I predict that Sarah Palin will give one hell of a speech tonight. The McCain campaign is betting on it and the Obama campaign is prepared for it.

The media will swoon and Republicans will rejoice, hoping that Americans will forget everything we've learned about Palin in the past week; her family drama, multiplying scandals and scant foreign policy experience.

I also predict that virtually all of the media coverage following the speech will miss the point. One good speech shouldn't cloud the central question: should McCain have picked Palin and is she up for the job?

House Democratic Chairman Rahm Emanuel smartly made that point today:

"Tonight's speech has little to do with Governor Palin's already-proven skills on the stump, and everything to do with John McCain's judgment. The issue at hand is not whether Sarah Palin can deliver a good speech, and it's not even about her compelling personal story; the real issue of this convention continues to be John McCain. In choosing Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has made the first decision of his would-be presidency, and he did it based on one meeting and one phone call. The result? The Republican Vice Presidential nominee is a brand new governor with no foreign policy experience, who hasn't been thoroughly vetted and tested, and could be one heartbeat away from being the leader of the free world."

It's not sexist to suggest that Palin doesn't have the experience to be Vice President, let alone President. Republicans have been saying the same thing about Barack Obama for months, and would've intensified that message if Obama picked a relative newcomer like Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to join his ticket. But Obama didn't do that. He made a wise, seasoned, thought through decision in Joe Biden. McCain did just the opposite, pulling the trigger in an impusilve, hasty and irrational manner. And when the press started asking tough questions, the McCain campaign provided contradictory answers, then stopped answering and started whining.

Nor is it elitist to point out that her extremely conservative ideology and flirtation with fringe secession groups will turn off a lot of independent and swing voters, including supporters of Hillary Clinton. McCain could've energized the GOP base or reached out to swing voters with his VP selection, but it's a tough bet--no matter how good Palin's speech is--that he can successfully do both.

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1. "I predict that Sarah Palin will give one hell of a speech tonight."

   I'll second that prediction. And she'll get a rousing ovation (many, in fact) and the Media spin will be "After a few days of turmoil, Governor Palin has shown one of the aspects that may have led McCain to pick her....the base love her and she makes quite an impression!"

   And I'll go further...McCain up by 3-5 points in poll averages after the Convention.

   then...the REAL fight begins.

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 4:46pm

2. I sure am enjoying this week. I haven't stopped smiling since last Friday morning.

   And after listening to Fred Thompson last night give the best speech of his life, it has only gotten better.

   As I said before, all of this firestorm of criticism is because the left (including the MSM who are perhaps most guilty) are running scared.

   This is now a ticket for conservatives, for independents, conservative Democratic Catholics and Reagan Democrats. Many of these people Obama hoped to appeal to through Joe Biden.

   Now we have a Democratic ticket that just represents old "New Deal" politics vs the maverick reformer, fiscal conservative image; and a VP who can address energy issues in a way neither Obama or Biden could ever hope to.

   Life is getting very good.

   Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 4:56pm

3. Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 4:56pm

   Same question I asked MAASCH, LL...

   were all the firestorms about Obama because "the RIGHT were running scared"?

   or does that defense mechanism only go one way?

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 4:59pm

4. LvLiberty-Why is the left running scared considering recent polls?The Palin selection is turning off independents which is why the bump for Obama.

   Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:00pm

5. LvLiberty-Palin brought the firestorm of criticism on herself.Time for you guys to stop talking personal responsibility and time for you to do personal responsibility.

   Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:04pm

6. You're right, lvliberty- neither Obama nor Biden have as much experience fighting FOR oil companies as Palin does. That should serve her well, as McCain's ridiculous pander of an offshore drilling plan will require someone who knows how to sweet-talk big oil.

   Posted by B-Town at 09/03/2008 @ 5:07pm

7. LvLiberty-McCain is a panderer and not a maverick reformer.Whatever he was he isn't no more.

   Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:15pm

8. RedRiver_ says "Neither is it sexist or racist to suggest that Obama has the experience and the record to successfully fill the role of either dogcatcher, social-welfare worker, or garbage collector, but certainly NOT President!"

