I'm actually excited about this pick. I love the fact that she's hardcore pro-life. I love the fact that she has an amazing track record of anti-corruption. Below is a positive bio.
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/weblogs/afb/archives/027011.html
Currently there only seems to be two kinds of articles about this pick. One is EXTREMELY negative, saying she has no experience and she is just a trick-pick to try and capture women voters, and things of that nature. The others are EXTREMELY positive and glowing.
For myself, the second I started reading about her track record I got excited and wanted to run out and vote immediately(knee-jerk response). Sure she doesn't have much experience but what she has done with the little she has seems to be -far- more than has been done by anyone else.
We'll see how this turns out, but this is the first time I've been really excited about a republican candidate....ever I think.
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/weblogs/afb/archives/027011.html
Currently there only seems to be two kinds of articles about this pick. One is EXTREMELY negative, saying she has no experience and she is just a trick-pick to try and capture women voters, and things of that nature. The others are EXTREMELY positive and glowing.
For myself, the second I started reading about her track record I got excited and wanted to run out and vote immediately(knee-jerk response). Sure she doesn't have much experience but what she has done with the little she has seems to be -far- more than has been done by anyone else.
We'll see how this turns out, but this is the first time I've been really excited about a republican candidate....ever I think.
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Okay, I completely made that up. :)
She's clearly bright and passionate about what she believes in, but is she prepared for politics on a stage other than Alaska's, which despite looking big on a map is actually a very tiny state? Maybe, but there's nothing in her record (unlike Obama's) that indicates a strong knowledge or understanding of the world at large. If McCain stays healthy it won't matter, but the two oldest presidents so far (Eisenhower and Reagan) were both broken men by the ends of their second terms, with their responsibilities taken over by subordinates. McCain is even older.
By putting a woman on the presidential ticket, John McCain has truly made history. Or at least, he would have if the Democrats hadn't already beaten him to it by almost a quarter of a century.
But never mind that. Apparently John McCain is under the impression that former supporters of Hillary Clinton were more concerned with Clinton's vagina than with her experience and qualifications. "Oh well," he imagines them thinking, "I guess if we can't have the Yale-educated U.S. Senator whose truly groundbreaking presidential campaign has changed the way this country thinks about female politicians, we can at least have a former TV sports reporter who was mayor of a fishing village in Alaska."
But my favorite comment is from the guy who makes the Get Your War On comics (http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/home.html).
Palin: It wasn’t tactical.
Enough with the analyses and assumptions of “electoral tactics” playing a role in John McCain’s vice-presidential pick.
John McCain said he would pick the most qualified candidate for the job of vice-president.
John McCain picked Sarah Palin.
Why?
Because John McCain believes Sarah Palin is the most qualified person in America for the job of vice-president.
Stop overanalyzing it.
The End.