September 15, 2008
Posted: September 15th, 2008 06:47 PM ET

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CANTON, Ohio (CNN) – Sarah Palin is postponing visits to Cincinnati and Dayton as the remnants of Hurricane Ike torment southern Ohio and northern Kentucky.

High winds have killed several people in Ohio and left thousands without power.

The vice presidential candidate had been scheduled to spend the night in Cincinnati Monday and hold a fundraiser there on Tuesday. She had also planned to spend that night in Dayton before holding a fundraiser in town the following morning.

Palin and John McCain will proceed as planned with their joint rally in the Youngstown area, in northwest Ohio, on Tuesday afternoon. The event will be their first appearance on the trail together since Palin departed for Alaska last Wednesday.

“Due to the state of emergency, and to avoid a possible diversion of personnel and resources, Gov. Palin’s visits to the Cincinnati and Dayton areas have been postponed to a later date. Tomorrow’s rally in the Mahoning Valley will continue as planned,” said a statement released by the campaign.

Filed under: Sarah Palin


Mark   September 15th, 2008 11:45 pm ET

Just got off the phone with Dad in Florida. Everyone he's talked to are voting for Obama,,,unless that nasty "chad" issue gums everything up again! lol lol lol .

Christopher   September 15th, 2008 11:42 pm ET

The"Mav" just shot himself down over the state of Alaska!

BJ in NC   September 15th, 2008 11:41 pm ET

Even Mother Nature is tired of the slop.

Texas   September 15th, 2008 11:41 pm ET

To Sue-Oh
Thanks for the weather update. We've all caught on now. Another lie by the McCain/Palin campaign.

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Rob indetroit   September 15th, 2008 11:38 pm ET

The weather has caused her to postpone her speech ,yeah right,
she is cramming for the debates.

Sheryl   September 15th, 2008 11:36 pm ET

Ohio is saying:
NO WAY NO HOW NO MCCAIN NO PALIN

WAKE UP AMERICA! ARE YOU BETTER OFF TODAY THAN YOU WERE 7 YEARS AGO? I'M NOT. BARACK OBAMA IS OUR ONLY HOPE. WITH OUT HIM WE HAVE NO HOPE LEFT.

dannette   September 15th, 2008 11:35 pm ET

She probably needed more time to rehearse anyway! Nothing original comes out of her mouth, even her friends say that they can't say that they would vote for her!

Jean 2   September 15th, 2008 11:33 pm ET

FUND RAISERS!

McCain took financeing.

UNREAL how some escape justice   September 15th, 2008 11:31 pm ET

NOT surprise where this claim came from, the Former Palin Press Secretary Meg Stapleton....ISN'T SHE THE ONE THAT HELPED HER SELL THE PLAIN ON EBAY, so she said "I was at the state to finish of the plain on Ebay"... These LADIES are CROCKS!!!!!!

WASN'T SARAH BEING INVESTIGATED BEFORE MCCAIN PICKED HER AS VP. ISN'T IT STATED THAT A JUDGE WARNED HER TO BACK OFF HER BOTHER IN LAW IN 2005.....NOW Former Palin Press Secretary Meg Stapleton is STATING THAT SARAH ABUSE OF POWER IS BEING "HIJACKED" BY OBAMA OPERATIVES". WASN'T IT HER WHO ABUSE HER POWER OF ARTHORITY?........If she don't follow the LAW before the White House, what LAWS will she break while inside the WHITE HOUSE?

Jeff, North Dakota   September 15th, 2008 11:31 pm ET

Nader / Gonzalez 2008

Sandy   September 15th, 2008 11:30 pm ET

Signs are everywhere...people, pay attention to the signs.

welches, oregon   September 15th, 2008 11:23 pm ET

sounds like the GOP doesn't want her talking any more. What a Circus with McClown and Pinnochio the Pitbull.

Obama/Biden 'till 2024

Turning Virginia Blue!!   September 15th, 2008 11:22 pm ET

He writes his own speeches. He doesn't have Bush speech writers.....sorry!
Wake up America times are to serious for prosperity of our children.

