What Palin does for McCain, and to Obama
posted at 11:20 am on August 29, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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With multiple media outlets confirming now that Governor Sarah Palin will indeed join the Republican ticket as John McCain’s running mate, McCain has clearly chosen to play offense rather than defense. Instead of a safe choice, such as closest runner-up Mitt Romney or genial Everyman Tim Pawlenty, McCain took some risk with a relative newcomer to national politics. Palin will inject risk, excitement, controversy, and an unexpected historic note to the Republican convention.
First, though, let’s assess the risk. Palin has served less than two years as Governor of Alaska, which tends to eat into the experience message on which McCain has relied thus far. At 44, she’s younger than Barack Obama by three years. She has served as a mayor and as the Ethics Commissioner on the state board regulating oil and natural gas, for a total of eight years political experience before her election as governor. That’s also less than Obama has, with seven years in the Illinois legislature and three in the US Senate.
However, the nature of the experience couldn’t be more different. Palin spent her entire political career crusading against the political machine that rules Alaska — which exists in her own Republican party. She blew the whistle on the state GOP chair, who had abused his power on the same commission to conduct party business. Obama, in contrast, talked a great deal about reform in Chicago but never challenged the party machine, preferring to take an easy ride as a protegé of Richard Daley instead.
Palin has no formal foreign-policy experience, which puts her at a disadvantage to Joe Biden. However, in nineteen months as governor, she certainly has had more practical experience in diplomacy than Biden or Obama have ever seen. She runs the only American state bordered only by two foreign countries, one of which has increasingly grown hostile to the US again, Russia.
And let’s face it — Team Obama can hardly attack Palin for a lack of foreign-policy experience. Obama has none at all, and neither Obama or Biden have any executive experience. Palin has almost over seven years of executive experience.
Politically, this puts Obama in a very tough position. The Democrats had prepared to launch a full assault on McCain’s running mate, but having Palin as a target creates one large headache. If they go after her like they went after Hillary Clinton, Obama risks alienating women all over again. If they don’t go after her like they went after Hillary, he risks alienating Hillary supporters, who will see this as a sign of disrespect for Hillary.
For McCain, this gives him a boost like no other in several different ways. First, the media will eat this up. That effectively buries Obama’s acceptance speech and steals the oxygen he needs for a long-term convention bump. A Romney or Pawlenty pick would not have accomplished that.
Second, Palin will re-energize the base. She’s not just a pro-life advocate, she’s lived the issue herself. That will attract the elements of the GOP that had held McCain at a distance since the primaries and provide positive motivation for Republicans, rather than just rely on anti-Democrat sentiment to get them to the polls.
Third, and I think maybe most importantly, Palin addresses the energy issue better and more attuned to the American electorate than maybe any of the other three principals in this election. Even beyond her efforts to reform the Oil and Natural Gas Commission, she has demonstrated her independence from so-called “Big Oil” while promoting domestic production. She brings instant credibility to the ticket on energy policy, and reminds independents and centrists that the Obama-Biden ticket offers nothing but the same excuses we’ve heard for 30 years.
Finally, based on all of the above, McCain can remind voters who has the real record of reform. Obama talks a lot about it but has no actual record of reform, and for a running mate, he chose a 35-year Washington insider with all sorts of connections to lobbyists and pork. McCain has fought pork, taken real political risks to fight undue influence of lobbyists, and he picked an outsider who took on her own party — and won.
This is change you can believe in, and not change that amounts to all talk. McCain changed the trajectory of the race today by stealing Obama’s strength and turning it against him. Obama provided that opening by picking Biden as his running mate, and McCain was smart enough to take advantage of the opening.
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Yeah, it’s rounder and less sharp. Doesn’t offend.
fossten on August 29, 2008 at 3:56 PM
Agreed.
Weebork on August 29, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Thank you, Johnny Mac. You finally did something I didn’t think you’d do: give me a reason to vote for you, as opposed to voting against Obama.
I R A Darth Aggie on August 29, 2008 at 3:59 PM
What happened to the posts from 3:30 to 3:54? They vanished with the new page (8).
jerseyman on August 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Let’s use one of their tactics…LOL…. The chicken Little one…
PALIN has more MILITARY experience then Obama & Biden!!!
Her son will be joining 2 of McCain’s Son’s in the Army & probably Iraq or Afghanistan…
Beat the Obama!!!!
