OBAMA WINS PRESIDENCY!

Well America, we did it.

Barack Obama wins the presidency

I posted this before: Barack Obama Wins Presidency And hoped it would come true... and it has.



The world will never look at America the same. Hopefully, this will take our country in a better direction. Other countries will see us different now. And we proved we can look past skin color and elect a president.

Say it, get used to it: President Barack Obama.

Congrats to the winners

Back From Voting

I just walked in from standing in line almost two hours to cast my vote on Election Day!

Here is a picture I snapped just a few moments after arriving.



The line went straight ahead and then curved around the school building. The line went from the voting machines, all the way to the street. People near us said they had been there earlier and the line was much longer, but went home and came back.

As I mentioned, the wait was over an hour and a half, but not quite two hours. From leaving the house and getting back home was close to two hours, as the drive was not that far.

And yes, I voted for Barack Obama.

Palin Hurting McCain

Is Sarah Palin going to cost John Mccain the election?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A new national poll suggests Sarah Palin may be hurting Republican presidential nominee John McCain more than she's helping him.

A CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Sunday indicates McCain's running mate is growing less popular among voters and may be costing him a few crucial percentage points in the race for the White House.

Fifty-seven percent of likely voters questioned in the poll said Palin does not have the personal qualities a president should have. That's up 8 points since September.

Fifty-three percent say she does not agree with them on important issues. That's also higher than September.

"Just after the GOP convention in early September, 53 percent said they would vote for Palin over Joe Biden if there were a separate vote for vice president. Now, Biden would beat Palin by 12 points if the running mates were chosen in a separate vote," said CNN Polling Director Keating Holland.

Despite the SNL imitations and appearances, sometimes America needs more than just a foksy soccer mom to run the United States of America.

The Republicans should have thought more about the running mate in the 2008 election.

McCain & Palin Makeup Cost

How much do you think it costs to make John McCain look "good" enough on camera? How much do you think Sarah Palin spends a month on makeup?

You might be surprised to find out McCain outspends Palin on makeup costs per month, by thousands of dollars!

John McCain makeup bill costs over $12,000 per month. Sarah Palin trails him, costing about $8,600, according to Sydney Morning Herald.

Adding to the ticket's headaches, it was disclosed that Senator McCain spent $US8672.55 ($12,900) last month for the services of the American Idol make-up artist Tifanie White.

While Mrs Palin spent more, the Arizona senator, 72, who has prominent scars from battling cancer, requires more work than does the more naturally telegenic Mrs Palin, 44.

Her travelling make-up artist is Amy Strozzi, who was nominated for an Emmy Award for her work as head of make-up on So You Think You Can Dance. Ms Strozzi was paid $US13,200 by the McCain-Palin campaign last month alone, according to the campaign's latest financial disclosure report filed this week.

The two politicians employ Emmy award-winning makeup artists to cater to their demanding fashion needs.

Between the two candidates, they spend $20,000 a month on makeup, or employing makeup artists.

Piper Palin's $800 Purse

Since Sarah Palin has made the headlines with her recent, $150,000 shopping spree, paid for by Republican donations, it seems even little Piper Palin is a winner in this election.

Mommy got to spend $75,000 at Neiman Marcus, and over $50,000 at other stores, but Piper palin, who hasn't attended much school this year, got her a Louis Vuitton purse that cost $800.



To be honest, I can understand why Sarah Palin needed a makeover... I have seen what she wore before she was tapped to run for vice president. And I assure you, she dressed as tacky as Britney Spears did... proof?

Here is a picture showing both Sarah Palin and Britney Spears wearing dresses with knee high boots. Can we say redneck?



I may not be a fashion expert, but I know it looks tacky to wear these dresses with boots. Palin has been forced to change her look, and the Republicans are paying for it, with your donations, if you donated to them this year.

A lot of money has gone into making Sarah Palin look the way she does, but why would the RNC be paying for Piper Palin's Louis Vuitton handbag?

Either way, Piper Palin is the winner here, what other 7 year olds do you know that get to hold their crayons and toys in a purse that cost $800?

Chicago Tribune Endorses Obama

The first time it has endorsed a Democrat.

However this election turns out, it will dramatically advance America's slow progress toward equality and inclusion. It took Abraham Lincoln's extraordinary courage in the Civil War to get us here. It took an epic battle to secure women the right to vote. It took the perseverance of the civil rights movement. Now we have an election in which we will choose the first African-American president . . . or the first female vice president.

In recent weeks it has been easy to lose sight of this history in the making. Americans are focused on the greatest threat to the world economic system in 80 years. They feel a personal vulnerability the likes of which they haven't experienced since Sept. 11, 2001. It's a different kind of vulnerability. Unlike Sept. 11, the economic threat hasn't forged a common bond in this nation. It has fed anger, fear and mistrust.

On Nov. 4 we're going to elect a president to lead us through a perilous time and restore in us a common sense of national purpose.

The strongest candidate to do that is Sen. Barack Obama. The Tribune is proud to endorse him today for president of the United States.

Obviously the best part is the end, but its worth reading the whole thing.

The Tribune in its earliest days took up the abolition of slavery and linked itself to a powerful force for that cause--the Republican Party. The Tribune's first great leader, Joseph Medill, was a founder of the GOP. The editorial page has been a proponent of conservative principles. It believes that government has to serve people honestly and efficiently.

With that in mind, in 1872 we endorsed Horace Greeley, who ran as an independent against the corrupt administration of Republican President Ulysses S. Grant. (Greeley was later endorsed by the Democrats.) In 1912 we endorsed Theodore Roosevelt, who ran as the Progressive Party candidate against Republican President William Howard Taft.

The Tribune's decisions then were driven by outrage at inept and corrupt business and political leaders.

We see parallels today.

The Republican Party, the party of limited government, has lost its way. The government ran a $237 billion surplus in 2000, the year before Bush took office -- and recorded a $455 billion deficit in 2008. The Republicans lost control of the U.S. House and Senate in 2006 because, as we said at the time, they gave the nation rampant spending and Capitol Hill corruption. They abandoned their principles. They paid the price.

The give reasons why they do not endorse McCain.

We might have counted on John McCain to correct his party's course. We like McCain. We endorsed him in the Republican primary in Illinois. In part because of his persuasion and resolve, the U.S. stands to win an unconditional victory in Iraq.

It is, though, hard to figure John McCain these days. He argued that President Bush's tax cuts were fiscally irresponsible, but he now supports them. He promises a balanced budget by the end of his first term, but his tax cut plan would add an estimated $4.2 trillion in debt over 10 years. He has responded to the economic crisis with an angry, populist message and a misguided, $300 billion proposal to buy up bad mortgages.

McCain failed in his most important executive decision. Give him credit for choosing a female running mate--but he passed up any number of supremely qualified Republican women who could have served. Having called Obama not ready to lead, McCain chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. His campaign has tried to stage-manage Palin's exposure to the public. But it's clear she is not prepared to step in at a moment's notice and serve as president. McCain put his campaign before his country.

The Chicago Tribune also states why it has chosen Obama.

We do, though, think Obama would govern as much more of a pragmatic centrist than many people expect.

And a great ending

Obama is deeply grounded in the best aspirations of this country, and we need to return to those aspirations. He has had the character and the will to achieve great things despite the obstacles that he faced as an unprivileged black man in the U.S.

He has risen with his honor, grace and civility intact. He has the intelligence to understand the grave economic and national security risks that face us, to listen to good advice and make careful decisions.

When Obama said at the 2004 Democratic Convention that we weren't a nation of red states and blue states, he spoke of union the way Abraham Lincoln did.

It may have seemed audacious for Obama to start his campaign in Springfield, invoking Lincoln. We think, given the opportunity to hold this nation's most powerful office, he will prove it wasn't so audacious after all. We are proud to add Barack Obama's name to Lincoln's in the list of people the Tribune has endorsed for president of the United States.

Good job, and go Obama!

After The Final Presidential Debate

What I saw at the Final Presidential Debate was John McCain acting like a desperate old politician trying very hard to make negative attacks, the other candidate Barack Obama doing a great job at not letting the smear tactics get the best of him.

CNN says: "John McCain came out of the gate strong, but Barack Obama gained strength as the night progressed Wednesday in the final presidential debate where each candidate tried to convince voters that he is better equipped to steer the nation through these troubled times.

Hours before the debate, CNN changed its Electoral Map. The new estimate shows that Obama now has 277 electoral votes to McCain's 174. To win the White House, a candidate needs 270."

I liked the split screen moments, where we could see one opponent speak while watching the reaction on the face of the other. I liked that.

McCain definitely came off as sarcastic, I can't stand that hissing like tone in his voice at times, nor do I consider it presidential the way he turns nasty and you can almost see that fury bubbling to the top. I have heard of his temper tantrums before, and you can see, even from these debates, that McCain is a hot head. Barack Obama kept his cool, calm temper, while McCain went on the attack, and McCain's snake-like grinning while he tries to tie Obama to terrorism turns me off as a voter. Obama is not connected to terrorists, and to see McCain lie over and over again, makes me never want to see him in politics after this. When is his term up???

Barack Obama did a good job on trying to remain on the issues, on topic, and McCain seemed willing, from the start, to try and dodge an issue but come in with a negative attack. We are tired of this, we want answers to the problems facing America, not more of this political back and forth.

McCain didn't get his knockout, and Barack Obama made him look even worse by sticking to the issues and dodging the negative attacks. In this debate, Obama did the right thing by taking the high road and not being tricked into defending himself against baseless accusations. McCain did bring up Ayers of The Weather Underground, and Obama did the right thing by addressing it, but he did not stick on that topic for long and quickly moved to ACORN, and the next attack McCain tried to deliver. I was proud of Barack's focus, and would be proud to have this man as my President. For the first time in my adult life, I will actually ben not only fond, but proud of the leader of my country. President Obama, I look forward to your leadership.

The people who wanted to see McCain strike and attack, will be happy. Those that like the calm mannered Barack will say he did a great job at withstanding McCain's constant attempts at causing Obama to waste his time defending himself versus stating his position. Obama did a great job at not letting those attacks become the focus of the discussion, and kept pulling the debate back to the economic crisis and what is really facing America.

Off topic, but I wanted to mention this: ExxonMobil was the biggest advertiser for the post debate commercials! Those big meany oil companies and their profits!!! ;)

I thought it was highly amusing, that ExxonMobil came up in the debate, their tax breaks and higher fuel efficient cars. Why? Because this is the company McCain wants to give billions of dollars in tax breaks to. Barack Obama specifically named them in the debate, and their ad was for? None other than, those fuel efficient cars we've been waiting for. However, just as in the documentary Who Killed The Electric car, you can tell how the commercial was made not to promote the idea of hydrogen vehicles or biofuel cars, but to show the schematics for tiny box cars that have no room or power. Ads of this nature have been documented by all car advertisement watchers. I won't go into it further here, this is part of my lifelong study of ads, watch Who Killed The Electric Car to gain a further understanding of that I am talking about here. Researchers compare the commercials made for fuel efficient cars vs Hummers, Titans, and other gas guzzlers. You'll be surprised to see how one vehicle is marketed, while the other commercials have negative messages regarding the vehicle they show, to keep people wanting the gas guzzler and not the "tiny sized" hybrid cars.

