Superhot Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to Be John McCain's VP
1:03 - On second thought, that "eighteen million cracks" line wasn't just intended for angry women Democrats as I kind of sexistishly wrote. I think they're going for all women.
This could — if the McCain/Palin team plays this right — change everything. We'll see.
12:50 - She didn't talk at all about her policies. At all! That was completely about her being a "reformer" and a "woman" and "an all American mom." I wonder how long they're gonna try to hold back on her conservativism.
And how long before the Obama campaign begins carpet bombing the press with its spin.
12:46 – Is that closing music from "Halloween" or "The Exorcist"?
12:44 – She's invoked the name Hillary Clinton! And her "eighteen million cracks" line! They're totally going after all the angry women Democrats. But it seems really, really calculated. Is John McCain really getting that scared?
12:40 – A veteran and a veteran's mom. Burn that idea into your brain, because you're gonna hear it a lot.
12:39 – They're really playing this one as a choice for independents. That's gonna be McCain's message hardcore from now on. Despite their records, they're not gonna run as Republicans.
12:37 – She's gonna win McCain some votes. No doubt about it. She's as American as Baked Alaska.
12:36 – I like her. I'm sure I'll hate her politics, but she seems really likable.
12:35 - The phrase "hockey mom" has officially been added to the American lexicon.
12:34 – As well as an infant son? No way!
12:33 – Whoa! A kid in Iraq? That's good.
12:32 – Did I just catch McCain checking out Palin's junk?
12:31 – They share a birthday/anniversary? That's too awesome.
12:30 – I really hope this doesn't turn into some kind of Harriet Myers or Dan Quayle situation. I hope that she's as tough and qualified as they keep saying she is.
12:29 – Wow. That is a handsome woman.
12:28 – Here she comes!
12:27 – McCain is reading the shit out of that piece of paper with his speech on on it. It's like he's giving a book report. C'mon man, didn't you watch last night's speech?
12:26 – Hey, look! There's more than 80 people in that room! Good for you, McCain!
12:25 – Is the crowd booing "elementary school teacher"? WTF?
12:24 – "Someone with executive experience." Yeah, I guess she will be the only one in the race with that.
12:22 – "I had many good people to choose from." Don't forget Joe Lieberman.
12:19 – McCain just took the stage. He's getting a very nice birthday reception.
12:17 – Mary says: "One of the news channels just called Palin a 'sportsman.' Is there something we don't know?"
12:07 - I just thought of something interesting. The media is all over the fact that no matter who wins in November, history will be made. Either a black man or a woman will be in the White House. But I haven't yet heard anyone point out that both of the two freak states — Hawaii and Alaska — are now represented in this race.
12:01 – On the state investigation that many thought would kill her chances at the VP nod…
"…questions have now arisen over whether Palin used her office to try and fire her ex -brother-in-law from a state trooper's position. Palin asserts the charge is untrue, but the Alaska Senate this week approved the hiring of an independent investigator to look into the allegation."
You'd better believe that more people than the Alaska Senate will looking into those allegations.
11:53 – One thing is certain. Sarah Palin — whom most of the country was unaware of when they woke up this morning — is a brand new huge player in the Republican Party. And she's young. Even if the McCain/Palin ticket loses in November, I wouldn't be surprised to see her as a viable presidential candidate in the years to come.
11:40 - Mary says: "The real question is, will she wear a pantsuit?"
11:39 - By the way, we'll be seeing Palin speak in Dayton, Ohio at around noon.
11:38 - It's gonna be really interesting to see how Clinton feminists respond to this. She's opposed to equal pay reform and is an outspoken critic of Row v. Wade.
11:35 - John McCain has officially announced that Sarah Palin will be Republican nominee for vice-president.
11:20 - I can't wait to get to Minneapolis next week and talk to some conservatives about their feelings.
11:15 - I'll tell you one thing: If McCain wins in 2008 and decides not to run a second term, 2012 could be a crazy election cycle. Can you imagine a Clinton vs. Palin scenario? Oh my God, it's almost enough to make me pull for McCain to win.
11:13 - So, here we have 72-year-old John McCain and a young, relatively inexperienced, Washington outsider as his running mate. What happens if John McCain dies? Will she be ready to lead our country? And is that any different than electing Barack Obama? She, at least, has experience as an executive commander.
11:08 – Mary says: "This woman kills bears with her bare hands. She will not fear attack doggie Biden."
11:05 - Palin kind of is the female, less doughy version of Pat Buchanan. So, I'm curious about whether this really is going to pull in the women Democrats who have been leaning toward McCain. Sure, she's a woman, but she's also vehemently pro-life.
10:41 - Yes, Virginia, there will be a woman in this half of the election cycle.
MSNBC just issued a special report that John McCain has chosen hyper-conservative Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential nominee.
And she is considerably more attractive than Joe Lieberman. No offense to Lieberman, but Palin is only 44-years-old (that's even younger than Barack Obama) and as MILFy as they come.
On the other hand, she's not particularly experienced (I wonder how McCain will sally forth without that meme), having been in office for less than two years. It'll be interesting to see how she'll look going up against the very experienced Joe Biden in veep debates.
You know, it's too bad presidential and vice-presidential candidates don't get to debate each other. I think most people would rather watch Palin go up aginst Obama.
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I see alot of fear being turned up in America, just from Palin being picked for office. The truth about Palin is she is harder and tougher than the democrats put together, and she has a heart the size of Alaska. She is going to bring in oil and natural gas to the United States, and she does not have to be vice president to do that. The main point is, she hears the cries of the american people, and has stepped up to the plate. Should Obama win, he will have to deal with Palin and Alaska to help the oil and gas issue. So say what you will of Palin's Alaska, we all know they both will be in the mix to help solve that issue.
