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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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5a Noboma this time
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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I am leaning towards believing that will be the outcome...
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

Last night I agreed, egad, to do door-to-door campaigning. The last time I did that I was 8 years old and my step-ma made me stump for Regan. It was working for Republicans in the NY Senate that turned me against them, not my childhood experience. Throw in a couple of Bushies and I'm now staunchly anti-republican.

Palin appeals to the reneck factor, as does Cindy's love of NASCAR. We all know what happens when rednecks and fundamentalists vote in droves. We get war and neglect of the homeland.

We will see in November, Mr. Predictor. We will see in November.
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

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You mean the 20 people at the Recreate68 protest?
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate
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Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.



You mean the 20 people at the Recreate68 protest?
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No, those are agitators not Obama supporters. At least Obama knows how to pick a running mate that will HELP him.

I mean the people who I saw last night at a party. Aside from our DA and a guy running for congress, there were a lot of regular people who are reaching the disenfranchised by going door-to-door.
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate


Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

Last night I agreed, egad, to do door-to-door campaigning. The last time I did that I was 8 years old and my step-ma made me stump for Regan. It was working for Republicans in the NY Senate that turned me against them, not my childhood experience. Throw in a couple of Bushies and I'm now staunchly anti-republican.

Palin appeals to the reneck factor, as does Cindy's love of NASCAR. We all know what happens when rednecks and fundamentalists vote in droves. We get war and neglect of the homeland.

We will see in November, Mr. Predictor. We will see in November.
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the KOS/DU sheeple I am referring to are the ones copying the quick hack jobs that come from the KOS/DU site
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate


Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

Last night I agreed, egad, to do door-to-door campaigning. The last time I did that I was 8 years old and my step-ma made me stump for Regan. It was working for Republicans in the NY Senate that turned me against them, not my childhood experience. Throw in a couple of Bushies and I'm now staunchly anti-republican.

Palin appeals to the reneck factor, as does Cindy's love of NASCAR. We all know what happens when rednecks and fundamentalists vote in droves. We get war and neglect of the homeland.

We will see in November, Mr. Predictor. We will see in November.


the KOS/DU sheeple I am referring to are the ones copying the quick hack jobs that come from the KOS/DU site
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Thank you for the clarification. I'll see you here on election day.
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate


Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

Last night I agreed, egad, to do door-to-door campaigning. The last time I did that I was 8 years old and my step-ma made me stump for Regan. It was working for Republicans in the NY Senate that turned me against them, not my childhood experience. Throw in a couple of Bushies and I'm now staunchly anti-republican.

Palin appeals to the reneck factor, as does Cindy's love of NASCAR. We all know what happens when rednecks and fundamentalists vote in droves. We get war and neglect of the homeland.

We will see in November, Mr. Predictor. We will see in November.


the KOS/DU sheeple I am referring to are the ones copying the quick hack jobs that come from the KOS/DU site


Thank you for the clarification. I'll see you here on election day.
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no problem ... I will wait until election day until I decide on who should lead this country

what I am sick of is the quick response BS that comes from both sides - people just parrot the party line from both sides

sheeple
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oh man!!! she's talking full neo-con endless war horseshit now!!! that's it for me.. FUCK HER!!!!
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sorry Obama people and KOS/DU sheeple

check and checkmate


Nope. Obama is running a fundamentally different political organization. It's called grass roots. I've never, ever seen so many people inspired as I have with him.

Last night I agreed, egad, to do door-to-door campaigning. The last time I did that I was 8 years old and my step-ma made me stump for Regan. It was working for Republicans in the NY Senate that turned me against them, not my childhood experience. Throw in a couple of Bushies and I'm now staunchly anti-republican.

Palin appeals to the reneck factor, as does Cindy's love of NASCAR. We all know what happens when rednecks and fundamentalists vote in droves. We get war and neglect of the homeland.

