Palin Talks Foreign Policy with Msnbc

September 11, 2008, the Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate,Sarah Palin, discussed foregin policy with msnbc news correspondent, CharlesGibson for the first time. During the interview, she said that the UnitedStates should support Georgia in their rough struggle with Russia. This is intrestingbecause it shows the path that Palin might take if herself and John McCain getselected. Her views are thought provoking because they are in line with the Republican Party of over the last eight years. She is suggesting that Russia beremoved from the elite group of Eight Great Powers in support of Georgia. Thiscould impact Americans and the rest of the World because Russia has nuclearpower capability. People should care about this because this could potentiallystart another major war.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/11/war_with_russia_palin_talks_fo.html

McCain and Obama come Together

Thursday, September 11, 2008 McCain and Obama came together and shook hands at Gound Zero. According to cnn.com, "nearly two-thirds of those surveyed, 62 percent, believe that the Republican presidential nominee would be the better candidate to handle the issue of terrorism, compared with 34 percent who believe that his Democratic rival, Obama, would be better on the issue." This shows how new nominee is being contrasted to President Bushin a positve way. Being intresting and thought provoking, viewers can see how John McCain, might be a more sensible choice to deal with terrorism. This means that the impact of September 11, 2001, can affect the upcoming elections in many ways. It will impact both thevoters and the campaigners for next year. I should care about this because 9/11 affected allaspects of future politics.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/candidates.sept11/index.html

'Lipstick on a pig': Attack on Palin or common line?

Late Tuesday afternoon, Obama made his controversial "lipstick" remark at a Virginia campaign stop. As quoted by cnn.com, "That's not change. That's just calling something the same thing something different. You know you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. You know you can wrap an old fish in a piece of paper called change, it's still going to stink after eight years. We've had enough of the same old thing." To many, this remark sounded like a reference to Republican Vice Presidential Candidate, Sarah Palin. The controversial remark comes across as being sexist towards females. Though many might defend Obama in his statement towards change, he should have been more mindful in his choice of words. One might think that both Republican and Democratic speeches are reviewed before taking place. Obama's Democratic supporters defend him, stating that this was simply an unfortunate choice of words, others might argue that it was a brief reference to Sarah Palin. This article was intresting in more than one way, the most important way seemed to be, that rarely a Presidential Candidate might make discriminative comments on another. This means many might feel differently towards Obama, they mightagree with his statement, feel like it was attacking Palin, or even think there was no reference to her at all. Those are voters in which mightmake an impact on the upcoming Presidential Elections. I should care about this because it is important to realize both sides of a campaign and listen to all views.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/campaign.lipstick/index.html

Biden challenges Palin to take questions

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13218.html

www.politico.com

In this article, Joe Biden is challenging his counterpart Sarah Palin on the Republican ticket. Although Biden believes that Palin is intelligent and a strong opponent, eventually she will have to speak "on the record." I think this article is interesting because Joe Biden explains that although he believes that life begins at inception, he does not believe in imposing those beliefs on the public. To me, this article shows how even though there are stereotypes between Democratic and Republican beliefs which differ, they do not necessarily mean they are the only way each person has to believe. This will impact the public that might be strictly conservative or liberal. It showed me as a viewer that one can have Democratic views but at the same time believe in more conservative issues. People should take this into consideration while over viewing who to vote for in the November elections and compare their person views with the Democratic side or Republican.

Palin Throws Punches

On Wednesday, September 3, Sarah Palin was introduced at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minnesota. As a viewer, I thought her speech was intresting because she came across to be a very powerful speaker. It important and thought provoking because she gave a different view of Senator Obama, the Democratic presidential candidate. Her speech will impact what may sway voters who initially may have voted for Senator Obama. This is important because the Presidential Election is coming very soon, this November