Campbell Brown: Explain to us why you think Gov. Palin is ready to be commander and chief?
By John Amato Monday Sep 01, 2008 12:00pm
CNN's Campbell Brown ripped Tucker Bounds on Palin's national security experience in a way that was pretty stunning. Brown rightly notes that John McCain's whole campaign revolves around national security and it would appear that Sarah is mighty thin when it comes to that topic. Does she instill any confidence in you if she was to take over the White House? My good friend georgia10 alerted me to this as soon as it aired, but I didn't have a chance to make the video. She's got a post up about Palin's AIP roots.
I'm asking about her foreign policy experience...
You're not answering my question...you set a different standard...
I've heard you guys say this a lot. Can you just tell me one decision that she made as commander and chief of the Alaskan National Guard, just one?
Give me one of those decisions, I'm just curious, just one decision she made in her capacity as commander and chief of the Alaskan National Guard.
Campbell, certainly you don't mean to belittle every experience, every judgment that she makes as commander of the National Guard.
I'm belittling nothing, I just want to know one judgment or one decision, I would love to know one decision was, I'm not belittling anything Tucker, I'm really not. I'm curious
Yea, She makes the decision as how to equip, how to command the National Guard of Alaska...
But Tucker, those are the Pentagon's decision, that's Gen. Petraeus, that's the White House. No Governor makes decisions about how to equip or deploy the National Guard---when they go to Iraq...
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Campbell surprised me... she usually has her nose up GWB's Butt... but she let this clown have it!
I cant believe what i just watched on cnn Ms Brown commenting on the lady that called Osama a Arab and this bitch said so what if he was a Arab or a Muslim excuse me this hank needs to wake up the last time checked it was for the president of the United States not Iraq or Iran Pakastan this bitch needs to go oh my god
Here are the Top Ten REAL Reasons McCain Picked Palin
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I saw this and was astonished. I have never seen Campbell Brown go after anyone like that. It was as if she were going to say, "Stop the bullshit! Name one!"
He was like Ralph Cramden going, "Hamina, hamina, hamina..."
Excellent!
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Campbell Brown is married to Dan Senor, Bush Loyalist and former employee of The Carlyle Group.
Gov. Palin and Iraq
Presumably, John McCain would only select a candidate for vice president who shared his supposedly clear-eyed vision about Iraq, who had also called for -- or at least thought it was a good idea -- to push more troops into Iraq in 2007.
Well, maybe Sarah Palin thought the surge was great, or maybe she didn't. It's hard to tell what, if anything, Palin thinks or thought about the surge of troops in Iraq, or the decision to invade Iraq in the first place, for that matter. A clip search doesn't show any substantive comments from Palin about Iraq during her short term as governor of Alaska, in 2007 or 2008, or at any point prior to that. That includes instances when she was specifically asked about the war.
In an interview with Alaska Business Monthly shortly after she took office in 2007,
"I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe."
Seven months into the surge, she still either had not formed any opinion on the surge or the war or just wasn't sharing. "I'm not here to judge the idea of withdrawing, or the timeline," she said in a teleconference interview with reporters during a July 2007 visit with Alaska National Guard troops stationed in Kuwait. "I'm not going to judge even the surge. I'm here to find out what Alaskans need of me as their governor."
That's a little weird, since Fort Richardson, near Anchorage, has dispatched countless soldiers to Iraq, including many who did not make it back. And Palin's own son, Track, is an infantry soldier who could go there any time.
Also
In a recent BusinessWeek interview, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) admitted that she believes the Iraq war was fought because of oil.
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I guess she dosen't believe John McCain's view of fighting terrorism in Iraq.
Do d-bags like Tucker Bounds just grow on trees in red states?
...well, Bummer! I was watching and when I heard the mention of Tucker Bounds coming up next I turned the channel, figuring it would just be a big fluffy hug for the ol' Maverick. I hope I can find a YouTube clip...
Gary @ 4:
Since when is trying to get an honest answer instead of spin being a spokesperson for any political party. This is what we as viewers are looking for, real answers.
