Palin: “I Know Obama Loves America”
(CBS)
(MUNCIE, IND.) - Just two weeks ago, she accused him of palling around with a terrorist, but Sarah Palin left no doubt at an impromptu press conference on Friday that she believes the Democratic nominee is acting in what he thinks is in the best interest of the country he loves.
“I know Obama loves America,” Palin said on the short flight from Cincinnati to Indianapolis when asked by CBS News whether she thinks the Democratic nominee loves his country as much as she does.
“I’m sure that is why he’s running for president. It’s because he wants to do what he believes is in the best interest of this great nation. I believe that our ticket can do a better job for America as we reduce taxes and rein in government and allow our private sector and our families to prosper, to grow, and to keep more of what they earn and produce so that they can reinvest according to our own priorities. I think that that is best to get the economy back on track. It’s a better agenda for America. But I don’t question at all Barack Obama’s love for this great country.”
Though she continues to hammer Obama on a daily basis on issues ranging from alleged voter registration fraud to taxes, Palin has stopped mentioning Obama’s relationship to 1960s radical William Ayers on the stump. The Alaska governor told reporters that it’s now up for the public to decide whether that relationship is relevant.
“Well, I think that American voters are understanding that association—that it’s OK to talk about fact,” she said. “Of course, Barack Obama had been bringing it up, even in challenging John McCain on that, saying if you want to talk about it, talk about it, too, so McCain did that, and the association is out there. It’s up now to the people of America to decide whether that association is important enough to them to research and find out more about a person’s judgment and truthfulness.”
Asked why it was appropriate to question Obama’s judgment over his association with Ayers, while John McCain has declared off limits the Illinois senator’s relationship with his former pastor Jeremiah Wright, Palin said that the decision to bring up Wright was “up to John McCain to decide.” CBS News pointed out that Obama had sat in Rev. Wright’s church for 20 years (the senator’s relationship with Ayers has been shown to be something far less than a close friendship).
"That's true,” Palin said. “He sat in the pews for 20 years and heard Reverend Wright say some things that most people would find a bit concerning. But again that is John McCain's call."
- 1
- 2
- 3
- next
See all 133 CommentsBecuase G. Gordon Liddy is right there in their faces, ready to be played against McCain.
As well as the AIP.
And it''s about time, too, that THEY start answering some questions.
Or would we still not be in Palin''s "pro-America" territory? I thought we all wanted America to do well, but we''re getting kind of used to being slurred as non-patriotic or not good Americans whenever we don''t buy the Republican kool-aid.
You ever played poker? Well an analogy to the game gives us... these people are "all in" for getting elected and getting elected only. Winning at all costs -- to truth, decency, honor, fair play and most important the good of the America we all love.
%u201CI know Obama loves America,%u201D Palin said on the short flight from Cincinnati to Indianapolis when asked by CBS News whether she thinks the Democratic nominee loves his country as much as she does.
%u201CI%u2019m sure that is why he%u2019s running for president. It%u2019s because he wants to do what he believes is in the best interest of this great nation.
The drugs must have kicked in.
For our planets sake....
.
Please vote smarter Obama/Biden 08
The RNC and the McCain Campaign are doing the nastiest "ROBO-CALLS" calling Obama a terrorist.
The RNC is sending out the slimiest flyers saying Obama wants to BOMB Americans.
The RNC is questioning Obama''s PATRIOTISM
So lil'' miss Palin can smile and WINK and say she thinks Obama is OK, while she knows her Campaign SURROGATES and the RNC are out there doing the DIRTY WORK FOR HER.
These people want to have it BOTH WAYS. SLIME and SMILE while claiming to have CLEAN HANDS.
DISGUSTING.
Posted by abnerm
----------------------------------
You are right, the Republicans don''t want to socialize the country. The Republicans just want to nationalize the country.
Posted by DogBitez at 05:43 PM : Oct 17, 2008
I could not agree more. I cannot believer there are people who do not see her for what she is a vile airhead.
Palin is simply not qualified for the VP position or god forbid President. This is not a beauty, popularity, or one liner cutesy contest,
This is one of the most influential jobs on the planet. We need a disciplined serious, and someone with superior intellect, and yet some with compassion, and understanding of history, events, and the important issues.
For our planets sake....put your thinking cap on...
.
Please vote smarter Obama/Biden 08
Hey Dogbitez, as vile and ugly as saying that Obama is an articulate , clean, good-looking black man - Joe Biden or perhaps
You can''t walk into a 7-11 without seeing an Indian - Joe Biden.
Look inside your own glass house first before you throw stones.
That was also my first impression of Palin when I heard her speak at the convention. Unfortunately, there might be some truth to our suspicions, Pollroller1. Check this out:
http://www.jackandjillpolitics.com/2008/09/sarah-palin-does-not-care-about-black-people/
How does a republican congress woman call a fellow politician a radical Anti-American who hates his country? Is this anything we can be proud of? Are we so narrow that we are finally going postal on a fellow American because he thinks in a different way? Id it wrong to have ideas and direction?
