As a female, I am totaly disgusted with the Republicans, to even suggest that women are so stupid to vote for their choice of VP. She has nothing going for her and to use Hillary Clinton's name with her is totally disrespectful. Send her back to Alaska and she needs to focus more on her family.

Who cares? And honestly, I have never voted for or against a Presidential candidate based on his choice of a running mate. Gov Palin is not running for Pres., so who cares? This is between McCain and Obama, that's where your votes should lie.

Family values. Where? I don't see any? Are they hiding both the Nanny and Sarah from the media? Karl Rove can't be behind her all the time whispering what to say in her ear. Sooner or later she'll have to air her ignorance publicly.

Just adding to his carbon footprint.

Hooray for him….but do we care?? Who's going to watch the kids? I'm already tired both of them.

Who cares? He is an Ex-felon with a DUI record.

I did'nt think he would have any interest in politics. Wonder who is caring for the little ones of the family if both parents are busy with their own things.

All you folks out there who continue with the "who's taking care of the kids" comments are way out of touch with the reality of America today. Families where both the father and mother work are the norm. It's been that way for decades. Gov Palin and her husband have made it work exceedingly well. They are simply a happy American family which rings true with other American families all across this country. That fact that you don't get it is just evidence of how out of touch you are with American today.

Maybe First Dud is more accurate than First Dude.

Fore some reason real people dont really care what he does. Hope he dont pull a Sonny Bono.

Governor Sarah Palin reminds me of the Queen of Hearts, a character out of the Alice in Wonderland book, who resorts to "off with the head" antics whenever someone crosses or displeases her. Spitefully trying to get a librarian fired, including an ex-brother-in-law? It seems that she has a propensity to use power to go after her opponents' jugular veins.

In these troubling times when America has lost its stature because of the cowboy tactics of George Bush, do we need a pitbull in red lipsticks at the White House?

Funny… Before Republicans complained about the 'Non-News' stories that always followed dems. Now It's our turn to complain!!

I love that Sarah Palin is being vetted in public, and the nasty, rehearsed speech a la Rove will ignite the desire of democrats to see that she gets hers in the press. Can't wait until the original pit bull (Biden) starts railing on her about her misconduct and fraud–starting with emails sent to her husband re: troopergate – double the abuse of power, her support of the bridge to nowhere (which she stopped supporting but only if she could keep the money for her special-interest state, a 22 million dollar deficit from the small town she was mayor of, the illegitimate child her daughter is going to have, her blatant lack of education (does she really think her bachelor's degree trumps Barak's Columbia and Harvard Law education?) and a host of other indiscretions and lapses of intelligence and judgement. Her along with Humpty Dumpty McCain is a real sick ticket. Notice how the he can barely walk, and can't raise his arms. Something tells me his bones are starting to fuse–his collapse is eminent, and I'll be darned if this little White (trash) girl is gonna make decisions for me….

get a life this is not news CNN

HOW did I know the obama gang would be critical of this also -
REMEMBER your guy told you "Family was off-limits" -Seems NO one cried when obama and Mommy put their kids in a Teen Magazine – just to look "cool"
Get over it – GOV Palin did an Excellent job last night – SHE can give a great speech – so can obama – SHE is young – So in obama
McCain is older – SO is Biden – what is the problem now?????????

This whole PUMA movement is silly….

Drop the sour grapes and start thinking straight.

Why is it wrong for the Palin's to have their family out front, but Obama can shill out his daughters at the DNC and even have them speak, and it's OK?

Did you see Biden's son? Vote for daddy, I'll be in Iraq! Waa, waa, waa.

You don't see McCain using his military sons to get cheap sympathy!

I am always amaze how members of the Democratic Party, who claim to be so diverse and and caring about people, can be so hateful and mean.

This s so not news worthy. He pratically a mr mom and he goes snowmobiling. end of story

Does Palin's degree in journalism quality her to be Commander in Chief??? I'll vote for the ones with the Constitutional Law Degrees, Thank you.

I could care less about Palins husband.
I want to know where she stands on policy, especially since McCain says the election isn't about policy.

When will they start asking about his membership of AIP?

The Obamabloggers are at it again. Palin got up there and showed them she's not intimidated and the Obama bloggers don't know what to do. I especially like the ones that say she read her speech from a teleprompter when it was obvious she kept looking at notes she had made. The teleprompter guy is Obama. Blitzer was saying last night that Obama was one of the best at reading his speech from a teleprompter.
And then we those that say her speech was written for her. Got news for all of you. All the politicians have their speeches written for them. Yes, even your god, Obama.
Now then there's the thing about being a hunter and cruelty to animals. Wonder how many of those fools are sitting down to a good steak tonight.
And the the sexists that were rampant in these blogs when Hillary was running now have another target for their sick sexism.. And, get this, alot of them are women. Women who have been brainwashed into thinking their inferior . Whose place is with the babies and doing the dishes and "takin care of their man." Looks as if that family is pretty healthy and happy to me and, just think all this while she was Governor, too.
Oh, and supposedly she lied during her speech. Does anyone remember that Obama was "not in the pews" and supposedly didn't know about the good Rev. Wrights far out positions? And then there's the little matter of him claiming that McCain was not for equal pay for equal work. Outright lie and he knew it when he said it. McCain is for equal pay just voted not to extend past six months,the time allowed to file a lawsuit. I guess with Obama being a lawyer he must not have liked limiting the number of chances lawyers have to milk their clients with outrageous fees.
One thing about Obamabots, They've all been given blinders to wear while looking at their idol.