Y314K on August 29, 2008 at 4:04 PM
Who is this “obama” fellow that everyone refers to?
…………. is he some elf in a story told long ago, and now forgotten?
Seven Percent Solution on August 29, 2008 at 4:05 PM
Very good decision by Senator McCain. Two thumbs up.
I wonder if she’ll get an invite to appear on ABCs The View, and if she does get one, how will they treat her?
mindhacker on August 29, 2008 at 4:08 PM
You’re right. This site proves that even conservatives disagree on a range of issues, so no candidate is going to receive 100% support from all conservatives. There is a window of acceptability that a candidate must fall into, and if he/she doesn’t then you are indeed voting against someone, and not for someone, and I’m not going to do that anymore. The GOP has slowly been moving to the left for years, and it’s time to reverse that trend, and we do that by saying that you’re candidates fall outside of our comfort zone, and we won’t support them.
I think this is a natural process. The party that is dominant for a period of time tends to gather waste. This waste are the candidates that have no real moral connection to an ideology, and instead are associated with a party only for what the party offers them. This waste accumulates until it renders the party ineffective at pursuing it’s core objectives, and only effective at pursuing the interests of it’s clingers and hanger-ons. When this happens it’s time to clean house at any cost. I think that’s where the GOP is now.
DFCtomm on August 29, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Amen to Palin’s nice voice and positive delivery.
Every time I heard angry Hillary’s lecture the other night I couldn’t keep from thinking about Charlie Brown’s school teacher.
viking01 on August 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM
Experience? To re-state what many have already mentioned, Obama has zero experience and he’s running for the top job. The assistant coach usually has less experience than the head coach.
What experience did William Jefferson Clinton bring to the table in the way of foreign relations. The only people who knew him were those who lived in Arkansas and Southern Missouri and they referred to him as “Slick Willie”.
McCain and his campaign made a masterful stroke of politcal genius.
iamsaved on August 29, 2008 at 4:09 PM
I hate to go against the grain here, but I think this will go down as a huge gamble that panned…miserably. This is not sour grapes because “my guy” didn’t make it. Sarah Palin undercuts so many of McCain’s arguments, I don’t even know where to start. John McCain is 72 years old…he has a trophy wife…Sarah has just a little more experience than Obama. Of Hillary’s Pumas, I don’t think enough of them will cross over to make it worth his while. While they would love to vote for a woman, not many of them will vote for a pro-life Republican just because she has tatas. My vote is still definitely with McCain, but I’m trying to be clearheaded about this. While this is a novel choice today, I dread that it will have worn off come November.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM
If anything, she’s babelicious.
You heard it from me first…..I think:
Dems come forth with their PUMAs, and the Republicans answer with one hell of a COUGAR.
Chuckie on August 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM
What a great decision made by John McCain! Gov. Palin is an outstanding choice. Two thumbs up.
I wonder if she will get an invite to appear on ABCs The View and if she does…how will they treat her?
mindhacker on August 29, 2008 at 4:14 PM
There will be a crucial moment in the VP debate where Biden will make the case the Palin isn’t ready to assume the role of President if something happens to McCain at age 73. And that given his age, McCain should have demonstrated better judgement. It will be a seminal moment for McCain’s hopes of becoming President.
Not sure I see how she brings more positives to this campaign than possible negatives. If she brought a battleground state to McCain’s camp then it would be a more clear-cut case. But she’s from Alaska…
bayam on August 29, 2008 at 4:15 PM
November is some months away……………. it only took less than 24 hours after Obama’s speech in Denver and McCain’s choice of Palin to remove “the one” from public discourse…………
……… speculate all you want, I feel…….. that this is……… just ……… the ……….. beginning!!!
Seven Percent Solution on August 29, 2008 at 4:16 PM
Real Hope And Change!! ON TO VICTORY!!
McCain Strikes Alaskan GOLD!!!
Keep the Fire Hot!. and Push The Nationist Socialist Democrats..Back into the Pitts of Hell were They Came From!!
Capt-Dax on August 29, 2008 at 4:21 PM
Something Hannity just said made me think of this.
Obama has set himself up as a greek hero/god. I think McCain picking Palin has located his Achilles’s Heel.
Heh.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Operational observation. Hot Air must be closing in on 10,000 comments in the past 24 hours
phreshone on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Baldilocks–
Happy birthday from yet another August 29th birthday person. Don’t worry about Michael Jackson– we share the date with John Locke as well as John McCain. Anyway, may you have many more good years. (And yes, I’m delighted with the choice of Governor Palin too!)
