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Even if her hair was twenty years out of date, which it is not, it wouldn’t matter. What really matters is that the Democratic Party’s platform is out of dat, out of touch and so far out in left field that is does not even make good science fiction. It is total BS. Palin and McCain are the real deal. B. Hussein Obama is a media celebrity with no loyalty, no depth and not real accomplishments. Joe Biden had cancer and beat it. He has had some serious problems to deal with in his personal life. Many people have had cancer and beat it. We have all had terrible things to deal with. I’d say being a guest of the North Vietnamese in one of their infamous POW facilities trumps anything that Biden or Obama has ever done. Not to mention flying through AA gunfire and SAM missles. What has Biden ever done but sit on his butt for 36 years in congress. Neither one of those jackasses knows what a real fight is like. John Chalus Vietnam Vet SEAL Team ONE 1970-1973

You are very welcome. I wish that I was still able to perform in combat. However I am a teacher and doing my best to impart pride in this country.

Sarah is HOT and they can’t take it! I love her AND her hairdo. Please Sarah don’t listen to these freaks who would want you to look like Hillary or Madonna. Be yourself! Everyone I know loves her hair and it’s driving the dems NUTS!! lmao

Also, you need to get your facts straight. Regarding the Che Guevara flag: Obama does NOT keep this flag in his office. An office in Texas, funded by volunteers, had the flag up on their wall. The office was not even a campaign headquarters, let alone Obama’s personal office. Obama, in fact, called the flag inappropriate. If you want to make an argument, make it with facts, not inflammatory lies.

Lastly, did you know that Obama has been a state and national Senator, and has a law degree? I ask this because you seem only to mention his experience as a community organizer. (By the way, in that role he was out on the streets, working with real people.) McCain went to the naval academy, right? Do you know what his rank was? 894 of 899. 5th from the bottom of a class of 900 students. Now, I’m not going to say intelligence is everything, but Bush has shown us that it’s certainly worth something—and that ranking is a little scary.

Liz, Given that Obama has been a state senator and national senator from Chicago gives me a great deal to worry about. I know that he went prestigious schools and that he is a lawyer. Washington is full of lawyers and look at the shape this country is in. There are 535 members of the House and Senate and I truly believe that they are the ones who are at fault. What risks did Obama take. Did he go into flood ravaged New Orleans and give aid and comfort? Did he do Peace Corp work? What did he risk? Men like Albert Schwietzer, John Kennedy and Neil Armstrong took risks. Florence Nightengale and Harriet Tubman took risks. Father Damien of Molakai risked his life to help lepers. As soon as Obama’s Pastor and church became a little to inconvenient he abandoned them. He threw Wright and Pfleger under the bus. I would say that he clearly demonstrated that he is just another politician who will say whatever it takes to get elected. I’m not wild about McCain but as for character he is head and shoulders above Obama and Biden.

THANK YOU LIZ, YOU NAILED IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD! Where were Ms Suzie Homemakers values of teaching sex education to her daughter??? Guess it didn’t matter being she set the example. So Liz I guess what the country is saying is, it’s ok to elect a VP with a daughter pregnant, however, but the affair B Clinton had was not acceptable.

Bill Clinton is not running for office. He is however a dispicable human being. He dodged the draft, cheated on his wife on more than one occaision and is probably a rapist. Remember Juanita Broderick?. He also tried to take advantange of a Mrs. Wiley after her husband died. He is a serial sex offender.He also failed to do anything about Bin Laden even after it was acknowledged that Al Queda was the prime mover behind the attacks on the USS Cole, and the US embassies. He also helped the wrong side in the Kosovo debacle. And don’t forget his total screwup in Somalia. Bill had control over all of these issues. Sarah Palin like any other parent can’t be with her kids 24/7. Any parent can tell you that. So what if her daughter is pregnant. Her daughter isn’t running for VP

You seem to have trouble understanding what I write, so for your benefit, I’ve included a question following each of the FACTS below about Palin to enhance your comprehension and reflection.