Tucker Bounds got the talking points down. To bad he does not have any substance to work with.
That's the first sign of life I've seen from
Ms BrownMrs. Senor. But Tucker Bounds shares some personality traits with that other Tucker (Carlson).America's Barack
Gary @ 4:
Asking somebody for an example of something they claim is partisan? It only gets spun that way by the people being asked when they can't produce.
If I tell you I can hit a golf ball farther than anyone and expect you to promote me based on that claim, can I call you a partisan hack for asking me to produce anything at all backing my claim?
Gary @ 4:
Can't say I agree. When I saw this I was overjoyed - finally a journalist who insisted her question would either be answered or this guy would flat-out state he wouldn't answer. He was sidestepping and she wasn't having any of that. I only wish we'd see this kind of thing more often.
I want to see journalists do their jobs, not act as paid shills.
Sarah Palin is qualified to be the VP because her daughter is pregnant, and that's the only reason.
So much for "Country first". McCain & Palin are putting the evangelical vote first, by exploiting Palin's pregnant 17 year old daughter.
Shame on John McCain and shame on Sarah Palin.
Ya, I saw this, and she really let him have it...man he was squirming
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You equate outright lies and spin , which is all FAUX Comedy Channel does , to Campbell Brown wanting a reasonable response to a legitimate question she posed ?
Are you drunk ?
Typical Rovian tactic, as soon as a hard question is asked...it becomes. "belittling".
We are talking about the second highest office in the nation...a breath away from the highest.
Went to far?
Bullcrap she called him on it because he told her an out an out lie. the governor does not control the equipping or managing or command decisions of the NG . It is all federal, the equipment, the decisions on training, deployments other than when the governor can call out the guard for in state emergencies, but even then He/she does not control how the emergency is handled. the mangement and maintenance of the armories is carried out by people who are federal(civil service) employees. So she had every right to call him for his blatent attempt to lie.
A great job by Brown. More journos need to follow her lead and don't let the Repubs avoid the question.
In other Palin news: LOLZ Palin
tucker bounds is truly laughable although he has mastered the republican style of twisting what you say and play the victim. too bad for him, brown pushed back. others would have just let it slide.
dems should also try to learn the art of interrupting and talking over interruptions. frequently, repubs cut through dems' answer times by not letting the dems finish their comments and/or talking over as if they hear nothing until the time is up. moderators usually let this happen.
The Repugs are certainly having to stretch to account for "command" experience in EITHER of their candidates. As valid as any questioning regarding Palin's experience would be questions regarding McCain's experience, as he has NO "command" experience, 26 years of being an unprincipled bullshit artist in the Senate does not "command" experience make. Tucker is one smarmy little parrot. Thanks Campbell for a refreshing attempt at finding ANY truth from the GOP camp. This is all just getting better by the day.
Gary @ 4:
I know it is easy, under the circumstances that have prevailed for the last near-decade, to assume that 'objectivity' in the press consiste in nothing more than stenography, and that any criticism of the Gods of the GOP is partisanship, bias, prejudice, and the rest. But that only goes to show how deeply you, Gary, and the rest of your lot, have been lulled to sleep.
Wake up, now, and smell the roses, because i can assure you, it if the Great Mocha Hope's 'elected,' the stenography will cease for the foreseeable future...
I've got MSNBC on now and I'm considering starting a tally board for the word "Maverick". I would love to see one of those Daily Show mashups of all the times people say Maverick during this convention. It's really starting to get silly.
One thing I'm noticing this time around is the weariness of words and talking points. It's weird. Usually the GOP is so successful with their message discipline. Their constant repetition of talking points sets the foundation for their message, and even clearly untrue things start to take on the sheen of truth. I don't think it's working this time. Something is different, particularly with the word/concept of Maverick. It's not just that it rings hollow, the word is actually starting to lose meaning as they parrot it over and over again, now about Palin as well as McCain. It's starting to take on a mantra-like quality in that it is disappearing into meaninglessness.
These talking points games almost always annoy me, partly because I have to grudgingly admit they are effective. But I cannot recall them ever becoming as irrelevant and meaningless to me as this word "Maverick" has become.
