You feel better after reading CNN's viewers feedback:

[curious one]

link:
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Justin

updated 1 hour, 53 minutes agoListening to Palin's speech tonight, I cried. Not tears of joy, hope, or happiness. I cried because i am scared that her rhetoric will affect people's decisions about America's future. This speech was scarier than ...more
Listening to Palin's speech tonight, I cried. Not tears of joy, hope, or happiness. I cried because i am scared that her rhetoric will affect people's decisions about America's future. This speech was scarier than any movie, any war, and anything I can think of. If people believe this obvious pandering of ideologies, I pray we can get through these next four years. less



Geraldine

updated 1 hour, 54 minutes agoI have been watching this for days to determine how I should vote. Palin's speech has been the deciding factor for me. Aside from the issues, she has about as much experience as my next door neighbor. I can't belie ...more
I have been watching this for days to determine how I should vote. Palin's speech has been the deciding factor for me. Aside from the issues, she has about as much experience as my next door neighbor. I can't believe she has the nerve to ignore the obvious and come out as if she isn't a bit aware of the fact that hardly anyone knows who she is and she hasn't earned the standing to be attacking other's experience. The only thing that I have seen that is similar is George Bush's complete obliviousness to the public view. Maybe like him, she only watches FOX news. I was hoping McCain would be more in tune to the American people. His judgement is a serious question. less



Molly D

updated 1 hour, 54 minutes agoWow, I'm extremely disappointed with Palin's speech. I was willing to give her a chance. despite the questions the press (rightly!) have been asking about her (being a complete unknown to most of us in the lower 48), ...more
Wow, I'm extremely disappointed with Palin's speech. I was willing to give her a chance. despite the questions the press (rightly!) have been asking about her (being a complete unknown to most of us in the lower 48), but she didn't say a single thing to dissuade my gut feeling - this person is a truly frightening choice for the control of the US nuclear arsenal. Bulldog my &%$#@ ***! Try COMPLETE AMATEUR!!! less



Myke

updated 1 hour, 54 minutes agoThe GOP showed thier true colors tonight.

The Obama campaign has McCain all wrong. This isn't four more years of George W. Bush. This is worse.
The GOP showed thier true colors tonight.

The Obama campaign has McCain all wrong. This isn't four more years of George W. Bush. This is worse. less



Michelle

updated 1 hour, 57 minutes agoVery diappointing speech tonight from the Republican VP candidate. I CAN'T WAIT UNITL OBAMA GETS A CHANCE TO DEBATE WITH THE REBUBLIANS .
Very diappointing speech tonight from the Republican VP candidate. I CAN'T WAIT UNITL OBAMA GETS A CHANCE TO DEBATE WITH THE REBUBLIANS . less



Ex Republican

updated 1 hour, 57 minutes agoOH NO SHE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to vote for McCain until I watched and heard Palin's speech.....I cant believe her! I am in shock! She is so Nasty.......disrespectful.....and Rude. My Vote is for Obama All the way!
OH NO SHE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to vote for McCain until I watched and heard Palin's speech.....I cant believe her! I am in shock! She is so Nasty.......disrespectful.....and Rude. My Vote is for Obama All the way! less



Juan

updated 1 hour, 57 minutes agoSarah Palin is the latest version of Harriet Myers. Wow, is she ever in-over-her-head. What was McSame thinking?
Sarah Palin is the latest version of Harriet Myers. Wow, is she ever in-over-her-head. What was McSame thinking? less



Bekabug

updated 1 hour, 57 minutes agoI thought the speech, my mistake, speeches tonight were extremely nasty. I keep thinking we all have to live in this country after this election. The Republicans showed themselves for who they really are tonight - Willing to tear down every shred of unity to be in power.
I thought the speech, my mistake, speeches tonight were extremely nasty. I keep thinking we all have to live in this country after this election. The Republicans showed themselves for who they really are tonight - Willing to tear down every shred of unity to be in power. less



Crisanto

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoWow, when I looked into everyone's eyes today while they gave their speach all I could see were a buch of Educated and articulate LIES, DECEPTION & INSINCERITY. Come America, wh call ALL SEE THROUGH these people. They all look and speack so FAKE!
Wow, when I looked into everyone's eyes today while they gave their speach all I could see were a buch of Educated and articulate LIES, DECEPTION & INSINCERITY. Come America, wh call ALL SEE THROUGH these people. They all look and speack so FAKE! less



Joanne

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoShe said it all.
Obama backers - KEEP YOUR CHANGE.
She said it all.
Obama backers - KEEP YOUR CHANGE. less



