pegkerr | So . . . Sarah Palin

http://www.anonymousliberal.com/2008/08/palin.html

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Rocks. Anybody who thinks Obama might possibly be qualified to be President will beclown himself -- or herself -- by mocking Sarah Palin's qualifications for VP.

I hadn't thought McCain would make such a good choice.

Guilty as charged.

This undercuts his argument that Obama's too inexperienced to be president. If he really thinks he's going to get the women's vote this way, well, it just shows you how little he thinks of women.

I'm glad it's not Pawlenty.

What "lj user='thistlerose'> said.

I'm just too stunned for words beyond that right now.

Dear John McCain,

If you possibly think that I feel that Sarah Palin is a good substitute for Hillary Clinton for one minute, then you have the intelligence of a dung beetle.

Since you obviously think that, well . . .

Sincerely,

Someone with Two X Chromosomes

I think this was maybe a smart move--or not. Women who would have voted for Hillary aren't going to vote for some pro-life, pro-gun rightwinger.

I hope. Maybe we're all nuts.

Well, she certainly appeals to Joel Rosenberg, but I would've figured McCain already had that vote locked up. ;-)

Incidentally, I've thought for weeks that Palin should be more of a contender than she seemed to be. McCain needed a running mate that would appeal in some way to the swing voters while also shoring up his support with the Evangelicals. Palin is extremely popular with the Evangelicals but is also young, moderate-ish on gay issues, etc. She's also insanely popular in Alaska, which implies a high degree of charisma.

She'd gotten so little buzz, I'd figured there must be some deal-breaker I didn't know about (a bad TV voice? a skeleton in her closet?). But apparently not.

I can't wait to see if the idiot media will be as sexist about her as they were about Hillary Clinton.

I suspect they will, but in a very different way. I wonder if I can stand to watch it.

P.

The choice of running mate was weird enough, but as I told a friend over on my journal today, McCain's cloak and dagger crap during the speech, along with announcing his scene-stealing VP pick the day afterward was a bit like a drunken uncle taking the mic out of the bride's hand during the wedding toasts to sing Feelings. I get the impression that the American public is a little fed up with such games. Poor John. The rules have changed, and he's just a little slow on the uptake.

As I've said in other lj's, this is the best pick for Hillary. Clinton doesn't have to be "historic" anymore, and can run on her merits, which are considerable. She will still be in the limelight, far more than Biden, in comparison to Palin, and she will shine. In any debate, whether direct or conducted via back and forth speechifying, Hillary will mop the floor with her.

This is a Jack Kemp pick, and completely good news for Obama and the Democrats. McCain is solidifying his base of the 27% of ultra-right wingers who think Bush is too far to the left.

I hadn't ever heard of her, so was more curious than anything else at the announcement. Until I learned this:

John McCain's vice-presidential pick, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is an evangelical Protestant with a strong record of opposition to abortion and an openness to teaching creationism in the public schools.

*sigh*

Well, he took care of the 10% of the time he disagreed with the Bush.

Between the two of them there's 100% support for the crimes of the past 8 years

Am I the only one who is completely boggled by the fact that she has a four-month old baby and is not only acting governor of Alaska but now VP-nominee for the Republican party?

0_o

Yes to all the comments about it being a bizarre choice as well as a probably misstep.

To me it's like him say "Look my VP has boobs so that means I support women right? Where's my feminist ally cookie?"

SMACK!

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