we'll see in a few................
some folks speculating it might be the governor of Alaska
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we'll see in a few................
some folks speculating it might be the governor of Alaska
great call JW
NBC just confirmed that she's been picked as Republican VP
a lot of us saw it coming for a while. a desperate grasp if i have ever seen one.
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.
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.
Any info on her ? A heavyweight or a another Dan Quayle ?
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]
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
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!
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.
Wait, McCain picked Tina Fey??
LMAO!Quote:
Originally Posted by ottorocket
Alaska is going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska, while shipping a crapload of oil to the lower 48, every day, where there are no brakes on greenhouse gas emissions. That's akin to bailing water from the bow of a sinking ship with a teacup so that the bow is the last part of the ship to sink.
I don't care who the fucker picks,
He's still an elitist, almost dead, racist.
Racist? Please Explain. You mean racist like Joe Biden and his racist comments about Indian immigrants?
As far as being Elitist, I think Obama has that sewn up. Him and his 1.65 million dollar house that was set up by that Rezko crook.
A politician is an elitist?? Thats newsworthy!! :roll:Quote:
Originally Posted by ARMANIXXX
Yeah,
But at least the Elitist pricks that I vote for,
At least they don't forget how many HOUSES they own.
He just took away his biggest trump card away bad move on his part.
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Originally Posted by ottorocket
Yeah,
But at least the Elitist pricks that I vote for,
At least they don't forget how many HOUSES they own.
Oh yeah......
And they ain't RACIST either.
Oh yeah......
And they ain't RACIST either
No Armanixxx, they just play the race card. The fact that 90% of blacks support Obama doesn't make them racist either.
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Originally Posted by lumberjack
Nope.
Makes black people intelligent.
i think its the smartest thing mccain could have done.... esp after obama was dumb enough to pick biden when so much of dems hate the guy
Think it means they like Kool Aid.
The odds moved since the announcement was made. The money line on Obama was -200 (One to two. You bet two dollars, if you win, you get your two dollars back plus one dollar in winnings) to -180.
In other words, the Las Vegas odd makers (who are usually right) like this move. But McCain is still the clear underdog.
You're talking about Joe Biden, now, right?Quote:
.....I'm more trouble by the fact that he voted to send young American men and women to fight a war which we had no business starting in the first place.
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Originally Posted by lumberjack
No.
Well maybe. ;)
But, What it more means is, the 90% (rhetoric) that you speak of, even if true, it means they are not STUPID enough to vote for MORE OF THE SAME, basically voting for an asshole who calls people gooks, has been a RACIST most of is OLD life, renounced MLK for decades, and is sooo fuckin out of touch with common working class, average people, that the fucker doesn't even remember how many houses he has........kinda like this fucker we have now.
yeah.
I'm gonna go with what I just said:
Black people = smart enough to know better
I agree biden was a bad choice but mcain made a bad choice as well he can't go with the inexperience card on obama anymore.I think that was he only shot at defeating obama.Quote:
Originally Posted by tsntx
She's a little on the older side,
But Yeah, I'd hit it.
Still won't vote for the bitch though.
;)
It's official, the Republican party is taking bribes from Mad Magazine.
How they think an old white guy with face cancer and several years of torture under his belt is going to win teamed up with some unknown woman from Alaska is beyond my comprehension. If McCain wins, I vow to use a picture of him as my forum avatar for a year.
I'm going to love seeing Obama win this election.
I was a Clinton supporter, but I would never vote for this woman.
She is pro-life, a life long member of the NRA, and does not compare to any of the Clinton ideology.
Just because she is a woman, does not make her a good candidate. She still has and supports McCain's views-a no end in sight in Iraq, the idea that the economy is sound (HAHA), and the same old Republican bullshit from the last eight years.
I think this was just a strategic move on McCains's camp to only garnish votes and try to gain Clinton votes. Kind of desperate really.
This is no historic event.
Geraldine Ferraro was the first woman to run on a Democratic ticket in 1984 for VP. It always takes the Republican's YEARS to catch up.
This is a net-win for Mccain and a very big cut into Obama's inroads for the independents and Hillary womens voters no matter which way you spin it. Palin has the executive experience both Biden and Obama lack, she connnects with the middle American family via the unions and demographics of her family, she's a true reformer, she is an articulate and charismatic personality that rounds out Mccains experienced maverick persona. The VP spot is not about overshadowing the POTUS, as Biden does just on resume comparisons and brash persona...but the VP is basically chosen not to hurt the POTUS as those become apparant. Palin basically accomplishes that, but makes the inroads into the key weakness' Mccain needed to address without coming off as "washington". Obama's team seems to do the opposite. The debates will come and those who have already said Biden will trash Palin need to realize how being overly demeaning or aggressive to her gubernatorial or gender roles will play very negatively with the women accross the country.
You got all that in one day?Quote:
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RIF.Quote:
Originally Posted by Legend
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I think she's hot and this is a historic occasion, never has such an attractive woman been nominated for VP
Ok I will rephrase that- it's historic for the Republican party.Quote:
Originally Posted by braveman
Like that better?
I was a kid in 1984 and remember the Mondale/Ferraro bid very well.
It's not that I don't like it- I am glad women have been represented so well in the elections this year. That has nothing to do with it. Just as I don't pick my friends based on sex or race, I don't vote for people becuase they are black, green, male, female-I vote what I see a candidate believes in.
AS I SAID, I voted for Mrs. Clinton, this doesn't change MY vote.
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Originally Posted by ottorocket
I Got You.
Are you a Republican?Quote:
Originally Posted by ottorocket
Registered independent. I'm not voting for either Obama or Mccain at this point.Quote:
Originally Posted by AllanahStarrNYC
Another good reason not to vote for McCain: if the old fart croaks in office our country will be in the hands of a person who served as a governor for only two years and prior to that she was the mayor of a 9000 person town.
I predict so many republicans will be up in arms over this choice, Sarah will be forced to decline the dubious honor being John Sydney McCain III's running mate.
why didn't obama pick hillary clinton i mean wtf she had the numbers,experience and she was a woman?
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Originally Posted by trish
She IS a governor. Which gives her more executive experience than Obama or Biden on its face. Legislative experience is not the same as managerial experience as you know. This is one of the Obama campaigns major blunders to expound on that point about her mayoralship by completely disregarding her experience as a woman governor, glass ceilings, and opening a huge hole for disaffected Hillary voters to move towards Mccain. The whole quote actually is a slight on small town middle American voters as well....tsk tsk. The age issue basically is a non-starter with Biden on the Obama ticket, that has shown to have no legs in polling. I hope Obama campaign gets their attack plan down better because they are handing freebies over to Mccain