Adam

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoIt was a great night for the Republicans. Only a blind optimist can still think that Obama is qualified as commander in chief. I guess Obama thinks his time as a "community organizer" may help.
It was a great night for the Republicans. Only a blind optimist can still think that Obama is qualified as commander in chief. I guess Obama thinks his time as a "community organizer" may help. less



Doug

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoYep bout time someone who has had real life problems and has strong ties to small town America ran for office. Of course Demos are bashing her. She might expect some people to work for a living and not live off welfare. Also a gun owner...I love it.
Yep bout time someone who has had real life problems and has strong ties to small town America ran for office. Of course Demos are bashing her. She might expect some people to work for a living and not live off welfare. Also a gun owner...I love it. less



shaun

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoafter listening tonight...i dont think its the LEFT that is ANGRY!
after listening tonight...i dont think its the LEFT that is ANGRY! less



Pat

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoSarah Palin makes Hillary Clinton look as meek as your grandmother. Palin can sling mud with the worst of them (she's the new Karl Rove). With Palin leading the charge, this campaign is going to be the nastiest ever. ...more
Sarah Palin makes Hillary Clinton look as meek as your grandmother. Palin can sling mud with the worst of them (she's the new Karl Rove). With Palin leading the charge, this campaign is going to be the nastiest ever.

How very, very sad that the GOP continues to appeal to the fears and prejudices of the American people. I pray we are a better nation than that. less



Jeff

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoYikes. She definitely was not chosen to get women - she was chosen to attack Obama AND everything the democratic party stands for. God help our country if these people get up to our capitol. She's Coulter in a skirt. You read that right too.
Yikes. She definitely was not chosen to get women - she was chosen to attack Obama AND everything the democratic party stands for. God help our country if these people get up to our capitol. She's Coulter in a skirt. You read that right too. less



Chris

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoDisgusting speech filled with hatred. Where is your substance Palin?

The whole RNC has been nothing more than a bashing-fest and a poor attempt in trying to scare people into voting for their poor excuse ...more
Disgusting speech filled with hatred. Where is your substance Palin?

The whole RNC has been nothing more than a bashing-fest and a poor attempt in trying to scare people into voting for their poor excuse for a ticket. Where is the integrity?

As a Christian, I am disgusted by this level is bashing. less



Fran

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoShe dished it out, I hope she can take it. And not use the woman card and cry about it. Obama campaign has not said anything about her, she started it now lets see if she can take it.
She dished it out, I hope she can take it. And not use the woman card and cry about it. Obama campaign has not said anything about her, she started it now lets see if she can take it. less



Todd

updated 1 hour, 58 minutes agoI have to admit, I missed her speech. But my wife has been saying she was excited to vote for a woman. However, she just walked into our den saying "ahhhh, she sounds a b***h, I can't do it." Not a good sign.
I have to admit, I missed her speech. But my wife has been saying she was excited to vote for a woman. However, she just walked into our den saying "ahhhh, she sounds a b***h, I can't do it." Not a good sign. less



Jim

updated 2 hours, 6 minutes agoSorry GOP. As an independant voter I was not moved at all by Sarah Palin's Speech... actually, I was quite bored. The country is heading down a horrible path and Sarah Palin -- you said nothing to inspire me.
Sorry GOP. As an independant voter I was not moved at all by Sarah Palin's Speech... actually, I was quite bored. The country is heading down a horrible path and Sarah Palin -- you said nothing to inspire me. less



SK

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoSo many negative attacks and such little substance. It is depressing to see this.
So many negative attacks and such little substance. It is depressing to see this. less



Blu

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoIt was not much of a speech. It appears the Republicans are trying to run the 2004 election over again. It feels like the beginning of the end for them.
It was not much of a speech. It appears the Republicans are trying to run the 2004 election over again. It feels like the beginning of the end for them. less



SC

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoThis was her coming out speech??? This is what she's been working on all week?? I still don't know who she is. All I've learned is that she is great at delivering one liners written by others...Did anyone actually inform her about what a V.P. does? Judging from this speech, she still may not know...
This was her coming out speech??? This is what she's been working on all week?? I still don't know who she is. All I've learned is that she is great at delivering one liners written by others...Did anyone actually inform her about what a V.P. does? Judging from this speech, she still may not know... less



AG

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agohow many times are they going to remind people that mccain was a POW?

and the whole "drill baby drill" chant frightens me to the core.
how many times are they going to remind people that mccain was a POW?

