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John McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. McCain is set to trot out his veep choice before a rally in Ohio

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    pastorwadec10 months, 1 week ago

    This was not a good choice for VP. A much stronger choice would have been Colin Powell or Condi Rice. Then the race card could not have been played by either side. This governor adds nothing to an already weak (at best) ticket. If this is an example of McCains judgement, Lord help us!

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    Bkumm10 months, 1 week ago

    Shocker!!! Senator McCain picks as a VP candidate someone with close (personally close, her husband works for an oil company) ties to BIG OIL. I'm absolutely shocked.

    And how's he going to spin the "experience" card on this one? I can't WAIT until the VP debate. Biden will eat her alive.

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    LWhee196110 months, 1 week ago

    I totally agree McCain's choice for an unknown woman for VP showed poor judgement. If he wanted to pick a strong woman with experience he would have picked Condolezza Rice. McCain certainly isn't going to be able to use the "Obama isn't ready to lead" card anymore when he picked a VP that is unkown across the country. And what is scary is if something happens to McCain this unkown person could be our commander-in-chief. Last but not least, I can't wait until the VP debate either!

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    capecoralM10 months, 1 week ago

    She may be unknown to Liberal Democrat(ic)s but she is well known to the Conservative Base as she is 1 of 50 Governors in the United States. She is Pro-Choice. She is an outside the beltway reformer and fiscal conservative.

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    Mdiar10 months, 1 week ago

    I knew he'd pick Palin. She's not a bad choice at all; pretty clear neither Obama or McCain were playing electoral college math here. They were playing to demographics, for the most part, I think.

    Being an unknown, I highly doubt that McCain will have an immediate boost in numbers from this, but it might blunt Obama's numbers a bit. Not a bad pick, a couple areas that may be exposed by the Obama people and hit hard on, but overall the best pick I could see from the McCain campaign.

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    Rigel10 months, 1 week ago

    I think this might have been a good choice too. McCain's campaign might take a hit on the experience argument but it also does do some damage to Obama's "change" angle. If a young woman in the White House isn't going to change things up from how they are now I don't know what will! I like the idea of McCain's long-time experience mixed with a young person's ideals -- they could balance each other out nicely. It will be interesting to learn more about her.

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    cloud1510 months, 1 week ago

    Damn......shes hot.

    Beauty and the Beast 08'

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    miklkit10 months, 1 week ago

    How closely allied to Stevens is Palin?

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    Mutainia10 months, 1 week ago

    But, she's a woman, (minority), and doesn't have the political exPERIEnce like...oh, never mind.

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    skyking2p10 months, 1 week ago

    good choice if you want to lose this race which it is looking more and more what mcSame wants to do. Its the red meat the right wing nuts but i think it will scare swing voters and really does raise the judgment issue

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    Georgia5010 months, 1 week ago

    In terms of electoral clout from a VP, nither Obama nor McCain seem to get the math.

    Obama's pick gets him an insider who can put polish on his initiatives, run interference, take the hits when an approach fails, and perform some necessary give-and-take (on both sides of the aisle) to get Obama's policies moving forward on the Hill.

    McCain's pick is an appeal to the women who yearned for Hillary and remain undecided. He is easily the insider operative that Biden is, so he has that base covered, too.

    Both tickets have plenty of experience, if at lopsided ends of both tickets. I think this one may be more razor thin than 2000. Let's hope a key state moves the numbers significantly in one direction or the other so we can wrap up the election and move on.

    (Off point...I think Obama's nomination is a win/win. Even if he loses, he will have established a bar for young blacks for generations to come. The whole country benefits from that.)

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    Spadecaller10 months, 1 week ago

    Just another example of McCain's duplicity and hypocrisy; he condemns Obama for lacking the necessary experience to be the commander in chief (which is false) and then appoints a VP with less experience. How absurd and obvious is that?

    It confirms what most people know anyway, McCain does not even believe the criticisms that he makes against Obama. You can see why he was near last in his graduating class.

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    Endoscopy10 months, 1 week ago

    She is a politician who has a lot of fire and zing to her. She is charismatic and a record of a reformer. She has taken on tough problem and not backed down.

