Most bloggers want a chance to vent: many have good things to contribute no matter how "unique" the spelling. This very long list of
contributers seems to indicate that the pulse of "the public" is in serious trouble. We can't seem to grasp the enormity of the ability of
those in power to be reckless with our lives, even after many years of
constant demonstration. Obama is right when he tells us that this
election is not about him or his opposition…but about us, those of us who vote. SO, good people, VOTE.!!!! But THINK, first, last and often
about which candidate shows intelligence and good judgement.
…….teacher from TN.

I'll be honest…people sometimes get pinched in politics, but at the end of the day, candidates know very well that they must shake hands at the end – winner or loser. I am for Obama and respected McCain – but today I lost respect for McCain. He essentially insulted my mother and my two sisters by simply telling them that he will use them to get get them to vote for him. He was willing to put the entire free world at risk for political pompus. I am convinced that Barack and Biden will lead us into the next century. They will crush Republicans like bugs.

This is political pandering at its worst. McCain's choice says it all:

1.) his energy policy is to drill domestically for more oil; in comparison, Obama's is to wean us off all oil within 10 years. McCain is betting that the American electorate will choose the short-term instant gratification over the longer term. He is obviously beholden to Big Oil.

I watched part of a piece on Palin today where she was saying that the drilling in the ANWR would leave a miniscule footprint. You are probably correct. Governor, BUT, once you open a door an inch, too often it is kicked all the way open, and in our children's future that tiny miniscule footprint becomes more of a crater.

2.) He is trying to appease the conservative base – which he needs to win, AND get Hillary supporters. He will energize the conservatives with this pick, but he has grossly underestimated women. My spouse, a Republican, is absolutely LIVID over this selection. I am having a difficult time calming her down! She is now firmly in the Obama camp. Most, if not ALL, Hillary supporters supported Hillary not because she wore a skirt or pantsuit to work, but because of the ISSUES she championed – which Palin is on the other side of the spectrum on most of them. Only the extremely ticked off Hillary supporters who took Hillary's loss personally will move over to McCain because of this selection. If her values were more in-line with Hillary supporters. it might be a different story. McCain is more likely trying to energize the Republican and independant women – but as my wife shows – he might have difficulty doing that. My wife is offended.

Another thought – as to her comment about being too busy to know much about the war in Iraq – sounds like a dodge there. Also, if my son were going off to fight a war in a distant land, I would make darn sure that I understood EVERYTHING about where he was going, why he was going, how the war was going, and on and on and on…. doesn't anyone else think THAT is strange?

A good Independent candidate could really sweep in and steal some votes in this election, especially after McCain's pick for VP.

I have an idea for you, John McCain. You should open a Myspace account. I saw a profile of this one guy – one year city council member of Podunck, Iowa (pop 99), and he's half black, 1/4th hispanic, and 1/4th Asian – plus he's gay. Perfect to win over black, hispanic, Asian and gay votes. You should email him – he would be perfect as Secretary of State. Remember, 'country first'!

WOW…whether a Rep or Dem, you gotta admit that this is truly turning out to be the Most exciting election year yet. This move by McCain staffers is brilliant, because there will be women out there that'll vote for his ticket solely based on gender. Just like there will be ppl that will or wont vote for Barack based on race. Fundamentally, this is what our country boils down to folks, Race & Gender. I just hope that the "neutral perspective" has a strong enough Voice to win on the Issues, not the -isms.

It aint easy!!!
McSame
The modern day political P-I-M-P!!

I believe that Senator McCain is a very self-serviing individual. Not only has he chosen a woman of very little experience, he has also chosen a woman with children. Her obligation is not to McCain and his political agenda but to her family, If she is such a staunch conservative who decided not to have an abortion and knowing full well that she would be having a Down's Syndrome child–why is she putting this four month old baby aside for her political ambitions? All day she has been tauted as a conservative gun-toting, fish-loving maverick like McCain and in the background walks her husband with her baby! If elected would her priorty be to sick Down's Syndrome child or a trip to the Middle East? Shame–she will either abandon the obligation to the baby she chose to have or her obligation to the USA–Wonder Woman she is not! These two politically irresponsible mavericks have lost my vote. A Conservative in NM

guess what, in 2006 she was for the bridge to nowhere!!!

To Debi, IN

I would rather have inexperience at the top as long as experience was on the bottom to help and also teach the top along the way because if something happens to the top, experience can take over and we would be in pretty much good hands. If experience was on the top and inexperience on the bottom and if something happens to the top then inexperience would take over and then we all would be s$rewed.

Obama/Biden

This is purely an act of desperation. America this is an example of how Republicans play politics.

If you elect this out of touch old (would be the oldest elected in history) man it is bad enough.

To leave it to this woman who lives in her own world out in the corner of the Earth, has hardly any experience (WAY less than Obama, to all you Obama haters), and is purely a ploy to get votes for the twisted and failure guaranteed agenda in play is irresponsible and absurd.

This country does not just desperately need, but IS READY FOR Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Please Americans you have to know by now what is going on.

For the love of our country and countrymen (and women).

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN in 2008!!!

Oh Lord, McCain is fidgeting in her entrance speech. He fiddles with his fingers continuously. She seems to be slightly trying to face this new surprise… it shows all over her face that she does not feel she deserves this position. Honestly, do you really want her to be our NEXT PRESIDENT … in case John McCain succumbs to sickness or worse? He is too old to run for the next 4 years and THIS WOMAN is NOT EXPERIENCED enough to make Presidentianl decisions. You know, if she had a civil rights movement or was shown giving more than (worrying about how she looks) I might have thought it was ok but she does not take HILLARY CLINTONS place. Barack Obama and HIllary worked hard the past 2 years in their campaigning. OBama has struggled through his entire life and this woman Sarah, … people said they did not know OBAMA and he chose Biden due to his strong political experience and the experience in foreign policy plus being the chairman of the committee. THis woman is much less experienced than OBAMA or any other republican governor, mayor, senator or otherwise. The only reason John chose her was to lure women voters and side swipe men voters with her looks as it is already working on GLENN BECK… He is totally mesmerized by her looks and changed his mind about McCain because of a young beautiful inexperienced woman.. hahahaha Glenn you are a joke!!!

All the anti-Palin aruguments on here have been completely ignorant and ridiculous for two reasons:

1: How can anyone doubt Palin for the sole reason of lack of experience? Her experience is more than comparable to that of Barack Obama, Democratic nominee for PRESIDENT!!! If Obama wins we get a President with NO EXPERIENCE… just hype and talk… Time after time after time, the Democratic talking heads (CNN) are asked one question, "List specific examples of Obama's experience and platform"… And time and time again they fail to answer the question… (i.e. Dukakis, Cafferty, etc…)

2: All of the so-called "Hillary supporters" who are so outraged that McCain chose Palin should be ashamed of themselves. I guarantee that 95% of the negative Palin comments have been based solely on 5 minutes CNN information. Do your homework, research her platform, develop your OWN opinion. If after that you are still so "outraged" then so be it.

In most of the blogs, supporters of McCain are hailing Sarah Palin as this "no nonsense woman…reformer not afraid to go head to head with the politicians of any party". I have to laugh at this because for her to be such a "reformer" and "no nonsense" she sure fell for the non sense of McCain. I dont mean to sound insulting but she doesnt stand for strong women across this country. She is actually playing the role of a pawn for the republican party, and that is a sign of a very weak woman. She should have stood up against this nomination. Maybe then I would have voted for her and McCain

McCain is insane! He had Romney for economy! Giuliani, 911 NY hero! Condaleeza Rice! Much more name recognition! He just went for someone no one really knows, not even himself! This choice was a total last minute act of desperation! I'm shocked that Palin would allow herself to be used this way, target Hillary supporter's and think that just because she is a "woman," she can gain their support, when they don't even agree on important issues. Hillary, she's NOT!!! The secret mystere' has been announced and I think there are a lot of voter's that are more than disapointed. They are worried! Hope is fading fast for the republicans who were waiting with anticipation for a more intelligent choice, only to be shocked and disapointed instead. I imagine McCain's convention will probably put me to sleep! It's time to cross the party divide, unite and become one America. I'm on board with Barack!

As a Democrat I am thrilled at the spectacular stupidity of McCain's choice; surely this pandering to the far-right will open the eyes of independents. To the Hillary supporters who said they're voting for McCain because of Palin (an anti-environmentalist anti-choice creationist wack job) – buh-bye, you're idiots who won't be missed. We'll register new voters who unlike you have the ability to think instead of shooting from the hip.

Obama 08 & 12.

Liberal media? get a grip. They are all owned by huge conglomerates that need to sell ad space. That's the only goal, there is nothing else. Journalism runs second chair. I thought only liberals had conspiracy theories.

McCain just needed to get some play, that's why he picked her.

On the experience thing: What sticks with me is this, Columbia, Harvard, Harvard Law Review, Constitutional Law professor at University of Chicago vs Idaho State Journalism major.

u so stupid how can u meet someone only once n have full confident in that person to be the vice president of the united states u always make wrong decision thats why u cant be president of the united states, BORAK OBAMA IS THE REAL MAN

Wow. Thanks McSame. You got my favourite candidate elected. OBAMA. What McCain doesn't realize is that Barrack is no dummy. Can't the Republicans see that Barrack is stacking the deck. That is why he didn't pick Hillary. He wants Hillary in the Senate where she can do the most good. Think about it. Obama/Biden in the White House and Clinton and Pelosi in the Congress. Hello Republicans/McSame? Barrack was right, McSame just doesn't get it.

Irresponsible.

I would lik.e to ask McCain what happened to country first? He accussed Obama of using Iraq as a political ploy but what does he call choosing Palin? Obama is RIGHT and McCain is WRONG. Choosing Palin is purely political and has nothing to do with putting COUNTRY .

ONE HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM TOTAL FAILURE.

Hey all you Clinton supporters who are supposedly insulted by the choice of Palin,You are all big hypocrites in the true sense of the word!!

Why is it so amazing when a woman is running for President as long as she is a Democrat??? When a Republican who is a woman is actually nominated it's an insult because she doesn't agree with YOUR views???
Your Savior Obama put himself first and his personal feelings against Hillary and CHOSE NOT to pick her even if it meant losing 18 million votes!!
All you liberals are the same, your for CHOICE as long as its YOUR choice. There is no such thing as having an opinion other than yours !! To CHOOSE NOT to have an abortion and choosing LIFE. Can it be so horrible CHOOSING not to take the life of a baby?

Of all people, Obama should not be critical of Palin's resume. She does have more executive experience than Obama. Palin is a quarterback, not a cheerleader.

It's funny that people like to continue to mention McCain's failed marriage. What was Obama doing during that time period? Wasn't he investing his time in drug use?

I just read Begala's report card on the choosing of Palin, and it is exactly the response I would expect from a Progressive steeped in the sewers of Leninist thought.

How could anyone with such a high forehead have such a Cro-magnon mentality.

Son, I don't know who at CNN thought you were qualified to be on a news program, but if you are even considered remotely intelligent by anyone sucking oxygen, then there's hope for every ape in Africa.

Palin is going to beat the pantsuit off Obama.

Does Mc. cain feel confident about his choice? Does is my question…first I was completely surprise, then I watched the announcement and just see him…is he there?

A maverick doing maverick things but a strong political drive in the choice i.e to get at disgruntled Hilary supporters and other women voters. There was no consideration of CIC aspects, Economy, health care etc experience/judgement…well???. Is she a potential President ?( Quite important I understand to you the Media and voters!?) If those do not rebound against the Republicans, something is just not quite right somewhere!?
Regards,
Hodgson.

John McCain has let this country down. The first job of a Presidential candidate is to choose a running mate that is capable of becoming President. This is particularly true for one who is old and in frail health. If John McCain were to die or retire for health reasons, we would leave our military under the control of a woman who has less than two years' experience governing one of our smallest states. This is unconscionable.

Before you argue the same goes for Obama, consider that when Obama ran he had to convince voters that he had the ability to lead despite his resume. It is possible that a person could be ready for the job without a heavy resume, but it was up to us to decide. He convinced Americans that he was ready to lead. He now has a former President vouching for his abilities. Whether you believe he is ready now or not, he still had to prove it.

John McCain, having chosen someone unqualified based on nothing more than his gut (or, worse, politics) has potentially put this country in danger.

I didn't know McCain was santa claus… He is though. When I woke up today and turned on my TV.. there she was Parlin, the most wonderful gift a democrate could get. thankyou santa, McCain.

Holy political spin Batman! This is a total disaster. No one can honestly say if John McCain dies that Palin could be commander in chief. Now before the spin doctors descend … if the same happened to Barack Obama (heaven forbid it happen to either — they're both honorable men) then Joe Biden would take the reigns.

Let me think — Biden or Palin.

Done thinking. The answer is obvious. Biden is by far the better VP choice with his extensive experience. He's the best back up. Palin cannot stand on her own as commander in chief. She simply hasn't got the experience. Being a mayor and short-term governor isn't good enough.

Also, Barack was chosen by 18million people. They believe he has the experience to move forward. So comparing his experience (in the Senate no less) to Palin's is ludicrous. Did everyone suddenly forget about his history?

Honestly, this Republican move holds no sway. BTW — what about economics? Mitt Romney must be going crazy right now …

I am a 58 year old woman, one who serves the mental health community as a prescriber. I was a hippy, commune member in the 1960 and 70's (lived in Berkeley), consider myself a "new ager" (so to speak) as well as a spiritual person, However, as I have aged and gained in wisdom and service, my values, my ideals, my beliefs coicide with conservative values. I was a Hilary supporter, and when she was not chosen I decided to go for McCain. Now that he has chosen Palin my heart rejoices with a joy I never expected. God Bless America and God Bless our future President John McCain and Sarah Palin!

You obama supporters kill me. You talk of experience!!!! I would take Palin over Obama any day. I think McCain made a better pick after one visit then the democratic party after following Obama for the past year. I guess you people are sexist because you are saying something negative about a woman.

I don't see the big deal when she has more experience than Obama. Let me just add that Campbell Brown was a complete disaster tonight. CNNs credibility just went right out the window… again.

He's trying to bring the Clinton voters over based on gender instead of merits. It shows a lack of respect for the Clinton voters.

I was one of those women that had not yet decided who I would vote for until today…I told my conservative family members during the primaries that John McCain was the only Republican I would vote for. After today's announcement of his VP pick I decided I would be voting for the Obama/Biden ticket. His pick of a VP seems like a ploy with no concern what might happen to the country if he could not serve.

@vic nashville,Tn and all Hillary Supporters

I am really disappointed to see all her supporters indicating voting for McCain.

It seems you just followed her for being a woman, but not for what she stands for.She is a iconic figure, who have fought for great cause.By supporting Mccain/Palin ticket you are insulting her efforts.Hilary stood for a change, to get this country back to tracks. So now why is a person, who is pro-life, a pro gun and exactly opposite of Hilliary's ideologies,being even considered when you believed Hillary for all her policies…

People think for what you are voting for and not for whom you are voting for..

Such a great champion of rights and change is disgraced….if you vote for McCain/Palin ticket

me again, i was wondering how good of a mother she will be to her 5 children when she is never home. was she thinking of them when she accepted?? or is political ambition more important to her. why in the world would a mother of 5 kids give up a normal life with her kids and husband for washington. i can see hilary because she has one grown and on her own. and even if a man had 5 young kids how could he disrupt their lives that way. if i had the life she has in alaska i sure would not trade it for washington, but i guess we all have different priorities.

McCain just proved his judgment is terrible. How do you decide a Vice President after one meeting? Obama spent months vetting and meeting with people.

Palin, although seemingly a nice person, is totally unprepared for VP of the United States of America.

Her next to Joe Biden should be interesting. Night and day as far as experience and foreign policy understanding.

My first reaction to Palin was a similar sentiment shared by many on these boards…What the heck was McCain thinking? Obama/Biden is a sure thing with this blunder. After meditating objectively on this, I'm starting to reshape my opinion on the Palin choice for veep. It will be interesting to see how both parties spin Palin, but my guess is that the Republicans will leverage the Dem's anticipated criticism of Palin's lack of expereince and parley that into indictment on Obama's minimal expereince. Absent Obama's oratory prowess and magnetic personality, there is little that separates Palin and Obama, experientially. He is a first term senator, she a first term governor. While she has no foreign policy experience, Obama's is meager by comparison. GOP can at least point to Palin's executive experience and commander in chief of AK nat. guard as presidential qualifications that Obama lacks. Obviously, this is purely political, though not just to capture the disenfranchised Hillary supporters. What at first seemed a bone-headed call by McCain packs plenty of compelling political intrigue. Time, press spin, and Palin herself will tell of the genius or travesty in this veep choice.

It sounds like Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter know palin better then Mcain. I agree with Robert from seattle "DAN QUALE IN A DRESS" that's just…. GENIUS!! She flew to Flagstaff, Arizone and then to Sedona, Arizone….or was that the other way around…. either way i'm sure MCain has a house in both towns.

Hands down….my vote goes to……………….

BARACK OBAMA!!!

I guess those of you who are intent on voting for the comedy duo of Mcglum and Numb would like to be bitten for a third time. You deserve everything and then some if this duo wins the election.

I find most of the comments here from the koolaid drinkers to be extremely thoughtless. I personally don't care for either of these first seat candidates, but Palin certainly leaves me with a very impressive first impression. She certainly has a thin experience record as does Obama. but her accomplishments on ethics and even against her own party demonstrates her honesty and character. I like her more than the other 3 for sure.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!?? Does McCain take American women for idiots!?? Does he really think that because we (Hillary supporters) are a little disappointed he can get us over with an Alaskan bimbo!?? This is an insult to women's intelligence!!!
McCain is such a hypocrite! Wasn't he th one killing people over Obama's "lack" of experience?? This just shows that all this is about politics and politics only not the welfare of the American people. McCain does not care about us at all. What if he drops dead (God forbid) sometimes after taking office? He's actually going to entrust our dear country to a VP that has no experience whatsoever! I am startled!

Please people do the right thing and vote for Obama and give America a real chance at change!

As a woman I am totally insulted. Obama, first off brings intelligence to the ticket. I know Americans have gotten used to the C student, but remember when we used to choose the A students. President of the Harvard Law Review. Undergrad in foreign relations from Columbia. Then we have the Constitutional Law professor! Then we have the Civil Rights attorney, and he brings 8 years under his belt as a state legislator and 4 years under his belt as a U.S. Senator. John McCain and the far right can try to match her LESS THAN TWO (2) years of experience in a state that has less than 700k populations all they want, the math does not add up. Obama 12 years elected office experience/Palin (2). Sorry it does not even compare! Hillary did not put 18 million cracks in the ceiling for Ms. Beauty Queen to take advantage. John McCain sure has a thing for these beauty queens. Obama I didn't get it before, but now I totally get it when you say its judgment!!! This is a bad day for America. The republicans have turned our nations politics into a circus. Ms. Palin wants to set women back 100 years. HELL NO! McCain/Palin NO WAY, NO HOW!

I hope that the Hillabots are happy…they may actually someday have their woman in the white house…thanks

McCain has insulted every single American by making a joke out of our Presidential election. He's opted for a cheap publicity stunt instead picking a qualified running mate. He's a shell of a man who has sold every last scrap of his dignity to extremists. The John McCain that suffered for American ideals in Nam wouldn't stop to spit on the pathetic coward that's currently running for President.

I love it how the Dems and supposed "women" on this board are seemingly offended by McCain's selection of Palin as VP. Jealous is probably the more appropriate word.

Where is this woman's FOUR MONTH OLD SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD in these presidential ambitions of this Sarah Palin? How in the world can this woman accept a job that will consume her life, all her time, all her energy above her family when she has an INFANT? A very vulnerable Special Needs infant at that?! Where are the comments from the "conservative right" the "moral Majority" while they watch a mother abandon her baby to a nanny or whoever to raise for this job. This woman's priorities are messed up. As a nurse who sees too many kids left alone in hospital's with strangers, I am simply totally speechless that this woman believes she is "free" to pursue her fabulous career and have yet to hear one comment about how in the world can she juggle a job like the Presidency and be an adequate mother to a special needs child. As a nurse, I see too many parents who are so rich that nannies raise their kids, or parents who are too poor and too ignorant to know how to raise their kids, or parents who are simply irresponsible and do not raise their kids. Our families are our country's base and I know it sounds so sexist to point out. The reality is this woman is taking an all consuming job and I am questioning how can it be possible for her to mother her child and be Vice-President or even President? Working mothers make choices and the best choices with the best outcomes for small children are mothers who work around their child's needs. They do not take a job that will consume their entire being to the detriment of a child. What is this woman thinking???? What is this country thinking if we don't notice that this is just not what are families are like???? Where in her priority list, if her vulnerable child is not first, does this country fit? It must be somewhere behind ambition, after greed for power, after glory and name, perhaps riches…then comes the best interests of the country THEN follows what…her vulnerable special need child? This woman is messed up and her priorities are cock-eyed. A qualified VP candidate –woman or man is fine but this one is not free to commit to this job. Her special needs child should be her current commitment and I can't figure out why this country or John McCain doesn't see this as an important issue.

To: Wiser

You would vote for McCain because he picked a woman that he only met one time and he expects to help him run the country ? You are planning to vote for him because of a woman. I am a woman and I will not vote her just because she is a woman or because Hillary did not want. You need to really think about you are doing. McCain is an older candidate and this one could very well run this country in the near future and that makes me very afraid. II do not know why you call yourself wiser because your statement is not wise. Would take someone tinto your home that you met one time and have them run your home?

Game Over. Far from the most competent person for the job. This is not about Palin, it's about McCain's totally reckless choice of a woman that is not even remotely qualified to step into oval office heaven forbid anything ever happened to McCain. His decision making is now in question and this choice makes it impossible to vote for him or them.
Seeing Palin in news reals all highlights her lack of judgement as well. Any NRA member and responsible gun owner knows everyone should wear ear and eye protection when firing a weapon – ridiculous, all of it.

INSULT TO ALL WOMEN. DEFEAT THIS AWAFUL TICKET

I think those who believe that this choice is hurting Obama have lost their minds. I know there are people in this country who adhere to party politics, but to think that Palin has hurt Obama, Wow! Folks, Obama's speech has not been kicked to the corner because of the choice of the beauty queen, the one whose husband works for an oil company in Alaska. I teach Geography, but please remind me. Is Alaska part of the United States? I guess that's not fair. I do like Mike Gravel. I actually wished he was the nominee.

I cannot believe ,McCain is Nuts He's lost my, parents votes ,,,,,,he could" pick alguem better , Senator Barack Obama you got my vote!!!!!!!

Vote Democratic! At least we know one of them is qualified to be President. McCain is clueless, and Palin is an NRA anti-conservation, pro-drilling, anti Roe v. Wade conservative…another Bush clone! Just what we need to totally destroy this country. We'd be bombing Iran before Jan. 21, and the troops will never come home. Then they'll start on Russia, and hey, why not N. Korea? After all, we're the world's police now, thanks to Bush.We cannot afford 4 more years of tax cuts to the rich while the rest of us struggle to buy groceries and gas. They are clueless!

No thanks, NO MORE, NO McCain NEVER!

I was a Hillary supporter because of her experience and genuine concern for the American people, not because she was a woman. I have always based my vote on the persons abilities not the party they were affliated with and I would hope the rest of the American public would do the same. To the other Hillary supporters out there that are complaining about her not being picked and will cast their vote for McCain or not vote at all doesn't that choice go against everything she stood for? McCain's choice today was yet more proof to me how out of touch he really is with the Hillary supporters of America. I will be voting this year for Obama because I believe he can make a change for all of us.

I am shocked and angry that the Republican Party and John McCain showed such poor judgment in choosing an unknown, small time govenor with almost no experience to be his running mate. It is almost unbelievable that this nation's security could possibly be in the hands of an elderly, out-of-touch career politician and a young hocky-mom from Alaska. I know that if those two are voted into office, I won't sleep until they are out of office! Republicans generally stand for conservative values, which includes a nuclear family with a mother in the home. How can she profess to be a conservative when she spends her time in politics when she has five children, and one of them is a Down's Syndrome baby. She should be caring for her children and not running for VEEP.

McCain's pick of Palin to try and woo the 18 million Hillary voters just goes to show you what a low opinion he has of women. To think that these smart, intelligent women who supported Hillary because of her position on the issues would switch and vote for McCain because a woman is on his ticket is downright insulting. Palin is the anti-Hillary. Why would a Hillary supporter vote for her? She's against everything Hillary stands for and she stands for everything Hillary is against.

This is an insult to women and it shows that even in our society today, we often confuse progress with slander. <<<

Oh rubbish. It might have a lot more to do with the fact that Palin has FAR fewer negatives than anyone else on the short list, she is a proven reformer (she cleaned up one of the most corrupt state governments in the USA, hammered big oil, and boosted the state economy), and a maverick herself. She fits McCain's message perfectly.

Furthermore, while Obama talks about he he WANTS to change things, Palin can talk about how she HAS changed things. This is not at all an insult to women. Perhaps the insult is immediately believing this woman has no merits without finding out first.

I am a Democrat, a proud one. And I absolutely LOVE Sarah Palin. I applaud you, Senator McCain!

What an insult to Hillary Clinton. Palin doesnt hold a morsel of experience compared to Senator Clinton.
How desperate McCain is to win over women votes.
We know his scheme and it will not succeed!
I am a women, however I would be frightened to hand over the presidency to hs choice of vp when dealing with this countries economic crisis AND not to mention McCain had only met her ONCE! What type of judgement is that? Unsound, unwise and out of touch!
We cannot afford eight more years or wreckless judgement!
Theres too much at stack!

OH. MY. GOD. Is McCain out of his mind?!?!? What was he thinking?!?! They just handed the presidency to the Democrats on a silver platter. I can't vote for McCain now. I was already hesitant with his old age and state of health, and now he makes a horrible choice for VP. It seems his mental health is already deteriorating as well!!!
I can't believe I'm saying this, but the Obama/Biden ticket is now more appealing to me.

The people that are saying Palin is a great choice are just being phony and are really scared deep down that MCSame is showing signs of dementia!!!!!

GO President Obama!!!

How interesting! Obama was critized by Republicans for not having any experience, but Mc picked someone that has no experience either and thinks that Alaska being next to Russia makes her expericenced on foreign policy.
I am not sure how she complements Mc on the ticket? Hmmm!
President Bush had no experience when he entered office and on the 2nd term look how bad our economic has become.

Well, I was a fence sitting indie voter until this week (have voted Dem twice in the last twenty years, and voted 3 times Repub) I watched Obama's speech last night and just saw McCain unveil this whopper of a decision today.

Obama and Biden are getting my vote to get this country moving again.

Sorry McCain, you just made yourself look like McClown. Man, are you kidding me? Over Romney? Over Ridge???

