McCain chose a woman as VP

[JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel]

we'll see in a few................

some folks speculating it might be the governor of Alaska

[flabbybody]

great call JW
NBC just confirmed that she's been picked as Republican VP

[trannybanger]

a lot of us saw it coming for a while. a desperate grasp if i have ever seen one.

[DJ_Asia]

She looks like she could still get carded in the lower 48,let alone be old enough to be one cardiac arrest away from running the USA....WTF?!

If nothing else the election will be the most interesting in history....say your prayers.

[Beagle]

A good pick. She's tough, no-nonsense. She stopped a lot of the pork projects and wasteful spending, like that stupid bridge to nowhere.

Yeah, she's young and short on experience - but I guess that applies to Obama as well.

She's also a lot more attractive than the plaigerizer Biden.

[timxxx]

Any info on her ? A heavyweight or a another Dan Quayle ?

[ottorocket]

Highlights of Governor Palin's tenure include a successful push for an ethics bill, and also shelving pork-barrel projects supported by fellow Republicans. Palin successfully killed the Bridge to Nowhere project that had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending.[10][17] "Alaska needs to be self-sufficient, she says, instead of relying heavily on 'federal dollars,' as the state does today."[11]

She has challenged the state's Republican leaders, helping to launch a campaign by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell to unseat U.S. Congressman Don Young[18] and publicly challenging Senator Ted Stevens to come clean about the federal investigation into his financial dealings.[10] Fred Barnes of The Weekly Standard praised Palin as a "politician of eye-popping integrity" and referred to her rise as "a great (and rare) story of how adherence to principle—especially to transparency and accountability in government—can produce political success."[11]

In 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s.[11] A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%.[19]


Energy policies
Palin's tenure is noted for her independence from big oil companies, while still promoting resource development.[11][10] Palin has announced plans to create a new sub-cabinet group of advisors, to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska.[20]

[flabbybody]

feeble looking McCain could kick at any time so we'd better study up on this babe real fast. She could be going toe to toe with Putin next year at this time

gotta say I don't like too many of her views at first glance

[DJ_Asia]

her only prior political experience other than 2 years as Gov of Alaska was a stint as a small town mayor...Also got her former brother in law fired from the state troopers cuz she didnt like the way he treated her sister....brilliant pick McCain!

[trannybanger]

She was not chosen for here integrity or capability, she was choosen merely as a symbol of change. People do want change in the midst of a horrible economy and when the international standing of the U.S. is slipping at an alarming rate, and there really is not a whole lot of difference in what McCain has done in the last 26 years and the policies of the current administration. He knows this is his only opportunity to make that point of change for the future, is with a VP choice that is "unexpected" and "first time in history" to attempt to counter what Obama has propelling him forward.

Good luck Johnny... think this one might bite you in the ass.