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AMERICAblog: Obama campaign on Palin speech: More of the same

  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    WOW!!
  • dad · 1 year ago
    wee.

    seriously?
  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    Busboy still doesn't get it. He is VERY easily manipulated by the media.
  • shrrrr · 1 year ago
    Ahhh. I was wondering what the problem was.
  • Brown · 1 year ago
    It is time to call this person out on her record and who she is. If Obama's campaign wants to play nice then they will get killed. No time for Mr. Nice Guy. She has a terrible record. Either we as Demorcrats define her or we let her define her self. In spite of the Dr. Phil part of her existence.
  • lastDem · 1 year ago
    Agree, agree
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    Aw shit.

    The cable talking heads are having orgasms over her speech.
  • lastDem · 1 year ago
    Not a bad speech, if given by someone who could give a speech. Now we get get to hear how great it was by MSM.
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Exactly !!!!

    John and Sarah don't 'get it'

    It's about CHANGE...and Obama is change.
    Smears and slime from the GOP isn't change...it's the same old game.

    Olberman said two words after Palin's speech:
    Saracastic and Condescending.
  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    Why is the media fawning over the reactions of the delegates from the Republican Party convention? We all know they are trained monkeys and are incapable of logic. I'm ready to hear about more of her scandals.
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    I think she helped Obama....I really do.

    Obama isn't sarcastic and condescending....Palin is.
  • Dave of the Jungle · 1 year ago
    Pee Wee Herman for Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

    Now!
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    I am mixed here. I hated her sarcasm but I think she will resonate with lots of right leaning women. Will smears and mocking carry her to the VP slot. And why do I feel that it is Palin against Obama, not McCain vs Obama
  • dad · 1 year ago
    because that is how they are attempting to frame it.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    Right leaning women will not be enough to win for McCain.
  • cowboyneok · 1 year ago
    Sarah Palin gave a good speech. She is a journalist. When the words and crowd fades can she lead? We also have to fight the media perception of if you are "media ready" you are ready to be a Commander-in-Chief. They project themselves into the role and think they are all capable of being leaders. Bullshit.
  • jescot · 1 year ago
    I think thats the right message ..if the DNC was a love fest and hopeful this looks like pitchforks and torches ...It might look good today and might sizzle but it wont resonant long term over the coming weeks with people.
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Compared to Obama or Biden she's a light-weight.

    A sarcastic, mocking, condescending light-weight.
  • Sage24 · 1 year ago
    Agreed. She is just a hard, gun toting, tough, red neck, and totally unsuitable to be VP.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    I think the Obama campaign is going to have to issue a much stronger statement. They may be waiting until McCain talks but if that is the best, it isn't going to work. You have to fight fire with fire, not fire with niceness, especially after tonight.
  • gregwire · 1 year ago
    Wow Sidoti had this one written a head of time too... Check out the time stamp. Guess she had time to run to dunkin doughnuts.
    http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080904/D92VL6...
  • donotmakemecomedownthere · 1 year ago
    Thanks for pointing this out.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Divisive speech. Remember, Bush promised to be a UNITER not a DIVIDER.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Giuliani is just pimping for a job in the next administration.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    Ha, good luck with that Rudy...Don't think Obama will be interested...
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Yes...she is ....very divisive.

    Sarcastic, Condescending, Mocking and Divisive.
  • mf_roe · 1 year ago
    Biden will have to be very careful when he debates her, he must not be condescending or disrespectful as he eviscerates her trite smug ass.
  • dad · 1 year ago
    she did the best she could.
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    And her best was the typical GOP

    Shrill, divisive, sarcastic, mocking and condescending.

    That's NOT change.
  • lauren1959 · 1 year ago
    Right leaning women were never going to vote for Obama anyway.... hopefully her shrill sarcasm will drive many away. All they have to do is not vote....
  • Sage24 · 1 year ago
    Well, she has challenged the Dems with her sarcasm, and criticism, and mocking someone for community service really belongs in the gutter.
    I hope Ms. "I sold an airplane on ebay", will be taking any attacks on her
    experience and policies, like a man, and not whine or cry sexism.
    Notice, she NEVER mentioned Bush or Cheney? She says that McCain is the
    only one who will fight for the people (more POW hints), but she did not mention that the rethuglicans had 8 years to fight for the people, but only
    fought for the wealthy.

