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October 14, 2008 1:56 PM

Palin Calls In To Chat With Rush

“Dittos from Scanton,” is how Alaska Governor Sarah Palin kicked off her telephone interview on the Rush Limbaugh radio show this afternoon as she called in before a scheduled rally in Pennsylvania. Palin’s cell phone cut out on occasion and at one point dropped out altogether but she called back to conclude her chat with the very effusive radio host who has been one of her biggest supporters since she was chosen by John McCain to be his running mate.

Palin discussed the voter registration controversies surround ACORN, media treatment and her aggressiveness on the campaign trail. Here’s a snippet from Palin from that part of the conversation:

“I’ve got nothing to lose in this and America has everything to gain by understanding the differences, the contrasts here, between Obama and McCain. So, I’m going out there and simply speaking. So be it that I’m a simple talker, but I’m just going out there and letting people know the differences and how absolutely paramount it is that voters are paying attention and that voters are understanding candidates’ records, their associations, their plans for the future instead of being kind of wrapped up into all this rhetoric of Obama’s and buying into it and not holding him accountable for the things that he’s done, for the things that he’s said, his associates and where he wants to take America.”
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by mattcat25 October 14, 2008 2:05 PM PDT
Palin and Limbaugh are both under the thumb of BIG OIL.

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by mattcat25 October 14, 2008 2:11 PM PDT
Palin and McCain are both corrupt. Does America really want 4 (maybe 8) more years of Corruption, War, and Economic Destitution?

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by richtr1 October 14, 2008 2:18 PM PDT
I thought she had a little bit of sense ..not much but a little . Obviously if she is chatting with one of the biggest jerks in the country she has lost what little sense she had.
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by mattcat25 October 14, 2008 2:18 PM PDT
The Independent of Nation State Multinational Corporations such as Exxon Oil has no obligations to any country or state. There is a multitude of Oil to be collected in Alaska%u2019s north slope but, Big Oil Corporations have not even attempted to commence production in effort to raise the price per barrel of oil and keep the price high on the world market. The Republicans have blocked efforts to force Multinational Oil Companies to start drilling and produce already approved leases on domestic US soil and to maintain that domestic oil production stay in the US for domestic consumption.

Palin = Oil = Corruption.
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by hawksprings October 14, 2008 2:19 PM PDT
Mattcat25,

Corrupt?
What about Community Organizer Obama and his ACORN group?
What about Obama and Rezko?

Americans are being sold a bill of goods about who Obama is, and the Mainstream Media are leading the pack.
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by mattcat25 October 14, 2008 2:20 PM PDT
What about Community Organizer Obama and his ACORN group?
What about Obama and Rezko?

what about it?
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by mlr_08 October 14, 2008 2:36 PM PDT
As an undecided voter, I am MUCH less concerned about Obama volunteering on a CHILDREN''S EDUCATION board with a person who wanted to bomb government buildings IN THE 60''s to protest the war

than I am about McCain''s much more recent ties to The U.S. Council for World Freedom, which supplied arms and weapons to ultra-right-wing death squads (ugh, terrorists????)

and Palin''s very recent ties to the Alaskan Independence Party, which clearly and loudly asserts it''s hatred of America, it''s government, it''s desire to be a separate nation and to which Palin has told ON VIDEO this year to "keep up the good work".

I kind of find there to be a huge huge difference in becoming acquainted with someone over childrens'' education issues and the ways that McCain and Palin became acquainted with their terrorist and treasonous friends.
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by mattcat25 October 14, 2008 2:45 PM PDT
The Alaska Independence Party along with Todd and Governor Sarah Palin with the help of Big Oil want Alaska to secede from the United States so they would be able to covet the riches of OIL and hold the United States for ransom for its natural resource. It would be like dealing with the Saudis and other monarchies in the Middle East for Oil.

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by dnsallday October 14, 2008 2:48 PM PDT
Posted by cbs300
*************************************** what do you think would happen if you didn''t regurgitate smears about Obama on the blogs?

You have no credibilty with any body who knows about www.factcheck.org.

