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Dear Aware....go hug a tree and wave your fairy happy wand somewhere else. I'm not going to base a decision as important as selecting the leaders of this country on the feel good let's hold hands argument you present. Why doesn't this woman make herself more available to the press?! If she were as strong as a candidate as the Republicans claim her to be, then, she would be more than happy to set the record straight herself. If she were a REAL strong person, then she would want HER OWN VOICE HEARD. To cower and not put your opinions out there for all of us to agree/disagree with is so incredibly WEAK, WEAK, WEAK, WEAK. I would love to have a better opinion of her but she has given me nothing to evaluate her on. Jeeeez, don't let yourself be fooled. I'm insulted that the GOP would offer her as an option.

Okay, why is this Beigun person answering the questions for this article after all wasn't it Palin in the meetings. Shouldn't she give the answers concerning her experience. How chauvinistic why Republican women allow themselves to be treated like this is beyond me. Treated like props – seen and not heard. She's exhibiting very little intelligence no substance what-so-ever and she looks like a complete idiot standing before these world leaders making small talk while being told what to say and even how to sit. My goodness this whole thing is ridiculous! This woman is not qualified to run this country or lead on this level...Her own party is showing everyone this. I will be so happy when she returns to her mediocre life of relative obscurity, she's setting women back fifty years...

"Governor Palin has an intuitive gift of listening and relating to people. Her political sense is inherent! "

Are you people serious? When did being smart, educated, and versed in constitutional law, like Obama, become a BAD trait in a president? Now all of a sudden knowing how to listen–something your average 3 year old can do–is qualification for president? Do us a favor and stay home on election day, I beg you.

GO to HUFFINGTON POST and read THE SHOCK DOCTRINE by Naomi Klein and then click on the link, NEWT GINDRICH. IF AMERICA
DON'T WAKE UP, WE ARE ABOUT TO LOSE, EVERYTHING!!!!

I can see all the eye rolling and just imagine the conversations afterwords. To the world the leaders who see the mess, Bush and his cronies have left us in, (like the bailout plan) how can she be takin seriously? This is an insult to the American people and our allies.
ie; Poland on the brink of being attacked by Russia, like Georgia. What she going to do bake cookies or launch missles?

"aware" I'm sure that was ALL in sarcasm – or for your sakes, I hope so....Sarah Palin probably thinks Magaret Thatcher is a character on some old sitcom that plays on TV Land

"I repeat:

Governor Palin has an intuitive gift of listening and relating to people. Her political sense is inherent!

This makes her the best candidate America has had in a very long time!"

ummmm, "COMPLETELY UNAWARE" is a far more descriptive name for you, or "ostrich with his head in the sand", or "another idiot american HELLBENT on destroying our great country with your blind belief in the GOP lies"

Mccpalin won't co-operate with an investigation, won't follow the law, want to stand on the way on investigation of abuse of power.

Give them the power they will do everything for themselves

This is HI-LARIOUS!!! I was just reading through all of these comments...Sarah Palin is still scaring the poop out of you liberals It's like you people are publicly calling for the boycott of a movie, but all it's doing is driving larger crowds into the theater.

Keep it up...Please!!!

she's gonna need a helluva lot more than a BRIEFing, this chick is freaking CLUELESS!!!!!!! she knows virtually NOTHING about policy, of any kind!!!!

it is beyond stupidity to even CONSIDER voting for this ludicrous duo!!!!

Aware,

If you truly believe all that malarkey you just typed out with one finger (with the other hand in your cheetos bag) then you are seriously in need of corrective therapy.

The TundraSow is the worst politician to come along in many a year... no experience beyond "Oh, gawrsh Goofy, I seen Russia so I know about it" and "Pay no attention to the crimes I committed in alaska"...

But, you go ahead and vote for her, then wash your hands when you're done. The rest of us adults will be cleaning up the mess your Rethugs have made.

NW Dem September 23rd, 2008 5:42 pm ET
This Dem is excited to have a woman finally representing all of us. It's about time. Too bad Obama didn't have the judgement necessary to nominate Hillary
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I'm sure if the REPUBLICANS knew McCain was going to run OUT and hire...ops....use....ops... any....ops.... woman to masquerade…..as a VP pick, they would have contacted Hillary last year..........

Todd was there so he can explain it to her later with hand puppets, right?

WAS Todd AT THE MEETING

GOD HELP US!

how's Biden gonna debate Palin with a straight face? I bet she says a lot of things that make him (want to) laugh in her face.

aware: "Governor Palin has an intuitive gift of listening and relating to people. "

I guess she missed her calling as a psychologist. (my apologies to psychologist and the rest of the human race)

PUH-LEASE!

Peter CA – giving a canned speech and using a teleprompter in front of a bunch of drunken Germans isn't exactly 'doing well' and don't think anyone would be jealous of that! BUT maybe you meant his meeting with Iraq officials when he asked them to delay US troop withdrawal until he was elected. You want to laugh at a candidate laugh at the joke that is obama. This violated the Logan Act and could be construed as treason. You still laughing? You jokes that support this idiot, deserve him – the rest of us don't!!

McCain/Palin '08
Palin/ ? '12

It's truly scary that this ditzy, mean, incompetent airhead is being introduced to real foreign leaders as a potential VP of the USA. What must they think of us when they discover how inexperienced she is, how little she has traveled, how little she knows about the world or even the policies of her own government?

So what do you think of the Bush Doctrine, Governor?
In what respect Hamid?

Wait a minute!!!!! Sarah Palin met with Foreign Leaders today is a
story!!!!! Did "Barbie" learn anything or did she flash her eyelashes at them? Escuse me, I am a woman, and Palin don't have a clue!!!!1
On a day that our economy is in the worse crises in history, we have
the dumb wit meeting with Foreign Leaders on the news?
Hillary did not attend because of the fact that Palin was invited,
then disinvited!!!!! Palin meeting with 10 or 11 Heads of State
is paultry news.The Republicans are distracting many Americans with this broad who needs to return to Alaska.

Obama-Biden 2008 or our Country will be gone!!!!

Now this is scary!

Stahlin...Lenin...Putin...Palin.

Enough!

dem for mccain/palin.....you are no longer a Democrat...you are NOTHING! "After reading the book Obamanation", Right wing lies bashed as such by every reputable source. If you are stupid enough to buy that crap you don't deserve the right to vote. Drop the Dem from your moniker....you are a disgrace to our nation.

Tracy September 23rd, 2008 5:41 pm ET
Sarah: Get some "intelligence" for Biden. The idiot wants to send coal plants to China. Thinks FDR was on television. Thinks AIG bailout should NOT happen.
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Well Tracy I guess that's BETTER then I can see Russia from my PORCH....I have FOREIEGN POLICY EXPERIENCE!

Karzai: His name is Mirwasi. it means light of the house
Palin: My son's name is Trig..
Karzai: Short for trigger??
Palin: Why yes!! How did you guess??
Karzai: It wasn't that difficult really. (smiling)
(Photographers are ushered out of the room by campaign personnel)

Palin: Was your son breast fed?
Karzai: Sigh! enough of this rubbish the cameras are gone..Get me out of here.
Biegun: You already agreed that you would chat for 30 minutes..
Karzai: I did..but what's there to discuss
Palin: we can talk about Moose migration if u don't want to talk about your kid.
Karzai: This is ridiculous

Simple S. P. met some foreign leaders and suddenly she was not simple any more.

Can someone stop Palin / Rove from destroying the Social Security system ?

Mary Texas (wrote) Governor Palin – we are sooooo proud of you. You go girl – help us out – we can not be left with the idiot "OBAMA". If OBAMA should win -we will all be applying for foods stamps!!! The United States will go down the tubes!!
++++++++++++
Where have you been girl?? $700billion bail out not enough for you? Either you're in the top 5% or you're in denial. No way No how no McCain/Palin.

To......jim September 23rd, 2008 5:37 pm ET, you are a sexist and WHAT DO LOVE HAVE TO DO WITH THIS INEXPERIENCE WANT TO BE.............YOU are SUPPOSE to LOVE your Country……

God Please HELP this person.......................................

she makes me want to drill here,drill now!

If the do nothing dem. congress had paid as much attention to the banking industry as they have to Gov. Palin, we might not be in this mess. dems have already screwed up on the drill policy – they just let it fall – IMPEACH PUKELOSI and every useless congressman/woman we have regardless of party. If the are not working for AMERICAN CITIZENS then they should be out of a job!! These banks and wall street made this mess themselves let it fall where it may and divide the $700 billion among taxpayers – politicians, bankers, wall strippers and non-journalist NOT INCLUDED! McCAIN/PALIN THE ONLY ONES SMART ENOUGH TO GET US OUT OF THIS MESS!!!

How's she supposed to learn...Osmosis? Two short meetings do not equal foreign policy expertise!

It would be nice if the McCain/Palin campaign would actually make her available for question and answer sessions. Her offer to play stump the candidate would be more believable with access to the press.

This country has gone crazy! God help us. So much hate....no matter who wins our country will be deeply divided.

FLORIDA LOVES YOU SARAH! ! JOE BIDEN AND BILL CLINTON SAYS HILLARY WOULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER VP, SO STAY TRUE TO YOURSELF, YOU'LL BE A SUPER FIGHTER FOR WOMAN AND CHILDREN. GOOD BLESS YOU!

Women of America:

TThe MEDIA SILENCE from Ms. Palin has been deafening. It appears to many women that the GOP campaign has restricted her from speaking unless they write it and unless they give her permission to speak. This is not the model anyone was hoping for in a female candidate for the office of Vice Presidency. It is essentially a message from GOP that women should be controlled and used and then silenced when told to be quiet by men. Why has a GOVERNOR OF A US STATE complied with this disturbing mandate from a group of male politicians. Is that what Palin and McCain envision as the role of women in the government? to be obedient and quiet?

Are YOU supposed sto just shut up and go vote for the GOP, and then fade away? This is a really disturbing insight into where women stand in the GOP. They handpick a woman-a GOVERNOR, NO LESS-- and then muzzle her while they feed her the party line. Then-and only then-will she be allowed to speak her mind. This is what WOMEN MEAN TO MCCAIN AND THE GOP.

KEEP YOUR PLACE, WOMEN. SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND BE QUIET. YOUR VIEWS AND OPINIONS ARE NOT WELCOME UNLESS THE GOP CAN SCRIPT THEM FOR YOU.

WHY IS PALIN GOING ALONG WITH THIS?

Uh.....Mary......"We will all be applying for food stamps.....The United States will go down the tubes".....in case you haven't noticed we're there now, but it doesn't suprise me coming from someone who supports the 2008 version of The Beverly Hillbillies (Paliar and clan).

OMG! I could totally be a VP! I'm a chick with brown hair and poor eyesight. Oh, and I've been to Europe...twice! Also, this one time I wrote to my congress person. Well, not so much "wrote" but clicked "submit" on a pre-filled email statement attached to some online petition about something.

Sarah Palin may be a fine and intelligent individual, but after almost buying the premise of the McCain campaign that experience matters, my vote was completely changed by the hypocrisy of selecting someone as his running mate with even less experience than Obama. Character counts and John McCain has demonstrated that he puts politics above what is best for the country.

To Mary (Texas):

Where do you think we are with our Banking situation?

Exactly, what is Lou Dobb's infatuation with Sara Palin? I very rarely watch him....but I find his "unbiased opinion" totally amazing. If he keeps supporting this mindless hockey mom, his show will be following the same route as John McCain's political future..

This is getting ridiculous.

WE should believe THEM, the SAME people of the Republican camp who have LIED the ENTIRE time since Palin was hired….ops….used…ops…..shut…..I mean picked as VP.

Mary from Texas...are you serious?
Surprise Mary, your country is already going down the tubes...and guess what-Obama had nothing to do with it.
But really glad that you are proud of your Sarah-because that is way more important then where your country is headed.
It seems to me that the president of Iran is not the only nut job!

If you want 4 more years of the same and more chaos than we already have, vote republicans. But you will get what you deserve.

Where does Obama have any more experience than Palin. She is just the VP nominee he wants to be President. Man you people blow my mind with your leftist jibberish maybe if Obama gets elected and in a year or so thousands more Americans are dead from radical islamic terroist's bombs you will figure out you were wrong. He is even weaker than you could ever imagine in a world few of you understand.

McCain/Palin

GOP operatives exactly knew what they are doing. They are treating this as a fishing expedition. They're dangling a bait (Palin) to the media (fish) with the fishing line short enough to make the fish salivate. If I were them (media) I'll find another tastier bait. Joe Biden anyone?

Obama is quite the actor. He always waits a couple of days to get his lines straight. "Seeing" which way the wind blows,so to speak.reads up on all the commentaries and steals the words and thoughts of others to make up his own platform or responce.
Obama has cheated all his life. He has lied all his life. He has conducted himself with disgrace during this election while hiding behind other people and putting the blame elsewhere.
How sad that so many people want to reward this clown.
When he tells you to bend over,please remember that you voted for him.

Fraud!!

You good girl! Glad you have the guts to call the "liberal media" out! Do your thing your way....

Some easily forget that Obama just went to Middle East for his first visit a few short months ago.

So democrats say that "change in washington" needs to happen with a super liberal, or "most liberal" senator with about 2 years of national experience (other half the overly ambious son of a gun was runing for Prez)......coincedentally the same amount of governor experience Sarah Palin has....oh but wait she has more government experence with a total of 16 years.

Nobama!

republicans have brought us to the brink of destruction, and we have to talk about the woman that will finish the deed? maybe we should be discussing what we're going to do if the republican economy collapses?

When McPalin becomes V.P. let's put her face on Money, you know the new currency of The Alaskan Independent Party she supported.

THE LAST VP I WANT IS SOMEONE THAT IS AVERAGE OR "LIKE ME" – I

WANT SOMEONE IMPRESSIVE, SPECTACULAR, WELL ABOVE

AVERAGE, NOT "COOL" OR "GREAT TO HAVE A BEER WITH"

WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!! – THIS IS NOT A JOKE – VP OF THE MOST

POWERFUL COUNTRY IN THE WORLD BELONGS TO THE MOST

IMPRESSIVE, SMART PEOPLE – NOT THE AVERAGE "SARAH"

Attention uneducated Obama supporters: There are three words that sound like "there" (there, their and they're). All three have different meanings and usages. When you use the wrong one, and mostly the same one for every instance, it makes you look ignorant.

How do people get diplomas these days? Do they still make Crackerjacks?

Or in the words of Barack Obama: "Uh... uh... uh...uhm."

haha what a funny joke!

Why??? This is like cramming for an exam!!! National security is not a weekend study and boom you have all of the answers over night.

Obama blew his chance by leaving Hilary behind.

The rest of the world must be laughing at us. Either in sorrow or joy. If he had to choose a women there are many qualified women in Congress and in other areas of government. I just do not understand how John McCain could do this to the country he says he loves. I would be just as unhappy if he had chosen a numbskull male. But he was able to pander to all the extremes of the Republican Party in one person by choosing Ms. Palin. As well as pandering to women who do not look for quality and honor in choosing a candidate but only to their status as female. So very sad what John McCain has become. Exactly what he was against for so many years. A man who wants to be President more than anything else and we do anything, say anything, to reach his goal. Sad...sad....sad.

Cool,

She can get interviewed by Karzi but not the American public!

And imagine this, people will still vote for the ticket? Some of us are real simple minded. Not me!

Did she bring her Todd, the kids and the shotgun son-in-law to be with her to the meetings?
Perhaps they can give us some professional insight into the workings of the world. We are in good hands indeed.

You can't learn what you need to lead the most powerful country in the world in 2 months.....no matter who you have lunch with.

The Executive Office of the United States provides no on-the-job training as the Republicans so often like to remind us.

SHE IS NOT READY

Obama/Biden '08

Today the U.N. served as a backdrop for a Republican photo-op and primmer for their wannabe VP Sarah Paulin. Previously, through John Bolton, the Republicans have worked to destroy the U.N. organization. More of the same, Hypocrisy!

By the way, who is caring for the 5 month old while mama is hobnobbing her way to diminished stardom?

Um...God isn't voting for Sarah Palin. It kills me how people try to make politics about religion. God is neither dem nor republican. In fact you might say that God is the ultimate independent.