We will see in November, Mr. Predictor. We will see in November.


the KOS/DU sheeple I am referring to are the ones copying the quick hack jobs that come from the KOS/DU site


Thank you for the clarification. I'll see you here on election day.


no problem ... I will wait until election day until I decide on who should lead this country

what I am sick of is the quick response BS that comes from both sides - people just parrot the party line from both sides

sheeple
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Indeed. I usually wait until I'm in the booth to decide, but the last 8 years have scared the shit out of me. We need change. Honestly, I wish Romney hadn't dropped out. We really, really need change in this country. As I watched the DNC convention all week, I'll watch the RNC as well. I promised my step-ma that I would, it's only fair.

Wouldn't it be great if someone started a "None of the Above" party?
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And WHO requested this investigation of Governor Palin?

GOVERNOR PALIN DID.


and WHO opposed the Bridge to nowhere?

GOVERNOR PALIN DID.

Check this out.. one of the few liberal democrats I respect is JOE BIDEN.. because of his abrasive personality...

Now, ponder this... Abrasive Joe Biden in a debate with a pretty, articulate, intelligent woman.... when he snaps on her... and he WILL... The dems can just pack up ship and head home.

Hell, Palin just had a GIANT REPUBLICAN CROWD cheering for HILLARY CLINTON and GERALDINE FERRARO...

You lefties just lost.

After 8 years as McCain's Veep... Palin will be America's first female President.
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I love the smell of squirming libs in the morning.
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ead home.

Hell, Palin just had a GIANT REPUBLICAN CROWD cheering for HILLARY CLINTON and GERALDINE FERRARO...

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this only proves republicans don't even listen to what's being said, they just respond to the "applause" sign.

I can see it now "Mom! that Sarkozy guy is on the phone again, are you home?"

what a pandering move by McCain (excuse me, I just realized they said on CNN that McCain didn't even want her, Karl Rove insisted on her) a pandering move by the republicans.

THIS IS PROOF THAT REPUBLICANS LIE TO THEMSELVES.

What losers.

This puts the entire republican ticket COMPLETELY OUTSIDE of the real world for 90% of Americans. She was elected mayor of a town with less than 10,000 people because she posed in a bikini in a beauty contest. Then she was asked to run for governor by the oil companies.

She was only governor for two years.

This truly represents change... and insanity and surrealism all at the same time.

The whole world is collectively going WTF??!!
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I am sooooooooooo happy Mcbush picked this woman!!!

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She has absolutely NOTHING to contribute to the ticket.

Dayum.

Such a gamble!

What were they thinkin???
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Assuming the "they" you are speaking of is McCain and the repubs, they were probably thinking "let's get a woman--a woman who the common folk can relate to, a woman who values family and life itself, and who appears stronger (and more user friendly) than Hillary. You're right, it was a gamble on McCain's part, but a gamble that will pay huge dividends come November. It's O.K. Polly, denial is the first stage of healing...
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Defending Against the First Attacks on Sarah Palin
By Patrick J. Casey
As John McCain has shocked pretty much everybody with his pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, it's important to prepare for the attacks on her that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. For attack they will, relentlessly. And they'll start with these three things:


First - "Palin has no experience". That's an easy one to dismiss. Sarah Palin has had more executive experience, meaning experience in running either a business or a government, than either Barack Obama or his running mate, Joe Biden. She has more executive experience than even her running mate, John McCain. Governor Palin served as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska from 1999 to 2002. She was elected as President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. She was elected as Governor of Alaska in 2006. And she has quite a few concrete achievements, considering the amount of time she's been in office.


Second - "Palin's part of the corrupt GOP establishment in Alaska (Stevens, Young, etc.)". That's an even easier one to dismiss. Governor Palin has always run as the anti-corruption candidate. She served as Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004, when she resigned in protest over the actions of her fellow Alaskan GOP leaders, including then-Alaskan Governor Frank Murkowski. She was furious over the fact that they ignored her reports of rampant GOP corruption. When she chose to run for Governor, the GOP establishment ignored her and supported the incumbent Murkowski. Palin beat him, and went on to beat former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles with no support from Alaskan GOP leadership. She has actively supported and helped the GOP primary opponents of current indicted Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young, and denounced both of them often in public.