I can only assume, that you are trying to engage the unhinged, gullible element of society, to persuade them to vote for John mcCain and Sarah palin.
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by Gorevidal October 14, 2008 2:50 PM PDT
CBS300,

1.When in university world trips are provided at an extreme discount to students, who wish to study or travel abroad.

2.While Harvard does have a high tuition, their scholarships and financial aid are huge.

any more simple questions?
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by pughenry3 October 14, 2008 2:51 PM PDT
Vote John McCain!!!!! Ohio is proud of John Glenn and John McCain both fighter pilots who served their country when their country was at war.

The Barack Obama campaign is dumb as a doorknob to raise Keating 5 and criticize John Glenn. You just put Ohio in the Red state column for the Republicans.

The people of Ohio are proud of John Glenn, a former Marine Corp fighter pilot during World War II. John Glenn was awarded the Congressman Medal of Honor and flew aboard the space shuttle at the age of 77.

The Barack Obama campaign should stop criticizing an 87 year old war hero John Glenn by raising the Keating 5 scandal that happened over twenty years ago.

For two people who have no military service between them and have never worn the uniform, Barack Obama and Joe Biden have a lot of gaul to obliquely criticize a fellow Democrat and elder statesman and an 87 year old war hero and first man in space John Glenn.

It is also pretty stupid to criticize an Ohio native son when Ohio is in play during this election.

Does the Barack Obama campaign have to destroy the reputations of four Democratic Senators to lob an ineffectual attack against John McCain. Senator Alan Cranston is dead and can not even defend himself.

Vote for John McCain, he respects veterans especially 87 year old fellow fighter pilots like John Glenn.
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by pughenry3 October 14, 2008 2:52 PM PDT
Has anyone noticed the inverse relationship and correlation between the Barack Obama-Joe Biden campaign ticket stock going seemingly up and every stock on Wall Street going down. It is plain to see that there is a cause and effect between any seeming growing momentum behind an Obama election and the continuing recent real stock market crash. Wall Street is about future expectations six months from now and the expectations are that Barack Obama will not help our economy if he is elected. Wall Street and the world knows that an Obama election will not be good for business. A vote for John McCain will be a vote for our economic recovery. If you want to keep your job or have a future please vote John McCain.
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by dnsallday October 14, 2008 2:53 PM PDT
Great, the brave pitbull who is going to stand up to entrenched politicians and "has that preparedness", as she says to stand toe to toe with foreign leaders who disagree with American foreign policy, cowers when confronted by a real journalist, but is brave enough to call in the the right wing hate shows.

I''m impressed!
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by pughenry3 October 14, 2008 2:54 PM PDT
Why is Barack Obama always putting Joe Biden his running mate in a peculiar position. Barrack Obama stated that the reason he did not join the military service was that the United States was not at war at the time when he was eligible to serve and most people join. Barack Obama knows that Joe Biden did not join the military service because of an asthma condition that was not diagnosed until his teenage years. Joe Biden had horribly bad luck, ninety percent of all children are diagnosed with asthma before age six but Joe Biden was unlucky enough to be in the ten percent group of children who acquire asthma after age six and became asthmatic when he was a teenager. After five student deferments while he attended college and law school, his teenage asthma finally came to the attention of his local Selective Service Board and he missed the opportunity to serve his country during time of war as an officer. But for his bad luck with his teenage asthma diagnosis, Joe Biden could have gone in and served his country honorably as a officer and a gentleman and perhaps as a Judge Advocate Law Officer similar to his son. Barack Obama should be kinder to his running mate and not emphasize that he did not serve because the country was not at war in contrast to Joe Biden who did not serve while the country was at war.
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by misha128-2009 October 14, 2008 2:54 PM PDT
Posted by PugHenry3 at 02:51 PM

It that the current financial crisis and the Keating Five are related due to the inaction of regulators one induced by Congress and the other by a Republican administration it seems completely appropriate to review both in terms of the lessons learned, not learned and in Senator McCain''s case unlearned.
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by pughenry3 October 14, 2008 2:56 PM PDT
How can we trust Barack Obama on health care if he is a smoker?

Would not someone who really wants to hold down healthcare costs want to quit smoking.

