Digg - Palin questions McCain's concession of Michigan

228 Comments
Who Dugg It?

duhme, on 10/03/2008, -4/+79Awww, isn't that "cute"...
- Shaman760, on 10/04/2008, -2/+17In what respect, duhme?
  - ScottMitchell, on 10/04/2008, -4/+22In the respect that she (Palin) thought that the McCain campaign would want her opinion and feedback (or at least brief her) on campaign decisions.
    
    Kind of like when a little kid expects to help Mom and Dad plan the family vacation. Aw, shucks.
  - Shaman760, on 10/04/2008, -1/+12You're missing the meme.
  - TheXuu, on 10/04/2008, -2/+2In what respe... aw ***** it.. two of my friends died trying to do that meme.
- Fenrok, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2But it's WRONG!!!!!
- webwatch, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Its interesting how McCain and Palin do not agree on a lot of things like -
  
  Earmarks, Drilling in ANWR, Abortion in case of Rape/Incest, Cause of global warming, Windfall taxes on Big Oil and US strategy in pakistan....
- colouredlights, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3I have nothing personal against the GOP, in fact I thought Palin held herself quite well in the debate. But having worked inside of many organizations of different types, this is the kind of occurence that makes you think "are these guys actually organized?". I mean, I'm 100% sure McCain wouldn't want his VP to let the world know that they made a critical decision without even communicating it to half their party!
  
  When this kind of thing happens in a corporation, the team gets an intervention and new management. If the Republicans were running a public business, investors would be pulling out citing "bad management" at a happening like this.
  
  Just my two cents.
  - KibibyteBrain, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2Well, she definitely proved she could read!
wheresmclean, on 10/03/2008, -4/+200Which newspaper? All of them!!!!
- macweirdo42, on 10/04/2008, -1/+1Need input!
- thePTS, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2That have been in front of her all of these years?
- Games4Life, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4You know Alaska is not a foreign country or anything...
- 80hd, on 10/04/2008, -3/+1This headline should be marked as inaccurate for obvious reasons
- Espinha, on 10/05/2008, -0/+1I effing LOLed! :D
col381, on 10/03/2008, -5/+144This is just too funny - go on Sarah, go to Michigan, give 'em a couple of winks, use words like "Betcha", "Darn it" and "Hockey Mom" ad-nauseum, and say "Maverick" 50 ***** times and everyone will vote for you... be sure not to say anything with substance though - no one will recognise you.
- slstudios, on 10/03/2008, -2/+32The sad thing is, thousands of idiots will fall for it.
  - wendelgee2, on 10/04/2008, -0/+12Well...hundreds maybe.
  - swicken, on 10/04/2008, -0/+17More like over.... nine..... ahhh ***** it.
  - stormgren, on 10/04/2008, -0/+13Sad thing is, my college roommate loved her in the debate because she was "cheerful and positive and optimistic."
  - Albumen, on 10/04/2008, -0/+12College roomates have to sleep sometime...
- netneutrality, on 10/04/2008, -1/+16I hope she does. They can't retake Michigan now, so the more money they waste there the better.
  - Albumen, on 10/04/2008, -3/+1It's good the the MI economy. They'd be doing something positive for once!
- M4dC0ns3rv4tive, on 10/04/2008, -24/+3I bet Sarah can spell "recognize" better than you. ;)
  - xBreakdownx, on 10/04/2008, -2/+17I bet she cant. ;)
  - ScottMitchell, on 10/04/2008, -6/+4Zing!
  - zacumen, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7Uh... both spellings are acceptable. Maybe col381 is a Limey.
  - Arrowette, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6http://aolsvc.merriam-webster.aol.com/dictionary/r ...
    
    'Tard.
- 298th_Scat, on 10/04/2008, -13/+2Well Detroit is Hockey Town after all. Course the folks in Detroit prefer to vote for democrat gangsters.
insomniac8400, on 10/03/2008, -3/+52Haha. She doesn't read newspapers. And if no one told her, clearly they are done with that woman. Granted it is possible the campaign also forgot to tell McCain. These lobbyists really want white house jobs. They are going to try to prevent McCain from screwing it up.
- thePTS, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4The Republican party is just a machinery to get a certain type of power at the helm in the US.
  
  The people in the US who seek to manipulate, have found out that the republican party is way more suited to get in power, since it has a more stable voter mass (religious fundamentalists), administrations generally make a lot more international "noise" (which means nobody notices what happens beneath the curtains), and so on.
  
  They just want a couple of puppets in front (again).
toptopics, on 10/04/2008, -4/+45why does she always have that silly school girl grin on her face?? wonder if her brain stopped growing after she hit 15
- Rykielz, on 10/04/2008, -3/+11It psychologically makes you think she is innocent.
  School girl grin = catholic school girl = cute and innocent. The mind makes those connections.
  
