Absolutely! But Sarah Palin? They picked the wrong one. I guess I will air out about Sarah Palin (by request only) ...I wanted to hold off and not do it at all today, in light of Hurricane Gustav, like the GOP is doing... But oh well.
Within 72 hours of McCain's announcement, there was a big huge baby mama drama development thanks to those crazy liberal bloggers. Say what you will about the crazy liberal bloggers, but it did, in fact, draw out the announcement that 17 year old Bristol Palin is preggers. I wonder if momma's bringing a shotgun to that upcoming wedding. And I wonder how long it was going to take them to announce it without the push from the bloggers. McCain knew before. too They're also spinning this as a proud, happy, brave decision. Hey, nothing wrong with parents who have a daughter who gets pregnant in high school. Nothing. I have lots of friends who went through the same thing, pregnant mothers and good parents. But when you're selected for Vice President of the United States of America, and one of the main merits of your character on which that decision was made was being a super mom, and a good Conservative who pushed an abstinence-only agenda in your state's schools, you've already failed your party. But the Democrats won't be able to even bring it up, because that would be unfair and mean. Like bringing up Dick Cheney's lesbian daughter.
Goddamit Bryce, I can't believe I'm typing this. Here we go.
Wow! Sarah Palin is a woman! Hillary was a woman! Should sway those angry Hillary supporters... If McCain picked her just because she's a woman, and if I were a female Hillary supporter, I would be fucking insulted.
At first thought, I was like... What? Who? Yeah, I remember her name being mentioned a couple times before last week, but I never imagined th---- holy shit, she's fucking hot. Totally has the sexy librarian look going on. Wait a second - in a state-level office 20 months? And in Alaska? That state has a population less than Austin, Texas! And the highest suicide and alcoholism rates in the nation because apparently Alaska sucks to live in. She's a hard core Conservative pro-lifer, with 5 kids that have really dumb names (Track, Trig, Bristol, Willow & Piper) and she could very well end up our president? Republicans can say what they want about Obama's lack of experience, but he's bringing a whole helluva lot more to the table - this, I think, will backfire. Governing a state that is sandwiched between Siberia and the Yukon Territory doesn't qualify her. How does that qualify her to stare down with Vlad Putin -
look at that guy! Biden will eat her alive. She can only rely on acting like a tough cookie with a pretty face and the talking points that are fed to her. Biden, by the way. Love that fucking guy. He was always my 2nd choice after Obama. Sarah Palin, a Roman Catholic, working mom, with a son bound for Iraq. Joe Biden, a Roman Catholic, working dad, with a son bound for Iraq.
Every time they brought up Sarah Palin's son going to Iraq on TV Friday, a Democrat talking head kept bringing up the fact that Beau Biden is also headed to Iraq - but the pro-Palin folks blatantly ignored it. Bay Buchanan was leading the charge. I am telling you that if John McCain selected Eva Braun, they'd be out there defending her just as hard and making excuses and spinning it. That's their job.
If McCain wanted to pick up a woman, for the sake of picking up a woman, he should have went with Condi Rice. If he wanted to not pick somebody from the Bush clan, he could have went with Kay Bailey Hutchison from TX or a lot of any other women. If he wanted a Washington outsider/maverick type, he could have went with a dozen other people that are worlds more qualified. A Conservative with economic chops? Romney. A Conservative with crime fighting skills? Giuliani. Both of those guys could have riled up the base just as easy. To hell with this "vintage John McCain" style of doing things. That could also backfire down the road if that's the way he makes decisions.
Oh, wait, she's a mother? Wow, that qualifies her. She can work up a budget? Impressive. She's not afraid to take on corrupt Republicans? Oooh! You know who else likes to do that? Fucking Democrats. She commanded the National Guard in Alaska? Wait, no, apparently nott, according to the AK ANG Commander.
I can image the Democrats screwing this up and losing, but I can't begin to imagine how at this point that would be possible. After seeing what I've seen since Obama announced in 2007, especially last Thursday in Denver, it SEEMS to be fairly logical, and destined to happen. The masses and the momentum are seemily on the side of Obama, If McCain/Palin is elected, it's truly scary, what it says about this country, because this Palin chick is gonna play to all the flag waving, Lee Greenwood-loving, bible thumping, yellow ribbon sticker bearing, mommies and rednecks and other conservatives out there. Like a fucking harp. People won't vote for Obama cuz he's an "n-word" and no other reason but that, even beloved close relatives of mine. And Palin's going to get the slice of voters who absolutely do not care about anything except her pro-life stance. This is proven by the fact that I heard those exact sentiments coming out of the mouth of other beloved relatives of mine only weeks ago.
Besides preaching abstinence only, she's against abortion even in the case of rape and inscest. She advocates the teaching of Creationism. She's anti-gay and wants to amend the Constitution to ban gay marriage. And she's very much against laws in favor of marijuana.
Oh, and way to go Hillary, for the nice words for Palin on Friday, with the most minor of a slight jab for good measure. Damn. Hopefully she'll do her part and go after Palin. A lot of Republicans, some Conservatives, the biggest newspapers in Alaska, and Palin's mother in law - not even on her side. What does that say?
Well great... This turned into a really long rant, ...I was instigated into this by a couple poeple. But I'm just gonna throw this out there - Palin's an interesting, intriguing choice - Not a smart one my opinion, especially since she was not fully vetted - She's still pretty, despite with shrill voice. But sometimes she looks like Eugene Levy's wife in Waiting for Guffman.
But what do I know, I'm just a poor, deluded, ignorant, crazy blogger. But I do know this, if the electoral map looks just like it did in 2004, with the exception of Missouri and Iowa going blue, it's an Obama/Biden win.
On an un-related, yet sort of still-related note. I just want to say, that from a non-partisan standpoint, the Obama camp is stomping the McCain camp in style points. Two examples: The way they did the VP announcements. Compare those. And then there's the web sites. Barack Obama's home page, is by far, one of the most attractive, artistic, stylish web sites I have seen, regardless of it being a political campaign site. The artwork in this campaign is nothing like I've ever seen, from the site, to campaign signs, to the viral marketing.
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