CNN

You will not be laughing when Putin's head invade and our Alaskan friends warn us in time

i can see canada from my house can i be vp

Putin would make minced meat out of this moron.

This is horrible. WHO LET HER OUT OF THE ATTIC!!!?? I am a woman and it is hard for me to hear her speak. I cannot BELIEVE she even opens her mouth to say anything!! I said before that she was a puppet. wow she really needs to stick to the approved speeches..or just SHUT UP!! I like the later. Mccain wanted her for a pretty face...(blah) and that's all he got! It will be a sad sad sad 4 years if people vote for Mccain/Palin. I'm not sure that either candidate is fully qualified but OMG! The mccain/palin duo are really getting on my nerves. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TELL HER TO STOP!!!

Ouch!!!!! Give me a break!

From atop the Alaska mental hospital you can see Russia, and those ruseskis devils. thank GOD we have PALIN to out wit their evil plans!
My only question is, can she point out Alaska on a map?

You people don't understand Sarah's got foreign policy experience because you people just don't realize that Russia really really is really close to Alaska... and Canada is, too! Really! No, really! Todd could drive his snowmobile to Russia it's so close. And Alaska has airspace and Putin, he's like a Satanic snake rearing his head into my airspace... OMG, I just got Putin's name right! I'm totally ready to be Vice President and I'm not going to blink or let the air out of my head or let any of those witches get to me with their evil witchcraft and snakes and Bad Guys like that Iran Guy or those Media People, with their condescending attitudes and endless questions about stuff nobody gives a rip about like this so called Foreign Policy business. For Gosh Sakes, I'm a Hockey Mom. I'm a Mom and I love hockey. I'm a really really popular governor in a state with a really really small population. Oh, hey, has anybody seen Trig?

McCain and Palin do not care about this country. They are so desperate to become powerful people, they will do anything to have it. They will lie to our faces to the very end but hopefully fade away like any other losing presidential ticket.

Here are a couple of posted comments by the morons that support this ticket:

"GOV Palin is a SMART Woman. SHE would be Great on the Team.
She is qualified – to be VP!"
-good to see Sarah posting about herself on cnn.com

"Amerika is confusing professional campaigning- that Obama does better than anyone else- for actual experience."
-if you can't spell America, can you even read the ballot when you go to the booth? Please, don't vote if you can't.

What would you expect from a woman who was three months pregnant before she got married and tried to cover it up, flunked out of 4 schools before she got a Bachelors degree, had an affair with her husbands business partner. and supports her husband who doesn't work. Makes me want to have her in the WH

it's time to kick the xenophobes out of office, and repair the damages done for the last eight years. i know speaking on-the-spot is challenging, but someone with political experience who knows her mind and her facts would not stumble on her words so.

obama/biden! obama/biden! for women's rights, for a step in the right direction for lgbt couples, for the world!

i am from WASILLA ALASKA, an independently thinking woman, and i am voting obama all the way, with no hesitation and with lots of research.

father forgive us for we knows not what we do

What advise can McCain receive from Palin?
With this pair in the White House we can be sure that we will head straight to a string of wars and economic disaster.
No wonder McCain's campaign is trying to shield her from the press, keep her away from the debate while blocking the Troopergate investigation.

America wake up! We can't afford four more years of mismanagement.

No Way, No How, No McSame, No Palin.

As a woman, I'm officially offended by the choice of Palin as the first woman candidate for a major party – there were definitely better women candidates available. As a college English instructor, I'm appalled at her grammar, syntax and vocabulary (or lack thereof). As an international traveler and German by birth, I'm unfortunately not surprised by her utter lack of knowledge of geography, history, politics, and foreign policy – she reminds me of my worst English 101 students. And based on my teaching experience, I'm unfortunately not surprised that so many Americans fall for her.... The anti-intellectualism in this country is dangerous to its prosperity, I fear. Only the best and brightest should lead a country like the US, not somebody just like the base with all that implies....

I saw the movie Dumb and Dumber. Just saw Dumb, Dumber and Dumbest.

Every time I've listened to a Palin interview I think that maybe, just maybe, I'm not understanding what she is saying. Then I read transcripts of the interviews and realize that I HAD NOT misunderstood her, and that she is unintelligible. Perhaps she's speaking in tongues? It's certainly not English as we know it.

she is just wasting her time in this election when she should really be doing beauty contests and photo shoots..

She genuinely does not know how dumb and ignorant she is. Got most of what she wanted so far by a mix of cuteness and ruthless arm-twisting, but does not realize how different it is when you are in the national spotlight.

In Alaska she could con the public, but now she just might be about to learn a surprising lesson: most people nationwide will not cut you any slack just for your gritty hunting-hockey-mom-snowneck (=Alaskan redneck) style.

Ken and Jane,
Forget about Hillary Clinton, she's history and totally irrelevant. She lost fair and square. Nobody hoisted Senator Obama on anybody. When talking about experience, what kind of experience are you, guys, talking about exactly? Executive or legislative? If it is executive, neither presidential candidates have it. Last time, I checked the American president didn't require any executive nor legislative experience otherwise President Bush wouldn't have done such a wonderful job of tanking the whole economy in a 8yrs.

Voting for Senator McCain in the hope of bring back Senator Clinton just smacks of poor judgment. and juvenile politics. Time for you both to grow up an join the club of rescuing America.

She MUST have slept at a Holiday Inn Express....thats how she knows foreign policy! What a joke. How can anyone vote for this ticket? Lie after lie...crisis after crisis...at least the republicans will be back where they belong – the minority!

Oh yikes...scary does not cover this.

Vote Republican and we will for certain have "Dr. No" and his cute little side kick with her tube of lipstick, decked in high heels, helping him pull the switch.
This is just pathetic.

Gotta tell you...the first week I heard her I said "put that woman in a blonde wig and take it from there"

Vote OBAMA!

Hey leave Sarah alone it only took her 8 years to get her BA in Journalism Oops so she should have been prepared. Oops, again my beg so what she not the smartest tool in the shed.

the do allow for remdation credits I just called Alaska. We have to lawyers against your two ?????? the committee is still out on that.

Good Bye Johny boy and Sarah Sarah

this is the best time to be alive. this country is about to go from great to a doomed shining star. people are going to let mccain and the dirty repugs destoy this country over lies. there are a big group in this country that will do anything for power. even lie, spew hatred, try to keep the race's apart. i see why other country's hate us so much. we hate ourselves even more. and that's why this place is doomed. im just going to sit back and watch and laugh, not going to get much enjoyment out of it, the chickens are coming home to roost i think now.

THIS IS WHY I SUPPORTED ROMNEY!! Good God, what a hopeless election! Choose between Barack Inexperience Obama and John McCain and this insipid loon??? How could McCain have picked her for VP? Over Romney or Pawlenty or even LIEBERMAN for God's sake.

If McCain is needed in Washington, might I suggest that Sarah Palin substitute for him in Friday's debate. Is she ready?

America is the best country in the entire world. People around the world admire and envy us. However, anyone watching this interview would say, "How did America sink this low?"

My next door neighbors are psychologists... ("because they are right there. They are right next to our state") So that makes me an expert on psychology, right Palin?

Thusly, it's my prudent professional opinion that anybody who jeopardizes our country by voting for McCain/Palin... NEEDS THERAPY!

Good guys.... bad guys.... what was she talking about? Palin's remarks were mind-numbingly stupid. It's actually a relief that the real Palin has now emerged so we can get on with electing a team that actually has some smarts. I think it's time to return to the Tundra!

Keep talking, Sarah!

OBAMA 08

Her living close to Russia as being a sign of experience has about as much credibility to me as someone living in a shack next to Bill Gates and claiming they know what it's like to be the worlds richest man...

McCain / Palin
Incontinence / Incompetence

All of you Republican PAID bloggers can LIE and Make DUMB excuses all you want..................YOU have your WORK cut out for you trying to make her lood GOOD...........she is SCARY!!!!

DEMAND YOU CHECK NOW, BEFORE McCain goes back into the meeting in the morning because he may do as he did to day and that is just sit there with NOTHING to say. Maybe he SHOULD tell Palin to do the same, WHAT YOU THINK?????

People, she could be one heartbeat away from the Presidency! Do we as a country not value intelligence? I am completely astonished that we are in this situation. I am not comfortable with a Vice President who is not intellectually equal to a significant portion of the nation.

I can't believe this!!!!!!! This woman is a heartbeat away from a 72 year old person running for president. While watching this interview I suddenly couldn’t comprehend anything and thought I suffered some kind of stroke then when I switched the channel I regained my senses back then I switched back and it happened again wow was that scary.

does sara palin know the diff between her left arm and her rught arm! not a good choice

We've all had chuckles and giggles about Palin. However, the laughter needs to stop here. Palin is no longer funny, she has become dangerous. Her qualifications are minimal no matter how much theRepublicans sugar-coat her. The United States needs more than a hockey mom to get us out of this mess.

OBAMA/BIDEN

it is now the time to see sarah for what sarah was, a peice of eye candy, with the same temper as mc cain , also with many problems , he met her twice she never really was investagated, if she was a blind man could see her daughter was with child, for 5 months she keepth this from the party, they even brought the boy who got her pregant and paraded him in front of every one,how they got him to go there i don't know, but to be put in front of the public and treat this like it was a family reunion, nothing wrong here. but sarah has been shut in so long she has lost her touch , the cocky alaskan now can't even answer the most simple questions, the candy is melting,and john is the one who pulled her down becuase she became to popular with the poeple, they wanted to see her not john , his crowds dropped ,so he brought her back with him, the funny thing was after she did her speach and john started , poeple left, and in a meeting with a forigan minister, he looked at the cameras and said now do you have any questions from me, the press asked sarah a question and with mc cains short temper he had all the press put out of that room within 2 min.. he can not deal with her being more popular than him ,so bnow they will shut her down as much as they can, she was never asked to gowith john. ken

Jane, you are a blithering idiot.

wow.... that's scary!

OH Boy.....we're all dead if this lady ends up as our VP!

and the scaries thing about all this is that there are actually people who believe she is a good choice!

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

The way she smugly answers her own question with "It's Alaska" reminds me of the SNL skit "Da Bulls". Not sure if I'm more outraged or embarressed by her presence on the ticket.

WOW! That was painful to watch. I would have paid good money to have been inside Katie Couric's head during that train wreck of an interview. Palin is mind-numbingly stupid. My cat knows more about foreign affairs! I'm not even sure if Palin knows anything about the Middle East situation. Good guys....bad guys....what is this the third grade? Oh, yeah, well I bet my daddy can beat up your daddy! Sweetheart, do the world a favor, and go back to the tundra! We are not interested!

Ohhhhhhhh, that voice! I'd rather listen to fingernails on a chalkborad.

Just one more example of bad judgement on McCains part. But she is GORGEOUS.....................right?

Obama has almost 2 years of campaigning, Palin has 1 month. Obama runs for President, Palin for VP. Does anybody remember how The One used to stumble until Hillary taught him to talk?

What an absolute mess the Republican ticket has become.

To Christine
I love how so many are mocking this, but if you think about it, given our history with Russia and the all-too-recent Cold War, it's very important for the Governor of Alaska to maintain impeccably up-to-date with anything going on there. Because, as this post states, Alaska is a very large and very important border to keep an eye on
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Please give it up girl. I have never been so emberssed in my life, and I am a long time Republican.

I'm not going to take it anymore.

I serioulsy believe, that such as....

Palin is trying hard to be something she isn't. Too bad the whole whole has to be an audience to all of this mess!

she doesnt even speak english anymore. what a loser!

Oh my goodness!!! That was terrible.

Please, we need some leadership. I was a McCain supporter (mad about is it but yes I was) When he picked Palin I was done! No thank you McCain you just lost all respect I had for you. I tried to be open minded and wanted to see what Palin was all about, but I can tell you I have NEVER been so unimpressed as I am now about her being #2 on the ticket. It's a shame really, she may have been okay in a few years IF she had some more real world experiance. Sorry I have always been a registered Republican but consider myself in the middle. I would never vote for someone just becaues of how I am registered. I get so emberessed when Republican's "speak out" about how excited they are about Palin. What a joke.

She may be a nice lady and a good mother but when it comes to Russia she and McCain scare me. Russia is not Iran, it is not Iraq, we are talking about a country that still has enough nuclear firepower to lay waste to the entire North American Continent. We are talking about a country that has threatened to nuke Poland should we deploy our missile defense system.

If McCain/Palin have their way, they would alienate Russia, push them off the world stage. Palin has already made it clear that she would support a shooting war with Russia if needed. That is suicide for mankind so support McCain/Palin if you wish, I will never support any candidate who doesn't seem to understand the unthinkable consequences of a shoot war with Russia.

The reason me and so many Americans love this lady, she just so smart and down to earth....I'm a former democrat and she is just the biggest breath of fresh air I have seen in years! McCain/Palin 08

REPUBLICANS IT'S OKAY TO VOTE FOR OBAMA OR A 3RD PARTY!!

when did sara palin learn russian? since she says they are so close.

This VP is a joke. McBush sent her to New York this week for a photo op. How stupid does he think we (the voters) are. This VP selection was the act of desperation. McCain wasn't wanted by his own Party. and he had to do something. I kind of feel sorry for her...she was used.

If Johnny M. gets elected his personal health and well-being will become the number one concern of just about everyone in the world. Personally, I'll probably be whispering "please don't die" under my breath for four straight years.

This woman is an ignorant nutcase.

i live next to a beer company so does that make me a beer? sara palin does not know what she is talking about john mcain must be crazy to have picked her! he is showing hes real! age by not thinking!

WASN'T THIS ON SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE? LOL

Come on, this isn't funny anymore...
swapped trade missions with her? huh?
meeting with foreign leaders in New York,,,
(just swapped baby talk and moose stew recipes)
Every student who's gone to Cancun for spring break
can add foreigh experience to their resume.
I think she is ready to debate Obama in McCain's stead.
She is ready if needed to replace him, right?

democrats dont have to campaign or anything. the mccain campaign is screwing up so bad & making Obama look so great. Not to mention (Ill get back with you) Palin. The question is about her running mate!!! It was not a Gotcha question. Does she think if shes V.P. and we have a crisis that she can say....... Ill get back with you????? She is just a waste of our brain usage

I have voted for the republican candidate for the past 5 or 6 elections. This coming election, however, I will proudly cast my vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden, not because of what I fear from McCain and Palin, but because of what I know Obama and Biden will bring to this country in such a despairing time.

Obama/Biden '08.

Never thought I'd be voting as a democrat. Ever.

oh my goodness you have got to be kidding me.
the first time i heard this, i have foreign policy experience 'cause i can see russia from home, i thought- what a putz. i'll bet she won't go down that road again.
well she went down that road again!
her statements continue to give validity to- "vote for mccain and hope he doesn't die in office!"
at the start of this campaign mccain was my guy. but he has become what he ridiculed for years. i heard him on the radio at the start of the iraq war (which has gone on longer than ww II) saying how irresponsible it was to lower taxes while fighting a war, can't be done. now he wants to make temp cuts permanent?
and he picks this woman to be his vp????
give me obama!!!

Palin's arrogance is truly a scary thing.

i am over-qualified for the police chief job,

as i have lived my whole life right next to the town police headquarter.

How can this person that just barely received a journalism degree is able to make it as a governor and then be a VP nominee of the United States??!!!!

Totally OVER RATED!!!!!

Yeah but didn't you see her pastor bless her? With God for her who could be against her? He will move his magic hand and destroy Russia when Palin leads us to war!

"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt"

No wonder why they want to postponed de VP debate...but hey, remember W. Bush at the debate with Kerry...yes, a complete moron, and still America voted for him...

Half of you are sorry at least....

be afraid, very very afraid! it is absolutely scary that such an air-head could be next in line for this country's presidency.

OMFG!!!!

What a complete DINGBAT!

LOL

No wonder McCain is trying to postpone the debates...forever. This lady is a pinhead.

This was the saddest inteview ever. Sarah must not have all the talking points straight yet. Not ready for prime time,

She's quickly becoming a parody of herself...

What is sad, is the fact that a majority of voters or a majority of the supreme court have appointed GW Bush president for the past 8 years. He has almost completed his last and final goal. The destruction of this country. Who is the real evil empire? Think about it.
Can the citizens of this country be stupid enough to now elect McCain and the duh from Alaska?
All blondes can now breathe a sigh of relief, they have been replaced and vindicated by Sarah, never again, let blondes be called dumb. Sarah has taken the prize.
Another funny thing is how Bill Clinton is praised as a great democrat. Think about it. Was NAFTA beneficial to American workers? He may have fooled many democrats, but I'm not one of them.

OK... Enough!! Who's with me? If the GOP steal this election, we as a nation will rise up and do ther right thing. There's no way Barack and Joe should loose this election, unless....

Hey, I used to live in Arizona, which is RIGHT NEXT to Mexico! Obviously, I'm a foreign policy expert.

Intelligence-wise, Sarah Palin is a box of rocks.

She kept looking up and to the left...LYING ANYONE???? This woman is way out of her element...THIS JUST MAKES ME MORE DETERMNED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE I KNOW VOTES!!!

America can not survive another "bring it on" white house administration.

Some one please tell her to stop talking am turning red on her behalf....its miserable..keep her locked..i dont know how republicans are going to stand by this..

That Tina Fey! Isn't she wonderful. "Spot on" you might say. What? That wasn't...? That was actually...?

