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Sarah Palin dragging down Republican ticket

nonothing

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WASHINGTON (AFP) - Embarrassing revelations about her costly campaign wardrobe and bloopers about the vice president's job description are raising fresh fears that Sarah Palin is dragging down the Republican ticket.


New polls showed Wednesday that seven weeks after John McCain plucked the Alaska governor from political obscurity to be his running mate in the November 4 elections, Palin is seen as an increasing liability for Republicans.


The Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found that Americans are less and less convinced she is worthy to serve as the country's number-two leader.


"Her numbers have plummeted in our poll ... what's more 55 percent think she's unqualified to serve as president if the need arises, which is a troublesome number given McCain's age," said NBC political director Chuck Todd.


The poll also puts the 72-year-old McCain 10 points behind his Democratic rival Barack Obama, and says that 47 percent of those surveyed viewed Palin negatively.


It confirmed the findings of an ABC/Washington Post poll released earlier this month which found that six in 10 voters saw Palin, 44, as lacking the experience to be an effective president.


"A third are now less likely to vote for McCain because of her," the Post added.


After being found guilty of abusing her power as governor in the so-called "troopergate" scandal over the firing of her ex-brother-in-law, Palin now faces a second probe over whether she violated ethics rules in the affair.


A spokesman said Palin, the first woman to be picked to serve on a Republican ticket, had requested this subsequent inquiry, branding the first probe a "political witch-hunt."


Then on Tuesday the Politico website caused a stir by publishing financial records of the Republican National Committee showing it has spent more than 150,000 dollars on clothes for Palin since late August.


McCain-Palin campaign spokeswoman Tracey Schmitt slammed the media for focusing on "pantsuits and blouses" during the country's hard economic times, saying the clothes were always intended to go to charity after the campaign.


But the New York Times Thursday wrote the wardrobe "joined the ranks of symbolic political excess" and reported that many Republicans "expressed consternation publicly and privately that the shopping spree .... would compromise Ms Palin's standing as Senator McCain's chief emissary to working-class voters."


Palin was also lambasted this week for failing to correctly spell out the vice president's role on several occasions, including during the vice presidential debate with her Democratic rival Joseph Biden.


Responding during one television interview to a question sent in by an elementary school pupil about what the vice-president does, Palin again overstated the White House second-in-command's powers.


"They're in charge of the United States Senate, so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes," she said.


The comment directly contradicted the separation-of-powers principle enshrined in the US constitution, under which the vice-president as president of the Senate has a casting vote in the event of a tie, but takes no other role.


McCain has staunchly defended his running mate against the slew of attacks, stressing she will be a valuable asset in his campaign goal of ridding Washington of political corruption.


But even staunch Republicans remain unconvinced.

Ken Adelman, a Republican hawk who served in top diplomatic and defense posts for presidents Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, told the New Yorker magazine that Palin's choice for vice president made him switch sides and he is now supporting Obama for president.

Former secretary of state Colin Powell, a Republican and military general who has also served as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, on Sunday endorsed Obama and said of Palin: "I don't believe she is ready to be president of the United States, which is the job of the vice president."

And one of former president George H.W. Bush's speechwriters, Christopher Buckley, a prominent conservative, announced this month he was abandoning support for McCain for many reasons, including "the Palin nomination. What on earth can he have been thinking
 

TexasBred

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Amazing the reporters say when McCain/Palin mention Ayers and others it's considered a distraction...the country wants to know what you plan to do about the economy etc....then those same people send out TWO reporters to get the lowdown on "Palin's Clothing" and try to make a big deal out of it. What hypocricy. :mad:
 

TSR

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TexasBred said:
Amazing the reporters say when McCain/Palin mention Ayers and others it's considered a distraction...the country wants to know what you plan to do about the economy etc....then those same people send out TWO reporters to get the lowdown on "Palin's Clothing" and try to make a big deal out of it. What hypocricy. :mad:

As you guys would say Ayers isn't running for office. David Gergen one of my favorite political commentators said of Palin when first nominated, "All meteors fall to earth eventually" and he also had some positives to say about how she initially energized the campaiogn.
 

