VP Debate: Working Moms For Palin? Not These 400
| Thu Oct. 2, 2008 9:12 PM PDT
Many of the 400 working mothers who watched the VP debate in a San Francisco hotel ballroom live Thursday night grimaced as Sarah Palin leaned awkwardly into Joe Biden onstage, then sailed over to her podium. "After all, this is a historic night for working moms," noted the work/life conference wrangler. Not even the many liberals in attendance wanted her to fail outright. Thus, there was a collective groan at Palin's first response to Gwen Ifill: "You know, I think a good barometer here, as we try to figure out has this been a good time or a bad time in America's economy, is go to a kid's soccer game on Saturday, and turn to any parent there on the sideline and ask them, "How are you feeling about the economy?"
These parents know when they're being pandered to. The faint charms of Palin's mommy group charisma, her overuse of the word 'darn'? Oh, how the shine has worn off. There were catcalls at Palin's use of the phrase "respect for women's rights." Cheers when Biden finally took off the kid gloves.
"I'm a registered Democrat, and I have to admit, the first time I saw her speak I was nervous," said a redhead named Kacy, standing near the open bar and the cupcake table after the first hour of the debate. "She seemed witty and strong." Kacy adjusted the sleeping one-month-old on her shoulder. "But now that I've seen her speak more, I've lost my admiration for her," she said.
A blonde at the book table, by titles "Porn for New Moms" and "The Three-Martini Playdate," planned to watch the recorded debate at home with a Palin Bingo card in hand and another glass of wine. "Really, it's just like any other reality show, isn't it? Two people looking like idiots on TV?"
After an hour of Palin and Biden, star work/life speaker Lisa Belkin took a vote. Option one, "watching the rest of the debate," lost by a few cheers in favor of extended panels on blending life and work. They'd TiVoed it. They knew what they were missing in the Veep debate—and what they weren't.
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GOOD MOTHER OR FAKE MOTHER
How Palin rates as a good mother is completely ridiculous and hypocritical, she never picks up her new born, teen age un-wed daughter pregnant, and her disturbing megalomaniac love affair with herself. We don't call that good parenting in the USA. I don't want my child relating to Sarah Palin, EVER! She doesn't represent any form of mainstream America and never will.P.S. Gun happy, slang talking, backward hillbilly is not USA's idea of a Mother?She herself was two month pregnant the day she marry. Palin's husband will not answer question about his relationship with a hate group! Nor a daughter he father during the time his wife had a affair with his business partner! These are the moral republicans? Better then everybody else! YEAH RIGHT! Never in American history did a white republican man pick a female as vice president! Palin is a idiot and McCain and the world knows it!This plays to the judgement of McCain.
GOOD MOTHER OR FAKE MOTHER
How Palin rates as a good mother is completely ridiculous and hypocritical, she never picks up her new born, teen age un-wed daughter pregnant, and her disturbing megalomaniac love affair with herself. We don't call that good parenting in the USA. I don't want my child relating to Sarah Palin, EVER! She doesn't represent any form of mainstream America and never will.P.S. Gun happy, slang talking, backward hillbilly is not USA's idea of a Mother?She herself was two month pregnant the day she marry. Palin's husband will not answer question about his relationship with a hate group! Nor a daughter he father during the time his wife had a affair with his business partner! These are the moral republicans? Better then everybody else! YEAH RIGHT! Never in American history did a white republican man pick a female as vice president! Palin is a idiot and McCain and the world knows it!This plays to the judgement of McCain.
It's amazing how easy it is to influence some woman. Just because they feel that they can IDENTIFY with Palin being of the same sex.They actually are attracted with a wink of the eye and a ponytail.That makes her ready to rule this country? It's crazy, I certainly wouldn't want someone like me to run this country. Sorry girls! maybe have her for a cup of tea, but to run this country? HECK NO! Are you all NUTS!?
LIES AND RUMORS MCCAIN AND PALIN
Lies and rumors is what the McCain campaign is all about! Gov. Palin is a idiot and not ready to be Vice President! But enough is enough. Our economy and the reputation of our country are at stake in this next election. Barack is honest about his faith, and is prepared to take this country in a new direction. It is clear that Sarah Palin has spent relatively little time thinking about global issues or the economy and is unprepared for the vice presidency. Though it might be interesting to have her as my Bible Study leader, I feel that God calls me to be responsible with my vote, and I need to vote for the candidate that is qualified to bring about change to our country, whose plans involve doing far more for the poor and uninsured, and who has tried to run a mature campaign.
