October 12, 2008
Posted: 08:21 PM ET

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Palin visited the crucial battleground state of Ohio Sunday.
Palin visited the crucial battleground state of Ohio Sunday.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio (CNN) — At a campaign rally designed to reflect the pastoral beauty of the heartland in autumn — with a stage set up in a red barn overlooking a sweeping field and piles of pumpkins — Sarah Palin warned the audience about the threat of terrorism, and explained that the Republican ticket should be elected because “we know who the bad guys are.”

“Help me, Ohio, to help put John McCain in the White House,” she said. “He understands. He understands you. We understand how important it is that this team be elected. For one thing, we know who the bad guys are, OK?”

That statement elicited scattered shouts of “Obama!” throughout the crowd.

“We know that in the war, it’s terrorists, terrorists who hate America and her allies and would seek to destroy us, and the bad guys are those who would support and sympathize with the terrorists,” she said. “They do not like America because of what we stand for. Liberty. Freedom. Equal rights. Those who sympathize and support those terrorists who would seek to destroy all that it is that we value, those are the bad guys, OK?”

Was Palin suggesting that Barack Obama and Joe Biden don’t understand the terrorist threat? Who exactly were the “bad guys” Palin was referring to? A spokesperson for the campaign would only say that the governor was describing “nations that sympathize with terrorists, period.”

The vice presidential nominee pressed on and pointed the finger at more bad guys — the “greedy and corrupt and arrogant” mavens of Wall Street and Washington who, she said, have pushed the nation’s economy to the brink.

“We know who the good guys are, and it is you, and we will fight for you, and we will put government on your side,” she promised. “We will end the arrogant and the selfish practices of Washington and of Wall Street because your United States government is to be of the people, by the people, for the people.”

In her remarks, Palin also appeared to acknowledge the snow-balling narrative that Republican rallies have grown increasingly hostile and angry in the waning weeks of the campaign, echoing weekend remarks by McCain himself.

“All across America, I know that there’s a lot of anger right now,” she said. “There’s anger about the insider dealing of lobbyists and anger at the greed of Wall Street, and anger about the arrogance of the Washington elite. And with serious reforms to change Washington, John McCain is going to turn your anger into action.”

Filed under: Ohio • Sarah Palin


Sherri in Indiana   October 12th, 2008 10:12 pm ET

Send this thing back to Alaska where she belongs!

David of Kansas   October 12th, 2008 10:12 pm ET

Forget about Obamaniacs, It's the McCain Palin crowd who is the radical ones. No one is shouting "Kill McCain, He's a terrorist."

JF   October 12th, 2008 10:12 pm ET

Umm “we know who the bad guys are.” If im not mistaken, Your president and party started the war in Iraq to capture people who had nothing to do with 9/11. we know who the bad guys are…………..No you dont!!!

grrr   October 12th, 2008 10:12 pm ET

how can g.w. have an approval rate of 18% and the gop ticket 40.. something… are you that scared?.. just say barack, ok?

Had Enough   October 12th, 2008 10:12 pm ET

Typical Rethug ploy…let's scare the American people into believing anybody who is different than us MUST be a terrorist. Go home, Sarah. You are an absolute disgrace to this wonderful country.

Get Real   October 12th, 2008 10:11 pm ET

Sounds like the Alaska Independence Party which both she and Todd at someone time supported or sople to.

Jeffer65   October 12th, 2008 10:11 pm ET

Great we'll be safe, but poor and socialist. Not a good trade off, Ms. Palin.

Pat   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

If someone with authority doesn't stop this America is going to have a riot on their hands that will make the 60's look like a Love Fest! Sarah's persing of words, ineuendos and veiled attacks are what one might expect from deal makers not a VP! This is abominal coming from the McCain Campaign. They apologize and then ambiguously make the same attacks and think we don't know who the real target is! It is becoming very clear why John choose Sarah as his running mate! The thought of having her anywhere near the White House is too scary!

James in Ohio   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Why does this woman think that she and Senator McCain are the only ones who know who the "bad guys" are? It's silly. Please Mrs. Palin, please stop inferring that Mr. Obama is sympathetic to terrorists and is somehow unpatriotic. We do not need the fear mongering that existed in the 2004 election, and it appears to me that such fear mongering is all that this "pitbull" has brought to her campaign.

Annoyed in NC   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

And she might get away with it too if not for all these meddling voters…

Eric Cooper   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

I have been motivated to volunteer for the Obama campaign for nearly two years now, and it had everything to do with his politics. But after reading the craziness of Palin, I have never been more sure that I am doing the right thing, and I am even more motivated to get out there and stomp for what I believe in. Good guys, bad guys…we ALL love America you supposed high and mighty Christian with your devisive rants.

Obama/Biden '08

toni cheeks   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

I am having nightmares about this woman! Please send her home

Ashamed Republican   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Sarah Palin is NOT one of the good guys. Her nasty diatribes against Obama fill me with disgust. This is not the way an American election should be run. Her sneering remarks and canned phrases are unpatriotic and serve to inflame some of her followers. Well, you can count me out…I voted early for the first time this year…for Obama. I refuse to let this woman represent me and my country. There is anger in America…and it is directed toward you and your negativity. Why do you think you were booed in Philadelphia at the hockey game? The majority of Americans think you are out of your league.

George W Bush   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Wow. The Republicans should win because they know who "bad guys" are? haha…..wow

michael   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Fascist, period.
Fundamentalist, period.
Dangerous, period.
God save America.

Open Your 3rd Eye   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

Sarah Palin-

It truly shows your ignorance & incompetence, or possibly your own blind ambition and disreguard for someone else's safety, when you spew the false idea of fear throughout middle America. I am not sure if you completely understand that there are racists at those rallies who do not make much effort to get to know Barack Obama. Therefore, when they hear you speak, as their candidate, they are trusting your every word and looking for answers. That said, it is urgently essential you recognize the line before you, and the the sign staring you in the face which says "Do Not Cross."

WE=ARE=ONE=NATION

irony   October 12th, 2008 10:10 pm ET

she is a racist, bigot, liar, fear-mongerer, mean, evil, vindictive, uneducated, unintelligent, blowhard, riot inciting, venom spewing, hatred spouting, race baiting, unethical, unscrupulous, conniving, deceitful, hypocritical, poisonous, disingenuous, narcissistic, dangerous candidate of all-time! Please, for the sake of our children and grand children Vote for Barack Obama/Joe Biden!

