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1. ProgMeister:

Sarah Palin

1992 – 1996, Wasilla, Alaska City Council (population 5469)
1997 – 2001, Wasila, Alaska Mayor
2007 – present, Gov Alaska (population 683,000)

BA, Journalism, Univ of Idaho
Miss Wasila, 1984
Runner-up, Miss Alaska, 1984

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:51 am 2. Boris:

This is surprising. It’s a sign that McCain has conceded the experience issue. But the experience issue was the best that McCain had–and he goes out and picks someone with LESS experience than the guy he’s criticizing? A quite odd and almost desperate choice.

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:52 am 3. linuxdad:

YES YES YES YES YES Thank you John for choosing Sarah!
YES YES YES YES YES

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:55 am 4. Bugs:

First thought in man-brain: McCain VP lady all kindsa hot. Me vote McCain.

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:56 am 5. ex-democrat:

inspired.

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:56 am 6. Marc:

She’d be an interesting candidate against HRC in 2012 or 2016, assuming a lot that is…

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:00 am 7. Sheila:

This is v exciting!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:02 am 8. dvd:

Ole John, just helped his case big time. Sara Palin understands the interconnectedness between resources and economics. Sara is no wallflower for corrupt insider systemics.

homerun…..depending on how well she advocates, could be a grand slam.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:08 am 9. Furriner:

Welcome VP Palin, to become the first female president of the U.S.A. by or before January 2013, with Bobby Jindal as VP for the 2013-2017 term. Go for it girl – you can make the difference.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:08 am 10. Self-hating boomer:

Marc comes the closest. What Jennifer didn’t say was that there will be some level of appeal to the PUMA crowd, who are still sore. That’s a very high leverage group.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:09 am 11. jay:

Bugs: I’m ok with that.

As far as experience or lack of experience goes, she does have more “executive” experience than Obama does and McCain does have more to attack Obama on then just his lack of experience such as Obama’s socialist policies and his disgusting associates.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:10 am 12. J.J. Sefton:

Boris: The experience issue is far from conceded. She has accomplished more and effective things than Smugsy and Plugsy COMBINED (32 years in the senate as a shill for MBNA is not experience). Plus it’s her values, common sense, being a woman (not like Michelle or Hil, but a REAL working mother whom the average American woman can relate to) and appeal to the base of the party that far outweighs any negatives.

I think we might actually pull this off, please G-d.

Go Sarah!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:13 am 13. Anthony (Los Angeles):

Good choice. I’d have been happy with any from among Palin, Romney, or Pawlenty (and a couple of others), but this is a genuinely exciting choice.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:16 am 14. Michelle Malkin » Palin for America: A true conservative:

[...] Rubin at PJM: …Palin will argue that in fact Obama has no more experience than she does, and that Palin [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:17 am 15. Marc:

She definitely translates well to our photo/video obsessed culture, that is to say she is good looking. Barry has used his family as a prop just like McCain has used his POW experience. If McCain were to inject his family into this campaign, it would go a long way. Two sons serving, adopted child, blogging daughter (akin to our hearts); and Palin’s family, a son serving, a child with special needs, hockey playing little ones. This appeals to people more than populist messages.

The true test will be at our convention. I am intently curious as to how McCain will respond to Barry’s attacks, vapid ones, albeit. Perhaps Palin will be as equal a bulldog to Biden.

Remains the most interesting election in my recollection.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:21 am 16. Boris:

“Plus it’s her values, common sense”

That’s fine, but that’s what Obama wants to run on, because more people agree with his values and common sense when it comes to policy.

I doubt pro-choice anti-NRA Clinton supporters are going to be too impressed by Palin. But if they are bitter enough, the play might work.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:21 am 17. Marc:

Smugsy and plugsy, that’s brilliant, made me laugh out loud.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:22 am 18. mac:

Dems, remember this moment. This was when the cold breath of reality really began to chill you to the bone. You’re going down in November, and you’re going down real hard. McGovern in ‘72 is going to look good by comparison. You screwed up, Dems. You brought a dull knife to a gunfight.

Maybe when you dump the loonies and traitors who run your party, and who do things like nominate POTUS candidates with no more going for them than the color of their skin, you’ll be competitive again. Of course, hell will have frozen over first and we’ll be seeing NHL playoff games televised from there…

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:22 am 19. Rose:

Palin is the right kind of person for the job – a Conservative go-getter reformer who takes no BS from anyone (think of a young, American Thatcher) AND, who is so pro-life that she “walks the walk” – thank you God for choosing such a woman to be mother to Trig.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:23 am 20. rvastar:

Jennifer, you left out another reason why, if Palin is the nominee, this a particularly brilliant pick.

Al-l-l-l those middle-aged and elderly women who voted for Hillary in the primaries

Hmmmm. I love it

What do they matter?

Because a large segment of them are still pissed about Hillary losing the nomination. And a big part of those feelings are related to their perception that Hillary was unfairly hammered by the liberal media because 1) the media was actively supporting their pick as to who should enjoy most-aggrieved-therefore-most-deserving-candidate status, i.e. the black candidate and because 2) she was a woman.

So how does selecting Palin work to McCain’s favor?

Because – in their eyes – it will instantly transform most of the Dem/media criticism and attacks against Palin into another rehash of their attacks against Hillary. Yet again, they’ll be witnessing another woman – who is actually more qualified for an executive position than either Dem candidate – being trashed by Dems and the media.

Brilliant.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:25 am 21. Olivia:

THANK GOODNESS!
She was my absolute favorite but I thought he would pick someone safe. Palin will be a firecracker. And McCain hasn’t ceded anything. He has picked a truly well-rounded Republican who is young, conservative, reform-minded, and happens to be a girl. As an ex-Democrat. I’m a million times more excited about her than I could ever be about Hillary. Could this electoral season be any more strange?

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:26 am 22. Roark:

Isn’t Palin at all offended by this??? McCain chose her based solely on attracting Hillary’s dis-affected women voters. She’s being used like a political pawn. I’m still voting for Bob Barr. Idea’s matter to me more than Identity politics.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:30 am 23. Joe Buzz:

ok…ok In her first debate with Biden, when he smuggly asks her what she brings to the table compared to him…she should reply….”True Change”

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:32 am 24. Anonymous:

Thrilled.
She was always my choice, but never thought the Big Grouch would ever consider her.
Now, John McCain, all is forgiven.
Something tells me that Smugsy and Plugsy are getting nervous…

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:33 am 25. jay:

“That’s fine, but that’s what Obama wants to run on, because more people agree with his values and common sense when it comes to policy”

That’s the dumbest statement I’ve read today. She can’t run on values and common sense because Obama does? Huh? I’ve decided to stop reading any posts from you, Boris, you only post to argue, not debate, your posts don’t make sense and they are a bore.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:38 am 26. colagirl:

Wow…I was in Alaska a few weeks ago, and I heard rumors up there that McCain was considering “the Alaska governor” (I didn’t even know her name at the time) as a veep pick. I immediately discounted them–I thought they were just rumors. I never would have guessed it turned out to be true! And I’ve got to say, after looking over Palin’s bio, I’m actually starting to get excited about this race for the first time. All in all, I think it’s an inspired choice.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:41 am 27. Donna:

OK, men of America, ask yourself: who do you want to look at for 4 years, Biden or Palin?

Her looks are a plus, but I also like her solid conservative stance on the issues.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:41 am 28. jay:

Roark: Yeah, it’s not legit, like nominating her because she’s black.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:41 am 29. askmom:

What a happy, happy day. I believe Palin is the best of all possible VP nominees, and will change the tenor of the election. And win it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:42 am 30. bill-tb:

I’m in, she is great … accomplished, smart, poised lady, not some fossil like, what was Mondale’s VP’s name?

If you had a choice of Obama or Palin for President, who would you choose? Easy one, I would choose Palin for America every time. She has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined.

The GOP is back …

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:44 am 31. chicago:

McCain just burst the bubble on the dems post-convention bounce!

dems are toast! Gov. Palin not only has more executive experience than McCain, the messiah, and Biden, she’s also the COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ALASKA NATIONAL GUARD. she’s the only one among the four that has Commander in Chief experince no matter how thrivial that would be.

all pundits right now are agreeing that Palin is an excellent choice and will definitely get a lot of the disaffected women vote.

All dems are stunned with today’s blockbuster news and the “sisterhood of the traveling pants” will travel the Republican way in November.

This is also an insurance against Hillary in 2012.

Watch for McCain to get a bump in the polls and for Obama to lose the 6 point lead bounce he got. I’d say McCain by 6 to 8 points on Monday!

McCain/Palin by a landslide in November!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:44 am 32. Eilish:

I totally underestimated my enthusiasm for Palin. When her name was first batted around I thought she was great and the more I learned about her, the more I liked her policies and character. I never really thought she would be the pick, though. I thought that she would be national maybe a few years down the line. When I heard her name this morning, I actually jumped out of my seat! First time this whole election cycle. I am extremely proud that the woman on the ticket this year is a conservative Republican!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:45 am 33. HRPKathy:

Read Palin’s biography. She’s the one who killed the Bridge to Nowhere. She’s the ONE in this contest who has had executive experience – SUCCESSFULLY – for fourteen years. She has an 80% approval rating and has taken on the corrupt political interests in her own party. Ethics and fiscal responsibility have been her hallmarks, and she is courageous underfire.

The mother of a Downs child (member of Feminists Against Abortion) she blunts all the pro-Abort arguments ‘what if the baby has defects’. Stark contrast between her and the ‘kill-em-anyway-if-they-are-born-alive’ Obamas.

Inspired choice in that Palin balances environmentalism and oil drilling beautifully.

Can’t wait to see her debate Joe Biden, just can’t wait.

And with this – conservatives should fall into place – this is the ultimate play to the home team. Vote McCain/Palin!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:46 am 34. Mark:

I’m a middle-aged male theocon.

I have tears in my eyes. A little bit anyway.

And they are tears of joy.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:48 am 35. John:

WOW~! What a surprise!!! A very pleasant one though.

Personally I love her for her positions on ALL the conservative issues. And,,, she is pretty HOT!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:52 am 36. Aaron:

Regarding her experience or lask thereof, experience is much more important for the top of the ticket than for the VP.

Also in that regard, she has more executive experience than the rest of the ticket combined.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:52 am 37. Aureliano:

Sarah Palin’s chief appeal is not to women.

Sarah Palin appeals mostly to men, and I don’t just mean because she’s a looker (though that doesn’t hurt). She appeals to men because she’s somebody you could imagine yourself having a beer with at a backyard BBQ. There’s none of this whiny ‘righteous battle with the patricarchy’ bulls**t that comes with Democrat women. She’s not a woman, for instance, to engage in endless hand-wringing about whether or not al Qaeda is really the enemy, and gee, maybe no-precondition meetings and endless talking with our enemies will solve every problem.

Looks like McCain just wrapped up fence-sitting Missouri.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:52 am 38. Lisa:

Today I get to pick up my daughters from school and tell them a smart, strong, attractive mom of five is going to be running for the second highest office in the land.
I am actually excited to vote for McCain–wow

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:53 am 39. Mabel:

Brilliant!

She represents the modern woman’s ideal…impressive career but still a wife and mother…tells women that they don’t need to choose between career or family.

Unlike the Dems ticket, where #1 has zero experience and #2 has more, this is the right combination…

I hope this is the beginning of a reformation process in the Republican party…go McCain!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:53 am 40. rvastar:

But the experience issue was the best that McCain had–and he goes out and picks someone with LESS experience than the guy he’s criticizing?

Less experience at what? She was a mayor and is now a governor – those jobs entail, you know, running things. What’s Barry ever run, besides a belly-up Leftist student indoctrination program with his buddy Bill Ayers? And judging by the Alinsky Black-Op his disciples tried to pull the other night on WGN, it’s pretty clear that he’s desperately afraid of anyone taking a closer look at his executive experience in that area.

…because more people agree with his values and common sense when it comes to policy.

Well, I guess your statement is technically true, Boris. Give Barry enough time and he’ll eventually get around to agreeing with everyone’s views on every subject. For instance, he supports and opposes FISA…he supports and opposes the PATRIOT Act…he supports and opposes gun laws…first Iran isn’t a threat, then it is…first he’s gonna immediately leave Iraq, then he’s not, then he is again, then he’s not again, then he’s – wait, which one is he on now? Staying or leaving?

I give you Leftists credit, though. By picking Obama, you really did demonstrate how much you hate having a “Decider” in office

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:54 am 41. Mike Shuster:

I think she is a smart choice tactically, but honestly, with McCain turning 72 today, and the country at war, etc., I will really have trouble voting for a ticket with a VP with no foreign policy experience and so little political experience in general. Though I guess I’ll wait and see how she seems during the debates.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:54 am 42. gus3:

@Roark:

“Isn’t Palin at all offended by this??? McCain chose her based solely on attracting Hillary’s dis-affected women voters.”

Solely? How do you know this?

How do you know that McCain never asked her anything at all about anything else?

What’s more, how do you know that Palin never asked McCain anything before accepting the job offer?

Get over yourself.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:57 am 43. jay:

Aureliano: Your on to something there.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:59 am 44. Marc:

McCain’s mother is 95, and still ticking strong. I am so sick of this ageism crap. We all liked Ronny, right?

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:59 am 45. Self-hating boomer:

rvastar – very good observation. The more the Obama camp and their groupies in the press try to trash her, the more pi$$ed the PUMAs are going to get. The best thing the Obamatons can do is say nothing about her. But they won’t be able to resist. Biden is sure to open his yap, and send a few million Hillary supporters to the McCain/Palin camp.

Popcorn time.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:02 am 46. Ms Johnson:

This woman makes Dan Quayle look qualified. A pure sop to the extremists of the party. Very poor choice. If John McCain think Palin will appeal to disaffected Hillary voters, he is going to be sorely disappointed. Most will be insulted. John McCain: A maverick? Uh no. The experience argument against Obama? Gone. On the up side, the rabid pro-life crowd will now vote for McCain. Whew. I’m glad that’s settled.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:04 am 47. gus3:

@Mike Shuster:

“I will really have trouble voting for a ticket with a VP with no foreign policy experience”

Being the governor of a border state (nothing but foreign border, in fact) puts her on the front line of foreign policy. She has far more experience with it than Joe Biden (borders the Atlantic Ocean) or the Obamessiah (borders… uh… a couple of those 57 states, I think).

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:06 am 48. chicago:

I guarantee to all of you that Bill Clinton agrees that Sarah Palin is an excellent pick! LOL!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:06 am 49. RE:

What I like about Palin is that while there is absolutely no doubt that she is a woman, she is far less wimp than most all liberal males.

Self-reliant, independent, Hunter, Snowmobiler, Reformer….

Pretty cool chick, actually.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:08 am 50. HRPKathy:

Sarah Palin is the governor of a state which is 50 miles from Russia. Those who criticize her for not having foreign policy experience might want to rethink that. Obama’s foreign policy experience consists of trying to find a legitimate birth certificate and hiding his relatives.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:09 am 51. Susan:

Gov. Palin recently gave birth to a special needs child. How are the conservatives going to feel about her devotion to family when we all know the VP is a huge job – with the possibility of having to take over as President if need be. So much for the family values party.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:10 am 52. Charlie (Colorado):

This is surprising. It’s a sign that McCain has conceded the experience issue. But the experience issue was the best that McCain had–and he goes out and picks someone with LESS experience than the guy he’s criticizing? A quite odd and almost desperate choice.

Boris, you are really a dope. Every time you bring up Palin’s lack of experience for VP, you accentuate Obama’s lack of experience for President. They won’t dare bring it up, and McCain and Palin can rub Obama’s nose in it every day.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:10 am 53. chicago:

Sarah Palin for VP also cancells out the argument that McCain is in the pocket of oil companies. Oil Companies tremble at the mention of Gov. Palin’s name!

GO McCain/Palin!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:13 am 54. jay:

chicago:
You think she’ll have his vote? Bet there’s a box of cigars headed there now

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:13 am 55. jay:

Susan: Come on, I thought Baris was being stupid.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:15 am 56. Navy Chief:

If you think Mc Cain picked her because she looks good or she’s a woman you’re missing a lot. Her state is the only one that borders two countries; one of them hostile, she has experience as a City Council member, Mayor, Governor and business owner. I can’t wait to see her debate Slow Joe.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:19 am 57. chicago:

Susan,

“Gov. Palin recently gave birth to a special needs child. How are the conservatives going to feel about her devotion to family when we all know the VP is a huge job – with the possibility of having to take over as President if need be. So much for the family values party.”

nice try, how much of great model is Sarah Palin to be able to raise 5 children while holding the highest office Alaska?

When I told my daughter (10 yrs old) this morning that Sarah Palin will be John McCain’s and told her a short bio….my daughter beamed and simply said, “John McCain picked a woman for VP??? that is so coooool! I can do that too right dad?”

a role model, a PROPER role model for girls! a woman who is able to raise a family and run a state effectively! if my daugher thinks she’s cool, then she’s cool! I am very happy that my daughter can now have a PROPER role model to look up to.

LOL!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:19 am 58. Olivia:

Ms Johnson I can tell you that a whole slew of Hillary voters I know are actually thrilled by the Palin pick. Especially after watching Hillary speak at the convention. Many were still scratching their heads at why Obama was the nominee and not her.

And the experience argument still stands. Poll after poll since Iowa to present day show Americans trust McCain to handle national security issues. It’s laughable to compare the experience of your presidential pick to the VP pick of the other party. Last time I checked I was voting for the experience the President brings. The VP is icing on the cake. It was only Obama that needed an experienced VP because he has none. Game Over!

McCain/Palin 08!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:20 am 59. JFM:

For those people who are talking about Palin’s inexperience I remind them that inexperience in the Vice-President is a loooooooooot less of a problem for the VP than for the President.

The experience or lack of it of the VP only matters when President doesn’t go to end of term. And lack of experience is only a real problem if that happens at the beginng of term.

Now let’s talk about the problem of having an inxeperienced President

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:21 am 60. Self-hating boomer:

As an aside, this is Hillary’s worst nightmare. I don’t think Hilary wants to be running against Palin in ‘12 or ‘16.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:21 am 61. Marilyn:

Here in Alaska we have a bumpersticker:

“Alaska girls kick ass”

Anyone want one?

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:21 am 62. chicago:

jay,
“You think she’ll have his vote? Bet there’s a box of cigars headed there now.”