Sarah Palin looked scared and very unsure of herself in the photo's today in her meeting. This was all so staged and she can't handle meeting with foreign leaders unless she is prepped???? OMG This is all so unreal

Maary in Texas if more banks tank and the economy falls apart you willl be applying for food stamps before Obama comes into office. As to Palin, well she has 40 more days on international relations that took Obama and Biden to study for years. It took Condolezza Rice a Ph.D. to become an foreign relations expert and many years of experience to get where she is. Palin sees Russia from her window and that negates years of experience and studying. As a former Republican I can only say: VOTE DEMOCRAT IT CAN NOT GET WORSE ONLY BETTER.

On one of her stump speeches yesterday I heard Palin say she had a few questions for the media. NO! The media, and the American people have a few questions for YOU.

The thought of a Palin presidency is scaring me. Seriously scaring me!

EDW

A law degree from Harvard guarantees a brainwashing in left-wing ideology, 12 years in politics means a lot of palm greasing and four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee where you don't show up means nothing! As for the Obama campaign, it demonstrates the above!

I repeat:

Governor Palin has an intuitive gift of listening and relating to people. Her political sense is inherent!

This makes her the best candidate America has had in a very long time!

Bill Clinton had some of Palin's gifts when he came on the national scene as a young governor from little old Arkansas!

Governor Palin is this generation's Margaret Thatcher! Don't underestimate her!

Former democrat and Hillary supporter for McCain/Palin 08! they are the authentic reformers!

All these negative comments from people supporting Obama, who has zero experience, for president. Are you people for real. Do you ever look in the mirror.

There you go... She is the expert now? The world is laughing at us really...

The word for today is: God must love some of you "obamaidioits", since he made so many of you on the Blogosphere unless you all are paid liars and defamers of two good Americans named John Sidney McCain and his running mate.

Now for Barrack Hussein Obama. That rings sort of scary for me and sort of funny if you know what I mean.

Let's call a spade a spade… his name is Mr. B. Hussein Obama. He brings cotton candy with no substance to the table of world affairs. He scares me and i can see him as commander in chief with no resume. He is risky and I don't gamble with my country or my values.

On the other hand Mr. McCain brings hope and thinks our best days are just around the corner.

The Power of 5 – Those in favor of Obama need to try to get at least 5 new vcoters registered before the cutoff date or make sure you get 5 people who did not vote last election to vote at this election. Otherwise, don't be surprised if we will be seeding Ms. Cheerleader in the White House. There are reports out there that some whites will not vote for Barack because he is half black. Sad, but its probably true. Sign up 5 NEW VOTERS NOW!

If she had all the experiance that John McCain says Why does she need the grooming on foregin relation? Also they did not trust her to interact with the leaders just photo op.

Sara Palin cheerleader with no game.

Ms. Palin is,of course, a terrible choice for VP.It is scary that she is being given any serious intelligence briefings.However, it is more alarming that John McCain (whom I once respected) would select such a person to lead America should anything befall him.I can only surmise that A.)He wants to be President more than he loves his country or B.) He is – as some have suggested – suffering from a mental lapse.In any event,I am worried that the same folks who gave Bush/Cheney a second term may hand the Presidency to McCain/Palin.

It's comical to see how you morons on the left are truly terrified of Sarah Palin. While Senator Biden looks like one of the lost Stooges, Sarah is meeting with the leaders of the world readying herself for the vice presidency. She'll eat Biden up at the debate while he spews forth some of his famous gaffes in trying to defend "Ears" as well as the Democratic party.

Beats going to Iraq on the Fantasy Tour to bolster his (Obamo "The Chosen One) foreign credentials.

Change We Need!

Yep, and my VP pick has 37 years of no change.....

"National security briefing" in a hotel?! Since this setting is so insecure it is clear that little of substance in the way of intelligence could be discussed. This sounds like either a social occasion (I'm Sarah, who are you?) or an attempt to create the false impression that she's coming up to speed at this late date.

Palin will be an expert on foreign policy before she leaves NYC. How can she not be, from her hotel room window, she can see Chinatown, Little Italy, Spanish Harlem, Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, and maybe on a clear day see the Ukrainian community in Brighton Beach.

Palin will be an expert on foreign policy before she leaves NYC. How can she not be, from her hotel room window, she can see Chinatown, Little Italy, Spanish Harlem, Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, and maybe on a clear day see the Ukrainian community in Brighton Brach.

I'm confused. Are we watching a person wanting to be VP or a student? Shouldn't she have spoken with the people who will vote for her, FIRST, rather than the other way around? Is McCain having a senior moment with this? Help a citizen out, PLEASE!

I guess that the McSwindle campaign can tout her Foreign Policy experience now.

mrs.liar(palin) is a joke of our country......

I'm sure EVERYTHING she said was scripted for her..word for word! This was just totally orchestrated by the RNC to help make her look "worldly". HA!

Well, now that Palin has met these leaders, McCain will think she is qualified to be President of the World.

Palin for World President!! Palin for World President!! Palin for World President!!!

Voters don't let the Republican's force this doomed ticket on America. When will common sense come in, or are we gluttons for punishment? Vote Nov. 08 Obama/Biden 08

While it's probably legal, I question whether resources of the US Government should be used to educate someone who is not at all prepared to hold a high government office. Briefing is acceptable, but Ms. Palin is about ten years short of when briefing would be effective.

Olivia,

We're not mean. We're intelligent, and hence, scared as hell of stupid people in power, whether or not they have the backing of "Him."

She got also read the book 'VP for Dummys/

I am sure the meeting started with a map so Palin learns where Colombia and Afghanistan are.....

Dear Republicans:

FYI, if you have to play Make-a-VP with your candidate (prep them with scripted speeches and cast them in front of heads of states), chances are you shouldn't be running them. Also, I hope you guys have had fun over the past near-decade because you guys won't be back in power for a LONG TIME. Thanks for the roller-coaster ride, but we've had enough. We are going to take our country back.

PS: Joe Biden is going to annihilate Sarah Palin during the debate. Just be aware. Or would that be sexist?

– BOJO '08

It is puzzling to see how some of the National Security issues get discussed with a "soon to be vice president" by the National Intelligence. Director. I am sure there is a mandate that limits the delivery of information to outsiders, even if they are contesting to become the President. Will the NID be interested in briefing an Independent candidate for president if he requests such a briefing? Won't he be cited some absurd national security clause that prevents the NID from meeting with him. But here is a "to be elected" candidate (that too for the post of a VP) getting first hand briefing from the NID. This would amount to an unfair advantage offered to the Republican candidate just because the NID is now working for a Republican administration. What the Republicans are trying to achieve here is absolutely mind boggling and the judiciary has kept mum over this unacceptable breach of confidence that is vested on the NID by the people of the United States. It would be interesting to see if someone can investigate what powers does the NID have and what is the discretion applied in this process for sharing some of the vital information pertaining to the national security?

It takes a gazillion background & security checks even for a CIA analyst to access this information. But somehow Ms. Palin lands the opportunity to get this personal briefing without having to wait for the security clearance. If some "Joe Six Pack" files an application to run for the President, can he get the same "personal briefing from the NID"? Can someone explain to be where is the fairness in this process?

I hope they were able to get it on a flash card.

Is this not incredible? The person "ready" to be veep is being briefed by everyone on every subject and she is being kept is a protective bubble. This is nuts!

Lou Dobbs is running down the "liberal media's attacks on Palin LOL

This is really appaling; I'm almost speechless. This has to stop. I just don't even know what's going on anymore; is this a farce we're all living in? It must be!!!!

When you are an idiot like Palin who needs five years with five different colleges for nothing and NO DIPLOME ... Wow that is call progress....

Good!

Governor Palin has an intuitive gift of listening and relating to people. Her political sense is inherent!

This makes her the best candidate America has had in a very long time!

Bill Clinton had some of Palin's gifts when he came on the national scene as a young governor from little old Arkansas!

Governor Palin is this generation's Margaret Thatcher! Don't underestimate her!

Will she be killed for knowing NSA secrets after they lose the election?

Its interesting that the only qualifications necessary to become a V.P of the US is to get a university degree in any field. I cannot become V.P at my work unless I have a masters degree. Maybe I will run for office instead...

PATHETIC! palin is a fraud and an obama wanta be.
mccain is an idiot and has another idiot as his running mate.

Enough of Sarah Palin! McCain was not thinking of America when he chosed this woman & all her baggage. He's desperate! and will do anything, I do mean anything to get elected. McCain is another Bush, you see who's putting out the negative ads! This economic in ruins at the hands of Bush/Cheney. Don't you see why Bush and Cheney are in hiding!

Markus... its much worse that that...
Mrs honest-I've-been-to-Ireland-too (as if visiting the emerald isle was some kind of foreign policy achievement) but-not-really-visit... first of all she would have been told that there are actually OTHER countries and some of them are not necessarily something to BOMB.

What can I say... Get out the Vote!

Poor guy. Lotsa luck.

This is a bad dream right? Don't tell me, we are actually watching a Kubrick movie and it will all end soon.

This is completely absurd. How can anyone be so gullible as to believe speed dating a handful of foreign heads of state while being chaperoned by handlers with 29 seconds of press coverage means anything more than what it appears to be on the surface, a ruse.

I can just hear her, Oh yes FARC, they sound just like the AIP we have up in Alaska!

I feel she is attempting a cram session on foreign policies. It takes more than a couple of photo ops to make you experienced and "ready".

Karzai: I have one child, seven months old
Palin: Children! That's what I do best! I have a five month old!
Karzai: That's so lovely.
Palin: Oh yes, they're little bundles of joy.
Karzai: Yes... yes they are.
Palin: Yes... Uh, who are you?
Karzai: I'm president of Afghanistan
Palin: That's by Russia, right?
Karzai: Yes. They invaded us.
Palin: I know ALL about that. I can see Russian from my window.
Karzai: Yes...

End of meeting

Governor Palin – we are sooooo proud of you. You go girl – help us out – we can not be left with the idiot "OBAMA". If OBAMA should win -we will all be applying for foods stamps!!! The United States will go down the tubes!!

It doesn't seem fair that taxpayer money should be used to brief the VP job candidate so she can attempt to make herself competitive. I guess congress is too busy arguing about how to use taxpayers money to rescue multi billion dollar companies without helping the individual homeowners any more than necessary to notice.

That was the challenge of their day! ECK!

Bet she tried to break the ice with a "let's play Where In The World is Carmen San Diego" followed by her rendition of "The Alphabet" to appeal to his domestic sensibilities. Where did you guys dig up this woman? LMBO!

They are providing counsel to Palin in national defense and foreign affairs.

She needs couneling alright.

OBAMA HAS HID BEHIND WORDS LONG ENOUGH,HE HAS [0] YEARS EXPERIENCE AND WILL NOT DEBATE MCCAIN UNTILL THE ELECTION IS ABOUT OVER WITH. IS HE AFRAID MCCAIN WILL TAKE HIM TO THE CLEANERS IN A DEBATE?GOV. PALIN HAS BEEN ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION UNLIKE OBAMA WHO VOTED PRESENT A MAGORITY OF TIME IN THE SENATE,MCCAIN/PALIN 08

Can someone check the clock? Palin's 15 minutes of "fame" has long expired.
McCain's consideration as a serious presidential candidate evaporated the moment this "reformer" was added to the ticket.

Wow...look at all the experience! Hey, tomorrow morning I'm taking a 3 hour course on conducting heart surgery...who wants to be my first patient tomorrow afternoon? I'll be all experienced and ready then!

Foreign policy speed dating. Hilarious!

In hopes of some intelligence rubbing off.

The american people should be mad as hel_ at the GOP for insulting there intelligence. Using a photo op and telling the people that Gov Palin has big time foreign experience. Just because you meet foreign heads of state doesn't make you a foreign expert.

The other countries are saying that Americans are dumb and racist people.

Take strength from your God, Sarah!

These people are very unkind.......take strength from Him.

The real truth is Palin had to be briefed on how to look intelligent.

Well to anyone who does think being 'scrutinised' actually means answering questions from someone other than your hubby... get out the vote. Its the only way.
Get out the vote!

Terrifying.

No, I mean it.

Throw $700 Billion or a Trillion Dollars that the US does not have (You owe so much to China that US schools should now teach Chinese instead English .... your schools aren't even doing that well if 88% of Grade 8 Stendents in tje District of Columbia are illiterate) that the US Government will join the Dominoes falling into Bankruptcy. Why throw good money and bad .. why reward the losers and shysters, scoundrels and scallawags who have akready ripped off the American taxpayer!

WHEN IS ENOUGH ENOUGH! NO BAILOUT REWARDS FOR STUPIDITY!

i can picture this.

the "briefing" probably amounted to things being pointed ou on a globe to Palin.

"You see this country? BAD things happen there..."

this is such a joke. The saddest part is some people are GUILLABLE enough to buy into it.

She would make a good journalist, and I think she's on the wrong side of the camera.

Obama/Biden 08

i can't believe you were allowed to talk with these people palin, you won't even talk to the press, what are you afraid of, and you wonder why America is terrified of you. get back to alaska before America is completely made the laughing stock of the whole world.

Careers are not judged by the time spent on a job, but rather on accomplishments. In both Cases Governor Palin the VP candadate has it all over Obama the Community do nothing....know nothing..incharge of nothing....

Once again, why should we care who's she's meeting with if she doesn't talk to the press? The press is asking questions for the American people, and if she's not ready to talk to us, then why should be vote for her?

We won't.

Obama/Biden 08

To EDW: I totally agree with every word you said. It is unbelievable that McCain has chosen Palin to start a cultural war in this election. If we as a country cannot see thru this, then we get what we deserve. Say NO to Palin/McCain if you want this country to get back on the right track.

Why is she being kept behind closed doors?

And only released out to give the same broken record speech, at the town hall meetings with McCain.

She is odd....I think the republicans now know she is a loose cannon.

So who was the brain child to let her speak with heads of states, when she is not allowed to speak to the press???????????

I find it hilarious that Palin thinks she can handlea conversation with a foreign head of state yet cannot talk intelligently, or at all, to the media. This is smokescreen to think she might have any credability. She needs to let the public grill her and then we will see is she can cut the mustard,. So far she's been hiding behind this smoke screen. It appears she has been hiding alot that needs to be heard and talked about.

i'll bet she can't repeat anything he briefed her on...

More of the same from John McShame

John McLame says, “I don’t know much about the economy, I still need to be educated”

“It would be acceptable if we had to stay in Iraq for another 100 years.”

We need to “bomb, bomb, and bomb Iran”

“I have voted with Bush 90% of the time because he has been right 90% of the time”

Sarah Failin says,
“I have foreign policy experience because you can see Russia from Alaska and I went to Mexico on vacation once.”

“I welcome any investigation into my past because I have nothing to hide, oh never mind I will not meet with any investigators for any reason ever.”

She believes the Bush Doctrine is a “World View” hahaha

She says she said “No Thanks” for the Bridge to nowhere when she was actually the one who got it approved

She says we may have to go to war WITH RUSSIA

She decreased her own responsibilities when she was the mayor of a town small enough to be run by a fifth grader

Like a child who wants to become a doctor visiting with hospital proclaiming that she can now perform open heart surgery...what an incredible joke!!! Can't wait to see how this one is spun up by Republicans.

Are people really buying this? Appalling!

Foreign policy 101: Look out from Palin's compound and there is Russia...God Save Us!!

I can't believe people think a community orginizer from perhaps the most corrupt political machine in modern history with less than 100 days experience in the us senate is fit to be dog cather, let alone President. What a terrible mistake to put this clown in charge of anything except an Out House....

Bush and Cheney both have years of experiences under their belts. But they did not have the judgement, vision or patience to carry us to the new frontiers, to propel America to the future.

We need judgement, vision and patience. It aint McBushain and PalChINEY

hate and more hate from obama supporters. How can any woman support a campaign who feels it's ok to demean women. I guess you all don't have much respect for yourselves, that's all I can think of.

This is hilarious! Who in their right mind could vote for this ticket? They are just simply liars all the way!!! All they can do is lye and cry, poor me everyone is picking on poor Sara cause she ain't got no sperience! Whatever loosers, I cannot wait until the McComplain ticket is dead and gone!

Gov. Palin's visit to the UN is fitting, because everyone knows you can't spell "unqualified" without UN!

