The dude from MSNBC just called her the "cheerleader in chief". I really hope that doesn't catch on, not because I like her but because I think that might hurt women in politics in general.
She's a pretty poor speaker, even with a prepared speech.
I can only imagine how she'll come across during the debates.
Unless she has the best coaching team in the world, or can download information directly into her brain stem Matrix style, watching her debate Joe Biden on foreign policy issues will be painful.
I'm betting she's just going to stick to talking points, and play up any lack of knowledge or gaffes as being "a Warshington outsider".
What has the reaction from the Republican side been regarding her being chosen?
The Freeper-style base seems to be fired up since she's such a wingnut, but some of the more intellectual conservative pundits are offended at her utter lack of qualifications. Of course, this is before the mighty GOP smashes them all back into line.
Oh god, Palin is so blatantly flogging that her oldest kid is going to be deployed, unlike Joe Biden. Stay classy!
But....Biden's son WAS just deployed...
Beau Biden only alluded to that when introducing Joe at the DNC, and Joe didn't mention it during his speech. Palin just blatantly plugged her son's deployment during the speech she's making right now.
Oh, and she's bragging about "cutting wasteful spending" when she was mayor of Bumfuck, Alaska. Because nobody has access to the internet to fact check that.
She must have done a shitty job at cutting wasteful because the sports complex ending up forcing the city to raise the sales tax in order to pay for it.
Oh god, Palin is so blatantly flogging that her oldest kid is going to be deployed, unlike Joe Biden. Stay classy!
But....Biden's son WAS just deployed...
Beau Biden only alluded to that when introducing Joe at the DNC, and Joe didn't mention it during his speech. Palin just blatantly plugged her son's deployment during the speech she's making right now.
That was something I had to laugh at after Biden's speech the other night. CNN had the Republican contender for his senate seat on, crying bloody murder over the fact that Beau Biden had dared to so much as "allude" to the fact that he was headed for Iraq.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
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Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
After thinking about it for a day, I think that she isn't a token pick to get the women's vote - she's a token pick to shore up the social conservative vote, and a desperate attempt to get media attention. I just can't believe that they think the key to this election is "we'll pick a woman, and then lots of women will vote for us!" I think the fact that she's a woman is a plus on top of her social-conservative credentials.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
After thinking about it for a day, I think that she isn't a token pick to get the women's vote - she's a token pick to shore up the social conservative vote, and a desperate attempt to get media attention. I just can't believe that they think the key to this election is "we'll pick a woman, and then lots of women will vote for us!" I think the fact that she's a woman is a plus on top of her social-conservative credentials.
I think you are being naive to how naive republicans can be.
There isn't a micrometer of doubt in my mind that they picked her because she is a woman.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
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Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
Do you see how quickly Presidents age? Someone's gotta have those comparison images around they can post.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
If his age doesn't get him, his Alzheimer's will. It'll go from the very real not remembering how many houses he owns to glassing France believing it to Vietnam and the year 1968.
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Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
For some reason I felt compelled to look it up, and a 72 year old man has a life-expectancy of 12 more years with a 3-4% chance of dying each year.
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Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
For some reason I felt compelled to look it up, and a 72 year old man has a life-expectancy of 12 more years with a 3-4% chance of dying each year.
Now add in five years of torture and a recurring history of skin cancer.
Palin really was an awful choice for his running mate. She's just a token pick to try and get the female vote. So if McCain wins the election and then dies of a heart attack in his term (olol he's old), we'll have her succeeding him as president. :^:
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
For some reason I felt compelled to look it up, and a 72 year old man has a life-expectancy of 12 more years with a 3-4% chance of dying each year.
Although that doesn't take into account his previous bouts with cancer, as well as the longevity of his genes.
I'm willing to bet the fact that his mom is 98 bumps him up a bit, and the cancer bumps him down a lot.
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Then repeated that "I'm breaking that glass ceiling" line and got cheers.
The son of an oil rigger.
Is there a live internet stream of this to be had somewhere? Can't get American TV here in Germany
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CNN's website should have video.
But if you heard Palin's acceptance speech, this was pretty much the exact same thing. Although McCain wasn't as stiff and awkward as he usually is.
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I can only imagine how she'll come across during the debates.
Unless she has the best coaching team in the world, or can download information directly into her brain stem Matrix style, watching her debate Joe Biden on foreign policy issues will be painful.
I'm betting she's just going to stick to talking points, and play up any lack of knowledge or gaffes as being "a Warshington outsider".
The Freeper-style base seems to be fired up since she's such a wingnut, but some of the more intellectual conservative pundits are offended at her utter lack of qualifications. Of course, this is before the mighty GOP smashes them all back into line.
"Hooray!" from the evangelical base, "I guess we can't bang the Obama is too inexperienced drum anymore...shit" from the more moderate pubs.
EDIT: Beat...and more eloquently.
<Palin> *doesn't know answer, so says something that has nothing to do with said question*
<Media> WOW SHE DID AWESOME IN THE DEBATES.
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I like to imagine a My Fair Lady style scenario, with McCain as Professor Higgins.
"POW?"
"I think she's got it!"
"Actually, she never served, so we can't use that."
"DAMN, DAMN, DAMN, DAMN!"
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I wonder how the postponement of the pubby convention will play out
And being introduced by Ted Strickland. Interesting.
Over 10K people. In Dublin, Ohio.
She must have done a shitty job at cutting wasteful because the sports complex ending up forcing the city to raise the sales tax in order to pay for it.
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God I hope not...
Why is there a lensflare?
Edit: Hasn't the Alaskan government's spending actual increased because of increased oil money?
And we'll get what we deserve. She'd likely get pressured to continue the Bush/McCain policies, and fuck things up even further. In 2012 we'll have another chance to correct the problem, this time without the onus of ovarian orthodoxy.
Beautiful.
Why not? I mean, the button is right there in Photoshop. Everything is better with lens flare.
After thinking about it for a day, I think that she isn't a token pick to get the women's vote - she's a token pick to shore up the social conservative vote, and a desperate attempt to get media attention. I just can't believe that they think the key to this election is "we'll pick a woman, and then lots of women will vote for us!" I think the fact that she's a woman is a plus on top of her social-conservative credentials.
I think you are being naive to how naive republicans can be.
There isn't a micrometer of doubt in my mind that they picked her because she is a woman.
Well, the odds of a 72 year old man dying in the next 4 years has to be pretty low.
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Do you see how quickly Presidents age? Someone's gotta have those comparison images around they can post.
If his age doesn't get him, his Alzheimer's will. It'll go from the very real not remembering how many houses he owns to glassing France believing it to Vietnam and the year 1968.
Now add in five years of torture and a recurring history of skin cancer.
I'm willing to bet the fact that his mom is 98 bumps him up a bit, and the cancer bumps him down a lot.
. . . and did he just say "quick getting-up team"?
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