I definitely KNOW FOR SURE that Bill and Hillary will vote McCain/Palin….adding Palin to the ticket is just extra incentive for good ‘ol Bill. although Bill better be careful, I heard that Gov. Palin is a good shot and can take care of herself pretty well! This is a female governor that DISBANDED her own State Trooper security detail!

LOL!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:22 am 63. ic:

Experience? Which democrat dares bring that up? Anyway, she can afford time for on the job training; someone, you know who, if elected has to perform on day ONE.

I’m not quite sure if Hillary die-hards would vote for her though. They want Hillary to be the first female president, and they are mostly pro-abortion. But Palin surely mitigates the “old” factor.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:23 am 64. beanball:

@ marilyn

Yes! I want one!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:27 am 65. Self-hating boomer:

Marilyn, what are you asking? Do we want a bumper sticker, or an Alaska girl?

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:28 am 66. Minerva:

Tina Fey will open SNL as Gov. Palin!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:29 am 67. Kevin:

Palin positives:
1. In the era of identity politics, she is a woman with executive experience (hello Hillary disenfranchised)
2. She is a leader at the epicenter of “energy independence” issues with an intimate knowledge of ANWR, et al.
3. She IS a TRUE outsider to DC
4. She is robust, pretty (it does count!) intelligent, engaging, witty.
5. She is a dedicated mother of five (one with Down’s Syndrome). Kind of makes the pro-choicers look shallow, huh?

Bottom line, this election will be a complete blow-out – not quite McGovern or Mondale, but a beat-down none the less.

So long, commies!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:32 am 68. Self-hating boomer:

Let’s confront the experience issue. Let’s set the donkey presidential candidate down next to the elephant vice presidential candidate. A rookie senator who spent his career as a professional rabblerouser next to a rookie governor who worked her way up through several public administrative positions.

You really want to go there? You really that proud of your empty suit?

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:33 am 69. Greg:

Palin began her political career by bucking existing, corrupt political machinery – and won!

Obama began his political career by bowing down in homage to The Weather Underground.

The choice couldn’t be more clear!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:34 am 70. McCain’s VP Pick: It Could Be Is Sarah Palin! : Stop The ACLU:

[...] Jennifer Rubin …Palin will argue that in fact Obama has no more experience than she does, and that Palin has the advantage of sharing McCain’s views (and thus being right) on the surge, Russian ambitions, and meetings with state terror sponsors. The VP debate against Biden may be dicey, but the McCain camp knows full well that a vice-presidential debate isn’t going to make or break their candidate. In short, McCain is hoping that Palin is good enough on this score for a number two pick against a Democratic ticket headed by a man with virtually the same meager national security credentials. [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:36 am 71. Thomas:

Hillary is done,

McCain/ Palin ‘08
and
Palin / Jindal ‘12

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:40 am 72. RNC:

Holy crap, she wants to teach creationism. Are you kidding me? You cannot have a position of power and advocate this crap. Romney was the choice.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:42 am 73. winout:

Excellent choice! I’m back in the Republican fold and will write a check this afternoon.

She sounds like a common person, Washington outsider. Biden was touted as being a outsider cause he took a train home to DE every night. Uh… do you think we’re stupid?

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:42 am 74. Mockerfab4:

Listening to her talk now…P-A-N-D-E-R by McCain. This ticket reminds me of another Bush campaign. Bush/Quayle. She doesn’t even know what the VP does? McSame/PalinQuayle 08′. Good job repubs. You handed the Dems the election. Thanks!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:44 am 75. Anthony (Los Angeles):

Marilyn, I’ll take two.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:47 am 76. Boris:

“Boris, you are really a dope. Every time you bring up Palin’s lack of experience for VP, you accentuate Obama’s lack of experience for President.”

Thanks for the insult. You are really a nice person. Democrats won’t bring up Palin’s inexperience except in response to McCain/Republican attacks on Obama’s experience. How can McCain complain about Obama’s experience now? People will simply say, you didn’t think experience was important in someone who is a 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency. If you don’t think that will blunt his criticism, you’re fooling yourself.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:48 am 77. USPatriot:

Hey Ms Johnson and Boris; why don’t you head on over to the daily Kos and commiserate(or is that connive) with your brethren. Spare us your distorted, wishful, leftist tripe. A strong, intelligent, conservative,decisive,articulate,accomplished, experienced white woman(Sarah Palin) for vice president on the GOP ticket TRUMPS the megalomaniacal, marxist, weak kneed, flipflopping, completely inexperienced,unaccomplished,lieing,deceitful, half white, metrosexual,girlyman,baritone orator candidate for president(Barack Obama) on the Democrat ticket.Your leftist,liberal, racist,sexist identity politics just blew up right in your faces.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:48 am 78. McCain’s VP Pick: It Could Be Is Sarah Palin! » Pirate’s Cove — Shiny Distractions!:

[...] Jennifer Rubin …Palin will argue that in fact Obama has no more experience than she does, and that Palin has the advantage of sharing McCain’s views (and thus being right) on the surge, Russian ambitions, and meetings with state terror sponsors. The VP debate against Biden may be dicey, but the McCain camp knows full well that a vice-presidential debate isn’t going to make or break their candidate. In short, McCain is hoping that Palin is good enough on this score for a number two pick against a Democratic ticket headed by a man with virtually the same meager national security credentials. [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:48 am 79. Good Captain:

Sorry to burst your bubble Ms Johnson, but Obama perfectly fits the Quayle image created by the MSM. Younger, attractive and totally vacuous.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:49 am 80. Boris:

“Holy crap, she wants to teach creationism. Are you kidding me?”

Really? Ouch.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:58 am 81. Tommy2tone:

I am a registered republican but, up until this point I have been wondering which way to go. Seriousness aside, this VP running mate is a hottie. Kudos to McCain for a hot VP running mate and a hot wife. Keep up the good work!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:59 am 82. RNC:

Actually, to elaborate on my earlier post, Romney should be the candidate, not McCain. He was a little “slick” but the guy is brilliant and would lead his campaign rather than BE led. This smells like a focus group decision. I am disappointed in this shallow pick.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:00 am 83. Javelin:

Greg,
He bowed down in homage to the Weahter Underground, how perceptive.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:00 am 84. J.J. Sefton:

Rather Palin than a crypto Marxist and his narcissistic “goniff” stooge. But I digress…..

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:01 am 85. J.J. Sefton:

Can’t really take full credit for Smugsy and Plugsy – someone else had Smug and Plugs. Best one I saw was Clean and Jerk. Now THAT is clever.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:02 am 86. UPDATED WITH THE ‘OH NO HE DIDN’T’ REACTION FROM OBAMA CAMPAIGN…CONFIRMED! And The Mate Is: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin | Right Voices:

[...] Flashback: You go, girl: Alaska GOP Gov. will sue Bush administration over polar bear listing *** Jennifer Rubin at PJM [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:03 am 87. Sandra M:

I watched Larry Kudlow’s interview with Sarah Palin recently and came away VERY impressed.

I am NOT into gender politics. I would have supported Jeanne Kirkpatrick for President but no one since then —until Palin came along.

Tim Pawlenty may be a very nice man but the campaign would have been a snooze fest.

Palin has just given this campaign a real adrenaline shot. My respect for McCain has just gone up. He’s made a terrific choice..

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:04 am 88. Mike (Denver):

I like Palin as a VP choice. In addition to attracting PUMAs over to McCain, I think Palin may also appeal to the blue-collar union Democrats that were key to Hilary’s support in Ohio and Pennsylvania. During Palin’s speech today, she mentioned that her husband is a member of a steelworkers union.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:07 am 89. Palin the Pick -- The Conservative Blogosphere Rejoices | NeoConstant:

[...] McCain Shakes Things Up with Palin Pick [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:08 am 90. TOW:

Mac,

I believe in rigorous debate, as long as its kept above the belt. Your comment about Obama having no more than the color of his skin going for him is ignorant, racist, and unnecessary. The world, not just me, not just bloggers, but the entire world is sick to death of “angry white men” like yourself whining every time you see a woman or a person of color achieving more than your ilk ever thought would be permitted. Barack Obama is intelligent, charismatic, credible, and inspiring. McCain is heroic, patriotic and compelling. Disagree when necessary, debate often, but STOP WHINING! No one sympathizes with your egotistical, “I’m white so the whole world should pay homage to me,” ignorant bigotry! Clearly the color of your skin is what you thought would carry you through life. Its time for a wake up call Mac. Welcome to the new world! Barack-Biden 2008; Clinton-Palin 2016!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:10 am 91. jay:

Now I’m starting to get p$ssed. I’ve read some comments on this and other sites. She is being attacked for being a woman. They say it’s pandering. Ok, how about we get someone with zero experience but he’s black and we’ll back him for president. Oh, sorry that’s been done. The libs are throwing up all over themselves to trash her. Well new Governor trumps new Senator anytime. Pro-life trumps Pro-murder anytime Fiscal conservative trumps socialism every time. Palin trumps Obama and she’s the VP choice. Advantage McCain! McCain/Palin 08

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:10 am 92. Donna:

This ticket reminds me of another Bush campaign. Bush/Quayle/i>

Obviously you didn’t listen to her. She is clearly an intelligent,capable, down-to-earth woman who has accomplished more in her 44 years than either Obama or Hair Plugs.

I am really excited about this ticket now.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:13 am 93. Clyde:

I was reading some comments on the abcnews blog. They are all pissed. (Can I say pissed?) This pick has quickly turned the tables on the libs and their “historic opportunity”. But beware; the libs do not like it when the GOP breaks into the race and sex barrier that they think they have a monopoly on. They aggressively attack any black GOP candidate and will attack Palin ferociously. They are already trying to brand her as corrupt with the State Trooper-Brother-in-law investigation going on now (Imagine MSNBS having that in the second paragraph of her bio?) Anyway, I told my wife the other day I wish McCain would pick her, but thought he would go with Romney instead. Needless to say, I am very excited. This is a great day! When can I get my McCain/Palin stickers?

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:13 am 94. chicago:

liberals are grasping at straws. they lost the gender argument, the washington insider argument, the big oil pocket argument, the ethics in government argument, the executive experience argument…let’s face it, the only thing they can argue with right now is that Sarah Palin is just too real to believe!

dems/liberals/commies are toast!

McCain/Palin by a landslide in November!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:19 am 95. FreedomLover:

Excellent choice!!! She has great presence and a great personal story. The Obama campaign looked just small and petty with their comment. Go, McCain/Palin!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:19 am 96. Mike Shuster:

@gus3:

Can you explain in specific terms what kinds of foriegn policy issues Palin has dealt with as governor of a state that borders Russia? I’m not trying to bait you, that’s a serious question. They’re making hay of it on FNC right now, and honestly it sounds like BS to me.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:20 am 97. tanstaafl:

Amazing acceptance speech Sarah Palin just gave.

Strong independent spirit and intelligence.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:20 am 98. Patch:

I look forward to the McCain-Palin landslide in November, and BarryO being thrown under the bus with Wright and his grandma.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:22 am 99. Moultrie:

Palin is absolutely the right person for the McCain ticket. Her acceptance speech was exceptional, better than any I have heard yet in this long, long election process.
I too am on the McCain/Palin wagon, on to the Whitehouse!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:25 am 100. Tommy2tone:

Ok…now I can be serious. This whole election has been a pain in my @ss. I am sick and tired of the same thing every 4 years. Noone ever follows through with what the say they will do. More power to an all american woman and an ethnic man to stir this huge election melting pot up. It is about time we get some excitement and some “real” people in politics that actually represent the american people & not just the blue blooded americans that had it handed to them. As far as experience in politics where has that got us over the last decade. A shady southern womanizer that can do a speech and a texas monkey that sold us out.
Peace out!@!!!!

By the way she is a MILF/GILF…now possibly a VEEPILF?

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:26 am 101. Heather:

First of all, it was the “best kept secret” of the race, because no one really cared.

Second of all, no one wants a newbie from a rural town a heart-beat away from the presidency. Obama has very little experience, but we’ve had about 2 years to get to know him.

Thirdly, if McCain thinks women will flock to support her just because they supported Hilary, he doesn’t understand women very well. We are 200% tougher on other women than on men. Hilary has been through the crucible of constant criticism and, because she has been unflappable after 20 years of criticism from everything from her haircut to her marriage, she eventually won women and others over with her intellect, competence and relentless work-ethic.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:33 am 102. Shilo:

As a former Dem, now Ind., I wanted someone with more experience.
The gov. of Minn. appeared to have that in spades. Instead, McCain picks
an inexperienced 1st time gov. who brings almost nothing but
lack of experience to the table compared to others,
a hard sell, and she is being investigated in the attempted firing
of her ex-bother-in-law from his law enforcement job. Her sister
and ex are in a custody battle and it was an aid, without her
knowledge, who made the call to have the ex fired. Really? I was
all set to vote for McCain, and he makes this blunder. Independents and
Hillory people who would switch to Sen. McCain, want a strong candidate
for vp, not some inexperienced person because it is a woman.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:33 am 103. RE:

The answer to the experience question is “OK then, let’s talk about their accomplishments’.

Palin has them. Obama has none. Biden? I don’t know – nothing stands out.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:35 am 104. cedarford:

If McCain defends Palin as “ready to lead”, he just took the matter of Obama’s lack of experience off the table.

Team Axelrod, and their pawn Obambi may be concerned that their Hillary diss may backfire with women as fired up as when Geraldine was announced back in 1984 as the blue-collar hero of ethnics and the voice of “women roaring”.

But have to be happy that McCain basically conceeded that Obama has the experience and resume` level McCain has shown he thinks is “good enough” to be President or a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

And, like Hillary, Mitt Romney now is expected to campaign loyally, while hoping that their respective Party tickets goes down so they have a chance in 2012.

Some cold facts.

1. 72-year old John McCain develops any health issue or voters believe there is a health issue, down goes the ticket. Reagan at 72 had a backup of a man with 25 years of executive experience, including private industry, head of the CIA, and Ambassador to China.

2. Palin flubs up and shows herself a babe out of the woods on foreign policy or the economy, and down goes the ticket.

3. Contrary to popular myth, the one with the most executive experience on the tickets is Joe Biden, who as Committee Chair or ranking for 30 years managed an executive staff of hundreds and had power over 10s of billions in budget. Then McCain, with 2 years as commanding officer of the Navy’s largest air wing, 25 years as a seving line officer with authority over enlisted and junior officers serving. Then Palin with 1 1/2 years as Governor. Then Obambi, starting in politics the same year as Palin in 1996 – 5 years of dubious experience as head of the Chicago Annenberg Outreach.

But:

Obama was a part-time State Senator serving a constituency of 209,000 people.
Palin was a part-time mayor of a small town of 5,800 people and 4,000 dogs,

Obama is a 4 year Senator serving 12, 831, 970 people (2006 Census) and a “rising star in Democrat nationa leadership circles since 2004″.

Palin is a 1 1/2 year governor serving 670,000 people in her 1st full-time job since when she was a journalist before she got married. She has been a “rising star” in the opinion of national Republicans for 3 months, though a hero for the Right to Lifers and evangelicals for over a year.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:35 am 105. Teddy:

Obama is Jimmy Carter… and that is the reason for conservatives to vote Obama

The economy is in crisis and whoever is elected president will likely a one-term president. The times are very similar to the late 1970s in terms of oil, middle east conflict, and global markets. Things are likely to get worse into 2009 and beyond.

Jimmy Carter was ineffective. That paved the way for Ronald Reagan to sweep onto the scene. Had Carter not been elected… no Reagan revolution.

If McCain is elected, he is likely to look ineffectual, simply due to the times. That opens the door for Hillary in 2012. And she will have a full head of steam. By then, people really will be sick of the republican party. A vote for Obama now shuts the door on Hillary in 2012 and pretty much guarantees the strengthening of the republican party and a return to its more conservative base.

McCain will push the party toward the moderates. His goal is to be the first modern president to really reach across party lines. He will have dems in his cabinet. He will not push true conservatives to the supreme court (why would he, he blocked them as senator). He will have an untested woman as VP to try to suck up to women and Hillary voters. He will return to the type of bills he proposed or supported and now repudiates. Its his last chance and he will do or say anything.

True conservatives need to think about the long game. Sacrifice the next four years, which will be crap for whomever leads, and set the stage for the real conservative rise in 2012. Yes we can. Obama is the new Jimmy, and for that we should all be thankful.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:39 am 106. Matt, Esq.:

I see many of the libs hovering in this thread are flailing to come up with something, anything that’s bad about Palin. meanwhile, the Obama camp, who are jaw droppingly stupid, are going to spend their time criticizing her experience. Other morons are going to critcize her for working while she has a special needs child. Libs would prefer that she aborted her son.

Dude, pot, kettle.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:40 am 107. ic:

Mike Shuster:
… I will really have trouble voting for a ticket with a VP with no foreign policy experience and so little political experience in general.

You don’t have trouble voting for a P with no foreign policy experience? Of course, you may consider spending the summer touring European capitals, and a childhood in Indonesia foreign policy experience.

Oh, yeah, she has no community organizing experience either. McCain blew it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:41 am 108. Red Blooded American:

This is a very interesting choice, and shows some imagination. Despite the fact that 95% of her experience consists of being on the city council of a town of 5,000, or serving as its mayor which is of similar status, there is every reason to expect she will rise to the occasion and capably serve as McCain’s running mate. Whether the American people, in fact, are willing to have her a heartbeat from the presidency, is something we will find out on November 4th. Despite her credentials as a gun-toting beauty queen and mother of five including a special needs child, the jump from Alaska governor to Vice President is an even bigger leap than the one she made last year from Wasilla to the Alaska statehouse. But the race just got more interesting.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:41 am 109. Boris:

Looks like Palin is going to get tommy2tone to pull the lever! Impressive, considering he votes on a touch screen machine.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:41 am 110. Clyde:

Hey Tow, just because someone points out that Obama is black doesn’t make him a racist. Have we, or have we not be hearing nothing but how historic the convention was? Why was it historic? Is it because the DNC finally nominated an experienced foreign policy maker that is fiscally disciplined, has a military background and a record of accomplishments? No…It’s because Obama is the first BLACK nominee. Even a reporter for Newsweek said this after Obama’s speech; “If America does not elect Barack Obama, it is still a racist country”. We would love to debate policy, but the media and the Obama camp wont allow it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:44 am 111. Self-hating boomer:

Shuster, one of Alaska’s biggest industries is fisheries. The state government has been involved in international treaties involving Canada and Russia in order to maintain sustainable fish catches. It’s quite complicated, because fish may spawn in one country, and be caught in another.