Is Barack Obama a chain smoker or not?

If he is only a closet smoker and not transparent by smoking in public and admitting that he has a nicotine addiction then how can we trust him on other issues that are truly grave?

Does he smoke a lot of cigarettes only when he plays poker with his Chicago friends or is it a daily habit?

We want to know if Barack Obama is going to promise to not chain smoke around Joe Biden because Joe Biden had asthma as a teenager.





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by pughenry3 October 14, 2008 2:58 PM PDT
The reason that Joe Biden could not fight for his country in 1968 during the peak of the Vietnam War was that he had teenage asthma. Joe Biden had horribly bad luck, ninety percent of all children are diagnosed with asthma before age six but Joe Biden was unlucky enough to be in the ten percent group of children who acquire asthma after age six and became asthmatic when he was a teenager. After five student deferments while he attended college and law school, his teenage asthma finally came to the attention of his local Selective Service Board and he missed the opportunity to serve his country during time of war as an officer. But for his bad luck with his teenage asthma diagnosis, Joe Biden could have gone in and served his country honorably as a officer and a gentleman and perhaps as a Judge Advocate Law Officer similar to his son. We hope that Barack Obama will not smoke in front of Joe Biden because the smoke could aggravate Joe%u2019s asthma that prevented him from serving his country during time of war. We can not trust Barack Obama on health care if he is a smoker.



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by dnsallday October 14, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
Vote for John McCain, he respects veterans especially 87 year old fellow fighter pilots like John Glenn.

Posted by PugHenry3
**************************************** John MccAin has a very funny way of showing respect for Veterans. He consistantly votes against veterans benefits and votes against bills that would help the familys of troops in Iraq, that are struggling to make ends meet.

Look Closely at brother McCain and you will discover that he is an opportunist who is drawn to the tv cameras like a magnet, and will talk a strong game.. But when the cameras are off, he wanders off looking for the next opportunity.

(Please don''t remind me what he endured (not accomplished)40 years ago in a POW camp.
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by misha128-2009 October 14, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
Has anyone noticed the inverse relationship and correlation between the Barack Obama-Joe Biden campaign ticket stock going seemingly up and every stock on Wall Street going down.

Posted by PugHenry3 at 02:52 PM

Ever hear of coincidence?

Personally I found the Bush, McCain and Palin videos with the super imposed stock tickers interesting at the dropped sharply any time any one of the three spoke.
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by john6pack October 14, 2008 2:59 PM PDT
Palin has no fear of ''real'' media, hence she can face Hnity and Rush at any time.
CNN, NBC,CBS, ABC or NYT do not qualify as media because she knows better from her 5 coleges that gave her the degree in journalism.
I''m voting for Jesus this time:
http://www.eastsideonline.cc/
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by royalia October 14, 2008 3:00 PM PDT
"Is it because of support from foreign terrorist-enablers like Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro for Obama?"

Yeah, dangnabbit Fidel Castro! How dare you be supporting Barack Obama from your hospital bed! And shame on you for sending all your money to al Qaeda! Wheeeeee you''re a moron.
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by blindersoff October 14, 2008 3:02 PM PDT
I didn''t hear Obama criticize "87 year old" John Glenn. I heard him criticize 72 year old John Mccain. And he''s right to do so. Ohio chose wrong in 2000, 2004 and may do so again, but if I was the Obama campaign I wouldn''t beg Ohio for their votes. Keep voting against your own interest and go red again. The smart states will pick up your slack. (N.C. used to be red, now purple!)
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by mlr_08 October 14, 2008 3:03 PM PDT
As an undecided voter, I am MUCH less concerned about Obama volunteering on a CHILDREN''S EDUCATION board with a person who wanted to bomb government buildings IN THE 60''s to protest the war

than I am about McCain''s much more recent ties to The U.S. Council for World Freedom, which supplied arms and weapons to ultra-right-wing death squads (ugh, terrorists????)

and Palin''s very recent ties to the Alaskan Independence Party, which clearly and loudly asserts it''s hatred of America, it''s government, it''s desire to be a separate nation and to which Palin has told ON VIDEO this year to "keep up the good work".

