If McCain's potential for success in this election is based on any one issue, it is this: Is McCain a full-fledged neo-con, or are his Republican roots in pragmatism?
The former would be a one-way ticket to Obamaville, whereas the latter may retain (or regain, rather) his popularity amongst independents (and even Democrats).
McCain's running mate pick will surely help establish himself in the latter, although his stance on foreign policy is nigh-retarded, reverting him back to the former. Most obviously, she's a woman. This dispels any misconceptions that the GOP is a "backwards" party (or if it is, that he has nothing to do with it) that discriminates based on gender. Additionally, she has shown to be somewhat pragmatic, vetoing a bill that would have denied state benefits to same-sex couples.
Then again, she's 44 and McCain's almost dead. If I could be sure that McCain were a pragmatist Republican, I'd vote for him in a heartbeat (haha). However, the ambiguity concerning this issue is just too...ambiguous for me. Oh well, Obama '08.
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John McCain is officially on the bridge to nowhere.
Yep. I'd put my head between Sarah Palin's legs.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME]This is the first woman in GOP history to be chosen as VP and all the talk is about her appearance. What is it with you people?
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What else is there to debate with top level politicians? They should all be pitched overboard.
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What else is there to debate with top level politicians? They should all be pitched overboard.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME]She also faces possible impeachment for abuse of office. Seems the state legislature just voted to hire an independent investigator to see if she used her position to try to have a former brother-in-law - an Alaska state trooper - fired from his job. Yup. More of the same.
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
Here is a profile of Sarah Palin:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122002615833483595.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Palin, a maverick reformer who battled corruption within her own political party, compares favorably versus Obama, the supporter of Chicago machine politics and Chicago political nepotism ...
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/11/obama_endorses_.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122002615833483595.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Palin, a maverick reformer who battled corruption within her own political party, compares favorably versus Obama, the supporter of Chicago machine politics and Chicago political nepotism ...
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/11/obama_endorses_.html
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Gym Bitch wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME]She also faces possible impeachment for abuse of office. Seems the state legislature just voted to hire an independent investigator to see if she used her position to try to have a former brother-in-law - an Alaska state trooper - fired from his job. Yup. More of the same.
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
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I agree that her ex-brother-in-law was a piece of shit, but (assuming these charges are true) I don't really feel comfortable that someone who has been presented the possibility of having such a powerful position as VP would abuse what power they obtained less than 2 years after obtaining it.
Not comforting. At all.
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Oh, and if Sarah Palin was really devoted to battling corruption, she'd battle her own corruption before dealing with the corruption of others.
Oh, and I wonder, if Obama really supported such political corruption, it's only expected that the media would jump all over this and plaster it everywhere. But guess what? It's not the case, and I wonder why...
*awaiting response blaming media bias*
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
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I agree that her ex-brother-in-law was a piece of shit, but (assuming these charges are true) I don't really feel comfortable that someone who has been presented the possibility of having such a powerful position as VP would abuse what power they obtained less than 2 years after obtaining it.
Not comforting. At all.
-update-
Oh, and if Sarah Palin was really devoted to battling corruption, she'd battle her own corruption before dealing with the corruption of others.
Oh, and I wonder, if Obama really supported such political corruption, it's only expected that the media would jump all over this and plaster it everywhere. But guess what? It's not the case, and I wonder why...
*awaiting response blaming media bias*
so the US have a choice between the Irish sounding black dude with the co-runner that sounds like an internationally wanted terrorist in Barry O'Bama or the old right wing pensioner that has a 44 year old ex beauty queen dolly bird newsreader at his side?
it doesnt exactly bode well does it?
it almost makes Arnie look 'over-qualified' for the job.
on a slightly different note if Barry was to ditch his running mate would the headlines in the papers be:
Obama Bins Biden?
it doesnt exactly bode well does it?
it almost makes Arnie look 'over-qualified' for the job.
on a slightly different note if Barry was to ditch his running mate would the headlines in the papers be:
Obama Bins Biden?
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Smitty wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Gym Bitch wrote: [/QUOTENAME][QUOTE][QUOTENAME]magicalfreddiemercury wrote: [/QUOTENAME]She also faces possible impeachment for abuse of office. Seems the state legislature just voted to hire an independent investigator to see if she used her position to try to have a former brother-in-law - an Alaska state trooper - fired from his job. Yup. More of the same.
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
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I agree that her ex-brother-in-law was a piece of shit, but (assuming these charges are true) I don't really feel comfortable that someone who has been presented the possibility of having such a powerful position as VP would abuse what power they obtained less than 2 years after obtaining it.
Not comforting. At all.
-update-
Oh, and if Sarah Palin was really devoted to battling corruption, she'd battle her own corruption before dealing with the corruption of others.
Oh, and I wonder, if Obama really supported such political corruption, it's only expected that the media would jump all over this and plaster it everywhere. But guess what? It's not the case, and I wonder why...