  And its pretty sad that she found out about this through newspaper than McCain himself. Just goes to show how much decision making power she has.
  - RobotBuddha, on 10/04/2008, -2/+3It might be the aim. But the reality is more like fat hairy guy in sailor moon outfit. There's just too much signal conflict for it to not be disturbing to the point of siderailing any positive comparison very early on.
  - ErickStevenson, on 10/04/2008, -0/+9What?? Catholic Schoolgirls = innocent?
  - prophetpimp, on 10/04/2008, -1/+15For me Catholic Schoolgirls = Hot and slutty and takes its up the rear.
- EdwrdDiggrhands, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Because that's pretty much her 'qualification' for office. She's cute.
- Sfenton, on 10/04/2008, -1/+2Are you still a virgin?
- KibibyteBrain, on 10/04/2008, -1/+1Oddly enough, I think the human brain does stop physically growing after about age 15 if I recall from biology courses.
- mauso, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1All politicians do this. Whenever you change facial expressions there's this intermediate point where you look like an idiot, and all it takes is these photos being used repeatedly to make you look like an idiot. That's why so many politicians have that fake smile plastered permanently on their face.
  
  Your criticism is ***** stupid. So is Palin, yet you choose to comment on her appearance.
greenwald, on 10/04/2008, -3/+85No one told her they are losing this election either.
- JenniferInMO, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7No one has told McCain that either.
mingohills, on 10/04/2008, -2/+39What "plants of those car manufacturers??" Didn't she watch "Roger and Me" back in 1989??
wendelgee2, on 10/04/2008, -2/+39You already lost that state. Why not have Sarah campaign in a state that's still in play? Pretty please!

She'll lose the election for ya faster than you can chase down a wolf in a helicopter, you betcha!
- macweirdo42, on 10/04/2008, -1/+5Hey, if John Carpenter's "The Thing" has taught me anything, it's that you never know when the survival of the human race might depend on the ability to hunt canines from a helicopter.
TunaFishGangsta, on 10/04/2008, -2/+44She's getting cocky.. perhaps arrogant.

Seems like we've seen that before... oh yeah, in the Whitehouse!
larsone86, on 10/04/2008, -3/+59This actually kind of makes me feel sorry for her, but there is an untold story in this and in other recent poll results. Obama is taking the lead in every single major swing state and in some traditionally republican states. He's up in Ohio, Pennsylvania, AND Florida, which are absolutely key for both sides. Obama is also up in Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, Nevada, and North Carolina, all traditionally Republican. The media isn't reporting any of this because it's in their best interests not to, but McCain's campaign is very, very rapidly falling apart.
- rexcrouch, on 10/04/2008, -1/+7I check www.electrol-vote.com and www.gallup.com every afternoon when they update. It's better than Viagra.
  - Ryosen, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1Interesting. I went to "www.electrol-vote.com" and all I saw *was* Viagra...
- jimrin, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Right, all the remaining "battleground" states for McCain were Bush states in 2004. That is, his only hope to win the election is to win the same states Bush did and not even try to compete for any states which were lost in 2004.
- EtherGnat, on 10/04/2008, -3/+1Don't look now, but New Mexico has voted Democratic in three of the last four elections. Prior to that it was very much a Republican state.
- yodacallmesome, on 10/04/2008, -2/+1That all may be well and good but --
  The margin for Obama has to be decisive to counteract the effect of voter role purges, and too few voting machine in poorer (mostly Democratic) areas.
- Arrowette, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Obama has shorted McCain's lead in MISSISSIPPI from 14 points to 8. That's saying something.
algaeturd, on 10/04/2008, -5/+74You know what the grossest, most offensive part of all this *****? It's the fact that lower and middle class Americans are actually dumb enough to buy the unctuous condescension that she spews.
REALLY America? You WANT this woman to walk through the poor neighborhoods and talk to out of work Americans? Why? So she can wave around her money and wealth and power? She's a millionaire for christ's sake and she keeps touting herself as a middle class joe six pack.
Why? (again) because Americans are ***** dumb enough to buy it. And we wonder why the empire is crumbling.
THANKS BUSH! THANKS CHENEY! THANKS RETARDED AMERICANS WHO WERE DUMB AND UNEDUCATED ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR THEM AND ARE NOW CONSIDERING MCCAIN AND HIS CHEERLEADER.
- OliveStreet, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4I wish I could Digg you up a hundred more times!
- sx66gns, on 10/04/2008, -2/+1Hey , btw - It was the Successful and educated that vote republican , our bosses , remember that.
- momomathew, on 10/05/2008, -4/+0You know whats really funny????
  
  Michigans economy sucks, record unemployment, cities practically ghost towns and can you guess???
  
  For about forever Michigan has voted for Democrats for just about every electable position. The state is heavy unionized. You would think a light bulb would go off? Especially with Obama preaching Change Change Change.
  
  I laugh at all of you. Save all of your McCain will raise taxes, and he is for corporate welfare. How much corporate welfare do you think the factories in Michigan received? Why do you the think the manufacturing jobs left Michigan, overpriced Union workers, paying someone $20 an hour to push a broom, to put screw A into nut B.
  - PlaztikJeezus, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Let's invade a country.
  - SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/05/2008, -1/+1You have no clue what you are talking about.
    
    Conflating the *****-ups of the UAW and the democratic voting record of Michigan is stupid.
    
    Yeah, the UAW has ***** themselves, but what the hell does that have to do with voting democrat? Nothing at all.
    
