ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 3, 2008
Palin Gets Some Coaching Before Big Speech
Washington Post: McCain Advisers Prepare Alaska Governor For The Spotlight
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Palin Prepares For Prime Time
Sarah Palin is preparing for her prime time address at the Republican National Convention. Will she talk policy or address the questions that have arisen about her? Maggie Rodriguez reports.
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"CBS News RAW": Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain greets Sarah Palin's pregnant 17-year-old daughter and her fiance Levi Johnston on the tarmac in St. Paul, Minn.
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Palin, Politics And Pregnancy
Governor Sarah Palin is a hot topic for many women. The question is whether a mother of five can be an effective vice president. Maggie Rodriguez leads a discussion on the subject.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, greets his vice presidential running mate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as he arrives in Minneapolis, Minn., Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008, where he will attend the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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In an effort to prevent any damaging mistakes, the McCain campaign is orchestrating Palin's public introduction carefully. Except for an interview with People magazine the afternoon her selection was announced, she has not taken a single question from a reporter, and it remains unclear when she will speak to the national news media.
McCain and his allies are hoping to present his running mate as a like-minded reformer who will pursue the same approach to governing. Campaigning with her over the past few days, McCain presented her time and again as a fighter.
"A lot of candidates talk about reform, changing the failed policies of the past, but often they find after they're elected they leave things as they are," McCain said. "Not Governor Sarah Palin -- not Sarah Palin."
In her own remarks on the trail, Palin has worked to burnish her leadership credentials, repeatedly referring to her time in the governor's office. After listing McCain's national security attributes at one point, she declared, "As the mother of one of those troops and as the commander of Alaska's National Guard, that's the kind of man I want as our commander in chief." At another point, she heralded his willingness to cut wasteful spending, noting that she had done it herself: "Senator McCain promises to use the power of the veto in defense of the public interest, and as a chief executive, I can assure him: It works."
Still, Palin will take the stage Wednesday night amid a series of questions about her political résumé that have, at a minimum, created distractions from the convention message the McCain campaign has sought to present.
On Tuesday, the McCain campaign angrily countered reports that Palin was a member of the Alaska Independence Party, producing records showing that she has been a registered Republican since the early 1980s. Later in the day, media reports revealed that her husband was registered as a member of the party until 2002.
Alaskans continued to question her position on the "Bridge to Nowhere," a nearly $400 million span connecting the small town of Ketchikan with a remote island to make transportation to its airport easier. Palin seemed to indicate that she supported the bridge while campaigning for governor in that region in 2006, but last fall she ended the project because cost overruns far exceeded the initial $223 million that was allocated.
While McCain's backers are comfortable that Palin's record meshes neatly with his when it comes to challenging the status quo -- Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) said the governor "has shown guts and toughness on a central theme in this campaign in a way that will resonate with the American public" -- they are working on how to bolster her foreign policy bona fides.
Palin has rarely traveled overseas: Last summer, as governor, she journeyed to Canada on one trip and to Germany, Iraq and Kuwait on another, and Comella said she might have traveled to Mexico once on a personal trip.
"Obviously the governor of Alaska spends very little time on foreign policy," Davis said, though he added that if something were to happen to McCain, "I think she's got the judgment to do the things as commander in chief that John McCain would think are the right things to do."
Graham, who lobbied hard for McCain to choose their mutual friend Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) as his running mate, said Palin would be able to handle foreign relations in McCain's absence as long as she relied on his staff.
"She can do fine in foreign policy because of the infrastructure we have around us. She's smart, and she will learn over time," he said, adding that when it comes to selecting a vice president, "there is no perfect person. If we could have found someone who's an expert in everything, we would have picked 'em, right?"
Wilgoren reported from Washington. Staff writer Paul Kane contributed to this report.
By Juliet Eilperin, Robert Barnes and Debbi Wilgoren
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See all 468 CommentsHe said she had more experience than Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
"I would say Barack Obama has never governed a city, never governed a state, never governed an agency, never run a military unit, never run anything," he said.
Posted by knoesgaard
Democrats, the party of lies, drooling haters and slime spreaders.
Democrats, unfit to govern a nation of diversity and freedom.
Statutory rape is defined as sexual activity - without the use of force or violence - with anyone defined as a minor. The thought behind these laws is that a minor is unable to legally consent to sexual activity.