    The Democrats have a problem with the strong Hillary supporters. At this point 47% are going to vote for Obama. This choice is tailor made for that problem. If enough Hillary supporters go to voting for her that will spell major problems for the Democrats. Both Clintons have made the obligatory speeches giving support for Obama but what about the days ahead? The Hillary supporters feel dissed by the way Obama has treated them. You don't tell a bunch of angry women to just suck it up for the good of the party. Women are not made that way. Obama or his people have created this problem.

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    ConsAreNonGrata10 months, 1 week ago

    Yep, Palin is a great choice.

    http://www.adn.com/front/story/469135.html

    "Former Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan on Friday said that since Gov. Sarah Palin took office, members of her administration and family pressured him to fire a Palmer Alaska State Trooper to whom her sister was involved in a bitter child custody battle."

    Sounds just like a Con - petty and vindictive.

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    crespi10 months, 1 week ago

    An inexperienced, gay hater who kills animals in her spare time...

    THE PERFECT REPUBLICAN CHOICE.

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    ConsAreNonGrata10 months, 1 week ago

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080829/pl_polit...

    Larry Kudlow of CNBC’s “Kudlow & Co.” asked her about the possibility of becoming McCain's ticket mate.

    Palin replied: “As for that VP talk all the time, I’ll tell you, I still can’t answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I’m used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we’re trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question.”

    Wonder what McLame told her she would be doing?

    McLame: Haven't you seen what Cheney has done for the office. You want another secret energy policy meeting? You GOT IT!!!

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      willottica10 months, 1 week ago

      With McCain's VP pick, this election is guaranteed to make history, the USA will get one of three things:

      A female Vice President.

      A multi-racial President

      or a Third Party win (Not likely at all, but wouldn't it shake things up?)

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        onehipmama10 months, 1 week ago

        Why am I not surprised that the McCain camp has such a lack of respect for women that they assume the "undecided women" voted for Hillary soley because of her gender. It is a slap in the face.

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          mompro10 months, 1 week ago

          Frankly I'm sick and tired of people assuming that women will vote for any woman that comes along for the simple point of electing a woman. Unfortunately I'm pretty sure women are smarter than that and put a little more common sense into their choice process. No intelligent Democrat, I pray, is going to cross party lines based on the sex of a candidate. This is a stupid conversation to be having. Plain and simple McCain needed an edge on his ticket and getting an African American would have been too obvious. So, now he's played the only card available for his desperation. Yes, I will enjoy the VP Debate.

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          jaern10 months, 1 week ago

          Its funny how his choice in VP is brilliant. She's young and inexperienced but he's bringing so much experience to the campaign. The big problem is he has had melanoma cancer 4 times in a 9 year period and is the oldest candidate ever. If he did win the election, he might not finish a first term and we'd be left with a young and inexperienced Sarah Palin for president. But, what the heck-GWB was young and inexperienced too. What's the worse that could happen?

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          Charlson10 months, 1 week ago

          Here's a little bio about Palin. She like many other politicians has some strengths and some weaknesses. Have mixed feelings about her but let's see how this all hashes out on the campaign trail.

          Palin is strongly opposed to abortion and supports capital punishment. While running for Governor of Alaska, Palin supported the teaching of creationism alongside evolution in schools. She is an avid hunter and sportswoman and a member of NRA.

          Alaska was one of the first U.S. states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage, in 1998, along with Hawaii. Palin has stated that she supported the 1998 constitutional amendment. But Palin's first veto was used to block legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to the partners of gay state employees. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska's attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.

          When the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin realized that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she simply replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation. The new board, led by businesswoman Kristan Cole, reversed the decision to close the dairy. The new board approved milk price increases offered by the dairy in an attempt to control fiscal losses, even though milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices. In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts but received no bids.

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          miklkit10 months, 1 week ago

          What's the worst that could happen? 4 more years on Mcbush! This country can't afford 4 more years of that insanity.

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          Judy_H10 months, 1 week ago

          I love it! Imagine the stage now...children, women, African American, and Senior Citizen...(all family members on the Republican Stage at acceptance time...) all those that the Democrats have been saying Repubs are out to destroy! Makes Barack and his family look a little one-dimensional.

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          jordan1110 months, 1 week ago

          Lord, I haven't laughed so much in a long time. OK children. Ya got your VP pick. Let the games begin. LOLOLOL!

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          abntv10 months, 1 week ago

          Sure didnt take long for the hypocrites to come out of the woodwork......

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