and the whole "drill baby drill" chant frightens me to the core. less



Matt

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoNever before tonight have i been pushed so far to the left and towards Barack Obama. I was undecided until Palin took the stage tonight. Arrogance beyond belief sums it up. No timing, substance, or tact. Just attacks ...more
Never before tonight have i been pushed so far to the left and towards Barack Obama. I was undecided until Palin took the stage tonight. Arrogance beyond belief sums it up. No timing, substance, or tact. Just attacks and the same stories that we have all heard over and over again. Tonight, my vote is decided and my candidate is Barack Obama. less



kriss go

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoAbsolutely nothing of value. I am saddened that this woman who has such an unbelievable forum to discuss women's issues could only muster conversation around being a Hockey Mom. Where's her position on equal pay. O ...more
Absolutely nothing of value. I am saddened that this woman who has such an unbelievable forum to discuss women's issues could only muster conversation around being a Hockey Mom. Where's her position on equal pay. Obama had the class to be gratious to her, sadly, her only tactic is to attack. Thats not the woman I wish to represent me.

- Former Republican 44 year old mother of two! less



John

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoThis speech belongs on Jerry Springer, not on a national political stage. There are 5 potshot-punchlines at Democrats for every one statement about McCain. Tell us something positive about your ideals, not about the t ...more
This speech belongs on Jerry Springer, not on a national political stage. There are 5 potshot-punchlines at Democrats for every one statement about McCain. Tell us something positive about your ideals, not about the top ten quips you came up with yesterday.

I'm so embarrassed for our country... less



Yep

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoWas only able to listen to her speech for 5 minutes before I had to turn off the T.V. We get it, you are from a small town, small towns make up America, you're a mom, yada yada yada. Good job...I guess.
Was only able to listen to her speech for 5 minutes before I had to turn off the T.V. We get it, you are from a small town, small towns make up America, you're a mom, yada yada yada. Good job...I guess. less



Hieian

updated 2 hours, 7 minutes agoSpeech sound like a McCain script filled with misinformation and lame disses with no substance and no issues. F-
Speech sound like a McCain script filled with misinformation and lame disses with no substance and no issues. F- less


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[kath]

1. Thanks. I DO feel better!

[Democrats_win]

2. Much better. Yes, only thing about economy: Lie that Obama will raise your taxes.

Of course it's a total lie. She didn't really talk about people losing their jobs because of yet another Republican recession.

While Obama tried to find common ground, she tried to rip America apart.

[writes3000]

3. Wow, I hope this is representative of the whole country. And I pray she turned women off. nt

[kysrsoze]

5. I'm helping that out by pointing out her fucked up religion and the Master's Commission of Wasilla

in every place I possibly can. I believe we've found the true "Chosen One."

[cwydro]

4. Good to read those.

I still haven't seen the speech, but it looks like the McCain ticket is going negative and nasty all the way.

No surprise there, I guess.

[Greyskye]

6. Good to know that people could see through that crap

At least I wasn't the only one yelling at the TV. :grr:

[Cha]

7. Pretty funny how they're all doubled..this was one of my

faves..

"Ex Republican

updated 1 hour, 57 minutes agoOH NO SHE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to vote for McCain until I watched and heard Palin's speech.....I cant believe her! I am in shock! She is so Nasty.......disrespectful.....and Rude. My Vote is for Obama All the way!
OH NO SHE DIDN'T!!!!!!!!!!!! I was going to vote for McCain until I watched and heard Palin's speech.....I cant believe her! I am in shock! She is so Nasty.......disrespectful.....and Rude. My Vote is for Obama All the way! less"

Rec'd~ Get it to the Greatest:)

[Undercurrent]

8. Yup. I read these too, and I was amazed!

I feared the worst (such a pessimist I am!).

[crispini]

9. Nice! nt

[eshfemme]

10. It really helps to underline that the MSM and GOP is in some other world other than the real one.

It's just so weird-- the disconnect. I think that's what people have been waking up to and it makes them do different things-- some vote for Obama and turn democratic but I'm also noticing a lot of people going indie and/or for Ron Paul but yeah, hardly any for GOP.

[stolivodka]

11. burn baby burn

This is fast becoming a rout. All those bought and paid for media talking heads were acting like it was the best speech ever. Then, in all of 30 minutes, it had fizzled out and McCrap was back in his pile of mediocrity. I made $300 on Intrade, thanks to those McCain suckers who bought the crap. Now, they'll spend all day tomorrow talking about what a nasty person Palin is and maybe that's why her family is so screwed up. McCain will make his speech, and people will make snarky remarks about how the VP had a better speechwriter than the Presidential candidate. It was a good day.

