McCain chooses Sarah Palin as running mate

[LeMansX5]

John McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25970882/

[Wagner]

Bad pic, she is kinda hot back in the day

Now this is a change I'm for

+ lifetime NRA member (actually owns a gun too)
+ dedicated to new energy
+ had a child with down-syndrome that she knew would have this before birth



Former Miss Alaska contestant

[CGSTL]

Close..... very close. But this is Sabine Ehrenfeld, the spokesbabe for Overstock.com. A twin separated at birth?

Originally Posted by Wagner

Bad pic, she is kinda hot back in the day

Now this is a change I'm for

+ lifetime NRA member (actually owns a gun too)
+ dedicated to new energy
+ had a child with down-syndrome that she knew would have this before birth



Former Miss Alaska contestant

[FSETH]

Wow! Now things are starting to get interesting.

Sounds like she is for the things that some people have accused McCain of being against.

Agreed. Hot back in the day.

[autoque]

They are not the same person...

[Thunder22]

picking her is either pure genius, or political suicide.

I'm hoping for the former.

[B-Line]

Originally Posted by gresch

picking her is either pure genius, or political suicide.
I'm hoping for the former.

Considering the person McCain is running against and his one word campaign, "change".. I would suggest that this clearly shows McCain as someone who is also trying to think out of the box and is actually taking a proactive approach to instituting it.

I'd say, SMART move. He probably also just picked up a nice percentage of the Hillary voters.

[Krimson X]

Originally Posted by B-Line

I'd say, SMART move. He probably also just picked up a nice percentage of the Hillary voters.

I'm still undecided whether this was a good move, if his intentoins were to pick up Hillary supporters. I think those individuals are too smart for this.

That would also assume that Hillary supporters were passionate about Hillary only because she was a woman, not because of her issues. I think there was a specific reason why they wanted that woman (Hillary) for president. Palin is not a "insert female candidate here to win" replacement for Hillary.

[FSETH]

Originally Posted by Krimson X

I think there was a specific reason why they wanted that woman (Hillary) for president.

Because she was a woman scorned.

[B-Line]

Originally Posted by Krimson X

I'm still undecided whether this was a good move, if his intentoins were to pick up Hillary supporters. I think those individuals are too smart for this.

That would also assume that Hillary supporters were passionate about Hillary only because she was a woman, not because of her issues.

Let me clarify.

From my seat, I don't believe his intentions were to pick up Hillary supporters. We all know that many Hillary supporters would never vote Republican even if Hillary herself switched political parties.

What I think this move largely did was take the word CHANGE that Obama keeps throwing around, and stuffs it down the throat of the Dem's.

Obama can say change as much as he wants but here is McCain, a Rep, and he is the one that is sticking his neck out to do something different. Who ever would have thought the the REP's would have a female running mate?

So Obama can say Change but McCain is really doing it. And in my opinion, that is a landmark decision that will help swing voters see a more progressive REP party.

So the Hillary voters, "some" of which were supportive because she could have been the first female Pres. May now re-evaluate who the candidate is that is truly trying to make "change"..

I think McCain is in a win, win. His party would never vote for Obama because he chose a female running mate. But many potential Obama voters may have to re-evaluate who the person is that is actively taking steps towards real change, not just the word..

This decision seems like a good one. McCain just crushed Obama's entire, one word, campaign.