Login HereAfter trying to make experience the issue of this campaign, John McCain celebrated his 72nd birthday by appointing a former small town mayor and brand new Governor as his Vice Presidential nominee. Is this really who the Republican Party wants to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency? Given Sarah Palin's lack of experience on every front and on nearly every issue, this Vice Presidential pick doesn't show judgement: it shows political panic.
That's genius, Rahm. McCain picks a VP choice in order to attract the 28% of Hillary Clinton supporters who think she was disrespected, and Rahm responds with -- sneering condescention.
As Big Tent Democrat says, Tim Kaine has the same experience that Palin does, and he was both vetted and seriously considered by the Obama campaign. This is very dangerous territory. Or did Rahm not watch last night as Obama spoke about equal wages and domestic violence legislation? Does he not realize that this is where the front line of this campaign now moves?
His inability to grasp the obvious never fails to impress.
Palin, like McCain, has a nifty lingering scandal in Troopergate, and she's also tied to Veco. For a country sick of a politicized government full of incompetent cronies, it's much more fertile territory.
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Woohoo! First Frist in a loooong time!
Sarah Quaylin.
Potatoe…potahtoe…
Rahm, as usual, fails to understand what is really in play here. But so does about 80% of the press, from both left and right.
For those how missed it downstairs. This comes from a Nutter center employee who would know.
They haven’t posted it yet (might not), but the tturnstyle count for the Nutt was just under 10K. That includes in and outs, but does not count anybody who came in via the back like McBush. Looks like all three area TV stations had their cameras locked in position, the views are very similar.
So the Nutt was likely about 2/3 full. Not 15K, but his biggest crowd yet.
Boxturtle (Better than I expected.)
This will only help if the press covers it.
No mention of Troopergate on NPR’s top-of-the-hour news.
And WaPo described her as a reformer.
So women should vote for the ticket just because a woman is on it?
Is this a pro-woman woman? Not likely at all.
Not gonna work.
Nixon had his Spiro Agnew - 2 yrs as Gov and a scandal. Only this one is a church lady who wants the government to own your lady parts. How Mavericky.
never thought I would hear you say that jane
Except that Obama and his camp haven’t made this about experience. McCain (and Hillary) did. Rahm’s got it exactly right. Nobody in Obama’s camp made this all about experience, McCain did, and then showed this hypochrisy. I don’t have any problem with Rahm pointing out this obvious hypochrisy, and I don’t understand why you do. And I don’t understand why you’re calling it condescension, either.
I keep hearing people say this. What’s your statistical evidence? Because everyone in both the Obama and McCain campaigns seems to be quite consumed with that 28%. It might put their minds at ease.
Michael Palin would have been a less unexpected choice….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gldlyTjXk9A
aha, now I see jane, that was snark
errr…nevermind
I’m just not seeing this pick as getting him any votes he didn’t already have.
I’m beginning to agree with a prior poster, the GOP braintrust knows this is a lost cause and they’re not going to sacrifice anybody worthwhile.
Boxturtle (I was thinking Dan Quayle, but now I’m thinking Stockdale)
ET’s in the house. Please, tell us about Sarah Palin?
And they had to truck in people from Indiana and Kentucky .. and yes .. the cameras seemed to not move at all .. I wonder why .. maybe they didn’t want to embarrass Cranky McSame.
I have to disagree with Big Tent. Yes, Kaine was considered, but the distinction is that he was not chosen. This is despite Kaine holds a BA in economics, attended Harvard Law, taught legal ethics at U. of Richmond law school, etc, etc. In all, a far more rounded background for someone moving into the VPOTUS seat.
Jane Hamsher:
This is crazy.
The Democrats aren’t supposed to offer “sneering condescension”? Any of the Republican vice presidential picks would have merited it, why not her?
And this is deluded:
“Troopergate” gives Democrats nothing; don’t even deign to go into her political biography. Palin merely needs to be mocked as the ex-mayor of Wasilla and the nemesis of polar bears, or better, cubs. Then the subject needs to be changed to this: She’s a “heartbeat from the presidency” as the 72-year old McCain’s running mate. That is the only issue: She is a reflect on McCain’s judgment and temperament.
I can’t wait to see her debate Biden, although after he eviscerates her in Prime Time the McCainStream will whine about him being a meanie.