Compared to the disaster in the western Atlantic, the north Pacific fisheries are a resounding success story of wise resource management and smart international negotiation.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:45 am 112. Matt, Esq.:

*Your comment about Obama having no more than the color of his skin going for him is ignorant, racist, and unnecessary. *

Tow

Err, I’m all ears for what he aqtually has going for him besides his race and oratory ability. Please, elaborate on his policies that will make this nation a better place. I’ll wait.

And just to break this down for you a little Tow- name the one party which nominated 2 minority supreme court justices and had a black man and black woman representing the United States overseas. The irony of the Obama pick is he’s likely to lose due to LIBERAL racism (feel free to discuss Obama with one of your union buddies- it will be eye opening).

And this “angry white man” is thrilled to death that a QUALIFIED woman is going to have the chance to be VEEP.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:47 am 113. Willy:

My wife, a true liberal and hardcore Hillary supporter, thinks this was a dumb choice by McCain. As she says, a small town mayor and governer with no national experience is going to be eaten alive by Obama and Biden. Also says she lacks judgement in having 5 kids, especially the one with Downs. “Don’t people know not to have kids after 40?” She also doesn’t like the pipeline that the Governor got through, her pro-drill stance, and her creepy consertive values. I don’t think she is going to have the pull to get Dems away from Obama.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:48 am 114. John:

I suspect the loony left must be having a stroke about now.

Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air to this election. I’m more excited than I’ve been since JFK.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:49 am 115. jay:

The more I read about the libs puking all over themselves the more I like her. I need to get to know her more, hope no skeletons in the closet with her or her husband. Heard she had one relative it trouble. I remember Geraldine Ferraro and how her husband’s troubles plagued her. I don’t want the same thing happening here. So far so good though and so far they have my vote. My mother (I’m 50) has been a democrat forever but feels the leftist part of the Democratic Party has pushed her kind under the bus. For the first time in her life she is voting Republican. I have a feeling she wont be alone.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:54 am 116. JP:

If anything, this was an audascious pick. At first glance, it appears even reckless. McCain’s critique about Obama’s foreign policy (like that of Hillary) was Obama’s judgement. Palin could possibly cover her lack of credentials by coming out strongly for a coherent energy policy vis-a-vis national security. She could also come out strong echoing McCain on the WOT, Russia, and economic libertarianism.

In any even, I hope McCain and his team thought this one through. The other candidates were boring neo-liberals.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:57 am 117. McCain scores big on VP pick! « Republican Party of Jefferson County, TN:

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Aug 29, 2008 - 10:57 am 118. cedarford:

gus3 – Being the governor of a border state (nothing but foreign border, in fact) puts her on the front line of foreign policy. She has far more experience with it than Joe Biden (borders the Atlantic Ocean)

Well, I guess that is settled. Any governor in office from a State that borders Canada or Mexico or that is 90 miles adjacent to Cuba&Haiti&Jamaica – or Russia – becomes a foreign policy expert in under a year.
But, Biden, the head or ranking member for 30 years of Foreign Affairs in Congress has no experience with foreign policy because his state only borders the ocean…
And McCain, also with extensive Senate work on diplomacy and foreign nations security and economic matters…may be a foreign policy expert….but basically limited to Mexican matters since his state borders them.

Brilliant thinking!

========================
1. If any health issue with McCain comes up, down goes the ticket on his reckless choice of a backup with no real experience.

2. We will be treated to McCain saying he knows little about the economy, but we will have a VP candidate with “huuuge” economic experience as a Mom doing household budgets and also reviewing the budget of a town of 5800 and their 12 employees…plus one year reviewing the budget submitted to her in a state that has less people than San Jose.

3. Wait for Right to Life Sarah to expound to the Hillary PUMAs that she believes late term abortions should be illegal and women forced to bear fetuses with major birth defects to term…

4. Palin is currently under investigation for firing the Public Safety Commissioner after he refused to fire the cop divorcing her sister. That investigation will conclude in October if Palin abused her powers to help a family member retaliate against a state police employee.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:00 am 119. JP:

Her biography is more compelling than Obama’s, and it will attract an entire host of middle class mothers to the polls. The more I think about the choice of Palin, the more I understand it. Of course, one hidden skeleton or Dan Quayle type gaffe and it is all over. The MSM will give her no space. I can only imagine the well funded opposition research groups digging into her life as we write.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:01 am 120. Donna:

No foreign policy experience?

Well, what foreign policy experience did the gov. of Arkansas have? What foreign policy experience do most governors have? And yet normally we elect governors and not senators – this year is an anomoly in so many ways.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:01 am 121. Mike Shuster:

ic: well, honestly, I’m an undecided voter. But if McCain had picked, I don’t know, Tom Ridge, I probably wouldn’t be undecided anymore. As it stands I’m not thrilled with either ticket.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:03 am 122. BMoon:

If the RNC-McCain wanted to play identity politics with the Dems and PUMAS, I would have gone for Kay Bailey Hutchinson or the indominable Condi Rice. I suppose you have to cowtow to the American Idol mentality out there, but I sure hope those two have a place in the Cabinet.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:04 am 123. Donna:

Also says she lacks judgement in having 5 kids, especially the one with Downs. “Don’t people know not to have kids after 40?”

Right – let’s just abort ‘em! Don’t want to be punished with a baby now, especially if it’s not perfect.

Sounds like a “true liberal,” all right.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:05 am 124. Tommy2tone:

Boris…I take it you were one of the Floridians that found the ballot confusing. I really don’t know who to pick but, I do think it is going to be a little more interesting this time.

By the way did I mention that Sarah is hot?

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:09 am 125. asd:

How is the exp argument gone people? You are comapring the Dem #1 with the GOP#2. I would rather hav the POTUS have the exp since they will be calling the shots not the VP.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:11 am 126. Mike Shuster:

Donna: Well, as McCain likes pointing out, we’re in the midst of a war against terror which generates unprecedented foreign policy challenges. Which I think is one of the reason no governors made it past the primary. And I doubt Clinton could have won in this environment either.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:12 am 127. dvd:

when the political machines sit down at the table of largesse, they have full cognizence of whose admitted and who is not. bo promises change but delivers biden……no peripheral vision. Sarah Palin represents the Real People Politic of the future. She has nothing in common with the lines of folks standing in thier particular line, to get thier particular piece, under the rules of political muscial chairs. Bought and paid for politicians, are elected with bought and paid for expectations…..

Sarah Palin has no mouthpieces, except those of us who have always stood outside the lines, looking in amazement at the behaviors of so many people who would take all they can from people they dont even know…..

Palin brings the bench, the audience tired of the spectacle of politics as usual.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:19 am 128. JohnG:

I see lots of comparisons between McCain/Palin and Bush/Quayle. Do people not remember what happened during that election when Bush picked Quayle? I’m sure Dukakis does.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:19 am 129. Self-hating boomer:

Is Boris one of the ones who voted for Buchannan by mistake?

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:22 am 130. Karl Rove:

This woman is under investigation for corruption for trying to have her ex-brother-in-law fired. This is a woman who did indeed give birth to a mentally disabled child and then abandoned that child at 3DAYS OLD to go back to a job that I am sure could have waited at least 6 weeks minimum. I am sure that the Governors office gives an extended paid maternity leave sounds to me as if she was forced to be pro-life when she would have preferred the later leaving that poor TINY BABY to fend without his mother after only three days god help that child and us if this is the best that McCain can do.
Democrats- feel free to run with this:
PALIN:
10)Palin who? Soccer mom that loves fishing..lol.
9) NO Experiene what-so- ever
Under investigation for corruption
7) She just had a disable kid in April 08 that
she totally neglected
6) Mayor of a town with 7348 people…lol. Sorry I live in New York.
5) Gas and Big Oil company lover
4) She’s crazy enough to let her son sign-up to fight a misguided war in Iraq
3) She makes McCain look even older than he is
2) Joe Biden is going to eat her alive in the VP debate on foreign policies
1) God forbid McCain wins and something happend to him (72yrs)…OMG

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:26 am 131. barrybarryquitecontrary.com:

I’ll put Gov. Palin’s experience up against Barack Obama’s sleazy Chicago political education at the hands of a gang of grifters like Rezko, Wright, Ayers, Pfleger and on and on and on.

Gov. Palin is the fox (pun intended) robbing the proverbial hen house with the youth vote. The fact is, turn out among youth voters leaves a lot to be desired. Barack has got the youth all whipped into a frenzy and Gov. Palin will close the deal with youth voters most likely to vote and that is with young females who are going to be enthralled with her story and success.

Security Moms are a slam dunk for Gov. Palin. Middle age and older female voters find Barack Obama just a little on the creepy side with his slick persona and complete lack of transparency. Older independent female voters are going to love Gov. Palin’s “what you see is what you get” straight talk and the fact that she “threw the bums out” (some in her own party) in Alaska.

Gov. Palin is a grand slam for the GOP. The Dumbocrats have already conceded that experience doesn’t matter to them at the top of their ticket that’s why Obambi brought in JoeBlow. Stand back and watch America, we are about to see in McCain and Palin what makes this country great. We are going to see clearly why our great American traditions like a family of one man and one woman, middle American culture, faith, the sanctity of life, Second Amendment rights, patriotism for our military so powerfully trump the hogwash of liberal socialism that has run amok in this great land. Just watch all the liberal socialist nut cases come out of the woodwork! Bring it on!

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:30 am 132. Palin for America: A true conservative: “She knows when to stand up and doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down” « POLITISITE: Politics from the RIGHT Side of the WEB:

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Aug 29, 2008 - 11:31 am 133. Self-hating boomer:

JohnG, thanks for reminding me. This is going to be a repeat of 1988, because Biden is every bit as much an arrogant pr**k as Bensen was, and Obama is every bit as much a clueless metrosexual uberlib as Dukakis was.

And any deficiency in Quayle’s intellect was a fabrication of the media, just like the messianic powers of Obama are. And historically, just enough Americans have seen through the media’s transparent attempts to influence things to foil them.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:40 am 134. rvastar:

People will simply say, you didn’t think experience was important in someone who is a 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.

And people will respond, “Palin has executive experience. Obambi has none.”

To which, your people will spit, sputter, then cry “Racist!”

McCain basically conceeded that Obama has the experience and resume` level McCain has shown he thinks is “good enough” to be President or a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

Obama’s executive experience? None.

Obama’s military experience? None.

Obama’s foreign policy experience? None.

In what – exactly – is it that Obama “has the experience”? Being male? Being black?

Obama is a 4 year Senator serving 12, 831, 970 people (2006 Census) and a “rising star in Democrat nationa leadership circles since 2004.

Yeah, a Senate career that’s consisted of voting “present”, campaigning for the Presidency, throwing his friends and family members under the bus, and changing his mind so many times on so many issues that’s he’s confused about how many states there are.

This woman is under investigation for corruption for trying to have her ex-brother-in-law fired.

And yet, after being vetted, McCain still picked her.

So, to all you leftists who are clinging to the hope that something is going to come of that, here’s a piece of advice: roll that New York Times article up and wipe your a$$es with it. Because that’s about the most mileage you’re going to get out of it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:44 am 135. Matt, Esq.:

Dear Karl – you have your facts wrong. If anything, she’s the anti-corruption candidate. Google “Palin” and “Bridge to Nowhere”.

Also, the child is not alone – you do know she has a husband right ? Are you people really going to ride that horse into the general election ? That somehow a woman can’t have a important career while juggling home and family? Good luck with that my friend, I’ll enjoy the messiah’s concession speech.

You should go back to directing hurricanes at new orleans with your super secret weather machine Mr. Rove =)

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:48 am 136. Kevin:

Palin was not brought on board to pull away those PUMA’s who will never switch their vote. She was brought on board to help persuade those that are thinking of not voting at all into voting for McCain and to lock in those that were already considering voting for him. And this whole issue of “a heartbeat away” is DOA. If that was a real reason for not voting for a president, then Bush Sr should have never been president. Let’s take that “heartbeat away” issue and apply it to the dems. Obama dies, doesn’t matter how, and Biden now becomes president. But he is no spring chicken, he dies. Who next? Who does he choose as his VP before he croaks? Does he make the choice in time? The “heartbeat away” argument is a tired old “what if” line of fantasy. Nice to throw around the table over a few drinks but hardly deserving of serious discussion. And a rather lousy reason for not voting for a particular candidate.

A VP is chosen to help bring in votes from certain segments of society that a candidate wishes to do better in. A VP is chosen to help cancel a candidates weaknesses. A VP is chosen to secure the nomination in a hotly contested primary. In this election neither candidate needed a VP to win the primary. Both had it locked up. Obama chose Biden to cover many of his weaknesses. McCain chose Palin to help in an area that he feels he needs help in. And the choice must not piss off the base. But in the end, regardless of age, the candidate for President is whom everyone votes for and the “heartbeat away” argument is left for the hardcore followers of the opponent.

I would have voted for McCain regardless who he chose. However I am also looking beyond 2008, and am now seeing a much more electric 2012/2016 ticket potential from the Republican side than had he picked Romney, Ridge, or any other old timer. Pawlenty has a lot going for him, but overall he didn’t bring to McCain what McCain was wanting. Pawlenty and Jindal plus any other young Republican now have 4 to 8 years to improve upon their resume. Palin will have the opportunity to be in the national spolight and gain valuable experience for the next election cycle, win or lose.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:48 am 137. ST333:

~~Well done to the McCain camp on Governor Palin first off…..

~~Now to the suicidal diatribe from the mental midgets running Obama’s campaign..

“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.

~~He’s kidding us right? The former mayor, who’s now Governor and has more executive experience as the VP candidate then the guy you are running for PRESIDENT? Newsflash, you people want to put a man with less credentials then the Governor running as VP in the office of the President. Wow, by all means, keep talking, McCain should be ahead in the polls by tomorrow with brilliant statements like that. ….By the way, another brilliant move picking a 35 year Senator. Way to show Washington “change” with that new blood. Democrats, go back to your coloring books for 4 more years and try again.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:48 am 138. Donna:

Well, as McCain likes pointing out, we’re in the midst of a war against terror which generates unprecedented foreign policy challenges

Mike: the GOP has plenty of foreign policy experience at the TOP of the ticket.
McCain didn’t have to shore that up – he had other weaknesses that I think Palin addresses, like the “rich and out of touch” meme. Palin has had more recent experience dealing with ordinary people than someone who’s been in the Senate since 1971.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:50 am 139. Sharon:

Palin is no Hillary! This is an insult to Hillary supporters. She wants to garner Hillary supporter but this tactical move by Mcsame would not work. We can see through the smoke! Shelled-shocked is what this move is.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:56 am 140. chicago:

“This woman is under investigation for corruption for trying to have her ex-brother-in-law fired. ”

what you failed to add there is that Sarah Palin herself WELCOMED the investigation.

nice try but no cigar there.

to rebutt your points:
10)Palin who? Soccer mom that loves fishing..lol.
- yup, she’s a real american, not one of those preppy uppity yuppie democrats.

9) NO Experiene what-so- ever
Under investigation for corruption

LOL! you mean she fought corruption. While Sarah Palin was fighting corruption in Alaska, Obama was dolling out millions of dollars from the Annenberg Challenge to Ayers and his commie friends and got cozy with a convicted felon that helped him buy his house.

7) She just had a disable kid in April 08 that
she totally neglected

totally neglected? Another governor was interviewed on Fox News this morning and stated that when her child was born and she had to go to a Governors conference, she had the child with her and proudly carried her in her arms.

6) Mayor of a town with 7348 people…lol. Sorry I live in New York.

yup, the same uppity yuppie argument. there’s more small towns in American that large cities. pissed them off as a whole and you solidify the McCain/Palin landslide. Obama couldn’t even manage the Annenberg Challenge properly and squandered $100 million dollars with nothing to show for. Chicago Schools are still the worst in the country.

5) Gas and Big Oil company lover

that’s the most laughable argument here. She fought the oil companies in Alaska to ensure that the people of Alaska got their fair share. shows how much research you commies have done so far.

4) She’s crazy enough to let her son sign-up to fight a misguided war in Iraq

that’s the typical liberal I know! to you it’s crazy to fight for America’s security. To mother’s like Sarah Palin, the ultimate sacrifice is an honor.

3) She makes McCain look even older than he is

McCain is old. that’s a non-argument. The real point here is that she makes Obama look smaller and emptier than before!

2) Joe Biden is going to eat her alive in the VP debate on foreign policies

The Joe Biden I know took lobbyist money and is involved in dolling out favors to large corporations. While the Sarah Palin I know fought corruption, reduced taxes, and save taxpayers a lot of money by scarpping the bridge to nowhere pork. Obama wants to raise taxes, claims to have fix healthcare in Illinois (I’m in Illinois, and the healthcare problem here is much worse since doctors are getting out of Illinois in droves due to Obama’s healthcare fix).

1) God forbid McCain wins and something happend to him (72yrs)…OMG

God forbid that Obama loses the election and get thrown out by the same Chicago machine that eleveated him through corruption.

the real comparison here is that Obama raised his political stock by questionable means (cozying up to Rezko, collaboratin with Ayers and Wright) while Sarah Palin fought corruption in Alaska, reduced taxes for her constituents, raised a loving family while successfully governing a state. Obama pales in comparison.

nuff said. you liberals are toast. the republican party presentend an example of a woman who chose both career and family and succeeded, while you liberals would rather abort a baby so you can climb up the corporate ladder and claim you’re for the poor and neglected. sad, sad, sad!

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:56 am 141. Matt, Esq.:

*Palin is no Hillary!*

a fact I will thank the good Lord for every day.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:02 pm 142. chicago:

sharon,

THANK GOD PALIN IS NO HILLARY!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:05 pm 143. Tom:

it’s not really about whether she is the most qualified – to the DNC it all boils down to McCain pre-empted them w a woman, who possibly could be Prez by 2012 – if the whole point to Hillary is having a landmark nomination, and it sounds like that is the case, then do the dems think that 2012 is going to be 2 women head-on? hmm…..

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:10 pm 144. lee:

Joe Lieberman or Mitt Romney would have eaten Biden alive during any VP debate. Romney was fired up whenever his Mormon faith was questioned.

