Posted on 08/30/2008 6:07:20 AM PDT by libstripper
1. Steps on the story of Obama's speech (and convention), and possibly the bounce coming from them, and wipes them off the news cycle. The Sunday news shows will be all-Palin, all of the time.
2. Sends Republicans into their convention on a huge head of steam.
3. Wipes out the image of McCain as the crotchety elder and brings back that of the fly-boy and gambler, which is much more appealing, and the genuine person.
4. Revs up the base AND excites independents, which no one else in the party, or perhaps in the world, could have accomplished.
5. Puts youth, change, and history on both of the tickets.
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As a resident of Illinois, I lose either way but "sending him back to the senate" does save our country.
I believe you are correct. The rats and their MSM toadies must walk a fine line when dissing Palin. Too much and it blows up in their faces just as Hillary voters are showing right now. The beauty of democrat identity politics is that the same would have been true had Hillary beaten Obama, black voters would have been alienated.
Hey, I like Palin, but it’s a little early to be comparing her to Iron Maggy. That said, I hope you are right!
One thing she's done already:
Unite FreeRepublic members like I haven't seen in a loooong time!
Bingo! It can be said that Palin is easily the most genuine, candid, least guarded/calculating persona in this election. I think many Americans will find that refreshing.
Brings a blue collar working family to the ticket. Her husband is a steelworker on the North Slope oil fields and a commercial fisherman. She’ll bring in blue collar votes in Ohio, Michigan and Pennsylvania.
Yes, she certainly has—and more, I believe, than many of us would have imagined.
Sarah Palin will be her own person. Just as Dick Cheney is his own person. Both are comfortable with themselves.
” Her lack of experience is no more than his is. “
INCORRECTAMUNDO! His inexperience FAR outweighs hers. What executive experience does Osabama have? Spending over 100 million dollars for the Annenberg Challenge scheme with Bill “Let’s-Blow-Stuff-Up-To-Like-Make-The-World-A-Better-Place” Ayers to a net effect, according to the project’s own final report, of zero? He hasn’t even been president of the PTA, for crying out loud. (And he better not think of trying, either.) He’s been mayor of a town of population zero. Governor of Nowhere. Correct on what foreign policy issue? That the surge will not work? That Russia and Georgia are morally equivalent in the invasion of Georgia by Russia? He has what relation to corruption in government? Reduced or increased? Tony Rezco? The Daley machine?
What a brilliant choice - screws the Dems on their own terrain; she is a outsider; maverick, reformer. A "minority."
Mother of FIVE including a special needs kid so hard to say she doesn't have a handle on family issues.
Pro Energy, as Pro Gun as they come, Pro Life. She is the ANTI Pelosi, in word and deed - beautiful, articulate and EXTREMELY likeable. Married to a commerical fisherman, not an attorney.
I was never a big McCain fan but I am now; this was pure genius.
Sarah grew up in a house where she went moose hunting with her Dad before school. She owns a float plane. She eats mooseburgers. Her nickname is "baracuda" for her aggressive play on the basketball court. She'll be just fine.
After the news yesterday, I put the song "Barracuda" by Heart on my MySpace profile. I have no idea what it means, but it sounds tough as hell.
Yes. I was voting against Obama, but now I have someone to vote FOR!
Missed one. Unites the Replublican base like no other pick could have.
Let me go on record, I was right here on FR saying when Fred Thompson dropped out, that “a McCain for President Yard sign will never cast its shadow on my front lawn”, and I would Never put a McCain bumper sticker on the car. Stopping short of saying I would never vote for him.
Well let me tell you, with his perfect performance at the Saddelback forum, his brilliant new style of ads, and now picking Sarah Palin as the VP, I am so Pumped I can’t be contained.
Within minutes of the VP announcement I began searching websites to purchase bumper stickers, yard signs, T-shirts, anything. Heck right now I could break a taboo of mine and tattoo McCain/Palin 08 on my chest.
And I have heard from many others going through this same thing. Obama is in big trouble.
From what I recall, she's the mother of five well fed children. No need for pant suits for her.
That John McCain does have a good eye for women.
And talk about eyes. WOW!
What makes you think I'll sit out the election?
Look, if McCain loses because I didn't vote for him then the GOP clearly picked the wrong candidate. And if he does lose to this marxist B.O., then America clearly doesn't understand what it is, what it was, nor what it could be. It will signify that Americans yearn for cradle to grave protection from life. What they don't realize is that such a life is no life, but they'll see it only too late. I'm inclined to let them have what they want, knowing that their “buyer's remorse” will be acute.
As to my tag line....the GOP has clearly been taking this country in the wrong direction for a long time. Every time a conservative votes for a liberal just because he's the lesser of evils, the result is more evil. I simply will not vote for any more liberals, no matter which party they belong to. I'm inclined not to vote for any incumbents, period, no matter the party. The only good thing Pelosi ever said (probably in her entire existence) was “drain the swamp”.
Friend, I'm not pouting. I'm thinking clearly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda
They are like sharks, high-speed predators. Do not trifle with them.
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