CEDARBURG, Wis., Sept. 5, 2008
McCain, Palin Push Reform Mantra
In First Appearance Since Convention, Republican Running Mates Knock Special Interests
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Play CBS Video Video McCain Accepts GOP Nomination To a raucous crowd, John McCain accepted the GOP nomination in St. Paul, stressing his record as a POW and extensive experience in government. Jeff Glor reports.
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Video Reactions To McCain's Speech Senior strategists Steve Schmidt from the McCain campaign and David Axelrod from the Obama campaign offer their post-mortems following the Republican National Convention.
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Video McCain Lets Out The Maverick Sen. John McCain touted his experience and his ability to bring real change to Washington in his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination. Jeff Glor reports.
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and vice presidential candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attend a rally, Friday, Sept. 5, 2008, in Cedarburg, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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"John McCain doesn't run with the Washington herd," said Palin, the 44-year-old Alaska governor and surprise pick as McCain's running mate.
"It's over. It's over. It's over for the special interests," McCain promised. "We're going to start working for the people of this country."
Twelve hours after leaving the Republican convention in Minnesota, McCain and Palin were cheered and applauded by a crowd of 1,000 or more who packed the street in front of the ice cream and chocolate store that was the backdrop for their appearance.
Palin also picked up right where she left off at the Republican convention, attacking Obama on everything from his job as a community organizer to not supporting the surge in Iraq, reports CBS News' John Bentley.
“He said it was doomed to fail. But just last night, Sen. Obama finally broke and brought himself to admit what all of us have known for quite some time, and that’s that thanks to the skill and valor of our troops, the surge in Iraq has succeeded,” Palin said.
“I guess when you turn out to be profoundly wrong on a vital national security issue, maybe it’s comforting to pretend that everyone else was wrong, too.”
(Click here to read Bentley's post in the CBS News "From The Road" blog)
"Isn't this the most marvelous running mate in the history of this nation?" McCain asked at a main street rally in Cedarburg, a town of about 11,000. The community, about 20 miles north of Milwaukee in Ozaukee County, is a traditional Republican enclave within Democratic-leaning Wisconsin.
Many people in the audience held digital cameras and video cameras above their heads to get a shot as McCain's "Straight Talk Express" bus rolled into town. Palin said it was their intention to bring their campaign directly from the convention to "small-town America" like the small town in Alaska where she once was mayor.
The Republican team plans to campaign together in hotly contested states - Wisconsin and Michigan on Friday, Colorado and New Mexico on Saturday - and then go their separate ways. Palin is expected to return to Alaska just briefly and then go back to the campaign trail, perhaps on Monday.
"Change is coming, change is coming," McCain promised the audience, borrowing the same theme that Democrat Barack Obama has made the centerpiece of his run for the White House.
McCain's campaign as a political outsider and rebel is complicated by the fact that he has served in the Senate for 22 years and solidly endorsed key elements of President Bush's record, most notably the war in Iraq and hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts. McCain originally opposed the tax cuts but changed his mind as he sought the GOP presidential nomination.
McCain took note of gloomy economic news from Washington: The government reported that the nation's unemployment rate soared to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs.
"Rough times all over America," he said.
After their speeches, Palin and McCain ducked into The Chocolate Factory to greet customers and sign autographs. After Palin met a few people, she turned to the ice cream counter and said: "I've got to get the moose tracks, please. Moose tracks, you know, near and dear to my heart. I can't go wrong with it." She was handed a waffle cone with a giant scoop.
Then McCain and his wife came up to order. The senator asked for a recommendation and then decided on watermelon sorbet. Cindy McCain ordered a brownie.
The woman behind the cash register, Becky Luft, 20, was flush with excitement and her friend described her as McCain's No. 1 fan. McCain came around the counter to pose for a picture with her.
People in the restaurant congratulated Palin on her nomination, many saying they liked her speech.
"I am very impressed with you," said Doreen Wirth, a Republican and artist from Cedarburg.
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See all 1981 CommentsAs far as I''''m concerned they wound up there! As far as I''''m concerned if they were even associated with the people who implemented or planned 911...THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER!
And I am not going to spend my time worrying about what the government chooses to do with them!
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Posted by OBungler at 04:47 PM
He might when the government releases Gitmo detainees in his state, city or neighborhood.
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Posted by clovisbuford at 01:08 AM : Sep 07, 2008
LOL, Actually what I''m saying is poetic justice.
You all seem to forget radical Islam murdered 3,000 of our people.
As far as I''m concerned we should''ve dropped a big load on the whole ME the morning after 911!
Strange how you people SUPPORT these bastwards...too much Obama?
Posted by OBungler at 04:47 PM : Sep 06, 2008
err right so the own miltary judges and attorneys in mass have said this is unamerican and they wont praticipate and this your response .their are consequences for their actiuons yousya ,,,and if innocent people suffer for the guilt ones actions actions that is amreican justice? you smoke crack? those briefs filed by american lawyers working pro bono , those military judges saying this is flawed , the supreme cour (tilted to the right as it is ) saying this is flawed .. and you O bungler ..yes apt name bungler in chief have decided someone is paying ,,innocent guitly ..doesnt matter ,tahts the ameruican way .. great argument . I know really you cant be as ignorant as you sound .. truly .. you dont reproduce do you?
Posted by ragnar30066 at
Wow! I bet you used the same stupid argument to justify Bush. People like you should lose their right to vote!
As far as I''''m concerned they wound up there! As far as I''''m concerned if they were even associated with the people who implemented or planned 911...THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER!
And I am not going to spend my time worrying about what the government chooses to do with them!
Posted by OBungler a
whatever Nazi, the government is always right, we get it!!
