McCain picks Palin as running mate

[savage1]

These are my overall feelings of the election:

One of the chief reasons I will be voting for Obama/Biden is this, and I think many will feel the same way:
The great majority of the people realize that Bush has done a truly horrific job as president, one so bad that at most there might have been at most one or two mentions of his name during the entire Republican Convention.
People including myself know that historically Mccain has supported for and voted for Bush proposals and legislation around 90% of the time.
Obama at the very least offers at least the hopes for change.
I can honestly say for myself that If Bush had done a good job as President(economy, ending the war, etc )and McCain was running against Obama without any consideration of the running mates( I know an unreal assumption, and I thing Biden is much more qualified than Palin ), it would really be a difficult choice for me as to who to vote for.
As stated before, I did vote for Bush Sr. as opposed to Dukakis in 1988 and would vote Republican do so again under the right circumstances.
However, because of the actual circumstances which exist today as opposed to the theoretical ones, I am voting for Obama, although I think he is far from being a perfect candidate.

[vols fan]

Wow,this thread stayed dead for over 48 hours.Thanks alot Savage for giving us you political view once again.

[tech fan]

Wow,this thread stayed dead for over 48 hours.Thanks alot Savage for giving us you political view once again.

why not just let it die get tired of getting a headache everytime i try and find out the best facts about both candidates

[jcindaville]

Wow,this thread stayed dead for over 48 hours.Thanks alot Savage for giving us you political view once again.

[savage1]

Wow,this thread stayed dead for over 48 hours.Thanks alot Savage for giving us you political view once again.

I stated mine-now lets hear yours-which candidate you support and most importantly why.

[vols fan]

I stated mine-now lets hear yours-which candidate you support and most importantly why.

I will be voting for McCain.First I think McCain will put an end to illgal immigration.Second rather we agree about the war or not,were there and we have to win.Obama will retreat and the war on terror will be lost.Third and most important for me it comes down to trust.I trust McCain more with our country than I would Obama.

[savage1]

I will be voting for McCain.First I think McCain will put an end to illgal immigration.Second rather we agree about the war or not,were there and we have to win.Obama will retreat and the war on terror will be lost.Third and most important for me it comes down to trust.I trust McCain more with our country than I would Obama.

Thanks for posting.
Hopefully others will do the same.

[musclemann]

I will be voting for McCain.First I think McCain will put an end to illgal immigration.Second rather we agree about the war or not,were there and we have to win.Obama will retreat and the war on terror will be lost.Third and most important for me it comes down to trust.I trust McCain more with our country than I would Obama.

YOU'RE VOTING 4 MC CAIN?????


CANT BELIEVE THAT.

[BearDown]

I will be voting for McCain.First I think McCain will put an end to illgal immigration.

You know who could put an end to illegal immigration? It's not McCain, it's not Obama, and it's not Ralph Nader. It's AMERICAN EMPLOYERS! If American employers were not giving illegal's job's, why would they come here? But when they are making $2.00/$3.00 an hour where they come from (if not less), and they come here and Mr. American businessman sees Joe wanting $10.00/$15.00 dollars an hour, and Padro only wanting $6/$7 dollars an hour. Well, there you go. Welcome to America!

[vols fan]

YOU'RE VOTING 4 MC CAIN?????


CANT BELIEVE THAT.

No breking news thread needed for that on was it.And your voting Obama.We figured that shit out months ago.You have your beliefs and I have mine.Good luck to you and your party and if you guys win then we will see if CHANGE really works.I respect you taking the stance you do against the republican party but once again it's politics and everyone will not always agree.Need to make some money today so back to getting some football picks.Good luck

[checkers]

Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Sen. Barack Obama's foes seized Sunday upon a brief slip of the tongue, when the Democratic presidential nominee was outlining his Christianity but accidentally said, "my Muslim faith."
The three words -- immediately corrected -- were during an exchange with ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week," when he was trying to criticize the quiet smear campaign suggesting he is a Muslim.

But illustrating the difficulty of preventing false rumors about his faith from spreading, anti-Obama groups within one hour of the interview had sliced it out of context and were sending it around via email. They also were blogging about it.

Mr. Obama, who is a Christian and often proudly speaks about how his faith has influenced his public service, said he finds it "deeply offensive" that there are efforts "coming out of the Republican camp to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith."
The exchange came after Mr. Obama said that Republicans are attempting to scare voters by suggesting he is not Christian, which McCain campaign manager Rick Davis said was "cynical."
Asked about it on ABC, Mr. Obama said, "These guys love to throw a rock and hide their hand."

"The McCain campaign has never suggested you have Muslim connections," said Mr. Stephanopoulos, who repeatedly interrupted Mr. Obama during the interview.
"I don't think that when you look at what is being promulgated on Fox News, let's say, and Republican commentators who are closely allied to these folks," Mr Obama responded, and Mr. Stephanopoulos interrupted: "But John McCain said that's wrong."

Mr. Obama noted that when Republican vice presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin "was forced" to talk about her pregnant 17-year-old daughter, he issued a forceful statement to reporters that the line of inquiry was "off limits." But he said the McCain campaign tried to tie him to "liberal blogs that support Obama" and are "attacking Governor Palin."

"Let's not play games," he said. "What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith. And you're absolutely right that that has not come."
Mr. Stephanopoulos interrupted with, "Christian faith."

"My Christian faith," Mr. Obama said quickly. "Well, what I'm saying is that he hasn't suggested that I'm a Muslim. And I think that his campaign's upper echelons have not, either. What I think is fair to say is that, coming out of the Republican camp, there have been efforts to suggest that perhaps I'm not who I say I am when it comes to my faith -- something which I find deeply offensive, and that has been going on for a pretty long time."

Asked to comment on the accidental misstatement illustrating the difficulty of the issue, Obama spokesman Bill Burton offered this comment: "I'm not surprised that the only outlet doing this story is The Washington Times."