PA Cat on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I, for one, welcome our hawt sno-queen overlord.
And they use to call Hil the Ice Queen.
xyzzy on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
bayam on August 29, 2008 at 4:15 PM
yeah a battleground state like Delaware…LOL
elduende on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
I retract my previous Cougar comment, as I had the definition of Cougar wrong.
I still think she’s hot, however.
Chuckie on August 29, 2008 at 4:29 PM
That’s enough for most of them.
BTW, the posts on various pro-Hillary blogs show that they have a lot more excitement for this ticket than you apparently believe they should.
MarkTheGreat on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Still playing devil’s advocate here, but what does this say about McCain’s portrayal of the Biden pick? He said the most qualified pick was Hilary Clinton, by far. What about McCain’s economic credentials? If this pick was to anchor the base, couldn’t he have picked a more qualified conservative? There must be some internal polling or something else I’m just not seeing.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
All Palin has to do is point out that today, she is more qualified to be president than Obama is. And that Obama wants to be president now, not after several years of watching and learning.
MarkTheGreat on August 29, 2008 at 4:33 PM
the posts on the Hillary sites are beyond excited, they border on hysterics. Several are linking to McCains contribution page…
meoky on August 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM
RINO/DYNO?
Mister America and the Second Runner up?
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Why would McCain worry about a guy that sat in a board of directors that squander 100 Million bucks & had nothing to show for other than his buddies laughing to the bank… Including his proud terrorist..
No worry there…
That’s what you have a good Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve & Secretary of the Treasury for…
Y314K on August 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM
No, I don’t really think so. She has pro-life cred that extends beyond the voting booth or the debate floor. She’s a lived-it qualified social con, no one else is Superior there.
She’s a reformer, obviously, and she stood up to the bridge to nowhere, which is a product of the only place that has higher negatives then the administration. Which of course appeals to fiscal cons. And she wants to drill, which I like. I don’t think another pick had as many positives for the base.
Spirit of 1776 on August 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM
You must be rooting for Marxist/Chia Pet
RushBaby on August 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Obama wasn’t going to win under any circumstances because the American people aren’t stupid enough to elect someone who would attend the black equivalent of klan rallies for twenty years or who is big buds with a terrorist. It might have been close but it just wasn’t going to happen. AP thinks differently because I think he lives somewhere screwy like NY that gave up on the American dream a long time ago (either that or he spends too much time with people who do live there).
What makes the Palin pick so good is that it helps with the two groups McCain has the most potential to gain from, Hillary supporters and Conservatives. Who else could have appealed to two such wildly disparate groups? Heck, if you add in normal, blue-collar workers who should see a lot of themselves in the Palins then you have what amounts to an absolutely brilliant move.
I should also say that this bodes well for possible future appointments that McCain may make in his administration.
Ben Franklen on August 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Time for another Palin Fact:
There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of animals Sarah Palin allows to live.
JP1986UM on August 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
The dems can’t castigate Palin’s ‘lack of experience’ when the top of their ticket have less Executive experience than she does. Indeed, Gov Palin was in elective office FIVE years before the Obamanation first got elected in his rigged election.
Gov Palin is the perfect counterpoint to McCain as a reformer this is the only true reform ticket. It was a sexist slap by the Obamanation’s campaign to call her an ‘ex mayor’ of a small town, thereby denigrating her public service as Governor. It’s like the dems were saying Get back to the kitchen sweetie and look after your kids, and leave the serious business to us men.
I applaud her for having a child with special needs when others would have opted for the “easy way” with abortion.
Indeed, putting her up against condescending Biden, will be a treasure trove at the debate, and we should have those great Gore moments from his debate with George W. Bush repeated.
The funny thing is that the pc crowd in the liberal media will trip them up in deciding how to be the attack dogs for the DNC.
This is a pumping up experience!
They don’t know what to do with Palin sterling character. She saves state money rather than spending it and refunds excess funds to the people. Mazel Tov McCain and Happy Birthday!
eaglewingz08 on August 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I have to admit that I was surprised by the pick. But it could have been far worse. I’ve been afraid he was going to choose Lieberman, Huckleberry, or some other unacceptable left leaning person.
Maybe I’ll be more exciting once I find out more about her. But it definitely could have been worse.