The republican party has gone too far. I really think it is they who are the radical anti-Americans.
I am sick of the filthy politics of the desperate and hateful. John McCain should retire from politics because he is no longer a decent American and does not believe in real diversity. John McCain will not win, he has not won because he does not have the decency to succeed. And now he has his attack dogs calling voters and telling them lies out of desperation. John McCain, I would not vote for you ever. You are a dishonest, disgruntled old man who has no control over himself. You do not have the skin it takes to even think about your hatred.
This is all the more reason to vote for Obama. He explained the Ayers charges and yet, out of desperation, McCain keeps his lying dogs making phone calls.
Shame on you, John McCain, shame on you!
She has to be the dumbest person on earth to contradict herself on her two totally opposite views of Obama. Either she is lying to fool the fools including herself, or she is brain-dead.
I also happen to sit on a board where a member was convicted of a federal crime of tax fraud,,,does that make me guilt by association a criminal too...Your logic does not compute...
There Have been studies that show that white collar crime can hurt and effect even more people overall...Look your McCain was in involved with the Keating 5 scandal....
Be careful not to cast your own stone.....Also, if you think very smartly...I think you will agree to vote OBAMA/BIDEN 08
HOLY CR.AP I CAN''T BELIEVE WHAT I''M READING.........
She has to be the dumbest person on earth to contradict herself on her two totally opposite views of Obama. Either she is lying to fool the fools including herself, or she is brain-dead.
She is not brain dead - just a thick-hide/skin who would say anything to try and win the election. She should give some credit to the American people - does she really think the American people are as she dumb as she is ?
Point 1: McCain finally said "Im not George Bush..." not once did he ever back this. He is lying and will continue to support plans that do not work.
Point 2: McCain is rude, hotheaded, grumpy, nervous, erratic, stubborn and emotional. Did anyone notice how uncomfortable he was in the debates? He''s also a hypocrite - 1 minute saying Obama''s a threat to our country next calling him a good person.
Point 3: Sarah Palin, is an even bigger embarassment and hypocrit. She is not fit to run a country but more like Val Victorian.
Point 4:
McCain''s policies like Trickle Down Economics have been fact checked and said to not work (or at least not within the time budget proposed and without spending money like he knocked Obama for). Stop telling us how Obama wants to tax us... Just to clear this up folks. Obama said only 5% of small businesses would be taxed, the truth is only 2%. And only profit is taxed, not net business worth. Joe plumber you will not be taxed!
Last Point: If your voting for McCain its because of "experience". 1 question...If you had a choice choosing between a doctor who has injured 98% of his patients, or one fresh out of med school with new ideas that make sense - who would you choose? McCain stop lying to the American people and retire!
Actually, she praised Obama and his campaign for championing a theme of change and reform before she was nominated to become the VP nominee. She noted that her own campaign in AK was much the same.
BTW, Walter Annenberg was an ambassador during the Reagan administration. It''s not uncommon for generous donors to have their money hijacked by what turns out to be a radical cause.
Actually, Palin praised Obama and his campaign, before she became the VP nominee, for championing a theme of change and reform. She noted that her own campaign for Governor of AK was much the same and that she admired Senator Obama.
Posted by Element51 at 06:15 PM
You said you can readgo see below:
http://www.epionline.org/news_detail.cfm?rid=171
What Experience does John McCain have RUNNING ANYTHING? His wife is the businesswoman, not him, and the last time he ran anything was as a decent ranking officer in the navy.
Fact is, that running a campaign is a larger task that involves managing more employees and more money than anything McCain has ever run. Obama has run it infinitely times better than McCain has.
What experience does McCain have?
He''s visited a lot of place but we don''t need a rich tourist to run this country. McCain''s "visits" and views are tainted by his ideology. He looks at Free Trade as an important part of life but fails to realize that only 1/4th the new jobs were created in the past 8 years compared with Clinton''s term, this even with LOWER TAX RATES. Free trade causes this to happen. McCain has been for deregulation all his life and now we expect him to actually capably regulate the markets?
Fact is the last senator to win the Presidency was JFK in 1960, in the last near half century every other president was either a governor or a vice president. That''s because governors and vice presidents have compatible levels of experience, unless you''re sarah palin and don''t have the intellectual capacity to be president.
Prove that statement please.
I''ll look for your explanation but I''ll bet you don''''t respond.
In fact, you figure you republicans would be smart enough to realize that experience doesn''t win elections. Reagan lost in 60, Ford lost in 76, Carter lost in 80, Bush lost in 1992, Gore lost in 2000, and McCain will now lose.
In fact, nevermind. Keep saying to everyone that Obama has no experience and we''ll see who wins this election.
- 1
- 2
- 3
- next
See all 133 Comments