McCain Defends Palin From "Feminist Left"

McCain Campaigns In Missouri As Supporter Says Nominee Has Been Attacked By "Liberal Elite Media"

(AP)  Republican John McCain and his supporters on Monday branded Democrat Barack Obama a liberal and criticized feminists and the media as they rallied their conservative base in Missouri, a hotly contested bellwether state, two weeks before the election.

In a stump speech sharpened for the second week in a row, the GOP presidential candidate defended his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, against attacks from the "feminist left." And Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced McCain by declaring him under siege by the "liberal elite media."

"John's been there and he's met a little tougher people in his life than the liberal media," Graham said in an allusion to McCain's years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.

Taking aim at Obama, Graham implored the crowd: "Show us that you understand and see a liberal when he's standing out there in front of you. Make sure you show America that it does matter that you keep your word if you're president of the United States."

The sharper remarks and tone came as McCain appeared before a weekday crowd of 2,000 in this suburb north of St. Louis, where Obama drew 100,000 on Saturday. Aside from several new key phrases and adjectives, McCain kept to his recent economic focus and the crowd failed to pick up on some of his standard applause lines.

The Arizona senator did rouse the crowd when he reprised a line from the final presidential debate, during which he broke with his fellow Republican, President Bush.

"We can't spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change," McCain said in an amphitheater at New Town, a planned community freshly built in a former farm field.

"We have to act immediately. And as I said it at the last debate: I'm not George Bush; if Sen. Obama wanted to run against George Bush, he should have run for president four years ago. We need a new direction now. And we have to fight for it," said McCain.

St. Charles County is fertile electoral ground for the McCain's campaign. In 2004, Bush beat Democrat John Kerry by a margin of 59 percent to 41 percent.

As the nation moved right, Bush captured Missouri in 2000 and 2004, winning 53 percent statewide against Kerry, but this year the polls show a very close race in Missouri, which has voted for the presidential winner every year since 1900 but one, Adlai Stevenson in 1956.

McCain was roughly trailing the same path Obama took through the state over the weekend. At midday, McCain stopped at a barbeque house in Columbia for lunch with small business owners. He labeled them "Joe the Plumbers, writ large," referring to the Ohio plumber McCain has made a focal point for his criticism of Obama's tax proposals. He appeared Monday evening at Belton, south of Kansas City, where Obama drew 75,000 on Saturday.

Among those accompanying McCain was former Sen. John Danforth, an ordained Episcopal priest who remains widely popular in the state.

McCain opened his remarks in St. Charles by defending Palin against unspecified attacks.

"My friends, it's remarkable the comments of the feminist left about Sarah Palin," he said to a chorus of boos. "I want to tell you, I am so proud of the way she has energized America. She is a reformer, she is a great leader, she is the most popular governor in America, and I can hardly wait to introduce her to Washington, D.C."

McCain's selection of Palin was most recently, and prominently, criticized by his fellow Republican, former Secretary of State Colin Powell. On Sunday, he said McCain's choice of Palin, whom he deemed unready to be president, factored into his decision to cross party lines and endorse Obama for president.

Turning to Bush, McCain complained about "the explosion of government spending over the last eight years" that he said had "put us deeper in debt to foreign countries that don't have our best interests at heart. It weakened the dollar. It made everything you buy more expensive."

In newly sharpened language, McCain also referred to actions he said Obama "will" take. Previously, he'd characterized these as actions he believes Obama "proposes."

"If I'm elected president, I won't spend nearly a trillion dollars more of your money (on new programs). Sen. Obama will. And he can't do that without raising your taxes or digging us further into debt. I'm going to make government live on a budget, just like you do."

And offering his view of the campaign with 15 days remaining, McCain no longer describes himself as 6 percentage points behind Obama; instead he said he was just a "few" back.

Later, speaking at a high school football field in Belton, McCain latched onto a remark last weekend by Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden who said, "Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy," his running mate Obama.

McCain, who has argued Obama lacks experience, said, "We don't want a president who invites testing from the world at a time when our economy is in crisis and Americans are already fighting in two wars."

Biden had drawn a different conclusion about Obama: "They're going to find out this guys got steel in his spine."

