an excuse for them to use sexism for their selfish political gain! If anything, Palin has been the beneficiary of a “hands off” attitude from everyone. We have not gotten any answers regarding her flip-flopping on the bridge to nowhere, charging the taxpayers for her personal travel expenses, her views on secession of the state of Alaska, and her overall record as governor.

This little honeymoon phase will soon end and Palin will have to stop hiding behind her Republican spin machine and get out there and answer the tough questions. Letting her get off scot-free is a reverse kind of sexism. So she’s a woman and not accountable for her policies and record of public service? Give me a break! I hope women will see through this whole charade for the farce that it truly is. The Republicans are trying to use this veritable unknown woman to try to connive their way into another four years of misery.

Let’s hear Obama and the Democrats come out and talk about the misery index. They need to start ticking off one by one all of the horrendous problems that working people face every single day of their lives. The dialogue needs to shift back to what the real issues are and what, if any, solutions the candidates are proposing. All of this idiocy about lipstick and supposed insults to Palin is just more of the Republican’s smokescreen to divert our attention from the facts. They have been in power for eight years now and their record is beyond appalling in both economic and foreign affairs. The should not be allowed to run or hide from what they have done.

I want to see the Democrats get smart about this campaign and start controlling the discussion. There is simply too much at stake here for us to be conned into the politics of lipstick.

I have come to the conclusion that the economy is no longer Issue #1. At least that is the impression I get from the Democrats. It appears that Issue #1 has become Palin. I’m anxiously awaiting her interview with ABC (and hopefully others) so I can make my own decision about her but I got a funny feeling a strong male named “Ike” is going to upstage her this week! My thoughts go out to those in the path of the storm and hope they are prepared and ready.

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

I don’t see anything wrong or insulting what obama said, if the shoe fits, wear it! and if the bull dog with lipstick cant’s take the heat, she should stay out of the kitchen. she wants to have it both ways. if she’s so tough why is she hiding from reporters?. because she not in alaska, where she can intimidate or get someone fired. i hope that the reporter ask the tough questions.

A Chicago Tribune article dated October 12 2007 quoted McCain as saying “I think they put some lipstick on a pig, but it’s still a pig,” McCain of Clinton’s healthcare proposal.

Why are the Republicans shielding Sarah Palin from the public, reporters and all other media? It is because she has no substance and cannot talk about the issues that affect this country. John McCain and the Republicans are still lying and stealing and will continue to do so if McCain gets in the White House.

I am a 66 year old woman who is sick and tired of hearing Sarah Palin consistently repeat her acceptance speech from the Republican Convention. The whole time she campaigned with John McCain, she consistenly repeated the same speech.

If the American people allow John McCain and Sarah Palin to get into the White House, they and the Republicans will permanently put American inside the devil’s house and nothing and no one will be able to get America out of the black hole.

Interesting. I hear shes going to do a speech and an interview with Charles Gibson on September 11th, the day her son is to be deployed to Iraq. I’ll be sure to tune into this speech, without a doubt it will be worth a watch. Also, of course she has been using the same speech for the first week. Its called a stump speech. Obama uses the same speech a lot of the time too, because thats his stump speech. They all have them. But something worth mentioning is how many liberals are trying to compare their number one to the GOP’s number two. Its like they worried or something… *wink*

Palin truth squad? She lies so often it will be difficult to find any truth. Wasn’t Bush lying to the public about weapons of mass destruction the beginning of the end for the US economy. No wonder they don’t let Palin talk to the press – the truth squad is having trouble keeping up as it is.

How many times are we going to hear the same speech over and over from Palin !!!! It’s getting a bit old and we still got 55 days to go. Please get a different speech or at least CHANGE the sequence. If you guys are going to CHANGE something start with your speech.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO to McCain and Palin!!!!!!

They are following Mr. Bush ways. They arent good for Presdient!!!!!

They are lying to people and they wont change!!

Only change the world is for Obama is the best President to be!!! Obama is the best person and really good President and will change it and better things than before.

I want Barack Obama to be PRESIDENT!!! PERIOD!!!
Thanks!

Palin keeps talking about her famous 40 billion dollar pipeline, but it seems to me you HAVE to go through Canada to get from Alaska to the Lower 48. How come no one has interviewed the Canadian Government to see what they have to say about this. It would an interesting twist…maybe?

Checking the Facts:

Anderson:
I work with wolves in a wildlife education agency. Sarah Palin committed $400,000 of state money to defeat the proposal to ban the barbaric aerial hunting of wolves. I believe much of the aerial hunting is done by trophy hunters. Wolves are apex hunters, which means that the entire ecosystem becomes healthier when they are part of the environment. They would actually increase the number of healthy animals that may Alaskans need to hunt for their food.

Sarah Palin is getting really boring. She keeps on repeating the same exact lines from the convention speech. You know the ones about selling the plane on eBay, building the bridge to nowhere and how Alaska will build it themselves. All her and John McCain talks about is war, and if they get elected they will start another war. I also think that McCain as all the republicans seem uneducated. That is the reason they get elected every 4 or 8 years. They feed the war propaganda and get people, the rednecks and hillbillies going. Obama is smart and he will help America get out of debt, because he knows what he is talking about. All republicans know is war.

I have Sarah Palins’s canned speech memorized . Please , Please , stop the torture of listening to it again. I believe that she really is a robot–let’s see her talk off the cuff.

I am sure that next weeek she will have a new hateful, empty mantra that her tutors have taught her this week during her spare time.

Once again this is the McCain going to Karl Rove handbook to divert attention from the real issues; if you were to listen to the entire statement Obama made instead of the “sound bite” that McCain is running in his ad you would know that he wasn’t taking about the “great” Palin.

I just want somebody in McCain camp to tell me when the “great” Palin will sit down and do a real interview instead of reading speeches that are misleading. How is devil can anybody believe this woman is qualified to me VP when she cannot give an interview and tell the people her views on issues that are important to us. I don’t care about her gender, religion, her pregnant teenage daughter/shot gun wedding, her son going to war or the bridge to nowhere that she said “thanks but no thanks” but keep the money. I want to know her views on the issues that are important (1) healthcare (2) education (3) foriegn policy or (4) home foreclosures, wait she did give a statement on this but got it wrong.

This election has become nothing but a circus and its a shame because at the end of the day the people will suffer!

Rove and his kind have once again taken us on a journey of B.S. Every four years we fall for the same stuff. Who cares about Palin? I sure don’t. The debates are too far away for me. I’m tired of all these things that do not matter at all. I wish I could remember who said it but here it goes…………”Most politicians have gotten to where they are because they are clever………..being clever has nothing to do with being intelligent.” That is so true. Someday in the future Jeb Bush will come on to the scene and we will elect him as well…..Fools

I’m sick and tired of hearing the same speech over and over by Palin. Does she not have anything to say about the people?? instead of attacking obama when really she can’t even come back on her without McCain babysitting her?? it seems like she can’t go any where by herself because she can’t be independent and strong minded like Obama and Biden. Her voice agitates me and she needs to really answer some REAL questions and not what she did in Alaska because we ALL already know that!

****I also would like to know if this is true about her daughter…is her baby’s father a lie?? rumor has it that her real baby father is African American!!! please…if Palin is covering it up then we don’t need this kind of person as a vice president or any kind of candidate period! it seems like she’s full of lies and I don’t approve of her running our country!

Sarah introduces the future president who for all the time she is talking is looking at her script or is fidgeting or reaching his hand into the shirt pocket for his script etc. What is going on? Shouldn’t be the other way around? It is very clear that McCain is desperate to win even though he doesn’t appear to trust his own running mate – it seems to me that this is a marraige of convenience (hope that saying doesn’t get politicized ). All the talk is about their past and not so much about the future. Americans need to stop and think and show that their intelligence is not riduculed by taking this oppurtunity to bring about a change that is enduring and puts America on the path to leadership. Hope the press and public doesn’t fall for looks and personalities. Let’s not sqander democracy after 8 years of meaningless, wasted regime which has brought the economy down and the international standing of the US is waning because of poor foreign policies. We respect the people who served in uniform but it is not wrong to question that person when not in uniform.

When will CNN and the rest of the media STOP fooling around with people’s lives….
Your responsibility is to bring factual…no spin information to the American public so we can make informed decisions. You are and have been failing miserably !!!!….

ENOUGH !!! of this garbage… stop salivating at the mouths like Pavlov’s dogs and honor your profession, honor and respect the American people…. Our lives are REAL and we’re hurting while you all play your stupid, silly soap opera drama…

ENOUGH !!!!!!!!!!

Mccain one made a comment about Hillary Clinton’s lipstick. I love the way the republicans twist everything and the american voter falls for it. Obama did not mean it to refer to Palin at all!

Voters better wake up and elect Obama or our country is in big trouble.If you think the last 8 years have been bad, a Mccain Presidency will eliminate the middle class , hurt education and put our great-great Grandkids into debt, while the rich get tax breaks and the war will increase.

For you people that don’t understand. The reason they do the same speech is, because they’re in a different town and they are trying to get their point across to everyone. You must be following her or your watching way to much news. Think of it this way, if you watch the Eagles in concert in Florida and then see them again in New York, you’re gonna hear the same thing.

Your comment about how interesting it will be to see how McCain fares on his own should be the main focus and not where and when will Palin talk to the press. There should be more attention paid to this subject. I don’t believe that the McCain campaign is keeping her away from the press. I think if she had been left to go out on her own, it would not have looked good for McCain because she would and is looking more like she is at the top of the ticket. The new interest in the ticket, the crowd pleasing and the energy spawned is not for McCain. Wow, who is running for the presidency here? With that, their plan to have her go solo in her own territory first will go a long way in not looking like she is getting all of the attention, since she is loved in Alaska. Brilliant Plan. I remember seeing an interview with a McCain/Palin ticket supporter [enthusiastic white woman] stating that she would not have come to the rally if it were only McCain and that she would have stayed home and watched it on CNN. The party is not reacting to the top of the ticket, McCain IS NOT THE REASON FOR THE SEASON. This fact should be illuminated by the media, especially after the media was set up by the McCain campaign to look like the bad guys and somewhat untrustworthy, the messenger is taking a beating if not being shot.

Just listened to her, again. It is still the same old, same old speech from Day 1. These speech writers need to put more substance. The EBAY line is getting REALLY old (may not be a lie, but still deceptive). Again, Iraq and Al Queda in the same sentence. Have we forgotten it all started in Afganistan? Why don’t they talk about that?
Senator Obama, don’t go down her level, Senator Biden can handle her. Can’t wait for the debates. In the meantime, let’s stick to the real issues please.

I don’t know about anyone else, butI have had enough Kool-aid from the GOP, Lets hear Palin answer some real questions from some real journalists, this is the vice president of the United States we are talking about here.

I am truly beginning to wonder if Palin is running for president rather than Mccain. At the same time I am wondering if one of Obama’s advisers switched over to McCain’s campaign because he is truly using all of Obama’s words. Change, energy independence and other words where all a part of Obama’s message for the last 18 months.

Knowing that McCain actually did agree with Bush 90-95% of the time and now he’s on Obama’s message, it makes me wonder if he even has an original idea to run this country and getting us out of the mess that Bush has created for us..

It’s almost as if he has to hear someone else say it first to make a part of the McCain message. He used prejudice and fear (common amongst republicans) to imply how Americans should stay away from anything Obama, anything democrat.