JAMES ARAUJO   October 12th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

YOU ARE THE BAD PERSON IN THIS RACE!!!!
AMERICA WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANOTHER PRESIDENT THAT ABUSES THEIR POWER!!!!!
CORRUPT!!!!!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Ex Republican   October 12th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

The bad guys are the fear-mongerers and their racist groupies who are threatening to tear the country apart with their hatred, and who lie about everything with an almost pathological zeal.

Tim   October 12th, 2008 10:09 pm ET

And this is the problem with people like Sarah Palin - they see the world only as "good guys" and "bad guys." Sorry, Governor, but on the world stage, sometimes you have to talk to the "bad guys." It took Bush a long time to figure that out, and I don't want to give you the opportunity to figure it out too…after it might be too late.

VOICE OF REASON   October 12th, 2008 10:08 pm ET

barak knows how to deal with terrorists and america haters better than anyone and first hand too. experience with these types of low life is an obama strong suit,

Ned   October 12th, 2008 10:08 pm ET

We all need to put our entrenched political ideas aside and come to realize we will soon elect a man who will be the leader of the entire free world. We are not electing a King, Nor should we be electing someone with the thought this may be a chance for payback for all the undertrodden of our society. Remember who pays the taxes and who spilt the blood for this nation and saved our right to vote, to speak as we do and to live free. We have an opportunity to vote for an American Hero. Tough times will be with us for a long time to come. I think John McCain is better suited for the times ahead. If Obama pulls this out, there will be a culture war, no doubt.

Jermaine Fanfair   October 12th, 2008 10:07 pm ET

“We know who the bad guys are.” Yet another not-so-veiled attempt to rally the forces of division. Nothing simultaneously confuses and motivates people like good ol' reliable fear. When are the politics of fear superseded by genuine concern for the fear Americans feel about our economic future? What about real solutions? The attacks of 9/11 initially bred unity and resolve to face the challenges that lay ahead; however, our fear would be used against us to persuade us that we needed to get the "bad guys" in Iraq. Now, when we face the greatest economic downturn since the Great Depression, what do we need to do?…of course, "get the bad guys." Yeah, that's it. It all makes sense now, once we get the bad guys, unemployment will drop, corporate mergers will cease, the price of gas will go down, stocks will rise and, oh yeah, my property value will be restored.

Jean Doe   October 12th, 2008 10:07 pm ET

Yeah we know who the guys are. IT IS NOT McCAIN/PAlIN. With the hate speaches. If any thing happens McCain sholud be a SHAMED…

K from VT   October 12th, 2008 10:07 pm ET

Fear mongering at its best. These simplistic words "good guys", "bad guys" and the simplistic ideas behind them WILL NOT solve any of our nation's current problems nor bring people together to work toward the common good nor improve our national standing.
The words coming out of Palin's mouth - and the message being espoused by the McCain campaign - are what we should all be afraid of!

If this is the rhetoric and tone of what is to be cultivated across America by McCain and Palin and their surrogates, may God help us get through these last weeks of this campaign with as little damage as possible to our great nation.

Mashawnda Dowell in NC   October 12th, 2008 10:06 pm ET

I believe that Sarah is a has been. No one cares what she has to say anymore. McCain…yes maybe…we would like to hear what he has to say. Sarah…no.

cincinnati   October 12th, 2008 10:06 pm ET

absolutely mind blowing.

TNMomma   October 12th, 2008 10:06 pm ET

Caribou Barbie~Common sense sold separately!

mj   October 12th, 2008 10:05 pm ET

This woman is truly dangerous. I really liked McCain in 2000 and would have voted for him over Hillary if Obama wouldn't have won the primary. I wasn't sure who I'd vote for once Obama won. It is so clear to me that Palin is dishonest and not very intelligent although she is great at public speaking when she has a prepared script. She is out there to appeal to the low information voter but I truly believe that most people are too intelligent and have too much at risk to believe what she spouts off. She did abuse her power when firing Monegan and she has very little knowledge outside of Alaska. She was a very poor pick for VP and that is very sad because if McCain could have chosen a more competent VP candidate, he could be ahead in the polls instead of behing. Imagine if he would have selected Romney!

brian   October 12th, 2008 10:05 pm ET

Sarah Palin you are great! Please keep speaking and giving interviews!

Obama 2008

Austin Tim   October 12th, 2008 10:05 pm ET

All you need to do to see this anger first hand, from the comfort of your computer chair, is to log on to a conservative forum/discussion/blog such as Townhall.com There is no meaningful discussion. No discussion of issues other than the media is all behind a conspiracy for………….actually I’m not sure what the conspiracy is. I bailed off the website. They can’t get past Obama being the wrong percentage to call himself African-American, his “fake” birth certificate or him turning us all into socialistic terrorists who work for ACORN. Time for bed.

Damian   October 12th, 2008 10:05 pm ET

More incitement of hate and violence from the LIAR Sarah Palin. Hey, Pa-liar, how'd that investigation turn out?

Once she fails at this, she's going to be persona non grata everywhere.

Or, at least, if there's any justice in the world, she will be.

Lilarose in Bandon, Oregon   October 12th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

If John McCain handles an international crisis the way he suspended his campaign and raced back to Washington to make a fool of himself, God Help Us.

Mr. McCain needs to RETIRE and Sarah Dearest needs to go back home and raise her family (and he kids' families).

darrell   October 12th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

Palin really needs to stop making insinuations that ties the name Obama to the word 'terrorist' while her husband Todd belonged to a group that promoted treason like activities, and that Palin spoke to at several of their conventions.

Only 23 more days and we will never have to hear from this crackpot again.

KJL   October 12th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

Palin has missed her true calling as one of those cheesy televangelists who talk gullible folks out of their money. I wouldn't be surprised if that's the next mischief she becomes involved in when she loses this election. Lord help us if she wins.

WHAT?   October 12th, 2008 10:04 pm ET

She did it again. She made bogus connections between terrorists, or in her little elementary world,"the bad guys" and Barack Obama. She did not correct her crownd when they started their violent chanting that Obama was a terrorist. Next she will claim that she can't control everything said in her crowds.

This is not "Putin rearing his Head" Sarah, this is facism rearing it's head right here in middle America.

Jrosy   October 12th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

WHat a waste of energy. Sarah Pain has no substance in her speech. She only talks in general terms as if she is talking to a crowd of 3rd graders. If you can't give specifics at this point in the elections, cease to try and rattle the crowd with vague info which does not address any current issues facing all americans.

Go OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!!