In the end, to use a McCain campaign line, Barack Obama won... hands down.

Waterboard Barack Obama

As I sit here, reading the news, awaiting the final Presidential Debate, I felt the need to prove Sean Hannity wrong.

"Nobody in the Republican Party has resorted to overtones of "race and fear" in attacking Obama."

Not only has it been shown that high ranking Republican leaders are training vote recruiters in talking points, to smear Obama claiming he has ties to Osama Bin Laden, we can prove Sean Hannity wrong by simple showing a graphic used by the Republican Party in California, on their official website.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is how the Republicans plan on gaining votes... "Waterboard Barack Obama" ads.



This was used on the official Republican website, although since removed, it shows how far this political party is willing to go to try and make Barack Obama look bad by claiming he has ties to Osama Bin Laden, totally false.

Here is what FoxNews had to say about it...

A California county's Republican Party Web site encouraged readers to "Waterboard Barack Obama" and compared Obama to Usama bin Laden, drawing criticism on Wednesday from Democrats and Republicans in the state.

The Web site of the Sacramento County Republican Party posted five illustrations saying that the terrorist group Hamas supported Obama and that "the only difference between Obama and Osama is BS." Another attacked Michelle Obama, reading, "Hey Obama! Want to see bitter?"

The graphics were removed from the site by Wednesday, after the state GOP urged the local group to take them down.

The state Republican Party learned of the controversial content when it received a phone call from a reporter, said party spokesman Hector Barajas.

"I called the Sacramento county chairman and I had them remove it," Barajas said. "I also noted to them that this is a complete distraction from what we're trying to do, and that's elect John Mccain and Sarah Palin as the next president and vice president of the United States."

I also posted about the GOP leaders in Virginia, equating Obama with Osama, and training vote recruiters to use the talking point that Obama and Osama are friends.

Anyhow, back to the topic of proving Sean Hannity wrong for his comment that no one in the Republican party has resorted to fear or race in this campaign. As you can see that is plainly, not the case.

Official Republican leaders have used racist graphics, as well as, images that promote fear. Not to mention, not only does the "Waterboard Obama" ad insinuate he is connected to Osama Bin Laden, the ad encourages torture against a United States Senator. Before John McCain switched his stance on waterboarding, he was against it. He said it amounted to torture, and American military had no place in torturing people. He has since, flip flopped, changed his policy and believes in torture as a means to gather info. The old McCain would have shunned this type of advertisement, and it shows the length to which these politicians will go to gain a vote during an election.

Even though the "Waterboard Obama" ad has been removed, it still proves that Sean Hannity did a little more than stretch the truth by claiming no one in the Republican party had stooped this low. They have. Here's the proof, Seany Boy.

I would also like to take this time to prove yet another point I have tried to make before. Notice how these racist things happening on the campaign trail, are actually not in the South? Notice how people say "oh the South is so racist." As I look at the electoral maps today, I see Obama is making gains in Southern states, while not suffering the hateful rhetoric he is getting from other states!

The latest hate is in California, not the South! Imagine that...

Seattle Times reports...

The Sacramento Bee asked Craig MacGlashan about the content after seeking his reaction to hate-filled graffiti that was spray-painted over an Obama display on a fence in Sacramento.

In recent weeks, MacGlashan, an attorney, joined local Democratic party officials in condemning vandalism to political displays.

The vandalism to the Obama display appeared to have been done overnight Monday. A racial epithet, profanity, "KKK" and the words "white power" were clearly visible from the roadway. Six of the nine fence panels were defaced.

"What you are describing to me is not free speech, it's vandalism. We don't condone it," MacGlashan said.

Those people spraying "KKK" on signs, and "white power" are nowhere near the South. As a matter of fact, due to population, there are more registered hate groups in California than the southern states combined, believe it. California has more registered race hating groups, than if you combined all the hate groups in the south. And as the news reports, you can see where all the hate is taking place. Not in the South.

Using fear like this in an election campaign in the year 2008, amounts to terrorism in my opinion. Our political climate should be free of these types of advertisements coming directly from the Republican Party. Sure, some wackos will always make racist ads or propaganda, but to have it being shown on Republican party web sites takes it to a whole new level.

You are wrong Sean, your party has in fact, stooped that low.

President Obama

Get used to hearing it, get used to saying it. "President Obama"

Barack Obama will be the next President of the United States.

When I first started watching the political race for the presidency, to be honest, I'm not that big on Hillary Clinton. So I wasn't that excited or involved in the race. Then Barack Obama won the nomination... and while I do not want any more Republicans running the country, I'd rather place my vote for someone I believe in and not just to vote against John McCain. What do I mean? Let me elaborate for a moment...

When George Bush was running against John Kerry, I voted Kerry. Not because I liked him. In fact, I didn't. Still don't. But I voted for him anyway. I didn't vote for him, I voted against Bush. This time around, it will be different.

Instead of placing my vote, just so one party doesn't win, I will be voting for someone whom I at least believe is the best choice at this time. I can't stand watching Bush give an interview or a speech, on the other hand, when Barack Obama speaks, he draws me in and I want to hear more of what he has to say.

I want to place my vote for someone I believe in, someone who I feel will help lead this country. I don't want my country to be in such bad shape politically that the only person I can vote for President, is the guy with the less amount of scandal attached to him, or to cast my vote because I don't want the other guy to win. I like Barack Obama, although we obviously differ in some policy ideas, out of the two he is the best for the nation.

I'm not necessarily an "undecided," but I don't consider myself a Democrat, or a Republican, that's for sure. My views put me under the Libertarian umbrella when focused on the issues, but in this election, all I can do is choose between these two. John McCain or Barack Obama? I'm not sure why people feel the need to be Left or Right, this country needs more people in the middle, Centrists, whatever you call em today. Moderates?

Unlike many, I refuse to let religious matters get in my during an election, I do not "practice" any faith, and I exercise my right to remain, godless. I feel too many let religion cloud their judgment, and do more harm in politics than good. But enough on that, back to President Obama.

What other reasons would I vote for Obama?

I'm also tired of the war. Barack Obama says he wants to end it, come up with timeline for withdrawal, and execute the plan. John McCain has been quoted as saying, we will be in Iraq "for at least 100 years." 100 years? No. The American people need to stop these war mongers now. Obama voted against the war when it was started, and John McCain continues to support eh Bush policy of "keep sending troops to Iraq." It's time to stop.

I have, for years now, more than one family member serving in Iraq. Multiple tours of duty, and when you hear them ask questions like "why are we even over there?" It's hard to answer. There is no reason, we need to get out of Iraq.

I also think, Barack Obama will be the one to really help put all the past segregation and inequality questions to rest, finally. If America elects a racially mixed man for President, I really feel not only will America begin to look at itself differently, I feel the world will view us in a new light. Racism and inequality have plagued this country long enough, hopefully, under new leadership, Obama can help bring us together and lead our people into a new era of Freedom in this country. Sure there will still be racists, that's not my point, I am referring to those who are ready to move this land forward, and put their own issues to rest. The past is the past, it is time to go forward. When people born to an interracial family, single mother, can make it to the Oval Office, anything is possible folks. Anything.

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reports: Going into tonight's third and final presidential debate Barack Obama leads John McCain 53 to 39 percent in support nationally, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

Among independent voters -- a crucial voting group in this election -- Obama now leads McCain by 18 points, according to the CBS/Times poll.

Go Obama!

Final Presidential Debate

Tomorrow is the big day, and for many Americans, this has been a much anticipated moment.

The Final Presidential Debate of 2008 is upon us. And remarks, made this week, by John McCain may indicate this could be the most exciting of the debates of this election. McCain has vowed to "whip Barack's you-know-what." How Presidential.



The final presidential debate airs at 9 pm EST, 6 PST. The run time is about 90 minutes, and will be aired on every major network. CBS, ABC, NBC, FOX and CNN etc...

According to Associated Press, and as I've mentioned previously by barack showing leadership on foreclosures, the two candidates will both try and show themselves as a leader in the debate.

Barack Obama and John McCain will both pursue the image of a strong leader in troublesome economic times as they meet Wednesday night for their third and final presidential debate.

Joe Biden says he will be disappointed if John McCain brings up William Ayers.

"In my view, the ads that are being run picturing Barack Obama and people saying 'known terrorist' -- I think that's over the top."

As he continued his two-day bus tour across the Buckeye State stopping at Lisbon's Steel Trolley Diner for lunch, Biden said "Barack Obama was eight years old when this guy Ayers was doing bad things."

Biden said he felt "good" about tomorrow's debate, expressing "total confidence" in Obama.

Biden warned that he would be "disappointed" to see McCain bring up Ayers in Wednesday's third and final debate, though McCain has threatened to do so in response to Obama's suggestion that the Republican candidate doesn't have the guts to raise the issue to his face.

All Obama has to do, Biden says, is "repeat the performance he's had the last two times out."

Biden said the debates have contrasted "a guy who’s confident and steady and a guy who's not quite sure of where he wants to take the country."

Accusations of voter fraud in battleground states are beginning to make the nightly news, and we just await election day. I plan on voting early, and so should you! And make sure you tune in for the final debate of the presidential election 2008.

Sarah McCain Palin Not The Winner

A real winner here today. His name should go down in history as the smartest, brightest man, to ever walk the plant. Mark Ciptak. LOL

Sorry, but naming your child "Sarah McCain Palin" is about the dumbest thing I can think of at the moment. I mean, really.
According to the AP:

A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.

Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put that name on the documents for the girl's birth certificate, ignoring the name Ava Grace, which he and his wife had picked earlier.

"I don't think she believes me yet," he told the Kingsport Times-News for a story to be published Tuesday. "It's going to take some more convincing."

Ciptak, a blood bank employee for the American Red Cross, said he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to "to get the word out" about the campaign.

"I took one for the cause," he said. "I can't give a lot of financial support for the (McCain/Palin) campaign. I do have a sign up in my yard, but I can do very little."

I wouldn't wanna be that kid.

Karl Rove: Obama Has The Electoral

Despite the excitement over Americans casting their vote for who they feel is the best President is the United States, the electoral vote is what actually elects the President. So how is Barack Obama doing in the electoral college?