For anyone questioning "experience"… Palin has *more* actual governing and executive experience than OBAMA, and Palin is NOT running for President, but VP. Think about that, folks. Also, you should be voting thinking about whether a candidate might or might not die (these are mostly Democrats). It's a simplistic, desperate and a disgusting type of thinking.

You have got to be kidding! No more do the Republicans have a leg to stand on in the inexperience debate.

How careless of McCain to choose the person for such an important position after only one meeting! This is judgment? I think not!

I am confident that the Clinton supporters will heed her words at the convention and ask themselves why they voted for her – was it for her or for what she stands for. Palin stands for nothing that Clinton stands for and it is SO INSULTING to think that the Republicans are under the impression that they can woo Clinton's supporters simply because Palin is a woman. All I can say is never underestimate a woman scorned!

Well, I guess McCain knew he had no chance of winning against Obama and Biden. So what he did was to select a good looking woman (who is certainly smart as well) so that every other american woman be they democratic or republican would vote for her not mentioning american males of both sides. This choice shows how desperate the republicans have become.

Obama made the right decision in choosing a running mate he could work with rather than trying to play games to make history and get nothing done. For those of you who feel like he should have chosen Hillary, you should do as she did and let that go. Hillary did not want to be VP because she was offered something better in an Obama administration. She is satisfied and we should be as well. First of all, the notion that she was done wrong by the choice Obama made was created by the republican to set the stage for McCain's risky choice.

McCain actually thinks women are dumb enough to flock to him just to make history.

Obama/Biden 08

Population of Alaska: 683,478
Population of Chicago: 2,833,321

What great experience Palin brings to the table compared to Obama, job titles aside. A clerk in Mayor Daley's office is as qualified as Palin to be VP of this country. Wonderful day for Dems. Those Clinton supporters that will still vote for McCain will do so b/c of Obama's color and they were never going to vote for him in the first place.

Obama/Biden 08

I can't believe McCain didn't pick Romney. Obama is doing well in the west and in Michigan. I felt like Romney could have quelled that. I didn't like McCain because I favor Obama's policies, but his choice of Mrs. Palin is downright scary as hell. She was the mayor of a town of 6500 and governer for two years of a state w/ a population far less than Dallas.

I want to thank all the Hillary Clinton supporters who are now supporting Barack Obama. As a Barack Obama supporter, I will do whatever I can to get her elected in the future if her supporters come through this election. To all those so called Hillary supporters who are voting for McCain I say GOOD RIDDANCE!!! I'm tired of you attention seekers saying you're voting for McCain… go AHEAD.. be ignorant. You'll have no one to blame but yourself is McCain is elected. Hillary is young enough to be president after Obama. Be patient. 16 years of Democratic rule sounds pretty good to me!

Very poor judgement dislayed by John McCain. He must be very desperate. Senator Hillary Clinton's supporters will not fall for this ploy. ROE V. WADE is now on the table. Paulin herself is under investigation in her corrupt state of Alaska. What was he thinking?

Refreshing! I was a Democrat for McCain until I dug deep, listened to Hillary's speech, and softened to the Obama/Biden pick. I am now voting Democrat. However, McCain's pick is refreshing from the Republican side and I hope she does well on this journey.

McCain has chosen the path of least resistance, like water running down hill. He did not want to be upstaged by people who can do a better job than he can. we all know McCain is a ladies man. look what happened to his first wife. his current wife must be a bit nervous. Good ol John McCain might be out shooting moose with his new lady.
seriously i think he must have fell in love at first sight. i wonder how ms McCain works into this, He sold our future on a good looking woman. either that or she has more charm than is known.

Well, we Know one thing for sure McCain enjoys the company of younger women.

PUMA people wanted H. Clinton because of her experience – so they said. Actually they wanted her because she was a woman and they refuse to vote for a Black – race bias painted all over their movement. Now a PUMA supporter says this will make it easier to vote for McCain. See, they didn't want Clinton for her experience – they just wanted a woman (and are racists).

Palin is getting attention today because McCain needed someone with speaking ability to fire up his party. With a major in communications, she will do that very well.

HOWEVER, McCain has spent his entire campaign boasting of his foreign policy experience and that the country needs him so badly. He is 72. What if perhaps she is left to lead the country. He has met her once, she looked good on paper, and she could be our next president. NO MCCAIN, NO WAY, NO HOW. This is FAR too scary.

I am thrilled with this selection. It is not necessary for John McCain to know her well. Palin's accomplishments speak about herself. Barack has a clean slate and Biden is arrogant old man. Vote John McCain.

only seen her one day and she is already a better choice than oboma

As a Democrat I can't vote for her………….and wouldn't………………but I can still look!

John McCain, has a very serious judgement deficiency. Americans would have hoped that after all these many months of silence and secrecy about a VP choice, that John McCain was actually interviewing and aggressively searching for the best possible choice of a VP.

No, it simply looks now that after all this time the best he can do is to select a running mate that he has only met once, and knows nothing about her.

With that kind of judgement what will McCain do in selecting his Cabinet and other presidential appointees. He will probably do it in his sleep.

Very poor judgement. Very reckless. I am very shocked & disappointed.

Unbelievable…

Obama was top student from Harvard, spent 8 years in state legislature, and almost 4 years in the senate. Among other, he has served on the Foreign relations committee… His age is similar to that of other world leaders when they start serving; JFK, Clinton, Roosevelt, and Grant were all younger.

Sarah has been governor for less than two years and is even younger…

How can anyone argue that she has more experience??? LOL

wow I guess we should all vote for john mccain since he has a hot vp choice oh look at that she's a woman too hello Hillary supporters jump on in the water is safe………………..NOT!!

After the Democrat's display last night (and this was a green convention???) I will vote for any one who is not connected with the wastefulness demonstrated last night.

Alaska! Alaska! This is a diverse country. How much diversity is in Alaska??
Does she even know that McCain is one of a very few who owns 8-11 houses and still has servants

I guess thats the diversity they seek.

Sort of like marrying someone you met once at a cocktail party.

The choice of Palin is definitive proof of McCain's utter lack of judgement. He should concede the election right now.

Wild Otter

The only logic I can come up with McCain's VP pick is that all the other candidates must have said to him "thanks, but no thanks". If not, I fail to see how on earth he will get to the oval office!

Joe Biden will chew her up, and spit her out all over the stage during their VP debate. Especially on foreign affairs…which she has clearly said she has no interest in. And whoever said she had experience in foreign affairs because her state was near Russia needs to really get a clue.

wow – never would have thought mccain would be so clueless..
i am not a hillary fan…but if i was- knowing hillary not on the ticket is not going to make me vote the mccain/palin ticket b/c palin is a woman..that will not do it for me or this country…and people are scared of the 3:00 a.m. call…can this woman even handle all the distractions…a baby w/down syndrom-a son in iraq-not to mention
the election…is she ready to lead this country-i can't chance it and you shouldn't either….republicans-you may not be able to admit it but, mccain is 72 & that in itself is scary enough…wow

This is an obvious attempt to steal some of the Barack' Obama's thunder becoming the first African American elected by a major party for the presidency of the United States.

It's could also be an attempt to add some excitement to a lack luster Republican Presidential campaign.

Who is Palin??? Why should she be one heartbeat away from the Presidency??
I do NOT want to hear anyone arguing that Obama is inexperienced… EVER AGAIN!!!
It is clear to me that Mccain is using women as a tool… just to gain votes for him. The Biden choice is a respectful one, because it was to benefit the country… the Palin choice, I’m not so sure about… it seems as though it was carefully crafted to benefit Mccain only, which is rather disingenuous to women and I hope Hillary voters see right through it!
It just goes to show you that you do not have to have political experience anymore – you can be a “hockey mom” and be one heartbeat away from the presidency nowadays.
I can't wait for the debates between Palin and Biden, and she has to explain the difference between Sunni and Shia… she will be looking for Liebermann.
Plus – I listened to conservative talk radio all day, and understand that conservatives only like her because she is "HOT" – that's it! Because she is "hot." This should alarm every American voter, and raise suspicion for anyone who knows a conservative, because this is what they think about. Clearly the wrong head they are thinking with, if they have brains at all.

What in the world was He thinking…. I am an Obama supporter who was excited about the election, but now I am literally on my head to get him elected out of FEAR of what will happen to our country if something happens (which is likely) to the 72 year old idiot.

John McFool, how dare you choose someone with no experience or even interest in the foreign affairs. Where were his advisors?

And Palin is the best person in the nation to be President if, God forbid, something happens to McCain? Oy Vey !

Palin is a reckless choice. McCain made this choice for very narrow self-interest reasons without regard to American National Security if something should happen to him. Barack Obama showed outstanding judgement to his vp choice and an understanding that the choice must be made with our National Interest in mind. McCain's choice shows that he does not have the American people in mind for his decisions. If he does not have them in mind now, he will not in office as well.

This decision shows McCain is indeed four more years of fail Republican dogma that puts personal self-interest over our National Security.

Did you see Obama off script today responding to Gov. Palin? DUH DUH DUH. I can't wait for the debates. Oh by the way Gov. Palin didn't use a teleprompter today.

This is such an insult to all women!! McCain must think that all American women are complete IDIOTS by choosing a woman who has close to no experience and does not even COMPARE to Hillary. Does he expect that we'll vote for him just because he chose a woman!?!? It's obvious that he doesn't think Palin would actually make a good VP, he's just trying to pick up the Hillary voters who became undecided… Well, thank you McCain for making the election clear for this undecided woman… YOU ARE A SENILE OLD MAN…. OUT OF YOUR MIND!!!

My vote will go to OBAMA!!!

RECKLESSSSSSSSSS MCCAIN! THIS IS CLEARLY A POLITICAL STUNT AND PALIN FELL FOR IT!!! How can she allow this man to use her family for political gain! Does she really thinks that he takes her seriously! It looks so unnatural! Does not even look real!

Hey, Democrats, oil your own machine. Use your judgement and vote the best ticket. Nobody is forcing you.

Cheap theatrics by John McCain. The announcement was hastily made and the timing was engineered to stomp on the bounce Obama will undoubtedly get from his spectacular in Denver. As a woman, I am insulted and appalled by this outrageous VP choice and by the low-road tactics of the McCain campaign. Palin is qualiied to be president ot the PTA and, if you google it, you'll find that she was FOR the Bridges to Nowhere BEFORE she was against them.

Lame choice by an out-of-touch, 72 year-old candidate who will do anything to win an election. "Country First" is a total JOKE!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Im a Hillary supporter now voting Obama, but if he looses I can deal with McCain. But if McCain wins then dies, Im moving to France.

Please…Please get Begala off the air…he is nothing but a disrespectful political hack….calling the President a moron is unacceptable irregardless of who the president is!!

WOW!!!! socker mom second in command running the country. Was the Secretary of State (Miss Rice) brought into the picture. She has all the creditials needed to be in that spot….

she has a bs degree in journalism from univ of idaho and was a sports caster
obama has a law degree from harvard, went to columbia for undergrad, and was president of harvard law review.

give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!

For those that think this is a great pick you are so in the tank for McCain you can't be helped this includes CNN.

Rush to war. Rush to chose vice-president. America suffers for the war. America will suffer for GOP choice of vice-president. Poor judgment on the war. Poor judgment on vice-president. McBush is really quick on his decisions. Very decisive. Very very eager to become president. Very very very poor judgment!!!!

Leo – Columbia University

Hmmmm…Sounds like McCain is going through a midlife crisis…AGAIN! He just sent his wife, Cindy, overseas to Georgia AND he stays at home meeting with this woman? This decision was risky, an insult to women all over the US, and from what I'm reading all over the internet McCain has lost voters right and left. And, if elected, does he know he's going to die right away? Sheeshhhh…….

This brash decision is a PRIME example of how McCain will make decisions about our country. I definitely don't trust him now.

I really think McCain is senile and still likes beauty contestant types…..have you noticed that Cindy is wearing her hair long ??? Something weird is going on !!!!!!

McDumb is crazy, McSenile is crazy. Crazy crazy–this is a beauty contest.

Interesting, but first my congratulations to all women as another step towards equality continues.
The interesting part is now the deciding factor in picking Palin.

If Obama had chosen Clinton, who would have been McCain pick?
If the answer is Palin, then McCain made the right decision.
If the answer is others then I submit to you POLITICS remix.

J. McCain has been down in the polls all the time, just because all the attentions have been focusing always to Obama. McCain now wants all attentions focused on his camp by making a surprise choice of an unthinkable VP, creating waves of all kinds of good and bad talks, which will last for a long time– long enough to shift all good attentions away from Obama until the election day. This is a very smart strategy.
But, It is wrong time for McCain.

I read a bunch of fake Hillary voters here (Same old Republicans games). I know how to play these games just like everybody does but even here we can show some honesty for ourselves at least.

One good thing I'v noticed to Ms. Palin, she is very charming and she is out played by McCain. I kind of see him pointing a gun on her back and making her speak whatever she has been told. This is such a shame for US POLITICS, in this case by Republicans who are desperate to win this election, very suspicious move by McCain, I think he is not a loyal man, he is willing to do whatever just to win this election for his personal reasons.

People are so blind and emotional to change political views. I dont care about Republicans nor Democrats, I care about my family and who is runing my country, I dont have any emotion in politics and I suggest to people, you can change your political views during the day as long as you are familiar with that and you think that choice is right for you and your family then GO FOR IT.

I choose Barack Obama because he has this charisma to bring our country in positive ways, he will keep us together and he has a good heart.

I wouldnt be so sure to vote for McCain especially after today, we dont need a 72 years old president. We are a country of THE DREAMS, NOT THE NIGHTMARES.

Mr. Bentley

Well, GOP never care about America people. They only care about themselves, she is not the right choice. So she has been chosen only to get women vote from a democrat!!!!!!!!!! Where are those pround republicans they aren't even in number to elect McOld? GOP cannot even rely on IT own poeple. This is just suck………. All women should see this as an insulte McCain wanna used you as a lidder to get in the top and then trash all of you. Borring party

Thank you John McCain for the birthday present. You have sealed the door of your own coffin. Im a little confused why you would pick a PTA type hockey mom who has absolutely no experience. I wouldn't let her run my coffee shop. What is John McCain smoking???

In 2007, Palin was asked about the war in Iraq and responded by saying "I haven't given it much thought."

Way to go, McCain….clearly, your vetting team sucks.

Congrats to Palin on being the first Republican female to be nominated for Vice President. I'm sure she is a wonderful person – BUT after asking "What does the Vice President do day to day?" I Can not support her or McCain. She is for everything I would fight to my last breath against.

So she's a woman and governed more reindeer than people. i had no idea mrs. clause had an interest in politics.

So this woman is going to leave her 7 month old down syndrome infant to go chase after McCain on the campaign trail all over the country. Yep, it's obvious she has her priorities straight

I spent more time in the showroom checking out my last vehicle than John McCain spent with the person he wants to be vice president?

She is a mother who has 5 kids,one an infant who is breastfeeding and has downs syndrome. Oh,and dont forget a husband. And she is going to be vice pres? Sounds like she is spreading herself pretty thin. As a working mother of three, who comes home exhausted, she must be the off-spring of superman and wonder women. Who is she putting first? Mabye her ambition.

As one of those more mature women who strongly supported Clinton, I am insulted that McCain thinks he could win my support by choosing someone with no experience and or exposure to national government. I would never vote for a candidate based on gender.

I think this is a lousy choice and a poor and ill-thought decision from McCain, frankly.

This is not a job interview for a small town mayor. This is a person who could, in a heart-beat, become the president of the most powerful country on earth.

I thought Obama picked a weakling when he picked Biden but weakling though he may be, he has got enough sagacity to steer the country, should such a requirement come up.

McCain's choice on the other hand, is a hasty and hurried decision, intended to leverage off the dissatisfaction that people have, with Obama not picking Hillary as his running mate, which makes it dangerously immature and I question his judgement for presidential level decisions. But in the process, he skipped over highly intelligent and capable potential VPs like Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty and went for this small town amateur. She is already under an ethics investigation for trying to influence official decisions in favor of her family members. How much more ill-advised could the decision to pick her get ?

McCain will take a bath come November – is my prediction. With a pick of either Romney or Pawlenty, I personally would have been in his corner but this choice is an insult to my intelligence and hopefully has the same effect on others too, who will steer clear of a McCain candidacy. I will be sitting out this election cycle, since neither choice is too appealing.

"I may not have any national political experience, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn."

PS: God save the country.

He didn't need to talk to her more than once. Karl Rove told him she was his only chance of winning the election. It doesn't matter neither McCain nor Palin will be Governing. They will continue to get permission from Karl Rove before they can even speak in public, just like George W. Bush.
Wait until Sarah finds out she is a token, selected to be a nursemaid for John McCain.

At McCain's age he should have picked someone with at least some foreign policy experience. I think even lots of conservatives are going to be put off by this woman. No real Hillary supporter would support her.

McCain has not only shocked me back into the political process but actually has me shopping for bumper stickers and yard signs. Palin was a masterstroke — McCain has shored up the conservative base and has solidified his reputation of his ticket as one of true change. Much like Bill Clinton recently observed: do you vote for the ticket that talks change or the one that will deliver it? In an already narrowing race that showed all the momentum with McCain, this will push them over the top. Watching the panicked fear-mongering of the democratic pundits on TV just proves how much they fear for their own ticket. Being unable to match their own presidential candidate against even the bottom half of the Republican ticket (seems like a candidate for the chief executive should have, ah, gee, I don't know, EXECUTIVE experience?!) they are attacking everything from her appearance to John McCain's health in their desperation. McCain's choice a "hail Mary"? I think the coming weeks will show where the real desperation deservedly lies…

Because of Palin I'm donating the max to McCain—–is that clear enough?

McCain/Palin 08′

Good job, McCain! Sarah Palin is a brilliant choice. McCain proves that he will go his own way and do what he wants. He will run a different show than Bush is running and really shake up Washington. Democrats will naturally attempt to promote their flavor of "change" but that's socialism and America doesn't need that garbage.

It never made sense to pick someone who was a prior presidential candidate. They lost already; the American people spoke in the primaries…they didn't want them. Not to mention all the videos out there where they make negative statements about each other.

Has anyone noticed that in some parts of Alaska, where the oil and gas pipelines and fossil fuel originates is over $7.00 a gallon?!!! Would Palin's "maverick" policies do the same for the rest of the country? If this is the price of gas in the state with the Alaskan pipeline, what's next for the rest of us should she become VP/President?

I wish that there were a way to exclude people from making 'staged' comments – i.e. the supposed Clinton supporters that say how wonderful this is. There might be 1000 or so people in the USA who actully feel this way, but I suspect that those on this comment page are activists who have always supported McCain (and actually hate Clinton).

Secondly, this is a pathetic pick, they met once. My goodness.

Palin was out of her depth as govener (ask her staff) and now she could be the Presedent….yikes!

Begala said it best on Larry King tonight. Would a parent entrust their child's life with a person whom they've met only once? Then why in the world should we place Palin in the position to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the United States? We'd be entrusting her with the lives of 300 million Americans — including 3 million of our own brave soldiers!

I think its great!! I couldnt be happier! Go Republicans!!!!

Who cares. Hillary Clinton knew Bill Clinton for decades. She trusted him with her life, child and career. He still undertook some interesting activities in the oval office with an intern. People's character can be learned quickly – and in th Bill/Hillary case, no matter how well you think you know somebody, they can be someone completely different.

We have just received orders to produce 500,000 new bumper stickers that read: McSame and Mrs. Plain 2008

I'm a hardline republican woman but I'm voting for Obama/ Biden.
I'm not that crazy to put a NOBODY in such a high officer, even if she has a pretty face.

The selection of Governor Palin is an insult to women voters. If Senator McCain respected women as being thoughtful and intelligent voters, he would have realized that gender first was not the correct priority in his selection criteria….that we women vote for qualified candidates male or female. He lost my vote with this choice because there is nothing compelling about Governor Palin, nothing…and he showed his true colors by putting the country at risk to further his own political gain. His most important first decision as a presidential contender was apparently conducted on a whim.

Some day Governor Palin may prove to be an essential force in American politics, but there is no reason at all to bring her forward and sell her prematurely as that now.

LOVE Palin—-great pick—-NRA member, loves fishing & hunting, eats Mooseburgers, drop dead gorgeous—–every man's dream—-trade Biden for her any day—

McCain/Palin 08′

As a woman and a Democrat, I am insulted and angered by John McCain’s VP pick of Sarah Palin.

The fact that he chose the VP primarily because she is a woman is an insult to my intelligence. The equal rights movement is based on the empowerment of women. An integral part of empowerment is the ability to think and act freely not as a monolithic group. Truly independent women will see through this façade and vote for a president/VP based on the issues and one’s governing ability.

I am a supporter of Barack Obama. I also recognize and admire Hillary Clinton’s contributions to the Democratic Party and to the Country. Her position on universal healthcare and women’s issues is unwavering. If it were not for Barack Obama running at this time, I most definitely would have supported Hillary Clinton-NOT because of her sex, but because of her stances on the issues and her ability to govern. It angers me that Hillary Clinton or someone of her caliber may not be the first female President, but instead someone who is a right-wing conservative who is riding the coattails (coffin) of an elder statesman and who doesn’t value the sanctity of choice, equality, human rights, environment etc may. For those Clinton supporters who are considering voting for McCain based on his VP pick, please consider that you are not only undermining women everywhere, but also you are also undermining Hillary Clinton and her message.

McCain thinks women are stupid enough to vote for just any women, regardless of her lack of qualifications. It is an insult to the American Women!!!!

Now the race gets interesting! At least the GOP has their ticket right; with the experienced guy on top, and the up and comer in the VP slot.

She has about the same level of expertise as BHO, probably a little more actually. She actually manages a state, he just showed up to vote present…

McCain/Palin 08
Hillary 12

OMG, I can't wait until they start roasting Palin over the pit. The baby is her daughter's? She left her city in financial ruin? McCain likes her because she reminds him of Cindy with dark hair? It will be glorious!!!

Wow, truly idiotic! There is no way to even compare this woman to Hillary Clinton. Less than two years as Governor? Only met McCain once? When John McCain drops dead during his first term in office, this woman can NOT lead this country. She has no experience in Washington and will get eaten alive. Any Hillary Clinton supporter that is now supporting the McCain-Palin ticket because there is a woman involved is truly ignorant! Thank you John McCain for securing the win for Obama!

McCain's VP selection was irresponsible and insulting. It never crossed my mind to vote for him, but this move was by far the most despicable of his campaign so far. As has been said before, TRUE Hillary supporters will see beyond gender to the fact that Palin is essentially opposite with respect to everything else!

Obama-Biden '08

wow democrats whining right and left,

thats one of the reasons i am a republican,

I think this is an excellent choice. all she handles and still able to be a public servant is great. running a family seems to help her keep away from corrupt politics and remember what we need to fight for. Fifth child has down syndrome definitley shows she has her priniciples right and cares for human life.

Keep whining democrats, it keeps republicans like me remember why i am republican.

This 'man' has no shame. And any woman who falls for the GOP trick of figuring we are stupid enough to vote someone simply based on gender deserves what we will get with McCain as President.

Palin is a Cindy clone – probably a sorority sister of hers. She has no idea what the average American goes through as she, too, appears to have come from money.

McCain didn't choose her to help him run the country – he chose her because he thinks women are stupid and their place is barefoot, pregnant, quiet and in the kitchen and Palin will be the perfect White House housewife, not VP.

She's far more suited for a part on Desperate Housewives than as our possible President.

Morons – all of them and anyone who supports them still.

Thank you John!!!!!! Your old age and senility have helped Obama…..you go!!!!!

He must be out of his mind; this is so irresponsible of McCain, I fear for the welfare of this country should he and Palin end up in the White House. McCain really doesn't get it, most women are smarter than he gives us credit for and elect a candidate based on policy, not gender.

I just have to point out that these 2 are the 2 most awkwardly looking people when photographed together!!! Obama and Biden look good together!! McSame and Palin just look odd together!

Obama Biden 2008

Finally they see, after all that talk of experience, this is what you get. Laughable.

I am speechless.. I am conservative democratic that was caught in the middle between McCain and Barrack. I was most likely going to vote for McCain! However, after this pick of VP, I am terrified of McCain. On his first big judgement call, MCCAIN PICKS A VICE-PRESIDENT THAT HE DOES NOT EVEN KNOW! He puts the future of our country in the hands of a person he only met once! SCARY with a capital S! I got to vote for OBAMA BECAUSE I AM AFRAID OF WHAT MCCAIN MIGHT DO NEXT! THIS GUY IS PLAYIN POLITICAL GAMES WITH THE FUTURE OF OUR COUNTRY! Does he think women are stupid or dumb or both! THE PICK LOOKS LIKE AN OBVIOUS GIMMICK! OBAMA, YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY VOTE ANYMORE!

THIS IS THE STORY:
On March 2007, Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) as the new legal vehicle for building a natural gas pipeline from the state's North Slope.[34] This negated a deal by the previous governor to grant the contract to a coalition including BP (her husband's former employer). Only one legislator, Representative Ralph Samuels, voted against the measure,[35] and in June Palin signed it into law.[36][37] On January 5, 2008, Palin announced that a Canadian company, TransCanada Corp., was the sole AGIA-compliant applicant.[38][39] In August 2008, Palin signed a bill into law giving the state of Alaska authority to award TransCanada Pipelines a license to build and operate the $26-billion-dollar pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope to the Lower 48, through Canada.[40]
!!!!Members of the board of directors of TransCanada (as of April 25, 2008) are: Sarah Palin, Kevin E. Benson, Derek Burney, Wendy K. Dobson, E. Linn Draper, Paule Gauthier, Kerry L. Hawkins, S. Barry Jackson, Paul L. Joskow, Harold N. Kvisle, John A. MacNaughton, C.M., David P. O'Brien, W. Thomas Stephens and D. Michael G. Stewart.!!!!

Can Biden resign and let Clinton take the VP? Is it too late?????

The reason I ask: When most female\male African Americans overwhelmingly voted for Obama as candidate, why does anyone think women will not vote for Palin?

Suggestion to the Obama camp to win: Unless Biden resigns his nomination, Palin will take the women voters needed to win… Obama must let Clinton take the VP somehow, otherwise, just as blacks have voted for Obama in the majority for their demographic, women will vote for Palin.. the fact of the matter is.. equality is a matter of action. I am for Obama, but I am a woman first and foremost. I was for Clinton before Obama, but I really really have taken to Obama, which is not hard – I am a lifelong Democrat. He supports the issues I support. But in order to move ahead in this unequal world, ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS, (yes, I know, it's ironic that I'm writing to try to invoke action.. anyway..) and sometimes it takes baby steps to move forward.

The big question: If McCain wins and then dies…how will Palin handle being president with no experence?

The answer: She will pick a VP that will teach her how to handle those situations. You know……kind of like what Obama did……DUH……

Hey job-longer,
your candidate Obama doesn't even have YOUR qualifications!