Rebecca   October 12th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

Sarah Palin is insane, no wonder her and McCain get along so well.

xargaw   October 12th, 2008 10:03 pm ET

John McCain has been in Washington for 26 years. Much ofl the trouble he has been embroiled in during that time has been related to his conduct with lobbyists; from the Keating Five to Vicki Isleman. He has been a huge de-regulation advocate. Now his campaign is being run predominantly by the very lobbyists responsible for many of our current problems stemming from Wall Street. Don't tell me he is the one to fix things. He is part of the problem.

Orlando   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

If the Vendetta Governor drew a line between the good guy and the bad guy. She wins hands down for the Bad Guy.

Christine in Indianapolis   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

"Your anger into action," eh? Is it wise to honor racists with the promise of turning their anger into action?

Gov. Palin, after reading your comments made at this rally (stated in line with conveniently placed chants of Obama), I have every confidence that you are inciting these crowds to hatred and divisiveness.

Anthony   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

"Good Guys" and "Bad Guys"???
What is this, elementary school?
The world is NOT that black and white. Give us some credit here lady. Being leader of the free world takes an understanding that is not that cut and dry. What makes her think that on an international stage WE arent looked upon as "Bad Guys". We need leadership that has a certain level of intelligence and understanding, not arrogance and ego-mania. Especially when a woman like this is so religiously motivated.
How about this for starters.. I THINK SHE IS ONE OF THE BAD GUYS.

Now do the right thing Ohio, and vote Obama.

Ryan in Michigan   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

She needs to tone it down and make sure to refute those people who yelled that obama was a terrorist before violence starts up..

For political reasons, keep it up, it will only keep driving your poll numbers down and my candidate will be in the white house… but we, as americans right now do not need people trying to divide us or incite internal violence within this beautiful country.. we need leadership, REAL leadership, not this divide and conquer crap.

Closely Watching   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

I got news for ya' Sarah. You may be able to gather up the red-necks and card carrying KKK residents of this state, but there are just as many, if not more, of us who clearly see the light, and it isn't you and McFearMonger. Take your predictions of doom and gloom and go back to your home turf…your days are numbered.

Obama/Biden '08~Real change and experience we can believe in!

Yosh   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

Doesn't she sound like the very President Bush even worst? Her characterization is terrifying for the thinking mind. Does she know the implication of her blind accusation and its predictable consequence? Divisiveness is not a good virtue. Same body needs to tell her power is a responsibility and needs to be used accordingly. I am sure at same point she might have to answer to the American people and I encourage people to ask her to clarify her point. The simplistic division between good and bad is mind boggling? It reminds me “You are with us or against us” paraphrase. It is very scary all over again.

jude   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

Palin is just an idiot and a divider. Her plan is to create fear like GWB did and then tie "THAT ONE" to it. Guess what McPalin!! not this time around, it will not work and will never work again because we mainstream and hard working Americans know better. You talk about relationships, what about the relationship of your husband with the Alaskan separalist party? this is a case of kettle calling pot black. Continue fooling yourselves with all your lies, fear mongering and what have you, it will not work. When the living God says yes, no man can say no. God has said yes to "THAT ONE" and so shall it be. We're in the 21st century and we don't need dirty politics like McPalin have engaged in. If McSenile truly puts country first, then Palin should not be on his tickets. They already feel like they're above the law with their arrogance, being a POW does not make one qualify for the presidency, as far as i'm concerned, McShame is a failure and his records clearly shows that. Lost four fighter jets and got shot down because he just does not get it. AMERICAN wake up from your slumber and don't be fooled again. VOTE for peace, VOTE for a true leader, VOTE for prosperity, VOTE for "THAT ONE". We're all Gods children regardless of race, color and gender. God is not happy with us, he has shown his anger in so many ways like the natural disasters, financial melt down and etc, we should be our brothers keepers, show and spread love, not hatred like McPalin.

Dennis   October 12th, 2008 10:02 pm ET

She oversimplifies things into good and bad … God help the country if she is elected as VP and then has to take over as president.

McCain/Palin 08 … lights out

nelda   October 12th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

Really? McCain understands? What exactly does he understand, Palin?
Figuring out how many houses he owns? Eating in expensive dinners and ordering $50 plates? Or how its like to own 7 cars and can't decide which one he likes most?

Does this sound like a man who lives like the regular joe? He has NO CLUE!

Jeff an Independent   October 12th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

Too bad kindergarten children don't vote.

WoW   October 12th, 2008 10:01 pm ET

WoW!

It seems that the majority of Americans are bad guys/girls for even thinking about voting for Obama. I kind of like it.
Maybe the 45% that still think the Republicans are the answer should consider invading a state and secede from the Union (Say Alaska).

No foreign government could succeed in doing near the damage to the US as the Bush administration and the republicans have done.

I have no party affiliation so I vote for the lesser of the two evils. This time I will vote for Obama. The party of Roosevelt has been hijacked.

Mike in Ohio   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Sarah, you are dangerous. You sound like Joe McCarthy.

Nestly   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Are you not tired of abusing power? Better go back to Alaska they can tolerate you, we can't. McCain understands that Obama is a President we can trust, why is it so hard for you to get it? Do you want more of Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Jorge UU Boosh   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

I want to see Palin arrested for INCITING VIOLENCE!!!

Fernando   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

Never any specifics, just finger pointing and fear mongering.

LuccaB   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

She is pathetic! The US will be far less safe with this woman in any kind of position of power. She also has the audacity to claim to be "Cleared of any hint of unethical activity" ? Perhaps she should read the report. What a fraud.

Xavier   October 12th, 2008 10:00 pm ET

After this election is over we are going to look back at McCain and Palin's racist and hate filled rhetoric and hang our heads down in shame. We are American's, we should know better than to stoop to the level this two are stooping too. This is 2008, not 1958. Come on America, lets show the world that there are more good people in America, that look beyond race. Its time that hate filled villains like Palin and McCain become relics of the past.

Karen   October 12th, 2008 9:59 pm ET

Wow, she's the scary one, totally frightening extremist nutter. She makes even totally vague terrorists sound good in comparison.

Catherine   October 12th, 2008 9:59 pm ET

Wow. McCain is a 72-year old man. Who says that Vice Presidential nominations don't matter? A third of Presidents have died in office. Why not have Sarah Palin as President of the United States of America? Wow, the United States has it right (as the world can rightly see) and McCain in his almighty wisdom and outstanding judgment made a most intelligent decision in which he put COUNTRY FIRST because he chose such an intelligent and competent woman as his running mate!!!! John McCain is just so fine in all his judgments! Wow, what a maverick!