Bush to Karzai: Can you please meet Sara
Karzai: Sara who?
Bush to Karzai: I don't know. Let me check and get back to you in a minute
Bush to Karzai: She is Governor of Alaska
Karzai to Bush: Why does she want to meet me?
Bush to Karzai: Let me check and get back in a minute
Bush to Karzai: She says she can only see Russia but not Afghanistan through her window.
Karzai to Bush: Why does she want to meet me?
Bush to Karzai: Well, you have seen too much of mullah Talibans in your country. She is the American version of Taliban, coming with a lipstick. It might give you comfort that you are not alone in this world fighting Taliban philosophy. Infact she is more backward looking than Taliban as far as women are concerned. She thinks even rape victims shouldn't be given the choice.
Karzai to Bush: Then why don't she meet Putin
Bush to Karzai: Well, we don't pay Putin like you. So we got no leverage. Just between you and me, Putin will instantly recongnize that she is empty just like me.
Karzai to Bush: How do you know that?
Bush to Karzai: When I was busy looking into Putin's soul, he was looking into my brain and he found the secret.
Karzai to Bush: Well, I don't want to see her
Bush to Karzai: It's upto you but that might leave me with no choice but to stop funding your government.
Karzai to Bush: In that case, I shall meet but no talking. Only photos.

Marcus, all I can say to your comment is, if it rained brains you would be completely dry.

Next VP

Again, experience doesnt mean a thing if you do not possess the judgement, vision and patience of a true leader.

Just because you can sit down and take pictures, it doesnt mean you'll be able to handle all the complex problems.

Past records show that Palin has a judgement call of RUSHING through things, this is not going to help in a MAJOR crisis.

Speed Dating with foreign leaders..what a joke...Sarah Palin and John McCain are a joke. I will take superior judgement and intellect (Obama) over war war war, no talkey to the press, need to use flash cards, I am a controlled substance ( McCain/Palin)....any day of the week

Demmakrats our stoopit. Republickins rool!

Obama is non-committal, shows no leadership and is studying for the debates like a professor....being president means having some confidence and knowledge that you can not cram in a few days. Wake up people....OBAMA is a phony, who seems to only advance the principle of "me first" and "me at all costs".....look at who he's run over to get to where he is.....the gaul of deciding he should be president so early in a less than distinguised senate career. Don't compare him to Palin, she is No 2 and he is supposed to be the No 1......I would like to see OBAMA debate PALIN......she would wipe him up....for all his rhetoric, he speaks in annoying 4 word phrases as if he were speaking to children.......should have picked CLINTON DNC....you blew it.

What is this, Sarah Palin's Excellent Adventure? Grow Up, America!

Mike,
The differences between Clinton and Palin are these: he was the longest serving Governor at the time, a Rhodes scholar and had a law degree. She ran a savvy campaign against her own party for Governor after trying out 5 colleges to earn a BACHELOR'S degree in Journalism. Her husband, who is admittedly VERY involved in her policy decisions, had a high school diploma and is a fisherman. Smart , sure. Qualified for VP-hardly. She scares the crap out of me because I can see her urging McCain to push the nucular (does that give you a clue to her IQ?) button because God wants us to do it. After all, she asked her church to pray for the bridge and the nonexistent pipeline, and for the National Guard troops in Iraq while they were protecting us from the 9-11 villains (another sign that she is clueless.)
In this complicated world, advanced degrees and the ability to think through a problem and not just react are vital. Bush's knee-jerk reaction landed us in Iraq. McCain's temper and Palin's temperament will get us into Iran by Jan. 21. We cannot let that happen. It will be the end of the US as we know it.

MD, TX – Before you slam EDW for telling the truth why don't you say something positive about your candidates or can you???????

Where are all of these Palin supporters? Certainly not on the blogs. They run about 95% against her. Take a look at this one. Even on Fox not everyone is pro Palin. Where are these people hiding?

Wow Sara Palin is drawing rally supportors of 60,000 plus and Obama's large followers are dropping. Hmmm wonder if Obama's lies and empty speeches are getting the best of him..... As a democrat I do not trust or like Obama ever since I read the book "Obama nation"... He would ruin the country....So its McCain/Palin for me and other democrats........At least McCain knows politics and Obama knows nothing about politics......

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is this in the jailout...i mean bailout proposal?

People are definately uniformed on Obama's record. He was a top studen at Harvard Law School, a state senator for 8 years and has been a US Senator for going on 3 years. He is thoroughly vetted for 2 and 1/2 years. Has been to Iraq and Afghanistan before his world tour and has met with several world leaders as a Senator as well as sitting on the foreign relations committe. He voted Present approximately 120 times but voted up 9or down on a thousand plus issues (not uncommon if you look at all their records). He has has very comprehensive ecomic, healthcare, and education plans fully detailed on his website. If you want to criticize him, at least be informed rather than spewing the Repbulican vomit back out.

Palin is clueless about world affairs. She'll need our prayers because if we dont ask of God to give her WISDOM, she will plunge the country into chaos. If yuo think Buch/Cheney is bad, she'll be worst.

I need my leader to have an understanding of world affairs and to understand the impacts of all decisions.

I need judgement, vision and patience. She's a great woman, but she doesnt have any of these items at this time.

All I have to say is WOW & BIG DEAL ...
so what do i know about her nothing!!!!

EXCEPT she can see Russia from a hill in Alaska
her husband is avoiding a Court supenia !!.??
her daughter has raised her kids and is Now Pregnant with one of her very own!!
whoopie thats my neighbor down the road!!

THATS SCARY my neighbor down the road is too!!
I am NOT IMPRESSED with this woman qualifications or her FAMILY !
Can I get a Amen.....

I wonder what is being accomplish for Palin not wanting to talk to the media? To me it's just shows that she is scared to answer tough questions. She doesn't have the knowledge how to response to issues that America is facing today. She might be the governor of Alaska but she was sorrounded with corrupt Republicans (stevens) also.

If this weren't so horrifying, it would be hysterical. Oh PLEASE do not vote this woman and her senile running mate into office. What a nightmare!!!

This is sick and sad for so many reasons. This lady doesn't know what the Bush doctrine is and wants to go to war over Georgia and she is being debriefed? Even the press is laughing at her. Bring on the debates!!!

O you Obama fans , I can tell you all are a bunch of uneducated blacks, why don't you all go back to school and learn to read and write, try watching Fox news and educated yourself about Obama, he is a liar, and a scamist, his friends are Rezko and Ayers, read about those two guys, don't forget Revrend Wright, 20 yrs. close friends with a racist and white hater, wake up people and smell the coffee, Obama is fooling the people that the Republicans are the cause of Wall street, that is not true, the Democrats is just to be blame also, they are the majority in the white house and voted for the same as well

On November 4th, tell the Republicans, Thanks, but No Thanks. Vote Obama.

The question is simple, if the only thing that matters to you in this country is making rich people richer and fighting unnecessary war then you know your choice but if your life and the American people matter at all to you, then this is a no-brainer and you can be as smart as Palin.

Gee, I hope that the "First Dude" was in attendance too!

her first national briefing how cute

Palin isn't ready to Lead California, Much Less the US.

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Obama has way more credible foreign policy experience than Palin, he sits on the Foreign Relations committee, and on the subcommittee on European Affairs, and on the the committee for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. He's had discussions several times with Karzhi and Maliaki about the future of our troop deployments in their respective countries.

Palin on the other hand is just starting to meet world leaders today and only for just a few minutes to shaking hands and talking about their children, which is about as shallow a conversation you can have with another world leader.

Palin is not ready to be VP

Sarah needed photos taken with something other than a moose, although what she had to offer up may not have been much different.

Good for her... McCain's dad died at the age of 71 or 72. Palin needs to be ready, but nevertheless, it once said that even a Biden may not be enough to secure the peace in iraq, so if Biden cant make it, Palin doesnt stand a chance.

God Bless America! I hope the Donkeys win!

EDW – Brilliant and oh so true!
Palin is dangerous for this country. Sorry, but can afford to let this clueless, uneducated, trailor park tra– liar anywhere near controlling our country? Republicans should insulted that mccain thinks so low of your intelligence.

at least when sarah palin debates Joe Biden , any notes she brings will be her own and not copied from someone else like Joe;s

Marcus,

Haven't been paying attention, have you?

Obama dealt with world leaders several months ago. Remember when he went to the Middle East and Europe and the Republicans said he should have stayed home because they were all jealous he did so well?

Why wouldnt Sarkozy, Brown or Merkel meet with her? Its seems that only the puppet leaders would meet with the Neo-Con's newest puppet....

The saddest part in all of this is Americans are dumb enough to fall for these tactics. Women all over this country will vote McCain simply because he has a women on his ticket.

The guy from Iran is right. The end of America is happening right before our eyes.

THIS IS JUST SAD IF THERE IS SOMEONE OUT THERE WHO HAS FAMILY IN THESE FOREIGN COUNTRYS CAN YOU PLEASE LET US KNOW WHAT IS BEING SAID. I KNOW TO ME THIS GOES BEYOND STUPID!!!!!!!! NO MEDIA QUESTIONS-WHAT??? SINCE WHEN DOES SOMEONE IN THIS COUNTRY RUNNING FOR ONE OF THE TOP POLITICAL OFFICES NOT HAVE TO MEET & GREET WITH THE PRESS??? HUH WHAT??? REPUBLICANS I SMELL DEAD MOOSEBURGER!!!! OH YEAH john mccain STOP YOUR WHINNING THE PRESS IS PRO OBAMA. MAYBE IF sarabarbie WOULD BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK WITH THE PRESS YOU COULD GET THEM IN YOUR POCKETS. PS THE MEDIA IS NOT PRO OBAMA THEY ARE VERY REALISTIC ABOUT MOOSEBURGER SUE.

I DO NOT SEE ANY BENEFIT AND I DO NOT SEE ANY COMMON GROUND FOR THIS TYPE OF MEETINGS.
PALIN IS MAINLY IN THE BUSINESS OF OIL ORIENTED ACTIVITIES, WHILE THE """PRESIDENT"""" OF AFGHANISTAN, ACTUALLY THE MAYOR OF KABUL IS IN THE BUSINESS OF NARCOTICS.
SINCE ALL ACTIVITIES OF PALIN WERE KEPT SECRET, WHY DO THEY MAKE A BIG PUBLICITY OUT OF THIS MEETING ?
HAMID KARZAI IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE MAYOR OR KABUL, BECAUSE HE NEVER VENTURES TO GO AND VISIT OTHER CITIES OF AFGHANISTAN. HE IS THE NUMBER ONE ON THE LOST OF TERRORISTS TO BE ELIMINATED. IF NOT, SOON HE WILL BE OUT OF OFFICE THE WAY THE CORRUPT PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN, PARVEZ MUSHARRAF, WAS KICKED OUT OF THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE OF PAKISTAN.
PROBABLY THE SECRET SERVICES OF BOTH, AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN, HAE MORE CONTROL AND KNOW MORE THAN ANY BODY ELSE ABOUT THE NEAR FUTURE HAPPENINGS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTRIES.
DOES PALIN KNOW ABOUT THESE FACTS ??????
I DOUBT, NOT PALIN EVEN JOHN McCAIN DOESN'T HAVE ANY IDEA ABOUT WHAT IS GOING IS THOSE COUNTRIES.
WE REMEMBER JOHN McCAIN DECLARING THAT ""THE PRESIDENT OF PAKISTAN IS A GOOD FRIEND OF HIS AND HE OFTEN TALKS TO HIM AND HE SUPPORTS MUSHARRAF ALLTHE WAY".
HEY, OLD MAN DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR ""MY FRIEND PARVEZ MUSHARRAF"" ???????????????????????????
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME AND RESOURCES. WHAT A PROPAGANDA GOOD FOR NOTHING, HEY !

Palin is woefully unqualified as a vp candidate. Why is the mccain camp trying to negotiate the details of the vp debate. If she were truly qualified, and ready as they say she is, she would be able to hold her own without any coaching or script, or negotiating.

I still can't believe the mccain camp won't let her be interviewed and that she and her husband, as well as former employees are refusing to testify as a result of being issued a supeona. What the hell is that all about?

Who of us could even imagine that we would boldly tell someone we will not honor a supeona? I can guarantee you we, the regular folk, would be jailed immediately. Why is anyone even remotely thinking of voting for someone who is not following the law, and thinks the law does not apply to her. I think we don't know the half of it, and she is corrupt to the core, as well as her "shadow governor" husband.

brains? She's Been A Walking Pull String Doll.

The McCain Camp Treat Her As Thought She's Not Capable Of Being A VP!

THAT"S IT...She's ready. One day of meetings and we all have to vote for MCPalin.

Marcus..Obama is occupied with "a little " economic crisis and already has the foreign relations thing down. Who cares what Palin is doing. Obviously not going off script.

darko-

Because like everything else coming from the Republicans, it's not true. Do a fact check before putting it out there.

You CNN make me sick. You are constantly covering Sarah Palin. Where are your pictures of Joe Biden. Where is your coverage of his life history, his family, his experience, his foreign policy meetings. If we end up with this religious fanatice idiot woman as our president it will be because of the media. What happened to fair and equal coverage or is everything you cover based on it's National Enquirer weight?

i guess she is READY to handle the world's problems now!!!

Regardless of who is elected we will still be in the same situation we are in now in four years. Troops will still be in iraq, troops will still be in Afghanistan, the economy will still be garbage, and fuel prices will be even higher. So I ask who will we blame then?

Did anyone listen to segments from Ahmadinejad’s interview with Larry King?
It was as if he was going through Obama’s talking points.
I like to know why Ahmadinejad shares Obama’s view on the following issues:
-Iraq time table
-Talking to them with no condition (Oh, no Ahmadinejad had more condition to meet with our candidate that Obama did in meeting with him)

Did anyone ever wonder how many world leaders Obama met prior to the dem primaries? I heard very few, and possibly only 2.

America's standing in the eyes of the world was reduced by this sideshow. Is it any wonder that the rest of the world thinks Obama should be president?

Deal or No Deal?

No deal. Thanks, but no thanks. Let her exit, stage right.

Obama/Biden 08

So the international community get to speak with her-but america can't?
Doesn't that seem very unamerican?
I am surprised how the public is allowing themselves to be taken-in by the republicans (again!)-And it seems like some of you are eating the stuff up.
Media go get yourself a pair!
Make a stand and boycott her! Better yet boycott Mccain!
They should not be getting away with this.
Get a back bone & make a stand...this is not a joke...Stop allowing yourself to be made a fool!

It never ceases to amaze me that you liberals cannot disagree with a persons views without calling names ,with that said quiet down and drink your koolaid you morons

Please God tell me someone with 2 hours of on the job training did not just get briefed on National secrets. It's going to be all over the world once her myspace account is hacked

How can we trust her she is not even wearing an American Flag pin.

I'm concerned that she will tell everything she learned in the conference to "her guy" Todd. He seems to be copied on all her state business emails.

My friend from Germany just called and said she can't believe America would pick someone who doesn't seem to know a lot about politics for the VP.

I explained to her that John McCain is an old fart who has seen better days.

Palin has a journalism degree from Idaho and experience running Alaska and doesn't know squat about the Bush Doctrine. Impressive, most impressive!!! NOT!!!!!!!!!!

I'm sorry Mr. Clinton – Ms. Palin is simply too green. She may be a good mom, a good Christian, a cut-throat polititian – but I can't vote for her. I just can't.

"These are relationships she intuitively understands are important.." what? Now we're counting on her intuitive understanding of issues? I can just imagine what I'd be hearing if Obama or Biden relied on intuition to get anything done. And any hick from anywhere would understand that meeting with a head of state might be "important."
Jealous, Marcus? Not hardly. This is a woman who lies about earmarks, the bridge, the trooper, and her management style, which seems to be anything but polite and welcoming. You;d better do some research before you jump on her bandwagon, and don't ever disagree with her politics, because she'll take it as a personal attack and fire you.
Obama is already respected and known in Europe, and will do just fine with heads of state anywhere. He won't need to have a crash course in geography and learn their names (I'm sure that's what they were doing this AM). He is already aware of world events and affairs-she is quick to tout Alaska as her knowledge base...she had never heard of the Bush doctrine, for God's sake. Can you imagine her thoughts on the current crisis? Does she have any?Biden will quickly show who's ready for the White House next week.
Had that woman been accessible to the press AT ALL everyone would see her for the fluff she is. I would be worried about that, Republicans...how can you accept her at face value? Are you that determined that Republicans deserve another chance to bring down America completely, should Bush fail to do it before January?

