Just a slight revision for you--her husband is actually only one-eighth Eskimo (Yup'ik).

Also, Biden has been the ranking minority leader (and is currently chairman) of the foreign relations committee since 1997. Saying that he has "several years of foreign policy experience" is somewhat misleading, implying far less experience in this field.

Overall great article though, please keep the blogs coming! Maybe just check your facts a bit more closely first, but otherwise awesome! Great choice by McCain I think! Cheers m8.

she is a pro lifer nut bag. mccain just lost this election. haha.

Hey all you family values folks,
How is Sarah going to be a good mom to five children, one a newborn with Downs Syndrome when she has a country at war to run. Explain again how this is good for us or good for her family. I thought the Republican party was all about "barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen" and now you want to proclaim yourselves the champions of womens rights. This is the most disingenuous attempt to win votes since Bush claimed himself to be a Christian. Breaking the glass ceiling my ass, good luck liars.

I thought republicans were opposed to Affirmative Action.

Sarah Palin is the perfect running mate for Obama - yes, she is McCain's, but she will help Obama by taking attention away from him while endeavoring in her antics as a woman with little foresight and no historical or political perspective. By default, McCain has just elected Obama.

Gracie...I mean Sarah, could not have been a better choice to insure Obama's election.

"Put your heads between your legs and kiss..."

ML Smith  

Y'all are shocked!  What a great day to be a conservative.  Say what you will about Governor Palin, in the end it will not matter.  We derailed the ascension of the chosen one, and put our nation back on track in one motion!  I am once again humbled and strengthened by the glory and grace of our almighty.  America is the greatest nation on Earth...not for what we profess to the media, but for what we practice in life.  McCain/Palin 2008!

hey all ... just did a database migration and lost about 40 comments. sorry about that. most of them were from liberals anyway!  haha.

God has confirmed his blessing on McCain's wise choice with a mighty outpouring.

http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2008/09/nice-vetting-part-ii-sarah-palin.html
From the Link:
About half way through the speech(at 6:00), the Vice Chairman of the AIP, Dexter Clark, says this of Palin: "Our current governor who I mentioned at the last conference, the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected . . . .and there was a lot of talk about her moving up. She was an AIP member before she got the job as mayor . . . "

So I'll re-post this since it was lost.....

http://www.alternet.org/election08/97198/

"They don't like his choice of Sarah Palin for vice president. Only one person said Palin made him more likely to vote for McCain; about half the 25-member group raised their hands when asked if Palin made them less likely to vote for McCain. They had a negative impression of Palin by a 2-1 margin ... a fact that was reinforced when they were given hand-dials and asked to react to Palin's speech at her first appearance with McCain on Friday -- the dials remained totally neutral as Palin went through her heart-warming(?) biography, and only blipped upward when she said she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere -- which wasn't quite the truth, as we now know."
-From Alternet, i know.....but do you expect Fox to report this?

By Paul Kane

updated 1:47 a.m. MT, Tues., Sept. 2, 2008

ST. PAUL, Minn. - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.

<just another "do-as-i-say-not-as-i-do" candidate.>

And while McCain's motto -- as seen in a new TV ad -- is "Country First," the AIP's motto is the exact opposite -- "Alaska First -- Alaska Always."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/members-of-frin.html

So can we ask if Sarah P loves her country/is patriotic?

 On Fox News Sunday, Sen. John McCain said that regarding the bridge to nowhere" project, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin "stood up and said, 'We don't need it. And if we need it, we'll pay for it ourselves.' " Chris Wallace did not note in response that during her 2006 gubernatorial campaign, Palin reportedly supported the proposal to build a bridge between Ketchikan, Alaska, and Gravina Island and suggested that Alaska's congressional delegation should continue to try to procure funding for the project.

Contrary to McCain's claim that Palin said of the bridge, "We don't need it. And if we need it, we'll pay for it ourselves," in a questionnaire published in the October 22, 2006, Anchorage Daily News (accessed from the Nexis database), then-gubernatorial candidate Palin answered the question, "Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?" by writing: "Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now -- while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist."

she campaigned for it in her 2006 race and turned against it in 2007 only after it became a national joke.

Ive been watching the attacks on Palin. There are a lot of them. May work, may not, but I think it demonstrates that most folks on the left are 100% aware that conservatism wins elections, period, and if only they can get some trumped up scandal to stick can to overcome the natural appeal of conservatism.