Ari   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

Someone needs to remind this woman that it is lobbyists who are running the McCain/Palin campaign. These people may want to stop opening their mouths because every time they do they sound like morons.

Lorraine A   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

It is Sarah Palin who is terrorizing Americans with her inflammatory rhetoric. To borrow a phase, Rebulicans and Democrats are opponents not enemies. To insinuate that the Democratic party, namely the Obama/Biden ticket has no idea who the "bad guys" are or worse ARE the "bad guys" is irresponsible and divisive for our country. We are all Americans first. Ms. Palin, you are beginning to embody a very ugly side of America that is downright frightening.

AZ Dem for McCain   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

I know who the bad guys are too, it's the far-left socialist whose only goal in life seems to be tearing this country down and turning it into a third world country like Affrica

obama-biden's got my vote   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

This is a sad time in americain politics. McCain tried to calm his supporters only after his hand was forced. The McCain-Palin ticket have played on people's fears and they are truely unrepentant. I'm afraid for obama's safety.

Obama-Biden '08

Billy Jack   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

To the runaway lying governor of Alaska:

Don't you kno, if Obama was all you say he is, and one of the worst guy in the worlk, don't the american people know that the FBI would come after him long before he started the campain to run for the presidence of the USA. You are running a dirty, angry, ignorante campain. But I think, you are too ignorante to understand that and you are ready to tell the republican voters anything to get votes. It is too bad that the republican party don't put a stop to you for putting lies in the republican party name. Since John McCain will not do it . Apparently McCain must be telling you to say these things. Too bad for the republican party. I feel sorry for you and your family.

Billy Jack a concern voter.

J fromLI   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

This women is trying to insist that obama is the bad guy. She and her party are causing division in the USA. They are the internal terrorist. God help us.

Noel   October 12th, 2008 9:57 pm ET

Sarah Goebbels is at it again. You know, I would really like being in the room when they figure this stuff out. I can't wait to see the propaganda posters when then come out. I wonder if they will go with the resurrection motif, or the warrior motif? Ooo, and a Miss Liberty style one for Sarah. That would be hot!

katiec   October 12th, 2008 9:56 pm ET

She is continuing with her attempts to rise hatred, anger, fear.
That woman is not fit to be a dog catcher, let alone a
high position.

Elle   October 12th, 2008 9:56 pm ET

The thought of Vice President Palin scares me more than Vice President Cheney.

Robert   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

Wow…I hear bullwhips crackin' dogs barkin' and good ole boys gettin' their ropes ready! Thanks Palin, nothin' like having you gettin' things right …..I betcha' ya you have a nice picture of Gov. Wallace on your desk.
You go get em' girl.

Economy is going down the tubes and she's baiting and hate mongering.

Jay   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

John McCain and sarah Palin are the bad guys, OK? They don't understand economics, OK? They don't understand diplomacy, OK?

Please help me put Barrack Obama in the white House, he's the only one can save us what we going thro' now.

TyWebb   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

Election Day can't get here soon enough so we don't have to see her anymore.

Connie   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

This women makes George Bush and Dick Cheney look like choir boys.
The whole world is watching and listening to this election what does her rantings say about our country?First , but not the last of John McSenile's bad judgments.OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Connie from Indiana

California Voter   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

When Sarah Palin jumped into the political scene by way of the VP candidacy, I was slightly amused. I thought she was real person with an everyday life that we can all relate to.

Sadly, that perception is rapidly dying. She has now gone from a curiosity to an outright annoyance. She is trying to play two roles and I suspect it's not her fault. She's just playing the cards handed to her by the McCain campaign.

Poor woman. I'm sorry they dragged you into this.

Mick   October 12th, 2008 9:54 pm ET

Her elementary comments would be hysterical if they were not intended to again smear Obama with the label of Anti-American terrorist. Sarah "the village idiot" Palin puts the duh in DUH!

VETS4Obama   October 12th, 2008 9:53 pm ET

Hahahaha What a joke. The more she opens her mouth, the more she spews hatred, divisiveness and lies. PLEASE go back to your igloo Caribou Barbie and spare us your ignorant speaches. At least there you can continue to abuse your power there…What sound judgment McBush displayed picking this light weight!

first time voter OBAMA/BIDEN 08!   October 12th, 2008 9:53 pm ET

here we go again barbie. . running your mouth like always

sal   October 12th, 2008 9:53 pm ET

What happen to all the hillary compliments.

LOL

Obama Biden have won

You will see it from alaska.LOL

TKI   October 12th, 2008 9:52 pm ET

This is not a child attemping to answer a question about who the bad guys are. This is beyond ignorance and naivety. Sarah is playing with fire.

Chris in Phoenix   October 12th, 2008 9:52 pm ET

Hmm. "The bad guys" huh? Sounds a lot like what Hitler called the Jews in the 30's. "Oh, WE know who they are, and you have to put us in the White House so we can round them up and make Amerika safe for all"… So, Sarah Hitler-Braun, you're a fascist swine with lipstick. Doesn't really surprise me. I am still amazed that the RNC is putting out flyers slandering Obama, calling him an Arab and a socialist…not to mention a terrorist. Obama is obviously not a socialist, as if the Republikanischers actually know what socialism is, but tactics like this, what the Republikanischers are putting out, aren't just out of Rove's playbook - they're out of Mein Kampf. But then, that's probably where they get ALL their ideas. Well, guess what, brownshirts? You're not going to get away with it. America will never become Amerika.

Loray White   October 12th, 2008 9:52 pm ET

Divisive, full of innuendo and scary. Are these tactics the ones they would use globally as well? I'm angry now! McCain, Palin, and their advisors have only proven to me how they would truly respond on our behalf when events and others(our allies and our enemies) aren't favoring their own selfish wants and desires. Instead of staying the course, standing on steady, sturdy ground, appearing informed and confident, they beg and plead, use scare tactics, vascillate on ideas and mislead us. If I ever thought they were the best to lead our country forward, I don't now.

THE END OF AMERICA by OBAMA   October 12th, 2008 9:51 pm ET

Thank God Sarah, you have finally found your own voice.Use it girl. You and John McCain keep going. America needs you more than ever if our country is to survive.
Keep talking Sarah. This is too important. Our freedoms in America have never in our history been in this much danger of being lost before.

former gop   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

I'm thinking her baby isn't retarded. He's just got all her genes!!!!!!!

