GOP VP thread: Palin is the pick

Simon_Cowbell · Aug 29, 2008

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Kato said:

sg86 said:

Why in the hell would Palin or her office say anything OTHER THAN that she's still in Alaska? I mean do people expect her office to say "We cannot discuss Gov. Palin's chances of being named VP, but we CAN tell you she's on a plane to Ohio."

The tracked flight and comment from the airport guy >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>some stupid call made by a reporter to the governor's office in Alaska.
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Why is that a stupid question? Makes sense to me. And why is it suddenly OK and accepted for government staff to blatantly lie? They have to have a better answer than a flat-out lie for that question. Even a non-answer answer like what she's scheduled to do that day would be better
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Because lying keeps the objective alive.

I would do it, too.

Mizzougrad96 · Aug 29, 2008

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sg86 said:

21 said:

Fudgie the Whale said:

A woman VP pick, outside of Condi Rice, is a pandering move. The other women mentioned have little experience, and with McCain's ready to lead BS, I don't see how that plays.

And assuming women will vote for McCain just because he picks a woman is insulting to women.
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REALLY agree. Transparent and weak.
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Disagree, any fence-sitting family can identify with Palin much more than Obama, Biden or McCain. McCain and Biden are too old for most modern families to identify. Obama being black makes him less identifiable to many. Palin is a mid-forties white woman with kids who play sports and yadda yadda. She's the most identifiable of the four.

And to think that women would automatically vote for another woman would be a really dumb idea - if it weren't so true. I saw so many Clinton rallies in Ohio filled with feminists saying women need more power, women have long been alienated, women deserve to hold prominent positions. Obviously not all women will vote this way, but I bet there are more than you think who would give their vote to McCain-Palin just because she's a woman.
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It's a great post.

A lot of HRC supporters are looking for a reason to vote for McCain. I think Palin would give a lot of them that reason.

Kato · Aug 29, 2008

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It's strange that this hasn't leaked yet. You'd think the McCain camp would want it out right now. The morning shows are only going to talk about Obama's speech this morning until they actually get confirmation on a VP, then I think the subject will switch. People are going to work now, turning off their TVs, watching clips of Obama's speech and hearing more speculation on the VP search than there was last night. I figured McCain would be trying to bump Obama as soon as possible, even with a middle-of-the-night leak like what happened with Biden. Instead, it's going to get announced in the middle of the day when fewer people are paying attention.

2muchcoffeeman · Aug 29, 2008

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Simon_Cowbell said:

"If Jeb Bush could change his name..."

So true.

The only Bush I would ever vote for.
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Yeah, then he can wreck America's schools just like he destroyed Florida's schools! 48th in average ACT scores! Forty-fucking-eighth! Woo-hoo! Brilliant work, Jeb!

DanOregon · Aug 29, 2008

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Dickens Cider said:

Then McCain/Palin is deliberately lying to at least two major news networks. That's not exactly the smartest way to get positive press for your campaign.
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DC, I said the same thing last week when Biden said "I'm not the guy." Of course, I guess he didn't know that at the time. And the spokesperson in Alaska may as well have added "as far as I know."

Simon_Cowbell · Aug 29, 2008

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

Kato said:

It's strange that this hasn't leaked yet. You'd think the McCain camp would want it out right now. The morning shows are only going to talk about Obama's speech this morning until they actually get confirmation on a VP, then I think the subject will switch.
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No.... no one is talking about the speech.... they are only talking about this..... it's genius.

2muchcoffeeman · Aug 29, 2008

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Dickens Cider said:

Then McCain/Palin is deliberately lying to at least two major news networks. That's not exactly the smartest way to get positive press for your campaign.
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Rovian tactics.

Simon_Cowbell · Aug 29, 2008

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

2muchcoffeeman said:

Simon_Cowbell said:

"If Jeb Bush could change his name..."

So true.

The only Bush I would ever vote for.
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Yeah, then he can wreck America's schools just like he destroyed Florida's schools! 48th in average ACT scores! Forty-fucking-eighth! Woo-hoo! Brilliant work, Jeb!
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Hayseeds north of Orlando and huge Hispanic and black population in the south.

2muchcoffeeman · Aug 29, 2008

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Forty-fucking-eighth! Standardized testing rools!

Somebody needs to take the FCAT books and shove every goddamned one of them so far up Jeb's ass that they start coming out his mouth.

Moderator1 · Aug 29, 2008

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Does this woman have two teen-age sons? Who the hell else could have been on that plane?

Football_Bat · Aug 29, 2008

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I knew there was no way it would be Mitt. His Mormonism and his earlier pro-choice stance would have driven millions of fundies away from the booth.

I would've bet the farm on Pawlenty. That's why I'm not a betting man.

21 · Aug 29, 2008

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Dickens Cider said:

Then McCain/Palin is deliberately lying to at least two major news networks. That's not exactly the smartest way to get positive press for your campaign.
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Isn't this kind of silly, given that the press is going to keep throwing names out there, and there are only a few viable names? Does the campaign have to sheepishly admit, 'Oh, you guessed!' when the right name sticks to the wall?

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