Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is McCain's VP — Page 8

She is one Philly Cheese Steak away from the Presidency.

to add to that list - isn't she also a hunter? That couldn't possibly sway her decision for Alaskan drilling.

And what is up with her beehive? It's like Vice President porn hair.

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iflit, talk about disenfranchising a lot of voters with that move!!

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Jane Smiley gets to the heart, meat, bone and marrow of the matter in today's post on Huffington.

There is no hands off when it comes to this woman and how she "has it all," including keeping the wife/mother/governor bases all covered so presumably fabulously that the Republican squawking head on MSNBC announced Palid as her "new HERO!" There needs to be serious, fearless digging. That is, if you actually care about women's issues. Yesterday, when JohnBoy was saying he believed a commentator said this woman has it all because her husband is a "stay at home dad," I thought, really? JUST HIM?

Here's hoping we find out.

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Updated On: 8/30/08 at 07:28 PM

That depends; what were the intentions of the boos? Did the audience feel they were being pandered to, or do they not like Hillary?

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THis really brings out the cynic in me...it's such a baldy calculated move.

It's as if they had a checklist and she basically fit the glass slipper.

Woman...check
pro-life...check
NRA member..check
hunter...check
son being sent to Iraq..check
special needs child...bonus points

Kind of heartless, I know...especially since two of my best friends have special needs kids...but she should be nominated for Mother of the Year, not, as everyone is so fond of saying, a heartbeat away from the Oval Office.

Updated On: 8/30/08 at 08:34 PM

I LOVE these quotes, not so much for what was said...but for who said it.

"She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Lyda Green, the president of the State Senate, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"

"Another top Republican, John Harris, the speaker of the House, when asked about her qualifications for Veep, replied with this: "She's old enough. She's a U.S. citizen."

HUFF POST

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Updated On: 8/30/08 at 09:45 PM

So...McCain gets to look progressive for choosing a woman--a woman who has the same vague (and, I think, bogus) "maverick" status he has (how do we know they're mavericks? Because the word gets forced into every press release about them!). He also gets to soothe the hard-right base who are upset by his record on social issues, because Palin is one of them (NRA, gay rights, abortion, corruption scandal).

Well, the VP debates will surely be interesting. Biden has Palin beaten on experience, but she may be a more persuasive and temperate speaker--it will be hard for him to lay into her without coming across as boorish.

How about this (somewhat farfetched) scenario--I have a friend who keeps insisting that Hillary will run again in 2012 if Obama loses. If she does--and McCain decides not to run again--might we possibly be looking at a female vs. female race in four years (Hillary vs. Palin)?

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Patronus, that image cracked me up.

I'm biased but I honestly think this was a big blunder on McCain's part. In Palin's first speech she made it clear that she was going after those 18 million Hillary voters. She basically painted herself as the torch bearer. I'll be damned if Hillary is going to let her get away with that, especially when this woman opposes nearly everything Hillary stands for (and Hill still has 2016). McCain voted AGAINST equal pay legislation... and there is video footage of this woman mocking Hillary!

Really, this woman will only seriously appeal to conservatives (who weren't going to vote for Obama anyway!). Obama still has Biden, who has the blue collar thing going for him.

Also, this woman has NO experience on the national scene. She will blunder and the press will be waiting. Biden, with his 30 years in Washington, who knows many foreign leaders personally, will easily destroy her without seeming sexist. Biden is responsible for the Violence Against Women Act, for crissakes. He's REAL sexist.

This is pure cynicism on McCain's part. Disgustifying and independents aren't falling for it, according to the polls. She even lied about supporting the bridge to nowhere in her first speech!

I'm not saying Dems shouldn't be worried, or we should sit back, but I think McCain REALLY rushed into this one... who vetted her?!

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