I would just like to know what the heck is the “real” plan from the McCain camp? I am a decided registered voter, but I am country first and whom even is best for this country, I will vote my conviction. McCain is have a great couple of weeks, but I believe it will play out. American intelligence will kick in and they will realize that this guy is not really bring anything of substance to the table like Obama originally is and has been for the last 18 months.

Do an interview on McCain without Palin and Palin without McCain. I can’t wait for the debates.

wow, she’s a religious fanatic, she won’t do interviews, she under investigation for abusing power, she believes america is on a crusade for god in iraq, she has a daughter who has had a child out of wedlock, we don’t know where she stands on any important issue. & this constittues a 15-20% swing in voter selection. i know politicians say americans aren’t stupid, but based on those numbers & reactions i think i’m gonna have to disagree.(& the mdeia is dumbing them down even more) if they can’t see the hypocrasy in the media coverage & the very core of who she is & represents. maybe, america deserves mccain & palin in office.

Palin is a car crash alongside the road. We don’t want to look but our curiousity gets the best of us. Once we see what’s happening, we quickly turn away.

This Palin overload on the news will run it’s course and be over soon. This happens all the time – 3 or 4 days of constant coverage of someone or some event, and then it’s over. Our attention turns to something else.

A month ago, all we heard about was Michael Phelps. He’s doing this, he’s doing that, he’s going to be endorsing everything and making millions. I haven’t seen him endorse anything or heard his name mentioned in weeks.

Please get the truth out about Palin’s extremist views. I think this woman is dangerous. I’m afraid the Gibson interview will be staged, rehearsed, and a waste of time.

The interview this week with Palin will be a let down. I say this because all the questions that will be asked of her are done in a matter of a couple days . If she doesn’t like the outcome they can go back and do a retake of what happened. Leave it to the Republicans to have a so called interview that way. She is asked a question and she can go and get the politically correct answer from Rove or whoever and go back and answer it . That is crap……..

I can’t begin to tell you how disappointed at the Press I am! How can you not interview Palin as you have every other Canidate? Who does the Republican Party think they are that they can TELL the Press not to ask the necessary questions? If McCain is elected and because of his health he needs to step down Palin, will be our President! She should be treated as any other Canidate in the past has been. The public has the right to know and ask questions. The Press never was soft on Hillary.

I believe in Country First…………. That is why me and my family will be voting for Obama.

does the McCain/ Palin camp know that despite a concern for low viewership, the GOP convention was aired on national televeision. perhaps they should stop blatantly repeating themselves at every campaign stop thereafter. if i have to see that damn sharpie come out of McCain’s jacket pocket again or hear Palin talk about how her kids miss the private chef, i might scream. i mean, even the inflection in their voices is the same.

I’m glad that Sarah is buzzing off for a few days.I which it would be for a few weeks.She needs the rest.It must be hard for a young married woman with a family to follow a marverick around the country. A maverick is someone who departs from the customs or beliefs of his group.
If Mccain is a maverick,Bush must be two mavericks in one.Therefore people who make up the republican party must be people who like to play with danger.We know Bush’s record.What a terrible thing if the republicains retain power.Although Mccain would not be as bad as Bush.The damage is done and it will take someone much different than Bush to clean up the mess.
That is why Obama & Biden would be the best team to take over the government.
Mike
Canada

A cute joke that sums up the latest news stories: A pig is driving a tour bus in the middle of Washington, D.C. At his last stop he picked up a pitbull who sat down next to the driver’s seat. After awhile, the pitbull says to the pig bus driver, “You know, you’ve been so busy looking in the mirror you’ve gone and got us lost. The tourists want to see the Whitehouse and one guy in particular keeps saying you’ve been driving down G.W. Bush Parkway for way too long. He recommends turning left onto Change Boulevard. The pig responds, “Oh that guy. His name’s Obama and thinks he knows everything”. The pitbull says, “Well, maybe he’s onto something. I’m no expert myself but why don’t you try a right and see where that leads?” With that the pig retorts, “Right, left, who cares? Is my lipstick on straight?!!!”

You have to hand to the Republicans: they sure know how to deceive! By picking a woman who is opposed to what women want they sneak another one by the public. A real Trojan Horse! Palin is opposed to health care, environmental protections, women’s rights, and the peace movement.

They found Clarence Thomas, the only black judge to vote against minority rights. Now they want an anti-female woman. All they need next is a Hispanic who hates immigrants, and they would have the GOP tri-fecta of deception.

Well, what can you expect from the folks who rape the environment and call it the “Healthy Forests Initiative”, or who create death from the sky devices and call it a “Peacekeeper Missile.” You have to wonder how long they can hoodwink public opinion.

While it is a fact that Palin has truly made a big buzz with her nomination, people need to put things in perspective again when the dust settles. Who is Sarah Palin? What can she offer to the beloved USA? How will she bring about improvement to the country’s declining economy? Americans have seen only the tip of the iceberg. There still is so much to scrutinize beyond the well-written speeches (which are obviously written by professionals, and one would question how much of those came actually from the candidate). Inconsistencies in previous decisions while she’s governor/mayor need to be made known. One may also question her integrity and honor for agreeing to be used by a screwed up political institution as a pin-up girl and accessory to further and protect their endangered reign of power in the country. Right now we know her on a very superficial level; she is so far just a poster girl. Let’s bring the focus back to what this election is all about, and look for the best person to lead the country back to prosperity and stability.

CNN is losing it’s journalism creds. Why do you all just run with
whatever script provided by the McCain campaign? People are
not stupid and realizes the media is not doing it’s job. It is sad
for America when comedians are smarter than journalists.
Obama has used lipstick on a pig long before Palin came along.
Let me get this straight : all the McCain campaign does is send
you all a text or e-mail accusing someone of saying something
and taking comments out of context and it is just rubber-stamped
and aired on CNN as an legit news story. That means GOP
operatives are manipulating the news. Where is the resistance
from the rebel forces? Please listen to Mark Halprin. The lead
stories on the campaign should be about the presidential candidates
and not the lasted stupidity of presidential politics. Unfortunately,
news is getting lost in all of this.

I remain concerned about some of Palin’s actions while in AK. I know that the internet rumours have been rampant. I saw CNN’s attempt to sort out fact from fiction. That’s good. However, of particular concern to me is any actions to impose her beliefs on to public policy. I saw the response regarding ‘book banning’ and creationism. It still seemed to me that there remain questions about these issues. Where there’s smoke there’s fire. It appears to me that the sequence was 1) an inquiry about banning books 2) firing of a librarian and 3) rehiring of a librarian. I’m sure that everyone is disavowing any wrong doing. But, if you were the librarian, what would you do? I would love to see more serious journelism here. Same goes for teaching creationism

Sarah is hiding from the media for 3 reasons:

1. She is being groomed for a national audience: being taught their brand of talking points. . . what she should and should not broach.

2. They are trying to keep from giving ammunition to Joe Biden before the debate. Any mistakes before then would just be grist for the mill. That way, he can’t quote her of late and make anything stick.

3. She is getting plenty of press right now. All you hear on the media is defense of personal life. Why would you want to mess up a good thing?

Good, bad, or ugly… that’s politics.

Quote from Time (Sarah Palin’s Alaskonomics)

“Alaska ranks No. 1 in taxes per resident and No. 1 in spending per resident. Its tax burden per resident is 2 1/2 times the national average; its spending, more than double. The trick is that Alaska’s government spends money on its own citizens and taxes the rest of us to pay for it. Although Palin, like McCain, talks about liberating ourselves from dependence on foreign oil, there is no evidence that being dependent on Alaskan oil would be any more pleasant to the pocketbook” (check the article from more).

And then McCain in his big speeches says Obama is for big taxes and big spending right?
There are plenty of independent studies showing that Obama will actually reduce taxes for people earning less than $250K.
So why is Anderson Copper and other media not keeping them honest?

McCain is also saying Obama voted to give big oil more tax breaks, huh?
Go and check the bill Obama actually voted for and you will see that’s not true either.
So how about “keeping them honest”, huh?

I’m surprised at how the mainstream medias are not doing their job.

They didn’t unveil Bush’s lies when he brought us to war in IRAQ, and now they are just feeding us (and often even amplifying) all the McCain’s lies…

Palin’s not a reformer. Check the records.

CNN it’s about time you start giving us some real “information” and stop simply repeating the lies coming from McCain’s camp.

Hey Cindy…Ga.

McCain used the same phrase in reference to Hillary’s health care plan back in 2007. Was that an Egregious act also????????

Palin referred to herself as a “pitbull”. I think she’ll be alright.

A VP candidate who does not feel the need to give interviews for public consumption; a person intimately connected to oil and all of the “perks” that come with it. This reeks more of Cheney every day…

If Sara Palin can lie about 2 thigs which I consider to be non issues:
1. Always against the bridge to nowhere
2. She sold the jet on Ebay (a private company sold it)
Then I can only imagin the lies that will come out her mouth when she is allowed to speak. And the whole sexism thing, HELLO McCain wont even let her speak, isnt this 2008? Can the putbull not speak without someone writing it for her first? If she is so tough why isnt she speaking? She is letting a man control when and where she can address the American people. And I am sorry, but my stepmom is a hockey mom and I sure as heck wouldnt want her anywhere near the white house!

do you guys remember how we got into war in iraq? it’s a similar situation going on in our pres. election. our media is failing us again. they didn’t press the bush admin. on the arguements against war…… thus look where we are today. hundreds of billions of dollars & thousands of american lives lost. i say this w/ every bit of soul i have in my little 5″6 body. if they don’t examine sarah palin her policies & flawed views as much as they have exploited her positive. we will be duped again only this time our military won’t be able to save us. our very standing in the world is up for grabs & right now the media has it slimy paws wrapped around it. if being cute was the mark for being in crucial leadership positions condee wouldn’t be secretary of state,cheney would be no where near the pres. office & bush couldn’t be a politician. if the people don’t wake up on thee own. your government run media will lull u back asleep, & u might be awaken by a BIG BANG! this is no time to act out of racism,sexism, or any other ism that exist. our countries future & security is on the line & if we continue on this path we all know where it leads to. MORE OF THE SAME IS NOT A CHANGE. REAL TALK

Finally, after 8 long years of ignorance in the white house, we have an opportunity to put a man there who is smart, one who knows a great deal about the United States and world affairs, and one who doesn’t blunder over words nor rape the English language. Senator Obama doesn’t have to read a speech that someone else wrote, nor does he have to partake in cram sessions in order to know what to say, regarding state and/or foreign affairs. Now, all of a sudden, according to the Republicans, these are undesirable attributes.

Now, all of a sudden these qualities make you un-American. Give me a break! Do they really think we’re that stupid to believe their lies, just because they’ve got a female on the ticket. I sincerely hope the white women voters will not allow themselves to be deceived by this campaign strategy. That’s all it is…part of the plan to get what they want. They don’t mean to do half the things they’re saying. They’re not really agents of change; and they know it. They’re lying about most of the things regarding Obama, and they know that they’re lies, but they’re hoping that you, the American people, will believe it and hinder a great opportunity to move this country forward, and to the place of respect and dignigty that it once held.
Ladies remember this, Eve was deceived in the garden with a lie and the world has been in tormoil ever since.

During the primary season McCain said if you get in a fight with a pig you are going to get dirty…only the pig likes it. Implying that he is a pig… Why is someone so proud of his own piggishness so upset about this remark…is he confused that Barack was calling him a transvestite pig or something. When you proclaim yourself to be a vicious or unseemly animal, ie pitbull or pig, why are you “offended” if someone makes reference to you in that light. But this is merely a distraction for the simple minded media of today…..there is a hell of a story about to break, I’ll give MSM two weeks and I pray they get it right…the lipstick and creepy sex ed advertisement are just to keep them busy with nonsense.

