DISQUS

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Huge numbers and even more astonishing in today's fractured digital marketplace...

ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith) · 1 year ago

I hope everyone gets the "Palin fever" out of their brains soon and gets back to the issue at hand. Obama last night laid down a pretty good gauntlet and I hope his people don't let up now. If anything I see Palins move as a hard right tact by McCain, and all it will do is get his smaller Republican base motivated. The Dems need to get our larger base motivated, and not forgets Obamas damn fine speech last night or the entire convention. If anything, the "Palin blunder" opens Independents up (who are split right down the middle) for Obama to be able to go after with even more zeal.

HereinDC · 1 year ago

Bob Barr is looking good to some of the Righties

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Yeah, I work with a Repub, and he's like: "OK, Bob Barr it is" today.

jcgraham77 · 1 year ago

I think its going to turn into a Palainful hangover real soon...as soon as they realize she has no credentials and how desperate an act it is. My father is an ardent Repug and he is speechless. I don't think McCain fully realized how serious a lot of his constituency takes the office...not the crazy religous folk, but the repugs who need to make a living.

HereinDC · 1 year ago

How many people watched Bush in 2004?

eliot99 · 1 year ago

I think around 27 million

jcgraham77 · 1 year ago

Well PeePaw and MeeMaw McCain didn't watch..so there!!!

Polly_Tics · 1 year ago

Thanks Robert.

HereinDC · 1 year ago

Does Palin even have a Passport?
Ever been to the Middle East??
Ever been to Asia?
Ever been to South America?

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

No, but she did sleep in a Holiday Inn Express last night.

KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago

And the Dooce-Man on Fox News said she's from Alaska, which right "up there by Russia"!

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Well, heck.

She probably already has that Georgia situation under control.

kladinvt · 1 year ago

Sounds like some exotic foreign place to me.

SarainKC · 1 year ago

And Lyndsay Graham told Wolf that "if she can deal with Ted Stevens, she can deal with the Russians" in response to his question on what type of experience does she have to deal with the Russian crisis!

SouthernYankee · 1 year ago

I wonder why McCain didn't pick his darling friend Lyndsay:

Beware everyone don't underestimate this woman.

seohio · 1 year ago

Has Palin even been to the Continental 48 before today?

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Yeah, she went to one of those fancy universities back east: Idaho State.

Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago

Can't wait to see Mr Magoo try and top any of this.

dad · 1 year ago

NOW v. POW
PAW v. MAW

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Dayton Daily News says the 12,000 seat Nutter Center "was filled to capacity" and 300 people were turned away...Pretty sad consider how formerly rabid SW Ohio Rethuglicans once were.

HereinDC · 1 year ago

Would have McCain picked her id she was a man?

The answer is pretty obvious.

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

No one's mentioned how the Palin pick allowed the vengeful Johnny to humiliate Mitt...

HereinDC · 1 year ago

You are so right.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Mitt's people are pretty riled up about it, from what I've read.

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Palin makes Huckabee seem sophisticated...

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

That's great news. I feared Obama was preaching to the choir. I was so pleased with his speech last night. I don't see how any "sane" person can vote for McNut after Obama's speech.

devis1 · 1 year ago

Hey, I think I saw a commercial for a movie about you this AM. Way!

HereinDC · 1 year ago

Mr. Magoo and Annie Oakley

KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago

LOL! :-)

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Just wait til the Mayor of Moose Jaw gives her speech next week!

HereinDC · 1 year ago

This is going to be a great year for Halloween costumes.

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

A female Barney Fieff comes to mind.

KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago

GOP spin: the numbers are only that large because everybody wanted to see if Obama could reach the high bar that the uppity upstart set for himself. And, of course, he didn't.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

And McCain introduced the Mayor of Moose Jaw in front of 10,000 bussed-in vagrants because he wanted to set the bar nice and low.

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

Karen, the GOP response on Obama's speech has been hilarious. Poor guys don't know whether to scratch their watch or wind their butts.

