Considering the votes it will get him, it could not have been a better choice.
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Considering the votes it will get him, it could not have been a better choice.
in this we are like minded.
That's a fair arguement. But isn't "Votes" what this thing's all about?
I think Sarah Palin is a good choice and I think she DOES bring something to his ticket.
- She's undisputedly conservative
- She's a shoe-in with the pro-life crowd.
- Her fiscal policies seem sound.
- She has signed gay-rights benifits into law.
- She's demonstrated a environmentaly conscious approach to energy developement without succombing to the pressures of the evil "BIG OIL" companies.
- She's a former beauty pagent runner-up. Even at 44 years old she's quite attractive. Girl takes care of herself.
LOL....you'd support your party if a hamster was the VP candidate.
BTW, she's quite easy on the eyes.
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exactly. Neither candidate going to pick the best VP for the country, just the best VP for the votes/polls. I can't stand Cheney, but he's actually doing stuff (bad stuff, but still stuff). This nobody chick and Biden are nothing but counter-electives to the candidates' images, and it's so blatant it's offensive. Obama is black and has the reputation of being inexperienced, young, and elitist; so he gets a white, older guy that's in insane debt and grew up poor. McCain is old and has a penis; so he picks somebody who is young and has a vagina. It's evil, and it's genius, but it's also detrimental to the country. After the clusterfuck prom-king drama that is VP choosing I have very little hope that either of these candidates are in this for the right reasons.
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I agree with your first points.
I have a problem with the second point. Gay rights=nuff said and her husband works for the evil "BIG OIL" company.
Your last point is exactly what we should look for in a VP
I agree with your first points.
I have a problem with the second point. Gay rights=nuff said and her husband works for the evil "BIG OIL" company.
Your last point is exactly what we should look for in a VP
You missed point....
Her willingness to acknowledge certain "gay Rights" demonstrates her ability to reach across staunch party lines.
Her husband's affiliation to "Big Oil" has not swayed her into questionable energy policies that could be percieved as "favoritism". In other words, just because she's married to an Oil guy doesn't mean she's gonna start deep-core drilling through the polar ice caps to make a $ from kick-backs.
Look... you can play the party line... and you'll lose. McCain has to be able to reach both parties (ESPECIALLY the undecideds and the disenfranchized Hillary supporters). Sarah Palin was a good call.
And what's wrong if she's HOT? One of the biggest turn-offs about Hillary is her HUGE ASS.
You missed point....
Her willingness to acknowledge certain "gay Rights" demonstrates her ability to reach across staunch party lines.
Her husband's affiliation to "Big Oil" has not swayed her into questionable energy policies that could be percieved as "favoritism". In other words, just because she's married to an Oil guy doesn't mean she's gonna start deep-core drilling through the polar ice caps to make a $ from kick-backs.
Look... you can play the party line... and you'll lose. McCain has to be able to reach both parties (ESPECIALLY the undecideds and the disenfranchized Hillary supporters). Sarah Palin was a good call.
And what's wrong if she's HOT? One of the biggest turn-offs about Hillary is her HUGE ASS.
FYI... I am republican
Dude. I know this. So am I.
she's a card-carrying lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, hunter and fisherman.
She's got my vote.
She's got my vote.
were you voting McCain anyway?
Didn't want to, but was gonna be forced to. Now it is easier.
what effect do you expect to see from her on McCains policies. Do you really expect her to have an influence on things such as the economy, war in iraq, gay/lesbian rights or any other politically hot items? or is this just a feel good reach around?
That's the word going around.
Palin exactly the veep McCain needs
Palin exactly the veep McCain needs
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[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=-1]By WILLIAM RUGER
(08/02/08 00:07:52)
Palin exactly the veep McCain needs
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[FONT=VERDANA, ARIAL, HELVETICA, SANS-SERIF][SIZE=-1]By WILLIAM RUGER
(08/02/08 00:07:52)
Washington is buzzing with news that John McCain is set to announce his vice-presidential selection soon. Mitt Romney is the odds-on favorite. Bobby Jindal, Timothy Pawlenty, and a host of others are also rumored to be in the Republican veep race.