Looks like Joe will be in trouble from the hockey mum with a lipstick on the hockey stick.
We will see what happens at that debate.
The press was not allowed to interview or even ask Plain any questions on what she learnt from her fireside chats with some of the leaders.
Karzai well he is just a puppet and had not been able to forcefully ask US to really look for Al Queda or Bin Laden. All the forces are doing is reacting to the attacks from Al Queda.
May be she should give her special tricks she uses to hunt the wolves using the helicopters. Wolves do not have guns or missiles to boot. Lets see if the wolves have those will she be able to hunt using the helicopters.

I was sitting on the fence – but all of a sudden, I'm thinking – VP candidates and a person WHO COULD BE PRESIDENT shouldn't HAVE to be briefed. I have decided, to move Left. More Experience and more exposure – PLUS, the calm and true diplomacy in decision making = good judgement and excellent way with talking with people – all the PEOPLE all the WORLD – I'm moving Left – I was waiting for debates – but....seriously – My republicans have let me down with not opening the door to Ms. Palin. I have to go over.

Sarah Palin is NOT READY to be in next in line for the commander-in-chief position! WAKE UP PEOPLE!!

I used to think America was the premier nation of intelligence in the world... I no longer think that. It is obvious that many folks out there are as stupid as the current idiot in office!! I suppose our leader (president) really is a reflection of the people! I just HOPE that more Americans are smarter on election day!

LET'S VOTE FOR THE SMART GUY THIS TIME!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Please compare McCain and Obama's accomplishment and their time in the political arena. You can serve your country in many different ways not just in the military (my brother and relatives was/is in the military). Obama graduated at Harvard Com laude and McCain didn't at Naval Academy. Obama was a former professor.

My pet pig just ran upstairs, put on some lipstick and is doing a victory jig over the coming Obama landslide. I swear to god if by some huge accident of history, she were to become Veep, I'd move to Russia, just in sight of Alaska–gotta keep up my credentials, ya know.

Please stop using Obama’s senate experience to justify his thin resume.
He has been in the senate for 3 years and he has been running for the office for 2 years now!!! And he 95% he voted present………

Gidget goes to New York and is now ready to talk story with the World Leaders. The Geezer figures now she is ready to go! Good Lord Help us!

Let's see. . . She won't answer reporters questions. She won't answer investigators questions. My guess is she won't answer to the American people either

CNN and the media should stop covering Palin until she starts talking to VOTERS and the media

This is my third time to visit this political ticker since Hillary ended her presidential bid. It is interesting to note that the tone (negative) of most comments is similar except that Hillary's name has been replaced by Palin's name. It seems there are people who are there 24hrs waiting for the ticker headlines (seems like this is their full-time job). Judging from the language used in these comments, there is a clear common denominator between the primary and general elections. Also, from what I have read from these comment since the beginning of this election season (primary&general), it seems that if you want to become a Democrat, then you need to believe in the following principles:
-It is bad to be successful
-It is bad to be rich
-It is bad to own more than one house/car
-It is OK to ridicule strong, intelligent and successful women
-It is OK to disrespect senior citizens
As an international observer, I won't go for these principles

“These are relationships that she intuitively understands are very important for the next President and Vice President of the United States,” Biegun said of the meetings.

"Intuitively understands"? really, wouldn't anyone understand this "fundamentally", are we to be impressed that someone would realize that relationships with these governments is important? When did everyone become so stupid?

DEMOCRATS HAVE BEHAVED BADLY IN THEIR EFFORTS TO BOOST OBAMA TO THE LEVEL OF WINNING. TOO BAD, CNN, YOUR BIASED PLOY IS NOT WORKING AND PEOPLE ARE GETTNG WISE TO THE CNN BOGUS POLLS AND FALSE NEWS ABOUT THE CANDIDATE WHO IS REALLY AHEAD IN THE POLLS! CNN NEWS STORIES WITHOUT EXCEPTION SHOW A FALSE OR UNTRUE LEAD LINE ............IS IT HABIT? OR IS CNN JUST DISHONEST AND MISLEADING IN NEWS STORIES???? SAD JOURNALISM, CNN.

How insane or mindless does someone need to be to actually try and convince others that Sarah Palin is ready to be a heart-beat away from the most difficult job in the world as the backup to the oldest person to potentially ever take office as our president? His multiple melanomas should be enough to give any rational-minded adult due pause!

McCain rattles on about the "old boys" while Sarah Palin sits down with Henry Kissinger, anyone find this ironic?

At least Palin won't need a teleprompter to meet with foreign leaders. Oh that's right Obama didn't use one when he went abroad. He just uses one now so he doesn't say things equally as stupid as Joe Biden's gaffes. As for Palin, people knocking her, are just upset that Obama has some real competition in this election. Unlike the other elections that Obama basically won by default (his Illinois senate and US senate races were against opponents who were eliminated by faulty petitions and sex charges). These Palin haters thought Obama was sure thing and would easily skate into the White House. But when McCain picked Palin, Obama's sure thing became less sure. That is why all this negative trash talk about Palin.

Yes, Sarah Palin does have me scared. Scared to death !!!!
God help us if McCain/Palin actually gets voted in.

Hopefully he told her to keep her mouth shut.

I bet it included a color-coded map.

We're supposed to trust McCain's judgement when the first decision he makes is to pick Sarah Palin as his running mate. HELL NO!

I'll take two real American heroes over Abbott and Costello anyday. (No offense intended to Bud and Lou). All this hate directed towards Palin is stupid, If these hateful attacks were directed towards Obama, you'd be crying like babies. At least she didn't go to Iraq and beg their leaders not to approve the security agreement until Bush left office like BHO did. That was treason, pure and simple....

actual it is spelled "moron"
that being said, Palin is a whiney little baby

TO: EDW
SORRY...........CAN'T ARGUE WITH GREAT GENES! JUST BECAUSE PALIN IS A FEMALE, DON'T FAULT HER SUPERIOR BRAIN AND NATURAL INTELLIGENCE. OBAMA HAS DONE NOTHING TO EQUAL PALIN'S EXPERIENCE AND HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT..........OR DID YOU KNOW?

Why does this woman make all women look....LESS THAN QUALIFIED?

Bet these guys liked her – someone with looks AND brains.
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Dear Marcus,

If you think Sarah has brains, then you must not have any.

Obama/Biden 08

I don't care that meets the leaders, she HAS GOT TO STOP KISSING AND HUGGING THEM! Ridiculous. And was Todd missing today? Where was he? Taking measurments for the window treatments in their potential new home?

Obama fights like a teenage girl and is highly unqualified to serve as President of this great Nation. On the other hand, Palin fights like a highly intelligent man, is a great communicator and is a beautiful, highly experienced, naturally gifted politician and FEMALE! Obama isn't going to win anyway..........so make up some More Bogus Polls...CNN and give out some more DIRE PREDICITIONS about Republicans.

I can't even believe this is america. She can talk forgein leaders but not the press. People want answers and this is America I guss were going to have to demand it!! She's not qualifies to nor do I thikn she has the judgement to help lead our country..Its just scary.. SHe and John Mccain are scary!
Obama/ Biden 08 for peace again!!

can somebody tell me why on earth is this lady being briefed by the director of national intelligence?????

Hey Chuck, Sarah may be going to a study session but did you read how Obama is going to a study camp to bone up on issues for the debates?? Camp sounds like it will be a lot more intense than session(probably because Obama needs more intense lessons) , He has to memorize Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid's answers to the questions

The hated leader of Iran sat down for a press conference with USA press this afternoon...yet a candidate for USA Vcie President cannot...what is wrong with this picture??????????

Why waste the time briefing her? Her 15 minutes are almost over.

I hope the rest of the media follows CNN's lead and refuses to post the photos without the access.

Well now, we knnow what Sarah is doing, – what has Joe been doing beside putting his foot in his mouth? Sarah is doing what she is suppose to be doing. Joe is looking and speaking like he wants OUT. That is REAL scarey, considering he is the only one on that "team" with (?) some experience. At least Sarah will have an adjustment period, a time to get the precise feel of her position. Everyone knows that the position does not call for precise experience on day one, however she has all the experience she needs to start. She knows where to look for the answers and facts she when & where needed. Experience counts, big time.

What's the matter folks? Jealous that Obambi can't talk with any heads of state about having any executive experience running anything, like a STATE. Oh right, he "ran" thru millions on his Chicago "projects" with no benefit to anyone (except Ayers, Rezko, etc). Bet these guys liked her – someone with looks AND brains.

When we talk about Obama's qualifications, we should keep in mind that in addition to the community organizer thing and the state Senate and the US Senate, this is a professor of Constitutional law. After the current example in office, with qualifications very comparable to Palin's, it would be a good change to elect somebody who understands and RESPECTS the US Constitution, as Bush as routinely proven to us he does not.

The United States is Now the laughing stock of the World.

Good going !!

Now that she met the world leaders for the first time, she's now ready to beat Joe on their foreign policy debate. Look out Joe!

Darko: "When will CNN report on Obama pleading with the Iraqis to delay the troop withdrawals until after the election so he can look good if he wins."

When this "news" is reported by someone besides a discredited pseudo-journalist, in something other than a right-wing.

I love how the wingnuts get all huffy when their rumors aren't published as fact.

The US of Stupid just loves them some Sarah. Who cares if she has not any foreign policy experience. At least she is not a muslim.

God help us...

American morans for McMoran & McPatheticl
Morans for morans . racists for republicans.
Baracudas for the Bafoons
Sadits for Grumpy and Moose
Loosers for McLooser & Mrs.Liar
Arizona and Alaska – Laughing stock

This attempt is so transparent.

Bush called in a couple of favors in an attempt to make her look worldly.

Another circus was the result.

I like this blog because it reflects the intellect of America:

“Only in Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism is considered ‘ready on day one’.”

John McCain has actually downplayed the quality of the presidency by chosing a VP with LEGS but no substance beneath!

John McCain has again insulted the intellectual abilities of the American people. How can any one trust such high powered information to this woman– Palin!

American morans for McMoran & McPatheticl
Morans for morans . racists for republicans.
Baracudas for the Bafoons
Sadits for Grumpy and Moose
Loosers for McLooser & Mrs.Liar
Arkansa and Alaska – Laughing stock

Why aren't more women up in arms? They want to be treated as equal to men, yet she is not expected to take the hard questions men are when campaigning. She is hiden behind the men who control her and have no faith in her abilities. How can she be expected to run the country should something happen to McCain when she can't even answer unfiltered questions from reporters

I am dismayed that Palin is getting some kind of treatment because of her lack of Foreign Experience. To have her meet Karzai and Uribe, you might say does not count for "Foreign experience." She has never left United States yet!

Who are they kidding? DOES NOT COUNT!

Debriefing? Oh so now we know his kids name. Wow.

I would like to offer that you run a telethon, I will promise that you can lock me in a "cone of silence" and run "Head On" commercials 24 hours a day, until folks donate enough coins so that you can only use closed captioning anytime Failin' Palin opens her pie hole.

Deal?

When it 's time to debate Joe Biden, look for Sarah to call in sick.

Adam, you are out to lunch. Law school would not have covered any of this, and even if it did it would be dated. Obama has no foreign policy experience, period, and he's the top of the ticket. Rock tours like he did this summer doesn't cut it.

The face that will start a thousand wars. Because the rest of the world will know how vulnerable we are.

Thanks, but no thanks John.

Obama/Biden 08

i feel sorry for sarah, she's in wrong time, wrong place, Obama will win. Hillary will win the election after Obama's 2nd term as president. so i guess sarah will have to wait for 16 more years and she can try to race for the white house again.

"four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns"

Ok he has run an impressive political campaign just like any political hack does, but those four years seem to have been wasted on him , his world view is that of a neophyte , he thinks like that congressman before WWII that thought if he could only sit down and talk with Hitler the whole war could have been avoided.

He is bad news and will move our country so far to the left it will be further pink than Venezuela

Palin, her legs crossed and at one point patting her heart, was leaning in eagerly and smiling. Karzai, wearing his traditional clothes but without his trademark karakul hat, was also grinning while discussing the child. His remarks were mostly unintelligible as the noise from the clicking cameras drowned them out.

“What is his name?,” Palin asked.

“Mirwais,” Karzai responded. “Mirwais, which means, ‘The Light of the House.’”

“Oh nice,” Palin responded.

“He is the only one we have,” remarked Karzai.

After 29 seconds observing the meeting, CNN and other photographers covering the meeting were escorted out of the room.

Gee I hope the Director tells her where Afghanistan is located since she can't see it from her bedroom window.

Every story about Palin for the past two weeks has included the phrase "former Bush staff members" or "former Bush advisors"
but,
WOW, "What a Maverick" eh? No Bush ties here!

-Speed dating foreign Heads of State
-Intelligence briefings in a Readers Digest Condensed version
-NO press conferences
-NO testimony concerning investigations
-Personally causing the crashes of all the "fact checking" sites

She's a joke.

Nice to know that Bush and Palin are in the same place, rubbing elbows with foreign dignitaries in New Yawk city while real Americans are hurting at the pump, at the bank, and at the grocery store. We have no security or foreign influence in this country without economic power. Shows where her real priorities are.

Latinos for Barack Obama–Si.

Sarah Palin being introduced to foreigh leaders?!!? Can you imagine what the rest of the world is thinking. What a bunch of blinded dopes!

Keep dreaming Republicans. Palin will never enter the White House as anything more than maybe a temp secretary! And I dont believe she is qualified to do that.

In the end we will get what we deserve. I'm voting for Barack and crossing my fingers.

@Trish-

What about a PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE THAT HAS THE SAME EXPERIENCE?????

Duh....

Our latest "Action Figure" even has 'Action' in her name: "Affirmative Action Sarah", picked just for the fact that she is a woman. It doesn't matter if you are a male candidate more qualified, Sarah can see every country from her house on top of the world (all she has to do is look down). She will save the world!!!

And guess what else, folks? The McCain camp has made sure that even the Vice Presidential debate will be fixed so that Palin isn't "disadvantaged." What do they think this is, a boxing match? Yeah, a flyweight might be disadvantaged in the ring with a heavyweight, but we're talking about candidates debating for the number 2 job in the land! How could she be disadvantaged? Oh, wait – by being less educated, less informed, less prepared, less experienced, maybe? You think??? We need to all complain loudly in every public forum we can find that the debates MUST NOT be fixed by either side! They want to prove themselves ready? Then no special formats that favor either candidate!

Her IQ is up to 60 now.

It was brief because she can't retain very much information at one time.

McCain is insane for picking this woman, she's a joke.

O/B 08

Let me clue the Dems. in--Sarah Palin is not interested in winning in November--she's 44 years old and is being groomed to run for President in 2012 and 2016. She's being exposed to the American people on a grand scale drawing crowds of up to 50,000 as witnessed in Florida last week-she's being thoroughly vetted-and she's getting serious foreign policy exposure at the same time.

Obama/Biden can deal with the depression over the next four years and after they show Americans that they can't handle it, Sarah will step in and take over in 2012'.

That's the plan straight from Karl Rove.

"Palin briefed on the lies she needs to be telling by the Director of National Lack of Intelligence" should have been the headline. What is else is knew, the GOP is trying to cram so many lie's into the moose woman's head that it's no wonder she can't keep them all straight. Remember GOP she is kind of slow, so one lie at a time please.

Don't give her any airtime unless she gives a press conference? and America is way more dangerous to the world than Iran.

Watch, when it comes time to debate Joe Biden, look for Sarah Palin to call in sick.

The foregin dignitaries probably asked Palin where is Obama. Palin probably made up some none sense lie so the subject was changed to talk about children. Dignitaries know when they're talking to an idiot.

Palin and foreign leaders, oh my ........... she has to ask her husband to sit in on meetings in her office so that she can understand what is being said. Did Todd give her advise along with her advisers, Kissenger and the others, I listened to Hillary this morning on television and said to myself, how can American Women compare this amazing woman to Palin, who has no clue as to the world real Politics.

I cringe at the state of the USA if McCain is elected, we will be like Iran, the religious right ruling our country and the separation of church and state a thing of the past.

Wake up AMERICA

These "meetings" are a joke, and so is Sarah Palin.

I think the Republicans know this ticket is a disaster. They're just trying to make it entertaining now. A comdy of errors.

Folks this is serious. There are some crazzies out there who will vote for this gimmick. If she get's in, there will be fundamental changes made to the Constitution. It will be called the Sarah Palin Amendment.

Obama/Biden 08

This is too much!

Now I have about had it with "you" people making a mockery out of Obama being a community organizer. You need to read up on the FULL scope of what makes him qualified. I'm through with CNN! Tell the *bleepin" truth!!! You yourselves should not put up with such continued insults to your intelligence!!