TechieNotTrekkie on August 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
LOL… so is she a governmental Chuck now?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM
Excellent pick. I’d hate to be an ashtray or a lamp in the Clinton house tonight.
JetBlast on August 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM
I’m more willing to take a chance on the VP slot than I am the prez slot. -1 Obama.
Paul-Cincy on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
SaintOlaf, you give Christianity a bad name. Bigot.
kirkill on August 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Average American women can identify with Sarah Palin. No elitism there.
bloggless on August 29, 2008 at 4:52 PM
Unfreaking believable!! While I have always thought this was the best pick for VP I never believed McCain would actually choose it. I can’t even calm down, I am walking around with a perma grin on my face. McCain, you just made me go from voting against Obama to voting for you!
Vote with your wallets people, 67 days to get this done!!
lan astaslem on August 29, 2008 at 4:55 PM
I agree with you totally on this one. She has solidified the base and picked up a bunch of undecideds in the process. Probably quite a few Hillary supporters too. All the nay saying aside she faces no more hostile a fight than any other pick would have. Time will tell if she’s up for the challenge or not. My guess is that she’ll do fine.
Damn, I really have to pay attention now and not mistake you for that newbie that’s trying to usurp your screen name.
Oldnuke on August 29, 2008 at 4:56 PM
I’m just trying to be objective and not get caught up in the emotion. I’m relieved it’s not a pro-choice candidate and thrilled it’s at least an actual living breathing conservative. It just appears to me and I think most people outside this conservative blog, to be an affirmative action like pick to pander. I think Sarah’s great, I just wish we could have waited until 2012. Palin/Jindal or the reverse…could you imagine?
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 5:00 PM
Saint Oaf
Aeschylus on August 29, 2008 at 5:02 PM
You know that there is arugula still stuck on the walls and ceiling of the Obama household.
wise_man on August 29, 2008 at 5:02 PM
Because, as Governor for a year and a half, she was the legal head of a state national guard, as I believe all governors are?
By that line of thinking Bill Clinton had 8 years of military experience before becoming President and then 8 more years of really big military experience as President.
Whooh doggies!
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Speaking of Biden, does anyone know if they’ve made a BidenChia head? I’ve seen the Hillary nut cracker, and the egg separator…
Cha! Cha! Cha! CHIA!!!!
wise_man on August 29, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Today we celebrate. Tomorrow we furrow our brows and get all cereal again. Dance with me, hot-heir!
RushBaby on August 29, 2008 at 5:05 PM
I’m starting to drink the Kool-Aid…just watched her on Youtube in a few videos. Her interview with Glenn Beck was impressive. I’ll come around completely, this is just so far out of left Hemisphere.
Of course, this is the same waffling that caused the Juan to get the nod, so I’m sure I’ll be on board much sooner.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 5:06 PM
I actually think Hillary’s probably laughing her butt off about now. Michelle Obama, now that’s another story.
Oldnuke on August 29, 2008 at 5:06 PM
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:03 PM
Palin has made a good number of trips to Iraq and Kuwait to visit Alaskan NG members, and has also been to Landstuhl a lot more times than Obama. As legal CinC of the Alaska NG…yeah, guess she does have a bit more experience in that realm. Clinton’s CinC days consisted of his being in charge of the Arkansas NG for offical state functions, and federally assisted local disaster relief.
coldwarrior on August 29, 2008 at 5:07 PM
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:03 PM
too bad slick willy isn’t running then, eh?
meoky on August 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
Awesome 2012 ticket there, I agree. But the more I think about it, the more it seems to me that picking Palin now makes that scenario more likely, not less.
We know, or can safely surmise, that Hillary has been bending all her efforts behind the scenes towards positioning herself for a history-making run in 4 years. “First woman presidential candidate ev-ar” would have swept into office. “First woman presidential candidate to run against first woman Vice President”, not so much. And with Bobby Jindal as Palin’s Veep in 2012? Landslide.
Mary in LA on August 29, 2008 at 5:09 PM
FYI - While going against the grain is not strengstens verboten, it is usually frowned on and sometimes has been known to give some people indigestion.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:10 PM
I hate to go against the grain here
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 4:12 PM
FYI - While going against the grain is not strengstens verboten, it is usually frowned on and sometimes has been known to give some people indigestion.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:10 PM
*burps*
meoky on August 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Bob Barr who???
elduende on August 29, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Can we print the bumper stickers now? I’ll put up with Juan for four years, but in 2012? Palin/Jindal…Republican values back on track. I will wear holes in my shoes campaigning for that ticket.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 5:12 PM
If I may, the fact that is came unexpected is impressive to me. Obviously, he was concerned about the base, but this whole process was one that wasn’t determined by the press, but by the McCain camp. The shock of it is all the more enjoyable I think. I really didn’t expect it myself.
