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.

9:27PM

Jake Tapper reports that the Palin camp has issued the following statement:

"the Obama/Biden Democrats have been vicious in their attacks directed toward me, my family and John McCain."

The Obama campaign has gone out of its way to urge everyone to lay off the families. But I think we know what this is. This is a tactic to coax the surrogates and talkers to resume the attacks on Obama's family as a form of lopsided retaliation. (h/t TPM)

9:31PM

The Cindy McCain video is on. In the spirit of the previous comment, I'll reserve my remarks about Cindy, but here's a shocker... they didn't mention that they met in "exotic" Hawaii and that McCain was cheating on his wife for the umpteenth time.

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?

Edited September 5, 200817 yr by EricaKane70

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.

Cindy McCain's $300,000 Outfit

by Vanity FairSeptember 4, 2008, 10:29 AM

One of the persistent memes in the Republican line of attack against Barack Obama is the notion that he is an elitist, whereas the G.O.P. represent real working Americans like Levi "F-in' Redneck" Johnston.

It caught our attention, then, when First Lady Laura Bush and would-be First Lady Cindy McCain took the stage Tuesday night wearing some rather fancy designer clothes. So we asked our fashion department to price out their outfits.

Laura Bush

Oscar de la Renta suit: $2,500

Stuart Weitzman heels: $325

Pearl stud earrings: $600–$1,500

Total: Between $3,425 and $4,325

Cindy McCain

Oscar de la Renta dress: $3,000

Chanel J12 White Ceramic Watch: $4,500

Three-carat diamond earrings: $280,000

Four-strand pearl necklace: $11,000–$25,000

Shoes, designer unknown: $600

Total: Between $299,100 and $313,100

Wow! No wonder McCain has so many houses: his wife has the price of a Scottsdale split-level hanging from her ears.

(All prices except Laura's shoes and Cindy's watch are estimates, and the jewelry prices are based on the assumption that the pieces are real.)

Edited September 5, 200817 yr by Wales2004

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.

Yeah, funny...not to mention beyond rude and sophmoric.

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

Maybe Kool and the Gang will join Jackson Browne, Van Halen, and I think John Cougar who have all filed suit against him for using their songs unless he was smart enough this time to get permission.

I hope so.

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

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.

Edited September 5, 200817 yr by bandbfan

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

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?

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

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Edited September 5, 200817 yr by bandbfan

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.

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.