Theosophist (I think, therefore I yam)

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Theosophist

I think there is a video of Sarah Palin walking upright in the woods somewhere in the northwestern region of the US.

Seems to me the political calculus that's going on here is that by choosing a woman, they can siphon off enough Hillary supporters to pull out a win.

They were probably looking at the polls that said 2 out of 10 Hillary supporters would vote for McCain. They probably took that as just bitterness over their candidate loosing, they wouldn't actually VOTE for McCain in those numbers... would they? Maybe now with a woman on the ticket, they will. Scary if it does happen, but it might.

Obama needs to do something IMMEDIATELY to counter this. So does Hillary. She needs to become much more vocal and active in the Obama campaign to assure the number of her supporters who do cross over to McCain is minimal.

-- McCain = Four more years of the same --

and pull in disaffected Hillary supporters, and in doing so, he has actually taken away the one point they keep trying to use against Obama---experience. Compared to Palin, Obama is a seasoned veteran. She has been in office less than two years, running a state that has less population than a lot of major US cities, and isn't even the kind of repub that conservatives get all warm and fuzzy about.

Let's face it, McCain's VP pick is more important for him than for most previous presidential candidates because of his age and because of some concerns raised about his mental acuity. If repubs want to chant the mantra that Obama isn't prepared to be president, how the hell can they claim that Palin is?

Thank you, Crash, for crashing your own campaign. Not only do we have the prospect of Obama absolutely demolishing McCain in the presidential debates, we can also enjoy Biden completely overshadowing Palin in the VP debate. Make mine a double popcorn, please!

There is NO WAY Hillary supporters, supporters that love HILLARY are going to GIVE Hillary's historic climb to this no-name, PRO-LIFE, chick from Alaska. GET REAL!

I'll tell you something else, a lot of Republicans are INSULTED that McCain picked "this" woman (Palin) as opposed to Kay Hutchinson.

As for the Evangelical far right - THEY do NOT like women's rights. THEY are not going to like a woman with 5 kids NOT raising her children if she were VP.

As for the military vote: The military will NOT want this chick being a heart beat away from the Presidency. TALK ABOUT NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE... SHE HAS NEVER EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY!

Last but not least, her husband is an oil man - haven't we been there, done that?

BAD JUDGMENT ALL THE WAY AROUND FOR MCCAIN.

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Do you think she knows McCain called his wife a cunt?

I mean, if he can refer to his own wife that way......

Now that mccain's hit single, "Bomb, bomb Iran" has hit the charts in YouTube, can we expect his next hit to be a play on one of the Hall and Oates tunes - "Shock and Awe" sung to the tune of "Sarah Smile"?

Because if there is one word that can sum up this pick, it is: Reactionary.

What is John McCain thinking?

He just spent the past month and more attacking his opponent for being “inexperienced” on military, foreign policy and national security affairs. An opponent who has been a US Senator and part of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs for more than three years.

Now Senator McCain has tapped for second in command a Governor of less than two years?

Did Senator McCain simply forget what Candidate McCain has been saying recently?

What is he thinking?

Clearly he is not thinking.

He is reacting.

I would like to say that it shows a clear lack of judgment on the candidate’s part.
But there was no judgment on his part involved.

Someone else (**coughKarlRovetypecough**) judged that a long list of needs had to be met, some of which among them were likely:
They needed to shake up a race that was a sure loss.
They needed to be on the right side of history.
They need to counter the opposition bio.
They needed to change the narrative.
They needed to try and pull votes from Obama from anywhere they could to even have a chance at winning (and it would appear they judged their best chance is women who just wanted to see a woman in the White House).

They judged this is who they needed to try and meet those needs.

They told Senator McCain this was his VP.

And he reacted.

By saying: “Yes, sir, Mr. Rove.”

John McCain: Yes man.

Yes to George Bush.
Yes to Karl Rove.
Yes to four more years of the same.

Four more years of the same old politics.

The same politics by Republican strategists who brought us their marketing product:
the Iraq debacle.

And now, here they are with their new marketing product: Palin.

But why, from a marketing point of view, did they introduce their new product in August?

Because, they weren’t thinking.

They were reacting.

Things is: I think they might just be misjudging the reaction to their reaction.

Time will tell.
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streethands, I find your reaction very sexist. In fact, I find most of the comment I have read on this thread sexist. I have not heard a lot about about her yet. I assume you all feel that she was voted Governor of Alaska because she is a woman. She was picked because she is a woman. I would think that the conservative machine would have thought this through. She is a relative new-comer to politics and younger than Obama. After the comments McCain has made about Obama, she must have some qualities that will overcome the similarities of age and experience. There must be something about her that he believes will overcome the attacks that are sure to begin from Obama's camp.

Then again maybe Republicans are just as shallow as Democrats.

Oh my god!!! What is wrong with McCain? Is he suffering from Alzheimers, or just out of touch with reality. Does he really believe that Ms. Palin is ready to become the VP or is he just pandering to women? What does this woman know about the lower 48. She lives in a state without managed healthcare, subsidies for all residents from the oil companies, and isolation from the realities of urban life. How can she possibly be ready to serve in this capacity after less than two years as the governor of Alaska. You call this "change"!! It makes me so mad that the repubs would insult our intelligence this way. But then again, they've been insulting us for the last 8 years. I'm really afraid that McCain will win, then become incapacitated and we'll have Ms. Palin as our next President. Isn't that thought frightening enough to push everyone to vote for Barack? Let's see what kind of spin the right wing franchise will put on this choice.

Kerwin>>

You are so correct.

Her quality is so much more than her qualifications.

Think about it dems.

Ladies I am with you all. This is a game changer and now OHMAMA is getting scared.

I would love to see what Hillary is thinking right now.

KUDOS to the ladies out there. Stand tough and don't listen to these sexist men who still want you all in the kitchen.

McCain's choice for VP is a calculated attack on women in politics. This is a perfect example of how conservatives work to guarantee that groups of people whom they don't fundamentally want to support remain fundamentally unsupportable. Palin is not the least bit qualified for the job. She is being hauled out in front of the party and when she and McCain lose the NeoCons will be able to sit back and say 'we tried to run a woman and look what happened'. Never mind that she wasn't in a position to be successful.

I wish they would post news of the attacks on the site. And it would be nice if they caught who is doing it.