I always wondered what kind of idiots can stand to watch CNN. After reading these comments, now I know. With Biden talking about FDR going on TV in 1929 and Obama never knowing which of the "57 states" he's in, who are the clowns?

I'm disappointed that he's meeting with them. Those two don't care about any of his initiatives. An absolute waste of time that they will try to spin for the next month.

IT DOESN'T TAKE A "QUICK STUDY" 6 YEARS, ATTEND 5 COLLEGES TO GET A BA IN JOURNALISM AS PALIN DID. SOUNDS LIKE A DUMMY TO ME AND MCCAIN AND PALIN WANT AMERICANS TO BELIEVE SHE;S A "QUICK STUDY".

So.

So much hate! No wonder you people choose not to believe in Religion, you'd surely burn in Hell! Regardless of who wins the election the purpose of the meeting is to ease poverty and control the spread of AIDS and all you jerks can do is make a childish attempt at humor.

Things that make you go hmmmm. Do you think that he could actually favor the other ticket?

Is anyone suprised. Bono is really about helping people and is fully aware of foreign policy in different countries. He doesn't want to be used by the McCain campiagn to give Palin some sort of fake credentials especially if it's just for a Photo Op. He actually does have better things to do.

That a boy Bono…

It's clear they are trying to use anyone who might might her look good. ( Hey anyone for a photo? )

WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT. I thought that the rethuglicans thought very little of celebrities. Now they want to meet with Bono?!?!?!

WHISKEY
TANGO
FOXTROT

Let's see I once sat on a bus and when aske by a French tourist "if a building he was pointing at was the US Supremem Court Building" and I said "yes." I guess that gives me foreign relations experience and expertise. Then a year ago, I attended a Cary Simon concert and she shook my hand after the concert as she was leaving. She even let my wife take a picture of her and me. I guess that gives me Hollywood Star experience and expertise. I see that Palin is now a truly an expert on the world situation, diplomacy and soon Hollywood just like me.

Since when is allowing 16 seconds with Pail considered "open" to the press. Come on we know next to nothing about Palin except she promised transparency and keeps avoiding the media. What a farce!
Obama/Biden

McPain is trying to worm out of Friday's debate, but he'll even think about taking the time to have a meeting with Bono. Great JUDGMENT you tool.

McCain / Palin 08

Just Checking

you guys are a sad lot. I am sorry for you.

I loved all the pictures from the babs event of obamas.

he is always open to the press.

Like everyone else at the UN this week, Bono probably had no clue who she was at first either……..it's obvious he found out, and rightly nixed the whole sham!!

I'm sure President McCain and Vice President Palin will graciously greet him at the Whitehouse next year when he comes hat in hand begging for charity.

I am glad Bono doesn't go with the rest of Holywoods. He knows John McCain will be the next President of the United States!

BONO is a tool, and is more qualified to be president than Obama.

McCain and Palin are behaving as leaders while Obama is still out telling lies.

Gawd, I'll be glad when this is over and Obama goes back to selling crack cocaine on the South Side.

no to mcpain yes to obama !

Bono just gained a few courics in size.

What on earth has this self indulged singer done to merit meeting with world leaders? What a joke.

Good grief…

LIBERALS… PUT DOWN THE BOTTLE OF HATERADE!

Who cares,Bono isn't even an American citizen, & he's a celeb..Iike Brittany and Paris………I thought Mcain looked down on those types…except if he can use them to get his own way, which Mcain is awesome at……..Do I want a narcisistic sociopath or an articulate Harvard grad as my new pres…….. I am honestly not sure.

palin is an insult to everything America stands for, shame on john mccain.

If they were planning to keep the press out they might as well cancel it. The American people still don't know enough about Palin to make an informed decision. What they should do is show the McCain/Palin ticket that we can't be hoodwinked with the con game he is trying to play.

29 seconds to take pictures is not a meeting open to the press.
I'm sure Miss Sarah is bummed not to have her picture taken with a star. BTW Sara , Bono's THE ONE campaign is not about you!

Enjoy your cone of silence until October 2nd!!!

Bono is a facilitator of world peace,prosperity, and ending poverty and persecution.
He's also against abortion.

I'm sure Bono wants his political opinons to remain private. He's an agent for change–on a global scale–and U.S. politics is a sideline.

I have no doubt a telephone conservation is nearly as good as a meeting in person gain input that will help develop global policy.

McCain and Palin are still playing "foreign affairs" experience when the country is going down the tube. Palin needs to practice on the show "Are you Smarter Than a Fifth Grader". After all 4 years and 5 colleges later! They say she is a quick study.

Now McCain wants to cancel the debate after all of Palin's secret meetings are completed. More pandering.

Like Bono is going to support McCain and Palin – Bono knows they're just using him for political purposes.
Bono is a great man – John McCain is not….and Palin is a joke!

The point about the bridge to nowhere is this. McCain/Palin are saying earmarks are bad and they want to eliminate earmarks altogether. Obama/Biden aren't saying all earmarks are bad, they are saying earmarks should be transparent and revealed to the public. Thus the fact that Palin solicited and took earmarks in spite of her position is hypocritical. The earmarks that Biden and Obama received are public information, thus they are not being hypocritical about them.

