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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: zeta1961 who wrote (32026)	9/11/2008 8:46:27 PM
From: SouthFloridaGuy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

<<Palin, who obtained her first passport last year and who has served just two years as Alaska's governor, told Gibson that she was up to the challenge of being Sen. John McCain's vice president.>> Oh My God, my 18 month old who has been to the U.K., Turkey, Jamaica, and Mexico probably has more foreign policy experience than Palin. She's a female, perhaps we can rally around the "Binky Child".

To: zeta1961 who wrote (32026)	9/11/2008 8:52:56 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 149317

Analysis: McCain's claims skirt facts, test voters By CHARLES BABINGTON – 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain's campaign keeps telling voters that Sarah Palin opposed a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere that, in fact, she originally supported. It accuses Democrat Barack Obama of calling Palin a pig, which did not happen. Even in a political culture accustomed to truth-stretching, McCain's skirting of facts has stood out this week. It has infuriated and flustered Barack Obama's campaign, and campaign pros are watching to see how much voters disregard news reports noting factual holes in the claims. That voter reaction could help determine who wins this presidential election and influence the strategies of future campaigns. Politicians usually modify or drop claims when a string of newspaper and TV news accounts concludes they are untrue or greatly exaggerated. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, for example, conceded she had not come under sniper fire in Bosnia after a batch of debunking articles subjected her to ridicule during her primary contest against Obama. McCain's persistence in pushing dubious claims is all the more notable because many political insiders consider him one of the greatest living victims of underhanded campaigning. Locked in a tight race with George W. Bush for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000, McCain was rocked in South Carolina by a whisper campaign claiming he had fathered an illegitimate black child and was mentally unstable. ...contd at ap.google.com