The age of consent is defined as 16 years old, according to Alaska statutory rape laws. If a person who is at least 18 years old engages in sexual activity with a person who is 16 years old or younger, he or she will be charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. This charge is a felony in Alaska. And remember, it does not matter if you did not force or threaten the other person into performing this sexual act with you. It is still a crime under Alaska statutory rape laws.
Alaska statutory rape laws declare that anyone who is 18 years old or older who has *** with a person who is 16 or 17, or who is at least three years younger than the offender, can be charged with sexual abuse in the third degree. This is also a felony.
Alaska statutory rape laws carry punishments that include imprisonment and fines.
Sounds like the Palin family & Levi Johnston have some questions to Answer and Levi Johnston needs to be arrested and charged with statutory rape and get a fellony charge. ITS THE LAW AND THE REPUBLICANS NEED TO FOLLOW THE LAW !
Lie. But you knew that. Obama has twice traveled to the scene of the Bush crimes.
I hope he gathered evidence.
I hope he gathered evidence.
Posted by Shouterguy
Democrats, the party of lies, drooling haters and slime spreaders.
Democrats, unfit to govern a nation of diversity and freedom.
Posted by abubaker2
More religious intolerance from a bigot democrat
Democrats, religious intolerance and anti-religious bigotry.
Democrats, unfit to govern a nation of diversity and freedom loving people.
1) Do not open mouth and vomit on shoes.
2) Do not talk badly about Jews - as your Pastor did.
If you avoid vomiting on your shoes, anything else will be considered a brilliant speech.
Vomit on your shoes and John will hurt you. That''s his schtick.
ATTENTION ALL DEMOCRATS AND LEFT WING NUTJOBS:
When will Joe Biden be "up to speed"? Last I checked, he ran for President 2 times and no one wanted him. He urged John McCain, of all people, to run with John Kerry in 2004. What kind of Democratic endorsement is that? He sounds confused...
All it proves she is a real american and has to go through the same things in life we do.
barry obama is clueless to what American life is really like.
She has my vote.
Posted by Shouterguy
You would know about vomiting, smear and slime vomit seems to be your schtick.
DEMOCRATS:
Are you sure you are not talking about Obama?
Everytime he doesn''t have a script, he makes "fill my tires" remarks. He can''t even answer a question from a 7 year old without a script.
-- Posted by Latrocinor
Wow. Really? I always knew Rudy was a drooler.
The sad fact is, my friend, you can put lipstick on a pig. You still wouldn''t want to kiss it.
Or would you?
Rudy would, it seems.
Posted by Shouterguy
You would know about drooling, drooling hate and slime and smear. Democrats, unfit to govern.
Yeah, sounds good to me.
But if she vomits on her shoes, I''ll think twice about it.
Anything short of the shoe vomit and I''m there, my friend.
She did just fine in speaking for herself last week and they should let Sarah be Sarah and let the chips fall where they may. he can''t do any worse than Mcenile.
Everytime he doesn''''t have a script, he makes "fill my tires" remarks. He can''''t even answer a question from a 7 year old without a script.
Posted by vietnam21 at 03:42 PM : Sep 03, 2008
Are you sure you''re talking about Obama? Every time I see McCain, his head is down reading notes--hardly see his face-that is except when he was ''watching" Sarah speak. LOL
Posted by Shouterguy
You would know about vomiting, smear and slime vomit seems to be where you already are.
Posted by Latrocinor
Posted by airmanc5
DEMS. EXPERIENCES...????
Wasilla AK, where Palin was mayor, had a population of 6000 when she was mayor.
Not ready to be President.
It worked or Bush.
He didn''t vomit on his shoes.
He was a brilliant debater.
He didn''t vomit on his shoes.
"Mission accoomplished."
He didn''t vomit on his shoes.
"I are a economist!"
He didn''t vomit on his shoes.
Mensa candidate.
Ought to work for Palin, too.
Unless of course she vomits on her shoes.
Or on McCain''s.
That might be even worse.
But that''s what vetting is for.
Shoe vomit.
He said she had more experience than Democratic candidate Barack Obama.
"I would say Barack Obama has never governed a city, never governed a state, never governed an agency, never run a military unit, never run anything," he said.
Or Charlie Brown.
Or Alfred E. Newman.
I want to hear more about how her church is going to get airlifted by angels in a flying saucer once she and McCain start World War 3.
