Comments on: Does Sarah Palin help or hurt McCain?

By: Matt Kaye

Matt Kaye — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:19:33 +0000

Palin’s experience in Alaska is worthless considering the fact that Boston is more populated than the entire state of Alaska. Many of these responses are polarized and do not focus on the issues. Palin was not the best possible candidate, she was actually one of the worst. A better choice would have been Romney, a man who is very knowledgeable about economic issues. This is even more important with our current economic crisis. A McCain/Romney ticket could have won the election. Moving on. Palin’s “mavericky”-ness is nonexistant. Someone who follows 95% of party policy is not a maverick. Palin is far out of her depth as the possible VP and maybe President of our country. If she had been brought in to D.C. and trained, she might have been a possible candidate and force to be reckoned with in the next election. Unfortunately she has been drawn in to a setting where she is like a fish out of water. It is essential to realize that she has helped the McCain campaign by polarizing this election even more. By guarding her against interviews and being angered by even possible insults, the Republican party has set her up as a trophy of sorts.

By: apathy

apathy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:24:20 +0000

‘Country First’ how is she more experienced than Obama? She is totally incompetent and I would not trust her to run our country, which is very possible as McCain is rather old and my died in his term. Do you even know what she said about her Foreign Policy? She said that Alaska’s proximity to Russia counts as Foreign Policy. Alaska’s closer to Canada than Russia. No good frostbitten Alask….

By: doesnt matter

doesnt matter — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 04:23:02 +0000

Palin helps McCain in the sense of providing a more conservative side to his campaign as well as being able to win over many woman voters. And just because McCain is in his early 70′s doesn’t mean he is going to die soon. Neither of them are idiots and it was a smart move for McCain to select her as his VP.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:41:36 +0000

shes an idiot who thinks dinosaurs were around 500 years ago, how can she possibly help mccain? if he dies in office (hes already like 95) then we have no chance at all

By: Country First

Country First — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:04:15 +0000

She is not only more experienced than Obama but she is a competent, intelligent and a values-orientated woman. The media has to do a better job investigating all the scandals involving Obama. Seems the main stream media act as shills for the Obama campaign – that’s unfortunate.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:59:27 +0000

I think she hurts mccain because she is too young and what is there to govern in alaska?? nothing but fish and fishermen she would have no experiance and if mccain dies of old age becasue he will be 73 if elected president palin would only be impeached for being so bad

By: the kidd

the kidd — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:33:47 +0000

the way i see it, you have to decide who you support based on their vice presidents. because your either voting for a man who is a heartbeat away from death or a man who is a gunshot away from death. that’s why this election is palin v biden.
so if you believe that palin helps mccain, then mccain must win, but if she doesnt, he can’t win.

By: HHS 4 life!

HHS 4 life! — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:08:04 +0000

@Anonymous
The only reason McCain said he wouldn’t show up is because of the huge economic crisis which he tried to help resolve. But what about the 8 invites McCain has sent to Obama to debate? He denied them all because they weren’t nationally publicized with his teleprompter to tell him what to say and who to make fun of. All you democrats are just trying to find fault in all the littlest details. You take normal things and twist them into something negative and most of the time, just make stuff up. All I can say is that I believe that at least 50% of America is completeley incompetant and or ignorant and stupid. With all of these conspiracies and now Obama, it’s just rediculous. We need the Puritans back in charge like they were in colonial United States.

By: freethinker

freethinker — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:05:05 +0000

I don’t see how any woman can be for Palin. Everything that women have work for for hundreds of years will be lost. I am more of a feminist than Sarah Palin, and im a guy. Her only purpose was to get excitement going with the base Republicans. She has done this, but this choice is an abomination. Worst pick since we voted for Bush a second time.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:18:20 +0000

@HHS 4 life!

Being governer of Alaska is nothing to brag about. The state only has about 600,000 people. I’m not impressed with John McCains choice to stop campaigning right now. It shows a lack of dedication, and makes him look like he’s running from Barack Obama. The first debate was supposed to be friday, and now John McCain doesn’t want to participate. I have faith that the hundreds of other elected officials in Washington can get us through this without “maverick mccain.” I think it’s incredibly important that voters see McCain debate Obama, so that both of their views are made clear. Then people can make well thought out, educated decisions.