Virginia is for Lovers.....
Obama/Biden 08 "Change we Need"

AmyLynn   September 15th, 2008 11:21 pm ET

RE: PALIN: Gotta love the pic showing the big curtain draped across the inside of her campaign plane...what an idiot!

GO OBAMA!

KATHLEEN   September 15th, 2008 11:20 pm ET

PALIN said, America "could" go to war with Russia over Georgia.
Read it on the Huffington Post for an education!

Where are we going to get the troops and the money?

Protesters get on this! Palin is a timebomb! and McWar is a bomb!
bomb, bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama Biden 2008

Herman In LA   September 15th, 2008 11:20 pm ET

CNN post my comments...

What is Sara Palin hiding?

She is suppose to be a reformer and the one who is going to change Washington and make it transparent.

Jeremy..Dallas Republican   September 15th, 2008 11:17 pm ET

Daytona is where I grew up. Dear Old Lord,protect my dear people from this liar ! We need policies and good agenda. Lies will bring this country down ! I'll be away from Dallas the day she visits here. She takes millions in earmarks,sold state jet to her friend at a loss,lied about the bridge,Visiting troops in Iraq,Troopergate,hiring her school mates......................the list is endless.

KATHLEEN   September 15th, 2008 11:15 pm ET

John McMouse has been using the"enough" word a lot.
Where are the protesters? I like watching them.

Megan   September 15th, 2008 11:15 pm ET

Ok this is ridicules, why is it ok to compare Obama to Jesus, but it is not ok for Plain to talk about her belief in god. all I keep hearing is people saying to separate church and state, but you think that Obama in your savor, now who sounds wacko.

John 64 years old Independent   September 15th, 2008 11:13 pm ET

Well I guess this gives Sarah a pause to explain why if she is for open Government and such a reformer, she won't cooperate with the investigation of her influence peddling in Alaska.

I guess it's OK to investigate "others" but not her misconduct!

Silly Sarah or Scary Sarah?

KATHLEEN   September 15th, 2008 11:13 pm ET

THIS TIME. DO NOT THINK YOUR VOTE WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE. VOTE OBAMA. HE NEEDS ALL OF US.

KATHLEEN   September 15th, 2008 11:12 pm ET

Ohio and Michigan will be lost to racism by Obama. If Obama
does not win ONE of these states, I think he will lose this election.

I think this nation will be in a very sad state if Obama loses.

We can only hope that people see the light thru banishing their
racist ideas.

Obama Biden 2008

Farnk, Las Vegas   September 15th, 2008 11:11 pm ET

Maybe God is trying to tell Palin to stop her flat out LIES.

Mike   September 15th, 2008 11:10 pm ET

High Winds ? Uh huh. Chicago is famous for high winds. Obama is from Chicago. High winds disrupt Palin's campaign. McBush teams conclusion = High winds are Sexist and part of an Obama conspiracy.

KATHLEEN   September 15th, 2008 11:07 pm ET

Let's see more of the Alaskans protesting Palin's potential job as V.P.and, too, I like watching the Protesters.

Obama BIden 2008

Call it down the middle   September 15th, 2008 11:03 pm ET

Nobody was going to show up anyway! The only good thing I can say about her is, she is pretty good looking, but as soon as she starts talking it ruins it! Looks however do not qualify her to be leader of the free world.

TyWebb   September 15th, 2008 10:54 pm ET

Hey, since the weather turned bad, she had time to answer questions about "troopergate". Oh, wait a minute. What am I saying?

Nevada dude   September 15th, 2008 10:48 pm ET

it will give her another day to read the 'Foreign Policy For Dummies' book she borrowed from W

Jeanette   September 15th, 2008 10:46 pm ET

Guess this is sexist act too!!!!!! LOL

Obama/Biden 08

Hypocrisy is the name of the game   September 15th, 2008 10:41 pm ET

GOD DON'T LIKE UGLY.........................................