No way should Sen Obama apologize.

What he said is true. “You can put lipstick on a pig; it’s still a pig. You can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change; it’s still going to stink after eight years.”

Gov Palin can certainly take credit for the word ‘lipstick’ being a popular phrase now.

Implied insinuation is Gov Palin’s forte.

Additionally:

Does Gov Palin deserve deference?

If we are talking about polite respect. Yes of course.

Even if Gov Palin did sprinkle her acceptance speech with distortions of the truth. And continues to repeat them in her stump speeches.

If we are talking about submission to her judgment or opinion. No Way.

We don’t know what her judgment or opinion is because she won’t field legitimate questions.
Whatever excuses are made, the bottom line is that Gov Palin has accepted the nomination of VP candidate. Questions are being asked and no answers are forthcoming, not to the media and not even to the public.

I suggest that Gov Palin does not understand the deference she should have towards the public.

Regarding the ‘lipstick on a pig’ comment, the phrase was very appropriate for what was being discussed. Any linkage to ‘lipstick on a bulldog’ can be assumed, or not. The McCain campaign’s feigned indignation is pure theatre. It works well for McCain to come across as big daddy protecting… It plays better for him. The upshot is that Palin is very exposed here. The house of cards could tumble down very easily. So, they need shield her from anything that could tarnish her carefully crafted image.

I did email before regarding John McCain’s V.P. pick which of course was a positive move on his part, in fact, ‘Brilliant.” I don’t think Obama and his camp knew what hit them right between their eyes. There have been a lot of nicknames attached to Palin and one of the the things I hear often is that she is referred to as being a ‘heartbeat’ away which is of course in reference to Mr. McCain’s heath and age. Maybe the opponents and the media should start pinning this nickname to Palin: “America’s Heartbeat. Way to go McCain! Way to go Palin! Sure now, Obama is trying to stick Hilary in there to counter act Palin but it’s too late! He should have been the smart politician instead of being vindictive towards Hilary; He should have picked Hilary for theV.P. “An observer from; “Way up North.”

As the McSame/Appalling duo doesn’t seem to have anything of substance to say and if they did, neither of them would be able to convey it properly anyway… the only effective tactics their strategists have found is how to make everything about them… and have everybody else talk about them.
It’s all classic celebrity Marketing
The only issue here being are they running for the White House… or the Hollywood Hills!?
Presidential election!? Economy!? Real Issues!? If it can’t be fit into 30 sec commercial style sound bights it’s all apparently too complicated for Americans to get their heads around!
The Hill Billies from the Republican side have it all figured out!!! That’s why they appeal to the majority of the population!
For the past 8 years America has been run by people hardly anybody really knows so why should that change now???

I believe in my heart that barack obama is the right person to be the next president of the united states of america but it is sad that most of the american people don’t think so when are the american people gonna wake up and smell the coffee when are they going to move forward beyond the color barrower it is very very sad they will be dumb enough to vote for republicans it’s like history repeating itself

I heard today that Sarah Palin’s baby is really her 17 year old daughter’s. And that she was raped by her father that’s why the baby has down syndrome, or whatever is wrong with the baby. not my opinion just what I heard today.

First and most important let us understand that Sarah Palin is not a woman candidate for political office – She is an ultra right wing conservative republican in drag. She not only wants to lower the glass ceiling, she intends to bring it crashing down upon our heads. Her main goal in office would be to keep women “barefoot and pregnant” (although we do not yet know her economic views, we can only assume it is similar to McCain’s, and we all know her views on teaching birth control in school and allowing women to have the right to choose).
The catch phrase of the republican convention was touted as “Country First” but republicans neglected to give you the other half of that statement – Country First – Women Last.

So come November when it is time to make that final decision, before you do just close your eyes for one moment, think of your sleeping babies, and what kind of a world you want them to inherit.

I’m confused!! I saw an interview with Sarah Palin on CNBC the night before the convention speech. She spoke rather eloquently on drilling in ANWR, pipelines, clean fuel alternatives, etc. What’s the fuss about?? She already did a major interview and has another one coming up on Friday. I’ve never seen SO MUCH attention placed on a potential VP before!!

Now I understand why Barack Obama keeps bringing up this idiotic foolishness about Lipstick , a Pig and stinky olf fish. He doesn’t want to discuss the REAL issue in the campaign. The man complains about his opponent’s ad’s and comments and yet dishes out the garbage as much, if not more. The dude is flat rattled and his fancy talking isn’t get anything done. And all this over a VP candidate? He’s certainly showing his reaction under stress and is loosing his cool. He’s definitely NOT what our country needs!

I’m really sick of hearing about Sarah Palin. The only thing she’s done since she showed up on the scene is make snide,rude, and insulting remarks about Obama. I know for weeks, noone said anything in response because everything that’s said is looked at and viewed as sexist, but anytime a microphone’s in her hand, she’s on the bash attack again. Nothing really relevant to this country’s situation comes from her mouth and the GOP’s lapping it up like she’s saying something of substance. You have all these people more turned on at her ability to trash and bash talk but give no real ear to her stance on ANYTHING and McCain stands behind her with this Cheshire Cat because now he has his own “Celebrity”, his own “Unknown with a gifted orator”, who hasn’t had much time in the public eye.
All the things Obama has been accused of has been swept under the rug since that argument of experience and celebrity status can’t be argued. They’re really making me sick to my stomach because this race is not between Obama and Palin but all that’s being shoved down our throats is Palin this, Palin that.
Fox news has done the worst job of reporting thus far in my opinion. Referring to Michelle Obama as Barack’s baby’s mama. I was THOROUGHLY disgusted and angered by their total lack of respect. Not once have we heard anything about McCain’s wife other than how wealthy she was or how much her outfit cost. These campaigns have become a joke and Palin is just a tool to get the women vote and all those people from the Hillary campaign who are still bitter over her loss. It’s not all of them but there are a few who seemed to be backing the woman because she’s a woman and not the issues of the party. To each his own but Palin is NOT the Presidential candidate and if you’re going to vote, vote for a person who can dig us out of this nightmare we’re in thanks to George Bush. There are just too many issues to touch on about this election year so i’ll end it here but I HOPE like hell that the American people aren’t decieved by all the bs mud slinging and name calling and vote for someone who’s gonna do something about the REAL issues that we’re facing.

Anderson and Gang,

I am sorry that you are being hit on all sides about your reporting. You are by far the most centered of the News stations Keep up the great work!

This election is embarassing to us the citizens of the US. I am an independent and have never been overly excited about an Election. However, this year I am closely paying attention to every detail and am amazed at how politics really work. My mouth is hanging open at the antics of the Republican party. It appears that they are running with the hope that a majority of the American people fall for these ridiculous diversions from the ISSUES. Regardless of what party you are you have to recognize that Barack Obama handled the “Lipstick” controversy with class and intelligence. He also is trying to keep this election about the issues.

I IMPLORE the American People to vote for the person that can help us get back to the former Glory that we had. Who cares about Party affiliation – look what we have at stake.

Obama has cleary made the case that they are addressing the issues. I don’t care if you want to have dinner with Obama, GWB, McCain or Paris Hilton for that matter. VOTE for the person that can best run our country – odds are you won’t have dinner with them anyway!

I am so sick of hearing about Sarah Palin. People have been talking about her “great” speech at the convention. She read a teleprompter and read a speech basically written by someone else…BIG DEAL! Let’s talk about what she stands for, has done or hasn’t done so far!!!

People only talk about you if you are a threat to them and that is why Obama is putting all his focus on Sarah Palin. Obama really messed it up by not picking Hillary as his running mate. I really do not care about ones religion or faith as long as they have the ability to run our country. If religion was what shaped people: like some say: we then should not have pastors and other religious figures abusing children.

Saying that I feel Obama is threaten by Sarah Palin. Also I wish someone would put Obama under the microscope like they are doing to Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!! Might find some thing!!!!!!!!!

I am incredibly disappointed in the media in general and Anderson Cooper in particular for giving the lipstick on a pig comment the amount of time he did last night.

Right now, Roland Martin is doing the right thing on CNN.Live on his radio show. He is pointing out the need to get to the SUBSTANCE. WHY is the media being led around by the nose by the McCain-Palin campaign? I watched the town hall meeting where Obama made the comment. It had NOTHING to do with Sarah Palin.

WHY is the media FOCUSSING on this? We are in a WAR, our ECONOMY is in the toilet, and the media wants to talk about lipstick?? You know why? Because McCain wants them too. They came right out and said that the election will be about personalities not issues. Why are the executive producers and reports going along with this?

FORCE the McCain campaign, and Sarah Palin in particular, to ANSWER questions. If they refuse, don’t run with their SPIN!! Call them out on it in front of the camera. We are talking about choosing the next world leaders for crying out loud, not the next Miss America. Do your job media! Otherwise, please remove the title “Investigative Reporter” from all of your credentials.

Anderson Cooper…Panny Manis.. I am very disappointing how you state “..Palin continues to dominate the headlines,”… who give us the Headlines? CNN, MSNBC, FOXNEWS etc. the news media gives that to us, CNN is turning into a disgrace network. It’s still my favorite..but I don’t appreciate the direction it is going…talking about lipsticks..and the VP personalities? You should be broadcasting issues discussed by the Democrats and Republicans on their daily campaign basis! this is not a SHOWTIME tv channel, this is a news and issues channel. so do NOT broadcast events that don’t make sense to we americans. Broadcast campaign trails and issues and world events. THAT’s it. This is getting very disappointing.

If we want gossip and fashion direction we would tune in to Entertainment Tonight.

As news casters you are the first people that the general public turns to in the morning when we get up and the first people we turn to in the evening when we get home from work. How can you sleep at night filling the airways with hours of nothingness. You have a responsibility to ask the real hard questions about all are politicians and report the things that help the people to know who will lead this country.

Enough! with the lipstick, hair, glasses etc.

When the cheers from the crowds begin to die down and all the fanfare over “Palin-a-mania” wears off and the real issues begin to surface, I hope people will take notice of Mrs. Palin and what she stands for-really.

Her views on abortion is controversial enough. If your sister, aunt, cousin, or some other female family member or even a friend (God forbid) is attacked and violated and pregnancy is the end result. What then? An abortion would be out of the question.

So that poor woman should be forced to carry a rapists baby? Give me a break! Abstinence education? It sounds like a great idea, but how many teens do you know will practice that? It sounds perfect in the real world, but tell that to the 750,001 teens who are pregnant now.

What about McCain voting AGAINST the Violence Against Women’s bill? Humm..where’s the protection there, Mr. McCain?

What will excite me is someone who will look out for me. Someone who cares about the REAL ISSUES OF THE WORLD such as the economy, jobs, education, the housing market, gas prices, global warming issues, developing affordable programs for daycare, teens, and the elderly, developing better transportation systems, taxes, same-sex rights (no, I am not a “leslie”, but they should not be judged by anyone).

It seems to me that McCain and Palin are more worried about having a popularity, personality, or lipstick contest! Let’s stick to real issues!

Obama’s motto should be “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will NEVER hurt me!”

How can the Republican VP pick in the last month and a half remaining be declared off limits “off the record” by the Mc Cain campaign. I have heard Mc Cain talking about Fanny Mai and Freddy Mac as if he is completely outside of their dealings. He has been in Congress for how many years?

He also mentioned how the big CEO’s got rich of of Fanny and Freddy. I wonder how many are card carrying members of the Republican Party. Get Anderson on it to keep em honest.