Despite the apparent closeness of this presidential contest, one does not have to be either a rocket scientist or a political scientist to realize that McCain faces long odds. Intuition, academic forecasts, and even political futures markets all suggest that the election is Obama's to lose. And this tells us something important about the vice-presidential candidate McCain should select. His steep challenge dictates a very unorthodox pick.
McCain needs to create buzz for his campaign and give voters a reason not to toss the Republicans out of the White House. He should avoid the dubious conventional wisdom of picking someone with electoral votes in mind. McCain needs a bold, unconventional pick like Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin or Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal. Selecting Jindal certainly has advantages. He would add much-needed youth, diversity and vigor to the McCain camp. His selection would also go a long way toward exciting the conservative base that has long been wary of McCain. And it would help the Republican nominee's own attempt to be seen as an agent of change by picking a new face, and an Indian-American at that.
However, it is Palin who could best ruin the predictions of the pundits, traders and forecasters.
Palin, the 44-year-old mother of five and popular governor of Alaska, would add a lot to a Republican ticket that will face an uphill battle no matter who is picked.
First, the attractive young governor, like Jindal, would provide much-needed energy and youth to a ticket whose main candidate is frequently on the receiving end of "he's so old" jokes. McCain should remember that this did not work out too well for Bob Dole, another senior war hero.
Second, Palin would give Hillary-voters frustrated by their candidate's loss and still unsure about Obama a reason to shift over to McCain. And there is no doubt this former Miss Alaska pageant contestant would give red-blooded men in purple states like Ohio a reason to watch the vice-presidential debates.
Third, Palin is as far from a Washington insider as you can get, given she hails from Alaska and is a new face in Republican politics, untainted by any association with the Bush clan or the big-spending congressional Republicans.
Fourth, and critically, given the price of oil, Palin can help McCain focus on energy security, an issue that could be Obama's Achilles' heel -- if the Republicans could overcome McCain's opposition to things like drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. The environment might be wildly popular on the coasts, but in the middle where this race will be won, a candidate who could credibly sell a plan for lower prices at the pump will move votes.
But most important, Palin could do something few Republicans seem interested in or able to do these days: Help fuse the two pillars of the Reagan Revolution, traditional conservatives and libertarian Republicans.
Palin can win the hearts of conservatives, given her strong pro-life views -- views that were backed up with action this year when she gave birth to a son with Down's syndrome. It would probably also help with these folks that her oldest son recently enlisted in the Army. And she can excite libertarian Republicans, given her fiscal conservatism as governor as well as her reputation for anti-corruption, love of guns and the outdoor life, and moderation on social issues other than abortion.
In short, Palin will provide McCain the surge he needs to win his last battle.
William Ruger is a political scientist at Texas State University and holds a Ph.D. in politics from Brandeis University. [/SIZE][/FONT]
Dobson's now on board:
Dennis Prager :: Townhall.com :: Dobson: â?????I Would Pull that Leverâ??? for McCain-Palin
Just what I'm talking about.. She's going to rev up the base, and put them into full swing. A lot of conservatives were lukewarm with McCain, but this pick does a lot to heal that division.
I'm really interested to see how she does debating Biden.
Dennis Prager :: Townhall.com :: Dobson: â?????I Would Pull that Leverâ??? for McCain-Palin
Just what I'm talking about.. She's going to rev up the base, and put them into full swing. A lot of conservatives were lukewarm with McCain, but this pick does a lot to heal that division.
I'm really interested to see how she does debating Biden.
Running a state?Much more than legislating for one year.
Oh come on Alaska is barely a state...
... pro-live, thinks creationism should be taught in the classroom
I'm not voting for her or McCain but then again I'm a Canadian so I'm not voting at all.
You're completing discarding what happened with Hillary. She was dissed. 53% of voters in 2004 were women. It's the first woman on a Republican ticket. Generating a lot of buzz, potentially drowning out what happened this week.
It's different.
Hillary is hardly a woman...
