S on June 24, 2008 at 1:15 PM

you are the one being crude. I told you that Mitt doesn’t have a chance and you took offense.

Please stop while you are ahead!

Dash on June 23, 2008 at 6:58 PM

That is sad!

I’m sure that there is something that Palin has done that wasn’t completely conservative. That will give the anti-McCain Republican contingent another reason to sit this one out and let Obama win.

exhelodrvr on June 23, 2008 at 8:26 PM

I’d vote for Palin if she was on the ticket. I’d vote for Jindal if he was, too. I’d vote for Romney, I’d vote for Thompson, I will vote for McCain despite me not regarding him as my favorite for President.

I PREFER that Palin and Jindal have more time in office (where they currently are) to improve those states and conditions, just like I think Jeff Sessions (who’d be wonderful in the Presidency) is doing the most good in the Senate (which doesn’t mean I don’t think he’d do wonderfully in the White House, but that he’s needed in the Senate, and same with Palin and Jindal in their respective current offices held).

as someone on this blog is doing to Palin right now. So you and I at least understand that a smear is one thing, but the truth is another.

upinak on June 23, 2008 at 6:49 PM

I don’t denigrate Palin, YOU do. Your crude nastiness and harsh irrational sandox catfighting is what does indiviuals like Palin in, not someone (me) trying to write about issues.

Write under your actual identity. It’d be refreshing to read more self responsibility from you.

I like Palin, I just don’t care for your personal attacks under ruse of doing anything but damage to Palin and other Republicans.

This highly attractive, young, charismatic, woman governor certainly knows how to raise her profile. She wants to drill in ANWR and it’s her state! Allahpundit wonders if she sent the letter at McCain’s behest or on her own initiative. Sarah Palin i…

http://tinyurl.com/58qpjp

I recently suggested Sen. Jim DeMint for McCain’s running mate. Now, let’s be honest, that’s not going to happen. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing — we can use……

We’ve seen what identity politics has done for the Democrats this year.

Gotten them a candidate who will get more free “historic” press and support than Neil Armstrong?

Texas Gal on June 23, 2008 at 6:43 PM

I understand you. It is annoying… as someone on this blog is doing to Palin right now. So you and I at least understand that a smear is one thing, but the truth is another.

S on June 23, 2008 at 6:18 PM

I can’t believe it too you three comments to get that all out.

Get a grip! Mitt can farm all he wants and tax the hell out of his State, I hope you enjoy it if you live there. At least Sarah hasn’t screwed over the Alaskans!

If you can’t deal with the hard truth, then you seriously need a dose of reality. Sarah would eat Mitt up in a hard beat and spit him out! She did it to Murkowski Sr., she sure as heck can do it to Mitt!

Mitt has started with bankrupting a State. How “honorable” is that? Especially if it was suppose to be for health insurance. Conservative my butt! That man is a walking tragedy for the country. I don’t want Federalized Healthcare!

Texasgal, as I like Kay as a person… she is still a Senator and right now that is kind of a hinder. People are already leary about that!

upinak on June 23, 2008 at 6:13 PM

Just to be clear, I’m not promoting Hutchison for the VP spot. I’m actually against it. I don’t want her to be put in a position to compromise her integrity and anyone in that position is going to have to not only go along but also outwardly support McCain’s platform.

I’m just sick and tired of the smear of her reputation by and among Republicans (conservatives told me so therefore it must be true) and those who have their own agenda to stir up the natives (NumbersUSA) for their cause by misrepresenting her position and her record. They are good at it though, I’ll give that credit. But anyone who knows anything about Hutchison surely ought to question when they hear such things that are totally out of character for her and make an effort to find out for themselves.

If anyone on the Dem side would like to bring up her experience, well, she’s ready.

Obama and Palin are experienced enough to be VP.

I’d like to be reading more substance from supporters other than “she’s hot” and plays basketball).

We must be reading different blogs. You occasionally get the “hot” or GILF comment here, but I can’t recall a single remark (at HotAir) about her playing basketball, unless it was to point out her nickname (Sarah Barracuda). In any case, all of that is icing on the cake. If that’s all there was to her, she wouldn’t have been elected in the first place, let alone have approval ratings in the 80s and 90s. Overwhelmingly people like her because she’s:

Pro-life
Pro-2nd amendment
Pro-ethics reform
Pro-drilling in ANWR

She hunts, fishes, flies her own float plane, has a son in the military, and in her spare time, it seems, took on the Republican establishment in AK and had them for lunch. She’s a breath of fresh air in a party that sorely needs it this election year.

So she’s hot and plays basketball, too?

Where do I sign?

Well news for you sweatheart. I am female – upinak

Who cares what your gender is? Did I or anyone else ask? What relevance does your gender have here? Or with me, for that matter.

I’m not your “sweetheart.” Talk like yours fulfills the negative stereotypes about “female hystrionics.”

So, good luck in Alaska and calm down.