Lierberman was my first choice, if it’s not “maverick” for a presidential candidate to choose a member of another party as VP, I don’t know what it. But a woman VP is a bold move as well.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:16 pm 145. Mabel:

To those that say Obama would not dare attack Palin’s “inexperience”…he already did!!! What a moron! She’s running for VP and has more experience that you Barack! She has run a state and fought corruption in the entire 2 yrs you have been a US senator campaigning for president (meaning not really being a senator). During this time, she was also a mother of 4, pregnant with #5, came back to work a couple of days after giving birth…let them attack her…they would look soooo bad.
As for Hillary feminists, take a look at a real one…one that did not have to marry the powerful guy to get ahead but did it on her own and while sustaining a marriage and a family.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:16 pm 146. Just a voter:

The Dems may not want to bring up the firing of her brother-in-law. He was abusing his family. One thing that I read was that he had used a tazer on one of his own children. There is much more that he did so he should not have been a state trooper in the first place. Besides, if you can’t use whatever pressure that your position has given you to protect those you love, then it is is an empty position.

Having lived in AK, there is no other state that has to deal with foreign threats than AK. Soviet jets invade their borders on a daily basis. Elmendorf is one of our most strategic military bases that we have.

I think the Dems need to show me what experience Obama has to face the threats that we face today. So far, I have not seen anything that gives me any hope of security against the Islamic threat. We sure don’t need to see another President bomb an aspirin factory and empty tents.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:16 pm 147. Tommy2tone:

To the Hillary lovers: Get over it. I guess the corruption from Arkansas just got swept under the rug by you people.
I admit Bush is a hack and a sell out. A lot of already rich people received some additional padding in their pockets due to the idiotic government contracts in Iraq.
It would be nice to start from fresh again. This curruption B.S. has got to come to an end. Can’t anyone, Dems or Repubs, just do their job and start helping out the middle class which makes this country what it is?
At this point, I am for someone with a different point of view that didn’t get fed with a golden spoon. Some of these politicians need to actually do some manual labor so they actually know what it is like to work.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:17 pm 148. Mike Shuster:

Donna: honestly, I’m just thinking about secession issues, because, let’s face it, he’s 72. I hate to be morbid, and I’ll keep an open mind as I learn more about Palin, but again, given McCain’s age, I’d be A LOT more comfortable with Ridge or even Kay Hutchinson or Romney even though he creeps me out a lot.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:17 pm 149. Paul From Hamburg:

Palin is a great choice. No voters who were leaning towards McCain yesterday have suddenly decided to vote for Obama, but I am sure that some significant number of Hillary Clinton supporters are now leaning towards McCain. Obviously, many Hillary supporters are loyal democrats who will vote for Obama. However, there are also many Hillary supporters who will feel a strong connection to Palin. Remember, some of Hillary’s best support came from blue-collar men and woman. Democrat or not, these people are going to give serious consideration a ticket that includes a working mother married to a blue-collar husband.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:26 pm 150. Dave ll:

Today McCain sealed his victory!

Those of you skeptical about her experience will be in for a big shock when she takes on Biden like she did the “good ol’ boys” in Alaska.

One thing mentioned is her experience vis a vis the number of PEOPLE in Alaska compared to say…Illinois, or a state senate district in Illinois.

I don’t think that is a valid arguement…because it’s not the number of people…but WHAT YOU DID while you were in office representing those people.

Obama voted “present” 130 times representing his people in Illinois state government. Now compare that to what Palin has accomplished in 2 years as Alaska’s governor.

NIGHT an DAY difference, not only in accomplishments, but in WHAT and HOW they governed…EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE vs. a “representative” for a district.

WHERE is Obama’s EXECUTIVE experience for PRESIDENT vs. Palin’s EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE…NOT for President, but a VP.

The Democratic ticket is upside down and backwards…the Republicans got it exactly right!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:29 pm 151. cedarford:

Like Obama, McCain dumped his most qualified VP pick and second-best in the Primaries because “the chemistry wasn’t right”.

The dynamics are a bit different in that the Democrats have an inexperienced Prez candidate who nonetheless ran a brilliant, well-managed campaign against a women her own insiders said “was head of an organization in constant disarray, money mismanagement, and with no one in charge”.

While the Republicans have a candidate hated by half his Party, who is 72 and has a history of a lethal cancer with a high chance of recurrence – who is experienced, but is tempermental, not the brightest bulb in the room, and given to erratic “gut” decisions. Who admits that he knows little about fixing economic matters.

Who then picks a woman with little domestic and no foreign policy experience. Who has looked at one budget of a small state as governor…and before that 1st full-time job she has had since getting married as a young journalist…is limited to household budgets she did in her kitchen as a Mom, along with Dad…and went over the city council budget in the same kitchen as a part-time mayor of 5800 people in a small town.

====================
Frankly, neither ticket is a confidence-builder.

A liberal democrat ticket headed by an inexperienced messianic figure.
A Republican ticket with no national economic experience and very weak executive experience, headed by a erratic old Senator with a serious cancer history and backed by a woman with even less credentials than Obama.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:34 pm 152. ursula:

Great choice – I love it,
a mother of five, one child in the National Guards, one child with special needs, the governor of a state that borders t w o foreign countries, – wow , what a women – she will be a great rolemodel for any girl (way better than Hillary)…
she will have my vote

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:34 pm 153. Donna:

Mike: well, all of the possible VP picks had an Achilles heel of one sort or another. I was expecting Romney. But the Dems would have gone to town with the “two rich white guys” business. When the economy is going gang-busters, Americans love businessmen, but the second it starts heading south, corporations and the wealthy are bashed.

I would have been comfortable with Kay Bailey Hutchinson too – but I’m more excited about Palin.

McCain is old, but he’s got some pretty tough Scots-Irish DNA. At Saddleback, he had more energy than Obama, who seemed tired although Barry just got back from vacation.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:36 pm 154. The Wizard:

I think it is fantastic, every time the Obama team criticizes Mrs. Palin, they are criticizing Obama….she has more experience on every level!!! Brilliant!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:36 pm 155. chicago:

honestly, I feel a lot better that if something happens to McCain we have a VP that is incorruptible instead of a messiah that has a solid record of corruption.

I will sleep well when McCain/Palin win in November, knowing that those 3AM phone calls will be answered by people that has integrity, will put Country First, and are dedicated to a cause bigger than themselves.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:36 pm 156. Palin for America: A true conservative: “She knows when to stand up and doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down” « Iron Mill News Service:

[...] Rubin at PJM: …Palin will argue that in fact Obama has no more experience than she does, and that Palin has [...]

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:43 pm 157. John:

McBush is going to crash and burn with this choice. It is a JOKE!!!!
What experience has she had in nuclear non proliferation; in a major economy; in terrorism; in foreign affairs??? NONE!!! She has more exerience with the game of hockey than she does with government.

McBush has said the VP is a heart beat from the Presidency and in his case it is big time. It just goes to show his irrisponsible nature and his lack of sound judgement.
Go OBAMA!!!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:43 pm 158. Charlie:

Hmm
If McCain thinks that he will manage her like he dictates his strong opinions, like to the everyone, F this, and F that. ( Check out utube McCains temper)will get no where with this apparently strong willed lady!
It will be a short time before the battle begins between them!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:46 pm 159. Fred:

The pick of Gov. Palin shows McCain lacks judgment and seriousness. Is Gov. Palin the most qualified person he could come up with? Or did he do it for political reasons?

Check out this story on youtube on Gov. Palin’s trooper-gate problem which aired just this week, in Alaska on ch. 11. Wow, McCain’s staff did a heck of a job vetting Palin.

Ted Stevens, the Alaska GOP & Big Oil are ready for their close-up Mister McCain.

What a HUGE birthday gift for Democrats.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:54 pm 160. Tommy2tone:

Palin…sooo hot. want to touch the hiney.

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:56 pm 161. Dave ll:

Gee, cedarford…why don’t you just sit this one out then???

Or throw your vote away on Bob Barr?

The fact is Obama or McCain WILL be president with or without you…and maybe AFTER one of them is President you can criticize one… IF you bothered to vote.

I don’t find it either enlightening or refreshing to see comments by a disgruntled curmedgeon who finds no reason to vote for either candidate…when MILLIONS of people around the world would just like the right to vote!

Aug 29, 2008 - 12:56 pm 162. ex-democrat:

reason # 11 why the pick is great? because it shines a bright light on the character of Obama supporters as typified by “John” , “Sharon” and “Karl Rove” above.
so, to those on the fence: take a good hard look at Obama’s supporters; is that really the kind of company you want to keep??

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:00 pm 163. chipper:

cedarford you made me laugh…US Senators managing Committee staff? Are you serious? Kennedy School grads manage those staff. You must know that. US Sentors can barely manage their bathroom breaks.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:04 pm 164. Charlie (Colorado):

Second of all, no one wants a newbie from a rural town a heart-beat away from the presidency. Obama has very little experience, but we’ve had about 2 years to get to know him.

better be careful there, Heather. Don’t let them see you’re wounded.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:11 pm 165. Paul:

I’m getting dizzy from reading all the frenzied attempts to SPIN this choice as being a great thing. I’m less interested in the potential outcome of this choice on the election horse race than I am in my discomfort with how I’ll feel when McCain wins. Hey…terrific if it helps John McCain win, but I’ve gotta admit: I’ve VERY nervous about the idea of anyone — man, woman, white, green, whatever — whose entire background is PTA, Mayor of Tinyville, and two-year Governor of a geographically large, but economically and socially narrow state. Frankly I’m petrified by the idea of her being a heartbeat away from the Presidency — would have been much more comfortable with other choices. May be good, smart politics on John’s part (and I hope it is), but I’m NOT happy.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:11 pm 166. Charlie (Colorado):

If McCain defends Palin as “ready to lead”, he just took the matter of Obama’s lack of experience off the table.

Nope. You’re missing the point that Palin is running for VICE President. Every time the Dems attack Palin’s experience, they just point out that Obama’s experience is no better.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:13 pm 167. Sharon:

self-destruct is what I call this pick! Is the repub in polictical turmoil? Or McSame, is just scrambling around grasping at nothing in particular and don’t possess the acumen to deliver for his country? Shelled-shocked perhaps? possible!

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:16 pm 168. Charlie (Colorado):

This is a woman who did indeed give birth to a mentally disabled child and then abandoned that child at 3DAYS OLD to go back to a job that I am sure could have waited at least 6 weeks minimum. I am sure that the Governors office gives an extended paid maternity leave sounds to me as if she was forced to be pro-life when she would have preferred the later leaving that poor TINY BABY to fend without his mother after only three days god help that child and us if this is the best that McCain can do.

I see the memo has come out.

So, if I’m getting this right, you’re saying that a career woman can’t go back to work without abandoning her children, even if she has an effective stay at home husband and four older kids, three of whom can help take up the load?

I’m definitely looking forward to watching the DNC pushing *that* theory.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:18 pm 169. MARCUS:

This choice is a Smack in the face to a Strong fighter for women like Hillary Clinton, and such a sham to fool Hillary supporters to even think of voting for the Same ol politic the Republicans play……..

The Republicans were the worst critics of Hillary, and made the most sexist comments one could ever hear……..

The pick is a joke a sham, so please do not be fooled.

The McCain agenda is still the Same agenda…..

be on the look out for the next Carl Rove endorsed ad form the campaign

They will tell you next, that riding the subway is un American and expect you to believe it.

WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!

Hillary will play an important role in the Obama/Biden Administration..She and they will fight for better and more affordable healthcare for All Americans. Instead of seeking to destabilize the best part of our current healthcare system as John McSame has pledged to do.

have no doubt.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:21 pm 170. DC:

This was the smartest political move ever!!! People will be forced to look at the fact, Experience does matter!!! Obama has ZERO experience running anything mind you and he’s running for the highest office in the land. Palin is only running for VP. Which position is more important? Dems better stop whinning about Palin’s lack of experience and look at their own canidate who has ZERO experience.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:22 pm 171. Charlie (Colorado):

10)Palin who? Soccer mom that loves fishing..lol.

Oh, it’s hockey, by the way. And as I recall, that’s in part because she played hockey.

Biden better be careful, she might high-stick him.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:23 pm 172. Charlie (Colorado):

Who has looked at one budget of a small state….

Dude, buy a map.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:28 pm 173. MARCUS:

Sorry but the Obama campaign has not had any shake ups or reorganization since it began this journey. Sounds like a very smart campaign

mcsame has had to fire and re-hire darn near a whole new team every few months..except ol Phil Graham….he pulled a disappearing act and came back under the cover of night with a profound message.
“America, the recession, and loss of your jobs, and theft of your tax paying dollars by this party, this administration is all in your minddddd”
So stop whining!!!
Obama/Biden
cause if it is with Mccain it is just more of the same ol Bush and you know it

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:28 pm 174. Donna:

So, if I’m getting this right, you’re saying that a career woman can’t go back to work without abandoning her children, even if she has an effective stay at home husband and four older kids, three of whom can help take up the load?

Oh, Charlie, it’s going to be lovely watching “feminists” suddenly worried about whether a married woman with 5 kids can handle the job.

I know more than a few female OB/GYN’s with small children (including a devout Catholic with 5 kids) who somehow manage it and they get called in at all hours of the night. No feminists would be telling those women they should be sitting home with the kids.

But they want Sarah Palin to be June Cleaver. Or else they’re wondering why she didn’t just get an abortion.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:31 pm 175. Susan Katz Keating:

Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:31 pm 176. MARCUS:

Her hubby works for BP. If Mccain is elected thru some farce of fate. Big Oil will have a Bed Room in the White House..
Great Job
McSame

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:33 pm 177. Donna:

Just noticed this little tidbit from TalkLeft on the Instapundit sidebar:

“I would add that Obama does not need to be arguing how important experience is. Let me also add that when Tim Kaine, who has exactly the same experience as Palin, was treated by the Media and the Dems as a serious and acceptable potential pick, it opens up charges of a double standard.”

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:34 pm 178. Gary Ogletree:

I’m 56. This will be the first time I vote Republican. Palin on the ticket is the clencher.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:41 pm 179. kelly:

Willy can’t your wife talk for herself? Karl Rove chicago took care you I just want to add that you are a true moron.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:42 pm 180. John M.:

[Mike Shuster:

I think she is a smart choice tactically, but honestly, with McCain turning 72 today, and the country at war, etc., I will really have trouble voting for a ticket with a VP with no foreign policy experience and so little political experience in general. Though I guess I’ll wait and see how she seems during the debates.
Aug 29, 2008 - 8:54 am]

Wait, your comment doesn’t make any sense. How is the The One any better? At least Sarah Palin actually has experience running a CITY/STATE and isn’t on the top of the ticket.

Oh, and she’s pretty hot…=P

John

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:45 pm 181. chicago:

“Paul:

I’m getting dizzy from reading all the frenzied attempts to SPIN this choice as being a great thing. I’m less interested in the potential outcome of this choice on the election horse race than I am in my discomfort with how I’ll feel when McCain wins. Hey…terrific if it helps John McCain win, but I’ve gotta admit: I’ve VERY nervous about the idea of anyone — man, woman, white, green, whatever — whose entire background is PTA, Mayor of Tinyville, and two-year Governor of a geographically large, but economically and socially narrow state. Frankly I’m petrified by the idea of her being a heartbeat away from the Presidency — would have been much more comfortable with other choices. May be good, smart politics on John’s part (and I hope it is), but I’m NOT happy.”

I’m a lot more worried about a corrupt individual whose only record is dolling out millions of dollars to terrorists, coddled a convicted fellon, influenced by a racist pastor, and catapulted into the national political stage by a corrupt political machine.

above all, integrity comes first, all effectve leadership traits are dictated by integrity and honor which McCain and Palin has and Obama/Biden lacks.

it is clear that Obama comes from the evil side of politics while McCain/Palin are from the ethical side. clear, very clear difference here and the voters that will make the difference know it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:46 pm 182. Aureliano:

… two-year Governor of a geographically large, but economically and socially narrow state.

‘Socially narrow’ state? Here’s a few statistics for comparison on Alaska and Delaware, Joe Biden’s state:

Alaska:
–Pop: 670,053
–Non-Hispanic White: 66.4%
–Largest City (Anchorage): 268,700

Delaware:
–Pop: 853,475
–Non-Hispanic White: 69.0%
–Largest City (Wilmington): 72,826

(source: U.S. Census Bureay, 2006)

It’s pretty tough to paint Palin as coming from a ’socially narrow’ state when Alaska is only one city smaller than Delaware, and whose largest city is almost four times the size of Delaware’s largest city, Wilmington, which at 72,826 people qualifies it only as a TOWN, not a ‘city’ at all. Additionally, socially ‘narrow’ Alaska is less white than the implied socially ‘broad’ Delaware (and don’t even get me started on the economic class comparisons).

Now don’t get me wrong: There clearly is a cultural difference between Delaware and Alaska, but come on, it’s not like Joe Biden is Senator of California or Florida or Texas or something: He hails from a state that in-toto s little more than a decent-sized city, only it has nothing in it that even qualifies as a decent-sized city. He’s every bit as ‘narrow’ as Palin, just in a different (I’d argue worse) way.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:56 pm 183. Kevin:

One thing is clear. A woman in a high ranking position is only qualified if she is of the left leaning variety. All these condescending remarks about Gov. Palin. Interesting. Could it be the truth is coming out? That the dems are just as sexist as they claim Republicans to be?

For those who are concerned about her being a “heartbeat away”….just the thought of Obama getting that “3a.m. call” scares the hell out of me.

Aug 29, 2008 - 1:57 pm 184. MARCUS:

McSame mcSame McSame,
here to disable the American Healthcare system.
by turning us all over to the Free Markets and destroying our ability to obtain group benefits
thru our employer..
it is true look into his non existant healthcare plan..it is a free market bonanza….
Your job will no longer provide healthcare cause he will eliminate their tax deduction and the tax the employees on their benefits.
look it up and get ready to pay for triple insurance premiums

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:02 pm 185. mmmmk:

Local Alaskan tv report nails Palin lying about firing scandal. What was McCain thinking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:07 pm 186. Self-hating boomer:

Her hubby works for BP.

Well, imagine that! The guy has a real job. In the private sector no less!!! Can’t have that.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:12 pm 187. Tom:

what is the deal with this heartbeat stuff – remember Reagan’s age? My grandpa is 84 and can kick yer *ss…and remember you are comparing apples to sour oranges – Palin is a Governor; the O warmed a seat at best and voted present….