[calimary]

18. Welcome to DU! Very astute observation - "Now, theyll spend all day tomorrow talking about

what a nasty person palin is and maybe that's why her family is so screwed up."

Man, does that ever boil it down to its essence!

[Chrisnreno]

12. This is encouraging.

One comment after another stating just how nasty and divisive her speech was. Her speech was really disappointing and really showed the utter hatred that seethes through the Republican ranks. The speech left me disgusted. Reading these comments made me feel much better. Apparently many people aren't buying into right-wing fear and hatred this election season. Hallelujah!! Thanks for sharing...

[calimary]

19. Welcome to DU! I'm evidently with a whole bunch of people who are thinking -

"gee, I thought it was just me..." after watching that speech. I was revolted by it. What a snot-nose. In junior high or high school, understandable, because that's the level this was. Totally unsavory and embarrassingly juvenile. Kinda gave me a minor sense of peace, though - to think that if enough Americans fall for this that they win or get close enough to steal again, then that tells you a LOT more about the electorate, which either willfully or negligently or gullibly swallowed it again, than it does about the candidates preferred. I would be proud NOT to be numbered among such a group. It'd be like a badge of honor!

[DerekJ]

31. She failed to define herself in a positive light, and failed to introduce herself to the public in

a way that counters all those rumors, and what she did is parrot al the weak ineffective attacks on Obama, as if the speech was made for someone else.

FAIL.

[cameozalaznick]

32. Keith Olbermann called her Tracy Flick

after the Reese Witherspoon character in the mvie "Election." I thought it was pretty apt.

[VolcanoJen]

13. I certainly agree that Obama/Biden has this all wrong.

Palin/McCain isn't Same As Bush. It's Worse Than Bush.

[rbrnmw]

14. just when I thought it could never be worse!!!!

I have to say one thing for Dumbya (then go take 10 showers) Cheney at least had experience. McCain is really stupid for picking this trainwreck.

[calimary]

17. Welcome to DU! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. I feel like I'm holding my breath,

afraid to exhale.

Glad you're here, though! We need you - now more than EVER.

[calimary]

15. For the last few hours, since I started reading those comments, I've been stunned.

Truly stunned! I hesitate to grab this and run with it. It's just a single pool of voters - may not be representative of the whole universe.

Nevertheless, I learned from my local radio days that input from listeners was HIGHLY significant. First of all, why do you think they bother with a request line or click your favorite song and the like? Because they want the input. It tells 'em what you like and want, AND it tells 'em that you're there, to begin with. When they know you're there, the tendency is to assume that where there's smoke there's fire so maybe you're not the only one who wants this. A single letter (especially something on paper via snail mail) carries LOTS of weight. It's representative of multiples - depending on the market size. One equals 10, 100, 1,000, etc. They figure the fact that you meant this to such an extreme that you actually got off your apathy and wrote in about it - suggests that there may be that many more people who agree with you but, for whatever reason, did not write in about it. And if you get a few letters all saying similar things, that weighs heavily - especially such a laborious medium as pen-to-paper and stamp-and-envelope. Multiply it out and you start to get some startlingly impressive numbers - and it gets your attention. Emails and phone calls also, but a paper letter is tremendously significant, especially these days when everybody either phones or texts or sends email. Paul Begala once said 100 paper letters could change the course of a news program. This affected me personally - a single favorable mention of me in Arbitron's ARB Talkback (what it was called) saved my job for a year, through lots of office turbulence, otherwise sliding ratings, a serious house-cleaning, and many heads rolling out the door.

LONG and annoying way of saying (sorry about that!) I'm tempted to think that this is representative of a rather substantial audience pool. Not sure what the ratio is for CNN - active audience feedback versus passive audience. But if ONE of these is worth several multiples, or several hundred or thousand multiples, then this is ASTOUNDING. FOR Obama/Biden. When you compare how many pro-palin comments there were to how many anti-palin comments, it was mind-blowingly lopsided against palin and/or mcsame/palin.

I couldn't help myself. This link was like the proverbial book you can't put down. Gobbled up the whole thing - all the posts all the way to the end. I was deeply engrossed, mesmerized even. Just stunned by the magnitude of the reaction ("Shit! I couldn't have written all this stuff, and you know how strongly I feel about it!"). Same for the nature of the comments. Significant in many of these: that she is actively driving them away - in most cases toward Barack Obama, and with growing conviction. There is a secondary theme that keeps popping up, too - adverse to mcsame - the judgment thing for picking her and all that. But mainly toward her - many likened her to the snotty cheerleader or student body president in high school, not remotely ready to be VP. There were Dems, 'CONS, independents, many saying they came prepared to like her and to hear some positive ideas from her, to be impressed and uplifted. Instead, they got nothing but nasty. She seems to have made a bad first impression on quite a few people. It was very unbecoming. Some even said embarrassing. It's also a humdinger of an audience research report. This, too, is a public opinion poll, however unscientific.