Would somebody please take that baby home and take care of it? Somebody? Anyone? No 4 month old baby needs to be trotted around a stage all week.

And my tax money is paying for this? Shouldn't he be out going rah, rah with the rest of the snubs.

i would like to comment on palin's speech last night. she never
mentioned what she would do as v.p. although i agree with p diddy
and mccain he must be bugging if he thinks that americans are
going to vote for him. well, he must be crazy if he thinks that we're
ready for the same thing.wake up america and smell the wine.if you
like the way this country has been ran by bush than,you go ahead and vote for mccain.but when things start to get rougher than don't go
crying about impeaching mccain,because you were stupid to vote for him anyways.i'm supporting obama and he will win.no way no how
no mccain/palin. i didn't find her joke funny anyway.thank you

Hey, The Other Campaign Strategist

"I heard this morning that Palin took her kids to her office in the statehouse. Is this what she would plan to do as VP? Would this perk be extended to all women in the Federal government?"

One of the most famous pictures of John Kennedy is of John Jr. crawling out from under his desk…

I am not a Hockey Mom, I have no kids
I don't have any mentally challengs children, however I have family members who can't afford the medicalbills
I am hot a funny person, more serious minded. (found her jokes silly)
I'm quite and to the point, more direct in my approch.

Now my concerns
I travel 56 miles one way to work (gas prices)(can you drill in my back yard)
My job budget is blown out the roof (over fuel cost)
My may have to drop health care because of cost from my employer
The stock market is dropping
Palin didn't mention any of these issues!

YES WE CAN——go snowmobiling in this country. It is still a free county. Obama hasn't starting Ruling yet

There should be a rule that people who run for VP have traveled outside of the United States, MORE THAN ONCE!!!! At least. How can Palin understand foreign affairs when her ONLY experience of life outside of the US, happened just ONCE! Explain that!

So where there is an Obama story about him playing basketball or going to the gym even taking a vacation that's all sweet and dandy but when the husband of the VP pick takes some time its a HUGE MAJOR breakdown. Come on Obama people, you are worst the a drama queen. It works both ways DEAL WITH IT

Hi,

enjoy your race…snow can be as much as bumpy as this race!

Ready to lead the sled pack.

Where's the beef? Remember that catchphrase from the Regan era? This so applies to the GOP convention. Where's the beef? I didn't hear any solutions from Nanook of the North, or the Arizona Kid's henchmen. They are patently attacking the Democratic candidates because if they were to stick with issues, they'd be slammed to the concrete. The American people are sick to death with the economy, the war, health care, veteran's rights…all problems squarely in the imbecile from Crawford's lap. So next time Palin, McCain or any of the other GOP cronies pipe up with something about Obama or Biden, ask them "WHERE'S THE BEEF?".

He should be supporting his wife by being present and taking care of the kids. If he was the vice presidential nominee and his wife wasn't there it would not be acceptable!

Aww isn't this sweet… NOT!

Now, if we can just get the other Palin to leave the world will be better off.

Reminder to all that John McCain is the oldest man to ever run for a first term as President and has had cancer four times. When you can take any one of his attack ads against Obama, fill in the name of his Vice Presidential choice and come up with a winner, it is a PROBLEM. Whatever happened to common sense and no time for on the job training?

Yawn….

1 – the article, if you Bots had bothered to actually READ it, says that he will be staying behind AFTER the convention, not missing the convention.

2 – what's Biden's wife doing and who was watching Edward's kids when his wife was killed in a car accident and he chose to go ahead and take the oath of office as a first time senator?

Sarah's pluckiness is very alluring.
But my interest is not politically motivated.

All of a sudden, teenage pregnancy has become a conservative value, and handicapped babies are now more adorable, conservative values are truly dynamic

Wow just wow. Seriously do you guys even read the article.

"As the newly minted Republican ticket gets set to tour key campaign states immediately following the end of the party’s convention, Sarah Palin's husband Todd is staying behind in Minneapolis for what's reputed to be the largest snowmobile event in the word."

Not during, not before, but after. People are so quick to attack that they are not even understanding what they are attacking.

Insane! Absolutely insane

Oh my gosh, I cant stop laughing. The comments are like the comic relief of my day. Thanks all!

The kids are probably with the grandparents, who cares.

The point is that we do not want book burning elitist (snowmobiles cost like 10-20 grand) draconian absitnence and creationist preaching right wing NUTS in the white house.

There's some hate for ya.

I'm so moved!

