McCain camp calls Fey's Palin portrayal 'sexist'

don't anybody call me francis...

I have never seen a whinier bunch. for Christ sake it is called humor. I am so sick of the repubs yelling sexism over and over. It is getting old!!!

McCain is the one that's old... oh, was that an ageist remark?

If I were Obama and I wanted to be a little mean...I might just cancel every ad for POTUS and run this SNL skit over and over from now until the election.

sorta like you all keep yelling racism?

Oh you guys wait + see what will happen after the debates. You won't hear anything but the shriek screams of the McSame campaign how sexist Biden is...that "@!$%#" (sarcasm). Biden can be as polite as he wants during this, but by only debating, they will have their little hissy-fits how sexist + unfair Biden is. Wait + see. I'm sure the McSame campaign are just honing their voices for this chance. Maybe it's playing the victim that they are hoping to sway voters to their advantage. Squeal, squeal, squeeeeeal.

They just want to keep her name in the press so they don't have to deal with the issues. I would like to see one day with out poor little Sarah in the news. They are afraid Snow White is going to turn into Cruella De Vil.

McCain's an Old Fart

Palin is an empty skirt

There, I said it, damn it, so sue me if I'm not "politically correct".

I'm sick of the brain-dead couch potatoes that believe this hypocritical nonsense and vote like idiots, so that we informed and intelligent Americans get stuck in limbo watching our great nation get trashed and our paychecks shrink for another election cycle.

If the Repubs can't take what they've been dishing our over the past eight years, then, "get out of the kitchen"....Not you, Sarah, because that's where you belong!

Well, JK, I don't know if the kitchen is where Palin doesn't belong in as much as Washington. She is fooling herself and the American people. However most of us are not fooled, just distracted for a moment, while we look and laugh at her antics.

Hey, 'voice of reason' you go ahead and believe those polls of what 784 people or whatever but come election day John McAirhead and his shiny little sidekick are going down in defeat.

For all you women out there, don't you for one moment think that John Mc gives a rat's patoot about any of you. His pick of Sarah Palin should serve as an insult to all of you!!

I just watched it again. It's a classic, like D%$^ in a Box. It'll never get old!

PS...I love how women are defending McCain's choice when it's just another example of an old white man using a woman to get ahead. Here's a hint, girls....you're supporting the thing you hate.....sexism.

Oh please - you are going to need better evidence that Obama does not "give a rat's ass about women" than his not picking Hilliary. Did you follow the primary? Do you know anything about Bill Clinton? I think there are plenty of reasons why he would not choose her.

They made fun of both women. But I guess that wasn't good enough for the McCain folks.

Rosie may be whack but in my opinion, she always stands on the correct side of an issue.

It's like having an idiot tell you you're doing a good job.

Yes, or like Rove telling you that you're playing dirty...

I thought is was funny as well. I'm still confused on how Sen. McCain's camp think this is sexist. It was comparing 2 women in politics. One has strong opinions on issues, the other seems clueless.

BTW - Have anyone else saw the video of Sen. McCain appearing (yeah right) checking out Gov. Palin's backside? Was that not sexist? lol

it's not just that, but it also made fun of hillary clinton as a power hungry crazy.
And tina fey and amy poehler are bigger feminists than palin can ever hope to be. palin's just a political cog who's either too stupid to realize she's a cog or too crazy and ambitious to do anything else but try to take advantage of the situation.

I am scared of the people who just blindly think the "war hero" can do no wrong, and the "sweet little thing" from Alaska is sooooo cute. They both want to make me vomit. Vote Obama/Biden.

Yeah, I loved her comment about the View ladies picking their bones clean. Frankly, Joy did not go far enough when talking about the lies in McCain's ads. He just replies that the ads are true, and then nothing. She should have pointed out that saying Obama supports comprehensive sex ed for 5 year olds is a complete fabrication, that the bill he supported was to teach 5 year olds the dangers of of sexual predators, that it is not okay for someone to touch them inappropriately. And the parents would have the right to exclude their child from that education.

McCain cannot win on issues, so he has to rely on dishonest tactics to promote fear in the easily swayed.

Hey, 'voice of reason' you go ahead and believe those polls of what 784 people or whatever but come election day John McAirhead and his shiny little sidekick are going down in defeat.

For all you women out there, don't you for one moment think that John Mc gives a rat's patoot about any of you. His pick of Sarah Palin should serve as an insult to all of you!!

He didn't throw her out. He beat her and then picked a VP he actually knew and trusted (imagine that)

Mccain is the one that voted against equal pay for the sexes. So you tell me, how sexist is that?

