McCain said to choose Alaska gov as running mate.

[WDCRob]

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I want to know if he actually has a Big Red Button with "Panic" written on it sitting somewhere handy at all times? Or is it more of an internally driven thing?

[GRG55]

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Unfortunately, the American presidential race has become "American Idol-ized". The candidate with the best points for style, looks, and dancing ability wins over substance. This applies to both parties...

This isn't anything new in politics, nor is it restricted to the U.S.

Years back, in a political contest in Canada, a stylish, articulate, but inexperienced candidate responded to the same criticism from his opponent with the rejoinder "Style is substance". He won.

[jshare]

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The first MILF VP.

Funny you should say that... http://vpilf.com/

[raja]

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While I do think it is scary that Governer Palin is waiting in the wings to take over should something happen to McCain, then again it could also be argued that she is purely in the backup position.

On the other hand, she's backing up a 72-year-old man :eek:

[BiscayneSunrise]

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Palin may have only been governor for just 2 years but governor is a 24/7 job whereas being a Senator is more like being a board member. Kind of there, checks in every quarter to see what's happening but no real responsibility other than oversight. She may be young and inexperienced but she is slated for the number 2 role where Obama with arguably the same experience is the number 1. Why the snit over her experience level but not his? I mean this election is about change, not experience, right?

So it's not so much about experience as it is leadership, determination, vision and decision making abilities. She has taken on the Republican establishment in Alaska and won, then took on the bureaucrats in Juneau. Obama seems to have advanced, by and large, by.... well, I'm not sure. His image and rhetoric? Maybe someone can help me here.

I have known a few women (and men) like her in the business world. They may be awfully young but they have a maturity and a presence well beyond their years. My guess is that anyone who underestimates Palin does so at their own peril.

I believe this pick by McCain belies many of the criticisms leveled at him early on. Too old, too senile, his heart's not in it, just got the nomination because it was his turn, the next Bob Dole, etc. He has shown to have run a pretty shrewd and aggressive campaign. No doubt, the McCain campaign is seeing a major spike right now in contributions and volunteers from conservatives and evangelicals. This VP pick shows he is anything but predictable and it certainly was a game changer.

[Jim Nickerson]

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Funny you should say that... http://vpilf.com/

What is MILF and VPILF?

I noted an article saying how pleased the Bible-beaters are that Ms. Palin is an evangelical whatever.

Then I found this photo that is posted to be Ms. Palin.



What do you call those shoes? FMP's for all you acronym lovers.

[Guest]

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Jim -

That is almost certainly a photomontage. I know a little bit about doctored images. The head is the superimposed image. There is also the question generally, of "plausibility".

[Jim Nickerson]

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Jim -

That is almost certainly a photomontage. I know a little bit about doctored images. The head is the superimposed image. There is also the question generally, of "plausibility".

Luke, since you are apparently in the software business, I find your opinion credible, and for the sake of all evangelicals everywhere, I pray you are correct. If not, the Republicans are doomed, I say doomed.

[Guest]

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I like McCain (sort of, in a vague way, with copious reservations, etc) but this choice for a running mate seems to me to embody everything that is hopelessly dysfunctional about the American "mature democracy". According to Bloomberg she was chosen to "appeal to women voters, but also to counter concerns that McCain is too old". And they then go on to sagely opine, that this choice could "blunt McCain's accusations that Obama is too young for the job, because Palin is also too young". If I were a campaign strategist, I could not imagine a more dumbass series of "considerations" for picking running mates.

All of these vapid electioneering idiots will lead us right over the fiscal cliff. Barak Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin. Oompah bands booming, flags waving, "new hope for America" chanting crowds of Democrat and Republican peabrained partisans all waving their colors and thinking in sound bites. The entire political dog and pony show - over the cliff, and they'll drag us along with them.

"Appeal to women voters, but also to counter concerns that McCain is too old" - this sort of asinine "strategizing" tells us everything we need to know about the nation's collective IQ at the most critical point in perhaps the past 100 years. What are they thinking? "Put America back to work"?, "Make America Safe"? Not one of them even mentions the former Comptroller General David Walker's concerns. As a campaign issue in 2008, it seems relegated to "another plank in the party platforms".

