McCain picks Sarah Palin as running mate

MikeWalters · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: Cincinnati OH

CNN is saying it is confirmed: http://tinyurl.com/6optwq

Olan Barnes · Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1175 Location: Michigan

CNN - so is everyone.

Should be interesting.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080829/NEWS15/808290344

deltajudge · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 287

Do we have another Margaret Thatcher? Cool

David Traver · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:52 pm Post subject:

Less experience than Senator Obama. Why is she ready to be President?

There goes the McCain experience argument against Sen. Obama.

deltajudge · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 287

Don't know about experience, but David, she looks a lot better than Biden. Go get'm. Cool

David Traver · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 03:56 pm Post subject:

How on earth could you not know after posting over and over again that Obama is a lightweight, that he has accomplished nothing, and that he has no experience?

This is serious business. These are serious times. We are in a war and the economy is going down the toilet. McCain is old, over 72, he has recurrent bouts of cancer, and he is getting intellectually and physically weak. Do we want a city council member from Wasilla to step into that spot? (Where the hell is Wasilla?) McCain has even hinted that he does not have the gumption to be a two-term President.

If we give any credence at all to the wing-nut attacks on Senator Obama over the last six months then McCain's first real Presidential decision showed a horrible lack of judgment. If I were a Republican I'd be freaked out. I'm not, so I am very happy with the choice. Please, bring on the debates. Senator Biden will blow her off the stage like so much fluff. If she were to be President, Putin and the Saudis would blow her off the globe. The North Koreans are doing back flips and the Olympics ended last week.

And you are right, she is very pretty. Almost as pretty as Paris Hilton, certainly prettier than Britney Spears.

Obviously, everybody else McCain asked said no.

MikeWalters · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: Cincinnati OH

Apparently the McCain camp didn't do a very good job vetting this candidate, or perhaps they just didn't care:

David Traver · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 04:33 pm Post subject:

I found it!

Wasilla has a population of 8,471, people.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasilla,_Alaska

Regarding the vetting, it may be that they don't know about Wikipedia.

MikeWalters · Joined: 13 May 2004 Posts: 1196 Location: Cincinnati OH

Yep: Let's pick a first term 44 year old governor, and let's pick one with a petty scandal-albatross around her neck. That will give my campaign a boost!

deltajudge · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Posts: 287

So it starts. You know Biden carrys a lot of luggage. Cool

Insider (Ret) · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 05:06 pm Post subject:

Mayor of a town of 5,000 (when elected), now governor for all of 18 months. Good grief, even Delta has to be slightly nauseous at the thought of this person being the VP of a 72 year old who's already fought off cancer.

Olan Barnes · Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1175 Location: Michigan

It is a little more complicated than that - she is a woman, a governor and has a positive poll rating near 90% in her state and never accused of plagiarism.

She also has a compelling family story to tell and for the conservative base and is pro life.

It has taken a lot of the oxygen out of the room IMHO.

It will be an exciting next couple of months and every word spoken will be taken apart.

BTW coming back from Ohio the other day I filled up with gas for $3.48.9 and I never thought I would think that was cheap - but yes it was and still going down.

David Traver · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 05:19 pm Post subject:

Compelling to whom? Less than 20 months as a governor? Of Alaska? Please Olan, get serious.

This gives Senator McCain an absolute lock on Alaska's three electoral votes.

Olan Barnes · Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 1175 Location: Michigan

Personal story - baby born last April with Downs syndrome and a son going to Iraq next month and 5 kids in total. They have both been union members (her and her husband) and is middle class with no multiple houses. Many people vote for someone you feel like having having a cup of coffee with (I can not drink) so she is likable and comes from small town America and many disaffected female voters might find a safe harbor - so to speak as well as pro life Catholics - on a political basis it is a smart move.

The days you pick a VP for electoral votes is long gone - example how many votes does Wyoming have?