(CNN) - Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin has been uninvited from attending a rally against Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next week in New York, one day after Hillary Clinton nixed her appearance at the event because the Alaska governor was slated to be there.
“In order to keep the focus on Iranian threats and to ensure that this critical message not be obscured, the organizers of the rally have decided not to have any American political personalities appear,” the organizers, which include several Jewish groups, said in a statement.
In a statement, John McCain expressed disappointment over the decision.
"Governor Palin was pleased to accept an invitation to address this rally and show her resolve on this grave national security issue, regrettably that invitation has since been withdrawn under pressure from Democratic partisans," he said. "We stand shoulder to shoulder with Republicans, Democrats and independents alike to oppose Ahmadinejad's goal of a nuclear armed Iran. Senator Obama's campaign had the opportunity to join us. Senator Obama chose politics rather than the national interest."
A spokesman for the event, Glen Rosencrantz, would not confirm a Politico report that several high-profile Jewish Democrats had pressured the organization to nix Palin from the event.
But in a conference call with reporters Thursday, Ira Forman, the Executive Director of the National Jewish Democratic Council, said his group strongly disapproved of Palin's invitation to the event.
“We have a presidential election where the McCain-Palin ticket want to use what’s supposed to be a very, very bipartisan-type of operation to, again, use it as a campaign event," he said.
The organizers announced earlier this week that both Clinton and Palin would be "keynote speakers" at the event, along with Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel. But aides to Clinton announced Wednesday the New York senator had been unaware Palin would also be attending, and as a result would not appear at the event after all.
The McCain campaign quickly criticized the move and suggested it came at the behest of the Obama campaign, though did not provide evidence that was the case: “Senator Clinton has since withdrawn from the engagement, presumably at the behest of the Obama campaign, and according to news reports, Senator Obama's campaign may be leaning on organizers to disinvite Governor Palin as well lest the rally appear partisan," McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb said.
UPDATE: Obama campaign spokesman Tommy Vietor has issued a statement reacting to McCain.
"This is another dishonorable lie from John McCain. The Obama campaign had planned to send a surrogate to the rally," he said. "The truth is, John McCain had a real opportunity to stand up for Israel's security yesterday, but he refused to stand up to his allies in Congress who blocked Barack Obama's bipartisan divestment bill that would have increased pressure on Iran. So while Senator McCain uses the 'Stop Iran' rally to issue dishonest political attacks, he has refused to join with Barack Obama in supporting the kind of sanctions that could actually stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon."
– CNN's Martina Stewart contributed to this report
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HAHAHAHAHA
I love this election.
Clinton is a joke. Palin is the true American hero.
Palin 2012
Hey Pumas, you can all go home now, McCain does not need you to win this election. We now have Palin.
Palin 2012
Why is the McCain camp always trying to make the Barracuda look like victim/wimp? And if Obama had so much pull wouldn't the McCain camp be a non issue? No Way No How No McCain.
Maybe they're worried she'll say she can see Iran from her house.
Or maybe they're worried Johnny McCain will show up singing, "bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran."
Can you say "out of touch and incompetent"?
Now matter how much lipstick you put on it, a pig is still a pig, and McCain can't pretend he's for the American people and have seven major lobbists running his campaign during the worst financial crisis in history.
It just doesn't work like that.
Show the proof where Obama and his people put pressureeon this group! Is it Obama's fault every time it rains or snows? How about hurricanes? The Republicans sure love to point fingers rather than look at themselves! Cry and Whine that is all McCain and Palins people do. If they cannot stand up and be honest with us, how the Hell can we trust them???!!!
Ooooh. The Palin bubble as officially BURST. Every time she opens her mouth, unscripted she sounds...umm..not too bright. Thats the nicest I can put it. Her stock is dropping like..well..the stock market thanks to Bushonomics.
OBAMA...OOOOOH EEIIIIIGHHHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Great, what good could she do anyway? And this is just what a McCain/Palin Administration would look like. She will drive McCain crazy because he'll have to spoon feed her all the time.
McCain is too old to do his job, and Sarah's too. Let him retire, go back to Arizona and Sarah can go back to Alaska and take care of her baby, and I mean that in a good way.
Who wins? Well, the baby for one thing, McCain will have better health and let's face it, America will win for having an engaged president like Barack.
Obama/Biden 08
But on Tuesday, when asked how much worse the economy would have to get before the campaign released a specific plan, McCain senior adviser Doug Holtz-Eakin said that it wasn't "imperative" for an "exact" plan to be drawn up yet.
She would have brought nothing but her fading star power to this event anyway. This isn't even newsworthy.
They were probably afraid she was going to give the same speech.
And the walls come tumbling down.........
Sarah does not even know where Iran is on a map ... she is not fit for governing caribou
Who cares?
I bet McCain is envious, that he can't "dis-invite" Palin onto his presidential ticket, after her D- performance and scandals thus far. All this "energy and enthusiasm" everyone was raving about is already gone, and Obama is back in the lead – right where the qualified and highly intelligent candidates should be.
The WORST thing that could happen for America is to have Sarah (I can see Russia from my kitchen window) Palin anywhere near the opening of the United Nations next week. The idea of having this vapid and totally inept woman representing your country to world leaders is an insult to the intelligence of us all.
If only McLame would "uninvite" her to be the VP candidate... oh wait, on second thought, don't change a thing
What a shame such an important rally became politicized by Hillary Clinton. Governor Palin should not have been disinvited, just because Clinton chose to place party above country.
hey Palin 2012, I believe you might ask PUMAS back. You are going to need all the help you can get. LOL
Is it everything at fault of the Democrats? If by some chance the Republicans were elected to the White House in November – in January will they still be blaming things on the Democrats and Obama?
What really happened was it was a political move on the rethuglicans to put palin next to Clinton but since Clinton backed out (she is no dummy) then there was no reason for palin to appear. Period. Of course john blames it on Obama like he does everything else.
BE-GONE PA'IN!!!!