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:13 pm 188. Good Captain:

W/ all that whistling you’re doing Marcus, some people might take that as a sign of real concern by you over the turn of events.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:15 pm 189. sbourg:

To Chicago Paul: There’s another way to look at this. McC and Palin are economic conservatives, who also believe in drilling more until we do (hopefully) come up with some miracle source of energy that’s affordable. Palin would be a rookie on foreign policy, but she won’t be in charge of that in January, and she can learn quickly. We already know she respects the military and our mission in Iraq. That’s alot more than anyone could say about ObamaBiden, Biden knows all sorts of crap about foreign policy but it won’t matter in January. What a perfect choice for McCain……..and let’s hope their message of drilling for independence, and slowing the growth of government will resonate with the voters!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:16 pm 190. Charlie (Colorado):

Local Alaskan tv report nails Palin lying about firing scandal. What was McCain thinking?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA

You know, this is the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen exactly these words and this link.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:22 pm 191. Gina:

BREAKING THE GLASS CEILING …THE DEMOCRATS ARE RUNNING SCARED …
Sarah Palin having been a mayor, and a governor with an 80% approval rating, while raising 5 children, is more experienced and more qualified to manage this country than Barack Obama … who was a community organizer, and spent half of his short time in the senate campaigning for President. Democrats brag about the success of their convention, when the only thing notable about it was the size of the crowd, and the fireworks. Obama’s speech was the same old platitudes and grand promises, with broad generalities on how how he would deliver. Elect McCain/Palin in November !!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:23 pm 192. Peg C.:

The same people dying to vote for Obama excoriate Palin for her inexperience. Good luck with that!

I suddenly got VERY excited about this election. Hubby, too!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:29 pm 193. Paul:

Chicago–
Sorry, but leadership and being President (or VP) are not just about integrity and honor. There’s a lot more to it than that. Painting the world in black and white (Obama=evil, McCain=good) is naive nonsense. And to believe that “all effective leadership traits are dictated by integrity and honor” is poppycock. Where do you get this stuff? REALLY makes me worry about my fellow conservatives!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:29 pm 194. chicago:

“mmmmk:

Local Alaskan tv report nails Palin lying about firing scandal. What was McCain thinking?”

so what. she fired a scumbag wife beater. you think the public will cry for someone like that? remember that Palin herself welcomed the investigation, a liberal news channel could spin it all they want but when all is said and done, the guy deserved to get fired.

try again.

the minions of the dark side is out in full force today! LOL!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:35 pm 195. Paul From Hamburg:

“Her hubby works for BP.” ROTFLMAO!!!

Congratulations Marcus. You have officially found the bottom of the barrel.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:35 pm 196. Patrick Armstrong:

Speaking of McCain and Russia.
I assume you guys know that Randy Scheunemann. one of McCain’s foreign policy advisors is a lobbyist for Georgian President Saakashvili (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202932.html). And that McCain can’t even pronounce Saakashvili’s name properly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gFN76A_wWs).

You might ask yourselves whether John McCain, on this subject, is the tail or the dog?

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:37 pm 197. chicago:

“Paul:

Chicago–
Sorry, but leadership and being President (or VP) are not just about integrity and honor. There’s a lot more to it than that. Painting the world in black and white (Obama=evil, McCain=good) is naive nonsense. And to believe that “all effective leadership traits are dictated by integrity and honor” is poppycock. Where do you get this stuff? REALLY makes me worry about my fellow conservatives!”

LOL! the same “nuanced” answer from a liberal. sorry but effective leadership first and foremost comes from integrity and honor, all othr traits follows.

Obama can not claim moral clarity in leadership due to his questionable relationships with corrupt individuals. as his beginnings comes from a corrupt background, all actions, decisions, judgments are already questionable.

Obama needs to clear up all the questions about his character before he can present himself as a moral leader.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:45 pm 198. HRPKathy:

Don’t forget the voters want change, but what kind of change?

McCain/Palin: REFORM

That’s exactly it. And who better than an experienced governor with a known track record for booting out the cronies? One who started her public life as a mayor lowering property taxes and her own salary…

What is Obama’s record on reform? Remember how he was going to reform housing inner city Chicago? He did it by funneling tax dollars to companies owned by convicted Tony Rezko that built housing with no heat – IN CHICAGO. Ever spend a winter day in Chicago?

That’s reform alright, the kind that hurts people, the weakest of people. Every position of power Obama has held he has abused.

Now as to the brother-in-law (police officer using his weapon on a child) that tazed an eleven year old boy – he should be fired and Palin should have made sure that he WAS fired. Only a democrat can call that corruption.

As a woman whose boss complimented her on management style, here was my response:
“You think I’m a good manager because of my education, my years at the bench (I’m a chemist), but that’s not what makes me a good manager. It’s because I have been the mother of small children. It teaches all you need to know about managing people.”

You want something done, ask a busy woman. For the ‘liberals’ (I really question their use of the word) who think a woman can’t be a good mother and work, your idiocy is showing. Please please, say it loud so that all America can hear you. Especially the vast numbers of us who either have been or are currently working mothers.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:47 pm 199. May B Wright:

Democrats: #1 spot- inexperienced 1 term senator that will need on the job training. #2 spot- seasoned politician with decades of experience

Republicans: #1 spot- seasoned polititian with decades of experience. #2 spot- 1 term govenor with executive branch experience, with luxury of on the job training for future presidentual bid

As usual the democrats are a day late and a buck short and have it bassackwards

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:47 pm 200. john from cinncinati:

Sarah Palin for Veep… hows that for a change? Mcsame not Mcsame. I always thought that this country was ready for someone like big momma, you know, someone to give you love and a big oops upside the head if you crossed the line. i wonder what kinda handgun she carries in her purse? i hear they pack big caliber handguns up in Alaska. MCcain/Palin 08 for sure.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:48 pm 201. misanthropicus:

Quite a move! Love it, although initially taken aback a bit – I thought McCain will play it safer, w/ Romney as VP.
As far as Palin’s lack of experience: Look at the map – Behring strait, Kamchiatka, Vladivostok, and Russia’s enormous military system lurking in Siberia, eyeing the US (and don’t forget that Alaska purchase is another object of nostalgia amongst irredentist Russians). (I didn’t introduce the N. Korean and Chines menacing proximity here yet.)

Yes, it is true that Alaska has more reindeers than people and population smaller that Obama’s following in the US penitentiary system, yet Alaska is a mighty strategic state and the Alaska governor has more strategic concerns and matters to face than most US governors face.
So, the comparison between Sarah Palin’s, governor of Alaska and mister Glibama’, the community activist experience is ridiculous – after all, Glibama has never-ever-ever held a job of minimal responsibility (except of spending together with Ayres the Annenberg millions – more about this later.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:48 pm 202. JMH:

From listening to Conservative talk radio today, the Democratic Party astroturf response (i.e. what callers pretending to be Republicans are saying) seems to be two-fold:

1) “She’s inexperienced.”

2) “How selfish of McCain to pick a monther with a special-needs child.”

Well, she has more experience than both members of the Democratic ticket combined (really, please name something either Obama or Biden has actually accomplished, other than winning an election? Anyone? Anyone? Buhller?”). Plus, she has experience in two other areas that are vital. She’s run a small business, and she’s fought (and won against) political corruption. Both parties have serious corruption problems. Palin has shown a willingness and ability to root out the corruption in her own party. We need that.

As far as her child, it just shows how petty and tin-earred the democrats have become. Really? Telling the parent of a special needs kid to go away and hide? Wow. Just wow.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:48 pm 203. troubled:

For those Democratic defects who decide to vote for Palin because of their anger remember, if Palin is elected as vice president she will be the next Republican president 2012 which equates to Hillary chances being squashed 60 plus year old will not win against a BEAUTIFUL 48 YEAR OLD FEMALE that will have the job Vice president on her resume.

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:53 pm 204. Ditto:

Borissaid:

This is surprising. It’s a sign that McCain has conceded the experience issue. But the experience issue was the best that McCain had–and he goes out and picks someone with LESS experience than the guy he’s criticizing? A quite odd and almost desperate choice.

I don’t agree. Palin has two terms of city council, has been a mayor and has executive experience as a Governor of her state… and she’s just second seat, as it were. As VP pick, she has more experience than the Dem’s POTUS pick. heh. If you add her executive experience with McCain’s experience in the military and in the Senate, they together far outshine the combined Democratic ticket.

And her approval ratings are upwards of 80% as her state’s leader! I like it!

Aug 29, 2008 - 2:59 pm 205. rvastar:

I see Obambi and MoveOn have already hit the Red Panic Button.

“Comrades! To your computers! Here’s the script! Now, Spin! Spin! Spin!!!”

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:10 pm 206. ex-democrat:

“The Republicans were the worst critics of Hillary, and made the most sexist comments one could ever hear.”
actually, all of the the sexist anti-Hillary comments I’ve been spammed with have been from so-called liberals.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:10 pm 207. ex-democrat:

(btw – they spam me because they think i’m still one of them.)

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:11 pm 208. Dennis:

I think Palin is a good choice for McCain; based on her first speech, she speaks well, seems more like a down-to-Earth person than most “experienced” politicians, is attractive (which always helps), and is an outside the box pick that will give independents and disgruntled Democrats a reason to give McCain a second look. Even though that’s all true, Obama’s foreign and economic policies are better for the long-term success and security of the United States. Plus, his “experience” outside of Washington politics makes him BETTER qualified than a 30 year member of the Senate. In my opinion, generally the longer you’re in Washington, the worse you are.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:13 pm 209. Marc:

What sort of idiot attempts to convince a conservative blog that their candidate is bad? Your interest here is clearly vested in a poor attempt to aggravate the commenters here. You must also enjoy such activities as striking your head against a wall, and clapping with one hand. Did you hear that?

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:28 pm 210. chicago:

“Patrick Armstrong:

Speaking of McCain and Russia.
I assume you guys know that Randy Scheunemann. one of McCain’s foreign policy advisors is a lobbyist for Georgian President Saakashvili (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/12/AR2008081202932.html). And that McCain can’t even pronounce Saakashvili’s name properly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gFN76A_wWs).

You might ask yourselves whether John McCain, on this subject, is the tail or the dog?”

old news. have you heard that Obama collaborated with an unrepentant terrorist, a convicted felon, a racist preacher, and the corrupt political machine?

give me a good explanation to the above items before trying to distort McCain/Palin’s character.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:28 pm 211. Kay:

Outstanding choice! The MSM including Fox was incredibly surprised with the choice, where those of us here at PM had her as a front runner in a poll 3 months ago.

The Dems immediately coming out saying Obama was in no way qualified to run for office by decalring that Palin is not experienced was classic. And bring on Biden into a debate with a squeaky clean Palin who has done nothing BUT change business as usual for every minute she’s served office versus an old-school democrat loaded with gaffs, flip-flops, and all sorts of skeletons. Exactly what is Obama the straw man changing again?

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:33 pm 212. JMH:

Hey, one other thing that’s great about Palin. The Republican ticket is 100% lawyer-free!

Not that I want to bash lawyers or anything, there are many fine lawyers doing good around the country. But there are way, way too many lawyers in public office. Be nice to have some other backgrounds represented.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:36 pm 213. Judy, NYC:

hurrah. this election will be won in the election booth. not by the media or the european supporters of the hezbollah, or the pundits or your loudmouth obnoxious obamabot coworker. i love it that palin extracted the largest amount of taxes in history from the oil companies, and then returned it to the people in the form of rebates. she’s good. sarah palin. brilliant choice.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:37 pm 214. kay:

And Dennis, Obama has a foreign policy? What’s that exactly, pandering to the most outspoken members of other nations that hate America? Where do I sign! Obama hasn’t a single plan for a single issue, never has. A bumper sticker saying CHANGE means nothing, unless you consider Barry’s stance on any issue you ever bring up to him, he’ll ‘change’ alright. One of these days realize that the liberal elite’s agenda is to NEVER change anything.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:39 pm 215. Boris:

“Well, she has more experience than both members of the Democratic ticket combined”

Do you actually believe this? This is a silly, silly comment.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:41 pm 216. Patrick Armstrong:

Dear Chicago
1. I am a Canadian and don’t have a vote
2. I think Obama is a noodle

Answer my question

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:46 pm 217. kay:

I wouldn’t say combined, Biden is incredibly qualified at pushing the same old liberal agenda, your money in-no results out.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:51 pm 218. Rachel Peepers:

The selection of Sarah Palin does more than change the dynamics of the race. It changes the outcome.

John McCain will be your next President.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:52 pm 219. Self-hating boomer:

Boris, do you have anything fresh and insightful to add to the conversation?

No, I didn’t think so.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:54 pm 220. kay:

And all Obama can spout is 4 more years of Bush? Wow, amazing stuff. Someone should maybe take a minute to mention our law and policy maker’s fantastic performance with Pelosi at the helm and its remarkable 9% approval rating. Personally, I think that regardless of party, every congressional election should have everyone from every party voting against the incumbent, 0 exceptions. Pauly Shore or Paris Hilton could get 9% approval ratings as a member of Congress. That these clowns are representing the people of this nation is disgusting.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:56 pm 221. RE:

Boris,

You take ‘experience’ to mean seniority.

Others think in terms of accomplishments.

Palin wins.

Aug 29, 2008 - 3:57 pm 222. JimB:

Palin is my kind of woman! Smart, lots of energy, well grounded. Those kind are getting to be pretty rare these days. She will make a great VP because she will do well at almost anything she puts her mind to. Maybe individual liberty CAN still win the day!

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:02 pm 223. marin-exlib:

McCain’s pick is brilliant. Dick Morris has predicted that the wild card in this election will be middle-aged and older white female voters. Some have argued that she has no experience … but what major political achievements does Obama have to boast about while in Illinois or D.C. … only that he showed up.Diane Feinstein had little experience when Mayor George Moscone was murdered in San Francisco back in November 1978. That started her national political career.My husband and I, along with two of my sisters, have left the Democratic party after 911. I’m sure there’s plenty more out there like us. Still water runs deep.

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:08 pm 224. Risk A:

For months everyone kept complaining that McCain had lost his maverick values. John proved today that he has the gumption to identify a problem and respond to it in the best possible way. He hit a home run. Sarah is as capable to be President as Obama or Hillary. Both are first term Senators. I have nothing against Hillary but she has no experience other than osmosis from being around Bill. Sarah has held “elected” office longer than Obama and Hillary combined. All this aside, I like her politics and when I met her 10 years ago I felt she was going to be a big plus for Alaskan politics but never thought she would ever have the opportunity to get into the national arena. Additionally, some are saying that she was picked because McCain wanted someone younger and better looking. Well, Obama took Biden to make up for his lack of any experience. What a great time in history to live.

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Aug 29, 2008 - 4:24 pm 226. Risk A:

Obama = we want Change
McCain = Shows us Change

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:25 pm 227. Cory:

Obama coming out and attackin Palin on her experience (even before his obligatory congratulations of her) just highlighted the fact that the bottom of the McCain/Palin ticket has even more experience than the top of the Obama/Biden ticket. Too funny! And how about that sexist attack by CNN anchor Roberts on Palin and her Down Syndrome child?…

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:32 pm 228. km:

Sarah Palin reinstated the aerial wolf kill, offering any “sportsman” $150 per left haunch of wolf they bring in to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game. Aerial killing of any animal is the very antithisis of “sport,” and any cursory knowledge of nature shows that the Alaska wolf kill does nothing but harm the delicate balance. Instead of hunters (mostly wealthy trophy hunters from the lower 48) going further north, where the moose and caribou are so over populated that they’re showing signs of malnutrition, and thinning the herds there, Palin and her woefully misinformed ilk have decided it’s easier to shoot wolves in the places where the moose and caribou herds are not, hoping to increase their numbers. Sarah Palin, in short, is a dangerous, bloodthirsty, ignorant woman. Shame on you John McCain. You had my vote, but no longer.

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:39 pm 229. Gina:

Well now if we can get 90% of American women to vote for McCain/Palin, because Palin is a woman … just like 90% of blacks voted for Obama because he is black … this country would be in good shape.

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Aug 29, 2008 - 4:56 pm 231. Cathy:

Marcus,
You amaze me with your socialist narrow-minded vision. Our health care system should be part of a free market. I am tired of employers deciding what parts of MY and MY FAMILY’S health care should be covered. My employer does not decide my car insurance or home owners insurance so I see no reason for them to continue to make health care decisions for us. And the dumocrats plan doesn’t have a snowballs chance in hell of getting anywhere in our litigous America. The trial lawyers wouldn’t allow it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 4:56 pm 232. Mike Shuster:

Never mind experience for a second- does Palin even have any *views* on foreign policy? And if foreign policy / the war on terror is the big issue in this campaign, and if McCain wants my vote because he’s more prepared than Obama, he shouldn’t potentially leave the country in the stewardship of a VP who, as far as I can tell, hasn’t even thought seriously about these issues. I mean, I’m glad he’s still a maverick, but I’d rather he was a smart and responsible maverick rather than an irresponsible pandering-for-votes maverick.

If she performs well in the debates then, well, I take it back. But if not, the ticket’s probably lost my vote.

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:07 pm 233. cedarford:

Tom – what is the deal with this heartbeat stuff – remember Reagan’s age? My grandpa is 84 and can kick yer *ss…

I remember Reagan’s age and the pains he went to, to say how he picked a backup VP – a man with 25 years of executive experience in government and private industry, who headed the CIA, the Foreign Advisory Council, and who had also been the 1st Ambassador to China and implemented Nixon’s “Opening Policy”. If something happened to him..who would be ready to run the country.

(And Bush I unfortunately only focused on security and foreign affairs – he never grew into a leader on domestic policy and voters made him a one-termer because he neglected the economy and other domestic matters.)

And that happened when Reagan ran despite him appearing as a much more younger-looking and vigorous man than McCain, who had no cancers or other maladies and physical tests of a man in his 50s.

I have no doubt you are proud of your grandpa. But imagine yourself boarding a flight with John McCain as pilot who you think has a stronger possibility of croaking or getting disabled on the flight than a 55-year old pilot. Then imagine him waving over to his co-pilot….”She’s an ex-beauty queen who has an inspiring biography, a son about to go to Iraq, and a Downs baby she kept on religious ideology. And she hunts! Now, she has only flown bush planes in Alaska, but if something happens to me I think she can handle this big boy plane in a pitch…Hop on Board!”

Me, I’m looking for another flight.