Mommy?

Mommy?

I'm scared.

Russia's my next door neighbor... We go for coffee frequently.

Does she knows what she is speaking??

Good stage combination for McCain flip flops drama.

Let us enjoy their comedy drama and vote for someone else like Obama/Biden.

Please Palin please control your loose talks, we are very tiered.

Please stay home and take care your family.

I'm wondering if we can request an IQ test. I am really blown away by those people who actually defend her qualifications. I have often suspected that the average American, specifically the average Republican, isn't very bright. That so many people are comfortable with this woman proves my suspicion. It also frightens me. I would like my president and vice president to be at least a little smarter and more worldly than I am. I attended law school and have traveled all over the world. Please give me someone with a good higher education, experience in the real world and the intelligence to figure out what he/she does not already know.

Those Palin comments have a certain style to them. They lean toward Northwestern Hockey Mom or Alaskan Moose hunter banter but not Vice Presidential statements.

What a moronic blog this has become. Obama the Uniter yeah right. He has brought out the worse in people with their comments how pathetic.

I'm scared. There. I said it. Someone please hold me. I'm scared, I tell ya. Please keep Caribou Barbie away from the White House! Yaaaaahhh!!!!

"Palin: Russia's my next door neighbor."
...and space aliens live in my basement, she added before the cartoon cookoo clock appeared above her head. She then exited the interview in her best "Groucho Marx" walk.

What. An. Idiot.

I think Mitt Romney should of been a better VP

She is crazy!!!

Mexico is my next door neighbor too... I can see them from my house... which makes me a foreign expert. PLEASE!!!!!

I am more qualified than you Palin. I am stunned that at my short age, I've been to more countries, met much more people, have more global knowledge than you!!!

You are pathetic!!!

Obama/Biden all the wayy to the White House!!

Whoever doesn't see what a fase this is it is 100% blind!
I am honetly terrified to have palin as a vice-president !

what a circus this is!

I suppose she can see the Kremlin,too! Must be a nice view!

Everyone knows Alaska was sold to USA by Russians. What the heck this woman cries for? What about the governers of the states bordering Canada? Are all those governers "EXPERTS" in foreign policy matters?

DANG!!!.....Sarah's stupid hits just keep on coming don't they?????

I can't believe she's as dumb as she sounds!!!!!!

I am flabbergasted! This is the reason they are protecting and hiding her. I predict that she will withdraw herself from the repub ticket.....of course at McCain's silent request!

She's an idiot, but im not sure people care about intelligence anymore. I thought Bush was an idiot, but he was elected twice. At least Bush had some brain power behind him with Cheney.

Where are all of the Palin lovers now? Seriously. Defend her now. I'd love to see it.

Hey I saw a movie from Japan and I have an uncle who went to Europe: Can I be Head or State or something?!?

McCain/Palin: Campaign First

I must be dreaming.. OH my God! This woman is an IDIOT!! But she still have the support of same morons that voted twice for Bush cheering after she farts! PATHETIC!! And the repubs still have the audacity of defending her..Don't they have a little bit of dignity and sense of historic responsibility? Their brainless choice of Bush start the decline of this country BIG TIME. By now, America's elections are a big joke all over the world. Can you imagine if old McBush dies and she gets to be the president of USA!! We'll be in the fifth world league in no time..Oh but wait!,, at leas we'll have our sweet- saint -gracious-cheerleader Palin "governing" a country overpopulated with pregnant teenagers and with no wild species left....mmmm.. ...thanks but NO THANKS Mcpain! What a crappy and creepy joke Palin is! Anyone who finds her fit to the VP is a certified IDIOT and a moron and needs to have its head checked out!

McCain was not choosing with his mind when he chose this person as a running mate. If he was, he has demonstrated he is terrible, TERRIBLE, at making decisions.

Jane September 25th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

Man, you ignorant libs must be REALLY SKEEEERD to death of this woman. You turkeys have not a clue about what it is like to live next door to Russia. For my part, I'm glad I don't live near them. Obama sat up there today when he was interviewed and told one lie after another pretending he came up with all the proposals that OTHERS HAD ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DAYS. He had absolutely NOTHING to add to what had already been discussed. He is so stupid and he certainly is counting on you being stupid! "There needs to be a sense of urgency." Oh, brother, when did this RIP wake up? Washington has been on its head for weeks and he thinks people need a feeling of "urgency?" Ah, but this nut has to debate tomorrow night or BUST! Give me GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ANY DAY INSTEAD OF THIS CREEP!
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Jane, it's so obvious that you're still smarting and hurting over Hillary losing that it's not even funny. Give it a rest lady, you can hate on Obama all you want but the truth is, he spoke up in the meetings and asked questions, McStain talked for 2 minutes about very little in the meeting and even his own Republican collegues stated he did more harm than good by showing up there so keep trying with the haterade, you just make Obama look better and better and Hillary worse by your emotional anger

She can't possibly be as stupid as she sounds. I can see a bank from my house. I even go into banks every so often and do business. Does that mean I am Qualified to be the Secretary of the Treasury. No, it does not. Nor does being the head of the Alaskan government mean you have the experience to deal with possibly hostile governments.

Illustrates how "out of touch" with the world she really is...

A person can not "cheat their way" through law school and grauduate with high honors!
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I am simply in shock...shock. I truly do not know how any American could think this woman is qualified to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. She is literally crazy. To be honest with you...I feel a little bad for her, because though I do not agree with anything she believes in...I thought she was an interesting person...at this point I just do not care...if the republicans win with this current ticket...this country is definitely in trouble.

WE NOW KNOW WHY MCCAIN IS KEEPING HER AWAY FROM THE PRESS, IT'S THAT OLD SAYING. " IT'S BETTER TO REMAIN SILIENT AND APPEAR STUPID, THAN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT" ( boy has she removed all doubt) AND AMERICANS WANT THIS WOMEN A HEARTBEAT FROM THE PRESIDENCY. SOMEBODY SHOULD PULL OUT THAT OLD SCHOOL DAZE MOVIE, QUE UP THE SEEN WITH FISHBURNE SCREAMING "WAKE UP' "WAKE UP" "WAKE UP". OBAMA SHOULD WIN IN A REAGAN LIKE LANDSLIDE, IF PEOPLE ARE HONEST WITH THEMSELVES.

WE ARE NOT THIS STUPID AMERICA,

-OBAMA BIDEN-
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- YES WE CAN -

Three questions for Mrs. Palin:
(1) Have you been to Russia?
(2) What did those delegations discuss in detail?
(3) Could you please explain how Sakhalin 2 is important for energy issues?

"Hey, I might not know anything but I'm a woman AND attractive so I'm totally a maverick, right, anyone?! My husband has a high school education and wants to secede from the union! Teenage mentality rules! Republicans '08!, wooooo! "

EEEEEEKKKKKK!!!!! That's hilarious and very scary!!!! I have never seen any politician like her.... very moron!

OMG, she's dumber than I originally thought. Memo to Joe Biden, say as little as possible in the debate. Just let Sarah Palin talk her way back to Wasilla.

All I can say is "wow". Scary to imagine Palin "one heartbeat away from the presidency". I was undecided until the events of the last couple days, go Obama/Biden

Jane stay off the Vodka and pain killers....if you think Palin is qualified and Obama is a joke, I'll definately pray for you!

This could be funny if it were not so pathetic. Palin needs to see a doctor before things get worse. I mean it!!!

Jane,
Are you saying that Governor Palin is qualified to step in as the President ?

As a very conservative Republican, it scares the hell out of me to think she might become the Presendent of the Unites States if something ,God forebid, would happen to Presendent McMain.

what is she going to do when she debates with biden? he will stomp her if she comes like that. all she seems capable of is juvenile wise cracks. her inclusion in this campaign is quite insulting. mccain would have done better to have gone after hillary herself, but instead he went for a poor counterfeit.

obama/biden '08

If Russia was MY neighbor I don't think I would go around destroying the economy of my own country! That Palin bimbo has single handedly destroyed our economy and destroyed the economy of our children. Now she wants to force them into incest and make us all buy guns for the children to pay with. I don't want a gun in my house. I don't like how unfair Palin is to Blacks and Jews. I'm going to vote Obama !

I'll buy that for a dollar!!...ha ha

Jane, you prove my point. "Ignorant libs skeeeerd" – of this complete moron? I more scared of people like you who think living in Alaska makes you a Russian expert and I am anything but an ignorant lib. Why can't your hero simply outline her ideas for dealing with foreign affairs without resorting to these completely idiotic statements. At least Obama has actually lived and travelled outside the U.S and not just seen other places on TV. He also looks like he has no trouble in the intellect department. His perspective and knowledge give me more confidence that he can advance American policy when he meets a foreign leader. This is much more than I can say for Qualin. McCain should be ashamed for putting this lightweight on his ticket when there was so many better choices within the ranks of republicans and women. The fact that the heartbeat of a not too healthy lookin McCain is all that seperates her from the presidency should make anyone skeeerd.

My neighbor is Hispanic so that pretty much means I can claim to be fluent in Spanish.

I love to travel and have been to all 50 states and 39 countries.

Therefore I have more foreign policy experience (yes, I've ACTUALLY been OUT of the country) than Palin and should be the next VP. Vote for me!

She was a little shaky at times during the interview with Couric, but we must remember that she stands for basic family values - decent approaches to life learned through her Pentecostal upbringing and I am very proud of her!

A degree in communications/journalism, earned after 6 years of popping in and out of 4 colleges? Sarah the Illiterate SHOULD be selected for a national role–that of "poster child" for reform of higher education!

And the dems have the experience and leadership of a 1 term Senator. Hope and Change all the way baby. Do you all hear yourselves?

"Putin rears his head into American air space?" Just how is his neck? This is a moronic answer and this is the third or fourth time she has been asked this question.......had no one briefed her to prep for this question a bit better? My freshmen history students would get a zero for that answer. Second-guessing Israel and because "we don't want another Holocaust?" Even worse. Historical analogies are hard, they take a while to learn to use them well, again, my college frehmen make these kidns of mistakes. But I'm sorry, a possible VP of the United States???????? Pluh-eeeese. Palin is lost. I'm thinking now she is our only comic relief in this whole bailout crisis -

The Kathy Couric interview was pathetic! McCain shelters palin to know end....I think McCain knows deep down that his debate and palins won't go well..That's why he's halting everything from fundraisers, ads, debates, and travel plans. McCain knows he's not fit to run this country.

does she keep the clothes or are they loaners from McPimp's wife?

I think she should stick to lipstick. Hey! She's not wearing any!

Wow.

The few Palin apologists left around here really are rather sad.

Sorry, folks. The evidence is in. Not qualified.

She is "speaking in tongues" and only God can interpret it.

Now, if only God will translate if for the rest of us.

I too am shocked that the news media, especially CNN, has not picked up on the witchcraft video. Obama had non stop coverage on his pastor who made 30 seconds of terrible remarks seven yrs ago without Obama even there in church. But now we have someone with extreme beliefs who gets protection from witchcraft and blessings to get campaign financing and to run the country from a Pastor that she then praised on video in June of this year as she recalled his 2005 witchcraft blessing. I don't mind people talking in tongues but this level of righteousness does not bode well for our nation reducing the war mongering and returning to an era of peace and prosperity. Where is the news media on this? How much more is there to this story?

Sorry, little girl, but simply WANTING to be something really bad doesn't mean you're cut out for it. You're no more qualified to be VP than Paris Hilton, and you're every bit as lame-brained!

You know what is even scarier than Palin...the Republicans who continue to support her candidacy and defend her.

send her back to Alaska please.... this not the time for stupid politics, and uneducated politicians

wow. that's all i have to say...wow. that was so brutal. know your role and please shut your mouth,

Hot chick!! The ultimate MILF/VPILF!! "Vote for the hot chick". Notice, that the fire fighters seem to agree, all smiling.

THIS WOMAN NEED TO KEEP HER MOUTH SHUT.....SHE'S GIVEN AMERICAN POLITICIANS A REAL BAD NAME....THE ENTIRE WORLD IS FOLLOWING THIS ELECTION......SARAHLIAR,SARAHDUMBO.

Watching Palin interview is like watching Jack Nicholsen on As Good As It Gets. I just find myself wondering what crazy thing she will say next. Well, the debate should be interesting next week to say the least.

I just can't the image of the mom from "Bobby's World" out of my head.

With a degree in broadcasting from the University of Idaho, she sure doesn't sound too smart.

Tee he he!!!!

The really scary thing is how many Americans think she's great. Remember 4 years ago when we had the headline "how can 58 million people be so dumb"? God forbid, it happen again... but after Bush getting reelected, nothing can surprise me anymore. Horrify, yes, surprise no...

WHAAAAAAAT?!?!? Oh........my.......God. What a DITZ.

I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU MRS PALIN ... THIS IS NOT PTA ......PLEASE WAKE UP AMERICA BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE OBAME / BIDEN

I wonder if she knows who was president during the great depression. If not just ask Biden, He remembers the television speech.

I can see moon and stars from my home. I am qualified to be an austonaught.

Palin a heart beat away from being president.Dumb and Dumber must be the republicans favorite movie.

Isn't it rather important that you get her inane quote exactly accurate? She said "Putin...inhis head,...."

Sarah Palin has foreign policy experience now – yesterday she met two foreign leaders and hugged Henry Kissinger. Now she can mark that off her list. She might go on SNL next. And I just saw on MSNBC there's a corn maze off her. Wow

Anderson Cooper: Why don't you comment on Joe Biden saying FDR spoke on television in 1929 about the depression and Hoover was president then,. Why don't you make a big deal about that!!!!!!!!!
I guess he just miss spoke.

Please send this woman home!

She even looks like she could be Britney Spears' first cousin. Has anyone vetted her genealogy? Hey, Jamie's pregnant and it's a scandal...Bristol's pregnant it's a blessing.

If you've seen the Palin church video where she takes Rev. Muthee's "Make a way" prayer to it's God's will she should be governor, you should look up Rev. Muthee...chased a fortune teller out of her village in Kiambu, Kenya calling her a witch because she didn't accept Jesus and there had been several accidents near her house.. She was almost stoned.

Look up the article in the London Times online.

He's been to Palin's church by invitation ten times.

And we worry about her knowing Russia's next door?

Palin needs more than photo opps, sit down, pre-rehearsed interviews with foreign leaders ( talking about kids ) and bashing the press. She cries feminism if anyone talks against her. With all this, she needs a brain.

It's like that scene in "Ms. Congeniality" when they asked the contestant "Describe your perfect date." and she said April 23 because it's not so cold and it's not too warm. LOL!!!

If McCain/Palin gets office......My fellow Americans I think I'll see the great USA in 4 years! My bags are packed just in case. I was republican but this is ridiculous. I guest it's our turn. I mean the democrats did have Kerry.

Palin is an insult to the American People. Serious error in judgment for John McCain. I no longer trust the Republican party!

Obama/Biden 08

Too bad she dose not live close to an incredible economist... maybe with that we could solve the economic crisis! What a joke.

This scares me and i'm not even an American. I'm your neighbor.Tell you what guys. We're all with you.

It's just as ridiculous as my friend in downtown Cincinnati saying she can see Kentucky from her deck, so she knows how to grow tobacco...Sad, scary, and true that so many buy into this home grown baloney!
I want a president, not someone to have a beer with!

Has anybody else thought about the simple fact that Alaska is not the only state that borders Canada? By my count there are 10 other states that share a border with Canada... so I guess this means that these 10 governors are just as well qualified with foriegn policy because Canada is a major threat to our national security!

I know a man from the Air Force that was stationed in Alaska. And many times they would be scrambled to fend off the Russian air force. or spy planes.

This was when the cold war was on , before Palins time. So she needs to keep an eye on Russia and it does help her in the foreign affairs question.

If you were not in the Air Force or are not up on daily events that take place in Alaska. then don't try to out guess the enemy {Russia }

OMG. McCain – Dumber-than-a-bag-of-rocks '08

These type of remarks are very telling. After seeing the Palin witchcraft video and knowing that these far extreme religious are way different than the rest of us Christians it seems she is being consistent with her church's teachings that Armegedon is around the corner and she will be in a position to set it off. Russia is a nuclear power, Sara. Why on earth do you need to portray them as our enemy and where are you going to find the money to fund these new wars with the current ones leading us into so much debt that hurts our economy? Republicans are playing the fear card again. Will it work three times in a row? Stay tuned.

I have lived next to canada for 27 years. I should be vp! I have just as much foreign policy experience as she does. That qualifies me as well right?

What a nutso!

This my friends is the GOP VP pick!

Stick to plan "A" McSame, no more interviews for McPalin
And it's sicking how McShamless is playing politics with the economic crisis.

God help America

May God help us........ths woman can not become our VP............Let's make sure we do NOT elect a man that would choose such an inexpereinced, not thoughtful candidate. Refreshing to hear Clinton (Bill) say that he does not have all the answers. He has the sense to know we all blink – and should.

She is the Dan Quayle of 2008!

This is as stupid as McCain's economy is fundamentally strong comment. Are we so afraid of a mixed race American becoming President that we would entrust the future of this country with these two losers.

Sarah is certainly fluent in Russian; that flyover answer she laid on Couric was anything but comprehensible English.

"Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."

And there is where they are. They're there. We're there. We're all there. There, there.

Seriously?? No really... tell me this all a really bad joke. McCain wasn't kidding when he said that having her talk to the press wasn't in the best interest of his campaign... this is getting ridiculous. They just take turns digging themselves deeper into their hole...