Post this CNN! I am an appalled citizen of this country which is a laughing stock of the rest of the world!!!! Post this!

Not VP Material   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

She abused her power after only being in office for less than two years. She is another Bush/Cheney clone.

Mary   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

And the pitbull in lipstick continues spitting venom and hate. Funny, I am beginning to feel sorry for her cause she does not realise how much damage she is causing her ticket. Good guys and bad guys. The world is that simple to you. The problems we Americans face is that simple to you. The solutions are that simple to you. God help us all.

Palin-Best comedian ever   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

hahaha…It's so funny to hear 'Palin Talk' about terrorists and world politics when she doesn't have a clue what she is talking about…I love her…She is the best comedian ever…

Sue in MI   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

The most greedy, corrupt and arrogant person in the race is Sarah Palin.

Ije   October 12th, 2008 9:50 pm ET

It's very very sad that Gov Palin with all due respect will resort to this cheap rhetoric when Americans are going through a serious economic crisis that is not only affecting America as a country but actuall causing a ripple effect across the globe.. and this is all you have to offer people that are hurting? Govenor? To bad.

M. Felder   October 12th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

It's amazing to me how we put so much effort in keeping the terrorist from attacking us on our homefront and they did it without attacking our infrastructure. What they did, because of our greed, is collapse this country economically.

Harrison   October 12th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

Equal Rights? Is this woman out of her blasted mind? Republicans don't want equal rights in the slightest. Only for straight, rich, white, Christians they do. The rest of the people in the US and world can go F**K themselves for all they care.

"… who the bad guys are, OK?" Did this chick ever learn to speak beyong a kindergarten level? She is an insult to women, to America; and sadly, a very poor example of our education system… or… maybe not example, but more an indicator: indicator of what else needs to be fixed - the education system… and pronto I may say.

David in Illinois   October 12th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

Barack Obama is one of the BAD GUYS? Why, because he doesn't agree with Palin's skewed vision of America? GIVE ME A BREAK.
I'm sorry… Palin is the MAIN reason the GOP ticket is as low and trashy as it has become. People just can't stomach her being so close to the Oval Office….she's not one bit prepared or qualified. NOT ONE BIT.
And, as a bipartisan party of her own state has determined, she has "ABUSED HER POWER." Is that really the change we want in Washington? MORE CORRUPTION?
This is just more George W. Bush. In fact, McCain/Palin is WORSE than Bush/Cheney, because at least their incompetence wasn't mean-spirited at the same time.
No way.

Chad, Indiana   October 12th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

I just wish the republican party stood for liberty, freedom, and equal rights. Why doesn't McCain have an answer for voting against equal pay for women, why did he vote against MLK day? I'm tired of the double standard, and hypocritical unethical practices. I think the Republican party needs reform more than Washington.

Henry Miller, Cary, NC   October 12th, 2008 9:49 pm ET

“They do not like America because…

We're sticking our noses into their internal affairs. We're the global nosy, overbearing, neighbors, forever telling the rest of the planet how to run their lives. "If only you'd be more like us," we keep arrogantly insisting, "you're lives would be so much better. And you smell bad too."

Come on, people! Would you like it if the world treated us this way?

Uche Enyioko   October 12th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

Divided States of America is what Plain and macain are pushing for. That will not work out. UNITED WE STAND

Earl   October 12th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

There she goes again! Judgement or something else is truly lacking.

Al   October 12th, 2008 9:48 pm ET

If you already had voted for Bush in past, your hands are in blood and you are guilty in pushing our country almost to collapse. Please don't do same mistake again. We will not survive Bush with bad temper and Bush with even more ignorance and extremism.

Obama/Biden 2008

Paralegal in NC   October 12th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

I believe we need to look a litte deeper into Palin because preaching hatred comes a little too easy for her.

Greg   October 12th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

Good guys and bad guys… hahaha. You have to be kidding me. This isn't playing cops and robbers as a 5 year old.

What are your plans to get the economy back on the right track? How do your policies differ from the disastrous Bush policies?

I can't believe with this line of campaigning that McCain has 43% of the vote out there. It's simply mind boggling.

Lennon for president   October 12th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

this is a hate crime…why isn't someone slapping some cuffs on these clowns…I sure want to….the only "bad guys" (nice vocab skills by the way) around here are the GOP ticket candidates…enough fear mongering…we need hope and change not fear and oppression…the republicans sure have messed things up for the past 8 years well since Ronald Reagen…why people trust them is beyond me…this latest duo of republicans are monsters….ARREST THEM!!!!!! they are inciting hate crimes and labelling it as patriotism…well if that's their idea of patriotism then I'm a sith lord

McSame-aPALINing   October 12th, 2008 9:47 pm ET

Wow, the hateful rhetoric preached by the McBush-Caribou Barbie campaign just gets worse. Not only do these two idiots continue to falsely suggest that Obama "pals around with terrorists," but they are also adopting a familiar ploy of Bush/Cheney: When the going gets tough, bring up the terrorism card.
How is this old fool a candidate? Is this the best that the GOP could offer? And why do people actually like Palin? The woman is nothing more than a stupid cheerleader for Ol' Fart McBush.

Walt, Ohio   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

No you stupid beeotch; people are angry because of your fear mongering race baiting demagoguery. Nov 4th can't come soon enough.

Mary   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

Palin wil do whatever she can to lowe herself and McCain's Chances for the presidency by the lies and insinuations she uses to insite the simple minded people who attend her rallies.

Pat   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

What happens when Sarah and John have lost the election bid? How is this talk about Dems being cozy with 'terrorists' going to go down? I can't wait to find out. Whats more crazy is, If she does become the VP, will she fund AIP? I can't understand why anyone isn't bringing her past with AIP up. Thats quality ammo and will shock people into changing affiliations. Man, I wish the voters who vote repubs get their wish and then sit back and watch It hit the fan.

David Johnson   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

Call is what you want, this is pure terrorist Republicans at work.

Marcia, Marcia, Marcia in CA   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

McCain and the Republicans know you well Ohio.

Ohio votes Republican even though the Republicans keep them in the po' house, year after year after year.

Chris   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

Sarah Palin has finally done it. She has tanked her and McCain's chances of winning on Nov 4 because these statements will be all over the news this coming week, and it will be interpreted as Sarah Palin implying that Obama sympathizes with terrorists, it will only emphasize the outrageous lies and the lowest of the lows that the McCain campaign has come to only to instill hate and fear of Obama, only to win the election.

