I posted this in another thread but it seems to fit here too.

Originally posted by Fathom
bottom line McCain/Palin have the woman vote and the conservative base behind them now...too bad suck it up. game over you lose,
quit your crying.

The Major will not contest that Governor Palin is Dick Cheney in a dress, but the Major is willing to bet that Governor Palin is a much better shot than Dick Cheney.

The Major is pleased with John McCain's VP choice.

Dismissed.

[edit on 30-8-2008 by Major Discrepancy]

Originally posted by WyrdeOne
for the same reason we don't let people with severe mental retardation handle nuclear weapons

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Wait a minute, I always thought that was a prerequisite for the job. Who else would want to do it? I mean look at the Bozo who's in charge of them now. He still has time to lob a few around before he leaves office, and quite frankly, I wouldn't put it past him.

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[edit on 30/8/2008 by Mirthful Me]

I mean look at the Bozo who's in charge of them now.

Oops, I'm sorry Bozo. I didn't mean to compare you to the mental defectives that are currently running this country into the ground. May you rest in peace. I only wish that our next government has your compassion for all people.

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[edit on 30/8/2008 by Mirthful Me]

I don't think Dick Cheney ever in his life has considered the 'ethics' of the oil industry. Palin has, quite a lot.

But on the other hand, Dick Cheney doesn't have a baby with Down Syndrome.

Personally, a 72 year President with a VP choice that is a 44 year old mother of five, including very young children (one of which with very special needs born in April of this year), I don't see that as a very good ticket. I guaranteed that she will not be able to 'mother' her baby as VP. What, is she going to Breast feed him while acting as President of the Senate? Every child I have ever met with Down Syndrome needed near 24 hour supervision.

How is she going to lead, if God forbid, something were to happen to McCain? She might be an excellent mother now, but where will her attention be if she became President? On our relations with Iran, or the special needs of her children? She will not be ready at 3am.

I think she seems to be a fairly amazing woman. I just question running as VP when you have a 5 month old down syndrome baby. I respect her for having the child after prenatal testing showed the baby to have down syndrome. But I do not respect her for jumping into this race less than 6 months after he was born.
What kind of commitment to family is that?
DocMoreau

Your entire premise is totally flawed.

One of Palin's biggest battles in Alaska was forcing big oil companies to pay more taxes. Another was exposing corruption in her own party.

Palin is not a career Washington bureaucrat who worked her way to the top through her connections. Palin is a small town girl who's done well and risen to the top because of who she is, not who she knows.

Most Americans (and Canadians) are to busy with life to get down and dirty with the facts about our political choices.

With that in mind, with first glance at McCain/Palin...War Hero...Mother of 5...Husband blue collar oil field worker....IT IS AS American as Apple Pie and Baseball (or now Football)....

I gotta smile when I look at that iconic picture.

Go McCain!

Originally posted by Fathom
bottom line McCain/Palin have the woman vote and the conservative base behind them now...too bad suck it up. game over you lose,
quit your crying.

Stop being so upset that your next president is going to have a bigger package than you.

The bottom line is we only know two things about Palin. She's pretty hot and she has an idiot factory between her legs.

And, we also know that she could potentially be president because ol' marionette arms might not last 4 years.

Anyway, when we actually start finding things out about this mother of a moron we can decide if she'll really affect woman voters.

As it stands though, most American women would not want to vote for a woman that's more attractive than they are. They would also probably want to vote for the more sexually potent African American.

Also, most American men can't take an attractive woman seriously.


It is what it is.

[edit on 8/30/2008 by Sunsetspawn]

Originally posted by Skipper1975
Sarah Palin: Dick Cheney in a dress

God, I hope so!

I don't think a dress could make Dick Cheney look that good, though.

There is one thing for sure, Palin has got the left scared hitless.

You can always tell, because that's when the "let me shove some tolerance down your throat" crowd starts with the vitriolic intolerance.

I'm loving it.


[edit on 2008/8/30 by GradyPhilpott]

I feel sorry for McCain already, he thought that Palin Uterus would win the minds and harts of Hillary followers in the woman ranks but he just made the worst decision for his chances at the white house.

Pity.

I think that she may be cheney in dress but at least cheney hormonal fluctuations were no an issue.

She can be quite spiteful if you marry her sister and then divorce her.

and personally, If I were McCain I would have picked Lieberman. Look at it this way, *gods forbid*, if McCain wins the presidency and later dies in office (and lets be honest here, could happen), would you want someone with no foreign policy experience (Palin) or someone with that experience (Lieberman). I'd pick Lieberman as our president any day.