The gift that keeps on giving lol Go back to Alaska!!!!

Nice going Jane, you must be so stupid and ignorant to not see that Sara Palin has absolutely no clue what she is talking about,
Does not give interviews, and when she does it is a comedy show. At least Obama is not a laughing stock like your wonderful Repub candidates. You guys should all go join a circus in Russia, that will give Palin lots of Foreign Affairs policy. She will say to Putin, can you see Alaska from your backyard.........

Keep staying in the spotlight Sarah, you've got the Children of the Corn tied up in fits.

BTW-Joe Biden has got the 'Gaffe-o-matic' tuned up and running at full speed.

He just keeps puttin' out the Hits.

I've known him for 36 years and have never seen him perform better.

And now the Clintons are backing John McCain.

It just doesn't get any better than this.

McCain/Palin '08

So, you thought that Bush/Cheney were the worst President and Vice President in the history of the US. With McCain/Palin you're looking at WORSE!

Free Levi.....
Peppermint Patty Palinas President would be worse the a $700B bailout.

ha ha ha!
One frozen neighbor ... Alaska is facing huge chunk of Siberia, Chukot populated by some polar bears and locked by Ural mountains......

Come on now, don't make mock of Gov Palin! She isn't stupid just ambitious/arrogant.

Can you imagine what an ego trip it has to be to go from the relatively new governor of Alaska to the VP candidate? If not balanced that could play with your head. With Gov. Palin it is like playing a double header!

Everytime that woman is asked a question, I keep waiting for her to say, "can I buy a vowel?"

I still cannot believe this woman could be the VP of the United States, let alone a heart beat away fromthe Presidency. What a joke and insult to all educated and experienced women who believe in equal pay, women's right/choice and actual credentials to run for office. A former beauty queen/sportscaster. Only in America........

It is clear that the advisors prepping Sarah Palin have given her a set of buzzwords and half answers to many questions that they anticipate. Sarah obviously is not such a quick study that she can then recombine those words into meaningful sentences.
If one cannot form a meaningful sentence – on any subject – then one is some sort of idiot, moron, vacuous person, and totally unfit for ANY national public office.
This is simply reality – not liberal or conservative and has absolutely nothing to do with any other candidate in this election.

I stood next to a Rocket Scientist and a Surgeon yesterday...

I must be qualified to discuss jet propulsion and do surgery as well since proximity in the Republican party equates to experience.

Maybe I can do a brain transplant for Mrs Barbie Palin oops Sarah Palin.

Wow. I watched the interview and I lost some braincells.

Palin is useless! Everytime she opens her mouth, I cringe! No wonder her Republican handlers keep her under wraps, she needs to go back to Alaska and watch Russia!

The Couric interview was both scary and humiliating for America. Honestly, is it too late for McCain to name Kaye Hutchinson or Olympia Snow, really anyone with experience and intellect as VP?

She does not know what she does not know. That means she does not have a good judgement.

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That's all you can do..she is a totally Moron!!!!!

you McCain people are showing your level of intellegence if you vote for this womam

Yeah.......Hockey Mom....Do you even know the difference between a hockey stick and a golf club? Do us all a favor and "remain hidden" and by all means "Keep Your Mouth Closed."

Your lipstick is making all Americans look bad!!!!!!

I am a Democrat and I am voting for McCain. Oh no! Why are you betraying Barack? You know why! Because John McCain had invented the BlackBerry. I love my blackberry. McCain know Washington for 30 years, Barack is new to Washington. McCain is smart and does not understand the economy and I am thrill to vote for McCain. McCain is rich and Barack is not. McCain has many houses and Barack does not. If I Americans get evicted from their homes they can get a room each from McCain. McCain is the real deal that will shake up Washington and himself because he is an insider. Sarah Palin is a foreign policy expert because she can see Russia from Alaska Joe Biden cannot see Russia from Delaware. This is why I am not voting for McCain.

Any Hillary voter who says they are voting for McCain with Palin I guess was not listening to anything else except that they want a women in the white house. I would think Hillary will not want your vote in 2012, if the country even lasts that long.
Barack and Biden are the only SAFE bet in this election. Palin is not work the risk and this interview proves it.

I am disgusted by those who try to defend her STUPID comments today. Yes I said it, STUPID. Lets be honest the presidential race is not a high school populartiy contest. It shoulod be about who is best fit to lead. I.E. who has the intelligence, judgement and knowledge to lead. To vote for someone just because of party affiliation no matter the qualifications is STUPID.

AND BY THE WAY HILLARY LOST. SHE RAN A GREAT CAMPAIGN BUT SHE LOST. LETS FACE REALITY..

Ken, I was a Hillary supporter too and this woman is as more worse than that miss teen usa girl. You can lie to yourself all you want. I was going to vote for McCain I am actually a volunteer in one of his offices but this is too sick to watch. I called our captain and bailed ship. Our office in OH has lost 4 people this week switching to Obama all who were true Hillary followers. I am sorry but this is not going to cut it this time. I would rather vote for the lesser of the 2 evils.

THE WOMAN IS AS INTELLIGENT AS A BUCKET OF SAND.

a trojan horse perhaps? how many of you have ever "acted" dumb? i know i have just to avoid being asked to do things i didnt want to do. thus the saying dumb as a box of rocks. yes playing dumb has its advantages. palin didnt get to where she is being stupid none that are in politics have. so before you actually think shes stupid, listen to her actually speak and the debates are upon us already. predjudice isnt just being a hater. pre-judge.making a verdict before you actually hear any facts. listen to what she has to say at the debates and if you dont like it then have your say. i for 1 havent heard anything from palin other than speechs.

RJ,CA and Abby, Like the rest of the Americans who actually believe Palin is a suitable VP, stop hiding behind racism and bigotry against Obama or stupidity. Obama and Biden are our best hope. Open you eyes to America's ability to defy the status quo, march boldly into the future, and not only meet challenges but excel because of those very challenges. JB

I could care less about Palin She's a joke and not worth talking about.

What I need to talk about is this bailout. Now I really think my head is about to explode. What the "F" is going on. Now the repugs are saying we should take our time. whaaaaaattttt!!!! Isn't our country about to fall into a depression if we do not act quickly.

The repugs really believe that we the people forget what they say from day to day, they must. How could they even think this little stunt that they are trying to pull would work if we remember the extreme nature of this situation. No more credit of any kind will be given if they don't get their gazillion dollars!!!! The whole country will stop functioning!!!!
Isn't this what they told us!!!

This slow down that is happening couldn't have anything to do with all the difficulties that McCain is having with his campaign. Is this McCain's next shiny object? I believe that he has misjudged us, the American People. We have been through to much over the past eight years. Aren't we all starving for something to have hope about. GOD,
I know that I am. The only hope out there is Barack Obama. He does mean hope for this country. He will pull us together.

If your not sure about how you are voting, go for HOPE
VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN

Obama is not ahead by 30 points because this country is still remarkably racist. If he were white, the Republithugs would be focused on 2012. And now suddenly they are concerned about sexism? Talk about a deathbed conversion!

Good reflection of McCain'a judgement...He still will argue the surge in a war we should not have fought! Obama is right, McCain doesn't get it!

What??!! So..... if I can see the moon from my house, I'm qualified to be an astronaut???? She's burying herself alive.

Now we all know why the Republican party is censoring their candidates from the press.

Whats that McCain? To busy to debate for an hour or two.

ROFL

Since this woman has been asked to be VP, lets be for real, the McCain campaign has treated her like nothing but a pinup girl. You know what, you can say, Phoenix is hating or whatever, but I've seen better. When she opens her mouth, she looks even worse. Jane, where do you fake Republicans get that from that liberals are afraid of Palin? If anything, they're happy she joined the ticket. This yet again sends the signal that Republican operate on fear and ignorance. I'm ashamed to say it since I am a Republican. We (Republicans) should be afraid of her because a McCain/Palin win will mean the end of our party. The only real threat she served to the left was attracting disgruntled Hillary voters, and she was too dumb to do that.

Incredibly, there are about 5-10 delusional people who have posted on here who actually think that Palin is a good candidate for VP. Those 5-10 people are amazingly misguided. How can you defend this woman who can't even form a coherent thought, but claims she'll be ready on Day 1?

look all this dudes taking picture with Palin hahahaha. Palin quit the small talk and have a debate and answer questions from the press.

On a serious note, I feel sorry for her. She should really withdraw from this race. As a women, I am greatly offended by the image that is being protrayed here. She is making all women look bad!

-For all those HC voters, surely you dont want a woman in office so bad that you would just take anyone. I would love to see a woman in office also, but one who is on the same track with HC. Sarah is no where near capable of being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. We already have one idiot in the White House, let not make the same mistake twice.

The McCain campaign keeps attacking the media bor sexism and bias all I have to say is just stop the saying anything about them at all just cover them ... let the cameras roll... they do a great job at destroying themselves.. i LIKE UM THE CHILDREN IN IRAGA DONT HAVE MAPS AND WE........

You Republicans need to stop being in denial. Palin is a farce, Mccain's judgement is pitiful and your demeaning of Obama is a joke.

This is out right funny – worse than the late night show comedy.
Great to know that BO will be our President and we dont have to worry about this funny Pitbull with a Lipstick. What an insult to the American Sanity.

People who STILL want to vote for this fashion parading hunter, GOD SAVE their POOR SOUL. AMEN

I would like to see Palin go back to Alaska and be the governor of a state that she is suited to lead.

I think that people are giving her too hard of a time. She is not just a neighbor to Russia, but plays an intricate role in governing the borders that Russia must at least to soem extent. And that is ultimately what she is trying to stress, at least I hope it is... Of course, it may not make her as qualified as Biden when it comes to foreign relations–at least in terms of experience, but it does give her something.

sicking is the only word that fits this person, go back to your road to know where.

McCain Checklist for VP ...

Woman... Check
Attractive... Check
Republican... Check

Enough said... I want her on the ticket...

No regard for Intelligence, Experience or anything that would qualify her as a VP or if worse comes to worse POTUS.

McCain's judgement is questionable at best, dangerous or lacking of any intelligence at the worst.

If this were Obama's VP choice FoxNews would never stop talking about it. Double Standard????

America needs new vetting laws for vp candidates.

McCain's pick of Sarah Palin places the security and well being of the United States in great potential jeopardy.

Are we truly unable to prevent this occurrence again?

Russian planes fly through Alaskan airspace, therefore Palin has enough foreign policy experience to be V.P.

I live near the airport with jets from BA, Lufthansa, Air France, Alitalia, Aer Lingus, Varig, Swissair, etc, etc flying over me. I guess that makes me qualified to be Secretary-General of the U.N.!

Who are these people who actually believe this mess that she has an actual argument. When we were in the cold war- Alaska was NEVER, let me repeat, NEVER in jeopardy of being attack. Hawaii is more so than Alaska.

BTW – why hasn't she added Canada to her resume? It's next door as well.

hey guyz, on my way to africa, i had a stop over in amsterdam and guess what, I have foreign policy experience.
PALIN GIVE ME BREAK

...and...

Christine,

Can I have some of what you are smoking?

McCain showed NO JUDGEMENT on his VP pick.

Palin makes VP Dan Quale look like a genius.

I saw that interview a while ago. Is it too late to get another VP canidate.LOL

To Jane above... you can't debate morons for it will bring you down to their level.

Simply stated Palin is not ready.........

some of you have gotten off topic, but if anyone possibly thinks they can defend this woman as a serious qualified candidate you are still celebrating at the rnc with your stupid elephant hats. i feel sorry for the woman, because McCain used her. he used her family, and her state to boost his campaign. McCain is nothing more than a pimp. 2 months ago no one new her she was living in alaska in her smalltown monopolizing her smalltown polotics, and then got thrown to the wolves, and not just the 30 that mythologically air dropped into alaska. no wonder she was sheltered, and now that the lipstick toting pitbull is off the leash everyone sees her bark is far worse than her bite.

Even Laura Bush says Palin doesn't have enough foreign policy experience.

If I only had a brain. Yep that is Palin. Palin makes a mockery of the election and the process. I wonder if the reset button of McCain is to replace her.

This lady is dumb as hell. Wow..... Not doing women justice at all

She is still talking that I can see Alaska from . . . Later Katie asked her a question about McCain and she attempted to answer it twice before saying, " I'll get back to you." What the feasy? Is this a game of concentration or a race for the President of the USA?

Well – in Washington state, we can see Canada. In fact, we can visit Canada often. That makes many WA state residents more qualified than Palin. She has not visited Russia.

Back in the cage you go Sarah.

What the hell do the Republican's think is going on here? This is a Presidential election not a Circus. They keep sending in the Clown's and nobody's laughing.

I really feel sorry for them if Palin-McCain is the best they can do.

she's better off being a pastor than a governor leave alone a VP. Her english construction is so horrible 'they're in a state which i am executive of'!!! this is just nothing but looks. a pretty face in an empty shell. imagine this being you president!!!!

Bin Ladin has given more interviews than Sarah Palin; and much better ones.

I live near a community swimming pool, so I must be Michael Phelps. I also live near some great restaurants, so I must be a chef too. And to top it all off, I live just a couple blocks away from an investment bank, so I've been making billions for the last 5 years!

McCain you are a selfish, self-righteous narcissist. I just watched Palin's interview on CBS. She is NOT READY to be President and YOU KNOW IT! I admire her determination, and I would love to vote for a woman. But you ARE PUTTING OUR COUNTRY AT RISK. She is not ready, she's not ready.

Sarah,
When you are riding a DEAD MOOSE....GET OFF ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

I grew up in New York. City I had hispanic friends, asian friends, canadian friends, friends from Europe, friends from Africa. I think makes me more qualified in "actual" foreign relations than Palin.

What a joke!!

Ok has Putin ever, even once, been to Alaska? I know when he "rears his head" and comes into our "air space" it is usually in Washington, DC. He did come to Texas too. I guess since I live there – I must have a much greater understanding of Russia since Putin has actually entered my "air space". I really have to wonder about the "air space" between her ears.

Well – in Washington state, we can see Canada. In fact, we can visit Canada often. That makes all WA state residents more qualified than Palin. She has not visited Russia.

Dont forget that palin has the witchhunter to lay hands on her to guide. her. And the people who speak in tonguesto confuss the the evil empire.

I ask you, what more does she need?

Since I have been to Mexico and europe numerous times I guess I have foreign policy experience make me secretary of state so that I can show my experience.

How can people say they can relate to palin? She is a dishonest person. She has lied or majorly stretched the truth on everything she has talked about. You would think these people would have been insulted by all her lies but maybe they are just too stupid to see they are being conned.

SARAH PALIN– THE REASON WHY MCCAIN RAN AWAY TO D.C.

THERE IS NOTHING FALSE ABOUT HOPE!!!!!

YES WE CAN!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

McCain has no authority to change the debates. No way will Obama agree to changing the VP debate!!!

Smoke
mirrors
smoke
mirrors

Keep making comments like that and you will not have a day job to return to, because the folks in Alaska will impeach you. Then it would be back to the mayor's office.

It's All About Sen. McCain; They Just Can't Wait!

Shortly before 2pm ET, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said on MSNBC that his boss deserves credit for the bipartisan bailout deal.

Bounds then apparently went way off message, indicating that McCain would attend tomorrow's debate. "We're going into a debate," Bounds said, adding "I think we're going there strong."

Here's a transcript of his conversation with Andrea Mitchell:

Before John McCain suspended his campaign yesterday, the situation that we're looking at today looked very different then. After he showed leadership and called for bipartisanship, for us to partisanship aside and tackle this solution head on, here we are. And we're going into a debate, I think we're going there strong.

At first I wanted the media to ask her questions but after hearing this I changed my mind. To the GOP, please shield "US" from Gov. Palin, this is torture.

To those who are claiming "Mrs. Palin is qualified to be VP" and is a "smart woman", do you realize how STUPID that statement makes YOU look?

You should actually watch the interview and how she responds. Its much worse than the text.

yee haw! we sure have us some fine leaders to pick from! all i can see out here from the roof of my trailer park is ma huntin possum in the woods and pa yellin at the radiator again! i wish i could see me a commie! i'd rope him like a steer!

AND john mccain has seen real live mexicans?! boy howdy i tell ya these folks is practically livin in the U-nited nations i tell ya what!

yeeeeeeee haaaaaaaaaaaw!

oUR PROBLEM IS THAT THE REPBUBLICANS THINK WE BELIEVE ANYTHING

I can see the sun from my window, so I'm qualified to be head of NASA. Here's a thought: if McCain chose someone as completely unqualified as Gov. Palin to be VP, who would he choose for the Supreme Court or Attorney General? Very scary. I'm a former Republican, so I had a tendency to give McCain the benefit of the doubt. Not any more.

I don't know what is funnier, some of the things Gov. Palin says or does or some of the Republicans and righties that come here and defend her no matter what. Let's be honest folks, if the Democrats had made a choice such as this the far right would be all over it from Dr. Laura down to Sean Hannity. I do admit though I don't think it's right for people to call her some of the names that they've called her here. Let's leave all the mean mouthing to the GOP, they are much better at it.

Hollywood couldn't write a script this crazy!!! No one would believe it!

Shock and awe. I remain in shock that she is really even happening and that people are willing to accept her as a potential president and awe: an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime
2archaic a: dread , terror b: the power to inspire dread

Somebody wake me up...I'm having a nightmare!!!

