Incredible. As a frustrated Canadian, I can only hope Americans realize the opportunity they have here. A change is gonna come!

She cried her eyelashes off…..goes to show you how fake she is.

Everyone get out your crossbows and blunderbuss to help defend America if Obama makes it into the White House!!! On a positive note, we’ll all have free, inefficient health care to take care of our wounds.

This man scares me very much.

If this idiot gets elected he’s absolutely going to give away the farm!

DEMOCRATIC PARTY TRYING TO HAVE THIS VIDEO PULLED IMMEDIATELY. -

Please send this to everyone you know TODAY as it will be pulled off the air soon.
This is an uninterrupted 51-second video of Obama speaking; he’s telling us exactly what he will do to the military…watch it before this too is removed off the web site.
http://www.macsmind.com/wordpress/2008/06/08/obama-wants-to-protect-america/

This is absolutely shocking & reprehensible. He plans to unilaterally disarm our nation.The question is… for what? And more specifically, for whom ?

It’s Palin
It’s Palin
It’s Palin
It’s Palin
It’s Palin
It’s Palin
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YES!

As a Hillary supporter and angry at backstabbing Oprah. I will vote for SARA PALIN.

OPRAH WAS A MEMBER OF THAT RACIST/RADICAL CHURCH.
GO TO HELL OPRAH, YOU TURNED YOUR BACK ON WOMEN OVER A RACIST RADICAL.

Oh I am so freaking happy that McCain chose her!
This woman is a freaking AWESOME chick!

Are you suggesting that the annointed one will be running against the Vice presidential candidate? Did someone change the constitution when we weren’t looking? I know that the Dems and Oblama would like to, but there are pretty clear rules against it.

After the last week of McCain ads blasting Oblamas inexperience and poor judgement with the words of Hillary, Biden and Oblama himself, BHO better check his healthcare insurance because he is about to be beaten up badly. I won’t be surprised when he starts crying for getting beaten by a girl on top of it.

Oh, and I wonder if diarrhea mouth Joe will refer to Palin as ‘clean and good-looking, ya know, for a girl’ in his first debate? I can’t wait to see her light him up in the VP debate. This is onr tough CONSERVATIVE women and one I will proudly support.

For the first time in this process, I am actually excited about the McCain campaign.

What makes you two think Obama is any more experienced? At least she has been a Governor. Obamalamadingdong was a community activist and state senator for two years. I smell fear here. You know that many of the 18 million women that voted for Hillary are walking away as I write this.
She is the only one of McCain, Obama and Biden that HAS executive experience. All of them have legislative experience.

In addition to becoming Governor and doing many amazing things in her short run. She has been a very successful Mayor of the fast growing community in AK - Wasilla. On top of the the mayors of AK saw her so highly qualified that they made her President of the AK Conference of Mayors.

You can take that no experience argument and stick it in your arse. Fun she has more experience that the voted most liberal member of congress (in other words the most socialist/communsit member of congress) - Barrack Obama!

Rather than be confident my liberal friends, you should be afraid, you should be very afraid!

I have to agree with post 16.
Obama fucked up big time.
In fact, goes to show you how “smart he is”

haha - look at the libtards throw away their values and start trashing women now that one is running for VP as a Republican. hypocrite.
watch - oh its okay if it WAS hillary - - HYPOCRITES in hiding will come out!

PALIN will also attract conservative latino democrats and mad as hell Hillary supporters …………best news of the day ………..

wow… he plays a very good game. he totally just check-mated Obama.

I am an Obama supporter but I am so pleased that McCain chose Governor Palin. I think it is about time that both parties took the female vote seriously and understand that women have the strength to become executive members of government. Hopefully, after this election both parties realize that presidential candidates can look different from the “establish” candidates of yesteryear.

mikec,
the liberals made this world of head counting quotas.
now take some of that socialized medicine.

Yeah, McCain has never done anything out of the ordinary in his time in politics. You expected a safe Joe Biden type choice? The choice Obama made of a former foe who was talking trash about him just a few months ago? The choice Obama made to fill the very obvious gaps in his slim resume? Oh yeah, that choice. Who is more scared?
McCain picked someone with Executive experience who had served as Governor (something Obama, Biden, and McCain don’t have).

She wasn’t afraid to stand up to corrupt officials in her own party linked too closely to the oil industry, instituting tough ethics laws.

She’s fought against earmarks and irresponsible spending. She even sold the Alaska government’s private jet to save taxpayer dollars.

Sounds like the character of someone I wouldn’t mind having in the White House.