KICKED TO THE CURB!!!
ADIOS AMIGA!!!
GONE WITH THE WIND!!!
C'YA – WOULDN'T WANNA BE-YA!!
NO WAY – NO HOW – NO McSAME – NO PA'IN!!! lol
OBADEN 2008-2016 YES WE CAN get rid of the PA'IN!!!
As someone who lobbied the organizers to reconsider their invitation to Gov. Palin I can tell you for a FACT it was not at the request of the Obama campaign.
clinton choses not to go.
Palin wants to go, but nobody wants her. nice!
looks like pretty soon a majority of the real republicans will be distancing from mccain & palin.
that happened to bush already.
It has only just begun where America is waking up to their senses!!!!
Can't afford Palin to 'Open Mouth – Insert Foot' again like she did with her very first interview! No wonder she is off limits to the press.. what a bunch the Republicans are!!!!!!
The stench of dishonesty and incompetence has apparently wafted all the way from Alaska to the east coast.
Hey did anyone read the latest CNN info on Palin: Palin's hometown legacy left trail of legal bills. Sounds like she only knows how to create debt. Check it out. There are other stories on other websites.
Palin = A true American ZERO!!!
This lady scares me. Not only would we have a co-presidency, like Bush and Cheney. We'll have a tri-presidency because Sarah doesn't know anything. So it will be McCain, Palin, and now Lieberman. That's getting a little crowded.
Well, California is still in the blue column for Barack, I hope the other states will come through.
Obama/Biden 08
Can't stand Obama-I'm sure he's behind this somehow-
NO WAY NO HOW NOBAMA!!!
Hey, where can I sign up to join WASP (women against sarah palin)?
That's the difference between Obama and McCain… Obama picks someone who he can learn with and get real advise from and work with. McCain picks someone that he can lead around and be his yes-man.. or yes-woman in this case. Other than the fact that she's a woman… what can she possibly add to his campaign? Obama picks people based on merit… If he wanted the "sure fire win",.. he could've picked Hillary. But he's not looking for who's the most popular… he's looking for who's the best person for the job. Once again… McCain's personal ambitions are shown to be more important than the good of the country.
We don't need Palin or the Republicans to show up at this rally with an AK47 and scream fight, fight, fight. We need diplomacy.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
wow palin has so much drama.. so now i hear that she built the sports center in her city without owning the title to the land..she built anyways and city got sued for over 1.5 million dollars.. when the land didnt cost 166k.. ya thats what we need...NOT!! the sport center costs 900k to run a year.. her city only pays 100k of that..sounds like special intrests!! hockey mom??? how is she not in prison? she cost her city over million dollars making a hockey ring for her kids... wow...
What news reports mccain? Show us the beef you pathological liar.
Maybe they have just been watching and hearing what she has been say the last week, A bunch of Lies Lies Lies.
She means nothing to anyone but McCain.
So Sarah please go to a few more events for the GOP, Because no one shows up unless your there? What must that feel like? Sad for McCain I guess but he can't do it with out you. Some pair huh.
Well, what would she contribute? She can't see Iran from her house.
Love it!
Demorcats forever and ever! Never ever Repugs!
Typical that Caribou Barbie and Daddy War(over)bucks make unsubstantiated accusations against the Obama/Biden campaign, but not surprising as this is their M.O.!
The McCain campaign is so sad. They try to make every decision made by individuals as an Obama campaign ploy. It's so pathetic . And this is the person that so many Americans want as their President, really! Lies and excuses. So sad!
Obama / Biden ... landslide 2008.
Hardly a surprise after Paliar's church's view that Palestinian terror attacks on Israel are "Payback from God" to the Jewish people for their religious beliefs.
Please McCryBabies. Enough of the accusations with ZERO basis in fact.
Those folks wanted the real woman there (Hillary), i was a Hillary supporter. Obama was the nominee, and guess what: he's my nonimee. NOW THOSE LIARS WANTS MORE DRAMA!
More distortions from the McCain camp. They fabricate statements and have no evidence or proof to back them up. Palin knows nothing about the Iran crisis. She's being tutored right now in international affairs so she would have nothing substantive to say anyway. We don't need beauty queen remarks like I can see Russia from my home state at an international rally. I agree that Palin should not be there so that the rally won't be tainted with lies from the Republicans. No less than five former secretaries of state have come out in favor of Obama's policies on Iran. McCain stands alone on the opposite side of the issue.
oh im sorry this is the 2nd democratic convention. hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahhaha
A BUCKET OF FLUFF= PALIN
Well we can see the organizers of this rally certainly have an agenda.
She's a nice lady, but way out of her league.
Obama/Biden 08
Boy the McCain camp really does seem to view Obama as a Messiah with all the power they attribute to him. I suppose we will now hear Palin add the original invitation to her foreign affairs experience.
Are McCain and Palin still going to the meet and greet session at the UN? Will Spain be included?
What a sad joke the McCain camp has become!
Yeah, like Gidget would have something intelligent to add!
McCain's campaign slogan seems to be shifting to "If all else fails, blame it on Obama." This is hilarious. Too bad – Prom Queen was ousted!! The event coordinators were probably afraid she would make another stupid comment and piss off yet another foreign leader. She and McCain are on a roll!
Poor John McSame...he's lost his marbles. He can't win the economic debate, so he figured he would invent a fake controversy to distract the American people from finding out that he has NO IDEA about the economic crisis we are facing. Just FYI, Johnny...noone has time for your shenanigans. We have real things to worry about...like trying to figure out whoch Presidential candidate understands that the fundamentals of the economy ARE NOT strong. I know...do you?
Palin wanted a photo-op with Clinton. It wont happen because you miss Palin are not even worthy of bowing at her feet.
Oh, I'm sure Old Man McShame is pretty relieved his pet pitbull won't be speaking.... everytime she opens her mouth she seems to show her ignorange of this country and it's issues.
Actually, Palin was probably disinvited as the organizers realized being able to see Russia from your state does not give you foreign policy experience.
