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First, I'm not saying that I'm not voting McCain's ticket because she's a woman. Let's get that out now. Here's the problems with her that I have:
1. McCain has been touting Obama's lack of experience as the reason he's a better choice. Now, he picks a VP nominee with less experience than Obama, both in age and in politics.
2. He picks a person with a possible special needs child. I don't know how effective she will be as a parent and a VP to fill that child's need. May not be as big an issue, but it adds.
3. McCain's age/health has always been an issue. If Obama is not ready with the experience he has (more than Palin) and his age, if something were to happen to McCain, what makes him think she's ready?
4. She's virtually an unknown and untested quantity.
McCain... you just screwed up!! Had you picked Romney, I know many people on the fence around where I live (Texas) that would have jumped on the ticket to vote. Now... not only have you lost our votes... but gave them to your competitor. Bad move!
He doesn't give a sheight whether or not she's ready, and if you think he does, your just ignorant. All this lame old fart is trying to do is snatch up the hillary feminist movement. It smacks of desperation and I think by the end of next week he will have lost this election. Makes me happy...
1. McCain can say the inexperienced candidate is at the bottom of his ticket instead of the top.
2. That's a plus with the pro-life "family values" crowd.
3. I don't think he was too worried about experience. He was worried about bringing the social conservatives into the fold, picking up some disaffected Hillary voters, and going with the DC outsider, the way everyone thought Obama would. It's a totally cynical choice, but it's also very smart. He's a "maverick," remember?
McCain... you just screwed up!! Had you picked Romney, I know many people on the fence around where I live (Texas) that would have jumped on the ticket to vote. Now... not only have you lost our votes... but gave them to your competitor. Bad move!
Oh, yeah. Texas. BIG Obama state.
Palin is a lifetime member of the NRA, and an avid angler and hunter.
If he had hired a team of experts from think tanks across the globe and asked what was the most hoplessly idiotic thing he could do to guarantee he would lose the election, this would be it.
This will go down in history as the single greatest gaff by a presidential party nominee who had a chance at winning.
If this is true, then he also does not deserve to be president. He's clearly lost his mind.
Ah, the question is not how much he has lost, for I am sure it is few--but how many he's gained.
If you liked McCain before, you should like him even more as a result of his choice.
If you go from McCain to Obama, you were never a valid Republican to begin with, and I say, don't let the door hit ya!
That is so funny!
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