*awaiting response blaming media bias* [/QUOTE]
Agreed, Smitty.
And... IF the case against the brother-in-law were true, I would have convinced my sister to press charges against him and offered her protection - because, btw, the recently nominated Democratic VP wrote and enhanced the Violence Against Women Act that has cut domestic violence and rapes nearly in half and, for over a decade, has provided safe-houses for abused women to hide and heal in, and has cops arresting the offending abuser rather than telling him what they'd always told him before Biden's law, which was to 'take a walk around the corner and cool off'. Then, I'd make sure everything was done by the book so there was no chance this guy would get off on any misstep or technicality. What I wouldn't do is abuse my position in office to strong-arm anyone - which is what they believe anti-choice, pro-gun, teach- creationism-not-evolution Sara Palin did.
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This ex-brother-in-law cop is pond scum - married and divorced 4 times with a history of alcohol abuse on the job.
Assuming, that this charge has any grain of truth ... I ask this question:
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father? ...
"he would eat a f'ing lead bullet. I will shoot him."
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
[/QUOTE]
I agree that her ex-brother-in-law was a piece of shit, but (assuming these charges are true) I don't really feel comfortable that someone who has been presented the possibility of having such a powerful position as VP would abuse what power they obtained less than 2 years after obtaining it.
Not comforting. At all.
-update-
Oh, and if Sarah Palin was really devoted to battling corruption, she'd battle her own corruption before dealing with the corruption of others.
Oh, and I wonder, if Obama really supported such political corruption, it's only expected that the media would jump all over this and plaster it everywhere. But guess what? It's not the case, and I wonder why...
*awaiting response blaming media bias* [/QUOTE]
Agreed, Smitty.
And... IF the case against the brother-in-law were true, I would have convinced my sister to press charges against him and offered her protection - because, btw, the recently nominated Democratic VP wrote and enhanced the Violence Against Women Act that has cut domestic violence and rapes nearly in half and, for over a decade, has provided safe-houses for abused women to hide and heal in, and has cops arresting the offending abuser rather than telling him what they'd always told him before Biden's law, which was to 'take a walk around the corner and cool off'. Then, I'd make sure everything was done by the book so there was no chance this guy would get off on any misstep or technicality. What I wouldn't do is abuse my position in office to strong-arm anyone - which is what they believe anti-choice, pro-gun, teach- creationism-not-evolution Sara Palin did.
Why is it that everyone seems to think that McCain simply picking a woman is going to get him the disgruntled Clinton voters? Is anyone awake? Clinton is a DEMOCRAT! Her die-hard supporters are DEMOCRATS. They support her bids for Universal Health Care, Gay Rights, Pro-Choice, etc.
They are NOT going to vote for McCain simply because he has a woman VP. Especially when that woman is Pro-Life, No Gay Rights and doesn't support the idea of Universal Health Care. She may be a woman, but she has completely the opposite beliefs of all of the disgruntled Clinton supporters.
They are NOT going to vote for McCain simply because he has a woman VP. Especially when that woman is Pro-Life, No Gay Rights and doesn't support the idea of Universal Health Care. She may be a woman, but she has completely the opposite beliefs of all of the disgruntled Clinton supporters.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]MasterHistoryGirl wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Why is it that everyone seems to think that McCain simply picking a woman is going to get him the disgruntled Clinton voters? Is anyone awake? Clinton is a DEMOCRAT! Her die-hard supporters are DEMOCRATS. They support her bids for Universal Health Care, Gay Rights, Pro-Choice, etc.
They are NOT going to vote for McCain simply because he has a woman VP. Especially when that woman is Pro-Life, No Gay Rights and doesn't support the idea of Universal Health Care. She may be a woman, but she has completely the opposite beliefs of all of the disgruntled Clinton supporters. [/QUOTE]
They (and I) think it because of Palin's own words when she was announced as the VP choice.
She's the one who brought up Hillary's name. She's the one who referenced Hillary's efforts and the "18 million cracks" in the highest glass ceiling in the country. She's also the one who then said that since Hillary didn't make it, women weren't done yet and they could still break through that ceiling. That sounds very much like she believes she's stepping right in place of Hillary as if she deserves the same respect and support. It's an arrogant and insulting assumption but, IMO, typical of that side.
They are NOT going to vote for McCain simply because he has a woman VP. Especially when that woman is Pro-Life, No Gay Rights and doesn't support the idea of Universal Health Care. She may be a woman, but she has completely the opposite beliefs of all of the disgruntled Clinton supporters. [/QUOTE]
They (and I) think it because of Palin's own words when she was announced as the VP choice.
She's the one who brought up Hillary's name. She's the one who referenced Hillary's efforts and the "18 million cracks" in the highest glass ceiling in the country. She's also the one who then said that since Hillary didn't make it, women weren't done yet and they could still break through that ceiling. That sounds very much like she believes she's stepping right in place of Hillary as if she deserves the same respect and support. It's an arrogant and insulting assumption but, IMO, typical of that side.
