I do not relate at all to Palin. She is inexperienced, unprofessional, and will take women back to the stone ages.

How Palin rates as a good mother is completely ridiculous and hypocritical, she never picks up her new born, teen age un-wed daughter pregnant, and her disturbing megalomaniac love affair with herself. We don’t call that good parenting in the USA. I don’t want my child relating to Sarah Palin, EVER! She doesn’t represent any form of mainstream America and never will.
P.S. Gun happy, slang talking, backward hillbilly is not USA’s idea of a Mother…

I can’t relate to Sarah Palin on any level. I was a supporter of Hillary, not just because she is a woman, but because she is tough, smart, and saavy to the ways of Washington. I could probably carry on a conversation with Gov. Palin, like one of the girls, but I believe the Vice President of the US should be a lot smarter than I am and it does not appear as though that is the case with Gov. Palin.

No, I cannot relate in a positive way to Sarah Palin. I have listened to Palin and it hasn’t taken me long to come to know she is not the type of person I want representing me and this Country. Since Hillary was not the nominee, after considering both sides, Republicans & Democrats, I have decided that Obama/Biden is the only way to go. The way John McCain and Palin have eluded the issues and spread hate towards Obama it should be criminal, if it isn’t. It is my main concern that McCain/Palin are going to get Obama hurt if someone in the Republican party doesn’t stand up and tell McCain/Palin to get to the issues and leave the hate behind. The McCain/Palin campaign is the most untrue, hateful campaign I have seen in forty-three years.
Janice.

It’s so nice that these women have found someone who has the same set of values on the issues that they do; but do they think they are qualified to be the next president for our country. I wish they would look at the whole picture and not just their little world.

I am proud to say that I do not relate to Palin – I have a brain. Palin is a power-crazed moron. She is inciting lunatics at her rallies to threaten Obama’s life and does nothing to stop them. “Golly, ya betcha I wanna kill em too”. Yes, she is certainly the example of a loving mother.

She has some nerve asking who is Barack Obama when she has been around for “5 weeks” and no one is allowed to question her background.

What is this odd church she belongs to? Ceremonies to protect her from witchcraft – They believe we are in the end-of-days – “Joe Six-pack” is actually her husband, who was arrested on a DUI – Abuse of power allegations – Why does she use private email accounts for official business – Why is the husband (another moron) involved in State business? – Why is there no birth record for this poor infant that she slings around like a campaign button? – She is obviously racist and anti-semitic – She does not believe in science (global warming, etc) – Not to mention her backwards thinking anti-women, anti-environmental views.

Oops, sorry. Those are mean, sexist, gotcha journalism, none-of-our-business questions that we are not allowed to ask.

What do I think? I think… do these women? I too am prolife and wish we could provide girls with EFFECTIVE sex education, and bring abortions down to zero, but as prolife I also believe war should be the last alternative and only if it is done to protect one’s country or the rights of greater humanity… did the Iraq war pass that test? No. Did Afghanistan? I say yes. Would World War 3 be a good thing, NO NO NO and Palin and McCain with their bomb bomb bomb Iran and talk of others as axis of evil cartoons, and their serving the profits of the rich who profiteer off of war, do I think they are prolife.. NO. Do I think shooting wolves out of planes and moose as a child for sport, show prolife in someone’s heart where it counts, I say NO. Do I think viscously lying to defame a person based on their being loosely associated with a reformed radical that the government, university employing him and town and community he lives in, even the staunch republicans who fund the charity board they are on, does trying to destroy and lable someone a terrorist and inciting a crowd to have one yell kill him, when it is a man like Obama who has lived a good clean life searching for knowledge and truth and love and being forgiving and kind and helpful to people, is that what I expect a good Christian to do to him.. NO… Sarah Palin is the biggest hypocrite phoney power hungry egomaniac that in my opinion is no good for any woman.. ask the librarian she tried to ruthlessly fire for doing her job, or her opponent for Mayors wife who she dragged through the mud because she, heaven forbid, kept her maiden name…. These women are in laylay land, so they can down their cocktails, or psychotropic drugs, or brainwashing for the uninformed and drink the Sarah Palin coolaid… I don’t relate to them and they embarass me as a woman quite frankly!

They’re pretty much like her because she is a Alaska redneck and she also incite riots.

Same way as some people will not vote for Obama or only vote for Obama, there are women who would support Palin regardless. But the woman who knows that McCain voted against equal pay for women many times I doubt will support their ticket. Women who believe in their right to choose, I doubt will support the republican ticket especially Sarah Palin. Also, women are concern about pocket book issues, If I am not wrong, polls are showing that they are moving away from Republican ticket.

Not a chance! I’m not a “soccer-mom” married to a “joe six-pack”. I’m a college drop-out returning to school to finish my education & find a respectable place in in this world. When Palin was announced as McCain’s VP pick I, like everyone else, was excited to learn about this intriguing female politician. I watched her first network interview with Charles Gibson & by the end of it I was confused. Palin didn’t seem to have strong answers & started her infamous trend of filibustering. Then, of course, were the even more infamous interviews with Couric. Moreover, Palin hasn’t done enough interviews as most political figures running for office normally would. Then McCain “suspends” his campaign leaving questions as to why Palin can’t be trusted to handle the campaign. Bottom line: American’s need reassurance and we need to restore our reputation as a great leading nation. These past eight years have been a disaster and we can’t afford anymore incompetent leaders. Don’t get me wrong, I actually like Palin , but she’s more of a great small-town, local, politician. McCain should have done more vetting when selecting his running mate & Palin is irresponsible for accepting the VP position which she is extremely unqualified to fill. There is no chance I would trust her folksy, cute, clueless perspective to lead our nation. McCain almost had my vote, but has sealed one for Barack Obama.

Sure I can relate to Sarah the way these women do. But can I vote to put her in a position that’s a heart beat away from the presidency? Heavens no!

I cannot relate to Sarah Palin in any way shape or form – I do not support anything she stands for – she has done nothing for the cause of women breaking through the glass ceiling

Palin is small town and small minded – she is divisive – her disdain for knowledge and the world around her is palpable

The venom she spews at her rallies does not speak for me – she is a ntional disgrace

I don’t hate her – I simply don’t agree with her – she is unqualified to be on a national ticket and her record speaks for itself

I am a former hockey mom who lived in Alaska for a few years. Granted, I have not been a mayor or a governor. However, I am a registered nurse and know how to budget. I don’t understand how anyone who promotes family values can support the Palin/McCain
ticket. What about her small special needs son? This is the prime bonding time between infant and mother. I would think that a special needs child would require even more bonding. Who is taking care of him while Sarahcuda is out campaigning? And what about her pregnant teenage daughter? This is a time when she will need her mother more than ever. How can Ms. Palin possibly give her the support she needs? I don’t understand how anyone can even remotely believe that she is ready to run this country, my country, if God forbid, something should happen to Senator McCain.

I live in Florida. I am a Christian. I am a woman. I couldn’t be less supportive of Palin’s candidacy.

I am appalled by Sarah Palin’s lack of credentials, and more importantly by her general lack of knowledge on foreign and domestic issues and her inability to articulate the positions and proposed policies of her ticket.

She is all style and no substance, and her recent forays into attack politics combined with her failure to cooperate with the ethics investigation in her home state says to me that this is a dangerous person that I most definitely don’t want representing me or my country.

I think that it is awful the way Palin has turned this presidential race so ugly. How can these so-called “deeply religious” women support someone who is so filled with hate?

All she does is rant and rave her hatred of everything, and stir up an impressionable crowd to the point where they could become a dangerous mob. What is wrong with her?

McCain is an idiot. He could have chosen a competent woman, but instead chose this incompetent, dishonest, ignorant, narrowminded, religious fanatic. I have nothing against religion. What I am against are people like Sarah Palin that have the same exact views as terrorist leaders. They believe that the ENTIRE country should abide by their own religious rules. This is wrong and this is exactly why Religion and State must be kept separate. Palin’s experience has shown her incompetence. Building an ice rink on land that did not belong to the city, and ended up costing much more than she estimated because of this legal problem. Building the road to nowhere costing millions. Lying about her position of the bridge to nowhere. Troopergate remains to be seen, but any honest person would not dodge a subpoena and demand that her employees and husband also dodge their subpoenas. The troopergate investigation was initiated by a Republican and before Palin was chosen as McCain’s running mate.

There is a reason Palin’s approval rating is so low. Palin is completely underqualified for the job. Even many Republicans admit this. But I think that Palin’s extremeist views just add insult to injury. Unfortunately there will always be ignorant, narrowminded people that will vote for someone like Palin ONLY because they share her twisted views, and not at all because of her qualifications.

Absolutely not! I can not relate to these women. I am pro-choice, I am for embryonic stem cell research, I do not feel ,as they do, that it is my place to force religion into someone’s life-it is a personal decision— I am not afraid of science and progress. I embrace it. They are so limited by what the Bible says to them. Of course, I think that so much of the Bible is taken out of context and not viewed for what it was meant to be. If these hardcore religious women really studied the life of Jesus, they would realize that he would have been on my side of the aisle. I honestly believe that if Jesus came back to today and saw all that was being done in his name, he would never stop puking.

Aside from the religion issue, I think they are snowed by Palin’s narcissism. She is great at making people think she is just an ordinary “good ole girl”, wonderful mom….Dig a little deeper and you see what is underneath Palin’s facade. I pose one question to the Moms for Palin– If she cares so much and is such a wonderful mom, then why in the world did she focus the national spotlight on two of her children who are struggling with some very personal issues? Palin understands the personal scrutiny in the political arena and to choose this VP path, knowing that it would focus negative attention on her children is just unfathomable. Personally, I think she used the children and their issues for her political gain ,but that’s just my opinion.

I do not agree. Sarah Palin is a disgrace to women. She is used to getting her way with flirtations and jokes that are unprofessional and have been a detriment to working women. It will be harder to be taken seriously as a woman at work since she has blatantly flirted, winked and acted “cutesy” to get ahead and deal with matters and issues.

As far as her son with down syndrome and supporting their children that get pregnant young – big whoop – parents have been doing it for ages and no body has seen them as brave or noble. Sarah Palin is not special in the least way.

She embarrasses me as a woman.

I can not relate to Sarah Palin on all of the social issues, but as a small business owner I understand what it takes to juggle the great demands of running a business as well as the greater demands of having a family.

Since Gov. Palin indicated she had placed Alaska’s budget online, I found her fiscal plan quite realistic. Her fiscal plan is based on 3 principes — saving for the future, living within our means and controlling government spending and ramping up resource development. Her fiscal plan focuses on investment in core services and constitutionally mandated state responsibilities.

Aren’t those the same goals we should have in our federal government? I am so tired of our current Congress and executive administration who just throw money at a problem without considering the objectives and having a stable plan not only for now but for our future. Those are my reasons for relating to Sarah Palin.

I have about as much in common with Sarah Palin as the man in the moon. She could be living on another planet as far as I am concerned.

I find her calculating, cunning and ambitious but sorely lacking in basic intelligence and analytical skills and reasoning. She is ignorant, pure and simple. Her views on abortion are repugnant to me. The very idea that this woman thinks that abortion should be banned even in the case of rape or incest, shows her blatant insensitivity and callousness. Her belief in creationism and rejection of scientific fact is another reason for me to disrespect her.

I have nothing in common with her, except the same chromosome. Yes, I borrowed that one from the estimable Gloria Steinem. But it is quite true. She has become a hatchet woman in this campaign, willing to do McCain’s dirtiest work. I honestly don’t know how she sleeps at night, but people who are as blindly steeped in religion as she is, seem to have no qualms about anything they do or say. After all, they can always fall back on the copout that this is “God’s work” or it’s their faith or morals. Anything to justify the vilest of attacks on a good and decent man like Barack Obama.

I am embarrassed and disgusted by Sarah Palin. It is my sincere hope that after the election and what I pray is a resounding defeat for the Republicans, she will go back to Alaska and take a long walk on the road to nowhere.

