Also, remember that the McCain campaign wanted to delay the presidential debate and later replace the vice presidential debate with the delayed Obama-McCain showdown. Sarah Palin isn't really ready for primetime, let alone debating Biden. I look for the McCain campaign to try another ploy to cancel the VP debate.-- AKA Smith

That's just a conspiracy theory. I know because Anderson Cooper of CNN said so. I'd like to know why the press says, anyone that thinks the McCain camp wants to cancel the VP debate, is a conspiracy theorist? I really hate the term "conpiracy theory" and those that use it to dismiss arguments. Just label something a conspiracy theory and that's the end of discussion. It's not even a conspiracy theory anyway, it's just speculation based on observations of prior behavior. The McCain camp has done everything possible to shield Palin from the press. The few interviews she's done have been painfully embarassing. Why is it a "conspiracy" to think they'd want keep her from the debates? They know she's going to get creamed.

if that is true, then maybe she will actually step down. Although who could McCain replace her with without infuriating radical Christianists? Huckabee? AKAsmith

If Palin were to step down, McCain wouldn't pick another christian righties like Palin. He wouldn't have to because the radical christians would turn out in droves to vote for him anyway. The righties would blame the evil liberal media for forcing Palin to withdraw. So the base would be inflamed at how unfair to Palin the media was, and would want to ensure McCain wins to get revenge. Nothing the religious right hates more is the media.

Tina Fey was hilarious again as Palin. Palin is a laughing stock to the nation, for which I feel sorry for her. McCain should of never picked her, I blame him. I'm going to make a prediction, Palin is going to be withdrawing from the ticket soon. It's so obvious she's out of her league, even conservatives are saying so. My only question is, what excuse they'll use to do it? Somehow they'll blame the "liberal media" for being so unfair to her, which will excite their base. Then McCain can pick someone that will actually help him, not hurt.

Some people just have the need to be a victim. If you are always a victim, then you are never responsible for anything. It just disgusts me the lengths these righties go in their victimhood though. Look at the current BS being directed at Gwen Iffil. Before Palin even debates, they are making a preventive claim of victimhood. Gwen is black, so therefor she can't possibly be impartial. Plus she's writing a book on race and politics. Well that does it, she's totally in the tank for Obama. No one's read the book yet, because it's not out, but the righties are mind readers and know already what it says. Plus it's being released on Jan. 20, 2009, so she has a financial stake in seeing Obama win. These are their actual arguments. Conspiracy theory anyone? The inherent racism in this is just so disgusting. No one questioned Jim Lehrer's impartiality. A white male can be impartial in a debate between a white and black politician. But blacks are incapable of being impartial with the same situation, according to the righties.

Am I the only one that noticed Sarah Palin said she supported a two-state solution to Israel? Isn't that contrary to both Israel and the Bush administration position on Israel? I thought it was a huge mistake on her part, but not one pundit mentioned it. Maybe I'm wrong. Isn't it official US policy to support only a one state solution for Israel?

Another great post. I remember something Bill Maher said a while ago. He knew our government wasn't serious about the "war on terror", because we still have the "war on drugs". Police resources are limited. It's a matter of priorities. It costs 30-40 thousand dollars a year to keep one prisoner locked up. So we are going to spend over 100,000 dollars, to keep this porn producer imprisoned. What a waste of our tax dollars.

I was watching MSNBC last night when the troopergate report was released. Dave Shuster was discussing it, and how Palin had violated state ethics laws. I switched over to CNN during the commercial break to see Campbell Brown announce the story. She said Palin abused her power, but broke no laws. I was floored to say the least. My morning paper had the same headline, Palin abused power but broke no laws. I have to believe that both CNN and my local paper were relying upon the AP headline. I think the AP is spinning their headline. Saying she abused power, but broke no law in firing the guy. Because she can fire him for any reason. But to say she broke no laws, when the article clearly states that the investigator found she violated ethic laws, is wrong. Well I guess thats the "liberal" AP for you. LOL

McCain and his supporter call Obama a terrorist, Obama calls McCain erratic. They are both equally guilty in engagin in character assasination. Nothing more to see here, move on.

So when the dow was dropping it was because of fear of an Obama presidency. Now that the dow shot up, what will they say is the cause? I don't even think the Jonah Goldberg's, Malkin's, and the rest of the right-wing chorus care about consistency. Their job is to blame everything on democrats and credit everything good on republicans. If argument A works today, that's what they go with. If argument B works tomorrow, but completely contradicts arguemnt A, it don't bother them in the slightest. They are just paid propagandists. That's all they are.