Seems awful sexist of some of you to look at nothing other than her gender. It’s like you’re saying, “there are no qualified women, you just pick a woman to get Hillary supporters”.

You Democrats are pushing back womens’ progress several decades. shameful.

Right… And she’s a hockey mom, was the mayor of a town of 8,000 people, & now has been Governor of Alaska for only 18 months, NOT 2 yrs, dummy! WOW!! RIGHT, she’s such a leader & “ready to be VP”- so-o great!!! She has NOTHING on Biden w/ his extensive experience in foreign policy (do you guys even know what that is??… duuhhhh!) & in the Senate for yrs… all you McCain supporters better hold on ’cause this will be fun & a no brainer.

HISTORY 101: Republicans said BILL CLINTON was too young & inexperienced before he was elected. He created jobs, the US had the largest surplus in it’s history, strong economy, helped bring peace to the Balkans, the list goes on. Despite his infidelities, he made me proud & many others proud to be an American. The Union also said the same about ABRAHAM LINCOLN & he ended up being one of our best in history!!!
W. BUSH has ruined the economy, created a total mess in the Middle East, STILL has not caught Bin Laden, widened the gap between rich & poor with a diminishing middle class, gas prices are ridiculous, healthcare costs skyrocketing & STILL no universal plan, funding for education has pretty much ceased (you know about that one first hand, I can tell), unemployment & homelessness rates are high, no new jobs… oh boy, the list also goes on. Do you really think McCain will make it better when he has agreed w/ Bush 90% of the time??? This is a fact. Do some reading. Read about the Revolution, the Civil War & slavery, the KKK, WWII, the rise of the Communist party in this country, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Iraq & Kuwait & Desert Storm, Bin Laden & his family’s connection to the US & the BUSH family, our addiction & co-dependent relationship to Saudi Arabia, our debt to China because we can’t pay for it ourselves… Use your brain, then come back & try to leave some intelligent opinions.

If you are voting ONLY because she’s a woman, that is a sexist vote 7 as stupid as the decision that the Republicans made. Is that ALL that you have, Adam? LORD, help you & many like you. Peace.

Amie does hate her own kind.
First go back to history class and learn something.
YOU STATED:
HISTORY 101: Republicans said BILL CLINTON was too young & inexperienced before he was elected. He created jobs.
.-First off that joke of a president signed NAFTA. He didnt create jobs, HE LOST THEM ! (duhhhhhhhhhhh)
He alone made America a laughing stock when he DID NOT HAVE SEXUAL REALTIONS! (duhhhhhhhhhh)
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Maybe Amie is a man!
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Seems awful sexist of some of you to look at nothing other than her gender. It’s like you’re saying, “there are no qualified women, you just pick a woman to get Hillary supporters”.

You Democrats are pushing back womens’ progress several decades. shameful.

Everyone knows that it takes a woman to balance the household budget - this is what we need right now. Dems lost my vote when they snubbed Hillary. Go McCain!!!!

RHETORIC: President Bush Touts Economic Record. “America’s economy keeps growing, government revenues keep going up, the budget deficit keeps going down — and we’ve done it all without raising your taxes.” [President Bush, 7/11/07]

REALITY: Americans Working Longer, But Wages Lagging. Americans have worked harder – and more productively – for their families, but are not receiving the proportionally increased rewards for their hard work. Employment compensation has lagged behind productivity gains. While the productivity of the American worker rose by 17.5 percent between the first quarter of 2001 and the fourth quarter of 2006, real compensation per hour increased by only 8.7 percent. [U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Productivity Data, available at ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/History/prod2.03062007.news and ftp://ftp.bls.gov/pub/news.release/History/prod2.06052001.news.
RHETORIC: Bush Claims His Fiscal Policies Have Been Successful. “[Administration budget policies] have produced a clear and measurable record of success.” [President Bush, 7/11/07]

REALITY: Under Bush’s Watch, Record Surpluses Turned into Record Deficits. President Bush inherited a unified budget surplus of $236 billion from President Clinton, the largest surplus in American history. When President Bush took office in 2001, budget surpluses were expected to continue for at least another ten years, and were projected to total $5.6 trillion between Fiscal Years 2002 and 2011. Despite this, President Bush and his administration took these surpluses, and turned them into the three largest deficits in US history: [President Bush's Budget for Fiscal Year 2002, A Blueprint for New Beginnings, 2/28/01; Office of Management and Budget]