hopalong

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TSR said:
TexasBred said:
Amazing the reporters say when McCain/Palin mention Ayers and others it's considered a distraction...the country wants to know what you plan to do about the economy etc....then those same people send out TWO reporters to get the lowdown on "Palin's Clothing" and try to make a big deal out of it. What hypocricy. :mad:

As you guys would say Ayers isn't running for office. David Gergen one of my favorite political commentators said of Palin when first nominated, "All meteors fall to earth eventually" and he also had some positives to say about how she initially energized the campaiogn.

As you liberals like to say if you can't whip them honestly then lie or try to discredit. !!!!
Answer this is the liberal press honest????????
Does the liberal press have it in for Sarah?

Could it be they are afraid of her over all intelligence, her popularity?
Could it be that they are afraid that she might actually be the key to the white house?

Answer is yes so no need to respond because you have no legitmate response!!!!!!!!
 
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I thought Lieberman was a McCain supporter :???:

Sen. Lieberman tells Connecticut reporters when asked if Palin is ready to be president right when elected:

"Thank God she's not going to have to be president from Day One.."

He didn't comment about Day Two :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol:
 

loomixguy

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Old Komrade's favorite news source's idea of "fair and balanced" goes like this:

20 minutes singing the praises of the far left libs and especially the Obamunist....

then.....

20 minutes disparaging, slandering, and spinning how evil and wrong the Republicans are......

yep..."fair and balanced"... :roll: :wink: :roll:

Any thoughts of running for SHERIFF again, Old Komrade? :lol: :lol: :lol:
 

Texan

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Oldtimer said:
I thought Lieberman was a McCain supporter :???:

Sen. Lieberman tells Connecticut reporters when asked if Palin is ready to be president right when elected:

"Thank God she's not going to have to be president from Day One.."

He didn't comment about Day Two :shock: :roll: :wink: :lol:
Isn't lying by omission the same thing as lying?

Here's the entire quote:

But when asked by The Advocate if Palin is ready to be president from day one, Lieberman said "thank God she's not going to have to be president from day one. McCain's going to be alive and well."

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_10806832
 

fff

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hopalong said:
TSR said:
TexasBred said:
Amazing the reporters say when McCain/Palin mention Ayers and others it's considered a distraction...the country wants to know what you plan to do about the economy etc....then those same people send out TWO reporters to get the lowdown on "Palin's Clothing" and try to make a big deal out of it. What hypocricy. :mad:

As you guys would say Ayers isn't running for office. David Gergen one of my favorite political commentators said of Palin when first nominated, "All meteors fall to earth eventually" and he also had some positives to say about how she initially energized the campaiogn.

As you liberals like to say if you can't whip them honestly then lie or try to discredit. !!!!
Answer this is the liberal press honest????????
Does the liberal press have it in for Sarah?

ROTFLMAO! McCain can't whip Obama honestly, so he lies about Ayers.
The liberal press is honest; can't speak so well for the dishonest conservative press. :lol: :lol:
Sarah is in over her head. She does not have my sympathy.

Could it be they are afraid of her over all intelligence, her popularity?
Could it be that they are afraid that she might actually be the key to the white house?

Intelligence, popularity? Have you ever READ one of her answers to a question? Instead of watching her talk, read a transcript of what she says. No, noone is afraid of her intelligence. Popularity? Her approval ratings are the worst of the four candidates. The Newsweek poll I just posted shows she's nowhere near the top choice for the 2012 Republican ticket.

Answer is yes so no need to respond because you have no legitmate response!!!!!!!!

I have a legitmate response above. You're not paying attention if you think Sarah Palin is helping the McCain campaign. McCain had a valid, strong agrument against Obama: lack of experience. It was his strongest point, his experience versus Obama's. He threw that away by chosing an inexperienced, half term governor from a sparsely populated state, one who was already under an ethics investigation for goodness sake! That speaks volumns about McCain's judgment....none of it good.
 
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