"Appeal to Women". "Appeal to minorities". "Appeal to the rust belt". "Appeal to the bible belt". "Appeal to liberals". "Appeal to conservatives". What is wrong wth this picture? Does it evidence an elaborate ritual of window dressing or a nation coming to grips with it's most critical issues?

[Supercilious]

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At least Palin looks so much better in a dress than Rudy:

http://bp3.blogger.com/_uExTzMIDd1Y/...alin-Vogue.jpg

[Guest]

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Only in NY!! New Yorkers have a zanier sense of humor than the rest of the country. And this drag impersonation, by a Mayor!?? Folks, it only ever happens in NY!

[Supercilious]

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Palin seems very happy for being selected by McCain but she has no illusions about her future ...

[GRG55]

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I like McCain (sort of, in a vague way, with copious reservations, etc) but this choice for a running mate seems to me to embody everything that is hopelessly dysfunctional about the American "mature democracy". According to Bloomberg she was chosen to "appeal to women voters, but also to counter concerns that McCain is too old". And they then go on to sagely opine, that this choice could "blunt McCain's accusations that Obama is too young for the job, because Palin is also too young". If I were a campaign strategist, I could not imagine a more dumbass series of "considerations" for picking running mates.

All of these vapid electioneering idiots will lead us right over the fiscal cliff. Barak Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin. Oompah bands booming, flags waving, "new hope for America" chanting crowds of Democrat and Republican peabrained partisans all waving their colors and thinking in sound bites. The entire political dog and pony show - over the cliff, and they'll drag us along with them.

"Appeal to women voters, but also to counter concerns that McCain is too old" - this sort of asinine "strategizing" tells us everything we need to know about the nation's collective IQ at the most critical point in perhaps the past 100 years. What are they thinking? "Put America back to work"?, "Make America Safe"? Not one of them even mentions the former Comptroller General David Walker's concerns. As a campaign issue in 2008, it seems relegated to "another plank in the party platforms".

"Appeal to Women". "Appeal to minorities". "Appeal to the rust belt". "Appeal to the bible belt". "Appeal to liberals". "Appeal to conservatives". What is wrong wth this picture? Does it evidence an elaborate ritual of window dressing or a nation coming to grips with it's most critical issues?

Interesting thread for this outside observer of the proceedings.

One thing seems obvious however. Based on the cable news coverage [CNN, etc.] I've been sampling (totally unscientifically), the GOP has stolen vast amounts of media airtime from the Dems from the moment they shut the lights off in Denver.

One thing about politics; "they may not be saying nice things about you, but at least they aren't ignoring you"

[Rajiv]

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Then of course there is this ---

Bristol Palin was out of sight for the last five months of her mom Sarah Palin's reported pregnancy, and no one in the Guv's circle saw signs of pregnancy. Some pictorial evidence, and four month old articles from the Fairbanks Newsminer raise serious questions.

Also Sarah Palin Is NOT The Mother [Photos+Video]

Yesterday, with the news of Sarah Louise Heath Palin inexplicably being chosen as a Vice-Presidential nominee, the attentive American public was also introduced to her character. Unfortunately for all of us, it was filled with multiple instances of backtracking and outright lies. While Alaskans had been giving her an 80% approval rating, recently 87% of Alaskans polled on the subject of TrooperGate believed she was lying.


Now, I've known liars in my life. Their single core problem is not with themselves, but those around them. If they're never called out on their twisting of truths and fabrications, they simply continue to make larger lies.


Well, Sarah, I'm calling you a liar. And not even a good one. Trig Paxson Van Palin is not your son. He is your grandson. The sooner you come forward with this revelation to the public, the better.

[Slimprofits]

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wow :eek:

i mean.... wow :eek::eek::eek:

they really, really, really, really don't want to win this, do they? dump it on the dems and pick up the pieces in 2012.

McInsane continues to have no chance.

First in the middle of a recession he says he doesn't know anything about economics and some conservatives defended that, becuase why should the President know about minor details such as, for example, the causes of inflation? Phil Gramm, his chief economic advisor, pulled his stunt. And now this. They choose a woman with less political experience than me, that no one in the galaxy accept on Planet Alaska has ever heard of and she is supposed to be one heartbeat away from an old guy with a history of cancer.

What a joke. They are not throwing it, they are just morons. Why spend the money if they are throwing it? They could save that for future elections.