I would never have chosen Palin because she is running for President. That is the only job of a VP, to replace dead Presidents, and meanwhile break ties in the Senate

The most difficult part of the Palin choice is the Obama-fication of the GOP ballot. As with Obama on the Left, criticism of Palin is met with something like the slaughter scene in the Dionysian Mysteries, wherein the outsider to the ritual is torn to shreds and eaten raw. That in itself is not endearing. Having witnessed the infection of the Left with adoration, I now watch the Right engulfed

My wisest friend had this assessment of Palin, which does not put down her intellect or courage, but was an attempt to explain McCain’s choice:

My friend said first of all, McCain has a weak ego and had to choose someone he was not threatened by. That eliminated the men who ran against him in the primaries.

Secondly, Palin made one major decision I found bad when she veto’d the ban on state benefits for gay couples because she said was advised it would not be upheld. I said she was either not telling the truth, and wanted the benefits for her many gay friends, or she did not understand that she could follow her conviction and sign the Bill into Law and let the Courts tell her what they thought, not what her adviser thought.

My Friend said her ‘it was out of my hands’ act is the sign of someone who may be controllable or subject to influence. In otherwords willing to bend on stated convictions if the right words are correctly submitted to her. True or false, who knows. But it showed she was willing to find a reason not to go the full mile and this makes her less trouble for McCain.

That to me is a sign of someone not ready to be President. The President cannot be afraid to take a stand, and she avoided the stand on a simple issue that would not have killed her with the voters, but might have hurt the feelings of some of her buddies. Taking a stand may not have saved the bill, but it would have signaled she stood on her convictions and promises. And the new entitlement is forever, with lawsuits to gain the same entitlements for heterosexual couples down the road.

However she is fatally cute and the Princess Di movement is growing

If he puts Romney to work, however little public acclamation it generates, Romney will do it for the sake of the country.

sulla on August 30, 2008 at 6:38 PM

Just as the media is protecting Obama, they eviscerated Romney. He has been misreported and misjudged. For someone so obviously gifted and wealthy, he is very humble. The knife cuts both ways.

All of my big money Democratic donor friends are rejoicing that Romney is not the pick. They perceive the selection of Palin as an automatic win for them. The one thing their polls showed was Romney’s deep strength with independents and swing voters across the country. I hope his name is dropped for Cabinet position or some other noteworthy appointment. McCain would be a fool to diss Romney.

I don’t hear such questions about Biden, but he must be running for president. He must, because are running for the same position, right?

I have no doubt of that. But McCain/Palin’s slogan is “Country First.” Mac can make use of Romney’s talents without making him a headline act. If he puts Romney to work, however little public acclamation it generates, Romney will do it for the sake of the country.

sulla on August 30, 2008 at 6:38 PM

Add his strategic choices to his stance on global warming, cap and trade, and drilling, and you will begin to see his goal.

What a great chance for McCain and Paris Palin to fly down to an oil rig in the Gulf and talk about the dire need to drill in the path of hurricanes! Are the Republicans still having their sleepover in support of their oil company masters, btw? – alphie on August 30, 2008 at 4:48 PM

WTF? Oh, for heaven’s sake my sweet little potted plant…when I gave you the banana it wasn’t my intention that you EAT it.

McCain made his choice for a variety of reasons, amongst which is 2012 and/or 2016.

Vashta.Nerada on August 30, 2008 at 6:18 PM

I have no doubt of that. But McCain/Palin’s slogan is “Country First.” Mac can make use of Romney’s talents without making him a headline act. If he puts Romney to work, however little public acclamation it generates, Romney will do it for the sake of the country.

I’d be surprised if that were the case.

Time will tell.

sulla on August 30, 2008 at 6:03 PM

McCain made his choice for a variety of reasons, amongst which is 2012 and/or 2016.

She had a job in front of a TV camera on a local TV station for two years. She gave a great speech accepting the VP nomination.

Next vapid worry.

Didn’t mean to make that sound negative toward Palin. What I meant to say … we seem(conservatives)to worry about the most damned stupid things. Palin is going to represent herself well.

At the end of the day, Romney would have beat any of these people (Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin) in the experience department. Playing rhetorical games against Obama with Palin seems cheap and gimmicky.

Romney will not be offered any position, I bet.

Vashta.Nerada on August 30, 2008 at 5:58 PM

I’d be surprised if that were the case.

Time will tell.

Say, Romney as Secretary of Treasury or Commerce. Wouldn’t we want a rich guy there? American Thinker had a post on this within the last month.

Suggestions?

BuckeyeSam on August 30, 2008 at 4:24 PM

Romney will not be offered any position, I bet.

She has more executive experience than Mac, Bad’n & B. Hussain combined.

this won’t be a repeat of Katrina in terms of lots of people being trapped in the Superdome or Convention Center.

- SteveMG on August 30, 2008 at 4:32 PM

Nope, no worrys mate!
That state is under adult leadership this go ’round.

The situation is well in hand.

It’s good to have a pessimist around, and I appreciate your applying the brakes now and again when we get rolling too fast.

My sense about the Sarah Palin pick is that it will work out magnificently. But even if it doesn’t, there’s not a blessed thing we can do about it.

When you start to feel particularly bleak, imagine how you’d be feeling as you watched McCain/Romney stagger through eight weeks of plastic campaigning and then walk into the maw of almost inevitable destruction on election day.

Ya know what would be an intersting excercise…

Writing Resumes of the Candidates…

What they did, and as you must in a resume, the specific accomplishments during that period…

Couple of pages each… heck… have them write them and try to sell themselves…

As someone who hires, its always enlightening to see what people consider important about themselves…

Romeo13 on August 30, 2008 at 4:51 PM

In the first days of the Republic, the Secretary of State was considered the heir-apparent.

Hasn’t been true in a good long while.