Spirit of 1776 on August 29, 2008 at 5:13 PM
You know what your problem is? Well do you? Huh!
You are looking at things without first putting on your McRose colored McGlasses.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:15 PM
You are really skating on thin ice now.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Better McRose colored McGlasses than beer goggles. Janet Reno would require my beer goggles. Sarah sure is nice to look at.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Never give a sword to a man who can’t dance.
- Confucius
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Okay, seriously dude, chill out. There’s being snarky and then there’s being an ass. You’ve crossed the line.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 5:22 PM
Reading all this euphoria in here is like playing quarters. I’m starting to get a bit inebriated. I just want to wake up tomorrow and not roll over to the biggest mistake of my life.
hot-heir on August 29, 2008 at 5:24 PM
Trust me on this, unless things have really changed over the years, And I mean REALLY changed, they would have much preferred that a governor show real support for the troops and have sent an ontourage from Hooters.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:26 PM
Oh Holy Mother of God, not another commoner who thinks he has been crowned blog monitor King!
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:33 PM
Never claimed that. Just call ‘em like I see ‘em. Ass.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 5:36 PM
So you don’t want to follow in Bill Clinton’s footsteps on that one I surmise.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Compare to Bush-41… Bill Clinton’s 8 years in the military did not help him… But if u compare Palin’s exec. experience & military experience to Obama… Humn…. 1 > 0… Simple math…
As u read on the top of my post… I also stated “Let’s use one of their tactics…LOL…. The chicken Little one…” U know… the tactic they use to say u can’t talk about military things if u didn’t serve… On our side of the debate that is not a disqualifier…
Y314K on August 29, 2008 at 5:37 PM
Humn… How about having her son serve in Iraq.. I think they would take a foxhole buddy over an entourage from Hooters… It would be a close vote.. 49/51 but a buddy on u’r 6 is better any day…
Y314K on August 29, 2008 at 5:40 PM
It was quite implicit.
Not to put too fine a point on it, but whatever your age may be, you are very immature to say the least.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:40 PM
Just blunt.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Not in any Army I was ever in.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:42 PM
I am blunt. You are just profoundly immature and a flea not even worth responding to anymore.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:44 PM
Yeah, it’s different now. Function of no draft.
Spirit of 1776 on August 29, 2008 at 5:46 PM
That’s the spirit! One of the major problems the Republicans have had this election cycle has been a lack of young contenders. The country’s full of young Democrats/liberals/socialists, but the young Republicans/conservatives are harder to find. (Perhaps because so many of them are wearing camo? :-) But I digress…)
If there is to be a next generation of viable conservative Republican candidates, we have to start finding them, grooming them, and funding them — or even being them. Would any HotAirians consider a run for office, even a local office? How about a position with the Republican Party? As overcommitted as we all are with work and family, I don’t know how we’re going to do it, but if we want to see change, we have to. It’s not going to be enough to wait to see if a new conservative party magically coalesces.
I’m going to start small. I’m going to take Election Day off work and be either a poll worker or a poll watcher. Who’s with me?
Mary in LA on August 29, 2008 at 5:46 PM
1. I don’t censor myself nor allow myself to be censored. I speak my mind. When I was lurking here before registration opened, I thought you were indeed blunt. Now that I’m able to interact with you, I find you are simply a jerk.
2. Apparently it’s my insults that make me “immature and a flea not even worth responding to anymore”. Pot, meet kettle much?
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 5:47 PM
Dude, get with the program; that is SO 7 hours and 48 minutes ago!
The new liberal party line is that women are unqualified for public office - and a mother’s only place is in the home.
logis on August 29, 2008 at 5:49 PM
My hubby has the radio on. He just sent me an e-mail:
“I swear the seminar callers started drinking as soon as they got the news about Palin this morning and haven’t been far from the bottle since. The limit so far is a guy who called in to Medved saying that he couldn’t believe McCain chose a running mate who had a ’special needs’ child.
They really shouldn’t call until their masters send them the talking points.”