How many STATES have you run?

WELL WE NOW KNOW THAT EVEN PRESIDENT BUSH [the little OIL PIMP ] IS SAYING ' WHAT ARE YOU ? STUPID ……. EVEN I KNOW BETTER THAN TO PICK A BEAUTY QUEEN RUNNER- UP. AND IM A C STUDENT ARE YOU McCRAZY

John McCain, a long-time Republican US Senator, loves

H-O-T young women

He not only married one, he has chosen one for the rest of us as a possible PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!

Hey, guys, gotta luv this!

Why would someone with a 4-month old special needs baby leave that child to be on the road campaigning? What kind of mother does that? I find it disturbing that she had her young daughter holding her baby the entire time she was speaking. As the party of family values, I just don't understand the logic. Her husband is gone every-other week at his sloping job. Where's the parenting?

Great choice of sidekick for the Maverick! Sure GOP, women are just going to LOVE her and move in droves to the dark side. Let's see now…she wants to drill in protected natural areas; she doesn't believe there's such a thing as global warming (does she also think the earth is flat, I wonder?); she's a former beauty queen (yep, women really like those feminists); and she wants to deny women the right to choose.

Slam-dunk. Not. Go Obama!

Obama all the way. I can't believe McCain choose someone that he only met one time. I hope voters wise up and vote for the right President and VP that is going to put this country on the right path.

I think its great!! I couldnt be happier! Go Republicans!!!!

what is the credential for one comment to be posted because I wrote many comments in the cnn comments section but never READ NOT EVEN ONE I WONDER IS CNN "PRIVATE OR?" AS THE CHOICE OF THAT WOMAN IT ONLY REFLECT THE DEEP IGNORANT OF SO MANY FIRST) SHE IS NOT SENATOR CLINTON TWO) SHE IS NOT THE PRESUMTIVE POTANTIAL PRESIDENT AN OTHER WORD SHE IS NOT jOHN MCcain AND AT LAST THE AMERICAN PEOPLES MUST KNOW NOW WHAT SENATOR MCcAIN IS PREPARE TO DO SO HE CAN REACH TO OVAL OFFICE AND THAT IS ANYTHING AND EVRYTHING FOR THAT I THINK HE SHOULD BE INVESTIGATE IN REGARD TO IRAQ AND GEORGIA ACCORDING TO STATEMENTS MAKE BY VLADIMIR POTIN HIMSELF THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA

Wow—what a pick by McCain—Sarah Palin is the real deal—-what a woman—-can't wait to vote McCain/Palin—–

Hillary must be blowing steam out of her ears—after being abused by Obama and further being summarily dismissed by Obama as a possible VP, she now has to watch as another woman takes what Hillary thinks is rightfully hers–sorry Hillary but Obama & Richardson and their buddies are nothing but snake oil salesmen—

McCain/Palin 08′

Excellent voting record? I don't think so. Voting to keep aerial hunting of wolves going and also to keep polar bears OFF the endangered species list. With her investigation, she fits right in there with the right wing neo-cons. I'd personally find it hilarious if she was indicted only days before the election.

Inexperience with foreign affairs from both McCain and Palin would be devastating at a moment where we need to raise our standing in the world after the last failed administration.

And for the Hillacrats out there. How could you follow her if she got the nomination when you can't even follow her advice after Obama's nomination? Voting for McCain/Palin is doing a disservice to women and in fact Americans everywhere as they will either keep us where we're at, or make things worse overall.

Vote for Americans everywhere
Vote Obama/Biden 08

McCain doesn't even believe men and women should have equal pay, so why would he choose a women as VP? He thinks that this decision will help court Hillary supporters, he is so wrong!!! And he made such a knee-jerk decision after meeting her only ONE time. McCain is and idiot!

Obama/Biden 08

I think it is time we go back to electing the VP candidates. McCain and Obama both have not listened to the people on their choices. The VP candidates should be the choice of the people not the candidates as they would be President if the President should not be able to finish their term. We would have a true democracy then.

We could have had the White House back, but the DNC and Barack Obama blew it!

Palin is awesome. The Republicans are going to win and we will watch another Presidential term and the White House slip through our fingers – AGAIN.

Astounding. It is just astounding to me when there is no question we would have won with Hillary.

American people!

Work like slaves to get Obama Biden in the White House. REGISTER AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN! VOLUNTEER! We MUST NOT let this crazy old fool win. Our very lives and our children's lives depend on it. GOD HELP US

This is a typical example of putting political interest before the interest of the country. I am surprised when her executive experience is blown out of proportion. Alaska has six hundred thousand people and every major city in America has 10 times that population. It is like comparing managing mom and papa shop is the same as managing Boeing or Microsoft. It is like saying they both require the same skill sets. Give me a break. No disrespect to Palin but they are setting her for failure.

OH, Good Lord!
Why not pick ME?

I'm 70 years old. I've been cynical for so many years and haven't voted. I've watched Obama every time he's on TV. It's about time we can have a super intelligent man who can put us back on the right track. I've listened to all his speechs. He's a man of principle, integrity, great wisdom, and I truly believe he has the right idea regarding our domestic problems, and foreign policy. The last 8 years has cost this country not only billions of dollars of wasted money, it put us in a war with the wrong country causing thousands of our Americans to be maimed or killed, has ruined our enonomy, and we have lost our good standing in the world. And it isn't bad enough that McCain has been Bush's side-kick all these years – now he has named a VP "who he only met once". This is "totally unbelievable!" And just to have a woman so he can get all Hillary's people to vote for him. I think he's already senile!!! I truly hope no one falls for that scenerio. I'm proud to be voting for Barack Obama!!!!

Awesome choice, go McCain/Palin!!

This is a joke, right?…. Is this what american politics have come to? I thought George Bush was Mr. Politics. This takes the cake!

It REALLY is NO coincidence that McCain and Bush will be together in the TWIN cities!!!

McCain… do you really think the American people (especially women) are that gullible? Shame on you!! I can't understand how some Americans believe this choice is a great tactic. It's disgusting…how do you sleep at night McCain.. knowing you'll try anything to win the white house. Between Bush and yourself, I don't know who's worse, you both are running neck and neck in the arrogance dept!!

People this is just crazy. I'm sure Governor Palin is a fine person, but she doesnt even know how to get around the Nation's capital, and to think that she would a heartbeat from the presidency? Wow.. John McCain cares more about his blind ambition than he does about the people of this country. At least Obama was able to convince the people to give him a chance. America has to trust the judgement of John McCain. Reckless.

McCain is grasping like an octopus at the boner buffet.

Idiot.

She sounds like someone who has been bought and paid for by the oil industry…

I agree that McCain is playing hard ball. That just the point I see it as playing with the US people lives again. I do not believe he is dear and near to the issues of the people, for the people, by the people.

If McCain had picked MItt I would have voted for him…but NOW…I'll be voting for Obama ! !

McCain picked Sarah Palin as a way to gain Hilary's supporters. Why is he always picking beauty queens? His wife was a former beauty queen, and Sarah Palin was also a beauty queen.

Sarah Palin just had a baby four months ago. This baby has Down's Sydrome. This child will need more time and attention than Sarah will be able to provide if she is jetting around the country. Sarah may be a strong woman, but she is not superwoman.

Her children need her. Her baby needs her. Her family especially the new baby should take priority in her life and not seeking the VP
position. Now is not the time for Sarah.

It is Ok to have a woman as VP, but not this woman.

So McCain only met Palin once before he decided she's be a good VP?

I guess love at first sight does exist.

they met once !!!!!!!!!

THIS WAS AN IRRESPONSIBLE DECISION AND TO THINK I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR MCCAIN, MIGHT AS WELL SIT IT OUT!

what are we all hoping for….as a leading nation work towards a peacefull and happy world? Isn't it. We also know that needs someone with no bias on how things have woked in the past. May be this choice will bring that extreme change that is needed….simple.

So Mr. Experience knew all along he had his candidate and didn't tell the world. It's kinda ironic his choice. He's definettly a sneaky strategist with no good intentions…doesn't mean he's in touch on what is going on in the real world. His own half-sister in-law says she's voting for Obama. Obviously he's not a real family man outside of his wife and daugher.
It's ashame the Republican Party always have nominees who are definetly not for the people. Yet they always seem to win the presidential election. Do I smell a conspiracy?

What a team!

Biden/Obama are toast!

I'm an independent who was for Clinton. I am not an Obama supporter and was going to vote for McCain. His choice, however, leaves me no choice but to vote Democratic this fall. To select a VP you've met once tells me all I need to know about his judgment. Why didn't he pick Meg Whitman or Carly Fiorina?

Further, why is Phyllis Schlafly so excited? Does she really think it's a conservative woman's role to leave her 4 young children at home to be raised by others while she works 60-80 hour weeks?

Palin is an avid hunter, a sport completely alien to most women. I am a woman so I know this. We may respect a man who hunts but rarely a woman doing the same. Most of us would be vegetarians rathan than kill our own meat. I think appointing her to this position is an insult to accomplished, professional women . Her qualifictions are way too thin. Even her appearance is unprofessional, the hair, wearing black to accept an honor, the teenage inflections in her voice
Selecting her was a bad idea, very very bad.

Hey Obama – John McCain gets it – you don't.

What does Palin being in a beauty pageant in 1984 have to do with anything? She is unqualified to lead because of it? That is ludicrous. Almost as ludricrous as the comments about how she can run for/be VP when she has small children at home. I have never seen anyone ask a male candidate how he can spend months campaigning or be in political office when he has young children. The worst part is that the people making these comments are the same ones who have been so vocal about equal pay and women's rights.

Lol, I'm on a role with you guys (the mods) not deeming my comments acceptable, which I find funny as they are always tame as tame can be in content compared to almost every other comment on this board. And if you were curious what my last non-posted comment was about it was about how sexism and racist shouldn't play a role in how people vote or politics. Not really the hate filled rhetoric you usually here on these boards, although I guess that's what they (the mods) are going for.

Hillary worked for the issues for over thirty years and that is what made her qualified. There is no way just because Paline is a woman we would just change our party and vote McCaine. No way, no how, NO McCaine!!! This is simply an insult to the women in America.

A horrible choice, McCain would rather win an election than do whats best for the country……

CHANGE??? Did somebody say CHANGE????

It appears to me that there is only one DC outsider on the ballot in '08. GO PALIN!!!!

Sarah Palin's nomination is a huge slap in the face to our allies throughout the world.
McCain's first real decision involving foreign policy–Sarah Palin as the potential leader of the Free World!!

From what the pundits are saying, the Democrats have taken change off the table with Biden and the Republicans have taken Commander-in-Chief experience off the table with Palin.

We poor, dumb voters are now going to have to decide on the basis of substantive issues not campaign slogans. Foreign policy judgment, energy independence, environmental management, jobs, education, health care, women's rights, gun laws, crime, immigration.

OMG what a disaster!

Republican switching to vote for Obama now. What a disservice to women, does McCain think we are all that stupid? Doesn't even know this woman and chose her for VP because she wears a dress and he thinks he can get more votes that way? No way.

okay …this election just becomes more of a joke each day…Mccains pick is not only a political ploy , it is irresponsible

Two words: Harriet Myers

McCain just lost it for the GOP. Met her ONCE and chose her. He not only lost the election but he has REALLY lost MILLIONS of Women on BOTH sides of the Aisle with this insult.

Ever interview someone for a job? You know in the first three minutes.

McCain/ Palin '08!
Hillary '12!

I can't wait to see the debates that is if Obama has the guts to finally do a face off with McCain…….Sarah Barracuda against Biden…hee hee…

It doesn't say where McCain met her. Was it a Republican party function or a hotel somewhere? Cindy better have her lawyers on standby. McCain and Palin are only figureheads for Bush and Cheney to keep running things. Either that or McCain has really lost it.
Please HRC supporters don't be fooled by McCain's pandering. Put America first and vote on the issues, not race or gender.

ARe you kidding me ….do any of you believe this is MCCains choice for our potential president..this is alllll politics …

mcsame = not qualified to lead because he can't make good decisions.

what's good of experience if it's the wrong ones?

age, bad temperament, poor judgment, mcsame is the more dangerous choice. Anyone can do better than Bush, I'd take my chances on the smarter man Obama. Yes, intelligence counts.

As a life long Dem. They have finally lost me. They couldn't even get thier ticket together. They had their chance but blew it.

BREAKING NEWS: Out of touch hockey mom leads us into Afghanastan !

John McCain just shot himself in his foot. Ouch. Instead of putting "Country First", he falls for the Alaskan beauty. No offense to gov Palin, but this decision from McCain shows that he really doesn't have a good judgment. The reasoning to "use" her to get the supposedly Hillary Clinton votes is so shortsighted, it's hard to grasp that the republican base nominated him? From their (Rep) negative attacks it is very evident they are themselves frustrated with McCain.
Now consider this: he just "aborted" his own chance (or what ever he had) against the tide of change that USA demands.

Politically a great choice; it may very well win McCain the election. However, I don't think she has the credentials to be one heartbeat away from leading this country. I"m an Independent who usually votes republican, but this November, I'm probably staying home.

How many of us have seen our parents health decline rapidly when they hit their 70s…..does mcccain actually think that we think he picked the best choice to run our country if he falls ill…….we are smarter than that

Why can't the press bring itself to label McCain's VP decision
IRRESPONSIBLE? This indicates we could actually go from bad to
worse with this guy and Palin. His decision is OUTRAGEOUS!

How is that experience has become talk of the town lately, it was all judgment, wisdom etc all these days?

Democrats are dancing in the streets tonight, with the choice of Palin for VP. It is not her lack of experience that is the issue with me; rather the fact that she is so clearly of the same cloth as Bush when it comes to taking care of her cronies and big oil interests. She is a Republican through and through, which may shore up the Republican base, however, the middle 1/3 of this country is not so ignorant as to choose a ticket that is so clearly on the same path as the current administration. Our country is a mess right now, and yes, we do need change. Obama may not have the experience of McCain, but he has shown sound judgement when he has been in office. He has shown that he will be a leader of the people and by the people, not one who will consistently cowtow to wealthy interest groups. I knew very little of Obama before the campaign began, but everything that I learn in terms of his stance on issues and his values in terms of our country point to a man who can and will turn our great nation around and bring us back to our former magnificence. This patriot, union member and caregiver of a spouse with a terminal illness cannot wait until January 20, 2009, when the change that so desperately needs to happen will begin.
Obama/Biden '08

You may lure some of the less intelligent Hillary supporters but I would hope the majority are smart enough not to fall for this ploy. Pat Buchanan said tonight this "girl" is a ex-beauty queen. Proof that they don't respect women, they just use them when they need them.

I am stunned at the choice of Palin for V.P. This is insulting to all women in America. She is a complete unknown with a sparce resume to say the least. She is a lightweight. This rediculous choice will be rejected by all thinking, concerned Americans. McCain is demonstrating his complete lack of respect for the American people by this choice. This shows a bizzare lack of judgement. Do we really want another President who shoots from the hip, makes gut level decisions, is not the least bit introspective and is completely out of touch with us?

I wonder why no one from the democratic party has brought up the possible reality that mccain chose palin for her lack of exposure in washinton?meaning she is not tainted by the status quo so prevalent there.

I am not sure which is more disturbing, the fact that McCrypt made such a hair-trigger and impulsive VP choice or Palin for willingly allowing herself to be used as a policitcal pawn. Most women, I would like to think, if you knowingly bring a special needs baby into this world, would realize, you should be giving the child more attention not less. While admirable to have a baby she knew was going to have Down's syndrome, abandoning it to further your poliical career is not.

Both McCain and Palin's decisions are selfish and self-serving and are disturbing on many levels, because neither takes into account the possible effects.

I cannot believe McCain chose someone he only met 6 months ago once and then he calls her and asks her to be VP without any prior meetings and discussions. What an irrational, irresponsible, and clearly politically motivated decision. Seriously, he can NOT vouch for her or her experience or lack of at all- HE DOES NOT KNOW HER! Now, if something happens to him- we will have a Commander in Chief without a record of experience OR a record of judgement on economic issues and foreign policies while we are fighting 2 wars and this close to another economic depression? I heard an interesting analogy that picking a VP is like setting up a will. If something happens to you, who will care for your children? Would any of us truly give our children to someone we had only met once within the last 6 months at a convention? Well if elected, McCain would be over 300 million plus "children"! This is reckless and unforgiveable. -Denise in TN

eight yeas is enough
NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMOOOOOOOORRRRRREEEEEE

Dont judge until you have heard her speak…your not voting for VP your voting for President….and I feel safer with McCain than I would with Obama…..hes proved where he stands and there isn't many of us who could have gone thru what he did honorably…he believes in what he stands and stands for ….. just read e-mails about taxes and what Obama wants and what McCain wants sure wish I could send it to everyone in America…..boy would you change your mind in a hurry if you liked Obama………………GO McCAIN

McCain's choice of an unknown with almost zero experience is an insult to Hillary Clinton and all the many well-qualified women in politics…

So she's a woman…..Like ANY woman will do?!

Obama is a born leader, with intelligence and substance; Biden was a great pick for his VP.

I think this illustrates McCain's total lack of judgement and responsibility to the American people… Is it senility?!

McCain is a USER & this is another perfect example…..he left his wife for a younger woman, flips his pow time out like an i.d. badge every chance he gets and now chose a woman for his vp. The only thing that comes to mind when I hear his name is SLIMY!!!!

You crazy….. The only experience this woman has is over a group of 7000 people in Alaska… He is crazy.. If he croaks she suppose to control millions and millions of lives in the U.S…? At least if something happened to Obama.. Joe Biden can take charge and has the experience… Obama has at lease experience in Washington this woman never been to Washington.. She is from the woods…She probably promised to give him sex on the side for the job.. thats would be the only reason to have her in the office… HAHAHA

McCain is insane! Whether we are Republicans or Democrats is this really what is best for the country? Palin will one day probably be very qualified which is not now. Country First? McCain proved that he is the one who wants the presidency at any cost. I am concerned about Americans making decisions based upon emotion, sexism, racism, religion. We are supposed to be educated people. How in the world can McCain think that his decision is one that is good for the country. I am so disappointed in him and the Republican party. Folks, let us all focus on the real issues of war, the economy, energy, environmnent, health, poverty, ethics, foreign relations, etc. Let us vote for qualified leaders who have answers to our problems that will move us forward. Let us use our intelligence and leave our emotions and religion where they belong–at home.

I love it when libs get jealous. Governor Palin has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined. The only budget Obama handles is for his Senate office staff. Community organizer for POTUS? I think not.

PS. He also announced his decision just to undercut the AMAZING plan that Obama laid out last night. More politics as usual!

Pro Life Doesn’t end after Delivery ..or once every 4 hours a day!
I Remarried, Decided to have child at 43. Previous marriage have child who is 30! Tubes tied decided to have them reversed….Knew risks. we wanted to have a child so much we went to another country. Returned home 3 months later learned were pregnant! we were so happy and couldn't believe our good fortune! 26 week pregnant I had complications. in hospital for 2 months. From 1st day in hospital was told i would loose baby.(OH….MY HUSBAND AND I DECIDED TO REFUSE THE TEST FOR DOWNS AND OTHER ISSUE'S FOR THE SAME REASONS S.PALIN ) & decided to have our child! This precious child was ours and we would love him or her no mater what! My heart bleeds for this little child whose mother has chosen to take on such a position on which would in my estimation is full time. It is well known a child who spends full time with mother gains so much in every area of development! How could a MOTHER give up helping her child be all that they could be, developmentally, whether downs or otherwise! Narrrisiccism comes to my mind
As a mother,48 years old. with a 3&1/2 yr old Sarah needs to get her priorities right….ask any woman who has difficulty getting pregnant later in life because their job was more important.
In Sarah's case..O.K.she has 4 healthy kids, but I feel this child needs her more at home. It seems she feels she has done that long enough.
A working mom la la la is the best pick >>>How can the fact that she has this 4 month old precious gift from God make her more suited for the job of V.P. I feel it makes her the closest to an absentee mom and all her other children are old enough to look after themselves.
She is pro -life? Good for her when she must have enough money to have someone other then the baby's mom who knows her smell, voice touch, after having a child grow inside her and know it's upcoming changeages she will face walk away at 4 months the child still needing all the skin on skin contact to feel love from Mom .this beautiful little gift from god … my point…. abortion" depending on the definition” before or after" then call it "ABSEENTEE MOM" maybe that would make Mom’s such as this feel better about having the child and then not being there!
Possibly that is why we have so many children who have so many psychological difficulties! This child needs you……
I think she is an attack dog and has many faces.. Attack dog/Mom/Politician/Wife/ mother?????ask the youngest child in 15 years? The baby needs YOU!

I am so excited about Sen Mccains VP pick Gov Palin!!! She seems really awesome. I was on board completely with obama however after hearing him on tape saying after a child survives an attempted abortion it would be a waste of money and resources to bring a new MD to help and that it ultimately undercuts the womans choice. After hearing that I couldn't in good conscience vote for someone who ultimately does not respect the sanctity of human life. I am so excited that this awesome surprise choice was made she will bring in to the RNP some needed excitement. She seems so genuine and real. I really love her youngest son's name Trig. I'll baby sit!!! I'm a nurse!!! I'd be honored. Anyway congratulations!!!

All I can say is "Wow". McCain has no judgement and he is out of touch. This is not about Obama or McCain or Palin or Biden or Hillary.

It is about the country. So McCain wants to pick someone who isn't qualified to run our country in the event he croaks just to pander?

And his number one criteria for a VP was someone who could take over?

McCain, I fear for our country with your judgement in the White House and the potentiality for Palin to take over..

I'm just gonna say what alot of men are thinking…I'd date her in a heartbeat. However,No way can I vote for this ticket. Seriously John?????

McCain choosing Palin is too pathetic! How dare he think women will be swayed to vote for them just coz he now has a woman on the ballet.. How foolish or ignorant does he think women are anyway? It doesn’t take even a kindergartener to know where this country is headed with 4 more years of a Bush look-alike.. As Hilary said, "It's not about me." .. I'm sure Ms. Palin is a fine person, but she is NOT what this country needs.. McCain has been quoted saying she is exactly what this country needs.. He has really gone out to lunch on this one folks..

Unbelievably STUPID choice by McCain. Her voice is grating. Her resume is a joke. Biden will destroy Palin. A hockey mom? OMG!!

This is so wrong. This is another example of how John McCain and the Republican Party will go to any length to win back the White House. I am very insulted as woman. John McCain has made the worst choice he could have ever made, and all of the GOP party is praising him for his decision. This is proof enough that we need change and change is what we need immediately. This country is already ruined, I think the other countries look at us and laugh. I used to think that no more warm could be done to the United States but now that we know who his running mate is, I am personally terrified at what the both of them could do to this country. This is really serious we all should take a look at what could happen. Look at the state of our country as it is now. With that ticket we could all go to hell in a hand basket very quickly, as for Sarah Palin no one but the people in Alaska knows who she is. Hillary was more ready to run the country than she is. Sarah Palin is not a viable candidate for anything. Not to mention her special needs child. As a mother I would want to be with my baby at such a young stage in her life. This is utterley ridiculous. I am flabergasted at such a disrespect for the White House and the country this is VERY VERY VERY SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!

As an American – forget the political affiliation – I am completely outraged that Senator John McCain would so seemingly lightly invoke in every American's life an individual that could possibly be a heartbeat away from the Commander and Chief of the United States of America. Every American should be shaking their head in utter shock that a Senator – a United States Senator – would be so reckless with the livelihood of Americans. Secondly, as a WOMAN – I am affended unlike I have never been affended before. To think that simply choosing a running-mate just for the sake that she is a woman in hopes of appealing to other women is a complete slap in all women's faces and goes to show he really thinks women's heads hold no brains. Lastly, Gov. Palin should be the most outraged for being asked to be a political pawn. The judgement of both McCain and Palin is more than questioned!!! Their true concern for the well being of Americans is also more than questionable. God we pray for the citizens of the United States of America.

I think most of the democrats talking heads have approached this all wrong and have taken the republican bait by challenging her experience. As an Obama supporter I view this as an admission by McCain that experience and spending years in Washington does not qualify you to lead the country a theme that McCain himself was previously running on. Thanks John for admitting that this should not prevent Obama from leading the country and once again changing your mind. Now lets make this about the issues…..

Who in the world would support someone against abortion, does she want to see us go back to the days of "the cider house rules" when women died getting the procedures, although I would never have one myself I believe it is important to have cafe alternatives for women. Some get raped, there is incest and great pain for many. I am a councelor and most women have decided adoption but we need to provide options

McCain 72 shes a beauty queen that lacks foreign experience.

I mean wow I watched The Andy Griffin show and the mayor/gov. there in that town was a bright light "?"

Not a winning ticket, but a play at Hill's voters, here's your chance you handful of PUMAS. You now can come out of the closet and actually support your party. Dirty ol man, shame on you! Cindy you better stay close! Words of wisdom………………………don't go far.

The problem is not that she has no experience, the problem is that he doesn' t know her and he clearly chose her because his camp thinks her being a woman will help his campaign. For those of us who don't know her, she could very well be qualified. Yet his choosing her under the present circumstances shows how lightly he took the decision of who would replace him should something cause him to be unable to serve.

John McCain clearly lacks judgement and will do what ever he thinks that it will take to get elected.

no one should vote for this man.

To the people who keep chanting:
"McCain 2008 Hillary 2012″

Are you out of your minds?! That is a horrible choice!

Didn't President Reagan meet Sandra O'Connor only once before asking her to serve on the Supreme Court? Don't we all go to a job interview only once before being hired?

It is BETTER to evaluate someone's credentials on actual track records than by meeting the "applicant" socially. And exactly how many meetings do you deem appropriate to hold to "meet" a person, before hiring him/her? 2? 3? 10?

Calling for support and Action:

I have over come many of lives disabling circumstances. I’m an Independent Voter, I shook President Clintons hand at Red Rocks Amp Theater in Denver, Colorado, I told him then to support the differently abled population! The Republican Party has taken the high road at recruiting or getting, and supporting Governor Palin, knows the challenges which faces her child and others futures.

So I personally call upon everyone which has or will be facing the challenges of a disabling condition. The Democrats are playing the race card. So I'm asking for the support of Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, and everyone else that has integrety.

Sincerely,

Richard A. Spomer

I am a Hilary supporter and was on the fence as to who to vote for.
After McCain's choice for VP I am voting for Obama. It's obvious that McCain cannot be trusted to make an intelligent decision for my country. He should not be president. Why would a Hilary supporter feel any support for a pro-life,gun loving conservative. No contest McCain's choice handed Obama the election.