Bono probably told Palin to met him "Where the Streets have No Name."

McCain is asking to cancel this Friday's debate, also…..I suppose he is using the economic crisis for a reason. All the more reason for us to see and hear the two of them together since economy is all about Foreign Relations. I hope Obama does NOT agree to cancel this debate. As we move closer and closer, McCain campaign wants to draw their wall around them closer and tighter. They do not want the voters to see their candidates or for their candidates to be tested and vetted by the voting public.

Debate, move forward. Isn't he the one who has been taunting and ridiculing Obama for not meeting him in town halls? for celebrity? for oratory? for Hope? for Change??

He is a big phony. A blow hard. And that "breath of fresh air" of Palin? Just BS blowing.

why all that hype about sarah palin meeting world leaders, if those meetings are not open to the press. these cadidates should stop playing with peoples intelligence and start to discuss issues affecting the american people. this election is no joke, so politicians got to respect the people.

why all that hype about sarah palin meeting world leaders, if those meetings are not open to the press. these cadidates should stop playing with peoples inteliigence and start to discuss issues affecting the american people. this election is no joke, so politicians got to respect the people.

I'm sure Bono does not support someone who is so scarily backward in advancing humankind and therefore He opted out of the photo op!! Making women pay for rape kits, speaking in tongues, believing that man has not contributed to global warming, not supporting stem cell research to help alleviate horrible illnesses, believing that certain books should be banned and that the war in Iraq is God's war does not underscore what Bono has been working so hard for all of these years! In fact, his mission has been to make people aware of world issues, not to try to promote someone who would set them back 50+ years!

Bono is a very smart person, indeed. He knows the McCain campaign would twist and use the photo-op with him as a quasi-endorsement. Smart move!

The Republicans certainly needed a good rallier, someone to get the troops up and shouting. Lord knows that's true. It's just way too soon for someone like Palin. They'd have been much smarter to have picked someone else this time around, but still have used her to campaign, building her resume and status and credentials the way Obama did, the way even Clinton did after his stirring National Convention speech and related campaigning before he ran for President.

Now they may well be shooting a golden…er….opportunity, wasting Sarah's talents with this ill-conceive early roll-out.

He is not going to be used as a Photo Op for Sarah Palin. Good for him.

Guess John isn't concerned about getting the rockstar vote since they refused to comply with Heart's request. But stalling from the debate w/Obama – now that is a cowardly sham.

I'm more qualified to be VP than Palin. I have spent time in 14 different countries for periods of 30 days or longer, handled a larger budget as a manager in a fortune 100 company, …………..

And I even have met Bono before. LOL

McCain is a loser for picking her. There were tons of people more quailfied than the cheerleader.

Somehow I think Bono understands the difference between charging a woman's insurance for a rape kit vs charging the woman herself. If a woman's medical insurance will cover it, why not charge that instead of the taxpayers? Isn't covering medical procedures the reason people get health insurance?

Bono requested the closed meeting – maybe he felt his cause and its message are too important to be used as fodder by candidates for political gain. And by that, I mean McCain's camp publicizing the interview or Obama's camp using it against McCain.

Marilyn, I totally agree. I really don't want either one.

I used to love Alaska, but I am beginning to hate Alaska!

Thanks Sarah!

News Flash, most meetings with foreign dignitaries are done without the press…only a camera if that.

The fact that it was their 1st meeting is even more reason to keep the press from interupting with stupid questions about moose and lipstick.

Good for Bono! He knows what Palin is really trying to do which is nothing but a desperate photo-op , she again is trying fool the American public! The meeting will achieve nothing for the things Bono truly stand for, it is all just a waste of his time!

Her state has had more rapes than any other. Shouldn't she go home and take care of Alaskans?

And what's up with telling the rape victims they have to pay for the rape kits.

Sarah, not for women, and not for me. No wonder Bo didn't show.

Obama/Biden 08

Really Betty? Republicans "push kids into incest?" That's an irresponsible, ludicrous statement.

NOW, the National Organization of Women has endorsed the Democrat ticket. I am one of the original bra-burning feminists, and I think women like Sarah Palin are better off at home, raising kids, rather than trying to involve themselves in traditionally male dominated things like politics. Alaska is a state full of drunks and crazy people. We don’t need trailer trash incestuous porno pretenders representing us. Vote for the ticket without a woman on it. Vote Obama/Biden ! It takes real men to do a man’s work.

The McCain Campaign probably cancelled the meeting once they learned that Bono wanted it closed to the press.

I think Bono changed his mind and said, "thanks, but no thanks."

Jeff,

You are right. I hear McCain was disappointed because he was hoping Cher would be there too.

cnn post this

Break NEWS : McCain asks that FrIday debate be posponted to focus on financial crisis

Oh well there goes that photo-op
Poor Sarah
BARACK THE VOTE

Here's a new concept. Suppose the GOP picks a VP who can actually TALK to the press? What a great concept, then the American people can decide if she has the credentials to be the next VP, or is she is a hot-air blowing, big-haired, phony fake person.