A DIFFERENCE IN JUSTICE
Stacy Peterson (born January 20, 1984) went missing on October 28, 2007. She was officially reported missing in the early hours of October 29, 2007, after her sister, Cassandra Cales, failed to hear from her when expected. Drew Peterson claims that Stacy called him at 9 p.m. on Sunday to tell him that she had left him for another man and that she had left her car at Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport. Drew Peterson is on his forth wife. The last recorded words from Stacy Peterson were left on a voicemail on her father's answering machine on October 17 at 12:37 P.M., 11 days before she disappeared. The message said, "Hey dad! It's me, Stacy, I just wanted to call you and tell you I love you. I also wanted to give you my new phone number. OK, love you. White justice and the lack of white leadership is at tip of this problem in the country! White on white crime is under reported and uncheck!The recent story of Caylee is sad, no doubt, but what makes all of these generally white and/or pretty girls' stories more important than others? Last year many non-white girls in America was missing for awhile yet their face wasn't plastered all over the news for days. Drew Peterson is a suspect in his wifes death the mother of Caylee Marie Anthony that has been missing since June 9, but her mother Casey Anthony did not report her missing until July 16, five weeks later. Both of these white Americans have not been charge with murder. But are both suspects! The bottom line we as a people are seeing white privilege white racism The White Buddy system and the lack of white leadership hurting WHITE PEOPLE!
WHERE IS THIS MAVERICK IN MCCAIN?
McCain has 27 years in the senate and had learn so wrong how not to do the right thing. McCain talks about being a Maverick over and over. He even got Gov. Palin who nobody knows! Saying the same stupid comments about being a maverick! How did being a so-call maverick help this country? How did McCain help the troops with armor in the Iraq War. The 9/11 report stated that 750- American troops could have lived had Bush purchase the proper armor! (THAT IS NOT A MAVERICK THAT IS A IDIOT)! And it cost lifes! Being a so-call maverick did not stop McCain from voting for the wrong war in Iraq! Being a maverick did not stop the mortgage crisis or the Wall Street mess! Senator John McCain is too old and out of touch with the world and the country! McCain is not a maverick he is a joke . And not a good joke! McCain has horrible judgement . Just like Bush and Chaney both are out the touch with the country and the world! And the condition of the country proves that! 8 years of horrible judgement and disrespect of human American lifes has been the result of Bush ,Chaney and McCain! They just don't get it! All this maverick talk is just TALK! They disrespect Obama because he said he would talk to people that hate America! HE IS RIGHT! Most of the things that Bush has done or has not done DID NOT WORK! It is time to retire McCain Bush and Chaney.
WHY I AM VOTING FOR OBAMA
Women
""From the first moment a woman dared to speak that hope - dared to believe that the American Dream was meant for her too - ordinary women have taken on extraordinary odds to give their daughters the chance for something else; for a life more equal, more free, and filled with more opportunity than they ever had. In so many ways we have succeeded, but in so many areas we have much work left to do." - Barack Obama, Speech in Washington, DC, 11/10/05
Veterans
As a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama is committed to helping the heroes who defend our nation today and the veterans who fought in years past. A grandson of a World War II veteran who went to college on the G.I. Bill, Senator Obama has reached out to Republicans and Democrats in order to honor our commitment to America's veterans.
Iraq
Before the war in Iraq ever started, Senator Obama said that it was wrong in its conception. In 2002, then Illinois State Senator Obama said Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States and that invasion would lead to an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. Since then, Senator Obama has laid out a plan on the way forward in Iraq that has largely been affirmed by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton.
Education
Throughout America's history, education has been the vehicle for social and economic mobility, giving hope and opportunity to millions of young people. Our schools must prepare students not only to meet the demands of the global economy, but also help students take their place as committed and engaged citizens. It must ensure that all students have a quality education regardless of race, class, or background. Barack Obama is committed to strengthening our public schools to maximize our country's greatest natural resource - the American people. Obama believes that we must equip poor and struggling districts, both rural and urban, with the support and resources they need to provide disadvantaged students with an opportunity to reach their full potential. Too often, our leaders present this issue as an either - or debate, divided between giving our schools more funding, or demanding more accountability. Obama believes that we have to do both, and has offered innovative ideas to break through the political stalemate in Washington.