You cannot seriously sit here and tell me this woman is now fully educated on Foreign Policy after a brief visit. Hey guess what? I'm going to go read a map, I think I see Mexico from my backyard!

I'm back and I'm running for Governor. I'm so freakin happy it's that easy in America. Take her off of the news!! She is not worthy. Stupid

NO BAIL OUT

NO MORE BUSH/CHENEY

NO McCAIN/PALIN

NO WAY, NO HOW, NOT EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE RESPONSIBLY AMERICA!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN '08 '12

I hope the Director talked slow and didn't use big words otherwise Silly Sarah might misinterpret what she hears and repeat an incorrect story.

Oh wait, she tells incorrect stories all the time so nobody will know the difference.

Dear CNN and the rest of you media; Why are you still covering this candidate? She won't even talk to you or us. We want to hear about the candidates who wants to talk to us and not at us. Enough with the photo's to. Please...

Palin belongs with her children,McCain deserves RETIREMENT and Obama definetly is more than Qualified to lead this country.

THIS WOMAN IS NOT QUALIFIED FOR THE JOB REGARDLESS.
I AM SURE HER HEAD WAS SPINNING BECAUSE SHE IS CLULESS.

OBAMA 08

I think these are meetings very important and very necessary for the President and Vice President also. However, I think it was also very important for the Presidential Candidate to choose a VP that had at least a bit of International experience and had met at least some of these Foreign Leaders a good deal before her premature appointment to VP! In Fact, her huge lack of experience has been a problem for me since I first heard her name as the appointed Republican VP in the same sentence! McCain and Palin – Thanks but No Thanks.

I like this blog because it reflects the intellect of America:

“Only in Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism is considered ‘ready on day one’.”

John McCain has actually downplayed the quality of the presidency by chosing a VP with LEGS but no substance beneath!

This is such a side show. Sarah can pose with foriegn leaders, but can't take a question from the US press. The McCain campaign is afraid to let her speak.

yes , but does she have natural intelligence . the media needs to stop even covering Palin . talking to a foreign leader is not experience , its talking . She's learning–wow .Is she in V.P. school ?

Gov. Palin,

Keep up the good work!

Your just moving Obama closer and closer to the White House!!!

Many Thanks!

Obama 08!!!

When it comes time to debate Joe Biden, Sarah will call in sick.

That's okay, if she won't talk to America, we won't vote for her.

Obama/Biden 08

No one is pointing out the fact that when Obama went on his World Tour to meet world leaders cameras where not allowed to tape his converations either. This is the policy every politician uses. Do the research and you would know that. They all do 15 – 30 second photo- opts and then go into private meetings. This is standard.

WAKE UP AMERICA....WAKE UP!!!!! ENOUGH is ENOUGH.

OBAMA / BIDEN.

I love how everyone talks for her and she literally never speaks for her self except when she's doing the "Palin Stump", a new dance of words to her Republican children.

oh yes she was briefed as to where they sell nice lipstick..........i bet she thinks is anchorage...

she is really such an idiot

LOL

Remember the scene in "Places of the Heart", where Sally Field's character (Edna Spalding) had to negotiate with a vile cotton gin owner. That's who Sarah reminds me of, Mrs. Spalding, memorizing what to say to the cotton gin owner, while her hired hand (Mose) had to wait outside.

It would be even funnier if it weren't serious.

Obama/Biden 08

What is this? "On-the-job-training" for V.P. now?

Where McCain went wrong is in not picking out a woman who had a measurable IQ.

OBAMA/BIDEN in 2008

Not allowed to campaign on her own? Her husband making calls for her? You got to love Republicans keeping sexism alive and well.

So, it's been almost a month and she hasn't said anything unscripted yet? I want her to do a press conference on foreign policy and take questions from the press for 30 minutes. No prompts, no aids, just her and the reporters.

I want to hear HER words. I don't think she can do it. I don't think she has a clue. How is this considered "increasing her foreign policy credentials"? This isn't foreign policy at all. This was a quick meet and greet. Foreign policy is the interplay between countries. It involves knowledge of the goals and desires of a culture, the interplay of one culture with another... the history of regions to understand conflicts. She doesn't have that knowledge at all. That takes years to build up.

Obama would have had to study this sort of thing in order to graduate, plus Biden has actually spent time dealing with this sort of thing in the real world. Even McCain has had to deal with this sort of thing. But Palin?? This is like cramming for a college final the night before. It simply doesn't work.

You repuglicans are hilarious...actually making fun of Tina Fey. lol

What's the matter? Run out of Dixie Chicks records to burn?

What could have been a good photo op and publicity stunt (for the real media not just Hannity and Orally) instead turned into another reforendum about Palin's unwillingness to talk to the press and thereby engage in the transparency she supposedly values so much. Her reclusiveness, battles with "truthyness" and her refusal to cooperate with subpoenas in an official investigation just reinforce the majority's belief that America will just get 4 more years of Bush if we elect McCain/Palin.

Each day the unfavorable views of this woman increase, as the favorable views decrease. Same for McCain. By picking an extreme religious fundamentalist, McCain showed his poor judgment and clearly broadcast that his will not be a bipartisan administration. Just like Bush. The rich and the religious. With us or against us. With us or unpatriotic. Enough of the divisiveness!! Enough of Bush!! Enough of McCain/Gramm's deregulation!! Enough of people who think the earth was created 7,000 years ago!!

Obama '08!

I guess if you think that the last 8 years have been great for our country, then by all means vote for 4 more years of Rethuglican rule. If you have paid any attention to the debacle in Iraq, the collapse of our economy, or an overall deterioration of the American way of life, there is no way to justify letting the Rethuglicans do 4 more years of damage to our country. If you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. Open your eyes, America! This country needs a new direction!

DEFEAT MCSAME/BARBIE! VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN!

My don't we have short memories! Have the liberals, who LOVE Bill, forgotten that the same things your are saying about Palin were said of him, the lowly Governor of Arkansas, back in 1992, that "his experience in world affairs is limited to breakfast at the International House of Pancakes"?

Palin will do just fine as VP, and with 4 years of on the job training she will be a shoe-in for President in 2012.

After listening to NPR's story on Palin, my 6yr old daughter beginning to say "Thanks but No Thanks" to everything. I asked her why is she doing that. Her reply was simple – it's great response for every question that she has no answer for. I'm glade that Palin is speaking to world leaders and not to my 6 yr old, who can easily pick apart Palin's insincerity.

Florida Loves You Palin,
Obama is a Harvard Grad and professor so dont worry that he will have to cram.Your girl Palin went through 6 colleges, so I think we all know who is not going to have to cram in some foreign policy schooling.I am sure Palin was cramming in some sessions in on how to pretend and lie to foreigners as she THINKS she is so good at it in America

Sarah is pretending to be something she's not. All her speeches are well scripted and staged. No Reporters allowed. Need I say more?
OBAMA/BIDEN

They are hiding Palin from the Press today because yesterday she had a meltdown. A reporter asked a question and Palin lost it, screaming in a shrill voice about the unfair media. So, no more media please.

Thank God, my prayers were answered, someone is giving this woman some "intelligence", maybe he can elevate her IQ so it is somewhere north of her shoe size, now that would be a "breath of fresh air"

ITS GOOD PALIN IS GETTNG BRIEFED BUT WILL SHE USE THAT INTELLIGENCE AGAINST THAT AMERICAN PEOPLE AS BUSH DID WITH THE PATRIOT ACT TO VIOLATE OUR CONSTITUTION.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOSE ANYMORE OF YOUR FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY VOTE FOR OBAMA. THE RIGHT WINGED NEO CON'S MUST BE STOPPED!!

If the fate of our country wasn't riding on this, it would be funny. America should be insulted about this whole thing. The Bush administration is openly pulling strings to help this sorry excuse for a VP!!!!

oh, please.

The media should make it an everyday issue of MCain protecting her from answering any questions to the press. She DOES NOT ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FROM NO ONE. She said: "I think I will be ready", "I think I am ready". Well what if YOU ARE NOT AND WON"T BE? Do the right thing and resign.

It really scares me that this inexperienced and cocky ex-beauty contestant named has come even this close to the presidency. If she and McCain get elected, then shame on the American people. Consider them applying for the hardest job in the world: He is 72 years old, for Pete's sake, get serious. She has not said one intelligent thing since she got into this race, not one. He is an antique and tied at the hip to the existing debacle called Bush, she is a fly-off-the-handle wingnut who believes in bringing on 'the end' so the 2nd coming and rapture can happen, please get serious.

This is too much. Why do people think that someone who needs a Leadership Workshop is ready to lead this country.
Why won't they let her speak to reporters. We really do not know anything about this women but what has been reported without her telling us where she stands on the issues. I just keep asking myself, why don't the Republican party want her to speak for herself...
If she is elected VP and then possibly take over as President we really will know nothing about this person. That is truly frightening.

"Daily Scandal Palin" can have all the meetings she wants. At the end of the day she's still a Republican partisan clown lying through her teeth with the hope that the American people will be fooled. Not this time.

Palin has ruined McCains chance to be the first president of Socialist America.

@ the person who said: "Yet, eeeeeevil Republicans and/or greedy Wall Streeters get the blame for the feel-good snafu of the generation: lending mortgages to low end deadbeats who couldn't pay it back."

Indeed. Thank you kindly for posting something that shows just how very important it is for us to rid our government of insensitive, smug, uninformed and bigotted people like yourself. Perhaps if the mortgages weren't structured in a deceptive manner, weren't brokered in a deceptive manner, and the market wasn't falsely inflated by the investment by huge firms in complete and utter fluff...well, then there just MIGHT be a teensy bit of merit to your completely arrogant and out-of-touch argument. Seeing as how that's not the case, we'll all just have to giggle at the damage to your own cause that you do by opening your mouth and spewing such vitriolic filth.

Did it ever occur to anyone that maybe those people that Palin met with have no use for the media either? The media is a joke and so are these blogs. You people who support Obama would tear anyone apart that is not for the "great one." It is rather funny reading the whines about why Palin doesn't answer any questions from the media. Don't you realize it why it is?????

This woman is a complete stranger to me and the VAST Majority of this country. Even to the weirdos who never heard of her until a feww weeks ago who now claim to know her so well. She has NO record of any kind and is a sucessionist.

Yea just keep telling her our countries deepest secrets ok?

It's so amusing that a woman who hunts for moose and advocates killing wolves from the air is afraid of the press. All she does is stay on script...

The Republican Party, John McCain, and Sarah Palin have all turned into a national embarrasment. The party that brought you war, corruption at all time new highs, and economic destruction, now ask for another four to eight years to finish the job. "Guys and Gals" and "My Good Friends" maybe it is time to follow the lead of our French brethern: maybe it is time to put up the barricades.

So as she's a candidate for VP she gets a breifing from the Director of National Intellegence, but she can't answer any quesitons at all from the press? Come on!

Gross.

Please accommodate the lying RNC and stop covering this fraud.

All Americans should be completely outraged that they have been treated as complete and utter fools by appointing this women, and equally that their supposed leader will not allow anyone to ask either of them any questions.

That is called running scared from where I come from.

Peace.

Good for you GOV Palin!!!
Funny- when obama took a Field Trip overseas to learn all about foreign policy – at our expense- – that was so presidential!
GOV Palin goes to NY where all leaders are gathered and she is bashed. The obama gang here really are a disgrace – obama will never be elected.

All Obama Supporter,

Is the change he is implying to, includes campaigning against sitting Democrats in Senate and Congress when they are up for re-election, who are the root of the financial crisis we are having right now. We are so deep in this crisis and all our elective officials think about are how to better forward their candidates and themselves.

If Obama promise that on National T.V., I will surely vote for him. That is the change I am looking for.

Hey CNN.... how did you like being shut out of talking with Sarah Palin? Imagine what the next four years will be like when she takes office? Freedom of the press, my butt!

I'm thinking these obamatards are insecure that this woman carries more respect, dignity and common sense then all of them.

But then again, they can't see past Obama's mirage, even though he dropped that mirage months ago. He's shown himself to be just another typical democratic candidate.

Vote 'NO' to cradle to grave socialist agendas and handouts for all.

McCain/Palin 08

Everything is so phoney and full of lies with Palin and McCain.Now she is going to cooperate with the State Persoanl Board in the Troopergate situation.The joke is that she appointed on of the moderators herself and the other two are Republicans that were there before she was Governor.She is making a joke out of America and the Reublicans are allowing it.These photo ops are a joke and she just made a joke out of the law with Troopergate now.Nice vetting McCain !!!! Good of you to put Country First you imbosol !!

Palin undertook to cooperate with Alaska Legislature Senate Investigation and RENEGED ON THAT UNDETAKING.

McCAIN knowingly approves of LIES in those REPUBLICAN ADS. I guess he has no honour AND he is a Republican, but he's NOT RESPONSIBLE.

IT DOES NOT COMPUTE. ...sorry .. bad choice of words ... McCain and the Truth do not mix.

This is a scam. First, they close out the meeting b/w her and the foregin leaders from the press and the rest of us. Then you don't allow her to provide answer to the press, the n3rd, they stage managethe event by bringing out this bush crony to put the message out there that she was briefed and totally engaged in the conversation....

Give me a break .This is the biggest fairy tale ever!!!!

This women almost flunked college like McCain. She got a D in economics.
Obama and Biden between them have magnum cum laudi degrees in foreign affairs and finance and masters in law and constitutional law and America is listen to the rednecks instead of intellegence when America is on the brink of destruction!!! Wake Up America!!! Smell the roses instead of the beer!!!!

To those whose depth of support translates into "We love you Sarah!" while ignoring the real danger that this undereducated, ill-informed, evangelically controlled, bridge to nowhere of a vice presidential candidate presents, all I can say is that her being a heartbeat away from taking over the presidency of an aged, cancer-diagnosed presidential candidate should have us all preparing for Armageddon.

Oh and tell me, if a first year medical student sits in a room and chats with brilliant surgeons, does that prove that the student is prepared to do your open heart surgery?

Thanks but No Thanks Gov. Palin.

Your Attention Please,
Bus Number 2862 “Straight and Outright Lies Express” will be
leaving to “Bridge to Nowhere” on Nov 4th 2008.

Not this Time, Not this Election, Not this Year.

Yes We Can!
Obama/ Biden ‘08

WHY are ALL these posts PRO-OBAMA??????

Is CNN the campaign mgr for this FRAUD?????

darko – "Pandering and Treasonous and NO reports from the mainstream!"

You were talking about Palin / McCain, right?

Okay...Let's hear it. How'd she do? I guess none of us will be allowed to know.

So the Republicans thinks that spending a half hour each with leaders who are indebted to the US for foreign aid gives her the foreign policy experience that she needs to become VP. Give me a break. If they called any other credible leaders like Putin, Merkel, Sarkosy etc. I am sure they would be too busy!!

She is an insult to women everywhere – no role model to my girls. She reminds me of the executive women of old who used to get ahead by doing "favours". Palin just lies to get ahead.

"Palin briefed by Director of National Intelligence". Now that's a scary thought.

Let's see.....Sarah Palin is willing to talk to foreign leaders, but is not willing to talk to American reporters The press is given only 20 seconds to see her. After the meeting, instead of Palin speaking for herself, Palin's advisor tells us how it went.

I am beyond appalled. What is this, the Soviet Union?

Gas at outrageous prices, sky-high deficits, unemployment, and I'm being offered a politician whose VP pick is a woman who won't talk to reporters and who told her husband to ignore a court subpoena. Reform mavericks, my eye. If this is honesty, I'm a duck.

Anybody who's an Intelligence appointee of George W Bush is probably a flunkey from Oral Roberts U. or some other unaccredited religious nutjob college. Sarah and this guy Stephen probably hit it right off talking about the holy crusade their spiritual leader, George, has launched in the land of oil.

Scary, since Sarah wouldn't ordinarily qualify for any kind of security clearance given her personal history. But then most of George Bush's appointees wouldn't ordinarily qualify for their positions either.

You have to be willing to violate the Constitution to be an appointee of Dubya. I think Sarah would fit right in.

HA HA. Seems most of your comments only echo the comments of Hillary Clinton when Obama went on his world tour earlier this year!!!

Does the little lady from Alaska have you all that scared?

Who wouldn't want to work with her,she's Great!!!!Oh,I know,the Dems that post to this blog.She will open doors around the world ,and create good will to leaders and diplomats. Well,not to the Dems on this blog.

I so bet she had crib notes written on her arm.