    Not to mention, the "overpriced" union worker is the LEAST of these companies problems. They have a corporate culture and architecture that is literally dragging them to the ground. There are dozens of vice-presidents at General Motors who all make a bigger salary than entire factories worth of UAW workers benefits included. These assholes scratch their heads at why they can't turn a profit while they hand out thousands of pink-slips to blue-collar workers without even considering for a moment the massive bloat at the executive level.
    
    Oh, and let's not forget, the biggest cost of employing an American worker, Health Care benefits! Turns out that buying health insurance from the private sector is ridiculously expensive, even for big corporations. Now John McCain wants to TAX those benefits while offering a pilfering $2,500-$5000 "tax credit" to those without insurance. So not only will he be making it even more costly for employers to provide health care benefits, he effectively won't be doing ***** for all those people who get laid-off (you can't collect a tax credit without an income after all).
    
    That's just the tip of the iceberg. There are A LOT of reasons for Michigan workers to vote democrat. I think you are the one who needs to get a clue.
  - momomathew, on 10/06/2008, -0/+0I laugh at your idiotic diatribe, who are one of the biggest supporters of the Democratic party? Organized Labor, they are practically in bed together.
    
    Lets see, two of the United States biggest manufacturing outputs used to be automobiles and steel. Why is it cheaper to produce these and then ship them across the ocean and sell at a lower price than the product that is made here? Union Labor.
    
    I suggest you get a clue.
    
    Obama wants to Nationalize Health Care, so it will be "free" to everyone, that makes no sense, who is going to pay for this free healthcare.
    
    Again, you need to get a clue.
- noahhoward, on 10/05/2008, -2/+1THANKS CAPSLOCK GUY! Now, go, go forth and spread your uppercase brand of justice throughout the land.
smacksaw, on 10/04/2008, -2/+41"I told John that I was sad I could not campaign in Michigan, because I hear they have hockey and hunting there. I was really looking forward to seeing Canada from Michigan so I could keep an eye on those shifty-eyed igloo dwellers."
- repruhsent, on 10/04/2008, -0/+17I'm a Michigander, and I must say it's a great idea for Palin to campaign here. We're so close to Canada that it'd be a great place for her to bone up on her foreign relations experience.
- backslashdigg, on 10/04/2008, -0/+9I wish McCain would go hunting with Cheney.
- noahhoward, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Win
Semirhage527, on 10/04/2008, -1/+38So she says she read about the decision to leave Michigan -that should tell you how McCain and his campagin staff view her and how much input she really has on the campaign. She's a puppet and it's an insult to qualified female Republicans and to the voters. Hardly Country First
- incredibilistic, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Similar to when McCain suspended his campaign to help on the bailout/rescue plan, why not have Palin continue on with the campaign while you handle the bill? Isn't that what a second in command is for? To take over for you when you're busy with other critical issues? My guess is that she found out the campaign was on hold (that was later reported that it never truly stopped) after McCain made the announcement. Both Palin and Obama were looking at the TV like "WTF!!???!!"
  
  If anyone's being sexist in all of this it's McCain and his cronies. Like you said, she READ about it so it's clear that they only "use" Palin when it suits them. Otherwise they treat her like most powerful men treat their wives: keep her in the kitchen and in the bedroom until it's time for the big company party when they bring out their trophy wife for all the world to gawk at.
USArugula, on 10/04/2008, -1/+35White flag of surrender!
ducky101, on 10/04/2008, -1/+20Damn those elites and their smartness!! screwing everything up with intelligence!
zephyear, on 10/04/2008, -1/+29oh no i agree with her, please mccain, keep pouring money and time into a state you can't win
- me2000, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3I agree.. please listen to the bimbo. :)
Jimbos123, on 10/04/2008, -1/+14Now she is at the Head of the Ticket? Commit that woman!
jimchap, on 10/04/2008, -1/+18she's in charge, darn it all.
This is like Fargo but scary.
paintgrl, on 10/04/2008, -1/+17But she is a Maverick!!!
phroztbyt3, on 10/04/2008, -3/+14Palin: "Hey Mccainy... I just read about this really bad guy 50 years ago named Hitler. He did really bad stuff huh. You think theres any chance he'll come back as a zombie?"
MediaWeasel, on 10/04/2008, -1/+18Yeah it must be pretty galling to be running as Vice President of a party that tells the papers before letting you know what the plans are. That's gotta smart just a tad ;-)
- ScottMitchell, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8It shows just how much trouble this country will be in should McCain win and something happens to him while in office.
  
  I really think McCain did the country a disservice by picking someone who is so woefully unqualified to be the President of this country. I understand his motivations - pick up the female and evangelical voters - but it's sad and scary to think through the consequences should old McCain kick the bucket in the White House.
  - OliveStreet, on 10/04/2008, -1/+0Well, you know McCain's slogan ... "Country First." I guess that's what he was thinking when he picked her.
- rondeth, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4I'm thinking it's all a ploy myself if they were to push this. "Look at this lady, she's not afraid to stand up to her own running mate! She's a maverick!" Bloody nauseating in its obviousness.
  