Obama/Biden 08

Not surprised, he would tell her off and tell the press what she said. I wonder what excuse the McCain campaign will use to cancel her debate? Maybe she should go home to Alska and hide until after the election. What a joke!

Good for Bono….don't give this incompetent woman another photo op.

Yes- because Bono does not want to be misinterpreted as supporting/endorsing McCain/Palin- with Bono being an activist and all, their interests and beliefs are worlds apart! Bono is for peace and environmental issues and McCain/Palin are for War and shooting wolves from planes. WORLDS APART!
I am glad they are no longer meeting- Bono has better things to do durring this time at the UN than make Palin feel like she is boosting her Foreign Policy experience by conversing with him.

Obama/Biden 08

AIDS and global poverty — two issues near and dear to every republican's heart. That'll be a quick call.

Palin's appearances were not open to journalists, only PR photographers. Get it straight, CNN. They tossed you out after 40 seconds.

Palin probably figured that "Barracuda" wasn't a U2 song

My cat talks more than McCain's VP and my cat can't talk.

They keep scripting this lady as if she were like my 9 month old baby.

How pathetic is that.

It will be insane and acting blind to put her and her grandfather McCain in white house!

How will she answer the 3 am phne?

Americans should think wisely before voting on sentiment.

We did it 8 years ago and I don't think we should be making similar mistake.

Enough is enough!

for me its Obama/Biden 08

More distractions from CNN and McCain camp, anything to keep voters off the really important issues
ITS THE ECONOMY STUPID, AND CNN…REPORT THAT….
White voter for OBAMA

If McCain/Palin only listened to U2's songs.. their songs are against social injustice and religious persecution!

Gee, was this canceled because they just figured out Bono is not the leader of Ireland but the leader of a band. Was she miffed at not getting a photo op? Maybe, it means they have no intention of helping on the issues of global poverty or AIDS. Or could it be she waisted too much time talking about her kids w/ Karzei?

Sarah Palin?

Now back to the real world….

They keep screeping this lady as if she were like my 9 month old baby.

How pathetic is that.

It will be insane and acting blind to put her and her grandfather McCain in white house!

How will she answer the 3 am phne?

Americans should think wisely before voting on sentiment.

We did it 8 years ago and I don't think we should be making similar mistake.

Enough is enough!

for me its Obama/Biden 08

CNN POST THIS
The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll will be released at 6:30 pm ET, but here's an early look at one set of numbers:

Forty-nine percent say that Palin is unqualified to be president if the need arises, compared with 40 percent who say she's qualified.

By contrast, 64 percent believe Biden is qualified to be president, versus just 21 percent who disagree.

Bono sees right through their pathetic, selffish ideaology!!!!! cancel their campaign..

Well they're bags are packed
And they're ready to go
They're standing there
Not talking to the press
Oh Bo they hate to go…

They're leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when they'll be back again
Oh Bo, they hate to go

I hope they have one way tickets back to Arizona an Alaska.

Obama/Biden 08

Bono's too smart to let himself be used for a photo-op.

CNN almost had a fit when the Ms. Plain interview with Karzai was closed to all but a pool photographer. How can you state that it was open to the press?

The McCain campaign is keeping her far away from any press to avoid her unspeakably ridiculous ideas form being expressed openly.

Let the three of them meet. They are all bunch of hypocrites.

THE ODD COUPLE NEED YOU BONO. HELP THE TRAIN WRECK THEY ARE.COME ONNNNNNNNN

What?!? A celebrity meeting with John McCain?!? I thought the GOP said that celebrities were bad?

Bono is playing these fools

ONE NATION

U2 has granted rights to it's music for use in the Obama/Biden campaign. Bono has no intention of supporting McCain/Palin. I KNEW there was a reason I loved that band.
Obama/Biden 08

McCain doesn't trust his running mate to talk to the press alone. He's continually shielding her. What does that say about his confidence in her abilities? Did he not think about that BEFORE selecting her as his vp? Makes you wonder ONCE MORE about his wisdom and ability to lead our country. It's so sad that this woman is nothing more than a pretty "token". I wonder if she finds all this shielding demeaning. As a reasonably intelligent woman I certainly would!

U2 would have to issue a disclaimer the next day, like everybody else who handles this politically radioactive team now. Mr. Vox: Hat's off, you caught yourself in time. Or did you? Geiger-Counter,please!

If 29 seconds is "open" to reporters I can't fathom how open the McCain/Palin team will be with the American public.

Just one question! How are we supposed to vote for someone when we cannot ask them a simple question? I don't get it.

LOL, and I will phone in my vote for the two of them. LOL, but don't hold your collective breathes.

Note to Bono:
Don't phone those losers, phone ET instead. Your chances of connecting are better.

Bono requested the cancellation. I guess he read the newspapers and saw the polls today. Say no more.

