Do you think McCain is sincere in his claims to "work" for every American?

Do I think McCain is sincere in his claim to work for every American…......No.

That Palin statement could be misinterpreted in so many ways. My first thought was that she obviously meant pro-Republican or pro-McCain, which would in essence be calling Obama and his supporters un-American. Sounds like another big screw-up from their camp to me.

No. McCain plays for McCain. End of story.

As for the other part of the question, McCain’s camp is using Palin to make divisive statements designed to motivate the party base and piss off everyone else. She is just another glory hound willing to sell her soul for what she perceives to be success.

This is how I answered another question a couple days ago, I think it applies here.

I just don’t know when folks are going to get it. In general, the Republican party does not care about you and me. This Joe sixpack bs that Palin spouts off about is actually an insult to the working class. I can totally understand being a Republican if you are the CEO of a company and your tax bracket is such that you want to protect the status quo, but for the average American earning UP To $250K, what are they thinking? The GOP looks at you as a worker bee who should feel lucky to have your miserable little life, your mind numbing job and according to Sarah, your reward to look forward to is your six pack at the end of the day.

No sireee.

I think he meant to say, “work over every American”

@poofandmook: “That Palin statement could be misinterpreted in so many ways” Nice try, but your conclusion requires that you believe the words she said (“I love to visit pro-American states”) mean something other than what they do. She could have used the words you suggest…:)

@SoapChef: “I just don’t know when folks are going to get it.” I don’t know either and I’m not hopeful that it will be any time soon.

@jvgr: But that wouldn’t be slinging the same mud as what she actually said/possibly implied.

Well, war between the states could create work for every American. Or, everyone could be conscripted into a new war on an abstract concept threatening America. We’ve already got wars on “Drugs” and “Terror”, what next? The “War on Smarts”?

Here’s another take on language. Words matter.

”He mobilized the English language and sent it into battle to steady his fellow countrymen and hearten those Europeans upon whom the long dark night of tyranny had descended.”
—Edward R. Murrow, American journalist, on Winston Churchill, 1954

In watching the campaign to date, I think there are primarily two camps-people who are more comfortable with group-think, and people who prefer to work things out for themselves. A lot of people have a need to have a need to “jump on the bandwagon” as they say in advertising class. They like to think that if a large group of people think alike, then it must be right. This manifests itself in a lot of ways—you see it in subdivisions, with houses that look alike, clothing selections teenagers wear, people driving SUVs, church rhetoric, fast food, etc.

I believe that McCain/Palin plays to this group. If your are of the temprament where you like to analyze and question, then there’s probably not a lot there for you. Pretty much what she said was, “If you ain’t wid us, then you aginst us.”

What? You mean there’s a possibility that politicians WON’T do what they promise?

If you mean “work for every American” as being employed and paid by every American, then yes. If you mean to act in the best interest of every American, then of course the answer is no. He may have convinced himself that he knows what is best but he clings to outdated, disproven theories like trickle-down economics. Lord knows most Americans are tired of being trickled on when all we get is dampened by a noxious fluid.

Palin was implying that her supporters own the country, she’s brown nosing.