Well, even according to Karl Rove, Barack Obama has the electoral votes to win! All you need is 270.

Republican strategist Karl Rove said over the weekend Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) has clearly pulled ahead of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). But Rove also cautioned that the race could still drastically change, just as it has in the last two weeks when news of McCain's suspending his campaign, Congress' financial bailout package and the first presidential debate affected voters' perceptions.

Rove said on Sunday on his website that Obama had reached more than the 270 required electoral votes to win an election. Citing 39 new state polls in the first three days of October, Rove said the freshman Democrat now has 273 electoral votes while McCain has 163 and 102 votes remain in a toss-up.

LA Times has Obama at 277 electoral votes.

National electoral map: McCain gains Indiana while Obama holds 277

Nearly two dozen new state polls in recent days show the Democratic Party ticket headed by Sen. Barack Obama holding strong with 277 hypothetical electoral votes, 7 more than needed for election, but Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin have regained traditionally Republican Indiana from the tossup category.

This according to the latest state-by-state poll research compiled by Karl Rove & Co. and published in The Ticket by permission every few days.

With Indiana's 11 electoral votes, the first time since early September that the Republican ticket has gained, McCain-Palin now hold 174 electoral votes while another 87 remain in the tossup category.

Barack Obama is outspending McCain, who is running 100% negative ads right now, that many feel is not helping his campaign.

Couple those factors with a massive spending edge for Obama on television, and it's not hard to understand why the Illinois senator sits above 300 electoral votes for the second week of Fix picks in a row.

And, even this map may undersell Obama's strength somewhat as his heavy advertising in places like Florida, North Carolina and Indiana -- 53 total electoral votes -- have turned all three states into true tossups. If Obama were to sweep those three states, he would stand at 364 electoral votes -- the most since Bill Clinton won re-election over former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole with 379 electoral votes in 1996.

While it is important that people get out and vote on Election Day, it is vitally important for Barack Obama to gain the "electoral vote."

McCain going to whip Obama's what?

John McCain keeps saying the derndest thing, dontcha think?

Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to "whip" Democratic rival Barack Obama's "you-know-what" when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate.

McCain made that pledge as top advisers said he is weighing new economic proposals to help the nation weather the financial crisis. The Arizona senator refused to answer a reporter's question Sunday about what plans he might be considering.

Addressing several dozen volunteers at his campaign headquarters outside Washington, McCain promised some of his signature "straight talk" about the state of the race. National and many battleground state polls have shown him trailing Obama amid the deepening market crisis.

"We're a couple points down, OK, nationally, but we're right in this game," McCain said to cheers. "The economy has hurt us a little bit in the last week or two, but in the last few days we've seen it come back up because they want experience, they want knowledge and they want vision. We'll give that to America."

McCain said he and running mate Sarah Palin would continue campaigning hard in the three weeks left before Election Day, in places like Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado. The two planned a joint appearance Monday in Virginia, a Republican stronghold turned battleground this time.

"We're going to spend a lot of time and after I whip his you-know-what in this debate, we're going to be going out 24/7," McCain said.

The two men will debate Wednesday at Hofstra University on Long Island, N.Y. CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer will moderate the 90-minute forum.

Still, McCain promised to run a "respectful" campaign in the weeks to come.

"I respect Senator Obama, we will conduct a respectful race and be sure everyone else does too. But there are stark difference between us," McCain said.

Looking forward to the final Presidential Debate and the election results.

Sarah Palin's $30,000 Tanning Bed

When I heard that John McCain spend's over $250,000 on "household help" (maids) in a year, I thought that was outrageous. But now that I know Sarah Palin had a $30,000 tanning bed installed in the Governor's mansion in Alaska, I think that tops it all. Did she spend her own money on it? Sure. But that's beside the point.

Seems Sarah Palin installed a tanning bed in the governor's mansion in 2007.

"She did. She paid for it with her own money," Roger Wetherell, chief communications officer of Alaska's Department of Transportation and Public Facilities told Us Weekly.

"It was done shortly after she took office [in early 2007] and moved into the mansion," Wetherell told the Narco News, who first reported the story.

According to Wetherell, it was paid for with her own money and purchased used from a health club.

Now we know how she gets that wonderful "skin tone." Jokes aside though. She spends way too much trying to convince the world she is just an average "hockey mom." Lemme tell you a secret, middle class moms don't usually have $30,000 tanning beds.

Tanning beds can cost up to $35,000 to install in a home -- not including parts, Alaska-based Color Me Tan manager Erin Weise told the Narco News. Weise added, "I don't think it's normal for people to have a tanning bed in their house. It's expensive."

In a time when every day folk are losing their homes, 700 families a day in California are foreclosing, you'd think things like this would seem to get more attention. But to be fair, she did pay for it with her own money. Cool. But stop trying to compare yourself to ordinary people. You know, the ones who are struggling to pay these gas prices, and don't have that health care plan you do, as a Governor.

Now, I can't really say I'm actually angry about this. It seems almost too funny to be true, but it does make me wonder a few things. Mind if I do aloud?

1. Are there tanning beds in the White house already?
2. If there aren't would Sarah Palin be the first to have tanning beds installed in the White House, should McCain win?
3. How much would the installation cost, or if there are tanning beds already in the White House how much did it cost?
4. Does McCain consider tanning beds to be "pork barrel" spending?

Color me curious.

Stop Blaming Troopergate On Obama

These people will say anything, and blame anything they can on people who are voting for Barack. Are they trying to say citizens caused this? Obama supporters? Who, the 10 Republicans behind the investigation? LOL

Fox News says:

McCain-Palin 2008 spokeswoman Meg Stapleton issued the following statement on today’s release of Stephen Branchflower’s report:

“Today’s report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we’ve known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country.”

Doncha just love the spin? How can they blame Troopergate or Sarah palin abuse of power investigation on "Obama supporters" if the investigation started before she was even picked by John McCain to run for Vice president? LOL

You gotta be kidding me, people actually fall for this stuff? Sarah Palin was under investigation for Troopergate before she was even picked to run for VP, so to say this has anything to do with Barack Obama or his campaign is nonsense. Let's not forget to mention, it was Republicans who led the investigation, not Obama Supporters!

The New York Times noted that the report "was commissioned and released by a bipartisan state legislative panel made up of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats."

They can try to spin it, but it's just not true. The only fact in the case is, it was abuse of power.

Earlier, the McCain campaign, cleared Sarah Palin of any wrong doing with their own report. Funny.

Sarah Palin Abuse Of Power

Uh oh, it looks like the report findings on Troopergate are surfacing on the Internet, and making their way from blog to blog now. Get ready...

The first paragraph of these articles always contain the best sentences!



Quotes are from MSNBC:

A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.

Zing! Busted! So how will this come into play in this election now?

The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commissioner to settle a family dispute. Palin supporters have called the investigation politically motivated.

How come every time a politician is under investigation, they claim, almost always, it is "politically motivated?" The investigation was started long before she was picked as VP running mate.

Walter Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.

The legislative panel met for six hours before making a unanimous decision to release the so-called "Troopergate" report. The vote was 12-0 to release the report, except for certain parts they consider confidential.

Alaska lawmakers on Friday began reviewing the lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report focusing on whether Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her authority as governor.

The first-term Alaska governor has been accused of firing a state commissioner to settle a family dispute. But the report is also expected to touch on whether Palin's husband meddled in state affairs and whether her administration inappropriately accessed employee medical records.

Palin fired Monegan on 7/13/08, was being investigated in that same month, and was not tapped as VP pick until 8/29/08. Which brings up a question of judgment on John McCain's choice of Vice President, in my opinion, choosing someone already under investigation for abuse of power?

The full investigative report can be found here.

McCain Priority "Protect Investors"

Protect investors? What about Americans!!!!

Everytime I read another article about John McCain, what he is talking about today, trying to find out his plan for this economic problem facing America, he proves to me he could not be more out of touch with the rest of us paying the current gas prices in America.

Barack Obama has said its time to focus on the people who are really feeling this, not jus the big corporations and companies who are responsible for this mess in the first place. In Ohio yesterday, Barack Obama stated that some Republican strategists have said, and I'm paraphrasing here, "If we don't turn the page and stop talking about this economic disaster, we are going to lose the election." Barack's response to that, is exactly what Americans want to hear, "McCain needs to start worrying about the people who are really losing, losing their house, losing their job, losing their retirements, during this crisis!"

he nailed it! McCain just keeps wanting to help out his investor friends, nothing to do with the rest of America.

McCain spends over $200,000 on maids and "household help" in a year, that is more than most Americans even make in a year. That shows how out of touch he is with the rest of us.

Here is what McCain has been focused on:

John McCain called for suspension of the requirement that retirees must begin liquidating their retirement accounts when they reach age 70 and a half, the latest economic policy rolled out by the Republican presidential candidate.

The Arizona senator announced the plan at a rally Friday morning in La Crosse, Wis. Buried a third of the way through his typical stump speech, McCain said his priority was to “protect investors – especially those relying on their investments for retirement.”

This guy is spending more time talking about things that affect 70 year olds, and not those of us who are still under half that age! What about us?

I know we are all investors, and I know we all have to plan for our retirement, but the only reason McCain is bringing this up is because it affects him. Notice he isn't talking about bringing gas prices down, or talking about ending the war in Iraq, just more and more junk about "investors" and "taxes."

Again, he is only addressing this because he is now over 70, and at 72 he sees a reason to change it.

The campaign’s economic policy director, Doug Holtz-Eakin, said the proposal is a temporary suspension. Holtz-Eakin said that when McCain, who is 72 years old, heard about the requirement to begin liquidating assets, he said, “We should stop that right now.”

We need change, not more of the same. But, at this time in his campaign, all McFail can do is intensify his negative ad campaign against Barack Obama and hope for the best.

McCain Camp Defends Kill Him! Crowd

I have already posted that I have started to view John McCain and Sarah Palin much differently after watching them ignore, although aware of, the hateful comments their supporters are shouting at their political speeches. Chants such as "kill him" when Barack Obama's name is mentioned, or words like "terrorist" or "traitor" and so on.

I feel that if they actually disapproved of such behavior they would have stopped speaking, and corrected the vulgar hecklers. But instead, they either smile or smirk, and look away, and continue their speech. Allowing their supporters to turn into a frenzied mob looking for blood.

In an effort to spin this, McCain's campaign has released statements, defending the supporters, and trying to twist it around to somehow make Barack Obama look bad. How could someone screaming "kill him" about a U.S. Senator, actually be spun to make the Senator look bad?

Here's how they tried... and failed.

McCain's Senior adviser Nicolle Wallace had this to say:

"Barack Obama's assault on our supporters is insulting and unsurprising. These are the same people obama called 'bitter' and attacked for 'clinging to guns' and faith. He fails to understand that people are angry at corrupt practices in Washington and Wall Street and he fails to understand that America's working families are not 'clinging' to anything other than the sincere hope that Washington will be reformed from top to bottom."