It doesn’t matter what you think, or what I think. Hillary Clinton got 18 million votes. 28% of those could swing the election. I’m guessing a public relations campaign telling them they’re stupid and to just suck it up probably isn’t going to work, but I may be way off base.
And yes, the words “lack of experience on every front and on nearly every issue” is probably going to be perceived by many as disrespectful and condescending.
Does anyone expect any less from Rahmbo? He’s as condescending as Wolfson, Mark Penn or Lanny Davis. Asshole is their middle name.
Why pick Palin, especially with the Troopergate and Veco scandal baggage, over Mitt Romney, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, Joe Lieberman, Olympia Snowe, or even Tim Pawlenty? Hell, Pawlenty, lightweight that he is, was House Majority Leader in Minnesota before he became governor.
We’re not the only ones wondering this — Romney and Pawlenty are wondering, too:
Poor Short Ride must be feeling used, as well. snif snif
she also wants schools to teach the following in science class;
“if we can’t explain it then a grand wizard did it and if you look any further, that wizard is gonna be mad at you”
she wants to teach that in science class…ughh
omg disney’s pr people just stepped in..
they had not meat on the woman, so,
they’ve turned it into a cinderella story…
msnbc talking head said from mayor in a small town in alaska to vp candidate!!!!!
next thing, she’ll be a lottery winner….oh, wait…….
‘ain’t amerika great?!’
Happy Birthday, Wetstart!
Kaine was not selected for the same reasons my fave Sibelius wasn’t picked -
having spent the last 18 mos introducing himself to the country, Obama did not have the luxury of introducing an unknown
Regardless, Tim Kaine was not picked. His lack of experience may well have been a major factor in his elimination.
Kaine was rejected by the Obama campaign in favor of a much more experienced choice. Prior to his service as governor — actually a year more than Palin, as Virginia elects governors in the odd year after the presidential — he was mayor of a city twenty times the size of Whatsit, Alaska.
Rahm’s criticism isn’t about gender. Aren’t Clinton supporters insulted by McCain’s gender-pander? Palin blunts the McCain’s campiagn’s experience argument; that seems to me to be the point Rahm was making.
That’s quite possibly true. If this could be close enough for Dibold and SCOTUS to put McCain in office, the Bush family would have placed Jeb as VP.
cnbc has palin interview coming up….
It has already been said, but Palin is no HRC.
Rahm Emanuel is not a democrat. He is a whore for the highest corporate bidder.
If you really believe in AccountabilityNow you have to work to get him out of any official capacity with the party.
Rahm is as dangerous to Democrats as Steny Hoyer.
from a few days ago.
This is selective use of statistics. 28% think she was disrespected? By whom? If by Obama, how many McCain voters does 28% translate into, or even voters against Obama?
I’m open to argument, but my sense is that this is manufactured division, particulary after the coverage of day 2. Two types of Hillary supporters would actually vote for McCain: 1) supporters of the war, who really would switch parties over the matter, a la Lieberman; 2) narcissistic kooks
Hey, it’s Elaine from Seinfeld for VP!
Saw her on CNN at lunch with no sound - spitting image.
Ku Klux Kreationism…?
Mitt’s a Mormon. The fundies will never vote for someone who’s a member of that church.
I agree with the post. After perhaps noting that the McCain campaign has obviously decided that experience alone is not an accurate measurement of qualifications for the Presidency and that it should retract its previous statements and advertisments, experience not be mentioned again by Democrats, unless the other side starts again. Judgement and disposition are different.
McCain’s pick of Palin, a woman with very little executive experience, a woman who has approved a 26 billion dollar oil pipeline to Canada instead of the United States shows that McCain’s decision was made from an adlolescent place of “I’ll show you mentallity” instead of one of wisdom and judgment and will be a disaster because this is not a game but serious, deadly business! Maybe McCain really is senile and confused and incapable of making sound judgments. This woman will be a heartbeat away from being in charge of the highest office in the land. If she was Qualified, that would be different but she is not and that is the bottom line. Not to mention that his argument that Barack has no experience And Is not Ready is out the door, his strongest argument against Barack.
Is this decision Historic or Hysterical or a mockery to our political system? A game changer or a roll of the dice? And should a Presidential candidate play russian roulette with the people’s business? It is sort of sad to me personally, that McCain with all the problems we face here, did not have the People’s interest at heart but rather a desire to win for winning’s sake and did not think of the consequences of his actions and what it would mean for this country if she had to be sworn in as President of the United States!