Well said

It's pathetic that Cindy needs to stand up for John after The View. Hey, John, grow a pair. It's a show with a few women on it, if you can't take that then you're not ready for the white house.

marie thomson LOVES ann coulter...yumm yumm give me some. she also always votes for her own comments.

Rosie isn't on the show anymore, simmer down sister. You calling her "slutiest" kinda puts you in that crudest female category yourself. You can call Rosie many things, but that disgusting term is not one of them.

Killerb do you know the difference between factual argumentation and ad homonym attacks? Your name calling may make you feel better, but it doesn't change the facts. I am capable of a civil discussion including two sides of an argument. All you are capable of is gutter language when you don't have any facts to use to dispute those presented.

I don't know who is on the view. I have only seen snippets when in the airport when I didn't have the control box to change the channel. Whether or not Rosie is on the view she can hardly be considered a paradigm of female virtue by civilized standards.

marie-

Rosie O'Donnell is one of the slutiest and crudest females on the planet.

I am capable of a civil discussion

All you are capable of is gutter language

Ahh, you contradict yourself in the same thread. You and Palin...liars of the first degree.

"she can hardly be considered a paradigm of female virtue by civilized standards." (per Marie)

After reading some of your posts, neither can you.

"All you are capable of is gutter language" (per Marie)

Where exactly did he use gutter language? Only gutter language I see is coming from you.

Lol....Marie Thompson + Ann Coulter....Oh, the things I COULD say, but won't....

Marie - New Flash! Rosie isnt on The View. A republican always accuses others what the republican really is. It's another mechanism for distracting people from the truth.

I'm not getting into the personal attacks about a woman's past issues. However, I found one thing telling in Marie's post not noted. She rips on the View and a few posts later says she's never watched the show. It reminds me of people who complain that Obama's economic plan will raise taxes for everyone or break America economically (like that's possible now). It is obvious they never even bothered to read his economic plan but they still find it OK to comment about it.

She's a homewrecker.

Hey, my wife happens to be a female and she laughed harder than I've seen her laugh in a long time.

AMEN!

I will contact my legislators.

America ... issues PLEASE!!!

GOP has no plan for issues, so they cannot talk about issues.

McCain cannot win on the issues, as he has no plan at all. When asked how he is going to solve problems, he only talks about how he can find any amount of money "tomorrow" to solve everything. His only hope is to lie, lie, and then lie some more in hopes of spreading enough fear among the easily manipulated to win their votes.

Not only funny but both Tina AND Amy are/were comedy writers for the show. I would bet that they had the major part of writing the skit...so if it were written by women, how would that be sexist???

McCain used the email in his campaigns and was one of the first. The only reason he doesn't personally use it is that his war injuries won't allow that much movement of his forearms. Nice to make fun of a man who was tortured by America's enemies! You should be ashamed of yourself for perpetrating this myth. He has others handle the computer for him under his direction.

marie - you are so dilusional and misguided ,it and you make me sick ( I have read your hate posts for some time). He himself said he is computer illiterate...not that he was unable. Quit spreading your lies, you horrible woman...now that's sexist!!!!

Marie... John McCain wasn't tortured, he was subjected to "Harsh Interrogation Techniques."

I'm sorry, but you can't have it both ways. Either he believes the law that he helped pass (in which interrogation is only torture if it causes death/organ failure), in which case what's good for the American goose is good for the Vietnamese gander, ie, he wasn't tortured, or his caving in on torture was a cynical political copout, which means the "maverick" stuff is nonsense.

He doesn't manage it himself for the reason I stated above. Since he has others to do it for him under his direction of course he is computer illiterate. None of learn the machinations for things which we cannot do or will not be doing as staff will be doing the work.

I barely navigate powerpoint as I have a staffer do it. Doesn't mean I can't--just not a point.

Call me names if you wish, but check out my facts before you rule out the possibility I am correct--which I am by the way.

Puh-leez! McCain was villified by many in the primaries for saying Guantanamo should be closed and no one should ever by subjected to torture! Don't believe me? Google it and you will learn!

marie- get over your over inflated self... with an overbearing personality like yours, if you knew powerpoint you would do it yourself. what I find funny is that you would give presentations. who in their right mind would sit and listen to you no matter how many graphics you have to distract them???? You are a bold faced liar. McCain, loving known by his fellow POW's as SONGBIRD!!!!!

Uh Marie, have you ever watched one of his speeches? Do you watch how he uses his arms at the podium? He constantly uses them in the same manner a person types on a keyboard. He says he can't raise his arms above his shoulders, so that should not hinder him from typing on a keyboard. Hate to inform you, a lot of people who don't have use of their arms use the computer. There is all sorts of equipment out there on the market for those with disabilities. Under his direction? The man has stated more than once he knows nothing about computers, or how they work. Just how does he give directions? Give it a rest.