"NO INTERVIEW, NO PICTURES! BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS THAT YOUR CORE CONSTITUENCY DOESN'T READ…."

most of which had been open to reporters? most of which had been open to reporters???? are you serious?

Let me get this straight. Comunity activist Bono meeting with anti-activists, McCain and Palin? Why is Bono consider a dignitary? Politics = Activism. Hopefully, Bono can educate these 2 on the meaning of leadership.

Makes one wonder what are McCain and Palin hiding??????????

I love how McCain constantly criticizes for Obama when he tries – albeit less successfully – to do the same thing

I don't blame Bono, would you want to meet with McCain and Gidget. I wouldn't.

Bono, they did not feel you were good enough to meet with. Palin was afraid you would rock her world…literally.

Who cares just like the bridge and road to nowhere give it a rest. already.

Bono is smart. He didn't want a photo opt with Sarah Failin. Bono is a winner and Sarah is not. Bono has met more world leaders for a great cause, Sarah runs to New York for a photo opt like speed dating.

My vote will proudly go to Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

Obama/Biden 08

Was cancelled? Isn't obvious why LOL!!! seriously what a terrible choice MCcain made picking Sarah Palin! Terrible! He will regret that for the rest of his life.

How many stubbed toes can these two endure? Am I the only one getting weary of this display of ineptitude? Saying they're a joke is actually incorrect, because nobody is laughing. Will she even MAKE it to the coming debate, or will more "scheduling reasons" arise? America is not stupid, Sarah. McCain will survive not being elected.
You, however, have many, many years in the public eye ahead.
Come forward, talk earnestly with the press, and you just MIGHT save this slow motion train wreck. Have you got any idea who Rush Limbaugh will blame for an Obama administration?
I think the proper term is: Duh.

These two clowns think he's Sonny Bono!!!!!

Bono is too smart for McCain and Co. Closed meetings are the norm for people who have nothing to say..

Laura Bush should keep her mouth shut. What would she know about foreign policy? About as much as Obama and Hillary Clinton. Just love how the left jumped on this one. They will find out how much Palin knows and has learned in a short time if they give her some room like they gave Obama. It took Obama 2 years to answer without a stutter and he still can't answer. I don't understand today's polls. People must be blaming McCain for the crooked politicians on the left who caused the problem. I think it will change when all the facts come out. People are in a panic because of the Dems socialist sub-prime loan problems and are not sure who to blame. I think the repubs will win in spite of the media.

Oh more lies. All of a sudden no reporters are allowed in now because of the artist request.

Give me a break. Americans are not that stupid. Well from the polls some maye that silly but not the majority of us. That is code for RUNNING AND STILL HIDING

Are McShame and Palin the wolf slayer trying to get some standing ansd respect by rubbing in some Bono? Now do they care about the little guys! McCain and Palin you are pathetic.

What rock star? Was there ever a meeting scheduled in the first place?

McCain and Palin's meeting with dignitaries in New York was open to the press this week??? It was reported here in The Ticker that the one with Karzai was open to the press for 29 seconds and with Uribe for 15-20 seconds! THAT'S open??? It was just long enough for the photo ops, but not to hear any of the "discussions"!

I don’t want my TV taken away, or my children pushed into incest, so I oppose Sarah Palin and her failed old Republican moral policies. Ain’t no small time pale white trailer trash from a state full of drunks going to close down my kids schools and force them out into home schooling. No way! And we don’t need to take away school lunches and give them all to big oil companies, and we don’t need no guns in this house. That’s why I have always voted for Hillary, and now I will vote for Biden/Obama.

Somehow I doubt that Bono supports women having to pay $300-$1200 for their own rape kits – so Sarah Lie can stop them from going through with collection of evidence if they are poor. That way she can maybe avoid any one at the ER giving the victim the " Morning After Pill" or any counselng referrals that might include a choice stance. Of course the rapist goes free to reaffend (no evidence collection). I wonder if she cares that rape stats are the highest in her state-or that the victim may not get an AIDS TEST without counseling at the ER.

We are now a 3rd world country that Bono should be helping out.

Stop the Bailout……………..

Who cares its not like she is gonna answer questions.

Whoever say HRC wasnt smart for cancelling photo ops with Sarah last week should think again…..NYC has so many photo ops now.
I can predict this question and asnwer. What do you know about Afganistan. Answer…i met the president and we had a photo shot together its in my office…..
lol…lol…lol….lol

FINALLY, BONO REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NOT A GOOD IDEA. PALIN AND MCSAME HAVE NO IDEA ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD. MCSAME IS SO OUT OF TOUCH. WHY DOES NOT MEET THE PRESS, TALK ON TV, TROOPERGATE.

MCSAME IS ANGRY

Reporters would be banned from this meeting too.

Bono has come to his senses and realizes what jerks he's supporting.

yeah right! That's because you figured out it was totally irresponsible to meet with a rockstar at a time of crisis! What? Sarah wanted to meet with Bono and McCain couldn't say no? Like he couldn't resist to having her as a VP and ruin his last chance of winning these elections?

No photo-op! Well, then why meet? Oh, they are not….

