Re: McCain announces a weird choice for VPrazy

The Arranger <recurtin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Aug 29, 11:57?pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In terms of experience, yes. ?But the more I read about Sarah Palin,
the more I realize that she could not have possibly been chosen to
woo disgruntled Clinton voters.

I think you're wrong, Rich. I think she WAS chosen to woo Clinton
supporters, but it amounts to the same type of logic that led Frank
Sinatra to cover "Don't Sleep in the Subway, Darling" to appeal to
"the kids." The McCain crowd obviously thinks women will support ANY
woman, regardless of her stand on the issues.

Does he really think enough people are that stupid?

[Before I go overestimating the intelligence of the American public, I
should admit that some preliminary polling data indicate that *some*
Hillary supporters are taking the bait. Oh well, give some folks a
shotgun and the first thing they're gonna do is blow their legs off.]

The woman is anti-choice, anti-evolution, and anti-science in
general. I think it's fair to say that she is farther to the right
than any Presidential or Vice-Presidential candidate that either
party has put forward in my memory.

Women who understand Clinton's positions on the issues and supported
her because of it will be insulted at the thought that Palin's
selection is somehow supposed to attract them to McCain's campaign.

I think this was a huge mistake on McCain's part. ?He may shore up
his base, so to speak, but repel the independent voters who were
otherwise inclined to support him.

I agree. I think his choice of a running mate was so transparently
motivated by the desire to be elected that it will backfire. I though
the lesson of Dan Quayle was that the most important political
variable in the choice of a vice presidential candidate is what it
tells the electorate about the judgment of the presidential candidate.

McCain made some comments back in January and February about the
importance of picking someone who was immediately prepared to step up to
the Presidency. Oh well, I guess expediency trumps common sense.

And before the right wingers bring it up, yes, I felt the same way
about the Geraldine Ferraro pick.

Same here. I hated the Ferraro pick, not only because of her relative
inexperience but also because of the ethical cloud surrounding her and
her husband. There's an interesting parallel there to the present
situation!

But the biggest difference between
1984 and 2008 is that McCain had some decent options (Hutchinson of TX
would not be facing the same criticism from me) and that while Mondale
obviously had to throw the long bomb, being two touchdowns down,
McCain decided to run the Hail Mary with five minutes to go in a close
game.

I knew Mondale had thrown an INT the moment the ball left his hand. I
think he had better choices available. When you show desperation from
the get-go, you're sunk before you start.

Two years ago, this woman was the mayor of a town with under 10,000
population. Calling that and her short time as governor of the
country's most sparsely populated state "executive experience" is like
hiring a high school yearbook editor over a New York Times reporter to
run your city desk.

Not to be overly repetitious, but now that I've learned a bit more about
Palin, I'm more concerned with her stands on issues than her
inexperience.

Fallwell lives!


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