$378 Billion in 2003 (2nd largest deficit in U.S. History)
$413 Billion in 2004 (Largest deficit in US History)
$318 Billion in 2005 (3rd largest deficit in US History)
REALITY: Bush Has Increased Debt by More Than $3 Trillion and Doubled Foreign-Held Debt. It took 42 presidents 224 years to build up the same level of foreign debt. [Senate Budget Committee]
REALITY: Since Coming to Office, President Bush has Increased Spending by Nearly 50 Percent. [Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad].
RHETORIC: Bush Touts Job Creation and Unemployment Record. “The unemployment rate has fallen to 4.5 percent, exports are up, the service sector is strong, and more Americans are working today than ever before in our nation’s history.” [President Bush, 7/11/07]

REALITY: Bush Has the Worst Overall Job Creation Record Since Herbert Hoover. [U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Situation Summary, available at http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.toc.htm.
REALITY: Private Sector Job Creation Extremely Poor Under Bush’s Watch - Average Annual Job Growth Rate of Only 0.5 % since 2001. [U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry at a Glance, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey, available at http://www.bls.gov/webapps/legacy/cpsatab5.htm
REALITY: Manufacturing Sector Has Lost Three Million Jobs Under Bush’s Watch. [U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Industry at a Glance, available at http://www.bls.gov/iag/manufacturing.htm.

I hear my name in post 38………………and first off I cant have any more rug rats!!!!!
HELL YEAH!
And its like this - - You dont want to get preggers then stop whoring yourself out.
TO MANY woman use abortions for birth control.
I have no idea what rock you live under……
But anyway…..
CHECK MATE POINT BLANK

Harley…get some facts and stop living with FOX NEWS on 24/7. If you are going to post such stupid assertions back them up with facts.

Each year, almost half of all pregnancies among American women are unintended.1 About half of these unplanned pregnancies, 1.3 million each year, are ended by abortion.1,2

There are many myths and misconceptions about who gets abortions, and why. The fact is that the women who have abortions come from all racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. If current rates continue, it is estimated that 35% of all women of reproductive age in America today will have had an abortion by the time they reach the age of 45.3

Measuring the Incidence of Abortion

The incidence of abortion can be tracked in two different ways. The first is simply to keep a tally of the total number of abortions obtained by women who fall into specified categories. Numbers tracked in this way are usually expressed as a percentage of all abortions provided in a year. Alternatively, the rate of abortion can be measured by calculating the total number of abortions obtained per 1,000 women who make up the total population in each category.

Age

Women between the ages of 15 and 19 account for about 19% of all abortions; women 20 to 24 account for another 33%; and about 25% of abortions are obtained by women who are 30 or older.4 Calculating abortion rates, older teenagers and young adults have the highest abortion rates, while women younger than 15 and older than 35 have the lowest.4

Length of Pregnancy

Most abortions (88%) are obtained in the first trimester of pregnancy. In fact, over half of all abortions are obtained within the first 8 weeks. Fewer than 2% occur at 21 weeks or later.5

Education, Residence, and Income

Of the women obtaining abortions in 2000:

57% had some college education;
88% were from metropolitan areas; and
57% percent were low-income.4
Marital Status

Most women getting abortions (83%) are unmarried; 67% have never married, and 16% are separated, divorced, or widowed.4 Married women are significantly less likely than unmarried women to resolve unintended pregnancies through abortion.6

Religion

Women who obtain abortions represent every religious affiliation. 13% of abortion patients describe themselves as born-again or Evangelical Christians4; while 22% of U.S. women are Catholic,7 27% of abortion patients say they are Catholics.1

MYTH: Women are using abortion as a method of birth control.

In fact, half of all women getting abortions report that contraception was used during the month they became pregnant.1 Some of these couples had used the method improperly; some had forgotten or neglected to use it on the particular occasion they conceived; and some had used a contraceptive that failed. No contraceptive method prevents pregnancy 100% of the time.

If abortion were used as a primary method of birth control, a typical woman would have at least two or three pregnancies per year - 30 or more during her lifetime. In fact, most women who have abortions have had no previous abortions (52%) or only one previous abortion (26%).5 Considering that most women are fertile for over 30 years, and that birth control is not perfect, the likelihood of having one or two unintended pregnancies is very high.

MYTH: Women have abortions for selfish or frivolous reasons.

