Pitbulls well educaded and well-bred don't bite, don't attack. They are seeet pets. I guess Palin wants to kill Polar bears and pitbulls as well. What about her daughter? The righ-wing and others have been attacking Britney Spears' sister over and over. So it is OK to attack other 17 year olds but not Paulin's daughter?

You're right. Barack Obama has achieved nothing. He's entirely ordinary.

While the MSM, and more often, and with greater vehemence, the Blogsters were mincing her into tiny bits, Sarah Palin took center stage and stole the show from Republicans and Democrats. She was, as I predicted in my Open Salon article, the day before her speech, the Belle of The Ball. No shallow fool, she took good care of her people by wringing from the oil companies, through the state Oil Royalties fund $3200.00 per Alaskan citizen, far, more than the Democrats who have blabbered their lips and accomplished nothing, have done for their constituents.

However, the Neo-cons may well rue the day they chose her, as she cut a wide swath through their corrupt Alaskan political Scamsters, firing malingerers and bloodsuckers at will.

I only wish she was a Democrat, as I did before the speech and more so now. She may be the brightest star on the political horizon unless she is compromised. She brings to mind Loretta Young as The Farmer's Daughter, a 1947, political love story. She is the shake-up DC politics needs; unfortunately, unless they misuse her she will be Rookie of The Political Year.

She exemplifies what Barack Obama should have and failed to be as he is sinking faster than a meteor into Shades of Adlai Stevenson, upstaged by a Human Vitamin Pill With Legs*. She shone like a brilliant star amongst the tired, hypocritical, disgusting, Rudy Giuliani’s of the world, and the other cast of reprobate nothings of the Party of The Wrong Right.

Oh, boy is she going to be fun to watch. Pit Bull? I think not, she may, if she stays away from the Demoniacs of well-decorated and camouflaged Fascism, become the Political rookie of The Year, if not the Decade. She brings to mind Loretta Young's Feisty Portrayal of THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER in the 1947 political satire of a seemingly naive' Immigrant farm girl who runs for political office against great odds and wins, shaking up both parties in the process.

Oh how I wish she were OUR Rookie of the Year, but alas we have none havin instead the dead and lying Democratic Profiteers who are rapidly surpassing the Republicans as hypocrites led by a ballet dancing ding-aling, who though he certainly can raise money, has fixed the democrats nto perhaps their third consecutive trotting out of the trite, “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory”

*Bob Hope’s introduction of Betty Hutton, The Fireball, Comet, Singing, and Dancing, Machine of 1930’ s-1940’s films.

Last night's speech from Sarah Palin made my blood run cold. Her nomination is a masterful move by the GOPs. Nothing but catchy, mean-spirited, divisive phrases, and not a bit of policy. And don't underestimate it, that is how elections have been won in this country over and over again.

Joan, it is indeed galling to hear the GOP talk about the liberal media, but let's not get played again. This is not about the media, ignore those digs, it is beneath your time. We need to hear writers like you skewer the GOP on their real offenses. Censorship in our public libraries, creationism instead of science, teen pregnancy instead of sex education, war instead of diplomacy, nasty attacks instead of bipartisanship, and calculated grabs at power instead of critical thinking.

Nothing less than the Soul of America hangs in the balance of this election. Sarah Palin was not picked because of her gender, that was a red herring, she was chosen because she is the next generation of Republican leadership. A new spin on the old game, completely devoid of policy, that will trick us with fear, and fool us with soundbites to keep the status quo exactly where it is or worse.

Who are we, as a people, as a nation will be defined by the collective choice we make in November. Are we a sarcastic meanspirited land where leaders call those suffering most whiners? Where we put the label "victory" ahead of all reason, ahead of morality? Where naked and nasty ambition is valued over humbled dedication? Where the very people who've worked against gender equality and racial fairness will benefit the most from the cracks and firsts the Democrats created?

Who are we, America, who are we?

This isn't our Sarah. This is someone mean and sarcastic and scary. People here like Sarah on a personal level because she's down to earth and nice, or at least we thought she was nice.

You're not the first person I've heard say this. But you did say it without mentioning how black leather and a whip would compliment her Darth Cheney persona.

Palin has apparently changed from a nice backwoods right-wing Republican into a fire-breathing mainstream right-wing Republican practically overnight. To 80% of the electorate who see that the country is on the wrong track, that makes Palin part of the problem, not part of the solution. More of the same.

The Nasty, Spiteful, Lying approach isn't going to help the pubs avoid talking about the last eight years or compensate for their lack of any policy that addresses voter concerns, but that's what the pubs on counting on. Any accomplished hatemonger can 'energize' the rabid pub base, but pubs need a majority, and they're not going to get it with a nasty wingnut novelty item. Non-Democrats are already describing her as 'scary'.

Back when the Edwards affair was first reported, I didn't believe it at first -- however (I believe it was the war room) said that even though the NE is a tabloid, they usually don't make stuff up. They generally have pretty good investigation. Then the edwards story turned out to be true.

My only concern now is that someone will get to the enquirer and buy them off like they got to the guy who was supposed to testify yesterday in the troopergate story. I'm sure even the enquirer has a price -- and I'm quite sure they have Rove looking for it and prepared to offer just about anything.

It is really said that you have to rely on the NE for truth!