
Originally Posted by
MrSplitshot
I like her, don't get me wrong...she's hot in a "Tina Fey from SNL" kind of way...but I think the choice seems like a blatent pander to the disgruntled Hillary voters. If I was one of those Hillary supporters, I'd almost be offended. I really don't think that any of them are stupid enough to flip to a conservative republican candidate just because she doesn't have any nuts under her skirt. If that's the case, they were shopping for a candidate based on gender alone, and the issues had absolutely nothing to do with it. How in the world could a true Hillary supporter move to become a Palin supporter based on the issues?
I tend to be a "fence rider" on the issues. My Grandfather always told me that those too far to the left OR too far to the right are both in the dark, and I believe in that theory, but I do tend to hang a little further over the right side of that fence most times. I'll vote McCain/Palin, but I would be lying if I said it didn't concern me that a woman with zero experience in Washington, and not a great deal of public office experience in general, is one heartbeat away from becoming the leader of the free world. She may be able to handle it just fine...or she may be a lost ball in tall weeds...it's a gamble, because nobody really knows for sure.
Just saw the report on CNN that Palin's 17 year old daughter is knocked up...has been for 5 months...plans on marrying the Alaskan baby-daddy. I thought that was a wind gust from Gustav that I heard, but it was actually the collective sound of the Religious Right choking on their lunch. LOL Says that McCain knew about it before he picked her and that it has no bearing...(Which I agree with. Who cares?) Them releasing it now was much better than the Dems getting ahold of it first, IMO.
Cue the dramatic music! DUN-DUN-DUUUUUUUUN.
Next we'll hear about how she was abducted by an alien in 1987, fathered a child with an Eskimo, went topless on a girls gone wild video, opened a sweatshop in Bangladesh, and founded a Siberian Husky sled-dog-fighting ring with Michael Vick's third cousin, twice removed, in Juneau.
Fast times...
I say, enough with the dirt and bickering and the big pomp and circumstance...tell me (1) What you are going to do for the working American family, (2) How you plan on getting that plan through Congress, and (3) How you plan on paying for it. Tell me about your plans for the oil/energy crisis, the economy, and foreign affairs. That's all I really want to know.