Update: McCain Selects Gov. Sarah Palin as Running Mate

FRPLG

Woman on woman hate. Can't we all just get along?!??!!

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BleedBurgundy

Woman on Woman hate = BAD

Woman on Woman Love = AWESOME.








couldn't resist...

firstdown

Reading these post the people I believe to be democratic from their prior and current post have made sexest and racest type remarks. Funny isn't that what they say consevatives do.

Buster

It must be the jealous catfight effect.

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BleedBurgundy

Not a shot at you at all, just a comment: I haven't heard anything similar coming out of the African American community about not wanting a black president, the country's not ready etc... I'm not saying anything here, just an observation on the barriers being broken here and the commentary thereof.

Buster

Yep. The Bush administration has put more Hispanics, Blacks and other minorities in HIGH-LEVEL cabinet positions and staff than the Clinton admin...yet Bush is still the racist and Clinton, who had an all-white cabinet is the one who represents minorities.

Aren't stereotypes great?

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firstdown

Maybe you might need to reevaluate the guys you hang around. I don't have a problem with a women as Pres. or VP if they are the right person for the job and hold my values. I also like to listen to Barry Manalow but I'm not worried about my man hood.

djnemo65

Whose posts are you referring to? Hess's?

FRPLG

Margaret Thatcher is regarded as a foremost world leader and she went out of power 20 years ago.

I strongly believe that neither race nor gender should not play a role in who is president or vice-president. I also strongly believe that it does. In this case I think we are far more ready as a populous for a woman leader than a black leader. It's crap for sure but I do think it to be the case.

I like this pick. Reservedly though since I know so little of her. If she can reresent herself well against Biden then I think it is a great pick. Her core values fit in with waht many conservative detractors were uncomfortable with McCain. She's a young outside actually known more for leading than "organizing". My fears are that she hasn't been nearly as vetted as other candidates. What skeletons exist?

In that same vein though, I find the notion that "no one knows her" being a negative to be laughable.

We elect incumbents and outsiders for President in this country lately. It is very difficult for insiders to make headway.

Not since Nixon has a true insider been elected. Hell Ford almost lost his own primary and then got trounced by Carter.

It has gone:

Carter (governor)
Reagan (governor)
Bush I (vice-president incumbent)
Clinton (govenor)
Bush (govenor)

It is noteworthy that many of those Presidents ran against insiders too.

In fact I think one thing Obama has going for him in this is that he is so fresh and seen as an outsider. Repubs are doing the darndest to paint that as inexperience but for a good amount of people it actually is a positive.

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Buster

Discrimination is equally bad no matter what reason you hold it.

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mheisig

I don't like McCain or Obama, but frankly I think McCain's VP selection is brilliant compared to Obama's.

Biden seems like nothing but more of the same Washington political garbage.

McCain has managed to solidify his base of evangelicals, pro-lifers and NRA members. Mock them all you want or disagree with them all you want, but you can't deny they make up a massive portion of the vote.

At the same time he's brought in someone young and fresh to combat his decidedly aged image. A pretty face doesn't hurt either. Again, you can disagree all you want, but my experience in marketing and advertising has taught me that a pretty face goes a long way in convincing an audience of a point.

Look how much Obama's youth and charisma have gotten him - McCain getting a dose of that when he's seriously lacking in that area helps tremendously.

I think two things are very interesting about this: assuming Nader doesn't make some kind of surprise end-around, whoever wins the election will make history. First black president or first female vice president any way you slice it. Fascinating.

Second, of the four (Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin), as far as I know Palin is the only one with actual experience running and administrating a government. The other three are Senators and, as far as I know, never spent any time actually running a local or state government.

Once again this race gets very, very interesting. Either way we're watching history in the making.

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I'm not going to name each peoson but if you read the post on this thread its not hard to figure out. I'm not sure if Hess is a Dem because I cannot rember her post from prior threads to know. If I had to guess I'd lean that way.