Don't kid yourselves that anyone who had notions of electing Hilary would vote Conservative, those are your ultra-liberals they will either sit on their thumbs in front of the voting centers or pencil their queen in....
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She is hot. Obama just lost my vote.
The pot calling the kettle....what?
Fri Aug 29, 2:11 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday congratulated Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on her selection as John McCain's running-mate, while a campaign spokesman highlighted her "zero" foreign policy experience.
In keeping with Obama's pledge to show respect for his rivals despite disagreements over policy, Obama and his running-mate Senator Joe Biden issued a statement congratulating the 44-year-old mother of five and her family.
"We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for vice president. It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics," the statement said.
"While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign," it added.
Earlier, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton blasted the choice and highlighted Palin's lack of foreign policy experience.
"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Burton said in a statement.
Burton also criticized Palin as a vice presidential pick for her support of oil drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and her anti-abortion stance, referring to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States.
"Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies. That's not the change we need, it's just more of the same," he said.
The choice of Palin was seen as a bold effort by McCain to attract disgruntled Democratic and independent supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton, who was defeated by Obama in the race to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
Palin, a telegenic conservative, has led the oil-producing northwestern US state since December 2006 and was the first woman and youngest person to hold that state's top job.
Fri Aug 29, 2:11 PM ET
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Friday congratulated Alaska Governor Sarah Palin on her selection as John McCain's running-mate, while a campaign spokesman highlighted her "zero" foreign policy experience.
In keeping with Obama's pledge to show respect for his rivals despite disagreements over policy, Obama and his running-mate Senator Joe Biden issued a statement congratulating the 44-year-old mother of five and her family.
"We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for vice president. It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics," the statement said.
"While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign," it added.
Earlier, Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton blasted the choice and highlighted Palin's lack of foreign policy experience.
"Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency," Burton said in a statement.
Burton also criticized Palin as a vice presidential pick for her support of oil drilling in the Alaskan wilderness and her anti-abortion stance, referring to the 1973 Supreme Court decision that made abortion legal in the United States.
"Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies. That's not the change we need, it's just more of the same," he said.
The choice of Palin was seen as a bold effort by McCain to attract disgruntled Democratic and independent supporters of Senator Hillary Clinton, who was defeated by Obama in the race to be the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
Palin, a telegenic conservative, has led the oil-producing northwestern US state since December 2006 and was the first woman and youngest person to hold that state's top job.
Not at all, I agree with you to some degree. For them, I'm hoping they vote for McCain so Hillary can run in 2012
. However, some feminists hopefully will be so mad at how Hillary was treated, they vote for the man who did nominate a woman. I don't expect it to be big numbers, but hopefully enough to do some damage.
This will turn out well.....just like that one below did.
This will turn out well.....just like that one below did.
this is going to be extremely close
Good points, by Witmaster.
I think McCain could have chosen a better pick. (Just MO.)
But, as we get to hear her speak and debate and interview, we'll see more of her and see what she is "like."
Witmaster raised good points on her record.
Still, I won't be voting for McCain-Palin.
I think McCain could have chosen a better pick. (Just MO.)
But, as we get to hear her speak and debate and interview, we'll see more of her and see what she is "like."
Witmaster raised good points on her record.
Still, I won't be voting for McCain-Palin.
She is my age, hot, warm and fuzzy..... I do like her but not enough to make me sell my soul to the Devil. Very nice try though.
Imagine that, being against big oil in Alaska.... Uh Exxon Valdez anyone?
From the initial reports, she is an impressive up and comer, but to be potentially the President of the US? Hmmm. I agree with those that point out how McCain speaks of Obama's inexperience, then selects a running mate with much less experience then Barrack.
My wife is 44, and I can guarantee she is WAY hotter then Palin, but I guess I am just lucky
From the initial reports, she is an impressive up and comer, but to be potentially the President of the US? Hmmm. I agree with those that point out how McCain speaks of Obama's inexperience, then selects a running mate with much less experience then Barrack.
My wife is 44, and I can guarantee she is WAY hotter then Palin, but I guess I am just lucky
