“Well, the voters think Republicans are corrupt and wants to throw them out.”

“Well, how ’bout a Republican that thinks Republicans are corrupt and has first-hand experience throwing them out?”

Secondly, with regard to Andrea Mitchell’s take on Clinton voters – believe me, it’s not just the women who will vote Palin. It’s every snowmobiler who looks at the Dems’ record of closing federal land to recreational access under Clinton. It’s every hunter who sees Obama’s best buddies proclaiming gun-friendliness then going out of their way to make their ammo more expensive. It’s everyone who fears what kind of energy policy and climate-change nonsense might come out of an Obama administration stuffed with cabinet undersecretaries fresh outta the enviroloony NGOs.

So we’ll vote McCain now, and grit our teeth for a few years and hope the wheels stay on the GOP bus long enough for her to get the Oval Office in her own right come 2013.

Here are some snippets:

DORIS KEARNS GOODWIN: And I think the last thing is just a sense in which you wonder about what pressure it’s going to put on Governor Palin. You could be Einstein and not be able to answer the questions that you guys are going to put at her. And to put somebody in that position and then to think they’re going to be ready

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Ah, the little lady just might not be up to it.

MS. ANDREA MITCHELL: Well, they, they think now that they have a story. They have a story of a working mom, she is a colorful character, an Annie Oakley, you know, Annie get your gun.

You need to see Mitchell as she says it.

. . . She is not appealing to the same women who were really voting or supporting Hillary Clinton on ideological issues, but they think that they can peel off some of these working class women, not college-educated, who–the blue collar women who were voting for Hillary Clinton and may be more conservative on social causes.

Again, you have to see Mitchell pause after the “not college-educated” line. I took it as if she realized where she was taking this.

I really loathe the elites, especially snotty media elites.

I hope they keep playing the “she can’t possibly do this” card because I think Governor Palin just might knock them on their rears while in in skirt and heels and holding a baby.

Palin is definitely a risk. This is going to be something she never experienced in Alaska. Alaska is a big place, but it is still a low population. Think of it as an island where people try to get along politically (to a point). The Dems have already started the lying rumor mill. The MSM will also act as Obama surrogates and are as ornery and vicious as hungry grizzly bears. I think she is up to it, but she better be ready.

ManlyRash on August 31, 2008 at 10:12 AM

I just hope someone from the RNC and/or the McCain campaign are monitoring this site.

YiZhangZhe on August 31, 2008 at 10:38 AM

Damn, you’re kickin’ it today!

Eukardios on August 31, 2008 at 12:25PM

Excellent points; I have this image of McCain grinning at them and saying “How do you like me now, friends?”

ColdSteel… you don’t have to list McCain’s sins for me. I am well aware of them and as bothered as anyone. I was prepared to vote for him because, on balance, he was likely to create a much smaller mess compared to the alternative. Now I have a positive reason to vote for him, and that is Sarah Palin.

She may play hardball with the oil companies in Alaska, but you have to remember that she represents the people of the state, not the oil companies. If those oil companies have feathered their nest by cutting deals with the state politicians to keep their burden artificially low at the expense of Alaskans, then what anti-corruption reformer could legitimately ignore that retain their credibility? In an adversarial system, which business always is, Palin represents the people of Alaska. The oil companies can (and do) provide for their own representation. In the end, if both sides are acting with the appropriate self-interest, and within the law, then a viable balance will be struck. That’s how the system is supposed to work.

Immolate on August 31, 2008 at 12:34 PM

This is about class envy and class warfare, not an argument against checking big business. If pseudo-Repubs and wanna-be conservatives want to check big business then quit giving subsidies and incentives. Also, knock off the fad politics and stop thinking that failing sectors within the economy are the government’s responsibility. You want to get rid of lobbyists, quit giving handouts. Too easy.