[xraydude2000]

LET''S LOOK AT PALIN''S EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE

1) GUILTY OF ETHICS VIOLATION IN ALASKA by 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats. The Republicans called for the investigation and they had the majority to end it if they wanted but they didn''t.

2) SHE BLATANTLY LIED ON "THE BRIDGE TO NOWHERE". This raises serious questions of her character and her faith.

3) BELIEVES THAT PROXIMITY TO ANOTHER COUNTRY AUTOMATICALLY GIVES YOU INSIGHT AND EXPERIENCE INTO THEIR GOVERNMENT. Are you kidding me? Anyone who actually believes this should not be in any leadership position in our government especially if they are making decisions based on this concept. Especially if they''re going to be giving orders to General Petraeus, General Odierno, and our men and women fighting oversees. IT IS DELUSIONAL AND DANGEROUS.

4) INQUIRED "HYPOTHETICALLY" ABOUT BANNING BOOKS. She actually fired the Librarian over this but rescinded the termination after a public outcry.

5) AS MAYOR OF WASILLA, A TOWN OF ~7,000, STARTED WITH $1.2 MILLION DEBT AND LEFT IT WITH A DEBT OF $24.8 MILLION. This is an incredible per capita figure.

6) SHE CAN''T NAME A SUPREME COURT DECISION OTHER THAN ROE V WADE. This shows a complete lack of curiosity and knowledge about our government.

McCain failed in his first executive decision by choosing Palin to succeed him if something were to happen.

She is so scary that even though I favor Obama, if she was a democrat and Obama had chosen her for VP, I''d vote for McCain.

[dbaecht]

By the way all 11 members of my immediate family, early voted for Obama/Biden (both christians) in Texas.

[dbaecht]

"I am not a heathen, I am holy.

Posted by gop_will_win"

By definition you are not a heathen, you are a jackass.
What far to many christians fail to understand is people don''t have a problem with the christian religion, under the Constitution you have a right to your beliefs. The problem is christians want to force everyone to believe in the christian religion. Then christians condemn those of us that don''t.
When the laws of our land don''t agree with the christians bible, violence is commited in the name of god(bombing womens clinics). Christians say some of the most hateful things to those that don''t follow the christian religion.
I would say radical right wing christians are no differant than radical right wing muslims, they boh will commithorrible acts of violence against innocent people to get what they want.
The last statement does not apply to the decent christians or muslims, the decent ones that just want to bask in their beliefs and not push them on others.

[spinner49]

I''''d just like to know why the so called professional women of the media hate Sarah Palin so much. What is it about her that is sooooooo threatening to them.

Gee Stanlee...

What is it about her? Maybe the fact that she wants us to bear unwanted children even in the event of rape, incest or threatened health of the mother? That she is uninformed to the point of incoherence on most of the major issues of the day? That when she opens her mouth she threatens an international incident? (War with Russia over Georgia?) That she lied blatently and repeatedly about the whether she was found to have violated ethics laws in the Troopergate scandal? That she can''t name a single supreme court case besides Roe v. Wade, or a single newspaper she''s read? And that given all of these and so much more, she would be a 72-year-old cancer survivor''s heartbeat away from the most powerful position on the planet. If that doesn''t scare the pants off you, it should.

[gop_will_win]

gop_will_win is the real heathen.


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Posted by sly_64
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I am not a heathen, I am holy.

[aaabee-2009]

Palin is just as qualified as Obama, Posted by mycommentspg at 11:45 AM : Oct 21, 2008

If this is true, then why not vote for Obama who is just as qualified as Palin, and has a far better chance of living all the way through his presidency than McCain does.

[aaabee-2009]

What the h*ll do they have in their craw against Sarah Palin?
Posted by standlee5 at 11:23 AM : Oct 21, 2008

Same exact thing that folks in their craw against Obama, same exact thing.

[sly_64]

Posted by dbaecht
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Thats because they are heathens.


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Posted by gop_will_win

gop_will_win is the real heathen.

[osiod9]

''McCain appeared before a weekday crowd of 2,000 in this suburb north of St. Louis, where Obama drew 100,000 on Saturday''

ROFLMFAO! too funny.