Let's be honest. Palin is speed dating at the UN. She is just one step above a world tour of a Miss America contest winner. I guess her foreign policy credentials will come through osmosis of being in the room with foreign leaders. WOW! But she's ready to be president of the united states. I guess her new line will be...I have foreign policy experience because I can see Russia from Alaska and I have skaken hands with foreign leaders.

So here we are with the Vice Presidential candidate obviously receiving on the spot training for a job she's not ready for. If something, God forbid, happens to Senator McCain, are we going to get to watch her train on how to be a president too??? And since no media was allowed at these little sit downs, how do we know we're not being fed a bucket of fluff??? I still can't believe she said, "Oh nice" to the leader of Afghanistan about his son's name! hahaha

She should spend 30 mins each with Bush Senior and Bush Junior – Then she will have all the experiecne to become the President of USA.

Michael Flannery,

With all due respect, President Karzai is visiting our country. It would be wrong of him to be offended by our customs.

Darko, do you realize that the Commander in Chief, our President, is in charge of the troops. He calls the shots regarding the troops, not Obama. And Obamatard? Seriously! Name calling? Do you realize what a serious mess we're in?

The folks who support McCaine and Palin are the same folks who voted Bush in power. When are these people going to learn? I guess it is not bad enough for them yet, there are no food lines out there yet.

I'll bet he used real small words and a globe and big maps.
Question: does she remember or know what the CuBan Missle Crisis was. The W's press secretary didn't. dvb
PS, Sarah, north is at the TOP of the map.

Sarah Palin is out of the league and over the heads of most of the democratic left who cannot think for themselves. Those who must rely on the likes of a Michael Moore and other" intellectuals" to do their "thinking and reasoning" for them, who wallow in their ignorant bias. They remind me of the racists I grew up with in Alabama who hated blacks for the color of their skin. The liberals are the new haters of my generation, who hate for any and all reasons they can think of. They do not celebrate anything good, because they are so blind they cannot see it. Next they will be burning crosses in front of the White House.

cum on guys this McPALIN mooorse hunter has more foriegn policy credentials than Obama. Lets face it she has spent a whole life time practicing how to hunt down terrorists by moorse hunting. Oh she even swam to Russia from Alaska; now that calls for toughness folks!

What do you all think Obama is doing right now – here is a clue:

CRAMMING FOR HIS FOREIGN POLICY DEBATE WITH MCCAIN

Wake up Obama Zombies

got to love all those woman-hating liberals out there who just can't stand the thought that the first female VP may not be a democrat. Their vile hatred and intolerance is magnified anytime anyone "leaves the reservation" be they black, latino, female etc they MUST be a liberal or they aren't being TRUE to their group. What a load of .....

When McCain first introduced Sarah Palin to the American people nobody knew who she was, how much experience she had, or what she stood for. I have read and watched everything I could to try to get a feel for Mrs. Palin. Even though I feel she may be a nice woman if I were to meet her on the streets in the small town I live in I am very confused on her standings. She has shied away on the American public sio much and does not come off well in interviews. I also saw the 29 seconds of meeting with a head of state. I believe that the press should have been allowed to stay before being asked to leave. Through this meeting I know she can talk about children....that's it!!!! I can not see her taking over as President if need be.

Too late Palin? You should have been groomed for at least a year now. I see Obama everyday, i know he's ready to lead, biden's ready to lead... you're just sad to watch. I feel bad that mccain used you, and you should just quit because your in over your head and congress will end up impeaching you if you ever won and had to be president.

The New York Times has revealed Senator John McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis was paid nearly $2 million to serve as president of an advocacy group set up by the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. As president of the Homeownership Alliance, Davis earned more than $30,000 a month for five years to beat back regulatory challenges as they began buying riskier mortgages with implicit federal backing.

When it's time to debate Joe Biden, I look for Sarah to call in sick.

Economists estimate that the $700 billion bailout will cost every American $2,300. ABC News reports the bailout comes less than a year after Wall Street’s five biggest firms—Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley—paid a record $39 billion in bonuses to themselves. Those 2007 bonuses were paid even though the shareholders in those firms last year collectively lost about $74 billion in stock declines. The bonuses paid by these five firms averaged over $200,000 per employee.

Good job, Republicans!

You know that the ONLY reason that the media was not aloud was because it would EXPOSE Palin’s inexperience.

Lets face it. McCain has been crying all summer that the media is not paying enough attention on them and now they hide?

Sorry but if you need to hide from the American population then you don’t belong in the big leagues

Why does she need a briefing, it's a photo opportunity. It's not as if she's going to "say anything".

Obama/Biden 08

Qualified Hells Bells NO
The circus is on infact just started the first act was a Pittbull trying to hop through the rings but missed them all .
The ring boss kept hollaring but Pittbull wouldn't listen.

Second act flying through the air with a cowboy rope they turned 4 Polar Bears in the ring they called them G ,C,R , and J , she roped G,C, in one whirl said leave J alone he wasn't going anyplace and the Ring Boss needed R .

Senator John McCain has been campaigning to stop “multi-million dollar payouts to CEOs who have broken the public trust.” But on Monday, when asked on The Today Show about the compensation package that his senior economic adviser Carly Fiorina received after she was fired from Hewlett-Packard, McCain took a different stand.

Meredith Vieira, The Today Show: “But she left with a—I think it was a $45 million golden parachute, while 20,000 of her employees were laid off. She is an example of exactly the kind of person you say is at the root of the problem.”

McCain: “I don’t think so.”

Vieira: “The CEO—how can you say that?”

McCain: “Because I think she did a good job as CEO in many respects. I don’t know the details of her compensation package, but she’s one of many advisers that I have.”

Vieira: “But she did get a $45 million golden parachute after being fired, while 20,000 of her employees were laid off.”

McCain: “I have many of the people, and I do not know the details of what happened.”

The previous comment didn't even show up for moderation. Will this? Testing, testing...

DEAR FRIENDS:
AMERICANS NEED BULLET TRAINS NOW! MORE MILES PER VEHICLE AND PLANE AND WE NEED INVESTORS OR FINANCEERS. HOW ABOUT IT WARREN BUFFET?

If it were me, or Hillary, or Michelle, or any other thinking and intelligent woman – she'd be chafing to get a word out to the public regarding qualifications and policies – paint a picture of herself.
By playing the Barbie puppet, she looks like an abused woman doing others bidding – certainly not good advertising for a national office.
Cramming for VP in public – what a Mickey Mouse education!!!!!

Who really knows if she's intelligent? Who really knows how the meetings went? We certainly don't because she won't talk to the press.

By the way, the picture shows Gov. Palin showing disrespect to Pres. Karzi just by the way she is sitting. If she really did understand foreign relations, she would know about that. I'm no foreign expert (even with visiting about 16 different countries . . . including Russia for 16 days) but at least I know that.

Three days of meeting foreign leaders and a short trip overseas last year, now that's foreign experience we can count on . . . NOT!

I like how all of the Obama supporters are suddenly worried about experience. The only experience Obama has at work is calling in absent. Stop demeaning women Mr Obama!

It'll take a lot more than a morning meeting with the Director of National Intelligence to fill this woman in on what's going on in the world. Shoot, she didn't even know what was going on in her little town of 7000 in Alaska when she was Mayor. What on earth would make anyone think she's ready for the national scene?

I look at McCain and Palin as I do any executive I were to decide to hire. They are gonna have to work for me. I am their boss. That's our relationship. As a taxpayer what do I get in return for backing them. What do they bring to the table to put them over the top. A big fat ZERO. I don't think either is competent to do anything. I wouldn't even want them to answer the freakin' phone!

Why, in the first place, is she chosen to meet with Karzai?

She needs more than a briefing. The woman is an idiot, hello?

I'm sick of this beauty queen.

I don't understand why the McCain camp insists that the press be deferential to her. Is she running for office or not?

We expect our candidates to answer hard questions, because the times are hard.

@ Mark

Your errant beliefs amuse Conan the Delawarian...it is he who shall crush your Lipstick Amazonian during the debates!

Turn Right: Are you sure you're not just stuck on "better looking". Looks can't runa country.

I guess Sarah Palin could use all the help she can get to understand anything about foreign policy... or any national issue for that matter. Maybe the Admiral can fill her in on the Bush Doctrine.

DEFEAT MCSAME! VOTE OBAMA!

We are very proud that the UN has become a University for Sarah Palin, but meeting for minutes presidents like Urube, the Georgian bubbling boy (We are all Georgians McCain said) and Karzai will not make anybody an expert in international affairs. She should have met her neighbours: Medvedev and Putin, that was better for her since she could see them from the window of her bedroom. Palin is not ready to be VP and McCain is confused totally, between incompetence and ignorance, this republican ticket is a lost ticket.

This is not going to work folks...you just cant come out of the woods get a couple days of briefings and be one heartbeat away from the Presidency....kinda stupid dont ya think?

Veterans for Obama

Palin will strut herself up to the micophone, feast her eyes squarely on her teleprompter and blurt out exactly what the scriptwriters have written for her. You can bet, she'll take NO QUESTIONS afterwards!
Palin can only do scripted and staged events.

"Nothing. 3 years as a community organizer and one year in the Senate is not going to cut it"

Wow. Just wow. AMAZING how downright uneducated some of you people are. Though I guess that would explain how you can easily identify with someone like Sarah Palin.

Out of RESPECT for President Karzai, Palin should have been wearing a pant suit during their meeting.

Afghan women stay covered.

Chalk that one up to a big blunder for the McCain camp!

She won't know anymore–after the meeting–than she did before!

Being briefed by the Director of National Intelligence doesn't make her intelligent!

I've read so many comments of people saying that if America votes in McCain/Palin, we deserve what we get. Well, what about the other roughly 50% of us who would be voting for Obama? How do WE deserve getting McCain/Palin?? I sure hope people wake up from this hypnotic trance and see that Obama/Biden are our best hope in turning America around in the right direction. McCain/Palin will continue to take us further down.

I wouldn't be talkin Sarah

Say it with me folks
H-y-p-o-c-r-i-t-e.

What a joke this pick for VP is. McCain has put personal gain before the good of the country on an undeniably blatant level with his selection of Palin. She may help him in the polls, but she is in no way prepared to hold a position as signififcant as VP. And god forbid something happens to McCain and she steps into the Presidency.

How can Republicans be so irresponsible? I'm more frightened now at the prospect of a McCain/Palin administration than I have ever been. Can we please grow up and focus on what's important to the country rather than who can score the most political points?

this woman is such a JOKE!

Keep up the great work Sarah, we love you here in California! You will be a great VP and it will be nice to NOT have two sleazy corrupt lawyers like Barry and Joey-B. McCain/Palin Rocks 08....wooohoooo!

She is just a poser.

P-I-T-I-F-U-L just P-I-T-I-F-U-L

just smile and nod honey and wave for the camera. this is it? Obama goes to Europe and world leaders cancel their vacation in Aspen to meet with him. John McCain goes to Bermuda to keep safe off shore accounts...this election is a no brain-er.

It was funny before. Now I'm disgusted and angry with this woman. She deserves no media attention as she refuses to allow the press free access to her.

Palin is a fraud.

Vice president for DUMMIES!!!

You can't make this up! Politics at a new all-time LOW.

just smile and nod honey and wave for the camera. this is it? Obama goes to Europe and world leaders cancel their vacation in Aspen to meet with him. John McCain goes to Bermuda to keep safe off shore accounts...this election is a no brain-er.

She 's just a loyal party puppet that has no real idea, opinion or legit credential to be President....in the unfortunately very real chance that McCain will be told old/health problems.

Palin is there for pure propaganda and good looks.

When Sarah Palin returns to Alaska in November, she will have a much better picture of the world. It will be a neo-con view, to be sure.

But better than nothing.

Right?

Why is everyone going out of their way to cut her slack? She's in the big leagues and should sink or swim like everyone else. If Obama had picked an inexperienced running mate like Kaine, the Repubs would be having a field day with this. I really dislike the spin for Palin. The hypocricy is deplorable.

The Palin handlers did plenty enough earlier today to show once again that the press is going to be kept at a safe distance...far away.
Enough, MSM. Unleash the hounds and vet this woman properly.

I can't wait until the VP debate. Plain will be going toe to toe with the man who is the current chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and has forgotten more about foreign policy than she could ever learn. If he could call out Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic as a war criminal, I don't think he'll be pulling punches with Palin.

Sarah's gonna get SCHOOLED!

That would entail all of: "Hi, how are you?". Good, how about you?
"Good, thanks".

To: "The Nightingale Sings in Berkley Square" – you are insane, right?

I cannot believe that this women is even considered by some as ready to lead.....
She has to have a "Leadership Workshop" so she can find out what is going on in the World.
This really scares me.....this person could very well be our President, her running mate is a 72 years old man who has had cancer several times....She know as much as I would had I had the opportunity to sit down with all these people.
Again, no news reporters allowed in there for these meetings.
Why is the Republican party so afraid to let her talk....what might she say that they do not want her to.
Scary...very scary.

Wow!

Palin is showing that she has what it takes to develop solid relationships with foreign leaders by their reactions they seem to really have fallen in love with Mrs. Palin as most Americans have due to her unbiased devotion to the American people of Alaska.

So now the case is closed. Sarah Palin has more foreign policy experience and has met more world leaders than the Jr. Freshman Senator from Illinois.

McCain for Latin Americans!!

"she was largely listening, having an exchange of views, " So which was it, was she listening or exchangine views? You can't have an exchange if you're only listening.

Ignorant~

Gidget does Foreign Policy lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

Palin looked out the window and saw buildings and sidewalks. Now Tucker Bounds says she's an expert on urban planning.

What scared me the most is that they will win and she will have no say what so ever in the mcain administration hence sending women politician back 50 years

I like this post:
“Only in Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism is considered ‘ready on day one’.”

And add: Palin is all LEGS, no substance!

Remember Palin is just a heartbeat away. Can you imagine?!??! Heaven help us all.

It's just a GOP PR tactic to get her 'immersed' into the federal policies. If she was a Democrat, Dick Cheney would have never given her this opportunity.

Truly pathetic! She " intuitively understands are very important for the next President and Vice President of the United States,” Biegun said of the meetings." Ya think?! It might be important to put a face with a name when missiles are flying. Palin is an I-D-I-O-T! And McLoser is a pandering moron.

McCain/Palin- Unable/Unstable!

I look forward to Sarah kicking Bidens butt all over the debate stage

The media should do it`s job... We don`t want second imformation .
We want news straight from the horses mouth. We`ve gone through this So-Called reporting in the past..... Remember the run up to the Iraq War...
We want to hear Palin asked and answer questions from the media!!
If she wwill not give interviewsto the main stream media then " Stop Giving Her Media Coverage "..... It`s just that simple.....

Sorry, but I am still waiting for McCain to say whether he supports the 700 billion bail-out or not. His testicles must be going numb from riding the fence so long.

the difference between her and obama was he met people on his own who wanted to meet him. Mccain set this up and forces people to meet with this women. She is a joke.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of Walt Monegan is looking into whether Palin influenced a workers' compensation claim from her former brother in-law.

Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten had his benefits denied three months after an injury forced him out of work. It became part of the probe after the adjuster who handled Wooten's case tipped off the Legislature's investigator.

The women is under investigation, guess what? it not for crossing the street on a red light. She is corrupt and eight Republicans and four Democrats Senator voted to investigate her..

Do any one care she crooked??????

STILL A BUCKET OF FLUFF!!!!

Ok Obama supporters,,,,,,

Exactly who has Obama ever dealt with in a foreign basis??
Who has he sat down with a spoke to?
What foreign policies has he ever developed?
Oh,, please do not count his Muslim buddies.

The press should not have been allowed in, would Obama want them in when he was talking to them,, I doubt it.

Why has Obama not issued any plan on the Wall Street mess, no, he wants to sit back and wait.

I can hear it now...."Is your country any where near Ireland?, I landed there once to refuel and was wondering if I could have seen it from my airplane window.."....

God help us.....

Just pathetic!

God help the USA and God help the world

RSP

RSP:

NO, you give us a break by asking the American people to determine whether this woman is qaulified to be VP and one heart beat away from the Presidency in a few short weeks.

You're right, Obama has been known and vetted for the last 2 1/2 years. We already know he has it.

I see right through the republican strategy. They're hiding her from the media to lower peoples expectations.

Once everyone feels she can't even handle a press conference, she will finally do one, & people will be surprised that she can actually talk!