A few facts about Palin:

- She claims to have killed the Bridge to Nowhere project whereas Congress had already pulled the plug on the project BEFORE she became governor. She never had an official say in the matter. Is that an honest way to campaign?
- After inquiring if books could be banned from the local library and learning that this was not allowed, she fired the librarian. Does that make you at all uneasy?
- As mayor of Wasilla there was a citizen’s movement to remove her from office because she was driving the town into debt. She was permitted to stay in office only because she agreed to hire a professional city manager to run the town for her. Does that inspire confidence in you?
- When she became mayor, the town had a surplus; when she left it was several million dollars in debt. Does that mean she can be a responsible and successful executive?
- She would not allow abortions even in the case of rape or incest. Do you agree with that?
- She wants creationism to be taught in every school alongside evolution. Do you agree with that?
- When discussing an oil pipeline to be built in Alaska, she said it was the “will of God” to build it. How do you feel about that?

I noticed you made no response to my correction of your false claim about the Che flag. I assume that’s because your MO is the same as the rest of the Republican party: throw lies and when the facts disprove you pretend it never happened and hurl more lies and hyperbolic claims. I honestly don’t understand why people like you aren’t open to reasoning and an honest debate. If you put forth any fact-based, intelligent argument as to why I should vote for McCain I would consider it. But you have not done so. Do you teach your students to think critically?

Something else for your consideration:

* If you spend 3 years as a community organizer growing your organization from a staff of 1 to 13 and your budget from $70,000 to $400,000, then become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new African Amerian voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, then spend nearly 8 more years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, becoming chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, then spend nearly 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of nearly 13 million people, sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you are woefully inexperienced.

* If you spend 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, then spend 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people, then you’ve got the most executive experience of anyone on either ticket, are the Commander in Chief of the Alaska military and are well qualified to lead the nation should you be called upon to do so because your state is the closest state to Russia.

* If you’re a minority and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates you’re a “token hire.”
* If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates you’re a “game changer.”

* Black teen pregnancies? A “crisis” in black America .
* White teen pregnancies? A “blessed event.”

* If you grow up in Hawaii you’re “exotic.”
* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential “American story.”

* Similarly, if you name you kid Barack you’re “unpatriotic.”
* Name your kid Track, you’re “colorful.”

* If you’re a Democrat and you make a VP pick without fully vetting the individual you’re “reckless.”
* A Republican who doesn’t fully vet is a “maverick.”

* If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an “arrogant celebrity.”
* If you are a popular Republican female candidate you are “energizing the base.”

* If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are “presumptuous.”
* If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a “shoot from the hip” maverick.

* If you are a candidate with a Harvard law degree you are “an elitist-out of touch” with the real America .
* if you are a legacy (dad and granddad were admirals) graduate of Annapolis, with multiple disciplinary infractions you are a hero.

* If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an “empty suit.”
* If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people, you are an “experienced executive.”

* If you go to a south side Chicago church, your beliefs are “extremist.”
* If you believe in creationism and don’t believe global warming is man made, you are “strongly principled.”

* If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a good Christian.
* If you have been married to the same woman with whom you’ve been wed to for 19 years and raising 2 beautiful daughters with, you’re “risky.”

* If you’re a black single mother of 4 who waits for 22 hours after her water breaks to seek medical attention, you’re an irresponsible parent, endangering the life of your unborn child.
* But if you’re a white married mother who waits 22 hours, you’re spunky.

* If you’re a 13-year-old Chelsea Clinton, the right-wing press calls you “First dog.”
* If you’re a 17-year old pregnant unwed daughter of a Republican, the right-wing press calls you “beautiful” and “courageous.”

* If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen parents.
* If you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

* If you’re a Republican senator who solicits gay sex in an airport bathroom, you get to return to your job in the Senate and are encouraged to run for re-election.
* If you’re a Democratic Senator who is out of public office and have an affair, your political career is over and your wife who has terminal cancer is to blame.

Here it is in a nutshell. Nobody gets to run for President, VP, Senator, Representative or Governor in this country unless they have been vetted by big business. No matter who wins they will owe a whole lot of people big time. It just comes down to what candidate you like better.

Flap, AM I MOCKING HIS WAR INJURIES? Can you please tell me what lead you to believe that I was doing that?