CNN POST THIS

Gov Palin, has consistently LIED about the bridge to no where, and she has failed to mention that she allowed construction on the ROAD to NO WHERE that was suppose to lead to the bridge to NO WHERE!…LIES LIES and more LIES!

I'd like to know how we are expected to vote for either of these candidates or their vice presidential choices when they all lie and exagerate their records. I am very discouraged or am I just too naive?
Biden and Obama had an opportunity to vote against the Bridge to Nowhere and send that money where it was needed and Palin voted in favor of it until it became unpopular.

I'm sorry, Mr. Hamby, did you say that Palin's meetings with other dignitaries were open to the press? You are joking, right? They were nothing more than photo ops, pure and simple. Certainly you can't have failed to catch the major dust-up over her utter lack of availability to the press yesterday. And by the way, did you make any effort to get more information about the "scheduling reasons", or are you simply part of the McCain-Palin reverb chamber. What shabby reportage!

It is inaccurate to say her previous meetings were open to reporters and photographers…you are either not reporting accurately yesterday.

MY FAVORITE BAND,EVER!!!!

but, i'm sure BONO doesn't support mccain/ palin.
BONO is not racist, like them.

Good for Bono. Don't let them use you as a shill for Palin's cluelessness.

Bono wants nothing to do with them!

When do you people at CNN report accurate information? Yesterday I read complaining that reporters and photographers were denied access to Palin when she met the dignitaries. You indicated that photographers were allowed only for 30 seconds when she met Afghan President Hamid Karzai and for 15 to 20 seconds when she met with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe. When are you reporting the truth – yesterday or today? I am sick and tired of this inaccurate reporting. Supporting Mr. McCain is something but misinforming the public is totally an acceptable.

"Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers,"….

excuse me CNN, I thought the Palin meetings with foreign dignitaries were closed to the press, and no one was allowed in except a single cameraman for a few seconds.

Can you clarify???

I wonder if Palin thinks that AIDS is God's punishment on gays, as many of her religious fundamentalist friends think?
McCain is reckless enough without Palin. We don't need him to have an anti-science, religious zealot cheerleader filling him full of even more reckless ideas.
A vote for the McCain/Palin ticket is an act of social and ecological terrorism through the ballot box.

WASP!!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin

I think Bono told her he had to visit his sick grandmother . . .

Right! Since when is BONO not open to the press?

Man, the Republicans must think the rest of the nation is as stupid as most Republicans clearly are.

It was cancelled because Bono would have talked to the media and exposed Palin. Bono loves to talk to the media and the McCain camp was afraid their "discussion" may get leaked out.

Wow, seems like something is coming apart with Palin/McCain.

The dying animal attacks itself.

"Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers, the Bono meeting was listed as
closed to the press,…"

These meetings were closed to the press. Get it together CNN.

Bono has serious work to do and probably didn't want to waste his time on this photo opportunity.

ah Peter Hamby.. you wrote: Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers .

Do you wish to retract that statement?

After deep thought Bono wondered why he was meeting with these
idiots! It's very hard for intelligent people to have a conversation with idiots.

Couldn't get a photo op out of it so cancelled???

Bono didn't want to meet them, the McCain camp is once again lying about this whole "scheduling conflict" story.

Is Bono bringing his best friend Bill Gates too?

due to scheduling reasons….

Bono didn't want to be part of Palin's farcical staged and scripted no- substance-as-usual photo-op tour of the U.N.

It's doubtful any of the other leaders wanted to take part either.

Bono is a smart man and he knows that the boat is sinking and will have no part of the circus act they are playing. Everyone is starting to see the light at the end of this tunnel

Obama/Biden 08/12

Gosh, Bono will meet with ANYONE, won't he?

It's a waste of time for Bono to talk to McCain, Palin, or any other Republican for that matter. Let's face it, Republicans just don't care much about HIV/AIDS or global poverty.

Who cares?

Sounds like Bono didn't want to be pictured as a political prop.

So Mr Hamby, please enlighten us as to which meetings were open to reporters. The 29 second one? Maybe it was the 15-20 second one. Gee I must have missed all those questions she answered. Yup, Yup.

Palin heard there was going to be a repoter there

Palin REFUSED to let the media in the meetings for more that 29 seconds …. what is up with writing, "most of which had been open to the press" Palin is CLOSED OFF from the Press because Rove & McCain are afraid she can't speak unless she's memorized a speech Bush' s speech writers write for her

Wonder why? He was informed that she could not be questioned (LoL) but she can nod and wave if he wished. She was being used as a photo op? Bono Who? (LoL)

Bono must have thought he was meeting someone important, and when he found out is was Governor Congeniality, he cancelled.

Of course the "meeting" was cancelled – Bono doesn't want to look like Bozo by giving her a photo op…

Wait a minute! What other meetings with Palin have been open to reporters??? They're not letting her speak freely to the press! What a joke! If she is such a "barracuda", she should be able to stand up for herself and freely speak her mind…NOT handled with kid gloves the way the RNC is doing…quit this sexist treatment Republicans! If she can't stand the heat…..