  Real heroes don't mention they're heroes. Real 'mavericks' don't need to point it out every other sentence. There's a fundamental difference in the style of the mantras here.
mikesoba, on 10/04/2008, -2/+27Oopsey. Mygosh. I'll get back tu ya on that one.
boheme, on 10/04/2008, -4/+29The McCain campaign inadvertently exposed their true feelings this week, and gave us a glimpse of how a McCain/Palin administration would really run. The McCain campaign isn’t making Palin part of the decision making process, and they aren’t even keeping her in the loop. They have left her to figure out what is going on by reading it in newspapers, the very newspapers whose names she can’t remember…

I am a firm believer that if a person’s words and actions don’t match, that you should judge them by their actions. Words are cheap. McCain said he would, as president, veto any bill that had pork; as senator he voted yes on a pork heavy bailout package this very week. McCain says that Palin is a smart, competent and experienced politician; yet his campaign is not only excluding her from decision making but is not even informing her of the campaign plan.

What do I learn from these actions? McCain will not fight ‘pork barrel’ padding on bills, and he doesn’t trust Palin’s judgment. Heck of an endorsement, Johnny, heck of an endorsement.
- Disgod, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5That was the first thing I thought of when I read the article. Why in the hell is she having to get news about her own campaign from the newspapers? Shouldn't she be in on that decision making process rather than finding out what is going on in their campaign with the rest of us?
  
  At the very least she should shut the hell up and not make it abundantly clear that she's a prop, and has absolutely no power or say in the campaign. She's gone from using a shovel to dig their campaign's grave to a drag line excavator.
  - rondeth, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4The question is, can she name the newspaper she read that from, or is it in ALL the papers?
garywildd, on 10/04/2008, -3/+31THIS IS A RED FLAG! McCain obviously didn't tell her or consult her, she read it in the papers! That means McCain will NOT take her seriously if she is the VP. So if McCain croaks, Mommy Moose won't even know what he was thinking. I know, she's gonna e-mail God, you betcha! We know McCain is a misogynist - this proves Palin is just his token doll. POOR GIRL.
- Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5She doesn't read her e-mails, they have a Liberal Bias.
  
  As soona s she open her inbox, she "Bury : Misleading headline" everything.
  - OliveStreet, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2Hell of thing to read, now that she's decided to start reading papers. Crushing!
- cheekdog, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2i'm confused....i thought she didn't read newspapers...
- DrGalakiewicz, on 10/05/2008, -2/+0Sheesh, stop the alarmist drivel...if McCain dies, Karl Rove will always be there to "guide" her along. :P
223Sniper, on 10/04/2008, -2/+319/11! NUCULAR! Maverick! White flag! FEAR!
- mm911, on 10/04/2008, -0/+13You left out "ENERGY!", "YOUBETCHA!", "JOESIXPACK!", "ENERGY!", "MAINSTREET!", "HOCKEYMOM!" and "ENERGY!" Did I mention "ENERGY!"?
  - me2000, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4And... dog gone it! Say it ain't so, joe! *wink*
    
    What a friggen joke!
  - rondeth, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3POW! 5 years!
    
    pew pew!
    
    ENERGY!
- webergolf, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3"What's the difference between a pit bull and a hockey mom??!? LIPSTICK!"
  - wastelander, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Well it sure isn't brains.
  - 223Sniper, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2as Stewie would say "BAAAZZING!!"
somegeologist, on 10/04/2008, -1/+10I really don't get McCain’s strategy. Palin is campaigning in South Central LA today (Carson, CA). Maybe McCain is hoping Palin will get hit with a drive-by.
ErickStevenson, on 10/04/2008, -1/+9I guess she is not in sync with McCain? Geez wtf, it's like they are running two sepperate campaigns. So this will be the McCain administration if they get elected to office? More incompetence? Yay! Economy is down, what's the next goal for this administration? Sell the US to the highest bidder?
isaaciaggard, on 10/04/2008, -1/+10Does McCain not speak to Palin? How did this get slipped past her desk?
- Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7Do you take the time to explain everything you do to your pet bulldog with lipstick?
  
  He doesn't either.
RRJackson, on 10/04/2008, -23/+12When McCain wins the election there are going to be some bewildered kids on Digg.
- Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -10/+15When Obama wins the election, there is going to be some bewildered elderly at the community center's internet corner.
  - runCMD, on 10/04/2008, -7/+4Gutterpunk - were you a member of a political party - or held a political ideal before Obama ? Are you one of the newbies ? Something has changed in the democratic party under his steward - and it's a party filled with rude hateful sniper bunnies. You may grow up one day to be a good person - but like Obama - you have a long way to go.
  - Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -3/+6runDMC - Who the ***** are you?
    
    I was replying to RRJackson, a rude hateful Republican sniper bunny. Don't tell me that the Luberul are the rude little pricks on Digg. Just open any political thread, and check around the 45-60th posts, they will be stupid little insults spouted by Republicans, most of them targeting "kids" or "youngin".
    