''McCain kept to his recent economic focus and the crowd failed to pick up on some of his standard applause lines''

LOL! even funnier. They were waiting for the punchline to that joke Johnny

[gop_will_win]

My bad, JUMP
Heathen. You think all people that don''''t believe in your god are heathens.



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Posted by dbaecht
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Thats because they are heathens.

[mycommentspg]

Palin is just as qualified as Obama, if not more qualified. The people he appoints doesn''t make him any more qualified for the position. McCain has the necessary experience for the job.

[armydog2]

standlee5
I am sure no woman who works in the media is afraid of sara palin in any way. The fact that she does not have a clue and has portrayed that fact so well in the past several weeks might be a dead give away when these reporters do their jobs. Palin just brings it on herself.
gop will win
if sara palin is such a good christian woman, why is she even pursuing the office of VP. According to you she should be at home taking care of her old man and making babies.

[standlee5]

I''d just like to know why the so called professional women of the media hate Sarah Palin so much. What is it about her that is sooooooo threatening to them. Is it her clear soprano voice in stark contrast to their manly husky broadcast voice? Or is it her clearly feminine heterosexual nature, happily married, happily middle class, happy mom and future grandma? Is that what p*sses them off so much. What the h*ll do they have in their craw against Sarah Palin?

[dbaecht]

''How does one just off a roof? BTW, I called God on the telephone moments ago and he said he didnt talk to "that heathen

Posted by gop_will_win"

My bad, JUMP
Heathen. You think all people that don''t believe in your god are heathens.

[gop_will_win]

gop_will_win , If your god told you to you to just off of a roof will you.
You surely don''''t believe that men are better than women, and that your''''e god would want women treated as less than equal to men.
If this is the way of your god, explain why anyone should follow your god.


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Posted by dbaecht
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How does one just off a roof? BTW, I called God on the telephone moments ago and he said he didnt talk to "that heathen".

[dbaecht]

"Your turn, tell us now, using your great wise knowledge of the world and everything beyond, why according to you, men and women shouldn''''''''t have equal rights ...
I''''''''m sure everybody is waiting ...

Posted by abbe91
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Because God says so.

Posted by gop_will_win"
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gop_will_win , If your god told you to you to just off of a roof will you.
You surely don''t believe that men are better than women, and that your''e god would want women treated as less than equal to men.
If this is the way of your god, explain why anyone should follow your god.

[louiville2]

Hmm...How does this tactic usually play out?
Well, next step, we can round up all the poor people into camps...when those camps become overcrowded and disease begins killing people in large swaths then what comes next?
Well, I suppose we could just burn all those bodies in some kinf of large ovens...
Hmm still some people alive in those camps? Are people starting to ask questions? Is it costing too much to continue to hold them there.
Guess we could gas them...after all they''''re sick and poor anyway...

Is it really worth it just so the rich don''''t have to pay a little more in taxes..


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Posted by zendigity

Are you talking about the "Re-Education" camps so prominent in Neo-Marxist-Marxist regimes?

[sly_64]

It will be a landslide victory for Obama in 2 weeks.

[dbaecht]

"Remember - we need a massive turnout of citizens, and a landslide victory, because we know the Republicans will again try to steal this election at the polling stations, just like in 2000 and 2004!


People, let%u2019s find the strength and courage to vote Obama/Biden into office in overwhelming numbers, and to return honesty, decency, and integrity to American politics.

Posted by fbla1825"

Early voting started in Texas yesterday. In the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex they had around 100,000 people vote the first day which is a huge increase.
In the county I live in there are only 15,000 or so folks and we had a first day turnout of around 500, which is just unheard of.
We did our part, we carpooled my family and put 11 votes in the box for Obama/Biden(and yes for you repugs there are 11 of us).
I think there are a lot more people voting for Obama than are saying because of were we live it''s dangerous to openly go against the grain here. There just may be a Nov suprise for McBush here Texas(one he won''t like)

[gop_will_win]

Your turn, tell us now, using your great wise knowledge of the world and everything beyond, why according to you, men and women shouldn''''t have equal rights ...
I''''m sure everybody is waiting ...


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Posted by abbe91
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Because God says so.