So what if he only had one meeting. That was enough to impress him with her qualifications. Look at Obama, he had many meetings with Clinton and he still did not choose her as his VP. He is so threatened by the strength of Clinton that he did not choose her to be his running mate. Its good to see a woman running in this election as VP but I am sorry that the democrats were not strong and brave enough to give Hillary a part of the ticket. I heard Larry King asking the republican strategist tonight if there were no other more experienced republican candidates that would be more suitable for the VP position. What about Obama? He has no experience and he is the democrat selection so which is worst off. He is going for the top office without any experience and she is only the VP.

OMG Sarah Palin- remarkable choice- except —– as a mom,

as a pro choice –stay a home mom,– with a child in the Army

deployed 3 times in 5 years, I played softball, I coached for

3 years, I own my own childcare center for 22 years, I have been

married for 26 , I have served on numerous community events in

26 years, WHO IS GOING TO CARE FOR THE TINY INFANT, WITH

SPECIAL NEEDS, Daddy???? He wasn't holding him>>>>>

Children need mothers, and SPECIALCHILDREN NEED SPECIAL
MOTHERS, SARAH IS A SPECIAL PERSON OBVIOUSLY – SHE SHOULD BE

A MOTHER FIRST AND NOT PUT HER MOTHERING OFF ON ANOTHER PERSON, HE IS A SPECIAL BABY, SOME MAY SAY GOD GIVES

SPECIAL BABIES TO SPECIAL MOTHERS, SHE IS A SPECIAL HUMAN

MAYBE SHE SHOULD BE SPECIAL WHERE SHE IS —- SHE IS

NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH TO DECIDE MY CHILD'S FATE IN IRAQ,

GOD FORBID, SHOULD THAT HAPPEN, SHE IS NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH TO FIND A JOB FOR THE 3 FAMILIES I KNOW NEED WORK, SHE IS NOT SPECIAL ENOUGH TO PROVIDE ME HEALTH CARE I DONT HAVE ANY, AND I WOULD LOVE MY CHILD TO BE HOME FOR A (JUST ONE OUT OF 5) FOR CHRISTMAS I am sure she is

a unique compelling person, but she should not be one heartbeat

away from the fate of 300 million americans. We have

George dubya Bush for that.

god bless her and her family and god bless America

She is a strong gen xer….. a missing link in the political area. I was not a huge John McCain fan but obviously he is not afraid of strong influencial women. That in itself is a refreshing change. I believe the women opossing this are insecure and not confident in themselves. Poor ladies…they are missing out

Good choice.

McCain think that picking a woman as his running mate is enough to attract some of women that supporterted Hillary Clinton…sorry McCain, i don't think this is going to happen…i find it very insulting not only to all women but also to all the americal people.

As a Hillary supporter, I am really excited about Palin on the Republican ticket. Republicans have my vote. She seems like a strong working mom who can relate to all of us women, plus not all Democrate women go for pro-choice. Like Palin some of us believe that life begins on conception.

Geez can't any of you democrats just acknowledge that this choice is pretty remarkable and in many good ways? Yeah, he doesn't know her real well, yeah she's new on the scene (so is barack) but look at her pluses at least. It's a woman on the GOP ticket! Never was that supposed to happen in the white man party! She fought against corruption in her own party. She has executive experience, yes not much but has executive experience. She's noble for having her down syndrome child when not having him would be so much easier. She has a 70-80% approval rating in her state. I mean how often does anyone get that kind of rating? She seems quite intelligent and articulate, very unlike Bush as most of you think Bush is.

I know why there's nothing except for attacks against her and that's because you're scared she will energize the conservatives and steal some of the more moderate democrats. I understand that, very well but you democrats just keep proving yourself to me and most of this country to be vicious, selfish, hypocritical, defeatist nuts to be quite frank.

At the very least you could praise McCain for making history and choosing a high quality person who's a woman, which isn't a rare phenomenon. Let him have his time to introduce us to her instead of demonizing her before she even says a word. You democrats scare the hell out of me.

I personally think the choice was brilliant and reactionary or not it's sheer genius. Conservatives are extremely reenergized by her. This selection is truly a game changer and I'm quite interested in finding out more about Palin and her ideas and methods. We have two reformers running against two strict party liners. And I am quite sure you can determine who is who.

I say let the games begin!

What an amazing diatribe of idiocy! For those of you who think this is about Hillary you are dead wrong. For those of you who question Gov. Palin's experience you stand in contridiction if you support Sen. Obama and his experience. Those who are insulted by the decision of Sen. McCain have already been mesmerized by the rhetoric of a charismatic Chicago democrat and therefore mentally incapable of critical analysis. For those who think that McCain is to old lest they forget, 2 of the our past presidents Carter & GHW Bush are still alive and both 88 and Presidents Ford and Reagan died at 93 & 92 respectively. Obviously presidents receive the best health care available so fear not.

This selection is about solidifying the conservative base while simultaneously giving the independent voter a sense that Sen. McCain is not like President Bush who came into office corting the old guard republicans. McCain has upset the apple cart and the Obama dominated media was caught completely off guard and frankly they are in the same camp with the mesmerized sheeple.

Gov. Palin is as close to the average American, politics aside, as there has ever been on a presidential party ticket in the last one hundred years and thus truly connected to the heart and soul of middle of the road America. She embodies what the founding fathers intended when they wrote the frame work for this great country, "for the people, of the people, by the people".

Neither party had my interest as I stand for limited federal government and strong state government. I believe in the constitution and its original intent. Both parties abandoned the constitution a century ago and governmental policy is left to the NGO's, Think Tanks, and 527 foundations. I fear the undefined "fundamental change" Sen. Obama speaks of based on his past connections to known socialist and marxist. Although Sen. McCain is considered a maverick for his past splits with his party he has been invloved in the Washington political machine for too many years. But I do admire Sen. McCain for his bold and anti-establishment VP choice, knowing the scrutiny and harsh criticism he would receive. Will I vote third party as I have in the past? Yes I will, it is a matter of principle something many of you don't understand.

"Give me Liberty or Give me Death" (Patrick Henry)
Freed by the Grace of G_d

As the election draws near

This great choice, sorry that Obama did not nominated Hillary. I am inclining to the female in the government. I think we had enough of men's power, we need to refresh it with some women in power.
I would vote for Hillary, for Obama/Hillary, now it might be McCain/Palin.

Some others may have been a better choice as mate, but she is the first one to say yes. Until we know the questions and answers with the others, let's find issues with or against her policies; not just that she is a woman.

To those ranting about her taking time away from her kids. Why is this different if it was her husband leaving her and the kids to be VP? The kids will be with her after work either as Gov or VP. The same as Bill with Chelsea, Jimmy with Amy, and JFK with Caroline and John….

Give me a break……obviously this man felt very comfortable with her which he usually does not … it is what it is…

I believe that McCain only did this only out of desperation. His choice for vp is just so reckless. This man must clearly be demented, I mean really he should go visit his doc asap!!!! Nothing against her but he is still at the top of the ticket!!!! If she is so against the same ol Washington…why the heck did she agree to be on the ticket with him!!!! I would clearly be ashamed to be a Republican right now…God please save us and let Barack become the next president of the United States of America!!!!

Probably Cindy McCain is not serving John as per his satisfaction (it’s like Bill Clinton selecting Monica for his VP for his 3rd term). So John fell for this attractive lady to accompany him for most of his time in white house (if selected). Thank God, John McCain does not spend much time in Las Vegas casinos.

The biggist flip-flop by McCain to date. How unfit the claim against Senator Obama, yet McCain chooses a complete newby.

Well republicans are you proud about McCain's experience now?

Is Mcain sick?

John McCain has just insulted Hillary supporters with this obvious political ploy. Some people still don't get it. It wasn't because Hillary was a woman, it was the type of woman she was (her experience, talent, and history) and the values and issues she stood for. I always thought that McCain had a chance to pick up Hillary supporters by choosing a woman VP, but this is a joke! I can't wait until Joe Biden debates Palin and hopefully says: "I know Hillary Clinton, and you ma'am are no Hillary Clinton!"

Let the games begin.

What a frightening choice. God help us all if McCain is elected and Palin takes over.

AS A HILLARY SUPPORTER, I AM INSULTED. I supported Hillary because of her experience. For John McInsane to choose a women candidate who was virtually unknown until this morning is absolutely INSANE!!! I must say…HIS DECISION TODAY FRIGHTENS ME!!!

I am no longer on the fence. OBAMA IS GOING TO BE MY CHOICE FOR THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Joe Biden will be there to help Obama with presidential decisions has an experienced VP. John McCain wouldn't be there to help Palin because he would be dead for her to be president. That is why in the reverse experience is just as important. Obama has seen Washington and she has not. Also McCain has met her once she will be a VP like Truman was with Rosevelt, left out of the loop and she won't have the experience of being a US Senator in Washington.

I'd feel good about McCain negotiating with Putin (ex-KGB)/Medvedev
I'd feel good about Obama negotiating with Putin (ex-KGB)/Medvedev

I'd feel good about Hillary Clinton negotiating with Putin/Medvedev
I'd feel great about Biden negotiating with Putin (ex-KGB)/Medvedev

I feel sick at the possibility of Palin dealing with Russia/Pakistan/etc…
The half-term governor of a small, isolated, state like Alaska?!?!

This is a weird choice–very scary….

As a mother to a smart and talented young daughter, I have taught her to use judgement…how could I teach her now:woman are replaceable and not unique. Replace Clinton with McCanes trophy vp canidate and when you marry watch out any female can replace you????

People, please move beyond the control of biased media outlets and do some of your own research. Who cares if he met her once. Do you need to have multiple dinners with your surgeon before you trust him/her to work on you? NO, you pick the one you are confident in considering the information available to you. Look beyond race, sex and the talking heads. Research the candidates yourselves (voting records, state news, length of service, programs, etc.).

McCain chose her because he thinks American women are stupid. He is right, this was a brilliant move. Dumb American women everywhere, especially discouraged Clinton supporters, will vote for the McCain/Palin ticket. American "soccer moms" will eat this up. They won't care about the issues. Trust me.

I don't know how Palin feels honored to be pick. This was a last min act of desperation. The man saw the Obama speech last night and was like: "Oh crap, what do I do"!!
I will hand it to him, that is a slick move to pull. Let's just hope these Hillary supporters don't fall for this con. If you do, you're just idiots and you were never in it for Hilliary to begin with.

McCain's VP choice is a decoy. The governor is under investigation. She will resign over this (as always intended) then McCain will choose who he intended to choose from day one and will be given credit for trying with the conservative base. He also derailed today's discussion about Obama and the Democrats successful convention. The engineer? You guess it, Karl Rove

bad choice

I wonder what the Democrats on these blogs will say if/when Palin happens to wipe the floor with Biden in the debates…..It could happen!
Especially since that seems to be the only thing they are hanging on to in securing their candidate.

Who is she? One of Cindy's BFF's or something??

You can't replace one woman for the other. Republican women will vote republican — that's a given. But Dem women won't fall for this.

Being a mother of 5 only qualifies you to be a mother — not to run a country. I guess experience is out the window and off the table in the debates. THANK GOD that was getting pretty old. What a FLIP FLOPPER!!

Obama, whether inexeperienced or not, was chosen by the democratic people and was voted for. Palin was picked by McSame. Bad bad choice. No Way, No How No McSame.

PEOPLE…DON'T BE FOOLED INTO THINKING MCCAIN PICKED HIS OWN VP…KARL ROVE PICKED HER..HER HUSBAND WORKS FOR BP (BIG OIL)..ONE OF MCCAIN'S BIGGEST DONORS. THIS IS A DISTRACTION PICK TO BUFFER HIM FROM A DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ISSUES.

I do not understand why people are upset with Palin not having experience, when the democrats are expecting to give us the #1 spot and he does not have experience. How someone is even considering voting for Obama is beyond me. He appears to have his OWN agenda, appears to be a dictator, and appears to think that he is better or smarter than everyone. History will definately be made IF obama is elected, but the history will be from lack of experience.

Well, Eve From NY, its quite apparent you weren't exactly going to vote on the issues now were you? You were only going to vote for McCain because a man won the Primary from (oh my gosh) a female…. lame excuse.

Talk about cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Biggest insult not only to women but to the American people as a hold.
I know the Republicans believe we are pretty stupid and easy manipulated, but please. Even my 14 year old daughter is asking me "
Daddy, why do people think that just because she is a women, all women will vote for her; or just because Mr. McCain has been around a longtime that he's a good leader? What has he really done in all that time, that we are still where we are today?" You're right dear I said, you are absolutely right!

McCain has just signed his own death warrant for the Office of the President of USA! How can he, or anybody for that matter, even remotely believe that just by putting a woman on his ticket….. he can dupe American women into believing that she can then be American women's substitute for Hilary Clinton! NOT by a mile! Sorry, it's NOT by a million miles! How irresponsible, how reckless and how very selfish can someone be to try to subject his own whole country to be risk of having a Commander in Chief who obviously is not qualified……just to try to secure his ticket to the oval office. This is McCain's biggest INSULT to the American people and to all American women!! Obama/Biden has my wholehearted support and vote100%

He met her once and she's now his VP choice? The old guy dies she is President. Does he get the fact that she has zippo experience in anything! My God, he really thinks female voters are stupid. And she's Pro-Life and anti-gay! Wow he really thinks the religious right is the total voting base of this country. I hope they get crushed in November.

I love MCcain!!!! He is the right person to run our country. Obama is by far the wrong person. I am a Demorcratic but will never ever vote for Obama. He is not ready and a liar. He is very good at painting an image for the people of America. Macain has years of experiece and will get the job done correctly. I love his pick also. He is a smart man.

I didn't know whether to faint or laugh. This proves that McCain 's judgement is terribly flawed. He is DANGEROUS! This pick is also a terrible insult to more qualified Republicans like Romney, Huckabee, or Pawlenty. At any rate I thank McCain. It's all over but the shouting for us Democrats.

to :Eve from New York" Oh puuuulease with that "we are so insulted " act. And then saying he chose Palin because of her anatomy???? What kind of sexist statement is THAT, coming from a group of women? Give me a big. big break! I'm sure he didn't choose her to attract women like you. HER ANATOMY????? What about what she has accomplished as Governor? That's one big thing I've noticed about this election. Women can definitely be as sexist towards their own sex as men can. I read it again and again when Hillary was running and now I'm reading it again. It;s a better pick than Obamas "good ol boy, Biden. I thought his was a message of change, What a joke. When are people ever gonna see that we would be better off throwing every entrenched politician out of office and replacing them all with 'Hockey Moms." Instead they keep putting back the same tired old political squatters and then wonder why nothing changes.

PALIN ROCKS!

I feel so exploited, so used…If McCain somehow wins this election and somehow dies, we are going to have HER as president? How could he put our lives at risk like this. McCain doesn't even know her! He met her once! I wouldn't even let someone babysit for my son if I only met them once, even with good references!

Why is everyone making such a big deal about the fact that this she has 5 kids??? Does this woman hasveso little real experience that they have to hightlight her proclivity for pro-creation in order to boost her credibility?

this is reckless. The old idiot is going crazy. America save your self. You have no respect in the world.

wow this says it all…. Crazy McShame

Obama/Biden 2008!!!

wow democrats whining right and left,

thats one of the reasons i am a republican,

I think this is an excellent choice. all she handles and still able to be a public servant is great. running a family seems to help her keep away from corrupt politics and remember what we need to fight for. Fifth child has down syndrome definitley shows she has her priniciples right and cares for human life.

Keep whining democrats, it keeps republicans like me remember why i am republican.

Let's not mistake one day of utter shock over John McCain's VP "pick"
as upstaging Senator Obama.

She has said she knows nothing about Iraq 'has little interest in that-she says. You think this a a good choice for a (very) possible Commander in Cheif? She doesn't care about the county or she just thinks that Bush will guide us all without question. Her son is going to Iraq and she doesn't care what is going on there. Obama is well informed about foreighn policy and so is Biden. Have you ever been to Alaska? It's where you go if you can't get a job anywhere else.

I'm a republican and this choice sucks. How can McCain go after Obama's inexperience? I mean he's 72 and she'll be a heartbeat away from the presidency!

How will she stare down Putin, how is she going to deal with Iran, when she's already said she hasn't paid any attention to it.

No, no, no, I will vote for Bob Barr instead.

John's dementia has set in!!!! As a women I am insulted.

I turned on the news, saw the two of them standing together for 10 seconds, and noted two things: (1) McCain kept glancing downward (was he monitoring her behavior or checking her out?); (2) McCain kept fiddling with his wedding ring. What does that tell us? He's not really even at ease with her himself; he's trying to re-tool himself for the 21st century, but like Barack said, he just doesn't get it. The man's unconscious.

When do we get to see a VP debate?

That's going to be like the Patriots (Biden) taking on a Pop Warner team (Palin).

Scary but also funny. People were jumping all over Obama's experience and now they are praising McCain for choosing an inexperience VP. I guarantee you if the democratic didn't have a good convention, we wouldn't be having this blog.

If Obama win, it be interesting. Cutting 95 percent taxes seems crazy but we were able to spend billions in Iraq so anything is possible. I still wished he had picked Hillary but then again maybe Hillary didn't want the VP job? Them two would had won it by a landslide.

If McCain win, I probably crack up ( I actually cracking up now because I won't be surprise if he does win, after all, Bush been re-elected, right?). Some of you said that women aren't stupid to fall for McCain's move. YOU ARE WRONG! As time goes by, many people are going to doubt Sara Plain and this is when all women start relating to her struggle. The pick was Brilliant even though we know McCain is using her.

Personally, I feel safer with Obama and Biden. But given the history of election, McCain may win a close one and if he does, we will struggle once again.

McCain fathered Sarah Palin's child and he's trying to keep her quiet by giving her a VP nomination.

I would rather have seen Mitt Romney picked as the Vice-Presidential candidate but after reading all the above comments about Gov. Palin not having enough experience, had to respond.. She's been the Governor of Alaska for almost two years, served as Mayor of Wasilla and was elected as our Governor as we all were fed up with all the corruption in our state politics.

She has done a superior job and as for being under investigation, yes, she is, since one of our "fine" troopers threatened to kill her father then the "protect their own" union reps kept him on the job. Any other person doing this same thing, would have been fired.

As for experience, she has more executive experience than Obama has had in his lifetime and instead of promising "change" of which he has no plans, Gov. Palin has already proven herself by making those changes.

People meed to wake up and stop being childish.McShame is only playing you dumb fools.lol. Its funny. Obama didn't do HRC nor did the DNC. You feel like that because you didn't get your way…You all underestimated Obama…. Vote McSDhame and your lives will be even more effected by this awful economy.Think its tough now. He wants to continue Bush's policies!!!!!!!!! Grow up!

Obama/Biden 2008! Lets take the White House and America back from the sorry Republicans Dems…. Ignorance never wins!

Maverick – One that refuses to abide by the dictates of or resists adherence to a group; a dissenter.

Why do people continue to call McCain a maverick??

McCain's mantra should be Campaign First, and NOT country first!

And to think that just when the country starts to move in the direction of equality, the REPUBLICANS continue their condescending and disrespectful politics designed to "divide and conquer". I HOPE that every self-respectable female notices that McCain's actions are pure and simply DANGEROUS, SEXIST and POLITICAL. And I think McCain is only trying to exploit her and it sickens me that she would try to exploit Hillary and Ferraro by mentioning me today.

For a party noted for attacking affirmative action, this has to be the BIGGEST contradiction. McCain is saying that Palin is the most qualified person in the Republican Party after meeting her 1 time.

1 Time! Unreal.

Harriet Miers all over again. Too little experience. Not to mention she is big supporter of Nazi sympathizer Pat Buchanan.

The reason McCain likes to know people close to him well is because then he knows he can trust them. Do you think he can fully trust Palin yet? No? Why pick someone you barely know. This pick shores up his base but at what cost? Hilary voters will be drviven away by this obvious attempt to court their vote.

I am shocked by the stupidity of John MCCAin. I am democrat but even I was not so cynical as to believe that repubs would put another dumb…a after the last 8 years. Republicans are uneducable!!!!!!!

Futher what kind of mother leaves her 5 children one with special needs and an infant to campaign 100 hours and week and oh by the way be a heart beat from ruling the world.

I think it was strictly a political move, if something ever happen to him she would be President.Think about that !!!!!!!!!!

There are going to be some stupid people who will vote for McCain even with the robot as his choice. This woman is the poster child for what not to be when you grow up. The Republicans and Obama haters will never admit this is a bad choice, but in their heart they know that it is. Her claim to fame is that she decided 4 months ago to have a baby even thought it had Downe Syndrome; so has millions of woman why does that make her special. McCain is doing what he does best playing with the minds of the stupid, and there's a lot of them out there.

Rice would have been a better selection than this. So many people want to say she is an outsider he stood up the Government, but actually she feel to the Lobbist who want to slaughter all the widelife in Alaska. She is a man in a dress.

This pick is not fully about attracting Hillary voters ( it is to an extent, and that is very cynical). But more so, it's to get the base out to actually vote for McCain. Palin is evangelical and very, very Pro Life. And if this does inspire the base, that scares me even more. That the GOP would come out in full force to put someone so unqualified, so green, in the second most powerful office in the world, and let's face it, there would be a great chance that she would step in and serve as President. This is reckless, dangerous. The more I think about it, it scares the crap out of me.

I really do think that McCain just lost the election. Elections are not decided by the base. They're decided by the majority of voters who are independents. Independents 99% of the time will choose the more sensible / safer ticket. With this choice, McCain just conceded the Safe Ticket to Obama. Thank you very much, you old, old fool.

Obama / Biden 08 and 12

This is just unbelieveable with the Republicans, McCain picking this women for his running mate for VP and hardly knows her and dont know much about the war or what is going on with this war,give me a break, I dont care if she is a governor of Alaska and I am women and believe me this is sooo off the wall,you talk about someone who has judgement , he is so far out in space and the Republicans are scared out of their wits because in the end there is need for change in this country and we will get the change with Obama. What a fool John McCain is, he blew it

McCain met her once before selecting her? That's putting "Country First"!!!

Through the primary I supported Hillary Clinton. Once it became clear that she would not be the nominee I was waiting to see who would EARN my vote. I was open to voting for a Republican for the first time. Until McCain insulted my intelligence by the chioce in his running mate. In his decision to choose Sen Biden, Barack Obama showed that he was looking to select someone who would contribute to the conversation and, just as important, someone who is more than capable to be President. McCain on the other hand has chosen the path of political expediency just to try to get elected. Does he honestly think he is fooling anyone into thinking that this was done for any other reason?

Shock and Awe. Oops they did it again. The republicans certainly are consistent in their ability to insult and alienate. As a stay at home Mom and Hillary supporter, turned Obama supporter, I am dumbfounded at McCain's choice for his VP. McCain has sent women a strong message. He really doesn't get it. Hillary was Presidential material. You can't just thumb through the phone book looking for a female to throw on your ticket to satisfy all those, "uneducated female," Hillary supporters. McCain is using this woman in the most vile way.

McCain said Obama would like to lose a war to win an election, he is willing to risk his country to win this election. When the dusts settles the craziness of this VP choice will become clear to most people. If Mccain was in the army he would be up for treason.

No her inexperience is NOT the same as Obama's Obama actively sought the job; has expressed definite views about international relations and debated Hillary for 2 years.

The fact that Sarah Palin took the job after clearly not having considered it suggests a quality in her that is dangerous. Can you imagine the 3.am call in her hands?

We now have a situation worse than W. A woman with something to prove. This is not mysogyny. Governor Palin is not ready and that John McCain chose her shows terrible judgement. Republicans, please help us, you CA NNOT support McCain

Being a mayor of a city of 9000 and less than two years as governor sure as hell does not make you qualified for VP. Ask yourself this, if something happens to my candidate can this person handle the job? This has proven to me that John McCain cannot be elected President if these are the kind of decisions he will make.

I find it funny that some people are bringing up her experience. Gee whiz folks Obama is as green as a gourd.

I guess it is much better to have a green president than a green VP. (LOL)

Hillary supporters are insulted. Boo Hoo. If Hillary is so strong why did she bow out early rather than get defeated. Also remember Obama didn't choose Hillary either. I have to admit, it was an excellent choice on both candidates part.

McCain does not care about the issues we Americans are facing today. If he did he would not have made this awful choice. Poor judgement again!!

Obama/Biden have won already. There are a lot in this country who will vote for a black man and not for a woman, white or not. And a vote for president is a vote for vp. Anything could happen, remember Regan? How close that gunshot was? And Ford? That was close too. Women are smarter than to fall for this woman for vp gimmick. Makes me even more sure McCain does not make good decisions.

Love it! Love it! Love it! Big fish from a tiny little pond – This is the equivalent of putting the family's goldfish in an ocean of sharks and barracudas.

To compare experience gleaned from one year governing Po-Dunk, Alaska to that gain on the streets of Chicago and four years in Washington, DC is quite a stretch, don't you think?

Well, the rest of us better listen to what's really going on here. This is not even a pander to women – HIllary's fans would never follow this woman. Listening to the talking heads, this is a pander to evangelicals, to which she is folklore they've been saying. They love her, and will try to turn this into a one or two social issue election. It's the Rovian way.

I am just interested to see – the evangelicals have been trying hard to re-market themselves in the past year. "Oh yeah, we care about more than abortion! We care about, uh, war? Poverty? Um, well, uh, AIDS?" I guess we will all see if all this talk has been true. I wouldn't bet on it.

I like her, she's beautiful, take a chance McCain, you can win her

ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! Obama is more of a prop, than she may seem. She runs a state, people. Don't you call that experience?

Good call John , you have gained this Democrat's vote. She has more experience than Boorack and just wanting to be VP. Maybe the Democratic Party should have listened to the real voters of there own party and put Nobama in that same spot. At least John McCain got this right . My family will vote for this team this year, thank's John

Really? How insulting to women can this get? Does the republican party really think that we will swing our votes their way just because a woman is on the ticket. Believe it or not, we do care about our country and where our country is headed! I see a man who is willing to put a "soccer mom" with NO real experience a close step to the office of President.

Let's be honest, calling yourself a Hillary supporter and voting for the opposite party just because there is a woman on the ticket seems a little counterintuitive– since Hillary endorses Barack Obama. If you want to back up Hillary DO it. And vote Democratic.

As a mother of 5 myself, This women is exhausted !!! I think McCain was so busy trying to get the Puma vote that he picked a women that he just met for one day. Thanks Puma voters for making McCain lose the election. Wait a minute was that the plan ?

I find it depressing that so-called family values voters (those people with the highest divorce rates who teach bigotry to their children) are supposed to be in love with Governor Palin, who instead of caring for her special needs infant will be busy running for and being vice president.

And it is equally depressing to think that champions of Hillary Clinton, who no doubt cared about her experience level and unique qualities as a leader despite her sex, might flock to McCain just because of the anatomy of his vice president.

