McCain's choice of Palin as VP shows a serious lack of judgement. His VP pick is extremely important, even more so than Obama, since the chance of him dying in office is more likely... and he goes with an inexperienced governor from Alaska that no one has ever heard of?? Give me a break.. this whole thing reeks more of a politically motivated ploy as oppose to picking someone who he thinks is best for the job. Although I fail to see the political strategy behind it.. the party just seems to be grasping at straws right now....

I mean is there anyone in America who would feel better with Palin as second in line to presidency as oppose to Biden??

fight_or_flight

United States3988 Posts

August 30 2008 02:59 GMT

#523

So in the relatively likely case that McCain dies or becomes unfit to serve while president, we are going to have this woman take over?

triangle

United States3803 Posts

August 30 2008 02:59 GMT

#524

My friend's reaction at hearing the VP pick:

"Where did he pick her up, diversity bargain warehouse? And here we have a bland, nonthreatening woman, sir. Or perhaps you would be interested in this vaguely Indian-looking guy?"

That pretty much sums up my reaction as well.

fanatacist

10319 Posts

August 30 2008 03:03 GMT

#525

Barack Obama FTW.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

August 30 2008 04:23 GMT

#526

Why does Cindy McCain have a cast on her right hand(?), don't tell me she is still suffering from a sprain from a "over excited" voter?

a-game

Canada5117 Posts

August 30 2008 05:36 GMT

#527

does anyone else think that cindy mccain will be worried about womanizing john mccain in such close proximity to a 44 year old vpilf?

we all know why john really picked her

, he's got a habit of trading them in when they get a bit worn around the edges

alphafuzard

United States1610 Posts

August 30 2008 05:47 GMT

#528

mccains pick in palin is clearly just a move to grab as many voters as possible, not a move to create a strong cabinet for running a country

biden has unparalleled foreign policy experience and is a good choice for a right hand man, especially for someone like obama who is criticized for lack of experience

there is no way that a governor of alaska for less than two years is even remotely close to being the best qualified for being the co-leader of the current strongest nation in the world

a-game

Canada5117 Posts

August 30 2008 06:29 GMT

#529

i just renovated the OP, in light of the presidential campaign having basically actually kicked off in earnest this week

dybydx

Canada1764 Posts

August 30 2008 06:41 GMT

#530

i wanna see obama girl v mccain girl wear bikinis, oiled up and duke it out on wrestling ring. better than watching TSN or C-SPAN.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

August 30 2008 06:45 GMT

#531

mccain girl is ugly as hell

Servolisk

United States5241 Posts

August 30 2008 06:52 GMT

#532

Googling "mccain girl" brings up this: http://i30.tinypic.com/wrjmeg.png

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

August 30 2008 06:54 GMT

#533

thats obama girl

Servolisk

United States5241 Posts

August 30 2008 06:55 GMT

#534

Her, then? http://campaigncircus.com/video_player.php?v=9882&keyword=81

Weird video ~.~ But I thought the Olbermann part was hilarious =]

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

August 30 2008 06:55 GMT

#535

oh wait do you mean the barely political mccain girl (not my type)

or the horrendous its raining mccain girl

azndsh

United States4447 Posts

August 30 2008 15:46 GMT

#536

Actually, if Americans are stupid enough, Palin might actually be able to garner a good number of votes. I'm actually worried, because it's the Democrats' election to lose, and by those rules, McCain made an excellent decision.

Falcynn

United States3597 Posts

August 30 2008 16:06 GMT

#537

Apparently a few people (and by that I mean a couple of forum trolls with time to kill) are wondering/investigating if Palin tried to hide her 16 year old (well 17 now) daughter's pregnancy by claiming it as her child.

http://www.gfy.com/showthread.php?t=851462

I doubt anyone will actually give a shit even if it's true, but it might be an interesting read for people with time to kill.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

August 30 2008 17:02 GMT

#538

On August 31 2008 00:46 azndsh wrote:
Actually, if Americans are stupid enough, Palin might actually be able to garner a good number of votes. I'm actually worried, because it's the Democrats' election to lose, and by those rules, McCain made an excellent decision.

That's what I'm worried about, look what one Osama video did to the 2004 election, now with this VP pick and all the buzz anything could happen.

d34gl3r

Korea (South)92 Posts

August 30 2008 17:24 GMT

#539

"More people watched Obama speak from a packed stadium in Denver on Thursday than watched the Olympics opening ceremony in Beijing, the final "American Idol" or the Academy Awards this year, Nielsen Media Research said Friday. (Four playoff football games, including the Super Bowl between the Giants and Patriots, were seen by more than 40 million people.)"

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080829/D92S7N101.html