I agree with Hope LV, NV. This tendency to make Palin into some kind of victim/wimp reinforces the idea that she is not ready to be VP and not ready to represent this country on important matters, such as Iran.
Are you telling me you McCain supporters are..... dumping PUMAS because you don't need them anymore?
Wow... you republicans are harsh.....
Well the upset Hillary Clinton supporters are always still welcome at the Democratic Party. We don't use women to get votes like McCain does.
On what factual basis does Sen McCain's outrageous claim that Sen Obama "chose politics over national interest"?
Oh right. Silly question. Sen McCain creates reality by lying enough times that, through the pure drumbeat of endless repetition, it becomes his reality.
Palin's foreign policy experience:
She can see Russia from her house in Alaska.
How funny is it that the McCain camp thinks every last thing that happens to them is attributable to Obama?!?!?
Got an investigation you don't want to cooperate with?
No problem. Just say Obama has tainted it somehow.
Using Yahoo! as your governor's email address, making it simple for hackers to access?
No blame to be had for Palin... nah, let's distract with lies that Obama hacked her email.
Get dropped from a serious rally because organizers realize you have nothing legit to say?
No worries! Just say that Obama people pushed to have you removed from the event.
Wow... well, with as much as they blame on Obama, I am surprised they can also try to scare people into believing he'll be ineffective. Sounds like the McCain camps feels like Obama has been darn effective.
As I read this, I thought. . . If this Jewish, anti-Iran group decides not to have US politics clouding their event. . . well that seems to make sense. Then I notice the all too common, mature, response. . . that we were uninvited because those other guys are so self-centered that they can't put our national interest first. Wow, and you wonder why grown-ups might retract an invitation. . .
AWWW!!! That's no big deal though, we already know she was going to give her Republican Convention acceptance speech..
I don't blame her for trying to steal the Gov't spending transparency idea had Barack Obama not already had it implemented as law it would have made her a genius.
I guess she'll have to admit that Obama has at least DONE ONE thing as senator..lol.
I don't blame her for being left behind by the time machine, she lives in Alaska, that's behind God's back. They only get six months of day per year up/out there.
Poor republicans- so sad you can't do your fear & smear routine this time-
But since you're a part of a Nation of whinners----whine away!
Nice partisanship Hillary. Gheez we can't even come together against Iran. What a shame.
FORGIVE ME BUT THIS IS HILARIOUS WITH MCCAIN AND PALIN . MCCAIN SOUNDS LIKE HE IS BECOMING MORE SENILE EVERYDAY. HE SAYS THE CRAZIEST THINGS I MEAN IT IS RIDICULOUS. NOW YOU TELL ME WOULD YOU WANT A PERSON AS HIMSELF BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND DON'T KNOW THE FOREST FROM THE TREES. LOL HE IS PRACTICALLY GIVEN THIS ELECTION AWAY. PALIN WELL SHE IS A COPY VERSION OF MCCAIN.
GOP STRATEGY.....
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS, LETS BLAME OBAMA EVEN IF WE CAN'T SUPPORT OUR CLAIM!!!!!!!!!
PROBLEM WITH THAT STRATEGY IS THAT IF YOU CAN'T PROVIDE EVIDENCE, YOUR CLAIM IS NOT VALID. CASE CLOSED!
Where is the proof McCain? Such bigotry and lies from your camp. Disgusting!
She's probably upset because now she can't list "Attended an Anti-Iran Rally" as foreign policy experience.
Palin dodged that bullet. LOL
The Republicans are jumping for joy!
I have grown tired of the arrogance of the Jewish lobby. There are two reasons the US is in the Middle East: Oil and Israel. The Republicans have been the staunchest supporter of that country. Both Democrats and Republicans have shed blood. Remember the 200 marines dead in Lebanon?
So what's Palin's foreign policy experience?:
She can see Russia from her house in Alaska.
They knew that all she would offer them is either:
1) A proposition to invade them now or
2) One of Obamas original ideas from 2 years ago
She has nothing new ever to offer us. She needs to go back to staring out her window and ripping off the tax payers while doing it. She's pathetic, and McCain's judgement proves he is not fit to run our country.
Small wonder she was "disinvited".....
Finally people are coming out of the reality -show coma they've been in for the past two weeks. It is hard to understand how anyone can still try to enthusiastically prop up support for palin after all of this.
Repubs have screamed about people smearing her with lies, and yet seem unable to SEE with their own eyes the torrid smelly swath of lies she has left on the campaign trail, leaving many to wonder how long can blind loyalty to her go on? She thrives on deceit and fabrication, and her loyal and rabid fans can deny it all day.....but the rest of the nation sees the true problem with her now.
that's good. we dont need her starting an international incident. send her to campaign in alaska that day.
The momentary lapse of the American people around Palin is gone. No one wants another fascist in the White House. Eight years is enough.
Sure!!!!!!!!!!!!Blame it on Obama as everythng else that goes wrong with McCain/Palin. It was only fair that she be pulled. The attention need to stay on the rally & not politics. By the way, Joe Biden is an excellent choice for VP. Hiliary would have been also.
Sounds like Shrillary took her toys and went home just because she was going to be upstaged by Palin.
I'm really snickering at all this. The Repubs keep saying how much people just LOVE Palin. Lies, lies, lies, as usual. They don't even just love her in Alaska. Start reading the Anchorage Daily News and see for yourself.
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I really do not know what Palin would do there. She does not know anything about all that. MCcains move to choose her as a running mate will be remembered as one of the biggest mistake ever in this country's political history. This is just ridiculous!
if palin goes to that rally, the republican may say that she has foreign experience.
Senator McCain, you can not have Honor without Truth. Where is the Honoralbe McCain of 2000? You and the Rep party needs to take accountability for your part in this mess. Bring back the honor of your party.
Can she see Iran from her house?