There is a significant amount of drift on this blog. This is not about whether the good Senator is capable of typing on a computer keyboard or not. This is not about whether or not he was tortured or simply subjected to "Harsh Interrogation Techniques". This blog is about the McCain Campaign calling a comedy skit sexist. Which is of course simply hogwash.

However, known of us will ever truly know what the limits to our tolerances are if the most stressful experience in our lives is simply trying to come up with a pithy statement to rebuke someone on the Internet.

The time for adult behavior is now. Treat others as you would like to be treated is a pretty good idea. If you have not been in harms way you have no idea what it is like. I also think you have no right to judge those that have been there. For a significant number of reasons, I will not be voting for Senator McCain, yet I will never reduce his service to this nation in uniform to an aberration.

Ummm, Marie, I think you need to check your facts. If he is unable to type as you state, he can have a program installed on his computer that will allow voice recognition. McCain has said he doesn't know anything about that dinosaur on his desk. Wow, that's the man I want to have control of my country. Why don't you state facts or just hush?

Marie uses her support staff. Another rich republican.

A whole lot of disabled people do quite well at navigating the internet and using a computer.

Yeah, the woman who thinks we are having a Jihad against Iraq. Right she is the one who thinks she can talk to god. Geeze what a nut. At least Cindy only steals from charities. You would think after she sells Budweiser to an overseas outfit they would import her a new sense of humor.

Wow! "Palin is the difference".???? McCain is already banking on voters being stupid. Do you have to be so quick to prove his point? Why do you think he REALLY picked Palin? For her difference, for her experience? He, not America, needs her to keep the spotlight off of himself. He is pimping her. He is a PIMP. And, what exactly does that make her?

Just a thought. Could be wrong.
Peace

OOps, I typed Peace. Obviously a vile, leftist, Liberal Demo.

It doesn't make her a whore...maybe an ex-whore. She is way too old. But she may be the momma of one.

You must hate your country if you're voting for Palin/McCain . . . I mean McCain/Palin.

Perhaps you mean McPain?

Marie,

You might as well get use to poor Sarah being made fun of because her charm is wearing off fast. She also needs to understand that it is Washington DC not Worshington. It is also anyway not anyways.

They appear to be just throwing words around hoping a few will stick.

McCain's definition of sexist: anything that I can accuse you of that will keep the spotlight on Sarah Palin and off of me or the actual issues of this election.

Eric,

The McCain camp is truly starting to look like a bunch of cry babies. I mean, come on, it's a freakin comedy show! Who doesn't get that? SNL makes fun of everyone, they made fun of Clinton (both the old president and the one that just ran for it), they made fun of bush (both), reagan. This isn't an issue of sexism, it's an issue of what's going to make people laugh.

It doesn't make her a whore...maybe an ex-whore. She is way too old. But she may be the momma of one.

Do you even know the meaning of mean spirited? WOW!!!!

Marie,
I happen to live my own life without government assistance. I work. So does my spouse. I raise kids. No they aren't perfect. I would never dare push my religious views on you or anyone else. I would never dare to say that it's my way or the highway. You have your right to your views, but I have my right to mine. Palin thinks that it should be HER way; because it's the only right way. How dare she do that?

"Sarah Palin is like most of us. A principaled woman who also happens to be so smart and effective in office in Alaska that she is re-elected time and again by HUGE margins"

Time and time again?? What planet are you on?? She was re-elected to a bohunk barely swampland village once. and hasn't even been in her 3rd year of being governor of a remote state with no parity to the lower 48!
Marie, ya really gotta get away from Rush Limbaugh......

Wow marie thompson. Don't even know where to start with you. You unfortunately must be so blinded by this "sweet, principled Sarah woman." Have you EVER researched what Sarah-dear stands for? Abolish abortion even in cases of rape or incest. Can you imagine the heartbreak of these women that would have to carry this child to term? Back alley abortion procedures would rise, risking the life of our daughters. Suicides would increase, so would child abuse + child abandonment. The law could force a woman to not get an abortion, but you cannot force them to love their child.
You bashed Obama regarding Trig. Nice try there. "Sweet, little moose-killiing, aerial hunting supporter of endangered species + denier of human caused global warming (which puts all species at risk). Sarah" doesn't have the same "ailments" as most women. Little dear Ms Caribou has a great healthcare plan + probably plenty of nannies + $$ to take care of this poor boy, especially should she become the VP. She wouldn't have the time to care for this child. So please take a closer look. Palin has very little in common with the majority of American women.

A "bitter beer faced liberal"? As opposed to a Republican being "the bee's knees"? Maybe you should use 'the google', Marie, and find an insult more prevalent in current vernacular. Start with 'fugly' and page forward in history. Oh, and tell your friends the 'commie' and 'pinko' labels are trite, too. I realize you guys like living in the 50's, but can you talk like you're alive in 2008?

