Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate

[Tempyst]

Canada?

[ZarakiKujata]

is it just me or does american elections take far far too long to go straight to a vote

canada called election less then 2 months ago, and vote tomorrow.
it shouldnt take this much time, effort and money in to convincing ppl to vote for you.

btw, i dont know a whole lot about politics but it seems like a whole lot of bullshit compared to the canadian elections

If you think about it once the candidate is officially nominated our election only runs 2 months as well. It's just that because the US isn't a parliamentary democracy nominating process runs like 16~ months instead of the party having it already established going into the election period. The nominating process didn't used to be this long in the US either, just that this was the first Presidential election since 1952 where there was no incumbent/successor to the incumbent candidate so it really started like a year earlier then it wouldve otherwise. France, also a republican system, had a fairly drawn out election between villepin and sarkozy last 2 years too iirc.

[majriti]

Canada has elections? I wonder how many people in America knows anything about Canadian politics?

the correct question here would be.
i wonder how many people in america know anything about canada in general?

[Dimmauk]

the correct question here would be.
i wonder how many people in america know anything about canada in general?

Its main export is Pancake sauce?

[Charismatic]

What the fuck is Canada?

[majriti]

Its main export is Pancake sauce?

i lol'd

but its called maple syrup my good sir

[Demosthenes11]

the correct question here would be.
i wonder how many people in america care about anything canada in general?

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[Kuya]

They don't know about maps either, so that's not surprising.

[Dimmauk]

They don't know about maps either, so that's not surprising.

“I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because some people out there in our nation don’t have maps."

Its cause we don't have maps.

[Dantrag]

don't know if this was posted yet but i remember reading a lot of comments about it:

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=g7TgDanmWkg

[Max™]

What the fuck is Canada?

^This


Also, I don't why this popped into my head, just drove past a yard sign last night and saw it spelled out suddenly.


jOHn mCcain
.........saRAh Palin.

I'm sure you can do stupid shit like that with Obama and Biden, it just popped up cause it's what happens when I think about Palin standing next to McCain's coffin after he keels over 2 weeks after being inaugurated. Oh Crap.

[Dimmauk]

McCain vows to fight for new direction for nation

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer 31 minutes ago

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Republican John McCain pledged to fight for a new direction for the country in an energetic new campaign stump speech Monday that sought to distance him from the economic policies of President Bush. "We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change," McCain said while campaigning with running mate Sarah Palin in this once reliably Republican state that has become a battleground this year.


"The hour is late; our troubles are getting worse; our enemies watch. We have to act immediately. We have to change direction now."

The Arizona senator insisted he understood Americans' concerns about the deepening financial crisis, even as fears about the meltdown have moved voters firmly in Democrat Barack Obama's direction in recent weeks.

The repudiation of the Republican incumbent's economic policies came as McCain has struggled to find a message that would reverse his sagging poll results nationally and in some battleground states. Yet, McCain echoed a line from President George H.W. Bush and his son, George W. Bush, about Democrats "measuring the drapes" that proved ineffectual for the GOP in 1992 and 2006.

"Sen. Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi and Sen. (Harry) Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq," McCain said, targeting the prospect of one-party government with references to the Democratic leaders of the House and Senate.

In 1992, President George H.W. Bush told a Houston rally when he went to the Oval Office he expected to find Democratic candidate Bill Clinton "there measuring the drapes. Put those drapes on hold, it's going to be curtain time." Clinton unseated Bush.

In October 2006, President George W. Bush said congressional Democrats "were measuring the drapes" and planning to take control of Congress. A month later, Democrats won the House and Senate.

McCain acknowledged Obama's lead in the polls. "The national media has written us off," McCain added. "But they forgot to let you decide."

"What America needs in this hour is a fighter," he said, adding that he knew Americans were worried about the direction of the country.

"I know what hopelessness feels like. It's an enemy who defeats your will. I felt those things once before. I will never let them in again," McCain said, a clear reference to his 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. "I'm an American. And I choose to fight."

He renewed his pledge to freeze federal spending, renegotiate distressed mortgages to help middle class homeowners, and cut taxes. He also vowed to bring more experienced leadership to the White House, because "the next president won't have time to get used to the office."

McCain compared Obama to Herbert Hoover, the Republican who was president when the stock market crashed in 1929 triggering the Depression.

"The last president to raise taxes and restrict trade in a bad economy as Sen. Obama proposes was Herbert Hoover. That didn't turn out too well," McCain said. "They say those who don't learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Well, my friends, I know my history lessons, and I sure won't make the mistakes Sen. Obama will."

In fact, Obama's tax plan calls for reductions for Americans making less than $200,000 a year.

McCain's retooled pitch comes as Republican campaign veterans say he needs to do more than just attack Obama in an economic environment that favors Democrats.

Obama leads in enough states to be within reach of the 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory while McCain is being forced to defend Republican turf where polls show the race close. That's partly because of Obama's well-funded onslaught of TV ads and extensive network of field troops registering and canvassing voters; McCain trails on both fronts.

It was a measure of McCain's troubles that he was campaigning Monday, just three weeks before the election, in Virginia and later in North Carolina, both normally solid for the GOP nominee but in play this year.

Virginia hasn't voted for a Democratic president since 1964, North Carolina since 1976.

McCain's visit to North Carolina, where he again used his new stump speech, was his first in six months, while Obama has spent considerable time and resources in the state. President Bush twice won North Carolina by double-digit margins.

The state's May primary was expected to be an afterthought, but Obama's extended race with Hillary Rodham Clinton for the nomination helped drive a boom in Democratic voter registrations. Since Jan. 1, new voter registrations in North Carolina have favored Democrats nearly 4-to-1.

Introducing McCain to the Virginia crowd, Palin sought to temper the sometimes volatile outbursts from supporters against Obama that marked the ticket's rallies last week.

The Alaska governor never mentioned the Illinois senator by name or his connections to 1960s-era radical Bill Ayers, a reference she made repeatedly last week that incited the crowds.

When supporters started chanting "No-Bama, No-Bama," Palin jumped in to say voter anger was driven by economic woes.

"There's anger about the insider dealing of lobbyists. Anger about the greed on Wall Street. Anger about the arrogance of the Washington elite," she said.

[Olo401]

Canada has elections? I wonder how many people in America knows anything about Canadian politics?

^^/

http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showt...65#post2274865
http://www.bluegartr.com/forum/showt...16#post2274816

I don't know much, but it's enough to get by in the case that an escape plan needs to be executed.

[aurik]

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...Submitted=true

Palin 2012? lol...

[Kuya]

I'd rather McCain win than let her ever even come close to the White House in 2012.

[Talus]

I'm surprising no one has mentioned that Hustler fast-tracked a porno with a Palin-look alike named "Nailin' Paylin' " or something like that. It was on TMZ and a bunch of other sites.

[SwampdonkeyPLD]

Someone did.

[Zilong]

Palin as the republican nominee in 2012 is just gonna hand the presidency to the democrats in a silver platter.

[Headspace]

Well the world might actually end in 2012

[Beckwin]

Well the world might actually end in 2012

yeah if palin gets elected.