Zero.
Better a proven performer than a pig in a poke. Palin for VP, Obama to start showing up for the rest of his first term as a U.S. Senator until he learns how to change something more complicated than his socks.
I%u2019m a devout Christian but these people scare me. Maverick McCain has sold his soul to the Anti-Christ (Christian Right of the Repub. Party) in order to get elected & they will dictate every aspect of his Presidency. They''ve already succeeded at installing, Sarah Palin, the siren who will seduce %u201Cworking-class dudes and gals%u201D into giving up their current freedoms. She%u2019s Obama%u2019s swiftboat in high-heels & lipstick! Once McCain croaks, Miss %u2018Christian Right%u2019 Alaska will impose her values & principles from the White House. All illegal immigrants will be deported so that working-class peasants can finally find jobs; quality education will only be available in suburban evangelical schools; abortion will be outlawed so that conservatives will have more babies to adopt & indoctrinate; the Patriot Act will be extended to identify & prosecute any Terror-sympathizer; the draft will be reinstated and turn young adults into Christian soldiers who will fight their 21st cent. Crusades against Evil (defined ONLY as radical Islam). Google the lyrics to %u201COnward Christian Soldiers%u201D (a popular song at most Christian churches); & the %u2018Christian Right%u2019, you%u2019ll see McCain%u2019s performance at the Saddleback Forum and the Republican Convention in a brand new, terrifying light.
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Posted by misha128 at 08:14 AM : Sep 06, 2008
Have a good evening. I will continue my search for a candidate with a solution.
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Posted by misha128 at 04:57 PM : Sep 06, 2008
I''ve already found mine. Good luck with your search!
Have a good evening. I will continue my search for a candidate with a solution.
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Posted by misha128 at 04:35 PM : Sep 06, 2008
Well, it wasn''t up to you! For whatever reason or whatever connection they have to the 911 event, they wound up in GITMO! Do you not get it? YOU do not have the expertise or information to decide whether information was good or bad, or whether there was need for them to be transferred to GITMO! Neither do I!
As far as I''m concerned they wound up there! As far as I''m concerned if they were even associated with the people who implemented or planned 911...THEY HAVE NO RIGHTS WHATSOEVER!
And I am not going to spend my time worrying about what the government chooses to do with them!
They can write 500 amicus briefs about it...they can play with this issue forever! They can make 400 court decisions...if they''re associated with 911, frankly I don''t care what they do with them. Light a torch to their behind and throw them off the Empire State Building...and maybe the Islomfast bastwards will get the message they can''t come over here and murder 3,000 people! There are consequences for their ACTIONS! Innocent people died that day. I can''t waist a heartbeat that some of their innocent people are having to struggle at GITMO!
C=Some cannot be sent home due to the fact they may be tortured -- another violation of US Law.
Posted by misha128 at 04:16 PM : Sep 06, 2008
See this is just more krap that doesn''''t even make sense....so send them home! It''''s not our problemo what their own people do to them!
Posted by OBungler at 04:19 PM
Unfortunately according to our law once they were in control of the US on what is considered US soil which includes Gitmo the rules took effect.
Most probably will not be successfully tried (ie the Parhat decision -- the military tribunals at GITMO could be overridden) because armies were never intended to collect evidence while fighting a war. (The troops are completely not responsible for this, it is just a fact of war -- there is literally no time or reason to do so when under fire or potentially to come under fire again). This however concerns me when our leaders are not getting good advice from their own appointees and are not erring on the side of caution when in doubt I do not believe the need to transport the prisoners to GITMP was all that urgent. (ie. in this case leaving them where they were caught and not bringing them to GITMO).
C=Some cannot be sent home due to the fact they may be tortured -- another violation of US Law.
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Posted by misha128 at 04:16 PM : Sep 06, 2008
See this is just more krap that doesn''t even make sense....so send them home! It''s not our problemo what their own people do to them!
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Posted by misha128 at 04:16 PM : Sep 06, 2008
And why would they be tortured by their own people if they were sent home?
Posted by misha128 at 03:59 PM : Sep 06, 2008
What decision did they make?
The appellate court ruled the have a reasonable right to due process where uncorroborated intelligence reports no matter how many are produced are not evidence.
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Posted by misha128 at 04:05 PM : Sep 06, 2008
Fine with me, whatever! Prove up their guilt or innocence and get them the hell back where they belong.
But AGAIN, as far as I am concerned they''''d better get busy proving up their innocence...they don''''t have my rights of protection under MY Constitution, including habeas corpus...especially if they''''re radical Islamists who believe in their stupid jihad.
Posted by OBungler at 04:12 PM
C=Some cannot be sent home due to the fact they may be tortured -- another violation of US Law.
Posted by misha128 at 03:59 PM : Sep 06, 2008
What decision did they make?
The appellate court ruled the have a reasonable right to due process where uncorroborated intelligence reports no matter how many are produced are not evidence.
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Posted by misha128 at 04:05 PM : Sep 06, 2008
Fine with me, whatever! Prove up their guilt or innocence and get them the hell back where they belong.
But AGAIN, as far as I am concerned they''d better get busy proving up their innocence...they don''t have my rights of protection under MY Constitution, including habeas corpus...especially if they''re radical Islamists who believe in their stupid jihad.
Posted by misha128 at 03:59 PM : Sep 06, 2008
What decision did they make?
The appellate court ruled the have a reasonable right to due process where uncorroborated intelligence reports no matter how many are produced are not evidence.
Posted by misha128 at 03:59 PM : Sep 06, 2008
What decision did they make?
Posted by OBungler at 04:02 PM
Boumediene_v._Bush the Gitmo prisoners have Habeas Corpus rights.
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