    When I have lesson to learn, I won't come to Digg to learn them, and you aren't the one who will give them to me. Stick to your outdated political ideal, it's working out so great for the USA.
  - runCMD, on 10/05/2008, -2/+4Gutterpunk - Who am I - I am your equal. We both get exactly one vote. I think perhaps - I will be thinking about this post when my vote counteracts yours in a few weeks. If you've ready as many posts here as I have recently - the majority of rude insults are coming from the 'nice' party - the party of the 'people' - the new Democrats. So angry - they'll probably win- and they'll probably still be angry.
  - SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/05/2008, -3/+3@RunCMD: I'm not a Democrat. I'm an individual. And yeah, I'm ***** angry, because I've figured out assholes like George Bush and he political twin John McCain have completely ***** up my future. Thanks to these assholes I have to try and enter the workforce in a crumbling economy. Thanks to them I'm likely going to spend the rest of my life working off the most outrageous national debt ever incurred. Thanks to them my high school couldn't even afford enough paper for the whole school year. Thanks to them I've had to watch friends drop out of college because they can't afford it. Thanks to them thousands of people my age are either dead or going to spend the rest of their lives dealing with debilitating injuries they received fighting in a pointless war for NOTHING while Al Qaeda grows stronger and Osama Bin Laden roams free. Thanks to them my civil liberties are being eroded every single day under the false flag of "Homeland Security."
    
    So yeah, we're a little angry, but, you know, I happen think it's pretty justified and directed at exactly the right people.
  - RRJackson, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2@Gutterpunk
    
    I'm a registered Democrat. I've never voted for a Republican in my life. I passed out buttons and flyers for Clinton in his second presidential campaign. Until this election I never even considered voting Republican. Then my party nominated a radical with ties to Black Nationalism, Hamas, Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. I can't vote for that.
  - runCMD, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2@SpeedStreamBoat The morning after for you won't be any happier than the night before. Only then - your anger will be better justified looking in the mirror. You've listed several good reasons to "not" vote for a man with big promises and no experience in Washington.
    Don't buy the lie that McCain is the same as Bush. All it takes is a little Google - and an unjaundiced eye.
- rexcrouch, on 10/04/2008, -2/+8People who think McCain is winning should stay on top of the facts.
  
  I check www.electrol-vote.com and www.gallup.com every afternoon when they update.
  - RRJackson, on 10/04/2008, -5/+4You keep refreshing that browser. And when McCain wins the election you can express your outrage at the misleading polling data. That will be extremely entertaining.
  - RhoVisions, on 10/04/2008, -1/+3How come any time a democrat is leading the polls, its misleading? And when the same polls have a republicans in the lead, they're factual? I keep noticing this...
  - Dawnrazor, on 10/04/2008, -1/+4Denial is a powerful thing.
    
    RRJackson will be insisting McCain is president years after Obama's inauguration.
  - runCMD, on 10/05/2008, -0/+2Outrage is your playground folks. The Republicans want to do the right thing this time around. The DEMS want a Hollywood ending. If the DEMS take the presidency - you'll have the superstar moment - and then the true hard facts of life will kick in. You will take your passion for change - and having realized you were misled by just an ordinary flawed man - and laugh at new skits on SNL directed at his incompetence. Because what he has promised - he cannot deliver. He doesn't have the experience, the clout, or the connections it takes to work the deals with Congress. Thanks to the financial crisis - he can no longer afford to give you the programs he's promised throughout his campaign. But - He has you. And he will turn to you - like he did in the senate - when he realizes he can't have his own way - even in that office for you to bring pressure on your representatives to give him what he wants. Unfortunately - he can't get what he really wants in that job. Not yet anyway. Give McCain the job and let him lead with his experience and courage. Or give Obama the job and let him lead with (whatever it is you see in him that I don't) AND then lets move on and be better people. Nasty is as Nasty does - and the NWO dem supporters of Obama -at least here on digg are just n-a-s-t-y.
- cadmiumpaint, on 10/04/2008, -3/+9Obama is too far ahead for McCain to rely on the "hanging chad" this time around. he might have to actually get people to vote for him which is a pretty big challenge.
- mystcnurse, on 10/04/2008, -2/+3If McCain wins, it will be the same way that GW "won" in 2004. Election brought to you by Diebold. Oh, and Obama sucks also. But he will certainly have the most "votes". Palin is a freaking joke. And McCain has nasty little yellow teeth and no respect for women, whatsoever.
- mattus, on 10/04/2008, -1/+4It's pretty funny when Republicans are reduced to claiming that all the polls are wrong, because nothing else is going for McCain :) That's when you know they're hoping for a miracle.
  - RRJackson, on 10/04/2008, -4/+3Nothing miraculous about it. The 'Silent Majority' speak loud and clear on election day. Oh, and we have friends who build voting machines. Never underestimate the usefulness of that. Not to mention a Supreme Court that will overturn whatever challenges are made after the election. It's a humble system, but it works.
  - SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/05/2008, -2/+2@RRJackson: Troll harder.
- mistertrogdor, on 10/04/2008, -1/+3Yes because winning is the only thing that matters and voting is a legitimate means of invoking any sort of 'change' /s (just in case you can't tell) .
  You will all be bewildered once the government seizes your land because some guy in China bought it out from under you, and your children will be the ones wondering why you adults let the US go down the *****.
  