Ironically, the very things he belittled Barack on — empty suit, no experience — he got in his own V.P. Pick, Sarah Palin!
However, in this evil ploy to pull Hillary women from Barack with no consideration as to whether or not this woman has the ability and experience to lead the United States here and on a world scale shows a very adolescent way of thinking, and a lack of sound judgment and as McCain’s first executive decision, a disaster! Through this pick, McCain has just shown that he is NOT READY TO LEAD, and it also proves that he is not really serious about solving America’s problems!
I think Steny runs in second place to Rahm.
The Obama campaign has been using JUDGMENT vs. experience…. This just shows how POOR McBush’s judgment is…… and how caught in a bubble his campaign is to thing that there really is a divide in the party and that there are millions of HRC voters waiting with bated breath to be “saved” by the big bad meanies at Obama-land…
I dunno, I think the play for Hillary supporters is blown WAY out of proportion to reality. It seems pretty hard for McCain to continue to tout his “experience” when he chooses a “co-president” who has virtually none.
Yes. Let’s have a link to that one.
And Christy’s earlier post saying she couldn’t find one delegate who was still angry about Hillary. It’s a bunch of MSM bs.
And Michael Beschloss is the gossipy rabbi.
I agree with you.
Having the cameras locked is a legit security precaution. It’s also handy in cases like this where it might be desireable to exaggerate the size of a crowd.
Boxturtle (Bet the Secret Service requested it. I won’t speculate as to the source of their orders)
Local Alaskan tv report nails Palin lying about firing scandal. What was McCain thinking?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA
What’s Alaska saying today?
Imagine how different the Dem convention woulda been had Hillary won. Rahm, Lanny Davis, Harold Ford, Jr., etc would’ve all been given major speaking slots. Shivers just thinking about it…
McCain picks a VP choice in order to attract the 28% of Hillary Clinton supporters who think she was disrespected, and Rahm responds with — sneering condescention.
… toward McCain and Palin, not the Hillary Clinton supporters. Did McCain’s choosing Palin automatically sew that 28% up? I’m not convinced.
So, because she’s completely unknown on the national stage, has eighteen months experience governing a small state, was a mayor of a town smaller than some big-city apartment buildings — that’s an anti-woman argument? How could those arguments not be made against any man with exactly the same experience?
I am not seeing the gender construct around Rahm’s criticism, sorry.
“I told Congress, thanks but no thanks for that bridge to nowhere.” - S. Palin
Let the lying begin.
Per wiki, Tim Kaine was a lawyer for 17 years specializing in fair housing advocacy. He taught legal ethics at the University of Richmond law school for 6 years. He was Lt. Governor of a major state Virginia (12th in population; Alaska is 48th) from 2001-2005 and has been governor of that state for the last 2 1/2 years. He is fluent in Spanish from a year he spent in Honduras as a Catholic missionary during a year long break from Harvard Law School.
So no, Kaine and Palin are not the same. And I have no problem with Rahm or anyone else being critical of Palin for her lack of experience.
Also small typo: condescension
Blowback from making the country more religious. Great when it happens to the other side.
ET- okay spell it out for us. Please! People have been mentioning your name.
I said down below- strangely enough I was thinking about you earlier today. *g*
Here’ something from EPUland, FYI.
Just got a call from my wingnut son to tell me he’d just been rearended while at a complete stop. Perps fled before anyone could record their tags. He’s OK & car can be fixed.
The reason for bringing this up is that I asked him about Palin. He thinks it’s a great choice. Her inexperience doesn’t matter cause she’s not at the top of the ticket. Her taking on corrupt members of her own party is just what the Rs need now. And she’ll attract the woman’s vote.
Silence ensued when I started to counter those points, followed by: We’ll talk about this later, which is how our political conversations always end.
But thought you all would be interested in a sample of one wingnut.