I don’t relate to Governor Palin. Her winks and sarcasm turn me off. She is feigning expertise she doesn’t have and pushing herself into a position that is way over her head. Her unscripted interviews show how little she knows about the world she lives in. Her views are narrow minded and dogmatic, she fires and replaces anyone who doesn’t agree with those views, she tried to ban books from the library as one example. Her religious views are extreme right in my view, telling parishoners we are fighting God’s war in Iraq and to pray for a $30 billion pipeline but their hearts have to be pure or they wont’ get one, her pastor laying on hands and praying over her making her the governor, please. She claims to be pro life but has no problem authorizing the shooting of animals from helicopters and pulling baby wolves from their dens and shooting them in the head. Alaska is a large wilderness and surely there are more humane ways to separate the population. Trying to save the caribou for what purpose, so that she and her friends can shoot them? And the hatred she is spewing at the campaign stops, saying Obama doesn’t like his counry and is palling around with terrorists is making those supporters think Obama is a terrorist himself. They call him terrorist and shout out kill him from the audience. She is helping to put his life in danger trying to win an election. The Republicans sound like a terrorist organization, inciting people to riot. She doesn’t have a brain in her head. No, I don’t like Palin at all.

No, I can’t relate to Sarah Palin the way these women do. Although I believe it’s commendable that Palin would follow through on having her down’s syndrome child and her daughter chose life instead of abortion (I would hope I would have influence on my daughters to do the same), I do not believe that we as a society should have a say what other women do. It is their choice. We (Sarah and I) fundamentally disagree over this so therefore there is no relation. I do not agree with her on global warming. We as a global society have a direct affect on the gases, emissions, etc… released into the air. We have more cars on the roads not just here but China, Korea, Russia, etc…..Fundamentally disagree. Also, I happen to think the VicePresident of the United States should be able to speak intelligent. She has a journalism degree for crying out loud. What’s with the “lingo” she’s using. That is so unprofessional. My two cents.

It is my impression that the only qualification, any more, for being a feminist is if you are “pro-choice”. It is my impression that a women’s success in the public arena will have to include being “pro-choice” or you become disqualified for any accolades. Who narrowed the definition? Where is the support for a woman being successful simply because? Why the agressive hate? I don’t know any person that could keep a “fan base” after these weeks of derogatory articles and negative media programs. It certainly has been a black eye against the American women. Much of the media has appeared to be sexist in their attack on Sarah Palin.

Put me into the camp who can’t stand Sarah Palin.

I find the fact that she put her daughter’s pregnancy in the world-wide spotlight unforgivable. That poor girl has a tough enough road ahead of her as a teenage mother without being submitted to public scrutiny. Any rumors about her son’s parentage could have been stopped by having her health records or the baby’s birth certificate made available. Why drag her daughter into it further?

Having worked with special needs children for 17 years now, I know how much time and energy it takes to get them the services they need. Being the Vice President of the United States of America is more than just being a “working mom” who can multi-task. That baby deserves to have her full attention and presence in his life. She needs to be available to work with the therapists he’ll be working with in the next few years.

Her refusal to admit that she was unprepared for her first tv interviews is just dishonest. Of course she was successful on the later fox interviews…she had had time to prepare to answer questions asked previously. National leaders don’t get “do-overs” on the world stage.

Her “folksy” talk and all the winks turn me off. When she just speaks on the issues, the nasal twang and “cuteness” disappears and she actually comes across as intelligent. Why reduce yourself to being “cute” rather than show people you might actually know what you’re talking about.

The mud-slinging innuendos have been the final straw for me, and the fact that she delivers many of them with a coy little smile reminds me of the “mean girls” in high school who smiled as they stabbed people in the back. Tell the voters facts on the issues and let us decide who to vote for.

I would love to have a woman in the white house someday…just not one like Sarah Palin.

I can’t relate to Sarah Palin. I’m too intelligent, too inclusive, devote myself to empowering people, not judging and condemning them. We are the United States and the conservative right seems to put its energy into creating the Divided States.

There is no way I can relate to Sara P. If I ever stood up before a group winked and referred to a class of men as JOE 6 PACK, I would not need to be told to clean out my desk, I would have already done so and considered this address as my swam song. Since she takes a large leap with many facts, I would not consider her really a deeply
religious person, most people that I know that are very religious would
never take such liberties they honestly try to live a life as pure as
humanly possible.

As a patriot Palin Scares me to death. As an environmentalist she is even more appalling and as a humanitarian and even as a supporter of hunters and fisherman everywhere, myself included, I would like to suggest we all get together quickly! I would like to see all of get together and dress Sarah Palin in a wolf costume for Halloween and turn her loose in Alaska! I think it would be what is best for our great nation!

I grew up poor and and no way could I relate to S. Palin. I have read a great deal about her record in Alaska which was presented falsly from the start. She did not sell the plane on e-bay, she did accept earmarks (road to nowhere) her husband was and may still be in a group wanting to separate Alaska and make it independent from the US. She was for the bridge and if she did not like it why didn’t she send the money back. Does Mc Cain and Palin think people cannot check facts. She wants to take women’s rights away and if she could, she would control the reading material in libraries. I grew up the hard way and I can spot a phoney in a minute and she is a big one.

It’s truly a matter of character and integrity. This woman has introduced herself to America with a barrage of negative attacks, lies, deception and happens to be under investigation for abuse of power.

The most disgusting aspect of this lady is her claims of christianity and has so far behaved in the most anti-God ways. No tolerance, no compassion, no kindness… nothing closely in line with the qualities of Christ.

This woman is a fraud and should be labeled as such.

If choosing the likes of Sarah Palin as his VP runningmate is an indication of and introduction to John McCain’s so-called executive panache, I would shudder at the mere thought of it. Honestly, it is the ultimate affront not only to American women, but to all Americans period!

Palin, in her seemingly lame attempts at imitations of Goldie Hawn or Lucille Ball’s classic comedic antics by acting cutesie, dizzy, and folksy–actually comes out instead as condescending, sarcastic, pugnacious, and yes–even clueless and ignorant. A preschooler could tell us his favorite toy in a split second, the same way that a grade school kid could quickly divulge what stuff he or she reads. Why can’t Palin?

Sorry, but Sarah Palin is not the embodiment of the effective, innovative and astute 21st century American woman. I would be very wary of a potential national leader who refuses a press conference or an ambush interview without a script and preconditions.

Do I and the rest of America want a Vice Pres. Palin to replace a Pres. McCain in a heartbeat should the inevitable happen?

Come on now; do you seriously want Private Benjamin or Lucy Ricardo to be vice president or worse–president of the United States of America?

Certainly, I can relate to Sarah Palin as a person, as a woman and as a mother. She is gritty and likeable – the same characterisitcs of many of my closest friends. Those characteristics alone are not sufficient to qualify anyone to be the Vice president of the United States.

Like so many of my peers, Sarah Palin was the deal-breaker for any further consideration of John McCain as a candidate. The stakes here are just too high.

In these turbulent times, we need qualities like calm, reason, and deliberation in the leadership of our country.

That is why so many former Republican women like me are now carrying the the banner that reads, “This One is for THAT One.”

I have a hard time understading why anyone could relate to a pathalogical liar. Just about every word that comes out of her mouth is a lie. She isn’t very smart either. She had weeks to actually learn something before her debate and all she could do was recite memorized talking points. She was above answering the questions. She is above the law with the Troopergate investigation. She doesn’t keep her word because at the beginning of Troopergate she said she welcomed the investigation and she had nothing to hide. Two days after being tapped for VP running mate that changed. She isn’t really part of the campaign, she is just the mouthpiece of negativity for McCain. She wasn’t consulted on the campaign pulling out of Michigan…she read it in the paper. So they are using her to do their dirty work. If she was really smart, she would tell the campaign what she will say and where they should go because she is pulling the crowds in. So she has some power but she isn’t smart enough to use it. Instead her numbers are dropping in Alaska because they are seeing Palin more clearly now and they don’t like what they see. She does a few interviews and because she has no grasp of the issuses she blames the media. She is an embarassment to women. She is a puppet for a man who has no respect for women. If he had respect for women he would not vote against equal pay for equal work for women. And his reasoning for voting this way is because women need more training and education. McCain uses both Palin and Cindy to do the dirty work because he hasn’t the guts to do it himself to Obama’s face. He even has his wife spout half truths. He is a dispicable desperate shell of a man. Palin is guilty by association…but oh then I forgot they are soul mates. Hard to understand why anyone would be a fan of either one of them. After CIndy’s performance yesterday she has proved that she doesn’t have the class to be a great first lady.

Hello,

I am a woman, however, I cannot relate to Sarah Palin. Here are a few reasons why:
Her campaign speaks of nothing but hate and division. She allows people to yell racial slurs and “off with his head” while she is speaking at RP rallies. She talks about the character of Obama and how he can’t be trusted when she charged the taxpayers of Alaska for the travels of her and her family to their home.
She winks at the American people while we are facing one of the worse economic crisis since the Great Depression. She is next in line for President for a man that is CLEARLY ill and over the age to serve a full term in office.

In fact, the mere thought of Sarah Palin in office frightens me.

She will put America and women back 50 years because she has proven that she is a good study for short term learning, but she has definately used her looks to get ahead. What other reason would a potential VP have to wink into the camera at a IMPORTANT debate on the issues unless you were trying to sway the male voters who have repeatedly said how “hot” she is!?
How is she qualified? Did you hear some of the questions she was asking when meeting with heads of state at the UN? How many grandchilddren do your have? WHAT???!!!
America has to be asleep at the wheel if they think that she is VP material. I understand the RP’s reasoning behind her, this Dan Quayle of our time. Just pretty window dressing to get your mind off of how BAD it really is out there. SHE IS NO HILLARY -not even CLOSE! Compare the two, line for line Hillary comes out on top.

It’s the ECONOMY STUPID-WAKE UP AMERICA!!

i am a woman that voted for hillary clinton. there are so many reasons i would not vote for gov palin. but there are also many reasons i would vote the obama/biden ticket. i consider myself a liberal, i am pro choice
i support social security and do not want to see it privitized. also, as a union worker, i feel the democrats support the union and it workers more than the gop ever would

Brilliant? Hardly!
Sarah is an insult to our intelligence. I cannot understand, why anyone would believe her.
She makes Paris Hilton, look like a member of MENSA.
When I hear her, inciting comments, to “kill” Barack Obama, I cannot help but wonder, if she knows, there are nuts in this world, who cannot tell right from wrong.
There is a video of a PREGNANT Sarah Palin, with her pastor, praying for power.
Becareful what you wish for, you may get it.
I know, most moms would have prayed for a healthy baby.
That mojo moment, spoke volumes for me! It show where her priorities lie.
I think, she reached. the level of her incompetence, when she was president of the PTA!
Ask her a question, about anything, with substance and she looks like a deer, caught in her own gun-site!
She has no more business running for vice president, than George Bush had, running for president!
Obama, O’ Biden, 08

Sarah Palin may look hot in some lingerie, and your husbands may fantasize about her.

She is not the one who should be second in command of the United States of America.

It is my understanding that a Conservative, according to Merriam-Webster is; “tending or disposed to maintain existing views, conditions, or institutions.” I was under the impression that Conservatives believe women represent “hearth & home.” If Sarah Palin is a Conservative as she seems to promote herself to be, how can she possibly justify leaving her special needs child, who in my opinion, will require much more attention and care. It seems Governor Palin is a Conservative when it suits her. It’s too bad she give the appearance of using her children and especially her special needs child for photo ops for the press. I have rarely seen her hold the baby unless a chance to get some press exposure in doing so. So very sad. She is no way prepared to be VP of the USA and DEFINITELY not prepared to be President.

“Red-neck” mentality is prevalent among the masses as they are usually less educated and don’t have the intellectual capability nor the courage to keep well informed and then, draw their own conclusions. Unless they are equipped with a strong character, right or wrong, they will follow the loudest shouter.

I dislike her intensely. Her voice grates on my nerves, her winking is cheesy and she talks like a young teenager. I really don’t like someone who smiles and laughs when being mean. Every high school girl has met that type. Fine if you’re a part of the clique but the rest are to be ridiculed.

I’ve known a lot of amazing women in my life.. not one has called themselves a maverick or for that matter ever talked about how great they were…. hey Sarah, just saying something doesn’t make it so… I can only hope Sarah Palin becomes an answer in a trivial pursuit game and that the last I hear of her.