   Yes it is racist to sugest that a Harvard educated Senator should be a garbage collector, dog catcher or social worker. Its not something you would say to a white Harvard educated lawyer, much less a senator.

   Posted by Guiles at 09/03/2008 @ 5:17pm

9. were all the firestorms about Obama because "the RIGHT were running scared"?

   or does that defense mechanism only go one way?

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 4:59pm

   Maybe it's time for you, the resident researcher and archiver of quotes to answer then the questions that are never answered;

   What qualifications does Obama have to be president other than being a natural US citizen who is at least 35 years of age?

   What achievements has he had?

   What executive or management leadership of any kind has Obama held?

   Next:

   What are the responsibilities for the position of Vice President of the US?

   To daily inquire after the health of the president (a long standing joke) and the only official responsibility which is to cast a vote in the event of a tie in the Senate.

   So how is Palin unqualified?

   Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 5:22pm

10. 1. Palin and her husband flirts with succession from the United States.

    2. Palin attempts to ban library books she doesn't like and fire the city librarian if she doesn't go along.

    3. Palin fires police chief of Wassila because he wants the bars to close at 2am rather than 5am and this upset Palin's bar owner campaign contributors.

    4. Palin fires her chief public safety officer, the former police chief of Anchorage, because he doesn't want to be used in her family feud in firing the ex-husband of her sister.

    5. Palin skipped out of paying her taxes and fees on her car wash that she owned, and failed to file required financial statements.

    6. Palin's pastor of 30 years thinks political opponents of Bush won't go to heaven and that Jesus is some kind of war general that kills people that don't believe in him.

    7. Palin voted to strip funds from a group that helps teen moms, LIKE HER DAUGHTER, get skills and lead productive lives after pregnancy.

    8. Palin hired an Abramoff lobbyist to get earmarks that even McCain objected to

    9. Palin inflates her foreign policy experience by claiming a refueling stop as a "visit to Ireland".

    Posted by Metteyya at 09/03/2008 @ 5:23pm

11. LvLiberty-Palin brought the firestorm of criticism on herself.Time for you guys to stop talking personal responsibility and time for you to do personal responsibility.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:04pm

    "brought it on herself?"

    Really, seems perhaps you are really a sexist. How dare she agree to serve in service to her country after having her 5th child this year. And how dare she do so when her daughter is pregnant? Is that your line? If so, you are much lower class than I would have thought of you.

    And what abandonment of personal responsibility? (should be an interesting answer).

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 5:26pm

12. You're right, lvliberty- neither Obama nor Biden have as much experience fighting FOR oil companies as Palin does. That should serve her well, as McCain's ridiculous pander of an offshore drilling plan will require someone who knows how to sweet-talk big oil.

    Posted by B-Town at 09/03/2008 @ 5:07pm | ignore this person | warn this person

    Can you imagine Palin as President? All Federal lands in Alaska would be in play for everything.....mining, logging, oiling, development, snowmobiling & all terrain vehicles (multiple abuse concept of resource management that really means that the exploiters and gear heads get their way), wolf and bear huntin from planes and coptors, commercial fishing.....geez what fun to divide up the "Last Frontier." This isn't conservation....this is exploitation. Look out! Your land for sale and not necessarily to the highest bidder.