Subject: If…..

If you are biracial and born in a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs darn near 2 years and 3 major speeches to “get to know you.” If you’re white and from a state not connected to the lower 48, America needs 36 minutes and 38 seconds worth of an acceptance speech to know you’re “one of us.”

If you get 18 million people to vote for you in a national
presidential primary, you’re a “phoney.” Get 100,000+ people to vote yougovernor of the 47th most populous state in the Union, you’re “well loved.”

If your pastor rails against inequality in the United States of
America, you’re an “extremist.” If your pastor welcomes a sermon by a member of Jews for Jesus who preaches that the killing of Jews by terrorists is a lesson to Jews that they must convert to Christianity, you’re a “fundamentalist.”

If you give your wife dap on stage, it’s actually a “terrorist fist jab.” If your daughter licks her palm so that she can slick down your youngest child’s hair on national TV it’s an “adorable moment.” (Seriously, forget about abstinence only, teach these folks some grooming skills).

If you’re 18, white, and get a 16 year old girl pregnant “life
happens.” If you’re 18, black, and impregnate a 16 year old girl, you’re a”registered sex offender.”

If you’re a black man and you use a scholarship to get into college, then work your way up to being the president of the Harvard Law Review, you’re “uppity.” If you’re a conservative and your parents pay your way to Hawaii Pacific University . . . you only have four more schools to attend over the next five years before you somehow manage to graduate (it might be five more schools over the next five years. No one has yet verified whether or not Palin was actually ever registered at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. But, you know how shady people are who ever attended any kind of school in Hawaii).

If you spend 18 months building a campaign around the theme of “Change,” it’s just “empty rhetoric.” If one week before your party’s national convention you SUDDENLY make your candidacy about “Change,” that’s “red meat.”

If you’re a minority and you’re selected for a job over more
qualified candidates you’re a “token hire.”
If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates you’re a “game changer.”

If you live in an Urban area and you get a girl pregnant you’re a”baby daddy.” If you’re the same in Alaska you’re a “teen father.” (Actually, according to your own MySpace page you’re an F’n redneck that don’t want any kids, but that’s too long a phrase for the evil liberal media to take out of context and flog morning noon and night).

Black teen pregnancies? A “crisis” in black America.
White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”

If you grow up in Hawaii you’re “exotic.” Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential “American story.”

Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you’re “unpatriotic.”
Name your kid Track, you’re “colorful.”

If you’re a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fulling vetting
the individual you’re “reckless.”
A Republican who doesn’t fully vet is a “maverick.”

If you say that for the “first time in my adult lifetime I’m really
proud of my country” it makes you “unfit” to be First Lady.
If you are a registered member of a fringe political group that
advocates secession that makes you “First Dude.”

A DUI from twenty years ago is “old news.”
A speech given without proper citation from twenty years ago is
“relevant information.”

And, finally, if you’re a man and you decide to run for office
despite your wife’s recurrence of cancer you’re a “questionable spouse.” If you’re a woman and you decide to run for office despite having five kids including a newborn with Downs Syndrome. Well, we don’t know what that is ’cause THAT’S NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK!

Someone hit the nail on the head with this one! …if that’s fair to say…
D. Y.

I’m not sure who the author of this is but it found me by way of the Internet and I found his/her points to be very relevant.

Democrats are lazy and ignorant. That is why this country will stop progressing if they get voted. Democrats do not promote the citizens of this country to become independent, and know how to fiend for themselves.
Illegal immigrants should not be given any rights nor privieldges. They did not earn any of it.

John McCain was right when he said the biggest regret he had was loosing his first marriage.he was very right because he committed ADULTRY. He told Cindy McCain that he was not married when he was dating her while he was still legally married.This man uses situations to meet his needs.

John McCain and pitbull palin are like the taliban.They attack you and then run to the media for protection.I have a message for both of them”stand up and take your blows”.Don”t throw stones if you live in glass houses.

This woman will advance atheism as no atheist can, once the discerning American people get a full whiff of her creed. Separation of Church and State brought about by her religious radicalism….The irony is paramount…….Go on Palin…keep talking!

If the same electorate that put Bush in the White House vote in McCain they are going to get exactly what they deserve. McCain is a constant whiner who had to have this right-wing fundamentalist to get his poll count up, and guess what – it is working. Talk about dumbing down of America! Too bad that their jobs, personal investments (if they have any), health care, social security and quality of life will go down just as it has under Bush. But these people do not care one bit about those things, they just want someone who makes them feel warm and comfy about their personal beliefs and I suppose someone who thinks God talks to them on personal basis, and even makes their decisions on whether to go to war or not.

John McCain is America”s biggest ADULTERER. listen to John King”s story”McCain revealed”.He admitted that he lied to Cindy McCain while he was dating her saying that he was not married when deep down in his heart he knew he was still legally married.

As a Canadian/UK citizen the world is holding its breath that American voters get it RIGHT this time. After 8 years of Bush policies which have influenced the entire planet both economically and politically, no-one can envisage a McCain/Palin victory.
However, Europeans and Canadians were amazed that Bush was elected to a second term.
Please, American media , make SURE the facts are known, this election does not ONLY affect the US.
We all need a change, a real change, which means Obama/Biden.

It seems McCain, Palin and the Republican party have nothing better to do or discuss than criticize comments about “lipstick” and “stem cell research”. Sarah Palin opened the door to both these when she used lipstick in her comparison of “hockey moms to pit bulls” and using her 4 month old son, an individual in his own right, with her comment to get more votes when she said parents with children with disabilities would have an advocate in the White House when they got elected. That to me was reaching a new low….a woman using her young child to get votes. I have never been a fan of Hiliary Clinton but do not ever remember her using her daughter in this way. Sarah Palin opened these doors, no one else.

Sarah Palin being a mother of 5 and having some of them play hockey does not qualify her to be Vice President or possibly President. I’m a lot more interested in what she did with our tax dollars after turning down the “bridge to no where” they are so fond of quoting every opportunity they get. I understand she did not give the money back, and yet, she talks about how much money Obama has voted to give away. Is this the pot calling the kettle black?

What about the lobbiest? John McCain’s campaign is full of them but yet they get up and talk about how they are going to change that when they get in office. Excuse me, what am I missing here.

John McCain served his country in the military and is a war hero. He went through a lot of torture and is to be honored and respected for that. However, he is not the only individual in the country to suffer in this way for his country and this, in itself, does not qualify him to be President. For Sarah Palin to put in her speech that John McCain is the only candidate to serve his country is a low blow. We all need to remember there are other ways to serve your country that just in the military.

What does it say about John McCain’s ability to lead and campaign slogan, “Country First” when he chooses an inexperienced individual to be his running mate. We all know he chose her, not because she is qualified, but strictly to help him get elected. Is this a man I want as my President…..me first, country second? I had been undecided as to how I would vote but since this announcement and listening to the various speeches and comments, I now lean heavily toward Obama. I only hope that the women of this country are smart enough to see through this McCain/Palin ruse and remember what John McCain thinks of the VP position…someone to attend funerals. Well, guess we can say he picked us an attractive representative.

Shame on last night’s AC360 broadcast which implied that Obama had deliberately aimed his “lipstick on a pig” at Palin. Anderson, shame on you. It is obvious he hadn’t even mentioned Palin at that point. You said “watch the video and see for yourself,” but then you played a fragment — you did not permit people to “see for themselves.” Are you really keeping them honest, Anderson? I’m a fan, but really, take a look at yourself dude. Is this why you became a journalist? You must have known that you were hyping the story in a misleading fashion — shame on you Anderson Cooper. So much for honesty in journalism. Should I just watch Bill O’Reilly instead? We depend on you to have a little more integrity than Sean Hannity, Anderson. Sheesh.

Anderson Cooper,
Why don’t you do your job as the reporter you claim to be and give us all of the story. McCain is preaching how that the US government should not bail out the failing banks, but yet you mention NOTHING about his involvement in the Keating Five Scandal! Why is that? Did Rupert Murdoch purchase CNN or are you just going to let the Republican party dictate to you what stories you can run and what stories you can’t? After all, that is what you did in the past two elections!!! Maybe we should start an internet boycot of CNN and HNN News until you hire some reporters that can actually report the facts instead of what the Republican party allows you to report! America depends on the “hope” that you report all of the news and not just what the party wants you to report. Being in the position you are in and leaving out such vital reporting such as the Keating Five Scandal, or the POWs against John McCain only gives American half of the story. So, I ask you Anderson Cooper, is that the type of reporter you want to be?
Ron Hyden

Obama/Biden supporters – I see that we have 10 to 1 advantage versus Palin/McCain supporters here on CNN blogs! Clearly, majority of Palin/McCain supporters either don’t have anything smart to say or simply can’t think at all! Well, what else do you expect from people who elected Bush in 2000 and 2004?! Just like their new leader – Sarah Palin – they are afraid to say something stupid. She reminds me Bush – totally clueless, have no ideas of her own and can only repeat the same statements over and over again that somebody else has written for her. She is just another republican puppet in hands of big oil and military corporations and reality is that they have enough power and even more importantly, enough stupid people (as elections in 2000 and 2004 have proven) that will listen to them. Can we still win in November? Based on recent state by state polling data, we are winning majority of electoral votes! But, Obama/Biden supporters in the swing states (OH, FL, VA, CO, NV, and NC) have to work really hard in their local communities to make our common dream a reality!

Yes We Can!

To Jennifer — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government chartered, shareholder owned institutions. The 1968 privatization was nothing more than a budget “gimmick” for rich people to get even richer off stock options and taxpayer funds at the same time. Sub-prime mortgage loans that didin’t conform to the federal guidelines were sold as bonds. Many taxpayers who are part of a 401K or have individually invested in the bond market have been affected by the failings of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As of Aug. 2008, shares of both Fannie and Freddie have tumbled more than 90 percent from their one-year prior level.

So it appears Gov. Palin was correct. Taxpayers have already been affected if they had invested in these stocks or bonds. And, indeed many more taxpayers will be affected by the proposed bailout.

If by some demented twisted quirk of fate that McCain wins..Sarah better get out her black dress…for all the funerals she will be attending as the VP in place of Bush,I mean McCain. Additionally if she thinks for one minute that she will be valued and taken seriously ..she is sadly mistaken. She is just a pawn being used to ignite a throw away election year by her Republican party.
Sarah…go back to Alaska… be a wife,mother,and grandmother then come back in 4 years…your party will need you again, oh and don’t forget your lipstick.

Lipstick??? Pigs??? What in the HELL does that have to do with the ISSUES????? I’ve been unemployed for almost 2 years What are either party doing to get rid of the ILLEGAL Alien CRIMINALS that put me out of work? What is either party doing to get Gasoline prices down? I’m paying $4.16 a Gallon here. This Country is HOW FAR in the hole? & yet they can send BILLIONS over seas While I’m struggling to survive????? What part of Charity begins at HOME do you not understand??? It does not matter WHO wins in NOV- WE ARE ALL SCREWED!

Why is the media talking about this “lipstick” issue? AND if they are, why aren’t they showing the clip of McCain using this same statement against Hillary??? Come on….even I can find it on You Tube….pathetic!!! Get to the issues!!!

I find it ironic that the Republicans have spent hundreds of billions of dollars supposedly fighting religious extremists around the world but keep electing their own religious extremists to the Whitehouse! I’m neither a Democrat or a Republican, just a woman who is tired of this “Showbiz tonight” apology for an election.