SARAH PALIN HAS EFFECTIVELY GIVEN HER OPPOSITION THE FUEL IT NEEDS TO FINISH HER AND MCCAIN OFF: JUST WATCH AS THE WEEK UNFOLDS.

Liz   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

I know who the bad guys are too–the two candidates who both have ethics violations. Abuse of Power is a very serious charge Ms. Palin. If you don't have the moral character to avoid abusing your position you don't belong in a position of power. Period!!!

CAW in MD   October 12th, 2008 9:46 pm ET

The terrorists cannot destroy us. This is the problem with the "war on terror". The terrorists can be annoying, the terrorists can be deadly, but the terrorists cannot destroy us, unless we allow ourselves to be destroyed. The terrorists are a loose confederation of like-minded individuals, not an army. At best, they are the third most dangerous threat to America right now. That doesn't argue for ignoring them — it does argue for perspective as to how they fit into the myriad threats that face the United States.

I want a President who understands that. As amply illustrated by Ms. Palin, the McCain/Palin ticket would not provide that President.

Morgan   October 12th, 2008 9:45 pm ET

I pray for her because she knows not what she does. "Turn your anger into action" could be heard wrong and people act violently. Of course she means help get McCain elected but should anger really drive a vote? I always that anger distorts your view.

jeff bodkin   October 12th, 2008 9:45 pm ET

Maybe Sarah Palin is too much like the average "Joe 6 pack". She does'nt even understand what John McCains plan is.

Sue   October 12th, 2008 9:45 pm ET

Oh my God. Does she know what she is doing? This is incendiary, and total unbecoming of someone who wants to be VP of USA!! God help her soul if someone interprets her words as a green light to physicially attack Obama.

Sifa   October 12th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

With all of thing, can someone please tell me why McCain asked that Obama repudiates John Lewis' comments about insinuating hatred. For about the past four weeks, she has been saying Obama "palls" around with terrorists. Then, for her to stand there and say "those who sympathize with terrorists don't like America" and there are the bad guys is beyond me. Some of us understand what code speeches are, and this is just another one of them. I hope to the same God they claim to believe that thing whole thing blows up in their faces.
Also, may God protect Sen. Obama because this country and the world need a leader like him.

Robert From VA   October 12th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

Does this crowd not realize that this is the exact same speech Bush has been making for the last 8 years?

Scare the people into voting for you… that's putting country first.

My guess is that the terrorist have never even heard of ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio, much less be able to find it on a map, much less target it for any type of attack.

These people have target envy. All the places that actually were attacked on 9/11 voted against Bush.

People who are affected by this type of political fear mongering need to stop voting.The politicians responsible need to stop running for office because they are not showing true leadership.

Louvene   October 12th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

Sarah Palin is dangerous pushing some "sicko " to think if Obama is elected, we would be doomed. So in their mind, the only thing left to do is remove him from the earth. How will this "Christian' woman feel then.

michaeld37   October 12th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

Did Palin actually tell the audience that the crowd's anger should be put into action?! I mean, sure, through the medium of McCain*Palin, but still. The violent rhetoric is too good to give up entirely. It is okay to be angry and your anger should be put into action! Acting from anger - isn't that what the terrorists do when the kill us because they hate our freedom and what we stand for? Where is the hope?

C   October 12th, 2008 9:44 pm ET

Was Palin suggesting that Barack Obama is one of the “bad guys,” a "terrorist?"

You bethcha! Doggone it!

Vi   October 12th, 2008 9:43 pm ET

Could you convey this to Campbell B and Anderson C, please. (I'm sure you wouldn't want to publish it, but I'd appreciate if you could get this to them.):

We do want change in the US and getting Obama into the Presidency would show how liberal we've become. Fine. You want McCain to accept this even though he seems to have dedicated his life to public office and to securing the highest office.
You two, despite your attempts at objectivity, want Obama in the White House. NOW, a personal note: Are you two prepared to let a non-white person take your place at CNN to show how changed the US is? There are several of your guests that are as good as and even better than you two. Give the other race a chance. Show McCain how to do it! Tell your bosses that you have some good Obama-like contenders for your position. Don't just ask McCain to make the sacrifice.

Dan   October 12th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

obama is a bad guy. OK?

Louvene   October 12th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

Sarah Palin is dangerous pushing some "sicko " to think if Obama is elected, we would be doomed. So in their mind, the only thing left to do is remove him from the earth. How will this "Christian' woman feel then.

John   October 12th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

I can't believe that anyone could fall for this nonsense. This sounds like a witch hunt - the sort of thing that went on in the Middle Ages. How can the Republicans expect to govern effectively by dividing the country so - unless the real purpose is simply to win the election at all cost and not really worry about the consequences.

Sean Chong   October 12th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

Is she trying to say "Black guy" or "bad guy"? Trying to link Obama to terrorists…. GOP may trick 25% of the people in this country…. if all show up to vote, we can show them that they're dead wrong!

Hope, Lancaster, PA   October 12th, 2008 9:42 pm ET

ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!
Whoa onto Sara Palin, She knows not what she does.
Everyone, pray to God the father, God the son and God the holy spirit so God may take the blinders off your eyes and you will finally see.

PLEASE JESUS, KEEP OBAMA SAFE

New Day   October 12th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

I swear, she has the intellectual complexity of George Bush on acid. Thanks for explaining good and bad, genius!!!!

Keith   October 12th, 2008 9:41 pm ET

Keep spewing what you spew Pailn, it won't work. It's too late. On a side note: why do your kids have such weird names?

bob   October 12th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

Dear mrs. Palin. Enough of your lies and inuendos. If SEn. mc cain
ever had a chance to win you and he are ending it with such talk and
hatred .
Go Obama.

Melly   October 12th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

More hate-mongering and veiled insinuations. Nice.

David   October 12th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

McCain has been is Washington for more than a quarter-century; what has he done to turn the anger into action. Fear will not win out again. Hope is the answer.

Badger   October 12th, 2008 9:40 pm ET

Sounds like "Your either with us or against us". She is horrible.

Cole Los Angeles   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

You'll never be able to defeat terrorists if you don't understand what breeds them. So you can grasp a morsel of actual knowledge for a moment, terrorists don't hate freedom or liberty. What their culture hates and doesn't forget is arrogance and conceitedness, overthrowing governments and invasions. Try embracing books once and a while.

Nation in Crisis   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

"Who exactly were the “bad guys” Palin was referring to?"
This is a rhetorical question. By inference and innuendo she was clearly referring to Barack Obama. This must be the "toned down" version of the McCain campaign's smear campaign.

bern   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

This lady is just way too dumb and simplistic to be seriously considered as a VP contender. Dumb and dangerous.