Here’s a bit of the wiki biography on Palin:
Palin was born Sarah Louise Heath in Sandpoint, Idaho, the daughter of Sarah (née Sheeran), a school secretary, and Charles R. Heath, a science teacher and track coach.[5][6] She has English, Irish, and German ancestry.[5] Her family moved to Alaska when she was an infant.[6] The Heaths were avid outdoors enthusiasts; Sarah and her father would sometimes wake at 3 a.m. to hunt moose before school, and the family regularly ran 5 km and 10 km races.[6]
At Wasilla High School in Wasilla, Alaska, Palin was the head of the school Fellowship of Christian Athletes.[6] She was the point guard and captain for the basketball team. She helped the team win the Alaska small-school championship in 1982, hitting a critical free throw in the last seconds, despite a stress fracture in her ankle.[6] She earned the nickname “Sarah Barracuda” because of her intense play,[6] and was the leader of team prayer before games.[6]
In 1984, Palin won the Miss Wasilla contest earlier, then finished second in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant[7], which won her a scholarship to help pay her way through college.[6] In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and also won Miss Congeniality.[8][9]
Palin holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Idaho, where she also minored in political science.[10]. She married Todd Palin, who had been her boyfriend from high school onward, on August 29, 1988, and briefly worked as a sports reporter for local Anchorage television stations while also working as a commercial fisherwoman with her husband.[6]
Pre-gubernatorial political experience
Location of Wasilla, AlaskaPalin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 1996. In 1996, she challenged and defeated the incumbent mayor, criticizing wasteful spending and high taxes.[6] The ex-mayor and sheriff tried to organize a recall campaign, but failed.[6] Palin followed through on her campaign promises to reduce her own salary, and to reduce property taxes by 60%.[6] She ran for reelection against the former mayor in 1999, winning by an even larger margin.[6][11] Palin was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.[12]
In 2002, Palin made an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor, coming in second to Loren Leman in a four-way race. After Frank Murkowski resigned from his long-held U.S. Senate seat in mid-term to become governor, Palin interviewed to be his possible successor. Instead, Murkowski appointed his daughter, then-Alaska State Representative Lisa Murkowski.[6]
Governor Murkowski appointed Palin Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission,[13] where she served from 2003 to 2004 until resigning in protest over what she called the “lack of ethics” of fellow Alaskan Republican leaders, who ignored her whistleblowing complaints of legal violations and conflicts of interest.[14][6] After she resigned, she exposed the state Republican Party’s chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her fellow Oil & Gas commissioners, who was accused of doing work for the party on public time, and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.[15] Palin filed formal complaints against both Ruedrich and former Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who both resigned; Ruedrich paid a record $12,000 fine.[6]
Isn’t the issue that he has broken his main campaign theme? This selection is purely political. He is putting his election ahead of the good and security of the country. Passing much more qualified candidates is equivalent to “McPOW treason”
Okay, I’m already bored with Palin.
When can we start talking about Charles Humphrey Keating Jr., “best known for his criminal involvement at the center of the savings and loan scandal of the late 1980s?”
Since the economy is the top issue right now in the minds of voters, I think McCain’s trustworthiness is an issue we ought to look in to.
here’s the thing, there is so much critisism going on, she will probably withdraw
on the other hand, I also have to take out my tin foil hat;
this is suicide, this cannot be a realistic candidate and it will not add voters to the election, can he even expect an election with a vp candidate like this?
maybe not
Yes. This is the only issue. Palin’s personal or political biography don’t even merit attacks, unless mocking asides. This pick indirectly brings McCain’s age and infirmity into relief and directly calls his judgment and temperament into question.
“Troopergate” may not resonate but “Governor using power of office to interfere in a family dispute and punish her ex-brother in law and get him fired” will resonate.
Teddy- I agree with you.
palin interview/report on cnbc right now.
and how many were at obama/biden event?
from downstairs—
count in the turnstile count there all of the people who HAD to be there…..and i think it’s low, cuz boehner country, the bastion of republicanism in ohio, is right down I-75…….the biggest event of his campaign and it’s not a full house…..vp announcement. under 10 thou….
nope.
There’s plenty of condescension on this one to go around. If McCain thinks that simply by putting a woman on the ticket he’s going to attract disaffected Hillary supporters, that’s pretty damn condescending on his part.
Perhaps McCain missed Hillary’s speech.
This should not endear Hillary fans to Palin.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/.....%e2%80%99/
49-41 Obma according to latest gallup poll released today- which doesn’t include anything from after Obama’s speech. We may see a higher number tomorrow. So far the gallup convention bounce is ten points- highly respectable.
Lindsey Graham in the Situation Room, looks and sounds absolutely gobsmacked.