I'm thinking that many Obamaniacs saw Palin--gorgeous--hunting, fishing, handling guns and giving the world what-for and shat themselves. They knew they had to handle this, and they--and the MSM--got to work on taking her now.

It can succeed. It has before. But I'm pretty stoked for Palin. Right now, I like her better than McCain, and most of the things the left are trying to turn into scandals strike me as (a) remarkably hypocritical, (b) trying to spin typical political manuevering that means "experience" when it's a progressive as somehow uniquely bad or unusual, (c) sexist, (d) way, way, way overly concerned about the "damage" that Palin might do to the McCain ticket and (e) smacking of desperation.

Which is not to say it might not work. It may well. It might serve Obama, too, as his campaign has been very classy in their handling of Palin (although some mouth-pieces may be off that script, but lots of folks on the left--and I assume in Obama's own campaign--don't like his restraint, and really want to see him go full-scale whacko on the evil Nazi Republicans).

It's up to McCain and Palin how they handle it, but I do know that if the left's masturbatory fantasies come true and Palin is removed from the ticket, it's going to torpedo McCain. So, of course, that's the advice the liberals and the MSM are essentially giving him. I've seen a dozen different liberals post pools for how long it will be until Palin drops out.

All I know is, baggage and all, dropping Palin would be a mistake. You can't compromise with these folks. All it means is that they'll do it all again, while at the same time howling that their children, their personal lives, their past records, their experience--all that is off limits. For them. Because their liberals, and their intentions are good. And, anyway, that don't say anything is moral except recycling and universal health care, so they aren't hypocrites when they do bad things. So it's okay.

And so on.

Nationl Joke huh?  She made this statement while running for Governor, she didnt have all the details about "the bridge to nowhere" and was just making a general comment about Alaskan infrastructure.  Careful editing of the question by left wing kooks has made it sound like she was addressing just the issue of the bridge.  She was addressing Alaskan infrastructure.  Why dont they actually print the question she was asked?  - Because they prefer their current wording of the question rather than the real one.   As a political ousider at the time, she would not be privvy to all the details about one single state construction project.   I hate the blatent dishonesty of the press.  Using tricks like changing the question, They can twist anyone they want to into a monster.  Anything to get the Messiah elected.  Whats even more insulting is they think people wont notice.  I am not really voting for McCain, but I am Voting Against Obama.  If he gets in we will have a soviet style press core, where internet and anti Obama speech will be labeled as "Hate speech" and not be tolerated.  Thats not the future I want to see for me and my family.  We just won the cold war and the KGB is back and has brought it right back to our shores.  Obama is all for free speech, so long as it doesnt criticise him.

PS I wish the press would shut up about the 17 year old daughter.  We used to protect minors from this kind of scrutiny, but because its associated with a republican, they will splash her face all over the world, and try to hunt down the boyfriend and get him to turn against her...  These are soulless, caloused fanatics who have no ability to balance their fanhood with reality.  They will destroy anyone in their way. 

http://www.grizzlybay.org/SarahPalinInfoPage.htm

Kevin,
"......Because their liberals, and their intentions are good. And, anyway, that don't say anything is moral except recycling and universal health care, so they aren't hypocrites when they do bad things. So it's okay."

OK post except you forgot to mention liberals don't like our country to be dropping bombs and invading nations for the profit of republican's favorite corporations.

Jim,
Not all the details, huh?

"In the city Ketchikan, the planned site of the so-called "Bridge to Nowhere," political leaders of both parties said the claim was false and a betrayal of their community, because she had supported the bridge and the earmark for it secured by Alaska's Congressional delegation during her run for governor."
http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN3125537020080901

But then it's bullshit 'cause it's msm, right?

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http://www.readpoll.mfbiz.com/#/index/4530695993

"This bold move might also prove to appease a high percentage of the potentially millions of irritated Hillary Clinton supporters who yearn to vote for a woman candidate in the November election."

Are you crazy?! I pro-life, anti environment, uber conservative is not going to appeal to any potential Clinton backer. That's like saying that if Clarence Thomas were running as the alternative to Obama, he would pick-up the irritated African American vote? Smacks of desperation and how sweet it is

Go back and look at the first appearance of Gov. Palin and McCain't in Dayton.  She has her pregnant daughter in a black dress holding her Down Syndrome baby with a blanket covering her.  Not the baby, her!  You can draw your own conclusions but it looks like she is using one baby to hide another.  Of course republicans love her.  McCain's team did not interview anyone in Alaska.  Not one person prior to her selection.  Why?  To keep her consideration secret.  So in other words, they would rather keep secrets to increase her shock value than properly vet Palin.  Now, after the fact, they have sent a team up there.  McCain wanted Lieberman for VP and his handlers told him no.  Some maverick.