When I heard Obama make the pig/lipstick comment, I immediately knew he was referring to Palin. It just seems convenient that he decided to use this line at this particular time. One of the well known lines from her speech was the hockey mom/pitbull comparison. Obama finished off the insult with a comment about smelly fish…..Palin’s nickname is barracuda. Coincidence? I don’t think so. It was a cheap shot and Obama knows it.

Has AC360 considered posting a FAQ regarding the various facts their team of reporters have been able to learn about Sarah Palin? Sometimes I wonder if people have been too busy blogging to listen to the answers you have already provided.

when will Gov. Palin stop being used by the McCain campaign? She was placed on the ticket because she is a woman…no one disputes this fact. They knew that the swirl of emotion regarding her baby, her future grandchild would play right into the hearts of some women..and I say some because I am not one of them. My emotions tend to deal with fact..the fact that the economy is in the toilet, unless you make more than a cool million, the fact the education under the bush/mccain years..yes the bush/mccain years as he has been part of the establishment for years, is in turmoil as No Child Left Behind keeps leaving us behind, and my children who are experiencing politics as history gets to see that the real world is not about issues, it’s because grown ups don’t play together nicely on the playground. I truly thought that when Gov. Palin made her acceptance speech, we would see real change. That a woman would not be used in such a manner to further a man’s agenda, but to further the agenda of all women..She had an opportunity to “stay on a higher plain, but she read the amn’s speech..degrading and demoralizing the major accomplishment that both she and Sen. Obama have achieved. Lipstick wars…give me a break. It’s the man’s way to use women again to further their own agenda. Women need to wake up. If your kid can afford to play hockey, then you are not hurting economically speaking.

I’ve heard some women who sound like they’ve eaten sour grapes say that Sarah P. is no Hillary C. and they are insulted that the Republicans would trot her out thinking they could steal Democratic women away using her as bait. From what I’ve seen and heard so far, I’d like to say it’s just the other way around: Hillary Clinton is no Sarah Palin!

Also, is it me or is it just my imagination that if you take away those glasses, Sarah P. looks remarkably like Jackie O? I think the resemblence is uncanny.

Why is the media taking the bait on all the white noise surrounding Sarah Palin? You are CREATING the [supposed] controversies, instead of focusing on the ISSUES of the campain. That totally feeds into the Republican strategy because McCain cannot hold a candle to Obama when the subject is ISSUES!!!

Why don’t you have any information on Hillary’s speeches on the campaign trail?

Please! Focus on what’s important to our country. Sarah Palin will fall or rise on her own, but you are raising her profile to a ridiculous level when she hasn’t done anything yet except give the same (flawed) speech over & over.

I expect more from Anderson Cooper

Republicans keep using the same strategy to distract everybody from the real issues. I still don’t have clear what their campaign is about besides cheap politics and lies. They criticised Obama for being inexperienced and they picked a VP nominee that nobody knows and has no significant experience either, so now their campaign is about change. Then, they made TV ads about Obama being a celebrity and now you look at every cover of a magazine and Sarah Pailin is there. They believe government should not interfere in our lives when it comes to economic issues, because is too much work for them why bother just let the free market take care of everything; but they think is ok to make personal choices for us. So what is it that they stand for? Please America wake up and ask the tough questions for these tough times, we can do better than this, we are the greatest nation is this world and the rest of the world is watching.

So you call yourselves a news organization. Frankly CNN has turned into nothing more then a gossip shop without any critical reporting. But then it appears that most of the MSM has taken that route. We ARE IN A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION and all you can do is spin the ridiculous campaign distortions of McCain. If you were doing your job you would be openly antagonistic to a campaign that refuses to make its number two person available to the news media unless they are deferential to her. What is with you idiots, don’t you have any sense of the gravity of electing a president of the United States. Is it all just a he said, she said thing without any substance. The campaign with the best hype wins. Where is Walter Cronkite or Edward R. Murrow when you need them. The reason for freedom of the press wasn’t to support partisan hype, it was to allow the press to get to the root of issues. The press bears a major responsibility for the failure of the American political system today. It is simply not performing its critical role that a healthy democracy requires to sustain itself.

US taxpayer money was sent to Alaska to build a bridge. The bridge wasn’t built. Alaska kept the money which was added to Alaska’s surplus budget. A refund was sent to Alaskan citizens of about $3800 a person of which one or two hundred was money from the bridge money. You may say that the bridge money was used for other projects. Yes making it so that Alaskan money didn’t have to be used and contributed to the surplus. I believe this should be made public. I would sooner have my money used to build a bridge than given to the citizens of Alaska.

I am extremely interested in Palin’s and McCain’s take on the Pebble Mine. Is all the media distraction a way to generate distraction for votes in Alaska towards allowing this billion dollar industry to pass?

The republicans were in the white house when the terrorists attacked
this country. How are they going to protect us.? John McCain chose
a country first mantra, then he selects a woman with no foreign policy
experience whatsoever, and proclaims to have no interest in the Iraq war. How are they going to protect us? John McCain’s claim to fame is
being a POW. I respect that. But if John McCain is captured again
while he is asleep in the white house, How are they going to protect
us? Americans had better think long and hard before they allow the
republicans fool this country again.

Oh and only to mention a huge dispute between environmental awareness and the corporation money hungry attempt to contribute to the “climate change”?
We need Obama to reach out for the change in this hot issue that no one seems to be covering.

Obama should have an advertisement that shows McCain using the “lipstick” term when referring to Clinton, then show McCain’s rage. What a bunch of idots!

How can Sarah Palin claim to have family values when she has a 5 month old infant she is abandoning to run for VP?

Palin-mania, just more of the same ole, same ole. You know, I’m really wondering when she’ll move beyond her convention speech? In fact…, when is John McCain going to move past his convention speech!? The dog and pony show being put on by these two is now gettin’ to be a bit stale to watch with the reuse and the reuse and the reuse (Did I say reuse?) of their convention speeches.

On a side note. My wife and I just couldn’t stop laughing this morning when they showed Palin and McCain giving their trail speeches in VA. The reason for our laughter was we both could mimic their words – we knew what what they were going to say even before they said it. Same ole, same ole. Are they ever going to talk about the issues.

To the BLOGPOST sponsor:

You are oblivious of the true issues in today’s American Life – Gas prices at record high, bigeest budget deficit in history, tanking of giants like Freddie, Fannie, Bear Stearns, Lehman, lowest high education numbers in history, higest foreclosure rate since great depression and the list goes on and on. AND ALL YOU COULD TALK ABOUT IS LIPSCTIK ISSUE?!?? McCain is a sexist, he has proved that time and time again. Obama camp will soon start to air negative ads as well and the truth will be clear. But if you are an American like me, should you not talk about the REAL ISSUES?!? Or you also got bought by the republican mantra that this election is NOT ABOUT ISSUES, BUT ABOUT A COMPOSITE VIEW OF THE CANDIDATES!!! If so, please say so LOUD AND CLEAR. Else please open up the dialogue. You will do all Americans a favor.

McCain’s pepole “picked” Charlie Gibson, I think Mary Hart might even be tougher on her for REAL issues and answers,sorry Charile you are marshmellow. So they can’t call sexism AGAIN,she should agree to speaking to Katie,Campbell or Diane,it is shameful how the media is playing into McCain’s hand,you need to start demanding she give real interviews,on real issues, you owe that to the American people. She is not qualified to be Commander in Chief, her Command of the National Guard was to order 2 water tankers and 300 sandbags during a flood. When deployed overseas they are under the Command of the US Army , just more half truths and lies. To the “NEWS” media here is a very tight timeframe here folks. DO YOUR JOB.

Senator Obama please comeback with some fire in your voice on this…CALL THEM UP on ther lies and half truths, I am getting really,really scared that they might win…..

lipstick on a pig what about our kids
I am a Republican woman that was supporting john McCain but Last night I saw the new ad the McCain campaign put out about Barack Obama and teaching sex education to kindergarten children, it disturbed me very much that a campaign would use kids in such a way in their campaign that it brought me to tears, as I look at my kids and said to my self that they are just so innocent and to use kids in a campaign to me has cross the moral and ethical line. I screamed how could John McCain put out this false ad how could he try to play with my love and my motherly instinct to protect my kids, how could you john McCain how could you I thought kids were off limits.this has offend me as a mother and I hope other mothers stand up and speak out about it and say my kids are off limits to you John McCain and the McCain campaign. And that we see that you will do any thing to become president even exploit kids. You have lost my vote. Your ambition has clouded your judgment. where is the outrage

After all the Repubs damaged in the last 4 years is it really necessary to make anything “Fair” in the media for this years
election for them. Come on Cooper!!!!!!!!!! Is this crap for $$$.

Lesli,

If it wasn’t so darn cold in Canada, I’d be on my way there too.

OK, since the JNN (Julie News Network) is equal opportunity, I’m giving out some free tips for both the Republican and Democratic campaign strategists on how to foil their opponents as we count down to the election:

Yes, I too have surrendered. My naive hope that it was actually about the issues went out the door.

Here goes, guys. Have at it.

John McCain – Espionage easily done with a very heavy-on-the-pastrami heartburn-producing deli sandwich. Heartburn mimics the symptoms of heart attack. McCain will be in the emergency room and voters will start thinking a little…

Joe Biden – A little Ambien in the water supply during his speeches. The man of a million words has yet to master the concept of “soundbite”.

Barack Obama – Send Michelle on a spa trip somewhere. Barack’s sock’s won’t match, the kids will look like war refugees after a week without their mom, and “Change” will be something Barack’s scrounging for in the couch cushions for the girls’ lunch money. We know who runs that household (and she does it well).

Sarah Palin – Too easy. A little Nair in the shampoo bottle and a plate of Twinkies at every campaign stop will cut into her competitive advantage – she’s already put on a little weight. We wouldn’t accept that psycho “I put it on eBay!” shreik of hers from Madeleine Albright. Oh, and all five kids getting chicken pox.

I love this country. So much that moving to Canada seems like an option.

If only it wasn’t so darned cold up there…

on earmarks….go to senator stevens website where he has a linklisting earmark requests….governor palin requested ’signficantly less than previous years due to public scrutiny’….its only 197 million for ‘09

I just want to say that it is about time that someone spoke out about the ridiculousness that we call politics and its’ media coverage today! We really do have serious issues to address and to much of media time is focused on wasteful rhetoric that fails to inform voters of what the candidates truly stand for.

I am appalled and frustrated with our journalists and broadcast stations serving us drama and sitcom conversation pieces for ratings and their own battle for the piece of the “green pie”. Enough of the childish politics and playground headline news topics! Give us information of substance and educate us so that we can make an educated decision come elections time!!! IT IS YOUR JOB!!!

I woke up this morning as I have for some time now and turned on CNN for an update of national and world news. I saw a brief sound bite of Obama saying “enough is enough”, which I whole heartedly agree with. I turned OFF my TV when the news clip about Haiti was interrupted by Palin announcing McCain. In addition to turning my television off I was compelled for the first time to weed through the CNN.com website and find a way to communicate my frustration. I later walked in to my son’s room and saw that he was watching the end of the same video that I had been watching. McCain was speaking by then. I came away with a new opinion of CNN. I used to think that CNN was fairly equitable in its coverage of the campaign, but since Palin has entered the picture I think that has changed.

I understand that Palin is new and we need to know facts about her, but why was Palin’s full introductory speech of McCain and McCain’s speech run in their entirety when Obama’s received a sound bite? This is not equitable coverage and not the first time this has happened over the past 5 days.