This is Another GOP trick..... anybody can see what they are trying to do! turn the current economy issue around and make it into WAR issue with Iran and show how TUFF she really IS.... the way I see it, is she is running from the real TUFF AMERICAN ISSUE OUR MONEY OUR ECONOMY!
My Dear God.... Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin V.S Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... I'm just sick of this War WAR WAR!
To "Palin 2012" on top: keep on dreaming
It is probably for the best that Palin was uninvited. She has no foreign experience, and with a loaded topic like Iran, we need someone with more savvy. Mr. McCain, why oh why did you go for the gotcha when you had both Mr Lieberman and Mr Romney available for your choice as VP?
Let's see...Lie to us and send us into a war that kills 4000 brave Americans. Spend a TRILLION Dollars bombing then fixing up a country that hates us. What do we get in return? $5 a gallon gas!!!!! Thanks repubs!
Enough is Enough
palin=liar
palin=stupid
palin=power hungery
palin=G.Bush
thanks, but no thanks to palin!
Libs are clueless people.
McCain/Palin 2008
Of course, McCain campaign, of course...because we all know that Clinton bows to Obama's will, and that he is prone to strong arm tactics. [Rolling eyes}.
I hate hearing comments from McCain and his campaign these days. John McCain has gone from someone you can respect, even if you disagree with him, to a complete idiot and psychopath desperate to appease the Republican Party. Palin isn’t even worth a comment (apart from this).
Russian news agency Pravda described Palin as "Mrs. Nobody, Know-it-All, Shreiking Cow from Alaska". (Look it up – it's on the net).
Apparently they've seen her from their house too.
I prefer a leader that the world respects. Go Obama/Biden
Palin said she can see Iran from her house!
This should be no shock to Sara Palin...I'm sure she's been univited to many parties.
I think it's wonderful that some men are not swayed by smiles that don't reach the eyes.
To PALIN 2012, How in the hell is Palin a "True American hero"?
That has to be one of most unjustifiable statements I have heard in this campaign.
People who lack open mindedness and freedom of expression should not be afforded the gifts of Democracy........like Liberals.
NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCAIN , NO PALIN!
Comon John, we know why they pulled her... they realized she has nothing to say!
I guess Sen. Clinton was successful in making the rally a politcally partisan event.
Is McCain paranoid? He seems to see Obama behind everything! I don't think Obama would have time to do everything McCain has accused him of orchestrating! Doesn't McCain think anyone can take action on any topic without clearing it with Obama first?
McCain is 90% Bush
Palin is 100% Bush she stands for everything he stands for
She is a polarizing figure period.
Who wanted to be present anyways?
Palin was the only person who might have attended the rally that would have got the attention of the Iranians. People are clueless.
Hey, McCain folks....seen the polls lately?? Read my nail polish!
We're waiting for the Obama operative who hacked into Sarah's computer-we hear he's looking at 5 years up here--when we get his address we'll send him a jar of personal lubricant--the big boys up here will like that-
I wonder if he'll think it was worth it–
Re: "The McCain campaign quickly criticized the move and suggested it came at the behest of the Obama campaign, though did not provide evidence that was the case:"–NO, they're just not that into Sarah, John, and she would have been a divisive presence at that event. It's not a beauty pagaent, afterall.
lord help us all if obama becomes our president. he knows nothing about running AMERICA. THINK BEFORE VOTING.
We Republicans have Palin now. Hillary was the most hated candidate....Who needs Hillary...She is jealous of Palin
Palin for President
So, what would Palin bring to this event anyway?
This wasn't a beauty pageant!
Good. She has no reason to be there. She is FOR WAR not Peace, that is pretty clear........
Who is "Palin 2012", why does he keep saying the same thing over and over, why do his comments seldom have anything to do with the article at hand, and why, o why, CNN, do you continue to post his comments?
They're probably looking for original statements, not rehearsed lines. I think her high pitched voice is annoying.
That's the difference between Obama and McCain… Obama picks someone who he can learn with and get real advise from and work with. McCain picks someone that he can lead around and be his yes-man.. or yes-woman in this case. Other than the fact that she's a woman… what can she possibly add to his campaign? Obama picks people based on merit… If he wanted the "sure fire win",.. he could've picked Hillary. But he's not looking for who's the most popular… he's looking for who's the best person for the job. Once again… McCain's personal ambitions are shown to be more important than the good of the country.
Yes, but at least we weren't dumb enough to vote for Bush...
It seems like if you are a decent person but not of one party or the other you will be attacked. People have forgotten that we all live in this world. The negative comments are getting way out of hand. It is making the American people ill. We need to try to get along even if our viewpoints differ. That's what made this country strong. Please try to remember that we are all human beings and we are all family in spirit.
Was THIS designer suit paid for by Alaska taxpayers?
oh snap!
AMERICA WILL BE A SAFER PLACE. . .WITH PALIN NOT ATTENDING!
Sarah's here to stay-only 44 years old she'll be a powerhouse in U.S. politics for the next 25 years-Joe Biden will long be in a nursing home and she'll still be President--
And Joe, you are going to get your lunch eaten in the debate--BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID–
Fans of Sarah Barracuda
Hilary said nope, Sarah on the other hand was told – NO.
No you can't use this event and us as a brush up on Foreign Affairs education.
Sounds like something Obama would do..I cant think of any way that it would hurt to have them both there proving that we as a country stand together against them getting nuclear weapons..
Here is Sarah the victim again. They have no proof that Obama had anything to do with this, but apparently they will say anything. She was just trying to get her picture taken with Hillary–good for Hillary for pulling out. She should stay far away from Palin–it is bad enough that Palin has stolen Hillary's speech ("cracks in the ceiling"). Palin has absolutely nothing to offer to Hillary supporters–I am one of those and I am definitely voting for Obama.
Just like high school...or middle school....
If she is going to your party, I'm not!!!
SO immature!!!!
Is it just me are the Republicans just wanting to smear everything that doesn't go in their favor and say " Oh, well it's the Democrats." Obviously organizations and groups can't possibly think for themselves and want to keep things focused on the issue that they are gathering for vs. having another "Look it's Palin" day.