Thanks to Bristol Palin and her family, Black unwed teenage mothers around the country can stop being disparaged as "baby mommas" and can be lauded as examples of good, Christian pro-life values. After all, the only difference between Bristol and the Black unwed teenage mothers is their color, right?

I felt like I had walked into the biggest car dealership this side of the Miss. watching the convention last night and Ms. Palin is their #1 salesman. You don't need much education to be a salesman or a governess (you can learn that at home ). Now a statesman well that is a quality mark achieved thru years of study and is always rewarded with wisdom not narcism. We need wisdom and diplomacy to speak for our people not Big Oil dealers. I wonder how many other Americans are seeing the sly deceitful words and manners of business these people are getting out there. Do we really want more of the same Bushy animals? Choose carefully who you shall serve Truth (God) or Love of Money (Evil). YES WE CAN.

Wife's running for veep spot first time ever.
What a way to show your support.

I think both democrats and republicans should be more intelligent and educated to read such snard and uncouth remarks about anyone. Guess everyone has their opinion. Are you people Americans. I never knew that Americans were so disgraceful and judgemental. Better take the back seat and start over.
Go back to school where you belong!

Ya got a start wondering when these two ever did have time for any quality time alone with the kids????

HE IS CUTE !!!!!!! They have my vote !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YEp, that can work Both ways !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Sucks , don't it LIbs LOL LOL

Liberal hate?

I'll tell you about hate…the last 8 years, b1tch.

And who will take care of their special needs infant while Palin is campaigning? Please don't say she will drag this still nursing baby around the country.
I thought her performance last night was vile and ugly. When will the RNC mention any of the issues facing this once great nation. They are turning long time RNC supporters away with all the hate.l

like he has anything to say…..

Does anyone get the impression that taking care of children is "woman's work" in the Palin family?

Ok EVERYONE JUST STOP AND TAKE A DEEP BREATH, THIS MATTER IS HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF, LISTEN TO WHAT YOU'LL ARE SAYING AND DOING JUST WHAT THEY WANT YOU TO DO….SLIENT, SLIENT, ENOUHG, ENOUGH, THEY WANT YOU TO SAY AND DO JUST WHAT YOUR DOING ENOUGH. THE BEST WAY TO SKIN A CAT (BECAUSE YOU KNOW FROM HISTORY THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO DO THIS) IS TO BE SLIENT AND LET THE BIG GUY UP STAIRS HANDLE THIS. WHEN YOU DIG A GRAVE FOR SOMEONE ELSE YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS FALL IN IT YOURSLEVE….TRUST ME WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND IT IS WRITTEN IT'S KARMA FORKS. PRAISE HER, DON'T BRING A UGLY SMEAR UPON YOUR FAMILY AND LOVE ONES, BECAUSE GOD SEES ALL HATE FROM EVERY SIDE. i TRULY PRAISE SEN. OBAMA, AND JOE BIDEN FOR BEING THE TRUE ADULT'S AND GENTLEMAN, NOT THE FOOLISH SCHOOL BOYS THAT CNN, FOXS NEWS AND THE BUNCH OVER AT THE MCCAIN CAMP IS.
MAY GOD KEEP US SAFE. THE OTHER COUNTRTIES IS ALSO WATCHING US (USA) C'MOM GET IT RIGHT..
SEN. OBAMA WILL WIN JUST VOTE FOR WHAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS COUNTRY . OBAMA/BIDEN 08/16

Who is caring for their children is crisis? At least one of them should don't you think? They really are "me me me" people. I think they all need some birth control.

This is news??? The country is falling apart…the dow took a dump today….and we should give a crap about snowmobiling????????

He may as well get used to being Mr. Mom.

So if he is attending the Snowmobile event, his wife is trying to be Vice President, Their eldest daughter is pregnant, then who is taking care of the newborn with down syndrome? I've been busting my butt just to work and take care of my one daughter. These guys are just irresponsible if they have this much free time. Take care of your family!

No Way No How No McCain!!!!!

Would the Republicans posing as Clinton supporters, please stop? I am a Clinton supporter and I know that in no way could you possibly back Palin and her far, far right wing policies and still claim your roots are with Senator Clinton. The fact is that Senator Clinton left the Democratic Convention with the respect and support of those who voted for Obama in the primaries and Obama left with the respect and support of the Clinton supporters. The Republican Party tries to win elections by dividing and you have to have the memory of the fish in finding Nemo not to see that and be appalled by it.

i wonder if his wife had anything to do with winning those races hmmm?

funny how the libs are now so concerned about who is taking care of the kids. No one seems concerned about the Obama kids while the parents have been on the campaign trail for 18 months.

And now the libs are concerned about experience? where was their concern about Obama's experience? Is Obama ready to lead the country in a crisis if Biden dies? Don't you think the Pres should have more experience than the Vice Pres?

any argument the liberals put forth cannot withstand sustained logical thinking…something they fail to do before running their mouths….

Todd is too pretty to be 100% str8. He'll have lots of time to play while if the wife is out screwing up the world.