It's concerning to me that Governor Palin didn't come forward with the information about the investigation and the pregnancy before the news got onto it. Frankly, i only see this getting worse. At a minimum, the value of the surprise appointment on Friday has already been lost in the aftermath.

I think Senator McCain should give serious consideration to making a quick change in the interest of damage control and to get control of the message back. There is still plenty of time to recover from this before the election.

Who said something about Mitt Romney? I musta' done got some info wrong or something because I got a notice...ah, forget it. Thing is, Romney would have been a far better choice than Palin, but why do you think he's not where he should be now?

The guy did something and whatever it was, it disappeared him from everything. I am sure I am not the only one that noticed. Here one day, gone the next. Mitt had a lot of good qualities and I liked him for President; forget about VP. He might have been too good somewhere...I have a funny feeling he was mixed up in that trouser dropping contest with Elliot Spitzer. If that is the case, we will probably never hear his name mentioned again...assuming he lad out the bucks to put a hush on things. He could afford it. But the party never would have taken a chance with him. Too bad. He was a good man for the job...the BIG ONE. As far as VP, I don't think he would have worked under McCain unless he knew that the old boy was getting ready to kick the bucket...soon. Can you imagine Romney taking orders from McCain? It would have been like Jimi Hendrix opening for the Monkeys. 

RE: Jim #18

It could be a lot worse than that, but I am afraid I agree...Obama is a dangerous man and it looks like he is going to be our next President, unless the Republicans pull a rabbit or two out of a hat...no, it will take more than that.

Don't forget Barrack's middle name. Osama (kind of rhymes with Obama, doesn't it?) said they were going to bring us down from within. 

I am absolutely apalled every time I see Palin's 4 month baby being taken care of by the 17 year old sister. In every picture the newborn doesn't have shoes or socks on.  I haven't seen Sarah holding her glorified child once.  How in the world is she going to be the leader of the free world and properly take care of her 5 children?  What kind of a mother takes on this kind of responsibility with a brand new special needs child at home.  They lost my vote big time.  Family values? where are they? Family first period. 

We created the "Messiah" Obama, now we have "Saint" Palin.
It's becoming a religious election after all.

Aaron,

If he had to sink that low to begin with, things must be awfully messed up. Who is he going to fall back on? There is nobody left that is clean.

This website defines a change agent as "an individual recruited prior to implementation of a change; must be representative of the user population, understand the reasoning behind the change, and help to communicate the excitement, possibilities, and details of the change to others within the organization. "
http://www.teambuilders.com/change-agent-defined.asp

Conversely, Merriam-Webster Online defines "the same" as being one without addition, change, or discontinuance."

Hussein has declared himself the change agent that this country needs.  Let us examine this absurd claim, shall we? 

1. Issues insults and outright attacks even though he said he was above this.  His motus operandi is to use his sycophants as the attackers while he denounces the claims.  Sarah Palin's daughter?  McCain being old and forgettful?  McCain's war record?  Americans are angry, clinging to guns and religion?  Countless others.  No change.

2.  His choice of VP.  A Washington insider since 1972.  Don't get fooled by the libs that say his commutes via Amtrak make him anything other than a 36+ year Washington, DC insider.  No change.

3. His wealth redistribution startegies.  How many dems in the last 70 years have embraced the "Rich are evil" mantra.  No change.

4. Using his status as a politician to acquire land from a now convicted felon, Tony Rezko.  No change, especially for a democrat.

5. No oil.  Dems have long stategized to penalize Americans by having high priced gas.  Remember Hussein said that having $4 dollar a gallon gas was not a bad thing; it was the sudden increase that was the bugaboo.  No change.

Now, class, let  us examine Sarah Palin.

1. No Washington, DC insider.  Alaska governor and mayor.  Change.

2.  Selling her executive jet to lower expenses.  Change.

3. She is a female nominated for the 2nd highest office in the country.  BIG TIME change.

4. She is HOT!!!!!  Change.

5. She embraces life, not death.  Change

6. She is 44 years of age with a fresh, young perspective.  Change.
 
If libs want to be taken serious as those who want change, then, by God, act like you want change. 

Hey Shawnap

Grab your club and go back into your cave.  Women hear what this nitwit is saying: "How in the world is she going to be the leader of the free world and properly take care of her 5 children?"

