NEW YORK -Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said Wednesday that the United States could be headed for another Great Depression if Congress doesn’t act on the financial crisis.Palin made the comment in an interview with “CBS Evening News” anchor Katie Couric while visiting New York to meet foreign leaders for the first time in her political career. As Palin sought to establish her credentials in world affairs, first lady Laura Bush said Palin lacked sufficient foreign policy experience but was “a quick study.”Recent surveys have shown that Palin’s popularity, while still strong, has begun to fade.Earlier this month, an Associated Press-Yahoo News poll showed more people viewing Palin favorably than unfavorably, 47 percent to 28 percent. But an ABC News-Washington Post poll released Wednesday showed that in a two-week period, the number seeing Palin positively dropped 6 percentage points while 10 points more see her unfavorably. On Monday, a CNN-Opinion Research Corp. poll said her favorable rating dropped 4 points and her unfavorable rating rose 8 points over two weeks.Palin has been in New York this week for a series of meetings with foreign leaders, part of an effort by Republican John McCain’s presidential campaign to counter criticism that the former small-town mayor lacks the experience to be vice president, let alone president in an emergency.
Oh, and Senator McBush backed out of politics to do more politics. Funny how this other politics doesn’t involve a debate.
If Governor Palin helps deliver Pennsylvania, then the choice to put her on the ticket was the right one.
BTW, she didn’t leap from being a “small town mayor” to the Vice Presidential nominee! She’s a governor and deserves some respect.
So was W. He got way more respect than he deserved. She wants mythology in science class, and abstinence-only sex ed despite the fact that this didn’t even work for her or her daughter.
She’s either a liar or a moron. We’ve had both as President, so I suppose that doesn’t disqualify her.
But it should.
Tiny Tim
And how does one show respect?
The economy isn’t actually that bad save for the financial sector. GDP is still positive, unemployment is within historical averages.
We’re just in a natural swing of the market.
LOL. LOL. LMAO. LMFAO. LMFAO.
Boy oh boy are you going to be shocked!
David – Abstinence would have worked for Palin’s daughter. Her daughter opted not to practice abstinence.
Whenever I see/hear about unemployment figures, I have to laugh. Those figures only take in to account the number of NEW cases filing for unemployment.
It doesn’t take into account all of the people that were/are STILL unemployed and registered, or those who may not have been eligible to file in the first place (people terminated for whatever reason (or none) that are employed in “at will” states, etc.
MX,
WTF?
Tim,
McCain nominating Palin for the sole purpose of garnering votes shows just how little he respects the position of VP.
That alone disqualifies him to be president.
Tim MAY
Watch this interview of Palin by Couric and then tell me if John McCain deserves our respect for he is insulted America’s collective intelligence by nominating this incoherent and ill-informed babbling beauty queen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQRGsZ0SN7E
he is insulted -> he has insulted
666, it makes me laugh too, and then the reality makes me cringe.
The thread heading is correct, the Palin bounce is over. She’s a good talker, a good debater, just like Obama, but what she doesn’t have is the qualifications to be a backup to the leader of the free world, should he be elected, who is a five time cancer survivor.
First McBush says the economy is actually good, then suspends his campaign to lend his useless lack of knowledge of economics to the debate in congress. And now he wants to indefinitely delay the presidential debates while he returns to Washington to save the world with his “one” vote in the Senate. Thankfully, the average idiot voter in America is seeing through this desparate maneuver and McBush’s percentages in the polls are plummeting. I dare to say, if he doesn’t show up for the debate tomorrow, his run at the presidency is over. Actually, I think it is either way, coherent reason seems to be more effective than catch phrases.
I believe in “Drill, drill, drill” and I’d actually do it if I had a girlfriend.
NeoWolfe
Neowolfe
Huh? Have you seen her debate?
What,
Yes, I have seen her debate. Every time a politician gets in front of an audience to talk about current issues is a time delayed debate. And you can disagree with me if you want, and I wont be offended because I understand you’re off your meds, but, the bitch can turn a phrase, and has a talent for making people identify with her. Make no mistake, I hate that bitch and everything she stands for, but if you don’t get it, that she is a formidable opponent, then you are living in your prescription bottle and not in the real world.
NeoWolfe
Neo
So you are fine with redefining the
words like “debate” on-the-fly? Don’t you think that kind’a makes it difficult to communicate?