GOOD MOTHER OR FAKE MOTHER
How Palin rates as a good mother is completely ridiculous and hypocritical, she never picks up her new born, teen age un-wed daughter pregnant, and her disturbing megalomaniac love affair with herself. We don't call that good parenting in the USA. I don't want my child relating to Sarah Palin, EVER! She doesn't represent any form of mainstream America and never will.P.S. Gun happy, slang talking, backward hillbilly is not USA's idea of a Mother She herself was two month pregnant the day she marry. Palin's husband will not answer question about his relationship with a hate group! Nor a daughter he father during the time his wife had a affair with his business partner! These are the moral republicans? Better then everybody else! YEAH RIGHT! Never in American history did a white republican man pick a female as vice president! Palin is a idiot and McCain and the world knows it!This plays to the judgement of McCain.
ANOTHER IDIOT BROTHER OH BROTHER
Republican presidential candidate John McCain's brother made an apparent joke at a campaign rally this weekend that might not play well in parts of newly competitive Virginia.
Joe McCain, speaking at an event in support of his brother, called two Democratic-leaning areas in Northern Virginia "communist country," according to a report on The Washington Post's Web site.
"I've lived here for at least 10 years and before that about every third duty I was in either Arlington or Alexandria, up in communist country," Joe McCain, a Navy veteran, said at an event in Loudoun County, Va. Out of touch just like his brother with America and the world! IDIOT! Virginia has long been a Republican stronghold in presidential elections, but Democrat Barack Obama is running even or ahead of McCain in recent state polls. Obama is being helped by fast-growing communities in the Washington, D.C., suburbs of Northern Virginia, which tend to vote more Democratic than other parts of the state.
Pro Women NOT PRO Palin
As a working, married conservative mother of 3 who is a faithful church going, God fearing woman, the thought of Sarah Palin in office sickens me. I feel like her entire approach is "Look at me, little hockey mom, let me relate to you, the common people". PLEASE! The last thing I want is a soccer mom/hockey mom running the country. I don't need a "pitbull with lipstick" running the country. We all know McCain didn't think he had a chance at winning, so TADA...he grabs Palin and hopes for the women of America to get giddy with satisfaction. Well, Senator McCAIN YOU ARE WRONG! I can't stand your running mate! Is she pretty? Yes. Does she dress well...sure...what Govenor doesn't dress well? Does understand me...NO....Do I care if she does, NO! I would be more inspired by her if she actually spoke like an intelligent women who didn't feel she needed to dumb down her speeches so "the common folk" can understand her. Give the American people and the American woman credit. Women aren't so stupid that the sight of one of our gender on the podium as a VP candidate makes us rally around the television set. Gender isn't the issue. Intelligence and the ability to explain their positions is. Give me a candidate who can answer the debate questions. Someone with a clear focus and vision of the America they care to forge out. That will spark interest. The founding fathers new the type of America they wanted. They worked hard, they suffered to get it and it is a great nation. It is a nation that deserves someone who puts its people first; someone who can articulate a plan of action to help the middle class and reassure the working poor. I have nothing bad to say about Palin or McCain, as it is not my place to insult them. I could see Sarah Palin playing Bunco with the neighborhood women. I could see her sitting down for a cup of coffee with her girlfriends, but as a VICE PRESIDENT? NEVER! Most of all I am insulted that the Republican party honestly thinks that a woman like Palin, with her sharp tongue and little winks is someone I would want to put in office. I may as well right in myself in for VP! No. I want a LEADER with intelligence, depth, a heart full of compassion and the judgement to make sound decisions for the betterment of their country. Someone who THINKS about ALL of the American people, not just those in the upper income bracket. Someone who will THOUGHTFULLY put us in a position to defend our nation...and THOUGHTFULLY have a plan for our mess in IRAQ. A person who uses their mind to win us over, not quippy accusations, pretty lipstick and the occassional wink. I want someone in office who thinks before they speak and act. Perhaps the people of Alaska love her. That's great, but DO NOT insult me or the rest of my gender by throwing a woman at us and expecting us to vote republican as a result. It is ploys such as this which have driven me away from the Republican party. Obama and Biden have my vote, I don't care how many women the Republicans try to throw at me. I'm disappointed that a women as smart as Palin would dumb it down to make us all look bad. She needs to go home to her Alaskan friends and leave the national leadership of one of the world's power to someone who has the depth and understanding to govern a nation.