Romney hasn’t said much if anything concerning what has gone on the last month or so. If he was even in the same mind set, he would expressing his opinion… not hiding in the shadows.

upinak on June 23, 2008 at 6:07 PM

It’s not an indication of “smart” to remain talking just to fill the air and take-up calendar space. Romney’s been and is a busy man, busy raising money for the GOP and gathering support for a McCain ticket. That “speaks” a lot.

You are a complete female bigot. You don’t like anything but men running the country… admit it!

Remarkable. I make a serious series of points, you go pejorative without so much as having offered anything substantial before hand.

I’d feel more confident with Romney in the White House, let me put it that way, and Palin in Alaska. I wish her the best, she deserves our support for a bright and brighter future.

But for now, I’d feel more comfortable with a smart guy who knows how to solve complex problems, balance budgets, meet payrolls and write and pass legislation among bitter opponents in the White House, AND, who speaks well in public to the extent that I learn something by listening.

With attitudes and an acid-keyboard like yours, no wonder Conservatives run away from discussions among “the Right.”

I’m just not ready to go teary for a woman just because of her gender. IN my experience, gender/race/ethnicity voting is an incredibly Liberal mindset.

ON AN EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATION BASIS, Romney’s the superior candidate. If I was eager to “only” vote “for men,” then I wouldn’t find some of them politically objectionable, now, would I.

Texas Gal on June 23, 2008 at 6:08 PM

Texasgal, as I like Kay as a person… she is still a Senator and right now that is kind of a hinder. People are already leary about that!

upinak on June 23, 2008 at 3:18 PM

Thanks upinak. However, I doubt it will stop the untrue accusations about where Hutchison stands on the issue of border security and path to citizenship. I’m very frustrated by it as you can tell. I think that Hutchison deserves better than she gets from the Republican constituency … and not only in Texas.

Crist, well, I just don’t see the point.

S on June 23, 2008 at 5:52 PM

You are a complete female bigot. You don’t like anything but men running the country… admit it!

Well news for you sweatheart. I am female and I am totally for Sarah to do it. As Romney has misnomers on how he has run his State and how it is failing, Sarah hasn’t had that issue yet and is still having it run strong WITHOUT taxing the People of Alaska.

If it bothers you that women play “Basketball” or “Fish and Hunt” you are seriously talking to the WRONG person as well as the fact I am an Alaskan.

BTW I did vote for Romney when Fred was pulled off the ticket up here. But as I said, he won’t run for VEEP. That would be a blow to his ego as much as anyone else. Sarah on the other hand could run and sit quietly in the background. As she has international knowledge and understands people.

Other then the fact that Mccain keeps changing his Policies, Sarah hasn’t. Romney hasn’t said much if anything concerning what has gone on the last month or so. If he was even in the same mind set, he would expressing his opinion… not hiding in the shadows.

Bullshit. She’s considerably more substantial than that.

Purple Fury on June 23, 2008 at 6:00 PM

Of course it’s not “bullshit.” Yes, Palin’s “substantially more than that” BUT her appeal (here, elsewhere) is touted on her appearance and being “hot” (just read the comments here), and basketball-playing ability (I did a Google Image search, got a lot of images of Palin playing basketball — a reasonable glimpse into the general mind of the public on the internet and in the media) (though I recognize that this is an attribute of hers, I’m just saying, I’d like to be reading more substance from supporters other than “she’s hot” and plays basketball).

I agree she’s a supportable Conservative. She doesn’t yet have as much length of service in politics, so, as long as there are options, I’m looking elsewhere (IF there’s an option for more talent, more proven ability, I’ll support that, in other words).

She certainly poses a great future for Conservative voters. I’m not sure I’d be willing to enthuse about her liklihood in the Presidency, however, in the coming near years and any V.P. to McCain will be in the V.P. job with that understanding, even if it’s not being discussed (the awareness is there).

Won’t bring McCain any new votes, though.

Purple Fury on June 23, 2008 at 5:37 PM

Point taken and considered.

BUT…a lot of Romney supporters were very turned off by the assault on the Romney’s-a-Mormon denigration during the months past, when competing for the Party nom., to such an extent that it showed a lower side of the Right than some of us had earlier anticipated existed.

I’m not a Mormon, by the way, but am a Catholic and I think Romney’s a moral person, perhaps moreso moral than most in politics and after reading of Huckabee’s guy, Ed Rollins, say he wanted to “knock his teeth in” (as to Romney’s teeth), I actually spent more than a few days/nights considering changing registration to “Independent” in disgust.

A lot of voters I interacted with who supported Romney felt the same. So, although your point is taken, I think that Romney as V.P. could, in fact, bring more votes from more sensible Conservatives to McCain, who at this point, continue to “look for a reason to believe.” I’m voting Republican this Fall, make no mistake. I’m just trying to encourage others to look ahead, and beyond certain assumptions that aren’t entirely well thought out, that prevent us moving forward here.

If the V.P. (and Presidency) is about who can do the best job in the job, then I’ll go with Romney as V.P. and probable, likely President afterward.

If you want a V.P. who plays basketball and “looks hot,”

Bullshit. She’s considerably more substantial than that.