I tried to warn people, that nominating Obama was playing into the Right’s hands.  Oh well.  Palin’s nomination as VP is just the other show dropping.  Now the GOP has made this election about the only two cards it has going for it - the culture war and race hatred.

I suspect that the nomination of Obama was part of Rove’s plan.  The Wall Street owned media duped the hippies into pushing Obama through the primaries; they gave him a movie star build-up, convinced the blacks he could win because he’d won the white state of Iowa (never mind that the Obama vote was hippies and GOP crossovers for the day)and the right wing pundits showered him with praise.  So now Wall Street, in a year when the GOP is the weakest it’s been in years, now has the weakest Democrat ever to run against.  How convenient. The Dems who pushed Obama’s nomination are now scratching their heads wondering why he still hasn’t “closed the deal” with white working class voters.  Well, DUH! or DONE.  Obama is seen by white working class people as everything they hate, fear and despise.  The affirmative action, Ivy League snoot who looks down upon them and would send their job to China in a second.

America will be the laughing stock of the entire world if this extremist Annie Oakley gets to sit in the Oval Office.  With a 72-year old president who has serious medical issues, the odds of this happening are in her favor.

We get the government we deserve.  Last week’s primary election in my area just had a measly 22 percent turnout!

Sarah Palin must be doing something right to elicit this spontaneous burst of vitriolic hate from people like Robin Williams.  His “humor” in this annoying clip is like the hissing of a venomous snake.  The comments above indicate that many actually believe the election of Sarah Palin to be Vice President will cause the downfall of Western Civilization.  What is the matter with you people?  Why is it OK for you to spew hatred at her Christian beliefs?  Why is it OK to mock her family and her appearance?  Why do people speak as though she were about to be elected “Replacement Mommy of All American Children” and ram her beliefs down our children’s throats?  Here’s a newsflash:  the public schools in this country have been used to ram other people’s beliefs down our children’s throats for decades now, so you are too late to worry about Palin.  I am glad that Palin has struck a raw nerve and gotten some of the people who never vote to wake up and start talking about some of these important issues facing our nation, whether they are for or against what Palin believes.  I only wish we could be more civilized and less histrionic.

Texas,

You are correct that Alaska has no sales or income tax! Good point. She did however slash property taxes by 40 % when she was mayor Wasilla. However, don’t you think she had a hidden motive? She did after all own property in Wasilla!!! She also increased the city sales tax!!!

Is she a real Conservative? As mayor she instituted a policy requiring department heads to obtain permission from her before talking to reporters!! What a civil libertarian she is!!!

I would think anyone who was considering voting for McCain would want to take another look. If this is the way he selects his team, I don’t want him for my president. As the story goes, he met her once maybe twice, the vetting, if any was done a week prior to her selection. These are really a poor way to make executive decisions. And I would not want this lightweight, extreme right wing, “pit bull with lipstick” as the president of this country and given McCain’s age and health it could happen

Ron Ranft’s comment needs to be seconded. Here’s the first part. See below for all of it.
“I recognize the movie the US has become. It’s Cabaret! Part of the show is just surreal and outrageously funny while part of it is horror and evil tragedy. Corporations hold parties at the conventions bribing behind closed doors while the party goers lie to anyone who asks what they are doing. Both party’s have sold their souls to the wealthy elite and then stand before the People and tell them how they are different, they remember that they are there to do the Peoples business while behind their back their hands hold envelopes stuffed with cash.”

I recognize the movie the US has become. It’s Cabaret! Part of the show is just surreal and outrageously funny while part of it is horror and evil tragedy. Corporations hold parties at the conventions bribing behind closed doors while the party goers lie to anyone who asks what they are doing. Both party’s have sold their souls to the wealthy elite and then stand before the People and tell them how they are different, they remember that they are there to do the Peoples business while behind their back their hands hold envelopes stuffed with cash. On one side we have a warmongering Senator who helped end the Peoples ability to declare bankruptcy while making sure Corporations could do it as often as they want to avoid paying their fare share. On the other we have a so-called old boys fighting fisical conservative that runs with the old boys and oil money and left the town that was debt free when she became mayor with 19 to 27 million dollars in debt when she left. And this is just scratching the surface of the VP candidates.

For Pres we have 2 people who have bought the whole ridiculous GWOT thing. The only difference is one thinks it will be won in Iraq and the other says it is Afghanistan. Neither one knows what the hell he is takling about. Both of them will sacrifice every citizens rights and money to save other countrys all the while letting this one fall into ruin.

We are a nation of torture, kidnapping, thuggery and pre-emptive wars and arrests. This country looks alot like 1933 Germany including the cheering of the masses over the instruments of their nations demise.

The laughter we find in the antics of comics like Robin is because we laugh for fear if we faced or acknowledged the real absurdity of it all we would either have to do something about it or break down in tears.

So lets all sing another chorus of Welcome, Bien Venue!

I was planning to vote for John McCain, but I can not now with his choice for VP. Palin is so out in right field. With abstinence-only programs; like that has worked for her with her own family. I am not for abortion but I am for knowledge and thinking. Energy policies - dirty coal plants, opening up Arctic National Wildlife before the lesser evil of offshore drilling. She does not believe is global warming. How could she not? QW - how can she be praised as a tax cutter, when Alaska has no state income tax or sales tax. I respect McCain, however I can not see her as the next president if something should happen to him. Really, Really bad choice on his part. One loss vote!