Yep, the 2008 remake of the "The Beverly Hillbillies" is in the final episode, altho, my favorite was when Ellie Mae(updated with an updo) made a high school chum head the Department of Agriculture in Alaska, because the gal liked "cows"!

I hope she knows the "cement pond" is not a watering hole.

I understand for the final show, Ellie will be "speaking in tongues" AGAIN. So, stay tuned due to the twisted tongue, I understand there may be a spin off of another '60's remake called "Gidget does Fairbanks"!

Oh for God's sake... shut up about your proximity to Russia! That's a MEANINGLESS qualification! I can see the moon from my backyard, but that doesn't qualify me to be an astronaut! Heck, I can see my wife across the room RIGHT NOW... but that doesn't mean I understand women.

I live close to Canada. I'm experienced in Canadian relations.

Seriously, are you kidding me with this? If I lived in Florida would that make me an expert on Cuba? Come on people, seriously.....

@RJ, CA: John McCain has not been present to make his vote since April. He has missed over 400 votes, which is the most amongst all senators. Furthermore, McCain missed more votes than the Senator from South Dakota (missed 312 votes) who had stroke-like symptoms! Sure, Obama is third, missing about 290 or so votes.

Now please quit whining about Senator Obama missing votes! Your candidate is even more pathetic when it comes to missing votes!

She should not be allowed to speak again....ever.

You are a nut case, only someone like Mccain could have made the judgment to select you to be a Vice president candidate. You are in the big leagues now and all your nickle dime decisions in the quiet of Alaska do not work in he real world. When this is over take John home with you he will need some laughs.

The woman is a ditz! I thought she had a journalism degree?! She can't even construct a sentence.

now that's what I call a sexist statement!!! Did Mccain hire her for the VP job because she is photogenic? popular? looks good? all we really know about Palin is that she looks good, not enough for me to vote for. I would vote for her if she was just in a beauty contest, definitely not because I agree with her policies, trust her or like her as a politician. Not my cup of tea!

"Yesterday, MomsRising.org members tried to deliver our letter–signed by over 21,000 people–to Governor Sarah Palin's office in Washington, D.C. The letter simply asked, "Where do you stand?" on key issues of importance to moms and families.

But, we were turned away at the door.

When pressed, Palin's staff told the group to drop the letter in the mail, refusing to acknowledge the crowd of moms (and adorable baby) who were in the office to hand deliver it."

'Nuff said.

Man, you ignorant libs must be REALLY SKEEEERD to death of this woman. You turkeys have not a clue about what it is like to live next door to Russia. For my part, I'm glad I don't live near them. Obama sat up there today when he was interviewed and told one lie after another pretending he came up with all the proposals that OTHERS HAD ALREADY BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DAYS. He had absolutely NOTHING to add to what had already been discussed. He is so stupid and he certainly is counting on you being stupid! "There needs to be a sense of urgency." Oh, brother, when did this RIP wake up? Washington has been on its head for weeks and he thinks people need a feeling of "urgency?" Ah, but this nut has to debate tomorrow night or BUST! Give me GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN ANY DAY INSTEAD OF THIS CREEP!

She is not serious is she? This is really part of one of those SNL skits right? No??? I can not believe that anyone believes she is qualified to be vice president. Normally the number two choice is not that important, but have you looked at McCain lately? The office of president has significantly aged every person who has taken that job. What happens when the stress gets to him and he dies. President Palin?? I know people can learn on the job, but they at least have to start with some common sense. Indicating that whenever Putin flies a plane close to Alaska the U.S. military sends an interceptor with the actual ability to negotiate with a foreign leader is ludicrous. Just admit that you do not have the foreign experience and what you plan to do to bolster your weaknesses in this area. Talking this type of nonsense shows you are not fit to lead and is a scary prospect when you look at the health and condition of the number one person on the ticket. No longer undecided in any sense. One Texan now for Obama/Biden.

This woman can't be serious. Is she this delerious???

But she slept in a Holiday Inn last night.

Oooooh boy

McCain is bound and determined to make a mockery of the Office of The President of the United States of America, our entire electoral process, our country, and our citizens.

Any kid that pays attention in school knows more about policies both foreign and domestic than this candidate. Neither she nor McCain are fit for duty. They just aren't cut out for the big job and I think sane people know this.

These people are a grave danger to our country and are advised by a bunch of hacks.

My girlfriend lives in Poland, I guess that makes me qualified on foreign relations too! All of the picks the GOP could have made they pick her. I hope that ticking time explodes on them soon, I will take in-experience over mindless stupidity any day.

Sara Sue, Are you saying Palin does needs an interpreter?

McCain / Palin just lost my vote. I am voting Democratic for the first time after careful review of this ticket.

Y'know, if a Governor of NY, Washington, Michigan, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota, Idaho, Vermont, New Hampshire, or Maine claimed they have foreign policy experience because THEY share a border with Canada... they'd be laughed at. It could be /true/, but in most cases, they'd be laughed at anyways. Why is this different? That, and the "trade missions"... ah, yeah. they do them. So does GA – I remember reading about Gov. Purdue's visit to China on one of those. Only problem for Palin... is that she never /went/ on one of those.
One other problem: "It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there". Ah... Gov. Palin. While we might, in fact do those things (I live in NY, how would I know?)...as far as I know, we don't generally /ACKNOWLEDGE/ that we do them, unless someone gets shot down, survives, and admits to it in person on whatever country's national TV network. But even then, we don't usually admit that we're spying on another country. It tends to make them angry.

just not smart enough!!!!

Wow I watched this interview and Silly Sarah is totally out of touch! I think her minister needs to do a little more anti-witch cleansing!

Sarah the witch doctor?

People you better watch out for this lady, she is a real flake!~

The worst part of all this is how unbelievably cynical a choice Palin is. Neither she nor anyone in the Republican party actually believes this BS about being next to Russia, they just think the voting public is so stupid that they can actually put that manure where foreign policy knowledge (much less experience) ought to be.

And the sad part is, ala PT Barnum, they're right. The minute McCain chose Palin his poll numbers should've fallen through the floor. But the fact is that Republicans will not only throw their own mothers under a bus to save even a 1% tax increase, they'll gladly put the whole world in jeopardy.

The MSM needs to pick their collective jaw up off the floor and rip this woman (and her ticket and her party) to shreds for being so irresponsible.

Palin is the most inept, functional moron I've seen on tv since McCain! They really scraped the bottom of the barrel for that one. I swear that she doesn't have two brain cells to rub together and the republicans are willing to put her in the position of power when ole John strokes out? The idea of her sitting next to that famous red telephone scares the hell out of me and should everyone else. The GOP has really fallen down as far as they can fall with the pick of Palin as veep. She is truly a scary individual! The next time you're on your front porch Sarah, wave and say hello to the ruskys for me!

A pin-up with the firemen. How more can she be objectified?

Christine September 25th, 2008 7:56 pm ET

I love how so many are mocking this, but if you think about it, given our history with Russia and the all-too-recent Cold War, it's very important for the Governor of Alaska to maintain impeccably up-to-date with anything going on there. Because, as this post states, Alaska is a very large and very important border to keep an eye on.
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Got it, check. I was wondering who might have been gullible enough to vote for Shrub 43 TWICE. Do the rest of the thinking Americans a favor this November and sit out this election; this is serious business and we don't need two dimwits like McCain and Palin running this country into the ground.

I live next to Mexico, can I be President?I am as qualified as she is! actually, I am more qualified, I have a REAL education and lived IN Russia! Why am I not on the ballot?

One of the duties of the Vice President is to step in for the President in emergencies. If Senator McCain is to busy, I think Governor Palin should debate for him.

If Republicans don’t think she can handle the debate and represent the McCain position, why do they think she can step in for the President in case of a real emergency and represent the US position?

I just have to say, as a women I am deeply disappointed that Sarah Palin thinks she is representative of the women of our country. Simply said I would rather be a man than be a women that is as outspoken about issues she is not in touch with as Sarah Palin is. I am sure she is somewhat inteligent, but LADY'S, MAKE NO MISTAKE SHE IS NO HILLARY CLINTON!!!!

Wait for it, Wait for it, Wait for it--Still waiting for something to come out of your mouth Sara that makes any sense.

A very dangerous person. Not to mention an utter moron.

If you haven't seen this part of the interview you need to see it. Palin is not just bad but awful. She nearly loses her composure. She was asked the same question by Charlie Gibson and didn't have a competent answer. She's asked the exact same question again and still doesn't have an answer. If you can't prepare for a question you have already been asked what can you prepare for- what questions can you handle.

This is a laughing matter. I have neighbours that are foreigners. That makes me an expert. Oh, god save America is all I can say

Between...the pastor saying a prayer over her to protect her against "witchcraft" and this latest interview you can tell me this is not REALLY scary now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH My......Someone call 911!!!!

Maybe it's really true that the first dude is the Shadow Gov maybe he was also the shadow mayor................................

At first I thought she was speaking in the style of "Pennsylvania Dutch" that reverses the sentences such as: "Up the stairs I go".

But the more I read what she says...ugh!

She may be smart but the way she speaks makes her sound very uneducated! She does have a college degree, right?

How will she come across to the rest ot he world if she has to deal with foreign dignitaries!

They would need a translater from Palinese to English!

Dear heavens, she's even dumber and less coherent than Bush, and I didn't think that was possible.

Your first executive decision as a proto-President, McCain, and you blew it spectacularly.

Problems with her answer:

Most of the Russian Population does not live in Northern Russia (aka Siberia). In fact the region where she lives near, Chukotka, only has a population of 55,000. And only half of those are Russians.

Some 112 million of Russia 's 147 million peo­ple (78%) live in European Russia near Moscow and St. Petersburg. This is where all the politcal action is as well.

Chukotka is 58 miles from the Alaska. I really doubt she can see it from her backyard.

And as someone else pointed out, governors do not respond to incursions into US air space, the US Air command does.

So she is either stupid or a liar.

I am sure Sarah Palin is a nice person. I feel bad for her though as she is a pawn in McCain's push for the White House. She is not allowed to speak her mind, she is forced to speak from a script. She cannot talk to the press when I have heard that she had a descent rapport with the press in Alaska. I wonder if she signed up for this when she said she would join the ticket? This has to be frustrating.

Everyone single person who posts here is a biased democratic, a party line voter, and incapable of actually looking at any issues.

Duh....................this woman is a tragic loser . With breathtaking inability to articulate the problems american voters face, she insists in stating absurd positions.................I'm so sorry we share the same chromosomes.

Yikes, the barbie moose is on the loose.

Well let's see...

I drove today, does that qualify to be Sec of Transportation
I saw Lake Michigan, does that make me Sec. of the Navy
I had French toast this morning, so that OBVIOUSLY gives me foreign policy experience.

She has no business in this race and I find it sad that her name is even being mentioned in the same sentence as McCain, Obama or Biden. She doesn't even measure up to their ankles! And no, I'm not sexist, I'm just allergic to BS.

BOJO 08

When ever I see ms. Palen , I smile to myself. This woman is not qualified for this position. If some thing happened to Mr. McCain, if he was elected, this woman would be in charge of our country. You all need to think about this.

My God, Sarah Palin is dumb! How can she be in charge of anything?Also what is wrong with McCain? I know he is desperate but to pick her....It is hysterical, the woman is stupid as stupid is! WOW! I dont think Kathie Couric has ever had to interview anyone as stupid.

Cmon cnn...

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September 25th, 2008 8:47 pm ET

This woman is utterly clueless. Did you see the Couric interview? God forbid she gets anywhere near the White House.

And now we hear that the Banking Committee had reached a substantive agreement until McCain threw a monkey wrench into it for political purposes? He should be tried for treason.

LOL

So, how much foreign policy do you expect from a pitbull with lipstick?

I wonder what Governor Palin thinks of Canada.

Governor Palin continues to demonstrate that she is very articulate, smart and experienced. Katies Couric's simpeeing attempt to sneer at Palin just shows how the major networks have a very slanted pro-Obama agenda. Fair and objective journalism is dead and the voters have seen it. It is a backhanded favor to McCain and Palin.

The McCain camp definitely needs to keep Sarah Palin away from reporters because she stinks. She does not know anything about anything. Being a next neighbor to a foreign country does not give you any foreign policy experience, it makes you just a neighbor. No wonder why the McCain camp is trying to postpone the vice presidential debate by postponing the presidential debate. The fact of the matter is Palin can not handle a fierce debate. She is just incompetent.

Hey im running for president in 2012. I live in Texas which is next to Mexico,so now i have foreign policy experiance.

She should be recalled...the training sessions did not work well, the McCain Camp needs to reset her!

She has a good point, you must admit

McCain/Palin '08

Obamaites please recall that during the primaries your savior named his childhood days in Indonesia as his most formative foreign policy experience. He was there from something like ages 6-10.

Oh, and that was before he talked about visiting 57 states of our USA . It also predated his reference to his grandmother as "a typical white person" who feared black men. A bigoted remark it there ever was one. Such a sentiment almost certainly would have driven a white candidate out of the presidential race. However, it was virtually ignored by Obama's fawning jounalistic entourage.

wait...did she just divulge american aerial reconaissance operations in russia...or was she just completely and utterly wrong...and incoherent...i'm seriously confused

When you realize that you have dug yourself in a hole, you should not keep on digging. This woman makes me very nervous, and keeps on making it very hard for me to support John McCain.

Where's Miss South Carolina when we need her?

"When big nations – like such as – Putin's Russia rears it's umm heads, that's why we are um... I am in charge of a big country – like such as – alaska – my hometown. so I have lots of foreign experience when I look out my window. The End. Can I be president... I mean Vice President, now?"

The lipstick is wearing off leaving the...

I'm simply speechless. She gives new meaning to the word 'stupid'. This would be funny if it wasn't so serious. I don't know whether to laugh my a– off or cry. How did we get into this mess with McCain/Palin? This is the best the Republicans had to offer the Country? God Help Us.

@ella and messiahobama
Obama has never said he has foreign policy becuase he lived in indonesia, he said he has experienced various cultures due to that part of his life. It is not Sen. Obama's fault or his supporters that Sen. McCain chose her and she is having some serious difficulty stating her and Sen. McCain's policies/experience. At this point when you attack Obama instead of confirming the obvious you look scared/childish. Palin is a great lady but there is a real possibilty that she is not ready for this role.

Let's make like Sarah Palin and get the puck outa' here! What's scarier than her foreign policy background is her religious beliefs and her (supposed) desire to ban certain books from the public library. Let's face it folks, McBomb & Gov. Plain are locked arm-in-arm, goose-stepping into the sunset. Time for a nap John.

Frickin' BIMBO. That's not being sexist . . . it's a reality.

Now that I thought about it,If Joe Biden said such ridiculous Comments it would for Sure be on the Five O'clock News,and then some.This VP wanna be Has Joe BEAT bigtime for Gaffes

Sarah, let us know when Putin fly's over Alaska again! I understand that all she talked about with the president of Afghanistan was his new baby so why would she tell us that she spoke of defense issues with him?

I think this is just another Sarah lie!

Are you surprised! She accepted the VP position without blinking. Her cockiness and zingers mask her acute knowledge deficit in both national and foreign affairs. Thanks McCain for putting country first.

redwhiteblue: her other line is I said thanks, but no thanks.

She is rather touched isn't she. Guess that's why McCain wants to cancel the debate, he know's she will put her foot so far in her mouth that they wont be able to fix it. If you can't hang with the big dogs you need to go back to Alaska.

I told someone at work I hope Biden rips her a new one, but guess that wont be happening.

Obama/Biden 08

Everytime I hear this woman speak, my head explodes!! I am looking for real estate in Canada, how can this country be so stupid to think of electing this moron, we all need to pray for this country.

If Americans make the mistake of voting for the McCain-Palin ticket, the United States will have moved many steps backward than we would have moved forward with the Obama-Biden ticket. Sarah Palin may have some "style" but she certainly lacks the substance that should give her the right to be a heartbeat away from the presidency.
Obama all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's Gov. McCain's plan.

Nominate Sarah Palin as VP, Get the women of America to vote for her. Win the election, Sarah Palin resigns, and he appoint whom ever he wants and the women of America is none the wiser. How About That and the joke is on all you women who fell for the BS!!!!

Palin will never get my vote.

She is a complete moron. She is so stupid that I can barely listen to her.

Robin,

I think you said it all.

Game over!

One WORD.........Katic Couric INTERVIEW with HER........UNQUALIFIED

Since her grasp of even the English language seems to be tenuous, at best, I wonder if Palin can even say "Hello" or "Goodbye" in Russian? Katie should have asked her that... I'm in Pennsylvania and took three semesters of Russian in high school and college, and they aren't even my neighbors.

It was like watching someone who can't sing doing karaoke. Just makes you cringe and feel uncomfortable.

PALIN is no question

the Republican's COVER GIRL

and

CENTERFOLD!

everyone's dying to see her in Penthouse next!

look at those firefighter's lined up with her!

I can see her full length phote on the wall in their locker room.

It was like watching someone who can't sing doing karaoke. Just makes cringe and uncomfortable.

The scariest thought is that many across this country refuse to believe what they are hearing coming out of her mouth to admit that she is a lame duck like McShame.

It is unfortunate that people just look at her family life or her appearance as a reason to vote for the republican ticket. Don't be a sucker.