Wow. They should be proud. They've rendered both a powerful POW story and a cool word from Top Gun impotent. Nice work guys!
<blockquote? Gary @ 16 says :
“Real Answers”… seems she wasn’t trying to “get to the truth” she had already decided “what the truth is” and then proceeded to argue and debate the guest…. This wasn’t hard-hitting journalism in the traditional of Tim Russert… but rather a drive-by in the tradition of Michael Moore.
He didn't answer her question ; it has nothing to do with your dishonest and ludicrous assertion that Campbell Brown had what she wanted to hear already decided in her own mind...........
Do you GOP backing simpletons even have a hint of impartial behavior within yourselves , ever ?
@Gary - Why is it that someone becomes the spokesperson for the other's opponent when they ask pertinent questions and highlight falsehoods/holes in the proposed argument? Perhaps you should take into account her frustration at the utterly poor choice of VP.
Hey, Gary -
Everyone here's playing nicey-nice with you. I'm telling you to take a hike, you freakin' GOP troll. You can't REALLY believe what you're talking about, because if you do, you are either a) lying or b) completely and totally incapable of rational, intelligent thought.
Which I guess explains why you're stumping for FAUX NEWZ and Sarah Palin.
Actually Gary, you are right ,she already knew the truth read her response about the Pentagon, she was trying to get ol lying tucker to also admit the truth instead of blantantly lying to her and therefore showing disrespect to her.
Gary @ 4:
Oh dear. She didn't set him up a Tee-ball question which is all Republican fart catchers have come to expect. Welcome to our world sonny. She actually dared to ask a question? Appalling.
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This clip is an incomplete clip...
HERE is the complete clip...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqKYO7jzqBg&feature=related
When Campbell Brown says, "Alright Tucker, I'm just gonna give it to ya, baby," was she pulling punches or letting him off the hook, BABY...?
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Gary's idea of "fair" is never questioning Republican talking-points, and doing so is "biased."
IE: IOKIYAR.
He's looking more and more like a shameless troll (if not a plant).
Gary must believe that the truth is all a matter of opinion and that opinion can be substituted for the truth at any time. Gary must also believe that "news" shows should be used by political parties to convey their messages and journalist should report exactly what political parties say just like good stenographers. It is up to the voters to research the facts, because that is not at all what "news" is for. Oh what a world, what a world.......
Gary @ 4:
Oh come on...She wouldn't have gone that "far" if he had answered the question.
He had no answer, because Palin has Zero foreign policy experience, and McCain Campaign won't admit it.
So much for "straight talk", that is quickly becoming double talk.
Give me one of those decisions, I’m just curious, just one decision she made in her capacity as commander and chief of the Alaskan National Guard.
She made the decision to shoot the moose out in the parking lot. It was a Russian moose.
Sarah Palin doesn't have the experience to be Vice President. Bottom Line.
Somebody call that poor man an ambulance! I am sure a good surgeon will be able to sew his nuts back on......
The MsM has a their work cut out for them.
They have take a steaming lump of poo (not the Governor, but her nomination as VP) and they have to gift wrap it.
They have to fight...
1. Her membership in the AIP, Alaskan Independence Party, which hates America SO much they want to secede from it.
2. Her teenager is knocko by an uber redneck
3. She hassled her ex brother in law...bigtime
4. Obama has been running for president longer than she has been Governor
5. She was almost recalled as mayor of the 9500 population metropolis...well it does have a super Wal mart
6. She ran Steven's 527
Must I go on...
Tucker was spinning so quickly I'm surprised he isn't dizzy. The truth is Gov. Palin has no executive experience and he couldn't give one example, not even during a time of emergency when she would have had control of the National Guard.
And the idiot knows that the governor of a state has no control of his/her National Guard when they are deployed under the command of the President.
What it comes down to is the McCain campaign has no control over its candidate and he chose someone for his VP for who is less qualified to fill the role of Commnader-in-Chief (if it comes to that) than any candidate in recent memory.