Palin is lower than a mean joke. She is evil spirited, she is heartless, and an awful mother. If her daughter was black Palin would be considered the mother of a young slut.

Then there is her attacking. If she is a Christian as she confesses why doesn’t she believe God forgives Ayers and only God should judge him. Is Obama being a good Christian by not judging the man.

Women who support Palin must be awful mothers and women. I have two very educated daughters, they have worked hard to be qualified for their careers, where Palin is just being used. Believe me, under all circumstances one knows what they read, they know what’s going on in the courts.

I could go on and on but a male or female VP should be more than a friend. They should be more than an average Joe-Six_Pack. They should be professional, smart, have vision. They should be someone young women can look up to and also have a global appeal. Only women with a clue of this global world would feel Palin can go anywhere outside the US and be taken seriously.

Mc Cain’s negative attacks on Obama are not helping him nor the Republican party. He has a right to question things but not at the same time rile up people to a dangerous frenzy. He should stand up and state his policies so people can decide for themselves what they believe. His idea on the buying up of houses was not his idea but Hillary Clinton’s and he is taking credit for thinking of it. Sometimes I think he doesn’t realize that people have computers and can check facts anytime. He is also stating exaggerated and false statements regarding Obama and people can check this also as I have and can see what he is saying is not true. He also voted against money for the soldiers and he forgets that. MCCain stop hiding behind your wife and Palin’s skirts and be a man. This is an election someone wins and someone loses.

Um, no. Not in any sense of the word do I relate to Governor Palin.

She scares the HECK out of me. She is righteous and other peoples opinions and rights do not matter to her if they do not suit her. In fact other people do not matter to her if you are in her way. & i strongly believe that goes for her kids too!

Less than a month to go to not have to hear Palin’s rants…when she goes down in defeat the Replublicans will throw her under the bus and realize that she helped lead to the defeat and we hopefully will not have not have to hear about a Palin 2012 campaign.

She has shown us how impressionable part of our population is. Yes she has been something different and you can understand the fascination “she is like me’ a mom and also an attractive woman who seems to be powerful.

But when I wacth her on screen I can not stop thinking of the that part in Sleeping Beauty when the ugly witch appears in the mirror….

I would like to know more about palin and her husband affilation with the aip separatist group in alaska. this is a big concern for the american voter if this woman is going to be one heart beat away from the presidency. she and her husband need to amswer some questions about their views about alaska suceeding from the u.s. this group is very dangerous if they feel hate for the u.s.

YES. I relate to Sarah Palin. She is exactly the VP that we need. A strong partner to President McCain.

Smart, honest, patriotic, pro-life woman! She’s more than ready to lead.

Another bonus: she is not friends with a terrorist who bombed the Pentagon.

OBAMA’S “CHANGE”? Take a look at what Fidel did to Cuba and how he “changed” it. Is that how you want to live in the USA????

GO MCCAIN and PALIN! I’M VOTING FOR EXPERIENCE AND INTEGRITY!

For all of you who think she doesn’t have the experience to be President, why don’t you think the same of Senator Obama? He has NO, NADA, ZILCH Executive exerience,only associations with questionable individuals (such as Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, the ACORN organization, Kenyan radicals, and who knows who else – he won’t release any of his records from his college years. I’m concerned and worried. God Bless America!!

I think Palin is wonderful. I would be proud as a women to have her as the Vice President of the United States. I also love Cindy McCain. She displays alot of class and will make a ideal 1st Lady. She has done so much work for the underprivileged all over the world.

John MCCain said it best when he announced that “the American people love her”. I don’t want a Vice President or President that is enamored by our country. I want someone who is respected, admired and will bring our nation together.

She is an embarrassment to all women. As I got to know her I lost all respect. Now I am terrified. The hate that she spews at her rallys is truely terrifying. If for her alone, vote no to McCain

I don’t know where you found all these negative comments about Sarah Palin. If you take any cross section of Americans, you will find at least a 60/40 split.

Or do you eliminate all the comments in her favor? We’ll see if this gets posted or not.

Barak Hussein Obama is a Socialist/Marxist/Communist running for the New Party out of Chicago. Look it up!

I would rather have a Hockey Mom in the white house than someone who hates everything this country stands for — like the Constitution!!!

Wake up people. Do your own homework — don’t rely on CNN

We don’t need to “relate” to our political leaders. First and foremost, we need political leaders who understand government and politics *better* than us. While Palin is certainly likable to many, she is inexperienced, unfamiliar with foreign policy and national issues and focused too closely on the niche issues of the religious right. Yes, people should vote according to their values, but abortion is not the number one problem plaguing our country right now. Issues such as education, foreign policy, the economy, health care, etc. are vastly more important, and in these areas Palin is inexperienced and will take our country in the wrong direction.

What is Randi Kaye talking about? How can this journalist state that women can relate to Palin? Other than the fact that Palin is a woman and a Mother, but other than that how can they relate? Palin doesn’t have to worry about health care, have to worry about house mortgages, have to worry about the cost of school expenses. so how does she relate to the average woman. To assume her gender is the evidence of how Palin relates to women is an insult to women everywhere.

I can relate to Sarah Palin because I am a mother and a woman… and so is she. That is where the connection begins and ends.
I cannot relate to her on any political or philosophical level. I disagree with her on almost every major issue from the environment to Equal-Pay-for-Women legislation.
Have her over for a dinner party? Sure. Send her to a foreign country as a representative of the USA? No way!
When it comes to who can best run the country, I don’t need to see myself reflected in the candidates’ faces. In fact, I DON’T WANT my president or VP to be “just like me”. I don’t want a hockey mom or Joe Six pack. I want someone better than the local yokel getting drunk and shooting off his mouth in our town bar!
Yes, I think the President and VP should be elite, educated, cultured, traveled and highly intellectual. Why should I trust my precious freedoms and the future of my children to someone who is no smarter than I am? Or worse: someone who might be dumber than I am?
My problem with Palin is not that she’s from a small town and has not traveled all over the world or that she doesn’t have all the answers to tough questions. My issue is that she has never really put any deep thought into the questions at all.
She an McCain don’t stop and think; they react. They don’t have the slightest curiosity or insight to try and figure out problems, and they act like that is a good thing. “I don’t care about the cause. I care about fixing the problem.” Huh? They are so lacking in self awareness that it’s scary.
“More of the same” is not just a slogan to me. They have the George W Bush-like qualities of anti-intellectualism, fear of logic, disdain for thoughtfulness. When a person never contemplates their mistakes or tries to uncover the causes of problems, they are doomed to repeat them over and over.
Palin lists her “readiness and confidence” as qualifications for the VP position. Confidence combined with ignorance is a deadly combination. And I for one don’t find it comforting that the nuclear codes could be in the hands of a pit bull in lipstick who doesn’t blink. (shudder)

It would be an embarrasement to announce that I had even the slightest bit of respect for Sarah Palin. I listened to Michelle Obama last night and also flipped to Sarah Palin at one account, and I could not believe the difference in the professionalism. Listening to Michelle was a learning experience, but Palin was discusting. She should not be allowed to talk on national televison let alone run for VP of the country. Our children should not listen to the hate and sarcasm that comes out of her mouth. She is a deceitful women and will damage anyone and anything in her way to get on top of her soap box. When the truth comes out on Troopergate, she may fall flat on her face..and that is excatly where she belongs for being so arrogant and stupid.She will put women back 20 years if she gets close to the button.. Is that what the American Women Want.? As a Canadian Women I feel very sorry for the women of America if they put her in control of their future.

Wow, there are some really angry women answering this question. WOW. I think Palin is awesome. It appears that people are holding it against her that she is intelligent and isn’t hard on the eyes. I don’t agree with everything she says but I must say, if she can accomplish a fraction of what she did for the economics in Alaska at the White House, it would be a heck of alot better than most. Clinton while at the helm, was too busy with Monica which helped fuel the monster that hit us after Bush went into office. I don’t agree with the Wolf issue. Never would. I think if Obama becomes president, we will see the rising of the Anti-Christ..we would be in a huge civil war in our country for so many reasons. His dubious ties, his pantering, his hatred for America (yeah, I can see thru the smoking mirrors and my ears can hear beyond the double speak). We need CHANGE but not from someone who is hellbent of destroying what my father, uncles, grandfathers, nephews, brother all went to the various wars to PROTECT!! I can relate to her much more than I can relate to Obama or Biden.

I fully support Sarah. She is all-American without a Muslim background. Why do you think Obama wouldn’t support our troops.
WAKE UP AMERICA

Can’t even come close to relating to her. Since her VP nomination, we here in Alaska have found out more then our local papers were reporting. She uses private email to avoid Freedom of Information requests. She’s charging the State $ to stay in her own bed.

She can’t blink! Ambition without Thought.

I agree with every comment in this article. There is no need to add any more–the women have said it all. Sarah Palin is NOT QUALIFIED for the position of VP and/or President–God Forbid.

What a disgrace in this political race to have someone like her spewing hatred and revenge for the world to hear. This is frightening to think what could happen, given the people who are supporting her.

I pray that we have enough intellingent people who realize she was the wrong choice and support Obama–he has class, intelligence and cares about where his country is going.. Lastly he as a wife who is equally classy and will be a respectatable First Lady.

AC, just wondering if you’ve met with any non-Christian but pro-Palin groups of women, Christian anti-Palin groups, or any women’s groups that are anti-Palin? I think you heard a very distinctive voice in that group of women and they most likely do not represent the majority of female voters.

I recommend any woman considering voting for McCain because of his running mate read “Your Whiteness is Showing” by Tim Wise. In essence, he says that if you vote for Sarah Palin’s ticket because she is a woman, then you’re a racist, because a vote for Obama/Biden is a much more pro-woman vote than McCain/Palin could ever hope of being.

Beautiful, Beautiful I tell you!! I didn’t read were anyone of them said she has the ability to be VP or Pres., relating is one thing. Hockey mom, mother of however many, conservative, etc. NOT ONE of them spoke about her qualifications for the 2nd highest office in the free world.

I love my mom DEARLY but I don’t want my mom as VP if she isn’t qualified for the job. HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HERE BEING A WOMAN!!

The question “can you relate to her” is just ridiculous…. She’s not running for the office of your best friend, she’s running for Vice President. What would make someone a good pal and what makes him or her fit for office are TOTALLY different. The ignorance of conflating the two just goes to show how stuck American’s are on cult of personality, rather than focusing on policy or character.

Well, I am deeply religious…Jesus is the center of my life…and I don’t see where lying, deciet, cunningness, manipulation fit in the Bible context..maybe it’s me..but I just can’t relate to Ms. Palin. I think it is high time that Christians take a little responsiblity for their faith and not let the wolf in sheeps clothing decieve them.

Certainly there are moms out there who can relate to Palin. I know some of them myself. The problem is that those people are not in the majority and most people are either simply more moderate or completely opposed to Palin’s strict social conservative agenda. When you are going for swing voters, you can’t use someone who is as constricting as Palin. A swing voter would rather go with a liberal because it gives them more choices rather than a conservative who wants to dictate more of their personal life.

To debate about her qualifications is one thing, however, it is crazy to say that she will take women back to the stone ages. Palin is a perfect example of women getting an equal position. Rather than celebrating that a woman has received the nomination to the second highest position in our country, she is bashed for her personal views. She has made great strides for everyone who follows her, regardless of their party affiliation. It would be important to note that in this day of equality, the oppressive Republicans, not the liberal Democrats are the ones who are living out a belief in equal rights. It is really a “stone age” where a woman can be our vice president. Or perhaps the right wing really is for the advancement of all people. Only time will tell.

Sure I can relate to her. There are things about her that remind me of msyelf. Which is why I absolutely think it is ridiculous that she is the VP nominee.

Typical hate and venom from liberals…..

Why are you asking dem women if they can relate? You already know they can’t. Just another make-fun-of-conservatives-media-bash opportunity. Unfair and unbalanced, to be sure.

Most of you are cold, cruel and apparently lacking in any compassion. It amazes me that people use this forum to say whatever they want with no fear of retribution. The things that are written here, 99.9% percent would never, ever say directly to someone else because you would have to hear their side, and actually debate.

You are talking about another human being!! What is wrong with all of you? Whether you like Sarah Palin or not why do have to insult and write such mean spirited words?

