Sen. John McCain picks Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on GOP ticket for White House, CNN learns.
Something something something experience. what what?
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edited August 2008
Wow. With his age and health being a factor, his VP choice was extremely important. Picking an unkown, unexperienced woman is not going to firm up his rich, white, old guy religious extreme core in the party.
Good for him going with a woman. Shows that America is actually in the 21 century. But I'm actually shocked he had the balls to do it with an election this close.
His reason for doing it is pretty smart. He's (rightly) afraid that Joe Biden will absolutely destroy him in the debate. Putting a smart, attractive, young woman against him makes him have to reel himself in a bit, or risk being seen as a bully. I think he underestimates how strongly Hillary has endorsed Obama to her supporters, and is going for a hole that is no longer open (Giggity).
The problems with her are myriad, beyond her lack of experience so great that it makes Obama look like an elder statesman... one of her first acts as Governor was to pressure a state official to fire a state trooper in good standing, because he had gone through a messy divorce with Palin's sister. Alaska has just decided to place her under investigation for this gross abuse of power, so if they find reasonable cause... you might see someone running for VP while under indictment... not to mention that nobody really knows whether she's a good campaigner, a good speaker, etc.
IMO, it's a mixed bag for Democrats, and I would have much rather he sealed his fate with some idiot like Romney, than made this risky choice. He needed to take a risk, and it may or may not pay off.
I actually like Condi, I don't think she's quite as obviously a shill and/or generally horrible person as most Republicans
Except for assuring the US and the world that Iraq had nuclear missiles targeted and ready to fire at Disney World and the Mall of America, and our only choice was to bomb them further back into the stone age.
That was the black guy who was given that responsibility actually.
No, they all basically said Iraq was a clear, imminent, and immediate threat. Granted Saddam was an asshole and Iraq is a hell hole of anti-americanism, but to say it was a threat is just absurd.
I'll see if I can find the Daily Show clip where Condie said "Nobody ever said 'imminent threat' about Iraq" and they link dozens of clips with synonyms of imminent and threat spoken by all the major players. Then they find two or three with imminent. The look on John Stewart's face is hilarious.
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A lot of people at least on CNN said it was his best yet.
Edit: Oh they were also giving him some serious support for really dealing with the real meat of the issues.
John McCain was in Wedding Crashers, christ!
Its pretty silly to call your opponent a celebrity when you've acted in movies.
wait really
I haven't actually seen the movie
but it was probably more of a cameo than actual acting
PICK THAT NIT!
PICK THAT NIT!
PICK THAT NIT!
Mocking you.
You dumbass.
If you can't see that, there is no hope for you. I would suggest a trash bag and a rubber band to end your life.
Wait what happened in the speech with Jesus?
What!?
Prove it.
He's on screen for a grand total of about 3 seconds.
Good for him going with a woman. Shows that America is actually in the 21 century. But I'm actually shocked he had the balls to do it with an election this close.
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it'll help with women, specifically the crazy puma hillary supporters
but other then that
it really just undermines the whole "experience" thing he's pushing, and alaska isn't going to be a swing state
i cant see how mccains neocon handlers are going to let her do or see or smell anything
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historically speaking, anyway
no one has ever successfully run for president without a governor somewhere on the ticket
the odds are now strongly against obama, if you believe in the value of patterns
the odds are now strongly against obama
I'm just saying, man
it came into play last time around when Kerry ran a two-senator ticket as well
what?
did you just realize this?
what
'cause he's going to look like dogshit standing next to her.
I hear that
This is getting good and by good I mean sad.
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edit: She can sit on my executive branch any time.
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edit: Can we run reanimated Teddy Roosevelt? I'd vote for Zombie Roosevelt in a heartbeat.
Oh god I want to see this
I believe she has a daughter about your age.
al-riiiiiiight. vice-presidential daughter dippin'. TO ALASKA, PROBABLY!