“We have a presidential election where the McCain-Palin ticket want to use what’s supposed to be a very, very bipartisan-type of operation to, again, use it as a campaign event,"
Pathetic....That's why Hillary wouldn't show up, and the Reps. are trying to blame it on Obama?!?!?!?!?
I agree that Palin should not be invited to this event. Yes, we do want Iran to not develop a nuclear bomb, but we don't want to go to war with them either. She would just read a war mongering speech that would make matters worse.
Now, back to the economy...
How can McCain blame this on Obama???? Clinton is not apart of his campaign, and neither Obama or Biden were invited (not McCain for that matter either)
Any time a Democrat does something, he/she is now apart of the "Obama Campaign"?
Why does no one find the fact that politicians are attending an "anti-Iran" party disturbing? We need the next president of the United States to stop trying to be the biggest bully on the playground and start being the smartest kid out there. That means playing well with others, even if you don't like anything they do, you have to find a way to make it work. Holding rallies intent on calling the other guy names? None of the candidates belong there, and the only ones who seem to show any sense here are the Obama campaign, who didn't send Biden.
By the way, the McCain campaigns completely baseless claim that Hillary was told to pull out by the Obama campaign- Pathetic. I'm sick of a government run on lying to the public and making stuff up.
It's wrong to view this event in a positive light. Israel puts constant unreasonable pressure on the United States to keep troops stuck in the middle east and have antagonistic relations with Arab countries. Proxies for Israel like Joe Lieberman even advocate for military attacks on Iran.
The kind of American leader I want will look Israel straight-on and say . . . NO.
Those of you who think Palin is a bucket of fluff, I can guarantee you she would never have voted PRESENT 100+ times. And I guarantee she would not be pushing for a bill that effectively taxes citizens of the US for global relief. I believe that is beyond the constitutional boundary.
Aw, c'mon!
I say let her go and make a fool of herself!
(Actually I agree that the event should be non-political, especially under the circumstances. But it would certainly be amusing to see Caribou Barbie wipe lipstick off her toes, wouldn't it?)
PS Anyone seen those Palin family tax returns yet?
I tell your something about this woman Palin isn't right. The government knows, they just aren't telling us yet. But by and by it will all come out. Hope it sooner than later.
Yet another reason why I can't vote the democratic ticket.
I just listen to a video of palin, at which time she made reference to the PALIN AND MCCAIN TICKET.
I think she knows something that we don't know, and is not afraid to say it..
they should invite Jimmy Carter, he would say what Iranian threat and is Israel a country ?
McCain campaign: "we don't want to make this a political issue, but we will because Obama is the reason we're no longer going."
What happened to the responsible, straight forward, respectable John McCain??? If someone finds him let me know, I'll keep looking for his straight talk express in the divisive ditches that line our political highways.
I'm sorry. While I may not have supported McCain I did respect him but his campaign has gotten so ugly, with so much drama I am disgusted. I agree with what others have stated. Ms. Palin is a decent person but certainly no Biden or for that matter Hillary Clinton in terms of her being ready President should an emergency occur. There are serious issues that need to be addressed and that is what the American people will be considering when they vote on not personalities.....
Is this the change Obama is trying to bring, eliminate the competition and have no one oppose you?
THE REPUBLICANS ARE CLUELESS. WAKE UP. JOHN MCCAIN HASN'T SAID ONE THING THAT HE WOULD DO TO BETTER THIS ECONOMY. ALL HE DOES IS USES FALSE ATTACKS TO DRAW ATTENTION FROM THE REAL ISSUES. HE DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE. HE COULDN'T EVEN TAKE THE PRESSURE FROM THE LADIES ON THE VIEW. SO, OK, HE IS A POW. BUT DOES THAT REALLY MAKE HIM QUALIFIED? THERE ARE OTHER POW'S OUT THERE, DOES THAT MAKE THEM QUALIFIED? I WANT TO HEAR THE ISSUES. MATTER OF FACT, LET'S STICK TO THE ISSUES FOR REAL.
Sarah Palin can't even protect her own Yahoo email account, & McCain is touting her National Security credibility? Sure. And I've got a bridge to nowhere to sell you....
Actually who cares if Clinton and or Palin do show up, my God sometimes some ppl make such a big deal about little to nothing..Will this help our economy which is in a darn crisis? Answer, Heck No, so please focus on the important items for our country.
Thank You
She would have claimed that she could see Iran from where she was in Kuwait, when she visited with the AK National Guardsmen in that country.
Why does the McCain camp insist on blaming every slight against them on Obama? They have no proof that Clinton's withdrawl was 'at his behest', yet they continue to try and sully his name. Stop putting other people's words in Obama's mouth and stretching the truth. This is why fact-checkers put you to shame when the vast exaggerations in your campaign ads were highlighted. I never thought I'd have to say this to a man in his 70's, but GROW UP!
Poor Sarah, it appears that the bloom is off the rose. The trending is now clear -- Senator Obama is up again in the polls, back in the lead, and has a huge margin (over 14%) in the woman's vote. Thanks Hillary, for showing what a phony McShame is. You have more brains in your left ovary than goofy Sarah does in that Tina Fey look-alike head.
Of course, these polls today do not include all the non-LAN line users, who are about 90% for Senator Obama, by any conservative count.
Hey John, the fundamentals of the economy are "strong", right? Maybe we can find a foreclosed ranch for you in Crawford, Texas.
I think it was interesting that Palin was invited in the first place. What could she possibly have learned about Iran in her extensive education and experience as a small town mayor and Governor of Alaska. She doesn't know anything about the continental US let alone a foriegn country.
Hillary Clinton was invited as a ploy to get her to seemingly endorse Palin's candidacy. It was a trick and as soon as Mrs. Clinton found out she responded appropriately.