    I still have not seen McCain's adopted daughter. Perhaps he might bring her out tomorrow, to show what a happy family they have.

    Palin made a good speech, obviously written by someone else, but the question is, how knowledgeable is she in foreign affairs. If Biden flattens
    her during the debates, this rookie better take it with a smile.
  • ProgressiveTroll · 1 year ago
    I saw her early yesterday, sitting by the old lady, but she wasn't there later and I haven't seen her today.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Clever GOP strategy of attacking the media for "attacking" them in a thinly disguised attempt to get the media to back off.

    If the media stops doing what they were taught in journalism schools, democracy is lost and my family's moving to Canada.
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    I pity the conventioneers who couldn't see Palin in close-up. like we could at home, scrunch up her face and be all cutesy-nasty.
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    She wrinkles up her nose when she condescends.
  • lauren1959 · 1 year ago
    And what was with McCain doddering onto the stage a la Obama, then displaying the worst chemistry with his Palin hug, and saying nothing?
  • dad · 1 year ago
    good night all.
    we can sleep well.

    best,

    .
  • frizbeesf · 1 year ago
    What we just saw was the 2008 "Pat Buchanon" moment. Just as in that moment from 1992 when Pat Buchanon spoke with such hate, such disdain for Americans while claiming to love America , that thousands upon thousands of Republicans (myself included) left the GOP the very next day and became Democrats.

    I honesty believe the vitriol and spite we heard tonight will be remembered just as Buchanon's speech is now seen - The moment the Republicans lost the election.
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    I especially loved watching Cindy laughing her ass off at the nastiness coming out of her new BFF's mouth. And wearing lime green, I guess, in homage to the "green screen" background of her husband's rival speech on the night Obama secured the numbers for the nom.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    All i can say about this is John McCain, that great reformer, has had 30 years in Congress. Not once, not until he wanted to be president, has he reformed a damn thing. It has been 8 years since his last bid for president, 8 years!! What has he done in the way of reform??

    Would someone please ask McCain why there is this obvious flaw on his resume???
  • Gridlock · 1 year ago
    um, havent we heard this statement a dozen times? It's cookie cutter.

    Do better Obama.
  • Sugapea · 1 year ago
    Did you see all the smiles on the young women in the crowd? It really means a lot to see a woman up there.
    Only wish Palin was a Democrat.
    Or that Obama had chosen a women...any woman.
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    They would have smiled for Dick Cheney too.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    The same women would be smiling at a diapered monkey if it were conservative enough.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    How best can the GOP distance itself from Bush and the last 7 years of Republican Congress and White House unless it totally trashes DC and liberal East Coast and SFO.

    They forgot that McCain was part of the problem for the last 7 years instead of part of the solution.
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Gasbag Buchanan having an orgasm.
  • lauren1959 · 1 year ago
    He's complimenting her voice???? What does he hear?
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Yeah...I thought her voice too shrill.
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    Chris Wallace: A STAR IS BORN!!!
  • Sage24 · 1 year ago
    Most times she sounded like a mocking PTA chairwoman, no?
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    To us:

    It probably went over well to the TV audience, tho.
  • ProgressiveTroll · 1 year ago
    JulieAnnie's speech sure went on and on didn't it? I bet there are some real pissed Republicans right now. I bet McSame is really pissed. I've been saying it for a while and I still believe it, the guy is really going to blow a gasket. You can see it coming for sure in the last few days, he's really pissed at the media. Same old Republican shit, blame the messenger. And wasn't it really obvious that there weren't any Republicans at the Republican convention? They are really noticeably absent. Hey guys, you bought it, you get to keep it whether you skunk out on the show or not.
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    Since she was such a "Mean Girl" with those contemptuous words put in her mouth by a MAN, can we all agree that the gloves can come off? Hillary, get to work! And let's call the McCain campaign on their bullshit when they cry "sexism!" when Hillary, Biden et al. come out swinging.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    Hillary has been conspicuously absent...I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt that it's 'convention' week and the attacks are at a minimum, but I better hear some VERY strong speeches and/or soundbites by her early next week...
  • devis1 · 1 year ago
    I get to see Biden's response tomro AM and I have a feeling he'll elaborate a bit more. He's going to be in VA Beach and I got a ticket tonight!!! Sweet dreams Abloggers--
  • KarenMrsLloydRichards · 1 year ago
    Every one of the great claims she made about herself: easily refuted. I want the Obama campaign to use Alaskans and Wasillans to beat down her grandiosity.
  • marijo · 1 year ago
    Change: to give a different position, course, or direction to
    McCain: " I voted with President Bush 90 percent of the time"

    My friends, that's not change we can believe in...
  • leo · 1 year ago
    Sounded like a regular Richard B. Cheney II
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    Alright.