You can express your opinion without being cruel and vicious. However I am sure all of you know that and have just chosen to take the low road.

It’s nice to like Sarah Palin, you may like her values, but she is totally inadequate for the job of Vice-President. International affairs makes election politics look like child’s play.

Solidarity brings people together even people with diferent ideas and values. One can see that solidarity among the afro-americans who are supporting Mr. Barack Hussein Obama. I think that not all of the more than 95% of afro-americans that support him, agree with his ideas and policies, but by solidarity they are ready to vote for him. From what I read in the press and in the comments, this is acceptable and no body considers it as a racist atitude. Why is it TABOO for women to support Mrs Palin in a show of solidarity just because she is a women?… Or why is racism when white persons choose in a mojority to vote for a white candidate?…

No, I cannot relate to Sarah Palin in any capacity. I was offended that Senator McCain could choose such a running mate and expect the women voters to “swoon” just because she is female. She does NOT reflect the values that I am trying to instill in my young daughters.

Sarah Palin is scary precisely because of what she doesn’t know. She is the perfect empty vessel for neocons and other hatemongers. It is truly frightening the way she incited crowds to shout hateful words towards Senator Obama. She is not curious about the world around her or self-reflective in any way. It is truly embarrassing that she is the Republican nominee for vice-president, and a perfect example of putting self interest and party interest over America. So much for country first!

Why is it that Obama, McCain and Biden have “supporters” while Palin and Hillary Clinton have “fans”? CNN, you’re better than that. Conservatives accuse the media of being liberal, however, you all continue to be sexist.

I cannot relate to Palin on any of the issues. I don’t doubt that she is a very hardworking and dedicated worker because I know how life was for my mother to raise kids and work a full time job. But when it comes to the issues, she does not speak for all women. I also don’t think that she is qualified to be VP, she seems to be out of touch with what is going on in the rest of the world (outside of Alaska).

Sarah Palin will single handedly undo what women have suffered for over many generations. The rights to their own bodies not to mention religion and politics are dangerous. She is unqualified to be vice president and I question her ability to be governor of Alaska. Her ideals represent a misogynistic era and one I want nothing to do with. I do not feel she will represent out country or women’s rights well on any level. Stay at home moms are lucky they can have that freedom – us working women have more important issues on our hands than praying for a debate – I’m trying to get health care for my family, put food on the table, and figure out how to pay my energy bills – to name a few. We have bigger fish to fry than her personal decision to have a baby with Down ’s syndrome or whether or not her daughter is a teenage mother. Give me break, has anyone noticed that we are bringing our young men and women home from Iraq in pieces, not only mentally but physically. Is Sarah Palin and these stay at home moms going to bake cookies and hope it makes it all better? Doubtful. Wake up people our country is in a tailspin because of ultra-conservative views and mismanagement of our nation’s resources – I pray to be protected from people who are more interested in my personal business than the great good of society and our world. If these are Christian values I am very afraid for my children and the world they are inheriting.

The question should be, how does Palin relate to us?

A power-hungry woman who will step over anyone she needs to, to climb the ladder? I don’t have anything in common with that.

You are kidding me…! She is so out of touch it is incredible that anyone supports her. As a woman I am also against abortion…I am however PRO CHOICE! that is a decision that should be made by the woman not the government. There are women that would DIE because of the backlash this would cause?

She is not the brightest bulb in the pack…she is not informed and comes across as quite frankly STUPID! not a leader at all…it boggles my mind why/how she was even elected to be a mayor let alone Governor…note to self research her opponents…they must have really been something …else!

Ouch! All those negative comments hurt.
I am 33 year old female, and I must be retarded. Sarah Palin is the best person that could be called upon.
Her ability to sort out the Alaska money grabbers, taking on the big oil Company and winning shows me great fortitude. She has my vote, and many of my neighbors. God Bless Her. She is a true Patriot, that loves America..

Sarah Palan should scare the hell out of most women when they finally realize that she is against the right to an abortion. She is against national health insurance. Not many of my lady friends has ever shot a gun, let alone shoot a moose. We are not Joe Six Packs.
Sarah Palan appears to be a female Dick Cheney – except she has a better shot.

It’s crazy how liberal CNN is. There isn’t a single supporter of Palin. Several very nasty comments about her ability to be a mother, and how “she’s a trashy redneck”.

She’s every bit as “experienced” as Obama! I like Obama, and I think he’d be a good President. But, I like Sarah Palin too… she’d be a very good Vice President. I actually wish Obama had picked someone with more likability than the idiot Joe Biden.

Anyhow, as far as relating to her goes. Yes, I can. She’s a loving mother, trying to make a difference.

wow, so much for NOW, I guess you have to be liberal female full of putrid vitriol to be a real modern woman.

It is unbelievable the horrid remarks about Sara Palin. She is an
inspiration to all women to be everything they can be. She is extremely feminine, loves her family, embraces tragedy, loves her husband. In her politics, she makes it clear that she will work for the people. She doesn’t exalt herself, but talks about how she has exalted the American people because they are the ones she serves.

No doubt Sarah Palin is fit to be the president of the local PTA, you must be insane to to think she could lead a nation. I’ve no idea how shallow you can be even to consider Palin for VP.

My mother is conservative and I grew up believing in Christ as my savior…

The issue here is her hypocrisy, incompetence, and not having the brains or potential for a job such as VP. Simple as that.

1) Hypocrisy—she is the typical right radicalist with a bible in her hand but a knife in the other to attack you. She has none whatsoever of the Jesus Christ beliefs of helping one another. Look at her. She’s an attack dog for the McCain campaign and that’s it. In the Bible it quotes God dispisses this type of people who are half-half and he would prefer people that are against him totally

2) Incompetence—hello its Alaska and just cause you see Russia from your house doesn’t make you a foreign policy expert. In the debate it was outrageous how she blatantly didn’t answer questions. She is a town mayor of a town of 7,000, and governor for just two years of a state out of the mainstream and whose population is that of Austin, Texas. C’mon now.

3) Her lack of potential—look at the interviews with Couric and Gibson. Even the kid who asked her about Pakistan and who is a voter (not a gotcha journalist). They are sad interviews and its just grimicing to watch her. This country is in such crisis that they need people capable of leading it and correct way, and she should be far but very far away from these people.

I commend these women for their ability to relate to Gov. Palin, however, I am unable to relate at all to her. It is beyond me how these women believe that she is capable of being President of the United States. I don’t agree with abortion, and don’t think I would ever have one myself, but I do believe that it should be a woman’s right to choose. I have often talked with my husband as well as others on this issue and I truly feel that if men had children, morally, abortion would not be the right thing to do, but it would have never be a legal issue that was decided in the court system.

I don’t see why Carol here, and everybody else, thinks that inspite being a Mayor and Governor of a State, Palin is still inexperienced. I agree, she is no Hillary, but comparing her to Sen Clinton is unfair. I believe she has more executive experience than Obama. Obama is a great speaker, I give him that. But that doesn’t make him a good leader!

I don’t want “one of the girls” a heartbeat from the presidency. She’s unqualified to be the vice president of our country – period! She doesn’t understand the issues facing our country — neither does John McCain for that matter — so all she can do is “go negative” and hope to distract everyone from the fact that we’re all going broke. How insulting to smart, savvy, educated women everywhere.

Sarah Palin’s one qualification to the radicals: She wants to overturn Roe V. Wade. They’d elect the very devil himself if he promised to do so.

To Obama Supporters: Why are you so angry? You know your candidate has a double-digit lead, so why keep bashing Sarah Palin like she’s the most evil person in the world? She’s just a person, you know.

Whats the diffrence between Palin and Bush? LIPSTICK.

I like Sarah Palin and I can relate. I think she is very intelligent and I think she is a great role model for young girls. I would imagine that the women that do not like Palin would prefer the mothers of Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan to be role models for their children…think about that one. Plus look at Palin’s associates and friends, they all are good american people. Now look at some of Obama’s acquaintances…could you say the same?

I have voted Republican in the past three elections. All my family, a total of 69 all accross the US, have voted Republican in the past elections (this number is increasing this year as we have 11 new registered voters in the family). It has been a family commitment and a tradition.
No more.
After Gov. Palin’s nomination to the VP candidacy, after listening to her talk, ALL of us are voting for Obama.

the only way I relate to Sarah Palin is the fact that I have a demanding job and I juggle a family as well. Any similarity ends there. Her world view is so narrow minded, her rhetoric so stultifying and her experience so limited that I am terrified of the possibility of her in the White House.

Palin is a real person… Not perfect, but a real person. OBAMA IS PURELY A FAKE, AND HIS WIFE HAS THE FACE OF A MEAN BULLDOG

It’s really simple, my reaction to these mothers.

Obama-Biden 2008

Try to get used to it, ’cause many of us have spent 8 years with your party’s candidate and see where our country is today.

COUNTRY FIRST my pale, white, a–.

No, I cannot relate to Sarah Palin. I think she is not a careful thinker and that she is disengenuous. I also think she is ignorant.

I am not a mother, so I can’t relate to her touting her credentials in that sphere. I am truly appalled by what this woman had done to her daughter, Bristol. Not only did she make a choice that would completely eliminate her daughter’s privacy, but she’s insisting that her daughter marry that idiotic wife-beater in training. I’ll be curious to see if that actually happens once the McCain-Palin ticket is defeated. And make no mistake… this dingbat is going down in flames.

I’d certainly dope she wouldn’t be compared to Hillary Clinton!!! This lady HAS CLASS!!! She believes in the AMERICAN people, The middle class people and so what if she doesn’t have all the knowledge of a VP–BIll Clinton didn’t either and he ALSO was ‘JUST A GOVERNOR” when he was elected. Give her a break!!!

Anderson, I’m disappointed, I expect more from you. “Can you relate to Palin the way these women do…” What a very passive way of undermining what she is doing. Would you ever write an article about Obama with an ending question, “Can you relate to Obama the way these men do…? If you think she is unqualified, please just say so…don’t couch it like you have done in this article. I have no problem with the personal preferences and biases of journalists but PLEASE be upfront about them or you lose credibility….

I am a Christian, Pentecostal even. I have juggled kids, work, husband, and a sick mom. I can relate and I am horrified. I am appalled that McCain had such poor judgement to choose Sarah Palin, and that she had such poor judgement to accept. Her lack of insight on her own inabilites is just astounding. She is amazingly shallow and opportunistic. I am dismayed that she would leave a 4 month old special needs baby. What is so admirable about going ahead with the pregnancy if you don’t take care of the baby? In recent days, I have been shocked by Sarah Palin’s blithful and blatant lies. So much for the good, conservative Christian. What happened to her conscience? Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

“These ladies told me they agree with Palin 100% on the issues. They feel like if she had been a part of our gathering that afternoon, they would’ve chatted away like she was ‘one of the girls.’”

Been there, done that with George W. Bush. I don’t care if the Prez or VP seems like someone I could have a beer with. I think it’s time to put some smart people in The White House again, don’t you?

Sara Palin is a “trophy Vice Presidential ” candidate.

I do not relate in any way with Sarah Palin. I am 55, white, CPA, wife, hockey/baseball/golfer/musician mom and Catholic. I also strive to be informed, honest, respectful of others and their rights to their opinions, courteous to all and helpful to anyone needs a hand. (Note I said I strive – I pray a lot to get better at all of those things, but wouln’t presume to say that I’ve perfected any of them.)

So, I do not in any way relate to Sarah Palin – she is the antithesis of all that I believe and have worked for.

I have to say that many of these comments are completely ridiculous. The idea that any person in a position of national leadership, be they male or female, could set women back “50 years,” or “back to the stone ages,” is ludicrous. If we’re going to talk about her politics or her experience or her tactics…fine…but lets leave all this over the top emotionalism out of it!

Women are NOT at risk of loosing our place as active and relevant member of our society!! Unless, of course, you think that a public figure priding herself on her role as a mother and a wife is intrisically threatening to our “image” as indenpendent, well-adjusted women. In which case I think you may have more pressing matters to take a look within your own identity, and the image from which you take your worth.

