After hearing all day about McCain’s VP pick, I had to give him some credit. He definetly made me and a lot of others scratch there heads. The endless guessing game between Romney and Pawlenty was finally ended when the Alaska governor was named along side McCain for the Presidency in 2008. Palin has the highest approval rating of any governor in the United States, and has known to cross party lines in several of her executive decisions.
That being said…
According to CNN, McCain and Palin only conversed ONE TIME before she was named the choice for Vice President. She has only been governor for a year and is definetly not the best selection when it comes to the incessant “inexperienced” charges thrown at Barack Obama. Further, Palin and McCain have been on the different scope of several issues, most notably drilling in ANWR. Not to mention Palin has no idea what the Vice President of the United States does
It seems that McCain wanted to create some noise on his side of the election as well. There have been several guesses that McCain picked Palin to win over more of Hillary Clinton’s supporters. This doesn’t seem as though it will work, considering Palin is considerably more conservative than Mrs. Clinton on several issues, including a woman’s right to choose.
As HRC said in her speech,
“I want you to ask yourselves: Were you in this campaign just for me? Or were you in it for that young Marine and others like him? Were you in it for that mom struggling with cancer while raising her kids? Were you in it for that boy and his mom surviving on the minimum wage? Were you in it for all the people in this country who feel invisible?
If Hillary’s supporters vote based on their beliefs on the issues, there is no way Palin will draw enough people from the Democrats side to sway the election. There is also the possibilty that some staunch conservatives may not vote for McCain/Palin because McCain is seen as not conservative enough (which Palin is not going to help) or perhaps people may just not be comfortable voting for a woman.
Any thoughts on McCain’s choice?
August 29, 2008 at 10:29 pm
McCain just lost my vote wtf u talk about experience and i can make a great commander and cheif, and then u pick a nobody who’s under FEDERAL INVESTIGATION, it reallys shows alot about McCains judgement. Im a republican but i WILL VOTE FOR OBAMA
August 30, 2008 at 12:23 am
The only strong points Palin brings to the GOP ticket is her nicely-packaged conservative line of thinking. I’ve been reading/hearing a lot of pundits discussing how she is as much of a “maverick” as McCain, but any self-respecting, sentient being knows that’s all bullshit. More importantly, Palin has deep roots with oil (and I don’t mean her position as Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission), but her past work for BP.
And, of course, I have to bring up the issue of obvious pandering to female voters. I can’t even begin to describe how incredibly frustrating it was to realize McCain and his staff really felt they could woo women. I know most people will rebut and say it’s because of her “maverick” style that’s so in line with McCain, but I don’t see anything special about this woman. McCain could’ve just as easily found a VP in the names already floating around. Instead, he decided to go for a female, under the assumption that women across America who fall for it. It’s just…massively frustrating to see the complete reversal of women’s suffrage. Instead of moving away from gendered politics, we’re objectifying a woman so that a select few will help push McCain into office? Not over my dead body.
We’ve got a lot of work to do, guys, but I think the Dems have got it in the bag this year!
August 30, 2008 at 7:24 am
John McCain has one attack to use against Barack Obama. The attack of “not enough experience” it seems very hippocritical of Mr McCain who says someone with little foreign policy experience and four years of major office experience isn’t ready.
However he’ll now choose someone to replace him, who would be the oldest first term elected president, who has half of Barack’s experience. Someone who was governor of a state with a quarter the population of Brooklyn.
If he chooses to attack Barack on his inexperience, they surely will recognize that a swift reaction from the democrats will ensue. They just undercut their strongest argument in an effort to get Clinton and conservative voters. It was a ballsy move, but it’s going to cost him.
September 1, 2008 at 9:43 pm
To elaborate on what I said before, Palin receives $50,000 checks from BP essentially for her lobbying on their part. Oh, joy!