Posted on 09/07/2008 1:39:05 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin yesterday challenged the reform credentials of her Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, contrasting his many years and many friends in Washington with her reputation as a reformist outsider.
Yet as the McCain campaign attempted on its post-convention swing West to wrest the issue of "change" away from the Democrats, Barack Obama for the first time yesterday took a shot at Palin, scoffing at her boast that she's an anti-earmark "champion."
Obama's former Democratic primary rival Hillary Rodham Clinton once again brushed aside questions about Palin yesterday as she marched with labor and stumped for Democrats in Manhattan and Staten Island. "This election is about issues," she said.
With polls showing a close race with two months to go to the election, the McCain and Obama campaigns have focused on asserting that they, not their rivals, will bring the change needed to a Washington many Americans deplore as unresponsive.
Seeking distance from his unpopular president and party, GOP presidential nominee John McCain brought his "change is coming" message yesterday to Colorado and New Mexico.
As another friendly crowd gathered at the local airport here, many to see the new GOP star, Palin went on the attack.
Speaking in a hangar as thousands stood waving American flags, Palin noted that many say the choice of a vice president says a lot about a presidential candidate. Obama, she said, had chosen a "fine man." But she also cast the senator from Delaware, who was first elected in 1972, as a creature of Washington.
"Senator Biden can claim many chairmanships across many, many years in Washington. He certainly has many friends in Washington's establishment," Palin said.
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Remind me whose side Newsday is on. So he feels the need to use the phrase “another FRIENDLY crowd.” What?? A friendly crowd at a campaign rally? You cannot be series.
So...in what mayo jar has she been kept in?
LOL!
She’s front and center!
Hey, I got a new tagline!
Well Duh! Of course another lawyer in DC will spark and inspire Change...
More like an agent of making change and pocketing the difference.
I’m thinking he has changed a LOT of booze bottles from full to empty.
He changed his draft status.
Sarah America is more effective when she is destroying the Obama myth.
I personally think she doesn’t even need to talk about Biden.
I think she can effectively attack them both on real issues. The clear fact that they are two big parts of the problem-not the solution, should do well.
I’m sure “our” Sarah will have many suggestions on how to deal with Old Joe. She will, most likely, reject them all.
However, let me add one. Perhaps she can arrange to be introduced AFTER Old Joe. When she is introduced, Old Joe will try and shake her hand. Dismissively, she should wave at him, turn to the camera and say:”Hello, America.”
That smell is Old Joe’s hair plugs on fire.
Palin??? I thought he was running against George Bush. He better make up his mind pretty soon, or people will start thinking he's a lightweight.
LOL!!! Only 800!!!! McCain/Palin had 10s of 1000s yesterday and people had to be turned away and the "Messiah" is only drawing 800 people! ROTFLMAO!!!
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They know they better use this phrase in every article the next two days... because it's likely to be a known untruth by the end of the week.
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