    Posted by OneVote at 09/03/2008 @ 5:27pm

13. LvLiberty-Your response had nothing to do with my post nor did I post anything that was remotely sexist.I know you guys are supposed to say the sexist thing,but let's remember what you said about lying and try not to lie,please.She isn't in service to her country.Like most politicians she is advancing her own political ambitions.We don't know who had that "fifth" baby,yet and neither do you.Palin knew that she was under investigation,she knew that she had strong ties to the AIP,she knew that her daughter would be exposed to press coverage,she knew that she was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it,etc. etc..She knew that all of that and more would come out.She brought this on herself and she is to blame for whatever her daughter is put through and is to blame for the criticism.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:35pm

14. LvLiberty-Palin,also,knows that she has a history of abusing her power and she knew that,too,would come out.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:40pm

15. Metteyya at 09/03/2008 @ 5:23pm...

    Why are you so upset about Palin? If she's as 'bad' as you say she is... then you ought to be keeping your powder dry... and with an acute sense of timing and finesse... use your points to your candidate's advantage.

    Why shred an obvious tactical advantage at a time when you can only be helping your opponent?

    This is theatre, man...;^)

    Posted by ttr at 09/03/2008 @ 5:41pm

16. LvLiberty-Your response had nothing to do with my post nor did I post anything that was remotely sexist.I know you guys are supposed to say the sexist thing,but let's remember what you said about lying and try not to lie,please.She isn't in service to her country.Like most politicians she is advancing her own political ambitions.We don't know who had that "fifth" baby,yet and neither do you.Palin knew that she was under investigation,she knew that she had strong ties to the AIP,she knew that her daughter would be exposed to press coverage,she knew that she was for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it,etc. etc..She knew that all of that and more would come out.She brought this on herself and she is to blame for whatever her daughter is put through and is to blame for the criticism.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 5:35pm

    There is nothing reasoned or even factual in your response. You are merely regurgitating gossip rag type accusations that are so easily disproved while also contemptible.

    There is no reason for her to not run because she has a daughter that is pregnant. You haven't provided a single reason.

    To suggest her son is not her own is just beneath contempt. I expect that from slimeballs but before this, you did not appear to be that type of person. Even some of the leftist media types on MSNBC yesterday noted that the rumor was not only despicable but not biologically possible. Tell me, how did Bristol get pregnant with her current child over a month before supposedly having the other baby?

    but go ahead, stay with your attitudes; you will find yourself in a very small fringe group.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 5:57pm

17. Wall Street Journal columnist and former Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan and former John McCain adviser, Time columnist, and MSNBC contributor Mike Murphy were caught on tape disparaging John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential running mate.

    "It's over," Noonan said.

    When Chuck Todd asked her if this was the most qualified woman the Republicans could nominate, Noonan responded, "The most qualified? No. I think they went for this, excuse me, political bullshit about narratives. Every time the Republicans do that, because that's not where they live and that's not what they're good at, they blow it."

    Murphy characterized the choices as "cynical" and "gimmicky."

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:14pm

18. There's at least two Repubs that are not in denial...Noonan and Murphy

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:15pm

19. lvliberty-Not one thing that I wrote is gossip and all was factual nor can you point out one thing that isn't based on fact, which is why you didn't.You just claimed that you could.I don't care about whose fifth kid it is,but it is odd that one cannot tell the difference between pictures of the daughter when she is pregnant and when she,supposedly,wasn't.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 6:18pm

20. I gottoo agree, LvL...

    But then again... I don't remember ever hearing the phrase... "as goes alaska, so goes the nation"...;^)

    Posted by ttr at 09/03/2008 @ 6:24pm

21. http://www.siptenn.org/the_index.phtml

    One of the "political" links from the AIP site, the secessionist group that Palin and her husband were "affiliated" with, is the "Southern Party of Tennessee".

    This groups is explicitly for racial segregation and views "diversity" as "cultural racism".

    http://www.siptenn.org/the_index.phtml

    Posted by Metteyya at 09/03/2008 @ 6:26pm

22. Remember all the flak Chelsea Clinton got when her father ran for President? And she wasn't even pregnant!

    Repubs are finally reaping what they have sown. The Emperor has no clothes, and is complaining because he feels a draft.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:27pm

23. More Obama questions for the left.

    Since the economy is listed as the highest priority by most Americans:

    What is the expertise of Obama or Biden on economic issues?