  Mommy why is the US dollar worthless?
  Well son that is called inflation and that what happens when you print too much money to try and save the economy.
  What a bright and shining future you left us.
- EtherGnat, on 10/04/2008, -1/+3If you're so certain McCain is going to win you should put your money where your mouth is on InTrade. It's 67/31 for Obama right now, so you could make some easy money. I put some money on Obama after the Repubican National Convention when McCain actually took a slight lead.
  - RRJackson, on 10/04/2008, -4/+3It hardly surprises me that someone voting for Obama would have gambling issues.
    
    When you've addressed your problems maybe you'd like to switch parties. Nearly a third of Republicans used to be Democrats. Once people start to get their lives together they tend to change their political affiliation to reflect a more coherent system of values.
    
    Here's some helpful diagnostic information from the DSM-IV.
    
    Pathological gambling is now defined as persistent and recurrent maladaptive gambling behavior meeting at least five of the following criteria, as long as these behaviors are not better explained by a manic episode:
    
    1. Preoccupation. The subject has frequent thoughts about gambling experiences, whether past, future, or fantasy.
    2. Tolerance. As with drug tolerance, the subject requires larger or more frequent wagers to experience the same "rush".
    3. Withdrawal. Restlessness or irritability associated with attempts to cease or reduce gambling.
    4. Escape. The subject gambles to improve mood or escape problems.
    5. Chasing. The subject tries to win back gambling losses with more gambling.
    6. Lying. The subject tries to hide the extent of his or her gambling by lying to family, friends, or therapists.
    7. Loss of control. The person has unsuccessfully attempted to reduce gambling.
    8. Illegal acts. The person has broken the law in order to obtain gambling money or recover gambling losses. This may include acts of theft, embezzlement, fraud, forgery, or bad checks.
    9. Risked significant relationship. The person gambles despite risking or losing a relationship, job, or other significant opportunity.
    10. Bailout. The person turns to family, friends, or another third party for financial assistance as a result of gambling.
  - EtherGnat, on 10/04/2008, -1/+3InTrade has proved more accurate in predicting elections than any polls. If liberals really are the one with the gambling problem it apparently means we're damned good at predicting elections, and therefore you're in trouble.
    
    Then again, maybe you're completely talking out of your ass.
- vegx, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2Isn't this the same RRJackson who claimed time and time again during the primaries that Hillary would pull something during or before the convention and would end up being the candidate? How'd that go?
Shaggy3, on 10/04/2008, -1/+10Maybe she is trying to overtake him as the GOP candidate.
- OliveStreet, on 10/04/2008, -0/+6Did anyone hear any commentators from CNN after the debate mention something about Palin setting herself up for the future? HOLY *****!!!! Now that's one ***** scary thought!
  - wastelander, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Its quite possible.. I am thinking real estate agent.
    You didn't mean politician did you?
andypop481, on 10/04/2008, -1/+16Palin said she had been "annoyed" in her interviews with CBS News anchor Katie Couric and had been caught off guard when asked what newspapers and magazines she read and to name Supreme Court decisions she disagreed with — questions Palin appeared not to be able to answer.

Her responses, Palin said, were "an indication of being outside that Washington elite, outside of the media elite also."

Yeah because if you read a newspaper enough to know its name, or know a case thats come out of our third branch of government, you are ELITE and unfit for presidency!
- Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7Nah, it's not the Elite.
  
  Palin just couldn't find any more papers that didn't have a "liberal bias"
  
  It's hard to keep track of everything the Republicans call biased these days...
- rondeth, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4I know which magazines I read and some certain supreme court cases--all this time, I've been elite? Why the ***** didn't anyone tell me? I need to toss my cold six of Pabst I guess.
- chanelgal, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3yeah, she is just like George Bush. Bush does not read newspapers and she claims " I read all of them"
Eqxy, on 10/04/2008, -1/+9If I lived in Michigan I'd be thinking something along the lines of "Ahhh *****... she's coming to visit?"
- mrferg, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4I'm thinking that, though more on the order of "I hope she stays the ***** out of here."
IMTruckingUSA, on 10/04/2008, -16/+2Why would she want to go to The Peoples Republic of Michigan? They want to go belly up like The Peoples Republic of California. Lots of Illegals and no control.
- somegeologist, on 10/04/2008, -0/+14The Peoples Republic of California is responsible for 13% of the United States' gross domestic product and if California were an independent state, it would have had the tenth largest economy in the world. I think McCain has refused to sit down with Arnold along with the president of Spain.
- heystoopid, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Wanker !
- Dawnrazor, on 10/04/2008, -0/+7California also has a 2nd term Republican governor, so obviously it has to be the Democrats fault.
Caseyshuffle, on 10/04/2008, -1/+9Palin is incapable of answering any question directly in any interview. Whats worse is that Palin rehearses her deflections.