[QUOTE][QUOTENAME]Gym Bitch wrote: [/QUOTENAME]Here is a profile of Sarah Palin:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122002615833483595.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Palin, a maverick reformer who battled corruption within her own political party, compares favorably versus Obama, the supporter of Chicago machine politics and Chicago political nepotism ...
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/11/obama_endorses_.html[/QUOTE]
That's the second time you've quoted this blog here. You do realized that it's a BLOG, an OPINION PIECE, and therefore has no more or less weight than someone who spews their opinions all over the place, right? Bias, thy name is Opinion.
Besides, what exactly is your point on Palin anyway? She's the VP candidate; the VP does NOT create policy, the VP doesn't even execute policy that is created by herself. Unless she's a child of the school of Cheney, she's not going to be able to get anything done she wants to because she isn't in a position to. The most she can do is suggest things to McCain and the Legislature that they can take or leave, depending on how they feel about the issue. The only impact she's gunna have on policy is going out and being McCain's attack dog to make sure policy HE decided on and designed is put into place. And if she's a child of the School of Cheney, then this is more of the same from the Republican camp. If he's looking for a strong VP candidate to cover for him, then that indicates he doesn't really want the job if he's willing to pass major bits of it off on a VP.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122002615833483595.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Palin, a maverick reformer who battled corruption within her own political party, compares favorably versus Obama, the supporter of Chicago machine politics and Chicago political nepotism ...
http://blogs.chicagotribune.com/news_columnists_ezorn/2006/11/obama_endorses_.html[/QUOTE]
That's the second time you've quoted this blog here. You do realized that it's a BLOG, an OPINION PIECE, and therefore has no more or less weight than someone who spews their opinions all over the place, right? Bias, thy name is Opinion.
Besides, what exactly is your point on Palin anyway? She's the VP candidate; the VP does NOT create policy, the VP doesn't even execute policy that is created by herself. Unless she's a child of the school of Cheney, she's not going to be able to get anything done she wants to because she isn't in a position to. The most she can do is suggest things to McCain and the Legislature that they can take or leave, depending on how they feel about the issue. The only impact she's gunna have on policy is going out and being McCain's attack dog to make sure policy HE decided on and designed is put into place. And if she's a child of the School of Cheney, then this is more of the same from the Republican camp. If he's looking for a strong VP candidate to cover for him, then that indicates he doesn't really want the job if he's willing to pass major bits of it off on a VP.
Eric Zorn has been a regular (usually liberal) columnist of the Chicago Tribune for many years.
You forget that I am a Chicagoland resident and have seen Obama's hypocrocy develop over the past several years. It is a pity that the national media does not cover this.
As for Sarah Palin, she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency, so I believe comparing her to Obama is appropriate.
Obama only talks the talk, while Palin walks the walk.
While Palin has been the agent of change and reform in Alaska, Obama has merely paid lip service to change and reform in Chicago and Illinois. While Obama has been enabling the Chicago Democratic Machine, Palin has been fighting corruption in the Alaskan Republican party.
You forget that I am a Chicagoland resident and have seen Obama's hypocrocy develop over the past several years. It is a pity that the national media does not cover this.
As for Sarah Palin, she would be a heartbeat away from the presidency, so I believe comparing her to Obama is appropriate.
Obama only talks the talk, while Palin walks the walk.
While Palin has been the agent of change and reform in Alaska, Obama has merely paid lip service to change and reform in Chicago and Illinois. While Obama has been enabling the Chicago Democratic Machine, Palin has been fighting corruption in the Alaskan Republican party.
A newly released CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll found that if Obama does not select Clinton as his running mate, 22 percent of her supporters would stay home this fall -- and another 17 percent would vote for McCain.
Hmmmmmmm
DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICANS cross party lines all the time in the voting booth...neither you nor I or anyone else can truly know how someone is actually going to vote
she got what 48 million votes during the primary? and a total of 39% are either saying they will not vote or they will vote for mccain (and this prior to his VP pick)gee just how strong are those party convictions??
time will tell i suppose
would love to see what the polls say now and then again after the GOP convention
going to be an interesting ride for sure
Hmmmmmmm
DEMOCRAT and REPUBLICANS cross party lines all the time in the voting booth...neither you nor I or anyone else can truly know how someone is actually going to vote
she got what 48 million votes during the primary? and a total of 39% are either saying they will not vote or they will vote for mccain (and this prior to his VP pick)gee just how strong are those party convictions??
time will tell i suppose
would love to see what the polls say now and then again after the GOP convention
going to be an interesting ride for sure
'It is a pity that the national media does not cover this.'
they wont for now because he is the media darling
any one else would have been drawn and quartered by now with them.
they will turn on him one day though they always do
they wont for now because he is the media darling
any one else would have been drawn and quartered by now with them.
they will turn on him one day though they always do