You liberals are sick! You deride the republicans for being mean-spirited. You guys are acting like a bunch of facist.

God save us if Obama is elected…

I would just love to see all of the news media, including CNN, get to the issues. Start asking the tough questions of Ms Palin. I heard nothing about the issues last night in her speech, only digs at the opposition. Lets get the candidates on the news shows and lets ask the tough questions of all of them. Perhaps then we as Americans can see for ourselves the differences between these parties. I for one am sick and tired of the Republicans trying to make this election again about god, guns, gays and terror. We have nothing but problems right here in American and I want to know who is going to clean this mess up that George Bush and company have created in the last eight years. What about health care, gas prices, green energy, the falling dollar, our decaying infrastructure and the bringing of our troops home from Iraq? Come on CNN get tough with the candidates…no soft balls because she is a woman. She asked last night to have a fight…so let's see if she and the rest can take the heat.

Great… nice to know that between two parents with a newborn with special needs… one is taking a job which will keep her out of the home, and most likely out of the country for some time…. and the other one is out snowmobiling. Actually.. her husband seems cool… she seems like a decent person, but unfortunately she's playing the role of republican puppet.

This is a real family who knows how to live life to the fullest. Marriage is a partnership and it seems to me that both of them know how to encourage each other and treat each other with respect AND want each other to pursue their interests and reach their potential. If he was running for VP and she stayed home to participate in an important event, no one would be talking about this. What double standards – especially from the liberal side. Good grief. Mr. Palin and Mrs. Obama are not puppets and have their own lives. Both should be treated with respect for their individual quality, attributes and goals – not because they are a 'spouse'.

That's why the teenage daughter is now pregnant, apparently she's on her own, mom and dad are a little to busy these days with their own agenda.

You people are so funny, you can't freaking survive in the middle of nowhere in Alaska with just a knife and a fish hook. Middle America, the heartland of USA doesn't think like a bunch of city slickers who worry more what is the latest fashion than how to make a decent honest living.

WHAT TIME DOES THE RETHUGLICANS POLITICO COMEDY SHOW START.
I must agree they have some bunch of comedians there.

Yesterday's comedy theme was 'bashing Obama', cant wait to see todays show!

Who really cares! why not, he can celebrate….
Someone please Mrs Palin about the 444,000 unemployment claims in the news today.
some how the community organizer was able to work to get people off unemployment to work.
Sad to say, I was laid of work, I am one month away from losing my home and all I hear about how she sold her jet on ebay????
I have always been a republican – hey, Sarah, I have news flash for you, just lost my vote to Obama!!!

Oooooh right…. we'd better all vote for her then. LMAO!

I'm going sailing on the weekend….. and….

I really think that speaks to how I'll help America get out of the mess it's in currently!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good God!

You guys at CNN seem to have a lot of time on your hands.

If you want to cover the minutia of the Palin family, why don't you get the ex-brother-in-law on the set; that would make for some interesting TV!!

You people are so funny, you can't freaking survive in the middle of nowhere in Alaska with just a knife and a fishing….LOL

I don't care about how Sarah Palin or John McCain take care of their families. I care about how their policy choices affect my family and millions of other Americans.

McCain and Palin get their health insurance paid for by the government (hers in Alaska and his in Washington). Yet they oppose giving the nearly 46 million uninsured Americans the same access to affordable health care.

John McCain's kids don't have to worry about paying for college. Yet he has opposed every single education support program to help others.

McCain and Palin say they will stand up to oil companies. Yet the only energy policy they support gives millions of dollars in tax breaks to oil companies to do more drilling and he has opposed every piece of federal legislation to explore alternative fuel sources.

McCain and Palin say they will revamp how Washington does business. Yet his campaign is filled with lobbyists and she has cooperated with Sen. Ted Stevens in funneling federal money for useless projects in Alaska for years. And McCain and Palin have no solutions for Americans worrying about their jobs in a fragile economy. iReport.com: Is Palin the right choice for you?

McCain and Palin want us to leave their families alone. Yet they want to make rules for our families by eliminating our right to make our own choices over abortion, eliminate our access to family planning education or domestic partner benefits, and our freedom from discrimination.

They want to control what our kids learn in school about sex and about science. In short, through the policies they promote and the judges they support, they want the government to have more control over our private lives than at any time in history.

McCain and Palin now say their campaign is about change, too. Yet the only real change they have proposed is a change from a suit to a skirt in the vice president's office and one man fighting a misplaced war for another in the Oval Office.

This is news because…oh yeah so much for conservative family values. Call me a liberal.

Isn't is great how all the people who believe in
CHOICE can now instruct the Palins on how to live their lives. We're all different , people. Butt out and worry about you own lives. If that were to happen, maybe we'd all be better off.

For those offended by Palin's comments on Community Service, don't feel too bad. Couple of months ago, she didn't even know what the Vice President did.