It is beyond the pale to think that 28% of Hillary voters were voting for her only because she was a woman and not because of that plus (or mainly) policy reasons. I find it insulting that anyone would demean voters by thinking the only reason they supported Hillary is because they want a woman President. That a woman on the ticket who stands for the stoopit that Palin supports will bring the Hillary 28% over.
Hillary’s supporters deserve a LOT more cred than that. Palin is an insult to everything Hillary stands for, IMO.
Graham Lindsay:
“If she can take on Ted Stevens, she can take on the Russians”…
Are these people on crack????????
Wolf gobsmacked now, as Lindsey sez, “She took on Ted Stevens, she can take on the Russians.”
ET
What do you think of your fellow Alaskan’s take on Palin?
http://www.washingtonmonthly.c.....014463.php
Never thought I’d say this, but I think Rahm is right.
Just love watching them sweat to make lemonade out of lemons.
I think this is going to get a whole lot sillier very quickly.
No. It is we who live in an EPU, or at least I’m feeling that way more each day.
Don’t even dignify her with the criticism; it just muddies the message and gets you a retort about Tony Rezko. Think of Palin nothing but a character from that show about the quirky town in Alaska a few years back. She can protect us from polar bears, but do you really want her as Commander in Chief?
How do the fundies wackadoos square their women-submissive-in-the-home views with a woman being governor, running for Veep, with a five-month-old special needs child?
Is this something that Mukasey can throw a blanket over and hush up until after the elections? Or is it an independent investigation?
Bob in HI
I don’t see Hillary supporters, no matter how disgruntled, voting for a virulently pro-life candidate just because she’s another woman. The only way it would make sense is if they were really dumb.
1) She does better on TV than people outside Alaska realize
2) She clawed her way to the top of Alaska’s GOP with big oil fighting her very hard, the whole way. She’s won almost every trick in tht contest.
3) Alaskans are already pissed at the total misunderstanding of our state portrayed this morning in the national media.
4) Alaska Democrats were poised to possibly take over the state legislature and a US Senate and House seat. This changes that profoundly. The negative stereotypes of Alaska and Alaskans I’ve already seen and read in the national media this morning will rally AK GOP and independents to the state GOP ticket, just when we had them cornered.
Once every four years the faculty at my alma mater (a small womens’ college) performs “Alice in Wonderland” for the community.
I’ve always wondered why that particular choice until recently.
Expecting consistency from fundies is like expecting desiccation from a hurricane.
LOL
Desperation, panic, this is what he has to say because he, McCain, and Palin have nothing else. I’m just surprised that he didn’t say “Anyone who is for shooting wolves from planes can take on the Russians.”
Palin’s husband is a proud member of the Teamsters. So that should play well with the white men, but Rs hate unions, and AZ is a right-to-work state. How’s that gonna work out on the campaign trail?
Trooper-gate on top of this, I mean, is the McSame Stream Media gonna pass on this? It will remind those same white men of their hatred of Big Dawg.
I find the whole thing bizarre and think it just is too flip-floppy for words.
Perhaps the Republics selected her because she knows how to handle a special needs child. They need somebody experienced to get McCain through the next two months.
I would also like to add that, as a female who has worked in male-dominated fields for nearly three decades, I find it rather distressing that apparently any criticism of women on the basis of their work backgrounds seems to be considered condescending to women. If anything, treating women with kid gloves, as if we may burst into hysterical tears if our feelings are hurt, is sexist and condescending. Politics might well be different if women were proportionally represented, but as the game is played now women who go into it need to be tough. Many women on the national scene, perhaps most especially Hillary Clinton, are tough enough to take it. There are nationally-prominent and experienced Republican female politicians as well who would have been better choices if McCain genuinely wanted a woman and did not make this choice purely for cynical political reasons. Apparently, however, they either do not like him or they are insufficiently anti-choice, or both.
That said, I do think that we should rely mostly on our female Democratic politicians to take the fight to Gov. Palin.
He was in what should be pretty strong GOP turf. Beavercreek is full of yuppies, soccer moms, and DINKs. It’s right next to Wright Patterson AFB, in the heart of Dewine/Boehner country. Fairborn is all Air Force, as is Mad River. Kettering’s mayor was head of the regional Right-To-Life. Oakwood is all old money. And outside of those areas, it’s mostly conservative farmers with a business mindset.
He should have had no problem filling it up locally, if he had any significant support.
Boxturtle (Could the citizens of this area FINALLY be sick of GOP corruption?)
