McCain-Palin becoming Palin-McCain?

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Nessie at 05:18 PM JST - 8th September

Jay liked McCain's answer to his question.

Do you think it was on topic?

And do you deny McCain was blowing his own horn?
DXXJP at 09:06 AM JST - 9th September

Nessie

Looks more like what goes around comes around.

BU BU BUT I was a POW. Glad to know he was the only one.
Nessie at 04:41 PM JST - 9th September

Interesting one here, from the non-partisan Factcheck:

Yer welcome, all you wingers.

http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/sliming_palin.html

"We’ve been flooded for the past few days with queries about dubious Internet postings and mass e-mail messages making claims about McCain’s running mate, Gov. Palin. We find that many are completely false, or misleading.

Palin did not cut funding for special needs education in Alaska by 62 percent. She didn’t cut it at all. In fact, she tripled per-pupil funding over just three years. She did not demand that books be banned from the Wasilla library. Some of the books on a widely circulated list were not even in print at the time. The librarian has said Palin asked a "What if?" question, but the librarian continued in her job through most of Palin's first term.

She was never a member of the Alaskan Independence Party, a group that wants Alaskans to vote on whether they wish to secede from the United States. She’s been registered as a Republican since May 1982.

Palin never endorsed or supported Pat Buchanan for president. She once wore a Buchanan button as a "courtesty" when he visited Wasilla, but shortly afterward she was appointed to co-chair of the campaign of Steve Forbes in the state.

Palin has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum." A few of these claims were included in a chain e-mail by a woman named Anne Kilkenny. We'll be looking into other charges in that e-mail for a future story. For more explanation of the bullet points above, please read the Analysis."
toolongheremaybe at 11:17 PM JST - 9th September

Nessie, I don't see that as McCain blowing his own trumpet. Some people would refer to their five years living in Japan in response to questions. Five years imprisoned in Vietnam has shaped his life. If you can't understand that, I think you don't have a very good imagination.
OfficialVersion at 11:22 PM JST - 9th September

At least McCain has a trumpet to blow, unlike his opponents. Hahaha.
Nessie at 12:34 AM JST - 10th September

Some people would refer to their five years living in Japan in response to questions. Five years imprisoned in Vietnam has shaped his life. If you can't understand that, I think you don't have a very good imagination.

I could understand that, if the question were "What's shaped your life, Senator?" But the question was "For one million dollars, how many houses do you have?" A simple question that doesn't require anything more than a few fingers and toes. McCain's answer was a non-sequitor, except insofar as him blowing his own horn.

Just imagine if it were me and Leno.

Leno: So Senator Nessie, how many houses do you have?

Nessie: Could I just mention to you, Jay, that in a moment of seriousness, I spent several years in a series of rabbit hutch apartments in Japan. I didn’t have a house. I did have a kitchen table, but not a house. I had a chair. Several chairs, in fact. I spent those years not because I wanted to get a house when I got back home.

Jay Leno: Thank you, senator Nessie, but our "Post-Alzheimer's Reagan Impersonation Week" is next week. WTF?! We'll be right back, folks.
Nessie at 06:20 PM JST - 11th September

Can we give it a freakin' rest on the polling question, already? Polls are changeable, as shown by this link.

http://electoral-vote.caida.org/2004-presidential/
zurcronium at 09:36 PM JST - 11th September

mccain uses his POW badge like bush used 9-11.

forget how many mansions you have, POW

why invade iraq, 9-11

flip-flop on oil drilling, POW

bankrupt the federal government, 9-11

Same story, same type of politicians.

One difference, bush picked cheney and mccain palin. Well, both picks are delusional I guess.
Sarge at 10:10 PM JST - 11th September

"flip-flop on oil drilling"

That would be Obama.

Obama is for change, all right. He's changed his mind on oil drilling, illegal immigration, public financing, the Cuba embargo, the Iraq withdrawal, decriminalization of marijuana... Heck, McCain's got nothing on Obama when it comes to flip-flopping.
zurcronium at 06:31 AM JST - 13th September

sarge,

get your facts stright for once. mccain was against drilling until he changed his mind a few months ago. flip-flop. bush taxes, flip-flop. torture, flip-flop. These are facts, not make-believe propaganda like what you posted above.
JoeBigs at 09:16 PM JST - 16th September

Sarge I feel for you, you must feel like the last Marine standing and you are surrounded. I feel for you but I give you kudos for you will to fight. For that I salute you.

But when your Presidential running mate has never even visited the troops in Iraq I do not know how long you will survive these attacks.

But sir I salute you!
Sarge at 09:41 PM JST - 16th September

Joe - The last Marine standing??? Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You must have not seen the latest polls putting McCain-Palin AHEAD of Obama-Biden, who, by all rights, should be 20 points ahead!

By the way, Palin visited the troops on the Iraq-Kuwait border and this was before she ever had an inkling that she would be picked to be vice president.
JoeBigs at 09:52 PM JST - 16th September

Sarge, ah she visited the troops in Kuwait she never stepped near Iraq. But that is another tale by McCain that has no legs.

But as I said before, Salute! A true warrior never surrenders he just falls with his fort! Keep up the good fight there!
Sarge at 06:51 AM JST - 17th September

Joe - "she never stepped near Iraq"

Can you not read? Palin was as near to Iraq as you can get without actually entering the country. Yeah, Palin's staffers screwed up by saying she went 400 meters inside Iraq when she didn't. This is officially known as "The 400 Meters out of Thousands of Kilometers Lie"!
SezWho2 at 01:24 PM JST - 18th September

It doesn't make any difference whether she stepped into Iraq 400 meters or not at all. Even if she had gone 400 meters into Iraq, she wouldn't have been to Iraq. Foreigners who are transit passengers at LAX haven't been to the US unless it was on another occasion.

The problem here is not Iraq. The problem here is the attempt to beef up Palin's record to make her look more substantial than she is. I think we can expect this to continue.