Holy COW...

Just afraid to dare getting that hopeful. I've had two let-downs in a row. This will have been a LONG and VERY sickening eight years.

[renie408]

16. I just finished reading the first 75 responses to her speech and HOLY SHIT!

I believe I counted FOUR responses that could be considered positive and one of those I was not real sure of. Is the CNN comment board a bastion of liberals that I didn't know about or are people really turned off by her. One guy wrote that he didn't watch the speech, but his wife who was excited about voting for a woman did and came out saying that Palin was a bitch and she couldn't vote for her!!

It will be really interesting to see how this works out for them over the next ten weeks.

[pdxmom]

20. I've been trying to find somewhat neutral news sites to read the

responses and try to get a gauge on where the electorate might really be. If you only read liberal/progressive sites, it can set up a bubble. So I regularly check the comments sections on the major news sites and various newspapers. And from what I've seen on a quick trip around, the majority seem to reflect the comments on CNN. People found the Repukes to be nasty and mean, devoid of any substance.

Forget the talking heads...listen to the average person.

[calimary]

25. No kidding. I wrote my own piece and thought it was just me thinking this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6922745

And then after I submitted it, I saw this thread and looked through the comments on the link. HOLY CANOLI. If this is the type of stuff people out in Voterland are saying, it may be what Jack Cafferty said the other day shortly after palin was formally introduced: "it may be Game Over." That day he'd asked something like - did viewers feel more like voting for mcsame with palin in there now, and first, he said they'd been snowed under with SIX THOUSAND emails. The way he described them sounded as though the vast majority thought the same way: that palin is a loser. He said what the viewers were saying was something the republi-CONS weren't going to like. The next hour he came back in the follow-up segment and said it was now ELEVEN THOUSAND emails, and the basic subject matter of them evidently was unchanged.

Then he read a bunch of them on air. Usually he tries to find a sampling of different opinions or opposing opinions. There wasn't ONE that was favorable toward palin. And that was last Friday afternoon. Before her story really got rolling.

I was reluctant to entertain such notions then. I still kinda am. But seems to me we may be seeing an unmistakable and consistent trend. Again, though, this is just the internet comment universe. Could be quite different in that all-important Bible Belt and it certainly was all raves all the time inside the convention hall. But outside? Hmmm... It's not a very good sign...

[bdamomma]

27. I think the average person needs to fire back hard at the media

too, let us start sending e-mails to them.

saved this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_oet&address=358x1903

[Patiod]

21. Maybe she's this year's Pat Buchanan speech

which made my Republican aunt finally see them as mean-spirited.

[genna]

22. Jeff had the best line: She's Coulter in a skirt. You read that right too.

WOW!

[HeeBGBz]

23. Maybe people are finally fed up with the bullshit

The GOP is just mean and snarky with no plan except to steal the rest of the money Bush/Cheney left behind.

[Eurobabe]

24. Bwahaha! The NEOCONS are desperate

but the average people are seeing through the ruse and the beauty queen tactics.

[bdamomma]

26. nice to read that some people will not be swayed

by someone who is "hockey mom" give it a break huh? We have to cut out this cancer in this country.

[bigwillq]

28. I felt better as soon as I heard

Palin's speech. Yes, she did a great job of appealing to the base. But the speech proved that McCain isn't trying to reach out to anyone other than the base. This convention will not bring moderates and independents to their ticket. I am very pleased with that.

[NatBurner]

29. heh... i barely read the articles anymore. i go straight to the comments

CNN, especially-

and don't be fooled: the people can see through the bullshit.

i make a game out of commenting on EVERYTHING, and seeing which ones actually make it through moderation.

my latest comment about palin's speech:

The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which. –George Orwell, Animal Farm

let's see if they print it

[vanderBeth]

30. This did make me feel better.

Thank you.:hi:

[renate]

33. I like what Bekabug said:

"I keep thinking we all have to live in this country after this election."

I think people are sick of all this political ugliness and poo-flinging. I was just reading yesterday that most of the time the more optimistic candidate wins the presidential election (and remember, after playing the nonoptimistic terra terra terra card, Bush didn't actually legitimately win in 2004)--it's probably not too much of a stretch to assume that this kind of ugliness plays well at conventions but not around the country.

[Hope And Change]

34. K & R!