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Michael Barone

Is Palin Like Geraldine Ferraro, Katherine Graham, Nancy Pelosi, and Madeleine Albright?

September 02, 2008 07:05 PM ET | Michael Barone | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

you deserve the high office my man Obama,show the whities trash their f### facebelongs only in the f### dumpster!!!Obama08

yeah,kick the stupid white trash!!!obama08

Poor White Trash Comments

I would like to know how calling someone "poor white trash" isn't a racial slur? It is equivalent to calling Obama the "N" word as far as I can see. These kind of comments are sickening.

Sarah Palin

Wow, the Democrats are really threatened by a strong woman who has a mind of her own. These sexists only support women who toe the line THEY set for them. Sarah is the one I have been waiting for in politics...strong, smart, capable, ambitious, positive, service-oriented, patriotic and can do it all with warmth and femininity. Unlike most of the liberal women who come off like shrews (Pelosi, Clinton, Albright, etc).

what are the real issues

Look at the issues. Palin is a hypocrite because she's all about "family values," but has none that are respectable. But besides all this, I would really like to see the Republicans wake up to the real issues our nation faces instead of playing games and attacking Democrats. One side is speaking about problems and solutions while the other is making us try to believe that they, being corporate patsies, can relate to the rest of us. The economy, treasury, war, environment, overpopulation, and medical care issues are what's really important. The McCain ticket promises more of the failed Bush program, which is a shame for me as a conservative. Real family values means trying to protect the future for our children; a future that Bush and friends have squandered.

Inspite of my better self I'm chuckling

If Obama had got his vp pick right-- and gone with clinton this wouldn't have happened. So much for that 'great judgement'. He's not looking so good now when there's a new kid on the block. ;) So--who is trying to get to fix this for him? Hillary! Good grief how many times does she need to stand by her men?

White Trash vice-president

I cannot believe that McCain picked her as his running mate. White trash is an understatement. America has become the laughing stock of the world and now we

are going to be represented by this? A woman with a pregnant teenage daughter whose lovers myspace page was taken down because of the obscene language it contained. We have a sister who has been married 4 times and her husband has been arrested for driving drunk. And the Christian leaders think this piece of garbage is a good representation of Christian values? But maybe America has become a white trash nation. We look up to stars like Brittany Spears as role models. And as far as the comment about class should not be a barrier to the Presidency, this thing does not have any class whatsoever.

The REAL question...

How long will Michael Barone keep his job?

I've not seen a more fair approach to the issue of Palin's competency in comparison to other women who have been in public office.

Thanks, Michael, you have a new fan!

McCain/Palin

McCain is no more likely to die in the near future from a recurrance of melanoma than Joe Biben is from a recurrance of a brain aneurysm.

His choice of running mate was brilliant.

Sara Palin is like no one other than herself, the epitomy of truely remarkable, sucessful womanhood. She is unshackled by the pitfalls typical of womens' rights groupies, having an innate sense of her own personal worth and capabilities as both a woman and a leader worthy of the Vice Presidency.

She is unique.

I do believe she can stand up well to any old bear and come out the victor.

Palin Equals Equality of Discrimination

Check this out. Comments from a fellow Naval Academy Graduate and Vietnam POW. Good stuff:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KjsEs46C70&eurl=http://mudflats.wordpress.com/

Also, MySpace photos of Trigs grandma http://grrl.wordpress.com/

And Alaska's newspaper attempt to cover up. Notice Palin's youngest daughter ages dramatically during 2006

http://www.daylife.com/photo/0e3e6f09xJ0PN

http://www.adn.com/photos/v-gallery/story/509850.html?/1521/gallery/509852-a509987-t3.html

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Michael Barone is a senior writer for U.S.News & World Report and principal coauthor of The Almanac of American Politics. He has written for many publications—including the Economist and the New York Times.

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