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August 29, 2008 at 10:34 pm #636195
HPMemberjenny please define executive
August 29, 2008 at 10:46 pm #636196
JennyMemberShe was a mayor & a governor – as opposed to a legislator. A legislator is just one of many and can advocate for laws all they want, but an executive is the one who has to implement the law & manage the bureaucracy that enforces it. It’s a different sensibility.
(Not saying I think it’s a significant difference, although I have a hard time envisioning someone like Joe Biden being a governor. Or to make the point clearer: Jesse Ventura could’ve been a fine opinionated congressman, like Jim McDermott. But in managing his state’s government, and taking the heat for the effectiveness of Minnesota’s executive branch as a whole, he was a big flop. In some ways a good executive ends up being more boring than a good legislator.)
August 29, 2008 at 10:56 pm #636197
HPMemberthanks jenny i still say her resume is unimpressive for a vice pres candidate
August 29, 2008 at 11:33 pm #636198
bcollinsMemberI have more executive experience than all of them…vote for me! I probably managed more money than the Alaska budget as well…vote for me! I’ll make Governor Hottie my secretary of state.
August 29, 2008 at 11:48 pm #636199
JoBParticipantNewResident…
when you make something of nothing you can expect to get nothing in return…
i can imagine why you need to make such a big deal out of isolated instances with Joe Biden… since you haven’t found anything better.
but should we start giving John McCain’s talks the same kind of scrutiny?
He doesn’t seem to know his geography and has to be coached by Lieberman to know what country he is talking about.
ouch!
August 29, 2008 at 11:49 pm #636200
JoBParticipantjenny..
i know his reputation..
but exactly how is John McCain a maverick..
and what maverick policy do you expect from him?
August 30, 2008 at 12:14 am #636201
TammiWSMemberAugust 30, 2008 at 12:21 am #636202
AnonymousInactiveOnce again, we have focused on, instead of discussing the concern over the wrong-doing of YOUR candidate, the unimportant details of McCain.
I would never consider a blunder with geography and lying about your life, your college degrees and plagiarism on the same page….. at all.
Then again, it never bothered many Democrats that Clinton lied under oath, so why should this?
I know, I know, the Clinton scandal again! I think it is relevant, though, as it helps prove that lying (at least by their politicians) doesn’t seem a big deal to the Democratic Party.
August 30, 2008 at 1:04 am #636203
TrisketParticipant“Geraldine Ferraro was a kind of left-field choice in ’84 too…†Left-field choices do not get you elected. Sorry folks, McCain owes someone and owes someone BIG. You don’t pull this kind of decision out of nowhere and say “…it’s just what this country needs…â€. Unless… of course! They’ve must have run out of competent republicans!
August 30, 2008 at 1:29 am #636204
SuitsarenotBoringMemberGoing back to Palin – I have heard from rather reliable R sources that Christine Todd Whitman was pretty burned following her time with the Bush administration, which is probably why she was not chosen. Kay B Hutchison would have been another older person on the ticket.
I still feel that Palin was a good choice. She certainly doesn’t speak to all soccer moms (or hockey moms – as she calls herself), but she does to some. She has an appeal to socially conservative working moms wanting to see some sign of change without voting against their values. She also has a sense of McCain’s lost maverick streak to her (although the reality of that is open to debate).
I don’t think that this is a huge blow to Obama – and agree Tina Fey would rock playing her on SNL – but I don’t think she should be easily dismissed. The wild card could play well for McCain.
August 30, 2008 at 1:32 am #636205
HPMemberI am so hoping for SNL to grab on to that!!
August 30, 2008 at 1:47 am #636206
bcollinsMemberGovernor Hottie Gone Wild!
I jest, because of the obviosness of this selection. It’s not a decisive action…this was a reaction.
There are so many more qualified women within both the GOP and Democratic ranks. Palin is not a serious choice. It’s a synical choice. No one could seriously see Palin as Commander and Chief if McCain went down. No one. I don’t say this the get feminist angry. Seriously. I am not adverse to women leaders…I’ve been led by women for most of my career. I say all of this because Palin has no experience that is meaningful to America right now. No inner-city, no effective education experience (Alaska PTAs don’t count), no foreign policy, and extremely limited legislative ( far less than Obama’s state and federal tenur).
Please see this for what it is. Vote as you wish, but don’t pretend she is a real VP.
August 30, 2008 at 2:28 am #636207
GinaParticipantI would like to hear the story of the sister’s divorce and the Alaska State trooper from both sides. There may be a deeper tale to be told, than assuming that it was an abuse of power. Will reserve judgement until the complete information comes out.