Oh, and the forthcoming claim that Palin's in the pocket of big-oil? Her ethics complaints were filed against people who really were in the pocket of big oil - she was on the outside, investigating.


Third - "Palin used her position as Governor to get back at the man whom her sister was divorcing, and fired the man who refused to fire her sister's ex-husband". This is the slimiest attack that the Democrats and the media will launch. It concerns a current investigation into allegations that Governor Palin fired former Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan because he would not bend to her will.


When Palin fired Monegan, her office gave no reason for her decision. As the Commissioner serves at the discretion of the Governor, no reason is needed. In an effort to save his job and get back at the person who fired him, Monegan claimed that he was fired because he would not fire an Alaskan State Trooper, Michael Wooten, who was going through a messy divorce with Palin's sister. Recently, the Associated Press ran an article about some tapes that surfaced regarding phone calls made by some of Palin's staff worried about Wooten - and worried about the safety of the Palin family:


JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday said at least two dozens calls were made from her staff members to Department of Public Safety officials questioning the employment of a trooper who went through a messy divorce with Palin's sister.


But Palin maintained none was done at her direction, a claim backed up by one administration member caught on tape.


...The Palins have accused Wooten of drunken driving, illegal hunting and firing a Taser at his 11-year-old stepson, Palin's nephew. These allegations led to an internal investigation, which occurred before she ran for governor.


Todd Palin has said the family was concerned about the governor's safety, claiming Wooten threatened to kill Sarah Palin's father and made vague threats to her. Todd Palin has said he took concerns about Wooten directly to Monegan.


So, the tapes seem to prove that Governor Palin was unaware that anyone from her office was aware of this, which should take care of questions about Palin's possible complicity. But we should go past that, and look at the facts of the entire situation. Even if this investigation shows that someone in Palin's office did pressure the Public Safety Commissioner to fire Wooten, this is a fight that we should relish having with the white male hierarchy of the Democratic Party and the drive-by media. Let's get all of the dirt about Wooten out in the open. Show that the police union and the Commissioner were protecting him, and then ask why? What would any American do, if faced with the same situation - an overt threat to their family?


Over the years, many of the allegations against Wooten - including the fact that he Tasered Palin's sister's 10 year old son and threatened the life of Palin's father - have turned out to be true:


Grimes suspended Wooten for 10 days. He also was punished for illegally shooting a moose and using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson. The trooper admitted to using the Taser on his stepson in a "training capacity" and said he shot a moose on his wife's tag, but didn't think the act was illegal.


...Wall's investigation did find that Wooten threatened Palin's sister, Molly McCann, with shooting her father if he hired a lawyer to represent her. Wooten denied making the statement, but Palin, McCann and Palin's son all confirmed that he did.


Wall said the act wasn't a crime because Palin's father was not present when Wooten made the statement.


Who the heck uses a Taser on a 10 year old kid!? It appears as if Wooten's gotten off scott-free so far, and it's those that are protecting him that should be ashamed. And once the facts of the entire situation come out, the voters will largely agree. I can't wait until Keith Olbermann attempts to use this!


Read as much as you can about Sarah Palin. Her story is remarkable and inspiring. She's about as solid a conservative as you can find right now. There will be many attacks on her launched in the media over the next 60 plus days, primarily because she is such an excellent pick for McCain. A suggestion - don't rely on the ads or the pundits, go to the Internet and read the original source material. Then launch a counter-attack, armed with the facts.


When this year's Presidential campaign started, shortly after the 2006 elections, I felt that this would be the last of the old-guard GOP elections. Regardless of who wins this election, I felt that 2012 and beyond would belong to the likes of Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin. As a matter of fact, I was kind of rooting for a one-term McCain Presidency followed by a Jindal-Palin or a Palin-Jindal ticket.


I'm pleased that the future of the GOP is coming a little early.


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The chick was a lowly councilwoman just a few years ago!!

1rof1

Then she was the Mayor of her town of 8,000 before those voters who live in a state which has LESS voters than Obama's home district voted her in.

Wow!