Objectively, I think this may have handed Obama a good chunk of the women vote. Palin is a clueless ditz, I just saw her on a TV interview. She was asked to tell "one thing that no one knows about Sarah Palin" and she said that she didn't understand the question. Are you for real? What's she going to say when someone asks her to comment on the situation in Georgia? I don't understand the question? Sweet god you can't be serious.

Did I mention her husband is an oil man ? Seriously.

Anyone who claims that Palin is more experienced than Obama is psychotic… not to mention anyone by name… "John from Nebraska".

She will withdraw before the nomination and one of the good old boys will step in. Great show of judgment McCain, choose for cheap votes not the betterment of the country and leadership.

John you just lost, you should be able to tell by the seismic thud felt around the country.

Obama/Biden 08

I am a Democrat Woman, and I am not insulted… I am actually very happy someone is considering a woman for a position other than the missionary.

A woman far away from Washington politics… Wow, that is really Change We Can Believe in!

McCain, you old fart did great!… I will no longer be a Democrat!

Just wondering why my comments are still awaiting moderation?

I am a republican, what an absolute disgrace!
You mean this womanis supposed to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
Are there no better qualified republican women for this?
This shows poor decision making skills. I am voing for Obama

dnc was too stupid to let the voters choose the candidate and SELECTED obama. obama was too stupid to pick Hillary as his vp. Hillary was not smart enough to stand up the dnc and go Independent – SO great job McCain! Palin will knock their socks off!

This is the person that McCain wants a heartbeat from the presidency? A person who confesses to have to no interest in foreign policy, who doesn't know what the VP does, and who only met ONCE. Its an insult to women to suggest they will vote for a woman, no matter how unqualified, solely based on gender. She is ANTI-choice, ANTI-gay rights, ANTI-equal rights for equal pay, and she is the antithesis of all that Clinton stood for. Mr. McCain could have chosen a women with credentials but he chose a women who was mayor of a town the size of my high school and of a state with more moose than people. Shame on anyone who puts this person in a position where she could step into a war that she s not even interested in. Women are capable of voting policy and not pony tails. OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Not surprising. McCain is looking for a First Lady not a
VP

Palin is the least qualified and inexperienced running mate in the history of the office, having served a total of 20 months in office, and none on the national level.

Thank you, Senator Mccain, for making it that much more easier for Obama/Biden '08 to become a reality. I am now breathing easier.

I think this woman needs to go to the vet . She's scarey

John McCain Is insulting! Does he acually think I will support Sarah Pladin because she is a woman? Gender has never been as issue. He is an insult to me as well as the the percentage of 18 Million "Hillary Supporters" that may be women. and support her values and beliefs. I will continue to support Barrak Obama and and those of the democratic system. Sarah is not a placibo for Hillary.
Go Barack!

This is ridiculous. As a woman, I am insulted. Who does John McCain think of the women of this country are??? Does he think us so foolish as to vote for anyone simply because she is a woman????? This makes me sick.

If John McCain wins the election (GOD FORBID) I will leave this country!!!!!

This is an insult to EVERYONE!!! It is clear that the McCain only wants the photo ops of her family to gain emotional votes. It is sad and can any one truly say she is ready to be President. She is not. This is sad, sad, sad, sad.

3rd party this year. all the way.

how come this is a 2 party system with everyone else?

just dumb.

Hillary supporters, this same woman said that Hillary was a whiner during the primaries. You don't love Hillary as much as I do. I am going to vote Obama to make sure this woman never sees the executive office. I also believe that some of the Hillary supporters just simply are not going to vote for Obama for whatever reason…By the way, Hillary is going to mop the floor with this woman.

Wello my friends i really steped in it,
i thought i was folling the american people like my party has for the last eight years,by picking palin, oh well MCcain and whoever in,

"2012″

Talked to her ONCE? It must have gone like this:

"I'm John McCain. If you're a woman, you're thoroughly qualified to be Vice President. If I croak, just call KKKarl Rove for further instructions"

Meanwhile, R-money, LIEberman, and Pawlenty were used as pawns in his little game.

What a dirtbag……..

Barack Obama was absolutely right when he said that it is not the length of experience but rather the quality of experience that mattered. Gov. Palin had only been in office for 18 months and yet she already made a diiference in her state, more than what what you could say of Barack Obama in his 2 years in Senate. She has a track record that she can deliver on her promises, unlike Obama who is gifted w/ rhetoric but no track record that he can deliver, and yet he is the top of the ticket of the democratic party. The democratic party is attacking her for lack of experience and questioned whether she would be ready to fill the office of presidency. The last time I heard , we vote for a candidate who would be ready to be President, not whether the candidate for Vice Pres. is ready to fill in case something would happen to the Pres. I hope the Democratic Party is not anticipating that scenario because their Vice Pres candidate is surely has more experience and is more qualified than their Pres. candidate. In conclusion, maybe the democratic party will now at last understand why many of the democrats will not support the current ticket exactly for that reason, we are not confident that the democratic pres. candidate is ready to lead and has the track record that he can deliver, therefore we will vote for John McCain.

yeeee haaaaaaa

the governer from montana should be having a field day.

This is an insult to Geraldine Ferrraro and Hillary Clinton. Sarah Palin shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath with either of these women. She has no foreign policy experience and this would be laughable if it weren't coming from the GOP that brought you Dan Quayle.

Desperation has gotten the best of McCain

Excellent choice!! This team wins hands down compared to the candidates for what used to be the dem. party.

This election is not about Hillary, Obama, McCain or Palin. This is about America. The fact that Hillary supporters would selfishly hand over this election to McCain because Hillary lost the Democratic nomination is insane. Shame on you for being so selfish and short-sighted. If America has to endure four more years of Bush-like policies because you handed the White House over to McCain, you'll have no one to blame but yourselves.

If Obama had lost the Democratic nomination and his supporters had the same attitude, Hillary supporters would be outraged! Some of you seem to be so caught up in having a first woman or African-American in the White House that you've lost sight of what the real issues are.

Put America first. Vote for the person who can best lead our nation, regardless of gender or race.

If Mccain thought this one was going to work. He is waiting for a rude awaking. We don't need a beauty queen, we needed a higher candle than biden.

I am amazed how much sexism is prevalent in the Democratic Party. I have left the party because of the sexism inherent in today's Democrats.

It appears that the Republican Party is the more progressive of the two parties.

I CAN SEE ALL THE YOUNG MEN VOTERS NOW, AN A GOOD NUMBER OF CLINTON VOTERS ON ELECTION DAY WHO THEY WILL PICK!!!!!!!!!!! YES A CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN! THE FIRST WOMAN VP ON THE GOP SIDE!!!!!! YOU KNOW OBAMA WISH HE WOULD HAVE PICK THAT GIRL WHATS HER NAME?????
VOTING FOR MCCAIN TO KEEP AMERICA WITH THE SAME. NO GAYS IN THIS ELECTION LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY!!!!!!

McCain reacts to Obam's historic speech by tapping an unknown to be his VP. Once again he fails by showing poor temperment and judgment.
Country first? Once again McCain puts politics first by pulling this gimmick and completely ignoring his age and health by putting this unknown a "hearbeat" away from the presidency. He is so desperate that he is now downright reckless.

It also amazes me how literally overnight little experience means nothing. I also heard she is a hunter. Maybe she should take Cheney moose hunting with her to find out who is the better shot.

As a former Dem for Hillary, I AGREE!

I thought Mcain is the one who said there is not time to learn in office for this important executive positions! Where is the pin Mcain? I guess patriotism is relative sic. Republicans want to win at all cost and if you not politically litrate you will not see that this was meant to throw dust in Hillary supporters eyes, duping them to vote for him. Mcain under estimated the thinking power of women and ability to see through the dust.

Regardless of your views, we all need to celebrate that significant history will be made this November–we will either have a lady VP or a true African-American president. And we as a nation will make that choice with complete freedom to do so. That is truly what our country is about.

That said, Senator McCain shows that he is a bold leader not afraid to take prudent risks, and to bring individuals with differing views to his team to make the best decisions for this country. That is the kind of leadership we need–and that will be a change from the secretive, insiders network of the last 8 years.

The first thing that came to mind when I saw McCain introduce her was “ WHAT A GREAT IMPROVEMENT” from Dick Cheney. When the yak yak started that she has limited experience my first thought was “GOOD”. This lady is intelligent! When she gets facts on any subject, she is capable of becoming knowledgeable about it. Knowledge can come from experience and it can come from studying it also. It you can only learn from experience then close all schools and collages. For eight years the folks in the White House lacked this simple ability. Could this lady be capable of being President? You are darn right, and she can be a great President.

Henry Ford once sued a newspaper that called him stupid. When he testified at the trial he conceded he did not know everything, and then he told the Judge that he had people working for him that in a matter of a few minutes could find him anything he would ever need to know.
The POTUS can “if anyone can” get any information to decide any decision necessary.

I have learned to respect the ability women have to do most anything when it is something they want to do. So please stop insulting this lady for political reasons. If you don’t trust her, vote against her, but ENOUGH of the insults.

You know guys, I'm gonna be honest. That Senator McCain's pick, that literally turned me not to care about this election. I was feeling like how I was feeling when I didn't pay attention at this race from the beginning. I don't care, I don't care about what happens next, I don't care about Palin and to be honest, it seems like I don't care about the Dems(like if I have anyway). It literally brought me down, it literally did…

I'm gonna try not to care about what's going on. To be honest, I think I'm just do what I do best and that's take people's money, LOL!! Plus, my boy doesn't need me, he has God already helping him…

GOP……all I wanna say that one day I believed in you guys a very, very long time ago. You guys represented virtue, honor and respect. Since day one I listened to what you said and I cared about what you did. To me, the war was special. It was special because it brought a new way to help the world. It brought service, gratitude, support and most importantly, respect. I truly believed in that just like how I believe you guys since day one. I learned from the world that they need us, I learned from the world that we are not alone and I learned from the world that our neighbors are important. I believed in that and now, I have all the evidence I need. This is not your fault GOP because the ghosts of the party will appear before your eyes…

God has a plan for me and guess what? Is already shown…I am so proud of myself.

Later guys!! I'm just gonna do what I do best now and that's get with my other mission. I'm finish with this one…

Note: Keep this guys, you'll thank me…

Well, this now at least has to end the debate over experience doesn't it? I mean come on, McCain's campaign team can in no way now continue the barrage against Obama for a supposed lack of experience. Palin has one term as governor of Alaska, true, but really how much more is that worth? Very little. So lets get to the heart of the real debates. Throw the pointless scare tactic of "Experience" out the window.
To top it off, as a woman, I feel a bit insulted. I truly hope Palin wasn't asked to take on such an important office simply to seduce the women of this country. I hope it was for much better reasons. And as a citizen of the state where Palin was born and went to college (Idaho), I hope it wasn't just to pull in Western voters. I hope it was for much better reasons. Let's get this campaign going on the issues that are vital to our country and our people. Because as a single woman, I struggle on a day to day basis to meet expenses and bills without the benefit of tax breaks for families and an additional woman. Because as a teacher in the state of Idaho, I have a salary that is far below what it should be. I am lucky if by the end of the month, I have $2.00 left in my pocket. And as a person who lives with an incurable immune disorder disease, I don;t even dream about getting to see a doctor to have it monitored, since my $1500 medical deductible is practically like having no insurance at all. So, drop the experience card McCain. Stand by your choice instead of your hypocritical scare tactic, and get to the point.

Thank you Jen of Gainesville…you said it all…

'He can gamble with his life or his party. But we do not want him to gamble with our country.'

Hmmm… McCain's first wife… a swimwear model. McCain's second wife…a rich cheerleader, and his Vice President… a pageant queen. We can only guess who will be in his administration… Miss America? The Cowboy's cheerleading squad? Whoever happens to be on the front cover of the next Sports Illustrated Swimwear issue? Mr. McCain, you are a joke!

I can proudly say that I have traveled to more countries that the GOP V.P nominee…woohoooo… I know geography, I speak 4 languages and I have never been to DC, Can I get the secretary of state job under Mclame? oops, I forgot, neither I nor my wife work for an oil company or are cronies, I guess I will not get it.

People are so concerned with McCains' choice for VP and the alleged lack of experience Gov. Palin has in the political arena. What about Obama……Say 145 day in Congress? Is this the experience we want in a Commander-in-Chief; never serving in the military? The President-elect has a great big mess to deal with from the current state of affairs surrounding the military and other issues on the home front. It is unfortunate that each President spends the first four years cleaning up the mess from the prior individual who held the office; if there lucky, they get to spend another four years getting things rolling to leave it for the next person.

Mc Cain is got to be out of his mind. she is younger than Mc cain's daughter and has no experience.i like both Mc cain and Obama and was undecided. Now i am goin to vote for Obama. there is no way i am goin to let baby popping Palin be president of the USA. She does not have what it takes to be president

McSane in making this decision proves to the world he would be worst than and STUPIDER than BUSH. God! I can't wait till the WEIGHT OF THIS STUPID GOVERNMENT IS LIFTED OFF MY SHOULDER AND AMERICAN BY OBAMA/BIDEN

I think the pictures with Biden on Obama's MySpace page read like a fortune cookie…"Our Moment is Now"…thank God they got pictures of their moment. Did their slogan masters not bother to hit Webster's up on the meaning of the word Moment; "1 a: a minute portion or point of time : instant b: a comparatively brief period of time2 a: present time <at the moment she is working on a novel"

What does it say about McCain's judgment that he chose someone to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency based on ONE face to face meeting?

Watch the face of the woman behind McCain as he made the announcement of his choice for his VP running mate. The woman had no idea of the name that was coming, and looked severely worried and had no idea where McCain was going until he said "Sarah Palin". That die-hard Republican would have had the same reaction if he had chosen some stranger on the corner, and to many Americans and most of the world, that's just what he did. Politics in action.

You republicans that are pretending to be Hillary supporters are not fooling ANYONE!! If you love Hillary, you love her because of the issues that she stands for. If you supported Hillary just because she was a woman, than you weren't really a supporter. Sarah Palin has no experience, stands for the reverse of what Hillary does, and has only met John McCain once? You are calling the American women of this country stupid. We know better. Change is on the way and it DOESN'T include Sarah Palin and John McCain.

Wake up people!

I had the wierdest dream last night…. John McCain got himself one of those mail order Polynesian brides….. whew! Thank goodness that was just a bad dream!

I'm not laughing with Senator McCain… I'm laughing AT him!

I sure hope women don't fall for this clear political stunt. In fact, it seems it is an insult to women's intelligence to think they will vote for a woman because she is a woman and not vote based on the issues.

I hope women understand that this woman wants to completely outlaw abortion rights for women including pregnancies by rape. She is a radical pro-life activist.

This is a joke by John McCain, the one who claims to put country first. With his age he is the highest risk presidential canidate to have health problems which means his VP is very likely have to step in to be President if he wins.

While Palin may be an attractive lady she is a sports journalist who has only been involved in small town politics and only served the small population of Alaska for 1.5 years.

Charlotte, The bigger insult is the way Hillary was treated by the party that she and her husband built. If you are looking for insults against women, take a look at the 2008 Democratic Primary race. Hil won 9 out of the last 14 primaries but was asked (forced) to conceed to OB. As a feminist, I am no longer a die hard Dem, but open to other scenarios.

I wonder if Sean Hannity and Karl Rove were sitting members of his
advisory board?

McShame have been shotting at the hip this whole campaign. He makes important decision with little thought to it. He was quick to run his month reagarding Russia now after two meeting her two times and selected her come on. I am a secretary and I was interview more time for my position then she what a bad judgement . He made this decision all out of getting in the spotlight. He love being in the spotlight and he will have this country fighting one war after another. He have is no marverick. He is a old fool. He just don't get it.

HaHaHa!! McCAIN THINKS YOU WOMEN ARE SIMPLE-MINDED. HE BELIEVES YOU WOMEN WILL "GO FETCH" HIM A VOTE IF HE CHOOSES THIS LADY. McSAME WILL LET HER TALK AND THINK ALL SHE WANTS UNTIL HE HITS OFFICE. THEN YOU WILL HARDLY HER A PEEP OUT OF HER AND IT'S BACK TO THE STONE AGES FOR YOU WOMEN. DON'T LET THIS MAN FOOL YOU. THIS PAULIN LADY SAID "WHAT EXACTLY DOES A VP DO EVERYDAY". WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!! McCAIN ONLY MET THE LADY ONCE. IF THIS ISN'T A SCAM TO GET HIM VOTES THEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS. THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE "NEXT COMMANDER AND CHIEF"!! McSAME IS TRYING TO PREY ON THE SIMPLE-MINDED SO THAT YOU CAN LET HIM SREW-UP YOUR LIVES FOR AN ADDITIONAL FOUR YEARS. OH YEAH!!! FOR 19 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN HEARING "WE DON'T KNOW OBAMA". WILL I HEAR THE SAME ABOUT THIS LADY NO ONE KNOWS BUT THE ALASKIANS? SHE BEING USED…AND IT'S SAD THAT IT COULD BE A WOMEN THAT HELPS TAKE YOU BACK TO THE 20′S (FOR WOMEN). I WONDER IF SHE EVEN KNOWS THAT McCAIN DOESN'T SUPPORT WOMEN'S RIGHTS??

People, this just goes to show that McCain is completely out of his wig!!!!! For PUMA and any other simple minded voter (whether your male or female), this bud's for you!!!!!! LOLOLOL
Oh my goodness, I can't hold the laughter in, WHAT A NUTCASE!!!!!!

LOLOLOL

This was obviously not a decision reflecting "America First." This was a decision generated from a desparate self serving agenda.

I am shocked that no one else has picked up on this. Palin has a young baby–less than a year old that has Down Syndrome and the woman is more worried about her career than caring for a child that very obviously needs his mother??? She is totally disregarding the special needs of her child. How will she fulfill the demands of travel and the needs of her children? Something will go neglected. And please, I am a feminist, mother of 3, one of which had cancer and necessitated me prioritizing my child over my career while we stabilized him and completed chemo. If a woman decides to have children, they are also committing to meeting their needs irregardless of what they actually turn out to be.

Wow, Folks,
Is this the man whose hands we are going to put the future of AMERICA to?
A 73 year old man, who needs a young woman around him chosen by "loved at the first glance" to boost his job up?
He does not even know what he can expect from this woman!!!
They will need to work very close days by days, solving huge problems of the World, and of Amercia, and be ready for each other any day or night!
What will happen to the country if he wakes up from this delirium?

What if it comes out that they CAN NOT WORK TOGETHER?
The World, including America is in a huge danger of Natural catastropes, Climate Changing, Energy Crisis, Financial depth, Terrorism, etc.
Can we afford a "love at the first glance" in this circumstansis for our leadres?

Well, these are all happening because of the big mistake of the Democratic Party not choose Hillary Clinton, who has already been approved what the country would be, if she would be…..
She was preparing for this job for 8 years, and was working through the primary wonderfully…….Well, SHE would be the real choice for the country!
But it is already done, and we all accepted Obama.

But please, Don't let this OLD MAN to destroy the dream what Obama set into our mind , the hope, what we are trusting in…

McCain is an absolutely bad choice! He just proved this with his OLd Male-type mistake today!

This is the typical "old man and the young Lady story"! America! Where are you going!
If we are giving power to an old guy who is showing that he is making the Male-like mistake who needs a presence of young lady around them to refreshing their life!
Wow, please don't let him lead us, our wondeful country to the final diasaster. (It is enough for us to cope with the Natural disasters, we don't need to add more to these by a bad choice!)

Please America, wake up!

Wow, it didn't take long for the dirt to come out. Palin is under 2 ethics investigations for abusing her power to get a state trooper fired who was involved in a bitter custody dispute with her sister. Holy cow, how did the vetting miss this. I guess John shouldn't have chosen someone he only met once. I guess her reputation of a fighter of corruption is gonna take a hit on that. Strike one. No foreign policy experience. Strike Two. A right to lifer trying to court Hillary's Pro-Choice Base? Strike Three. Your're out Palin. Seriously, McCain should have chosen Mitt, at least he could have delivered an important state to the electoral total.

To Charlotte, NC: I couldn't agree more. It was an attempt at a clever ploy and will end the same way it started. BUST! Phalin is no Hillary, never was, and never will be. When will men stop trying to exploit women for their own enrichment?

The justification was just too obvious. Insulting, actually. That poor baby boy – I feel horrible that the GOP would use a loving family to crusade against Roe v. Wade.

Are we sure Karl Rove wasn't part of this?

i am flabergasted that this woman was nominated i am astonished that the united states is playing this game it is disgusting> the republicans should be ashamed for themselves for being even more ignorant than ever>
mccain is a dinosaur and now< simply because he wants to out do the wonder of obama
good luck getting internation respect after this choice

god forbid mccain is elected

Unreal! When McCain introduced her, he had to look down at the paper to read her name. No way, no how, no McPalin!

Obama-Biden '08

How many words can you get out of: OBAMABIDEN

The truth about Sara Paline

In 2006, get this, she was for the Bridge to no where. But today she said she was against.

Against Polar bears on the endangered species list

Believes that there is no such thing as global warming

Is strongly prolife

Called Hillary "a whiner"

I just wanted to let you know that I watched your coverage of the VP announcement by John McCain today. After listening to the commentaries, I have decided to upgrade my satellite programming to include FOX News. I have resisted paying the extra money for over 5 years, however, it will now be worth the price.
A few of your commentors were so unobjective, and blasted such spin (ex. Hillary Rosen and some other dude), to brainwash people into believing that John McCain made the biggest mistake of his life. In acutally, that was a brilliant choice. As for the argument of being a "heartbeat away," we are all a heartbeat away. Remember Sinatra's song "I did it my way." Go John.
Goodbye fellas.

Hey, I was a soccer mom, can I be VP?

I am at a loss for words on this one. And when I read comments who support McCain's VP choice knowing he met her once….this is just to scary for words and it truly makes me sick. That kind of stressful sick to my stomach sick. Who is she??? If Mr. 72 were to God forbid, die, she would be PRESIDENT PEOPLE!!!! WAKE UP!!! Before you pledge your dying love for this match made in hell, please find out who the heck she is first please. And we know why he picked her, the day after Biden was picked he calls her. For one reason only and we all know it. This stupid old man is playing politics with OUR LIVES!!! I hate this man. He doesn't get it, how stupid does he think us women are and I do hope all you women out there will THINK!!! THINK!!! Were you behind Hillary for her or just because she was a woman? Big difference I might add, if you were behind her just for the sake of her being a woman only, shame on all of you with that thought process. And for all of you who will vote for McCain because Obama didn't pick her, again, shame on you. For the entire time they were both campaining they both were so alike they had to make sure and to fight for something that made them different. So please stop the petty bull….So some of you say that you would rather McCain run this country because Obama didn't pick Hillary as his VP. So your going to vote for McCain. It's as if your cutting your nose to spite your face. Such absolute disregard for this country over your mindless reason that a "woman" is not in the Dem's picture, please look in the mirror and ask yourself why you really wanted Hillary.

And anyone who would vote for a woman just for the sake of having a woman president in your lifetime is a very narrow minded, selfish reason if you ask me. Scary, so very scary. I wanted Hillary to win also because of who she is, what she has done and in my heart, I believe she would have made a great president. But she didn't win, and I'll vote of Obama. McCain, his charity stealing wife and this whoever she is….. I have to go, I'm getting sick.

Obama and Biden will confer as equals. McCain will need to tutor Palin. She is a promising young woman, but totally unable to take the reins of the Presidency if needed.

This election, Palin even could not dream the dreams that Hillary gave to those who made the 18M cracks. Only the future Republican primaries will tell whether her party deems her worth that dream or not.

Republicans, please don’t play gender or race card; public is much smarter than you think.

McCain should save his 28th August aid for November. He will need it then, when the Historic journey that Obama started by accepting Democratic nomination becomes a milestone in the History of American Presidency.

I'm anxious to hear what David Gergan has to say regarding Palin.

I don't care that Palin has a special-needs child just like how I don't care that McCain was a POW or that Biden lost his wife and child in a car crash or how Obama's father was completely absent.

What I care about is that my body is not up for negotiation, I demand that my pay be equal, and more importantly, I demand that every single American have the same exact rights that I do. And for McCain to think that because I have a vagina I'm going to think that his old, mysoginistic ask picked a woman that I will vote for him? He's got another thing coming.

I was a Hillary supporter not because of her genetalia, but because of her policies. Policies that are closely linked to Obama's. So why would I ever, even for a fleeting moment, consider voting for John McCain and Sarah Palin? He voted against equal pay, and against the domestic violence act (penned by Joe Biden). So why, why would I find his choice anything other than a gross misjudgment and slap in the face of the American people, especially women. A woman with no policies or bad policies is no better, and in my opinion, much worse than a man with okay policies.

We need to ask all of the seniors and Beauty Queens to sign up to be the President of the United States of America. My mom has her BA Degree, she 69 years old, very beautiful and she is an African American McCain could have gotten two for one.

You can read the desperation in the Republican bloggers (attempting to hide under a "Hillary supporter" disguise) words. You can see Republican pundits doing backflips–saying ANYTHING they can think of–to bring some pseudo sanity to this most insane choice. I am worried about Mr. McCain. His judgment is terrible…couldn't be worse. He is not concerned with the U.S.; he has made that very clear today. Frighteningly clear. Obama is SUCH a safe choice compared to these two clueless dimwits.

It's 3AM, the telephone rings. The President has become incapacitated and the VP needs to step in to run the country.

Who do you want that VP to be?

McCain must have a VERY LOW OPINION OF WOMEN to have totally ignored many, many women that are much more qualified and would have the ability to represent women's issues much more.

I have another problem with her. I am a full-time mother of 2 — and they don't get near enough time from me. With 5 children, one a baby with downs syndrome, working surely more than 40 hours a week outside of the home, with her husband also doing the same, how is she actually raising her children herself? If she gets the vp job, she will be working, what 60-70 hours a week??? What percentage of attention could she give the vp job with that many children, many of them younger???? I just don't think it's possible to give with that many children while giving them the attention they deserve, just speaking from my experence and all the mother's experiences that I've also seen.

Palin has the same amount of foreign policy experience as the rest of us. Yet some feel this is a great choice. That means they think I'm partially qualified for the VP position. HEY MCCAIN I'M TALL, SEXY, AND A FORMER BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNER. Drop Palin and come get some. — curvacious one

Typical. I'll bet you're 300 pounds if you're 100. You should try to become vice president some day. Oh, I forgot, Bill can't run again. Shucks.

If the McCain party is working on the angle of these depends on the top of the ticket, then that tells me he doesnt care who his vp is and he asked a mother with a new baby who has down sindrum. what a selfish move cuz he doesnt care for her life or her baby's life, and i cant believe she said yes, where are her thoughts at? Joe Biden almost quit before he even started in the senate, i have a cousin who is "speical" my aunt quit her job and my uncle works 2 jobs to keep them all together. Gov. Palin i ask god to pray for you and your family because you have just been thrown into the biggest fire ever, Sen.
McCain your SELFISH!!!!!!