Tee-hee! :-)
Mary in LA on August 29, 2008 at 5:52 PM
Your husband is win just for this. :D
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 5:54 PM
I doubt that very much. No draft but still lots of testosterone.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 5:56 PM
[Something ate my post -- hope it wasn't the Grue!]
My hubby has the radio on. He just sent me this e-mail:
Mary in LA on August 29, 2008 at 5:59 PM
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 6:01 PM
Sorry about the duplicate post!
I can’t believe the jerk who called in and said he “couldn’t believe McCain chose a running mate who had a ’special needs’ child”. What rock did he crawl out from under?
Mary in LA on August 29, 2008 at 6:01 PM
I was going to sit out this election but have sent my money into McCain/Palin. If Sarah comes to NJ and needs a babysitter, I will gladly volunteer!
red131 on August 29, 2008 at 6:02 PM
And you’re accusing me of immaturity? The pot is JUMPING on the kettle now.
PS: Needs more originality ;)
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 6:06 PM
PS2: I thought you were going to ignore me. :D
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 6:06 PM
U’r absolutely right… Just doing a comparison… Thankx for u’r service MB4…
Humn… It’s been 7-8 hours since I found out about PALIN…. And I still feel the Buzz…. Love the pick…
Y314K on August 29, 2008 at 6:06 PM
One last time as you seem to be profoundly slow on the uptake.
It is not so much your insults, as they are pathetic, it is your unnatural fondness, and at the “drop of a hat”, compared to an adult anyway, of repeatedly sounding like someone stuck in grade school.
Or to but it somewhat differently, do you get a nickle every time you use a$$ or jerk.
Grow up on someone else’s time.
Now don’t annoy me anymore.
MB4 on August 29, 2008 at 6:15 PM
Yes. Why not Duncan Hunter? Why not Thompson? Why not…? I’d say McCain is a career politician (25+ years qualifies him for that title), and knows what he is doing. I’m utterly amazed that folks would think, “oh, he’s picked a conservative woman as his VP. Wow, we should forget all of his ills that will greatly damage the Rep. party and vote for him now.”
I’m not sure what hell has to do with this, but I digress. A “mindreader?” No. A person who analyzes motives, actions, behaviors of people and groups in order to determine future actions and behaviors? Yes.
Good for you. I am a man. I’m not sure how we could have ever gone any further in this conversation without having cleared that up.
Beyond the fact that I don’t much care how long you’ve been voting, I wonder: Is your assessment based upon philosophy, historical examples of success versus failure, or merely because of your gender?
I suppose it would have been pandering, but only in the sense that he would have chosen someone with similar philosophies as myself and many others who seek to preserve the Constitution; not give in to Global Warming (as both Palin and McCain do); lower private and corporate taxes to inspire growth; properly build, maintain, and utilize the military; etc.
You are so incredibly shortsighted. What is truly more frightening is suffering 4 years of McCain (with a Democratic Congress), then, because of his inevitable failings due to having virtually the same platform as the Democrats, the Republicans losing even more seats in the Congress in 2010 and 2012, and losing the White House to Obama (or possibly Clinton). That scares me more than having Obama in the White House for 4 years, which will do nothing but mobilize conservatives in ways we haven’t seen in decades.
My solution: I’m going to use the write-in option and vote on principle (Duncan Hunter seems alright, maybe Fred Thompson.) It’s time for the Republicans to stop assuming we’ll vote for just anybody they throw at us. I’m also going to do what I can to make sure that a conservative gets elected to Congress from my State/district (such as Steve Sauerberg over Dick Durbin.)
“On conservatism?” No. On proper analysis of 2nd and 3rd order effects? Yes.
Send_Me on August 29, 2008 at 6:18 PM
The guys on alcohol restriction over there? I bet some hot wings and beer would be heaven about now, and the hooters girls would be
gravyhot sauce.DFCtomm on August 29, 2008 at 6:20 PM
This coming from the guy calling the other guy “Pupa in Larva Stage”. Seriously, if you’re gonna call it, don’t shoot yourself in the foot on the way there. Common sense, man.
Again, I call ‘em as I see ‘em. You have a better suggestion for a word that encompasses the fullness of the situation? I’ll gladly use it.
What part of “I don’t allow myself to be censored” do you not understand? ;)
Remember, it was YOU who said you were going to ignore ME. Not vice versa. So far, you’re failing pretty miserably. If the worst you can do is tell me to leave you alone (after claiming you were going to ignore me) and changing my name, I don’t think I’ve much to fear from you.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 6:21 PM
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