Bono would have been a better choice

Oh sure, scheduling . . .

Is it impossible for McCain/Palin to EVER tell the truth?

Do people realize that the government is going to bail out these 'banks' with out tax money…and then these "banks" are going to continue to charge us payments for the mortgages, loans, etc as well? I have an idea..why doesn't the government just pay off the American people? Give every family a house? Pay off all of our credit card debt? Forgive our student loans? That way the 700 billion goes to help the American people and not the dishonest "banks"???? The "leaders" are doing this for the good of the people…well then do something good for the people for a change. We dare you!! It would definitely help the economy…

You say Palin's other meetings were OPEN??? You mean that one and a half second window for the press to ask questions is your idea of an open meeting?

McCain and Bono, there's the ticket!

Oh man ! This destroys Palin's chance of becoming an accomplished rock singer.

FACT CHECK: Both Obama and Biden voted FOR the 'Bridge to no where' on TWO separate occasions. HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

At least he didn't vote 'present'.

So Bono doesn't want anything to do with Palin either?

Shocking.

REALLY ALL BONO WANTS IS MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.

CAN'T HE RAISE ENOUGH AMONG ALL HIS SUPER WEALTHY FRIENDS WHO ARE SO CONCERNED ABOUT AIDS AND POVERTY?

IT"S ABOUT TIME HE PUTS PEOPLE IN PLACE WITH THE NECESSARY EXPERTISE OF MANAGMENT FOR ALL THESE WORTHWHILE CAUSES; THEN SHOW MEASURABLE RESULTS THAT CAN BE VERIFIED WITHOUT BIAS.

PROVE YOUR POINTS

How unfortunate, but at least they still have the opportunity to talk.

McCain/Palin 2008!

It's always good to pad foreign policy experience by meeting with Bono, members of Oasis, Pete Townshend, Amy Winehouse, Sinead O' Connor, and the Spice Girls. Next we'll be discussing the financial crisis with Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, and Guns N' Roses.

Bono is an amazing man who has done more good in this world than either Presidential canidate. I truly applaude the ONE Campaign and all the good it has brought the world.

She is not presidentual at all. If they can't trust her to have a simple meeting with dignitaries with out any political policies to be discussed.
Then there is only one thing that they are hiding. She is not prepaired to be president and she is being hidden from the public. Carefully scripted speeches is all the public sees.
Watch, her debate is going to be a joke!

Bono should cancel it completely.

That's too bad. Bono would have been a great mentor to Palin for foreign policy !

Of course it was cancelled – Bono didn't want to look like Bozo…

Bono Didnt Want To Be Used For Just A Photo Op!

Bono has more foreign policy expirience than Sarah Palin

Obama/Biden '08

Bono – what a Bozo. Since when is he an expert on foreign policy? No reporters, good!! One less boring story to read about.

Gov Palin, has consistently LIED about the bridge to no where, and she has failed to mention that she allowed construction on the ROAD to NO WHERE that was suppose to lead to the bridge to NO WHERE!…LIES LIES and more LIES!

That is not the case. Bonno told Ms. Baracuda to take a bridge to no where.

…but Palin can see Bono from her house.

Just read an AP article that the dems now need the white vote after screwing them for so long. Well, tell that to Brazile who said on CNN that "we don't need them". What an idiot.

WHERE IS SARAH PALIN'S TAX RETURNS??? WHERE IS SARAH PALIN'S MEDICAL RECORDS???

simple vetting stuff…. CNN do your job and stop the fluff.

That's too bad. Bono has shown himself to be an intelligent and articulate person who makes an effort to inform himself on the issues he cares about, and uses his celebrity status wisely to further his causes and not himself. I hope both McCain and Obama have the chance to meet him, just so that whoever wins has the benefit of his counsel. It's a shame HE can't run for President.

thats a shame, I think Bono would have loved the sincerity of Sarah Palin.

And good on Bono for not wanting the vultures in the press at his meetings, as i'm sure the other heads of state would have preferred too. These meetings were a chance for Sarah Palin to chat on a personal level and nothing scripted that needs to be done for the media.

ahhaahha

yea right

"Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers, the Bono meeting was listed as closed to the press, at the rock star’s request."

Open to reporters????? Yeah right.

HAHA, WOW. I'm sure Bono canceled the meeting!

And here I thought being a celebrity was bad. Guess it's ok as long as you're a Republican. And white.

How many yachts do McLame own?

Obama/Biden

Bono is no official world leader so she is just talking to another rock star that has some world concerns about awarness. Notice how quick they are to say Bono requested it be closed to the press. As well it should be. BUT NOT THE OTHERS!!!

No photo op = no meeting.
I think everyone knows what these meetings were about.

Bono did not want to be seen in public with these two LIARS ! You have to do what you have to do to get the help you need. Even if it means getting in the mud with two pigs wearing lipstick.

This news just changes my whole outlook on life.

Where the heck are my comments going???

They aren't even appearing as AWAITING MODERATION.