Are those pictures of her posing nude in the 80's real?

McCain's VP pick is astonishing. This is the person who is qualified to be one heartbeat away from the presidency? In her speech today, she mentioned her husband's snowmobiling, her PTA and city council experience? This is so transparent, McCain doesn't know Sarah Palin, he has met with her once – this is outrageous. The country is in serious trouble – the economy, the United States is at war. Unbelievable that the Republican Party could praise this VP choice.

Its an absolute insult to Hillary supporters everywhere. I started out and have always been an Obama supporter but Sarah Palin comparing herself to Sen. Clinton is just absurd. Who is she? Her introduction to the people of America sounded like a dating profile gone terribly wrong. "She enjoys hunting, fishing, and moose stew." Really people? Our next VP is going to be a trigger happy moose stew lover?! The only similarity between Sen. Clinton and Sarah Palin is that they both are women. The similarities end there.

KNOCK KNOCK … WHO IS THERE? . . . SARAH, SARAH PALIN … WHO? NO REALLY, WHO IS THERE?

She wasn't picked because she's a woman…. she was picked because she has influence to push drilling in Alaska. The gender angle is a smoke screen.

WAKE UP PEOPLE!

@*!%#

If McCain ever gets elected as president and has health problems, this young person with little experience and of not-much-we-know-about (character, temperament, judgement, and policy stance), except for some scandal with his ex-brother-in-law.

McCain might be comfortable with someone like Sarah who won't challenge him; McCain can't stand Mitt or anyone else who may look better than him.

He met this person once, 6 months ago. He doesn't even know what this person is like; but no matter, she won't be challenging him, busying learning what VP is about.

We can't elect McCain. This VP selection (process and result) alone shows how irractic, scary, and dangerous he is.

If gender and race didn't exist, would you PUMA's as you call yourselves really be voting for McCain/Palin over Obama/Biden? You know, if it was all about the issues?

What about if the Democrats had the Female VP, and Republicans had the Black Presidential Nominee? What I'm getting at here is that if interchanging race and gender would have somehow made a difference in how you'd vote, you my friend should not be allowed to vote.

What is disturbing to me, is that he obviously picked her because he thought she would help him win, not run the country. All she is being used for is the election.

Have to love all these GOP bloggers, more than likely sitting in some dingy campaign room, claiming to be Hillary Democrats – I don't think so LOL! Hillary supporters are not some blind sheep that will simply vote for any woman! I couldn't believe the outrage among women today at work – have to hand it to McCain – he sure knows how to anger many, many women all at once! Now that's talent!
Aside from all of this – this is a very dangerous choice – she comes no where close to Obama's experience AND education! Obama is a Constitutional Scholar – he UNDERSTANDS our governance framework – he has a Juris Doctorate from Harvard! Mrs. Palin has an undergraduate degree from Idaho in Journalism – hmmmm

As a Hillary Clinton delegate, I think it is a great choice. I am
proud that McCain had the good sense to do what Obama was too
arrogant to do, pick a woman! If Obama would have listened to the
majority of democrats, and picked Hillary Clinton, he would have had
my vote. He effectively said I don't care about the 18 million people
who voted for Hillary Clinton, I don't want and don't need your vote.
Okay then, he lost millions of his own party. Now that he made an
incredibily stupid choice due to his own pride, he has to pay the
price. McCain is the one asking for our votes and addressing us,
instead of the Obama campaign simply demanding we get on board like
good little dems. Well note to you Obama, you had your chance, you
blew it, and women will not simply go to the back of the party and
keep our mouths shut.MCCAIN IS LOOKING BETTER AND BETTER EVERYDAY.

Both McCain and Palin should withdraw their names from consideration as Republican nominees; McCain is clearly a nut; Palin is clearly naive and in way over her head; she should have removed herself from consideration. This wrecks any chance McCain had of being seriously considered by thoughtful people. This nomination shows McCain to be more style than substance, more interested in doing what he's done all his life–stick his tongue out at authority–than being a mature adult. This is a sickeningly bad selection.

Everyone keeps talking about how Barack Obama has no foreign policy experience. What experience did Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have? Both came from governorships. Both were good presidents.

This is an insult to women and it shows that even in our society today, we often confuse progress with slander. Women are still used as props and by default we allow it. I cannot believe that Palin is allowing McCain to advertise her and her children to represent his mischievous politics. — Charlotte, NC

Here's another one. When did being vice president change from being an honor to an insult? When Hillary lost? Slander? My dear, get out your dictionary. Women are still used as props? Is Hillary a prop? Is she a prop for Bill Clinton? Would she have been a prop for Obama? I guess so. Strong, intelligent women know better. Unlike most of you who are ranting and raving here, jumping to the fastest conclusion you can, not strong enough or courageous enough to think it through before you speak.

My admiration for his supposed integrity has really eroded over the years. Ever since his insincere support for the Bush candidacy after being being 'Rove-icised" into the ground and now this insult to women! As though ANY woman could be a substitute for Clinton.
I suppose he would have picked Condi Rice for VP if Clinton had gotten the nomination to appease the Obama supporters.
How do you spell O-B-V-I-O-U-S ?

Hey,

Now that Obama has blown his nose "self admitted" it seems I think he close to being out of bullets.

Please do not forget the U.S. Constitution, and favor one candidate by unfair sensorship of the comments submitted.

Ron

I think he has lost his mind !!!!!!!
Who with any thought would allow this woman to be our vp and quite possible the President……..
Obama has just got my vote
Obama08

I almost feel sorry for the Republicans. They have to bite their lip and smile and act like they are happy about this choice.

They can take a small pleasure in taking the spotlight off Barack Obamas speech…but what they have to deal with, is the the next 60 days of hearing her speak.

We know and they know…she is not qualified to answer the 3 am call!!!

With this type of judgment, Now we can perhaps rationalize how and why Senator McCain became a prisoner of war.

John McCain Is insulting! Does he acually think I will support Sarah Pladin because she is a woman? Gender has never been as issue. He is an insult to me as well as the the percentage of 18 Million "Hillary Supporters" that may be women. and support her values and beliefs. I will continue to support Barrak Obama and and those of the democratic system. Sarah is not a plecibo for Hillary.
Go Barack!

All women should be truly insulted by this travesty. What idiotic member of the McCain campaign thought this was a good idea??!! Do these jerks actually believe women are so naive and stupid to vote for McCain simply because he decided to put a woman on his ticket!? Unbelievable!!! Wake up America….these Republicans are getting so desperate that they are finally beginning to show how they truy feel about women. We're just a means to an end for them and they are so incredibly stupid to think that we are so incredibly stupid that we would fall for this crap!!! Take note women of America…..DON'T FALL FOR THIS GARBAGE!!! And Gov. Palin should be ashamed for allowing herself to be used this way.

Vote Obama/Biden who respect and admire the women in their lives for the people they are not for what they can do for them.

As I watched the report on McCain's decision for VP I as a women did not get the feeling like, hey a women I am so happy no not at all i thought of this as a strategic move and
i feel sorry for this women who is being used her and her children will be used and it is sad that some of my fellow americans will vote for this reason, when will we finally end the reign of hell we have been in for eight years , exoerience, we must think of the people and that is what Obama /Biden care for. not the trumped up speeches that the republican make by beibg blind to the eight years we have suffered as a diminishing power. my vote will count as a women with children in need of change for the future and that will be Obama

bad move McCain bad and sad that you would use this women I am a strong Hillary supporter and I will follow her cause

Cindy McCain ought to be worried. John has already demonstrated that he'll dump his wife when someone better comes along, and Palin definitely looks like an upgrade.

Let's face it; John McCain picked this woman because she is hot…

She 44 and has a 4 month old baby? Is that her baby or her daughter's? This is just weird.

Eight years ago I campaigned for John McCain. Almost from the beginning (here in NH), the Republican Party made it clear that they wanted Bush. It really didn't matter how many votes McCain got. I saw the same thing happen with Obama and Clinton. No party determines who I vote for, and no media tells me what to think.

The things I have always admired about McCain are his refusal to let anyone tell him how to think or how to vote. This week I met a former army major from PA who was in Iraq for more than a year. He says we are making a difference there every single day and that the Iraqi people invited him in for tea every time they saw him. But that story is never on the news. When McCain said we were making a difference and should let Petraeus get the job done, both parties blasted him.

McCain wanted to use the surplus from the Clinton era to shore up social security. It didn't happen. How does social security look now?

There are many examples, but the point is that McCain can be something of a maverick. I like mavericks. Picking Governor Palin was a reinforcement for me of the person that I believe in. She is a governor and governors historically outperform Senators or Representatives in presidential polls. She is from Alaska, which gets no national attention (and they probably appreciate that most of the time). She is young and energetic. She is a union member. Yes, do take note of that-a Republican union member.

And now for the woman thing. Top Democrats didn't want Hillary in Obama's camp because of the "Bill Factor". Is there anything more sexist than that? Is anyone concerned that Biden's wife might actually have an identity, a history, a point of view? Of course not. Wives stay in the background. Women who are true Democrats won't vote for McCain because of his pick, but independent women just might, especially if they were already leaning that way. And anyone disgusted with both parties can vote an alternative-yeah, they do exist.

He only met her once? You got to be kidding me. Could this be McCain's Monica?

Get a grip all you Campbell Brown bashers! I'm tired of everyone bashing the media. I don't always agree with a lot of them all of the time but they're doing their job and as long as they're not being totally biased, cut them some slack. How many of us do you think could sit back and be totally unbiased?

never thought i'd ever question the sanity of someone running for the white house.

Cindy must be getting old..bring in the NEW Mrs John McCain

Eve – from NY. I know you live in the Dem. bubble, BUT trust me when I tell you this is real. Call me a fool but, as a die hard feminist and Democrat since I was old enoough to vote, i will vote for McCain this time around. I have never been so disappointed in my Party, the Democratic Party, then I have been this year. Call me a PUMA, but I will happily endorse MacCain this time around. F Obama and all the far Left pundits who have taken over our Party.

As a woman, I find it insulting that the Republicans feel that Clinton supporters will just "make more cracks" in the ceiling because they are running with a woman candidate. Clinton supporters supported her because she was an experienced leader with new ideas, not simply because she is a woman.

McCain is senile. This is a political gimmick and shows how desperate he is ! Not only is McCain desperate, he is very dangerous. His vice president selection not only show extreme lack of judgment, but it also ties McCain even closer in similarity with Bush. They both will put our country at risk to settle a score or in McCain's case, to win this election. As a communication specialist, I viewed the video several times of Ms.Palin's debut. McCain's expressions, body language, and the twisting of his ring on his finger, indicates that he's very uneasy and unprepared for Ms. Palin's remarks. McCain has clearly shown his true colors. He will do anything, at anytime, to win this election. This women clearly is not presidential material. Just listen intently to how she speaks. You can also tell that the level of excitement by the audience is staged. You hear one man constantly screaming no matter what Ms. Palin is saying. The audience is clapping frantically at every word that is uttered from this women's mouth. McCain is far from being a maverick, but he has proven to be a desperate, dangerous, idiot!!!

So – better to have the president of the united states have no credentials, and a a career politician as vice president. Than – a career politician as president, an a vice president with no credentials.

This proves what the Republicans have always said – you just can't trust what McCain will do.
A few points:
If Palin is such a conservative, family values woman, why isn't she at home taking care of her husband and 5 kids including a 5 month old with Down's syndrome?
If she is so great, why does her husband, a BP employee, inappropriately sit in on meetings that should be private?

Now McCain, Cindy, and Sarah can have a threesome.

Oh pul-ease….I never wanted Hillary but to compare this woman's
biography to hers, is an insult…..It isn't just any woman will do Mc cain….Its pathetic….to think feminist only want any woman you can drag from the evangelical closets.

Obama!

Wow is this crazy or what well I'm not voting for her I've always supported Obama and I'm sorry her beliefs are straight bonkers not going to change how I feel because she is a woman. I think she should govern her state of Alaska and take care of her family. I have an child with Downs and it's a great responsible and I love my daughter regradless of her challenges and continue to support her. Personally I think this is a slap in the face to us women. McCain doesn't have a clue like Obama said last night he doesn't get it. What a insult and very disrespectful !!!!

Who's going to watch the kids? Do we really want this nasal know-nothing to be president if McPain croaks?

Governor Sarah Palin Vice President.., one heart beat from the Presidency of the United States. Are you kidding ! The Russian's are laughing.. What's that guy's name again.., Barack.., Barack Obama ? I am for the first time in my life.., looking at a Democratic. John.., what is your age and health ? A little concerned..

Pros:
Woman, 5 kids, hockey mom, runner-up in Miss Alaska
Cons:
President Sarah Palin with 1.5 years of experience.

This proves what the Republicans have always said – you just can't trust what McCain will do.
A few points: If Palin is such a conservative, family values woman, why isn't she at home taking care of her husband and 5 kids including a 5 month old with Down's syndrome?
If she is so great, why does her husband, a BP employee, inappropriately sit in on meetings that should be private?

CNN and Larry King just knocked down there creditability a few more notches by having the racist Kelly Anne Conway on for commentary on the Palin discussion.

She didn't go to grad school. I'm 20 years old. I'd have a higher education than her before she leaves office, and from a more prestigious university than University of Idaho!

I'm sorry but I don't see how she is more qualified than Obama. Obama has actually had to make public choices that involved foreign affairs and national security. What decisions did Palin have to make? She sued the fricking Department of Interior for putting polar bears on the endangered list, she's under investigation for wrongfully firing someone (sounds familiar?), she shoots animals from planes? I hope she has better aim than Dick Cheney! She opposes same sex marraige and when the Alaskan Supreme Court ruled against her, she wrote a constitutional ban against same sex marraige. She, as many people have stated already, is pro-life. Nobody knows where she stands on issues of creationism – read her flip-flopping (http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8347904p-8243554c.html), and thinks that global warming is "unreliable, and her husband is an employee of an oil company.

I'm sorry but the global warming issue bugs me. Has anyone seen the recent strengths of hurricanes, the tornados in random places (including a tornado warning in Los Angeles, of all places, earlier this year), the tsunamis? Those are all related to global warming and to point to all the evidence as "unreliable" is turning a blind eye to the plight of the people.

I also find it highly suspicious that McCain also picked a former Alaskan beauty queen. Apparently he likes the women close to him to be former beauty queens/models.. Cindy McCain was a former rodeo queen, which is a part rodeo competition, part beauty pageant, and I can come up with so many tasteless jokes about that… and John McCain's first wife was a former model, before she died, probably from the grief that compounded her cancer when John McCain pressured her for a divorce so he can marry Cindy.

What a week!!!

WOW!!! Only one thought for you female pro-choice Hillary supporters….Palin does not believe in abortion under any circumstances.

Vote for McCain and Palin '08 and wait for the overturning of Roe vs. Wade.

Regarding 'Eve from NY', you can't be serious. Have you guys ever thought of voting for someone for their stand on issues? Do you guys realized by voting for McCain just because Hillary didn't make it is possibly the stupidest thing you could do? McCain is the complete opposite of Clinton and what she believes in and now that he chose Palin you're going to vote for Obama? Please, just don't vote, you and your 'group' would be doing America a favor.

You Clinton supporters sure are something…

How can we POSSIBLY expect this NOBODY to lead us if necessary?!

-INSULTED and DISGUSTED

He picked her because today he just turned 50

Shame on you John McCain.! For setting this sweet inteligent woman up for failure just to pull disgruntled Hillary supporters. You are leaving the country in dire straights should God forbid you get sick or the unthinkable. How would she step up and run the country with no policy experience or much more in any other area? This is a slap in the face to women just like your comment of making Cindy McCain Ms. Buffalo wing. Any Hillary supporter that jumps on this band wagon deserves to wear a Buffalo wing t-shirt too. Hillary is an experienced, intelligent, and smart woman and deserves a tribute better than this. One thing I can say; you will have someone to blame when it doesn't work. You're trying to ruin her career as she will go down in history as the first Republican woman running for VP to lose because of her credentials. She seems too naive to know what she's being set up for. Best of luck Mrs. Palin!

Watch the face of the woman behind McCain as he made the announcement of his choice for his VP running mate. The woman had no idea of the name that was coming, and looked severely worried and had no idea where McCain was going until he said "Sarah Palin". That die-hard Republican would have had the same reaction if he had chosen some stranger on the corner, and to many Americans and most of the world, that's just what he did. If you're Republican-at-all-cost, your political "spinning" looks foolish and desparate.

Good grief….well, finally, the last nail in McCains coffin!! He is showing his age with this selection. As a woman I am insulted that he thinks that by choosing her that I'll "cave" and vote for him….and as a Republican….I say…

Obama '08/'12

I did not vote for Clinton. But I have researched Palin and I can tell you all, SHE IS NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CLINTON.

I heard someone mention on TV news, that the thing about Hilary was all about women. It's wrong!!!!! It was about Hilary….She can run this country in a heart beat…… it was about Hilary. She should try in 4 years again. Obama might not have many years of experience, but he has fresh ideas, goals, plans and youth. Mccain is Old, cancerous 4 times, tired, traumatize emotionally and mentally. How is someone like that going to run the country. We had enough of Bush. The economy sucks, we need a young, smart, intelligent, successful, family oriented, people listener, president. GOOOOO OBAMA

For all of you Hillary supporters that vote for McCain/Palin. What are you thinking????? I too am a strong supporter of Hillary and was very angry. I want a woman in the White House just as much as you do, however, I want the right woman, and Sarah Palin is not the RIGHT woman. She is the absolute opposite of what Hillary stands for. Get over it, I have. Why on earth would you vote for someone who is anti-abortion, and a social conservative. Don't vote for the Republicans just to make a point. Eight is enough. Obama/Biden has my vote.

I am shocked an completely appauled that Hillary Supporters.. TRUE HILLARY SUPPORTERS would fall for such a scam as this. What a gimmick. This woman stands for the complete OPPOSITE as Hillary and yet because she's a woman you're willing to vote for McCain. What a joke you all are. This was a clever tactic by McCain but as a True Hillary supporter.. who was voting on the ISSUES and NOT THE CANDIDATE; it will be a cold day in hell before I cast a vote for MCain/Palin. I can't believe you people…. Obama stands for what Hillary stood for, yet she would have made a better president. McCain is obviously playing a game, and if Hillary hadn't run such a historic campaign which left so many of us feeling cheated, he would never have considered Palin. Politics is such a game and you so called Hillary Supporters are being played. If the unmentionable happens (and it very well can) to either candidate; I'd feel much safer with Biden than Polin. Why gamble with the future of this coountry? Very Insulting!

This is disgusting. I am appalled by the poor judgment shown by McSame here.

Think about this. He choose Sarah Palin as his running mate. This is someone who he barely knows and clearly is not qualified to be in the position she was just offered. Much better options were available for him. Clearly he made this choice based on trying to gain votes and NOT on picking a person who would be the best choice for our country.

Obama COULD have done the popular move and picked Clinton, but he did not. He went for someone strong in foreign policy in Biden and he choose the best person for the job. That's good judgment to me, and his choice reflected what is best for our country, not necessarily what would be best for his campaign.

MsShame selfishly picked a nobody female to try and gain some votes. SHAME ON HIM FOR THAT RECKLESS DECISION AND SHAME ON ANYONE WHO WOULD VOTE FOR A PERSON WHO PUTS HIS CAMPAIGN AHEAD OF OUR COUNTRY'S BEST INTEREST.

If anyone out there really thinks Palin was the "best" choice for vp and our country you truly are a fool.

Obama 08

It amazes me that I can post remarks as well as anyone else, but they do NOT get chosen. Ever… not one!

I'm going to try this one more time…. though it appears to be an exercise in futility!

This woman is a hockey mom with a degree (I think, it's a degree) in journalism! She has no foreign experience at all. She is from a state that is so densely populated that it is like a huge little town with all the corruption that comes with small towns. "You scratch my back and I will scratch yours." We just had a big scandal up there from another Republican congressman. But what this woman does have is a husband who is an OIL MAN. You can buy anything if you have enough money. She is not in touch with the common people any more than McCain. She is a female Buchanan! Come on, People.

And they think we will think this woman is another Hillary!!

I think I just about spit up in my mouth.

Sorry John. You lost a lot of votes including mine. We are not stupid people.

It appears that the focus is on Palin and Obama. Shouldn't the focus be on how she measures up to Sen. Biden? It's obvious that was she was chosen to bring in people that supported Clinton to support McCain. Because of the dynamic speech that Mrs. Clinton called for unity among the democratic party, I don't think that this will change the minds of these citizens. As a woman, she will bring about change but she still is no Hillary Clinton, they're two different people, with different ideals.

He picked her because he today he turned 50, sample as that

brobama.org would never make such a non-substantive pick

As a woman this is a huge insult.
How dare this woman compare herself to Clinton .

You've gotta be kidding!!!!

The question only person qualified to run for president is a president running for reelection. Get off the broken wagon. Palin is the only one who has run a state as an official in a final decision making position. I have been on the fence until now I am totally behind McCain/Palin 08. I visited Alaska in 2006 and the people of Alaska just love this woman for her accomplishment for their state. I believe her fresh no nonsense outlook is something this nation needs regardless if your democrat or republican . God Bless USA

~ what exactly are Obama's credentials again , he wears pants ! he talks alot …yes he is wonderful talker..he has all of you drinking Kool-Aid. i can only hope some of you can see thru the fog and the glitz and glam. but your Obama , has even less, experience than Govenor Palin. sheesh people ..enough with the lip service. why in the hell does the fact that McCain has had cancer..have any thing to do with anything. i pray he lives a long life. i was going to vote democrat, until Obama was elected..i would rather vote for a PRESIDENT with experience and substance. biden has nothing to do with me switching sides. the VP is an errand boy (girl). IMO~

He didn't pick her because she is a woman. He picked her because she's a good choice. He didn't pick her because she might bring the votes of women. He picked her because she's an amazing person who happens to be a woman.

I'm thrilled with his choice. She's a strong, independent woman who has shown great poise, grace, and intelligence during her time in the Alaska government. It's not a ploy to get women to vote for him. It's a decision to get people to vote for the best ticket. And that ticket happens to have a woman.

John McCain must of drank too much of that Budweiser that he let his wife sell to a foreign country taking jobs from us. It is an insult to women and to compare her to Hiliary Clinton is a bigger insult. Send Bill after her—oh, no better not, she's got that Monica look.

Apparently Republicans believe the woman voter is naive and easily swayed. I supported Hillary because of what she stood for and believed in not because of her gender. I hope all woman voters are smart enough to see this as just another politcal ploy and vote for the issues they believe in not the hype.

Nicole August 29th, 2008 7:35 pm ET

I will be up front and say I am voting for Obama. I'm from Illinois and I have seen him in action and have great respect for him and what he stands for. The only reason that I can see John McCain picked Governor Palin is because she is a woman. She does share the base Republican party values – but so do many, many more individuals and have greater experience to represent this country on the world stage. That John McCain would pick a woman and expect women everywhere to fall in line and to pick up votes because he added a female is an insult not only to women, but every person in this country. He contradicts his own words about having someone qualified and I am disappointed in what this choice represents to the American people.

Wow Nicole, I am from Illinois (Chicago) and I have also seen what he stands for. That is why I am NOT voting for him. Where did he get you? Was it the highest sales tax in the country? Was it helping Stroger get elected? Was it voting down the recall ammendment to the Illinois constitution? Was it Wright? Phlegler? Daley? Is it that we pay close to the highest property taxes in the US? Was it the beautification of the projects he championed? Or is it simply that he comes from Illinois? If you are voting for him in hopes that if he wins he takes some of this garbage with him, then I am on board. If not grow up and look around you.

Just wanted all you PUMAS to know that McCain's VP nominee Sarah Palin called Hillary a"whiner" in an online Newsweek article.Think long and hard before voting for her and McCain.

I am not a Republican, but stupid do they think we are?

Pick a woman, gain Hillary's supporters?

I just received this from a Wilderness organization I belong to–if you are at all about what happens to generations ahead, please DO NOT vote for this pair of twins. If there is even a faint remnant of anger over Obama's nomination, work to disseminate it. The Obama/Biden ticket is strong, and dedicated. It reflects what America is yearning for-respect from the world, competitiveness, and strength/prosperity within our own nation. And If you are a Democrat and a woman, as I am (no matter your age), support Hilary indirectly by supporting what she stands for as part of the Democratic party. Don't abandon future generations, simply by voting for this woman.

I just received this from a Nature Organization. This woman could care less about what matters. Take a close look from various sources–she is more of the same and in my opinion was picked to placate conservatives and women–

"Shocking Choice by John McCain
WASHINGTON– Senator John McCain just announced his choice for running mate: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska. To follow is a statement by Rodger Schlickeisen, president of Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund.

“Senator McCain’s choice for a running mate is beyond belief. By choosing Sarah Palin, McCain has clearly made a decision to continue the Bush legacy of destructive environmental policies.

“Sarah Palin, whose husband works for BP (formerly British Petroleum), has repeatedly put special interests first when it comes to the environment. In her scant two years as governor, she has lobbied aggressively to open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to drilling, pushed for more drilling off of Alaska’s coasts, and put special interests above science. Ms. Palin has made it clear through her actions that she is unwilling to do even as much as the Bush administration to address the impacts of global warming. Her most recent effort has been to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the polar bear from the endangered species list, putting Big Oil before sound science. As unbelievable as this may sound, this actually puts her to the right of the Bush administration.

“This is Senator McCain’s first significant choice in building his executive team and it’s a bad one. It has to raise serious doubts in the minds of voters about John McCain’s commitment to conservation, to addressing the impacts of global warming and to ensuring our country ends its dependency on oil.”
"

It is a sad day in history when a women is blatantly used for the pleasure of one man wanting to win the presidency so bad! Palin is obviously one tough dummy! Too all my ladies out there (mainly bitter Hillary supporters), if you THINK that voting for the McCain/Palin ticket is the answer to your bitterness then you are CRAZY. McCain is doesn't give a hoot about anyone but himself. Oh my gosh, please American do not vote for this ticket. I don't care what party you are part of (i'm a republican), but this is absolutely a election of logic vs. insane! Wow….a sad day to be a republican:(

Is it just me, or does Sarah Palin remind anyone else of "Karen" from Will and Grace. I will have a hard time taking this woman seriously….honestly Mr. McCain what were you thinking?

Dublin, Georgia, U.S.A.

Has anyone ever hired an executive for their company after only one interview! — Neil

There goes the hypocracy again. You could say the same thing about Obama if you would only use your brain more than the 1% it's capable of.

GOV PALIN YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB AS VP.WE AS WOMEN CAN FINALLY COME OUT OF THE DARK AGES AND INTO THE LIGHT.THANKS GOV PALIN YOU RENEW MY LOVE FOR MY COUNTRY!!!!!!