What a bastion of experience!!

laugh

...former beauty queen, college basketball star, mother of five including a child with down syndrome, wife of blue-collar oil field worker, recently posed for Vogue...

I'm a fervent Obama supporter but as much as I've seen a large portion of voters in America be distracted by shiny things, this bold VP pick frightens me. What else could you possibly throw in front of the Obamatrain to derail it? Touche Republicans, touche.
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No matter what the reason, no matter how horrible, an elected offical cannot abuse his/her powers while in office.

It's very definitely a punishable offense.


I want to post this comment here, also.


Just got off the phone with a well-placed politically good friend who happens to be working with the Republican campaign and she tells me they are "STUNNED" over McCain's stupidity.

She also said this announcement seems to have taken the wind out of the sails of some of Mcbush's arguments, i.e., experience, knowledge of foreign affairs, etc., and the people in the office are more than somewhat disgusted and now depressed over Palin as vp.

There ya have it, folks.

Looks like this campaign just went down the toilet.


Okay I just found the reason she is being investigated. It is for dismissing the Commissioner of Public Safety for failing to fire a State Trooper, who happened to be her ex -brother-in-law. This trooper had threatened to kill Palin's father, tasered his 11-year-old stepson, and violated game laws. The Commissioner was offered another position which he turned down, but the State Trooper was given a 5 day suspension.
Hmmm I guess it is okay to taser an 11 year old child.




I say hurray to Sarah Palin for standing up to these idiots.


Palin has been a champion of stemming government corruption. "She was brought to statewide attention because of her whistleblowing on ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders."


This is only one side of the story, Palin's side. If her side is indeed based on fact, I believe she will get a free pass on it. But, please think carefully, this is a very slippery slope. We have courts of law to determine guilt.
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Sin, as someone who touted the inexperience of Obama, how can you, in all good conscience, even think this woman should be one heartbeat away from the presidency?

Shame on you.



And WHO requested this investigation of Governor Palin?

GOVERNOR PALIN DID.


and WHO opposed the Bridge to nowhere?

GOVERNOR PALIN DID.

Check this out.. one of the few liberal democrats I respect is JOE BIDEN.. because of his abrasive personality...

Now, ponder this... Abrasive Joe Biden in a debate with a pretty, articulate, intelligent woman.... when he snaps on her... and he WILL... The dems can just pack up ship and head home.

Hell, Palin just had a GIANT REPUBLICAN CROWD cheering for HILLARY CLINTON and GERALDINE FERRARO...

You lefties just lost.

After 8 years as McCain's Veep... Palin will be America's first female President.
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Karl Rove and the entire US government's resources are now at her disposal to make her embarrassments disappear.

Worked like a charm for Dubya...
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McCain and his ilk just insulted every intelligent discerning woman in the United States of America.

This chick hasn't got a clue and can't even buy one at this stage of the game.

She's worthless to the ticket.


I am sooooooooooo happy Mcbush picked this woman!!!

laugh

She has absolutely NOTHING to contribute to the ticket.

Dayum.

Such a gamble!

What were they thinkin???


Assuming the "they" you are speaking of is McCain and the repubs, they were probably thinking "let's get a woman--a woman who the common folk can relate to, a woman who values family and life itself, and who appears stronger (and more user friendly) than Hillary. You're right, it was a gamble on McCain's part, but a gamble that will pay huge dividends come November. It's O.K. Polly, denial is the first stage of healing...
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McCain and his ilk just insulted every intelligent discerning woman in the United States of America.

This chick hasn't got a clue and can't even buy one at this stage of the game.

She's worthless to the ticket.



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jealous much?
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Check my comments, PAC.

You, above all people, who hammered the heck out of Obama for not being experienced enough, has the zombie-like mentality to follow the herd and completely ACCEPT this unknown, COMPLETELY inexperienced newbie as your savior for the Republican party?

Oh, goody!

We shall watch her and him, together, as they travel the path to outright defeat.

Don't forget I told you so....