666, you’re kinda correct. Unemployment counts those receiving unemployment checks. Our Lord & Savior GW Bush recently raised it to 9 months (from 6) of collecting. Those beyond are not counted.
DVan,
Contrary to what the media is telling everyone, the sky is not falling.
Now, if you’ve loaned or took on too much shitty debt, it’s bad, but that’s your own fault.
What,
The things that make it difficult to communicate is when you don’t get what I said, and then make a reply that no one gets.
NeoWolfe
DVW,
Aw, cmon! You didn’t post your comment about VP picks with a straight face did you?
Why ELSE are VP’s chosen? By your standard, we’ve had a lot of unqualified presidents!
bitch= what men call a woman when they don’t get what they want from her.
Did I mention it’s infantile?
cry4turtles,
It’s just as infantile as his obsession to denigrate anyone that thinks (differently that him). The constant referral to prescription meds makes me think he may have a lot of experience with them and therefore assumes everyone has the same problem.
666
I’ve been sitting here watching for the last day or so, and neo does seem to be unraveling. He’s like a bully who declares himself king of the playground and calls everyone else a retard.
To paraphrase that old saying, “If it walks like a fuck, and talks like a fuck…”
Tim,
Yes, I did. Though, it is now plainly obvious you care little in the quality of candidates for positions of the highest order in our government. How “American” of you.
VP’s should be chosen for a number of reasons – all of which are not solely for the purpose of getting votes. How about because they fill voids in the experience of Presidential running mates? Maybe they are chosen because in the event the President is no longer able to serve, the VP candidate is qualified to do so? You know, little things like that.
I’m not sure how my “standard” disqualifies a “lot” of VPs. I was speaking strictly to Palin’s nomination. But I guess if you feel many other Presidents chose their VPs for the SOLE purpose of getting votes (as McCain has done) and not because they believed the candidate to be qualified, then that’s your standard, not mine.
Karen,
I agree about Neo. He has lost all credibility in my view. Contrary to his delusions of grandeur, he is just coming off like a nut job.
I call Sarah Palin a bitch because I don’t like her or what she stands for. But, at the same time I think I made it clear that I have a deep respect for her potential as spoiler in the current political race. She is smart, not ugly, and while totally unqualified to sit a heartbeat away from the presidency, has the ability to spin the facts and make people identify with her. Go ahead and say it, I called her a bitch because she scares me. I’m not kidding.
And DVan said:
“I agree about Neo. He has lost all credibility in my view. Contrary to his delusions of grandeur, he is just coming off like a nut job.”
Now, that is a personal attack, which is okay, because I cannot claim that I haven’t made any myself. I do however remember bowing out of a debate with you about creationism in school in a controlled venue. I admitted you were right, realizing that if you actually allow the church into the school in any form, you have to compromise the separation of church and state, and are left with the dilemma of extracting them and patching the precident they left behind. Is that your idea of delusions of gradeur? Or maybe the problem is that when I make point that is counter to your philosophy and can back it up with facts, you resent it. I guess that such a thing would make it your problem and not mine. Let’s go with the “nut job” thing. Back it up with facts. State some examples. If you are right, if I have been out of line, I have a track record of admitting when I am wrong. That is not going to change.
By the way, Karen, in my opinion, Sarah Palin is a bitch, and will be offering no apologies for that statement.
NeoWolfe
MX
I think the problem for me is that I take calculated risks in order to build and expand my business and we have excellent credit as we pay it back without exception within the terms we agree upon. I don’t think the sky is falling, but it seems like the choices we’re being given is to buy out the banking industries mistakes with money we don’t have or to let the free market let them unravel. I’m not a macro economist, so I’m not sure which is less bad.
I think most Americans, myself included, are not inclined to bail out people who made bad decisions for quick personal gain. It seems the problem is so wide spread that it affects all areas of the economy. I’m finding a lot of my clients now have budgets slashed or no budgets left. Being a small business owner, I have been impacted by the bad business practices of others. Right now, we’re busy as can be, but if I continue to see bids I put out get rejected because no one has money, I’m concerned about keeping all of my staff.
To summarize, I think the economy is so interconnected, it’s not just if you loaned or if you have bad debt that it sucks. It’s very frustrating to me to run a tight ship here and build up a good client base to watch the actions of a few have such an impact on the business.