Where is lil bro George ??

We dont know about Obama yet.

McCain have flip flop on everything and this time the most important decision like the VP choice. She represent everything McShame complaint about Obama. lack of experience, a celebrity, and Obama ties with disonest people and Obama rather win then but the country first.

McShame VP choice was in a beauty pagant, she is being investigated, lack of experience and he made his choice to win and not put the country first. A 72 year old man with cancer needed to pick someone that is readlly to serve the country if something happen to him. Very bad move and once again experience but bad judgement!

Just saw a PUMA person on Chris Matthews, forgot her name already…looked like a real bitter sour puss, if her face looked any more stearn she would have broken the camara lenses…pathetic…and voting for McCain and his VP is against everything Clinton was for…how stupid!!!!!

This is still a free country as far as I know, free speech and all, so, post this…truth hurts unfortunately.

This is pathetic!!! Please GOD IN HEAVEN, deliver us from McInsane!!! This carrot to the extreme right will be this country's downfall if this senile fart wins the election.

WOMEN ARE NOT THAT STUPID!!

you know what DEMS stands for?

Dumb Extremely Moronic & Sexists.

man you people are so insecure can't have a woman take control my

penis might shrink and my husband might get upset.

MY COMMENT TO MCCAIN'S SELECTION IS, THANK YOU………
IF YOU WERE TRYING TO SWAY SENATOR CLINTON'S
WOMEN, YOU MISSED. SENATOR CLINTON'S SUPPORTERS
ARE INDEPENDENT WOMEN WHO ARE NOT AT ALL SUPPORTERS
OF THE N.R.A., AND IT IS SAFE TO SAY, THEY VALUE THE
RIGHT TO CHOICE………………..

This is funny. McShane is crazy as…… Good job!!! Everyone on the Rep. ticket thinks she is so great because she does not believe in abortion, for starters. lol Republicans are sooo stupid to fall for that trick again, and again. McShane and Bush are twins. They like to make people think they are going to stop abortion. lol Bush, has been in office for 8 years and abortion is still rising at alarming numbers, so when is that going to change, never. Let's talk about things that can be changed, like the economy. lol Keep another Republican like Bush in the set and it will change, for the worse. The only thing that is hurting Obama is his skin tone. This country is soooo racist, McShane my win the election. There is no reason for McCain to be elected, other than race.

I am still guffawing at your posting dbubla. I worked my butt off today and that was priceless, simply priceless!

Insult to women? Insult to women? That's not what you would have said had Hillary been nominated, is it? Now it's an insult for a woman to be nominated for vice president? Why did it change from being an honor to an insult? You have extremely short and selective memories, my dears, you liberal women whose brains are only one dimensional. I guess it's a good thing Hillary didn't get nominated. What an insult that would have been!

Nobody can replace Hillary. Stupid DNC & Oba-media do need replaced. This McCain/Palin ticket just highlights how wrong the Obama/Biden ticket is. It should have been Clinton/Obama (or at least Obama/Clinton) and the whole country knows it. Egomania is NOT the kind of change we need!

I will vote for McCain because he is not sexist, or narcissistic, or an INexperienced #1 on the ticket! I will give Sara Palin a fair chance, unlike the chance given to Hillary (BY HER OWN PARTY! – which I am through with)

No, I won't forget the strong-arming done by Obama & the DNC to keep Hillary from getting the nomination.

CNN-REALLY NOW-do the Dems want to get into a pissing match with who is LESS QUALIFIED!!!-this woman just may be the ticket!!!

Only time will tell-By the way Campbell Brown is tres biased-as is all the newscasters on CNN-Watch PBS-quite balanced and fair.

Thanks, SS, for the Defenders of Life website info-OMG!
I hope Gore rips her to shreds.

Isn't the title on the first page misleading? DIdn't they actually meet twice. Not an argument for her nomination, but seems like odd wording on CNN's part.

can she spell potato

While I am pleased that there is a woman on the ticket, I can't help but feel there is more of a motive on McCains part then just trying to get women voters won over. Didn't he leave his first wife for Cindy, a multi-millionaire? Now he has chosen a very attractive woman who is also in the oil business to be his VP. I think he is mostly thinking with his groin more then winning women voters, If I were Cindy, I would keep a very close eye on hubby Mc Cain, I am voting for Obama/Biden and all other Dems this election, I mean this country can't possibly survive another 4 years of the Repubs destroying it piece by piece,.

having only met her once before offering her the job.nobody else wanted to be on a sinking ship

Please this is about oil, oil , oil!!!!!!! This woman approves of drilling in the national wildlife refuge.. We are not going to make any steps toward alternative energy use. I just got back from Alaska and we do not need this woman as VP. I am one woman who John McCain just lost from the republic state of Indiana.. This choice scares the hell out of me.

I think he picked her because they both have the same jaw line. Not flattering in a woman I may add. As one person mentioned earlier Michael Palin has better credentials

and this man is supposed to lead? to what, more of destruction?!
I may be a Clinton supporter, but I and many others love her not because she is a woman, it's because she is a great candidate…. I heard on the radio, that Palin will bring "charm" to the campaign, well we had about 8 "charming" years that "magically" distorted the economy and position of this fantastic country!
I love Hilary, and she will always have my vote, but Obama is a great choice too.
He learns qiuck, and that's what we need, not a McLame who only reacts to what will get him elected….
IT'S ABOUT THE PEOPLE!
AND WE THE PEOPLE LEARN QUICK TOO, AND WON'T FALL FOR THE TRICKS!

WE HAVE TO UNITE TO MAKE THIS COUNTRY GREAT!

LOVE YOU HILLARY!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Someone should ask Bill Clinton who he'd rather HAVE Hillary or Palin.

A huge thumbs up and LOL to dbubla! Couldn't have said it better myself brother, or sister, or whatever you are~but your posting hit the nail squarely on the head.

You don't want McCain to gamble with the country? Excuse me, but Obama IS a gamble. You Obamabots are insane, blind and just aren't logical in any of your rantings! Obama is a huge gamble because he hasn't done anything! Nothing! Nana! Zip! No experience. No accomplishments. Huge ego though. Speaks intelligently. Well, golly, gee, I think he's qualified. You all are loons.

Just remember that if McCain wins! we Obama supporters will turn Ex -Democrat to say thanks. So were will this end? "unity now" for the sake of our country and the people who waited long for a change.

Why would any Hillary supporter now vote for McCain simply because of this choice? Hillary worked hard for the nomination, has many years of experience, etc. — it just didn't happen. McCain's choice has not been vetted by a primary or debate process. It just doesn't make sense.

love

Oh my gosh…what was McCain thinking. He is handing over this election to Obama. He had much better choices.

she is a great choice for vp. at least the republicans respect accomplished women, unlike the democrats. speaking of dumb vp choices obama went with the MAN, who got 9000 votes, instead of the woman who got over 18 million votes. that speaks volumes about his lack of judgement, and willingness to unite the democrats!

I am already sick and tired of how hard Republicans are trying to justify how experienced Palin is. She could be anything but not experienced. That is just a joke or undermining the intelligence of the American public. They can say she is smart or whatever but give us a break on the argument of experience and comparing her with Hilary. This is a miscalculated political move and an insult to women. The women who voted for Hilary voted for her because of her experience and views. There is no view Palin and Hilary share other than both being woman. For McCain to think woman do not look at issue and only vote based on the gender of the person it is honestly an insult. He will pay for that big time. This is the best gift McCain can give to Obama.

Jim August 29th, 2008 7:53 pm ET
I always felt that CNN was following an agenda with Obama in that their spin was in his favor overall. But when this white woman is nominated for the VP………………….
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Clinton is WHITE, what are you talking about JIM!…she had 18 million voters who trusted her for her values, EXPERIENCE with leaders of other Countries, with other senators, her experience with healthcare…….it's not about a WHITE WOMEN, just think if Obama supporters were to say something like this we would be called PREJUDICE!!!!!!!! dahhhhh

Wow…. a wolf in sheep's clothing….. litterally.

The depths of Republican poor judgement can not be fathomed.

Now they're eating sour grapes because Hillary didn't get the nomination, that the first female vice president was not theirs to proclaim. Maybe they would feel better if they sent George Obama a few bucks to help him out since his own brother doesn't seem to want to do it. Multimillion income and can't help out his brother. And he says we're our brothers' keepers. Now that's laughable. That's hipocracy. That's lunacy. "If you do it to the least of those, you've done it to me," right, Obama? How many other lies have you told? You poor, brainwashed lot of you, you Obamazombies, you lobotomized parrots. When will you start to think for yourselves? Go ahead and show us your absolute hatred of anyone who disagrees with you. It's time to panic. Be afraid . . . be very afraid.

Recent interview Sarah Palin asks: What does a VP do anyway?

OBAMA/BIDEN… TRUE HEROES OF WOMEN ISSUES ANF FOR ALL AMERICANS!!!

How on earth did McCain pull this off. Is really somebody he had met only once before? Republicans all day will say "yes, McCain has chosen the "most qualified "person out of all the other qualified people…but deep in their hearts they say otherwise…they know the truth…apparently McCain views this as a game…he seems to think with a woman on his ticket he will get more votes. But if (strictly hypothetically speaking) McCain gets to the white house does he really think Palin will be the best to give him advice…God forbid if something dreadful happens to McCain, will Palin be the best person to lead this nation?

I can't imagine to have Sarah Palin as the new VP. If there's a debate between Biden and Palin, her lack of experience could hurt McCain intentions to be the next president.

McCain is the only Senator who has opposed Bush than any other Republican in the house. Get your facts starighten up you all emotionally defunt Obama surrogates.

Just see the records of the Senate, you will know !
Its not Iraq War, because all Obama surrogates voted YES on that.

What McCain brings to table, no one else does.

She has more executive experience than Obama. She's accomplished 10 times what he can only talk about in 2 years. and…AND… she speaks 10 times better than Clinton.

I was more than impressed with her speaking skills. Biden will have his work cut out for him for their debate. I don't think he'll be able to brow beat this one.

She can connect with middle America. That's something neither John, Barack nor Biden can do.

I pray that women will reject Palin's plea to let her continue what Hillary started. It is an insult to everything that Hillary stands for.

I am sorry, but I think that there is a block of women voters who are ready to vote for anyone in either party no matter what their views are as long as they are female. That is just CRAZY!

Palin was a great choice!!….a co-worker of mine, brought this to my attention today it's a creeping sign. Obama/Biden ticket ===== Osama Bin laden….

Proof John McCain is not in control of his faculties. The Republicans are gagging on the words as they praise his pick.

He only met her once. Very dangerous for the country.

Sarah Palin seems to me someone who can stare down the media and the opposition and not blink out her ideals and beliefs. Experience, they said Regan was just an actor turn Governor, no international experience and look who defeated the Soviet Union.

If something happened to McCain, she would still have more experience than Obama!

p.s. people do live past the age of 72 you know.

Is this the best they can do? Nothing original? Spouting and moaning about how rotten John McCain and Sarah Palin are? You cannot have an intelligent conversation with this group of people. I wonder how many even listened to her speech today, just jumped on her because she is a white female conservative Republican. I'm not against having a black president, but my God in heaven, can't they find somebody with a little more substance? Are there no other blacks in America who are worthy of the high office of president than Obama?

A great choice and women in this country should help support her and get over Hillary! The DNC and media shoved Obama down your throats and did everything they could to keep Hillary from being elected!

McCain thinks he's so clever to pick a women so he snarf up all the Hillary supporters. I'm no Hillary fan but this woman is not even in the same league as Hillary. How dumb does McCain think women are? I cannot imagine an ardent Hillary fan supporting McCain and Palin just because a woman is on the ticket.

My fellow conservatives and Republicans and citizens of the world: Stand proud. We elected President Bush 2 times. We will elect John McCain and Sarah Palin! Don't let the rantings and ravings of these ignorant, self-absorbed, morally impoverished Obama supporters get you down. They're panicked. Absolutely panicked. Their hatred and reactivity shows us that. They're so afraid of losing that they have to lash out and quote the same drivel they hear from the drive-by media over and over again because that's all the substance they have to cling to. Feel sorry for them. The poor, demoralized lot of them.

This is very interesting. McCain, and the Republican party can only try now do defend their pick for Vice President. Palin has achieved significant and impressive accomplishments, however, this pick clearly demonstrates to me that the Republican Party is clearly out of touch with the rest of America. Everyone does not live in a perfect, rich world. By making this selection, it clearly shows their is no connection with those individuals in society who truly have to fight, claw and scratch their way to a credible life. I want a president who clearly knows what it is like to struggle in society. Someone who will understand the inner city challenges in our majory metropolitian cities, as well as someone who gets it that America should take on diplomatic approaches with the rest of the world. George Bush has alienated much of the world with his strong arm approach, mightier than thou attitude. The Republican Party has made a bluder, I certainly pray and hope that you realize it. Republicans are forced to defend McCain now and I know they will do everything they can to defend his choice. But the truth of the matter is that they are scared. I would be too if I just saw a Brilliant speach delivered by my opponent. 38 Million people watched this event, can the Republican party compete. Absolutely not…..thats the fear. Bush continues to drive this country down,….. why has he been so quiet lately….could it be he does not want to give the Democrats more ammunition?? This choice, is not going to win you "The Republicans" this Presidency…I will Vote for Obama and Biden….

I applaud McCain on his choice of Palin for Vice President. So why are the liberal media and Democrats saying that she is inexperienced? Obama barely has 3 years as a senator and taught law at a university before that. Palin has been the governor Alaska and before that was mayor for a decade. In my opinion the McCain/Palin ticket brings much more experience to the table than Obama/Biden. Obama says he is for change but what has he done that proves this? He went and picked a VP who is a symbol of old politics. I'll be voting for McCain/Palin in November!

Johnny Boy didn't graduate 894th for nothing, this guy spends a lot
of time looking out his belly button…He did lock in that
28% that backs George. This may get him to 29%……
I'm a Navy Vet this ain't going to play down at the legion..

What happen with the old republican credo: God, Family, Country. I don't want to undermind this lady, but how can she expect to fulfill the duty as vice president or President if something happens to McCain with all those kids specially the baby with down syndrome who needs his mom around for the most time.
I think that if I was in her place I will be honor and thankful for the opportunity but I will put the well being of my children in the first place.
Women can do anything but our kids always has to be out number one priority.

Another thing, God-forbid McCain dies of a heart-attack, (which is very possible), do you really think this woman who has been a Govener mind you, for ONLY 2 YEARS can be our next President?? If that's the case I'm moving to Canada. I'm sure she is a very nice woman, but the only woman who is actually qualified to run this country is Hillary Clinton. Obama has a steady VP. Whatever Obama lacks (experience), Biden picks up. McCain, how do you claim to have experience over Obama, when neither of you have the experience of being President? It seems you both lack experience, b/c you both were never President! McCain YOU HAVE NO ARGUEMENT.

PUMAs, please read and digest the previous ticker topic in which Senator Clinton herself states that McCain and Palin will take the country in the WRONG direction…are you freaking blind or what?
I chant "We just want a woman, and that's all that really maaaatters…we just want a woman, and that's all that really maaaaatttters. Who cares about the war, who cares about foreclosures, who cares about recession because…(take a deep breath here)…we just want a woman, and that's all that really maaaaattttttters."

Your leader, your inspiration, your candidate of choice disagrees with this pairing but you are still going to vote for McSamepoliciesasbushandcheney because she is, after all, a woman and that's all that really maaaaatttttters? You are setting your kind back 100 years with this kind of thinking. Think long and think hard come November…this isn't just planning the a schedule around work, the kids, and free time here…this is our future as a country.

Palin:

1992 – 1996 Wasilla City Council

1997 – 2002 Mayor

2002 – 2003 Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission

2006 – Present Governor

Obama:

1997 – 2004 State Senator

2005 – Present Senator

Please explain how Obama is qualified for the #1 slot and she isn't qualified for the #2

Im a independent and i think this choice made my decsion for me. IF something happens the mccain i dont want a govonor whos expierence is 2 years of govonor of alaska. She might be a reformer and thats cool for her but i rather have biden take over then her. Obama/Biden 08

This woman has not even been to college. This should be an insult to Crist/Romoni they should be pissed. And Americans stop being played, this is serious. THe world is in serious shape. God is sending signals but no one will take heed.

We all want the same thing I would think. There is only one person who should judge another and say what other people should do.

We women are not dumb to vote for a women because, she is a women!! What an INSULT!!

This is an insult to women and it shows that even in our society today, we often confuse progress with slander. Women are still used as props and by default we allow it. I cannot believe that Palin is allowing McCain to advertise her and her children to represent his mischievous politics.

Senator John McCain is NUTS ! He just lost my vote. Next week is there a baseball, football game on.., or maybe just channel surfing would be better ? What has happened to my Republican Party. I am actually looking at the Demorcratic Party.., Senator Barack Obama and Senator Joe Biden. What in the world was he and staff (his trusted advisors) thinking ? One heart beat from being the President of the United States.., you have got to be kidding.. Well here goes a couple of nights without sleep and maybe my vote.

Interesting read! I agree with everyone who feels she is too inexperienced and conservative to be our VP, especially first female VP. I hope Hilary supporters will see through tthe trick and evaluate her anti-abortion, anti-gay rights, pro-NRA and oil hungry record for what it is and vote accordingly. Plus, I think it's a HUGE insult to Hillary Clinton who has worked so hard (before and during this election) to get where she is today and make the history she has. I think it's highly ironic that a old white man simply appoints/nominates a freshman female govenor to a high position and then raves about women progression and liberation. I'm sure Palin has overcome some great barriers being a woman in policitcs BUT i think there is a VERY thin line between exploiting and empowering. At least in this case…

I echo all the "what if something happens to McCain" concerns. If Palin became commander in chief she would have no connections with ANY foreign policy leaders/country. She may have some executive experience but she has NOforeign policy experience. This is the area that the US President is most powerful in (even more so than domestic policy because at least the senate/house can check that somewhat). At least Obama has made some connects in his time in the senate and has made a mini-world tour to begin those connections. Worst case senario, Obama has Biden to help him with that. Palin…. im not so sure.

Lastly, I think this clearly contradicts McCains biggest attack on Obama (experience) and calls into question his ultimate judgement as a leader and decisionmaker…. This choice is a big gamble for sure, but do we want a President who gambles with our future, money, and international standing?

On a shallow note, did yall see what that lady named her children??? UMMMMMMMMMM

Now I'm hearing that this Gov. Palin is lying about her new baby. I'm hearing that the truth is her teenage daughter is the baby's real mom and they hid the pregnancy. But why would a pro-lifer hide a pregnancy? I mean, I've seen the pictures from back when she was supposed to be 7 months pregnant. Flat stomach. And then they say her water broke but she insisted on boarding a plane and flying back to Alaska from Texas to give birth. And she was able to give birth in Alaska? Doesn't make one iota of sense.

And then there's the issue of her trying to get her brother in law fired. Using your position of authority to exercise undue influence on others? Abuse of power? Is this Bush in a skirt?

I won't even go into her lack of experience. The scandals alone are enough for their very own season of Desperate Housewives and a Lifetime movie or two.

It sounds like John McCain didn't vet his VP pick and this one will blow up in his face.

Obama-Biden '08 & '12

Has anyone ever hired an executive for their company after only one interview! Are you kidding me? I don't know if she is qualified or not, but after the very limited time John McCain has spent with her, he does not know either.

For all of his talk about judgement, this is really just silly.

This is a very disappointing pick. Sara Palin has NO experience that would qualify her for running the country in the event of McSame's demise. Not only that, but she's corrupt. Do McSame and the GOP think that nominating somebody with so little experience (woman OR man) is wise? If the Dems had nominated someone so poorly trained and so underqualified, the GOp would be screeching.

We can't take four more years of the GOP underestimating people's intelligence, dividing the country using religion and sexual misogyny and hate. Please don't vote for McSame and his sidekick More of the Same.

What a poor, sick joke this is. I've lost what little respect I had for the GOP. They are clearly NOT a party that should be allowed to run for dogcatcher, even.

What the HELL were these people thinking?

Even California Governor Schwarzenegger would be more qualified for the position if we really need to have a governor for VP. What in the world was McCain thinking? That settles it for me… Obama gets my vote!

I think McSame used the same kind of judgment picking his VP choice as he did when he dumped his first wife for Cindy. Bad!!!!

McBush is an OLD FOOL….. what a stupid choice for VP and worst since Dan Quayle.

Palin has the same amount of foreign policy experience as the rest of us. Yet some feel this is a great choice. That means they think I'm partially qualified for the VP position. HEY MCCAIN I'M TALL, SEXY, AND A FORMER BEAUTY PAGEANT WINNER. Drop Palin and come get some.

Let's see, the top of Democratic ticket has very little experience while the bottom of the ticket has tons. The top of the Republican ticket has tons of experience while the bottom of the ticket has at least some experience governing a state and a town.

I don't know, I'm a pro-choicer, but I have to admit that McCain's pick is brilliant. He keeps his base happy while expanding the appeal of his ticket. Democrats who are critical of Palin's experience only open up Obama's lack of experience governing anything at all. At leasy Palin has governed a state. Moreover, Palin fought hard to win her seat. Obama won his Senate seat by default.

It is definitely going to be an interesting election. Probably as close, or closer than 2000.

As Obama pointed out, it's JUDGEMENT that counts in this election. And Mr. Experience just showed all how reckless he is, how he would even disregard his advisors and supporters with this choice of VP. This woman may well be the govenor of Alaska, a state that seldom even enters into ANY discussion unless you're talking drilling, but she is not VP material.

McCain you blew it.

This raises a real concern for me. I was planning to vote for McCain, but now…. The age and health of McCain will now be the primary focus of the media. The real issues will be clouded by this "shoot from the hip" stunt. Governor Palin may be a great governor for Alaska, but to be so close to the most powerful position in the world? I am not prepared to take that risk with my vote.

I dont know anyone who looks at McCain's vp choice as more then someone who has no experience. she was what the governor of the least populated state in the country. i mean she governes with less then a 5 million, now she is to have beable to think about over 300 million. I am glad that we will make history this next election either the first African- american president or first woman vp, but i feel that McCain didnt make a good choice in the person who is to back him up. McCain says these is change, but how? she has nothing to offer and he is just 4 more years of Bush.!!! wow this is going to be some 66 days

More of the same. This is an excerpt taken from the Ancorage Daily News:

The press was clamoring about the affair. Palin began responding to feelers from local news media. She said later that her college degree in journalism helped her focus on the public process, and she saw that the media could play a role. Once the story finally unfolded in public, press accounts made Palin the hero.

(It was a sharp contrast to her attitude toward the Daily News expressed in a 1993 letter, in which a seething young Wasilla city councilwoman called the paper "dangerously biased" for its coverage of Sen. George Jacko, a key member of the Republican majority in Juneau. Jacko had been caught trying noisily to get into the room of a female legislative aide and was eventually censured by the Legislature.

("How can you justify your restraint in slamming the Clintons, Kennedys, Marion Barrys and other philandering, chauvinistic left-wingers of the world?" Palin wrote at the time. "Your yellow, liberal rag is so obvious. I pray we will someday have a choice in newspapers again.")

This has Carl Rove's fingerprints ALL over it!!!

MaryfromTexas, are you for real?! There are plenty of FAR more qualified conservative women than Palin, who AREN'T under investigation for ethics violations. And ALL of them, in addition to more qualified men, were shoved aside for a completely unknown Barbie?! What happened to Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Olympia Snowe, Condi, and others?

John McCain is either seriously off his rocker or this is a publicity stunt and she's going to "graciously" withdraw to care for her children.

What the heck was she even thinking, trying to conceive at her age? We all know the risks. Or is it really even her child?

Thanks McCain, Because of this out of mind's choice, I'm more confidential that Obama will win!

I think that it's great to have a woman on board! Go Palin! Especially one who has proven herself . On the news they said she had an approval rating of 80% in Alaska! IF that record won't get it then nothing will. Clinton was a governor and he went to the White House and he wasn't any more qualified either. Her record of taking on Beauracy and taking on the large oil company might be just the ticket we need in our White House!!!!

I hope everyone understands this president job is not a JOKE. This is a serious position and doing things to sway dumb people is not right. This is so wrong. I cannot believe that these Rublicans think we people are that dumb. If he was young it would be different.

I cannot believe this this is so sad. John McCain is a joke and always has been. If he would stop reacting to Obama and actually show he's capable of running this country he might win.

please Genral Collin Powell endorce Obama, stand for what is right and this race is over by next week after the republica circus convencion [circus because all the clowns with the elefant]

Not only am I suprised by McCain's choice, but I have to wonder why she would want to live the tough campaign trail life and possibly the VP life when she has a special needs child that needs her so much more than the country does.

I found this in one of the other chats. Take a read, I think it's pretty interesting:
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I have watched all the debates after her acceptance speech and no one brought up the fact that she, in front of a worldwide audience, broke Operational Security the Military prides itself on. She announced the MOS of her son serving in the Army, and went on to say the exact date and the country her son’s unit will deploy too. She has not only endangered the life of her son, but all the other soldiers in his unit. Senator John McCain never talked about his own son’s service for that very reason. I think it shows the lack of Judgment on the part of McCain’s Camp to not screen her speech and shows her own inexperience on the National Stage. For a candidate who prides himself on National Security his Vice Presidential choice just blew that argument out of the water. So why are we not talking about this issue?
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I've said it once and I'll say it again. If this were a "GAME" the move would be brilliant, but it's not. On the issues, the Republicans SIMPLY, CANNOT, WIN. It is mathematically impossible if you tally a united Democratic base, the Independants and Republicans that have had ENOUGH. The statement from above underscores that this was a knee-jerk reaction to the power of Obama's speach and the unification of the Democratic base. Don't be swayed by the stagecraft. Vote on the issues.

Personal to "a-lieu@sbcgloal.net

There are 15 US cities larger than the state she's governed for 20 months.

The republicans are IDIOTS!! I am enjoying watching TV as they put on their phony act to actually believe that this woman is even qualified to run for VP. What a disgrace to even think that women would accept her for Hillary Clinton. This should piss all woman off and if it does not…shame on all of you for accepting whatever is thrown to us…like give a dog a bone. Have a standard will you, you enforce standards in your kids don't you? He has only met her twice!!!! Boy talk about judgment. Hillary is intelligent and smart and truly a hard worker. This choice is pathetic!

Now seriously, republicans, I certainly understand your desire to try to match Obama's wave of change… But after >7 years under your "superstars" – Bush/Cheney – is McCain/Palin ticket the best you can offer?! – it reminds me your 1996 ticket with the viagra celebrity – Bob Dole. Let me remind you that Bill Clinton won that year 49 to 41 by popular vote and 379 to 159 by electoral vote. Well, good luck to you rebuilding your party over the next 8-16 years – hopefully you'll have some serious tickets then!