I have tired of watching Palin rehash her convention acceptance speech again and again. Why is she receiving air time for this when Biden is not receiving the same airtime? Why is it necessary for her speech to be run each time before McCain speaks? I have even seen here speech run in its entirety when Obama and McCain were both given sound bites. Why? She is not really saying anything different than she did the night of the convention and she is certainly not addressing any issues. It seems as though the points made by your own political analysts relating to the news media being responsible for Palin’s remaining a headliner is true even of CNN. This practice of covering what she says in full in essence pits her directly against Obama when it should be Obama head to head with McCain.

This mornings coverage of the speeches to be equitable should have been a sound bite of Obama and a sound bite of McCain or both presidential candidates speeches covered in their entirety. “Enough is enough”, I need to see more balanced coverage and a focus on the issues.

Sharon, Oak Harbor, WA

After all done and said, Palin is no more than a middle-aged women, with an average life, education and accomplishments. The hype the McCain campaign has put around her, it is not worth anybody’s time. With al the problems the US is facing – mortgage crisis, recod deficit, underperforming economy, war in Iraq, etc. etc – it is ridiculous and a pity that the McCain campain keep tricking Americans into diverting their attention to irrelevant things.

What shocks me the most is the media coverage of this nonsense!!! Republicans lie, say whatever they want and they are not accountable for it, the media does not ask McCain straight forward: you said this about Obama that is false, why are you saying false things?!! Palin rewrites her life and zero, the media say/do nothing!!!! This is a democracy w rules not an anarchy where you say whatever you want without consequences. The media now just talks about the lipstick’s thing and gives to much relevance to what McCain campaign said! WHAT IS WRONG W THE MEDIA??!!! Aren’t you suppose to filter what is crap from what is really relevant or are you a reality show?!!
If the media had done their job in 2000 probably the US would not be in war w Iraq. You didn’t learn anything?!!
SHAME ON YOU MEDIA.

I would like to know how it is possible to do a CNN special on Joe Biden who has a public history of more than 2-decades and to air it aside of Sarah Palin that has zero public history. I have become disappointed in CNN coverage of Palin and the lack of investigation reporting. It is unfair to do a special on a governor that controls what can be said about her by refusing to make them self public.

Every statement aired on CNN thus far are obtained from Palin’s family or friends in this rural small town. No one in small towns speak out against anyone, especially their govern. They know that when the party is over, they still have to live there and face the residents.

Some of the thing that I have seen on CNN and the NET in the past few days about the running mates for the upcoming election have made me once agen wonder about where the USA is headed when we will let the people that run our country do to us what is being done if there is someone that is different we should try and see what they can do … if nothing else they can’t do worse than what has been going on
We should look at other countries and see how they have run their government who makes there decision and who is benefiting from them dose the people matter or is it the upper class the ones who will getting the money and the help that is out there
The people are who run the country they don’t get to make the decision but we do run it and we should be more interested in what is going on the old saying is that knowledge is power we don’t seem to have the power now when one party can steal what the other party has said and try to use it in their own campaign and we just let it
If this country is going to get back on top of our game we will need to stop fighting a war that we can’t afford we can no longer pay the oil and power tycoons the money we have we need to get back our country regain the American way of life
Someone told me today that the top one percent that have all the money will find a way to keep taking and keeping our money why should we let them we let them by not standing up for our self’s and anyone that seas that that’s is the way it is just helping with their cause
We are spouted to be in a country that separates church and state because that is what this country was founded on not the idea of know religion but being able to make your choices based on the facts and what is better for the people not what we believe god would say was right or wrong
If the people in other countries and our own would be able to see eye to eye on what is being done too them and us we might have a different outlook on the hole way of life that may not be so one sided the internet is helping with this a lot by letting them see us and us see them in their own life day today we can see that we are not that different we may believe a little different but in the end we all live and die some just get a few more years a few more dollars some more that others and if we can learn to help out each other and not cut each others throats there would be a lot more to go around and people would have a better chance to make a difference for the betterment of men

As a 46 year old white Alaskan woman, I’ll tell you that I’m suspicious of Palin ever since she tried to sell to the lower 48 the idea that she was responsible for returning oil revenue to us Alaskans. That’s been going on for as long as I can remember and certainly wasn’t Palin’s doing. And the bridge to “nowhere” actually goes somewhere — it avoids ferrying (yeah by boat!) people off and onto the rock pile where the airport is. And Palin was for that as a new addition to our infrastructure. Until now — that she needs to be against “ear marks.” And she claims to be the type to give up the unecessary “pork” like the governor’s chef and private jet, yet it sure doesn’t bother her to toss a $14,000 plus bill for per diem when she’s at home working (balancing the professional and private life), Wish we regular Americans had that option — imagine how much that would help in our fight to fill our gas tanks and grocery carts. Too much double-talk. I’d like to see her get out, on her own, and stand on her own two feet and deal with the media. If she can’t handle the media, heaven help us if she ever has to deal with world leaders on complex international economic, energy, political, and military issues. Palin — get out there and stand on your own two feet. It’s time to put your big girl panties on and deal with the challenges of the position you say you’re ready for. We voters deserve to know where you really stand and how tough you really are before we must make a decision in November,

In case no one caught this, in the current issue of Newsweek, page 31, it is cited that “She (Sarah Palin) and Todd were high-school sweethearts. They eloped in 1988, and their first baby was born eight months later.”
Since Palin would replace sex-ed programs with abstinence-only programs, is it not odd that maybe she was not abstinent, thus a child born 8 months after her marriage?
And what kind of training does she offer her children if her daughter, taught abstinence-only, also gets pregnant before marriage.
Can we ever believe in anything she stands for if she doesn’t practice what she preaches? She especially can’t be trusted with our national security. Enough is Enough!
Frustrated and bewildered in Gaines, PA

So what’s the real deal, McCain picked Palin not because he is worried about women, but to distract voters from Biden.
McCain was worried about Biden getting media attention. Biden has been in DC longer.
Who else know McCain better then Biden?
Who else can challenge his record, or reveal whatever else he may know about McCain over the years.
Question is, what does Biden know???

Please get back to the issues, we have a lot at stake here . If Palin is such a warrior let her stand on her own two feet and lets see how much she know about this great country.

This crying game of sexism and Sarah Palin would be laughable if not for the fact that the presidency is such serious business. What if McCain is elected and gets sick again or dies in office and she has to deal with the middle east? Will Sarah Palin scream sexism when the Iranians, Syrians, Saudis and Afghans treat her as 2nd class? Do Americans really believe these countries will care?

I am a woman. Otherwise, I have absolutely nothing in common with Sarah Palin.
I can understand McCain wanting a female running mate but could he not find one that was actually qualified, told the truth (or at least not verifiable lies) and was willing to answer questions put to her by the press and voters.
Day after day we hear the same thing “I said no thank you to that bridge to nowhere”.
Well I say no thank you to the candidate that is from nowhere and has nowhere new to go. Talk about your one hit wonder. She delivered and subsequently repeated, ad nauseaum, one speech that she didn’t even write.
Pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssse can we get on with this race and get to the actual issues????? Let’s hear about what really matters – not the state of makeup, or hockey, or bridges. Try Health Care, the economy, unemployment, immigration – the national debt – national security – foreign relations.
Please no more sitcoms on CNN!!!!

The new McCain strategy is to keep the focus on Palin and continually change the subject from the more important issues that matter. Almost any remark from the Democrats is characterized as a sexist smear.

Sadly, the Palin shield is working to some degree because we have a mainstream press that is walking around like a dog with his tail between his legs after being scolded by corporate affiliates from the right for elitist reporting. On a side note, we should never lose sight of the fact that the media today is largely owned by corporations that also have a vested interest in the defense industry and corporate tax breaks.

It really doesn’t matter if Palin’s qualifications are mostly exaggerations, based on partially concealed facts or complete fabrications. These just help to encourage more probing that is then held up by the Republican Right as unfair hazing or treatment of a woman. Imagine that, the far right being concerned about women’s rights. There are so many laughable components to this.

Every time an election is close the divisive Republicans try to move the focus to those cultural issues that pit American against American — religion, gay rights, abortion, stem cell research, sex education or evolution. Palin’s fundamentalist’s views provide the perfect catalyst for this illusion. This election year that strategy is even more essential because on issues like the economy, taxes and the war, John McCain is George Bush.

We don’t see as many images of McCain next to Bush lately. In fact, McCain and Palin seem to be fused at the hip like conjoined twins. I really am looking forward to hearing Palin answer a question — almost any question. She must be hearing that same “Bridge to No Where” speech in her sleep by now. Time is running short, but I still have hope that the American people are smart enough to see through this blatant manipulation. However, my hope is fading. Yesterday, yet another record Bush deficit was reported. OPEC’s lowering oil production to boost prices; unemployment is up; earnings are down; foreclosures continue; albeit fewer in number, US soldiers are still being killed in Iraq. Despite the state of our nation one of the lead stories on the news this morning was Sarah Palin’s eyewear. The American Press should feel ashamed.

I want someone to question her on the Constitution, her knowledge of economics, and science and math in education. I still think the Republican party (not John McCain per say) is a safe harbor for racists and sexists. Barack Obama is attacked for using a common colloquialism. Is he not allowed this because he is black. This special attention by the Republicans to get Sarah Palin up to speed in and of itself could be construed as sexist…….is it that her own party doesn’t have confidence in her to speak because she is a woman? If she were a man would there be this kind of scrutiny to her speaking to the press? For goodness sake this is beginning to feel like a coming out of a debutante.

mccain’s record on women: lets go through it.
he is against equal pay for equal work
his record on children’s health issues is tragic
he called chelsea clinton UGLY. wtf?
he said he wanted to beat clinton like a drum
he has made jokes about gorrillas raping women

please CNN stop this madness. stop reporting on lipstickgate! its fabricated so that you dont spend time reporting on palin’s background. and it’s WORKING. stop being such stooges and pawns.

the sole voice of reason at your network is mark halperin of newsweek – he said it was a new low to report this fake story. yet you keep reporting it. what about the ISSUES?????? i am so sad for this country right now i could cry.

So anything said at RNC is Republican copyright now? Maybe Barack was referring to Sarah Palin after all because he used another idiom involving fish right after the pig idiom. As we all know, Sarah Palin’s nick name is Baracudda. May be Barack was talk about here their too, Will I need to use new word now when I go to buy Lipstick and Fish? Can GOP come out with list off words that might insult McCain’s running mate.

also one more thing -CNN – especially anderson cooper – you have made so much of having viewers comment live or not live. ive gone through these coments and so many people like me are begging you to focus on the issues and have some self-respect and restraint. you are acting like IN-TOUCH magazine. not even US weekly. so embarrassing. please do the right thing.

CNN, do your job and report the facts on Palin! What are you afraid of?? For months you have been airing every accusation on Hillary and Obama. This woman is getting a free pass from the mdeia and getting away with bunch of lies. This is morally wrong!!! Don’t let it happen!!!

The Republicans are so inept at creating change that they actually have to steal CHANGE from the Democrats for there own.

Sarah Palin is a BOLD FACED LIAR ! SHE SHOULD BE CALLED OUT TO EXPLAIN WHO SHE IS AND WHAT SHE THINKS.The American people have a right and it is the presses DUTY to find out all the facts the stakes of this nation are to high.Democrats MUST fight for our country!

Ifs it sounds to good to be true it usually is ! Palin is a Wolf in Sheeps clothing !

Beware America Bush started the demorilization of our country and Mcain Palin would like to finish it.