I’m not saying Palin is the Madonna (as in the religious figure, not the superstar) of all conservative or republican women…lets just be a bit more rational in what we discuss here shall we?

women voting for McCain because of Palin, should take a closer look at McCain. That’s who you’re voting for. What is his record on women’s issues? He has a bad record, he needed do do something. the problem is McCain could be president not Palin.

I’m a Vice President of an Internet company and I can no more relate to Sara Palin, as, well, as a pig in lipstick. She’s not speaking for me or my ilk.

I do not relate to her at all. I feel that women have made so many step in progress through the years. And although these steps have made it possible for her to get to where she is, I believe she will set us back. I feel ashamed and embarassed as a woman that she would allow herself to be used by the McCain campaign – with her canned response answers and her coreographed winks… I am sure that as a person, she is wonderful. But they told her to dance, and she is dancing. I want a woman who will stand on her own, and do what she feels is right for our country. Not just a puppet.

I absolutely can relate to Palin, she is a modern day woman and just what this country needs,, you all criticize her family and they way she talks and wink and laughs, I would like to see one of you podunk woman who are being so brutal accomplish in a lifetime what shes accomplished in the last few years, that’s right you couldn’t!!! I am sure everyone who is being negative on this post is a DEMOBRAT and all you DEMOBRATS ever do is witch and moan when you are not getting your way. you know that little box when you are registering to vote that says have you been found “certifiably insance” by a court, well if ya’ll are voting for obambot then don’t forget to check that box!!!!

McCain/Palin<– the only way to go

I can never identify with a woman who doesn’t believe that a woman is entitle to choose what happens to her own body.

That a pregnancy from RAPE or INCEST is okay and since everything is “God’s Will” the choice to abort should be taken away.

As an incest survivor I can’t tell you how that would’ve damaged my psyche had a I gotten pregnant as a result and was FORCED to keep the baby.

It reminds me of an article I read a few months ago about a mother in Chicago who made her 9yr old daughter keep the baby that was a product of molestation (done by the mother’s boyfriend). Now the girl is 10yrs old with a baby, damaged physically, emotionally and mentally for the rest of her life…simply because her mother believed as PALIN believed.

As a rape survivor I can tell you that if I had been forced to have the fetus that was growing in my womb, my life would’ve been destroyed. Not just because I wasn’t ready for a child at the time, but to have to look at, and care for this child that was a product of the brutalization that was done to my body would’ve made me hate the child and myself. (For those who choose or have no choice but to have the child – I commend and admire you)

So no, I can never identify with a woman who would take my right to choose out of my hands.

NEVER

I cannot believe this is the 21st century and people could be so blind. With the lack of any cognizant form. She couldn’t even answer the question Couric posed, “What do you read?” The only thing I think this female offers the ticket is a quick end to J. McCain’s career, but then his attitude in the past few weeks pretty well took care of that. Add this pit bull with lipstick, and you have got a civil war in the making. His anger in the last debate was so vivid. He had fists clinched, kept huffing loudly with dismay when Obama spoke…and he certainly didn’t help himself calling Obama “that one”. Enough of the old white haired dude and the pit bull…stop the disgrace Johnny Mac….she is dragging you down to her level….don’t let this continue and ruin any shread of descency you may have left.

I’d certainly hope she wouldn’t be compared to Hillary Clinton!!! This lady HAS CLASS!!! She believes in the AMERICAN people, The middle class people and so what if she doesn’t have all the knowledge of a VP–BIll Clinton didn’t either and he ALSO was ‘JUST A GOVERNOR” when he was elected. Give her a break!!!

What a biased reportting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One more tv man not to be respected.

There is no mass appeal for this woman at all. When she couldn’t put a sentence together in an interview and followed that with a “shout out to the third grade class” . You have to be kidding me. She has made America and Americans look like common idiots. I had an international trip recently and the joke is on America with palin. She is not ready to be vice president and relates to a fringe element. It is called the UNITED States of America. She’s working in the opposite direction. It is disturbing to think McCain hand picked her as the second to what is the most important job in the world. Fun and games are over.. The interview process is over and the mavericks can go back home now.

Dear Carol Smith please read the following:

I do not relate at all to Obama. He is inexperienced, unprofessional, and will take women back to the stone ages.

Now lets look at McCain

He is experienced, professional ,not afraid of a woman with power and willing to lead all people out of the stone age.

Dear Clinton supports please ask yourselves why did Obama not pick Clinton? Was it because she was a woman with power or was Biden so much better…

I’m frustrated that the majority of the people posting have made references to Sarah Palin being ’stupid’ or ‘unintelligent’ or even a ‘moron’. Just because she hasn’t glossed up her speech to sound like a veteran politician doesn’t mean she’s not intelligent. She’s certainly green when it comes to tv interviews, she doesn’t finish her words with a ‘g’ (i.e. gettin, bettin) and she obviously has different beliefs than most of you. But that does not make her stupid. It just means she has a different political agenda and a different way of speaking. Argue against her politics – not her intelligence. If she was stupid, we wouldn’t be debating her right now.

I like Brett Favre, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods. Oh yeah I also like the lead singer from the Pussycat Dolls, but I don’t think that any of them should be Vice President of the United States. This is not American Idol, or Dancing with the Stars. I personally do not like Sarah Palin or anything that she stands for, but I will not attack her personally, or her family. She simply is not qualified to be Vice President or President at this time. This whole campaign is going to set this country back 50 years if these candidates keep attacking each other. The country is becoming so divided that it will be tough to repair no matter who wins. We as Americans have got to start making more informed decisions when it comes to choosing our leaders. Give three reasons that she is qualified other than she is a good mother, a Governor, and she didn’t have an abortion with a DS baby. She has no opinions of her own when it comes to issues. She always says that she just will do whatever John Mccain wants to do. Look at the difference between her and Biden. He is probably the most qualified out of all the candidates. He ran for President 20 years ago. She keeps saying Obama isn’t being honest, she won’t even cooperate with an investigation over something that isn’t even very serious. Wake Up.

Here’s what I think: I am deeply insulted that she has been presented to us as VP material. Moms for Sarah Palin? I have four children and I think she is a terrible mom. I believe that a woman can have a family and be a good mother and hold a job too. But I have seen no evidence that Sarah Palin is that woman. She is no role model for my two daughters — or my two sons. She is a hate-monger too. Shame on her and shame on anyone who admires her despicable behavior.

I absolutely do not relate to Palin at all. The first time I saw her smile, wink, and say ‘You betcha’ on television I thought I would throw up. Does she think she’s on some type of soap opera or something?
Her intelligence level runs to sound bites that are de-grading(to her) and hateful. God help her if something should happen to Barack Obama! She will certainly have had a part in inciting hatred. Does she not realize that there are really crazy people out there? When I hear someone say he’s a Muslim, I only want to ask which planet they live on, but both she and McCain overtly continue to let that idea be promoted.
I hope one day to see a woman in the White House, but I certainly hope and pray for this country it is NEVER her.

I do, I honestly do. I like her and I have a lot of respect for her. I am a femenist, pro-life, I believe in a strong military and strong economy. I was raised in church with a lot of family members around with strong family values. I respect women choices when it comes to abortion, but I do not think it is right unless there is a medical issue. Sarah represents a lot of my values and for the first time there is another strong women besides Hillary fighting for us, Americans.

Maybe it’s just me, but whenever I see Sarah Palin, why am I reminded of the Stepford Wives (”…I thought you were my friend…”)

Palin – McCain, we’ve already had too many cowboys running this country.

We can’t afford any more cowboys – no more mavericks.

No, I can’t relate to Palin – not in any positive way. She is not appropriate in a position of leadership. Its hard to believe she’s even capable in AK.

She appears to have no opinions, ideas, understanding – or answers – on anything but the same few ultra conservative agenda items. She is a huge step backwards (and down) in terms of potential political leaders. I find it frightening that people can support someone just because she’s “like them”. This is not the basis for selecting a nations leader.

And – that’s not a nation I want any part of. Where are we going???

I am not planning on voting for McCain/Palin but I also do not feel the need to jump on this ridiculous bandwagon bashing Palin. It’s very popular to call her stupid (and worse) , say she only got her job because of looks, that she sets women back 50 years, etc. I don’t believe in the same things that she does so I won’t be voting for her. It’s as simple as that. I don’t hate her. I don’t wish her harm or feel a need to tell her how to raise her family. I just don’t share her values.

I don’t see the point in getting so angry and close-minded because someone doesn’t think the way you do. Fine, vote for the other guy and shut up. If Palin is such a horrible choice for VP then you should be happy that it helps your party’s choice get elected. Not like the Palin-haters were ever really going to vote Republican anyway. Get real. You’re like like a sports fan getting mad at the opposing team because they’re not as good as his team. Just be happy you’re going to win.

I cannot relate at all to Palin. She is unprofesional and her dirty tactics are not how I would run against an opponent. She is as poor a choice as McCain was. The repo’s may as well hang it up this time. I am a senior citizen and I am voting for Obama. I understand what he says even if others seem confused. He’s said and does all the right things. His wife I can relate to. She is educated and soft spoken. She would beat Palen in any contest! She is a lady. Palin is a redneck, tomboy who tried to put on the Ritz. She also needs a better hair do. And…as far as the Ayers thing Obama should sue for character assasination. He is too much of a Gentleman come to think of it. Fox news is trying to promote McCain/Palin. I quit watching those radicals too!

I can relate to Palin as a busy mom and I have no problem with her conservatism, which is her personal choice. But Palin would consider me a foreigner with my multi-cultural, international background, just as she does Obama.

Palin is divisive, rather than unifying. If she had integrity, she would have challenged those at her rallies who shouted racist and hateful remarks against Obama and even a camaraman who happened to be black. I believe McCain would have.

And Palin is not qualified to be VP. She sets professional women back with her poor grammar and flirtatious antics. She also appears biased against those who are well-educated, well-travelled, and sophisticated– perhaps to compensate for her own insecurities and deficiencies. How could she possibly interact and relate with professionals, intellectuals, or world leaders?

I agree

I like Sarah Palin. She is not full of hot air like the rest of Washington. a fresh , no nonsense addition.

She is qualified just like Obama is……..they are the same.

It seems this election is all about History of african american getting in. come on people.

The addition of Sarah Palin to the McCain ticket sealed my vote for Barack Obama. I can’t stand her.

No, I don’t relate to Sarah Palin, especially in light of her recent incendiary race-baiting behavior on the campaign trail. She is an ambitious self-serving politician who is positioning herself for a national career beyond the upcoming election. I think the masterminds behind John McCain’s campaign chose her because they knew she would be willing to do or say anything, no matter how untrue or heinous, to advance her own standing in the Republican party.

Hi Randi,
In answer to your question, I MOST certainly can not relate to Sarah Palin as Tami and her friends do! And further more I have not one itsy, bitsy, desire to do so. I was raised a Roman Catholic and attended church and Sunday School regulary. I sang in the Church Choice from the age of 7 yrs. and also sang the Latin Mass.

I don’t agree with Palin on any issues based on her own heart felt feelings. I don’t believe she is qualified for VP but I do believe she was chosen due to being a womam by McCain and to shore up Hillary supporters. I believe she allowed herself to be used because she is obsessed with having Power, the same reason she strived to become Mayor and Govenor. I believe she is self-centered, narcisstic based on her willingness to leave her baby boy and pregnant daughter to accept such a time consuming, physically, mentally, challenging, demanding position.

If she is the Christian she claims to be she is not proving the same through her actions since being VP. Her unwarranted, nasty, slanderous, unproven, accusations against Obama does not portray the Christian I know. To sum it up, I feel she is an absolute Fraud in every sense of the word, right down her folksy Alaskan drawl and cutsie Barbie Winks! I find her totally nauseating at BEST.

I don’t relate to Sarah Palin in any way, shape or form. Although I’ve slightly favored Barack Obama throughout the election, I was somewhat torn. As a resident of Arizona, I’ve always liked and respected John McCain . There was a strong possibility that he could have earned by vote, but that all changed when he chose Palin as his running mate. GWB has unapologetically pushed his religious/social agenda down our throats for 8 years. By picking such an extreme social conservative, McCain has turned off many moderates who otherwise might have considered voting for him.