Gary @ 16:
Well, obviously she wasn't going to get truth from the douchebag she was interviewing, though SHE WAS TRYING. Face it, Palin does not possess the experience and the neoCONS are doing their utmost to spin some into her history. McSame's handlers really screwed the pooch on this one and voters will figure it out. You want the truth?1? You can't handle the truth!!
I love how they talk up "executive experience" and point out that Barrack Obama has only legislative experience in government. Exactly the same as John McCain.
Gary @ 4:
I don't know if you're aware of this, but during interviews reporters ask QUESTIONS. What Campbell did, is NOT what Fox News does.
You're too used to watching Fox New Pundits make 'talking points'. Those aren't interviews. Those are propaganda, with right wing actors trying to tell you what to think.
Fox news is nothing more than a NeoCon tool for spin, lies and half truths. Sometimes they do even worse... like tell their watchers they should go out and kill people who aren't Right Wing nutcases.
It's not like you can't say I'm telling the truth. Remember that their comments are on record.
I'd love to see your response.
Dick Armey is on MSNBC right now and he tried to make some asinine point about Sarah Palin's experience making her more prepared than Barack Obama. Yeah. Right. Tool.
But then he goes on later to say something even more telling. Andrea Mitchell asks him if John McCain needs to do more to separate himself from the policies of Bush. Armey responds with,
"John McCain, more than anybody else has shown that 'I'm about myself, what I will do...new beginnings...the past is the past...'"
Yes, Dick. I think we all realize that John McCain, more than anybody else, is about himself.
Thanks for letting the truth come out.
Campbell Brown: Explain to us why you think Gov. Palin is ready to be commander and chief?
Because she speaks softly and carries a big switch?
I never thought I would say this, but... I kind of feel bad for Tucker Bounds. He's trying so hard to make something out of nothing. Ultimately, though, unlike the princess in Rumpelstiltskin, Tucker simply spins straw into more straw.
Also, as a former Military man I can tell you that Tucker is dead wrong about Gov. Palin having "command experience" because she somehow controls the Alaska National Guard.
From Allhapundit and HotAir-
How would the VP coverage have gone if Obama hadn’t run, Hillary had won the nomination, and then surprised everyone by tapping him as VP? Wright and Rezko and Ayers and infanticide in rapid succession: Clearly, our media would conclude that this dangerously untested ingenue is too unknown a quantity to be a heartbeat away, with Tom Eagleton comparisons gleefully invoked starting, oh, 72 hours in.
Anyone want to pretend to be able to objectively answer how your reaction to this scenario would be any less disconcerting?
sounded something like hannity but for democrats. you know what im talking about, the curious person that just wants to know. we need more of her. lulz
The Repugs are in a panic! :)
king of the asshats
Something I haven't heard anybody say ... is it possible that McSame put Palin up to appease the Right Wingnut loons, only to know that she would eventually fail and withdraw her name. And in doing that so McSame could then choose a VP more to his liking and be able to say to the wingnuts, 'well, I tried, but it didn't work out.'
Speaking of asshats .....................
Here's , dennis !!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah Palin Wanted To Ban Books From The Library
I'm just shaking my head. This kind of blatant attempt at censorship enrages me. Sure her base loves it though. I just scoped the article, but she does not go over well from what I can see.
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." The librarian, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire her for not giving "full support" to the mayor.
Troopergate or Librarygate?
In 10-15 years, Tucker Bounds loses his hair, picks up two or three chins and gains 100 pounds. Any bets?
Forget about the other shoe dropping, the whole shoe closet has collapsed! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
"36 Orangutan. Says: Sarah Palin doesn’t have the experience to be Vice President. Bottom Line."
But..but...she only has to attend funerals and break ties in the Senate.
Even she could do that. Have you no confidence in this person? It's because she's a woman right...right...saaaay it...saaaaay it!!
Ladies and Gentlemen, this is the essence of "political debate" in this country, thanks to years of Lee Atwater and Karl Rove. This is where our country is now.
Orangutan, I'm just jerkin' with ya to make my point.
