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Does anyone else feel that mccain has stolen some of the thunder from obama after his latest vp move.I mean his vp is a woman who they say is a new face and fighter and obama's guy is good but he has some baggage.One thing i can't stop thinking about is the clinton supporters who will have no problem voting for mccain now.I see alot of people wishing that hillary was the nominee now.
lol, Legend did you read anything I just typed? just curiousQuote:
Originally Posted by Legend
I just wanna say I think it's hilarious that CNN had a guy on from one of the Alaskan news papers who at the end of the interview said "Palin is less qualified than Dan Quayle"
again.............. priceless
Shock tactics are nice and all (and so very obvious), but as an Obama supporter, I can't wait to see the Republican convention and what they have to say. And I hate to marginalize any woman, but at McCain's age he probably just wanted a pretty face to look at in White House meetings, haha.
I wonder how long until we see political cartoons of her and McCain in the oval office screwing...
But even if he does that, won't he lose a lot of votes from diehard right wingers who would never, ever vote for a woman on the ticket?Quote:
Originally Posted by Baron Of Hell
-Tara
tomorrow morning and at it's latest Sunday's NY Times, political cartoonist are probably at art shops right nowQuote:
Originally Posted by Fox
Yes i did and you stating you were a republican is a big WTF to me but yeah I read it and thought you could be right no worries but then i watched to different new channels all praise mccain for his vp choice and state he could steal Hillary's voters and that's when the doubts played in.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnnyWalkerBlackLabel
Oh, I guess I already said this in a previous statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tara Emory
- but responding to someone who thought it was a "ridiculous thing to say"..
But come on- remember when Hillary was running and they gave her so much shit in the press about her crying and showing emotion. There was (and mind you, in the more right wing circles) quite a lot of people equating being female and emotional = not being tough enough for the job. I'd have to say there are a certain amount of voters who might feel that way too.
-Tara
tara
i think you have a misconception about "die hard" right wingers or conservatives.
these people have no problem in supporting a female for office. the left wingers would like for you to believe that all righties are homophobic, racist, anti-woman but that's a joke.
most of my friends who i consider to be very conservative welcome palin to the ticket and are more excited about her than mccain. there are many super qualified conservative men and women who are african american, hispanic, asian, etc.
in fact, many of my conservative idols are female, asian, black, latino or some combination. for example, Walter Williams, michelle malkin, thomas sowell, condi rice, jc watts (okla congressman)
ps: i believe people and the press gave hillary shit about crying because she came across as being phony-baloney. i dont think it really had much to do about her being a woman. It was the same old clinton crap. Remember that time when bill was caught by the camera laughing and joking during ron brown's funeraL? and then in a microsecond he switched on the tears because he saw the camera? Well, that's what people thought hillary was doing.
yeah like, right wingers would much rather see a god fearing, pro-life white mother of 5 in office than an american hating, ultra socialist muslim. You'd need like, a gay dude that'd been married in SF on the ticket to lose conservative votes to obama.
Talk about sexist...do you think this individual would have been picked for this job if she wasn't a woman? I'm reading now that Hillary supporters say it's patronizing and a very cynical move by McCain and Rove.
You have to see this interview...
http://static.crooksandliars.com/2008/08/cnbc-palin.jpg
Sarah Palin, July 2008: I don’t even know what the Vice President does
And even if being VP were a job without any responsibility, being President is a job with a helluva lot of responsibility, and Sarah Palin just isn't qualified. Haven't we had enough of unqualified governors as President after 8 years of Texas Governor George W. Bush?
Hillary is now going to work twice as hard to persuade her followers to vote for Obama, because she's not going to want to be majority leader of the senate while Sarah Palin is the president of the Senate (the VP's other role) and a potential incumbent candidate for President in 4 or 8 years. You can bet that she still wants to be the first woman President.