"Attacking our supporters is a new low for the campaign that's run more millions of dollars of negative ads than any other in history."

Please keep in mind, McCain's campaign is running way more negative ads than Obama. In fact, lets look at the negative ads.

According to the Chicago Tribune:

Yet McCain has outdone Obama in a negative ad war that has grown personal. McCain, who for some time has portrayed Obama as "dangerously unprepared" for the presidency, is questioning his very character. Obama, for his part, is painting a picture of an over-the-hill rival dwelling in the past.

Since the start, the Wisconsin Advertising Project at the University of Wisconsin at Madison reports that 73 percent of the ads McCain has aired and 61 percent of Obama's have been negative.

Don't you just love the spin? McCain's campaign has been much more negative, anyone who has paid attention to the election can see that.

Let's get back to the "defending McCain supporters."

McCain campaign spokesman Brian Rogers released this:

“Barack Obama’s attacks on Americans who support John McCain reveal far more about him than they do about John McCain. It is clear that Barack Obama just doesn’t understand regular people and the issues they care about. He dismisses hardworking middle class Americans as clinging to guns and religion, while at the same time attacking average Americans at McCain rallies who are angry at Washington, Wall Street and the status quo."

Grinning ear to ear, on video, while your supporters yell "terrorist" or "kill him" while a United States Senator's name is mentioned in your speeches, should not be defended. It's made America look at McCain and Palin much differently.

Palin Clears Self In Troopergate

Whew, well that makes us all feel a little better now don't it? LOL

According to MSNBC:

Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing.

Sen. John McCain's running mate is the subject of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her power as governor by firing her public safety commissioner. The commissioner, Walter Monegan, says he was dismissed in July for resisting pressure from Palin's husband, Todd Palin, and numerous top aides to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, Palin's former brother-in-law.

The move came hours after the state Supreme Court refused to halt the ethics investigation.

The investigation started before she was even picked to run for vice president...

Sworn to secrecy, Alaska lawmakers on Friday began reviewing a lengthy and politically sensitive investigative report. The inquiry, approved by a legislative committee's bipartisan vote, began before Republican presidential nominee John McCain named Palin his running mate. Since then, the case has been dogged by accusations of political influence.

What's better than clearing yourself of any wrong doing? Trying to stop the actual report from being made public, and only revealing your report that clears you! Sweet.

At their meeting Friday, lawmakers planned to vote on whether to release the estimated 300-page report and some of the 1,000 or more pages of supporting documents. The 14-member legislative panel could recommend that the case be closed, that another committee continue to investigate or that the matter be referred to criminal investigators.

Of course the report should be made public.

"I just hope that the truth is figured out," Monegan told The Associated Press on Thursday. "That the governor did want me to fire him, and I chose to not. You just can't walk up to someone and say, 'I fire you.' He didn't do anything under my watch to result in termination."

Palin's critics say that shows she used her office to settle family affairs.

"When you're the governor, you leave your household hat at home and you become governor," said state Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican who has frequently clashed with Palin.

LOL @ troopergate

Pallin' Around With Vogler

If anyone is "pallin' around" it is Sarah Palin.

From MSNBC:

And of course, Governor, those same dopes, and we media morons, we are not smart enough to ask about that pesky Alaskan Independence Party, and why you recorded a speech for its convention last March, and why your husband remained a registered member of it until 2002, even though it was founded by a man named Joe Vogler who wanted Alaska to secede from the United States. The way the South seceded, precipitating the Civil War.

The same Joe Vogler who once said:

"The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government, and I won't be buried under their damn flag.”

And who also said:

"I'm an Alaskan, not an American. I've got no use for America or her damned institutions.”

Shoot, Governor, them's strong words, hah? Did he wink as he said 'em? You betcha! So, where does Joe Vogler rank on the scales of "terrorists who would target their own country?" Your opponent's guy Ayers wound up on a volunteer anti-poverty committee in Chicago.

But your guy Vogler wound up founding a group that wanted to rip one of the stars off the American flag! Well, ok, Governor, Vogler's more your husband's guy. So it's your husband who's been "palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”

But I'm assuming you've been "palling around” with your husband. But, gee willikers, Governor, you know what's best. You're not one of these Washington insiders who would notice that though that's a straight line connecting you, your husband, and this Alaskan secessionist, you're*standing under a banner with the campaign slogan "Country First” and if somebody out there puts two and two together they might just ask, "which Country dja mean? The Country of Alaska?”

McCain could have done better picking Bill Clinton as his running mate. LOL

Troopergate

Get ready for the buzz word of the day: Troopergate.

Republican lawmakers are trying to halt an investigation into Troopergate...

According to AP:

Five Alaska lawmakers filed an emergency appeal Friday asking the state's Supreme Court to halt an investigation into abuse of power allegations by Gov. Sarah Palin before the findings are released next week.

Why would they want to stop the investigation?

The independent investigator conducting the probe plans to turn over his conclusions by next Friday to the body that authorized the it, the Legislative Council. The five Republican lawmakers, none of whom are on the Legislative Council, claim the investigation is being manipulated to damage Palin before Election Day on Nov. 4.

Somehow, I doubt this is being done to smear Sarah Palin because the investigation started long before she was even vice presidential nominee.

The probe is looking into whether Palin, the Republican vice presidential candidate, and others pressured Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire a state trooper who was involved in a contentious divorce from Palin's sister and then fired Monegan when he wouldn't dismiss the trooper. Palin says Monegan was ousted over budget disagreements.

The five lawmakers sued to block the investigation or remove its overseers, but their lawsuit was dismissed on Thursday by an Anchorage judge.

Due to the publicity surrounding this case, Americans anxiously await the report's findings.

Defense attorney Peter Maassen said the Legislature is free to conduct an investigation as it sees fit and the judge's ruling confirmed the separation of power principles. An emergency appeal is unwarranted, he said, because by next Thursday the investigation will have already be completed — it will only remain to make it findings public.

"There's been no time in history that a court has suppressed the outcome of a legislative investigation," Maassen said.

The public deserve to see exactly what the Palin's have been up to, "up there in Alaska."

As it seems, at the moment, Sarah Palin wants to try and slow this investigation down "for years" and keep it secret from the public.

Palin pledged her cooperation with the probe until she became Sen. John McCain's running mate. She has said through her lawyer that she only will cooperate with a separate investigation, one that she calls unbiased but is conducted in secret and can last for years.

Americans are tired of this secrecy that people like Sarah Palin shroud themselves in, while firing public officials, and doing all kinds of illegal things behind closed doors.

We deserve to hear the full extent of Todd Palin's involvement, and to get to the bottom of Troopergate.

Todd Palin sought the dismissal of a Alaska state trooper at the center of a probe into his wife's conduct as state governor but denied attempting to influence her directly, court documents showed Thursday.
In a 25-page sworn affidavit to an investigator examining abuse of power allegations against his wife and Republican vice-presidential nominee, Palin said he had repeatedly contacted senior Alaska officials to raise concerns over the conduct of his ex-brother-in-law Mike Wooten.

Todd Palin is not a government official, and should not be sitting in on Governor meetings, and discussing the firing of anyone in office, or any policemen. This guy is an oil field worker, doesn't have a college degree, and serves no purpose sitting on on important official business. Why should he be talking to anyone in regards to State Troopers being fired or not? His involvement, continues to concern me. Not to mention his membership in the Alaskan Independence Party.

The idea that some oil worker "First Dude" is making phone calls and inquiring whether or not State Troopers are fired, should concern any American. And the fact these two continue to try and conceal their actions, will only further the curiosity of the situation.

SS Drops Obama Threat Investigation

Well, that didn't last too long.

I sure hope, for Obama's sake, that nothing happens to him. You would think that the Secret Service would do a more thorough investigation regarding someone shouting "kill him" about Senator Barack Obama. But, as it seems, the case has already been dropped, with the person responsible, never being found.

Who was it that screamed "kill him?" What if they are now plotting an attempt on our next President's life? Will the next person who scream it be taken seriously? This is serious stuff, and I am worried that this type of acceptance, when it comes to threats on Obama, will be overlooked from now on.

According to AP:

The US Secret Service has investigated an alleged death threat against Democrat Barack Obama shouted Monday at a rally for his Republican rival John McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, an agency spokesman told AFP Thursday.

The probe by the service that protects US presidents, past and present, visiting world leaders and US presidential candidates, stems from a report by The Washington Post about a shout, "kill him," heard during the rally when Obama's name came up.

The alleged threat was made when Palin was speaking of Obama's relations with former 1960s radical Bill Ayers, whose group "The Weathermen" carried out a series of attacks in protest against the Vietnam War.

"We take every threat very seriously. Every time we receive or are reported information like that, we follow up," said Secret Service spokesman Ed Donovan.

However, he cautioned that at the McCain rally, "no Secret Service agent overheard any threatening statement and no threatening statements were reported by law enforcement or the general public."

"We did make some inquiries after the Washington Post reported on Tuesday that a someone had yelled 'kill him,'" he added.

What irks me, is no Secret Service heard anything???

Donovan said it wasn't clear whether the threat was actually vocalized or, if so, if it was meant for Obama or even Ayers, both of whose names were uttered by Palin at that moment in her speech.

For those reasons, he added, the investigation was dropped.

Not vocalized? Then how did people hear it then?

I have begun thinking very differently about Sarah Palin and John McCain after this event. I have watched them give their speeches while people shout "kill him" and "terrorist" about Barack Obama, and they stand by and do nothing. How can John McCain sit there and raise questions about his "connections to terrorists" when Obama is a U.S. Senator, this isn't some new guy off the street? Barack has served this country as honorably as McCain has. Obama is not connected to terrorists, and by allowing their hateful mobs to rally and cheer on things like "kill him" at political events, its embarrassing to me, not just as an American, but as a human.

Really, What Is A Maverick?

"Just a couple of mavericks." Over and over, tired of hearing it. So what is a Maverick? Where did this term originate? What does it mean? And why would John McCain and Sarah Palin be running around saying it so often?




According to NY Times:

There’s that word again: maverick. In Thursday’s vice-presidential debate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself and her running mate, Senator John McCain, no fewer than six times, at one point calling him “the consummate maverick.”

But to those who know the history of the word, applying it to Mr. McCain is a bit of a stretch — and to one Texas family in particular it is even a bit offensive.

Offensive? To who? The actual Maverick family, that's who.

“I’m just enraged that McCain calls himself a maverick,” said Terrellita Maverick, 82, a San Antonio native who proudly carries the name of a family that has been known for its progressive politics since the 1600s, when an early ancestor in Boston got into trouble with the law over his agitation for the rights of indentured servants.

