What a lousy VP pick. McCain just put the final nail in his own coffin. I guess he doesn't have what it takes to be president. This selection is little more than political theatre. She won't bring in any votes. I'm sure the thought is that the feminists, and Clintonistas will come over and not vote for Obama choosing a woman, and lifetime feminist rather than someone from their own party. Good luck with that! After his performance last night, with all the fanfare and now McCain's choice, we've got nothing. McCain is doing "anything to win" even using parlor tricks like this, which just won't work. This looks like desperation to me. He could've brought in others who would've been more helpful although more controversial like Romney (for his money and business sense, to compliment McCains weakness on the economy), Ridge or Leiberman for being and independent despite their abortion stances, even Pawlenty would've been better. Well I guess that's that.
I can't support her because she goes against so many things that I think are important like stay at home mothers. I think more can be done to change the world by staying at home with your children and raising them up right than what can be done holding public office. Yes she cleaned up corruption in Alaska (although she's been accused of her own corruption too, check it out on Wikipedia.com) but each time she has been elected it was with small children at home. Her youngest (with Downs Syndrome no less) was born in April of this year. These children need a full time mother, not Vice President. She doesn't "have-to work" she's not a single mom or someone who faces financial hardship. This is an elected office she is seeking. I can't vote for her to do that to her family again.
Well i guess we'll have to see who we can field in 2012, maybe 4 years of Obama/Biden will get the party straight and cure America of (a) its infatuation with celebrities/novelties like Obama (b) its taste for folks like McCain who don't follow Republican ideals of small government and low taxes (c)its prejudice against people like Mitt Romney for nothing more than his religious beliefs (d) its taste for political schemers and conivers like Hillary Clinton.
Until then the political cartoonists and pundits will have a field day for the next four years providing we aren't a socialist/communist country by then.
God speed!
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Albeit, I have not been the most politically involved person throughout my life, I would agree that picking a woman seems like a political move to get more votes; and not to say a woman cannot do the job, but there are so many more qualified candidates for this position. As an Independent, I always have tried to keep an open mind and choose the best candidate that will hopefully make the most positive results. But, I’m also weary of the fact, no matter what promises politicians make, it will undoubtedly be difficult to get them all, if not any done as so persuasively as spoken during these huge speeches during the election.
One thing I do agree with is that we need change, and on so many levels – not just our government. We as individuals need to take responsibility and accountability for ourselves and our family in many cases. Yes, I am against abortion, but my children shouldn’t need rely on the government make laws to let them know its wrong, it should be instilled in them through me, so that they understand – if a time ever came, that there was only one choice to make.
Bush is our scapegoat right now, but most people don’t realize it, but not everything that is wrong with our country or government solely relies on the hands of George Bush – it’s just easier to pass the buck and blame our government for all our woes, without taking any responsibility. And, people have to realize, there are government policies in place even before GW took office that are to cause for recent economic failure in our country. Why I say this, is because for someone whose worked for a large Mortgage company for the past four years, its was clearly apparent to me that the housing market just couldn’t stay strong as it was. Mortgage companies put out bad loan programs, property values went up astronomically too far, too fast, and people where getting loans they should of easily knew they couldn’t afford. I approve and deny loans all day, albeit it is much harder today, then when I started four years ago – but even I would question the approved loans thinking, “how the heck is this loan getting approved” on more then one occasion. These types of loans have been around for a long time, and things really got out of hand, now values are coming down to where they really should have been.
Don’t know what my point is exactly, except that I know all things wrong in our lives cannot be blamed on just the government. People need to wake up and take responsibility, and hope whoever wins the next election will have positive results.
I disagree. McCain was in a corner, just as Obama was.
Obama's greatest weakness was his lack of experience, which he patently admitted to by his VP choice, Joseph Biden. He should have gone with someone better, but he needed a ticket with age and experience.
Obama's choice set the tone; I believe the Obama campaign expected their choice of Biden to push McCain towards Romney- to ostensibly shore up McCain's economic chops, a weakness McCain has admitted numerous times.
Instead, McCain did a head fake and chose a dark horse, someone completely off the Radar. The choice of Palin was very clearly a political one, but what is more political than a Presidential campaign?
Having Palin on the ticket drives a strong wedge in the weakest link in the Democrat constituency- the female vote. It will take a couple weeks for the Obama campaign to come to grips with the unexpected choice. Already the uncoordinated, poorly-thought-out reactions are coming, painting Palin's lack of age and experience. This will merely highlight Obama's weakness: if Palin is too inexperienced to qualify as VP, then how does Obama possibly think he has any claim on the Presidency?
So, the choice of Palin comes down to a gamble- is her background clean? Can she debate Biden effectively? Can the McCain campaign get her out of unknown status to the point she is a household name, like Hillary?
It's hard to call him McSame after this.
I will agree that we should expect political games and political theatre when it comes to POLITICS. DUH! I wonder though if it is the type of move that will backfire on McCain. Obviously you want to select someone who will help your ticket win but at the same time, you need to do it for substantive reasons not just in the hopes of picking up a few votes. If she added all the voters from Alaska it still wouldn't help win this election if they were only in Alaska. I do agree that she has more executive experience than every other person on either ticket especially Barak Obama, and I'll take almost any governor over a senator any day (a chairman is a far cry from governor). That's especially true for a senator who it appears has spent as much time or more time CAMPAIGNING as he has SERVING in his elected office.
I guess you could say that this is more proof of "The Maverick" who goes against the grain. Picking someone out of "RIGHT field" as it were. At least he picked someone who has "stood up to (big oil, 'good old boys', etc.)" She is stronger than he is on NRA, and even abortion. I see it as a humongous gamble, one that I don't think will work. McCain/Palin is going against a rock star, and some women are already reacting negatively that they are insulted that the GOP would think that they could pick up the female vote with "any woman." The funny part is while the Demos say that they support blacks, minorities, and women its the GOP who appointed the first black to the supreme court, the first black man and woman to secretary of state, and now they offer the first female VP (since both of the demos lost-Ferarro, and Clinton). It will be funny to see the women of N.O.W. react, and take them seriously. I admit this could work, and be a stroke of genius but I still have a problem voting for a mother of small children and especially a newborn. That's a personal issue that I see as a problem. McCain is playing Joker here and putting everyone in a moral dilemma first the feminists are in a tough spot but also all of us family and traditional family advocates. Which will be the bigger hypocrites those who vote for her or those who don't?
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