Posted on 08/29/2008 10:31:47 AM PDT by americanophile
Don’t kid yourself…John McCain just put all his chips on the table and rolled the dice.
Over the past many months, McCain’s team had skillfully underscored the natural impressions of Americans – that Barak Obama was the lightweight in the race; the candidate of risk. Now, with a single stroke McCain has undercut his most effective argument. He has weakened his case for wisdom and experience, and elevated a one-term governor of a small-population state based on her gender.
McCain had plenty of safe choices. Choices that would have bolstered Americans’ inherent understanding of McCain’s competency and ability; choices that would have underscored the longstanding notion that whatever gimmick the Democrats try, the Republican Party remains the serious one.
With the electorate evenly split, McCain’s first job was to pick a competent running mate that would not undermine his standing, and would reassure voters that should something happen to the oldest man ever to be nominated for president, a competent, experienced leader, ready to serve as commander-in-chief in a time of war, was waiting in the wings.
The former Miss Congeniality, and hockey mom from “the last frontier” is a bizarre choice.
McCain’s pick today has all the hallmarks of a political gimmick and a hail-Mary pass. While it is likely to excite some conservatives, his choice will refocus the entire campaign away from Obama’s status as a political neophyte and will reshuffle the risk calculus in the favor of the increasingly familiar, and always-eloquent Obama. With Biden on the ticket, Obama has lessened the sense that he poses a serious danger to the electorate. McCain’s selection by contrast is likely to shake voters and cast uncertainty on the wisdom and safety of a McCain presidency.
With competent and proven individuals waiting in the wings such as Governor Mitt Romney, the selection of Sarah Palin is a most unfortunate choice.
John McCain may have just lost the 2008 election…cue the hurricane.
Dick Cheney is the reason dubyah never got impeached (I was in the habit of pulling up beside idjits with Impeach Bush bumper stickers and complementing them. When they'd 'right on!' me I'd blandly say 'Yeah! I think Cheney'd make a fine president, too!' In response to their horrified look, I'd even more blandly say 'Well, if you impeach Bush, you get Cheney. Don't you liberals ever think through the consequences of any of your actions???')
Reagan? One of a kind. I do note that 'Read my lips' Bush was a one-termer, though...
Still, I should have said virtually every president
Just another ignorant blog thinking they are the center of the universe.
"Sounds like this article was written by another Romneyite who’s had it rain on his parade."Rain?
For those not so knowledgeable on the Palin subject she defeated an incumbent Republican Governor in the primaries.
Bush?
I know I’m not a rarity. I hope I’m rare enough though that we won’t be putting Obama into office. I fear that is the case though.
The Hillary supporters are contributing to McCain’s campaign. Republicans need to pony up. CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO McCAIN/PALIN CLOSE AUGUST 30TH!!
Pound on what theme? She's got more experience running things than anyone on either side of the ticket. Joe Biden's state has about the same population, and fraction of the size and complexity, and Joe's never even run it. He represents Delaware by talking, chairing committees, and talking about how the committee session went. Amazing qualification, there, although to his credit he's done it for 35 years longer than the guy at the top of the ticket.
I repeat for all you knuckle draggers. You are 15% of the Voting Population. Most people don't think as you do. This is why you lose elections.
Are you sure you're on the right website? This is an interesting selection of vocabulary for a life long conservapublican whatever you said you were.
The VP pick should overwhelmingly be picked for the person who could step in for the president if God forbid something should happen to the president.
Joe Biden? Barack Obama?
Palin's head is screwed on straight, she's got the right views. What *really* is Plugs Biden is razor sharp spring loaded to do that she's not? Senators *do not have executive experience*. You can laugh at the fact that she was a mayor or a governor, but that's 100% more applicable to being President than being a professional committe member.
I think the reactions to Palin, across the board, from conservative delight and hilaryvoters excitement, to the fuming hatred and rage of the Obama-'rat crime family, says she is a brilliant pick.
>>>That had nothing to do with “non-Republican” voters.
You are full of it. I got the county print outs from my state. We had double the votes then we had registered republicans.
THAT is the RNC’s base apparently. So let them embrace them.
>>>That had nothing to do with “non-Republican” voters.
You are full of it. I got the county print outs from my state. We had double the votes then we had registered republicans.
THAT is the RNC’s base apparently. So let them embrace them.
Don't overlook the "non-traditional" aspect of this. The strength of a candidate who is seen as an outsider will be enormous in this election . . . in a year when approval ratings for just about everyone in Washington D.C. are in the toilet.
Either the above is a Freudian slip revealing your lustful feelings towards the woman, or you actually meant “tactical” choice.
BTW - I DO care about the souls of Mormons. That is one reason why I didn’t want a Mormon elected to high office. It is spurious and insidious and damns those that partake of it.
It's NO Freudian slip. Sarah is a tactile choice!
It's OBVIOUS.
He wanted a woman. He's capitalizing on gender identity.
Hitlery is pissed. Hitlery supporters are pissed. Many don't like Obama. Alaska has oil etc. Had it been a male with these positions he would have been passed over.
“BTW - I DO care about the souls of Mormons. That is one reason why I didn’t want a Mormon elected to high office. It is spurious and insidious and damns those that partake of it.”
LOL!
No, it is because he is a Mormon and you are wrong on his positions. If you cared “about his soul” you would never want to be identified with a group that obviously doesn't see Mitt as worthy of prayer - just worthy of being shunned because of his religion. You're not fooling anyone no matter how piously you want to spin it.
Your own words condemn you - "spurious and insidious and damns those that partake of it." That sure isn't "love talk". It's shunning. It's self righteous. It's pious nonsense. You can't conceal your HATRED for him and his religion. Your hatred is so intense that you can't see straight let alone come back with a response that conceals your hypocrisy. I'm so glad Christ isn't like you.
I also don't want a humanist pretending to be a “Christian”, as in HUckabee being in politics. I now have a low opinion of Dobson. Yes, Dobson is sly. He waited till AFTER Mitt withdrew to throw his support to the lying Huckster. You see, many of us do our research on candidates and the Huckster is just only anti- abortion other than that he is lives the same politics as any other Demoncrat. Huck has a track record of THAT to stand on.
LOL! Can I ever relate to that! I have yet to vote for anyone that got elected.
That is Fantastic!
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