According to Raw Story> about the real Maverick:

According to Fontaine, the real "original maverick" was her grandfather, Maury Maverick, "a radical politician from San Antonio who served two terms in Congress (1935-1939). There, he led a bloc of progressive Democrats who sought to push Roosevelt and the New Deal to the left. The press quickly labeled this group 'The Mavericks.' While hugely popular with the the many poor Hispanics in his district, Maverick was far too liberal for the conservative Texas Democratic establishment. In 1938 he lost the Democratic party primary after being slandered as a communist."

"Grandfather Maury was no coward," Fontaine told Huffington Post's Charles Karel Bouley. "He chased the Klan right out of San Antonio once, stood up to the mob... Maury was burned in effigy in San Antonio, for his defense of members of the Communist Party's right to assemble, for his defense of the Hispanic community, support for those who didn't have a voice."

Didn't McCain say one of his heroes was Roosevelt in the second Presidential debate? Well, John, hate to break it to ya, a maverick tried to steer your hero to the Left. LOL

So McCain and Palin run around calling themselves a maverick? This family seems pretty upset about it too.

"It's driving our family crazy," Fontaine says, "upsetting us and the legacy of my family, and we really with the campaign would stop misusing the word and the phrase. ... And Palin, I'm not sure she even knows the history of the word of or my family, but one thing is clear to all of my family, she truly is not a Maverick."

The family states it clearly, that a Maverick is someone without a brand.

Considering the family’s long history of association with liberalism and progressive ideals, it should come as no surprise that Ms. Maverick insists that John McCain, who has voted so often with his party, “is in no way a maverick, in uppercase or lowercase.”

“It’s just incredible — the nerve! — to suggest that he’s not part of that Republican herd. Every time we hear it, all my children and I and all my family shrink a little and say, ‘Oh, my God, he said it again.’ ”

“He’s a Republican,” she said. “He’s branded.”

I can imagine if my family had a political history attached to our name, and I kept hearing Sarah Palin, with her Canadian accent, saying it over and over, it would start to irritate me too.

How Can Anyone Still Be Undecided?

Last night was the first time I actually started thinking about people who are "undecided" in regards to the upcoming election. "How can anyone still be undecided?" I thought. And it still has me pondering. So I started to look up some articles about these undecided voters to see if I could understand why they are still debating which side to vote for.

Some undecided voters are leaning toward Obama.

With disgust dripping from his voice, Mr. Sullivan read aloud a story on page 4B of USA Today about how AIG agents had spent $443,000 on a week-long retreat at a California resort six days after the government bailed them out. When he came to the part about Joseph Cassano, the head of AIG’s finance division, taking home $34 million and then being placed on a $1 million-a-month consulting retainer in February, he smacked the paper.

“They should have had these CEOs in handcuffs yesterday,” he said looking at the accompanying photograph of two former AIG CEOs taking an oath before testifying to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “I would have liked to have heard someone say ‘Bailiff, bring the shackles.’ I want outrage, I want heads to roll.”

Mr. Sullivan does not believe either Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain is forceful enough to lead the country out of its current economic morass but he is increasingly convinced Sen. McCain is too tied to the special interests in Washington to be given a chance try.

I can understand the frustration this guy feels. All Americans should be upset about this type of stuff. McCain even corrected someone during the second presidential debates for calling it a "bailout," he said he calls it a "rescue." A fine example of how McCain is "out of touch" with ordinary Americans. Americans feels the way Mr. Sullivan does, not the way McCain does.

Watching the debate Tuesday night Mr. Sullivan said he was angered by what he saw as Sen. McCain’s vague promises.

“He said ‘I know how to get America working again,’ but he never said how,” Mr. Sullivan said. “Two weeks ago he said our economy was fundamentally strong, well that tells me for a man who is supposed to be in the middle of the action, his head is in the sand.”

When the debate switched topics to foreign policy, Mr. Sullivan’s interest waned.

“Our house is on fire here, I don’t have time to cut my neighbor’s grass,” he said. “We need a strong domestic economy before we can fix the rest of the world.”

Everyday citizens are worried more about gas prices in America, than about foreign policy.

“There is something fundamentally wrong with our system when I go to my local grocery store and the apples there are from China,” Mr. Sullivan said.

“I’m conservative, I don’t want to see the Democrats get into power and spend like drunken sailors, but the pendulum has swung too far to the right. It needs to be brought back.”

I think many, many, many of us feel the same way right now. Some voters say after the debates, neither candidate "delivered" or "got angry enough."

Are you undecided? If so, please tell me why.

Palin Is Anti-America Like Joe Vogler

Don't know who Joe Vogler is? Well, he is the guy who formed the Alaskan Independence Party that Todd Palin, the husband of Governor Sarah Palin, was a member of. (scroll down for video)

The best way to get to know someone is to hear their words, or things they have been involved in... Let's get to know Joe Vogler a bit shall we?

A quote: “My government is my worst enemy. I’m going to fight them with any means at hand.” Joe Vogler

Another quote from Joe Vogler:

“When the [federal] bureaucrats come after me, I suggest they wear red coats. They make better targets. In the federal government are the biggest liars in the United States, and I hate them with a passion. They think they own [Alaska]. There comes a time when people will choose to die with honor rather than live with dishonor. That time may be coming here. Our goal is ultimate independence by peaceful means under a minimal government fully responsive to the people. I hope we don’t have to take human life, but if they go on tramping on our property rights, look out, we’re ready to die.”

He was quoted more than once threatening federal actions against him with violence, known to carry large guns with him etc...

What does this have to do with Sarah Palin?

Well, her husband was a member of the very group that has held these anti-American ideas, and as recent as this year (2008) Gov. Palin has made video encouraging the AIP to "keep up the good work."

According to Salon, AIP chairwoman Lynette Clark said recently that Sarah Palin is her kind of gal. “She’s Alaskan to the bone … she sounds just like Joe Vogler.”

This quote is from “Coming Into the Country,” by John McPhee, who traipsed around Alaska’s remote gold mining country with Vogler for his 1991 book. The violent-tempered secessionist vowed to McPhee that if any federal official tried to stop him from polluting Alaska’s rivers with his earth-moving equipment, he would “run over him with a Cat and turn mosquitoes loose on him while he dies.”

Vogler wasn’t just a blowhard either. He put his secessionist ideas into action, working to build AIP membership to 20,000 — an impressive figure by Alaska standards — and to elect party member Walter Hickel as governor in 1990.

Vogler’s greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States “tyranny” before the entire world and to demand Alaska’s freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue.

That’s right … Iran. The Islamic dictatorship. The taker of American hostages. The rogue nation that McCain and Palin have excoriated Obama for suggesting we diplomatically engage. That Iran.

Joe Vogler attracted such anti-American governments as Iran to sponsor his anti-American ideas, and now with the national attention Sarah Palin has gained, she has continued to encourage the plans of Joe Vogler by supporting the Alaskan Independence Party's ideas of secession from the United States.

How can this woman even be considered American when her own husband has belonged to a radical group that doesn't believe Alaska should be a part of this nation, and in fact, should be its own country??

This doesn't sit well with any American who hears about it, and it's no wonder why this topic has been kept off the radar of mainstream media. But the Palin's cannot deny their involvement with the group, nor can they change the fact Todd Palin was a member.

Imagine if Michelle Obama had joined some Black Panther type of black radical group that called for armed resistance against the government? The media would be having a field day, but here the Palin's associate and encourage the AIP to "keep up the good work" What work? Raising funds to separate Alaska from the United States?

The bottom line is, Americans on the mainland U.S. had never heard of Sarah Palin before John McCain picked her, and if she is "just like Joe Vogler" I think the rest of us Americans are in trouble. I can look past her Canadian accent, but I cannot overlook her connections to a group that wishes to divide the United States, not just on topics, but actual secession of a state.

Here is a video of the AIP talking about how now that Sarah Palin is elected, "we just need to put a Republican label on it, and get it approved." This is in regards to secession from the United States! See for yourself the infiltration of American Government taking place from these Alaskan secessionists.



"Our current Governor, who I mentioned the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected. You should infiltrate. I know the Christian Exodus is in favor of it, the free state movement is in favor of it. Put the Republican label on it to get elected, that's all there is to it."

This shows how they have used the Republican label to sneak in their policies of secession...

A final Joe Vogler quote: "The fires of Hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government and I won't be buried under their damn flag. I'll be buried in Dawson, and when Alaska is an independent nation, they can bring my bones home, back to my country."

This is who founded the Alaskan Independence Party that the Palin's support. One does not 'pal around with secessionists" and not be one. How could you hang around with people who believe Alaska should be a separate nation from the U.S. and not agree with them?

Sarah Palin & Alaskan Independence Party

Ever since I heard that Todd Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, I have been interested in this "we don't want to be part of the United States anymore" group of people in Alaska. There is no doubt, it has been documented that Todd Palin was a member until as recent as 2002, and Sarah palin has hosted events and even recorded videos encouraging the Alaskan Independence Party to "keep up the good work."

Here is a video from this year (2008) that Sarah Palin made for the Alaskan Independence party, you see in Alaska, this group is sort of like the old Southerners who still want the South to secede from the Union. The AIP is no different, they have only one thing in their sights and thats a statewide vote for secession of Alaska from the United States. Don't believe me?




From the wikipedia:

The Alaskan Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska that advocates a state vote which includes several options, including increased state autonomy, territorial status, becoming a separate nation or commonwealth state, and, failing that, for increased Alaskan control of Alaskan land, gun rights, privatization, home schooling, and reduction of governmental intrusion in the private lives of its citizens with adherence to the founding documents of the United States. The party has appeared on the ballot in Alaska in all state elections since 1970.

Not only does this party want to become its own nation, this party has actually been on every single ballot in Alaska since 1970, so this is not just some small group of people. In Alaska this is a hot topic, and there is statewide support for this idea of Alaska being its own country!

This really has me thinking about Sarah Palin and her loyalty to the United States of America. She loves to boast about how much she loves "America" but being so involved with a party that wants to secede her state from the U.S. is somewhat contradictory, doncha think?

What would Americans think if George Bush was making video clips directly for some Confederate Party down South that wanted to secede states from the Union? I am surprised that Sarah Palin and her recent promotion for the Alaskan Independence Party has been left out of the campaign this year. These are not old connections, or old videos, the video above is from 2008, the year of her election campaign, it's no doubt there are still ties.

One does not change their opinion on things like this suddenly, if Palin was not associated with them in some way she would not be making videos for them. Her husband was a member for years, and no one denies this.