Anyone seen this yet, http://www.internetisfun.com/item.php?ownerid=1184 ...
rexcrouch, on 10/04/2008, -0/+13I am here in Michigan and we are still seeing John McCain adds on TV. These adds are really like bad B horror flicks. They have a scary voice narrating and some still photos of Obama which have been photo-shopped to make him look darker. These adds run back-to-back with Obama adds where Obama actually speak to the viewing audience and there is no scarry music and narrator - just the real candidate.

I am looking forward to the bad B horror flick adds ending soon but hey! If Palin wants to wonder around in downtown Detroit by herself and try to act like common folk there, I am all for it.
- acknotSW, on 10/04/2008, -1/+1One of my best friends is black (i'm very very white), he would be happy to recommend some great bars in detroit that he knows about where she would have a great time. Strange though, he has never taken me to any of them.......
stagmire, on 10/04/2008, -1/+11Why aren't republicans more worried about Palin as president? McCain is an old cancerbag who needs $5,000 of makeup before he can appear in public. Add that to the stress of the presidency, and the background odds of assassination, and Palin will probably be POTUS if the GOP ticket goes the distance.
- acknotSW, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Mainly because they don't realize that she is not your average evangelical Christian. She is a Pentecostal, they are the ones that your average evangelical Christian makes fun of for being so extream.
  
  Your average evangelical looks forward to the day that Jesus comes back, the Pentecostals thinks it's happening very soon and that whatever they want is god telling them that they want it and that they are going to get it. Do you really want a nut like that with her finger on our "bring Jesus back now" weapons?
bebop717, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Well, she can always go in place of him.
Cattywampus, on 10/04/2008, -1/+10I don't understand why McCain pulled out of Michigan but is still campaigning in California. Does he really think he has a chance there? He'd be better off spending that money elsewhere.
- secrity, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8I rather like that he is wasting money in CA.
- cadmiumpaint, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2i've wondered that myself, although i think the ads we see are on national tv broadcasts, not local.
- rexcrouch, on 10/04/2008, -1/+7McCain pulled out?
  
  I didn't feel a thing.
  - Cattywampus, on 10/04/2008, -1/+2Maybe he needs that "little blue pill" that Bob Dole used to make commercials about.
- deadbaby, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2He's most likely raising money in CA, not campaigning. Even though he took public funds he can still raise money for the RNC.
- heystoopid, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Too simply , he didn't like the hecklers at GM Lake Orion plant ,as he was afraid of them turning into an unstoppable flood across the nation seeing through all his lies and BS since 1982.
  
  Interestingly , why do you support a man without honor and who has lied outrageously without shame to the public at large military veterans inclusive since 1982 ?
  
  Is it his $5k a time make up before public appearances ?
  - Cattywampus, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3If you're asking me, I'm not supporting him, just questioning his strategy.
Gutterpunk, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Palin is the Leo Getz of the 2008 elections.
- thirdeyeopen666, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2They ***** you at the voting booth, ok?
amightywind, on 10/04/2008, -5/+5Jennifer Granholm, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabinenow, Kwame Kilpatrick. The braintrust of Michigan's lost decade. Michigan is the only state in the union bypassed by the booming prosperity enjoyed by most other states during these 8 magical Bush years. You get what you deserve. You are slouching below Mississippi as the poorest state in the nation. Enjoy the ride.
- JenniferInMO, on 10/04/2008, -2/+4booming prosperity in most other states? Gee, I just moved from Missouri to Oklahoma. No boom either place. I guess those have missed that boom too. My husband travels to and works with heavy industry in Illinois, KS, IA, AR, NV, CO and AZ. They have really missed out on that "boom." Where the hell are you amightywindbag that there has been a properous boom? Are you a lobbyist?
  - amightywind, on 10/04/2008, -4/+3I am familiar with the area too. Owasso and Broken Arrow are veritable boom towns. Darn good bass fishing the area too! The mere fact that opportunity brought you to the area suggests that. Olathe/Lawrence Kansas, Bentonville AR, Branson, MO, Phoenix. Same thing. Your crazy. I live in Minneapolis, were not growing anywhere near as fast as your area (too many damn liberals with their hands out!) but we're doing great. It is good to be an American!
- SpeedSteamBoat, on 10/05/2008, -1/+2You're ignorant to the realities of the Michigan economy. Guess what? The American auto industry has been struggling for years. Considering that's essentially been Michigan's economy for about a century I feel comfortable making the leap and saying that probably has more to with our ***** economy that our most recent congressmen and governor.
  
  Not to mention the exodus of greater Detroit that began in the early 80s.
  
  And calling the Bush years "magical'? Really?
  
  Name ONE good thing George Bush did for the Michigan economy. Just ONE. *****, name one good thing George Bush did for the American economy. I'll wait, because last I checked he's rounding out his final term of office with the total collapse of the banking industry he so gleefully deregulated.
skews13, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5Aw shucks John. When were you planning on telling me. Golly gee, i'm the head maverick on this ticket don'tcha know.
BlogCrawler, on 10/04/2008, -0/+8People, don't buy this for a second. This is a carefully thought through move. Palin won't even pee without McCain's permission. This is a ploy to make her look "strong" and a serious VP material who doesn't just say "yes" to the president. Let's give credit to Republicans for trying to spin the loss for their advantage!
- Disgod, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4It makes her look weak and stupid. Why in the hell would she have to find out in a newspaper what her own campaign is doing? What does that say about that campaign when the number 2 person is only finding out about major strategic moves when it has been announced publicly? Shouldn't she be in those meetings, I realize McCain is afraid of technology, but even a simple conference call would have sufficed. She might become the Vice President of the US and she's not asked her opinion or told about what is going to happen with her campaign.
  