When ever something doesn't go McCain's way he's quick to attribute it to the "behest" of that Barack Obama. He does this even though there's no proof or evidence to suggest it. Why does he get away with saying it. It reminds me of Bush saying Al Qaeda is in Iraq. No proof to say that either and look where we ended up.
Once again the McCain camp make wild, unsubstantiated remarks to further their own cause. Do they have no shame? I think the majority of the US and the rest of the world is sick and tired of the politics of inuendo and sleight! Why anybody would be prepared to place the responsibility of a country, let alone one as challenged as the US, in the hands of such idiocy, is beyond me. I genuinely think McCain and Palin are from a bygone, laregly white, privelaged majority era that is fast receeding into minority ... these are the last vestigaes of a dark past.
I just wish I could cast a vote in this election – nothing would make me prouder as a world citizen to be one of several million people putting the final nails in the coffin of the GOP. The world will be better off when they are retired. "We need men (leaders) who can dream of things that never were" ... JFK
So, it's ALWAYS Obama's fault. Grade school kids on the playground - HE did it, HE attacked first, HE lied. Oh, NO, it's NEVER anything McCain or Palin did or said.
So were the other people.
But let me make one thing clear, I was a supporter of Hillary Clinton and I will not condone this treatment of Sarah Palin.
Be careful where you tread Senator Clinton. You may hurt yourself more than you know if you follow the command of the Obama camp.
I contributed to your campaign and after the show that went on with the invite to Sarah Palin and your actions; I am losing my faith in ever recognizing you as a candidate for the future.
What a show of Unity this would have shown the world if Senator Clinton and Governor Palin were both there, but again we must deal with the hate. Shame on you!
Next move, nix her from the ticket!
Good for the organizers in recinding the invitation to Palin. No free camapaigning there. Why are the McCain people trying to blame OBAMA for republican problems? for example TROOPERGATE.
Excellent call. Why let this newby power-hungry politician cash in on an event that that should speak to all of us about the seriousness of this escalating situation? Will the current lame duck president get us into ANOTHER war mess right before the election so the Republicans can cash in on the fear vote?
'Palin 2012', you crack me up!!! Hillary Clinton knows so much more about both domestic and foreign policy than Sarah Palin does it's laughable. I feel like I'm on the 6th grade playground. Please... stay home on November 4th. I have no problem with someone voting for McCain if they believe he's the better man to run this Country, But for Palin to influence the vote at all in his favor is ridiculous.
I really have enjoyed being safe the past seven years. Biden and his side kick Obama will be weaken us by talking to the enemy just like Roosevelt was doing when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor. They are blind to what is going on in the world. The only ticket that will keep us safe is McCain/Palin!
That would've been entertaining.
" I would tell Iran, thanks but no thanks. If we want that bridge we'll build it ourselves."
Lipstick and dipstick.
You friend are no Democrat if you consider this a reason for anything other than a slight chuckle.
Funny how republicans are having to pretend that they are not republicans, pretending to be democrats. Fortuneately, they are fairly easy to spot.
WHAT A STUPID PROSITION:
"Rally against Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad next week in New York ..."
Over failing Banks, maligned economy? Really?
The Republican presidential ticket has a solutions to problems in Iran – by a RALLY in NEW YORK?
Obama/Biden '08 – Keep talking about improving our lives – not these distractions!
HAHAHA!!! I'm loving this. She is a DUMB BROAD!!!! Hillary unvited herself while Sarah was uninvited..PERIOD. This is TOO funny. This just shows you who is the real QUEEN BEE...IT"S HILLARY. Oh, and McCain, Obama had nothing to do with this. The people don't want her ignorance to rub off on them.
So the Jewish community uninviting Palin was democratic partisanship? I don't get McCain's reasoning. Am I missing something?
I cannot understand my party's fascination with this woman. When she was first announced, I thought she would be a true agent of change. But now I hear she is trying to block the investigation she started. She left her own town in debt. Here we see where if Mr McCain had selected Mr Lieberman as his VP choice, he would have taken a strong voting block in Florida. I was excited by Sarah at first, but the shine has worn off. I have thought about this a lot today, and am truly dissapointed in Mr McCains choice.
May have just avoided another war. This VP pick is dangerous she has no idea how to talk on the world stage.
P.S. other countries do not take kindly to liars.
Something about this women isn't right people. Didn't she just say bad stuff about Hillary not going?? Something up people..
Palin can see Iran from her house.
Blame Hillary for Palin not being there. It was bipartisan until HIllary learned Palin would be there and then decided not to attend. I sure nope no other politicians of the major parties are attending either.
I know they always talk about the "Jewish Democrats." How come I know so many Jewish people who are Republican?
McCain-Palin – 2008
Dang, why do the democrats for to be blamed for this one. Hellloooooo repubs, maybe they didn't want her from the get go!!!!!! Good job Hillary, now get back on the road for Obama.
Sarah 'Barracuda' more like a 'Barnacle' w/ Lipstick stuck to the GOP's sinking ship.....LOL
-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.
Does she know where Iran is ? I want to see her make a fool of herself.
Once they come to know how dumb she is, the jewish community decided not to.
It is about time,
American people see what these two idiots are like.
McShame & Palinliar.
If Obama is actually doing all the things the Republicans are claiming he's doing, you should make him president. Apparently he can get things accomplished!
There goes Governor Palin pointing her darn finger again. I think this was a wise decision and the Repugs should stop complaining and whining and, invariably, ALWAYS blaming the Democrats. I don't care to see Palin and I am sure I am not alone in that respect. She doesn't have the qualifications for attending this event, and definitely not qualified to run as V.P. of our country. OBAMA/BIDEN!!!!!!!!!!!
@ Stop Electing Dumb People '08 –
"As someone who lobbied the organizers to reconsider their invitation to Gov. Palin I can tell you for a FACT it was not at the request of the Obama campaign."
It sounds as if you may have some facts from the ground out there. Would you please elaborate? I haven't seen anything in the news yet, you may be able to scoop them!