The question is, how can people who believe they want Alaska to secede from the U.S. help benefit our country if their very nature is to begin dismantling it? Let it be known, the AIP is not going away, they are the state's third largest voter group, and continue to push for a statewide vote on secession of Alaska. The AIP has been on every ballot since 1970, and with its popularity growing, perhaps one day they may succeed.

To be honest with you, this entire thing really got me thinking about how far Alaska is, how different Sarah Palin really is from the rest of us in the "United States."

I doubt anyone involved with the AIP has much loyalty to the United States to begin with, why? because their motto is simply "Alaska first, Alaska always." These people do not believe in what the rest of us in America do, they want to separate themselves from this country and become their own nation.

I firmly believe that Sarah Palin was chosen simply to divide the nation more during this election. She was picked because she is not from one of the mainland states, and the rest of us Americans did not know her at all.

According to the Alaskan Independence Party's web site:

"The Alaskan Independence Party's goal is, one choice from among the following four alternatives:

1. Remain a Territory.
2. Become a separate and Independent Nation.
3. Accept Commonwealth status.
4. Become a State.

At least the AIP doesn't try and hide its mission from those of us who still love the United States. I think it's obvious what Mccain & Palin are after. To divide this country even more.

After Second Presidential Debate

Here's a brief look at some of the things that have happened after the Second Presidential Debate last night. Oddly enough, quite a few things have happened...

While clicking around on political sites and blogs today, I noticed a lot of Barack Obama ads, and I thought to myself, "he must be spending a lot on those." Well, I clicked around a little more and then I found this blog entry on a WSJ blog: Obama’s Big Day: $3.3 Million Spent on TV Ads

Barack Obama spent $3.3 million on TV ads on Monday alone—a remarkable one-day expenditure that more than doubled rival John McCain’s spending that day, according to the ad tracking firm, Campaign Media Analysis Group.

The Obama campaign has been ratcheting up its ad spending over the last month, increasing it by about 20% per week.

Wow, nice strategy, and very impressive.

In addition to referring to Americans as "my fellow prisoners" today, Cindy McCain also jumped into the negative campaign fun and had her own moment.

Cindy McCain got in on the attack action Wednesday while introducing her husband, Republican presidential nominee John McCain, at a rally here.

The mother of four, including two sons in the military, challenged Democrat Barack Obama to “change shoes” for a day. “The day that Sen. Obama decided to cast a vote to not fund my son when he was serving sent a cold chill through my body,” she said

McCain’s charge is based on a single vote Obama cast as a senator. Factcheck.org called the claim “misleading” based on the fact that Obama voted in favor of troop funding on 10 different occasions. The only time he voted against it was a vote in which President Bush vetoed a version that included a date for withdrawal.

So by that logic, George Bush is actually the one to blame for not funding her son. Barack Obama has voted 10 times to fund the troops!

Hey! Remember that Sarah Palin email hacker that busted Palin's use of multiple Yahoo accounts for government business? Well, he pleaded not guilty today.

Today, David Kernell, son of Mike Kernell, chairman of Tennessee’s House Government Operations Committee, pleaded not guilty in federal to charges that he intentionally accessed Palin’s e-mail account without authorization. He was charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.

It's been an eventful day in politics so far, and it's not over yet! Let's see if anything else happens today/tonight. But what could top the "Kill Him" scandal?

After the debate last night, I really hope the final one is the best!

Secret Service Investigating Kill Him Shouting

Having just blogged about the Sarah Palin "Kill Him" rally scandal, I wanted to dig up a little more info on the subject.



This image is not intended to be humorous, I believe that when you actually see the words in an image, it sinks in exactly how hateful and real they are. Sarah Palin could have stopped herself and identified whoever it was that was screaming "kill him" about Barack Obama, and did not. Instead she kept on talking and said, "Boy, you guys just get it."

When you put those two quotes side by side, you can see how much of a threat these type of people are to freedom in America.

No one on either side of the aisle should want to see Barack Obama shot, and if that happened I don't think America would ever recover from the image of a nation so racist they shot the first racially mixed man running for Pres.

I am also glad to read that the Secret Service, according to RadarOnline, has started an investigation...

The Secret Service is following up on media reports today that someone in the crowd at a McCain/Palin event suggested killing Barack Obama, according to Secret Service spokesman Malcolm Wiley. The shout of "kill him" followed a Sarah Palin rant on Obama's relationship with radical Chicagoan Bill Ayers.

Wiley says the Secret Service did not begin looking into the matter until press reports, namely Dana Milbank's article in the Washington Post, surfaced today, because no agents at the event heard anything. "The Secret Service did not hear any threatening statements directed at targets under its protection and no threatening statements were reported to us by law enforcement or citizens at the event," Wiley told Radar. Also unclear: whether the remark was directed at Obama or Ayers if the words were actually "kill" and "him."

If you don't take things like this serious, where do you draw the line?

McCain Supporters Threaten To Kill Obama

Under any normal circumstances, uttering the words "kill him" towards a Senator and especially someone running for president would be greeted by Secret Service members or at least Homeland Security. However, what we see from the John McCain campaign is exactly the opposite.

During a Sarah Palin speech, McCain supporters began screaming racial obscenities towards a black camera operator, and even "kill him" when she mentioned Barack Obama by name.

Although it is hard to make out, here is a video of the "kill him" rally:



According to The nation...

Sarah Palin was on the verge of inciting a race riot in northern Florida yesterday. At her rallies, the Republican faithful hurled a racial epitaph at a black sound man, and screamed "kill him" and "treason!" at Barack Obama.

"Boy, you guys just get it!" Palin responded. This reaction, presumably, was what Palin had in mind when she urged John McCain to "take the gloves off."

As a concerned citizen, I demand the Secret Service and whoever else needs to be involved, do some investigating and find out who exactly it was screaming "kill him" about a United States Senator and presidential hopeful, Barack Obama.

Here is a video of McCain supporters shouting "terrorist" when asked "Who is the real Obama?"



Notice McCain just smiles and does not correct this? I would not be surprised to find out if the person screaming "terrorist" was actually involved in the campaign to be honest at this point. McCain should have stopped his speech and corrected the heckler, instead he smiled and continued on. Eerily as if expecting it and knowing it was coming.

Like him or hate him, Barack Obama is a US Senator and is protected by Secret Service, no one in America should be screaming 'kill him" when his name is mentioned. This should be taken as a serious threat and should be investigated.

Republicans Pay "Terrorist" To Speak At School?

When Sarah Palin accused Barack Obama of being pals with terrorists, I bet she had not thought the comment out too far. In a classic retort to such hateful association attempts, Obama's brilliant campaign has sought to bring to light the fact that Republicans may have actually paid William Ayers (the guy they claim Obama is friends with) to speak at the University of South Carolina.

According to an article I just read from the Associated Press...

Barack Obama's campaign is citing the University of South Carolina's speaking invitations to William Ayers and Republican Gov. Mark Sanford's role as school trustee to counter GOP efforts to link the presidential candidate to the 1960s radical.

The governor dismissed the effort as "totally bogus" and said he never heard of Ayers.

If Republicans really consider Ayers a terrorist, why is this school paying him to fly there and speak? Wouldn't that mean Republican Governor Mark Sanford is in fact, "paying terrorists to speak at a school?" And, according to Palin's logic, "pallin' around with terrorists?"

In an e-mail to reporters, the Obama campaign said Ayers is a "distinguished scholar" at the University of South Carolina, where Sanford serves as the ex-officio trustee while governor.

"By Governor Palin's standards, that means Governor Sanford shares Ayers' views," the e-mail read.

Something tells me if John McCain even hints to this in the debate tonight, it could be the breaking point where one of the opponents must overcome the other verbally or lose control and get "erratic" the way McCain has been since the current financial crisis.

the campaign did not back down, saying the connection in both cases is equally tenuous.

"The point is that by Sarah Palin's logic, serving on a board with someone establishes an association with them," said campaign spokeswoman Melanie Roussell. "Obama has served on the board but did not have a relationship with William Ayers. He only met him a few times.

"If her logic is to stand, it could be said that Gov. Sanford has been palling around with William Ayers," she continued.

I would say, paying a "terrorist" to speak at your school would make you more of a pal to a terrorist than being 8 years old and having no connections to Ayers while he was committing crimes.

When will the Republicans ever learn that this stuff will only backfire on them?

Palin Case Reversal

When Troopergate first made the headlines, Palin instructed her subpoenaed friends and aides (including her husband Todd Palin) to disobey the subpoenas.

Looks like things are reversing in the case... from the NY Times.

Seven Alaska state employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an abuse-of-power investigation against Gov. Sarah Palin.

Flip flop in the court of law!

Ms. Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is the focus of a legislative inquiry into whether she abused her office by firing the public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan. Mr. Monegan says he was dismissed because he would not fire the governor’s former brother-in-law.

Lawmakers subpoenaed seven state employees to testify in the inquiry, but they challenged those subpoenas. A judge rejected that challenge last week. Because of that ruling, the Alaska attorney general, Talis Colberg, says, the employees have decided to testify.

The Sarah Palin case will be in the news this week, I will post more about it in the morning.

Palin Terrorist Comment Backfiring On Campaign

Sarah Palin's recent claim that Obama is friendly with terrorists may be the beginning of the end for the McCain campaign. Americans are tired of this type of gutter politics... Obama is not friends with terrorists, and as the Associated Press has said...

By claiming that Democrat Barack Obama is "palling around with terrorists" and doesn't see the U.S. like other Americans, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin targeted key goals for a faltering campaign.

And though she may have scored a political hit each time, her attack was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.

Let's get to the facts here... Obama was a child when these events occured and he had no connection to the people who perpetrated them...

But Palin's reference questions Obama's associations and thereby his character. And her context is inaccurate.

She is referring to Obama's relationship with William Ayers, a member of the Vietnam-era Weather Underground, was exaggerated at best if not outright false. No evidence shows they were "pals" or even close when they worked on community boards years ago and Ayers hosted a political event for Obama early in his career.

Obama, who was a child when the Weathermen were planting bombs, has denounced Ayers' radical views and actions.

Therefore, Palin's about how he is pals with terrorists is so far off base that it is a blatant lie, not just a distortion of facts.

Most Americans are tired of this type of behavior coming from our elected officials trying to use fear and terrorism as divisive campaign tactics.

Obama Not Connected To Terrorists

McCain and Palin have decided to step things up and make their last month of campaigning nasty, aggressive, and generally what is called "gutter politics."

Reuters has said...

"There is a time when it's necessary to take the gloves off and that time is right now," Palin told thousands of supporters at a rally in a sports arena in Carson, California.

Earlier at a fundraiser in Englewood, Colorado, she departed from her usual speech to question Obama's character.

"Our opponent though is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough that he is palling around with terrorists who would target their own country," Palin said of Obama, also calling him an embarrassment.