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Aug 29, 2008 - 5:16 pm 234. Jessica:

Boris “That’s fine, but that’s what Obama wants to run on, because more people agree with his values and common sense when it comes to policy.”

Fact is more people in America are conservative or moderate — NOT liberal like Obama or Biden, and definitely not an EXTREME liberal like Obama. Remember that Bush II and Reagan won back-to-back presidential elections, despite being called everything from Devil to Hitler by the left-leaning masses.

Palin’s pick as VP running mate is perfect. It illustrates Americana at its best — everyday blue collar, working class, sports-loving, family-loving regular people. Certainly, not elitist, not Washington insiders, totally unconventional for an unconventional country like the great US of A.

Obama’s speech at Invesco Field: the money they spent on last night’s over-the-top show could have been used for the homeless, the war on poverty and world hunger that Obama loves to talk about, and even give some to Obama’s poverty-stricken, shack-living, $1 a month brother. And, oh, by the way, who will be paying for (who will he be taxing) to get his totally unrealistic, sweeping proposals passed?

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:16 pm 235. Jamie Irons:

Charlie (Colorado),

Do you think anyone at the Democratic Convention anticipated a choice like this?

Judging by the tone of desperation among the Obama supporters on this thread, I rather doubt it.

Jamie Irons

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:17 pm 236. Jessica:

Here’s another ‘oh, by the way’: where was Obama’s family from Africa and Indonesia during their convention? Why wasn’t he proud to bring his roots and history in front of the world to see, so that we can really know what he’s about? Is he embarrassed of his background and family relations? Why isn’t he saying anything about his poor brother in Kenya whom he doesn’t even have the decency and the compassion to help and pay even $60 a month so that the brother can live in an apartment, rather than in that shack?

We know Palin’s background — it’s squeaky clean and for all to see. But, we still don’t know The Real Obama. That’s what’s really scary.

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:25 pm 237. P:

John McCain chose this female who broke the law by using the influence that her office has to pressure her brother in-law boss into firing him for divorcing her sister, and challenging her in court to gain custody of his children. What kind of person would force someone to fire their brother in-law she that her sister can gain custody, so he would not be able to take care of his kids, and we all know the courts will not give anyone custody if they can not financially take care of their kids, all women should be seriously mad! Republicans always talk about families but they never live up to them, she is as bad as the adulterer John McCain!

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:38 pm 238. kattewyk:

Just wondering what all this will do to the AOL straw vote machine? Watching it is quite interesting, always 2 to 1 McCain, leading since day 1!

Aug 29, 2008 - 5:47 pm 239. Pchas:

The matter is being investigated by the Alaska Legislature and Palin’s office is cooperating. According to her Wikipedia biography:

Palin said that members of her staff had made contact with public safety officials regarding the trooper, though she said that her staff’s contacts with the commission were not directed by her and she had little knowledge of them. She also took disciplinary action against one member of her staff who had mentioned her and Wooten’s family connection to Monegan’s staff.

It sounds as if an overzealous staff member or members may have gotten a little overzealous, and was disciplined for it. End of story. As for Palin’s ex-brother in law, he sounds like a real piece of work viz:

In 2006, before Palin was governor, Wooten was suspended for 10 days for threatening to kill McCann’s (and Palin’s) father, tasering his 11-year-old stepson, drinking beer in his squad car, and violating game laws.

Not exactly an upstanding father figure

Aug 29, 2008 - 6:21 pm 240. AlexinCT:

The panic on the left is already evident all over the blogosphere and the commentary in the MSM. McCain just stole knocked the wind out of them. They had expected a safe Veep selection they could then bash on for a while and help lift Obama’s numbers by running that shallow speech he gave the other night. Instead they had the rug yanked out under them with this nomination. They will not see any of that bounce that they hoped to get for Obama after the freak show in Denver. It has all evaporated. Despite all the help and propaganda from the MSM, Obama is not leading by a mile when he should be. Now McCain picks a woman that has more experience than Obama (what counts is how often you succeed, not how often you try and fail lefties), and leaves the door wide open for him to not just bring up Obama’s lack of it whenever he wants, but to fire back, and do so very effectively, any time anyone in the Obama camp retorts that Palin is inexperienced too. She is the #2 on his ticket; Obama is the top on the collectivist one. What is worse? The left is going to lose in November. And they are seeing that guaranteed win the MSM promised them evaporate for a third election in a row. There is still justice left in the universe.

Aug 29, 2008 - 6:26 pm 241. HRPKathy:

P
The kind of person who knew that brother in law used a tazer on his own son.

I suppose if she had been a democrat she wouldn’t have done anything to restrict that type of bully from carrying a weapon as a police officer. They are all about appearances.

Go ahead – keep talking about Wooten. That one is going to have some very severe blowback. Democrats would do nothing to protect children? Yup – what more evidence do you need?

Adultery? John Edwards and Bill Clinton – poster boys.

Aug 29, 2008 - 6:35 pm 242. TheOrchidThief:

Sarah Palin…great choice. No, that is too mild…Sarah Palin reminds me of a young Margaret Thatcher…Iron Lady II on the way.

Aug 29, 2008 - 6:39 pm 243. fred:

John McCain is inside Obama’s OODA loop. He times his moves rather well and he has sized up his opponent in this dogfight (I know John was not a fighter pilot; he flew jets that fired rockets and did not dogfight MIGs). He knows what the enemy brings to the fight, and he seems to know his own limitations. Obama does not understand any of this and continues to make strategic mistakes. And Obama seems to not understand his own limitations. Perhaps its his handlers (Soros, Dean, etc.)who underestimate their enemy. I loved it when I played hockey and my opponents underestimated me. Ate their lunch because of it. Same in war. John McCain is choreographing a strategy that unfolds as his opponents bob and weave in predictable patterns. John is being unpredictable and forcing the enemy to make mistakes, which he jumps all over.

Major mistake made by the Obama campaign and Soros: they reneged on their promise to help Hillary pay off her campaign debt. They kicked her in the crotch. Knocked her down. Then they spat on her and threw dirt on her. Now I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan, but I don’t despise her. But I do despise the likes of George Soros and his ilk. I also despise what Howard Dean did to Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. So, when John McCain comes up with a move like this and inflicts major pain and trouble for that scummy lot, I cannot help but laugh my ass off.

Sarah Palin does have more executive experience than Obama. Ironically, the “executive” experience he claims largely derives from the Chicago Annenberg Committee for education reform, which now is being investigated for a variety of reasons. And it appears to stink to high heaven.

So, to me Sarah Palin as VPOTUS is a lot more palatable than William Ayers as Secretary of the Department of Education.

Aug 29, 2008 - 6:48 pm 244. Jong S:

McCain has proved how inspiring leader he is. His choice thrilled me. He will be a GREAT president!

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:10 pm 245. lp:

Finally – let the games begin. I predict this woman will make history. She will get the job done. Go girl!!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:26 pm 246. RONNIE:

Oh please! Palin is under investigation in Alaska!McCain has given the presidency to Obama!

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:28 pm 247. Angry African:

Okay. Let’s never throw the “Obama isn’t experienced” card out there again. She became governor in 2006… She answered a question on the rumors of her becoming VP with the answer “What does a VP do?” Just a month ago… She is being investigated right now… Go do some searches. You’ll see she flip-flopped on why she fired the guy. First she said it was because she wanted him in a new job to focus on alcohol abuse in Alaska. And then, less than a month later, she said she fired him because she didn’t believe that he could control alcohol abuse in Alaska. She has been in charge of a state with more reindeer than people. There is a big different in pushing the button to switch on the lights in a god-forsaken town in Alaska and having your finger on the red flashing button. What happens, God forbid, if something happens to McCain (if he becomes President) and she becomes President. The sad thing is that there are many more competent women he could have chosen from. But he took this decision because he will do everything to become President. He did it because it is good for him. Not what is good for this country. It is a sexist decision trying to play “women” to get their vote. Shame on McCain.

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:32 pm 248. Chuck:

At first, I thought John McCain had gone crazy. Having seen Sarah Palin in action, I think, “crazy like a fox.”

That gal is something real all right.

This move puts our adversaries on notice. The old aviator has not lost his taste for bold action.

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:34 pm 249. Sissy:

Dear P:

Democrats always talk about families but they never live up to them, like John Edwards, and Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson, Ed Kennendy …geez, I don’t have enough time to list them all!

By the way, what does “always talk about families but they never live up to them” mean? I don’t actually know what “living up to my family” means?

“by using the influence that her office has to pressure her brother in-law boss into firing him for divorcing her sister”—–Who is HIM?

“all women should be seriously mad”–well, I sure am!

I don’t want to put you down, because you may not be adept at writing. I teach learning-disabled kids who suck at writing. They aren’t dumb, but they really have difficulty expressing themselves. But honestly, your comments are really immature (gramatically speaking) sorry, and (politically speaking )and not fluid, and anyone who has a modicum of education will dismiss you after your first sentence.

I hope you continue to work on your writing skills…don’t take this personally. I just want you to realize that if you go on sites like this, you will be slaughtered for your lack of english skills. But if you are brave, and full of bravado, I wish you luck!

In any case, your comments make no sense!

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:45 pm 250. Roark:

I was rather disgusted when Palin bragged about how her husband was a proud union member. Now correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t that what liberals do?

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:45 pm 251. patsy:

I thought I would have to hold my nose to vote
for McCain this makes all the Difference.
Shows McCains jugement shows BHO lack thereof
I may have to donate to the McCain/Palin campagin or sign up to help their campagin for
Iowa and the country

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Aug 29, 2008 - 7:49 pm 253. Sissy:

I had to add….

My mother (82), Democrat, liberal…pain in the a.. But I love her…was totally a Hillary supporter. She despises Obamamessiah….when she heard about Palin…she said, “I like her. I’m voting for McCain.” I think that will happen more often than Dhimmicrats understand. Biden is a very grating, antagonistic personality.

I like everything I read about Palin! The Dumbocrats are desperate! The party of the Feminists, are griping about her returning to work, only 3 days after birth? I would have thought they would celebrate her strength and independence..but no…they want to question her mothering skills/sense…in their opinion, she would have been a MUCH better mother if only she had ABORTED that child when she could! Now THAT is the mark of a ‘Democrat’ mother!!

I think she is tough enough to withstand the onslaught…..I don’t think she will whine like Obama does, at every criticism…

I didn’t think so 3 months ago…but now I do…

McCain-Palin 08 —Because it’s the ONLY HOPE for a non-socialist AMERICA!!

Aug 29, 2008 - 7:59 pm 254. Daniel:

Who is Palin??? Why should she be one heartbeat away from the Presidency??
I do NOT want to hear anyone arguing that Obama is inexperienced… EVER AGAIN!!!
It is clear to me that Mccain is using women as a tool… just to gain votes for him. The Biden choice is a respectful one, because it was to benefit the country… the Palin choice, I’m not so sure about… it seems as though it was carefully crafted to benefit Mccain only, which is rather disingenuous to women and I hope Hillary voters see right through it!
It just goes to show you that you do not have to have political experience anymore – you can be a “hockey mom” and be one heartbeat away from the presidency nowadays.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:11 pm 255. barrybarryquitecontrary.com:

I love the smell of fear in the morning! Spin and lie, spin and lie liberal socialists, spin an lie! McCain – Palin ‘08!

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:32 pm 256. ProgMeister:

Frankly, I love the Palin nomination; voters will not put this woman who has won one significant election — with 114,000 votes cast for her — one step away from being the leader of the free world. Not going to happen.

I have no doubt that she’s very charming and perhaps has some kind of future in politics … but not this year. McCain can gloat over successfully diverting today’s water cooler conversation away from Obama’s soaring speech last night, but the 38 million people who tuned in will remember it when it counts on November 4th.

Enjoy your moment; it will be over soon.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:35 pm 257. kinger:

Yes – thank you John McCain for a respectfully decisive move on getting Gov Palin to your team. She will make a fine addition.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:50 pm 258. ex-democrat:

daniel – your desperation is laughable.

Aug 29, 2008 - 8:59 pm 259. Rachel Peepers:

I just can’t believe John McCain has done something as silly as to select a woman to be
his running mate.

Where Barack Obama is a man with the highest
level of education, a Harvard Law School degree, women are highly emotional, and generally don’t achieve the same educational heights as men, often, Barack explains, because of poor reasoning skills and average scores in math and science.

Where Barack knows the value of protecting the second amendment, women generally hate guns and eschew violence.

Where Barack doesn’t discriminate as to his friends, boasting that he can be as friendly with Robert Byrd, a former klansman, as he can be with a terrorist, Bill Ayers, women like Sarah Palin are often frightened of extremist viewpoints, and want to protect their loved ones from terrorists because they tend to harm innocent people.

Where Barack wants to gut the military and dismantle our missile shield program,(and rightfully so) Sarah Palin is allowing her son to go to combat for his country in Iraq. I ask you, what kind of mother would do that?

Where Barack has an energy plan that starts with getting a good nights sleep and ends with keeping the tires on his three SUV’s perfectly inflated, women like Hillary Clinton and Sarah Putin want to drill for oil as part of a comprehensive plan to end our dependence on foreign oil and foreign energy supplies. And consequently, dramatically lower prices at the pump.

Where Barack keeps women reporters in their place by saying things like, “Just a minute sweetie”, Sarah Palin’s knee jerk response is to treat women with respect and dignity.

Where in high school, Barack wasn’t afraid to make a politically incorrect joke, like, “When I get married, I’m gonna keep my wife barefoot and pregnant,” women like Sarah Palin detest this kind of misogynist talk.

Where Barack ridicules and belittles the surge in Iraq, calling it a bad tactic carried out by badly trained and poorly motivated troops, women like Sarah Palin, visit the troops, while praising and thanking the troops because they honor their country.

Where Barack could have selected a woman to be his running mate such as Hillary Clinton who received 18 million votes, he realized women can’t be depended on certain times of the month, and thus selected a man with extremist left wing views and decades in the senate, Joe Biden. Plus, Michelle hates Hillary and Barack doesn’t want to disappoint his beautiful wife.

John McCain, however, believes it’s time a woman is nominated for President who actually has a chance of winning. After four years, McCain is committed to stepping aside and recommending that Sarah Palin be the Republican Party’s choice in 2012. America’s first woman President. Another proud day for women everywhere.

Barack thinks women politicians everywhere need more seasoning and reasoning skills before they’re considered for top elected office. And if Barack is elected, which he’s destined to be, Michelle has pledged to, for the first time, say publicly she’s proud of her country.

(If you listened closely to her speech at the convention, she refused to say she’s proud of the red, white and blue).

John McCain and the woman he now has on the ticket, though, feel differently.

They simply hope that their country one day will be as proud of them as they are of their country.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:05 pm 260. wy_cowboy:

Using women as a tool? Give me a break! This lady has more government experience than Obama ever thought of having. She deals with Alaska’s issues daily, has foreign experience with Russia on fishing issues, took away the whole “change” thing than the Most Merciful, Lord Messiah Obama ever thought of. Obama selects someone inside the Beltway who’s already tied to lobbyists…Biden’s son who lobbied for MBNA, while McCain selects someone who couldn’t be more outside the Beltway if they tried. And the funny thing is her husband’s an oil production worker and an independent voter! I know you liberals are just crapping yourselves at the moment and can’t even come up with a good line, had the wind sucked out of the Most Merciful’s sails but us conservatives who don’t believe in throwing away lives just to die, believe in the 2nd Amendment and believe in the greatness of this country are very pleased with the selection, even more so than I think anyone has even touched on or thought about. Even us conservative Democrats, and yes I’m a very conservative Democrat, are happy with it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:07 pm 261. Sissy:

Daniel:

Who is Biden? Why should HE be one heartbeat away from the Presidency? After all, DELAWARE?? What influence does Delaware have on this country?? What is special about Biden?

Tell me, why is McCain “using women as a tool, just to gain votes for him”? Shouldn’t that be “using women as a tool just to gain votes for himself?” Sorry, I cannot abide the bloggers who use poor grammar, and remind me of my poor learning-disabled students who are unable to write a single, clear, concise and intelligible sentence. If you want others to respect your opinions, and to listen, then learn to write in an intelligent manner and use accepted rules of English grammar…that would be a start. Afterwards, learn to have some unique, interesting, thoughts of your own. Don’t become a parody of your party think-speak.

Tell me what you mean in “The Biden choice is a respectful one, because it was to benefit the country…it seems as though it was carefully crafted to benefit McCain only, which is rather disingenous to women and I hope Hillary voters see right through it.”

How is choosing Biden “respectful?” How does it “benefit the country?” How is choosing Mrs. Palin “disingenous to women?”

Of COURSE McCain wants to GAIN VOTES! It is an ELECTION! Do you not THINK that Obama will do the SAME?

I personally think that choosing Palin is RESPECTFULL to women! She is a true maverick, and a soccer mom (you must be a male…if you were a female you would NEVER denigrate being a MOM of any kind, much less a “hockey mom!”)

Try, try my friend, to put down Mrs. Palin! The average American woman will hate you, and your party for it!

Oh…well..the average American woman already does hate you Dumbocrats anyhow…so, actually, you cannot do anything to change that…so bring on Obammessiah…

McCain/Palin ‘08 -

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:07 pm 262. 888:

Angry: “The sad thing is that there are many more competent women he could have chosen from.”

Same goes for African-Americans: there are many, many, MANY more competent African-American males AND females who could have been nominated to lead the Democratic Party, or any party, into the White House.

Daniel: “It is clear to me that Mccain is using women as a tool… just to gain votes for him. The Biden choice is a respectful one, because it was to benefit the country.”

What has been very clear to everyone from the emergence of Obama is that Obama used Trinity Church, the very racist Reverend Wright, Chicago’s South Side community and William Ayers Education program to win over the black constituency because Obama was thought to be ‘too white’ and elitist and out of touch with the common man, having come from Harvard and Columbia and being bi-racial. Obama has continued to use his race and the race card at every chance that he could, knowing full well that McCain and the GOP will stay clear of saying anything even remotely close to insensitive for fear of being called a racist.