    What experience does either Obama or Biden have with budget issues?

    Hiring and firing?

    (laughably, Obama is now claiming that running for president is his resume experience).

    What experience does Obama have with energy issues? Biden?

    Why should voters think that Obama is better prepared and qualified to address economic issues?

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 6:27pm

24. Quit trying to change the subject, Liberty. This thread is about Sarah Palin.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:30pm

25. Posted by ttr at 09/03/2008 @ 5:41pm

    All in time, my friend, all in time.

    The Repubs already are scrambling...

    They already got Palin's pastor of 30 years to take down all of his sermons from his website with the stupid idea that no one has copied them yet.

    These guys are morons, and simply giving them a taste of what is yet to come is more like torture-tease than spilling the beans.

    Palin was NOT vetted, and this will be apparent to everyone pretty soon.

    Posted by Metteyya at 09/03/2008 @ 6:33pm

26. LvLiberty-Got anything to show that what I posted about was just gossip?Can you show that she isn't under investigation?Can you show that she has no strong ties,like her husbands membership,to the AIP?Can you show that she was always against the bridge to nowhere?Can you show that she never fired anyone simply because they disagreed with her?By the way.I care more about my kids than I do about my ambitions and never would have put one of my daughters through what she has put hers through.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 6:33pm

27. lvliberty-Not one thing that I wrote is gossip and all was factual nor can you point out one thing that isn't based on fact, which is why you didn't.You just claimed that you could.I don't care about whose fifth kid it is,but it is odd that one cannot tell the difference between pictures of the daughter when she is pregnant and when she,supposedly,wasn't.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 6:18pm

    Factual?

    the facts were wrong about Palin and the AIP as even the NY Times which made the charge has admitted.

    The facts are wrong about her baby as the chronology demonstrates

    The fact is that there is no law or moral basis for her to be deemed irresponsible for running for president because her daughter is pregnant. So what criticism does she deserve for it? And on what basis?

    I find her a responsible and caring parent from everything that has been made known.

    The one fact you cite that she initially was for the Bridge before she was against it, is lacking context. She was for it initially during her campaign, but not after she was elected and examined the issue further. A bit of a flip-flop? yes, but one that most would agree was a wise decision.

    Sorry, I continue to find your remarks on this to be more like the kind of gutter stuff you find in the most vile gossip rags.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 6:35pm

28. I am fairly convinced that her son is her child. The risks factors for having a child with Down syndrom drastically increase in women over the age of 40.

    The argument that Palins lack of experience is irrelevent especially considering the paucity of experience that Obama has fall short. Primarily due to the fact that the Nation has had the opportunity to get to know Obama over the last 19 months, we know his history , we know where he stands on issues, we know his judgment and intellect. We don't know Palin and have only about 2 months to figure out who she is. From what I have learned she is a female Dick Cheney and is about as far right as you can get. She is also vindictive firing people who she disagrees with and running a small towns economy down the drain. The issue of her child and her to be grandchild are irrelevent in the scheme of things. If anything they distract from the fact that by McCains choice of a hyper neocon for VP he is once again endorsing the policies of the Bush administration. Considering that McCain is 3 years shy of the average life expectancy for a US male, raises the level of importance and need for scrutiny of his VP choice.

    Posted by Extraneous at 09/03/2008 @ 6:35pm

29. lvliberty-far more than just the left supports Obama, as polls clearly show.Get out of your left/right fantasy world.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 6:35pm

30. Quit trying to change the subject, Liberty. This thread is about Sarah Palin.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:30pm

    So you can't answer it either?