Please tell Gov. Palin there are no mooses in Alaska! Those animals live in Canada! What is behind her in the photo is a caribou. I would think a governer of a state would know the differance between a caribou and a moose!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lived in Alaska for a year and every body there knows the differance

Ben the plural of moose is moose. I do not believe mooses is a word.

If Governor Palin became President of the United States and that Red Phone were to ring at 1:00 a.m. during a crisis, she would say, "can you give me a minute. I have to read the tela-promt." There is a crisis Mrs. President. No ! she says, "I'm a hockey mom.

No one ever asks a man running for office what he's going to do about the kids. The sexism coming from Obama supporters is shameful. Bigots.

I love reading these posts. The Democrats are beside themselves as they sense the annointment of the holy one is slippping away.They may own the press, but they don't own the people.

I hope Todd has a good time!

McCain/Palin '08

lizfor hillary clinton September 4th, 2008 3:57 pm ET
YOU GUYS HAVE MY VOTE…VOTES FOR WOMEN…VOTES FOR WOMEN…DAD WILL WATCH HIM…CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE IS MR MOM…C'MON WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT…NOTHING…WE ARE SURE A MALE DRIVEN SOCIETY…MAKES ME MAD…DOUBLE STANDARDS…BIG TIME
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I agree. If he takes care of the kids, great. Many high powered couples have nannies that do much of the child rearing. There should not be a double standard simply becasue the woman has the more high powered position. These comments should stop!

Also, the use of the word "shrill" is very uncool and much like some of the "code word" comments directed at Obama. A more gender nutral expression like "mean and sarchastic" or "nasty and sarchastic" would be better used to describe her speech.

Obamatrons at CNN: All the Republicans did last night was tell it like it is. They held a mirror up to your candidate and apparently you liberals were afraid of what you saw, or what had to be pointed out to you. When you stop whining look in the mirror yourselves.

I heard this morning that Palin took her kids to her office in the statehouse.

Is this what she would plan to do as VP?

Would this perk be extended to all women in the Federal government?

…. to all parents?

Get your PUMA's For PALIN T-Shirt TODAY!!!!!!

You know Hillary (secretly) loves this lady.

I love PIT BULL women. WE get things done — always have, always will — with or without lipstick!

And I LOVE men who love them!

Wonder how long it will take O-blah-blah to call her "Annie Oakley," as he did Hillary Clinton!

I agree this is non-news and am not a fan of this person but it's kind of interesting to us Minnesotans, but maybe be covered on a local news site instead!

You complain about your boss not doing his job. You notice he's only working to fatten his pockets with big oil payoffs. He fights all the time with the smaller companies instead of the bigger company that has hurt him the most . Your have not received a raise and you may lose your job because the boss is now outsourcing the jobs. You are about to lose your house and boss has so many houses he can't count them. The company you work for has not turned a profit and has low approval ratings. The boss distributes a company wide memo that reads " I really don't know much about the economy." You have put up with his bullying ways for eight long years. Finally your work contract is ending with your boss. Should I continue working for this creep or should I CHANGE employers?

It's that simple America. It's time for a change and YOU know it.

Uncle Trig will only be 8 months older than his nephew…. what a joke…for evangelicals to accept this as good… stand up and talk about the real problems in America!

I don't care where he is. I would think though that somewhere there must be someone to look after the children and the baby. After all the baby is the parents responsibility, not the teenage kids.

Michelle Obama keeps her kids grounded.

This is news?

I wonder if his spouse's nomination made him proud to be an American for the first time in his adult life???

The stock market's tanking even as I write this — keep the fluff stuff coming, RNC, and hope nobody connects it with 8 years of GOP rule.

Having listened to both Democratic and Republican platforms it is all to clear that the Rpublicans want change just for change sake and the Democrats want change for Americans' sake.
For goodness sake vote DEMOCRAT.

Where are the issues?
Where is the civility?
More of the Bush/Cheyney years. Snide, divisive,disrespectful,saracastic lies.
Obama is not perfect but he is attempting to stay out of the gutter. I hope America is not fooled again by McCain and his party!

"I am sick of hearing about him and Alaska already."

Don't worry Leah…after November when the McCain-Palin ticket loses, the Palins and Alaska will fade back into obscurity just as they were less than a week ago…

Republicans: "A new star is born"

Just like that? In a week?

The infatuation will wear off soon.

Sarah palin owes an apology for her comments on community organisers. If this is what is putting the country first? then something drastically is wrong with the Republican party.
this beauty queen and the Guy should stay in Alaska.

REMEMBER THAT TV COMMERCIAL FROMTHE 90′S

"DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR CHILDREN ARE"

Is this the same Todd Palin that is part of the Alaskan Independant Party which one of its goals is the secede from the United States!! Oh yeah thats some good American folk right there!!!

Obama Biden 2008

Now who is taking care of the son? If the father is busy attending the snowmobile competition and the mom is busy campaigning?

Who cares people? who cares? McCan =Bush. Cheney=Palin.

levi…. dude…. how do i get THAT job??

my sentiments exactly….who's raising the kids….did anybody see that child spit in her hand and wipe the baby's hair down?