These are interesting comments but clearly all from the rabid left-wing liberals. Don’t believe me? Just examine the terms these “women” use to describe Palin:

inexperienced, unprofessional, disturbing megalomaniac, backward hillbilly, hateful, power-crazed moron, racist and anti-semitic, hypocrite phoney power hungry egomaniac (my personal favorite), irresponsible, extremely unqualified, small minded, divisive, dangerous, calculating, cunning and ambitious, ignorant…

And that’s just from the first 20 or so! LOL! Sounds more like Adolf Hitler, doesn’t it? LOL!

These “ladies” should be ashamed of themselves. They’ve swallowed the liberal media spin – hook, line, and sinker.

I’m a liberal democrat, but used to have great respect for Sen. McCain – well, NO MORE … his choice of Sarah Palin as VP for his ticket is the most asinine thing I’ve ever heard of … for goodness sake! I want to be governed by someone who has intellect, compassion, knowledge of the issues and of the great problems this country faces … I want someone who can help and connect with middle America – with Joe-six-pack … I don’t want Joe-six-pack in the White House making decisions …and Sarah Palin could become President of the US in the blink of an eye … she’ll be just a heartbeat away, as the saying goes.

Its difificult to relate to a woman who has no qualms about attacking her opponents in an unfair and undignified manner…some role model!! There is no room for the type of venomous personal attacks she spews. Does she not care that she is inciting hateful & rascist feelings out there. If you cant oppose your opponents based on policies you dont deserve the honour of running for this high office.
Truly intellegent female politicians ,of which their are so many on both sides, would not use personal attacks..they use their brains!!!
How undignified!!!!

If Sarah Palin is brilliant then I’m Albert Einstein, DaVinci and Sir Issac Newton all wrapped into one person.

I personally am not a conservative, stay at home mom (given the economy I thought these women were a dying breed), pro life, stomp the enemy kind of woman. And I doubt that Sarah Palin represents a huge number of women that support her views entirely.

What I find disturbing is this about Palin’s supporters: that they are willing to support the ticket at all costs…there is nothing patriotic or historical in helping this ticket (or woman) get elected. The woman is NOT Qualified to be VP, never mind President. She lacks intelligence, yes I wrote it, SHE LACKS INTELLIGENCE and the diplomacy needed in politics. She represents the dumb and dumber population and the Americans that Europeans so much love to hate.

Sarah is not lying when she tells “ya” she’s for “Joe six pack”, indeed she is, you have to be DRUNK to vote for her and the person who lacked judgement in nominating her.

Yes, that would be McCain.

Sarah Palin is a very frightening person. No way as a woman can I relate to her in any way. She is stupid, uninformed, and playing the sex game, with her little winks. The scariest part is she is so arrogant she really doesn’t think it matters that she doesn’t know anything. Sounds like another George Bush to me.

I, for one, admire a woman who can multitask and “do it all”! This woman is the entire package and I think that she just intimidates those who feel inferior…
You go, Girl!

I don’t need “one of the girls” to be my vice president. If I did, I would have asked my 4 year old daughter to be nominated. The woman is incompetent and I find it frightening that anyone would take her seriously.

Gov. Sarah Palin is the wrong woman running with the wrong man at the wrong time. She and Sen. McCain both made the wrong decision in regards to the her VP nomination. He in offering and she in accepting. Although Sen. McCain got the “bounce” he anticipated his decision was consistent with his short term vision.

I cannot relate to Palin at all, but hey, maybe that’s just because I don’t want the government to tell me what I can and cannot do with my own body. Or, maybe it’s because I truly treat my gay “friends” like friends-with real respect by believing that they have constitutional rights and are equal to everyone else, not just “tolerated.” If elected, she’s going to take us back to the stone ages. She is an embarrasment to all self respecting women everywhere, and an embarrasment to the United States. I still can’t believe that they let this woman speak to foreign dignitaries when she can’t even hold her own in an interview for television. As for the “Joe Six Pack” statements- I don’t know about you, but I don’t want an average “Joe Six Pack” to be a potential president; I want an extrordinary, smart, and eloquent person who is “above average,” because s/he will be representing us to the world and making crucial decisions.

I think Sarah Palin is a liar and a hypocrite. I think it’s outragous for her to bring up Jeremiah Wright when she’s been prayed for by a witch doctor.

I do not relate to or identify with her in any way. She’s pretty and that’s the only nice thing I have to say about her. That statement is as shallow as she is.

The woman terrifies me. Seriously terrifies me. She is in no way qualified for such a position and any respect I had for John McCain (which wasn’t a whole lot) slid downhill after he made this moronic choice. I think that the extent to which conservative, religious women admire her is a significant red flag that demonstrates the degree to which they feel misunderstood and marginalized. But their enthusiastic support of her probably doesn’t help their credibility. The woman is just scary smoke and mirrors.

Relate to these women – please. Maybe if I didn’t have a brain and couldn’t think for myself. The Obama/Biden ticket is the only way to go for positive change in this country.

She might be a woman, but as a woman I do agree with her on one single issue. She scares me to death!

It seriously makes me angry that Palin would be talking about Obama’s relation to a terrorist in a time that a country needs their future leaders to talk about the economic crisis! We all know that is a crazy accusation that Obama is “paling around with terrorists.”
Come on now Palin! We need a leader not a gossip girl!

Lets just say…”No way…no how… no Palin!”

yes, i can relate to her and why others like me relate to her. at the same time i ask myself “am I ready and capable of handling the responsibilities of VP of USA”. last time i asked myself i felt cold and chills. just for that reason, i dont want her to be VP of this country – my friend, support group, my neighbor, my counciller, maybe,maybe the governer or a state senator. but not VP, NO!

I think Sarah Palin is a terrific candidate for VP. I relate to her because she’s pro-life, pro-Constitution, and shares the same values I have. Just because she holds a value to life, doesn’t mean she will set back the women’s movement. She has every right to her opinion, whether or not you agree with it. Since Gov. Palin was selected, the liberal media and Democrats have repeatedly attacked her on a personal level which is just disrespectul and rude. I am a proud American, wife, mother and it is with great pride that on Nov. 4, I will go to the voting booth and vote for McCain/Palin for a real change that we need not a change that we will regret.

I don’t want someone like me to be VP. I want soemone better then me to be VP. I want someone smarter then me to be VP. Sarah palin maybe a good mother and a good wife. How does that make her qualified to be VP? She didn’t get a passport until last year. She is laughable at best. And she is trying to get Obama hurt. For her to not chastise the guy who yelled “kill him” is typical of the phony christian mindset. I say phony because no real christian would put up with that.
Shame on her and shame on grampy mcsame!

I cannot relate to Palin. She is a extremely inexperienced women.
If McCain gets elected and She becomes president for some uncertain reason. She is going to be a worst leader. World will make fun of us because she is worst than Bush and She is weaker than any candidate in Whole Nation (in terms of National security) because she considers seeing Russia across the border is a foreign policy experience . Americans will go bankrupt because she may be able to manage the federal budget but does not understand global econimic challenges. She can’t talk, she can’t act, she can’t lead. She is a threat to democracy. She is a threat to all religions and race. She is capable of causing some sort of civil/religion war in America, with her extreme views. She is too much of a terrorist in her own way because she is the one who is exteremist.Someone needs to SHUT her up….

I cannot relate to Sarah Palin at all!! She does not represent the women of my generation who broke the mold of “stay at home” motherhood and expanded their horizons to have professional careers or become dedicated volunteers along with raising a family.

She is very inexperienced as a elected official, leader, and spokesman. She does not seem to have the interest in learning about issues thoroughly before deciding on a course of action. She also does not seem to listen and respect other viewpoints. She loves to exaggerate and act tough.

I feel sorry for her children that she has chosen to pursue the Vice Presidency at this time. Her pregnant daughter needs her full time and her baby needs her full time. I also think that the other daughters must feel abandoned by her now. Someday she will regret this impetuous choice for GOP startdom!

I am a conservative Christian woman and I can relate to Sarah Palin’s position on social issues. In fact, it was those same social issues that prompted me to vote for Bush twice. But enough is enough. Our economy and the reputation of our country are at stake in this next election. Barack is honest about his faith, and is prepared to take this country in a new direction. It is clear that Sarah Palin has spent relatively little time thinking about global issues or the economy and is unprepared for the vice presidency. Though it might be interesting to have her as my Bible Study leader, I feel that God calls me to be responsible with my vote, and I need to vote for the candidate that is qualified to bring about change to our country, whose plans involve doing far more for the poor and uninsured, and who has tried to run a mature campaign.

I’m a person of faith, and regularly attend church and read bible. However being religious and having faith is just one thing and running the WORLD LEADER (i.e. VP of USA) is a totally different thing.

We need some one more knowledgeable than Ms Palin.

Coming to her Biblical faith, I condemn her that she has “SACRIFICED” her children for her own “SELFISH” career esp Bristol, who is a an UNWED mom (or going to be).

Bible clearly tells that, its FAMILY first, esp when she has a special need child, if his own mother is not taking care of him, I strongly believe that Ms Palin is deprving her child of his very right!

Secondly regarding Bristol, she is already “astrayed” (as per Bible Sex before Marriage is Fornication) and to make the matter more evident she is now pregnant!!

Now there are two babies in the family, and she is running around the country talking about being a “common woman” and claims to have a “conservative” background… I will never ever vote for such a woman who is so selfish!!!!

I can definitely relate to her. A mom, wife, independant woman. I don’t agree with every issue but she is a role model for our daughters. Most women don’t relate because they are insecure and not willing to support other women. So they look for something wrong with another woman and attack it. I see the catfights in these blogs and I say come on …stand up and promote strong, independant thinking women like Hillary and Sarah. Smart, strong and beautiful inside and out….we are women.

I am a protestant and a believer of Bible, and do not relate to Sarah Palin. Opposition to abortion alone does not represent Christ-like characters. Where do you see humility and integrity in her? She seems incapable of seeing her own shortcoming and I think that’s a form of pride and arrogance. I don’t think one can claim to have Christian values while bearing false witness against her neighbor like she has on campagin trail while attacking Barack Obama’s character with baseless accusations.

Sarah Palin is the furthest thing from a “woman I can relate to” as you could possibly be. I’m sure she’s a blast to have at a coffee klatch or cocktail party, but that’s not who I want sitting down with world leaders, or leading congress. She is so inarticulate it makes your head spin. Even from a “messaging” standpoint, she is laughable – any self-respecting media trainer can tell you they would be fired if the result of your work with a client was anywhere near the quality of even 2 minutes of Sarah Palin’s interviews with Katie…or even the “friendly” Fox interviews she did recently! She is a joke and we should all be embarrassed that this woman could ever be considered for the office of VP….

This entry won’t be posted: I’m a 40 year-old GA woman and I AM for Palin.

I grew up believing a woman’s reach was bound only by her commitment and her investment.

Palin started at the bottom, held responsible positions and was *elected* to positions of steadily increasing power. She started a family, proved herself able and committed herself to community service. She didn’t talk about changes she wanted to see, she made it her life and managed the changes herself.

Why are people criticizing a woman who committed and succeeded? She isn’t an empty political schemer, famous for marrying a success, but was *elected to* govern and has managed a multi-billion dollar budget.

It’s hard to stomach the small-minded braying of frustrated groupies whose *candidate* LOST, and who are furious that anyone should offer a more credible candidate of the same gender.

What they tell little girls is: you can be anything you want to be…
What they don’t tell little girls is: …but God help you if you succeed, because those who didn’t win or who didn’t give up their life for their dream, and those who want to ride coat-tails will *eviscerate* you for your success. They will say your pride in achievement is narcissistic and they will say your rise was murky and they will say your success is stolen.

How vicious. And if you want to see narcissism in action, cue Obama.

How can anyone with a working mind be for Palin? She is an interesting, energetic woman but that doesn’t make her a professional to lead the country. She’s an embarrassment!

As a former Hillary supporter, and current McCain supporter, I find Sarah Palin’s nomination to be truly brilliant, as well. For those, who say that she is inexperienced, keep in mind that she is running for VP. Your presidential pick has leses experience as she does. I would that you are all pots calling the kettle black, but I’m certain that would be misconstrued as a back-handed racial comment.

I love Sarah Palin. I wish that she was running for president over McCain!

I can absolutely relate to her!