The decision to have an abortion is rarely simple. Most women base their decision on several factors, the most common being lack of money and/or unreadiness to start or expand their families due to existing responsibilities. Many feel that the most responsible course of action is to wait until their situation is more suited to childrearing; 66% plan to have children when they are older, financially able to provide necessities for them, and/or in a supportive relationship with a partner so their children will have two parents.8 Others wanted to get pregnant but developed serious medical problems, learned that the fetus had severe abnormalities, or experienced some other personal crisis. About 13,000 women each year have abortions because they have become pregnant as a result of rape or incest.1

MYTH: Women are often forced into having abortions they do not really want.

Some women say that pressure from a husband, partner, or parent was one of several reasons they chose abortion, but only about 1% give that reason as the “most important” one in making their decision.9 Conversely, some women who do not want to continue their pregnancies are pressured to do so by family members, friends, or fear of social stigma. Pre-abortion options counseling is designed to determine whether a woman is fully comfortable with her abortion decision, and if she is not, she is encouraged to wait until she has had a chance to consider her options more fully.

MYTH: Many women come to regret their abortions later.

Research indicates that relief is the most common emotional response following abortion, and that psychological distress appears to be greatest before, rather than after, an abortion.

There are undoubtedly some women who, in hindsight, wish that they had made different choices, and the majority would prefer never to have become pregnant when the circumstances were not right for them. When a wanted pregnancy is ended (for medical reasons, for example) women may experience a sense of loss and grief. As with any major change or decision involving loss, a crisis later in life sometimes leads to a temporary resurfacing of sad feelings surrounding the abortion. Women at risk for poor post-abortion adjustment are those who do not get the support they need, or whose abortion decisions are actively opposed by people who are important to them.10 Learn more about post-abortion issues

References

Guttmacher Institute. Facts in Brief - Induced Abortion. 2003. http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/fb_induced_abortion.html
Finer LB, Henshaw SK. Abortion incidence and services in the United States in 2000. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2003; 35: 6-15.
Guttmacher Institute. State Facts About Abortion. 2003. http://www.agi-usa.org/pubs/sfaa.html
Jones RK, Darroch JE, Henshaw SK. Patterns in the socioeconomic characteristics of women obtaining abortions in 2000-2001. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 2002; 34: 226-235.
Elam-Evans LD, Strauss LT, Herndon J, Parker WY, Whitehead S, Berg CJ. Abortion surveillance-United States, 1999. Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report 2002; 51 (SS09): 1-28. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/ss5109a1.htm
Henshaw SK. Unintended pregnancy in the United States. Family Planning Perspectives 1998; 30(1): 24-29 & 46.
Personal communication, Archdiocese of Washington (based on statistics in the 2003 edition of The Kennedy Directory: The Official Catholic Directory).
Henshaw SK, Kost K. Abortion patients in 1994-1995: Characteristics and contraceptive use. Family Planning Perspectives 1996; 28(4): 140-147 &158.
Torres A, Forrest JD. Why do women have abortions? Family Planning Perspectives 1988; 20(4): 169-176.
Psychological Responses Following Abortion. Reproductive Choice and Abortion: A Resource Packet. Washington, DC: American Pyschological Association, 1990.

it’s the who hates who more game?
liberals including the lovely anarchists, who’ve been charged up by non stop bad press for 6yrs towards bush
or racist wackos who have been marginalized by normal people towards obama?
that would be probably the worst day of my life. i pray nothing even close ever occurs.

Dumb cunt = Harley … nuff said … as for this liberal, I ain’t shitting anywhere but the Repugnicans’ faces. Obama will SLAUGHTER McCain and that crooked no-named cunt of his in November and all you fucking worthless conservative bitches will crawl back under your rock and die.

And kanye “It changed my life ” bwahhahaha

jane 46 …how sad for people like you that still believes in a dying newspaper with no credibility.

who’s Palin? : a nobody, a puppet, an attempt to use an outsider as a life save, a desperate move!

Typical Republican move, using a woman as token for the same old conservative propposals: ignoring and slashing the right to choose, promoting war instead of diplomacy, cutting taxes to the rich(READ mega CORPORATIONS that take jobs to other countries) and then chopping out chunks of public programs such as education and infrastructure to ship money abroad for BOMBS! yeah Alaska is like the answer to the evil the Bush/Dick Cheney admn brought to both Republican rhetoric and the world! (wtf) Only the weak and the misinformed can see this woman as some sort of “good” for the republicans. It sound like a drop of hypocrisy in the BIG SEA OF HYPOCRISY the republicans call ideology

BTW: go away republican with no life! Are you like a trophy wife that barely finished high-school, to be defending republicans posting the same empty venom under different names? Just get a job or read a book!

OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!!!

Obama all the way