And to clarify. I personally hope the time will come soon when there is no need for abortions any longer. Every child should be a wanted child + I like that Obama wants to work toward minimalizing unwanted pregnancies.
No one, no matter if you are pro-choice or pro-life can argue with that. That's the compromise we need.

There are male hos also....but I'm not naming names...

Oh my dear! Many women are sexist

Hey Marie, I'm betting you don't consider calling a strong woman a slut, just because she's smarter than you and makes you feel threatened, as being sexist. I assume you don't, since you did just that in a post to this very seed.

By 'slut' I think Marie meant 'lesbian'. Good Republican women, mired in the 50's, don't use that word, though. They still deny that homosexuality isn't a choice. Rosie is making a choice to be a slut in Marie's tiny mind.

Kriblet, the good news is that as of today, it appears that Palin's favorable numbers are falling fast - a 10 point swing just over the weekend! I'm betting that after this week, the polls will reflect movement towards Obama-Biden and away from Palin-McCain.

And it's definitely Palin - McCain. Without the Palin pick, McCain would be running with flat tires these last two weeks.

What get's me is if McCain chose a stray dog as his VP pick, Republicans would be cheering that stray dog in every alley in every city of America.

BevHaut--

If Sarah's numbers dropped (some polls are junk--just trying to stop the Palin avalanche of women--and men voters for her) it didn't hurt the McCain/Palin ticket. Right now the McC/Palin ticket is ahead in the composite of all major polls and really ahead by more than a point or two when the USA Today Gallup poll of most likely voters is considered.

McCain/Palin is resonating with real men and women everywhere who don't want to vote for someone with so many sleazy pals and terrorist buddies as are coming out of the closet more and more daily with Obama.

I'm so glad you're voting Republican. It would make me completely sick to my stomach to now that I am voting on the same side as somebody as bitter and horrible as you. If you even exist - I suspect you're just a 14 year old Internet troll with nothing better to do...no adult could be that misguided and uninformed.

Marie is the perfect example of women who support Palin and defend her qualifications. Someone with Marie's writing skills and fact-checking ability has a staff and delivers powerpoint presentations. She's a beneficiary of the Peter Principle. No wonder she thinks Palin is a 'sharp cookie'. She thinks she is, too!

Sleazy pals? You mean like adulterers? Both John McCain and Sarah Palin have cheated on their spouses.

You know, "voice of reason" there might be a chance for those chuckle-heads to win, I'll give you that. But guess what. As much as I would hate to see that for so many different reasons, YOU + all the others will sit in the same boat + have to deal with the consequences. Should this "ship" go under, all of us will be on board. So don't gloat when the election results come in, but wait a few years to see if you voted for the right candidate.

Mark in Worchester,
When you make accusations about someone committing adultery, specifically Gov. Palin please show proof.

So Mark did you condemn Bill Clinton when he lied, committed perjury, about his adultery while he was supposedly serving this country? Remember the Monica Lewinsky incident?

YvonneH--
Did you condemn King David when he carried on with Bathsheba? Good grief, try to stay current and on topic.

Actually YvonneH, yes I did. But perhaps you didn't notice that it's 2008 and Obama and McCain are the ones running this time.

No one is whining, we are stating facts, it's the repugs who are whining and crying as they see their stupidity come into play.

Ya, I know. Just what McWhiner is counting on. Let's show him that not every voter is as stupid as he thinks we are. I mean, come on; we can watch the pretty smoke and mirrors without succumbing to it.

Peace
MacDaddy

jThere is not a drop today in the polls. McCain Palin are ahead in all but one major national poll and even there they are within the margin of error. Don't know where you get your "facts" but maybe you manufacture them to try to stop the landslide bandwagon.

Marie, your unbridled confidence in GOP polling shows what a rank amateur you are in politics. McCain pulled the rabbit out of his hat for the GOP convention, put an unqualified candidate on the ballot with him (who by the way was not available for DEM comment during the DNC), and then has been shielding her from scrutiny for two weeks now. When the public and the media get tired of her fake "girl next door" routine, they will realize there is nothing there but an empty suit, just like Kato Kaelin from the OJ trials, he lasted all of about two weeks.

The GOP numbers have nowhere to go but down, they have no more rabbits to pull out of their arses...

Marie, you sound like a post-middle aged single woman thrice divorced who had something very bad happen (at a young age?) that's now a huge chip on your shoulder. You poor jaded woman, you really should seek help.

What would make you think she's post-middle age? Oh, yeah, she didn't have the "control box".

