Originally posted by undo
just out of curosity, why does it reflect very poorly on his judgement that he chose a woman VP? is it because she's a mom? (cause most moms have similar issues. it's part of being a mom).

There may be a bit of truth to that. There are members who have said that Sarah's 5 children was a "bad" thing. So, you can never tell.

Originally posted by Blaine91555
This appears to be pure speculation. A theory requires at least some evidence and you list or link to nothing. Do you have something to share to give credence to your speculation?

To consider this we at least need to know the position or professions of your sources and why they would have such intimate inside knowledge. Otherwise, just pure guesswork?

The only credible criticism of Palin would be about her firing of one of her staff, which is so well known here that it is a non issue here. Now I did not vote for Palin, but I don't think people who care about gossip like the lie about her child and the fact her teenage daughter is a normal human probably don't even vote.

The only negatives we are hearing here are from our out of state owned paper who only endorses Democrats and a single Liberal talk show host on a local radio program.

I think you are grossly underestimating the intellegence of people who actually vote if you believe that her daughter getting pregnant would cost any votes to speak of. The other nonsense about her kid only makes people more likely to vote for her out of anger at the Kos. Obama endorsed the Kos when he made a special trip to their get together a while back.

I started out to consider Obama and liked him until he refused the public funding exposing him as someone who fails to keep promises and then I started leaning toward McCain as the lesser of two evils. These lies about Palin and this attack on her teenage daughter is driving me even more that direction. Others are parroting my thoughts and I think this will blow up in Obama's face. He has yet to distance himself from Kos. He did say the right things, but until he denounces the Daily Kos, I can't tilt his direction. And yes I'm the classic swing voter who often does not decide until election day.

Thank you for bringing common sense to the thread that needed it the most.

[edit on 2-9-2008 by mhc_70]

Originally posted by XFoxMulderX
Also, it should be noted that Tom Ridge and Rudy Guliani have been dropped as speakers to night, and Lieberman is the keynote speaker. Perhaps the McCain camp is trying to see what the GOP's reception of him may be, and then replace Palin with Lieberman if it's positive??

I doubt the scenario you envision, but I will say that Lieberman will probably be a top level cabinet member. such as Secretary of State, in the McCain administration. And he would be an excellent choice, imo.

Interesting theory, but one that is only backed up with the OP's assertion of a credible source. And while I diagree with McCain and Obama, I am refreshed at the "outsideness" that Palin brings to the campaign. My hope is that the Republican base is re-energized in a way that brings the party back to its core beliefs.

Personally, at this point, I'd rather see a Palin/McCain ticket than a McCain/Palin ticket.

It would be a better scenario if McCain had to drop out due to health reasons, pushing Palin into the Presidential nomination.

I'd say let Palin's pregnant girl be the vice president, hey she's only related to her mom right? SO whats the big deal?

[edit on 2-9-2008 by Salvatore_Rubberface]

If any other presidential candidate picked someone with 4 years small town city council and six years small town mayorial experience and less than 2 years Govenors experience to be their second in command I would have the same initial reaction - utter disbelief.

Wasilla has a poplulation of around 9,000 (a little less more likely).
She is 44 so 12 years ago she was 32. What exactly did she do before she was 32 to make her experienced enough to be President of the USA?

That's a qualification for a Vice President, to be able to step in immediatly upon death or incapicitation of the President.

In my opinion, three candidates of the two major parties are qualified to serve as Commander in Chief. Palin is not one of them. I have been reading about her and she seems to be ok but her experience just does not in any way prepare her for the complexity of the office of the President of the United States of America.

The fact that she is a woman, has zero bearing on my judgement in this matter.

Given my utter disbelief I naturally gravitate towards another motive behind the choice of Palin for McCain's running mate. The Trojan Horse theory is not one that I buy at this point. I think McCain is letting neo-cons fall upon their own sword now. They've screwed with him for long enough.

[edit on 9/2/08 by stikkinikki]

I think he'll offer Ron Paul the job. I don't know if Dr. Paul would accept it, but he knows he'd get all of the Ron Paul supporters votes, and the people who moved over from Obama from Ron Paul.

I hope Ron Paul declines it though, it wouldn't be right. They'd just fight.