Funny how McCain mentions’privileged’ and ‘poor’judgement.As a naval pilot he was a diaster.As for Sarah Palin’s record on diversity and civil reights have almost exclusively focused on her views on gay rights, gay marriage, and equal pay. These are crucial civil reghts issues. But so is racial diversity and civil rights.On the issues gives a comprehensive look at the positions of elected officials on the major issues based on their statements, speeches, campagin materials and policy position papers, Palin has taken no position on immigration, affirmative action, job, and housing discrimination, and housing discrimination, school re-segregation. police-minority community relations, and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. She have not mention how McCain would solve the problem on how American people are starving, and homeless. To be honest McCain/Palin have no clue that the above mentions exists, because the have never been on that end of the short list. AC I do watch your show, but now it is all focus on Palin. I do not want anyone in office to tell me what to do with my body. If I wanted to have an abortion, that between me and my God, and I am the one that have to give in account of what I do on “Judgement Day”. I also find that by not wanting to approve abortion rights, that why os may babies is left on doorsteps, dumpsters and etc. Some found alive but most found dead and parents never found. So I find that woman or teenager have a right to choose.

Barack Obama should not be President. Obama is a talker and thats it. He could talk boar with lipstick to bed. When it comes to politics he’s just there, present the same way he votes. He voted no to lowering interest rates on credit cards claiming later that they weren’t low enough. Fine, but wouldn’t every percentage point lower help out tremendously? instead of helping us, he voted against us. The only change he wants is in his paycheck and address.

CNN dudes!! when are you going to get out of WOW/GA,GA mode and get down to “Trusted” coverage?

No lilnks provided…you are supposedly the news folks. Either you found it and are afraid to talk about it or haven’t spent the energy.
Forget the fric-ken bridge, here is evidence of Palin’s lack of conservative fiscal credentials:
Nearly Doubled Wasila budget in <4years
Took town from 0 debt to $20M in <4 years ($3,000/per person)
Increased sales tax in Wasila by 2%
Poor judgement cost Wasila $1.5M to buy property that would have only cost $125K to buy.

Get off of your collective maximusses and do your work…only 56 days for you to do your job.

I have family from the Wasilla area. Not everyone there thinks highly of her. As mayor, she took a town with zero debt and left it $22 million dollars in the red. She raised expenditures by 33% and taxes 38%! Is she going to do that to our country if McCain dies in office and she takes over? Also, you want her to lay it all out there for all Americans to see? With honesty? The woman not only hid her latest pregnancy for seven whole months from her friends, but she hid it from her children AND her parents, too. What was her reasoning behind that? It’s no wonder everyone thought that her daughter is Trig’s mother. I think America needs to learn a LOT more about Sarah Palin before we place her in a position to possibly run our country. We’re already sinking as it is. She’s an iceberg waiting to happen.

It is very upsetting to me to see such much media coverage about the lipstick comment. When Gustav was coming all the media could talk about was Katrina and everybody was scrambling to get to Louisiana. Now with Ike approaching within 2 days it’s doesn’t seem to be as important. Could somebody tell me why?

Palin is McCain’s eye candy and he is loving the new scenary and so are the Republicans… They are missing the point you don’t vote for someone because they are appealing to the eye,a women,a man, or the same race as you, you vote for someone who is going to be the best for our country…. McCain/Palin have the exact plans as Bush and we all know that is Bulls–t. This campaign that Mccain/Palin are running are based on a bunch of LIES and twisted truth. Palin speeches are all the same and I can careless about her being a hockey mom and working on the PTA.. Last time I checked that did’nt make someone qualified to be our VP( if so I qualify for that). It’s so funny how the Republicans get away with MURDER and as soon as the Democrats defend themselves in any way, they become a bully. The media use to say Obama needs to fight back and when he does he gets punished for it by the Republicans.. I think Obama needs to ride McCain’s ass and back him up into a corner on all his LIES and he will break. Biden and everyone else needs to attack Palin and every way possible and say the hake with the media and the Republicans and let the American people see how McCain/Palin are exactly the same as the 8 years of Bush and are all phony. The media needs to make her speak up, start asking her questions and be fare about the questions dont be bias. Yeah,I know she’s talking in Alaska but we need to get to her and the only reason they are hiding her is because she has no answer’s, no plan no change ,so they are getting her ready for her first day at school..

If we get McCain/Palin in the whitehouse we will get that BRIDGE to NO WHERE!!!
Oh, one more thing how can you call Barack a celebrity and the Republicans go out and make Palin and doll???? Ask yourself that question and tell me who is the true elitist in this campaign.. Cindy wore a outfit that cost 300,000(elitist) has many homes(elitist). Who payed for the dolls to be made??? The Repubilcans wasting more money………

Shame on CNN. Why is CNN spending so much time on Palin Internet rumors? If CNN is going to devote so much to Palin’s nternet rumors, then do the same Obama’s internet rumors?

It is outrageous that Sarah Palin has been allowed to hide from the press as long as she has–if she wasn’t ready to answer questions immediately after being chosen by McCain, she is not qualified to be one step from away from the presidency. Mark Halperin was right in saying the media should not be backing down from asking questions and demanding answers simply because Palin is a woman or the McCain team feels the press is treating her unfairly. The PUBLIC is being treated unfairly each day McCain and Palin are given a pass by the media. The pit bull can’t conveniently transform into a poodle just because she can’t take the heat.

The video about bears was just taken of you tube..withing 45 minutes after I put this blog up

Why hasn’t anyone asked one simple question: If Sarah Palin were a man, would “he” have been considered for VP status given the same qualifications that Sarah brings to the table? Has anyone brought this to the media’s attention?

GOP are like used car sales man.

My initial reaction to Joe Biden being named the Dems VP candidate was, “What a mistake!”

Clinton has the knowledge, the experience, the savy, and the love of her supporters, how stupid was this????

Whoever is running Obama’s campaign, are morons…

I may not vote at all with this type of inept management, why bother?

That short video of Palin shooting some sort of machine gun gave me chills… and her stand on abortion! I totally agree with Michael Moore that she is a right wing extremist. I would like to ask her in front of millions of americans: if your daughter was pregnant because raped by a sick monster, should she keep the baby???

I believe people clambering to see Sarah Palin interviewed by the press will be disappointed. If you look at previous interviews and speeches (I want the bridge, I don’t want the bridge) it is apparent that she is skilled at manipulating “facts” to suit the views of her audience. Speaking extemporaneously and thinking quickly on your feet are great skills – when you are interviewing for a job. Being an experienced HR professional, I have literally interviewed thousands of “smooth talkers”. Unfortunately, I have also seen a substantial number who, once on the job, are incapable of walking all that talk. I agree with the commenter who said the press failed us on Iraq and they are about to fail us in this election. We seriously NEED you to vet these candidates for the public and show us through concrete examples the difference between substance and style. Hint: Stay away from the lipstick stories, they are trite and pointless. I, for one, don’t think any of us can afford to be victims of false advertising this time around.

I put up I-reports suppose to be non sensored, but just like this, they never go approved. Why is this issue, of the hunting of innocent animals, being covered up. It should be investigated, not covered up…John McCain Made a choice, and now, he’s claiming Bias..boo hoo.

Didn’t biden and obama vote for the bridge to nowhere/ didn’t they jump on the small town mayor comment, didn’t they jump on the experience and on and on…they have been outplayed and are being suckered in once again raising the bar for palin’s upcoming news interviews. Talk about boys running away from girls at the playground and crying to the teacher. The democrats rome is burning and obama and biden can’t smell the smoke at thier feet

I feel like someone should be releasing Pink Floyd’s giant pig balloon. Someone should tell Obama it would be great imagery but idk maybe it’s going to far? This race is such a circus it makes me sick. I’m tired of hating Palin and McCain I’m sure they’re good people in theory but all these distractions from the real issues that they keep bringing up about earmarks are not getting us anywhere as a loyal mick ware fan I think they should just shove all four candidates in a room and have ware go at them. I’m sure maybe some sense can be knocked into them… one can only hope.

The electoral poll favors Obama over McCain by far. Obama will win this election because McCain has no solutions for the real issues. Bush had no solutions in 2004 either. So he too played the religion card as well as the fear of National Security card just like McCain is doing. Consequently, later on at one point Bush had an approval rating of 27%. This is what happens when people do not make educated decisions when voting.

I think that Palin is a distraction, not a solution. Clearly, McCain chose her because he knew that her extreme views would be a distraction from the real issues that McCain has avoided because he has no solutions for them. It is really a shame. McCain has really sold his soul to try to just win this election. Electing McCain equates to giving a third term to Bush. And with Palin tagging along, the country would be even more divided than under the Bush administration. Just read the blogs. The division is happening already.

Palin tagging along will get some votes from religious fanatics that would like to see this country ruled under laws created by them which would only benefit their own religious agenda. But I think that Palin mostly just alienates millions from the Republican party because mainstream America does not want to see an administration that discriminates against and takes freedoms away from millions of Americans. Palin does not support basic human rights against discrimination. I do not support her ignorant, hate-filled ideals, uh… I mean her religion. Additionally, Palin is not Pro-Choice and does not support sex education or birth control. She does support abstinence. This is not a proactive or realistic solution to unwanted pregnancies. I agree with Obama that we need to try to prevent unwanted pregnancies in the first place. He is not Pro-Abortion he is Pro-Choice. We really need to be proactive instead of reactive. I am a white woman from California who originally supported Hillary, and now supports Obama. America needs a leader like Obama because he is a smart man who is not afraid to talk about and to offer proactive, realistic solutions for the issues that are sinking America right now. McCain and Palin are afraid to talk because they are cunning, superficial, selfish politicians that offer no solutions. McCain said, “This campaign is not about the issues”. Wow, just when I thought he couldn’t be more ignorant, he surprises me again.

I like to hear more about the candidates’ politics, realistic plans for America’s future (i.e. equitable educational opportunities, health care costs and energy alternatives) and fewer personal ’snipes’. I don’t care that Palin is a ‘hockey mom’ or that one of her children is pregnant. Will she seek to kill Roe v. Wade? Does McCain (or Obama) have a real plan for getting America off the foreign oil teat? What about the abysmal performance of American primary and high school students as compared to youth in other countries? What can either of them do to help make life in America as good as a claim it is? And why do I hear so much reporting of the silliness that goes on between the candidates. Lipstick? Come on CNN, you’re better than that (or so I’d hoped).

@ Fay your correct about that! She comes out all hardcore but can’t stand alone because she has no answers to the questions that we want answers to. You know at the rate they are going she may not speak until her debate with Biden. I also, know one thing if that happens the media and everybody else needs to check into that, Obama would of been chewed up for that… They are not fare including the media because they talk all the stuff on Obama but like the Repubilcans slide right on by…

If she wasn’t ready then she should of kept her hockey mom ass right in Alaska with that BRIDGE TO NOWHERE!!!! I’ve noticed that the media puts all the unnessary things on TV but nothing about the issues and concerns of our welfare which makes them look bias towards the republicans…

Also, the Republicans use Palin’s gender as a excuse when anybody comes at her with a comeback from what she may have once said.. If she wants to be a VP then stand on her own two feet and quit crying about it…. Palin is no Hillary because Hillary would of ate Palin for lunch…..