Her use of words like "palling" instead of "friendly" clearly means this is a calculated and thought out quote being used to further the idea that Obama is somehow connected to terrorists. This man is a Senator and has worked for this country his entire career, Palin's connection him to terrorists is very negative and definitely gutter politics.

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin accused Democratic candidate Barack Obama on Saturday of "palling around with terrorists," marking a shift to a nastier tone in the White House race.

The remark was dismissed by Obama as "gutter politics" but appeared to reflect an effort by Sen. John McCain's campaign to target Obama's judgment as the Illinois senator solidifies his national lead and gains an edge in vital battleground states a month before the November 4 election.

It came shortly after McCain's campaign called Obama a liar and just days after both candidates urged Congress to set aside partisan politics to pass a $700 billion financial rescue package in a bid to revive credit markets.

The tougher tone comes as McCain struggles to move the theme of the election away from the economy, an issue that has helped Obama build leads in key states, including several won by Republicans in the last presidential election in 2004.

Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan said, "Today, the McCain-Palin team took their discredited, dishonorable campaign one desperate step further, announcing that they were going to try 'turning a page on this financial crisis' and launching more personal attacks on Senator Obama."

"Instead of offering solutions for working Americans and families struggling through a failing economy, they have offered more gutter politics and false attacks," he said in a statement.

First off, the same article Palin used to say Obama is "friendly with terrorists," concluded he has no ties or connections to ANY TERRORIST. But does that stop Sarah Palin from claiming the opposite? Of course not... when you have nothing else to hold on to as you are falling, you can always call your opponent a friend to terrorists. This is fear mongering and definitely not worthy of a Presidential Election campaign.

Again, the article Sarah Palin used as "proof" of terrorist connections, concluded he in fact, had none...

Palin cited a New York Times story on Saturday that examined Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers, a former member of the Vietnam War-era militant Weather Underground organization who is now a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The Times concluded they were not close.

Palin is clearly trying to spread lies as truth and scare the American public away from voting for Obama based on phony terrorist allegations.

Republicans Sue Palin Over Email

Sarah Palin's sneaky email tactics are gaining more attention as yet more email accounts are turning up.

Keep in mind this is a Republican who filed this lawsuit, not a Democrat or crazy wild eyed liberal ;)

According to the Washington Post...

In a lawsuit filed in Alaska Superior Court, a Republican activist seeks to force Gov. Sarah Palin to produce copies of official correspondence she sent and received on private e-mail accounts.

Andrée McLeod filed the suit Wednesday and publicized it in a news release today. "Rather than using her state e-mail account, throughout her two-year tenure as Governor of Alaska, defendant Sarah Palin, as a matter of routine, has used, and, on information and belief, continues to use, (at least) two private e-mail accounts... to conduct official business of the State of Alaska," the suit alleges.

The suit is the latest front in a battle McLeod is waging over Palin's e-mail. In June, she filed an open-records request and received four boxes of redacted e-mails. But more than 1,100 others were withheld, an action Palin justified by claiming executive privilege. McLeod appealed that claim last month before going to court last week.

McLeod has questioned whether Palin was using private e-mail accounts to conduct state business in a manner that would skirt open-records laws. In one notable e-mail, a Palin aide apologized for discussing state business on a public account. "Whoops!" Palin aide Frank Bailey wrote, after addressing an e-mail to the governor's official state address. "Frank, this is not the Governor's personal account," a secretary reminded him.

ABC News is reporting that even more email accounts are being discovered as

News of yet another private email account for Sarah Palin could affect the Troopergate probes by the Alaska state legislature and the state personnel board, the Washington Post reports this morning.

Palin and a close circle of aides had accounts on the “PalinForGovernor.com” domain, a privately-run domain she had used for her campaign, that paper found.

A technician described to the Post how he set up email accounts for Palin and others this spring at the direction of aide Frank Bailey. Bailey denied the account as “completely inaccurate” and told the paper “we haven't used that domain in a long time.”

This just keeps getting better and better... over at the Huffington Post I read...

The Washington Post reports that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) is "being asked by a local Republican activist to release more than 1,100 e-mails she withheld from a public records request, including 40 that were copied to her husband, Todd." Invoking a favored practice of the Bush administration, Palin has claimed executive privilege to keep the e-mails secret -- despite the fact many of them were sent to Todd, who is not an elected official.

What's more, Palin and her staff intentionally use her personal Yahoo e-mail account, perhaps to avoid document release requests.

Man Did Not Walk With Dinosaurs

America may be based on religious freedom, but that does not include blatant distortion of historical fact to further the dumbing down of American's in the name of religion.

No true scientist nor real archaeologist believes humans and dinosaurs walked the Earth together. This is a part of Creationism which Sarah Palin wants taught in schools.

Sarah Palin not only believes humans walked the Earth together, she claims to have seen human foot prints within dinosaur tracks as evidence. This is not what we need being taught in American schools, this goes against everything we know about dinosaurs and the 65 million year difference between existence times for humans and dinosaurs.



The Los Angeles Times has reported:

Soon after Sarah Palin was elected mayor of the foothill town of Wasilla, Alaska, she startled a local music teacher by insisting in casual conversation that men and dinosaurs coexisted on an Earth created 6,000 years ago -- about 65 million years after scientists say most dinosaurs became extinct -- the teacher said.

After conducting a college band and watching Palin deliver a commencement address to a small group of home-schooled students in June 1997, Wasilla resident Philip Munger said, he asked the young mayor about her religious beliefs.

Palin told him that "dinosaurs and humans walked the Earth at the same time," Munger said. When he asked her about prehistoric fossils and tracks dating back millions of years, Palin said "she had seen pictures of human footprints inside the tracks," recalled Munger, who teaches music at the University of Alaska in Anchorage and has regularly criticized Palin in recent years on his liberal political blog, called Progressive Alaska.

The idea of a "young Earth" -- that God created the Earth about 6,000 years ago, and dinosaurs and humans coexisted early on -- is a popular strain of creationism.

Look, if there is one thing Libertarians, Democrats, and Republicans can all agree on, can we agree that the Earth is not 6,000 years old? I mean, come on...

Fossil fuel, you know, the gas you put in your car and the natural gas you heat your house with? Fossil fuel was formed from animals that walked the Earth 300 million years ago, you cannot believe in gasoline and believe the Earth is 6,000 years ago. You'd think Sarah "Big Oil" Palin could grasp this simple fact since she does so much business with people getting rich from fossil fuel.

Economy Is Hurting As McCain Concedes Michigan

It could be the gas prices, it could be the loss of jobs, but according to the Associated Press, Sarah Palin admits: "The economy is hurting." Governor Palin also questioned McCain's concession of Michigan due to the financial strain on the McCain/Palin campaign.

Sarah Palin questioned Republican presidential candidate John McCain's decision to abandon efforts to win Michigan, a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers.

In an interview with Fox News Channel Friday, the Alaska governor said she was disappointed that the McCain campaign decided to stop competing in Michigan. In an indication that the vice presidential candidate had not been part of the decision, she said she had "read that this morning and I fired off a quick e-mail" questioning the move.

"Todd and I, we'd be happy to get to Michigan and walk through those plants of the car manufacturers," Palin said, referring to her husband. "We'd be so happy to get to speak to the people in Michigan who are hurting because the economy is hurting."

McCain has decided to pull out of Michigan and focus his campaign on other states at this time of his campaign.

Word of the McCain campaign's decision to move staff out of Michigan and stop advertising in the state broke around midday Thursday — the same day as Palin's vice presidential debate against Democrat Joe Biden. The campaign had decided Wednesday night that the $1 million a week it was spending in Michigan wasn't worth it with internal polls showing Democratic nominee Barack Obama approaching a double-digit lead.

The cost of advertising in these states must be putting a strain on his campaign.

Presidential Debate Schedule 2008

There are many people out there who do not know when the Presidential Debates are on.



Each debate begins at 9pm EST, 6 PST. Run time 90 minutes. The debates will be aired on every major network such as CBS, ABC, NBC, and FOX. Of course you can see them on CNN, MSNBC and other cable network news channels.

September 26, 2008: Obama/McCain debate at University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

October 2, 2008: Palin / Biden Vice Presidential debate at Washington University, St. Louis, MO

October 7, 2008: Presidential debate in town hall format takes place at Belmont University, Nashville, TN - Submit a Question

October 15, 2008: Presidential debate taking place at Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

Be sure to tune in and see how your candidate feels about certain issues facing America today.

Joe Biden Wins VP Debate

I will keep this entry short and sweet. People on either side will be arguing who won the vice presidential debate over the next week, or at least until the next one. However, there are a few things that give the edge to Biden on "who won."



Biden did his best to stay on topic and answer the questions he was asked. Quite a few times Sarah Palin did the opposite of that. She dodged a couple questions, but did so smoothly and effectively without drawing much attention to the fact she was sidestepping a question or two during the debate.

Biden also did very well in not coming across as a bully or picking on the experience of Palin. However, he effectively drove home one point that should not be overlooked: to link McCain to the policies of George Bush. A vote for McCain is a vote for the same, and we need change.

At times you can see Palin is so off course and wandering around topics that it is aggravating watching her wink at the camera. The "mom next door" stuff has got to go. We need more in a leader than that. You could also tell her knowledge of topics was actually only skin deep, and once she rattled off her main talking points on topics, she simply repeated the catch phrases and tried to forward the McCain Palin agenda.

Therefore, I have to say Joe Biden won the debate.

Now what? After the VP debate

Now that the smoke has cleared, the excitement and anticipation depleted, now what?

We know Sarah Palin can hold her own in a structured format of debate which doesn't allow for much interaction between candidates for vice president. We know Palin knows how to win a crowd, but what will she and her party do that will differ from the last eight years we've had with George Bush. We also know that the McCain campaign's attempt at smearing Gwen Ifill prior to the debate, was a sad ploy of worried political strategists trying to invoke intimidation into the process. Gwen Ifill did an excellent job at moderating the event, and showed absolutely no bias.

Listen folks, we need change, we need something new. Someone who will lead instead of follow the same game plan that has gotten us eight years of failure. McCain has voted over 90% of the time right along side Bush and all his policies. He supported and has no end in sight for the War in Iraq, and has admitted his own lack of knowledge when it comes to economics. Iraq is costing us $10 Billion dollars per month, while Iraq has over 80 Billion in the bank! Let them pay for their own "liberation." We've lost like 4,000 soldiers as of right now...

Constantly trying to paint herself as "like the rest of Americans" will backfire on Palin. One thing that annoys me is when someone like Sarah Palin tries to claim she is anything that resembles a "hockey mom." Compare the size of her house to yours, calculate how many days of the week her husband actually "works" and isn't riding around town with her in big tax payer owned SUVs burning up $4 a gallon gas. She wouldn't wanna be in the same shoes as the rest of America if her life depended on it.