I think we are fooling ourselves into believing this woman would make a good V.P. During the debate last week she could not state any facts or pronounce anyones name. What policies would she enact if she were to become President? What changes would she make? No I don’t want to hear what it’s like to raise a family and what a good mother she is….WHEW! I know tons of good mothers who balance their careers and family but that doesn’t mean they should run for V.P. I need to hear more about what they plan to do and less of what Obama hasn’t done.

Republicans this a battle you won’t win!

So it looks like the only people that can relate to Palin are the deeply religious. Country first, huh? No, religion first.

I have never before replied to any of these blogs, but have too now. I was seriously thinking of voting for John McCain until he chose Sarah Palin. Does that choice signify his leadership and caring for our country? At the convention, I was appalled to see her 4 month old baby on stage at midnight no less, carried around by her pregnant 17 year old daughter. What kind of mother uses her children that way? It’s understandable that she wouldn’t be too knowledgeable on foreign policy, and the nuances of national government but she tries to overcome that lack by attacking, attacking. It is further appalling (and perhaps criminal) that she is stirring up the more violent of our citizens to do who knows what. Again, I repeat – what was he thinking??!!

Sarah Palin is a woman who is not merely a “woman’s candidate”. Sarah Palin understands that this life is not all about the “me” factor. There is a terrible irony to the Post-Moderist me philosophy people out there who also support Obama — a socialist. (I know people don’t like to hear the word “socialist,” but from time to time it’s important to call things what they ARE, rather than what we WANT them to be.) Obama is a socialist, and the post-moderists who support him do not understand that in supporting his socialist philosophies it will only be a matter of short time before their “me-ist” utopia will be shattered by the utilitarian fact that “me” just doesn’t work for “us”. Sarah Palin gets all that — she doesn’t have to say it in those words, but she gets it. Call her what you will — I chose to call her the answer to a true democracy in trouble. She will be our President in either 2012 or 2106. That is, once people have their post-moderist utopian world shattered by the fact that socialism doesn’t work.

Absolutely I relate to Sarah Palin. She is smart. She is funny. She wears several different hats – as all working moms do. She has it together. Just because Katie Couric asks a stupid question does not mean Palin has to answer it. As she said in the debate, she may not answer it the way that Biden and the moderator wanted – but her own way. I like that.

I can absolutely relate with Sarah Palin. She comes from a middle class family, she played sports, she went to college and went through indecision when it came to her career, yet still came into the position of power as Governor of Alaska. I can relate to Sarah Palin in that… the way people can’t relate to her, they can’t relate to me. I grew up poor and have managed to make my way up to the middle class and pride myself on hard work. I learned to fend for myself (hunting/fishing/cooking what I killed) and never question what I knew was right and wrong, not something taught, but something in my heart. Yes, that might sound corny and “illogical,” but it’s the truth. The problem with today’s society and media is the fact that nothing is black and white any longer, it’s all grey for the sake of being politically incorrect. I’m considerably younger than Sarah Palin, but someday I hope I can be as accomplished as she is. The more people attack her (unfounded attacks, might I add), the stronger she becomes in my eyes, she hasn’t broken despite every media outlet putting this woman down. She came a long way from Wasilla, AK and she’s not going down without a fight. I don’t care if the popular opinion doesn’t vote her into the White House, but her convictions and the fact that she stands up for is what we need. Sarah is the only true person in this race that will tell it to you like it is and not beat around the bush – Obama, Biden and McCain all pander to the people. Sarah’s opinion/views and beliefs may not be popular, but at least she’s not covering it up. To me, discernment is imperative when it comes to my vote for the next President and Vice President and Obama just hasn’t shown me this (neither have the American people), he has made poor decisions in his time in the Senate and even poorer decisions in people that he associates with and those that advise him. McCain and Palin’s histories read like an open book, but Obama has some lost college years in there. Maybe if he’d open those up I could trust him more and listen to his socialist agenda in a more positive light. Rest assured, even if this happens and he comes out squeaky clean (which he won’t.)… I will not vote a Socialist into office of my country.

Nothing about Sarah Palin appeals to me. Not only do I find her politics archaic, but her rhetoric on the campaign has been divisive and has even incited hateful remarks, which she has tolerated. I can’t understand how Palin can stand beside John McCain after he’s voted against equal pay for women. It seems to me that McCain’s choice of Palin was his first major choice as candidate McCain showed poor judgment. Enlightened women will choose Barack Obama.

I was a McCain/Palin supporter until the VP debate. I must say, when Palin accepted the nomination I was imagining what it would be like to have my parents sitting in the audience if I were nominated as VP of the United States. It made me believe there was no longer a glass ceiling.

After her completely unprofessional performance at the VP debate, I immediately became an Obama supporter. She refused to answer the questions (because she didn’t know the answers) and she was not even using proper English. I am assuming she CAN speak properly and this was just a stab at grabbing the attention of the uneducated women out there in US. I went to college, I am struggling to pay for my school loans, I make decent money as a middle class citizen but I am struggling and not ONCE did I feel like she was talking to me. As a professional, educated woman, I was proud to see a woman on center stage. But – as an educated woman I quickly realized that she is nothing but a bible beating, quick-tongued redneck that I could never relate to, and I would be embarrassed to have her sitting next me at any business function – let alone be the face of our country! She has set women back further by her stupidity and lack of professionalism. With all of the intelligent, seasoned and polished women in this country, why in the WORLD did McCain pick Palin?

I can’t imagine how ANY thinking person (woman or man) could POSSIBLY think that Sarah Palin is anywhere near being qualified for being Vice President and potentially President of the United States. I am a woman and would be very happy to have a woman in the White House, even a mother with several children from infant to teenage in ages. That’s not the issue. She does not have the knowledge, experience, temperment, or mindset necessary for this position. Many women do. This is an insult to those women, as well as an insult to the intelligence of the voting public.

Yep, you bet I do! She’s wonderful, beautiful, smart, capable….all the things you wish that she wasn’t. But, you can’t find anything wrong with her, so you want to trash her and try to pick out anything you can find, no matter how trivial, to say against her. She’s getting the same kind of trash treatment that our dear President Bush has received all during his term. Whether you agree with a candidate or not, where is your respect for individuals? We live in a country where there are many different peoples & views. We’re supposed to be tolerant of each other. We’re supposed to support each other despite our disagreements, in a respectful way. Furthermore, nobody wants to give her a chance to speak. Why? Because everybody KNOWS she is perfect for the position of Vice President. She has boosted McCain’s popularity despite what polls say, and she knocked stinky B.O. out of the limelight. Yep, she’s great! I support her 100%!!!

Palin inexperienced? She has more experience than Obama. If Palin is inexperienced, Obama is an infant.

Absoooooooooooolutely Noooooooooot….. I came from a very racially divided country during the apartheid regime and she sends chills down my spine. The things I hear from her is dejavou for me. She DIVIDES NOT UNITES. For a so called Christian woman, she sure has a lot of hate and pompous to accept a Sherrif to address Senator Obama by his middle name. It seems like peoples middle name excites the Republican crowd instead of issues. What a bunch of wacks. She is dividing this nation just like the glaciers in Alaska…… what a airhead.

I am voting for THAT CALM, COOL AND COLLECTIVE ONE

To all of you who cannot relate to Sarah Palin because she lacks experience, look at the person you are voting for president. He not only lacks experience he has NO experience.

I don’t doubt that Sara Palin does a good job as a govenor, but I just think it’s not her time yet. She needs more experience if she wants to get to the White house. IShe represents the working women of America but not a vice-president. I would like someone smarter than me to represent our country, not just an ordinary working woman.

Sarah Palin is no choice for Vice President of the United Sates. What was John McCain thinking? I just shake my head in disbelief…

My heart aches for Sarah Palin. She is being used by John McCain and is in so far over her head and she doesn’t even know it. She is a fine person, but is in no way qualified to be a VP.

We need to get back to picking qualified candidates. Bush has pretty much destroyed this country and all in the name of Christianity.

Palin has said nothing of substance since she arrived on the national scene 6 weeks ago. She feels like she’s out of the 1950s, and something that antiquated is SO not what this country needs. A vote for McCain and Palin is a vote for the U.S. to continue its downward plunge into religious fanaticism and general ignorance started with George W Bush.

“They think the fact that Palin chose to go ahead with the birth of her son she knew had Down Syndrome is a “blessing.” One woman told me it shows “with the grace of God” a family can overcome anything.”

Im sure if she was part of the middle class like a lot of us who are currently suffering, she would have not had her little boy. She is financially stable and has the ability to hire anyone to care for her children.

Yes, I relate to Sarah Palin. She has good character, has integrity, and is intelligent. One reason so many women do relate to her is because she is personable and makes you feel like you could sit down and chat with her. I admire her husband who supports her in the VP nomination as he did when she was Governor and Mayor. I am very happy to support McCain/Palin.

Yeah, because she is pro-life that equals being fit to be Vice President….it amazes me how dumb some people are

Sarah Palin is a threat to liberal women because she is not one of them. She is unacceptable because she doesn’t fit into the mold of the successful female politician they only want.

Go Sarah. Men and Women support you.

No, I can’t relate to Sarah Palin. I’m a woman and I have worked hard to achieve what I have achieved and I’m mad that this woman, who, at best, is intellectually average and uninformed, is in the position she’s in. I fear that her nomination as VP will set back the progess women have made in the workforce by years, if not decades. I want a leader who is smarter than me, works harder than me, and cares about the country more than me. Unfortunately she doesn’t qualify in any of these categories.

Relate to Sarah Palin? Ha! Don’t make me laugh! She’s so ignorant, it’s extremely scary. She needs to take a look at Hilary Clinton and take some notes. What in the hell was mccain thinking?!

Sarah Palin terrifies me.

My sister has Down Syndrome and I wonder how in the hell Sarah Palin intends to demonstrate good mothering and “family values” while at the same time being the vice president. I can tell you first hand that she will either be a terrible mother or a terrible vice president, because she won’t have the time or strength to do both.

And it’s not just her baby, it’s her daughter’s baby. If I had a child unwed and at 17 I would certainly want and need my mother’s help in raising the baby.

So Sarah Palin will be meeting with foreign diplomats…caring for her special needs infant…and caring for her daughter and her newborn granddaughter when exactly?

oh and also, she’s a homophobic religious zealot.

My fiancee relates more to Tina Fey imitating Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin herself. Strange huh?

No I can’t. I wish people would stop inferring that only Republicans keep children who are born with Down Syndrome. I have a child who was born with Down Syndrome and I am not a Republican. I don’t believe that lovng your children unconditionally is an exclusively Republican OR female trait. I hope people are voting on more than these cumbersome social issues because if you haven’t noticed our economy is collapsing.

I have great difficulty relating to anyone who shows disdain for intelligence and education – the kind of mindset GW Bush and Sarah Palin embody.

To put it nicely, she is NOT very intelligent .

I can’t relate even 1% to Palin and I’m glad. I would say that any decent person would not try to be like Palin, she incites violence I feel like we are in 1930’s Germany.

And I believe it’s a federal offense to threaten Obama’s life. I find it funny how Obama follows 1940’s India and gandhi’s peaceful ways while Palin/her audience/McCains follow the 3rd reich.

These comments have really opened my eyes to the party of “Tolerance”.

So deciding to have a child with Down Syndrome, supporting your teenage child through a pregnancy makes one qualified to be VP of the USA? She’s incoherent with critical thought, mangles the English language worse than our current President, has no mastery of the pressing issues that affect our country, engages in race-baiting, attacks the opposition as opposed to explaining her party’s views, can’t articulate her party’s long-held foreign or war policy, and thinks being cutesy, folksy and “mavericky” is appropriate for a female role model in the 21st century.

And these women think that’s okay?

Palin gives me hope, hope that someday I too can be nominated for Vice President. I do not declare myself qualified for the position by any means, but I do read the Economist and Foreign Policy weekly. I actually agree with some of McCains views and I believe he does stand up to his party. But why did he pick her, of all the qualified, intelligent, fabulous women and men to choose from, what possibly compelled him to select her!? I”m baffled, not only by his choice but how so many women in this country are backing her. Wake up people – she is the devil wearing Prada!!!