Why did some in the media think it was cute….it was nasty.

anyway, CNN, is there no real news. it's been Palin every ticker. what's wrong with you'll, stuck on stupid.

I need to puke

well, she couldnt tell the world he's a snow board champ and then not have him attend the snow machine event! totally unplanned.

just like the shotgun wedding they're planning. Two poor kids who made a couple bad choices now have to get married just to satisfy the base? how rediculous.

is no one else seeing the rediculous pandering? the fact that she started her speech off by dangling her soon to be soldier and special needs child infront of the media and cameras is shameless. atleast McCain never speaks of his kid, currently serving.

If that despicable display last night involved '"christians", then Rev. Wright's flock, just gained a 57 year old white male. I have never witnessed such vile, hatred venom from one place in all of those 57 years!

Thanks to that debacle I am actually ashamed to be caucasian for the 'first time in my life". I am glad I am alone, because I have tears in my eyes as I type this, so everyone out there of color, please acccept my personal apology and let me state that not all of us are so hateful and pathetic and for what it is worth, I too, am afraid that group will release the lions on all of us, and if my skin color saves me. but means I have to live among such a hateful and rabid group. then will one of you hold my hand and please take me with you.

Mike F.
Dallas, TX

Stay at home with the kids before another one gets pregnant!!!

She made a political speech attacked Obama and Biden like she was told. Palin has no Foreign policy expericence has a history for supporting fossil fuels and as governor Alaska has the worst school system in our nation. Both Mccain and Palin ends in I N and if they're elected we will be IN deep @*&%$#. This election is too important. My white sister and brothers must have a yeast mentality and rise above petty difference to a place that wld have them look at the issues & vote w/a clear conscience rather than a comfortable color

Pfft

Obama doesn't write his own speeches… No politicians do…

He's especially bad without a teleprompter… which is why he gets smoked in every live debate… and avoids town halls….

He's the puppet…. and a tool… and simply a joke…

And spreading liberal (Bill Ayers) hate in Southern Chicago isn't exactly community organizing…

"First Dude"….. your kidding me right. NOT so fast……

A fine way to get the Palin family out of the picture

Briston will disappear with boyfriend…(conviently named fiance)

THE REPUBLICANS NEVER CEASE TO AMAZE ME

This is news for the same reason everytime Obama gets on and off a plane is news. Or eats waffles. Or goes on vacation.

Here we go AGAIN! CNN PLEASE GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!

…husband Todd, is staying behind in Minneapolis, for what's
reputed to be the largest snowmobile event in the…(Word)

Okay Mr. Mom you could leave now.

YAWNNNNNNNNNN

The difference between the Palins and the Democrats that hate her is that they keep their babies instead of killing them. John and Sarah will fight for the babies all around the world and stop the liberals from aborting them. Maybe you don't like Sarah because you regret the things you've done?

That's okay; America has already seen what it needs to see: Mom wears the pants and Dad's way too rich and silly.

Give me a break!
They have that poor baby all night at the conventions
He should stay home then or get a baby sitter (shame on you)

Talk about putting family first dragging that sick child all over the convention floor

So who is caring for the kids?

If his wife is out running for vp and he is at the snowmobile event….who is with the kids????

I've been concerned about what Todd would be doing besides taking care of the kids. Thank you CNN for keeping me up to date.

I'm an Obama supporter but this is enough about who is watching the kids. I'm sure none of you get a baby sitter ever and do something fun, I guess you have to stay with kids 24/7 or you suck as a parent. Stick to issues, theres enough ammo there!

You mean, First Dud!

In other news, we're still waiting for an explanation of how Sarah Palin is the most qualified of all Republican leaders in America today to step into the Presidency should something happen to McCain.

You know something. This is not news but it is revealing.

Todd Palin is going to "hang out" in Minnesota while his wife hits the campaign. My question is who is taking care of the CHILDREN!

And the newborn and the rest of the children are where???? I guess movie stars can afford a "nanny"….by the way..last night was a B movie. Tonight will be a C movie.

Please, someone wake me up. I am having a dream where the U.S. is engaged in battles in Iraq, Iran, Georgia, Pakistan, North Korea and Syria. Russia is threatening to send missiles into Europe to preempt us from putting missiles in Poland and President and First Dude Palin are in the White House. Yikes!!!!

Who's taking care of the kids???

Please tell Gov. Palin there are no mooses in Alaska! Those animals live in Canada! What is behind her in the photo is a caribou. I would think a governer of a state would know the differance between a caribou and a moose!!!!!!!!!!!!! I lived in Alaska for a year and every body there knows the differance

YOU GUYS HAVE MY VOTE…VOTES FOR WOMEN…VOTES FOR WOMEN…DAD WILL WATCH HIM…CAN'T YOU SEE THAT HE IS MR MOM…C'MON WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT…NOTHING…WE ARE SURE A MALE DRIVEN SOCIETY…MAKES ME MAD…DOUBLE STANDARDS…BIG TIME

And the liberal hate just goes on and on…

Sure it is a silly story, but after some of the stuff the media have come up with against the Palin's, I'd say they are due for a positive story.