We Wouldn't Know. "What's The Big Secret"
Just A Pull String Doll. What A Double Standard.
McCain Camp Treating Her Like Some Rare Jewel.
Poor VP Choice.

“Only in White Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking 20 month and counting presidential campaign ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism, is considered a heart beat away ‘ready on day one’.”

Oh I Guess Because She's Gov. 5000 people.

LOL this is ridiculous

Now she can add "Spoke with numerous heads of state for less than 45 minutes in NYC" to her list of foreign policy experience that includes "Seeing Russia from Alaska". If the UN weren't convening today, she wouldn't even have done this. Nice try GOP, we aren't stupid.

BOJO '08

Dear Friends:
Maybe they are all right in how to solve the financial crisis!
Novel! Try it ! It is getting deep and a hurricane is coming stop sandbagging!

It is our tax dollars! Or fire them!

Palin the pitbull is ready to crap on the world? I guess so.

"Now, if Ms. Palin gives a major foreign policy speech and holds an open press conference after her meetings, we might hear something of substance that will favorably influence us to vote for her."

If indeed she does give a speech you know darn well she didn't write it and I'd bet my last dime she won't take questions after.

Anyone who thinks this woman is qualified to be President ought to have their heads examined or they are in deep denail.

We will wipe the floor with you in November. Remember you heard it here.

This woman is an IDIOT and anyone who votes for McKen and Caribou Barbie deserve what they GET.

Republican make me want to puke!

MB September 23rd, 2008 5:48 pm ET

Why is Gov. Palin getting intelligence briefings? Does she have the necessary security clearances in order to obtain this information?
Has she had a background investigation completed yet? I'm very concerned.
______________________________________________________

that is a gooooodddd point you just made!

I wonder if McCain would do the whole Sarah thing all over if he could? Chuckle chuckle!!

If Obama Campaign needs to win they need to attack Rush Limbaugh (as they did in the Latino Ad) and Shaun Hannity.

There should be attack ads on these two guys and other conservative talk show hosts for misleading American people and supporting Bush administration in its war policies , economic policies and energy policies.

These guys are the primary cheer leaders of Bush Administration and it is time to tie these racist bigots to Mccain and Bush . These same guys are trying to shore up support for Palin

The republicans have been doing their best to shield Palin as well they should.Biden has a long and positive public record with only a few minor bumps in the road.Palin's only got the bridge to nowhere.

Ask yourself this question and in the deepest recesses of your conscience answer it honestly to yourself:

If the President were to die,who is better qualified to be President,Biden or Palin?

The future of your children and the entire planet could very well rest upon your choice!

Today is November 5th: "Now boarding flight 962 to Anchorage. Paging customer Palin....Customer Palin? Ah, sorry only middle seats in economy left for your flight back to Alaska. Thanks for visiting. Buh-Bye"

Dear Friends:
Gastrointestinal flu! O bam booooooo! No Pa l in wrong!
Gong! Gone! Please! So all Americans can vote!

Did he tell her that she wont be able to see Russia from her home
When are they briefing Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez... I think they also deserve a briefing if Sarah Piglin got one

Obama threw his longtime pastor and spiritual advisor UNDER THE BUS for political gain! He'll do the same to YOU once he suckers you into voting him in. You can depend upon it.

Oh Harvard grad! Wow..should I be impressed? I'm sure Borat Odumbo weazeled his way through Harvard just like he did his first Illinois House of Representatives campaign. Didn't he stab the incumbent in the back after she helped him get established? This crazy man will do whatever it takes and step on anyone to get to the top. You can keep his degrees, his teleprompter, his Ummms, his gnarly wife, and his unpatriotic cockiness and place it in a place where the sun doesn't shine!!

They exchanged moose stew recipes.

Dear Friends:
so Palin is so stupid she has to be briefed by the CIA. No surprise!
I am not sure she will retain it or understand it or follow it! She plays her own rules and to hey day with minors rights or womans or military or citizens. She would psychologically and physically rape them or not care. Na NO OH! Tick National Intelligece them too !
Who CARES! Bio science in the mind! No ILLEGAL

YEA SARAH...you are a true American leader and I know you have always been proud of your country. Keep your head up, keep focused and remember there are more people who like you than don't. You are making America happy and look forward to saluting you as our next VP.
MCCAIN / PALIN in 2008.

Right turn-

Maybe the experience Obama doesn't have is what makes him the right choice.

McCain's experience: part of the savings and loan scandle in the 1990s, decades of voting for the deregulation which has lead to the present economic problems; voting with Bush 91% of the time, etc.

Pali experience: Small town mayor who things rape victims should pay to collect evidence (rape kits); increasing Alaska's budget by about half, etc.

OBama!

now that she's intelligent, can she answer a few questions? i have 482 of them starting with:
#1-

.........uhm, i really should know if she's gonna answer 'em first......

They kept the press out to ensure that they could put their own spin on the meetings. We still know nothing about how Palin really handled herself, and they still won't let her talk to the press openly – without staging first. That shows how "confident" they are with their VP pick.

No transparency here!! What about those tax returns, Palin?? How about coorperating with the investigation? Too busy studying because you are not ready, eh???

What a sleazy republican ticket!!!

Dear Friends:
so Palin is so stupid she has to be briefed by the CIA. No surprise!
I am not sure she will retain it or understand it or follow it! She plays her own rules and to hey day with minors rights or womans or military or citizens. She would psychologically and physically rape them or not care. Na NO OH! Tick

The farce/circus show continues...the leaders who met with her should be ashamed of themselves...

" Seated slightly behind Palin were campaign foreign policy advisers Steve Biegun and Randy Scheunemann"

lolll

When Sen.Obama went on the foreign tour, he did plenty of press conferences and interviews and answered questions and yes thousands came to watch him in Germany.

If Gov.Palin can give me one press conference, I can make an informed decision on why I should elect her? Is that too much to ask?

I think the Republicans know this ticket is a sham. Just making it entertaining now. A comedy of errors.

The farce/circus show continues...the leaders who met with her should be ashamed of themselves...

Hopefully, the "exchange of views" and listening session amounted to them telling her that anyone who believes the end of the world will happen in their lifetime should not be given the power to make it happen. My friends, the thought of Sarah Palin becoming second in line to the most powerful position in the world is truly frightening.

Question...Was the First Dude there? You know that he is the shadow governor of Alaska. So I am sure that he was there!!!!

What happens to the "First Dude" if (God Forbids) she takes office? Will he be present at all of her meetings as well??? Giving her advice?

Folks this scares the hell out of me!!!!

Democrats unite!!!!
Obama and Biden '08

maynard hopkins wi

Oh shut up Maynard.

Anyone could meet with these leaders, talk about their kids, share a cup of coffee or whatever and come away saying they did a fantastic job with the same.

Get a clue will ya.

The main reason people support Obama is because he went to Harvard? Does every Harvard graduate have common sense and brilliance? No. Neither does Obama. For some reason Obama supporters think that's enough. It's not! Palin has more common sense as a governor of Alaska.

@ right turn

Conan the Delawarian laughs at your frivolous babble! Beware thy spite, lest you feel his smite!

I am frankly dumbfounded that Sarah Palin has been selected. I am further dumbfounded that the Republican party has the incredible arrogance to portray this woman as having any credibility what so ever.
This is pandering to the lowest common denominator. This woman has little or no experience (and no, Republicans, she is not more experienced than Obama.....check her records about her education and her cheerleading and pepsquad...not much there). If you actually believe this person has any viability, you, yourself are about a stupid as she is. Enjoy.

I is nevr seen a pig with lipstick paraded around befores. Most uf the time we's just grab da pig and skin it.

Proving once again she is totally UNQUALIFIED!

She asked the admiral, "What is it exactly that National Intelligence does?" I wasn't given any notes about that in my Idiot's Guide to Being a VP candidate. And then added, "But, I can see Russia from my house," "is that helpful?"

So, is this the new "internship program" for Vice President?

This whole thing has been such a joke........and an insult to the American people.

Sad thing is........people REALLY support McCain and Palin.

Isn't it just obvious? If McCain dies, Miss Alaska runner up would be President! WAKE UP AMERICA!!

Is 'victory' in sight in Iraq, as McCain says?

How can you even begin to define victory when the USA is illegally occupying another country?

And CNN says whether or not the USA can be victorious is debatable. That is your news source. This country is hosed.

So Sarah Palin and PM Karazi can exchange newborn stories!

How relevent!

Palin maybe could introduce the PM's son into the joys of hockey,

I do not quite understand how someone who is not even a member of the american governement is being presented to these world leaders. Is Biden, who is a member of the American Legislature being afforded the same consideration

Totally expected. Now can the voters please stay the course concerning our nations interests? Voters need to wake up and leave the personal BS to the entertainment nightly news. Clintons are entrenched politicians as is McCain the sidekick to W. They need to leave!

Sorry, not buying it. Palin should work on establishing "a great personal rapport" with the American press and public by answering real questions.

How many spontaneous questions has Palin answered? One.

Thanks but no thanks.

Stop covering anything that has to do with this fraud until she starts talking to you!

When exactly was it that the press lost it's nerve?

Why even have an election? Let's just have a lottery! We all get tickets and whoever's number gets picked gets to meet important people an become VP. Give me break, Ice Queen Barbie

HEARSAY HEARSAY HEARSAY!!!!!

THE PRESS SHOULD NOT PRINT HEARSAY AS THOUGH IT IS FACT WHEN THE AMERICAN PUBLIC DESERVE FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE.

So Admiral, is gmail more secure than yahoo?

I hope the brief started with "DON'T USE YAHOO FOR GOVERNMENT EMAILS!"

To Maynard in Hopkins WI: what articals (sic) are you reading? The article which commented on the 29 seconds the press was allowed in the room? and all she could say was "Oh nice" in response to Karzai?
This lady is a hollow shell. It is a shame that a once-venerable military hero put his own aspirations above that of the country by picking this lady. She may be a very nice person, but she has no business being vice president.

On the job training? For heaven's sake what next?

Not posting again?

How will I wear my hair? I am so frightened, where is John? These scary media people might ask me a question.

The leaders wanted to see what a joke she is.

How in the world do you establish a rapport with a foreign leader in less than an hour? Palin should stick to the credentials of seeing Russia from her house. That, I think, is more credible than what she did in NY today.

She is not fit to run a country. The Iranian prime minister has little regard for women. He doesn't even shake the hands of women.

If Palin had been campaigning and traveling the world for 2 1/2 years like Obama has, she'd look more "presidential", too! Obama has one year in the Senate. That's not enough. He won't win.

John MCcain should be ashame of hisself for putting the USA in a situation that could destroy The USA with his pick of VP Palin.

In this age of nukes!!

The whole world is afrid. Heart beat away!!

Right Turn: And what decision McCain made? to pander the woman?

Guess what... We are NOT THAT STUPID.

Rick said: September 23rd, 2008 5:37 pm ET

Whatever you do Admiral, do not brief Obama and Biden on our national security secrets. Those two nitwits have no business knowing any national security secrets
*****************

Rick = I D I O T !

Biden and Obama are on the Foreign Intelligence Committee.

What a complete baffoon! I'd bet you're voting for McCain / Palin....birds of a dummy always stick together.

In other words: She was wanting to invade Russia for invading Georgia...until she realised Georgia was a different country that Rick Davies is a big patriot of, but a firm traitor of the USA.

She wants to invade ALL countries. These people had to set her down and inform her she was an IDIOT!

If Caribou Barbie were a Democrat the Bush Administration would have laughed out loud at such a request for valuable time. I think even they are alarmed at McCain's terrible judgement in picking the Wasilla Hillbillies.

We can't afford to gamble on having this woman be our president.

So, you ask how does Palin do it? Here is the answer from her comrads in Alaska.....

"Palin has spent little time in Juneau, rarely coming to the state capital except when the Legislature was in session, and sometimes not even then. During a recent special session called by Palin herself, she faced criticism from several legislators for not showing up personally to push for her agenda. Someone at the Capitol even printed up buttons asking, ‘Where’s Sarah?’

She doesn' show up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Any real mother with children and a new bably would have known this.

palen has been briefed by national intellegence agency and bush didnt brief congress about iraq JUST SICKENING SEND BARBIE BACK TO ALASKA AND THE CARRABOES BUSH BACK TO TEXAS SEND CHANEY TO HELL WHERE THE DEVIL BELONGS CAINT WAIT TILL THESE BUMS ARE GONE WE DONT NEED MCBUSH AND BARBIE EITHER OBAMA 08

Why is Gov. Palin getting intelligence briefings? Does she have the necessary security clearances in order to obtain this information?
Has she had a background investigation completed yet? I'm very concerned.

Sarah is pretending to be something she's not. All her speeches are well scripted and staged. No reporters allowed. Need I say more?
GO OBAMA!

After one whole day of "Sarah's Excellent Adventure" meeting foreign leaders, Americans can now sleep easy knowing she might be a heart beat from the Presidency.

We Wouldn't Know. "What The Big Secret"
Just A Pull String Doll. What A Double Standard.
McCain Camp Treating Her Like Some Rare Jewel.
Poor VP Choice.

How will I wear my hair for the VP Debate? VP Barbie look? Where is John? I am so scared here by myself!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Oh what, so now she is 'intelligent'?

I bet she got a special "Cliff Notes" version using small words.

Those of you claiming she'll be a "great leader" – you are completely full of it. There is no evidence to suggest she'll be anything more than a political punchline come November 5th.

Whew... good thing she is studying. Hopefully in two years she will be as qualified in geopolitics as a sophomore poli-sci major.

Whatever.....
PUMAs keep crying.... We have SARAH now.......

More qualified than Obama, and a lot better looking!!

Let's see, Obama first big decision was his VP... and what a mistake that was! And people want this guy to be president?

Obama, not ready for anything really...okay maybe a community organizer...

> It proves that by talking and listening to other leaders the walls on the
> national level can be broken down and the UNITED STATES can
> move in a positive forward movement.

Weren't you Repugnicans calling Obama an appeaser for wanting to exactly this? Yeah, that's what I thought.

We are getting tired of the Palin appearance coverage. Let's talk about issues and policies, not about who and what meetings. We know she is smart and capable to talk to foreign leaders based on prepared talk points – if Bush can do it, who can not? We just do not agree with her world view about women, and we are tired that she keeps her puppet status about economic and foreign policies – what are her policies?

Why is the press being an accomplice to this dumbing down of the political process. It is clear that Palin cnan't communicate on the tough issues this country is facing. Why do we have a spokesperson saying how the meetings went. Why can't Palin meet with the press and give the American people her take on the meetings. After all she is asking for our vote and we're asking to know more about her ability to handle tough questions on the tough issues facing us as a nation. The press should stop reporting on her if the campaign keeps het quaratine from the press and the public.

So basically she asked Kissinger questions about Rusia (a country she seems to be obsessed with, probably because she can see it from Alaska), talked with the Afghanistan President about sending troops to Afghanistan (which was what Obama has been saying!) and listened to security issues without comment by Columbia's President.

Gee, why did she need National Security briefing? That is something my 13 years old son could have managed, although he CAN'T see Russia from his house since it is in California!

We only have Biegun's word on any of this...why can't she have a conversation with the press and say what she talked about? I'm sorry but if this is supposed to make me feel better about this woman, it makes me feel even more worried. Why can't she speak for herself????? Everyone else in this campaign does and even when they make mistakes we learn something. She is a joke.

i am wondering if the media are giving this much attention to Biden? the answer is no like i have said in prev post it is like watching the life and times of Sarah Palin.The difference between the two is very simple he doesnt have to be set up for photo ops because he has known these men for years already.

Dear EDW,

Before you reiterate that bs, I would put some time into thinking about your candidate. Don't be intimidated by Harvard grads.

Did she weep?

this is more than a joke .or did everyone forget how mcCain put up a clock when obama did not visit iraq. thes people want to have it both ways.

Palin is all legs with no substance.

Sarah certainly "intuits" a great deal of critically important things.

Poor baby looks shell shocked, now that reality of what she doesn't know is setting in.

OMG...All over sudden Sarah Palin woke up this morning sounding intelligent and that is the reason why there was a "mix-up" with the media not being allowed in these meetings.

Obama has been campaigning for 2 1/2 years!!!! He has made himself look "presidential" for months! Palin has had a couple of weeks. Give her a break! what has Obama done in 2 1/2 years beside traveling around trying to look like he has the chops to be president? Nothing. 3 years as a community organizer and one year in the Senate is not going to cut it. The Obama supporters who flood this CNN blog need to find something better to do with their lives than criticize McCain and Palin.