Hey Marie, keep up. Poll numbers, as reported by Newsweek, for Sarah Palin have dropped dramatically and will continue to drop as her true self is revealed. Since 9/13/2008, her unfavorable has climbed from 30% to 36%, and her favorables have dropped from 52% to 48%. In a three day period she had a net loss of 10 points, and is tied for the smallest favorability split of any of the 4 candidates. Why do you think the McCain camp is keeping her from doing interviews. Then the American people will get to know her too well and might not vote for her. They aren't allowing her to talk to the media, do any town hall meetings where she might have to speak "off the cuff." Open your eyes and do the research. The team put together to "coach" her all are former Bush administration people. Her speeches are being written by Matt Scully, a former Bush White House speechwriter, she is being counseled by Bush's former lawyer for the Bush 2000 campaign Mark Wallace. She is being trained for the debate with Biden by Mark Wallace also. Wallace's wife is working with Palin and she was a former White House communications director. Steve Schmidt, former counselor and spokesman for Cheney, who also ran Bush's re-election campaign is helping. I could go on, but you get the point. With McCain/Palin we will get more of the same!!! McCain/Palin don't deserve to win because he is evil and will do anything to win, including deceiving the American People and treating us like idiots.

Marie,

Go to newsweek, you'll find this:

But then a funny thing happened: Palin seems to have lost some of her luster. Since Sept. 13, Palin's unfavorables have climbed from 30 percent to 36 percent. Meanwhile, her favorables have slipped from 52 percent to 48 percent. That's a three-day net swing of -10 points, and it leaves her in the Sept. 15 Diageo/Hotline tracking poll tied for the smallest favorability split (+12)** of any of the Final Four. Over the course of a single weekend, in other words, Palin went from being the most popular White House hopeful to the least.

And here's why:

Alaska AG rejects Palin subpoenas
And five Alaska lawmakers file suit to end 'Troopergate' probe
The Associated Press
updated 8:21 p.m. PT, Tues., Sept. 16, 2008

JUNEAU, Alaska - Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.

In a letter to state Sen. Hollis French, the Democrat overseeing the investigation, Republican Attorney General Talis Colberg asked that the subpoenas be withdrawn. He also said the employees would refuse to appear unless either the full state Senate or the entire Legislature votes to compel their testimony.

Colberg, who was appointed by Palin, said the employees are caught between their respect for the Legislature and their loyalty to the governor, who initially agreed to cooperate with the inquiry but has increasingly opposed it since McCain chose her as his running mate.

Personally I don't care for either candidate. That said popular polls don't mean anything really. The election is going to be decided by electoral points not popular vote. Our system doesn't work on popular vote since we have the Electoral College. Unfortunately what that means is any numbers gathered from popular polls are pretty much just fluff to grab some headlines here and there leading up to the election.

Good point. However, I'll point out that republicans continue to talk about Clinton not winning the popular vote, while at the same time saying the popular vote is of little importance when discussing the bush election. Seems to me they simply want to have it both ways.

Current electoral map polls show Obama in the lead.

All John had to do was answer the questions. He really blew that one.

Go Eric!

MacDaddy (also in Seattle)

McC's are doing just fine. Cindy is an amazing lady who does charity work in person, not just with her check book, all over the world. It is unfortunate her drug addiction is seen like the street drug user who took the first dose to get high. Like many, she became addicted after surgery and just couldn't get off of those pills. I have friends who are sober and sane who have had the same problem. Addiction is a horrible thing and to think anyone would voluntarily enter into it boggles my brain.

Yeah, we have had other first ladies and wanna-be's who were hooked on their drugs too. I won't name names, you all know who they are.

Oh it's not the addiction. It's a rich woman stealing drugs to feed the addiction that's the problem. It's the people who say drug addicts are 'weak' and 'a burden to society' and spend countless millions on an ineffectual 'war on drugs' and then get hooked and steal drugs or go to multiple doctors for multiple prescriptions.

I'm glad McCain stuck by the second wife who had surgery, though. It would have looked pretty bad to have dumped two of them.

voice, I didn' see where destiny said anyone decided to get hooked on drugs; however marie made her point. We as a people are suppose to feel sympathy for a lady with the means circumventing our justice system while despising poorer person without such means. It brings to mind a commercial with two bodies in a morgue; one dead by street drugs the other by prescription. Both are tragic.

Fine - if you REALLY support the Republican regime, get your white rear-end down to the army recruiter's NOW!!!!! Put your money where your mouth is!

I really don't think that they would want my 40 year old ass but I gaurantee that i'll slit the first MFer that crosses my border to mess with my country. When I was young enough to enlist I was so blinded by left-wing propoganda that I though soldiers were 'baby killers' and stupid ass stuff like that. That multi-culturalism was a good thing and lead to a unified enlightened society. What a bunch of crap!