McW, the dinosaur, takes an interest in Palin-ontology
Palin instructed her subordinates to investigate charges of bootlegging in the wilds of Alaska. Better tell McCain’s wife to watch out if she starts poking around into their bootlegging background.
Next, someone will say “Heckuva job, palin!”
Because it’s a terrific way to fuck over Hillary Clinton, who the Pubbies have hated from Day One. This is Hillary’s worst nightmare come to life. When she runs again in 2016, she won’t be the only woman running any more - she’ll be up against a younger, charismatic female Republican who has been a vice president for 8 years - easily trumping Hillary’s experience - and, who, hell, could well be a sitting incumbent at that point. Said female possible President will preside over the abolishing of Roe v. Wade, the further gutting of civil rights protections and health care - the destruction of everything Hillary has fought for her entire life.
And here’s the most delicious part, as far as the Pubbies are concerned - they are going to use her own voters to do this to her. They must creaming their jeans at the prospect.
I agree with you.
What pisses me off bigtime is Rs choosing incompetent members of disadvantaged groups so the Ds have to attack them.
We have been reminded that the first rule of veep selection is “do no harm”. Too early to tell- but McBush may have hurt himself with this one.
Why would McCain choose a Veep candidate who has a Special Investigation Tip Line associated with her current service as Governor? I think it was political panic; she could not have been fully vetted.
This has Tom Eagleton written all over it.
How about that Dem convention? I thought it was fantastic from beginning to end. Plan to re-watch Obama’s speech, Beau Biden’s intro, Michelle’s speech and the girls afterward, and all the other great stuff.
Even though we’ve known this for years, at least now the Dems should be the “family values” crowd to much of the electorate. Imagine Alan Grayson and Mark Begich joining Donna Edwards on Capitol Hill working with an Obama Admin. Let’s get out there and make this happen!
That’s a cheery prospect.
oh
my
Tim Kaine has the same experience that Palin does, and he was both vetted and seriously considered by the Obama campaign.
This has bugged me since I first saw it floated. I’d suggest not playing the GOP talking point game. Bottom line is Obama did not pick, so it’s irrelevant whether or not he was vetted. In fact, the correct argument is that through the vetting process it was ultimately decided Kaine was not the choice.
Agreed. This is a great opportunity for Hillary. Let her comment on Ms. Palin, who in my estimation is “palin” in comparison to Mrs. Clinton.
so it came to me while I was over at the wheel’s coral and I have it
john mccain picked palin who will withdraw, making any choice made after her palatable
for instance, how could the base critisize him for picking lieberman or romney after palin withdraws?
it’s genious
I believe “Troopergate” is strictly a state level deal so Mukasey would have zero say.
VECO may give him some control but with the indictments already of Toobz Ted, he’d have to move very carefully there as well.
ET can correct me if I’m wrong.
I think this is a very very bad move on McCain’s part. It seems clear that this is not a true “this is the best person for the job” pick on his part; this is a gimmick pick. It showcases McCain’s bad judgment, which is already in play in this election.
I do think people have to be careful on how they criticize her, yes. I think that’s true to a certain extent. I think Joe Biden has to be very careful not to treat her like she’s an idiot.
Her Down’s Syndrome child is going to played like the P.O.W. card: “How dare you criticize the mother of a special-needs child!”
But let’s not go overboard. Let’s not act like this is isn’t the desperate move it is. Sure, she’s a woman. OK. McCain picked a woman. But did he pick her because she’s a qualified woman?
Or is this like nominating Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court?
That choice didn’t deserve respect. And I don’t think this one does, either.
The fact that Palin invoked Farraro and HRC as the reason she is the VP pick just made me sick…… Has Geraldine Ferraro said she will campaign for Palin?
McBush has family values- I mean his family has a lot of VALUE $100mm or so.
Here’s a woman who won’t protect polar bears, because of oil deals, and who won’t stop the vicious brutal slaughter of wolves…so, Biden should feel no hesitation to eat her alive in the debates. She’s the bully.
I primer on Alaska politics from a progressive perspective I wrote late last year. A lot has happened since, but it a fair one-stop read with gobs of hyper-links.
Blah, screwed that up. I meant Obama didn’t pick Kaine in the end, so it’s not comparable to Palin at all.
Saw this somewhere earlier…can’t remember where…
“Paleo/Palin ‘08″