So let me get this straight... she meets with foreign leaders a mere few days before the national VP debate, the meetings are closed to the media (with the exception of a 29 second window) and then we are to believe HER adviser on how well everything went?? This would make a great plot for the next "Weekend at Bernies" movie franchise.

There is no way any member of the press is going to get to this Palin. Do they really think that they can win using this tactic?

Oh yeah, my favorite Palin "foreign policy" factoid is that until late last week, she didn't know the president of Iran was Ahmadimajad instead of Akmedimajad. She doesn't want to talk to him, doesn't know his name, has never been to Iran (or Iraq that dirty liar), probably couldn't point to Iran on a map, but based on her ABC interview, she knows she wants to start a war with them. I don't think she could explain why. Waiting for the GOP to call me sexist . . .

I have no doubt that it was BRIEF. Not sure that we are dealing with a rocket scientists here ????? I hope that the debate in several weeks will prove me wrong............but not counting on any surprises.

Good that she got a proper briefing rather than Obama's briefing on his European vacation from moveon.org.

McCain / Palin

Obama did the same thing – only his "trip" took him to Germany.

Clinton herself was making the same argument about Obama months ago.

You guys are the ones who need to wake up.

Palin is doing just fine.

IT DOES NOT MATTER WHAT SHE DOES ANYWAY, BECAUSE THEY AIN'T GONNA WIN THIS ELECTION, THE GENIE IS OUT THE BOTTLE. OBAMA 08

FARC guerillas? We use moose instead!

Man, I'm loving the barking moonbats on the Ticker today. I mean, I want to know who's been doing the PR job for the Democrats, because the definately got their money's worth. These PR specialists rival David Copperfield and even Hoodini.

Jimmy Carter's Community Reinvestment Act of 1977, and Clinton's 1995 bolstering of the law, coupled with the contortionist accounting practices of Fannie and Freddie (both Dem led) are THE very reasons for the housing/banking meltdown.

Yet, eeeeeevil Republicans and/or greedy Wall Streeters get the blame for the feel-good snafu of the generation: lending mortgages to low end deadbeats who couldn't pay it back.

Folks, banks don't lend money to people who can't pay it back... that is, they don't if their arms aren't being twisted by social engineering do-gooder liberals. Liberals are always generous with other people's money.

Dismantle Fannie and Freddie now!

The whole palin things is a circus! I don't know what to say.
Now she has experience in foreign relation because she took a picture with some other president....WoooW!!!!

I CANNOT wait for the Vice Presidential Candidates' Debate. Biden is going to gut her dry.

I heard that he had to explain that against common believe 'moose' and 'polar bears' are actually not considered a national security threat – and 'NO' we actually don't think she would be able to nuke some Muslim countries for the fun of it.
Also, McConnell asked Palin about the latest intelligence findings with regard to what Palin saw happening in Russia (from her window at her house).

I actually think it's unethical for Senator McCain to pick Sarah Palin as a running mate to represent the United States in the world. She is an individual who will be expected to negotiate in multilingual multicultural political affairs without foreign diplomatic experience. I say shame on John McCain for picking her as a running mate and shame on her for taking advantage of his need to win. Please note, this statement does not even take into consideration the Iraq war, Afghanistan, the economy, healthcare costs, immigration issues, drug and mental health issues as well many unjust treatment to lower social economic individuals. I encourage individuals to take a good look at the national and world implications involved. Then ask themselves, would I feel secure it for some unfortunate reason Sarah Palin was in charge. But Don't ask that after the fact ask yourself that before it is too late!!!!!!!!!!

What a joke!! This is pathetic, now people can see how unprepared this woman is to be VP. Maybe she should stick to staring at Russia from her house!!

Obama/Biden '08

Has she already won! The press is sure acting like it, not for me , I'm not rich enough to be a republican, Obama 08---

Well, it's not like one short debriefing means she's suddenly educated and informed and can make good judgments about foreign policy. This is all nonsense, smoke and mirrors, hiding the ball, and big fat snow job.

No matter...Conan the Delawarian shall destroy Evil Smurfette in due course.

By the way, nobody believes the hearsay you big jerks. Of course her campaign handlers are going to say "blah blah blah she was wonderful and knows all abou tthis stuff blah blah." McCain's campaign should have let the press in and we shouldn't let them undo it by now printing SECOND HAND accounts of her speed dates as if they are truth.

How is she going to retain all this information, this is the lady who change school six time in college, she is not bright a woman.

McBarbie does Foreign Policy.

Focus on Joe Biden please. As a VP he and Senator Richard Lugar (a Republican) have worked togther in this area for years. Biden's knowledge and experience in Foreign Policy make Palins look as ridiculous as she is.

Gotta Love on the job training! Is there a quiz afterward.....? I didn't think so.

Go Obama/Biden!

These leaders met with palin only because the thought she was Tina Fey.

She's not smart enough to even be in this arena. Pitbull???! Please – J.O.K.E. more like.

Did she talk to the press? I rest my case!!!!! Don’t believe the hype

Go back to Alaska!

Well, it sounds like she's doing what any candidate would do. Meet leaders. Discuss topics.

And look. The world didn't end.

She's doing fine.

Now this is cool. Just because Sarah Palin has been in Alaska all this time doesn't mean she's unintelligent. She doesn't have much foreign policy experience, like Obama doesn't, but she will learn. Dispite the elitism of the east coasters like Tina Fey, she has the potential to be a great leader. She will bring female attributes like compromise from a position of strength. She will make a great VP, and FINALLY, A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE!

Just a quick reminder. Before everyone gets on the "this is not expierence bandwagon". Think about how many times Barack "the most high" Obama has met with the DNI. As well as the huge double standard of Palin meeting with a couple of foreign leaders meaning nothing, but when Barak "the supreme most highest of highs" Obama went on his world tour to meet a few foreign leaders was the best thing in the world, look at the expierence he is getting. I love how libs talk out of not just both sides of thier mouths, but both ends of the body as well.

So she established "great personal rapport" with Karzai and Uribe...hmmm, just like Bush said when he "looked into Putin's eyes?"

Nothing McCain or McPalin does seems to be normal. The uses whatever, whenever, however to get what they want. McCain pick the perfect VP she is so much like McCain.

Why is this news? She lets 2 members of hand-picked press watch her talk to them for 15 seconds. Don't give her any coverage on this CNN.

She didn't discuss anything in particular, because it wasn't about taking care of family or fishing or lying about a $40 billion proposed gas line in Alaska that may never see the light of day any way.

Fom the articals I have read.Palin did a fantastic job with the dignitaries that came to meet with her. It proves that by talking and listening to other leaders the walls on the national level can be broken down and the UNITED STATES can move in a positive forward movement.

After researching and reading all the facts and records from her days in Wasilla this is just laughable.There was such a disasterous mess with so many implications on record in Wasilla that it is truly amazing to think she could be the next President.She left a trail of financial problems,enviromental problems, and the people she wickedly and cold heartedly stepped on and threw under the bus is amazing.Thank God for the truth being available for those who want to find it.If she can't run a town of 5000 it baffles the mind how she could be VP.Just google Salon and Palin if you want to see the path of destruction she did to 5000 people.After reading all of that go back to 60 minutes where McCain said she is absolutley ready to be President then get out you puke bucket.

In Her Briefing She Was Told Not To Speak About Worldly Things To Foreign Leaders!

This briefing involved Palin and a map of the Middle East, I'm sure. Oh, and maybe some crayons so she could write the names down for better memory.

In other words.....wasting their time.

What an incredible joke.

Why is Palin getting such preferential treatment concerning these meetings at the U.N.? Why would she meet with someone before the Secretary of State would? Just who does she think she is?She's a little nobody who wants the whole ball of wax. What typical republican arrogance she has.

I wonder, will Super Sarah have a surrogate speak for her at the upcoming debate as well? This whole campaign is showing us all that we need to take back our political system....The government is of the people, by the people and for the people. Yet we can never ask a person who intends to sit a heartbeat away from the most powerful position in the world any questions, or hear anything more from her than the same stump speech? Obama/Biden '08

Then we need to talk about SERIOUS election policy reform!

Study Sessions!!!!! My God. We are only a few weeeks from the election and a short time (if McCain were to win) where she would be one heart beat away from the Presdiency. Study Sessions! Oh my God.

This Dem is excited to have a woman finally representing all of us. It's about time.

Too bad Obama didn't have the judgement necessary to nominate Hillary!

Wow, a VP candidate that can speak for themselves… what a concept! but we havent heard from her what is the McCain group scared of

She's a dope...whatever

Im sorry ... am i the only one that thinks that this is crazy.....

If they are going to make a VP.... then i can be the vice president...

This is crazy..........

Obama/Biden

Sarah's cramming for her debate "test". Does she remind you more of bush or cheney?

Any voter that is critically considering the Palin / McCain ticket will likely NOT BE IMIPRESSED by the fact that the GOP has arranged for a “window dressing” photo opportunities with some international leaders while they were in New York for a United Nations meeting.

Now, if Ms. Palin gives a major foreign policy speech and holds an open press conference after her meetings, we might hear something of substance that will favorably influence us to vote for her. Otherwise, please save the energy & oxygen that would be consumed by this spectacle.

I’ll be interested in the opinions of these international ministers … did Palin say anything of substance to them?

For example, we know that on Sunday, a British government minister referred to Sarah Palin as a “horrendous” choice as a leader on the world stage. If Governor Palin won’t talk to the US press, let the US press interview those she sat with! It’s the next best thing.

Did she tell them she can see Russia from her house?

I'm sure they'll be very impressed.

What questions did the first dude ask? He WAS there.....right??????

huh...Palin can't speak for herself? Goes to show how ready she is to become the VP. Thank you Biegun for speaking for Palin, and coaching her, maybe McCain should have picked you as VP. Or anyone else for that matter, as it seems anyone could do the job as long as they can remember what they're told. Let me get my 70 year old grandma, maybe you can coach her too, and in 4 years she will be picked as VP by the Republicans! She is just sitting next to me and she is ready!

Ok, when can we talk to HER about what she said, what she thinks, what she's doing? I am sick of hearing from her campaign and her advisers. If you are so tough and smart, speak for yourself.

that's just the thing.....Palin needs to study up and Biden already knows all of this stuff. Seeing as though she went to 5 different colleges in six years to get one degree, she might not be the best student. Still it remains to be seen.

Are the taxpayers paying for this guy Biegun to teach palin? Is this where our money is going?

CNN, please post this

The Republican ticket is an absolute mess!

Who really knows how these meetings went? They kept the press at bay and in the tradition of China and Korea only allowed access as the McCain camp saw fit.
We are not electign a Chairman or Premier in November. The American people have the right to know how this woman represents this country before we vote.
She found great personal rappport and Bush can see souls thorugh someone's eyes. We're running a freak show!

Sarah:

Get some "intelligence" for Biden. The idiot wants to send coal plants to China.

Thinks FDR was on television.

Thinks AIG bailout should NOT happen.

The blind leading the blind! I think it would take 2-4 years to bring her up to speed...and with her taking advice from McCain...she will never get it!!!!

I wonder if this candidate understood what the meaning of the information she was being briefed on I very much doubt it, National security ain't Hockey team strategy.

Does she even know where Afghanistan is???

This VP has to be the biggest joke in history!!!

As Maisey would say "Good grief Charlie Brown".

Media coverage was ONLY allowed for 29 SECONDS largely because McCain was afraid of a poor performance from Palin. Doesn't this suggest McCain's lack of confidence in his VP,...whom he says "is ready for the Presidency." They are both laughable.

Call me crazy but I prefer a VP has more than a weekend workshop worth of knowledge when it comes foreign policy.
It's almost laughable how the Repubes are trotting this out as anything solid.

She is so scary to me... almost as much as McCain. I pray people will be wise and not let them happen to America.

"their meeting had been scheduled to last 30 minutes, but the two met for nearly an hour and a half"... in other words, for a normal person it should take 30 minutes, for Palin... 3 times more. It cleraly reflects her intelligence and knowledge of the issues.

Her head must be spinning. I'm glad she enjoyed her meeting with Karzai and Uribe. I wonder if she looked into their souls.

Hey, she liked them! Isn't that great! Duhbya liked Putin, too. That personal rapport goes a long way, doesn't it?

Caribou Barbie?

Now she can see Russia from her house window and even met wit some of these leaders today. Now she is a real expert in foreign policy.

I can see the smear and AD from the GOP and Fox News.

WAKE UP AMERICA........

What a fraud!

This is the best that the republicans can come up with?!

SARA PALIN met with her first foreign leader 40 days before the election… is this a joke

This is as staged as it gets! It's a castatrophe in the making!

Sorry – get lost!

SARA PALIN met with her first foreign leader 40 before the election... is this a joke

I'm still not convinced on her. She is way too secretive and inexperienced for me. At least Obama has experience in Judgement. Sarah "heck no" Palin has experience in nothing except creating debt for Alaska.

No McCain, No Palin, No Way

So?

Let's see what nasty comments the Obamatards can come up with on this one.

When will CNN report on Obama pleading with the Iraqis to delay the troop withdrawals until after the election so he can look good if he wins.

Pandering and Treasonous and NO reports from the mainstream!

I'm more curious to know what these people thought of her. Not that they want to influence the election or anything like that....

Palin’s top foreign policy adviser The adviser, Stephen Biegun, formerly a top member of the National Security Council under President Bush, THAT SAYS IT ALL!!!

visiting with foreign leaders for the first time in her career.

She is just cramming it all in LOL... that is NOT experience!! and its CERTAINLY isnt a Clas on Foreign Countries to give her any knowledge that is going to help her in her position.

I dont like McCain and Palin and I wont vote for them. I cant wait til the Palin and Biden debate!!! This is going to be fun for me!!

Hard core Bush-Cheney-McCain-Palin supporters – let me be the first to tell you the truth – it is over! People just had enough of your BS! In just 42 days Obama will win and Democrats will be in control of the Senate and Congress!

Paliin: Oh, that's just Todd, my husband, he comes to all my meetings you know.

Do I seriously want a VP who is meeting foreign leaders for the first time in half hour sessions a month before the election? Do I want a VP who has limited travel experience outside the US? I think not!! Wait up folks to the insane decision to have such a poor representative of our great country.

Who do these CLOWNS think they are fooling? Not this time send CARIBOU BARBIE back to ALASKA. Can't wait for Nov 4 to vote OBAMA-BIDEN the real deal!!

I believe I can be ready to be a vice president in 6 hours tops!

why were no cameras allowed?

This political campaign has hit an all-time LOW.
VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN

QUALIFIED

HELL NO

Why are they bothering? Didn't McCain tell us this woman knows all she needs to know to be president?

You can teach a pit bull to fetch as well....

Do I seriously want a VP who is meeting foreign leaders for the first time in half hour sessions a month before the election? Do I want a VP who has limited travel experience outside the US? I think not!! Wait up folks to the insane decision to have such a poor representative of our great country.

Sarah is no longer funny. She has offically become dangerous. The laughter needs to stop here, this campagin is out-of-control and the Republican ticket is a mess!

Whatever you do Admiral, do not brief Obama and Biden on our national security secrets. Those two nitwits have no business knowing any national security secrets.

WE LOVE YOU SARAH!

What a joke, I am laughing so loud even my cat is hiding under the couch..ohohohohohhohihihihihiih

George Dubya must be ripping up a couple of IOUs. Did you take a look at the list ? Uribe, Talabani, Karzai, Sakashvili all those who entirely dependant on the US, financially, politically, militarily. Not exactly facing Putin yet, is she ? Strictly softball.

You've got to be kidding?!??!

Palin avoided the Press once again and went back to her hotel to find these countries on a map.

This is insane. Totally insane. This woman is not ready to be a leader in the world. She wasn't even ready to be the mayor of a small town.

“Only in Republican America would a black man with a law degree from Harvard, 12 years in politics, four years on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and manager of one of the most impressively flawless and forward thinking presidential campaigns ever not be ready for the presidency while a white female evangelical with 19 months in national politics and a bachelors in journalism is considered ‘ready on day one’.”

Cool.

Now Hamid Karzai knows the Republican VP candidate better than the American people.

Answer some questions for reporters Sarah!

This is getting ridiculous.

Fitted for her training wheels, was she?

"Ah Jeez Boy you guys sure know alot of stuff. So have you got spies and stuff like that?"