Because he doesn't want to be seen with them…

Which rock star? (kidding)

McCain/ Palin equals Milli Vanilli

The meetings were open to reporters for 29 seconds. What a joke !

Hopefully Bono will tell McCain and Palin that they are the laughing stock of the world.

I'm sure all the other dignitaries must be wondering why they are wasting their time meeting Sarah Palin…..I'm sure the conversations have not gone deeper than speaking about the weather in Alaska and kids. But they are in a foreign country so they will be polite!

What is this supposed big meeting going to accomplish?? Maybe she'll ask him what his children's names are, then inquire how things are going in Ireland. Since she's now an expert in Afghan policy after yesterday, this will strike Ireland off the "need to know" list too. What's next after today….a meeting with Sting to discuss England?

Please tell me that the McCain campaign wasn't planning to count this as one of Palin's meetings with a foreign head of state. Was it canceled
when someone realized Bono didn't really rule a country?

wow they were going to have a meeting were they could get away with cutting any member of the press out and they turn it down something sound fishy here and thank you MRS Bush I still have all the respect in the world for you! yes another republican that has not been brain washed by the radical right. In her own words Palin has no foreign policy experience. A republican speaking the truth in public! WOW! it has been a while.

Obama/Biden 08 Yes We Can

Biden and Obama are so bad. How bad are they? Well they voted for the BRIDGE TO NOWHERE at least TWICE. AND They called Mid Westerners bitter and called women pigs. How quaint of them to ask for our votes.

I don't trust them with our country, our values and our money.

Go for McCain a man who will protect America, our freedom, our values and our money.

Lets get it right CNN–Palin's meetings were open for a whole 45 seconds of fluff! We all know you're mad; don't let her get away with saying she had "open meetings."

I'm actually shocked that Bono would meet with them. There's no way such an important international advocate for those less fortunate would vote for the McCain/Palin ticket.

Bono doesn't want to be caught photgraphed with these two bozos!

Maybe Bono realized just what HYPOCRITS the PALIN/McCain ticket REALLY ARE!!

It is unfair that McCain and staff are hiding Palin from the reporter and will not give the public the chance to get to know her.

Therefore, I believe Palin and her husband, the bully, is hiding quiet a bit of information.

Anyone else sick of this Palin issue? How many more excuses can the Repuks come up with to keep her from the press? It is always some one elses fault with them…if they would have…if they wouldn't have….if…if…Any American with a little intelligence has to have figured out by now that she needs grooming before being turned loose on the public. This is who you want in the White House to possibly be the next president? Very, very scary. She will be nothing more than a robot to the same people who have run this country into the ground right now and "We the people…." are paying the price. She is no different than her rich political friends…it's not country first…..it's me first. I really thought with the economy being as it is people will see the light and actually I know they have but racism will not allow them to vote for a black man and every excuse will do to cover up that fact. Maybe a little more indoctrination of Palin's cult religion with laying on hands and speaking in tongues will do the trick. Maybe paying for your own rape kit will do it ….maybe….maybe…maybe….In the end "we the people…." will pay the price for the racism of a few.

Who in the heck is bono? and why is this so called meeting news? even if the meeting took place why in the world would this bono leave the press out? personally i could care less what this bono has to say.

Obama/Biden

Oh yeah, Team Hypocricy is back in action. god forbid if Obama met with Bono, the whole "celebrity" thing would have started all over again. Meanwhile, McSame/Plain can call him and they will act like it was the best thing since sliced bread!

Take her to the aquarium or something…go see Yankee Stadium

NOT ready to lead, NOT ready for the press, NOT ready to be transparent.
I have to say, I am a little thrown back by Sara Palin. She keeps saying everyday that she wants to bring transparency and reform to Washington. But she does not even have transparency in her own state. She has “instructed” her staff people (who work for her) not to answer subpoenas for the investigation on the trooper case. Citizens of Alaska have inquired about the issue, they want transparency. Now the small case has reached public interest and the rest of the public is now being ignored. Palin is saying that the investigation is now political. But, that happens when you are in office. The other side will ask question and try to shade light on any flaw they see. It is up to her to show that there is nothing to the allegations. If she won’t be transparent on that issue, I don’t think she will be transparent on any serious concerns the American people may have if she gets in office. For undecided voters, she is not being very transparent right now.

Who cares? Until she speaks to the press without a script her credibility continues to wane and the choice of her as VP becomes more and more suspect.

These UN meetings are such a gimmick. Only elected officials can actually have meaningful discussions with foreign leaders. Why doesn't Palin have a meaningful discussion with the American public by talking to reporters and put this nonesense to rest.

"Closed to the press" huh?

Should we call her Sarah "Closed To The Press" Palin?

She won't let anyone question her, she won't give America a clear answer as to why she's suddenly refused to cooperate with the investigation in Alaska.

What's wrong McCain campaign? Are you afraid that people will find out that she's totally clueless if she's not "fed" questions and answers ahead of time?

Bono realized the whole thing is a joke. If he is serious about his charitable concerns – why would he put himself in the position of looking like another campaign slogan and photo-op?