  At the very least, shouldn't she not announce her own ignorance of what her own campaign is doing nationally?
  
  McCain's campaign has turned into a giant, spiraling to it's death, joke.
- rondeth, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2It's not the fact that it's a joke, but they will have the opportunity to point it out ("she's strong, she's a leader you betcha!!") at every turn ad nauseum. Their campaign managers could have a future in sitcom writing.
jonjo, on 10/04/2008, -9/+2Speaking on behalf of all of us in the UK - we really like her.
- JenniferInMO, on 10/04/2008, -2/+3If you think we will implode like the USSR just so you can take us back as a colony, think again. There will be nothing left you'll want.
- zaffe, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5Speaking on behalf of the UK that has a clue, we really don't.
- mattus, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Speak for yourself - I live in the UK and I think she's an inept and insincere bitch. Buried!
- RhoVisions, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1I don't know why its being dugg down... I dugg it up just so people can see the replies :-)
cadmiumpaint, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3Its called money. McCain is running out of it. He has to spread it around .

I like how Palin contradicts and undermines her running mate whenever she gets the chance. Palin's 2012 campaign has already begun.
- jimrin, on 10/04/2008, -0/+5Right. I think she believes it should be the Palin/McCain ticket instead of the McCain/Palin ticket...
  - acknotSW, on 10/04/2008, -0/+1Oh yea, great, give her control of our nuclear "bring jesus back now" weapons before mccain can even have the dignity to die in office.
- JenniferInMO, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2He's not running out of money. Actually, between his campaign and the GOP they have more cash on hand than Obama and the DNC. The 527s are coming through in a big way right now. Don't underestimate the power of money behind McCain.
  - cadmiumpaint, on 10/04/2008, -0/+3CNN says the McCain campaign is having a small cash crisis because the campaign is playing defense in a lot of states they shouldn't have to like Virginia and Indiana. They can't justify spending 1 million a week in a state they are trailing in and thats why they pulled out.
JLiszka, on 10/04/2008, -0/+6Yeah. Her question was "What's Michigan?"
phocis850, on 10/04/2008, -15/+390% of those commenting above are in my retard list.
specialbuddy1, on 10/04/2008, -1/+3We already have one woman messing everything up and we don't need another.
- AptToMiss, on 10/04/2008, -0/+2Is that a Granholm reference?
  - specialbuddy1, on 10/06/2008, -0/+1Of Course.
Pinkertinkle, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Who wants another misspeak-prone evangelist in the Whitehouse? Not me!
LukasSmith, on 10/04/2008, -12/+2Lol these people are criticizing people for what they say.
What about for what they don't say?
I am still waiting for Obama to tell America his plans will cost tax payers 3.5 trillion dollars according to the Tax Policy Center.
Of course some experts claim that with the bailout weighing down our debt the next president won't spend.
Which means the socialist dream is dead and everything Obama promises comes to nothing. Change you can believe in? Not.

Another trail of tears will be all the fanatics get.
But somehow it will be the Republicans fault.
I don't need a crystal ball to see the future under Obama.
- sizzzzlerz, on 10/04/2008, -0/+4Golly, just like all of bush's *****-ups, for 7 years, no less, were the fault of clinton's penis according to 9 out of 10 republicans, donchaknow.
- Addicuss, on 10/04/2008, -2/+4I'm not sure where youre getting your info from bud.
  
  Lets clear the record, BOTH candidates will increase the national debt. but according to factcheck.org John McCain will increase it by much more.
  
  Obama will cut taxes for the middle class. I dont know how many times and in how many ways this has to be proven. Its ridiculous that people still stick to the idea that McCain will lower taxes for the average man. he will NOT.
  
  So please fact check your beliefs. because theyre wrong.
- LukasSmith, on 10/04/2008, -7/+2Hey Addiccus you are a moron. The only fact I had is the debt issue and it is FACT.
  So stfu
  adding your own facts.
  doesn't mean mine disappears.
  very nice deflection method though.
  Trying to mask the fact Obama will increase the debt with other facts.
  nice you added all these facts to mine, told me I was wrong, even though I didn't even mention them in my comment, thus implying even the Debt fact, which was the only issue I covered was wrong. You are a genius at twisting words.
  Facts are facts buddy.
  Obama will increase the debt.
  unmentioned Fact + unmentioned fact + unmentioned fact + original fact /= wrong
  - cmootoo, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4Ok so Obama will increase the debt but McCain increases it more while offering less to the people. That fact also does not disappear.
    
    Like you said, facts are facts.
slavetolust, on 10/04/2008, -0/+10"a campaign move she only learned about Friday morning when she read it in the newspapers."

I'm not convinced she knows what a newspaper is.
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