McCain picked WHO as his running mate?!

[JTG of the PRB]

Are you SERIOUS?!?

Don't get me wrong - I know there are a lot of women in leadership position in this country - intelligent, passionate, courageous women - on BOTH sides of the aisle that are just as qualified to lead this nation. Some day, one of them will become Vice-President or even President of the United States. It's not a question of it, but rather when - and that time will come soon.

But come ON! Sarah Palin, a first-term governor from Alaska? McSame could have done better that her, couldn't he?

I'll admit, that this selection caught me off guard. I mean, who honestly saw this coming? She's young, she's a woman, and she's (supposedly) a reformer. It could win the minds of those voters who hoped McLame would balance an old, old, VERY old ticket with some youth, and it could help being more women voters to the GOP ticket.

Honestly, I figured it'd either be Tom "Color-Coded Terror Alert System" Ridge, Mittens, or Joe Loserman who would stand at McShame's side as he drove the GOP bus straight off the road and into a lake. Those "candidates" would have at least added a bit of credibility to McBush's efforts to continue his rabble about being the more experienced candidate.

Now, he can't use that line any more because his credibility in that area is gone. Where is Palin's experience? Barack Obama has MUCH more experience than she does, and Joe Biden is going to run circles around her at the Vice-Presidential debates. It's not even close - our Veep is a thousand times more qualified than their Veep.

John McCain just shot himself in the foot with this one. This woman is nobody, she is nothing, she is insignificant. If McCain just put her on the ticket because he thought he could capitalize off the support Hillary Clinton garnered in her run for the Democratic nomination, then that is an insult not to every woman in this country, but to every free-thinking American who was honestly excited to see a woman go this far in a major election nomination process. To try and replicate Hillary Clinton's success from this no-name, first-term governor from the farthest flung reaches of our nation is simply madness, and it simply cannot work.

Whoever is advising McCain to make these sorts of choices is not doing their job right... And I, for one, hope that this person stays on with McCain's campaign to the cold, bitter, lonely conclusion it will reach on November 4. The way things are going now, McCain could be heading for an enormous defeat.

You don't hear me complaining about that!

[melody]

1. I can't wait for someone to ask her a policy question on Ossetia

She's going to make Dan Quayle look like Stephen Hawking by comparison.

[spanone]

2. they asked her if she aligned with mckooks iraq position...she didn't know what it was.

that's really not funny...it insults america

[JTG of the PRB]

5. It's an insult to every hard-working, thinking American - Liberal, Conservative, or Independent.

John McCain is insulting all of us - particularly those who were so excited to see Hillary Clinton, a legitimate Presidential candidate with an excellent resume and a wonderful, courageous heart, go so far in the Democratic nomination process. I'm happy that McCain has made our path to the White House so much easier, but I'm pissed off that he's insulting so many Americans in the process.

[JTG of the PRB]

3. No kidding! This is just incomprehensible!

He claims to be the more experienced candidate out there, and yet he chooses Governor Palin to be his running mate? She has ZERO experience a Vice-President or a President needs! How can he possibly think this inexperienced, one-term governor with no foreign policy experience and an incredibly light resume could be suitable to be one heartbeat from the Presidency? It's sheer madness, and it is doomed to failure!

[Muttocracy]

4. The viable candidates are waiting for 2012. Hope the economy goes sour

blame Obama, try then. Palin is a shiny thing since they have to put SOMEONE up for the job, it's a bone for the fundies, and she gets her name out nationally in case she has later ambitions.

[BlueIdaho]

6. John McCain picked no one

The campaign picked Palin - John was told who his running mate would be.

[27inCali]

7. yeah mostly likely that was the case.

[grandpappy]

8. It's just a rerun.

What is it with the repukes who believe television is reality. 24 is a must watch and it's what America is all about. Chuck Norris a great American hero. Wasn't Genna Davis portrayed as a vice president without any experience when the president dies and she takes over the presidency. Hay John that show got canceled. Just like your run for the White house.

[Kahuna]

9. He blinked. Either his internal polling is very troubling or

it's very good. I don't really think he made a wise choice. They only have two months to prepare her to appear presidential. Good luck with that.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. Eleanor Clift just made an observation on the McLaughlin Group that I thought was telling.

She said that McCain's choice of Palin reminded her of a script for a made for TV movie.