What do you think John McCain should say at the Debate tonight?  Here are four things I'd like to hear him talk about.

- Mike Silverman, Milford MA

John McCain and Sarah Palin must win this election.  We simply can not afford an Obama/Biden administration. The attempts to tear down Sarah and John are going to rise more and more over the next few weeks. We need to keep from falling into the trap of buying into those attacks and keep from falling into despair over polling numbers. DO NOT PUT YOUR FUTURE IN THE HANDS OF POLLSTERS! Liberal media pundits will try to dispirit you with unbalanced polling data. Pay no attention to any negative polling. We will win this if we just get out there and vote. That is the absolute bottom line.  Personally, I intend to be first in line on election day to cast my ballot for McCain/Palin and for any and all the Republicans running in my state of Massachusetts. No barking pundits out there trying to assassinate the character and quality of our candidates is going to destroy my enthusiasm to cast my ballot for them this November. No critique of debate performance will matter at all. We should make this the biggest Republican turnout in vote history. Let's embarass the Democrats by drowning them out at the polling booths and putting McCain/Palin in by such huge numbers that the liberal pundits will be choking on thier own tongues in disbelief. We can make this happen.

 Now, having said that, I need to vent my disgust about this economic bailout package the Senate passed. Would you like to know why in that AP poll 8 out of ten people say that this economic fallout with the banking industry will effect them?  Because  of all the screaming panicking pundits doing thier very best to scare people out of thier wits, pounding us every day, every night, every waking moment with insane tripe about the end of days for the united states, this has been a sickening display of howling self-serving elitists with delusions of grandeur wanting to call attention to themselves as the go-to illuminati of economic armageddon.  We need political leaders giving us positive reinforcement on the strong values of the American institutions that have made this the greatest place on earth to live, not prophets of doom crying about the apocalypse.  If we are in such horrible, awful dire straits, why are people all over the world still coming by the ten's of thousands to the US to seek economic prosperity? Have they stopped coming here?  No, even with some weakness in the current economy we are still the strongest economic power on earth. Now how many days has it been since the predicted doom of our economy?  Quite  few. And we're still in business, and not in a depression.  Also, John McCain is destroying himself by voting in favor of this bill. He can now no longer get up on the stump and declare that he is opposed to earmarks.  That nice little speech he likes to give where he takes his pen out of his pocket and waves it around, showing how he's going to veto any spending bill with pork in it is now an utter fairytale and he can be called on it all day long.  This was a terrible and unfortunate move for him. VERY VERY DISAPPOINTING.  I will still vote for John , but it will be much more an anti-Obama, pro-Palin vote, and much less a pro-McCain vote. This ridiculous vote has caused many Movement Conservatives to want to pull thier McCain dartboards out again. This is the frustrating behavior that Conservatives are so very familiar with from McCain's political career, sadly he has not learned anything at all from this campaign. He has not learned who has his back, namely the Republican base, he has not learned how to keep from alienating the base that he needs to carry him to the White House and give him a mandate. John McCain is a great man, but he can be an infuriating politician. Perhaps the saddest thing of all in this, is that his vote has POISONED Governor Palin. Now , as his running mate, she has to go out and support this asinine vote he made and defend his approving ridiculous earmarks.  If Senator McCain want's to ruin his own political capitol with his inane politics, fine, let him destroy himself, but how dare he drag down Sarah Palin with him? With one hand he did a great thing by giving Sarah Palin a huge chance to boost her political career and credentials and bring a real Conservative up to the forefront, and with the other hand he slaps her in chains and tosses her in the ocean. This is tragic.
 
- Mike Silverman

Republican politicians, and particularly Conservatives , are tougher than anyone else in politics today.  They need to be, since they are the endless target of nearly all mainstream press smears, screeching left wing zealots supporting every social taboo in existence, and backstabbing political colleagues in the Democrat party. If, despite all this, Conservative politicians stand fast on thier principles then they are by far the toughest politicians around this country today and very worthy leaders. By contrast, Liberal Democrat politicians today can be soft, squishy, and cowardly..., and still be liberal. They get petted by the media, cheered by the screaming extremists, and get thier way with jelly spined moderates in the Republican party. They need exert very little effort to be who they are.  And, Democrat politicians don't need to concern themselves that moderators at debates between Republican and Democrat might be lopsided conservative Republican supporters. They won't be. Never have been.  So, where does that bring us?  Nowhere.  The upcoming debate between Governor Sarah Palin and Senator Joe Biden is being moderated by a woman named Gwen Ifill, who loathes Republicans. Wow.., that's a surprise ( not ). Here's a quote from the gracious Gwen Ifill commenting on Senate Republcians who, in 1998, defeated a bill for campaign finance reform, and Ms. Ifill was obviously not happy that the Senate Republicans expressed satisfaction at having done so..., Here's her quote...,

"It was a bill that was doomed to die. The last time you heard people so eager to claim responsibility for something like this, they were terrorists." — NBC reporter Gwen Ifill, February 27 Washington Week in Review on PBS. ( source = https://www.mediaresearch.org/notablequotables/bestof/1998/best7-9.asp )

Yes, she called Republicans terrorists. This is the fair minded level headed moderator who will be throwing questions of her own design at Sarah Palin.  Now..., don't misunderstand. I actually think this wonderful. What better way to contrast the differences between a strident Liberal extremist woman and a strong confident everyday Conservative woman?  Sarah will come out fine from this, and even more so if Ms. Ifill stoops to trying to sabotage Sarah Palin. If Ms. Ifill gets testy with her Sarah should just flash that friendly smile, answer the questions smoothly, and show that she's not the least bit rattled by spiteful left wing windbags. Nothing irks Liberals more than having no effect on the people they target.

- Mike Silverman , Milford MA

From the day John McCain announced Sarah Palin as his choice for VP, there has been a concerted effort to destroy her personally and professionally. Her intellect, her religion, her family, her moral values and her motherhood have been brutally clubbed, stabbed and raped by the teeth-grinding pseudo-savants lurking behind the moldy liberal duck blinds of MSNBC, NY TIMES, Hollywood cameras, phony abortion-centric feminism, and empty-headed talk shows like The View. We have all seen it take form in the absolute worst of a morally bankrupt social clique of dyed-in-the-wool liberalized assassins. The effort has extended to trying to convince you, and me, in the grass roots base that we have made a tragic error in supporting Sarah Palin. But the swarm of liberal fleas have made the same mistake they always make. Genuine Conservative skin is impervious to flea bites. Conservatism is the antidote. Its the DDT of socialism. They are taking it to us..., daring us to flinch and abandon our heroes in the midst of the battle. Well, it's time to pull out the flyswatter and strike back. Sarah Palin is the target of a cultural war that the liberals are terrified of losing..., and we, you and I, are the front line defense pushing back. Why...you might ask..., is our lady so reviled by those dwelling in the stench-emanating bogs of liberalism? The answer is so simple , so very very clear. Sarah is not an evangelist, not a finger-pointer, not a naysayer, she's simply..., quietly..., living the life values that we cherish. She is the EXAMPLE of what Conservative values mean to us and the success story that wins the day with a complete rejection of all liberal dogma. What we learn from Sarah is not in the words she speaks, but in the example of her life choices, her personal drive, her moral values, her family, and ultimately her successes. Sarah doesn't have to talk-the-talk because she already walks-the-walk. Sarah is our lady , because she genuinely represents us, and no amount of liberal temper tantrums will make us turn our backs on her. When they attack Sarah, they attack all of us, and we will make them pay for that at the polls this November.

- Mike Silverman