Now, now, let's not all bash Gary for its obvious GOP lackeydom, for its whining when the McCain campaign can't answer some very simple questions then plays the "oh, poor us, we at the McCain campaign are so unfairly picked on when we can't answer questions in ways both logical and positive for our candidate."
Oh, all right, let's all bash Gary, reminding it all the while just how massively unpopular the Bush Jr Administration and Republican party are with the majority of the voters.
If Bounds had just answered the questions at the start, then he wouldn't have looked so increasingly desperate as Mrs. Dan Senor had to press him harder, which just made Bounds look even more pathetic and whimpering than usual.
And regarding the "Maverick" meme, that's an appropriate moniker considering how much horse shit the McCain campaign throws around on such an active basis.
I was just flipping through the channels yesterday, very rarely watch CNN, MSNBC or FOX, because they don't usually press the GOPtards for anything other than its usual cotton-candy thin spin, but happened to catch this interrogation, and was so stunningly surprised, especially considering how Brown is usually such a reliable Republican lackey herself.
Good job Campbell Brown, do it more often.
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I sense that Sarah Palin costumes will be all the rage this Halloween...
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" Palin made decisions of trops sent to Iraq " ???
Yeah, Palin made the decision to follow orders of the federal Gov't ordering out troops?
McCain Campers will never be able to answer these questions if they never get asked them..
Then as Tucker bounds can't talk in support of his candidate. He immediately goes into trashing Obama mode as an answer.
*Why didn't he use the " Alaska Proximity to Russia ", as Govenor qualification??
They holding that qualification back as an ace up their sleeve?
ysbaddaden @ 44:
Sarah Palin, Hockey Mom
McCain aides whose judgment I trust are impressed by Sarah Palin. One was particularly amused by this exchange: A nervous young McCain staffer took it upon himself to explain to Palin the facts of life in a national campaign, the intense scrutiny she'd be under from the media, the viciousness of the assault that she'd be facing, etc.:
Palin: "Thanks for the warning. By the way, do you know what they say the difference is between a hockey mom and a Pit Bull?"....
Gary @ 4:
Gary what are you talking about? She was asking a completely legitimate question. he was evasive and she went after him. Surely the role of journalist, no?
And it's nothing like Fox. The problem with Fox is that they don't ask questions, they simply make stuff up. 'a terrorist fist jab?'
#53 Move on people, nothing to see here,
... and how many wives later?
Sarah Palin looks like Laura Rosen on Battlestar Galactica. That should be enough for anybody!
Gary @ 16:
What, did she not give Mr. Bounds ample time to answer her question. Face it, the right will do anything to get air moments to attack, never defend. Right into Obama this, Obama that.
It clear, they can't be positive, always negative, always somebody else's fault, some other fear. It simply is not in their DNA to do anything positive.
hey dweeb
Explaining how the freshman governor is ready to be president day#1 by telling us how obama is NOT as ready
to president on day #1.........nope not answering the question.
MCMetal @ 51:
Take a stab at it. McMetal. C'mon, you don't usually take a stab at anything, more the mouth breather type. Give it a shot.
Fortune favors the bold.
the dems are doomed
dennis, you can play out all the scenarios you like.
Bottom line...we are discussing the REALITY of the GOP.
We have our candidates...involved, committed to public service, believers in the American dream and that America is about ALL the people, not just the lucky few of us, they are experienced, they have shown that THEY have been right on the issues (in case you hadn't heard...the IRAQIS have asked for a timeline and are holding to that demand...it is not negotiable).
What does the GOP have...back room politics to agree on a VP nominee, failed policies, candidates who don't even know the correct layoff of the modern map, have been on the wrong side of every issue, voted literally 100% of the time with a President who's policies have led to 4,000 needless troop deaths, the killing of tens of thousands of innocents, illegal invasion of a country, the undermining of basic human rights and American rights, the destruction of our economy, the wholesale selling out of the American worker, the dividing of our people, the destruction of American prestige in the world, reductions in worker protections, endangering American children with bad healtchare policy...do I need to go on?
Give me ONE...ONE real reason that ANYONE should vote for the GOP.