Just saw a PUMA person on Chris Matthews, forgot her name already…looked like a real bitter sour puss, if her face looked any more stearn she would have broken the camara lenses…pathetic…and voting for McCain and his VP is against everything Clinton was for…how stupid!!!!

What is wrong with people in this country?? You so called Hillary supporters would actually vote AGAINST your own interests out of spite. You said that you would not support Obama even if he chose a woman other than Hillary to be his #2 yet now you praise McCain for his selection of Palin?? Its that same selfishness and lack of critical thinking that have given this country, and for that matter the world, 8 years of crippling domestic and foreign policy decisions. When are we going to learn, will we ever learn??? I feel ashamed to be an American right now. WE ARE A LAUGHING-STOCK!! Get over yourselves people. WAKE UP BEFORE ITS TOO LATE, PLEASE!!!!

I think McCain was obviously turned down by his first several choices. Can't imagine her being higher than fifth on his list. There are 19 CITIES in the US that have greater populations than Alaska. You are going to see her Vogue Cover all over the place very soon and this quote repeated over and over “I tell ya, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me: What is it exactly that the V.P. does every day?"

rachael August 29th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

I am so upset with this decision. What if he wins and something should happen to him?! He's leaving us with HER?! She's under criminal investigation and was placed on temporary leave last week! AND HE PICKED HER! IS HE INSANE?!

I'm going to have an aneurysm. What happened to Mitt Romney or Pawlenty, or Ridge or even Lieberman!? This is so irresponsible.

Or worse yet what if Obama wins?

Campbell Brown you are doing a GREAT job tonight. WAY to go.

can she spell potato

And here I had thought my decision had been made after my candidate Hillary lost to Obama. I was going to sit this election out, or write in my presidental choice…..My mind is clearly made up now. No way, No how, No McCain Obama08

well spoken Independent.

Cindy McCain is being replaced. I gues Karma is working!! I am SO disappointed in McCain's party. I guess I will be voting Democrat for the first time since I was eligible to vote. Thanks McCain for destroying our faith in our party. PIG!!!

I thought that Hillary said it best when she asked everyone at the DNC were they in it for her? A Democrat is a Democrat, and they should stand behind their party no matter what. It is just sick that just because Obama is the nominee you will turn your backs on everything you claimed to be all about, everything you claimed to support. What is Obama hiding, and how do you know?
As far as Palin, she was a plan to get women voters in, the anti-christ Hillary supporters. Shame on all of you. This country is in sad sad shape, and because you are sore losers, you are going to let it get worse.
FYI.. she is extremely pro-life, ladies.

It's 3 oclock in the rnorning and the baby is up crying, and THE PHONE
RINGS — What will Sara do???

Elite America is showing its true colors. The Republicans are about winning at any cost – not about the people. The Republicans know nothing about a decent living. They drive their expensive cars, having nannies for their 5 kids, and never actually experience life. They don’t witness homelessness everyday, or see students learning in broken down schools or deal with mental illness. They can hire help not deal with it.

Sarah has not done anything special. We working single mothers have done more in raising our kids (without a nanny), working two jobs, taking care of the household and running a business. I am insulted and disgusted that McCain is using a woman just to win. He is a flip flopper and I wouldn't trust his judgment to make any decision.

This Republican political arena is all about racism, sexism, age, money and power. The Republicans are scared they are losing power. They are scare of change and want to keep us oppressed.

We are suppose to be a nation (not McCain Nation as his website states) of diversity (the Melting Pot) not belittle, hate and totally disrespects humanity. Shame on McCain for abusing all the "isms."

Citing the frequently offered up definition of insanity — doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results — the people planning to vote for the very Republicans who've failed this country so wretchedly the last eight years while expecting different results for so voting are insane.

Ivy

how can you insult the intelligence of someone that's voting for Obama

To think that a year ago McCain was broke and down in the polls. He was doing townhall meetings in small towns, while Obama was being helped by billionaire Oprah in big stadiums. But McCain's story is uplifting, the guy who never gives up even when the odds are against him. With this VP pick and the timming of it shows us why he is the nominee of his party. Palin makes the dems look elitist and has more experience than Obama actually running a state. This is checkmate on the Obama campaign, He shoud of chose Hillary, too late!

OMG! McCain only met her briefly 1 time? It is a reckless desision which will comeback and haunt him in November.How can he expect us to vote for him when he chooses a women with little experience and a Barbie doll family?

It hasn't even been talked about that she's under investigation in her own state currently for ethic violations, in abusing her power as governess……having her EX-brother-in-law (who was a respected state trooper for the the state) FIRED…….sounds like something right out of the redneck, white-trash, jerry springer soap opera…….thus a perfect pick for leatherface McCain

My heart goes out to Palin's down syndrome baby. That child needs their mother and more love than a typical child does. Pro-life/pro child who will be voting for Obama and praying every night for Palin's youngest child.

Steve – southern Illinois August 29th, 2008 8:34 pm ET

I doubt this lady has been completely vetted. Palin should be toast by about Wednesday after Keith Olbermann and crew get done with her.

Yeah we all know that if Olbermann spews it , it's like gospel baby. Wow people are really stupid.

She is almost as unqualified as Obama!

What I find so funny is 99% of the population in America had no idea who Palin was before today. How can anyone claim this choice to be good or bad at this point? Could this be one of the reason's why America is in a mess right now? Please be informened on who you vote for as your future could depend on it.

McCain should have picked Charlie Crist of FL. Crist would be ready to take over.

By the frequently offered up definition of insanity — doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results — the people planning to vote for the very Republicans who've failed this country so wretchedly the last eight years while expecting different results for so voting are insane.

I just submitted the Prarie Dog poisoning article from the Defenders of Wildlife website — CNN censored it!

CNN get out of the GOP's bed! Be independent! That's right – you've forgotten what FREEDOM OF SPEECH means – it's an amendment in the Consitution of the USA! GET OUT OF BUSH"S BED!

WHAT A BUNCH OF MORONS THAT RESIDE AT CNN!

Why do some of you think a woman needs to explain who will take care of the child? This country is bigger than that. Israel was smart..women help create peace…look at Maya Angelou and Golda from Israel. We need to catch up with the rest of the world.

Lin
attentiontodetailgifts.com

Mccain killed democracy!.. Barack Obama is here because of people.. people chose him whether or not he has experience. That is democracy.. but Palin, one person's choice.. just to get thru the elections..

LoL @ maryfromtexas

What secrets?

You're just the type McCrypt was aiming for when he made his VP choice. 'Gratz, YOU'VE set our movement back, all by yourself.

McCain's pick for VP clearly displays a politcal scam that appeals to his selfishness in this election. He obviously chose a woman to save his behind and steal the headlines from the historic night of Obama. McCain is in this election for his own interests and NOT for the best interests of Americans. He is a dictator in the making. Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have our first African-American President.

McSame just does not take his job seriously. This choice is a joke. Palin, Commander in Chief, ready to lead on day one, If anything happens to McSame (If he should win) this is who we would get to lead America. There's something wrong with McSame, I knew there was, but he has a serious judgment problem. McSame has lost his bearings completely, it is hard to believe that a man running for President would have this LAME judgment.

Who is pulling the strings, it is not mcaain
republican part y is a puppet show

Time to bring in multiparty democracy and break this stronghold of the delegate based election

This is a great pick! Sorry Obama peeps. You do not have a prayer now. For anyone that questions this womans experience. She is running for VP and she has More expereince then the ONE that is running for the President. Good job! Well done!

I'm torn. I've always enjoyed watching a woman juggle five kids (one off to war and the other a babe in arms) with an aging grandpa.

McCain's VP choice is pathetic and will probably cost him the election, if he ever had a chance to begin with.

That said, I FULLY SUPPORT IT! NICE JOB, McCAIN!

What a stupid decision!!! I understand the role of strategy, but do something that will ultimately be to the benefit of America and not to just win votes. Men in general, please be careful about the things you say because it's the gender card that Republicans will use to try to win voters.

Well, they look like Karen Walker and her effiminate nymisis from the TV sitcome – "Will and Grace"… i

I seriously doubt that CNN would ever post this….
but the ranting and raving about the inexperience of Palin as McCain's pick for VP pales in comparison to the idea of Obama actually occupying the oval office. Talk about inexperience and unqualified!!

Obama has NO executive experience. All he can do is spew political rhetoric! If this country has to listen to him talk ch-ch-ch-change for two more months I think a good percentage of us will throw up! With all this talk of change ….what major change has he ever accomplished??? If I seriously thought he could accomplish half of the things he has promised America….I might even consider voting for him. But then I don't really think that it is a good idea to have someone who supports murder in the White House

this was tucker bound's idea. what a maroon.

The shrillness, frenzy, and meanness of several anti-Palin comments is amazing and, I believe, is actually reflective of their fears about her positive impact on McCain’s chances of prevailing in November. Some of the smart dems are yet to figure out how to deal with her in a rational way

Maybe he met her online.

McCain is NOT thinking. This is the worst choice who could have made. It wouldn't matter if Palin is male,female, or anything else. She was only picked because of her sex and that is the highest form of sexism.

sgp August 29th, 2008 7:23 pm ET

As an American neighbor, I think the choice of Sarah Palin is downright scary. I hope the citizens of the most powerful nation in the world will not risk having a leader with zero foreign policy experience should something happen to John McCain in the event he is elected President.

Yet you are totally cool with Obama having NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE. It's bad that the future VP is inexperienced but great that the future president is inexperienced. Got Cha.

Palin won't get any more womens votes just because of her sex than Obama will get just because of his race.

Oh wait….

SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE THAT BE KNOWN THAT ALASKA STATE IS GENERALLY KNOWN FOR OIL AND THE REPUBLICAN VICE PRESIDENT CANDIDATE IS FROM ALASKA.

It's been less than 24-hours since Obama made his historic speech and then -BOOM – a historic move by the republicans.
Another reason why I will vote for McCain. He is a REFORMER indeed- in words and deed.

McCain/Palin 2008

Oh lord, the democrats accuse Palin to be thin on foreign policy…what is obama's record on foreign policy…please someone tell me. Other than missing every important vote I don't think he has any.

I forgot….he went to Germany, gave hot dogs and beer and a rock concert to the public there. Of course they loved it….that's what he is doing with all the American??? money he is raising.

will not vote for john mccain ticket

Reminds me of corporate America- when someone surprisng ends up with the job you wanted and you just say how the heck did that happen. McCain had so many other high caliber women to pick from.
(Condoleeza Rice, Susan- the senator from Maine, etc) I'm sorry but is he thinking with his pants ? I think she is a fine person and mother but just not quite the level I thought he'd choose. I thought McCain's weakness was economic issues- what are Palin's iideas to get the economy going other than build a pipeline in Alaska.

VERY DISAPPOINTED

McCain made a wonderful descision. As I Stand with one foot on the democratic side and one on the republican, I am now one of those 18million cracks that is giving my support to the republican party. It has nothing to do with her being a woman, she has shown her ability to multi-task with her devotion to her family and country. And she still has her feet firmly grounded in christian values, and is reaching for what she believes in,She stands her own ground with the good old boys of washington and is a voice for all of us.

Fantastic idea!
Wholeheartedly agree.
Why not?
No baggage!
No crazy cracked out husband going around screwing and screwing things up.

Cannot wait to see how this plays out.

Lin
attentiontodetailgifts.com

Wow. They met one time and now she is the VP pick. Sorta like going on one date and proposing the same night. Unfortunately the VP ramifications have are much more serious. Unbelievable.

Are you guys going to vote for Obama just because he's black?
Are you guys going to vote for Mc Cain just because he is against abortion and hates gays?
Are you going to vote for Obama just because he's handsome?
Are you going to vote for Mc Cain just because he is a veteran?
Are you going to vote for Obama just because he gave a great speech or…
Are you going to vote for Mc Cain just because he finally put a female as VP?

PICK! CHOOSE! DECIDE!

I FEEL WHY WOULD MCCAIN PICK A CANDIDCATE FROM ALASKA WITH LITTLE EXPERIENCE. PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT ALASKA IS GENREALLY KNOWN FOR OIL!!!!!!!!!!!! SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD REASON TO PICK A VICE PRESIDENT FROM THAT STATE.

If he is willing to offer someone he's only met once and only known for 6 months the second-in-command spot, how well do you think he's going to run a country? By making more seat-of-his-pants decisions? That's how we ended up in the middle east.

Mr. Independent -or so you call yourself a Mr. Sound more like a Mrs. in disguise. Can you please tell me what Senator Biden is lacking in experience that Senator Clinton apparently has other than her gender? Furthermore, since your use of the word "idiot" seems to be your favorite word, I would like to share my thoughts: I think you're an idiot, and a female is disguise, not to mention a republican.

This pick reeks of desperation. I am sure as more news comes out about how he chose her, the fact that he only met her once, the more this will have the shapings of a bad pick.

The guy spoke to her once, and after he saw Obama didn't choose Hillary, he jumped on the political option. If anyone will sacrifice Country over winning an election its John McCain. Not the pick that proves it, but HOW he chose her, only for being a woman. He only met her once, there is no way he knows anything about her. I bet she wasn't even vetted. McCain is taking a longshot on the only way he can steal withe WH.

Obama preaches change, picks old washington politician for running mate. McCain also says it's time for change picks forty four year old woman. both republican VP and democrat presidential nominee will have to get on the job training. question, who would you prefer to be leaning on the job, top banana or second banana.

So its so easy to get to a VP position….possibly a future President of the most powerful country. Its very scary indeed. Seems like this is even scarier than the terrorist threats! Palin has absolutely no foreign policy credentials nor has any experience steering an economy out of doldrums. McCain is desperate and is out of ideas. He thinks he is smart by choosing her, he has the evangelicals in line and garner some of the Hillary backers, all in one go. Too bad it ain't gonna work this time. Enough of the Bush McCain war mongering right wing losers.

HAHA A woman vice-president!!!! Obama had his chance with Hillary, but in the end it was Mccain that picked one. How ironic.

This is the best example of the fact that John McCain is "out of touch".

John McCain thinks we wanted Hillary because she was a woman. He forgets that we voted for Hillary in a DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY!!!!

What he doesn't know is that we wanted Hillary because she was the woman who would promote OUR issues! Don't count on us as Hillary voters…We are not fooled! Mommy with a gun isn't going to fly!

Barack Obama and Joe Biden are more supportive of issues than a pro life, pro gun pro Bush same as the last 8 years candidate.

I'm still angry, but now I'm angry at John McCain!!! Now I'm going to vote for Barack Obama.

Dana doesn't know squat.

It's a fabulous team whether you're are a dem or rep; lib or con.

Cnn, pulled you head out of the sand and look at reality.

What? I am shocked by McCain's running mate choice. I am a staunch democrat, so I am happy with his "maverick" decision. Does this person have any education?

WOW!! First major decision for McCain and he chooses someone he met once!

I can't believe she is the best that the Republicans have to offer. Pretty sad. She is governer of one of the least populated states and has had prior experience as mayor and school board member!!!

WOW, If this were a title fight it would be OVER

McCain seems to have a penchant for models.

Good for McCain! Obama gave a flowerly speech that I found socialistic in nature, the government is not here to solve all our problems. With Palin we know what she stands for, with Obama we know he won't even call himself bi-racial but rather identifies himself with one side of his heritage over the other and made all his decisions in a group (Senate setting. As a middle aged women who has voted for both parties in the past, I think she would be a mover and shaker not just a talker.

Let's see -
Joe Biden is mentoring Barrack for on-the-job training for President

John McCain is mentoring Sarah for on-the-job training for Vice President

So who would we rather have – a President in training or a Vice President in training?

I was still on a high from watching Obama's speech from Section 317 at Invesco last night when I heard news of McCain's VP selection this morning. It's a cherry on my sundae! And the only thing better than this truly amateur selection is watching the Republican pundits in their hilarious defense of it on CNN! I love it! Obama and Biden should pick out their tuxes for the inaugural ball.

She is quite the looker. I bet Hef's wheels are turning. If she doesn't make it in politics there is always the mansion.

Palin is a right-wing christian who has zero experience. This pick is simply insane. Imagine her as president…. worse than Bush. What a nightmare.

Yes this it McCain and Myers… Wow

I just started researching her family history and the first thing I found was a Charles R. Heath (her maiden name) from Idaho who was a World War II POW: Wonder if they're related? Might be something for CNN to check out!!

Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
about Charles R Heath
Name: Charles R Heath
Race: White
Residence State: Idaho

Report Date: 21 Sep 1944
Latest Report Date: May 1945

Before Halloween she and Cindy McCain will both be drug fortified. The political mill she is about to enter, given her support of big oil and virtually no national level and foreign policy experience as she tries to convince the American people her time as mayor qualifies her to be one heart beat from serving as our President, will grind her to a pulp. Yea, both Cindy and Palin will be in the ER requesting controlled substances for aggressive hand shaking.

CYNTHIA STICKING TO A PLAN WHEN EVERYONE THINKS IT'S WRONG IS WHATS APPEALING TO YOU ABOUT MCCAIN ? WOW

SPEECHLESS !

Is it true her husband works at BP another about OIL for the rich, if so how many females work in the area?

Five children at home………….pleaseeeeeeeeeee. just want to know if CNN leave comment…………………..

The democrats are already panning her as a woman..guess that's why they slurred and flamed and lied on Hillary…you know they say it takes a real MAN to support a strong woman. Guess there ain't many in the Democratic Party is there.

The old soldier just shot himself in the foot !

VOTE BOB BARR! VOTE BOB BARR! VOTE BOB BARR!

Palin is rigidly Pro-life but hunts animals and carries a gun. Where is this regard for life?

Another trophy woman for McCain – besides his wife.

As a woman, her appointment is very insulting. She does not embody what Hiliary represents. Any former Clinton supporter who votes for McCain because of her appointment needs to re-evaluate what the issues are.

Palin is a truly disappointing choice, one McCain made mainly because of her gender. Again, McCain misses the point that we don't deny or grant opportunities because of race or gender. Gender-neutral does not mean choosing a woman so you have a woman on the ticket. It means choosing the best person possible and not denying it to someone because she's a woman.

A state Governor with 1 1/2 years experience and no knowledge of national politics or of foreign policy for the second highest job in the land says a lot about John McCain — thoughtless about the nation and only concerned with trying to shake up his dull campaign. McCain's age makes it far more problematic that this untried, unknowledgeable newcomer, a kind of female Dan Quayle, may serve as President at some point, a truly disturbing possibility. Shame on John McCain for his short-sightedness.

That's just appallin'!

Game on. Brilliant move Mr. McCain! And I sincerely thank you. If my state is close and I have to vote for you, you've just made it a whole lot easier.

Obama fans: You may be too young to remember but Joe Biden endorsed a Kerry-McCain ticket in 2004. Guess he can't be as bad as the desperate Dems are now trying to make him out to be.

Country before party!

Just because the GOP fooled the people twice they think they can do it again. American's aren't that stupid, they landed on the moon for crying out loud. Not this time, 8 is enough.

So, okay. McCain wants to court women voters by choosing a female running mate. Instead of choosing Kay Bailey Hutchison or Elizabeth Dole or Condi or any other of the qualified Republican women he could have picked – He chooses Cutie McPretty.

I can't wait to see how Miss Congeniality stands up to Putin and Ahmadinijad.

*rolls eyes*

This is a gimmick and if you buy it, you are a sucker.

How many times will Republicans allow themselves to be duped (and take all the rest of us down with you?)

EIGHT IS ENOUGH!

McCain is not showing respect to Hillary Clinton by chosing this woman as his VP and thinking that any woman will do in this election. Hillary has a great record of achievements that would have supported her bid for the presidency or as a choice for VP. McCain has just cheapened the whole process and I find it insulting as a woman and I am sure that I am not alone. Biden will destroy her in their debate.

I am shoicked at this choice. Alaska has a population of approximately 670,000+. Anchorage has population of approximately 270,000+. The small town where she was mayor is around 8,000 I have seen in articles. I am a little perplexed as I read she fired her police chief when she was mayor. Plus I think I remember she may have gotten rid of other staff members. As Governor she has taken everyone on – big oil an legislators. Presently her administration is under investigation regarding undue pressure exerted due a divorce nasty divorce case between her sister and brother in-law is a law enforcement officer. Accusation pressure was exerted to have her brother in-law fired. This information has been gotten from todays Anchorage newspaper.

This woman is not experienced!!! Republicans talk all you want. You hit Obama with huge smear ads all the time. You have labeled him repeatedly. Republicans how dare you now say she is qualified. You really think voters are stupid!!! This is sad. I am insulted!! I am a registered Republican!! Not this time!!!!

Of course she's the head of the Alaska National Guard. She's the *governor of Alaska*. The governor is always the head of the National Guard.

I find it very disturbing that McCain would choose a VP running mate after
personally meeting her only once. If this is the way that McCain plans to run this country then shame on him and shame on those of us who fail to take this as a warning. McCain who is not ready for the job as president.
Did he not realize that the person chosen as a VP would potentially be only a heart-beat away from the becoming the president? Does he want to win this election so badly that he cares nothing about the impact that a poor decision ,such as this, could have on the millions of Americans who love this country

this is scary ….. i cannot belive this this is actually very dang scary ……

You and I never met the candidates, but vote for them. If McCain and palin only meet once, they feel comfortable with each other what's the fuss?

Hillary supporters–sweet revenge–vote McCain/Palin. Obama chose a VP without the same reproductive organs we have! Shame on you Obama!

Ha ha! I love the libs & feminazis de-crying Mac's pick of Sarah Palin! You can almost smell the fear because they know this is gonna sink "the messiah and the hair-master"!! And Olbermann? He can foam-at-the-mouth and rant all he wants! His bleating only reaches his Kool-aid choir! (And maybe Chris "thrill down my leg" Matthews, if they can play nicely!)

Go, Mac/Palin!!!

McCain makes possibly the most important decision of his campaign, choosing a woman whom he has barely spoken with? And this is the "good judgment" that the Republicans are touting?

Palin may need to learn the job quicker than some realize. McCain's public statement of health indicates that he has been having a series of mini-strokes. The statement indicates high blood pressure, dizzyness, and fainting, all of which are indicatations of mini-strokes.

This is truly unbelievable. I honestly don't think I can vote for this ticket and feel comfortable with someone who has so little experience. She's really going to be next in line for the most important job in the world?

I feel bad for the people who are racist and sexist…they have no one to vote for now

hahahah sometimes the truth hurts doesn't it.

Jo,, where were you for the last year…CNN has been the wind behind Obama's back…CNN + Palosi + Dean + Kennedy nominated Obama..
and the Clinton's lost…Without the Clinton that convention was a bust. OK Obama gave a good speech..I think we know that already….
The man can speak….

If this is McCain's answer to win Hillary supporters, forget it! It's not the gender in play here, it's the person and it won't happen!

In early August, the Joint Legislative Council, filled with Republicans and Democrats, voted 12 to 0 to formally call for an investigation against Governor Palin in a manner—that they are stressing—will be unbiased and done in a timely fashion.

the gop thought that mccain's being white would be enough to get him elected. then, obama electrified the convention and they got scared. now they're counting on women to vote with their uteruse (uterii) instead of their brains. well, women aren't as stupid as the gop thinks they are.

I AM MCSAME SUPPORTER BUT WHY…..WHY….WHY….PALIN.

I hope everyone keeps this in mind:
Obama picked a VP who would compliment him when he is working as our President. He could have chosen Clinton to get votes, but he decided to look at what would help him get the job done in the oval office.
McCain picked a VP solely to win the election.
I was keeping an open mind about McCain till this moment. Not any more.

Brilliant

I made my first political blog tonight on this blog site. I watch all the new chanells and have been reading all kinds of blogs. And I can not believe how rude Dems and Reps are being while makeing their comments. I like to listen to all views but this is unreal.

So it went something like this! "Hey Sarah…err…you're kinda' hot. Wanna run with me? Hubba hubba…"

All the Dems out there. I think you should goto this site to see what your precious Obama really is. It's sad that most of you are gonna pick him because he's all about change. Well go here and see some facts about him which are true.

http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/video.aspx?RsrcID=2036

I actually dont support either of the major parties because for one their stands on the majority of the issues arent ones I agree with, and two McCain and Obama have both changed their stands on the controversial issues mainly for votes.
I want a president who is actually gonna stand up to the old way politics were done; where politicians would fix symptoms of problems rather than fixing THE problem. That right there is the main reason our country is facing alot of the problems we have.
So vote for the person who ACTUALLY represents the issues you feel are important to YOU.
Not on gender, race, religion, or out of spite.

One person chose based on what was best politically for potential votes. One person chose based on what would be best for the country if, God forbid, he died and the country was turned over to the VP. It's not too hard to figure out who's who here.

I hope that the women who supported Hillary see right through this for what it is. As Hillary said, did you support me because of me, or did you support me because of what I stood for? If you supported Hillary because of her views and positions on issues, there is really no choice for you. If you just want a woman in office, you now need to vote for McCain. Think about what you would be doing. Lifelong NRA member. Lifelong opponent of Choice. Involved in political and criminal investigation in her own state. Supports teaching Creationism in schools. Hey, you make up your own mind.

Please google Palin and Alaska scandel. This is happening now. She might be behind bars in a few weeks. Wow, McCain really did his homework.

If you women out there think that John McCain only picked Sarah Palin because she is a women you are dummer then Barack. Look at the facts, she has a positive history of change in the short amount of time she has been governor of the State of Alaska. While Barack Obama has been parading around the country for 2 years campaigning the Presidency with no credit of change to his name. Not to mention his views on the war, his choice of mentors in his personal life are very questionable. They all changed when it wasn't popular with the American public. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure how transparent he is and how much of a puppet he is. You need to accept that women can be strong and independent . Get over yourselves and get a life!

Hey Eve….he is not out of touch with this woman….I think it is wonderful that he went outside the beltway and someone who has not connections to the good ole boys club!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am not surprised that a handful of ex-Democrats are now in favour of an extreme right-wing agenda. I feel this could be scripted, like so much is in politics.

How can people's beliefs so so flexible or are these Republicans-come- lately just playing games? It's easy to make claims like these "now-I -know- better" people do.

I liked your comments, Stephanie of Texas.

Why all the questions about the "care of her baby" ? Did you all forget about the husband, and the other siblings? Those types of comments are completely sexist by the way. If you trying to infer that a/any child must be suffering because the mother works outside the home, you are a sexist, plain and simple whether your a man or woman.

OMG…. Are the Republicans that stupid to think that the reason people were voting for Hillary was because she was a women. They need to get their heads out of the mud. If any Hillary support votes for this ticket, they were never a real Hillary support.

If he really wanted to make a impact on the race he should have picked Condi Rice. She would have made a better choice. Hillary has been publicly vetted. My God, at least Biden could step in at Commander and Chief.

To all women, this is the worst insult ever. Palin says she's a hockey mom!!!

Give me a break……