I suppose there weren't enough cameras available for Little Miss Ice Chip and her geezer sidekick. No dialogue, please …

File under WHO CARES!

I could not imagine anyway that Bono would go to that puppet show.

we don't care about palin sitting down with these people, she needs to sit down with the voters , this is the poorest excuse for a vp that you could have ever chosen john mccain, shame on you!

WAS BONO GONNA ASK THEM REAL POLICY QUESTIONS…..HMMMMMMMMMM

Why would someone cancel an important meeting with a presidential candidate…because it wasn't that important to them and it was with two nobodies.

Uh…who cares?

McCain probably does not even know that U2 is the band's name and not a submarine.

It will in no way show that either McCain or Palin is "in touch" with anything.

Of course it was cancelled because Bono requested "no press" meaning no standout picutres reflecting Gov Palin in a good light — if that's possible. Why are Americans putting up with this nonsense that we can't ask a question to Gov. Palin. Talk about another 4 years of a "Bush" administration. Just a continuation of lies, secrecy, BS, etc. Wake up American people – go for Sen. Obama.

I'm guessing Bono found something better to do when he realized he was being used for a photo op.

I love it….scheduling reasons….Mr. Hewson, aka Bono, is a very smart man.

Sounds like Bono is trying to preserve his reputation.

National Security experience indeed.

New u2 single, "A campaign to nowhere."

What's the difference between Barack O'Bama and Osama Bin Laden? A turbin

I hope he verbally kicks them both in the taint.

Sorry, I thought the McCain camp was fuming at the mouth about Obama meeting with Barbara Streisand & his Hollywood fundraising party. Everyday, McCain unwittingly proves what a complete hypocrite he is- how can you trust a word that comes out of his mouth?!

Why should we care about this meeting?

Has anyone any idea??A

Bet they blame Obama for this somehow…

Unlike McCain and Palin’s other meetings with dignitaries in New York this week, most of which had been open to reporters and photographers,

Huh? 29 seconds of access to Palin's photo ops is called "mostly open".

Hello!!!????!!! Where was I when the media had this great access to Sarah Palin and all the "world leaders" that didn't turn McCain's campaign down for a photo op.

Bono must have known better than to appear with this know-nothing
bag of tricks!!! Even Hillary stays clear of Palin!.Palin and her husband were members of a group that wanted to disband Alaska from America!!!!! Did the site of Russia entice them????????????

I love Hillary. She is a true Democrat who is standing for her party.
I think she is! Coming on Strong! I hope she is? She needs to do this
for us! Not her, US!

What about Bill? I don't think so.

A bailout without rules or oversight is kleptocracy, no socialism.

no surprise… always close doors

Good for them. Maybe Bono like Obama instead. Heeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaa

Bono doesnt want to be seen with these two idiots!!

He opposed the war in the Iraq! Campaigns for peace! And supports OBAMA!

Let me guess. Bono, who understands global issues as well as most politicians, made mention that he had a few questions for Palin. Palin suddenly had scheduling issues. Wouldn't want to actually have to answer questions from a "leftist" (Republican code word for someone who cares about people) global activist would we, Sarah?

I am proud democrat and proud of our choice!

cnn you are badly behind on the news, with Obama up in the polls, with Mccain's manager recieving money monthly when he said he was supposed to be out of the lobbiest ways…c'mon cnn….

Everyone use google.com and click on news, and you can stay up to speed.

"Scheduling reasons"

No Comment from Obama/Biden on their support for the 'Bridge to Nowhere"

Hmmmm????

Change? More of the Same?

WHO CARES?

Sorry Sarah no photo op for you today.

Isn't Bono one of Obama's celebrity friends that McCain has been talking about?

I don't blame Bono for closing it off from the press..he doesn't want McCain trying to look "hip" with the young crowd on his watch….

McCain and Palin are running scared now why did they cancel meeting with Bono I guess they heard Obama is leading in the polls

Who cares

Probably so they can teleprompt Palin rather than leave her to her own devices.

What a bummer…Bono's musical message is awesome.

Bono has to understand that the abstinance only strategy was promoted by WBush and was a real failure in the US and around the world. So meeting with Sarah Evangelical Palin and McCain who has no clue about HIV/AIDS is a serious mistake. Bono he has to be careful if not he will lose his credibility in the process.

yeah "scheduling reasons" right, right

YOU GOT THE WRONG GUY BONO!

MCSAME DOES NOT REPRESENT "ONE" PEOPLE.

NOT EVEN CLOSE.

BARACK IS YOUR MAN FOR THIS VERY IMPORTANT PLAN.

ONE.

whats not listed as closed to the press these days when it come's to Sarah Palin, our potential future president that is hidden from questions, sure throws transperancy out the window.

Bono didn't want to feed into the madness…………………..

THANK YOU

OBAMB/BIDEN 08

Bono? Mr. "Green" is going to meet with McCain and Palin? Maybe he decided there was no way he could convince them to change their thinking and gave up.

That's good he supports some causes, but Bono should stick to making music. Why do people take him so serioulsy, especially American politcians running for Prez and VP.