Excuse me? The Oil and Gas lobby is somehow now the heart of the pioneer? Please. She is a player only because she played her state, pushing the Oil and Gas lobby's agenda. I have nothing against her, personally. If McCain wants to pick a chick with no foreign policy experience, that's his call. But it will work against him, not for him. Just watch. Obama and Biden are statesmen. McCain and Palin are pushing Exxon's agenda, not America's.
A fixed market, is not a free market.
The oil pipeline was in the works long before she was around. I heard them talking about it back in 2000. Gimme a break. Nice line, nice rhetoric, but she's not what they say she is, and she would be disastrous in Pakistan.
And the Neo Con camp have a lot of nerve bringing up fear. For almost 8 years, Bush has justified putting this country into hock with China, wiretapping our phones, and skipping off to Iraq when he should have been smoking Bin Laden out of his cave in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Do they want Bin Laden around as a bogeyman, or do they want to actually go after those who attacked us on 9/11?
My cousin enlisted in the service, after 9/11. He wanted to fight our attackers, in Afghanistan. He got sent to Iraq and ended up defending oil pipelines instead. He came back with PTSD and seriously dissillusioned about our "leaders" who sent kids out there, with no body armor. McCain pretends he cares about vets, yet they come home to decrepit healthcare, and have to shove off, knowing our country practices torture. Not cool at all.
I predict it will backfire. Palin will alienate pro choice independents, as well as those who believe in the separation of church and state, McCain will be McToast, just on national security issues alone.
They killed Benazhir Bhutto, and she didn't even have a beauty pageant past or scandalous nudie pix. What sexist cronyism the McCain camp are displaying. A slap in the face to Hillary, who worked so hard, to earn all those votes.
I say, after President Obama, let's elect Hillary as our first woman pres. She deserves it more than this chick.
The god of the fundamentalists is the devil to rational thought.
God is the living Principle of reality that compels us to seek Harmony and Good.
Duh.
Shake your Bible all you want. God is bigger than the Universe, and you squeeze It into a book you don't even understand.
McKen Barbie 2008?
I don't think so!!!
i dont see anything wrong voting for mccainjust because he has a woman for vp not when 92%of black people are voting for barack newhouse nobama because he is black
Psychos from both sides of the aisle are boring the American public to death. They can't refrain from writing a 10 paragraph manifesto every time they try to make a point in these blogs. The best way to end any argument is just say "get to the point". They can't do it.
Time out, everybodly. Let's stop the madness. She's not McCain's Vice-Presidential pick, She's his Viagra Provider. While John's "stumping", (humping from state to state), she makes sure he's up for it. That's all, No big deal…
I totally and completely agree with Caligrrrrl.
The Prophet: are you kidding us? I am pro-choice, and I have chosen, each and every time I have been pregnant, to give birth. This is a choice for a woman to make. And any choice she makes is between her and God. Not between, her, God, and the government. Thank you very much anyway, though.
Are you seriously kidding me that you would vote for McCain simply because he is in favor of taking away women's right to choose? Because, seriously, there are A LOT more moral issues on the table. If you take a look at all of the issues, you might be enlightened. If you look at the catastrophic results of electing Bush Jr. (by the way he didn't overturn RoeVWade, now, did he?) So what makes you think McCain will be able to? It's never going to happen. So why don't you look at all of the other moral issues facing our country. We have many very REAL moral challenges to deal with, and lots of ugly messes to clean up. I mean, does God want us to completely destroy the earth? I think God would like us to take much better care of the earth. Shouldn't that be one of your concerns?
Those who vote for McCain spit in the face of their children, and their children's children. Nothing will change, nothing will get better. We need progress. We need to look to the future. We need to get fiscally responsible and balance our budget. OUR CITIZENS NEED HEALTH CARE (MORAL ISSUE). We need to care for our environment, or this place we call earth, is going to become a very very unpleasant place to live. We need to not go into war based on lies. We need a government that will not lie to us. We need to get rid of Politicians who cater to corporate lobbyists and special interests (such as OIL COMPANIES and PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES). If you take their money, you then owe them favors. Obama has not accepted money from corporate lobbyists or special interests, therefore, guess what? The only people he is going to owe anything to, the only ones he is going to work for when he gets into office, is US! The citizens of the United States of America! Finally, a government that will work for it's citizens. Not one who lets Big Oil make it's policy decisions. Not a government who will let Oil companies make record profits while Americans are going bankrupt, losing their homes, their jobs, their livelihoods.
I am much more for goverment who will work toward a new revolution. One that will create lots of new jobs, working toward the future. The past is gone. We can only move forward, after we realize the mistakes of the past. Much good has come from the past, but the mistakes will help us make better decisions in the future. For our future, and for the future for every generation to come. And Obama recognizes this. McCain will simply deliver more of the same. He claims that Obama's speeches are nothing more than rhetoric. But the difference is between the two of them is that Obama will deliver on what he says, because he has an obligation to us, and us alone (who have funded his campaign). McCain has an obligation to the Oil Companies, Insurance Companies, the Republican National Committee, big Republican whigs, Pharmaceutical companies, and anyone else who has contributed to his campaign with the promise of owed favors from him which will be the detriment of citizens like us.
Get a grip and realize there are many many more moral issues at stake than taking a woman's right to choose.
Our country needs to move forward. Not continue to move backward, or get stuck in the policies of GWB.
I'm afraid that McCain will die and Palin will become President. Isn't anyone in this country scared about that? I think 72 is too old to lead the country. Example my mother was as smart and brite as anyone, now her decisions are questionable. "72" is too old and no one to back John up except Sara…. god help us!