By: L. Ucifer

L. Ucifer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:44:47 +0000

palin appeals to every minority group in which Mcain does not. so obviosly, yes she does. this does not change the fact that oth john Mcain and sarah palin are going to be the downfall of america as we know it. if Mcain wins in ’08, i elect that we all move to Canada and indulge in free healthcare and clean, non-polluted air.

By: HHS 4 life!

HHS 4 life! — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:34:06 +0000

@ anon:
Actually, Palin has more experience than Obama. Being governer of Alaska is more experience than being in the US senate for 3 months and voting “neutral” on over 200 bills.

By: anon

anon — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:23:31 +0000

@HHS 4 life! love the site though, good job:

Yes, she is just like a normal person–not fit to run a country. Don’t get me wrong, she has some views I agree with. But I think her lack of experience and general ignorance is impossible to ignore, especially since she has a very good chance of becoming president if Mccain wins.

By: nobody

nobody — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 17:33:51 +0000

sarah palin is helping mccain. part of it is because she is so controversial, she is attracting a lot of people to the rebublican party.

even though i dont really agree with either obama or mccain, i agree with a little of sarah palin says. i think, even though its bad for the environment, we should drill for oil in alaska. it comes down to between saving some animals or helping to save the american economy. i do think that the iraq “war” (its not a war, its a conflict. if you don’t believe me look it up. a war is when two governments are fighting. we replaced iraqs’ government and now we are wasting time and money trying to keep it stale and solving iraqs’ problems) is wrong.

and after looking at this debate, i really thinkpeople should be less closed minded and obsessive about who they want to win. i mean, most of us can’t vote, and i know some people that just quote their parents or somebody else.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:10:11 +0000

In my opinion, Sarah Palin may be good for the country, but not for the Earth. It’s not like humans are the only thing on the planet or the most important. Everything has it’s place and by Sarah Palin not only allowing, but supporting the aerial hunting of wolves and bears this shows her disrespect for nature. They shoot them down in winter when they have no where to run and show up like a target in the snow, which violates many hunters “fair-chase” ethic. She even placed a 150 dollar bounty per wolf as long as they have there left foreleg. Even worse the wolves normally die a painful death. If Sarah Palin can not only allow but support this and I sure don’t want to see what she can do if she becomes Vice President.

By: HHS 4 life! love the site though, good job.

HHS 4 life! love the site though, good job. — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:37:22 +0000

Sarah Palin is an excellent choise from my prospective. She is not a high brow Harvard graduate, she is a normal person which I think appeals to many americans. Palin also obiously sways some of the Hillary supporters. In fact, the complete abritrary of this pick encaptivated the U.S. Palin’s speech at the GOP got almost the same amount of view as Obamas. Some things have been said about Palin but most are just democratic low blows that I think will either convince the ignorant, sway the intelligent (to McCain) and intensify the democrat/republican ferocity in this race. The recent news about people hacking her e-mail was outrageous and the resopnce with a law-suit was very felicitous. In all, I think Sarah Palin could bridge a gap for some voters (however, any undecided voters right now have no basic understanding of politics.) and may sway the “on-the-fence” voters and really in an election that has never really seen a lead of more than about 5 points, those “on-the-fencers” could be all the difference McCain needs.

By: freethinker

freethinker — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:29:54 +0000

Sarah Palin is crazy. She says that the iraq war is “God’s will”. She doesn’t believe in abortion in rape or incest cases. She contradicts herself in the same speech. Basically McCain picked her because he wanted to attract the Hillary Clinton supporters that only voted for her because she was a woman (its true, 33% of the women that voted for Hillary in the primary voted for her solely because she was a woman). But Palin is a complete anti-feminist. She also says that she is a supporter of the environment when she wants to hunt polar bears and passed a bill that allowed people to shoot wolves from a helicoptor. And the supposed “bridge to nowhere” that she said “thanks but no thanks” to is completely false. She supported the bridge and only backed out of it when congress was no longer involved in it, and she kept the many millions that was given to Alaska for the production of the bridge. Also when she was Mayor, Palin gave a list of books (which included Harry Potter) she wanted to be banned to the town librarian. The librarian then laughed in her face and did not ban any books