At this time in our nation's history we do not need the "mom next door" running this country. We need someone who understands foreign policy, the threat of terror, economics, and a wide variety of complex issues that many feel Palin is out of her league in regards to what would be expected of her should the aging John McCain have a heart attack or something. It worries me, that presenting Palin as "the everyday mom" is the Republicans focus. It should worry all Americans. We need and deserve more than that.



Sarah "I can see Russia from my house" Palin is nothing like the rest of America. She is connected to the Big Oil companies that are squeezing out every nickel and dime they can out of the American people. In fact, no other Governor in America is so connected to the oil companies. McCain and Palin plan on reducing taxes for these very companies that are making record profits, meanwhile normal everyday American people can barely afford to put in $30 at the gas pump, let alone fill up.

I promise you, Sarah Palin, does not have to worry about filling up her gas tank. Her gas is most likely continuously paid for by the tax payers in America. She rides around on the taxpayers dime, and is as out of touch with American's as "I can only count up to 7 when it comes to how many houses I own" McCain.

McCain is not like Americans either. This guy flies around on his own corporate jet, he has never ran his own business, he has lived off the tax payer dime since he was born (not in this country.) Yes, McCain was not born in the US, he was born in the Panama Canal Zone which was never considered a part of the United States. Some even question his "natural born citizen" status, having never been born on U.S. soil, he may be a citizen, but not "natural born." McCain was born into a family living off the taxpayer, and lived a privileged life, never really having to stand on his own. Ultimately he was shot down in Vietnam after only 20 hours of combat time, and this one event is what is used most effectively in his campaign.

We all know John McCain served in Vietnam, I have an uncle who fought in 'Nam and spent a lot more time in combat than John McCain did, but what does that mean in regards to running America? McCain has no real plan for America, and is out of touch with those of us who actually have to pay bills and share finance with our wife or husband. McCain is in a prenuptial agreement, and married into his wealth. His name isn't on anything he owns, and both he and his wife owe their entire fortune to her father who is a large distributor of Budweiser.

Listen, we cannot afford another four more years of the same. McCain just wants to sell as much beer as he can, cut taxes for the rich and wealthy, and continue to siphon revenue out of every pocket in America by being "in bed with the oil companies" of his running mate Sarah Palin.

We need a change, and even though I am not a Democrat, I will vote for Barack Obama to help assist that change of direction in this country.

Vice Presidential Debate

What did I think of the vice presidential debate of 2008?

I knew not to underestimate Sarah Palin, it would be foolish to do so and she performed well. She was obviously crammed with the all the proper talking points regarding most topics that could come up during the debate. However, much of the things she said looked very rehearsed and her responses very scripted.

Sarah Palin was obviously well prepared for the topics and would not be where she is if she was not good at witty retorts and making jabs at her opponent as she twists facts and beats around the bush a bit. Biden even pointed out at times she did not answer a question.

Joe Biden did exceptionally well at trying to deliver the Barack Obama message and even had a nice little "almost tear up" moment. He illustrated his knowledge on foreign affairs, his concerns about ending the war in Iraq, health care for Americans, and many other "around the table" topics that face our nation. He even stopped himself at one point from making a negative comment about McCain and instead rephrased and made a positive comment about Obama. I liked seeing him take his thoughts from placing blame to coming up with a solution, and it showed.

Debates of this nature must be extremely anxiety causing, but overall both nominees did a good job at presenting their side of the "argument." Although there was not much debating, just fact trading and policy discussion regarding where their opponent stands and past votes for legislation and bills.

Palin tried to make Obama look as if he did not support the troops, while McCain voted against funding the troops because the bill had a "timeline to bring Iraq troops home."

McCain opposes a timeline to bring the troops home. As someone who has family in Iraq, I wish they would end the war in Iraq and bring our family members home safely.

So who do you think won?

Biden vs Palin Debate

The moment we have all been waiting for! It's finally Thursday, and in just a few hours we will finally get to see the first of the Vice Presidential Debates of 2008.

The Senator Joe Biden vs Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin Debate. (If you can really call it that)



Although considering the way these type of political television shows go, and according to the New York Times, McCain fought for a strict and structured format for the "debate" which will most likely leave most of us viewers scratching our head wondering "what debate?"

The Obama and McCain campaigns have agreed to an unusual free-flowing format for the three televised presidential debates, which begin Friday, but the McCain camp fought for and won a much more structured approach for the questioning at the vice-presidential debate, advisers to both campaigns said Saturday.

At the insistence of the McCain campaign, the Oct. 2 debate between the Republican nominee for vice president, Gov. Sarah Palin, and her Democratic rival, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., will have shorter question-and-answer segments than those for the presidential nominees, the advisers said. There will also be much less opportunity for free-wheeling, direct exchanges between the running mates.

McCain advisers said they had been concerned that a loose format could leave Ms. Palin, a relatively inexperienced debater, at a disadvantage and largely on the defensive.

What will they come up with next? A "loose format" would allow the nominees to answer questions and provide more reasoning for their stances on issues.

Here's the good part...

The wrangling was chiefly between the McCain-Palin camp and the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which is sponsoring the forums.

Commission members wanted a relaxed format that included time for unpredictable questioning and challenges between the two vice-presidential candidates. On Wednesday, the commission unanimously rejected a proposal sought by advisers to Ms. Palin and Senator John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, to have the moderator ask questions and the candidates answer, with no time for unfettered exchanges.

McCain doesn't want to see a real "debate" and somehow I doubt that's what we will see tonight.

What resulted from negotiations between campaigns is a 90-minute format that calls for the two candidates to stand at podiums and field questions from a moderator. Answers may not exceed 90 seconds, and two minutes of open discussion will follow each question. Each candidate will give a 90-second closing statement.

My guess is the McCain campaign wanted to keep Palin's answer time to as little as possible so she can repeat phrases and not have to do much "debating" at all.

Obama vs McCain Website Fight

I decided to take a look at both presidential candidate websites today and give a quick summary of my thoughts on each.

First I typed in JohnMcCain.com and let the page load...



First off, upon site load I was taken to a video intro page and was greeted by an annoying clip of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. Aggravating. But I did in fact enjoy the stars and the design layout of this page...

I could do five things. I was asked to put in my email and zip code and "sign up to join the team." I could "Learn more about why to vote John McCain" I was also given the opportunity to "recruit friends" and "take action." Or I could click the back button on my browser and get the aggravating video of Palin's voice to STOP! Finally I clicked "continue to www.JohnMcCain.com" and so I went...

The website is obviously very well designed, great use of the three predictable colors of red, white, and blue. Lots of things to click around on, and various entertaining photos, and ads.

On I surfed to BarackObama.com to compare...



I was glad to not be greeted with a Senator Biden video! Instead I was taken to a very informative page showcasing his stance on various current events and topics ranging from the financial crisis, breast cancer awareness, and even a clickable map so I could find local events to get involved in to help out. Immediately the difference I could see felt as if I was being offered info rather than Republican talking points. Obama's site used the word "learn" when illustrating an opinion compared to McCain's site presenting the info in more of a "watch this" style of presentation of media.

The Barack Obama site was easier on the eyes and had a much nicer design. The graphic elements were very nicely balanced and the fonts were legible but not distracting. I also really like the glow effect used in the site design.

McCain's web site had an annoying stretched looking font and felt as if I was browsing a military site. He even wanted me to join a "Catholic Coalition" if I wanted, and had a pull down menu of dozens more to choose from, including "bikers, lawyers, and veterans." LOL I came to his site to learn about him as a candidate, not join a religious coalition.

Both sites are encouraging viewers to register to vote, so that is good. Clearly each candidate will be asking for donations, even via the internet, so that is to be expected. However, I think people are also looking to find more info about the candidate and looking to know where they stand on certain issues.

Obama's site seemed to invite me in for a look around, whereas McCain's site seemed as if I was watching a bunch of commercials and an artificial approach to being welcomed. Overall, I think Barack Obama's site wins.

Hillary Clinton To Replace Joe Biden?

Before I even start you can go ahead and file this one under "rumor," but since the Los Angeles Times has wrote something about this I felt as if it was time to go ahead and write my own post regarding this popular rumor.

Have you heard? After the Joe Biden vs Sarah Palin debate this coming Thursday, rumor has it that Joe Biden will step aside and be replaced by none other than Hillary Clinton!



Now, I am neither Democrat nor Republican, but I have to say this would be quite an exciting change in this election campaign. I think when you compare Hillary Clinton to Sarah Palin you can see a clear difference between the resumes, and this change in the game would be very interesting.

Why would Joe Biden back out of this important election? Again, this is a rumor, but it's being said that the reason is due to health problems.

I don't watch sports, so I watch politics, however I do not do so with the emotional burden many others do. As most, my team usually doesn't win, so I am stuck watching the other winning teams parade their most valuable players and I am on the sidelines like the rest of you. My libertarian views often pit me against not only Republicans, but Democrats, but I do see the need for change within this country and will do my part in helping assist that change.

Joe Biden vs Sarah Palin Debate Nears

Excitement would be an understatement to the feeling many have in anticipation of the Biden vs Palin debate, as it nears. With decades of experience we know Biden is most likely ready, but how ready is the newcomer from Alaska, Sarah Palin?



Recent quotes regarding Palin indicate even conservatives are concerned with her performance during interviews.

Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there's not much content there.

If Palin were a man, we'd all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she's a woman -- and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket -- we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.

And those are from someone who supported Sarah Palin until now, and this is before the debate even occurs!

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"Holding Sarah Palin to just three interviews and microscopically focusing on each interview I think has been a mistake, I think they'd be a lot wiser to let Sarah Palin be Sarah Palin. Let her talk to the media, let her talk to people." - Governor Mitt Romney, who many within the GOP saw as the smartest choice as vice president.

And another...

"McCain needs to liberate his running mate from the former Bush aides brought in to handle her -- aides who seem to have succeeded in importing to the Palin campaign the trademark defensive crouch of the Bush White House." - Bill Kristol in the New York Times

I agree that if Palin were a man, more people would be attacking her credibility and readiness to be commander in chief should that need arise. I don't think many Americans actually feel she would be ready to handle the reigns of the country, and McCain's choice of her as a running mate says volumes about his decision making in regards to this nation.

The first vice president debates are this Thursday, and no matter which side of the aisle you are voting for this should make for some good political entertainment. This is better than sports.

Democrats will cheer on Joe Biden and trumpet his three decades of political experience, and the Republicans and conservatives will sit there hoping it doesn't get too messy, and debate with themselves and their constituents how they let things get so bad. The country is ready for change, and most Americans are tired of the same old policies that have gotten us where we are today.