McCain Picks Palin

[Whisky Dog]

Man, this is getting more interesting by the minute. We may get another leader who s things up, we may actually get someone competent, but either way this is entertaining.

[T Park]

How many conservatives will be pissed he didn't pick Romney?

She's a fiscal conservative PERFECT!!!!!!!

[T Park]

As a woman who voted for Hillary, I find it insulting that the Republicans think I'm stupid enough to overlook the fact that McCain goes against just about everything I believe in and vote for him simply because he chose a no-experience trick with a vagina as his VP.

McCain will likely croak during his first term if elected, so Miss Congeniality would be our leader. Frightening.

But you'll vote for a no experience trick with a penus?

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

There's a woman standing behind McCain who just learned women can vote.

[lurker]

How insulting is it that you believe the only reason McCain selected her as a running mate is because he believes it will get him the woman vote.


Thats sexism at its worst.

You're extremely naive if you think this choice wasn't based on gender. The Republicans have spent the past year attacking Obama on his lack of experience, but then they saw the angry Hillary supporters and that light bulb above their heads turned on. Sarah would not have even been considered if Hillary hadn't gotten as many votes as she did during the primaries.

[JoeChalupa]

She looks good and the "Father & Daughter" look could do them good.

[lurker]

There's a woman standing behind McCain who just learned women can vote.

You mean his wife?

[j-6]

Many women (and men for that matter) are dumb enough to vote based on something as shallow as gender so it will without a doubt get him some votes. No matter who you pick it gains you votes. But it also loses you votes. Will this be a net gain or a net loss?

People are going to vote against Obama because he's black and others will vote against McCain because he's 72 years old. Is voting bias regarding to Palin's gender any different?

[J.T.]

the pro lifers, that's all I gotta say.

If a man doesn't want the responsibility of raising children, I think he should be able to walk away from that. But at least with an abortion the kid doesn't have to grow up without a dad.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

How many conservatives will be pissed he didn't pick Romney?

My crazy best friend is...

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

You mean his wife?

Funny, but I meant a woman in the crowd....

[T Park]

So, I guess you're alright with her being the leader of the free world if McCain kicks the bucket? Be honest Biden is going to eat her lunch in the debates....

No more comfortable than a guy with less experience who just babbled the same rhetoric over and over. Biden is another Lieberman.

[angel_luv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

Palin was born in Idaho and raised in Alaska. In 1984, she was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, receiving a scholarship that allowed her to attend the University of Idaho, where she received a degree in journalism. After working as a sports reporter at an Anchorage television station, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council from 1992 to 1996, was elected mayor of Wasilla (population 5,470 in 2000) in 1996, and ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 2002.

Interesting lady.
I like that she was a writer and likes sport. I know that has nothing to do with her ability to be a good vice president, but it makes her personable at least.

[ATRAIN]

Anyone know what song she came out too when McCain announced her? What movie did it come out in? Its driving me crazy!!

[T Park]

You're extremely naive if you think this choice wasn't based on gender. The Republicans have spent the past year attacking Obama on his lack of experience, but then they saw the angry Hillary supporters and that light bulb above their heads turned on. Sarah would not have even been considered if Hillary hadn't gotten as many votes as she did during the primaries.

Wow lol um yeah ok.......

[angel_luv]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

Sarah and her father would sometimes wake at 3 a.m. to hunt moose before school, and the family regularly ran 5k and 10k races

wow-

She played the championship game despite a stress fracture in her ankle, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds

If the VP thing doesn't work out, sign her to the Spurs.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

wow-



If the VP thing doesn't work out, sign her to the Spurs.

Because the best thing the Spurs can ask for is another gimpy guard with a bum ankle...

[whottt]

You don't think there's people out there who are sexist but not racist?

I'd say anyone that is sexist, or racist, is xenophobic first and foremost....and Obama is not going to appeal to anyone that is xenophobic...and that's a lot of Americans right now with regards to Mid-Easterners. And yes I know he's an American and isn't from the Mid-East...but he's still got the name. He still comes off as an outsider more than anything else.

[T Park]

the pro lifers, that's all I gotta say.

If a man doesn't want the responsibility of raising children, I think he should be able to walk away from that. But at least with an abortion the kid doesn't have to grow up without a dad.

Wow really?

[MannyIsGod]

People are going to vote against Obama because he's black and others will vote against McCain because he's 72 years old. Is voting bias regarding to Palin's gender any different?

Thats the million dollar question - isn't it? Which bias is the greatest one?

[whottt]

It's funny how everyone thinks Obama got something from nominating Biden...he got nothing from that dude.


That dude doesn't even make a ripple in the Presidential Races, and he never has.



I just don't like Biden...I actually like Obama a lot more than I like Biden and I dislike Biden so much it's made me lean away from Obama.

[MannyIsGod]

I think McCain is making efforts to get votes from the middle and from the other side of the aisle but I think he needs to be most concerned about the ones in this base.

Until I see proof that this will do anymore more than provide some shallow pandering to women voters (women voters who have a clue about women's rights aren't voting for mccain anyway) then I am of the opinion Romney was his better choice.

[MannyIsGod]

It's funny how everyone thinks Obama got something from nominating Biden...he got nothing from that dude.


That dude doesn't even make a ripple in the Presidential Races, and he never has.



I just don't like Biden...I actually like Obama a lot more than I like Biden and I dislike Biden so much it's made me lean away from Obama.

I don't think he got much from the Biden pick. I don't think anyone ever really gets a lot from VP picks though.

[Mr. Body]

Literally the weakest VP pick since Quayle. She could do something down the road, but wow. A bit of a reach there, eh? No experience, nothing to run on. Has 'rock ribbed' Republican values - is even a creationist. And clearly done as an electoral ploy to go after PUMAs and dissolve the attention from the Dem convention. Again the Republicans don't campaign to govern, they campaign to campaign. They win and then don't know what to do when they get there.

This'll get a bounce in interest, but she's really weak. Word is she hasn't even been vetted yet.

[Johnny_Blaze_47]

I think McCain is making efforts to get votes from the middle and from the other side of the aisle but I think he needs to be most concerned about the ones in this base.

Until I see proof that this will do anymore more than provide some shallow pandering to women voters (women voters who have a clue about women's rights aren't voting for mccain anyway) then I am of the opinion Romney was his better choice.

I know it's all about net gain and loss, but I have a feeling Palin satisfies a significant amount of the conservative base.