Obama’s choice of the angry Washington insider, Biden, was not a “respectful one” — it was a necessary one because it makes up for Obama’s total lack of foreign policy and international relations experience. Palin, on the other hand, is Governor of an extremely critical and strategic state since Alaska is not only rich in energy resources, but it also shares borders with 2 significant countries (an ally in Canada and an ambitious Russia), and the state supports the US military and NATO’s mission in the Pacific theater on the global war on terror.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:13 pm 263. Kirk:

The whole election was “turd sandwich” vrs “giant douche” for me, really, until this. I was going to pull the McCain lever while holding my nose. Now that he’s added a wholesome conservative with both real world and executive experience to the ticket, I feel a lot better. I ordered two “McCain-Palin” bumper stickers today from McCains web site lol. First time I’ve let money out of my pocket since the 80’s Republican Revolution. Yes my minivan may be keyed by hate filled liberals, but meh, it’s worth the risk.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:27 pm 264. kellyripasbicep:

Palin already has a scandal to worry about back home that should end any veep chances for her.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/08/mccains_vp_pick_palin_facing_e.html
as reported in the washington post.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:51 pm 265. kat-missouri:

I have no doubt you are proud of your grandpa. But imagine yourself boarding a flight with John McCain as pilot who you think has a stronger possibility of croaking or getting disabled on the flight than a 55-year old pilot. Then imagine him waving over to his co-pilot….”She’s an ex-beauty queen who has an inspiring biography, a son about to go to Iraq, and a Downs baby she kept on religious ideology. And she hunts! Now, she has only flown bush planes in Alaska, but if something happens to me I think she can handle this big boy plane in a pitch…Hop on Board!”

Me, I’m looking for another flight.
**************

Well, I’d take the flight if the co-pilot on the other flight’s closest experience was chairing a committee on flight patterns of the Canadian Goose.

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:51 pm 266. kat-missouri:

You know what I really love? Some supposed woman saying it is “silly” for McCain to choose a woman.

Laughing all the way to the bank!

Aug 29, 2008 - 9:53 pm 267. JC Ohio:

You Republicans have LOST your Minds. Living in Alaska and bordering Russia does not make you a foreign relations mogul. However, chairing the foreign relations committee and visiting foreign diplomats does. She does not have “executive” experiences, 2 years is barely enough time to settle into the governors mansion. Unless of course you count being a mayor of a town of less than 2,000. I don’t care if she has 5 kids, carries a gun, or drives a mini van with hockey stickers in the window. She does not have the experience needed to run the country when McSame kicks the bucket.

And no those who supported Hillary should not switch over just because she is a woman VP. Palin is a gun toting NRA member that knows how to give birth, good for her. Hillary has way more experience than she would ever think to have. IF popping out kids qualifies you to be a VP or President why didn’t this happen before? If you truly backed Hillary, then you agree with her platform and policy which obviously are on the other side of the fence from what Palin or McCain hold.

Do you really think she is qualified to run this country? And stating that Obama has done nothing with his political career? Do you really just not read? Watch TV? Perhaps if his platform was a picture book? He has reformed health care in Illinois, He has in his public life help fix problems in South Chicago. I’m mean really pick up a news paper and read for once.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:00 pm 268. Angry African:

@888 – I think you are drinking too much Kool-Aid. If that was the reason Obama gave Biden the VP job – why the hell did McCain give her the VP job? So that the creepy old man can look at her butt? Go look at her speech and watch McCain. Look at what he keeps on staring at every few minutes. Creepy and sexist. Don’t respond before you have watched the video.

@Rachel Peepers – You think she will have more respect for women? Ask her this question. If the law comes up again to give women equal pay. And it is a tie. She as VP will have the vote to break the deadlock. Which way would she go? Will she vote to give women equal pay or would she vote as her President (McCain) did and not give women equal pay? Ask her that and then come back to me on equal pay. We know where Obama stands on this. And we know where McCain stands on this.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:02 pm 269. s sommer:

Face it, both R’s and D’s should be embarrassed that their parties can only come up with such pathetic choices to lead this country. How can anybody get worked up in a lather for them??

And, what is Mc Cain’s thing for former beauty queens with the bad up-do hairstyles?

I am amazed at all the men talking about Sarah being “hot” so she will get their vote. Guess it is right up there with the PUMA’s who only want a woman (but, bet she has to be pro-choice!) and blacks who will vote for a candidate just because he is black. Then, there is the “hot” vote.

The economy, banking system, security, Russia, China, energy, education, healthcare, war.

We face very serious challenges in this country. None of these candidates have a clue. Scary.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:04 pm 270. Sissy:

Palin already has a scandal to worry about back home that should end any veep chances for her.

Not unlike the Obama-Tony Resko scandal, that the Mainstream Media refuses to pursue? Or Obamamessiah’s relationship with Ayers? Trust me…these will prove to be MUCH more interesting than the Palin “Scandal.” If your Obamamessiah can continue to run for POTUS with his scandalous associations NOT BEING INVESTIGATED, then Mrs. Palin, will be the Republican VP, without ANY further ado. If the Dumbocrats pursue this idiotic grasping at straws, the Republicans will totally ‘Swiftboat’ Obama and Biden. And the only reason they were able to do it before, is because Americans EMBRACE THE TRUTH….unlike most Dumbocrats!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:14 pm 271. chicago:

“Patrick Armstrong:

Dear Chicago
1. I am a Canadian and don’t have a vote
2. I think Obama is a noodle

Answer my question”

then your voice does not matter in this debate. don’t worry I understand your liberal leanings, my wife was a Canadian citizen and my daughter was born in Canada. Both are huge Palin supporters.

Canada is where the liberals experiment on sociaist policies, we all know that.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:14 pm 272. Courtney L.:

Finally~an unbiased and fair assesment. As a woman, I find Palin an exciting choice, and as a Republican I applaud Sen. McCain’s gutsy decision. As an observer of the whole process, I find that this has turned into something interesting now that there is something besides Obama’s smooth words to carry on about. While I’m glad that Obamarama has gotten some interested in the process, I’d like something more to chew on besides the constant “change” speech that has been played relentlessly. Congrats to McCain for actually trying to “be” the change instead of just talking about it.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:15 pm 273. ex-democrat:

“…a Downs baby she kept on religious ideology..”

- as opposed to what exactly??

people like you need to take a long hard look in the mirror

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:22 pm 274. ex-democrat:

“He has reformed health care in Illinois, He has in his public life help fix problems in South Chicago. I’m mean really pick up a news paper and read for once.”

surely even you don’t take yourself seriously, do you?

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:24 pm 275. Kirk:

JC Ohio write …

“…I’m mean really pick up a news paper and read for once.”

Hahaha. When conservatives seek a comforting, affirming current events perspective, we hit the internet or turn on Rush Limbaugh. When people like you seek that, you pick up a newspaper or turn on NBC. Please do not cite your “little red” Mao book as the indisputed truth.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:28 pm 276. ex-democrat:

“Angry African” – why do you care what we do here in America? doesn’t your continent have plenty of its own problems to deal with?
oh, wait: that’s just how you choose to describe yourself to other Americans?
color me unimpressed.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:28 pm 277. ex-democrat:

“I am amazed at all the men talking about Sarah being “hot” so she will get their vote.”

good grief.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:31 pm 278. Sissy:

Jc Ohio:

Do you think Obama is qualifed to run this country? WHY? Tell me, how did Obama “reform health care in Illinois?” What exactly did he do to “reform” it? What problems did he “fix” in South Chicago? Really…I read the newspapers (oh sorry..not news paper but I am sure you were educated in CHICAGO schools run by Obama’s cronies…See…doesn’t that make America WANT to vote for your Obamamessiah? He must have ‘fixed’ educaction in Shicago because peeple like yuu sopport heem!! And those of us who AREN’T aware of how wonderful life has been in Shicago since Obammamessiah was there are jest ignant!!)
Oh…and I do watch TV! And I haven’t seen anything about Obama ‘reforming health care’ in Illinois. And, really, I do “just read.” A great deal! Because of that, I just cannot support Obama!

“I’m mean really pick up a news paper and read for once.” —-Well, you may be mean…I suppose anyone who supports Obama and his dimocrats ARE! And as I mentioned, I really do pick up a ‘newspaper’ ( or sometimes a “news paper)” and read it…actually, OFTEN!! And in doing so, I have come to understand how vacuous your candidate is..and what a total empty suit he is….

Again, if you Liberals insist on visiting the conservative sites such as this, PLEASE, try REPRESENTING the Democrat party in a more well-written manner! I am getting tired of trying to interpret your inept English/Grammar skills! Not to mention keeping up with your random train of thought. Can you say ADD/ADHD??

If ONLY you had something substantial to offer to the conversation! Blah, Blah, Blah…and so it goes! I for one am just plain old TIRED of dimwit/dhimmicrats trying to bust in on these intelligent conversations! Stick to your own sites! I am sorry if this sounds mean….I am just so aggravated with stupidity!

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:37 pm 279. Rachel Peepers:

Angrygirl:

As Obama has said many times, The Atleberg Foundation has researched the work behavior of women.

They’ve found that 60% of female office workers spend excessive amounts of time on the phone or their computer, talking to friends and wasting company time. Men, on the other hand, tend to stay focused on the job at hand.

That’s why women tend to be paid less.

Do you think it was a coincidence that Barack didn’t pick a woman to be Vice President? Of course not.

Barack Obama appreciates the demands of the job; Joe Biden will perform the Vice Presidential functions with a high level of manly efficiency.

Barack is one of those unusual men who realizes there are real psychological and physiological differences between men and women.

For decades in the senate John McCain has voted “Yes” on every equal pay for equal work bill that’s been on his desk.

McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden have agreed to disagree on this issue.

McCain selection of Sarah Palin demonstrates to what degree McCain is a champion of women’s rights.

Barack Obama, however, grew up in a culture that demeaned the worth of women. It’s not Barack’s fault. Just the hand he was dealt. The way he was brought up. So you can see why he called his Grandmother a “typical white woman with typical white prejudices.”

Likewise, it’s why Barack found a pastor like the Reverend Wright so appealing. Wright and Father Fletcher’s ridicule of Hillary Clinton is just the tip of their misogynist iceberg.

I hope that clears up your question. I know, for women, politics can get complicated, but you did the right thing by asking the question. And there’s no such thing as dumb questions. You’ll be fine. Critical think is something that, given time, even a woman such as yourself can grasp.

Aug 29, 2008 - 10:42 pm 280. Charlie (Colorado):

Do you think anyone at the Democratic Convention anticipated a choice like this?

Not in a million years. One reason they’re so frantic is that McCain successfully head-faked them into dropping a fortune on opposition research on Pawlenty and Romney. No material.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:13 pm 281. Charlie (Colorado):

Palin already has a scandal to worry about back home that should end any veep chances for her.

Go read up on the context (threatening her sister and father, drunk driving in a state patrol car, and tasering his 10 year old), and then tell me with a straight face that you really think this is a good line of attack.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:16 pm 282. lee:

“He has reformed health care in Illinois, He has in his public life help fix problems in South Chicago.”

This is actually interesting. Did Obama mandate healthcare for everyone, like Mitt Romney did? I’m pretty sure “healthcare reform” is another term for “universal healthcare” for some Americans. And what were these “problems” in South Chicago?

I live in LA. You understand my skepticism about politicians who make grandiose statements about “reforming healthcare and fixing problems in THAT SHADY part of town.”

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:25 pm 283. Fla Chuck:

This is a great pick by somebody. Like so many others here, I was pulling for her as a reason to vote FOR McCain rather than just against Nobama (Keep the change, big fella).

The one thing that cracks me up is all the demodork leftards that keep going on about how the ‘Cuda isn’t gonna get all the Hillary voters to switch. She doen’t need to. Up till no the race has been a dead heat. If she brings a strategially distributed 5-10% of the Lizard Queen’s 18 million voters, ol’ Johnny wins in an elecroral landslide.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:37 pm 284. Greg:

Homerun.

Want to bring up experience? Republicans are a-ok with that. The more we talk experience, the more people think McCain vs. Obama, and people vote for president, not veep.

Aug 29, 2008 - 11:52 pm 285. Believer:

First chance in the past two days to post — threw a bit of a get-together for my kids and a few of their friends Thurs. night. They all went to Punahou as did BO. No one was interested in watching his speech. Couldn’t believe it. I was just as happy since I can’t bear to watch him anymore.

My daughter was home (with Swedish boyfriend) from England. They met at Oxford – went there same time as Chelsea – so he knows socialism and she’s had the leftie stuff drummed into her for years now. But I’ve been praying…

She just called me a few hours ago and made my day. Well, after earlier awakening to the news that Palin was McCain’s pick. They both watched Sarah Palin’s speech and were tremendously impressed. Then they discovered Glenn Beck’s show – loved him – and said they agreed with everything he said. I’m in heaven. God is too good. I don’t deserve this.

They had a sense that something wasn’t right with BO. Not thrilled with McCain; but with Palin, they loved how genuine she was and how she seemed to instill such confidence that she would do the right thing. They spent the day learning all they could about her. She’s the kind of politician they can support without reservation.

My daughter wants to make sure she votes for McCain/Palin before returning to England and jokingly told me their winning the election would bring her back home right away.

My youngest son, who’s always defended BO, made a point of telling me he was impressed with Palin too! What is this? Everyone seems to love Sarah!

I couldn’t believe McCain did this gutsy, wonderful thing. It’s too perfect. How many of us said or thought this decision for VP would give us an idea of how good McCain will be as president? I actually wept when I heard the news. I’ve got renewed hope for America now.

There’s gonna be change in Washington, folks. And it’ll be the RIGHT kind, thank goodness.

Upon hearing the news, I thought almost immediately of Dave II who made the case for Palin better than anyone a number of weeks ago on some thread. So, if you’re out there Dave II, I share your joy.

Aug 30, 2008 - 12:18 am 286. patty:

Obama has what leadership experience? Community organizer, glorified boyscout leader. that is about it. oh, 143 days in the senate before he announces is presidency race? LOL that a joke.. Sara makes Obama look like a high schooler.. The joke is on the Bozo cult members, sara=mayor, governor, mother of 5.. she does it all while the bozo uses the blacks.. just like jackson and just like sharpton…
The VERY best pick Mccain could have made! I was a Hillary supporter I had no intentions of ever supporting the sexist, racist pig Obama! Gooo Mccain/Paln 08

Aug 30, 2008 - 1:42 am 287. Andrew Ian Dodge:

I am a so amused to see people criticising McCain for selecting Palin. They claim its a cynical ploy to attract women voters. I mean how dare he doing something like that to win the election.

Nothing like over-riding the wishes of 18 million voters just to get in a black man as nominee.

And how many times have we heard how “good looking” Obama is from women? But men are not allowed to comment that Palin is an attractive and not very frumpy woman?

Hypocrisy thy name is modern Democrats.

Aug 30, 2008 - 6:22 am 288. jackie:

Ok, I realy am tiered of everyone tring to get naesty. the truth is she has only worked for alaska, obama has work in washington for two years. Biden is going to eat her up at a debate I was undecided until the VP choice Here I am Obama singned sealed delivered I am yours!!!!!:)

Aug 30, 2008 - 6:48 am 289. chicago:

I’m reading posts here stating that Obama reformed/fixed healthcare in Illinois. NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH.

I am in Illinois, I am in Chicago. Obama was not even a known state senator in the entire Illinois political sphere. All Obama did for the so called Healthcare reform was vote “present.” now people are claiming Obama reformed illinois healthcare? what a bunch of uninformed obamatons!

as for Obama improving the south side, you have got to be kidding me. people who are claiming this do not live in Chicago and doesn’t know anything about Chicago politics.

the south side is as bad as its been. Mayor Daley is willfully increasing property taxes in the City of Chicago to force a gentrification of the city (if any of you liberals don’t know that term, I’m sorry). lower income people are being forced to sell the homes that they’ve inherited from their parents since property taxes has been sky rocketing the past 5 years. rich folks, yes, rich folks buy up the properties cheap…some buy up two to three houses tear them down and build condos for max profits.

now I’m not saying that revitaizing the real estate sector in Chicago is bad, but the way the Daley administration is forcing the gentrification of the city is despicable. Obama is silent, the whole black leadership in Chicago is silent while the lower income black folks are forced out of Chicago due to high property taxes. the black leadershp in Chicago is silent since they know that high property taxes means higher salary increases for them. they are silent since gentrification of chicago results in higher income people (who are mostly white) from the outlying suburbs are buying into their wards which is a new source of political funds for them.

that is the Chicago political machine in Chicago. damn the people so long as the pols get their high taxes and high salaries.

look into Chicago and Cook County and see the real Obamanomics in action and see how its affecting the people. Don’t come here and declare that Obama saved healthcare in Illinois or how he’s rebuilding the South Side of Chicago. people who come here and posts BS like that are total fools, uninformed, misguided, and are totally in the dark on the real politics of Obama and the corrupt Chicago political machine.

Aug 30, 2008 - 6:50 am 290. Lilith:

Apologies, everyone. Sarah is not Jewish. I had better start checking my facts a little more thoroughly. She is a devout Christian with strong links to the Jewish Community in Alaska and a strong supporter of Israel. Works for me.

Aug 30, 2008 - 8:06 am 291. ProgMeister:

Obama’s choice of the angry Washington insider, Biden, was not a “respectful one” — it was a necessary one because it makes up for Obama’s total lack of foreign policy and international relations experience

And McCain is making up for what? his total lack of a vagina? his total lack of experience running a tiny city?

Aug 30, 2008 - 8:18 am 292. HRPKathy:

ProgMeister
McCain had to shore up his conservative base with a proven reformer. She gives him bona fides with his base and brings in a record of reform nobody, left or right, can match.

The fact that she is a woman makes many disrespect that, but the shame is on them.

Aug 30, 2008 - 9:09 am 293. Believer:

“BO saved healthcare in Illinois” So wrong. He did what any corrupt politician would do. And his wife was a partner to it.

Here’s what they did: Michelle sat on the board of U. of Chicago Hospital – as Community Outreach! – and said NOTHING as they charged up to 500% over costs to the poor/uninsured patients. All while hubby wasted no time when he got in US Senate to earmark a million bucks for the hospital, magically tripling her salary from over $100K to over $300K/year.

We could also get into how he did NOTHING for Chicago schools, except waste some $100million – private funds, thank goodness – on pals like Ayers and other questionable, radical associates of his. Just imagine how he’ll waste an even bigger pot of public money. That was his only stint in a leadership role that I know of. Complete failure.

Or we could get into how he he helped his pal – the convicted crook Rezko – get taxpayer money to build such lousy housing (Hill referred to him as ’slum lord’) that it was deemed “uninhabitable” not long after it was constructed. Remember, Rezko helped BO and his belle get the mansion of their dreams. Too bad he handed others the slums of any nightmare.