Tom, KS   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

Wow! She really thinks we're all complete idiots.

arike mercer   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

Sarah Palin needs to step down. She is not fit to run for the noble office of vice-president of the U.S.

R-Howard   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

The last time I read rhetoric so steeped in fear and ignorance it was given by a young man named Adolph Hitler. Sick,Sick,Sick. I pray to God people see what Palin is doing by enciting `fear and causing panic tinged with hate. If she's a christian than I'm Ghandi.

sPoNgEbOb sQuArEpAnTs   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

To McPalin, if you have a record of abuse power whilst in office, than you are the good guys.

It's shameful that many Christians, have been deceived by the GOP.
McPalin ad's are now 100% negative, and Obama's ads are 34 % negative.

GOP = Grand Old Pharisees
GOP agenda = Neocons mission (see below)
* Stay in Iraq till thy kingdom come, Get rid of Iran's president
*more tax cuts for the rich, nothing for the poor
*less regulation of Wallstreet,
*More American jobs shipped abroad,
*better healthcare for the Rich & Healthy
*More spying on Americans

William of Albany, NY   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

wow, I really want to slap her in her 2 dimensional mind. The world isn't filled with just bad guys and good guys there are shades of gray and that kind of black and white mentality is dangerous.

W. of Albany, NY

cleo   October 12th, 2008 9:38 pm ET

It is unfortunate that the media has left this woman continue using code words to insite people against OBAMA. She is a pure redneck and a product of failed uneducated person (s) who happen to have been placed in power.

LUCY TREDWAY   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Think it is time for people to start thinking about something besides money. What good will money be to us if we get the terriest over here in out country. We need security and only McCain will give that to us.

Barbara Brown   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

This woman Sara Palin is very incapable of even speaking. John McCain thought he was doing something really smart whe he chose her.She is a loose cannon. She will be trying to rule McCain and tell him what to do. He is apologizing to Obama on one hand and she is continueing to insite threats from the crowds against Obama on the other hand. He and he is so call running mate need to get on the same page. He is not going to win any way but she is makeing it bad for his future also. He needs to sit her down.

Amanda/PA   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Typical. Everyone can hear the subtle "undertone" in her message. So sad that a country is so divided becuase of race and so called religion. If only some would pick up a book, newspaper, someting…anything and READ.

Johnny Truth   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

This is just pandering to simple-minded idiots. If you're buying into this crap instead of paying attention to actual issues, then guess what? You're just the simple-minded idiot they want.

To the moon   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

AND how is Palin different from those Washington politicians that she's going to 'clean up'? Troopergate shows us America who is 'good' and who is 'bad'. Bad is using power in inappropriate ways, via her husband or her employees… and her own actions by not putting a stop to what her husband and others were doing and saying. That is as good as 'driving' the car for the bank robbers, she's guilty, too. Shame on her. By her husbands on admission, he and she were very close, helping each other, so WE KNOW she knew what he was doing and saying. Sarah is the bad guy….

Ian Rennie   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

oh great, an idiot who sees the world in simplistic black and white. Got to get THAT in the white house!

It's not like this is the thinking that has screwed the country for 8 years or anything.

Richard Brodie   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

An Obama presidency would spell the end of America as we have known it. Imagine the Supreme Court Justices he would appoint to saddle another two generations with!

And with a totally unchecked Democratic Congress, we would most certainly be looking at the first time ever when one of the First Ten Amendments will be repealed, namely the Second which has up until now protected our Right to Bear Arms.

Florida Voter   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Somebody in that campaign need to put a net over this women and soon before someone gets hurt. At that point in time it will be too late and saying I'm sorry won't reverse the action.

This individual is either dangerous or not smart enough to realize that she is being used and will be a scapegoat if things go bad.

jdm   October 12th, 2008 9:37 pm ET

Wow! Is this America? Is this some thrid world country where you can call your people terrorist and think it is ok?
John Mcain is a POW War Hero, I really can't belive he approve of this BS. It really hard and sad to think he would be part of this. This is really crazy.

johnny   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

Give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

georgia   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

Bad guys ??
She is totally out of her gourd ! that's why a growing number of Alaskans are now calling for her impeachment !
I don't expect CNN to let this comment thru either but it's true !

Trill   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

How many more days do we have until Sarah is shipped back to the artic circle?? Please go back to Alaska; we dont like your hate-mongering down here in the lower 48.

Niky   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

Is she out of her mind? How long will she keep fuelling this fire? Does John McCain have any say? If he cannot stop his running mate, how will he stop his other supporters?

sal   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

People may be country, not stupid. GOP ruled the last 8 years

Change is here

Guess what and it is the Bad Guys, you put it.

Neutral   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

I am pretty dissappointed that the Repub ticket is trying to make the Dem Ticket sound like Bad People and that they are run by terrorists. Dispicible.

Candy Wilson   October 12th, 2008 9:36 pm ET

this is where I live.. Thank God Joe Biden will be here on Tues. to counteract this dirt….. She asked who the bad guys were and people responded Obama.. How sad is that!!!! For a governor to act this way.. I can not believe this happened….

Chad   October 12th, 2008 9:35 pm ET

As we follow the younger senator into the new world of darkness and good people. We should jump on his back and have him spread good kharma back across the world and as well in our ghettos. The darkside owns our fears with their murders and their non reason. In other parts of the world there are humans who are scared of their own country. Lets release them and spread our freedom flag. Let weather storms be the only punishment from the heavens as they are signs of our stupidities.

I AM a TRUE CONSERVATIVE   October 12th, 2008 9:35 pm ET

I am ashamed to be a conservative… Guess im gonna have to wait till 2012 for a real candidate

palin is a disgrace

Dave   October 12th, 2008 9:34 pm ET

The problem for Palin is that Americans know who the good VP candidate is and who is just a joke.

Andrew from Canada   October 12th, 2008 9:34 pm ET

The global economy is in a free fall and this is what she's talking about? The terrorists lingo is getting old real fast!!