I guess this shows once and for all that conservatives embrace equality in both race and gender.  If you don't belive me (and if you don't who cares) the 1964 republican congress issued forth the Civil Rights admendment (without the GOP this would have been filibustered to death by the dems).  And in 2008, we will have the first female Vice President.  Go figure.  The GOP is the best.  LOL!

I am stoked!!! I think Gov. Palin is just what the country needs.

To misquote Michelle Obama, "I am finally proud to be a Republican."

Refreshing to have someone in the running with a clear stance on the issues, instead of simply pandering.

The immediate personal attacks by the socialist state liberal media just makes it all the sweeter. "Smacks of desperation."

Right is Right(yet incorrect),
The changes you cited in 31 are cosmetic, not the REAL change this once great nation needs.

wow ... did you shave David?  

finger,
No, i cut my ponytail off.....it was too hot for NC summers!
But though my freak flag doesn't fly, i'm still a hippy

David Walters: Incorrect.

Express to me the precise change that all you Husseinophiles keep yaking incoherently about.  All I know is that Hussein's change is deeply rooted within the confines of the Communist Manifesto.  Redistribution of wealth?  Nationalized healthcare?  FREE education to all?  Death tax?  Bourgoisie (entrepreneurs) versus the proliteriat (society).  Mamby-pamby views on the military?  Give me a break.  If that is the change you want than invest in a pair of scissors so that you can trim that communist beard that you surely want to grow.

CONSERVATIVES OF THE WORLD ... UNITE!

McCain?Palin '08 AND '12

Right is Fading,
The changes necessary to make this a GREAT Nation again?  First, let's dispense with all the "commie" rhetoric and the "Hussein" crap.....nothing is gain'd from sophomoric devices like that.
We have had 30 yrs for "trickle down" to begin it's work, yet I don't see it's positive effects. 
"In the last 25 years, what is good for America and what is good for much of corporate America have gotten way out of sync."
http://www.truthout.org/article/renewing-americas-contract-with-middle-class
"Mamby-pamby views on the military?"  -What the hell is that suppose to mean?  Is it bad to understand what an immense CLUSTER-F**K George Bush's war in Iraq has been(fully supported by John McCain).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70
Is Dr. Butler Mamby-pamby too?
 

So, David,

After all that rant, what is it, exactly, that you are attempting to say?

-That more tax breaks for the rich ISN'T change, in spite of how the RNC is trying,
yet again, to spin it.  That questioning the wisdom of the Iraq war ISN'T mamby-pamby.  Clear enough ML SMITH?
Any other questions?

Mr. Walters,

That was it?

.....i guess,
watchin' "Hamburger Hill"......American Paratroopers doin' their best in another Cluster-F**K.....

Husein is his name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  This proves that you have nothing meaniful or intelligent to say if your 1st grade mentality gets offended by calling him by his name.  If you knew anything you would have known that only male Muslim children get the name Hussein.  Grow up!  Second, YOU ARE A SOCIALIST IF YOU BELEIVE IN HUSSEIN's PHILOSOPHY.  Go read the Communist Manifesto, David, because it is obvious you are ignorant in this aspect.  No matter what you say can change this fact:  Hussein's philosophy is based, in part, in the Communist Manifesto.  Please do some reading before opening your trap.  Okay?  Lastly, you write all that nonsense and still have not given a clear and consise interpretation on Hussein's change.  You CAN'T.  This Change b.s. is lib-speak for "Since we can't win on issues we baffle them with bulsh*t"

P.S. your mamby-pamby military worldview means that you are a spineless pussy.  America was atacked, Al-Qaeda did exist before the invasion when they atacked the WTC, and they deserved this (no matter what your koolaid drinking friends say). The US is still reeling from Clinton's wholesale stripping of the U.S. military.  Jeez, do you carry a purse?  Wear a tampon?

And yes, Dr. Butler is a mamby-pamby lolipop pansy. LOL

McCain/Palin '08 AND '12 and then Palin/Whoever '12 AND '16

Why is it Democrats always want to be hypocritical and talk about morals when they don't exist in their political party? Apparently Sarah Palin has just as many morals as Hillary Clinton considering, Mrs. Clinton has a lot of trouble keeping up with the sexual whereabouts of her own husband.

David

If you are so comfy in your little change-blanket, why is it the dems have only 2 two term presidents since the FDR?  Republicans have four.  Is it because America routinely rejects the silly, moronic policies of the Left.  You betcha!

David,

Do you have such a limited vocabulary that you can't even substitute "gang b**g" for cluster "f**k?"