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 6:37pm

31. Lvliberty-You are quoting the NY times about the AIP?LOL.Her husband was a member and she has very strong ties to them as she has admitted on videos.Get informed.We know how easy it is to con you by your reaction to FrankGrits.All one has to do is tell you what you want to hear and your brain shuts down.All that I have mentioned is quite relevant to the job of VP and you know it,but you want to dismiss relevant things about her by dismissing it as gossip.Guess what?Everything you repeat about Obama can be written off as pointless gossip rag stuff,too,but it is all important because everything about them is important.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/03/2008 @ 6:41pm

32. So you can't answer it either?

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 6:37pm

    Those questions have been answered on other threads

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:47pm

33. Don't forget, our neighbors to the north, Quebec, goes through this every 10 years or so

    Posted by 2HAPPY at 09/03/2008 @ 6:42pm

    And we all see what a world beater Quebec is. Really, you Repubs are grasping at straws here. The choice of Palin was the nail in McCains coffin.

    "It's over," Noonan said.

    Season to taste and serve, he's done.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:50pm

34. McCain "vetting" Palin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qUVQDmLf7s

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:53pm

35. "I would think the main reason some folks are independents to begin with, is their propensity to be open-minded; including quite possibly, the idea of peaceful secession." Posted by 2HAPPY at 09/03/2008 @ 6:42pm

    It's 2008, not 1861. The idea of secession isn't open-minded, it's fringe lunacy.

    Posted by Be Good at 09/03/2008 @ 6:55pm

36. Posted by 2HAPPY at 09/03/2008 @ 6:42pm

    HAP,

    Have you actually looked at polls of swing voter attitudes?

    They clearly are not the rock-the-boat types, and will be completely turned off by a politician like Palin who uses the power of her office to fire public safety comissioners that don't carry out family feuds, or librarians that don't want to ban books from the library that she doesn't like, or police chiefs who anger bar owner campaign contributors by setting reasonable bar closing hours of 2am.

    Who drinks in bars after 2am on weekdays anyway?

    Hopefully not Sarah!

    Posted by Metteyya at 09/03/2008 @ 6:57pm

37. It's 2008, not 1861. The idea of secession isn't open-minded, it's fringe lunacy.

    Posted by Be Good at 09/03/2008 @ 6:55pm

    Palin is either a certified nut-case or a political whore for having anything to do with those "fringe lunatics".

    Kinda makes Rev. Wright look like a moderate, doesn't it?

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 6:59pm

38. Give me 3:1 Odds, same as MASK, for another of my $100 against your $300? Donate to The Nation?

    Posted by 2HAPPY at 09/03/2008 @ 6:57pm

    Wow, 3:1! Funny, Obama isn't up in the polls 3:1. You're really confident in your man McCain, aren't you?

    <snort> 3:1...

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 7:02pm

39. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S OWN PEGGY NOONAN SAYS "ITS OVER"

    Who is Peggy Noonan? She is one of a handful of the nationally known conservative pundits who has brain, brawn experience, stature and respect.

    She is an author of seven books on politics, religion and culture, a weekly columnist for The Wall Street Journal, and was a primary speech writer and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. She is considered a political conservative.

    Five of Noonan's books have been New York Times bestsellers. Noonan is a Trustee of the Manhattan Institute. She has been awarded honorary doctorates from Miami University, St. John Fisher College, her alma mater Fairleigh Dickinson University, Adelphi College, and Saint Francis College. She was nominated for Emmy Awards for her work on The West Wing and America: A Tribute to Heroes.

    Anyway, she was on an NBC segment with Mike Todd today, and after she was finished speaking, her microphone remained "hot" and she continued to speak with the other guest, Republican consultant Mike Murphy. As some of you may know, satellite feeds remain live, and since the microphone remained on, and was apparently recorded by someone, you can clearly hear the continued conversation. She trashes both McCain and Palin. Calls it "political bullsh*it." and laments that "its over." Very telling, as it is a very candid and intellectually honest, and it comes from a well respected conservative. The fact that it is her private thoughts, and not public spin makes it even more credible.

    Here is the link to the Yahoo story which contains a video of the broadcast and Noonan's after-broadcast comments. INCREDIBLE. PRICELESS You have to hear and see it to believe it.