    We got a battle on our hands now.

    Let's do it.
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    The more I think about this she comes across as a snide bitch. No doubt in my mind she fired the head of the State Troopers, the Police Chief and another guy, AND tried to fire the librarian.

    Gloves off!
  • ProgressiveTroll · 1 year ago
    And tried to ban books at the library and wants the polar bears to die. My kids hate her.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Palin said she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere.

    BUT . . . she supported it BEFORE she opposed it.

    MOREOVER, she still took the Bridge to Nowhere money from Congress and "relabeled" it for other pork barrel projects.

    At the SAME time, REAL BRIDGES were falling down in the lower 48.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    If anyone sees any "how did you like the speech" type polls on various news websites, please post them...
  • aquarius2 · 1 year ago
    Thank you Brian Williams for reading Joe Klein's statement on the air.
  • Happy_Housewife · 1 year ago
    I wasn't impressed. She had all the gravitas of a HR manager at a janitorial supplies company. However, the one thing that this speech made clear was that Obama needs to take the gloves off, and not be afraid of any charges of "sexism". This is a bitchy woman, and the only thing bitchy women understand is bitchiness back at them.

    Let this egomanical twit know that they're not going to take her crap. Hit back, and hit back hard.
  • warbler · 1 year ago
    Not to worry. Nothing to be afraid of. Obama can take her.
  • hawkseye · 1 year ago
    I think she and McSame are dangerously attractive---to the lunatic fringe.
  • cocomo · 1 year ago
    She is simply a puppet. that is why she was held up in hotel for days so that the McCain people can drill into her head what they want her to say. Hopefully you all go to hear the off script comments by Peggy Noon and Mike Murphy. See you can trust anyone. All day on MSNBC Mike Murphy talked about how great Sarah Palin was and when he thought the cameras were off they said what they really felt. I doubt Mike Murphy will be on MSNBC again. Furthermore, If Barack Obama or Joe Biden talked about Sarah Palin the way she went after Obama. They would cry that sexism crap. McCain is just like Bush they want people around them that they can control.
  • ProgressiveTroll · 1 year ago
    They even made the Alaska delegation sit through a four hour propoganda session. One old lady being interviewed today kept forgetting the script and looking to her friend for help. That Murphy guy sure knows how to fill his mouth with his foot. What an idiot.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Alaska = Welfare State.

    Alaskans pay low taxes because Americans outside Alaska pay a hidden tax to Alaska for every gallon of oil pumped out of the ground.

    On top of that oil tax paid by the lower-48, Alaska gets more pork and federal money than other states. For every dollar Alaskans send to Washington D.C., Alaskans (thanks to Senator Ted "the Porkster" Stevens) brings back more than two dollars to Alaskans. By comparison, states that have bridges falling down are getting less than a dollar for their taxes. And California and New York get about seventy-five cents back for every dollar sent to D.C.

    talk about feeding at the public trough.

    And Sarah Palin learned quickly how to play the Pork Game. She asked "Uncle Ted" for tons of pork.

    OINK

    OINK

    OINK

    OINK

    OINK
  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    You know, Wild Weasel, that you could move to Alaska and enjoy all of that "pork" instead of living in your cardboard box in "any city" lower 48?
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    So . . . what kind of tax policy would you advocate? McCain wants no tax increases, but he hasn't said how he'll pay for (1) the Iraq war, (2) the Afghanistan war, (3) the rebuilding of our military, (4) the paying down of the national deficit, (5) the repairs to our MediCare system, (6) the repairs to our Social Security system, (7) caring for aging baby boomers who have lost pensions, health care, and life savings, (8) caring for employees in Enron and similar businesses who have lost all life savings, (9) paying for the billions and billions of dollars in deferred maintenance and repairs to the nations highways, water systems, power systems, ports, airports, public buildings, wastewater systems and so on, as identified by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and (8) paying for the many many other costs.

    There's no free lunch.