We are not fooled by McCain and Karl Rove’s intent to distract us from the real issues. Palin has forced some Hillary Clinton supporters to have to vote for Obama. No one can afford a Palin with her ultra conservative views in the White House. We do not want the Religious Right to ever have the opportunity to put another person in the White House. Why? The Religious Right couldn’t possibly be listening to God.

she’s never going to give you the truth about herself and what she stands for didn’t everyone hear they just hired everyone from bush camp to assist her but there for change and pushing them selves
away from bush how by placing yourself around everyone who helped him get in office come on this is the worst double talk I have ever seen
Obama/Biden 08 how could people start over looking the war in Iraq
the economy the housing problem this was all done by republicans
Palin is no saint shes just a face if Mccain gets in office when descusions go on she’ll be at the back of the room nolonger needed there preping her now on what they want her to say dont people get that shes just a play in there game

The Washington Post reported this week:

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.

Shouldn’t this be your lead story, not this drivel about lipstick on a pig? C’mon, folks. This is real news. It tells us a lot about this candidate. Please focus on it.

Sarah Palin is obviously hiding more than her lips behind that lipstick. Anyone who can only spew insults and sarcasm is inexperienced and terrified. She looks like a deer in the head lights, but smiles and makes sarcastic comments and people love her. When the economy tanks even further and you can’t afford food, clothing and have lost your home, just remember that smile. Maybe your Mortgage Company will do a workout to save your home based on your love for Sarah Palin. NOT!

I hate to admit it, but I’m a woman AND a Republican. I am just SO embarrased at the way the Republicans are using gender to smear the Democrats. The lipstick thing is all hype unless McCain plans to apologize to Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney to which he aimed similar swine remarks. That’s a common saying used by Obama before Palin and by MANY others including a McCain aid who WROTE A BOOK with a similar title. To feign “outrage” and try to sway the female vote is even more insulting than picking a trophy VP candidate with little or no vetting to try to sway the female vote. When I hear that women are “flocking” to his campaign, I’m incredulous. Is it the novelty if a female VP? Or do women just not care about issues? How many other VP candidates have been sequestered by their handlers and not been allowed to talk to the voters or reporters? How many other have been allowed this long to prepare to take questions? If Palin is a “folk hero” and not just “fluff”, let’s hear her talk about her record and her platform IN HER OWN WORDS. Because I am SICK of spin and I don’t give a rat’s behind about her STORY. (Disclaimer: my comment was not meant to imply Palin is a rat’s behind.)

Old McSame picked a running mate ei-ei-o and all of a sudden she a Quail ei-ei-o with a quack-quack here and a quack-quack where……..

he-he-haw-haw!!!

Republican Presidential Primer–
Five Easy Steps to the Presidency
1) Wrap yourself in the flag.
2) Grasp your Bible close to your heart.
3) Blame all things bad, both real and imagined, on the other party.
4) Demean, degrade and/or lie about your opponent continually.
5) Smile and tell the public what it wants to hear.

This is politics as its worst. Sarah Palin (I feel is a racist) and that’s why the Republican Party is clinging to her? She would never meet with any black or other special interestes group for that matter while she was the governor. She represent what the republicans really feel about the lower classed people. I guarantee the McCains really don’t like Palin, because they feel she is beneath them. They what to call Obama an elitist, but he and his wife grew up with money.

McCain talks about country first, he didn’t think about country when he selected Palin nor when she goes back to Alaska and misuse Sep 11, as a publicity stunt. Several mothers and father has watched their sons and daughters deploy to this Gods forsaken war, but you do not see any TV cameras on them. She is totally using both misfortunate things in our history for proganda and a boost in campaing ratings. How can John McCain just set back and allow his precious Palin direspect the families that lost so much on Sep 11. Is he really putting the country first.

Finally, Palin acused Hiliary of whinnning during the primaries when the word sexism was used stating “criticism come along with the territory”, well what is she calling it know, since her party is throwing it around, like it’s going out of style?

McCain faults Obama for lack of experience and then picks Sarah Palin. Then tells the American people the difference is that Palin is running for VP and Obama for President. At his age, I wouldn’t be so sure. If the American people think Sarah Palin is capable of running this country in the event of McCains death, they are CRAZY! The good news is with her experience, maybe to shore up the defecit she can sell Air Force One on Ebay. She doesn’t really need it. She is down to earth. Perhaps a Toyota Camary?

Can we please move on. The media is playing into McCain’s hand by continuing to focus on Sarah Palin endlessly. Perhaps if she is not the focus of everything we can get on to hearing about the issues. I realize the press needs to take her on to get to what her issues are and she should step up and get this over with. We actually have reverse sexism going on here. Everyone has to tip toe around her for fear of being called sexist. If she dishes it out she should be willing to take it on the same level. It is rediculous! Let’s get her interviewed and move on. What does she have to hide.

The fact that she had to ask someone what the daily job of a Vice President is speaks volumes. Does the VP job come with training wheels?

i’m just hoping that someone is also taking a look at how the major European televisions, newspapers, etc. have to say about this Sarah Palin “phenomenon” …you would probably be surprised!

The Big Three Media stood by in 2003 when Bush pummelled weak nead Democracts with slogans of ” are you against for us or against us?’ and “are you a patriot?” And with Karl Rove protege’s at the helm, here we go again. Since Obama went Overseas, John McCain has been whining about elitism, the liberal media, and now if you mention the golden girls name, your sexist. Fox News runs rampant against demacracts 24hrs a day and uses all of is resources against one political group. You would think the other networks would be outrage, but there not. They refuse to even mention it. Media has a big roll in are Country and should always push back when being manipulated. Just like the leaders of the Democract Party, you guys have no guts either.

Frankly, I am sick and tired of Palin and the media have definitely overkilled any excitement she could have conjured up in me. But the media is not the half of it; she has used the same speech everyday since her convention address. We heard it already! The McCain-Palin ticket is sounding like a broken record repeating itself – no substance, no change. Isn’t that their newfound message? The reason why Obama can pull off the ‘change’ message is because he can speak about the same issue in more than one way in a very articulate manner and he is ready to defend that view in front of reporters.

If John McCain puts out an ad stating that Obama is referring to Palin with you can put lip stick on a pig. Well John McCain must believe Obama called Palin a pig. Why is there a discussion about what he was refering to. Instead the News Media should be in John McCains face asking him if Obama called his running mate a pig, but you do not. Just like they let McCain hide Palin from the National Media. twenty-four hour coverage of garbage. Do some real reporting.

The latest salvo in the Palin cultural war is Obama’s remarks, “a pig with lipstick”

McCain is ‘offended” by Obama’s remark “pig with lipstick.” albeit it’s an apt all of MeCain’s claims to be an agent of change. He claims Obama is attacking a helpless woman, Sarah Palin and demands an immediate apology.

Before Obama apologizes, we need to examine Sarah Palin’s economic agenda.

A good place to start is Michael Kinsey’s article “Alaskonomics” available at Time.CNN.

Here are some facts and figures I’d like to share.
1. Sarah Palin was perfectly willing to accept the Bridge to nowhere until it became a political liability. Although she said “No thank you.” she kept the money.

2. Alaska levies a 75% profit sharing tax on every barrel of oil that leaves the state. As a result every Alaskan gets $2,000 a year in subsidies, plus a $ 1,200 subsidy to off-set the high cost of fuel.(An off-set that McCain opposes for the lower 48). All of these benefits are subsidized at the pump by the folks in the lower 48. The higher the price of oil, the more oil revenues for Alaska, so don’t count on oil prices going down any time soon.

3. In addition, Kinsey cites figures from the Tax Foundation. According to this organization Alaska is first in federal spending. Alaskans pay an average of $ 5,434 per resident in federal taxes. They get a return of $13,950 per resident. Not bad math.

4. Palin attacks Obama for earmark requestions. According to a press release by Sarah Kruger (September 8, 2008), in 2007 Obama asked for $311 million dollars in earmarks, that’s about $ 25 for every Illinois resident. He hasn’t asked for any this year. However, this year Palin ask for $ 198 million dollars in earmarks, that amounts to $ 295 per resident. In other words a resident in of Wasillia Alaska gets nearly 12 times the amount of federal earmarks than a resident of Chicago.

With a pay off like this, it no wonder that Palin hates Obama with a passion.

This causes me to wonder what Palin puts first, American or Alaska.

Be rest assured, regardless of his posturing on earmarks, McCain will find a way to fork over billions of dollars to Alaska, enabling the Alaskans to pick up their checks in a brand new Cadillac, or perhaps a gas-guzzling Hummer. (The possibilities of patronage and corruption are rampant.) No wonder Dick Cheney endorses Palin as vice president.

Basically, while putting up a smoke screen, it seems to me that McCain is calling all the hogs to the feeding trough, particularly hogs from Alaska.

So what else can I say.When we are talking about “pigs with lipstick” – maybe the shoe fits.

When I heard about Palin being selected, I could not believe it! Being a long time member of the organization I respect the most, I was just waiting when their video of the aerial shooting of the Alaskan wolves emerge. AND IT DID! Speaking strictly from the humanistic point of view, how can anybody face herself/himself in the mirror voting for the individual like her. She comes from an uneducated, narrow mind set, no class, no intellect. People, please look beyond the pretty glasses and concentrate on the real issues. There is so much she stands against, ignoring the women’s issues and environment. She does not believe in global warming? Does she need some basis courses? We could point her at the righ direction…… WAKE UP EVERYBODY!

Did everyone mis that she referd to soccer moms as female dogs. Not even the comedy news like daily or colbert piced it up,and misconstruding things is just what they do.
Realy though, Bush/palin 2008 WOOOO!

Why is the media not taking the Republicans to task for such a blatant manipulation of Obama’s comments? Instead of saying “that’s not what he said”, you are giving credence to the malicious claim and phony outrage by allowing every Republican surrogate you can find to come on and take Obama to task for something HE DID NOT SAY! Forget “keeping THEM honest’ ; what about some integrity in what you’re reporting?

Who is the real Palin?

TROOPER GATE–$95,000 that the taxpayers in her state is paying for her defense.

TAXPAYERS–paid for trips and home plus rides to and back to school for her kids.

ALASKA’S GOVERNMENT CORRUPTIONS from the GOVENOR to the U.S. SENATE.
Oct. 22, 2008 Sarah Palin approve of the bridge to nowhere.
Oct 29, 2006 Palin said on her campiagn add she welcome the bridge again.
when congress stop the money for the bridge Palin kept the

TAXPAYERS money and used it for her state instead of giving it back to the GOVERNMENT.
McCain/Palin have lobbyist working in their campaign as staff from the FANNIE MEA AND FREDDIE MAC.

The LIBRARY of her home state Palin wanted some books removed she didn’t agreed. Even FIRED THE LIBRARIAN!

Even the group HEART doesn’t want the McCain people to use their song”BARRACUDA”, because the group feels that Sarah Palin dosen’t represent the views as AMERICAN WOMEN.

I am concerned that the lack of push back by the media when they are clearly being manipulated and intiminated at a time when such reporting is as important as our Constitution. If the media fail at thier job, we all might get what we deserve for being complacement for so long. We need the media now more than ever to uncover the truth. Don’t let fear be your guide.

Palins speech at the repub convention was corny, dry, and boring. Barack Obama is genuinely exciting and inspiring, undeniably smart and thoughtful. And despite the GOP’s best efforts to make “community organizer” sound like “communist agitator,” he’s dedicated himself to public service and public policy since leaving law school and forgoing a corporate firm salary. He’s brought millions of voters into the process who would other check out.

Morning Anderson, personally I’m sick of hearing about Palin, the media has makes her sound like she’s a Saint. I’m sick of hearing about her. These candidates should be concerned about the real issues, like our economy, the Iraq war and global warming. To everyone that reads this please say a prayer for the folks here in Texas; it looks as if Ike could be pretty devastating for our great state. Anderson, are you coming to Texas? If you are, please be careful.