Speaking of Hillary, have you noticed how vigorously she has been campaigning for Barak......... ( silence ) all she is doing is ducking Sarah, who asks ,and answers, real questions, and campaigning for Hillary in 2012.
Go Sarah Go............. trust me......Conrade Obama is not looking forward to the VP debates .
Wasn't it Joe Bide ( 29 years ago ) for you CHANGE advocates, that help Jimmy Carters hand while he let Iran walk all over us and open thr door to terrorism.............. oh yah.... that's History, and we don't study History in the Peoples Schools.
McCain/Palin-Thanks but no thanks!
Obama/Biden '08
I love the GOP supporters who come on here saying that Obama doesn't know how to run the country.
Well I don't know if you guys have been watching the news for the past few months but McCain has been looking increasingly lost with the issues the country has been facing. He changes his stance hourly just this week.
Vote McCain because of your own ignorance. Just don't try to justify it to the rest of us.
Boy what a free country. For those who are at all interested in the truth
about the Fannie and Freddie failure please google Federal Housing Enterprise Regulatory Reform Act of 2005. I don't understand why CNN has not jumped on this storiy and put the questions to democrats about this issue.
Comrade Obama
sorry Palin in 2012, by the time that year gets here Sarah will either be a footnote in history or possibly the president of the United States and if it's the latter then GOD HELP US ALL!
WWF's The Iron Sheik is more equipped to speak at this convention than Palin.
It's because her connections to Scientology have come out all over the internet!
A very sound decision – to not have any political personalities there. Palin was to use this rally as a way to meet world leaders. That's not what it is meant to be. Bravo to the organizers! Hope the rally is effective!
Obama probably got his Chicago thugs to put the pressure on the the organizers to dump her. Too bad, some real intelligence would have been welcomed. I have now dis invited myself from watching any coverage of this now politicized fiasco.
Thank God (yes, Dems believe in God, too) that some of us are wiping the sleep out of their eyes and seeing what a mockery these 2 weeks have made out of this election! Yikes....
Now...bring on the debates.
and she so wanted to pretend she had her own opinion about something foreign!!!
She deserves that an much more for been a liar and dishonest!!!!
LOL too funny !! Bye bye Palin!
theeeenks, but no theeenks. Not this one....she will say dumb things and then complain if people laugh.....what did she say about Hillary? something like: her being some sort of a crybaby and that this kind of turns her off?...not only is McCain living in past glories from yesteryear (old people do that, it's normal) but the parrot only remembers the current lines...............
This isn't a popularity contest, sorry...vote for the candidate who TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUES, not about lipstick!
Oh, look! It's about to rain...McCain: It's at the behest of the Obama campaign!
Soooo.... in an effort to avoid the possibility of a perceived image of partisanship, they went and made it partisan.
You can't make this stuff up.
This should be a non partisan event. I agree with the decision. McCain is also just making more enemies in the Jewish community with comments like he is making. Not all Jews are Lieberman fans, that is for sure.....
She has no bussiness being there anyway.
Democrat for McCain/Palin September 18th, 2008 6:43 pm ET
Yet another reason why I can't vote the democratic ticket.
Did you really need an excuse to vote gender or race? You are no Democrat!
Maverick to Victim in one week very funny!
Mess with the (clinton) and you get the horn. Stop the dirty dirty tricks. maybe if Palin in her short career had ever expressed concern about jews. It was stunt and nothing more. The organizers and mccain dcamp thought they could make snl into reality so sorry.
Walmart mom–from one Walmart mom to another, please explain to me what you have seen in Mrs Palin? I would have relished a Romney/Biden debate, but won't even have the heart to see what will happen in a Palin/Biden debate. I don't think Mr. Biden will need to worry about his lunch or milk money.
Hillary won't play in the sandbox with others, so no one can play. Hillary's hissy fit will only rally supporters toward Palin. This doesn't make the Demorcats look very non-partisan; if they cannot reach across the isles for a national matter like this, when can they. In the end I think she knows this doesn't look good. Now all Bill Clinton has to do is come out with a sexist -condescending remark about Palin, and he and Hillary can start making campaign slogans for 2012! Silly Obama, the Clintons are only out for themselves.
McCain/ Palin 08* Hillary/ Hillary 2012*
I just can't picture Sarah Palin negotiating with an Amadinejad or a Kim Jung Il. Those guys would cut her to pieces. They would make her look like she was born yesterday. She wouldn't be taken seriously by those dictators.
presumably ?
may be ?
perhaps the martians abducted Clinton
or else they didnt want a corrupt lying bookburning creationists
to talk about corrupt lying bookburning creationists from Iran!
she won't do interviews - Oprah's fault right!?
she's under investigation - Obama's fault!!!
her husband signed onto to a 'hate the American flag' Party - whose fault would that be???
HER VOICE!!!!!!
McCain you are NEXT on her hit list!!!
Thank God! I don't want her representing US in any way shape or form. She's an idiot and would make the US look terrible. She needs to learn to pronounce nuclear.......we've already had one idiot in the White House act like an illiterate.
It's just to the point of being comical - McSame and "Daily Scandal Palin" are just constantly blaming everyone else for the decisions they make that go wrong...sound like somebody familiar?
Now this should not surprise me. What are librals afraid of? If Hillary chose not to be there, then send someone else? Now, to dis-invite Palin? How does that make sense? Its your party, and you'll cry if you want to? Hello? Wake up people, see Obama (his true colors are coming out)... He is a lier, wants to raise our taxes (not just high income over 250K), once the economy picks up.... hold on to your wallets!!!
McCain/Palin all the way!!!
This is getting good! Once again the Dem and Hillary had it right first..
Sarah Palin hant even been to a war zone she was in kuwait but not iraq like everybody else has in this election like mccains been to iraq 6 times obamas been there 2 times bidens been there like 1,000 times its probally no surprise they un invited her because she has nothing to ad or contribute with her lack of foreign and international experience
Cooomeee oooooon. The McCain/Palin ticket doesn't need anything to be the truth or have any sort of substance for their claims.. As long as they "say it" – isn't that good enough!??