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/200809 ... tico/20576

    So, to you conservative po

    Posted by bobforer at 09/03/2008 @ 7:12pm

40. Posted earlier in the thread, Bob, but thanks. It bears repeating. Some of the diehards here seem to have ignored it.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 7:22pm

41. Sorry, Balrog. I was so excited when I read the news on Yahoo, I hastily composed my missive and started to blindly cut and paste without checking previous posts.

    Unreal. A progressive's wet dream.

    Posted by bobforer at 09/03/2008 @ 7:30pm

42. When George W. Bush was running for his second term as governor of Texas, he ran a TV ad produced by Carl Rove's office in which he said, "Single unwed mothers are responsible for the moral decline of our society." As a single unwed mother, I was offended. Today Republicans are referring to Sarah Palin's daughter's choice to go that route as heroic. What changed? When did it change? Was it over Labor Day weekend?

    Posted by oldstraycat at 09/03/2008 @ 8:00pm

43. Today Republicans are referring to Sarah Palin's daughter's choice to go that route as heroic. What changed? When did it change? Was it over Labor Day weekend?

    Posted by oldstraycat at 09/03/2008 @ 8:00pm

    She isn't going that route, she is getting married.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 8:02pm

44. I listened to Fred Thompson whine last night in his deep red neck voice, about how the press was treating little Ms. Palin. Wolf thought it was red meat stuff Wow. The bar is so low for Mayor Palin that if she doesn't stutter, read the wrong line out of sequence from the teleprompter or fall off the stage, it will be a success. She will spout the same trite political platitudes while people are burning their furniture to stay warm, continue to die without health care and go homeless.

    Posted by lachatte at 09/03/2008 @ 8:07pm

45. She isn't going that route, she is getting married.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 8:02pm

    Hooray! She's an American Hero! She's saving the country from moral decline! She's...she's...

    She's a knocked up unwed 17 year old. My 21-year old daughter is still a virgin. Which family has the higher morals?

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 8:11pm

46. Hooray! She's an American Hero! She's saving the country from moral decline! She's...she's...

    She's a knocked up unwed 17 year old. My 21-year old daughter is still a virgin. Which family has the higher morals?

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 8:11pm |

    I don't know. I don't know either your family or her's personally.

    but I think it's wonderful that your daughter is exercising such wisdom.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 8:13pm

47. I think it's wonderful that your daughter is exercising such wisdom.

    Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 8:13pm

    Thank you. It's hard to believe that a god-less liberal like me can raise a daughter that's not out just a-fornicatin' in the streets, spreading diesease and creating welfare babies... while that evangelical paragon of virtue, Sarah Palin, has a knocked-up unwed 17 year-old. Luckily, the Democrats have pushed to have programs in place to help people like her...except that her Mother vetoed them.

    Yeah...it's hard to believe.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 8:22pm

48. Hard to believe that the Repubs are still pushing that whole "Family Values" falacy; that whole "just say no" approach to contraception.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 8:24pm

49. Touche, Balrog. YOu have more spunk than Sarah. And you're one of us. Wonderful.

    And for everyone, here is an hillarious youtube video.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mThW5FdQO…

    Posted by bobforer at 09/03/2008 @ 8:32pm

50. Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 8:24pm

    You think any sane Republican will ever go before a "mixed" (i.e. not 100% Religious Right) audience and push for "abstinence only sex ed" again?

    With the name "Bristol Palin Johnston" out there????

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 9:13pm

51. Posted by lvliberty1 at 09/03/2008 @ 5:22pm |

    Why don't you answer MY question first?

    Why when you guys CONTINUALLY brought up Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, "Michelle said she was never proud of her country", "Obama being treated like a Messiah", etc., etc., etc.

    was that not an example of YOU guys panicking?!??!??

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 9:24pm

52. What happens when John McCain doesn't draw as many viewers to his own speech at the convention as his VP choice? How do you spin that?