MCCAIN IS CONCERN ABOUT THE WRONG CONCERNS OF THE COUNTRY
Unfortunately, one of future centrality but current irrelevance. Although one of them will have to operate under whatever plan goes forward, neither is the current President or his chief advisors, nor regulatory head, nor congressional leaders. Further, under our tripartate system of government, i.e.: three independent branches, there is no party discipline under the party leader/chief executive/legislative head, as there is in many parliamentary systems. Absent any institutional powers, each candidate can be most helpful by a relatively light use of moral suasion, best typified by Obama's approach of acknowledging the more central role of others but also making a few suggests such as significantly raising deposit insurance levels. Obama is showing leadership. While McCain is concern about Bill Ayers someone who is now a college professor. And has never been convicted of any crimes. Ayers did at one time have a sick view of the country. But at this time in his life he and his wife have done great things!
KEEPING HATE ALIVE ....THE REPUBLICAN WAY
A white woman who told police she was assaulted by a black man angered about a John McCain bumper sticker on her car admitted she made up the report, the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, assistant police chief told the truth. This is the kind of behavoir McCain and Palin has helped to keep going! The 20-year-old from Texas told investigators a black man approached her at an ATM in Pittsburgh's East End, put a blade to her neck and demanded money, She said she gave him $60 and stepped away from him.She further said the man "punched her in the back of the head, knocking her to the ground, and he continued to punch and kick her while threatening to teach her a lesson for being a McCain supporter," ALLTHIS WAS A LIE!! The woman also told police her attacker "called her a lot of names and stated that 'You are going to be a Barack supporter,' at which time she states he sat on her chest, pinning both her hands down with his knees, and scratched into her face a backward letter 'B' on the right side of her face using what she believed to be a very dull knife."ALLTHIS WAS A LIE!! The woman described her alleged attacker as an African-American man, 6 feet 4 inches tall with a medium build and short dark hair, wearing dark clothing and shiny shoes. ALLTHIS WAS A LIE TO KEEP HATE AND DIVIDE ALIVE!! Before the revelation that the report was false, McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker said that McCain and running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "spoke to the victim and her family after learning about the incident."
TIME TO RETIRE............END OF A HERO!
McCain has horrible proven bad judgement that cost Americans their needless lifes! Let's be realistic! The challenge faced by any new president regardless of prior experience or age will not just be his challenge but a challenge to the entire foreign policy team. In this context it is clear that an Obama Administration will not only have the benefit of the experience and wisdom of Joe Biden but other excellent advisers including Gen Powell. It will be hard for a McCain adminstration to match this team especially as it relates to the critically important VP. position.The truth of the matter is that Obama is far beyond fetch,his policies are outstanding and will go along way to rebuild americans economy and the world at large.Both VPs have been making mistakes but Joe is more qualified than Sarah because Sarah is not ready to rule the world in absence in the president.Is high time for McCain to retire because he is tired,at 72 you need to be relaxing and eaten from your investment.He should leave the youths to turn the world around and make it once again a living place for all. McCain is so out of touch with the country and the world! He is dangerous! His judgement is off!
SICK OF HEARING THAT BLACKS WILL CHANGE
I'm so sick of hearing that blacks will change after America voted for the first black President! As a black American 50- years old. Former Correction officer former Marine ! I'm insulted ! Some of these white pundits are asking question like. Are black going to pull up their pants? Are blacks going to respect their community? Will the be less crime? Why I'm insulted. I never wore my pants showing my underpants! I always respected my community! I never commited a crime! My question to whites would be ? Did voting for 43 white only male only Presidents help whites to change? Did it stop white greed the reason for the Wall Street bail out? Did it stop white racism that has help to destroy this country. Did it stop young white females between 13 to 38 from the highest % of abortion in the country? Did it stop white bank robbers ? Did it stop or reduce white hate groups in the country? Did it stop white serial killers? Did it stop white police officer from abusing their power and murdering unarmed Americans? Did it stop white companies from discrimination against non-whites? Did it stop white men from murdering their wife or girlfriends? Did it stop white incest or child molestors? Did it stop white devil worshippers? Did it stop white on white crime? Did it stop white young men from shooting up schools? It's a very good thing that Obama is the firstblack America! HE IS NOT A GOD!
