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caspian_x

palin pick produces pounds of pleasure

Sep 03, 2008 11:50

Time for me to address the elephant in the room. The young, female elephant to be precise.

( abandon hope, all ye who enter here )

palin, election, mccain, politics

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Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment ubersaurus September 3 2008, 20:58:44 UTC

I think she's incompetent and has some very bizarre stances on issues. Like her telling a crowd that we're in Iraq doing "God's Will" and that God's will is what allowed her to get some earmarks for her state. Or her "Creationism in public schools plz" stance. Her anti-sex education stance is well publicized. And then you get into her history - firing a state trooper because he's in a custody battle with her sister? Spending state money to defend herself from allegations of impropriety? Being a member of Alaska's Secessionist movement for a good while, and then even as recently as this year praising what they're doing ( ... )

Re: Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment caspian_x September 3 2008, 21:05:50 UTC

I haven't been able to spend as much time researching her as I'd like, but if I recall correctly, the God's will stuff was to a church group. There's a difference between making God's will part of your public policy and speaking about your beliefs to a church group.

Plus, given McCain's age and health, it's a very good chance she would become president.

Um, sorry, no. McCain's got a clean bill of health. More likely to take over than Biden? Sure. "A very good chance"? No.

Apparent haste? What are you talking about, he picked her at the time he should, right before the convention same as Obama. AFTER Obama. How is that hasty?

Re: Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment ubersaurus September 3 2008, 21:10:00 UTC

Check out the Washington Post or the New York Times; both are running stories that McCain was leaning towards two other choices up until early last week, when he realized that both, being pro-choice, would have fucked him over with the Republican base. I think one was Leiberman. They also report that he didn't start vetting Palin until Wednesday, met her Thursday, told her she was his VP pick, and, well, there you go. He was running out of time. So although after the Dem convention was smart, the fact that he practically grabbed her at the last minute leaves me to say "apparent haste."

Also, McCain's health records were available to select reporters for 3 hours the Friday before Independence Day weekend. They couldn't take pictures, or make photocopies; all they could really do was collaborate to go through the dozens upon dozens of pages. That doesn't sound like the behavior of a man in good health to me.

Re: Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment clayfoot September 4 2008, 11:45:40 UTC

Lieberman (Independent) is rumored to have been the first choice, but the Republican party may have staged a convention revolt, and nominated another candidate for vice president.

Re: Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment caspian_x September 4 2008, 16:53:02 UTC

Yeah, Lieberman would have been a disaster.

Re: Actually all the dirt they're finding on her has been my entertainment clayfoot September 4 2008, 11:48:35 UTC

I'm curious to see whether the 'Teach Both' (Creation and Evolution) policy makes it into the party platform and campaign issues. To me, this is a real issue, simply because so much federal money flows to local schools, and mandates how they teach.

BTW, I don't have any particular problem with the secessionist movement stuff. Why is that bad?

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