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

no comment. wow!! Obama08

How in the hell is Obama only up by 2-3 points? Are you kidden me? Oh, I know...Racism is a horrible thing, and if you bigots can't get with the program we're all going to be screwed! I sure can't wait until whites aren't the majority anymore because they've proven that there evil views of anyone other than themselves has no measure, and no reason.

Are you kidding me? She said it AGAIN today to Katie Couric – she actually believes she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is near Russia and Canada and then said..."and they are foreign countries". This woman is a complete idiot and should immediately be shipped back to her land of cluelessness and corruption. McCain has really lost his mind to think this woman could actually be VP!

For the first time in the history of US, a VP candidate, Pinocchio Palin, should resign!! or even been fired!!!!

Open mouth insert FOOT!!!

OMG! The sad and frightening part is that she is serious. You could blame her coaches, but that would be sexist. She has a brain of her own, however underutilized.

I did some research for the previous posters, because they accidentally did not think about what they wrote.

Foreign Experience:

Obama:
"As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Obama has made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa."

Biden:
"Biden is also a long-time member and current chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. In 1997, he became the ranking minority member and chaired the committee from June 2001 through 2003."

Source: Wikipedia (And there is a lot more. Go read it yourself.)

Oh and some lady named Palin: "Russia's my next door neighbor!"

I find it very hard to believe that Putin has ever flown over Alaskan airspace as Palin said in the Couric interview. Here's why...

1. When Putin came to the US in July 2007, he met Bush in the state closest to Moscow...Maine. The NY Times article at the time says he landed his jet in Portsmouth, NH, which means he would have to have flown over the Atlantic.

2. All commercial flights from Moscow to the US and Canada fly over the Atlantic...even to LA (lookup Aeroflot's route map)

3. The 2001 Crawford, TX Bush-Putin summit began in Washington, proving yet another trans-Atlantic flight.

I'm happy to take back this statement if anyone finds proof.

Good Lord...can someone tell this woman that the first rule of hole is – stop digging?

Re: Ella

"and… Obama has foreign experience from the time he was five years old in Indonesia attending some school or another…."

All I have to say is that Obama can answer question without sounding like a babbling idiot. He is also a member of the Foreign Relations Committee

Anyway, judgment is important here, people. McCain's poor judgment is evident in his choice for Palin as VP, his stance on the Iraq war, his "fundamentals" statement, etc, etc, etc. Palin also lacks judgment -She lacks the judgment to know that this she is not ready for this VP position. Heck, she doesn't even have the judgment to have learn that this IS NOT foreign policy experience. The only piece of good judgment shown by the Palin-McCain (I mean, McCain-Palin) campaign has been to hide this woman from the media because they know she is not ready to answer "such difficult questions". laughable.....

The thought of this woman as Veep or possibly President is just downright scary.

I used to think Cher was the most stupid woman in the world but not anymore. Palin continues with her moronic statements and explanations. How do we know she wasn't hit a few times too many in the head with a hockey puck?

got to love it: Sacto Joe, Holly Mackarel!!

September 25th, 2008 9:14 pm ET
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the republicans want to US the people to bail their rich friends with our own money our tax money

the republicans said: we will fix it……..

the republicans said: (mcsame) i will go fix it

the republicans said : (mcbush) i summon both candidates here to be present to solve this (wink wink,__ stop attention on the debate and crisis so mcbush looks like he can think economics..)

the republicans said: we will not AGREE to just leave our rich friends without compensation, so there is no deal therefore no debate

the republicans said: we want to get richer and richer.. so no deal

the republicans said: no help for victims of hurracaine Katrina, they ought to fix it themselves

the republicans said: no help for millions of american families loosing their homes to foreclosures

the republicans said: yes yes bail out the richest in wallstreet they matter… even if they dont help the people in mains street (by the way that term is Obama's term not mcbush )

the republicans said: WE will TRICK YOU AGAIN

WE THE PEOPLE SAY : FOOL ME ONCE, TWICE BUT NOT A THIRD TIME, NO MORE MCBUSH NO MORE LIES, NO MORE DICTATORSHIPS IN THE US OF AMERICA, THIS LAND BELONGS TO US _ THE PEOPLE – NOT THE DYNASTIES

Purely Gross

Someone please put her out of her misery.
Her and Mccain have made a complete mockery out of this campaign,and the united states.We have become a bad joke.
And you ignorant repubs,please you are pathetic,im surprised you call yourselves americans.If i were you i would be very ashamed of myself,and not be proud,you are a bunch of racist bigots.No sense of dignity whatsoever.Ive been reading your repub vomit comments,and it tells me the mentality that you function on.You are about as bright as a piece of bread.

Palin's statement about monitoring US air space out of Alaska is indicative of her "doe in the headlight" approach to all. She is of a typical provincial mind and is only appealing to those people who also have difficulty seeing beyond there own backyards. I would not trust her as far as I could throw her.

Hey repubs, *THIS* is the person *YOU* want as VP? Are you kidding me? She redefines "dumb".

Is it just me or were her statements completely nonsensical? What was she saying???

I want to be the President of USA because I could see the White House from my toilet bowl.

PEOPLE PALIN IS A JOKE A SERIOUS JOKE AT THAT I AM SO SO TIRED OF HEARING HER OR NOT HEARING HER THAT ITS UPSETTING ME .PALIN WAS A DISTRACTION FROM JOHN MC LAME ,SHE MAKES NO SENSE MC LAME MAKES NO SENSE PLEASE LETS MAKE A CHANGE VOTE OBAMA .

I know everything about my neighbors to the right and my neighbors to the left. I've never been inside of their homes, but I can see their houses. Even though the borders are clear, I can still see.

Once, when I was, like, 34, my neighbors to the right received some of my mail and I received some of theirs. I noticed this (because I can read) and by the time I was ready to go drop off their mail, I already had a package on my front stoop that was labeled, "YOUR MAIL (DELIVERED TO OUR HOUSE BY MISTAKE)." I sent my son to give their mail to them. I felt good and responsible making that trade. Good and responsible!

Sometimes my son briefs me on what he sees when he crosses through their backyard on his way to school. BAD PEOPLE THEY ARE! Once, they yelled at him for "being nosey and butting in to their business." Yeah, right! Like keeping an eye on them is butting in! (Such uncivilized morons!)

Anyway, I know all about my neighbors because THEY ARE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO ME!

POST THIS CNN!

I find it so insulting to the AMerican people for Palin to say that Alaska's proximity to Russia gives her some form of foreign policy credentials. If that's the best they can do, they are definitely in trouble.

Gidget's not going to Washington, that's for sure!

she has gone from a mayor to a few thousand, to a governor of a few ten thousand, to the governor from the state that protects us americans from russia and canada, to protecting us from putins head rearing, wow, i'm dizzy from all this nonsense. has she for one small moment said or done anything that would represent her ability to be our countries vp or p?

I've lived in New York and Texas. Does that give me foreign credentials with Canada and Mexico? If so, I would like to put that on my resume.

well it's nice to know that Palin-Barbie doll knows where Alaska is on a map!! other than that she is clueless! Couric did a very good interview it's too bad Katie had to keep redirecting Palin back to answer the question..

It is obvious that the ONLY reason McMcain went to Wasington is to attempt to use it to further his campaign & use the bail out as a excuse to get out of the Pres debate..
He's doing nothing more than stirring up trouble in Washington. There was more progress being made before Mccain showed up to so called be involved. The Savior of the Financial bail out..GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
It blows my mind to know that there are Americans out there who would for vote the Rep ticket...This should be a Reality show it would get good ratings but unfortunately THIS IS REAL ...

Please people use your head and vote for Obama...

Forget about the VP debate, folks. McCain is needed in D.C. to save our country. So, no debate tomorrow – sorry about that 5 million dollars Mississippi – and the VP debate, next Thursday, will become the first presidential debate.

McCain: "Me First"

I do not know what kind of role Sarah Palin is seeking in the fact th at Alaska is next to Russia and Canada. Did she bring those two countries next to her state? Hey, I was born and raised in Nepal, spent two years serving LDS mission in India, have crossed Shino-Nepal border, f;ew over South-eastern Asian countries, spent a nights in Singapore and toured the Philippines for a month. Look, my foreign (policy) experience is bigger than hers. Should I have been vetted for John McCain's VP? Well, I would have disqualified anyway. I am not a beauty queen and as Zardari said, not 'gorgeous'.

Wow – seeing the words in print is even more mind boggling than the video & I didn't think ANYTHING could be more incoherant than that !

What an idiot!

Everyone should see the actual video of this incredibly simplistic woman answering Katie's serious questions. She is appallingly ill informed and came across worse than W at his worst. It's shocking she is in the running for a position of such power and is such an ignoramus.
I've never seen someone in such a high position be so incredibly ill prepared. She didn't even appear to understand her own answers and was so incoherent it was alarming to watch.

Soooooo.....

You meet with representatives of these countries how often????

That's what I thought, you don't. Sorry, you lose!

there are a lot of jokes out there about Sarah Palin, but I don't think it's funny. I saw her interviewed by Katie Couric, and was terrified. The issue is not necessarily that she isn't smart - I can't say one way or another - but she definitely doesn't have even the basic grasp what she would need to know if McCain (God forbid) was hit by a bus.

Enough Said!!!! Country is not first

Obama/Biden 08

And... "I see Russia from my home..." LOL
Great Foreign Experience Palin, Keep it up!

