McCain Picks Palin?

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[quote]rainjack wrote:
Ren wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
Ren wrote:

Why not listen to the GOP talking heads switch every position possible when it comes to Palin.

On another note she had a VERY good speech (who wrote it?), and is doing what she meant to do, excite the GOP base and be a very political choice for VP.

She wrote the best parts of the speech herself. Other parts of the speech were prepared by the campagin. Before the specific VP running-mate was chosen.

By other parts you mean most of it?

As opposed to Little Opie, who wrote none of his? Why the preoccupation with Palin’s speechwriter? You lefties are looking more than a tad desperate.

Please. Please. Please. I have already asked you once to stop parroting the dailykos. You say you get your info from “real sources”. Then why is does it sound like nothing but dailykos lite?

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I rarely read that site, as I mentioned before.

But let’s go back to how unqualified she is as a VP choice. To take the words from the pre-eminent political strategist of our time, and the man who essentially ensure Bush his 8 years in office, Karl Rove:

With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he�??s been a governor for three years, he�??s been able but undistinguished. I don�??t think people could really name a big important thing that he�??s done.

He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America. So if [Obama] were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice, where he�??s saying �??You know what? I�??m not concerned first and foremost with is this person ready to be President of the United States.

What I�??m concerned about is can he bring me the electoral votes in the state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in the state of Virginia.�??

Now if I read this, Mr Rove is stating that a man with 3 years mayoral experience of a city with almost 1/3 the population of Alaska, 3 years experience and lieutenant governor of Virginia, and 3 years experience as governor of Virginia is not ready to be VP, then no way in hell is Palin.

On another note, there have been several reports that she left Wasilla with about $20 million in debt, $15mil of which on a hockey rink that apparently doesn’t even have a place to be built yet. Awesome, fiscal conservative yes?

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[quote]Ren wrote:
rainjack wrote:
Ren wrote:
jsbrook wrote:
Ren wrote:

Why not listen to the GOP talking heads switch every position possible when it comes to Palin.

On another note she had a VERY good speech (who wrote it?), and is doing what she meant to do, excite the GOP base and be a very political choice for VP.

She wrote the best parts of the speech herself. Other parts of the speech were prepared by the campagin. Before the specific VP running-mate was chosen.

By other parts you mean most of it?

As opposed to Little Opie, who wrote none of his? Why the preoccupation with Palin’s speechwriter? You lefties are looking more than a tad desperate.

Please. Please. Please. I have already asked you once to stop parroting the dailykos. You say you get your info from “real sources”. Then why is does it sound like nothing but dailykos lite?

I rarely read that site, as I mentioned before.

But let’s go back to how unqualified she is as a VP choice. To take the words from the pre-eminent political strategist of our time, and the man who essentially ensure Bush his 8 years in office, Karl Rove:

With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he�??s been a governor for three years, he�??s been able but undistinguished. I don�??t think people could really name a big important thing that he�??s done.

He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America. So if [Obama] were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice, where he�??s saying �??You know what? I�??m not concerned first and foremost with is this person ready to be President of the United States.

What I�??m concerned about is can he bring me the electoral votes in the state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in the state of Virginia.�??

Now if I read this, Mr Rove is stating that a man with 3 years mayoral experience of a city with almost 1/3 the population of Alaska, 3 years experience and lieutenant governor of Virginia, and 3 years experience as governor of Virginia is not ready to be VP, then no way in hell is Palin.

On another note, there have been several reports that she left Wasilla with about $20 million in debt, $15mil of which on a hockey rink that apparently doesn’t even have a place to be built yet. Awesome, fiscal conservative yes?[/quote]

Yet with all that inexperience, Palin still has more executive experience than the democratic nominee for President.

Spin what you want. The facts are the facts. And there is no escaping the fact that Opie is out classed by the republican VP nominee.

I’d start whining about $20 million in debt as well. I mean you guys have to have something to be miserable about.

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[quote]Ren wrote:

But let’s go back to how unqualified she is as a VP choice. To take the words from the pre-eminent political strategist of our time, and the man who essentially ensure Bush his 8 years in office, Karl Rove:

With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he�??s been a governor for three years, he�??s been able but undistinguished. I don�??t think people could really name a big important thing that he�??s done.

He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America. So if [Obama] were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice, where he�??s saying �??You know what? I�??m not concerned first and foremost with is this person ready to be President of the United States.

What I�??m concerned about is can he bring me the electoral votes in the state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in the state of Virginia.�??

Now if I read this, Mr Rove is stating that a man with 3 years mayoral experience of a city with almost 1/3 the population of Alaska, 3 years experience and lieutenant governor of Virginia, and 3 years experience as governor of Virginia is not ready to be VP, then no way in hell is Palin.

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I think you are reading it incorrectly. I don’t think his criticizism is the years in office but the fact that he was undistinguished and didn’t do anything important.

Her qualification is one that I am struggling with but your analysis has to be comparative. The republican #2 still has more experience and more accomplishments than the Dems #1.

Unless you intend to vote independant or libertarian you have 2 choices and have to compare them honestly. If you are going to vote for Obama you can’t criticize the VP choice based on experience.

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I was listening to some talk show in the car today and I had an epiphany.

There was a guest on the show talking about Palin and also what it was like to raise a special needs child.

It occurred to me that Palin has experience with special needs kids and I beleive this is a unique skill set that qualifies her to deal with Pelosi and Reid. Just a thought.

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If absolutely nothing else, Sarah Palin caught the leftists so far off guard it is too precious for words. Seeing them scramble around all wide eyed and whiny is as good as watching the clock hit zero as the Wings won the Stanley Cup… again.