By: anonymous (a different one)

anonymous (a different one) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:57:20 +0000

Whether or not Sarah Palin would do well as vice president, her nomination should say something about McCain as a candidate. From how well he knew her (they met once) and her past experience and accomplishments compared with those of other possible running mates, he clearly chose her to win more votes, but how much thought did he put into her work in the White House? It seems like he cared more about winning the election with this decision than about choosing a running mate who would do well as vice president (regardless of whether or not she ends up doing so). The vice president has an incredible amount of power and responsibility for every one of us and should not be chosen solely for a few cheap votes. How much thought did McCain put into the well-being of the country under Palin and what does this say about the way McCain would make decisions as President?

By: letsgetreal

letsgetreal — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 01:23:24 +0000

Sarah Palin is basically nuts. She believes that “God’s Plan” including building her stupid national oil pipeline, and that the Iraq War is all part of “God’s Plan.” Maybe “God’s Plan” should have included giving her a brain. Pipelines don’t come from God lady, they come from greedy oil-dependent countries like the United States.

Don’t just believe me, see for yourself:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG1vPYbRB7k

By: Mick

Mick — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:05:36 +0000

Reading this debate has showed me one thing: I’m so glad that most of you won’t be able to vote this election.

By: He

He — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:34:39 +0000

I WILL PREDICT THE FUTURE:

McCain: WIN
Obama: Lose

By: Simmons

Simmons — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:09:31 +0000

I’m glad this hasn’t gotten off track…

By: mike hawk

mike hawk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:40:10 +0000

Sarah Palin hurts and helps McCain at this point. The strategy was to get the unhappy Hillary supporters, as well as the far right evangelicals. But alas, there is no way McCain will get the support of the Hillary voters because of Palin’s anti abortion stance and her Christian right views. This also could hurt moderate McCain supporters who are not against abortion or christian values. Even though there isn’t much Palin can do as vice president, the prospect of a hardline christian in the White house is unsettling to me.

Although this hurts McCain a bit, it was a good effort indeed to gain support from all sides. You can’t please everyone is the lesson here.

I do think she is competent and if people think she has no experience they should look at Obama first.

And saying that she should stay home and support her family, is a very rude sexist remark. Should all mom’s stay home with their family? We have gotten so far with women’s rights and people still believe this?
Im surprised the Obama supporters or anyone would say such a thing when they are supposed to be the party of equality and anti ignorance.

By: Obama for equal opportunity

Obama for equal opportunity — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 00:58:29 +0000

“But ALL Americans have that chance, some just make bad decisions, fail to work hard and act like victims.”

This is a very controversial statement, Country First. Do “ALL” American’s really have equal opportunity in this country??? College is wildly expensive and millions can’t even afford health insurance in this country. As far as I can tell, many Americans do not have an EQUAL chance to succeed. And to generalize that it’s because “some just make bad decisions” or “fail to work hard” is completely out of touch. There are plenty of hardworking less fortunate Americans who cannot afford college and health insurance, and I don’t believe it’s because they “just make bad decisions.”

By: James Ivker

James Ivker — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:09:18 +0000

“Americans will vote for a ticket that puts American interests first. Country First…” Exactly, and that is why Obama will be our next President. John McCain says 100 more years in a War that is putting Big Oil before the American people. WAKE UP….. McCain says we need to ensure that we have VICTORY!!! What does that mean? More lives lost, money spent and an inflating deficit?

“But ALL Americans have that chance, some just make bad decisions, fail to work hard and act like victims.” Please…. How ignorant can you be? Coming from Wayland most people do have a chance but go ask the millions of Hard Working Americans who work three jobs in order to feed their family if they have a chance.. Not all unemployed persons are bums on the side of the road asking for change. In fact, a majority of these people want work but cannot find it. Not Surprisingly there are not enough jobs that pay wages that are reasonable enough to live on.

What is wrong with giving THESE people a chance to live a true American life?

McCain may put America’s interests firsts but it is not the America I know and love. It is the George W.Bush America where Big Oil is in charge and the rich get richer while hard working Americans struggle.