So what does white have to do with it? Are you a racist?

Just wondering...if you are 40 and speak English enough to speak as vile as you do...why are you just now eligible to vote???

Wait, I read your post again...closer...you have always been eligible to vote but have just shrugged your responsibility. You should be ashamed of your

40 year old ass

. People like you should lose their right to vote after such a long period of negligence!!!!

Wow Tundrella...You were brain washed by the left before and now you feel like the blinders have been taken off by the light of the Republican theory...I am seriously scared for you...multi-culturalism is a bad thing...it is so amazing that people who scream that particular message the loudest seem to forget and trample on the very reason that this country was home to the first settlers and why they themselves are the residents now...multi-culturalism has always been a fabric of this country...unfortunately with the far Right "brainwashing" their supporters this country is becoming nothing unlike 1930s Germany with Hitler at the helm...blaming a certain group of people for the economic problems, taking the jobs of the "rightful" residents of the country...wow...sad and scary at the same time...way to waste your vote for the first time...

Tundrella,

I am happy that you have found yor true self in only 40 years. Perhaps you and Marie can become good friends. You seem to have a lot in common.

tundrella68...

Great news for you. The United States Army is now accepting recruits up to the age of 42, even though the actual age limit is 44 for non-prior service enlistees. So now you can take your 40 year old behind down to the recruiting station and sign on up. You have displayed the proper attitude by wishing to "slit the first MFer that crosses my border to mess with my country". I do believe I copied your words correctly.

So, now the media decides who you vote for? I know this is your first time, but this isn't the high school popularity contest where you hate someone just cause they are liked.
The country is too important for simple reasoning.....

The media previously loved Mccain, does that disqualify him in your mind also?

Here's some of the issues I'd like to bring up with the media, who you claim love Obama, yet the constantly give Mccain a "get out of a stupid comment" pass.

I'm confused.
* If you grow up in Hawaii , raised by your grandparents, you're 'exotic, different.'
* Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers: a quintessential American story.
* If your name is Barack you're a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
* Name your kids Willow , Trig, and Track: you're a maverick.
* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
* Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating: you're well grounded.
*If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate's Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs,Environment and Public Works and Veteran's Affairs committees, you don't have any real leadership experience.
* If your total resume is: local weather girl (sports caster), 4 years on the city council and6 years as the mayor of a town with fewer than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with 650,000 people, then you're qualified to become the country's second highest ranking executive.
* If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you're not a real Christian.
*If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you're a Christian.
* If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
* If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state's school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you're very responsible.
*If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family's values don't represent America 's.
* If you're husband is nicknamed 'First Dude', with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn't register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA , your family is extremely admirable.

BRAVO!!!!

Well said!

Maybe the UN stands around while people die, but Blackwater and KBR actually kill them. Blackwater massacres innocent Iraqis and KBR electrocutes our soldiers in the showers. So if you want to make sure that people die, stick with Blackwater, KBR and McCain.

tundrella
Aren't you kind of embarrassed that the inappropriately names "voice of reason" thinks your smart - check out all of his/her collapsed comments.

Well written, Danielle.

Clap.

Ha-hhhhaaaaaa. I just found you out "voice of." You MUST be a Obama supporter and just pose as a Republican. Trying to insult black people + pretent to not know the English language.

Just a hint to those under-educated Repulicans. There should be a period in the sentence above followed by a capital "I." Man, + English isn't even my first language.

BuhBye, PseudoDem

Peace

By what you say you have an extreme gender bias and have no true opinions of politics other than if the candidate has like physical appearance as yourself, (that means you only care if the candidate is a woman such as you are). And that would be the sign of a person that thinks with their emotions instead of their head. And then I would label you as an uniformed voter, of the worst kind. Me I don't care, I do not support either candidate and I would never be foolish (sorry I really meant to say stupid) enough to give any candidate $2500. There are plenty of deserving charities could have put that money to better use.

I think "prof" is full of carp.

I'm with you Macdaddy. False democrats we do not need. If she were truly a believer in Hillary Clinton and all she stands for, there is NO WAY ON EARTH she could vote for McCain and Palin! The Republicans deserve someone like her!

If you were a true Hillary supporter, Prof, as I was, then you couldn't support someone, no matter the gender, who makes a mockery of everything that Hillary Clinton and other women have worked so hard for.

Good grief, prof, drop the PC carp. Hillary promised more of the same old, same old. She lost because of her centrist/right-leaning stands on the issues.

And if she were the P or the VP candidate, the media would place their microphones in front of Bill not Hill.