Typical lefties… turning your nose up at a regional pastime because you can't relate and are fearful of that which you don't wish to understand. Bring the hillbillies of AK to 1600 Penn, at least it will be inhabited by people who care.

When was the last time any of you did anything other than sit at your iBook and sound forth with your rhetoric.

At least Todd Palin gets off his butt to get some exercise.

Her husband is the first "DUD". But he probably wants to be away from that high pitched whiny voice for a while. Her voice broke my TV so I missed most of her speech.

I gotta say, there's some angry people in here! LOL!! What the heck is the RNC doing to the people?? Senator McCain for the first time in his career is gonna have his name in the history books. I swear, it seems like his life just repeats itself…

As I suspect they are using the same divide strategy from Karl Rove. Guns, Religion, Abortion, NASCAR, and now SNOWMOBIL. What OBAMA needs to do is to SPONOSOR a car in NASCAR and have his supporters pay for it for two months and sponsor the best snowmobilers and snowboarders in and to HEAD to ALASKA and compete there.

O'BIDEN 08

Go AIP!

Maybe he can take his trophy back and show it off to his Alaska Independence Party buddies and they can talked about how he beat those darn Americans!

Sarah Palin told ministry students at her former church that the United States sent troops to fight in the Iraq war on a "task that is from God."

"Our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God," she said. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan."

This way they don't have to take responsibility and can blame God.

Got to love it! This is your pick?

He's a loser!

WAIT! Sarah is going to be in seclusion for the next 10 days because her son is going to Iraq. So she won't be doing interviews. BUT dad is in MN for snowmobiles.

WHAT?????

Take your Hockey Mom with you, and get the puck out of here.

Palin categorized herself as a pitbull…basically saying that she’s tough! Therefore, when being questioned/attacked by the media (she is a former journalist/news reporter…she knows the ropes…has a BA in Journalism from U of Idaho…no other degrees), or attacked by political opponents, the word SEXISM does not exist. All is fair in LOVE AND POLITICS…GAME ON!!!!!!!!!

For those of you who are claiming sexism when Palin is attacked, remember, get out the kitchen if you think the kitchen is too hot!!!

I don't think this is exactly news, but if it keeps you from feeding on the Palin children go for it.

Why such anger from the Dems? My God people get away from your PC's and get a life!

It seems to me that Howard Dean and the DNC are spamming CNN blogs. It's the same hateful posts on all of these discussions.

You mean this Seperatist wants to stay here and enjoy the country he intends to break away from?!
Why is the media habouring this man! Expose him MSM for the Seperatist he his.

If we can read about Obama pretending to play basketball, we can hear about this.

Whereas Obama is described as a regular guy for pretending to do regular things, look at the hate comments starting already when a real regular guy shows up.

The anti-women Obama camp is just frothing at the mouth with an RNC woman in a powerful position mocking them. DNC dropped the feminist ball – RNC picked it up.

Wow, thanks cnn for keeping me posted on what the "First Dude" is up to minute by minute.

If elected, Annie Oakley Palin will certainly be a pioneer with the first White House shotgun wedding. Whoo Hoo, mooseburgers and possum stew for everybody!

In response to last night's shrill, sarcastic speech it is evident that Sarah has no sincerity as a "leader:. So, let's take the "L" out of her name and call it what it is, the McCain-Pain team. I pity McCain who will regret the day that he fell for that act. Just wait until she starts speaking in tongues! That will introduce a whole new "foreign and exotic" state to Cokie Roberts.

keep milking americans about family hobbies/values…yet we can't talk about how irresponsible he and his wife were for raising a daughter that was pregant at 17.

that's the kind of image we want to show american teenagers, NOT!!!!

Soooo, if she is on the campaign trail and he's at a snowmobile event, who is watching the special needs infant? Practice for Bristol?

Talk about not even trying to win any minority votes! They keep throwing out "hockey mom" and stories like this 1 that minorities cannot relate to. I hope that the voting process is a clean 1 across the board this time.

just wondering who will be watching the baby? While Sarahs out gallavanting all over town spreading lies, and dads at a snowmobile convention?

Who is taking care of the children? Isn't Mrs. Palin supposed to be taking a crash course on what's going on in the world outside of Alaska. It really would appear the Palins are trying to do to much, and some hard decisions about what is more important needs to go on. I wonder which parent will do the adult thing and attend to their special needs child, and the child that will need some additional support who is currently pregnant.

Well, we know he's just gonna roll over if the phone rings at 3am and Sarah will be better off letting the machine get it.

WHO CARES!!!!

Vacation to Hawaii in the middle of a campaign – priorities!!

Some uneducated people think Palin gave a great speech etc..

FYI… She read the script very well… Exactly like she was told to.

PALIN THE PUPPET!

Great! Then he and his wife can snowmobile back to Alaska and take McSame and Bush with them too!

Is this news?

Really? Who's going to be home minding the kids?