    Where will you raise revenue or cut costs?
  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    Well, to start with, #'s 5, 6, 7 & 8 in my opinion aren't legitimate functions of the federal gov't.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Thanks for showing your stripes, your disdain for FDR, the New Deal
  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    Are you depending on SS, a pension? If so, join the list of suckers who are, or who will soon be screwed. General motors management employees were recently advised that their pensions would be reduced. The increase in Social Security recipients' checks are linked to a COLA which corresponds to some 'alien' being's "basket of goods". They want to raise the SS retirement age past the average age at which black people die. That means half of all blacks are putting money into a system that's screwing them blind.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    So . . . if we are to avoid becoming another Calcutta or Mexico with a few wealthy, no middle class, and a sea of poor workers who have no means to care for themselves when they are too old to work and/or too ill to work, how would you fix the system??
  • sundae · 1 year ago
    looks to me like Sarah did her job. Maybe the other states should rethink their representation.
  • ProgressiveTroll · 1 year ago
    Since going after her family is such a sin, I want to know more about the husband. Just why does he work with BP and sit it in on hearings? Who is the real governor of Alaska and who would be the real VP of the USA? This has been to me at least from the very beginning, an oil pick, the fact that she and her knocked up daughter "chose" to have their babies was icing on the cake. To me, that's a walking advertisement for sex education and access to birth control. A polar bear killing book banner that fires unloyal people that just loves big oil. Just the change we need. Seriously, I want the story on the husband.
  • MommaKat · 1 year ago
    I'm sorry but this is one of those moments when I'm scratching my head wondering why that's all the Obama camp has to say. I don't want the same snide commentary from them that we overdosed on in Palin's speech, something strong - YES.

    My 8 and 10 year olds recognize angry, spiteful, sarcasm when they hear it, and they both stopped dead in their tracks tonight when they heard Palin. That was pathetic and disgusting, particularly because the crowd just ate it up at the hateful moments.

    Gotta say I loved the zoom in of the woman being dragged out during Palin's speech. How is it a 10 year old boy can recognize that as being wrong, but the conservative part of America refuses to remove the blinders?!

    It's time we get the true Sarah Palin story out in the mainstream, because people tend to remember crap about 10 times better than they remember the good things. And that was definitely CRAP!
  • ePLURIBUSuNuM · 1 year ago
    im with you mommakat!! the RNC disgusted me today. The only person i saw who gave Obama a shred of cred was Huckabee.
  • hendigo · 1 year ago
    All I heard from Palin's speech was shriek after shriek, after shriek. I had to put my hands over my ears to try and stop hearing them. God help the United States if the Republicans retake the White House!
  • grandma · 1 year ago
    Yep...she mocked community organizers and the audience laughed.(CNN)

    Not too smart.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    She mocked community organizers and said that they were not fighting for America.

    Palin should visit the mean streets of L.A., D.C. and countless other cities around the country where homeless veterans who fought for America are living on the street, and their only ONLY only help are the community organizers who are fighting to get these homeless veterans the services and dignity they deserve!!!!

    She is out of touch and does not have a clue about the real world.
  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    Most people identify "community organizers" as enablers for gangs or groups of illegal immigrants.
  • Wild_Weasel · 1 year ago
    Then "MOST" people should be educated about what a community organizer does for the less fortunate among us. Its hard to pull yourself up by your bootstraps when you don't have any boots.
  • Rab · 1 year ago
    Most people? No, wrong on your part once again.
  • falloch · 1 year ago
    Do homeless veterans have a vote? if they don't, there's another job for the community organisers: get them a vote.
  • houstonray · 1 year ago
    CNN has a quick poll on the side, Palin's Speech: thumbs up, thumbs down, didn't watch. So far, thumbs down is in a slight lead.
  • Busboy · 1 year ago
    Whichever way you think it; she made Hillary look like a pantsuit stuffed with lard... just sayin...
  • Bush_Bites · 1 year ago
    We know you got a crush on Palin, BushBoy.

    You've been gushing about her all week.

    P.S. The National Enquirer says she plays around, so you may get a chance when Toddster's out on his snowmobile.
  • An_American_Karol · 1 year ago
    And that makes her qualified to be president or even VP? Sounds pretty shallow, Busboy.
  • fl79tr · 1 year ago
    I've been looking for a metaphor for this disaster that is Palin and I'm telling you all she is the Republican's Gimp, she lives in a little box and when Zed and Maynard want to have a some fun they go grab her chain and give it a yank.