Were you for Hillary,prof, just because she was a woman, or because she was a woman who stood for certain views and issues? Similarly, take a good hard look at the woman you are switching to; is it just because you are bitter and it is another woman? Because Sarah and Hillary share relatively nothing else in common besides thier sex and determination.

Tell the truth. It is called identity politics when blacks in over 90% vote for Obama and Sexist if we want to vote for another woman. Come on! We are tired of being called by our first names when men are called Mr. and of all the other put downs we have received--one of the biggest was Obama's mistake in not picking Hillary for VEEP!

He made his bed now he can sleep in it and the resonance of the citizen statesman(woman) Governor Sarah Palin marches on.

Marie,

Palin is already started dropping in the polls.

Enjoy

Prof, by equating a woman who went to J school, stands for everything that Hillary is against, mismanaged the town she was Mayor of and applied for massive appropriations while Governor, with a woman like Hillary, who went to law school and has fought for important causes, you insult Hillary more than any joke on SNL possibly could.
Nice job at being more against Hillary than any Democrat voting for Obama or any Republican voting for McCain could ever be. You've actually switched parties to insult her!

Ms. Thomson said:

"We are tired of being called by our first names when men are called Mr. and of all the other put downs we have received--one of the biggest was Obama's mistake in not picking Hillary for VEEP!"

perhaps she really meant to Senator Clinton!

prof--
If what you say is true, you haven't been active in politics, you've been indulging in uterus worship.

Prof- The Max contribution is 2300.00 not 2500.00. You should get a refund of 200.00.

PROF WAS DRUNK WHEN WRITING THAT MESS HE HAD TO BE BECAUSE EVERYTHING HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS JIBBERISH.. BYE BYE AND GO START YOUR OWN PARTY CALLED "THE DONT GET IT MY WAY DAMN THE ENTIRE PARTY"-PARTY. WITH YOU AS THE HEAD HATER SPOKES PERSON.

They are really starting to fit the definition of "out of touch" with this latest one. I mean, it's SNL, a comedy show! They do this stuff all the time, and by the way they made fun of both Hillary and Palin. To attack SNL for trying to make Americans laugh is simply stupid.

I think they've programmed themselves not to think anything is funny unless it's a joke about a Democrat, minority or 'foreigner'.

I LOVE THAT SHOW TO McCAIN I SAY THE FOLLOWING ABOUT HIS OPINION.

"HATED IT IT HE GETS TWO SNAPS AND A CIRCLE FROM HOMIE THE CLOWN" (SNL VINTAGE) AND REMEMBER McCAIN HOMIE DON'T PLAY THAT"

SNL is afraid to do a parody of BHO. He is off limits! I can just imagine the stink that would be made over that!

clo,

False! SNL HAS done a parody of Obama, and Bill and Hillary Clinton, and just about any other political figure you can think of. But if making it up as you go along makes you feel better...

mscottring,
I be they were really careful and handled it with kidd gloves. I would love to see it. Maybe on youtube. I enjoyed the one on Palin! I am definately not voting for Obama, but I enjoy good humor.

clo,
No they don't handle much of anything with kid gloves, no Obama, not Hillary, not anyone (and I hope you have not made up your mind on that point without having even seen the Dem-focused skits). Anyway, they drew complaints from some Dems too. But...everybody needs to grow up. It's a comedy show.

Lazarillo- you are right they all need to lighten up but I think the real thing is, at times funnier than the comedy show.

GOOD YOU AREN'T VOTING FOR OBAMA CLO.

FRANKLY,WITH YOU LIVING IN THE BUBBLE THAT YOU DO, VOTING FOR OBAMA WOULD INSULT ME AND THE OTHER OBAMA VOTERS. ITS CLEAR THAT YOU ARE APART OF THE GOOFS THAT WANT THE RICH TO GET RICHER WHILE EVERYONE ELSE SUFFERS. PLEASE DO US ALL A FAVOR, SEE IF YOU CAN GET A BALLOT SENT TO YOUR HOME, PUT IT IN THE TOILET, CRAP ON IT, AND THEN MAIL IT IN WITH YOUR SIGNATURE. BECAUSE THAT'S JUST ABOUT WHAT A VOTE FOR MCCAIN AMOUNTS TO.

EYES OPEN KEEP IT GOING...OBAMA/BIDEN 08

Easy...

Chris,
I am not voting for Obama purely because he is not the best choice. McCain/Palin have you guys on the run and your reply shows how insecure you are.

CLO,

Actually, if you look at the fact that McCain keeps changing his position (the latest of which is that he now wants MORE government regulation), he's trying to block the investigation into troopergate, and he's pulled the plug on Fiorina speaking to the media, it looks much more like McCain is on the run to most people.

mscottring,
If the media or you were really interested in truth, you would also investigate Obama's associations with Ayers, what ACORN really stands for (O's community service), Wright and many others. If you want to know someone, just look at the friends he keeps. Bad company also corrupts good conduct. So, if you really are interested in truth, let me here some real discussion on these topics.