Defending Against the First Attacks on Sarah Palin
By Patrick J. Casey
As John McCain has shocked pretty much everybody with his pick of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, it's important to prepare for the attacks on her that will be launched, starting this afternoon, by the Democrats and the media. For attack they will, relentlessly. And they'll start with these three things:


First - "Palin has no experience". That's an easy one to dismiss. Sarah Palin has had more executive experience, meaning experience in running either a business or a government, than either Barack Obama or his running mate, Joe Biden. She has more executive experience than even her running mate, John McCain. Governor Palin served as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska from 1999 to 2002. She was elected as President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors. She was elected as Governor of Alaska in 2006. And she has quite a few concrete achievements, considering the amount of time she's been in office.


Second - "Palin's part of the corrupt GOP establishment in Alaska (Stevens, Young, etc.)". That's an even easier one to dismiss. Governor Palin has always run as the anti-corruption candidate. She served as Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission from 2003 to 2004, when she resigned in protest over the actions of her fellow Alaskan GOP leaders, including then-Alaskan Governor Frank Murkowski. She was furious over the fact that they ignored her reports of rampant GOP corruption. When she chose to run for Governor, the GOP establishment ignored her and supported the incumbent Murkowski. Palin beat him, and went on to beat former Democratic Governor Tony Knowles with no support from Alaskan GOP leadership. She has actively supported and helped the GOP primary opponents of current indicted Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens and Representative Don Young, and denounced both of them often in public.


Oh, and the forthcoming claim that Palin's in the pocket of big-oil? Her ethics complaints were filed against people who really were in the pocket of big oil - she was on the outside, investigating.


Third - "Palin used her position as Governor to get back at the man whom her sister was divorcing, and fired the man who refused to fire her sister's ex-husband". This is the slimiest attack that the Democrats and the media will launch. It concerns a current investigation into allegations that Governor Palin fired former Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan because he would not bend to her will.


When Palin fired Monegan, her office gave no reason for her decision. As the Commissioner serves at the discretion of the Governor, no reason is needed. In an effort to save his job and get back at the person who fired him, Monegan claimed that he was fired because he would not fire an Alaskan State Trooper, Michael Wooten, who was going through a messy divorce with Palin's sister. Recently, the Associated Press ran an article about some tapes that surfaced regarding phone calls made by some of Palin's staff worried about Wooten - and worried about the safety of the Palin family:


JUNEAU, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday said at least two dozens calls were made from her staff members to Department of Public Safety officials questioning the employment of a trooper who went through a messy divorce with Palin's sister.


But Palin maintained none was done at her direction, a claim backed up by one administration member caught on tape.


...The Palins have accused Wooten of drunken driving, illegal hunting and firing a Taser at his 11-year-old stepson, Palin's nephew. These allegations led to an internal investigation, which occurred before she ran for governor.


Todd Palin has said the family was concerned about the governor's safety, claiming Wooten threatened to kill Sarah Palin's father and made vague threats to her. Todd Palin has said he took concerns about Wooten directly to Monegan.


So, the tapes seem to prove that Governor Palin was unaware that anyone from her office was aware of this, which should take care of questions about Palin's possible complicity. But we should go past that, and look at the facts of the entire situation. Even if this investigation shows that someone in Palin's office did pressure the Public Safety Commissioner to fire Wooten, this is a fight that we should relish having with the white male hierarchy of the Democratic Party and the drive-by media. Let's get all of the dirt about Wooten out in the open. Show that the police union and the Commissioner were protecting him, and then ask why? What would any American do, if faced with the same situation - an overt threat to their family?


Over the years, many of the allegations against Wooten - including the fact that he Tasered Palin's sister's 10 year old son and threatened the life of Palin's father - have turned out to be true:


Grimes suspended Wooten for 10 days. He also was punished for illegally shooting a moose and using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson. The trooper admitted to using the Taser on his stepson in a "training capacity" and said he shot a moose on his wife's tag, but didn't think the act was illegal.


...Wall's investigation did find that Wooten threatened Palin's sister, Molly McCann, with shooting her father if he hired a lawyer to represent her. Wooten denied making the statement, but Palin, McCann and Palin's son all confirmed that he did.