Palin, on the other hand, got in politics to clean it up. And that’s just what she’s done – making a few enemies along the way, including those in her own party. She also got rid of the private jet, choosing commercial like her constituents, and told the “chef” they gave her she’d cook for the family like always. She hasn’t looked to benefit personally, but looks out for the people she serves. She’s gutsy, does the right thing, and has been rewarded for it.

Palin is far more experienced and ready to be President than BO. The job – and decision-making – is made alot easier when you have character and judgment going for you.

BO has a history of choosing to do the wrong thing. And will hopefully receive his just reward in November.

Aug 30, 2008 - 9:32 am 294. ProgMeister:

HRPKathy:

McCain will get a few more of his base up (and a few dozen horny, lonely men) off their butt to vote with SP, but that’s about it … proven reformer? the woman has held one office of significance — which she won with a whopping 114,000 vote total tally in her column — for 20 months

Her gender is a non-issue; her anonymity and lack of gravitas is a big deal … you guys will think she kicked ass after she debates Biden but the rest of the country will not buy it; so here’s what happens: the great middle, the swing voters, the undecideds, the people who “kinda sorta wanted to maybe vote for McCain” are going to say “NO … interesting, but this isn’t the Miss Congeniality contest .. too risque, too dangerous for the times we live in”

It doesn’t matter much anyway; just as with Bush ‘92, the McCain insiders have known in the last week or two that their game is lost anyway so what they have said is, “let’s see if we can distract Obama; if we can, great .. and if we can’t, at least we’ve managed to introduce one of our (presumably) rising stars to the nation for another day down the road”

Aug 30, 2008 - 10:31 am 295. ELBSeattle:

McCain choosing Palin as running mate reminds me of Bush choosing Harriet Meiers as Supreme Court Justice. Pathetic at worst, and ineffectual at best. “Hey, I like women. See? I picked a woman!” Very transparent.

This country has suffered enough. We need Obama, not McBush.

Aug 30, 2008 - 1:50 pm 296. Scott Somerville:

The only thing that matters in the end is who wins in November. Dan Quayle got ripped by the media, but I seem to recall that Reagan won. So after all the emotional chatter is over, how does McCain’s pick affect the Electoral College?

1) Women are MORE likely to vote for McCain. HOW MUCH more likely is up for discussion–maybe 1% more likely, maybe 5% more likely–but anybody who says Palin doesn’t affect the gender gap should not be taken seriously. The militant pro-aborts would have voted for Obama no matter what, and women who actually believe in choice more than abortion are going to respect a working mom who chose life for her Down Syndrome child. So in the end, a pro-life, pro-woman ticket should pick up more female votes than McCain/Pawlenty or McCain/Romney.

2) Midwesterners who voted for Hillary in primary after primary are going to be MORE likely to vote for McCain. Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan just got more interesting. A good-looking woman married to Alaska’s “first dude” (a registered independent union member) is going to turn heads in the Rust Belt. Being pro-life doesn’t diminish her appeal to blue-collar Catholics.

3) Evangelical support just went from room temperature to full steam ahead. That makes a pivotal difference in the “What’s the Matter with Kansas” states where social issues outweigh economic issues. Kansas, Missouri, and Iowa are MORE likely to vote McCain than they were before.

4) The mainstream media and the Democrats (is there a difference?) will attack Palin’s Creationist beliefs and her role in getting her ex-relatives off the payroll. The nonstop hammering by the mainstream press will hurt her, and will hurt McCain. But a 24/7 news obsession on her role in firing the brother-in-law who tasered an 11 year old is not going to destroy her… and the fact that the mainstream media can’t take take a Creationist seriously isn’t going to destroy her, either. Nancy Reagan consulted astrologers, and Jeremiah Wright thinks the government invented AIDS. The attacks are as predictable as artillery bombardments and bombing runs in war-time… but you don’t win wars with shells and bombs. You win with ground troops–and the Christian right will turn out the troops for Sarah. (I just ordered five yard signs, and I only have one yard!)

5) “God may have created man, but Samuel Colt made them equal.” The Supreme Court ruled in favor of an individual constitutional right to bear arms this year, and McCain put a gun-toter on the ticket. Sarah’s a poster-girl for the Second Amendment. The West has been teetering towards the blue column lately, but a moose-hunting Western governor just turned Montana, New Mexico, Colorado, and Nevada a little bit pinker.

6) The only swing state where I don’t see a McCain advantage is New Hampshire. It’s libertarian, not conservative, and Palin’s brand of Republicanism may not do a lot for the ticket. But McCain has a lot of personl pull in New Hampshire–he may be able to spend more time visiting that state while Sarah heads west.

My analysis is: Palin hurts McCain with the chattering class, which loses him votes in New York, Illinois, California, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. Oh, wait–McCain was going to lose those states anyway. He isn’t any better off in Oregon or Washington–but he wasn’t going to win them, either. “Jesusland” goes for McCain/Palin in a big way, the “United States of Canada” goes for JoeBama, and the election hinges on those midwestern states where bitter people cling to guns and Bibles and antipathy towards people whose middle name is “Hussein.”

I think McCain just won the election.

Aug 30, 2008 - 2:34 pm 297. Jo CHGO:

I am a lifelong Dem who has voted for the Dem candidate for president since Jimmy Carter, the first vote I cast. There is no way in hell I vote for BHO–that is, unless he put Hillary on the ticket. I would begrudgingly have accepted that, even though my opinion is that she should be at the top, and he at the bottom. I have seen him in action in Illinois….unimpressive and more about his trajectory than being a servant of the people who elected him. Definitely concocted this whole image thing in collusion with the MSM. The real thing is not what has been sold nationally. He has his achievements, of course, but nothing special that qualifies him to be POTUS.

I thought I would stay home this year, but McCain has given me a reason to vote. So what if I don’t agree with everything she stands for. I listened to an interview by Maria Bartiromo on energy, and Palin comes off as one smart cookie. I will consider voting for her this year.

Aug 30, 2008 - 2:42 pm 298. ProgMeister:

Scotty-Boy:

Dan Quayle got ripped by the media, but I seem to recall that Reagan won

with a memory like yours, I think we know what to make of the rest of your “analysis”

Aug 30, 2008 - 2:44 pm 299. Nedarc:

Palin is like a breath of fresh air in the poluted atmosphere of politics..I sense another Reagon here.

Aug 30, 2008 - 5:14 pm 300. craig:

Boris, are you on the pipe tonight? Less experience ? Are you kidding? She has at least governed a town and state. What has Obama managed? Social cases? Let’s see, who get’s the food stamps and who get’s the condoms this week. Boris, stop chasing that dragon

Aug 30, 2008 - 6:27 pm 301. HRPKathy:

ProgMeister,
The fact that Palin is in fact a proven reformer lies in any decent research of her record. The fact that you don’t know it does not make it false. It makes you ignorant.

McCain nominated Palin to distract Obama? Too late – Obama was born distracted. Ever hear him answer an impromptu question? He can’t focus on it long enough to answer it.

I call tell by the information in your post that you know a lot of McCain Insiders. Sure you do. And probably a few flying pigs and UFOs. Dennis Kucinich, is that you?

Aug 30, 2008 - 9:21 pm 302. Sissy:

“jackie: and I quote you directly”

“Ok, I realy am tiered of everyone tring to get naesty. the truth is she has only worked for alaska, obama has work in washington for two years. Biden is going to eat her up at a debate I was undecided until the VP choice Here I am Obama singned sealed delivered I am yours!!!!!:)”

Sorry, here we go again! The Dumbocrats just CANNOT “represent” on these blogs! Shame on them! I truly am really “tiered of everyone tring to get naesty.” Your “nasty” spelling, tires me! When you type/spell so poorly, NO ONE pays attention to you! If you care enough to have your voice heard, learn to type/spell!!! It will prove that you CARE enough about what you are saying. Keep “tring” as you typed!

Again, and I quote, “obama has worked in washington for two years.” YAY…you spelled ‘washington’ correctly! However, it should have been ‘capitilzed.’ I belive his actual attendance was ‘175′ days? Check the record….there are 365 days in ONE year, so actually, he may not have “2 years” experience… SOOOO experienced!

“Biden is going to eat her up at a debate I was undecided until the VP choice Here I am Obama singned sealed delivered I am yours!!!!!:)”

Let’s just see if Biden “eats her up” at any debate! Not exactly sure what “eats her up” means, but if you mean ‘defeat’ her or ‘intimidate’ her, etc., I think you may be surprised! She doesn’t appear to be an angry, strident person, as Biden is. We’ll see.

I am glad that you are “singned, sealed delivered” to Obama….not sure what you mean by “singned”, but perhaps you were in a fire -type environment for Obama, and were singed? Or maybe you just were just “signed?” Hope that will be special for you! (Whatever ’singned’ is!)

If we have any discourse with people of any intelligence, and political accumen, we must insist that they adhere to some standard…perhaps, a basic understanding of and willingness to comply with the basic rules of English, and of course, rules of logic! This is something that the Democrats seem to be sorely lacking.

Aug 30, 2008 - 9:29 pm 303. Christabor:

She is a great choice. Not to attract Hillary supporters but as a person with a truly compelling American Life Story. Not a pretender, with a made for TV, focus poll driven story. A story that leaves out much of Barack Obama’s true life history because it isn’t so attractive. The Dems could only wish for a person at the top of their ticket with a resume half as good as this woman. She is so far superior to Barack in every way. Not the least of which is the simple fact that she is genuine. He on the other hand must distance himself from all the people who played supporting roles in his made for TV life story. The only advantage he has is a media that is willing to grant him a venue to perpetuate this myth. They are willing to do whatever it takes to ensure someone who shares their liberal values makes it into the white house. They ask us to forget his inexperience but then they choose to play down the true accomplishments of Sarah Palin in order to say she is not experience enough to be president in the event McCain dies in office. The fact that she truly is much more experienced than he is doesn’t matter. The truth never does matter with these people.

Aug 30, 2008 - 10:20 pm 304. ProgMeister:

HRPKathy::

The fact that Palin is in fact a proven reformer lies in any decent research of her record. The fact that you don’t know it does not make it false. It makes you ignorant.

you don’t require much proof for someone one step away from the Presidency, do you? then again, why should you? … McCain only met her once before selecting her … pathetic

btw, tell me why “proven reformers” who get appointed to Ethics Commissions quit the position because when they find the panel to be unethical?

Obama was born distracted. Ever hear him answer an impromptu question? He can’t focus on it long enough to answer it.

you’re confused; it’s McCain who answers complex questions with one word because he can’t recall what he said more than three seconds ago

I call tell by the information in your post that you know a lot of McCain Insiders.

you’d be surprised who’s in my Rolodex … but you ain’t gonna see it and you don’t need to know any insiders at all to know that pros have ice in their veins and have to know this thing is over; that’s what they get paid for … if it weren’t over, JM would have a serious VP nominee

McCain’s always had more balls than brains … and nothing’s changed … you do realize that this woman, in a lifetime, has drawn fewer than 125,000 votes total in all races she’s run in, right?

Aug 30, 2008 - 11:54 pm 305. el gordo:

You don´t like Palin´s experience? Does that mean we have to talk about character and integrity now? Oh please, bring it on.

Is she friends with a radical couple whom her campaign calls “mainstream” and who are tied by testimony to the murder of a policeman?

Did she steer our taxes towards different parts of a corrupt political machine and her husband´s employer after he got a 200000 $ raise?

Did she have a crazy racist priest as a mentor and sent more tax money the way of another?

Did she consistently vote against reform, only claiming to be a reformer when it became convenient to do so?

Was she cynical enough to lie and dissemble again and again in front of large audiences about her record and past positions even though these things can be checked easily?

No wait… You know who did all those things? That Obama dude, that´s who.

Aug 31, 2008 - 1:55 am 306. lp:

WOW – WOULD I HAVED LIKED TO SEEN THE EXPRESSION ON KEITH OBERMAN’S FACE WHEN MCAIN ANNOUNCED THE VP POSITION. CAN YOU IMAGINE THE REACTION FROM MICHELL-O. IT’S JUST TO GOOD!!

Aug 31, 2008 - 3:54 am 307. view from afar:

Anrgy African: Excuse equal pay will lower everyone’s salary (please look at France’s average person’s salary, where equality is primary to all decesions), to a lower common denominator.
KM : Hello, so the whole American social-economic-etc. future rests on moose and caribou in Alaska, um, hello?
jackie: singned? is that singed? Sorry you were for Obama all along…because Paulin is so right.

Aug 31, 2008 - 6:02 am 308. Howard:

JUST SAY NOBAMA !!!
Oh stop whining Democrats … for the past 1 1/2 years, you’ve been trying every trick in the book to shove an inexperienced, empty suit, Barack Hussein Obama, down the throats of Americans. Sure, maybe you sweetened the bad taste by adding pretty speeches, big swooning crowds, and fireworks … but, you still tried to shove him down our throats, at every opportunity. Democrats, it was a lot easier to highjack the primary election than it’s going to be with the general election. Looks like America is going to elect McCain/Palin for President and V.P.. And, that means: No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko, no mean Michelle, and, NOBAMA !!!

Aug 31, 2008 - 8:00 am 309. Self-hating boomer:

I am amazed at all the men talking about Sarah being “hot” so she will get their vote.

Not agreeing with these troglodytes, but we’ve never heard women in the media saying that they’ll vote for Obama because he’s handsome?

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Aug 31, 2008 - 3:17 pm 311. HRPKathy:

ProgMeister,

Still using a Rolodex? Most people have blackberries. Oh well, old “pros” like you probably get most of your ‘insider information’ from that handy dandy tin foil receiver on your head anyway.

It’s great you can do numbers, too. Let’s do talk about quantity, what percentage of voters voted for Palin? Because the fact that one wins the majority of available voters is what determines the outcome of an election, not a stand alone number. How many people are in Delaware? Is that still a state? (Its most populous city has less than 75,000 people.)

We can trade insults all day, and you can say that a Governor of the largest state (approximately 33% landmass of the lower 48) has no experience until the moose come home and Sarah has one for supper; and I hope you do for two reasons. First, it displays a glaring double standard which the women such as myself attribute to a low-brain functioning sexist attitude. Second, you’ll let this over-confidence guide you into the worst electoral defeat in history. In the first case you’ll be thinking inside your pants and in the second you’ll be flying by the seat of them. Either way the ugly scenery never changes.

(Do a little more research on why Palin quit, and what happened afterward. You stopped in a very convenient place in the story; you quit too soon. It’s a liberal failing. I know, I used to be one myself and then I grew up. I expect from the rolodex comment that you should have too, but just can’t quite make the leap. Then again your sexist double standards on the qualifications between men and women are further confirmation you’ve never quite gotten beyond teenage angst.)

The ONLY reason you are calling her unqualified and inexperienced is because you are a sexist. Period. If her name had a D behind it, you’d find some way to get over it, but as in the case of Hillary, maybe not enough to quite give a woman the same credit as a man with lesser credentials.

Women are more than a womb. They actually have other body parts. You’d have to get a view from above your own belt buckle to see that. Then you might begin to see the achievements of a 44 year old woman who has spent 12 years in elected office in executive positions, managing resources including human resources. Governing a state is more than governing people, it is managing resources, otherwise why do all the dems want to blame Katrina’s problems on Bush? Resources and how he managed them, right? Well, Alaska has resources that make Illinois bow her cornfed heart in shame. Governance means handling difficult situations and being a good steward with what you are given. (Where are the millions from the Annenberg Foundation, and where are the results? Obama’s executive experience was a fiscal disaster. And don’t get me started on the slum revitalization partnership he spearheaded with Rezko for SS Chicago leaving poor old people freezing in winter with no heat.)

When Alaska became a state the argument was that she brought with her vast amounts of resources. Liberals don’t want an Alaskan who reveals the hollowness of their green agenda which is blocking drilling, that’s plain to see. Can’t relieve the suffering at the pump, it’s against the agenda.

As to how the world sees the ‘novice’, there’s this from Israel:

Allegations from Democrats Insulting to Voters’ Intelligence

“What is absurd is that Sarah Palin wore a button one time and Barack Obama sat in a church of an anti-semitic, anti-Israel preacher and absorbed his teachings for over 20 years,” said Bardash, adding, “I leave it to the intelligence of the voter to determine who has a more troubling record.”

Bardash wished to remind people that “Obama’s associations with ex-terrorist Ayers and pro-Palestinian Arab radicals are of great concern to democrats and republicans alike.” His group helps American citizens register for US elections in Israel, and he noted that “most people contacting our group to vote are registered Democrats that are crossing over to vote for the pro-Israel candidate, John McCain.”

Turning his attention to Obama’s choice for running mate, Bardash warned that “Joe Biden’s sketchy record vis-a-vis the threat that Iran poses should be troubling for all Americans in Israel and in the US.”

But Joe Biden has all this experience and he has an international reputation. Too bad it’s a bad one.

Aug 31, 2008 - 5:19 pm 312. USpace:

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This is going to be fun. History will be made, one way or another, and it looks more likely now that it will be the right history.

Even more Hillary supporters will go for McCain now. Obama is no longer a near certainty. Heaven forbid something happens to McCain, but I believe Palin would rise to the occasion. She has the right attitude. Everyone knows Obama is NOT ready for POTUS, Palin is only for the VP. Look at Dan Quayle.

YEY SARAH PALIN! YEY John McCain! Great pick! The 1st woman for the GOP VP? SCORE!

She’s conservative! SCORE! She’s a Governor! SCORE! She’s pro-drilling! She’s a hunter! SCORE! She’s a hockey Mom and played basketball in school! SCORE! She’s pro-life! And she respects women! SCORE! She fights corruption! SCORE! She’s high-energy! SCORE! She’s tough! SCORE! She’s got 5 kids! SCORE! Her son is going to Iraq in the Armed Forces! SCORE! She’s married to a Blue-collar professional! SCORE! She’s smart! SCORE! She’s young! SCORE!

And she’s a Hotty to boot! SCORE! The Left is going to go nuts! SCORE!
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Aug 31, 2008 - 9:20 pm 313. Joey:

Boris:

But she has tons more executive experience than Barack who has NONE. Before he ran for this office, who ever heard of him? lol. Oh yes he did say he ‘ran this campaign’. Well, no he did and does not.

His only experience is in missing votes and running for office.

Anyway, being Governor of our second biggest state with the second most powerful state governorship, reminds me of Arkansas Bill and Georgia Jimmy. Governors make the best presidents.

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