The way I see this video is that they both agree that McCain has foreign policy experience 'hands down' over Obama. This is brought up a few times in the 4minute GOP commercial just in case you didn't hear it the first time.
In the end she allows Tucker to summerize by stating that together McCain/Palin have more experiance than Obama/Biden.
I know it "sounded" probing and challenging but in the end McCain is Mr. Experience and Obama is the foreign policy lightweight.
She is a very cagey GOP operative.
Palin: “Thanks for the warning. By the way, do you know what they say the difference is between a hockey mom and a Pit Bull?”….
A pit bull eventually spits it out?
Clinton had no experience and he left this nation with peace and prosperity. McCain's experience is voting with Bush 95% time in destroying the Clinton legacy. Is this the experience this asshat is referring to in John McCain he wants for our country?
He still dodged the question that the McCain campaign are the ones, not the Obama campaign, who made experience and issue and then nominates an 18 month governor...more like 12 months if you back out her pregnancy...of the 3td least populated state in the nation that isn't even connected to the US mainland, Palin's way out there both literally and figuratively!
still waiting for a good educated answer regarding
comparison between Biden and Palin to be commander
and cheif day#1
More "talking heads" are realizing that what they are saying about Palin will either make or break their own careers based on the "credibility factor" alone. It could be that Campbell Brown, media whore extraordinaire, is either playing "bad cop" right her and setting up the position that everyone already knows and that is that Palin's control of her own national guard is tempered by the Pentagon (duh!) OR that there was plenty of negativity directly toward Campbell Brown as an anchor of a supposedly "credible" news station - people calling for her ouster actually following her nonsensical blather during the democratic national convention. I'd love to see the numbers for viewship of CNN versus CSpan once Campbell brown "outed" her true intentions. Everyone I know wrote scathing letters to CNN management and watched the remainder of the convention on CSPAN.
Besides, it's high time we began formulating our own impressions and thought processes based on fact as it unravels. We certainly don't need media whores spewing their propaganda based on a paycheck in our faces. It's time to boycott CNN just like we've done to Fox News. It's also time to boycott every last one of their sponsors where it hurts - in the pocketbook.
If today's journalists and media puppets want to maintain a shred of credibility, they need to begin speaking the truth. Fake support for McCain's crazy, demented choice of Palin illustrates just how "lowly" each one of them feels themselves to be. They KNOW without a shadow of a doubt that this woman is unqualified; hell, any one of them would be as qualified or more qualified than this woman.
It's "truth time" for our media and time to begin reporting accurate poll numbers. People are having none of it and thanks to the internet, are no longer watching their programming or purchasing newspapers.
We've been propagandized out the whazoo and are damn sick and tired of being played like a mouth organ (sorry Sarah but I couldn't resist the pun!**snark/snark**). Our news media have become the laughingstock of the world!
BELIEVE NOTHING YOU HEAR ON THE FASCIST PROGRAMS OR VIA THE AP! It's all happy horseshit.
The other day I was snarking and bitching about Campbell Brown letting herself get spun by the McCain campaigns Michael Duhaime. She got all tripped up by the right wing tactic of asserting an amplified version of a nonsense position and trying to fight them back down to just the nonsense level rather than pursuing all the way through to reality.
My apologies to you, Ms. Brown.
I haven't been here for quite a while and why I left has just been reinforced. So C&L now thinks Campbell Brown is a hard-hitting journalist? This is just pathetic. I watched that interview and she looked like more of an idiot than the idiot she was badgering. You guys need to pull your heads outta Obama's butt and take a deep breath. Has Ms. Senor or any other talking head ever badgered Obama or any of his surrogates for answers to any questions like this? You would all be outraged if that happened but, of course, it won't.
I'm a life-long Democrat and disagree with McCain/Palin on about every issue but the morons that have taken over the Democratic Party have killed it and made us no better than the Republicans. Many of us long term Democrats are just disgusted with the political discourse and unseemly behavior by those who are supposed to be on "our side".