Michael, Tx   October 12th, 2008 9:34 pm ET

I am an independent voter and not a party loyalist. I have voted for republicans most of my voting years, including John McCain (I was raised in southern Az). I served with the United States Marine Corps as an infantry officer with two tours in Iraq. I SHOULD be voting for John McCain…but I'm not. He has shown poor leadership and lack of integrity as can be seen by most of the articles here on the ticker, but that's not the reason I'm not voting for him. HE VOTED AGAINST US when he refused to support Sen. Webb's (Vietnam war era Marine infantry officer) GI Bill, a bill that Sen. Obama/Sen. Biden were co-sponsors of. He caved to anti-immigrant groups, when anyone who has served in a combat unit can tell you that immigrants fight for us with more ferocity than any hate-spewing conservative coward. No, I am not conservative, I am not liberal, I am an AMERICAN PATRIOT, and like so many of my fellow veterans, I support Sen. Obama. Not because he is the anti-Bush, but because he is a leader with vision, vision for healtcare, vision for intelligent foreign policy, vision for domestic economic strength, and vision for strengthening our military, vision that the GOP sadly does not offer. We have fought for your right to vote America, don't waste it.

Brandon   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

How dumb does one have to be to show up to listen to Caribou barbie? She has held one elected office, and in less than two years a bipartisan panel had to be fored to investigate her abuse of power to settle personal scores.

Speider   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

Palin draws a line between 'good guys' and 'bad guys'

Which side is it that abuses their power and breaks the law, lies to the American people and refuses to abide by the Constitution when subpoenaed to testify? Good or bad?

MrManhattan   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

Sarah Palin warned the audience about the threat of terrorism, and explained that the Republican ticket should be elected because “we know who the bad guys are.”

I believe this. The Republicans do know. After all, the Saud Family and Bin Laden family contacts have been in Bush's Roladex for decades.

So not only do they know "who they are", they have the phone numbers!!!

Time to elect Barack Who's Sane Obama!

james smithington   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

sara palin is a dangerous woman, she works to divide America even further. People like sara palin won't be satisfied until there another civil war in America.

No Hillary = No Obama   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

John McCain will be put in the White House according to the followers of Nostradamus - whose predictions speak to the elder, the more trusted to prevail. Obama will not win.

Eva   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

We do not want you Sarah Palin or McCain…

Kristen   October 12th, 2008 9:33 pm ET

She is trying to characterize the blatant epithets heard at rallies - including a guy holding a curious george monkey with an Obama hat - as " anger about the arrogance of the Washington elite". Everyone knows what they're seeing, and it's ugly. With all my heart, I hope Obama becomes president and makes our country a better place for my children.

Anne   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

Is she talking to adults or 3 year olds at kindergarten. I cant say I remember in any election anyone talking about good guys and bad guys. But there again I do believe that most politicians and their supporters have several more brain cells than either the hate mongering Palin or McCain or their obnoxious supporters.

Terry from GA   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

The "real" bad guys are the ones who have violated ethics laws during their political career. Guess who they are? Yep you guessed it - It's McCain and Palin.

Informed Voter   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

the only bad guy is you Sarah Cheney ….. abusing one's power as Governor … you should be in jail together with Bush & Cheney

Venpen   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

Mccain and the Republican party must abandon Palin.I am an naturalized citizen and a Republican at heart .I love this country more than bigots like Palin and the Dudes.
Palin is a moron and is dangerous.

I am voting for Obama just because of Palin and Co.

Evil Palin   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

Palin is such a liar and she is the one that was under investigation for abuse of power and she had her husband running the her office. This is a wicked woman who cannot admit her wrong doing. She is 72 year old heart beat away from being President if Mccain is elected. This is very bad and she is the evil one. Who is Sara and Todd? the question we all should as the Palin.

gl   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

“We know that in the war, it’s terrorists, terrorists who hate America .

Here they go again with fear of war. It is really over for the McWar/Palin ticket. It is the ecomny this time not war you nut case.

Saxxon Domela   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

It is so very sad that the McCain-Palin ticket's strategy is to turn American against American.

where?   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

she didn't draw any lines?
she just vaguely indicated that 'THEY' are scary Boogeymen that you don't know and can't trust.

Who Is THE real Sarah Palin? A lying, cheating, smear mouthed christian.

These people make christian a four letter word.

Stick to the issues

Nathan   October 12th, 2008 9:32 pm ET

This woman is a Bush in a skirt.

What a disgrace. This "us" vs "them" rhetoric is dangerous, and bordering on fascism.

What is wrong with you Republicans? Are you really as stupid and rabid as your moronic VP candidate?

I'm an independent voter. What I've seen out of the Republican party over the past month has made me a solid Democrat.

Good going Palin!

abuse of power   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

this lady and the republican nee to stop this madness,. At the end of next week this lady is going to cause the dead of innocent person. please american stop this lady.

Candid   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

Sarah, please leave us some respect for you; I hope you still have some self-esteem left.

Brenda C   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

What do you want McCain and Palin to say to supporters? They can't control what a few people do or say. I'm sure if it was reported it happens when Obama mentions McCain or Sarah Palin. Quit trying to delegate what they are suppose to say and how they say it. No one has cried racist more than the media and democrats. It's not racist to want facts and information from our candidates. Watch some of the debates between Clinton and Obama she said most of the same things McCain and Palin are talking about. She brought up Ayers and how not ready Obama is to run this country. Didn't cry about her and try to pin racism on her.

lynnie   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

Palin stirs people to hate. That;s not what america is supposed to be about. She is a bully and trouble maker, she is stupid. She acts like a teenage gang leader, name caller and twister of the truth. Not a good example for american youths. Is this what we want as a leader?
I could see her throwing the first stone or landing the first kick, shameful.

Sammy   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

Her campaign clarified statements as all campaigns do. However at the time she said it the meaning was ambiguous enough to suggest many things… not just "nations". Since people yelled "Obama" after she said it, obviously that is how some interpreted it. Thats the usual thing. But what matters is whether or not someone running for office will clarify things in front of an open mic in front of a crowd. Not just press statements.

John Stevens   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

Hate and Lies - Real Change.

Jan E   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

This woman is playing on people fears and creating an atmosphere of hate around the country with her speeches. Anyone, I mean anyone who tries to win an election with tactics like these have to make you wonder if they understand what it is to be an American!! These are the tactics of militants who are inciting a violent uprising to wreak havoc in our democracy and destabilize our society. This is scary stuff indeed, something you would see in third world countries prior to a bloody civil war.

tunghoy   October 12th, 2008 9:31 pm ET

Palin's comments at her rallies are beyond the Pale. Her supporters scream racist hatred at her opponent and she does little to discourage them. It often seems that she encourages them. And she has the chutzpah to say it's her opponents who hate America!

Maybe she thinks this is some sort of banana republic. Perhaps if she had a decent education and an understanding of world history, she would understand that