Oh, and Florida too, since Floridians can "see" Cuba.

~~~~Right. If there were a war, watch those Russian troops march right across Siberia to attack Alaska, the heart of the United States. Something seems off.....

Reading what this woman says makes my hair hurt.

Messiahbama,

you are no real republican!!! You care nothing about this country and its foreign policies. You care nothing about security. All you care about is that the party wins. I say we need new leadership in our party. Elect the liberal and rethink our party's purpose. We have changed. It angers me to see ridiculous comments coming from the right. I am far right but I am not an idiot and we are being represented by idiots.

By her logic, the governors of Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California also have "foreign policy experience".

dg

Anyone that isn't scared by the prospect of this lady being a heartbeat away from leading the country is either really, really stupid, living a delusion or a flat-out racist.

...did I mention really, really stupid?

The McCain campaign made a mistake it's still too early to unleash the pittbull.

CNN PLEASE POST THIS

Are you sure this wasn't a Saturday Night live sketch? Oh wait, what am I thinking; Tina Fey is smarter than that.

Intellectually vacant, and dangerously so.

Could she be any less coherent?

"That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land — boundary that we have with — Canada …our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of."

Huh?

DID ANYONE HEAR THIS WOMAN TODAY, KATIE COURIC POSED A FEW QUESTIONS TO PALIN. . .

PALIN IS "BRAINLESS"

Ya guess whose state gets hit first when your neighbors decide to attack?
You have bout as much foreign policy experiece as Mcshame has with economical! Keep to what you do best Palin. Photo ops!

W O W.

Interesting place to dig those heels in.

She is a Grade A idiot !!!

With coherence like that, not even the PTA would elect her! Alaska can't be this dumb... Is she on drugs?

none of these people are going to bring any good to ordinary citizens anyway.it is better to view a chick on tv than boring biden.go palin.hillary 2012

I hope to wake up from this nightmare on November 5th, American please don't tell me this is real, I must be dreaming.
PALING WHO? OH MY GOD.

I never been a big fan of OBAMA,but since MCCAIN put this BIMBO on the ticket ...I find my self in love with OBAMA,S CAMPAIGN everyday more an more ...THX JOHN MCCAIN ......................this FORMER HILLARY SUPPORTER who once thought of voting for u –just changed her mind --U R SO DUMB –THAT the dumbest person on the earth won,t vote for u -–

she is the reason obama has my vote!

This is not sad anymore. It's down right sacry. She is not qualified to be that close to the Presidency.

She's not even scary anymore, just pathetic.

Are you kidding me? The longer this carries on the more I am convinced that this woman is NOT fit for the office of Vice President let alone President! "I'll try to find ya some and I'll get em to ya?!?!" What the hell was that?

I have yet to hear her answer a question intelligently (McCain too for that matter!). Heavy sigh...if by some strange chance these folks get elected into office WE ARE DOOMED!!! Neither one of them have a clue when it comes to the economy or foreign affairs. I thought the goal was to put someone SMART into the office!

That interview was painful to watch – and I'm a Democrat. There is NO WAY that woman should be in the same time zone with the White House.

Good heavens – why isn't Obama ahead by 30 points? If there are any PUMAs eft, I'll bet they're real proud of their choice. LOL

"They're in the state that I am the executive of"?? I thought she had a college degree in journalism. And what the heck does "in the state" mean in regard to Russia? And Putin "rears his head"??? Holy cow, she's another Bush.

Pleeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzz. How can this be taken as the response from a serious candidate?

I live within a few hundred miles of a coal mines and steel mills, much closer than Palin is to the tip of some uninhabited piece of Russian tundra, and so I'm an expert on coal and steel... NOT

Karl Rove always counted on Americans to be shallow and stupid. His republican disciples running the McCain?palin campaign are betting on it one last time.

They have nothing else (oh except that Obama's name and background "sounds" like it might not be "American", wink, wink). These republican operatives and Bush operation vets, now running McCain's operation, are lower than low.

Are we still lying, come on let it go.

I thought that Palin was fully equipped in having her foreign policy credentials? That would be something that Biden needs to debate about because it does not seem as if Palin knows about foreign leaders, being that she was not allowed to talk to reporters!! She would probably hate for everyone to find out how inexperienced she is when it comes to foreign leaders.

Taylor Adams
18 yrs. old
100% Obama Supporter
USC Attendant

Oh really? I bet that makes u more qualified to be president uh! oh pliz!

Let me get this straight, SHE IS STILL LIAR. SHE DOES NOT DISPATCH OR NEGOTIATE A DARN THING WITH RUSSIA. SHE HAD NOT MET WITH ANY OFFICIALS OF OTHER COUNTRIES BEFORE THIS WEEK, SO EXACTLY HOW WAS SHE INVOLVED IN NEGOTIATIONS. COME ON AMERICA, SHE IS A JOURNALISTIC BEAUTY QUEEN WHO HAS BEEN RUNNING FROM THE MEDIA AND SAID SOME OF THE MOST IDIOTIC THINGS AGAIN TODAY. LIKE HOW SHE WANTS EVERY STUDENT AND AMERICAN TO SEE GROUND ZERO IN NEW YORK. HEY HAS SHE FIGURED OUT PEOPLE CAN NOT AFFORD GAS TO WORK, THAT IS IF THEY HAVE A JOB. IS SHE OUT OF TOUCH. DID SHE GO THERE BEFORE NOW ON HER OWN DIME, OR HAS IT JUST BEEN ON THE TAXPAYERS, IS SHE GOING TO PAY FOR AMERICA TO GO TO NEW YORK. D##BA$$!!

She scares me.

OMG!!!! Cmon people . Smarten up and say no thank you. Obama/Biden all the way

Sarah, you hit an all time low today. Congratulations. Katie Couric proved what we have all suspected. Please return to Alaska.

OMG – GAG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Can we invite you to the Debate tomorrow night with Obama? As you are ready to be in charge in the crisis when President is not available, you are willing to do so tomorrow?

Even better, the topic is foreign policy. I would like to see which one, Obama or Palin, will show his / her judgment about foreign policies.

I guess it's hard for the O-Kids to comprehend Govenor Palins comments, after all, they probably cheated their way through school like their Cult Leader.

I can't wait until Nov.4, I am soooooo tired of Sara Palin. She really is the hockey mom from the disney movie Matt Damon spoke of. If Russia is so close to Alaska why has she never been there, or Canada for that matter. I am sorry but she is simply not ready to be vice president of this country, the PTA maybe, American NO!!!!!!!!!!

Holy mackerel. And this person is an old, tired, cancer-ridden man's heartbeat from being PRESIDENT???!!!!

People, you need to do some serious thinking about supporting the McCain/Palin ticket. Do you REALLY want to role them dice?

This was another of McSames's lack of judgment. Palin is the most inept individual that could be vp of U.S. that I have ever heard. She is vp to a 72 yr old man with a history of melanoma cancer. It is shocking to think that she could be pres (if McSame wins). She is uninformed, and not knowledgeable on any level of government. She is ready to lead ?? It is obvious she knows nothing about important matters. If it wasn't so serious, it would be laughable, because she is a JOKE. no mcsame, no plain.

Is clown-face really trying to say she "knows" Russia? This is incredulous. You think she would let that joke die, but she is rehashing it!!!

Obamabots would not know that.

They are too busy knocking anyone who is not the GREAT Obama.

Girl, you have to let this one go.
Being close to Russia will not give you the required foreign policy experience.

See, George W was close to George senior all his life, he never got to be good president even after being INSIDE the White House for 7+years, he's still the big trash he came in as.

Sweetheart it really just doesn't work like that, we wont buy this argument.
No way, No How, No Palin. Thanks but no thanks!

and... Obama has foreign experience from the time he was five years old in Indonesia attending some school or another....

Blah, Blah, Blah, is this the best Palin can do in an interview? If so there is no way McCain and Palin are going to represent the USA on the world stage in a respective manner. At least the Democratic ticket can make it through an interview with the news media without stumbling all over their words.

Was for McCain/Palin ticket, will be voting for the Democrats in 08!

Obama/Biden 08

This of course makes most of us in the southwest experts on foreign policy because we're so near to Mexico.

What an idiot. I've never seen anyone so politically stupid in my life AND for it to be so obvious. No wonder why they're covering her up from the media and reporters. And I thought Bush was stupid ... she makes Bush look like a genius.

Good Grief! You would think she'd learn that the American people aren't going to buy that line. Many states border another country (Canada or Mexico). Look where that got us with Bush! Trade missions don't mean squat. Even Jesse Ventura went on trade missions when he was governor of MN.

Sarah is every bit as qualified, experienced and ready to lead as Obama.

Amerika is confusing professional campaigning- that Obama does better than anyone else- for actual experience.

Sarah is AS good as Obama- that is the problem- Obama is running for POTUS with no better credentials- less actually, than Sarah.

I would like to hear from Palin herself and not a spoke person, just because a state border a foregin Country does not mean that the Govner of the State know foregin policy. Palin has the looks of a pretty woman but this is not a pegant this is for the number two spot of the USA. show boating will not blind side me with a vote for Palin and McCain. As a former police officer, a miltary vet and a scoocer dad, who are looking to put my child through college, I need more to cast my vote, it look like Obama will get my vote.

Oh my gosh, tonights Couric interview was even worse than last night! Are you serious people...are you seriously supporting the fact that this woman is qualified for the VP role and could step into the presidency. It is becoming very apparent why they have been keeping her away from the press....very, very apparent. Wake me up, I must be dreaming.

I still don't see this foreign policy experience. Why is it that she bever directly answers a question; she eludes to it, yet repeats some useless rhetoric? I am just waiting to hear a genuine expression, maybe is she sat with more mainstream media outlets, on a show where she isnt necessarily speaking solely politics...maybe she'd loosen up and say something with substance. I know there's an opening on 'The View'..maybe, she can talk about something that'll come more naturallly, instead of repeating the same ole "Thanks, but no thanks" line to every issue in American policy

Sara Palin needs to quit dancing around the foriegn policy question and just say "I don't know" because she really doesn't know. There is more dancing when she is asked a question than there is on Dancing With The Stars. What kind of expierence does she have to lead, there is probably more people in Obama community programs than there is in her entire state. Which by the way she is under investigation for firing the states top cop illegally. I know citizens of my state wont let our gov. get away with anything like that. Ready to be president, try being a wife and mother first. So please just answer the questions truthfully or is that to hard, or is she taking pointers from John Mccain.

Reality check here folks...........

This person is going to be how many steps away from being President?

She can't define the "Bush Doctrine", explain the current financial crisis, has no foreign issue experience by any measure, doesn't know when she supported and then didn't support the bridge to nowhere (the $$$ is where ?) and after reviewing a number of interviews and statements can't put a complete, intelligent, thought process together to even begin to seem Vice-Presidential.

Please !

She still hasn't had any direct executive dealing with either country.. Who is she trying to kid? I work next to a surgeon's office. Does that make me qualified to remove your tonsils?
All decisions made about the military in Alaksa when it comes to defending our airspace are made by the military commanders who mastly hang out in NORAD. She has nothing to do with it.

GOV Palin is a SMART Woman. SHE would be Great on the Team.

She is qualified – to be VP!

I really understand what Sarah Pallin means. I am from Florida, which is right across from Cuba, the Bahamas, Haiti, The Dominican Republic; plus Florida shares the Golf of Mexico with many other countries. All of these countries are a closer distance to Florida than the distance between Florida and California, or Boston, or Michigan, etc. So, not that i want to be VP or anything, but I have more international experience than Pallin as far as proximity to other countries go. Oh, I forgot Venezuela.

Someone...anyone...PLEEEASE....make it stop!!!!!!!!

Sarah Palin is way cool.

She is JUST as good as Obama- which, admittedly is NOT that great.
But what is good for the gander should be acceptable in the goose as well.

The true leader for our times is Hillary Clinton.

Neither Palin nor Obama are close to HRC.

Wow. None of that makes any sense. As an international relations expert, it is certainly clear to me that Palin has absolutely no knowledge of foreign policy, not even the basic knowledge that can be obtained from viewing a few hours of news broadcast.

Never more truly spoken then by an ex beauty queen.

Biden is going to eat her up in their debate..............................IF SHE ATTENDS!?!?!?!?

What a disgrace!

I would like to hear from Palin herself and not a spoke person, just because a state border a foregin Country does not mean that the Govner of the State know foregin policy. Palin has the looks of a pretty woman but this is not a pegant this is for the number two spot of the USA. show boating will not blind side me with a vote for Palin and McCain. As a former police office, a miltary vet and a scoocer dad, who are looking to put my child through college, I need more to cast my vote, it look like Obama will get my vote.

Sarah is so Pale in substance. The more she speaks the more people see how not ready she is. I think she got to where she is because she is gorgeous. Looks do matter.

Please oh please oh please, just go away.

I was raised in Washington State, 80 miles from the Canadian border. I think I'll run for President. After all, I know how to spell the word Canada.

hahaha what a joke...Republicans must think Americans are stupid. Mccain is a old fart, Palin is an empty blouse = unstable/unable. Obama has my vote.

It's true that Alaska shares an international border with Alaska, and it is also true that, as Gov. Palin claims, you can see Russia from Alaska if you happen to be standing on Little Diomedes island, a barren and uninhabitable rock in the Bering strait, looking across a 2 mile wide channel to Big Diomedes island, another uninhabitable rock that happens to belong to Russia. Otherwise, a minimum of 58 miles separates the Russian and Alaskan mainlands. Never mind that these are some of the most sparsely populated regions on earth. From her home in Wasilla or her office in Juneau, Gov. Palin is approximately 1,500 miles from the Russian border. However, she's only a short distance to Canada in either location- but it is odd how that never comes up as a foreign policy credential. Does Gov. Palin know Canada is a foreign country? Has anybody every asked Gov. Palin if she has actually ever seen Russia from her home state? Has she ever met or interacted with a Russian official as part of her gubernatorial duties. I can look up in the sky from my backyard and see the moon, but I can't claim to be an Apollo astronaut.

Why doesn't the media dissect every stammer out of Obama's mouth?

Is it because it is racist to criticize a half black man for all his inexperience, gaffes and blunders?

Is it because piling on female candidates is the new sport this election cycle?

All of a sudden democrats are sexist bigots who spew hatred and create division. Way to go, Obama. Some great uniter.

Look at the guys in the pisture. They aren't laughing at the camera man folks! They are laughing at that walking joke in the middle.

I grew up in Germany as an Army brat, but it doesn't make me an expert in foreign policy. we were next door to the communists at that time but like i said it doesn't make me a VP candidate with foreign policy knowledge.

SARAH = MILLI VANILLI

"You know, I've realized that I really need to spend more time being the govenor and caring for my young children, particularly giving much of my attention to baby Trig. So, I've decided to resign from the position of the republican vp." Then you can just fade right back into Alaska, and keep the shred of dignity you have left.

Does the USA really allow Russian military planes to do fly overs over Alaska or do they turn back, most of the time, before they hit American airspace?

Could Gov. Palin be wrong, again?

I notice that Palin didn't say that she had anything to do with those swapped trade missions or military spy missions. But why would she need to be part of the action to take credit for it?
She is definately McCain's VP..

Imagine for a second, if you would, if Biden claimed that he obviously had foriegn affairs qualifications because he is just a moat away from France, England, Italy, Morocco, Norway, Finland, Scotland, Ireland, etc... What would people say if Biden had a unwed daughter in the family way? What would McCain be saying if Obama was shielding Biden for any and all competent news media and just let in the voiceboxes of the Democratic party? (and yes that was a rip on Fox, and I do watch them from time to time just to see if it is 'fair and balanced' usually all I can handle is 30 seconds).

All I can say is this,
if McCain and Palin win, that we will weap what we sow and we will WEEP!

If you believe in a Just and Good God, Pray that Obama and Biden win.
And if you don't then that is ok too.

This is America after all....
Not Iraq or Iran, etc...

You know what, if it wasn't for the fact that I love this country too much to leave it................I almost wish McCain/Palin would win this election so yall can see exactly where they put us four years from now (it would never be 8)!!!

I don't know if its scarier that they may be in office, or scarier that Americans (and I don't care where your from) buy into this crap!!

Sincerely,

A lifelong "whining bitter American" southerner who loves GOD and knows that Jesus taught us to love everyone and not just Republicans or "white" people

PALIN = MILLI VANILLI

Vapid!

Reading this just makes me want to scream! Being the governor of a state that borders another country has no bearing on any meaningful foreign policy experience!! The fact that she continues to present this a valid argument is SCARY. In addition to the fact that the portion of Russia anywhere near Alaska is a barren ice wasteland with virtually no inhabitants- she refused to answer the basic question regarding whether or not she personally has engaged in any negotiations,. trade missions, national security issues, or ANYTHING. And anyone who believes this this nonsense as valid should give up their US citizenship!!!

**CNN Please Post This**

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

Hey McLame… You might be able to hide Palin from the people and the press because she is too incompetent to answer any questions BUT YOU…YOU CAN”T HIDE FOREVER sooner or later the debate WILL happen and you will have nowhere to hide!

Look at the picture. Doesn't she look stupid. Guess what ... she doesn't just look stupid, she really is!!

And I've been to more countries than Palin.....I should be a UN representative. Governor Palin, being neighbors does not give you EXPERIENCE.

There is no greater possible preparation for leading the United States through the complex and dangerous maze that is foreign policy then the prestegious:
****SIX YEAR JORNALISM DOCTORATE*****only ever awarded once!!!! to Sarah Pailin for her thesis: Don't never talk to strangers n foreigners

When you believe the Earth is 6,000 years old, when you believe witches are a personal threat to you, and when you believe that being mayor of a small town qualifies you to be president of the United States, I suppose it's not a huge leap to believe that living a thousand miles from an uninhabited corner of Siberia gives you foreign policy expertise.

Wow, if that's foreign policy experience I have more than she does. I use to live 15 minutes from the mexican border. Hell John McCain could have pick me for V.P.

I just wrote a lengthy comment, but deleted it. It isn't worth it. Anyone who knows a thing about foreign policy knows that this is the most horrifying joke since "Mission Accomplished". Anyone who hasn't already figured that out isn't going to in the next few weeks.

OMG!!! I actually felt bad for Palin in that interview with Couric. She is way in over her head. McCain should suspend his campaign until November 5th.......

Wow! Her communication skills are really bad for having majored in Journalism. What exactly is she TRYING to say here?

McCain's smirk is reminding me more and more of Cheney's sneer.

God help this country.

koo koo...koo koo

For anyone who saw Palin speaking today, you should be running in the opposite direction. She again actually said she thinks she has foreign policy experience because Russia near Alaska!! She is an incompetent moron and has never been a viable VP candidate. McCain chose a total idiot for VP. As sick and old as McCain is the thought of this stupid woman as that close to the most powerful position in this world is terrifying. Oh and by the way – I thought McCain had suspended his campaign. Big surprise – he lied again! McCain did interviews today and ran TV ads in battleground states. He didn't suspend anything except his judgment. He is unfit for office and his VP pick is completely unqualiified and unprepared to do anything outside of her mooseville world. McCain and Palin are a joke and a disgrace. Obama and Biden are the real leaders with ethics, character, and with responsible solutions to start this nation on its path to recovery. Suspend your candidacy McCain – you have been caught in the worst kind of political stunt and voters everywhere are outraged. Don't show up at the debate. You are totally irrelevant to the future of this nation. Tomorrow night we can listen to Obama for 2 hours at the debate and you can stay in Washington causing problems for the team who had a solution until you showed up. You are not a leader, You are an opportunist who will do anything to win. You are too old to understand the future and what we need. Just pick one of your 9 homes and pick one of your 6 non-American-made cars to take you there to retire. Obama/Biden all the way!

Oh really Sarah... It's scary that she will be a heart beat away from being the next POTUS.

I mean it. She is Stupid!!!

lol, Palin is still trying to say that Russia being next to Alaska makes her experienced???GET outta here!
So does that mean I'm a certified nurse because my mom is one?

Are there no better qualified person in the whole of united state for the nomination as a VP candidate than your so called sarah palin because i can't imagine a yr 1 student of political science answering a question on foreign policy the way your probable VP answered katie couric question wednesday.I can't believe Americans are as dumb as this.

“That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land — boundary that we have with — Canada..."

You've GOT to be kidding me?! Either she's so ignorant she believes her own answers, or she thinks the American people are stupid enough to believe them. Either way, it's pathetic and insulting.

