Have Gun, Will Travel. Sarah Palin a Good VP pick?

[Shuckins]

Obama's speech was full of generic democratic party sound bites.  Almost nothing new, that hadn't already been stated by Clinton, Gore, Kerry, and others:  "We're going to take our country back!  We're going to solve the housing/fuel/environmental/social security problems by soaking the rich, gutting the military, and passing middle class tax cuts.

Palin is a great pick for McCain.  If nothing else, it will shore up his support among conservatives, and throw the Obama campaign a curve that will yield them nothing but a foul ball.

[Yeager]

As I have been neither a governor nor a senator, I must yield to your expertise in this regard. What state did you govern?

What do you """imagine""" an executive of a state would have in common with an executive of a nation? as compared to a senator who does two things...orates and pushes a voting button.  Think about it and tell what qualifies you to even have an opinion?

[WWhiskey]

My wife, a rabid Hillaryite, was more pissed off than happy about McCain's pick. She felt is was an obvious pander to her constituency, as if they will vote for ANY woman. I think McCain will get little or nothing from the Hillary voters.

well we wouldn't expect anythng less from you or your's

[WWhiskey]

As I have been neither a governor nor a senator, I must yield to your expertise in this regard. What state did you govern?

good point only we ask you the same ?

[majic]

I like the idea that she is an outsider.  McCain has lost a bit of his image in that respect and this will strengthen it.

If McCain win this thing, I'd like to see him clean house in the Executive branch.  (Maybe keep Condi on  )

[Sandman]

a senator votes on laws, a governor runs a state. Poor liberals, grabbing at straws.

Really? That's all a senator does?

[Nwbie]

In the early 80's I worked with a guy who was very religious, nothing wrong with that.. I am too...
But, he was a member of a very conservative, southern states tied church - I apologize not remembering the name of it...wasn't very large...

What baffled my mind about this guy, who was a very nice affable kind of guy...was that he totally and irrevocably believed that the Holocaust never happened, that "liberal" forces made it up, we had a "discussion" for about an hour on the subject... he quoted scripture like Moses...all to support his beliefs...  I still remember sitting their with my mouth saying -huh?...and my mind thinking which is the fastest way out of here if this guy goes critical mass?...
Just curious... are there a lot of people on this board that think the same way?

Some responses here just remind me of his thought processes.

[Makarov9]

My kind of woman.

[Nwbie]

a senator votes on laws, a governor runs a state. Poor liberals, grabbing at straws.

Then you as a jod fearing Ah mer eh cun  should be protesting all the trips to Iraq and other places around the world... they are nosing into other peoples business without your support.

[sluggish]

Really? That's all a senator does?

Oh yeah, they run for re-election too.

[Dead Man Flying]

The republican VP pick has more real government exp than the Democratic Pres pick in this case. 

Two years as governor is easily worth six years of senatorship.

Nonsense.

[Dead Man Flying]

What do you """imagine""" an executive of a state would have in common with an executive of a nation? as compared to a senator who does two things...orates and pushes a voting button.  Think about it and tell what qualifies you to even have an opinion?

The fact that you've said this tells me you are ignorant of what legislators actually do.  This renders the rest of what you've stated moot.

-- Todd/Leviathn

[1pLUs44]

My wife, a rabid Hillaryite, was more pissed off than happy about McCain's pick. She felt is was an obvious pander to her constituency, as if they will vote for ANY woman. I think McCain will get little or nothing from the Hillary voters.

Still, a lot smarter pick than Joe Biden

Biden is an idiot.

Bidens approval rating is like 9% in the senate, and  Palin's approval rating is like 90% as governer.


Edit: I was watching CNN, NBC, Fox and so forth. And all had it as front headlines except NBC, they didn't even mention it slightly till about 45 min into their show...

[Hangtime]

Is beer a religion?

 

[Toad]

Some responses here just remind me of his thought processes.

That response sounds like the guy you are discussing.