Hmmm, we''re talking about the MEDIA here. You know, the ones that never get anything RIGHT.
So John, if she has so much depth why then does someone else, a GOP talking-point writer, have to write her speach. Could it be that non of this comes from her heart and vast experience.
I know there are many who have speaches written for and with them, but this sounds like more GOP setting an agenda to me. Usually a speach writer gets a handle on all of your talking points and ideas that you want to make and then organizes them so the speach flows smoothly and has some form of coherence.
Doesn''t sound that way this time, at least not from the above article.
Posted by liberalme at 03:47 PM : Sep 03, 2008
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It''s hard to tell what he''s looking at. His eyes wander "all over" when he watches her speak.
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Posted by HawkSprings at 03:49 PM
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And?
Brilliant speech!
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Doesn''t she look...composed
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Executive experience galore!
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Earmarks? What earmarks?
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Secessionist? Who? Me?
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Aw, that trooper-lover had it coming.
She didn''t vomit on her shoes.
Hopefully.
Palin looks like a child standing next to McCain, and certainly she is young enough to be a daughter from his 2nd marriage.
Posted by Shouterguy
Yes, you seem to be quite competent at being a good Democrat.
Unfit to govern
Sarah (Wasilla) Palin.
Except it was a lie...or, maybe, like John, he has a "disremembering" problem.
I wonder if he vomits on his shoes?
Posted by mike071067 at 03:49 PM : Sep 03, 2008
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I know I am not leaning toward Johnny, but I/we all owe it to ourselves to see both sides before we reject McCain.
Posted by PTA-Mom-4-VP
Your ADD bothering you today, forgot your meds again?
Posted by mike071067
You know, people bluster and such and no one ever admits they are wrong or worried or whatever.
But you know, this is the honest truth. We are not worried about Palin as we Dems genuinely think she''s as weakness on the ticket. Her inexprerience, even more than Obamas, makes McCain''s health and age an even bigger issue now. Her own record, including some ethics problems and hypocrisy (being for the bridge to nowhere before she was against it) are a problem for McCain.
So, "crapping ourselves"? Hardly. We are encouraged.
Followed by a nice dish of humble pie.
Mister McCain said he''d just sit in the corner and eat crow while waiting for his goose to cook.
Should be done right about...NOW.
Posted by Shouterguy
You would know about vomiting, smear and slime, vomit seems to be where you already are. Must be a Democrat.
Posted by Shouterguy
Yes, you seem to be quite competent at being a good Democrat.
Unfit to govern
_PORK-GATE-1: As mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, Palin HIRED A LOBBYIST to help the tiny town secure at least 14 EARMARKS, worth $27 million.
_PORKGATE-2: Under her leadership THIS YEAR, Alaska asked for almost $300 PER ALASKAN in requests for pet projects (EARMARKS). THAT''S MORE PORK THAN ANY OTHER STATE RECEIVED, per person, from Congress.
_TROOPER-GATE: The state legislature is investigating whether she had Alaska''s public safety commissioner fired after he refused to dismiss a state trooper who had divorced Palin''s sister. Lawyer Thomas Van Flein said he is representing Palin both PERSONALLY and in her official capacity as governor. He is being paid with TAXPAYER MONEY.
_ENVIRONMENT-GATE : Palin opposed the U.S. government''s listing of a variety of animals as endangered, including the polar bear and the beluga whale, both of which inhabit areas also rich in oil and natural gas.
_INHALED: Palin previously acknowledged she smoked marijuana but said in a 2006 interview she no longer used the drug. "I can''t claim a Bill Clinton and say that I never inhaled," she said.
_RESIGNATION-GATE: When taking over as mayor of Wasilla, she asked top officials to resign, including that of the police chief who claimed it was because he supported her opponent in the mayor''s race.
_SECESSION-GATE: Her husband, Todd, twice registered as a member of the SECESSIONIST Alaskan Independence Party. She attended the 1994 CONVENTION with her husband.
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Her experience is working closely with Stevens and associates.
Posted by PTA-Mom-4-VP
Your ADD bothering you today, forgot your meds again?
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Posted by Latrocinor at 03:53 PM
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Go away child........your Conservative professors are calling you back to class....LOL!
Sarah Palin -- from Mukluk!
The big question is going to be, will Biden be sober or not?
Well, if the one I heard was anything to go by, she SUCKS bigtime at speech writing. Or at least I thought it did.
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