BillsNYC Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Fox News just reported that the Ohio event is saying all signs point to her as VP. I always thought she'd be the best choice...keeping fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Fox News just reported that the Ohio event is saying all signs point to her as VP. I always thought she'd be the best choice...keeping fingers crossed. I only know she's the Gov. of Alaska. Before that mayor of a 7000 person town. I don't know jack about her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Fox News just reported that the Ohio event is saying all signs point to her as VP. I always thought she'd be the best choice...keeping fingers crossed. wow http://www.clusterstock.com/2008/8/mccain-...s-intrade-oops- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Fox News has confirmed its her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Fox News has confirmed its her! Well that eliminates her then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Well that eliminates her then I was hoping mccain would take Tim Kaine. Please someone take him. Of course he is flying into Deleware since it borders Virginia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 CNN's confirming it too, now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverNRed Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Well that eliminates her then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swede316 Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I think it's a great choice....I think America is ready for a woman P/VP. I think Obama missed the guaranteed win by not picking Hillary. Again the Dems have snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 CNN has it as Palin. http://www.cnn.com/ Carville said last night that the best VP pick is one that makes your opponent's campaign manager reach for a bucket to puke in. She--being a she--fits that bill. Her lack of experience undermines McCain's ability to punch Obama on that point though. Smells of pandering until I learn more about her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Just found this. And it begins: Seriously? Sarah Palin for VP? It's one thing for millions of voters to put forward a sitting senator as a possible commander in chief, but for John McCain to hand-pick a first-term governor of a tiny state is bizarre. Here are five reasons why, if she is the pick, this is a huge mistake: 1. There goes McCain's best argument. He cannot say Obama is not ready but she is. Obama started organizing his campaign for president the same month she was sworn in to lead the third-smallest state's government. 2. She has no base of support. Obama won his senate seat with 3,597,456 votes, that's more than five times the population of Alaska. He has won more than 18 million votes in a long, tough primary that tested him and prepared him. How has she been tested? She lost her first bid for statewide office, then won the governor's office with 114,697 votes, not a majority, but enough to take office. And apparently, enough to set her up for the Oval Office. 3. The "woman card" will backfire. She's no Hillary Clinton. And this is such an obvious ploy. It would be different if she were known to anyone or qualified or something. 4. Alaska, a corrupt hinterland. Yes, she is a hard-nosed, tough reformer. But the McCain campaign will have to deal with the fact that Alaska seems like a foreign land as corrupt as Louisiana. It's longtime senator will stand trial smack dab in the middle of this campaign season, and McCain may have to vote to remove him from office. Yes, they can spin it that she is someone cleaning up the mess up there, but what Americans realize is that they don't know much about what goes on up there. Will they be comfortable with her? 5. Was this McCain's choice? It seems clear that McCain wanted to go with Lieberman but was talked out of it by the right wing of his party. Rove admits calling Lieberman to ask him to pull his name out. Bush lost his way because he never stood up to Rove et. al. McCain is headed down the same path. http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.c...reasons-wh.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I don't know jack about her. I just read her wiki page. Its a pretty good read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VABills Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I just read her wiki page. Its a pretty good read. Me too. She's aggressive and interesting but I smell backfire. Again, smells of pandering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsNYC Posted August 29, 2008 Author Share Posted August 29, 2008 Me too. She's aggressive and interesting but I smell backfire. Again, smells of pandering. Ha..they just added half the stuff on there in the last hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olivier in france Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 http://www.ontheissues.org/Sarah_Palin.htm the GOP right wing will like that... does it really help Mc Cain? Not sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 I was hoping mccain would take Tim Kaine. Please someone take him. Of course he is flying into Deleware since it borders Virginia. And Virginia is right down the street from Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loadofmularkey Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Here's why I'm concerned about Palin. If McCain is trying to win over the Hilltards (which he obviously is), that may backfire because Palin is a hunter and is pro-life. Not to mention the fact that the experience card is now completely off the table. It's done. McCain is 72 today...if something happens to him, Sarah Palin will be our president. Huh? I'd love to see her foreign policy record. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 Me too. She's aggressive and interesting but I smell backfire. Again, smells of pandering. Since when does pandering hurt you politically? Elections have become one big pandering contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PastaJoe Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 McCain has said that the duties of a VP are to inquire as to the health of the president and to break ties in the Senate. Is she really the best person the Repubs have to be a heartbeat away from the presidency? In the event McCain wins, I would be much more comfortable with people like Ridge, Huckabee, or even Kay Bailey Hutchinson. If McCain was younger or healthier it would be more acceptable. It looks like a clear pander to the Hillary holdouts. Obama passed the first major decision he had to make, I don't think McCain has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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