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

Dolly Parton in Steal Magnolias - I couldn't resist using it here. It fits so perfectly.

wadewords · 1 year ago

The things that have most endeared the new contender to me are that she was runner-up in the Miss Alaska contest, and her husband is a champion snowmobile racer, as she proudly mentioed in her acceptance speech.

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Are you one of those McCain Paid Bloggers?

wadewords · 1 year ago

Why? Did you think my post was serious?

FunMe · 1 year ago

Ain't no stopping us now!

I present you President Obama!

naschkatzehussein · 1 year ago

And that does not count C-Span, right?

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Am I the only one who thinks she got the gig because she probably has experience signing oil leases?

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

I think she got the gig because of her physiology. It didn't hurt she is an oil person. Aren't they all?

Bush_Bites · 1 year ago

Maybe she got McCain high.

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/128450.html

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

Oh, my. It almost makes her a real person, not a pandering, neocon, Barbie doll.

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

At least having Palin on the ticket will keep Hillary from voting for McCain.

ZennButtKicker (tlhwraith) · 1 year ago

Anyone else realize that the crowd at Obamas speech last night was almost 10% of Alaskas entire population? So because Palin ran an 800k person state for less than 2 years she now has "executive experience"? Obamas campaign organization is probably bigger than that!

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Gifts Mile High's hot dog vendors with more executive experience...

Rob Mule · 1 year ago

Golly...I wonder when Ms. Palin is going to visit her very first big city hair salon???

lynn47 · 1 year ago

These numbers must be wrong.....the Democratic party is in total disarray gosh darn it. The MSM told me so a hundred times over. Must have been a bunch of Euro's watching,,,yeah that's it!!! Damn Euro's

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

Did I hear Palin's husband works for big oil? Conflict of interest, anyone?

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

actually, they have him as a commercial fisherman who works on the pipelines in his off time...

however, someone (Hereindc I think?) posted this earlier...
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor?fro...

Joneses · 1 year ago

Palin will keep the right nut cases in line. I don't think majority of the Hillary voters will vote for McCain, they still may be mad but they are not crazy.

Palin falls in line with World War Three. GOP party first, Country dead last.

My daughter's friends (she's 25) were text messaging each other commenting on how they are enjoying O's speech.

shrrrr · 1 year ago

The McSame campaign is about to implode, live in primetime. By this time next week, it will be official.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

I've got the Veuve Clicquot chilling... just waiting.

I REALLY want to see him start yelling during a live debate (maybe even some explatives??)... seriously, that'd be semi-orgasmic for me.

yeah, I know... I'm a political nerd.

larz · 1 year ago

As dirty as it makes me feel, I really might watch the GOP convention. Everything indicates that this will be a train wreck. We had the angry Hillary supporters - they'll have the angry Romney/Huckabee crowds whining about this one. Add a hurricane to the mix and this should be lots of fun!

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

larz, I think the Romney/Huckabee group will be placated with the idea of a over the top anti woman, anti choice candidate for VP.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

I really don't think so.

the religious right is SOOOO 1940's. A woman should be at home, taking care of the children... no job, just homemaker.

there's the problem... she shares their views, but she's the antithesis of what they stand for.

4 month old baby and running for VP? shouldn't she be home taking care of her husband and children?

there's also the thing about a woman with that much power... I don't think it'll sit very well with the religious right.

SouthernYankee · 1 year ago

Well as a women I share that opinion. She can't be a good mom and a VP with a infant that is handicapped. I want my VP to concenrate on doing her job.

Soundboy_jeff_meanie · 1 year ago

I have to watch mcsame's speech anyway... I'll be sure to take a valium or something beforehand, just so I don't smash the TV.

as it is, I know that even sedated... I'll be yelling at him.

SouthernYankee · 1 year ago

Don't forget the Ron Paul group.

An_American_Karol · 1 year ago

McCain couldn't have picked a better - worse- running mate. Woohoo.

SouthernYankee · 1 year ago

I am willing to bet the republicans won't get more than 10,000.00 people at most.