Wow even my 3 year old can speak more eloquently than this.

Well I see clearly why she is being kept from reporters. It's not sexism, it's stupidity. When she talks, she sounds dumb and makes McCain look like an idiot for choosing her. All I can say is WOW!

Somebody please get Beavis and Butthetta out of here! This is turning into a freak show. We have 2 wars going on and all this woman can say about her foreign policy credentials is Russia is close to Alaska?

I am casting my vote for every Democrat tomorrow from Barack all the way down to dog catcher. Prominent Republicans are not standing up and denouncing what their party has become, who their party is represented by.

Obama/Biden 2008/2012.

IS THIS TURNING INTO MISS CONGENIALITY CONTEST, THIS LADY HAS NO CLUE WHAT IS GOING ON. SHE IS A JOKE!!!!!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE.

"It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."

Someone much smarter (or stupider, maybe) than I will have to translate this for me.

Oh Sarah Palin, is there no cloudy day your comedy stylings can't make sunny? You're a breath of fresh air... America just isn't used to hearing the sorts of things you say.

Yes, Russia IS next door to Alaska. I'm glad she reminded us. Over and over. It doesn't mean anything, but she has a good command of that one fact.

I'm waiting for Gov. Palin to say anything meaningful.

McCain and Palin are outgunned intellectually. Can't wait for the debates.

The Democrats are driving this one. The media as well is making such a deal about Palin having little to none "foreign experience" and she is only going to be holding the VP slot, where I don't hear anything about Obama, who by the way has NO "foreign experience, nor does he have any executive experience, which by the way Palin DOES have. And Obama is running for the "President slot". What is wrong with this picture?

Palin in my opinion is better qualified in all aspects than Obama or Biden!

Being a Hillary Clinton supporter that is voting for McCain/Palin, because I want someone in the "Oval" office that knows what they are doing.

McCain/Palin 2008

Hillary Clinton 2012

That still does not justify having "foreign policy experience" Mrs Palin. You have none and lets get back to the real issues with the actual candidates.

I guess since I'm from California... I have Foreign Policy Experience with Mexico...

I know that no one really wants to say this because it may seem like a "label" or it may appear "sexist", but I'm going to say it because it truly needs to be said> SHE IS AN IDIOT!! Who would want this dummy to lead them? I don't want such an idiot close to the White House lawn let alone the oval office. How in the world did she get elected to any office at all? What was she running against in Alaska ... a moose? Maybe a dead moose, because if it was breathing, give me the moose. This lady is truly stupid. I mean that!! She is actually stupid ... the websters definition of the word. Stupid!! I'm just being honest here people. I know a lot of you want to say it but can't because you feel it may be morally wrong, but she's stupid. S-T-U-P-I-D. She is actually stupid. What was McCain thinking. I know the republican party is so pissed off right now. There are brilliant people in that party that would have been so much more qaulified to answer these questions. He's stupid too. Yeap, McCain is stupid too.

Why won't she releas her financial records before the debate?

If she has nothing to hide, why is she hiding?

Why won't shy comply with Troopergate?

If she has nothing to hide, why is she hiding?

Palin, Americas poorest choice for VP ever.

Oh, and have you head about her weird witch hunter pastor? Creepy!

I have lived in Alaska for 50 years and longer than Sarah Palin. Since Alaska is next to Russia and Canada, I'm more qualified to be the vice president. At the very least, I should get the secy of state job.

Hmm, the Russian province Alaska is "right over the border" from, Chukotka, is the second least populous in the entire Federation. It has a large population of native peoples, miners of tungsten and coal, and a great deal of reindeer–but no military presence to speak of. And it's about as far away from Moscow as Washington DC is.

Face it, Sarah, your mighty state is staring directly at Russia's elbow.

Well, it's better than nothing, which is all she's got to go on – otherwise they wouldn't even be taking this tack in the first place.

Whoa. Is that even English?

"That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land — boundary that we have with — Canada."

Maybe it's Russian. They're neighbors, you know.

Uh, duh! Gee, Sarah, thanks for the geography lesson. We'd have never known!

Some nerve you have...you are probably Russian anyway.

This woman is utterly clueless. Did you see the Couric interview? God forbid she gets anywhere near the White House.

And now we hear that the Banking Committee had reached a substantive agreement until McCain threw a monkey wrench into it for political purposes? He should be tried for treason.

Really? She would have to travel over 4400 miles to visit Moscow.
Putin does not live in Anadyr (capital of Chukotsky Province in Eastern Russia) and probably would take a direct flight from MOW to JFK. Why in the world would he take the long route to visit the USA?
Speaking of Chukotsky does she even know that Roman Abramovich is the governor and should we care?

Only an idiot would vote for McCain because they feel that Palin will strengthen the ticket.

Should anyone even comment this?

My next door neighbor is an idiot. That doesn't make me an expert on Sarah Palin.

Oh my, what a leader

really, just shut up...it's getting worse.

The scarry thing is is this is an example of the judgement this man has, to choose which people he would have with him if, god forbid, he should get into office.

Very well said Gov.Palin!!! In these tough times America needs to hear from you. You are a breath of fresh air...................FOR THE DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!

PLEASE CONTINUE TO GIVE INTERVIEWS ............PLEASE!!!

WHAT AN AIRHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!!

MORON!

As with the ABC interview I'm left speechless after watching .

This female pretender of a Vice-President is so unbelievable about her abilities it is amazing how gullible many in the electorate are about her. When she talks at any rally or interview it is only about general thoughts that anybody with some intellect can produce. She truly is a puppet for the GOP and it would be a tragedy for her to hold any office of responsibility within the Federal government. She is stone cold evidence of John McCain desperation moves to back into the White House and continue the tragedy of the Bush election over the past eight years.

That interview was terrible, I don't think Tina Fey will be able to dumb her self down enough to recreate this interview next time on Saturday Night Live....

She reminded me of that girl Miss teen USA who answered the most crazy rambling of an answer......
It reminds me of another beauty pageant contestant... hmmm:

"I personally believe, that U.S. Americans,
are unable to do so,
because uh,
some, people out there, in our nation don"t have maps.
and uh�
I believe that our education like such as in South Africa,
and the Iraq,
everywhere like such as�
and, I believe they should uh,
our education over here,
in the U.S. should help the U.S.
or should help South Africa,
and should help the Iraq and Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future,
for us."
- Miss South Carolina

OK, so because she has a hunting license and does not believe in abortion and helps her children say their prayers each night you are ready to hand her the keys to our nuclear arsenal and the driver's seat of our self destructing economy... I guess my parents were right when they told me as a child that "anyone can become president in this wonderful country." Unfortunately that is not a good thing... Would you trust this person to handle a one on one battle of minds with Osama? As tough as she talks I doubt she has the guts or the endurance to take on the world.

Palin is stupid and she is letting everyone know that now. Palin keep your mouth shut.

Who Cares!

HAHAHAHA

I can hardly type after reading this... so painful.

These statements pretty much sum it up for Palin's qualifications. What a goof.

Not only did she say that russia was her neigbor she also said canada was. Geographacially Canada is no where near Alaska. In addition, she said that Putin flying in his airplane is the U.S. airspace which is Alaska. I am offically freaked out that this woman might be v.p. We are in a fix. No wonder McCain wants to postpone the v.p. debate. Wow she is scary and I am speaking as a woman.

Oh, my goodness! It's Sarah Palin who is Bush II. Like him, she stumbles and is incoherent when she speaks, uses destructive syntax, and tries to obfuscate when she doesn't know what she's talking about. Add to that the fact that she was a mediocre college student, is a governor of an oil-producing state, disavows global warming, favors secrecy, and has the audacity to think she can be second-in-command of our country with so little experience in world affairs. It's Bush all over again.

ok I'm going to wake up and discover McCain actually picked someone that can actually be the president one day right? if this is the kind of judgement we can expect from McCain everyone needs to give their collective heads a shake and see through the smoke and mirrors – it's time for a genuine reality check folks!

Well heck maybe she can earmark some cash to complete that "bridge to nowhere" and connect Ketchikan to Russia..That way Ms Palin can walk across to Russia and stay there..such as why the American childeren cant read a map and such as...dang she gets on my nerves.

This is just sad. We're talking about the vice-presidency of the United States, not American Idol. Palin is not remotely qualified or intellectually capable of running the country. I was planning to vote for McCain, but I can't in good conscience support him when his first major decision was to pick a VP for purely political reasons with no sense of responsibility whatsoever (besides the fact that he clearly has no idea what he is talking about when it comes to the economy). I guess it will be stay home or Obama for me.

Thank you Gov. Palin you gave me a good reason to laugh, your interview was hilarious!!

My son left today for his second deployment to Iraq and for the second time in the last 6 years I've lost most of my 401K savings because of the corrupt dealing of wall street. Not to mention we lost our home in a hurricane in 2005 (while my son was in Iraq) and no one came to bail us out or help us rebuild. At a time when our country is in crisis mode I find your interviews quite entertaining!!!

It's time to get serious about putting our "country first". Sorry IMO you and Senator McCain just don't seem to know how to do that. My family and I will vote for Senator's Obama/Biden.

So it is worse than we thought...she doesn't even know what constitues foreign affairs experience.

Caribou Barbie sounds like a teenager auditioning for the role of "President" in a high school play.

How can anyone take this person seriously?

Overacting. NEXT!

. . .and Taco Bell makes me an expert on Mexico.

LOL!!!! In that case, Iowa is next to my state and guess what? I'm a Hawkeye!! LOL!!!!!!

Ohh my Sarah, I'm sure you are a good person...

If McCain-Palin wins this election l am moving to Russia.

Oy Vay

I am speechless

Also why aren't you covering the anti semitic remarks made by the preacher who prayed over Sarah Palin and cast out witches and witchcraft. This is more extreme than Wright by far and yet we had to hear about Wright 24/7. You should have this video-it is pretty available-and I am disappointed in CNN after I suffered listening to Rev Wright nonstop.

Oy Vey!

What a complete and utter airhead...

after this election is over sarah palin can get a job doing sarah palin on SNL. watch her face as she talks, it's as if it hurts looking for words that won't cause a her to be investagated or even worse not have a answer. ken

She sounds like a teenager auditioning for the role of "President" in a high school play.

How can anyone take this person seriously?

NEXT!

Reading this just makes me want to scream! Being the governor of a state that borders anther country has no bearing on any meaningful foreign policy experience!! The fact that she continues to present this a valid argument is SCARY. In addition to the fact tat the portion of Russia that is anywhere near Alaska is a barren ice wasteland with virtually no people – she refused to answer the basic question regarding whether or not she personally has engaged in any trade missions, national security issues, or ANYTHING. And anyone who believes this this nonsense as valid should give up their US citizenship!!!

Palin has set back the causes of women everywhere a generation...as a father of two daughters i am desperate to keep them from being exposed to this dribble...

After hearing Sarah Palin's interview with Katie Couric, I shudder at the thought that John McCain could have picked someone as unqualified as her to be his running mate. This shows a serious lack of judgement on his part.

The country deserves better than Sarah Palin. I heard her mangled the English language, and made me think we don't need another George Bush.

Sarah Palin, the plural of medium is media; not mediums.

This woman is clearly not up to the standard of being VP of the United States of America. She certainly and most definitely cannot represent me.

I pray to God that Barack Obama wins this election so he can help us to regain our standing in the world.

“It is from Alaska that we send THOSE out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."

"Those"? Those what? Spy planes, polar bears, welcome wagons? What?

Idiot.

YIKES!!!! She is getting scarier!

I can see Russia from my backyard!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hilarius!!!

HAHAHAAAHAHAAAAAHAHAAAAAAHAHAAAAHAAAHAAAA

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

I truly don't understand how anyone with a grain of common sense could believe that this woman has any experience, poiltically, domestically and internationally; to have her on the VP ticket is an utter disgrace to the American people and her mere presence has made this great nation into a laughing stock again. She has not been allowed to be interviewed with foreign dignitaries nor has anyone been able to interview her except for the brief, farsical tid-bits we the American people have been fed to like scraps from a king's table. We deserve better than this, as if eight years of misguided and misdirected leadership hasn't been enough! Obama-Biden 08!!

God help us all if this woman winds up sitting in the Oval Office.

Did I really just read that pathetic drival from Sarah Palin? Honestly, a high school kid could put together a better statement than that. This woman has NO IDEA, I repeat NO IDEA, what foreign policy experience even is.

I'm actually very saddened by this whole thing. Gov. Palin has clearly demonstrated an inability to think critically and quick on her feet. It seems as though she views the world in black and white. Our foreign relations are so much more than that. Her answers are not those of a politician who can think things through. I'm truly worried for our country if this ticet gets in. She has so much more to learn and is not as quick a study as many made her out to be.

The more she talks, the more worried I become. No wonder she is kept under wraps. Her answers lack depth and knowledge and she sticks to talking points and tries to tailor the questions to fit the talking points no matter how unrelated.

It's truly amazing to me how many people keep sticking up for this foolish. Truly most Americans cannot be that dumb.

PALIN IS AS "AIR–HEADED" AS MCCAIN!

I guess since I live next door to a neurologist I must be qualified to perform brain surgery!

I used to vote Republican, but after these four years I know it's in the best interest of my country to vote against my party, at least in this election. John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin showed extremely bad judgment! I used to think so, but now I know so. Every word that comes out of her mouth is ridiculous. John McCain is trying to pull the wool over our eyes, and I won't have it. I encourage any Republican to take a second look at what's going on, and perhaps change your vote to Obama – no one will know!

Wow, this just reinforces the reasons she is such a bad pick for VP. I can't wait to see her debate Biden.

I've heard this a couple times now! it seems that her state's proximity to Russia is her only foreign policy credential.

Palin's response sounded like one that a highschool student would give. This woman is scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

please...please...this is some kind of joke right? oh god!

THIS IS STUPID. WAKE UP AMERICA. YOU WANT THE HEAD OF STATES BEING ADDRESSED TO BY WORLD LEADERS AS "PRETTY, I WILL HUG YOU IF THE INSIST" HELLO 8 MORE YEARS. GOOD LUCK HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT 8 YEARS THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN SEND YOU AIDES.

GOOD LUCK AND GOODNIGHT

My neighbor is a druggie. Does that make me an expert any drug related topic? NO! Being a neighbor only gives you a reason to say "Hi."

I have a lot of respect for Gov Palin, but she's just not ready. They brought her into the process to late in the campaign, ad it's really beginning to show. Maybe in eight years.

Sarah is beautiful isn't she? She would make a great VP is she had "actual" brains.

The scariest thing about all this?

SHE IS NOT PUTTING US ON!
SHE BELIEVES ALL OF THIS NONSENSE!!!!

Obama/Biden '08

Why on earth would she want to open that again?!? She had a chance to let it be forgotten, or at least irrelevant. Foot in mouth....

Has Palin ever actually seen Russia? Doubtful.

I live closer to several nuclear plants than she does to Russia. Does that give me experience with nuclear engineering? C'mon, don't be ridiculous.

What a joke this woman is. I mean her words speak for themselves. She's completely clueless! As a woman I'm completely offended that she's running for VP. McCain couldn't find another woman more qualified than Palin? What a joke.

Ha Ha! Is this really what the Republicans put out as their VP pick? My husband who is a lifelong Repub and retired marine is ashamed and has decided to change parties this year. I a Independant and a woman could never ever vote for a woman like her. Heck, I am just as qualified to be Vice-Pres, I own a business and live next door to Mexico.

OMG. wow.

She is showing herself to be not so bright.

Russia is going to be one of the top threats to the U.S. during the next administration. Palin is simply saying that she has dealt with that country in regards to air space and other negotiations. It's more than Obama can say....and she's only running for VP, not the top job like he is.

I'm trying to parse Palin's argument, but it doesn't even seem logical. At least the lies had a logic to them (albeit a circular one).

Did Sarah Palin say she has economic ties with Russia? The same Russia that invaded Georgia and killed many innocent civilians? I thought she was opposed to how the Russians conduct themselves, unless there is a payday for Alaska in there?

WOW

just

WOW

i saw that interview and the one of miss south carolina and couldnt help laughing hard and crying for our dear USA.

THESE ECONOMIC CRISIS IS JUST A TIP OF THE TROUBLE WE HAVE IN AMERICA.

the press IS A VERY BIG CULPRIT in all these. it is incredulous.
i wanna know what katie couric was thinking right then.

It is extremely scary watching this person think and speak. John McCain has a history of a life threatening cancer and is acting irrational and scattered and on top of this his left eye is suddenly drooping. She would be a heartbeat away from leading our country though the toughest times in our history. Under normal conditions, Sarah would have a 33% chance of replacing the President if he was healthy. She could definitely become our President before the next election. Oh my Gad!

just plain stupid!

I can see the moon at night. I'm an astronaut!

Yeah and when I look outside the window at night I see the moon, I guess by Palin's logic, that makes me an astronaut. Please make the stupid stop....

good- lets get on with the v.p. debates!!

What is she talking about!!??? Clearly she has no idea. And this person would take over the presidency if anything happened to McCain (should he win the election!). God help America because America sure wouldn't be blessed if Palin became leader.

I wonder how much she really knows about Canada and Russia who share a proximity with Alaska. Give us some substantive details about these countries, their leaders and their policies. Oh! Sorry you don't know any??? Oh you have to get back to me on that?? What a surprise! NOT!!!!

Given this incompetence, I think McCain should release his medical records. He has had melanoma 6 times and it is a deadly form of cancer which is likely to return. This means that if he is elected, it is likely that Palin would have to take over in the event he is incapacitated. The country has a right to know.

No Way!

What? Palin has to be the most unintelligent VP candidate ever. Almost all of her answers to the few questions she actually did answer either are very generic or she refers back to what John McCain wants. She doesn't know what she is doing....she's just there to read scripts and take photo-ops hoping the American people are stupid enough to fall for it.

I CAN SEE RUSSIA FROM MY HOUSE!

WHAT??!!!

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What ??? anyhow who cares.. i can see space from here, so i am an astronaut, i guess.

And I am right next to Mexico, "it 's just right over the border" I shoud be running for VP

As Obama said once it's like these guys take pride of being ignorant. That is the best argument they can come up with. Do they really think we are stupid. Until Palin goes to " The situation room", " Meet the press" and all the orther major network newsshow to answer some though questions, i do not even consider her as a serious V.P candidate.

I think she is eating too much moose burger because I need a moose dictionary to decipher her nonsensical words.

oh ,for crying out loud. you've met more pakistani's than you have russians. that means one!

My neighbor is a police officer. I can see his house. I have talked to him about his work. I guess that makes me qualified to arrest bad guys.

Sorry Governor Palin, but I for one do not feel that living near a country makes you an expert on that country. In no way does this bolster your foreign policy credentials, rather this makes you appear to be desperate for support and out of touch with reality. Once you actually talk to a Russian political leader and the press is allowed to question you, get back to me. Stop letting yourself be coddled or you will never be ready to be vice president of the United States.

There is nothing you can do between now and November to make yourself more credible. Go home, Pitbull. Have a moose sandwich.

God help us if this woman gets into the White House.

stupifyingly stupid.

Sorry Ms. Governor, you are out of your depth.

Russia could care less for a amateur like you. If you think just being close to Russia makes you an expert on Russia, then I guess the current Secretarty of State wasted years of higher education and should have instead moved to Alaska.

Give me a break.

If you are a foreign policy guru because of your residence in Alaska, then I am the financial wizard because I have a 401(K) {Which is going down by the way}

I don't know what to say, and yet, here I am saying it. I keep waiting for Palin to show me that she's competent, but simply shying from an unfair press. I keep waiting for her to prove everyone wrong, and really come out shining with all the promise (and snarkiness) of her convention speech. But she hasn't. Her responses to Couric have been, so far, nonsensical or robotic. She must be very, very tired. She's way off her game... or way out of her league.