That’s one part of the tack some of us skeptics are taking. This isn’t a knee-jerk reaction, contrary to your assertion immolate. Much of my issue with some in our party (ie. Huckabee, or even some of McCain’s position) is this undercurrent of angst against capital. Driving successful business people out of the party by marginalizing them as elitists and out of touch is counterproductive. I don’t participate in hyphenated-conservatism. Social conservatism at the expense of the economy is ill-fated. Ignoring any aspect is ill fated. Carving out niches within conservatism weakens it’s branding and appeal. Watering it down with “green,” diversity, and populism isn’t as principled.

ColdSteel… you don’t have to list McCain’s sins for me. I am well aware of them and as bothered as anyone. I was prepared to vote for him because, on balance, he was likely to create a much smaller mess compared to the alternative. Now I have a positive reason to vote for him, and that is Sarah Palin.

She may play hardball with the oil companies in Alaska, but you have to remember that she represents the people of the state, not the oil companies. If those oil companies have feathered their nest by cutting deals with the state politicians to keep their burden artificially low at the expense of Alaskans, then what anti-corruption reformer could legitimately ignore that retain their credibility? In an adversarial system, which business always is, Palin represents the people of Alaska. The oil companies can (and do) provide for their own representation. In the end, if both sides are acting with the appropriate self-interest, and within the law, then a viable balance will be struck. That’s how the system is supposed to work.

Vashta.Nerada on August 31, 2008 at 10:35 AM

The consideration of Lieberman and Ridge, but not Romney or Jindal is telling. What this says to me is that McCain is not only running against the democrats, but against the business wing of the republicans.

I’d never thought of this before, but McCain has some of the disdain for big biz that the left has. Talks about Big Oil, unions, not uncomfortable talking about class warfare. He really attacked Romney in the debates for killing jobs as part of his last job, when I see losing jobs as a natural part of growth. Other jobs are created. I never understood why the left hates big biz, which creates some of the best jobs. I have to think it’s envy of a large, powerful entity. Maybe it’s something else but I don’t know.

Paul-Cincy on August 31, 2008 at 11:15 AM

That’s one part of the tack some of us skeptics are taking. This isn’t a knee-jerk reaction, contrary to your assertion immolate. Much of my issue with some in our party (ie. Huckabee, or even some of McCain’s position) is this undercurrent of angst against capital. Driving successful business people out of the party by marginalizing them as elitists and out of touch is counterproductive. I don’t participate in hyphenated-conservatism. Social conservatism at the expense of the economy is ill-fated. Ignoring any aspect is ill fated. Carving out niches within conservatism weakens it’s branding and appeal. Watering it down with “green,” diversity, and populism isn’t as principled.

It’s better than that. Governor Palin has more executive experience than McCain, Obama and Biden combined.
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Loxodonta on August 31, 2008 at 8:53 AM

It’s even better than that!

Sarah Palin was a point guard on her state champion basketball team. A point guard calls the plays and leads the offense. Therefore, Palin has more executive experience during her HIGH SCHOOL YEARS than Obama/Biden have in their whole lives!

(McCain was an executive officer for his squadron, I believe.)

I am not so sure I want our liberal media helping Kurtz explore the Annenberg papers. They would just be ‘pulling a Sandy Berger’ with any incriminating info they might find.

I agree that the “media” needs to get off their butts and look into that UofC crap…in regards to Palin, I think all we have to do is let this process of the people getting to know Palin-the media will definitely underestimate her just like they are doing now-I am thouroughly impressed thus far-McCain camp should put her out there as much as possible and let her shine-high risk,but defineitely high reward!

Over the weekend Democrats have claimed, that John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate exposed his panic during their convention (I’ve actually heard CNN and NBC commentators say McCain only met Palin once, and the decision was made at…

Didn’t some on this blog think that Sen.Biden would have a vague issue that would make him leave the ticket to open the door back to Hillary? Maybe this is the beginning of that. – dish on August 31, 2008 at 11:32 AM

Pretty much most of us did – I know I certainly did. If he keeps Plugs then he will be forced to take on all the negative baggage. If he dumps Plugs, it will look like he acted out of desperation. Either way, Obama is screwed.