Watch. When Palin drops out because of the GOP's incompetent vetting process the narrative will be it's the fault of the Democrats, the blogs and the Obama campaign. When was the last time a "personal responsibility conservative" took responsibility for anything?
Well with the help of the American people the US could have a President who's only experience is winning a Miss Congeniality contest. Yes McCain can't remember what he eat for breakfast so he quickly losing his mine and Sarah Palin could be the Commander-in-Chief. The Middle East Leaders and those around the world will be coming to the USA for Sale because Sarah is clueless and dumb. I hope Sarah's younger daughters get a Mother before what happen to Bristol happens to them as Sarah is to busy with her career and her husband is fighting his drinking problem. As long as the Church gets RNC kick back money they will bless all the sinful actions of the GOP while attacking others who might not have done anything. Money is ruling the USA and Satan is in charge. When a Mothers pushes her daughter of on another kid because she doesn't have time to be a Mom and says this is the example of Family Values we should teach our own kids. Teflon John says marry a rich woman and live off her for the rest of your life. Sarah's resume is Miss Congeniality and Todd is in the bottle because he can only get hand outs and favors because of his wife. Now Levi could marry Bristol and do the same and he to might be hitting the bottle to kill the paid of being a male failure.
wait a minute Governor Palin was able to RAISE taxes
on oil co. profit....bigger checks for the legal residents of alaska.....like social welfare program. when obama talks
about windfall profit taxation he is ridiculed
simon @ 60:
I think you're both wrong. It was a scripted interview made to look like Joe Schmoe being asked a serious question. It's the network's way of diluting the intense anger and scrutiny which the american public is directing toward Campbell Brown. Campbell Brown won't be long for network news programming unless she's hired by the comedy station, Faux News. No one watches these morons.
I was shocked to learn the number of viewers who wrote to CNN regarding the overt cynicism and whoring sycophant-ism of Campbell Brown. She's a cunning, sly hypocrite and this "fakery" we just saw was right out of a soap opera script. Look beneath it all. Campbell Brown's fighting to save her professional life at this point. Now we also know her role in the presidential debates was bogus as well. Her personal credibility and career is shot.
Cameron Brown needs her own show! You go girl!!
LOL -- well I'll give him credit for not starting to cry.
Look what happens when the press does its' job!
I like her.
I've always been suspicious of women who constantly refer to themselves a a something-Mom, i.e. hockey-mom, soccer-mom, cheerleader-mom. This having an identity through what you kid does is way past kinda creepy. You see the stickers on the back of the Escalades and Suburbans. "My kid got student of the month at Wilsona High", "My kid did made District all-stars", "My kid got pregnant faster than yours and according to our religious beliefs has decided to keep it"... well why not, aren't you proud of her.
ysbaddaden @ 69:
So, not a man you can have a beer with, but......what? A rabid dog? A trained animal?
Bluesage @ 74:
Right on! This was a total scripted piece by CNN and Campbell Brown in order to dilute the lies about Palin. Palin's experience with the national guard is about as significant as mine. Give me a break here and people...open your eyes. It's all about the typical "smoke and mirrors" of the slick, filthy Republiscum. Look between the lines. Do not be so easily fooled. Campbell Brown is a card-carrying Republiscum who is using her position to further line her pockets with gold. What is her background anyway? What are her "true" connections? Let's dig deeper because there is little doubt that Campbell Brown has much to fear in terms of her own skeletons. She's got them, trust me.
SFnomad @ 50:
I was tossing this around with Mr. G last night for a while and it is entirely possible. McCain clearly favored Pawlenty or Romney (even though it is said he can't stand Mitt). But he needs votes and has desperately been trying to pick up those women for Hillary and the Christian right. McCain pandered to that right by declaring himself pro-life, but his past marriage and treatment of his current wife make him a pretty unappealing choice to women. What better choice than a woman who is pro-life and has the personal background to prove it? Pregnant unwed teenage daughter who is keeping her baby? Excellent!
The problem is Palin really doesn't bring much electability to the ticket outside of those small, special interest groups. In the longer view her background will do more harm than good. So... bring her on board and let the cheering begin from those fr