Presented here are different perspectives on one of the major issues impacting the 2008 presidential campaign year:
- "Early returns on the politics of the selection are good. Senator McCain's choice of Governor Palin, a feisty young reformer from small-town Alaska, performed the signal service of driving Barack Obama's acceptance speech out of the news within hours after it was delivered. Polls since Friday suggest that the shift in attention from Senator Obama to Palin probably restrained the bounce that Obama had generated at the Democratic convention.Better yet, Palin has electrified the GOP base. McCain's campaign got a $7 million bounce in donations after she was picked, which shows how much conservatives like her and how muted their support for McCain had been. Many had the feeling that they were watching a rerun of Bob Dole's losing campaign and were unenthused about McCain's candidacy. Until now." (9-2-08)
- Rush Limbaugh: "She's got more experience than Obama does! She has more experience running things. She's got a bigger story to tell than Obama has, and she's got plenty of people who will tell that great story of hers. Obama has nobody he wants us to hear tell his story. He has to tell his story himself. I think they've been rope-a-doped here. I think McCain has made a brilliant move. Folks, look what we got here.... Sarah Palin doesn't have to wear pantsuits, ladies and gentlemen, and her husband is not a crook. This woman's nickname is Barracuda, from her high school basketball days. She takes no prisoners. She's a government ethical reformer. She's been opposing Ted Stevens, who's got problems....McCain has the experience-vs.-Obama thing wrapped up. "Well, what about foreign policy? She doesn't have any foreign policy." Neither does Obama! Our vice presidential choice is more qualified to be president of the United States than Barack Obama, the Democrat choice." (8-29-08)
- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hired a lawyer three weeks ago to act on her behalf as state legislators investigate whether she may have abused her power in firing the state police chief for refusing to fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper, CNN has confirmed. (9-1-08)
- "Allow me to predict that, within the next week or so, Sarah Palin will withdraw from the Republican ticket." (9-1-08)
3 comments:
What the Palin selection has done is to remove the experience question off the table. Without that issue McCain has no chance of winning in November.
Pretty sure if she was a man she wouldn't be on the ticket. The campaign can't really identify anything spectacular about her even when asked directly. The song is continuously sung to the tune of "she is the different kind of politician we need". The exchange between James Carville and Michelle Bachmann on Larry King Live is a pretty good example of the ridiculous qualifications invented by the republican party.
It's very likely that someone in the McCain campaign asked for a list of potential woman candidates for the VP pick and she was picked because they could market gimmick issues like "She sold the state airplane on E-Bay".
Well, it's now the end of September, the first Presidential debate has taken place and Governor Palin is still on the ticket!! So much for your predictions ~ and I think so much for liberal Democrat predictions of a big win for Obama. And how does 'the Palin selection remove the experience question off the table' regarding Obama?
The Vice President has exactly two responsibilities: 1. She must preside over the Senate and 2. She must cast the tie-breaking vote in the Senate. Governor Palin is more than qualified to be VP. Obama will have to assume quite a few more responsibilities as President! So, yes, the experience issue is very much still on the table. And McCain is not in his casket (although I know that's wishful thinking on the part of most liberals), and Sarah will have eight years to then prep for the Presidential spot!!
And no matter what the reason for Senator McCain choosing Governor Palin as his running mate ~ MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE VERY HAPPY WITH HIS CHOICE, much to the dismay of the liberal Democrats.
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