So what? How is this news in any way, shape or form?

CNN should be asking questions like: why is Palin hiding from the media? McCain, Obama & Biden are all scheduled for Sunday morning talk shows; what's her excuse? Is she staying home to help pack her son's underwear or something? And if that's the case, why isn't his father headed home as well?

Ok, I guess maybe this is news afterall; the "First Dude" would rather follow his hobbies than spend time with his son, who is supposedly deploying for Iraq next week.

Family values, my foot.

oh

So, Mr. Mom thinks snowmobiling is more important than his party's convention? Oh, sorry, fogot that his party is the Alaskan Independence Party.

CNN, this is not news. Isn't there another scandal that you can find on Gov Palin?

I really think that atleast ONE of the parent's should be taking care of the kids. Stay home with the kid's DUDE.

The real world goes on, outside of politics. This was no doubt, planned well in advance of this political stage.

You guys are just always miserable and full of hate aren't you? Sad.

Where is Mom ? Are her other children minding the store. Have her other children become the parents. Could this be why her oldest daughter is in the situation she is in because no parent was around to supervise.

This is so stupid and the sad part is it works.

If given the choice I'd rather go to the snow mobile event. Nice to see someone other than the daughters holding the baby though.

WHO CARES?

Did America run out of smart, qualified people to run the country when we weren't looking or what? Just amazing! We are at war and just about bankrupt, and the GOP wants people to accept a 'fast learner' as one of her main qualifications???? NOT ACCEPTABLE!

************* Hockey Moms for Obama ********************

So…who's taking care of the baby, then? Nah, never mind, not important.

this is news why?

And this is news. Shame on you CNN. When McCain camp accused CNN (Campbell Brown), they started wagging their tail for the Republicans. Standing in between the parties doesn't make you neutral. Stand for the truth even if it takes standing with a party.

I have noticed a lot of judgmental people. I wish we had more than two parties that were televised and given the same amount of air time. I've had my fill of both Dems. and Reps.

Yawn

-Her draconian philosophy on sex ed failed with her own daughter.

-She's being investigated by an ethics commitee in Alaska for abusing power regarding her former brother in law.

-She fired people from city government as mayor because they didn't support her campaign.

-She promised to support the bridge to nowhere as a candidate for gov, and then decided she was against it after it already died in the us legislature.
-She believe Iraq is a "mission from God"

-She wants to take away my choices concerning my own body.

-She's given speeches to an Alaskan secessionist group recently.

-This "mother of five" (Palin) doesn't seem too concerned about the toll spotlight due to her candidacy will or could do the her pregnant teenage daughter. All she can say is "it's a private matter" while the GOP themselves continue to talk about it as some whack-a-doo example of solid values.

Who's watching the kids?

Well, gee, then let's make Sarah Vice-President.

Then he's throwing the handicapped baby in a back pack and go hunting with Dick Cheney.

At least he is performing on US soil and not the streets of Berlin!!! But I guess not everyone can shoot hoops.

Gov. Palin, you only get one shot at being arrogant and demeaning!!

Your true inexperience will start showing now!!

You did the American people a grave disservice by belittling community organizers!! Now when one of them are working their hearts out for the community, I hope the community behaves much better because that is all the help the community may get!!

Thank you.

I gotta tell you, after having watched Governor Palin's acceptance speech, I don't agree that she's a "Pit Bull with lipstick".

Compared to her opponent, Senator Biden, she's more like a Pit Chihuahua with lipstick!

Wow, that is newsworthy! Try some fact checking on the speech last night CNN.

American, don't make the same mistake for THE THIRD TIME!

DUDE———WHERE————IS————–YOUR———–MULLET

"The First Dude"? At what point will we start looking for leaders who portray the best of us instead of the most mediocre parts of our national psyche?

Also, when did having a child somehow become a miracle if you're white? If these two were of any ethnic persuasion it would be considered a setback.

What great service he's providing to the US???

I think family should be off limits but since this is not the case then may I ask why he voted for Alaska to secede from the US?

WHO CARES? boring boring yawn

I am sick of hearing about him and Alaska already.

I love PIT BULL women. WE get things done — always have, always will — with or without lipstick!

And I LOVE men who love them!

Priorities ! Snow Mobile or acceptance speech of your wife's boss ?

And we've got such serious problems in the U.S. do we really care about Todd Palin's hobbies? Yeah, we can really relate to that. We'll be watching football and baseball.

He makes the impression of being a fine guy. But it looks like being a biased partnership.

I am offended by Governor Palin's mockery of Senator Obama's community service. I am a physician that worked with the Peace Corps. My sister is an attorney that did legal work for the poor. Our service counts just as much as military service, perhaps more.

We love our country, we served our country, and she owes Senator Obama and us an apology.

Keep it clean.

Hmmm…..guess we know where his priorities lie. Makes sense to me.

LOL WHO can take this guy seriously?

And handsome?? Pshh lol

Who really cares!

Another example of Family First!

YAWN!

Well….WA-HOO and who cares.

Non-news.