Comments on: Lagging In The Polls, Palin Shifts To Fear Tactics

[alistair69-2009]

I didn''t say anything about shame. My view is that Americans should be taking some responsibility for the war effort(s). In previous wars, Americans were not simply onlookers; they made sacrifices, and at the behest of the president.
Too, charitable acts on the part of the U.S. have often carried ulterior motives. My point is simply that things aren''t always as rosy as they appear.

I do recommend the Bacevich book, though (written by a conservative-minded fellow, by the way).

[versaillesxi]

To NEWSLINK - you surely are an Obama employee.

You, Newslink, insult my intelligence with your remarks about Palin.

Grow up Newslink.

[versaillesxi]

Come on Scott -- you can write a better headline that this.

You and the media never sease to amaze me. You give appearance that Obama can do no harm. Boy are you sadly mistaken -- wait another week and you will find out everything that he has been doing behing the public''s back.

[alistair69-2009]

I believe that the sort of superlative rhetoric employed by Governor Palin (e.g., "America is "the greatest source of good in this world...") fuels a mindset among Americans that is, ultimately, counterproductive. This mindset allows Americans to turn a blind eye to a) the realities of the war and other foreign-relations positions and b) that we, as Americans, are obligated to take some responsibility ourselves for returning America to the thriving country it once was (and not allow the half-percent of the population who are actually fighting these battles to bear the total brunt of these wars).

I highly recommend a book called "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" by Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich. A very interesting, intelligent perspective on our current national and political climate.

[kentulsa1]

So alistair. Do you mean we should blame America first and be ashamed of being the most charitable nation in the world. Or ashamed that Americans died for our (and others'') freedom after the rest of the world turned their back on tyrants? Or should we just blame America period? For everything!

[alistair69-2009]

The sort of superlative rhetoric employed by Sarah Palin (e.g., America is "the greatest source of good in this world," etc.) fuels a counterproductive mindset among Americans. This mindset allows Americans to turn a blind eye to a) what''s really going on with the war and other foreign-relations realities and b) what we need to do as Americans to take some responsibility ourselves for returning America to the thriving country it once was. I highly recommend every American read "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism" by Boston University professor Andrew Bacevich. A very interesting perspective on our current political climate.

[kentulsa1]

Hobbs 1128 "...I challenge Palin and McCain to talk about how they are going to positively impact our lives."

Hopefully by staying out of our lives. Unlike Obama intends to do.

[billturetsky]

What the hell is LIKABLE about Palin? I haven''t run into many women as deserving of the B word as her.

[hobbes1128]

We can always count on Republicans to use the politics of fear. They can''t get votes based on their positives, it always has to be because we''re scared of the other guy...I challenge Palin and McCain to talk about how they are going to positively impact our lives. Maybe, they don''t have anything to say about the positives they are going to bring us because they don''t have anything to say.

[kentulsa1]

Forget Ayers. Forget Charles Keating. Forget George Bush. Remember Lyndon Johnson''''s "War on Poverty" (Obama''''s "health care for all") and how''''d that go? Drug infested ghettos. Remember Carter''''s Soviet Peace Philosophy "Unilateral dis-armament to show them we''''re not a threat" (Obama''''s "talk to all leaders w/out pre-conditions) and how''''d that go. Countries falling like dominos to Soviet communism. Johnson''''s escalation of tax rates, Nixon''''s wage & price controls & Carter''''s "days of prosperity in America are over" (Obama''''s patriotic tax increases, federal regulations and sacrifice). How''''d that go? dbl. digit inflation & 21% mortgage rates. If your over 50, you remember the downward spiral of the 60''''s & 70''''s, the turn around of the 80''''s, and the destruction of that foundation by the Bushes'''' and the Clintons'''' party over the last 20 years. If your under 50, or don''''t remember, go back and read some Jimmy Carter (aka Barack Obama) speaches. No doubt the republicans have blown a great opportunity to continue down the path of American pride and prosperity Reagan conservatism laid down (& has been now squandered), but be careful America, we''''ll get what we vote for. AGAIN!!!!!!!!!! Read the platforms and speeches. Check historical data. Facts are facts.

[oldguy4truth]

Wait until wednesday, when new polls come out in NH and VA. We will be under full "brown" alert from the RNC

[newslink]

I am insulted! Palin had the nerve to use the words Fearful and Afraid. To decribe Obama, this is what white women used in the 60''s.This racist beast has retun in Politics. This is small minded thinking.And I will never forget her comment in this race.

[sarasota008]

We live in an age when telling the truth is described by propagandists who call themselves journalists as using "fear tactics." Orwell was right.

[Yvonnek]

Fear tactics?? Americans had better be fearful enough to take a clearer look at a man who as an ADULT not 8 year old served on the Annenberg Challenge a financial fiasco and The Woods Fund in 2001 with williams Ayers. Ayers gave Obama his first fund raiser for the Illinois Senate in Ayers home. Ayers is an unapologetic domestic terrorist who after bombing the capitol, pentagon and a police station said in 2001 while serving with Obama that he had not done enough bombing. He got off on a TECHNICALITY. He is no better than Timothy McVeigh. Scare tactics? I call it finally scratching the surface of the truth than the media avoids reporting! This issue is only one of many examples of the friends Obama chooses. Poor and dangerous judgment.

[manraygun]

"... using a similarly questionable guilt by association tactic of highlighting the Arizona senator%u2019s involvement in the %u201CKeating Five%u201D savings-and-loan scandal of almost 20 years ago."

"similarly questionable"??? Huh? McCain was a principal figure in the scandal. Stop reflexively equivocating and start thinking before you publish.

[manraygun]

"... using a similarly questionable guilt by association tactic of highlighting the Arizona senator%u2019s involvement in the %u201CKeating Five%u201D savings-and-loan scandal of almost 20 years ago."

"similarly questionable"??? Huh? McCain was a principal figure in the scandal. Stop reflexively equivocating and start thinking before you publish.

[saberman6]

Both Palin and McCain are obviously getting desperate. The American people don''t buy their policy proposals, which are mainly the failed policies of the Bush administration. So they turn to character assassination. If I ever thought that McCain was any good (and I previously liked him), I no longer want this old, unstable "Marverick" leading our country. And I certainly don''t want Palin.

Obama is a man who knows by experience what it''s like to be poor. He worked his way up from virtually nothing. He combines the perspective of being both black AND white (though he''s considered black). I think he will fight hard to restore our economy and regain the respect of the world for the United States, which is still the greatest nation on earth despite the extent to which the Bush adminstration has wrecked it.

If you want health insurance, a decent job, fair treatment, and a country that maintains its strength without getting into war after war around the world, vote for Obama. If you are so rich you don''t know what to do with your money but you still want the government to take money from the low paid workers and give it to you, then McCain/Palin is your ticket.

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[mattcat25]

Alaska is chock full of Republican Corruption, Palin has abused her power and is in the pocket of big oil that is costing Americans at the gas pump.

[longdogg2]

I was on the fence until McCain picked Palin. She%u2019s is an embarrassment to our nation and speaks loudly of McCain%u2019s first critical decision as the potential leader of the free world. Style (which is questionable...) over substance? When you can''t answer basic questions, then say it''s the interviewers fault, you are NOT putting country FIRST, only yourself as evidenced during the up debate. IT''S ALL ABOUT SARAH, which is HARAS (add your own R) backwards... which is the only thing she and McCain can do now since they can''t score on the ISSUES!

When comments were first allowed, it was interesting to see what folks think. Now, it''s clear when ''campaign'' operatives are working the sites. Just read the rhetoric, sounds just like a Palin/McCain sound bite!