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- blakecr, on 08/29/2008, -81/+528A heartbeat away from the presidency is obviously saying in one heartbeat McCain could pass and the least experienced person for the job could be our next Commander-in-Chief.
This is devastating to the debate of experience. - inactive, on 08/29/2008, -56/+431LOOK OUT, CINDY! John has found a younger one!
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -111/+470Other than Holy Joe Lieberman & Willard Romney, this is the best news imaginable for Democrats.
Can you imagine a former mayor of a town of 9,000 who's now a scandal-plagued governor in just her second year in office and one who believes creationism should be taught in all our schools becuase evolution is only a theory on stage debating Joe Biden.
Big Oil. Creationism. Virulently anti-choice. Scandal-plagued as we speak. A heartbeat away from the Presidency?
LOL. - GoneGreen, on 08/29/2008, -99/+353OMG... This is just hillarious. Talk about poor judgement. Congratulations, President Obama!
- bepeace, on 08/29/2008, -64/+258Best Quote from Emanuel:
"Is this really who the Republican Party wants to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency? Given Sarah Palin's lack of experience on every front and on nearly every issue, this Vice Presidential pick doesn't show judgment: it shows political panic." - Lspook63, on 08/29/2008, -20/+161You're kidding, right? She actually wants creationism taught in classrooms? I'm a science teacher and this prospect actually makes me nauseous.
- jsatz23, on 08/29/2008, -54/+195Democrats need to make sure that those who are still on the fence for Obama and supported Hillary know that this is a political play.
Palin is not pro-choice, she is been investigated by the state she ran and is a huge supporter of Big Oil. Does not sound one thing like Hillary Clinton. - jbdobd, on 08/29/2008, -38/+163for 40 years, John McCain has been chasing women 30 years younger than he is. Clearly, John McCain is incapable of change.
- JekJob, on 08/29/2008, -60/+179HA! I was hoping for Romney or somebody, because it would be a disaster. But this is much better than I could have imagined!
Joe Biden vs. No-experience Palin, October 2nd. - pintomp3, on 08/29/2008, -32/+148McCain: Wait wait, I'm picking a VP? I thought I was picking my next wife.
- bthsmth, on 08/29/2008, -49/+162I can't believe you are dissing MY FAVORITE pick for VEEP. She's a true American and a Patriot. And, she was the president of our club, BEAUTY QUEENS FOR MCCAIN!!!!
I can't WAIT to see her in the debates with Joe Biden. I wonder what she'll wear? - shadowman99, on 08/29/2008, -13/+121The GOP response will be that as a Governor she is the only person in this race with chief executive experience. They'll go on to say Obama is a first time US senator who's previous experience was as a state legislator. It sets up their message for next week, which the theme will be "elder statesman with experience > wide eyed idelist new kid in town"
Debating experience is probably a bad was to go. Truth is there's not a job out there that qualifies as prior experience for president. It's an empty criticism. - Lspook63, on 08/29/2008, -56/+164Can't wait for the VP debates. Biden will eat her alive. This is the person McCain's judges as ready to lead and step up? She has NO experience in anything! Knows nothing about foreign policy or international relations and nothing about economics. She lives in Alaska for God's sake!
He's obviously trying to gain Clinton supporters. I truly hope they reject this desperate attempt. Palin is NOT Clinton. You can't just put in another woman and expect it makes no difference. Clinton supporters didn't just want any woman to break the "glass ceiling" they wanted Hillary. This choice is insulting to our intelligence and pretty much a slap in the face. - Deadpixel1221, on 08/29/2008, -48/+152McCain/Vagina 08
- kurosen, on 08/29/2008, -45/+143I really couldn't care about sharing my political opinion as it's all just noise on Digg, though I'm amazed that all the people rooting for Obama are now saying that inexperience is a factor when considering Palin, but are ignoring the very same complaints from the other side when the issue is directed towards Obama.
Just my 2 cents... - peticsu, on 08/29/2008, -23/+109It must be a funny feeling to be Sarah Palin knowing the person you serve wont vote for equal pay...
- Cwolf267, on 08/29/2008, -25/+99I'd intern her oval office...
- fadeout, on 08/29/2008, -32/+106She opposses birth control and even access to abortion in the event of a rape. You read that right, if your daughter is raped Palin wants you to carry the rapists fetus to term. That's way to the right of McCain and even Bush. She makes Bush look like Nancy Pelosi.
Utterly psychotic right wing. - davidg11, on 08/29/2008, -107/+17510 REASON WHY SARAH PALIN WINS MCCAINS ELECTION
John McCain has picked Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, and already there is quite a buzz on the internet that this choice is going to give his campaign a big boost. The following are ten reasons why this appears likely to be true:
1) Unlike the extremely uninspiring choice of Joe Biden by Barack Obama, the choice of Sarah Palin is absolutely electrifying the Republican base. In the minds of many Republicans this is a game changing choice, and the Republicans have not had something like this to get excited about in ages.
2) Sarah Palin is a mother of five, and this will help the Republicans to do much better with "soccer moms" which is always a key demographic.
3) Sarah Palin could also draw in some of the Hillary Clinton supporters who felt incredibly snubbed and disrespected by Barack Obama.
4) Sarah Palin's husband is a union member, and that will help McCain's campaign with blue collar workers who will be so key in states like Michigan and Ohio.
5) On September 11, 2007, the Sarah Palin's eldest son Track joined the Army. He serves in an infantry brigade and will be deployed to Iraq in September 2008. This will help McCain among the military and among military families.