August 30, 2008 at 2:47 am #636208
kiridaParticipantCheck out little known facts about Sarah Palin on Twitter: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=Little+Known+Fact+Palin
August 30, 2008 at 3:06 am #636209
DianeParticipantthanks SuitsarenotBoring for “Going back to Palin”
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I was shocked at 7:45am to see this in breaking news, and started this post; then had to run
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I wouldn’t have remembered her by name, like TR’s hilarious script of her morning, “WHO?”, but I had heard a lot about her (as the Gov of Alaska) back in April when she basically took 5 mins from her job to have a baby, her 5th; I knew nothing of her politics, but amazed at her capacity to give birth and run back to the business of governing a state
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seeing Palin this am, my first reaction was “what the heck is with the huge up-do?â€, which is exactly how all the girls wore their hair for formals when I was in high school, 40 years ago; the ’84 beauty queen thing doesn’t even explain it; Phyllis Schlafly hair comes to mind, and very similar ideals, super smart and super conservative; Palin could be a younger, cuter, kinder, more well-spoken version of Schlafly; check it out: http://www.eagleforum.org/misc/bio.html
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having watched many of Palin’s speeches and interviews today, I am concerned; she is extremely articulate, brazen, bold; and walks the talk for her point of view by showing her love for her downs baby that many would have considered legal/ethical to abort; she’s advocating for opening up her state to oil drilling, saying there are trillions of reserves, would provide jobs, would save the country by providing oil until we can create alternatives; and with her oldest son in Iraq; and out there hunting in the wilderness for moose to show off how guns can be good; she speaks brilliantly to the conservative agenda and is very dynamic; as much as the pundits have tried to rip her apart today, I’m very concerned that she can win over many swing voters; she’s very likeable and the oil, gun, Iraq position coming from a woman, from a mom……McCain really got lucky with this one
August 30, 2008 at 3:58 am #636210
AnonymousInactiveAn Alaskan blogger explains more on Palin including the trooper investigation.
August 30, 2008 at 4:07 am #636211
JoMemberAs my son, Kurt, commented today: “McCain’s Trophy VP.”
August 30, 2008 at 5:00 am #636212
acemotelParticipantSo in effect the Republicans will be nominating this eminently unqualified woman to the PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES as McCain will either 1. die in office or 2. become conspicuously incapacitated with the dementia he is scarcely able to camouflage. God help us all. It’s a mockery of the office, as if the US isn’t already the laughing stock of the world.
August 30, 2008 at 5:11 am #636213
AnonymousInactiveDiane:
Thank you for that unbiased and honest review/opinion on Palin.
I’m starting to think that it was an extremely intelligent choice.
Maybe he isn’t so demented after all…..
August 30, 2008 at 5:36 am #636214
flipjackParticipantI heard she used to be a man before the operation/
August 30, 2008 at 5:42 am #636215
charlabobParticipantYou’r right, NR — her corruption of the integrity of her state investigative bodiesi on behalf of her sister’s ugly divorce, makes her highly qualified to follow in the footsteps of Alberta Gonzales, and Monica Goodling. Although she’ll be Vice-President, we have seen how effectively repug veeps can meedle in all areas of government.
But wait — her foreign affairs credentials are also impeccable, as a Faux and Friends “reporter” said this morning, “After all, she’s governor of a state right next to Russia.” Nope, he wasn’t kidding.
Her son is supposedly going to Iraq but she claimed, when asked a question about her views on the war, to have “Not followed the war that closely.”
McCain isn’t demented; it’s a giant plot to make sure the Democrats win because the other side knows what a mess they’re leaving.
August 30, 2008 at 5:50 am #636216
MagpieParticipantFascinating pick, very political..supposedly her nickname was “barracuda”..I’m just hoping she doesn’t have an illegal nanny in there somewhere. I just finished watching Bill Maher and the pundits on there said that it will be difficult for Biden to debate her because people feel sorry for women when men attack them. Apparently it happened when Hillary was running for governor. It will be interesting to watch..I think I read that she is a Catholic too, so another historic fact, both VP candidates are Catholic. I still feel that the voting booth is a private place and we aren’t going to know the outcome on Nov. 4th (unless NBC calls it early and calls it wrong again)
August 30, 2008 at 7:03 am #636217
HPMemberi think he may as well have picked Paris Hilton..LOL :) at least people know who she is…(just for the record that was humor)
August 30, 2008 at 7:37 am #636218
ErikParticipantCanada is next to Alaska too, more foreign policy experience for Palin.
I jokingly thought McCain would pick Elizabeth Hasselbeck from ‘The View.’ It doesn’t surprise me that the VP pick is a woman.
August 30, 2008 at 2:01 pm #636219
WSMomParticipantlol, I can’t stand Elizabeth Hasselbeck
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