McCain has chosen Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. I know he is just doing this shit to tempt those P.U.M.A. Dems that are still pissed about Hillary not getting the Dem nomination (depsite Hillary urging these people to support Obama).
I know a little about Palin as she was elected governor of Alaska right before we left there to move to TN. I know she supports drilling in ANWAR, she’s Pro-life (duh), she is against listing polar bears as an endangered species because this would be “a threat to energy development”. She also ran her campaign spewing “creationism should be taught alongside evolution in (Alaska’s) public classrooms.” She opposes gay marriage, but says she has gay friends (how nice for her).
Palin being chosen should not have an impact on people who are voting for Obama, since her positions on the major issues are just the standard party line Republican views wrapped up in a pretty package.
I am afraid that she will make an impact on this election though – by appealing to those white middle-class “soccer moms” (she calls herself a “hockey mom” since she’s from AK – barf) who seem to be the swing vote. I really hope she doesn’t. I pray that those women who claim to value their reproductive freedom sit down and actually read up on her stance instead of just saying, “oh, a pretty middle-aged white lady who wears skirts and not pantsuits – ooh she’s just like me”.
Of course, this could backfire on McCain. Plenty of Repubs are terribly sexist. Here is a quote from CNN:
Palin mentioned Clinton by name in her speech, saying, “Hillary left 18 million cracks in the highest, hardest glass ceiling in America. But it turns out the women of America aren’t finished yet, and we can shatter that glass ceiling once and for all.”
The remark brought a mixed reaction from the Republican crowd; some women cheered, but there was also some low-pitched groaning and booing.
For once I have to say I hope that the Repubs’ sexism keeps McCain and Palin out of the White House. I hope these re-re sexist tools look at Joe Biden and say, “hey, an old white dude, he’s just like me”, and vote for Obama instead 
Or at least stay home and not vote at all.
I know I am making light of how some people might view the Presidential and VP candidates – but that is because, sadly, I really believe the average middle-class white person in middle-America is that stupid. I mean, hello, they voted Bush into the White House for two frickin’ terms. How brilliant can they be?!
^ I am putting up this pic of her wearing fur so it might deter some anti-fur “swing” voters (if they ever come here and read this).
I have to say I’m not surprised by this at all. It’s all about
one-upmanship with the Republicans. What better way to slow down Obama’s momentum and increasing popularity by courting the bitter female Clinton supporters. You know a lot of these bitter types will flock to the polls to put a woman in office before they put in the person who is right for the job just to prove a point. However, I still think Obama will come out victorious.
I truly believed Obama when he said, ” It’s not that McCain doesn’t know, he just doesn’t get it.” He doesn’t.
Glamma_puss: I agree with you 110%, I really hope that these bitter women types do not add a significant number of votes for McCain. It’s ridiculous that these women think they are feminists. All Palin is is just McCain in a skirt with make-up on.
I do think tapping Palin for VP will make the race tighter and more interesting. This one just might be a nail-biter after all.
i herd that shih on rush limbow or w/e his name is today and it sounded hella boring and stale. barack had us fired up last nite, while mccain sounded more like a tired old person tryna catch up…
i saw pics of that woman, and idk is america ready for a vp who wears a french twist hairstyle?! she looks like she’s a whore, like she’s under the podium jus going to town on herself. bet 5 she and mccain hav done it before (well as much as one old man can do it before he falls alseep and forgets where he is…)
shude be an interesting race….
Barack had me fired up, too. I was so anxious, i had to have a drink before the speech just to calm myself down. lt’s an amazing feeling to be apart of something so historical and to be able to grasp the significance of it all. There are people who are so caught up in their own ” -scisms” and “-isms” that they don’t realize that whether Obama wins or loses, he has changed American politics forever. Other countries will see that if a black man can come this close to becoming president, that anything is possible in America and it would help tremendously with diplomacy. Sorry to ramble on like this but I am so excited about this guy! I think I love him more than I love Barnesy, and that’s saying a lot!
Holy fuck.
I’m moving to Canada if they win.
I saw part of Michael, oops, sorry, Sarah Palin’s speech this afternoon. It made me want to barf because of everything she stands for.
I wouldn’t vote for McCain / Palin, but then I also have half a brain.
I do think that it will make the race for the White House a little tighter because she is bound to appeal to some of Hillary’s voters.
Let’s just hope that American’s have had enough of the Bush regime to vote Barack in as President. That’s what happened in Australia last year. We finally got sick of John Howard (George W’s best mate)after about 12 years and got ourselves a new (and better) Prime Minister.
Afers- I know it’s wrong but I totally thought that they must be sleeping together too! ha
glamma_puss – More than Barnesy! Wow, that is saying a lot
Jen – I am right there with you. I’ll even pay for the U-Haul!
Joders – I’m hoping what you’re hoping, that American’s have had enough of Bush’s b.s. and vote for Obama (fingers and toes crossed).
Ooh, Tina Fey for veep!
Goes to show how SENILE John McCain’s geriatric ass is.
Anners- Ha! I think he just sees her as a pretty piece of ass and wants to shag her (if he hasn’t already).
And if/when this ungodly monstrous shagging occurs and hell freezes over and Jen and I move to Canada, McCain will be thinking, “not only am I fucking a Tina Fey lookalike, I am also fucking over the whole country! Woot!”
That bastard.
A fur wearer! Those Republicans have done it now.
Fuckers.
Janers- I knew when you saw she wears fur you wouldn’t like her! heee
This woman wears fur, loves hunting and fishing, owns her own gun, is a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association, opposes environmental restrictions on drilling in Alaska so won’t support the push to have polar bears listed as an endangered species, opposes abortion and same sex marriage (she’d better hope one of her kids doesn’t announce that they’re gay) and is being investigated as to whether she intervened to sack a state trooper who is involved in a divorce and custoday battle with her sister.
And to top it all off, the woman says her favourite meal is mooseburger. Hell, that’d be like the Queen admitting that she enjoys a Corgi drumstick!
Joders- I have to admit mooseburgers are pretty damn tasty
tho’. In Alaska you can order them in a lot of restaurants. It’s not really taboo up there – no different than eating a hamburger.
That said, I don’t like Sarah Palin, infact I dislike her with the intensity of a thousand blue hot suns. Maybe she’ll choke on her mooseburger like Dubya choked on his pretzel.