I think you are running low on petrol, my man. Time to chill out...get some rest, because you are starting to sound like a broken record. Your points are well taken, but any moron knows that...well...almost.

Right(up your ass)&Smith
"P.S. your mamby-pamby military worldview means that you are a spineless pussy."
So.......i may be a pussy, but never-the-less.....this pussy made Sgt/E-5 in 26 months, this pussy has a CIB, but i guess i'm a pussy 'cause i flunk'd outta ranger school when i broke my pelvis on a jump.   Big man with a big mouth........i've seen lots of 'em.  I doubt you'd have the balls to say that to my face
Neither Smith, nor Right have explained how the country's economy has improved with conservative "leadership".......but then it hasn't exactly been what i'd call leadership.
So go ahead, explain to everyone how great "conservatism" has been for America.  You can't do it, so you call me names instead......neither of you have anything to offer intellectually.

I wonder if Fox will call good ole boy and sperm donor Levi Bristol's "baby daddy"

This whole thing is playing out like a novel.  One side obsesses about experience and questions the other candidate's history and associations relentlessly.  Then as a plot twist, that same side introduces a new character who is absolutely unknown, has zero experience and questionable associations.  It's almost like candidate envy.  What this woman has subjected her own daughter to is borderline child abuse.  Family should be out of bounds unless, of course, they are shipping off to Iraq.  Then they should be paraded out there for all to see.  If we don't put family first, there will be no country left for "country first."

If we are unfortunate enough to suffer through a McCain't presidency it will be one term only (if not less).  Then Wasilla's finest takes the reins.  I'm sorry, but if you ever questioned Barack's, well, let's see...Barack's anything, then you are terrified by Palin.  She's "Palin" by comparison.  If Barack served up some small town mayor for VP you cons would be having a feeding frenzy.  The landslide just became a slaughter.

Palin at her church:
 
Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.
"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God,"
 
Pastor Kalnins has also preached that critics of President Bush will be banished to hell; questioned whether people who voted for Sen. John Kerry in 2004 would be accepted to heaven; charged that the 9/11 terrorist attacks and war in Iraq were part of a war "contending for your faith;" and said that Jesus "operated from that position of war mode."  
Months after hinting at possible damnation for Kerry supporters, Kalnins bristled at the treatment President Bush was receiving over the federal government's handling of Hurricane Katrina. "I hate criticisms towards the President," he said, "because it's like criticisms towards the pastor -- it's almost like, it's not going to get you anywhere, you know, except for hell. That's what it'll get you."
 
Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life. ... I believe that Jesus himself operated from that position of war mode. Everyone say "war mode." Now you say, wait a minute Ed, he's like the good shepherd, he's loving all the time and he's kind all the time. Oh yes he is -- but I also believe that he had a part of his thoughts that knew that he was in a war.
 
Just we need- another bible-thumper to involve us in more wars in the name of their god.

oh...and "sarah"...final totals:
Obama 93%
McCain  7%
too bad- so sad.

I always wonder why political pundits and diehards so rarely put the shoe on the other foot and check themselves. Everyone just gets hysterical and looks through smokin mirrors. If Barack "served up some small town mayor for VP" cons would be having a "feeding frenzy." (Right on simonesdad2008).  If Republicans picked a senator who had opposed the deplorable war-it would be all the rage of "maverickism."  If Dems had picked a VP whose teenage daughter was pregnant we'd hear nothing but endless critism that probably goes something like this,"Hey, if she can't even keep her own daughter in check how is she going to handle potential nuclear arms in Iran?'  Everyone races to their side with blinders on clammering on in relative undue adoration.  Let's take the blinders off and see what we'd say if the shoe was on the other foot.  If we really would pledge our support then maybe, just maybe we'd all have it about half right.

"Dont't get the idea that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword!" -Matthew 10:34
Maybe Jesus was a pro-communist

David, first, do you kiss your boyfriend with that mouth?  Second, let me thank you for your service to this country.  However, you are still a pussy (heroic, maybe), if you do not get the fact that Islam is the enemy and they need to be destroyed before they kill us.  How many Christian schools do you know that espouse the anhilation of Israel or any other people?   This war was justified and the US needs to win.  If you say anything else then you are wrong!

YOU STILL HAVE NOT LAID OUT CHANGE, DAVID!  You babble incoherently, say you are called names.  Boo-hoo, David, grow a pair and lay out Hussein's chang agenda.  By the way the VA can help you with your mental problems.

Jesus did have a beard!  LOL!!!