Wow.

This woman is such a fraud. And it's now becoming more and more apparent to the country as a whole since McCain and his camp decided to add Palin as a ploy - nothing more, nothing less - to attract the woman voter. And that in itself is an insult to women, in my male opinion. I know I wouldn't want a guy added to the ticket simply to try and gain my male vote. Can anyone truly say there is anything impressive about Palin? Because the GOP throws her in front or world leaders for photo opportunities we as voters should someone recognize this as foreign relations experience and savvy?

p.s. I can see four states from Chicago's Sears Tower and she can only see Russia. I win 4-1!

This logic, suggests that since I can see the moon from outside my bedroom window, then it practically makes me an astronaut. Hey, I even own a telescope!

Seriously...I think Americans everywhere are can see that we're in the middle of some challenging times. We need a serious President who has proven his judgement, has outlined his plans, and has surrounded himself with the best possible team. To me, Obama is that President.

How can anybody seriously even think of voting for this woman?

The world will laugh at us!

Oh my God! She is governor of a state that is smaller than many cities.
For instance, Detroit is home to 300,000 more people than the whole state of Alaska and also shares a border with Canada. Should the mayor of Detroit be a VP candidate? (Not to bash Kilpatrick, but in general.)
The answer of course is, NO.
This woman has no record that recommends her to the Vice-Presidency, particularly with a significantly higher likelyhood than usual, that she might become Commander and Chief.
This pick was great for Dems and otherwise one of the stupidest political decisions ever.
Clearly she is not qualified, look how much effort is going into keeping her away from the press.
The Obama camp has to love this.
Also, Dan Quail can no officially stop being the lest qualified VP pick.

What?? I am still not following her logic. She has had no diplomatic, political, or military discussions with Russia yet she knows them intimately because her state does trade with Russia? I don't buy it.

It's alarming that someone with as little foreign policy experience could be next in line to the Presidency. The President handles our foreign policy and I do not want there to be a chance that someone who has rarely been out of the country to be in control (and I'd rather not have to listen to her try to answer questions that she is just unprepared for–it makes her look pitiful and the rest of us uneasy). Seriously, it's an outrage and the true blame falls squarely on McCain. He's destroyed any credibility he had prior to choosing her and now just seems like a dead man walking, willing to do anything outrageous in order to be called a maverick. I'm going to wager that he will try to avoid having Palin debate–he's already trying to postpone the debates but I believe he wants to avoid them altogether.

What?

Has she lost her mind, or is she simply delusional?

I've been to Canada and I can speak and read Spanish – Can I be Secretary of State?

Before Bush was President he governed Texas. Texas borders Mexico. Clearly that gave Bush all the foreigh policy credentials he needed...

We're so lucky to have a candidate for VP with such strong credentials, a rich education, and views that are indicative of how most Americans feel. We should all be honored and encouraged by the fact that our neighbors around the world are getting to know us all a little better through Sarah.

I think I just threw up a little in my mouth...

Anyone notice she wasn't taken seriously! One leader looked like he was forcing himself on her. And 5 min with each leader qualifies her to be VP. I just spent 1 hr with my Dr. so I'm a brain surgeon?

doesn't need moderation, it's the truth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You should advise people to take Dramamine before they watch or read Palin's explanation of her foreign policy experience. All the circular talk... all those corkscrew twists and turns in her nonsensical word salad... Ooooh, I'm feeling nauseated.

she is an idiot

ENOUGH! ENOUGH! ENOUGH!!!!!

No wonder people like her...cute airhead. Speaks well for the right wing conservative base!

Just when you thought she couldn't say anything more stupid, Sarah has out done herself again!!!! "...'our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of,” said Palin. Ok, is it just me, but does any of that make sense? Where the heck did McCain find this one!!! Oh boy, me thinks we got trouble!!!

I would like to announce my candidacy for vice president. I live in Southern California which borders Mexico. Good enough?

WHAT in hell is she talking about, my grandkids make better sense than she does................!

I can see the moon from my house. Does that make me a diplomat?

"our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of,” said Palin.

Um, what? Now Russia is IN Alaska? OK, clearly you didn't mean that, but you can no more say that you have experience with Russia because you live next to it than you can say you've been to Ireland because you stopped there on a fuel stop. Some people might find your lack of knowledge charming, but as someone who cares about what happens to this country, I could not be more offended. You cannot just memorize what other people feed to be President or Vice President. You have to be able to hear all the different information and make hard decisions. You can't do that if you don't even understand what you are being told. Some might say that a Harvard Law degree and 12 years teaching consitutional law don't count as experience, but I look forward to again having a President that cares about the constitution and can think for himself. Go to Siberia, Sarah Palin. Come back in four years, and maybe I'll give you another shot.

OHMYGOSH. I now understand why McSame would rather she (Palin) not speak with the press.

"As Putin rears his head"???

Who's been coaching this woman, some relic of the 1950's Cold War?

What exactly does she do regarding Putin's alleged intrusions into U.S. air space over Alaska? Has she ever sent a communique to Washington? Has she ever put the Alaska National Guard on alert? Has she ever even been briefed on any such intrusions? In short, does her behavior as Alaska Governor in any way differ from that of the Montana governor because of this proximity to Russia?

This kind of talk might get you through a beauty pageant, but it doesn't make you fit to govern.

Ms Palin needs to get off this – it's just looking more embarrasing every time she says it. I only have a road separating me and a bank. Does that make me a financial expert?

Foreign policy experience comes from a lot more than having international neighbors (Illinois is just across a lake from another country) and shaking hands with a few leaders from other countries.

Sorry, but everything she says seems to be either incoherent, a lie or at best a stretch.

I'm not going to pay any attention to her anymore. She does not know what she is taking about.

HUH? WHAT?

DOES PALIN KNOW HOW TO MAKE COHERENT SENTENCES?

GGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

NO WONDER MCCAIN DOESN'T WANT THE DEBATES TO GO ON AS SCHEDULED.

You gotta be freakin' kiddin' me. Hell, I've been to Alaska, Japan, Panama and all over Europe. Does that qualify me to be the next Vice President of the United States??? I should think not. If you guys are really buying this, I got some hot new savings bonds I want to sell you and I promise that they'll make you a millionaire in one week. She is really a joke. Not because she's a woman, but because she's just a joke!!!

Obama-Biden '08/'12

She must have stayed in a Holiday Inn Express last night. Scary thought to have this woman in any position of power.

look at her surrounded by all those big strong firefighters. That's the kind of VP we need, a pin-up girl.

I can see a hospital from my house, does that make me a doctor?

Are you kidding me? What an immature, sophmoric comment to continue to make! I live in Florida and can see Cuba on a clear day–does that bolster my Ph.D. and business credentials? The part of Russia she can see from her back yard is tundra–inhabited by polar bears..not Putin!
Obama/ Biden 08

As a Canadian what a shock to find out that Sarah Palin thinks she is an executive of our country.

Once again.........SHE CAN NOT GIVE A STRAIGHT ANSWER! WHAT IS SHE TALKING ABOUT??????????

Sara Palin's latest interview with Couric made the last one look like she was
Einstein. Unbelievable.

Katie Couric(hardly my idea of a hard-hitting interviewer) ask the bobble head, we now know as the republican traveling side show, Sarah “Gidget” Palin, the woman’s answer is below:

“That Alaska has a very narrow maritime border between a foreign country, Russia, and on our other side, the land — boundary that we have with — Canada.
“…our next door neighbors are foreign countries. They're in the state that I am the executive of,” said Palin.

Sarah Screech a Speech then attempts to clarify her previous statement below:

“It's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the air space of the United States of America, where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border,” she said.

“It is from Alaska that we send those out to make sure that an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, Russia, because they are right there. They are right next to our state."

Observations:

1. Now I know why it took 5 years and 6 schools in Idaho to earn that degree in journalism

2. Never end a sentence in a preposition(Google it if you cannot find it above) especially on national television.

3. If people BELIEVE that tripe, you should not be walking among us unattended!

How can she say this with a straight face?

Russion bombers may enter US airspace, but they NEVER reach land! That would be a serious breach of national security and they'd be shot down. But what do we expect from someone who just ordered "How to be a VP: for Dummies" from Amazon.

HOW STUPID CAN THIS WOMAN BE? YET HOW STUPID IS MC CAIN? AND YET THEY WANT TO RUN THIS COUNTRY. JUST LIKE BUSH RUN IT FATHER IN THE GROUND.

Im so over Sarah Palin...what a joke.

May God help us if this woman is a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

She's right. Sharing a border with Canada is like sharing a border with Iran. She must be a foreign policy and national defense expert.

So that must mean that George W. Bush got his foreign policy and national security experience from being the governor of Texas and sharing a border with Mexico. Are people seriously considering her?

You have got to be kidding!
Ms. Palin is showing that maybe she shouldn't even be a Governor.
Unbelievable.

Wow, stay tuned. . .can you say Republican meltdown.

So "keeping an eye" on Russia, whatever that means, really boosts your foreign policy resume... If you believe that you believe in just about anything. Pathetic, just pathetic

This campaign is too reckless to earn anyones vote,

TOTALLY WRONG VP PICK

I do not trust him for making this horible pick and I certainly do not trust her; she is totally incapable of leading this country; we do not need another DUBYA (W) in office....

PLEASE VOTE THE SMART CHOICE AMERICA

OBAMA/BIDEN

With this economic crisis, the republican extremists, Palin as VP and a heart beat from the presidency, United States of America will become Americanistan in less than 4 years.

How painfully stupid. She is SO out of her league.

Now I understand why the Mccain campaign is hiding her from real questions from the good people of our country

Is she speaking in tongues? That makes no sense.

God help the USA if this woman becomes President. I agree with Paul Begala. We need to start a national effort right now to send vitamins to John McCain.

This woman is amazing... AMAZINGLY CLUELESS!!!!!.. She just has not clue..Such a joke!!!!

I see why they dont want her to do interviews!!!!

this is a joke. who is going to call her on this crap? do we have to get her on the View?

Palin's ignorance and justifications for her ignorance are stunning! By her definition, all the governors of states sharing borders with Canada and Mexico are foreign policy experts! The more she talks, the more it becomes clear how totally unqualified she is to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the United States.

So, if you live in Florida or Hawaii, you're completely ignorant of anything about Russia since you live so far away from it.

Let me see, With that thinking, then Arnold S, as the Gov of Calif is light years ahead of Palin to be VP on this ticket, as Calif is a huge Maritime port with LA and is right next door to Mexico with San Diego, does that make him an expert on World concerns and give him the expertise to meet with the Mexican goverment on subjects from Oil to Drug trade – I think not.

Why is it that the media of all sides...right and left are not alarmed by the answers she gives and question her on them! I am a woman and I am highly insulted that she acts as if she is representing "all" women who vote.

"Thanks but NO Thanks"

Really?! Hasn't she realized that this is the statement that earned her the aura of incompetence?

I live in El Paso, and I'm far from a diplomat to Mexico, and I know I'm much closer than Alaska is to Russia.

Sarah Palin, give up this argument, you can't possibly win, and I'm sure that your claim that you've swapped trade missions with Russia will soon be debunked.

Oh yeah, you talking tough about Putin and him "rearing his head" is far from being diplomatic...but hey, if you manage to start WWIII Alaska will be the first to defend the rest of us right?

Taking this article into consideration then realy Palin has experience that Obama and Biden do not have. Go Palin!

Russia doesn't even care about that part of Russia.

This kind of crap would only fly with Palin.

Maybe it's the demographic she appeals to: the Religious Right, who actually, truly believe that dinosaurs roamed the earth 4000 years ago and that god will hate you if you use a condom.

Maybe that's the reason she can get away with actually trying to use her state's proximity to Russia to bolster her foreign policy resume. To the above-mentioned demographic, this probably makes perfect sense.

"Hey, I'm Sarah Palin. I've only been outside of the U.S. once, but hey, my state is REALLY REALLY close to Russia, so it's not as though I don't know what's at stake here. I'VE GOT A GREAT MIND!"

Sarah is picking up where Hillary left off–except Sarah is much, much tougher. If Obama messes with her too much, she'll stick an M-16 up his nose and he'll wet his pants, the woos.

I just don't have words to say. It is truly unbelievable that this woman is the V.P. Russian planes fly over Alaska so that gives her foreign policy experience? This is too sad to be funny. Wake me up from this nightmare, PLEASE!

She is a moron or she thinks we are.....

How many of you saw Katie Couric ask Palin POINT BLANK " What are some good things John McCain has done in his tenure" she just looked at Couric and said "I will have to get back to you on that one" can you people actually believe this? She disagrees with Obama and says McCain's plan is better but yet she cant even name 1 SINGLE THING that McCain has done after she just said he had a great track record? OMG.....GIVE ME A BREAK!

Veterans for Obama

Dear Sarah, please for the sake of sanity, try to come up with coherent and complete sentences. Hope that is not too much.

Regards.

And the Governors of Texas have to constantly trade with Mexico – and guess where that foreign policy psuedo-experience got us ...

George W. Bush!!!

Thanks, Palin. But no thanks!

Thought there would be a million Palin jokes by now. But there aren't any.

If you think about it, McCain refusing to debate and wanting to change the debate schedule to cancel Palin's scheduled debate, it just unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman. It also kind of juvenile when McCain won't play with Obama unless he plays by McCain's rules.

Don't know about you, but I think I'm going to vote for the grown-up.

Why does she keep saying that?

Does she really not realize how stupid it sounds?

She doesn't really answer questions and has yet to buiild a case that she is fit to be our next V-P. I think McCain is going to develop a bad case of buyer's remorse when the VP debate nears. He's already trying to get it postponed.

I saw that clip. It's not as bad as I expected.

It's way, way worse.

I was willing to give Palin the benefit of the doubt. Basically sharp lady, hostile press and so on. But this wasn't "gotcha". This was Kouric asking "what did you mean by that?" and she just plain couldn't spit out an answer. About something she herself said. She kept taking quick little looks down, to her crib notes I guess, but that didn't seem to help her.

Folks, if someone's going to tell me they're ready to take over as president of the United States at any moment for the next four years, I want to know that they can answer a simple question.

And this woman might be a "heart-beat-away" from the Presidency???
Talk about putting fear into the American people! If the Repubs think this is "experience" and "security", then I have missed the original boat that brought imigrants to America in the late 1800's! This woman is truly DANGEROUS!

Everyone agreed that before the election, the selection of the vp candidate was the most presidential decision that they would make. Is it now safe to say mccain has failed miserably in making his choice?

I thought the campaign was suspended. Probably would have been a good idea to suspend it BEFORE the Couric-Palin interview.

For a brutally honest exchange of views on Governor Palin, see The Onion's Point-Counterpoint. But don't read it if you can't handle the truth.

Wow she is one stupid lady! There are plenty of qualified women. What about Kay Bailey Hutchinson she is extremely intelligent. This lady is like Ellie May Clampert from the "Beverly Hillbillies".

She is better than SNL.

Sarah cares nothing for the 2008' election. She's being groomed to run for President in 2012, after Obama has incurred the wrath of the public for faling to lead us out of the coming depression. Simpl, and right out of Karl Rove's mouth.

Sarah Palin 12 & 16'

I think Goethe expressed what our nation must be thinking at the moment – "There is nothing more terrifying than ignorance in action."
Sara Palin and John McCain are the epitome of ignorance......and arrogance. What a dreadful combination.

I would like to know a specific "trade mission" (whatever that is) that Mrs. Palin specifically and personally participated in. Clearly it did not take her to Russia, as she has never been there. She always speaks in vague generalities.

Who is she kidding? Most Americans have more depth of understanding of experiences and knowledge that are necessary for foreign policy work. If she becomes VP will her responsibility be to keep an eye on Russia from her own state? What action would she take if she sniffed out a problem with her neighboring country? Charm them with her looks?

Dear God Im from England and we have europe and Ireland almost in spitting distance so that makes me more qualified than her to be VP if we use her demented idea. Hell my pig is more qualified than her and my pig doesnt need lipstick.

Well I saw some birds fly over my yard today so according to Sarah Palin now I am an ornithologist.

She couldn't have sounded any dumber than she did with Katie Couric. All she can do is keep repeating the same talking points in between hemming and hawing. It's become quite clear that she isn't even qualified to be a governor let alone a heartbeat away from the presidency.

Question: Did you ever conduct negotiations with Russia?
Her Answer: My state is next to Russia!!

Who does she think she's fooling, anyhow?

Maybe we can get Jessica Simpson to run for VP. She can see Mexico!!

We have seen for 8 years what a big mistake can do to our country. A disastrous President and an uncaring, unethical puppet master for a Vice President.

Don't do it again...VOTE DEMOCRAT!!

IDIOT.

What a woman. The perfect model for my daughters. Mayor, Governor, Member of the Alaskan Conservation and Energy Board, candidate for VP and all by the age of 44 and all while raising 5 children.

Besides all that she's gorgeous which is making Nancy Pelosi go for Botox injections and increase her visits to her shrink.

UNBELIEVABLE. I can't believe Couric didn't say– ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME. She doesn't seem to care how stupid she looks. VERY SCARY.

What a total idiot. So I guess that means if I can see Mexico from California and have traveled outside the US I'm qualified to be Vice President. If you really think your fit for public office fess up in Trooper Gate. Let us all know what you and Todd did to get this guy fired.

When Sarah Palin was announced as McCain's running mate, I laughed. I'm not laughing now. I'm afraid of her ignorance and what it could do to our country. I wish she would stop mentioning Putin, she's making me very nervous. Imagine her as President, what a nightmare.

Obama/Biden 2008

From Toronto Canada

This lady is REAL REAL FUNNY, The MCCain campaign was really smart hiding her from the media because everything she says does not make sense to me...America WAKE up how can you vote for Mccain with her by his side, I Liked MCCain till he choose Sarah Palin, Canadian knows she is wrong and clueless...WAKE UP AMERICA

Does the movie " Clueless" ring a bell?

mccain

To: Independent but Leaning, Darko. Mike, Syracuse NY, Mark, and others on title of September 25th, 2008 6:46 pm ET…..Obama: There needs to be a sense of urgency:
So there's a sense of urgency, but not so much that he won't suspend his campaign or postpone the debate. What a self-centered loser……………...LET’S WEIGHT THESE REMARKS….MCCAIN & CAMP SAID LAST WEEK THAT MCCAIN HAS THE SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THE CRISIS OF WALL STREET, HE IS WILLING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION IF HE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT………….WHO really is the SELF-CENTERED LOSER?????????????????

seriously? That's your response?

You know what she reminds me of? Those cut-in-paste replies you get from online comment forms. You type in a question, and out pops a generic response. They don't usually respond to the actual question, they just give generic answers... cause they've picked up on some buzz word.

Comeon Sarah... I know you must be better than that. Try going off script for a change. I know there must be a real person in there somewhere.

Wasilla wants their idiot back. The town misses her. Johnny McCain, are you not humiliated?

she can see her next door neighbor when she looses the elction

WHO CARES!!!!!

OMG! She still using that stupid...I can see Russia in my back yard again! Give us a break!

A land border with Canada huh? So does Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Michigan, Minnesota.. .need I go on?? How about the land border with Mexico that several of our states claim? Apparently it is this proximity to a foreign country that gave GW Bush the clear foreign policy advantage! And if Russia is going to attack us, which she can't possibly think would happen, less all of NATO destroy them, does she really think Alaska would be the "targeted" state? I am sure Anchorage or Juneau was one of the cities that the terrorists contemplated hitting because of its clear importance into our economic and fundamental values!!! She's got to be kidding me!

Has she been to Russia? Can she speak Russian? Does she understand anything about Russian politics?

Lots of people can see Russia from their house, it does not qualify them to be VP...

Come on. CNN, you have to play the interview with Katie Couric. Palin fumbled through the whole thing. Especially when asked about Russia and her foreign policy experience as it relates to Russia and Canada. Please people look it up. You will laugh, then you will get really scared at the idea that this candidate could be elected into office to help run this country.