    Posted by eric72 at 09/03/2008 @ 9:28pm

53. Posted by JOMAMMA at 09/03/2008 @ 9:28pm

    Yeah, LVLIB tried that "premarital sex is murder" line too....falls pretty flat.

    You REALLY think people are so dumb that they're not going to think "Hmmmm? Good solid Christian family....THE most solid conservative mom....and the girl STILL gets knocked up?!??!?!"

    and think "Maybe condoms AREN'T so bad???" (as compared to having little Susie give birth before the Senior Prom?)

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 9:40pm

54. You REALLY think people are so dumb that they're not going to think "Hmmmm? Good solid Christian family....THE most solid conservative mom....and the girl STILL gets knocked up?!??!?!"

    and think "Maybe condoms AREN'T so bad???" (as compared to having little Susie give birth before the Senior Prom?)

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 9:40pm

    And that's why this issue is important: The abstinence only policy failed in Palin's own household; how the hell could it succeed nationwide? This but one example of failed policies that Republicans still cling to...policies that have been disproven...policies that need to change.

    Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 10:10pm

55. Posted by JOMAMMA at 09/03/2008 @ 9:54pm

    No, the coverage is of Palin's support of a FAILED POLICY and how it has personally impacted her own family!

    Study after study shows that abstinence only leads to MORE teen pregnancy and more STDs.

    And here is a VERY visible reminder of that fact in Palin's daughter.

    So, how is AO sex ed EVER going to be even considered viable....when THE family which should have seen it succeed....utterly fails at its premise?

    Of course LL basically said he didn't care if more teens got pregnant...just SAYING we oppose premarital sex makes us a moral country....despite the consequences. And of course Bristol will be sitting pretty...still able to get an education and a good career....UNLIKE all those other teen moms, taught AO, who won't.

    BTW, while the AO kids get pregnant...MY kid will be told to "wrap that rascal...every time" and go on to college and start a family at a time and place of his choosing.

    So, eventually, who'll be more successful?

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 10:14pm

56. Posted by Balrog at 09/03/2008 @ 10:10pm

    See above.

    AO kids, whose mom is NOT the Governor of a state or potential Veep, won't get the same breakes as Bristol Palin....

    but hey...atleast we'll SOUND like a more moral country, huh?

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/03/2008 @ 10:16pm

57. they are only human..

    We also preach "do not murder"...but there are those who do ..do we stop suggesting not to murder?

    Posted by JOMAMMA at 09/03/2008 @ 9:28pm

    nope.

    best thing to do is murder those who do.

    Posted by frosty zoom at 09/04/2008 @ 12:31am

58. Posted by JOMAMMA at 09/03/2008 @ 9:01pm

    Everyone but the farthest right SHOULD be in a panic. If McCain wins and dies that hypocritical, undereducated putz will be president and as desperate as I am to see a woman in that office before I die she is a train wreck waiting to happen.

    What was the matter with Libby Dole or Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Christie Todd Whitman? Even Condi Rice(Lord, I gag saying this)is more qualified than Sarah Palin. I wouldn't vote for any of them, but I wouldn't be afraid to have them in the white house if McCain died. (Well, Condi is a little scary...and I really like Whitman).

    If they had to pick a right leaning woman, McCain had dozens of better options. He doesn't even pander well.

    Posted by Pogge at 09/04/2008 @ 07:04am

59. "What are the responsibilities for the position of Vice President of the US?

    To daily inquire after the health of the president (a long standing joke) and the only official responsibility which is to cast a vote in the event of a tie in the Senate. "

    Actually, the VP takes on a number of jobs over and above his constitutional responsibilities. Bush the elder headed up task forces on deregulation and drug policy. Gore headed up task forces on government efficiency, information technology and the environment. I hardly need to point out the importance that Cheney had.

    Obama is the better choice for President because he has the better policies.

    Posted by brunowe at 09/04/2008 @ 07:50am