Barack Obama Elected President!

[MTSRocks]

Palin's speech was pathetic. All she did was attack Obama, using sassy and unsubstantiated comments, which were irrelevant to the overall election. She was basically diverting the attention away from the real problems, by trying to make herself come off as a clever, and strong. But it failed. She looked like a dumbass IMHO. Truthfully, I was embarrassed for her.

[Wales2004]

[EricaKane70]

Palin is really turning out to be pathetic, both Barck and Michelle have said that family life needs to be out of the line of fire. So how in the hell is he attacking her family, I haven't heard him or biden say anything negative about palin. Obama could of easily have attacked hillary clintons family life, but he never did that so why would he attack palin's?

[Wales2004]

I believe that Sylph asked the question about Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain in reference to fashion. I just came across this on Cindy McCain and Laura Bush and I'm posting it because the first paragraph is funny to me, otherwise I would have ignored it since it's based on estimates.

[David_Vickers]

ABC updated that McCain/Palin only reaised $1 million since Gov. Sarah Palin's horrible speech last night, YET Obama/Biden have now raised $10 million since that attack filled barrage.

Hahha. Love the protestors. Of course McCain makes fun of protestors who have a legit reason to protest. He's so blatantly smug, arrogant and such an a$$hole.

Did you guys see all of those empty bleachers?!?!? LOL. Obama/Biden fill a football stadium and the pathetic lying McCain/Palin cannot even feel the arena where their convetion is. I think this is even more proof how much less McCain/Palin are liked.

Well, that's Gov. Sarah Palin and the rest of Republican speakers at the GOP Convention, for ya. Thanks for that. LOL.

[David_Vickers]

I hope so.

The manure's really gotten deep now when McCain said "I work for you".

[bandbfan]

McCain is SO much more tolerable to listen to. He's so much less devisive than Palin. I'd be a lot more nervous if she got the job than him.

[Wales2004]

Why do they have protesters at his speech? Who's in charge of security?

[bandbfan]

Half (probably more) of the people there don't care if a public school is good or not. They see the word "public" and run for cover.

Iraq doesn't like us very much. Does that mean we're going to leave them alone, John?

[GoldenDogs]

Each time I see a hate-filled, bigoted post like this, I am pushed further to vote for McCain/Palin in November...

[Toups]

When he speaks, he doesn't sound believable. He's like a robot reading the teleprompter.

[cubsgirl]

LOL at the Iraq comment. It is true they don't like us, so why are we putting our money there in order to keep their country together.

Going to be as short as possible on the education issue. Our education system is messed up more than just failing schools. There is so much red tape and hoops to jump. Sure there are bad schools, bad teachers and mismanagement...but they are NOT the only reasons our schools fail. I can't go home with any of my students and make sure they are sitting at home working on their homework and/or reading a book. That is their parents part in education. A student who doesn't have a supportive influence at home about education isn't going to be successful in a "failing" school or a "successful" school.

[Wales2004]

I think it's funny to suggest that someone's opinion in a post might determine how you cast your vote. I feel as if you're the person on top of a building threatening to jump and I'm one of the people on the street prompting you to do it.....only you were going to vote for them anyway.

[bandbfan]

That's why I'm very against teacher merit pay. It's very easy for someone not familiar with the education system to say that's what we should do. And in some areas and districts, it may work amazingly well. But in some schools across the country, you could put the best Harvard professors there and the students aren't going to care to learn anything at all.

[Wales2004]

except in that rare case where he or she has such a desire to learn that they forge ahead anyway as best they can. There are parents who don't know how to be supportive but their kids excel despite that. While it's true that a student who is going to make it won't whether they're in the best of schools or the worst of schools, the important thing is that the student be given the chance.