John, it’s not possible to argue with you. I have tried to present facts, and all you do is sling back irrelevant or incorrect information. Why? I really don’t understand and I’m so dismayed. And if you can’t see that you’re not even making a reasoned argument or if it doesn’t matter to you if what you’re saying is factually correct or not, I honestly don’t know what to do.

It’s as if you were to say “water doesn’t freeze at 32 degrees; it freezes at 15 degrees” and I said “no, evidence has conclusively shown that water freezes at 32″ and you respond with “you hate water.”

I urge you both to read this New York Times article. There’s even some positive stuff in there about Palin. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/14/us/politics/14palin.html?bl=&_r=1&ei=5087&en=46ea589c255511cb&ex=1221451200&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1221404578-u+Kd1rmPQSsOCLTL5jwfTA

John: You’ve mentioned Clinton a few times. No, I don’t love Clinton but he sure looks awesome now after the last 8 years of Bush.

Bottom line is that McCain’s campaign of lies makes him MORALLY UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT. It seems to me he is someone desperate to win at any cost. What lies? – I’m sure you’ll say. Well, for example,

(1) the sex ed ad accusing Obama of wanting to teach sex ed in kindergarten (in fact, his bill called for age-appropriate lessons in schools that ALREADY had sex ed programs in place. For elementary school children, this meant teaching them how to avoid sexual predators. Were you not taught not to take candy from strangers?);

(2) the assertion that Obama wants to raise taxes when the truth is that he wants to raise taxes on those earning $250K or more a year and for everyone else EXTEND tax cuts for everyone else, and;

(3) saying that he called Palin a pig when in fact Obama was using a common political phrase that Rove and McCain themselves have said to refer to McCain’s notion of “change”. He did not utter a word about Palin nor can anyone with a brain argue that that’s what he was trying to do.

ALSO, let’s compare senator McCain with candidate McCain:

- SENATOR McCain opposed offshore drilling, opposed Bush’s tax cuts, and called extreme Christian rights agents of intolerance.
- CANDIDATE McCain supports offshore drilling, support Bush’s tax cuts, and now is cozying up to the far Christian right.

One more thing about Clinton, John, since you’ve mentioned him a few times:

HOW WOULD YOU HAVE REACTED IF BILL CLINTON….

* made US taxpayers subsidize a huge, private, mercenary army, controlled by one of his closest and most fanatical liberal-democrat supporters?
* then lavished more tax dollars on that crony-contractor, for him to lure top soldiers out of the Army and Marines, into that private force, instead of using a fraction of the same taxpayer money to simply make re-enlistment palatable to those highly skilled men and women?
* then signed documents making that liberal mercenary force immune from any law, American or foreign?
* then let those leftist mercenaries exonerate themselves from cold-blooded murder, by allowing them to ghost-write a “report” under US diplomatic letterhead?
* while also using tax dollars to create many more secret liberal groups, to perform intelligence-gathering, interrogation, kidnapping and international “operations” without even a figleaf of supervision by the CIA?
* then ruined the effectiveness of one of the best of those groups, by leaking its methods, simply to make a minor political point?

Guess who did those things.

Regarding the Surge, I’m not saying it was wrong. Show me where I said that. I presented evidence that McCain was grossly exaggerating and misleading when he proclaimed to have walked through a safe neighborhood while in fact he was preceded and followed by dozens of soldiers, a tank and Apache helicopters, and a reporter who had been in Iraq for 4 years said he’d “love for McCain to show him where those ‘safe neighborhoods’ are”.

Stop being a coward and flinging false accusations at me.

If you want to argue my points, fine, do it. If you want to have an argument about the surge or the Iraq war, fine, let’s do it. But don’t accuse me of saying things I don’t fucking say.

Liz, How would you react to a white candidate who belonged to a church that said Blacks kept white people down. That Blacks invented AIDS to wipe out white people. That black Americans were the cause of all of the problems in the world etc. Obama gets a pass on that as well as his association with unrepentant domestic terrorists. He also gets a pass on his association with a criminal like Tony Rezko. His association with Louis Farakahn is worrisome as well. Sorry but Obama has left too much racist baggage to carry around for me. If I attended a church that preached the BS that Rev. Wright preached about blacks or whites I would have left long before 20years.