Right-
"the VA can help you with your mental problems."  Can they?  Hardly, after Larry Craig (your BoyFriend, right?) helped gut the VA.....

Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), Ranking Minority Member on the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, is at it again.Craig continues to argue AGAINST mandatory funding for VA healthcare.His arguments are ridiculous and show contempt for veterans and their service.
http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfJUL07/nf072507-8.htm
But I wonder Right.......why are you so concerned over my sexuality?   Do I excite you?  Sorry, but i'm straight, so go look else where.
Part of the change could begin with funding for the VA.......and ending the EXPENSIVE occupation of Iraq, investing this money on AMERICA. And the conservative plan is to continue to pour more money into this black hole, while letting my fellow vets sleep under bridges?  We could give a tax break for the people who really work for a living instead of more tax breaks for Exxon/Mobile......Yes, that's change i can believe in!

toe -

and if she was Muslim, would you be saying this? Haha, you have probably never stepped foot outside of the US, have you? You have no idea of what a government run by religious fanatics is really like.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 1 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin employed a lobbying firm to secure almost $27 million in federal earmarks for a town of 6,700 residents while she was its mayor, according to an analysis by an independent government watchdog group.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/01/AR2008090103148.html
Yeah, another real "maverick" huh, conservatives?

of course i know,  we have religious fanatics in ours.  oh- you didn't notice this ...since they are YOUR fanatics.

We have now all witnessed just who is the "risky candidate" in this presidential race.
Obama, one who measures his actions and words. 
McCain who makes snap decisions based upon faulty material and bad judgment.
 
@ (not so) "right is right"...As for the "change"
 
McCain= zero.  The same economic, political,  and foreign policy advisors Bush used, 
            right down to and including Karl Rove. 
Again, I say,  whether making a chicken dish or a candidate- when you use the same
ingredients, you get the same result. 
 
Biden was an excellent choice for VP.  A man ready to step into presidential shoes immediately should this ever be necessary.  He, like Ted Kennedy, has been a voice for "the little people"  for over 30 years. He has championed workers, women's rights, diplomacy, and is very well versed on foreign policy, heads of state, and the "hot" regions of the world. 
 
Palin?  Well...hmmm she has NO national experience, NO knowledge or experience on foreign policy.  What little experience in government of any sort has not had good results.  She was nearly recalled as mayor -a position which is not elected, but gained by obtaining signatures.  Palin is currently under investigation in Alaska for ethics violations since she has been governor.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/08/mccains_vp_pick_palin_facing_e.html
 
Obama's purchase of their home in Chicago was entirely above board and a matter of public record.
You need to get your facts straight:
A few months after Obama became a U.S. senator, he and Rezko's wife, Rita, bought adjacent pieces of property from a doctor in Chicago's Kenwood neighborhood . The doctor sold the mansion to Obama for $1.65 million . Rezko's wife paid $625,000 for the adjacent vacant lot. The deals closed in June 2005. Six months later, Obama paid Rezko's wife $104,500 for a strip of her land, so he could have a bigger yard. At the time, it had been widely reported that Tony Rezko was under federal investigation. Questioned later about the timing of the Rezko deal, Obama called it "boneheaded" because people might think the Rezkos had done him a favor.

Michael Savage got it exactly wrong on the Palin pick.  Brief analysis here.

-The smartest thing i've ever heard Savage say.

I can't help but think that all of these republicans defending Palin will be shown in some ironic loop after the final straw on her candidacy breaks.  I looked at some pictures of a younger and unpregnant (we assume) Bristol Palin boozing it up with her teenage friends on at least 4 seperate occasions.  Now there is news that the so called vetting of her started last Wednesday.  She was named on Friday as we all know.  NOBODY was interviewed in Alaska.  Again, if this was Barack you cons would be screaming bloody murder.  Even scarier, if this is a glimpse at Father Time's decision making process we are in serious trouble.  On a lighter note, I love the pained look of every one of these republican faces when asked if she is qualified.  You have to have an ego to be in politics and every one of them has in the back of their minds that they could run circles around Palin if they were up against her.  Palin also offers a counterpoint to the teflon candidate that has so far confounded the cons.  Say what you want about Barack, the man is an outstanding politician who only has minor scrapes and bruises from the ruthless republican smear machine.  That's all while he put Clinton away at the same time which you cons have been trying to do since 1992.  You could argue he should be president for that alone. 

If you want to see the Bristol boozing pix they are on bossip.com but they are probably everywhere by now.  Nice vetting team....