I don’t share the enthusiasm for Palin that many on Free Republic do. I think her choice was a weak attempt to pander to female voters with no regard as to her qualifications to assume the presidency should McCain be unable to complete his term. Frankly, I doubt whether the majority of Americans are ready to have such an inexperienced woman one heartbeat away from the presidency, especially when there are other, better choices within the Republican Party.
To me, Palin’s choice practically guarantees an Obama/Biden victory in November. The Democrats will carry (moving roughly from west to east) Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, Virginia, the District of Columbia and Florida. It’s also possible North Carolina and Louisiana will go to the democrats. On election night, if Virginia, North Carolina and Florida go early for the Democrats, you can go to bed knowing the landslide has begun.
For what it's worth I agree with you. It was a pandering choice that will avail us little.
I'll vote McCain anyway. I hope he wins
But the thought of this woman having to face down Ahmaninijad or Putin is only slightly less ludicrous than that of Obama doing the same.
Inexperience on a world scale was a grand club in our hands - we just tossed it.
But what the hell, it makes the evangelicals happy....
The rest of us republicans who aren't abortion fanatics can just go **** ourselves I guess