GOP VP thread: Palin is the pick

93Devil · Aug 29, 2008

Re: GOP VP thread: So who will McCain name today?

jgmacg said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

Moderator1 said:

I'm sure she is one HELL of a governor of Alaska and was probably a great mayor of a town smaller than the audience Obama spoke to in February when he used my office as a changing room.
No doubt she's a quality woman, mom, all that jank.

Is she ready to be president? Yes or no.
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Eight years ago when McCain was running for President, Obama was getting his ass handed to him in a congressional run.
Is he ready to be president?
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Eight years before he became president, George W. Bush was managing partner of a not very good baseball team.

Were you asking the same questions then?
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Yep, and I didn't vote for him... twice.

Mizzougrad96 · Aug 29, 2008

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SockPuppet said:

Palin definitely qualifies as a Washington outsider ... plus a geographic outsider.
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In a race with three senators that will be seen as a huge positive.

Mizzougrad96 · Aug 29, 2008

Re: GOP VP thread: So who will McCain name today?

jgmacg said:

Mizzougrad96 said:

Moderator1 said:

I'm sure she is one HELL of a governor of Alaska and was probably a great mayor of a town smaller than the audience Obama spoke to in February when he used my office as a changing room.
No doubt she's a quality woman, mom, all that jank.

Is she ready to be president? Yes or no.
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Eight years ago when McCain was running for President, Obama was getting his ass handed to him in a congressional run.
Is he ready to be president?
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Eight years before he became president, George W. Bush was managing partner of a not very good baseball team.

Were you asking the same questions then?
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Eight years ago, I was doing the same thing I am now... Supporting McCain.

Lyman_Bostock · Aug 29, 2008

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Moderator1 said:

amraeder said:

Moderator1 said:

Obama has a bit more time on the national scene. I'm more confident of his readiness than I am hers. I trust amraeder because he's closer than any of us. Down the road it sounds like she would be (though she'd still be a Republican). This isn't down the road.
This is NOW. Even at VP, she has to be ready NOW. No training wheels.
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I REALLY wish this had come 4 years later. It pains me to hear the bashing on this thread because I really do respect this woman from the few interactions I've had.
Some of the posts have definitely rubbed me the wrong way, because this isn't some hillbilly with two brain cells.
But if the question is yes or no right now -- in the middle of a war -- then I can't see saying yes. She'd have to prove some sort of foreign policy credentials.
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Well, you won't hear any of that hillbilly shit from me. I'm sure she is brilliant (though way not a brilliant pick on so many levels) and I'm sure she is very good at her job and all that.

This isn't just any old job. This is VP, one heartbeat away, the VP for a very old president if the nation somehow elects McCain.

In four more years, my liberal donkey ass might think differently. I've never been closed minded and have voted Republican a time or two (damn it hurts to type that).

Now?

No way.
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You weren't going to vote for McCain anyway, mods, so what's the difference? I think I can say the same about most of the people bitching about her, too.

amraeder · Aug 29, 2008

Re: GOP VP thread: So who will McCain name today?

Moderator1 said:

amraeder said:

Moderator1 said:

Obama has a bit more time on the national scene. I'm more confident of his readiness than I am hers. I trust amraeder because he's closer than any of us. Down the road it sounds like she would be (though she'd still be a Republican). This isn't down the road.
This is NOW. Even at VP, she has to be ready NOW. No training wheels.
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I REALLY wish this had come 4 years later. It pains me to hear the bashing on this thread because I really do respect this woman from the few interactions I've had.
Some of the posts have definitely rubbed me the wrong way, because this isn't some hillbilly with two brain cells.
But if the question is yes or no right now -- in the middle of a war -- then I can't see saying yes. She'd have to prove some sort of foreign policy credentials.
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Well, you won't hear any of that hillbilly shit from me. I'm sure she is brilliant (though way not a brilliant pick on so many levels) and I'm sure she is very good at her job and all that.

This isn't just any old job. This is VP, one heartbeat away, the VP for a very old president if the nation somehow elects McCain.

In four more years, my liberal donkey ass might think differently. I've never been closed minded and have voted Republican a time or two (damn it hurts to type that).

Now?

No way.
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Oh I understand your logic perfectly. And it's damn hard to argue with. I wish she had some time in the Senate (which i still think is her next stop after Juneau) under her belt.

Moderator1 · Aug 29, 2008

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Not bitching about her.
Asking a legit question.
No, I wasn't. Lots of people aren't and lots of people are and lots of people don't know. I don't think this helps him with the people who don't know. But whaddafuck do I know anyway?

RedCanuck · Aug 29, 2008

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Moderator1 said:

IS she ready to be president?
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She's more ready than Obama for all I've seen, and he's first in line.

Moderator1 · Aug 29, 2008

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I suspect (and hope) she'll get a chance at a senate seat soon.

93Devil · Aug 29, 2008

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There are a lot of people in government who are great people and do the right thing. That does not automatically qualify them to be the VP of the USA.

Gerry Faust is a great guy, too.

Webster · Aug 29, 2008

Re: GOP VP thread: So who will McCain name today?

Mizzougrad96 said:

SockPuppet said:

Palin definitely qualifies as a Washington outsider ... plus a geographic outsider.
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In a race with three senators that will be seen as a huge positive.
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It is her biggest positive, but I still think that the pick is awful because it takes away McCain's best argument -- the readiness issue. Biden doesn't need to criticize her lack of experience, but McCain does need to criticze Obama's.

And I hope that she is squeaky clean on the brother-in-law thing.

Lyman_Bostock · Aug 29, 2008

Re: GOP VP thread: So who will McCain name today?

Moderator1 said:

Not bitching about her.
Asking a legit question.
No, I wasn't. Lots of people aren't and lots of people are and lots of people don't know. I don't think this helps him with the people who don't know. But whaddafuck do I know anyway?
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Like I said, I don't think the VP makes much of a difference either way.

PeteyPirate · Aug 29, 2008

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Obama camp remaining neutral for now. They probably need to figure out who she is first.

“We send our congratulations to Governor Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for Vice President,” they said in a statement. “It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics. While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward, Governor Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign.”
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