No Puma, Just Mad at Sarah   September 15th, 2008 10:34 pm ET

Karma is a pistol. I guess there's only so much wind any city can take.

Silky Terrier K   September 15th, 2008 10:24 pm ET

Something is up.Must be the legal crisis she and Todd are having in Alaska. I hope the man at the other end of the legal battle is safe and under guard. If he disappears the case is over. I guess McCain and his team should have looked into things a little better. The attention, money and energy was worth it I guess. Too bad they got called on the lies. They do that so well. MISCALCULATION BIG TIME.
ON MANY FRONTS.

McWhine   September 15th, 2008 10:23 pm ET

Is Palin going to campaign alone and answering real questions from audience?

Michelle Atl   September 15th, 2008 10:19 pm ET

This is a good sign.

She is being sent a messsage, only she can understand the language because it is in tongue.

Go back to Alaska with your iron fist, you rule alaska, you are a dictator.

Sue - OH   September 15th, 2008 10:07 pm ET

What a JOKE!

I live in Ohio and it not a state of emergency that would deter a candidate from coming here. The McCain campaign must have gotten wind that we do not want that fraud to come to our state. We Ohioans value the TRUTH

OBAMA/BIDEN

Obama/ Biden   September 15th, 2008 10:05 pm ET

McCain is NO Maverick .......... He likes that word but he has never lived up to it so far.
Could meaning of Maverick be an old unbranded calf on a range instead of a young one ?

Moon Maiden from Lake Michigan   September 15th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

ITS OKAY SARA, IT WAS GOD'S WILL.
NOW YOU CAN GO BACK HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR CHILDERN.

Sun of earth   September 15th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

Whoa.... Even Mother Nature is getting into the act. I bet she would say enough is enough with the GOP they are not down with me.

Thanks mother earth.

Ron was a REP now a DEM   September 15th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

GOP doesn't work weekends and rain storms. We are going to get a lot of reform from this ticket

Freedom Loving Patriot (God fearing too!)   September 15th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

All that hot air she releases hits that cold air front...BOOM...thunderheads galore!

Obama Now More Than Ever   September 15th, 2008 9:39 pm ET

You mean McCain and Palin aren't using Hurricane Ike for photo ops? Surely, since they used Hurricane Gustav for political fodder fundraising at their convention in Detroit, maybe they should be using their fundraising stops in Ohio for victims of Ike? Can anyone say hypocrites???

BJGT   September 15th, 2008 9:29 pm ET

It’s a stretch to say she “pushed” for any policy improvements. Though Palin did sign a law increasing special education funding in Alaska, “she had no role whatsoever” in its development, according to the bill’s author, Rep. Mike Hawker (R). Moreover, as governor, Palin vetoed $275,000 in Special Olympics Alaska funds (Page 100, SB 221 with vetoes), slashing the organization’s operating budget in half.

Debi   September 15th, 2008 9:08 pm ET

Reminds me of the song, "God Is Trying To Tell You Something".

Barbara - NC   September 15th, 2008 9:04 pm ET

We have a Harvard Grad Constitutional Scholar who is being demonized by a maverick (reckless, follow no rules).

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THIS COUNTRY? Where is OUR HONOR? We have none – McCain has none.

Kathe   September 15th, 2008 9:03 pm ET

She was only going to say:
- I sold the jet on ebay
-If we want a bridge we'll build one ourselves(but she kept the money).
Thanks but no thanks, Paliar.

Stacy from Loudoun County Virginia   September 15th, 2008 9:01 pm ET

Ohio said that they don't need anymore hot air...thanks but no thanks.

Brian   September 15th, 2008 9:00 pm ET

Stupid weather, how dare you attack our Palin. She is the only reason why we won the Cold War. She faced down the Soviet threat and kept Alaska safe from Terrorist..... America would be so lucky if she becomes president. You Libs and your science and logic have no place in American Society.