It’s a recession if your neighbor gets laid off. It’s a depression if you get laid off.
spanders,
You have to understand that mx is a free market freak. He thinks that if his great grandchildren finally crawl out of their burrows in the dirt and begin to establish civilization again, that the market has worked and the greater good has been served.
You are right, that the bad decisions made have cascaded throughout our economy, and we are left to our puny individual votes to try to stop our tax dollars from being spent to rescue those who gambled all our futures in the name of a quick buck. It’s tough staring down the barrel of economic collapse. It’s hard to know what to feel, let alone what to do. You made this statement:
“Right now, we’re busy as can be, but if I continue to see bids I put out get rejected because no one has money, I’m concerned about keeping all of my staff.”
This happens every time in downturns of the economy. Companies tighten their belts and bid jobs at no profit just to keep their loyal longtime employees on the payroll. It’s called “buying jobs”. But, while the company is operating at zero profit, it is a waiting game, will the economy turn around before the company collapses?
For what it is worth, we are all in the same boat. Not just in America, if we collapse, so does the entire globe, a depression the likes of which history has never witnessed.
NeoWolfe
In addition to MX Racer being a free market guy, he is a really, really good guy. He’s helped me on a few projects and is top notch.
To Tim:
She’s a governer involved in at least 3 scandals, Eliot Spitzer lost his respect after one, why should she still deserve it. Also, she’s a religious lunatic, she’s the scum at the bottom of the barrel. She made it so that women in her town who were forced to have sex would have to pay for their own forced-to-have-sex kits, and she opposes abortion even after . Its offensive to me, and I’m a man, how can she not see the error of her own stupid policies. And btw forced-to-have sex is a euphemism for a word banned on this blog.
I think that the economy will take a big nose dive but depression? I don’t think it will go that far – just the worst economy that any of us has seen. And that will be plenty bad enough.
there is no just cause for the bailout.most banks are sound and most homeowners are current on house payment.
there is no authority in the constitution for fed gov’t to bailout a private business or citizen.
this is nothing more than social-ism for the rich capitalism for everyone else as someone noted.
neo
Fine by me. I think she’s a bitch, too. Are you confusing me with someone else again? Have YOU stopped taking YOUR meds?
I got an email from Democracy for America saying that McCain has agreed to do the debate tonight. 9PM EST as scheduled.
Oh yeah, I forgot to add, we don’t need to watch the debate, because the online edition of the Wall Street Journal ran an ad today announcing that McStain had won it-hands down. Here’s a linky:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/mccain_wins_debate.html?nav=rss_blog
Do you suppose they’ve got all the Diebold machines *fixed* yet, or are they still working on them for November?
Neo,
Just because you and I have been able to communicate our difference on certain issues in a civil manner, doesn’t excuse the way you have treated others. It’s your vile attacks on others I find offensive. The kind of personal, childish antics you engage in always, in my view, destroys your credibility. You come off as a ranting lunatic rather than a level-headed, thoughtful individual.
I’d be happy to give you a few examples:
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No. The constant self-proclaiming of how you’re an authority on so many subjects leads me to believe you have delusions of grandeur.
No, I don’t. I see it as an opportunity to learn.
MX,
Man, I wish it were as simple as that.
DVW
Me too. Me too.
DVW,
A person running for president won’t need to worry about “gaps” in his or her experience if they can’t get elected!
If you take an impartial look at history you will see the true reason most Veeps are selected – they help deliver the vote.
fireemblem555,
You have obviously been getting your talking points from the daily Kos or some other totally unreliable source.
This in conjunction with your not to subtle hatred means your post doesn’t even rise to the level of earning a response.
And yet, you just responded to it.
*b0gGle*
Tim,
Thank you for stating the obvious while not acknowledging my comments. Of course Presidential candidates pick VPs to help get votes. But unlike McCain, they don’t pick them for the SOLE purpose of getting votes. His decision to select Palin for VP was not only the most outwardly cynical move I’ve seen from a politician in a very long time, it was a slap in the face to those of us who believe the office of VP is a vital one. It also brought to light his utter disregard for the importance of making such a decision.
One has to wonder, what other poorly thought out (and politically expedient) decisions will he make as President just to win the approval of a particular voting base?