Wall said the act wasn't a crime because Palin's father was not present when Wooten made the statement.


Who the heck uses a Taser on a 10 year old kid!? It appears as if Wooten's gotten off scott-free so far, and it's those that are protecting him that should be ashamed. And once the facts of the entire situation come out, the voters will largely agree. I can't wait until Keith Olbermann attempts to use this!


Read as much as you can about Sarah Palin. Her story is remarkable and inspiring. She's about as solid a conservative as you can find right now. There will be many attacks on her launched in the media over the next 60 plus days, primarily because she is such an excellent pick for McCain. A suggestion - don't rely on the ads or the pundits, go to the Internet and read the original source material. Then launch a counter-attack, armed with the facts.


When this year's Presidential campaign started, shortly after the 2006 elections, I felt that this would be the last of the old-guard GOP elections. Regardless of who wins this election, I felt that 2012 and beyond would belong to the likes of Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin. As a matter of fact, I was kind of rooting for a one-term McCain Presidency followed by a Jindal-Palin or a Palin-Jindal ticket.


I'm pleased that the future of the GOP is coming a little early.


:saraPALIN:
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Not at all.

Agast at the poor judgement of someone who wants desperately to be president.

McCain and his ilk just insulted every intelligent discerning woman in the United States of America.

This chick hasn't got a clue and can't even buy one at this stage of the game.

She's worthless to the ticket.




jealous much?
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People are on to Rove and his tactics.

No one can hide the ineptitude of a newbie.

Karl Rove and the entire US government's resources are now at her disposal to make her embarrassments disappear.

Worked like a charm for Dubya...
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"Sin, as someone who touted the inexperience of Obama, how can you, in all good conscience, even think this woman should be one heartbeat away from the presidency?

Shame on you."


>>Ummm... city councilwoman... ummmm.... mayor... ummm... president of the Alaskan Mayor's Association.... ummm... GOVERNOR of Alaska....

as opposed to a non-voting, no paper trail senator?

Yeah, Obama is FAR less qualified than Sarah Palin.
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McCain and his ilk just insulted every intelligent discerning woman in the United States of America.

This chick hasn't got a clue and can't even buy one at this stage of the game.

She's worthless to the ticket.





She has absolutely NOTHING to contribute to the ticket.



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Actually, she is quite valuable and priceless to the ticket. Just think, if you democrats get your wish and McCain does not "finish his term" as you say, you've got a woman in the White House ready to take his place. You seem jealous that Hillary and her wife didn't plan this brilliant master stroke. McCain is not as dumb (or senile) as you think he is!!
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McCain and his ilk just insulted every intelligent discerning woman in the United States of America.

This chick hasn't got a clue and can't even buy one at this stage of the game.

She's worthless to the ticket.

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I agree, and was pissed at Hillary for the five steps forward but three back.

How about printing those clueless hankies? Wish you were in NY so you could come to my party.
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Sin, does she even KNOW where Iraq is on the map?

What foreign policy experience does a woman has to just happened to win a bikini contest and then won the governorship of a state with less people than Obama has in his home district?

Tell me what national experience this woman has who considers herself a "soccer mom"??

When she's onstage with Biden she'll be reduced to tears.

McCain made the absolute worst choice for his vp possible.

Women will not take the bait that she's a woman and therefore qualified to be veep. Sorry. It's just not that black and white.

This is a major, huge mistake, and an insult to women all over the country.



"Sin, as someone who touted the inexperience of Obama, how can you, in all good conscience, even think this woman should be one heartbeat away from the presidency?

Shame on you."


>>Ummm... city councilwoman... ummmm.... mayor... ummm... president of the Alaskan Mayor's Association.... ummm... GOVERNOR of Alaska....

as opposed to a non-voting, no paper trail senator?

Yeah, Obama is FAR less qualified than Sarah Palin.
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Women will not take the bait that she's a woman and therefore qualified to be veep. Sorry. It's just not that black and white.

This is a major, huge mistake, and an insult to women all over the country.

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