Republicans....... I can't figure out what it is about "intelligence" that you despise. When it came to Bush, it seemed the more gaffes he made, the more endearing he was. And now Palin is your hero..... it seems the more she doesn't know, the more charming she is.... Didn't the past 7+ years teach you anything??
Do not agree with decision but neither do a lot of us "Reagoncrates-"
McCain and Palin proud to be Americans and the record reflects that. Democrates died with JFK and I finally figured that out-
If they really thought Sarah would make a fool of herself, wy did the Democrats "un-inivte" her? Fear, that's why. She'd show how well she can handle it and they know it. They're scared of Sarah Palin.
How funny!!!! You can't make this stuff up!!!
I wonder how the McCain camp figures it was the Obama Camp that got Palin booted from the event?
More lies,More lies that will do it.I'm glad to see that the walls are closing in on the liers.
Mike in California
This just underscores that McCain is going to have a very large problem appealing to Jewish voters now that Palin is on the ticket. Say goodbye to Florida, McCain.
Just another in a series for the liberals to shut down the voice of the people. One more step to democrat communism..
That group just lost any form of respect. Any really you think a democratic president is going to stand up to Iran? The people at this rally clearly care about Iran not getting a nuclear weapon; which President do you think would have the guts to launch a pre-emptive strike against them? Obama who denounced Bush for doing this to Iraq or McCain who has stood by the decision. The people who got Palin removed from this event are directly hurting their own cause.
Why, being that Sarah Palin thinks our country unworthy of our taxes, why would she have bothered wasting her all important time on an issue like this in the first place?
They are smart enough to realize that when Pinocchio Palin defend Israel, that would be harmful and not helpfull to that cause!!
Well Troopergate Palin can give her canned spiel elsewhere.... it's not as if she has a thing to say.
Don't suppose the 'Fact' that Palins Church preaches that Jews are the cause of terrorism. Influenced the uninvite.
If Palin attended she would probably say something brilliant like "you could put lipstick on a terrorist regime" but it would still be a terrorist regime". forget it.
people, the Iranian Govt is the enemy not Clinton or Palin. Anyone who believes this should be invited to go. remember is used to stop at the water's edge.
Mccain (while eating some pitted prunes): Hmm, I wonder what this button does?
Where's Bush? That should be the question. For all you people that voted for him because he seemed like someone you could drink a beer with. Can you afford beer now?
Obama & Biden – A change we can believe in!!!!!!!!
Everyone wants to bash McCain today for the economic mess we're in. I'm a Democrat and I remind everyone RIGHT NOW that "CONGRESS" is Democratically controlled and "CONGRESS" is the "INSTITUTION" that is approving the BIALOUTS! OBAMA IS A DEMOCRAT! I WON"T BE AFTER THE ELECTION!
If Mctrouble/Mcpain wins, our trouble will double, the economy will bubble into a rubble, and that will give us double trouble .
We do not need a big mc or double mc
PLEASE REGISTER TO VOTE! PLEASE! IF YOU HAVE HALF A BRAIN, YOU WILL VOTE AND MAKES SURE THS DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN LIKE IN 2000 AND 2004. AMERICA HAS BECOME RETARDED! STOP THE TREND AND WAKE UP! OUR CHILDREN DESERVE BETTER!
If anything happens in our world according to Palin; war, disease, hunger, Ice melt, animals extinction, polution... it is not man made but God's will anyway. Maybe then God is trying to tell us something when she is cancelled from appearing at an event to help protect the Jewish community.
Matt
You have more brains than most "'adaults" you are one of the few to see obama for what he is.
Is it just me, or I feel like her presence in this election is getting increasingly irrelevant...?
The reason for this is simple. The Obama camp most likely DID put pressure on Hillary to withdraw from this non-political event because if Hillary did speak at the same rally as Palin and they both seemed to be in agreement over the fact that Iran is a threat, then former Hillary voters would likely feel that Hillary and Palin are not so far apart in national security issues, true or not. This might sway some Hillary fans to vote for the McCain ticket.
Please think logically folks and not emotionally.
The average Iranian citizen is just like the average American ... they want to live their life in peace and prosperity but are ruled by insane kooks. There are also a minority of kooks who practice hate and are so pathetic and stupid that they perceive war as the only answer ... the same as in America. We call them "extremists", our people are called Republicans.
As soon as we elect a government that will communicate we will be on a path toward peaceful relations.
wow, so everything is obama's fault now, i think john mcshame is getting a little bit paranoid. i guess you got to have a little bit more to say than i could see russia from my house
I GUESS THEY TOLD THE HOCKEY MOM, THANKS BUT NO THANKS.
According to some news reports, it was considered by the McCain/Palin camp that her attendance at this rally would give her to opportunity to meet foreign leaders AND to come away with some knowledge that she could use in upcoming debates against her democratic counterpart, Barack Obams – oops, I mean Joe Biden. Suddenly, as it has been with most things revolving around this woman, it was all about her.
I'm glad the organizers decided NOT to invite ANY political candidates. They would detract from the real reason the rally is taking place. Palin is a woman who is attractive, athletic and probably makes a great moose stew by she has no substance and very very little experience. She would not be able to bring anything of substance to the rally and therefore would be equivalent to lipstick on a pitbull – it looks good but really has no real purpose.
To quote the Greek God,,, oh where is his temple? Oh go to Universal back lot.... This is politics as usual... More of the same... Where is the Hope? If you listen to liberals long enough... all you here is complaints and that the sky is falling... is Obama Chicken Little now?? Wow. Where is the HOPE??? What is your plan Mr. Greek God? I hear McCain's ideas and they make more sense to me than yours. I don't want a socialized govenment! McCain/Palin are by far the better choice.
Did they find out about Palin's anti-Semitic preacher? Many in the Jewish community are not happy about it.