I kind of find there to be a huge huge difference in becoming acquainted with someone over childrens'' education issues and the ways that McCain and Palin became acquainted with their terrorist and treasonous friends.
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by blindersoff October 14, 2008 3:04 PM PDT
It didn''t take me 6 years to get through 5 colleges for my B.A., but I have to read and re-read anything she says. Are people really seriously thinking of supporting any ticket with her on it? She''s no Hillary. They are both female and that''s where any comparison ENDS.
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by shingles1 October 14, 2008 3:04 PM PDT
PugHenry - I know it''s fun to repeat Jonah Goldberg''s pet theory that ties the fortunes of the stock market to Obama''s rise or fall, but it doesn''t work. There''s no correlation whatsoever.

For example, over this last weekend scores of polls came out showing that Obama had widened his lead...and what happened to stocks? They rose by a record amount.

It''s one of the dumbest most ridiculous attempts to blame Obama for anything bad that happens that I''ve ever seen.

You do know that Obama has received more $$$ from Wall Street firms than McCain has, right?
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by krenz4 October 14, 2008 3:05 PM PDT
Acorn is just another non issue distraction. Do you mccain sympathizers really think that mcikey mouse is going to be able to vote 20 times? What counts here will be VOTES. regardless of how many thousands register!! You guys better start keeping your eye on the bAll, because it is going to roll right over you on election day when Obama wins..mccain haa hijacked your common sense, with distractions like ayers, palin and acorn. it is more than likely too late for you however.
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by that-one-2009 October 14, 2008 3:06 PM PDT
Somebody tell sarah dumbo she''s not gonna get any extra votes from calling into Rush''s show. Anybody who listens to that blowhard is already voting for McSame anyway. If she plans on turning this around, she might want to appeal to someone BESIDES the republican base. Those people would vote for McSame even if he had Kermit the Frog as his running mate. Come to think of it, he might have been a better choice
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by njvote08 October 14, 2008 3:15 PM PDT
To OneAmerica7

You say OneAmerica, but is it multi-cultural or all white? Every American (no matter what race) has the right to pursue the highest office in this country.

I was going to comment on the madness that you are spewing about Obama, but you''re not worth it. Go ahead and vote for McCain and Palin because that is your prerogative, but speak what you know and not what you have heard!
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by nvorr October 14, 2008 3:18 PM PDT
Vote John McCain! Ohio is proud of John Glenn and John McCain both fighter pilots who served their country when their country was at war.
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While at war, John McCain who was only admitted to the academy because of nepotism, graduated almost at the bottom of his class. He destroyed aircraft and caused "incidents" which, had it been anyone else, they would have been discharged from the service.

From McCain''s book, he wrote:

McCain described it this way in "Faith of My Fathers," which was published four years after Timberg''s account:

McCain, 1999 (p. 159): There were occasional setbacks in my efforts to round out my Navy profile. My reputation was certainly not enhanced when I knocked down some power lines while flying too low over southern Spain. My daredevil clowning had cut off electricity to a great many Spanish homes and created a small international incident." Funny how he got promoted after that.

McCain also has said for years that when on the USS Forrestal, the missile struck his own plane, and this has been widely accepted. But official documents don''t support that. So, he lies too.

Now, if you could explain to me why McCain has fought and continues to this day to fight, the release of information on Vietnam POW/MIAs, I''d really appreciate it.

I agree with having pride in John Glenn, but please explain how you''re proud of John McCain.
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by nvorr October 14, 2008 3:22 PM PDT
Vote for John McCain, he respects veterans especially 87 year old fellow fighter pilots like John Glenn.

Posted by PugHenry3
*****************************
*********** John MccAin has a very funny way of showing respect for Veterans. He consistantly votes against veterans benefits and votes against bills that would help the familys of troops in Iraq, that are struggling to make ends meet.

Look Closely at brother McCain and you will discover that he is an opportunist who is drawn to the tv cameras like a magnet, and will talk a strong game.. But when the cameras are off, he wanders off looking for the next opportunity.

