Sarah Palin : A national joke - Page 7

What really is funny is that the GOP encouraged its base to vote for Obama in the Dem primarys because they felt that they had a much better chance of beating him then her. It could have worked, but the choice of Palin clearly is seen by voters as an attempt to get Hillary supporters and not much else. Recent polls suggest that as man as one fifth of the voting population have a lesser view of McCain because of his choice of Palin.

I certainly do...

I don't care he picked a woman running mate--I object to the dingbat moose shooting airhead he picked when clearly there were other possibilities with better qualifications... McCain goes on and on at Obama's lack of experience and then he personifies those very points to his own side by picking Palin... Heck at the very worse he could have given Condi Rice a shot as VP and not hurt himself as badly as he did with Palin...

-w

Colin Powell would've helped...

I'm still waiting for you to answer the original question.




"I have been made victorious through terror."
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Interesting.

They may...may have been able to beat Obama though it seems that the pendulum is swinging to Obama and the Dems' direction.

At any rate Palin was a stupid, stupid choice. If I were a Republican voter I would be so pissed at McCain for doing that.

But I am independent and voting for Obama so I am happy he picked Palin

I would be happy to vote Republican if they would secularize their politics and come up with a better candidate that truly will reform, adapt, and make change for the better, not old man McCain and that dumb simpleton bitch from Nowhere, Alaska crowing about abortion and victory in the war on "the noun".

Sarah has balls. Good for her, I respect that. But if her balls are bigger than her brains she has no business running for VP of our country.

Couldn't agree with you more. If Republicans could get away from industry interests and the "God Squad" dictating their platform, and forget about the extreme de-regulation nonsense, I'd probably support them. You can't pretend that you're for limited government, but at the time want to legislate a woman's right to choose, and a gay couple's right to marry. You shouldn't be telling me what I should and shouldn't do recreationally, you shouldn't be trying to turn my republic into a theocracy, and you shouldn't be standing in the way of medical/scientific advancement.

do you really want to throw random quotes at me?

"Do not think that I have come to send peace on earth. I did not come to send peace, but a sword. I am sent to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law" (Matthew 10:34-35)

“I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence. (Luke 19:26-27)

“When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you. And when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. (Deutronomy 7:1-2)

i should add for people out there that I know those quotes are out of context and that the christian religion is a loving one. i just wanted to show tech what he sounds like.

Depends on one's point of view...

A Drag on the Ticket?
1 hr 13 mins ago



Old conventional political wisdom dictates that vice presidential picks don't change the outcome of a race. When Sarah Palin received larger fanfare than John McCain a month ago, the pundits cautioned, "people vote for President, not for Vice President."

Well, vice presidential candidates may not win elections, but this year it's looking increasingly likely that Sarah Palin may help lose one.

In an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released last night, the number one concern about McCain was Palin's perceived lack of qualifications.


Today Show/NBC News graphic

This morning, NBC's Political Director Chuck Todd explained McCain's "Palin problem":

"Speaking of Palin, her numbers have plummeted in our poll. For the first time, she has a net-negative fav/unfav rating (38%-47%), the only principal [candidate] to carry that distinction. What's more, 55% think she's unqualified to serve as president if the need arises, which is a troublesome number given McCain's age. (Have worries about McCain's age risen because of Palin? Seems to be the case)." Other polls reflect this perception problem for the McCain/Palin camp as well. Pew released its latest poll that echoes many of the NBC/WSJ's findings about voters' perceptions of Palin and their effect on McCain. Pew's headline doesn't mention Palin specifically -- "Growing Doubts About McCain's Judgment, Age and Campaign Conduct" -- but it has this telling observation in the write-up:

"Notably, opinions of Palin have a greater impact on voting intentions than do opinions of Joe Biden, Obama's running mate." Then ABC pulls McCain's poll problems together with this nugget explaining its most recent poll: "Fallout continues from McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for vice president, with 52 percent saying it weakens their confidence in his judgment."

Obviously, the McCain people aren't loving this and Politico reports that the candidate himself says he's "amazed" by the reaction to his VP pick. Politico writes:

"She is a governor, the most popular governor in America," McCain said. "I think she is the most qualified of any that has run recently for vice president."

"I'm amazed. I'm amazed. Which is better? Serve 35 years in the United States Senate and say you've got to divide Iraq into three different countries, or be governor of a state and a reformer and give people their tax dollars back and bring about reform in the way that your state does business? Which is better?"

Palin has been the most catastrophic choice for VP in modern presidential history. A lot of republicans are saying OH NO WAY. as many as 10% in Ohio and other battleground states. I'm in a blue state but still I have not met a single woman who supports her. And the choice was done so haphazardly with no regard to and ongoing investigation or the reaction women would have to her. I called a friend within 24 hours of her selection telling him Obama now has a good chance. I had a strong feeling how this would shake out. The real question one needs to ask is why the McCain campain didn't know that.

PBS has an online poll posted, asking if Sarah Palin is qualified.

Apparently the left wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with NO votes. The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It can influence undecided voters in swing states.

Please do two things -- takes 20 seconds.

1) Click on link and vote YES! Here's the link: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html

A better poll would be to ask if Barack Obama is qualified to be President.

palin is just as qualified as obama and, last time i checked, the qualifications of the president are far more important that the vp (also considered the historical yes man).

Taking anything nbc or msnbc says seriously is laughable

thats what really amazes me.....he couldn't qualify as a senior manager at McDonalds so what makes anyone think he should even be a senator not to even mention the President?

and who would vote for guy who makes statements like this...


" Barack Obama made the statement with pride. . .'we are no longer a
Christian nation; we are now a nation of Christians, Jews, Muslims,
Buddhists"

well that was the american dream, you should actually refer back to the constitution once in a while, or. . . read it


freedom of religion, freedom of speech

Diversity creates strength in our nation.