McCain/Palin '08 "because god wills it"

Katherine   September 15th, 2008 8:54 pm ET

Palin has lying without blinking down to a science What a phoney.

Ohio voter   September 15th, 2008 8:53 pm ET

Thousands without power? Make that a million folks without power in Ohio.

Sally   September 15th, 2008 8:52 pm ET

That's ok, everyone knows her "speech" vir betum anyway.

SAVING MY MORTGAGE   September 15th, 2008 8:51 pm ET

JUST SAW ON OLBERMANN THAT PALIN GOT A TANNING BED INSTALLED IN THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION (THE ONE THAT SHE NEVER STAYS IN AND IS FOREVER ABSENT FROM-SEE HUFFINGTON POST)...

WOW...THE WHITEHOUSE WILL BE TURNED INTO THE SET OF AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL...

Susan   September 15th, 2008 8:43 pm ET

Aawwww. that's tooooo bad.

David   September 15th, 2008 8:38 pm ET

i don't think the good ole Republican boys want Palin talking anymore....she's making a complete fool out of herself....and the party. Everybody sing: The party's over....literally!
OBAMA/BIDEN

Brenda fl   September 15th, 2008 8:37 pm ET

right me too

Independent-Latina-for-OBAMA   September 15th, 2008 8:27 pm ET

More Palin headlines???????? BUT.........CNN........CAN'T INTERVIEW HER??????????????WHY????????? WHAT IS SHE HIDING???????

COULD IT BE THAT SHE HAS NOT MEMORIZED HER CANNED LINES YET?

COME ON AMERICA WE'VE HAD ENOUGH! NO MORE LIES!

pete   September 15th, 2008 8:27 pm ET

i always was fascinated by stories of divine intervention....

"And I can see Russia from my house"   September 15th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

The wonderful people in Cincinnati and Dayton aren't missing anything. Palin continues to lie even though she has been proven that she is lying. Does she think the American People are stupid.

Enough with the lipstick. It's the economy stupid.

You can't change Washington with the same old economic's.

A fresh beginning with Obama/Biden.

Kevin   September 15th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

LOL

This is hillarious.

Palin has to go see off her son.
Palin has to Campaigne with McCain by her side.
Palin gets stuck in bad weather, when the GOP knew where the strom was headed.

It seems like the GOP dont want Sarah to speak.

The Soccer Mom   September 15th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

You sure it was the Obama storm that is ground her. Or it could be the 1500 Anti-Palin protest in Alaska.

Palin..If I were you, I will drop out now to save your face.

Steve   September 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

Wow! Following Palin's recent statements that God has a hand in everything from our war in Iraq to a natural gas pipeline in Alaska (she stated that "God wants the pipeline to be built.") it would seem that God doesn't want Palin on the campaign trail in Ohio. I hear the weather in Alaska is excellent right now. Great flying weather. Great speech-reading weather. Take the hint, Sarah!

Gorbashov - Long Beach, Ca.   September 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

It's God's way of telling Caribou Barbie to take a hike!

GPS GEORGE   September 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

Actually, Cincy and dayton contacted Palin's headquarters and said "thanks but no thanks."

Woman voter from VA   September 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

She can go back to Alaska and stay there as far as we are concerned.
Although, it seems that many Alaskans don't want her there either.

Great to see they had a Anti-Palin Rally with majority showing up to support it. Their chants "No Way, No How, No Palin"

I love you Alaska for showing the world what she truly stands for.

Obama/Biden 08'

values   September 15th, 2008 7:39 pm ET

THIS LIGHT WEIGHT CANT ANSWER QUESTIONS. AND THE DUMB REPUBS SUPPORT HER. VERY DUMB AMERICANS.

OBAMA......08

mitchell   September 15th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

it must not be GOD's plan for her.

Hmmmm   September 15th, 2008 7:37 pm ET

Clearly a sign from God.

Cynthia - Arkansas   September 15th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

It's just be a few less times she has to tell the same lies.

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