(Please don''''t remind me what he endured (not accomplished)40 years ago in a POW camp.

Posted by Truthmatterz at 02:59
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He also pushed for the law which prevents Americans from obtaining information on Vietnam POW/MIAs not yet accounted for.
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by julez41 October 14, 2008 3:38 PM PDT
Palin can rage against the machine but rather than the "force" she has the "false" with her. Her smear tactics and out right lies have turned republican rallies into Klan meetings. So she called into Limbaugh''s show, like he''s not licking his lips over the prospect of a Barbie doll VP. The whole campaign is sickening.
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by freevoice-2009 October 14, 2008 5:55 PM PDT
Republicans have lost all hopes on Sarah Palin. The only good thing she did for McCain was get the base energized in the convention (then re-energized after her debate, wonder how many times they need to be energized).

They know they cannot bring her in front of other news channels like CNN, CBS, NBC etc.. and going on Fox and Rush will not help them get any extra vote.

McCain must be be wishing only if he could turn back the time and pick Romney.
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by newslink October 14, 2008 6:24 PM PDT
Palin needs to learn how to Master her mouth.So far, its Open Mouth, insert Foot.
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by jefflz-2009 October 15, 2008 12:02 AM PDT
Palin has no right to ask if we really know Obama. His record has already been subjected to intense scrutiny by the electorate, by Clinton as well as by McCain for nearly two years. Palin, on the other hand, is a complete neophyte who burst onto the national scene a mere six weeks ago. Her enthusiastic reception by social conservatives and less educated Republicans is alarming in light of her lack of preparation for national office. Her meteoric rise to fame marks the abandonment of political process for celebrity worship. Here is a woman whose pregnant teenage daughter is about to marry a foul-mouthed drug user while Palin is held up as an all-American mom, whose secessionist husband joined her in abuse of official power while she is held up as a paragon of patriotism, whose ignorance of history and law is looked upon as irrelevant and refreshing. How can this suspension of disbelief last longer than the length of a bad movie? Whether or not her candidacy is successful we must ask how this pretender has been promoted so effectively by the cynical McCain campaign managers. The future of this nation is at stake and too many of our fellow citizens cannot see the danger in her potential rise to the highest office in the land. It is truly frightening.
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by seggleston2 October 15, 2008 1:18 AM PDT
Palin 14:59
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by dburfears October 15, 2008 3:03 AM PDT
PALIN LIES TO AMERICA WITH A STRAIGHT FACE

Americans are sick of politicians that simply LIE when they are confronted with their wrongdoing.

The Palin report said she BROKE THE ethics LAW. It is PLAIN WORDING. Palin says the report did NOT say what the PLAIN WORDS SAID? There is a word for that - a LIE.

This is the problem we''ve had for 8 years of REPUBLICAN RULE. Cheney and Bush wouuld do EXACTLY THE SAME THING- claim the facts were really something else, even when confronted with the facts.

There is no such thing as "my truth". The words are clear. Truth is not something Palin gets to MAKE UP.

Aren''t Americans sick of this cr*p?

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by dburfears October 15, 2008 3:07 AM PDT
"Scanton"?

Did the little airhead mean "Scranton"?

I suppose it is too much to expect from her.
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by cphotography October 15, 2008 6:32 PM PDT
no, obama hasn''t been investigated in full. if he had the ayers issues would have come out months ago.
i''ve known about it because i listen to a wide variety of media outlets, includng talk radio and internet research.
and what about the Birth Certificate he''s yet to furnish?
And no one has any information on his doings while at columbia.
and where do you think he got all his money from?
the man has been trained for this position since childhood, and not by anyone on the side of the US.
you may need to research more before voting.
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by cphotography October 15, 2008 6:33 PM PDT
no, obama hasn''t been investigated in full. if he had the ayers issues would have come out months ago.
i''ve known about it because i listen to a wide variety of media outlets, includng talk radio and internet research.
and what about the Birth Certificate he''s yet to furnish?
And no one has any information on his doings while at columbia.
and where do you think he got all his money from?
the man has been trained for this position since childhood, and not by anyone on the side of the US.
you may need to research more before voting.
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