"Can anyone name a male candidate that could resemble Palin?" Am I close? Palin is a great pick though. I'm thrilled.
Posted on 09/02/2008 10:59:19 AM PDT by Constitutionalist Conservative
Maybe he was sick of the lack of media attention…maybe he had enough of the late night talk show hosts poking fun at his age…maybe he realized that belonging to a party that has been associated with rich, white men was not going to connect with voters in this historical election year. Or maybe he was just ready to take back some of the spotlight that has shined so brightly on Barack Obama and the Democrats since the beginning of the Democratic convention. Desperation can motivate people to make some pretty cynical and hypocritical decisions. Whatever the reason, John McCain’s Hail Mary-- in the form of Vice Presidential pick Governor Sarah Palin--sent a very clear message to America about how he views female voters. Women, he thinks, will vote another woman into office regardless of the candidate's values, experience and political positions.
No one can dispute that this decision was micro-targeted to the small percentage of Independent and Democratic women residing in the Rocky Mountain West, who strongly supported Hillary Clinton in the primary and still find themselves undecided as we move into the general election. Unfortunately, what John McCain failed to realize is that after eight long and destructive years of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their cronies, American voters will not fall prey to political ploys once again.
For months, John McCain and the Republicans went after Barack Obama for lacking the experience they felt was necessary in order to be commander in chief. Yet, on this day, an aging John McCain, who is the oldest Presidential nominee in history, chose a running mate—a person that is just a heart beat away from the Presidency—that has no foreign policy experience, no national experience and limited state government experience…. a virtual unknown who has only been Governor for a less than 2 years of a state with a population of fewer than 680,000 people…a woman who condemns a woman’s right to choose.
I believe John McCain chose Gov. Palin because he truly believes that women who supported Hillary—an experienced, brilliant, life-long public servant--would vote for him because his Vice President has two x chromosomes. McCain’s selection of Governor Palin is a transparent and irresponsible decision all in the name of trying to win this election.
John McCain has served this country. No one in this election is denying him that. But his selection of Governor Palin has demonstrated that he is willing to put his desperation to win this election above the welfare of the American people. As someone who has spent over 40 years advocating on behalf of women both politically and philanthropically, as someone who was a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton and as someone who cares deeply about the health and welfare of all women, hear me Senator McCain: “This calculated, cynical ploy to pull away a small percentage of Hillary's women voters from Barack Obama will not work. We are not that stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Babs, Babs, Babs...take an extra Valium and go change your Depends. We know women aren’t stupid (or THAT stupid, as you so elequently put it), but you definitely are. The good news is, even if McCain wins, you’ll continue to be an obscenely rich, spoiled, overfed, mindless, out of touch grimalkin that continues to be a source of entertainment to thinking Americans. In other words, nothing in your weird little bubble of existence will change at all.
"Can anyone name a male candidate that could resemble Palin?" Am I close? Palin is a great pick though. I'm thrilled.
“Women, he thinks, will vote another woman into office regardless of the candidate’s values, experience and political positions.”
-How ridiculous! Hillary’s failure just proved the above accusation wrong! Women WON’T just vote for a woman just because...
God, I wonder how Babs would do with a Communist regime?
No more spas and limos.
No more food to feed her horrid face.
She is the ultimate Limousine Lib with no attachment to reality.
Why didn’t I think of Duncan Hunter??!!
I think you win that one!
Not trying to win anything here, but thanks anyway.
Hunter/Palin or Palin/Hunter?
How’s that for a dream team?
Pelosi and Hillary can hold a “I hate you, but I hate her more” party.
That can’t possibly be from Babs - spelling, punctuation, structure, NO WAY that is her work (or are Microsoft’s autocorrect features that good?)
BABS STREISAND (hissing, hyperventilating, spittle flying everywhere): How dare Sarah Palin not abort that little retard!
Hey, Babs. Are you upset that B. Hussien Obama didn't name you as VP? You never had talent, Ms. BS, but look what it did for you! You are for the MURDER of innocent babies, yet you want MURDEROUS CRIMINALS to live. You, Ms BS, are the problem. Sarah, has more EXPERIENCE then that MARXIST that you want to win. If you want to pay more taxes, Ms BS, please be my guest, but I don't want to pay more. There is no rule saying that you can't pay more in taxes.
The last time I saw you in a movie was 'On a clear day', and the only reason why was that I wanted to get off campus (at my boarding school). You are a NO TALENT, UNEDUCATED *itch!
As Ann Colture says 'JUST SHUT UP and Act!'
I totally agree - he should re-release his cd. (I had never seen this SNL skit before, but it’s a HOOT - and well-received by a decidedly liberal audience!)
Well Babs, don't know exactly who you think constitutes "we" but the group of leftist bozos both male and female who follow you and swallow your b.s. are NOT the people WE want or need, so continue your irrelevant rants to your heart's content!
Hillary rode her more popular husband’s coattails all the way to the top; Palin got where she is all by herself.
> Women are not “THAT” Stupid? What is she saying?
She’s saying that attractive, loving, mothers of large families who eschew the Feminazi Sacrament of Abortion Murder are not women and are stupid to boot, and that screeching, ugly, has-been, or never-have-been, shrews like herself who think that treating “unwanted” babies by dismembering or decerebrating them or leaving them to die of exposure and injuries from botched abortion murder attempts are smart women.
But the schnoz believes women are stupid enough to vote for Hillary. Just another Democratic party hack trying to sound relevant.
a virtual unknown who has only been Governor for a less than 2 years of a state with a population of fewer than 680,000 people
The left is very Borg-like. That particular thought was filtered down within minutes of Palin’s nomination.
And Babs, Obama is still an unknown, who HASN’T been a governor of any state, no matter the population.
Oh, sorry... no matter the population!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wasn’t disagreeing with you...just reminding all of what a dimwitt Streisand is. Streisand is the LAST person who should point a finger.
Oops.
My bad.
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