As a Jewish women i love Sarah Palin, she is pro-Israel and want the american embassy in Jerusalam, the Jewish capital of the world….I love her and so does every Israeli and Jewish person.

Interesting that we are trying to break down distinctions of race and even sex. WWHD… What would Hilary do….? Would she be defining her standing among woman as a noteworthy candidate based on her poll numbers among the strictly female voting population? Why this distinction for Palin?

I am also a soccer mom in my 40ties. Like many others, I can’t stand Sarah Palin. She is a slop in my face.
Obama all the way, even more after she was chosen for VP.
I am very happy to read that most of women feel the same about her.
What a silly woman!

I’m sick to death of being called a sexist because I don’t like Sarah Palin and I feel like I have nothing in common with her. She sure doesn’t represent me or my family or friends. The winking is insulting and the “folksy” phrases leave me cold.
She can’t wink at the camera like it was a beauty contest and yell sexist when it doesn’t work.

I observed a bizzare interview on Fox. A lady, who is the director of a conservative group promoting Todd Palin as “feminist of the year”, said they have a wonderful marriage, “they are Christians and shoot guns”. Wierd.

I am a highly educated college instructor and I don’t see why we think a successful woman has to fit a stereo type like Hillary. I can relate and admire a woman, who is married to the same man, has five children and cares enough about this country to want to help make it successful again.

I honestly think the criticism is because she has a value system of right and wrong that makes others uncomfortable. Also I would guess there is some jealousy of what she has accomplished. Is she perfect, no and she doesn’t try to be. But name me one politician or individual that has all aspects of their life in perfect working order.

Try and remember that Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter were governors before becoming President. Somehow we don’t think a Governor can be Vice-President? How biased is that?

I would like my children to have political leaders who can speak English correctly.

I love Sarah Palin – I think she is just the type of woman that America needs!

I think Sara Palin is just D.C. needs and I am really tired of the press being so down on her The left wing press is getting very old with there bias reporting and I can not wait for it to bit them

Forget Sarah Palin, she is just one person proud to be ignorant and divisive. It’s her minions out there who “love her” that frighten me. They could be my neighbors.

When John McCain came calling, a SMART Sarah Palin would have said, “I’m flattered by your offer, Senator McCain, but I’m NOT qualified.”

All you have to do is imagine Sarah Palin sitting across from Putin. Are you more embarrassed or scared? Vote for Obama.

Being able to see a foreign country from your home state does not qualify as having foreign policy experience. Palin has no experience serving in a federal office, as the presidential candidates do. Has she mentioned anything about how she will improve women’s rights in America? How will she help other teenagers like her daughter get a college education? How will she help women earn equal pay, or get longer maternity leave? Electing Sarah Palin will turn the lives of women in America backwards.

there are many many more qualified women. If Sarah Palin was unattractive…think about it for a minute….no one would be paying attention to her. Period. That’s just the truth

I do not relate with Sara Palin. She is annoying and I won’t say stupid but I will say she needs work. Even if that work produced a more knowledgeable Sara Palin I still would not vote for her. Compare her to Hillary and then envision Sarah talking to visiting dignitaries.

AC – I think maybe you need to find a different group of women to base the story you’re doing on because from the responses I’m reading here, what you’re going to end up with is a real good “story”

It is not Palin’s lack of experience that makes her unqualified. It is her lack of knowledge.

I am female, pro-choice, do not attend church, married with 1 child, and work full-time in an executive level position. I am also a Republican and I support the nomination of Palin. The notion that all Palin supporters are pro-life, religious, and stay-at-home Moms is ridiculous.

That’s great they feel like she’s one of them, but how does that in any way qualify her to be VP? The two are not related.

Relate? What does that have to do with picking someone qualified for President of the United States? Anyone who votes based on relating is an idiot – I guess that’s why we’ve had 8 years of this disastrous Presidency?

Gun happy, hillbilly, don’t we have one of those now in office from Texas? No, as a woman I am not impressed with Palin either. Sad but true. But I don’t care for Obama either. Do we get another choice?

I wanted to vote for McCain but I am absolutely horrified by his VP pick, Sarah Palin. I am going to vote for Obama as McCain let me down.
McCain must think that we are a bunch of morons.

Yes, in the sense that she is a mother with moral beliefs that she sticks to. I’m sure she loves and is loved by her children and puts a high value on her family life. However, you can’t vote based on likeability. Family life has nothing to do with world politics, and before September Sarah Palin had zero knowledge of the world stage. So understand her, yes, but could I vote for her? No.

The bar has been set so low for Palin, that as long as she shows up and doesnt drool, she will have been considered to do well.

It is unfortunate that McCain couldn’t have found another woman or man who shared these conservative views and was intelligent. I feel that Palin is a bad example of a professional American woman.

It’s not enough to be a President. Serah Pelin trying to get to the white house without any foreign policy experience. She keeps failing or did little good in all the interview and debates. Right now the crisis in this country, ‘Moms for Pelin ‘ doesn’t work. If she wins of course she has tremendous work than thinking about the moms. Right now she doesn’t have time for for her own new born.

I do not in any way, shape or form relate to Sara Palin. If for some reason McCain and Palin are elected (which I do not think will happen) — hold on to your hats, shirts, pants and anything else you can grab, because they plan on taking the US on the ride of it’s life — and it won’t be fun.

As a Christian woman, I cannot relate with Sarah Palin. A true Christian do not stir hatred. Yes she got the looks and she have executive experience but that’s about it! I am not sure why she’s stepping this low smearing dirty tactics and raising bitterness and anger during her campaigns. Sorry I just can’t relate with her!

No way. She is not the kind of woman I would like to see anywhere close to the White House!

I have come to think that incompetence and dishonesty are traits that conservatives value highly.

I am a Canadian male and it is so refreshing in reading all of these comments to realize that America can be great again at last.

Hey Daisy….are you ashamed of Obama’s middle name? Or are you afraid that if the general public knew that his middle name is Hussein, that perhaps the messiah wouldn’t get elected?

Sarah is everything in a woman that I detest. If Joe Binden had said “drill baby drill’ their would have been an outcry, but because she says it and winks people think she is great. Joe Biden was being a gentleman, she was being common

yeah i’m going to have to agree with these ladies in here – Palin is just terrible.

For those who defend Obama’s friendship with Ayers, I have this question for you.

Would you befriend with one of those 9-11 terrorists if he were still alive?

Ayers publicly condoned the bombing of US government building and wished for more of them.

Ayers is just like one of those 9-11 terrorists. But, yet Obama befriended him in 1995, long after his terrorist records were made public.

For decades, feminist wanted a strong role model who could be accomplished, a professional, and show that a woman can do as much or more than men could.

#1. She took on her own party, and won the election.
#2. To be a commercial fisherman, you have to be physically tough. She was a commercial fisherman.
#3. To take on labor unions, you better be tough also, and have not only the guts, but the smarts. She did that and more.
#4. She has just as much experience as Obama does, since he spent most of his time running for President. She is not running for President but for VP. Obama could run for VP, but does not has the experience or the judgement to run for President.
#5. Palin brought the feminist movement to the 21st century, because, like Pelosi said, she is a mother, a professional, I doubt that those commenting or criticizing her on this article are near close to be elected Major, much less Governor of nowhere. She prove that she can be human, tough, an elected official, and smart enough to rally over 20,000 people, which is about what Obama brings.

Being a racist is deplorable, discriminating against Palin because she is a mother first, is just as bad, it is sexist, irrational, and prove the low intellect of the complainers.

This woman Sarah Palin who John McCain plucked from the Tundra is out of touch with the majority of American women, myself included. Smart, savvy, educated women, don’t call themselves Joe-Six-pack, don’t say you betcha,and they know what periodicals they read when asked.
Her few interviews with Corporate Media have been disastrous. She was incoherent, ignorant, and unprepared. I would like to think that a Public Official is intelligent enough to think on his or her feet. This woman definitely does not have leadership qualities. Too bad for Alaska.

No to Sara Palin. I considered voting for McCain until he chose Palin, which shows a lack of leadership and common sense on McCain’s part, and also shows that he, like President Bush, will do what they can to win the religious fundamentalist vote. McCain, like Bush, will forget his religious buddies if elected.

Palin insults the strong, intelligent women who could have been chosen but weren’t, and her subtle racist hints – no accidents but perfectly scripted remarks – are unsettling, dangerous, and immoral.

Actually, for me, the choice is simply a matter of life or death:

1) Sarah Palin embraced the gift of a child with Down syndrome; and,

2) In 2001, Barack Obama not only voted against Illinois State Senate Bill 1095, providing an equal protection clause for premature infants who had been born alive, but spoke against it on the Senate floor, stating that this was due to the fact that, “…they are persons that [sic] are entitled to the kinds of protections that would be provided to a child, a nine-month-old child that [sic] was delivered to term…the equal protection clause does not allow somebody to kill a child…”

For those who keep addressing Anderson Cooper, this blog was not written by Anderson. It was written by Randi Kaye, a CNN correspondent. Go back and look at the top of the blog. And for those who keep accusing CNN of being bias, the people who leave comments here are not affiliated with CNN. They are the comments of regular people. I doubt that CNN is telling these people what to say. I’m not a CNN staff. I’m just a regular person who’s tired of hearing people blame the media. The media is such a large entity, you wouldn’t even know where to point fingers. The media is profit driven. They’re just doing their job because viewers watch them. If you don’t like the media, stop giving them ratings then.

Ladies,

Do you know Palin made a law making a raped woman in Alaska pay for her rape kit. So I guess if she can’t afford it her rapist can go free and welcomed to rape you and your daughters. Open your eyes and see the trueth. Palin never in life is a role model for any self respecting woman. How can I relate to a women who believes raped women should have no choice to carry the child of her rapist. Yes please remind me everyday for nine months of that awlful day. Please send us back to the back woods to kill oursleves with coat hangers, and unskilled doctors. Yes take away my civil liberties to happiness.

Oh yes I can’t forget that attending 5 different colleges (failed out of one) deems you as smart.

Sarah Palin is married to a terrorist. He didn’t want to have his state part of the US and she spoke many a times at the conventions.
Oh and the shot out to third graders was because that was the extent of her husbands eductional background.

So many comments are describing my own opinions. No Christian attacks and lies as Palin does and does it with such ugliness. No good mother puts her children lacking of her support (and she is more than just a working mother, she is an absent mother); no true American discounts the beliefs of others as she does and no intelligent woman comes across to pitiful. She tries to relate to the common person. Well “folks” she isn’t one of us.
Her encouraging the hate towards Obama is dispicable-not Christian like or patriotic. McCain almost had my vote, until he chose her–now I am questioning his ability to lead in a bipartisan way. He is no better than she and that is sad BUT at least he can speak without a speech written by others and he gets to go out to the public all by himself–she can’t be trusted to do that too much. Wonder why folks?
I find it sad that Christian women say they can relate to her–doesn’t say much for our Christian population–she does not relate to my Christian women’s group. ALSO, Christians, in your conservative circle, how many Joe Six packs are there???? I am sure the preacher would be surprised to hear you say lots!

Corey De Simone – Personal Trainer.
Yes for Palin!

I respect Gov. Palin as a person and her quick accompanishment in life. I do not relate to her in her belief and do not see that she is qualified to be a heart beat away from Commander-in-Chief.

She may have experience on municipal and state level, but we need a person with great educational and work background to run our country. Gov. Palin had a BA in jornalism and less than 2 years experience as a governor does not make kher qualify for a VP of great US of A. McCain has senatorial exprience with no educational background. What are we telling our kids here? That anyone is qualify to rule out country? No, we need to encourage education and it als reflects mostly on our RULERS…

Obama on the other hand earned a JD from an elite school with concentration in foreign affair. He is loaded with educational and work experience-You cannot compare the two.

Gov. Palin is pretty and an aggressive woman, but her winking and they way she smiles when she makes her negative remarks really gives me a chill.

We need a change and that can only be accomplished by someone with experience.

I admire Hilary and her belief. She has the same belief as Obama/Biden.. i am voting for Obama, come November!!

I cannot even imagine the US with Palin as vice president or president! I also let a pregnancy go to term with a baby who had disabilities, but that has nothing to do with politics! This woman is ignorant, uneducated, and will be an embarrasment to our country is she is elected!