I am voting for Obama, he was not my first choice. I would have voted for the John McCain of 2000 but not this one. I hate to say this but I do think we need a party change in the white House and after the Last 8 years and watching Mr. McCain.......Lie, pander,whine,sneer,smear and say the words "I was a POW" and "I'm a Maverick" 967 times a day,I thought he was bad....but when he chose Sarah Palin over Mitt Romney,I decided I'd vote for anybody but him. So I do believe I am voting more against McCain than FOR Obama. Senator Clinton and Senator Chris Dodd were my ticket but that didn't happen.

Obama's associations with Ayers, what ACORN really stands for (O's community service), Wright and many others.

We've been over two of the three. Ad nauseum. Wright won't @!$%#ing go away.. What's it take to satisfy you guys? And we can't talk about ACORN until we talk about GOP efforts to undermine the vote. Let's be fair here, after all. And while we're at it, why don't we talk about issues?

Gasp! Let us hear none of that! Issues, choff...

I heard tell that in Michigan the GOP is sending letters to anyone who has been in foreclosure telling them that being in foreclosure negates their right to vote. Nice.

mscottring,
Your comments:

"Actually, if you look at the fact that McCain keeps changing his position "

Obama in fact is pandering to the middle class and has something different to say, depending on the audience he is addressing. At one time, a short season, I thought possibly Obama was really different. I found that he is a politician through and through. Not different, the same! Definitely not what I believe will be good for this country.

steve house,
The point is, if people really looked into these issues, nobody would vote for Obama, except maybe the taliban

I do have a politically incorrect bias. I did not like Dan Quayle, W, or Sarah Palin. I like airheads in situation comedies and parodies. I do not like them in charge of my country, be it the usa or Luxembourg. If the McCain camp would like Gov. Palin to debate Hilary for real... bring it on... I would think they would prefer the SNL skit.

Or perhaps Carly Fiorina would like to debate Hilary on the issues. She says none of these candidates could run Hewlett Packard. What was she doing while there by the way, typing pink slips on an IBM Selectric. Apparently she did not know how to run the company either and does not recognize comedy when she sees it. And I see she is looking for work again...How do you get fired from the McCain-Palin campaign????? Did she speak the truth perhaps? Naaaaah

Obviously that's not true. Have you looked around the Vine? Almost every Obama supporter here is well educated on Ayers and Wright, and knows at least something about this new ACORN thing. Many McCain supporters seem to know about the Keating Five scandal, too. Are you one of them? Or do you allege that contacts whom you feel are unsavory are more of a show of character than actual wrongdoing?

When John McCain was involved in the Keating Five he was a very BIG proponent of Deregulation and worked hard to push it and get it into law....NOW, yesterday and today he's telling voters OH MY,we need MORE regulation of these financial institutions...HELLO!!!!!
clo... I have looked at these issues regarding Obama as they are very important to me...this whole taliban thing was debunked long ago,come on.

the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.... No thanks.

stevehouse,
I think they should get to the bottom it all for every candidate. Real issues! But it is obvious you have not really studied the Ayers and ACORN topics in much detail. Because as, the intelligent person that you are, you would change your mind about Obama. He has not pertinent experience for the presidency.

John McCain just said the word 'Workers" eight times in two sentences during a speech in MICH...Like he would know!

But it is obvious you have not really studied the Ayers and ACORN topics in much detail. Because as, the intelligent person that you are, you would change your mind about Obama.

You should really keep that backhand in check. Just for the record.

I could care less whether Obama was on a board with Ayers or whether Ayers helped him with a fundraiser. And again, you can't handle allegations of voting shenanigans on one side and not the other. I choose my candidates based on what I think they'd do as President, which will be better for this nation.

And again, are you familiar with the Keating 5?

WHY does everyone just want to act like the Keating Five NEVER happened.

stevehorse,
"I could care less whether Obama was on a board with Ayers or whether Ayers helped him with a fundraiser."

Your comments explain everything!

JECD,

About the Keating Five... To be fair, McCain (along with John Glenn) was cleared of having acted improperly. They WERE criticized for having exercised "poor judgment". If anyone's interested, a quick Google search will turn up the Wiki article, very informative.

stevehouse,
your comment, "You should really keep that backhand in check. Just for the record."

I don't recall any back hand! If you took it that way, I apologize! For the record, I absolutely fear no man!

Rainkiss....Exactly the point. POOR Judgement.

i like how an article on SNL leads to sexism leads to the Keating 5. Works for me, cause I just learned about it.

Funny how the vine works