6) On April 18, 2008, Sarah Palin gave birth to her second son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome. This will help McCain's campaign with groups that advocate for the disabled. Plus there is the sympathy factor.
7) McCain now has a chance to get social conservatives excited. Many social conservatives have been very suspicious of McCain, but Palin is strongly pro-life, a supporter of capital punishment, and belongs to Feminists for Life, and this will give social conservatives much more of a reason to come into McCain's camp.
8) In 1984, Palin was the runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, and as much as that shouldn't count, Americans are more shallow than ever. Americans prefer good looking people, and as sad as it is, the fact that she is attractive will win votes.
9) A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%. She has had consistently high approval ratings in Alaska, and that is a huge difference from the Republicans in Washington.
10) Speaking of the Republicans in Washington, this choice signals even more of a move away form the Bush administration, and this can only help McCain. - savannahcat, on 08/29/2008, -65/+127What more proof do you need of mccain's poor judgement? This is almost laughable.
- mommacat, on 08/29/2008, -38/+99I get his idea. He wants the hillary voters. Well, I think mccain screwed himself this time. I dont think people are that dumb. This is a stunt, and a stunt at the expense of the American people.
My lord, what is wrong with these republicans?? Everything they do is a trick or a scam to get power. This women cant be president, sorry folks, and with mccain near death himself, it makes the choice even more insane. Poor judgement, and and insult to american women is my opinion of mcsames choice. This is almost funny, but its also sad to see how the GOP operates. - inactive, on 08/29/2008, -17/+73The scandal consists in trying to get a police officer fired after he made death threats to his wife during a divorce, and Tasered their 11-year-old child, only to run into a "blue wall" of police union thugs protecting one of their own. The moms of America are not going to care that the thug cop was Palin's ex-brother-in-law. You can be sure this has been thoroughly vetted by McCain's team.
- martinezmic, on 08/29/2008, -12/+68Palin's only foreign policy experience is her proximity to Russia
- whataboutdave, on 08/29/2008, -22/+68You'll be crucified for pointing it out, but you're dead on.
Either experience matters or it doesn't. Which is it? - rhabd0mancer, on 08/29/2008, -22/+66She's a big-time jesus freak. You can see it in her eyes. She's filled to the brim with the spirit of jebus christ.
- mrseptic, on 08/29/2008, -11/+55Oh, if only it were a joke.
Anchorage Daily News:
http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/elections/story/8 ... - ProfessorSYM, on 08/29/2008, -6/+49I swear during her speech he kept looking down at her ass, caught himself and looked away...SEVERAL times.
- nmessick, on 08/29/2008, -14/+56Experience did not matter when we where talking about Obama, but all the sudden it does....? Explain that to me?
- veganpa, on 08/29/2008, -32/+73The greatest insult to America's intelligence ever.
Not that it won't work...
Note -- Austin TX has more people than Alaska. Would you want a 72-year-old man to pick the mayor of Austin (who had been mayor for 19 months) as VP? And one that believes creationism should be taught in schools? - sockpuppets, on 08/29/2008, -18/+57I knew bush would make it into the campaign somehow.
- stonecircle, on 06/11/2009, -49/+88What troubles me most is that this woman is under investigation, accused of firing the state's public safety commissioner because he refused to fire her sister's exhusband. The country is not ready for another term fraught with political favors and corruption.
- l3oo, on 08/29/2008, -21/+5811) She can put together a coherent sentence without the help of a teleprompter.
- inactive, on 08/29/2008, -23/+58Actually I don't like to hear complete ***** - I'm not gonna sit here and tell you that Obama is seasoned but you're out of your mind if you think her experience matches. Mayor of 9,000 people? Really? More people were at Obama's speech last night. Governor of the state that built the bridge to nowhere, and a population of under a million - less than San Antonio TX. So we can just go ahead and grab the mayor from there and say he has more experience. I get it you don't like Obama, but don't lie about the facts. If your saying Obama's past has NO executive experience, besides running one of the strongest campaigns I have ever witnessed, then McCain has none either. You guys are just lying now, it's pathetic, and I'm surprised you wont come to some sort of realization this was a bad pick. She is the new Dan Quayle.
- dcmjzero, on 08/29/2008, -12/+46@dtaylor
That was the weakest troll I have ever seen.
1. No real Democrat would vote for McCain and especially not Palin- obvious lie.
2. You spelled "woman" wrong. Something a woman would probably not do.
3. Your profile says you are a man.
4. There are no women on the internet.
FAIL. - mephitix, on 08/29/2008, -13/+45Uhh.. okay, same cliche argument. Allow me to drop some facts on you.
Barack Obama:
Studied at Columbia, Harvard Law School, President of Harvard Law Review, community organizer in Chicago helping set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization, entered Harvard Law School, graduated magna cum laude, joined a law firm, was a member/founding member on SEVEN board of directors, was in the state legislature for 7 years, was a US senator in 2005.
Sarah Palin:
Miss Wasilla, served as ethics commissioner of the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and she resigned in protest after 1 year. Governor for two years.
It's not just about how many years you spend as a governor/senator. I consider it laughable that Palin is a VP candidate. - thcobbs, on 08/29/2008, -14/+45GODDAMNIT.... not 8 hours away from the announcement and the half-truths and ***** propagand is already starting to spew. And from your own article mrseptic:
"I don't think there should be a prohibition against debate if it comes up in class. It doesn't have to be part of the curriculum." She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state's required curriculum. Members of the state school board, which sets minimum requirements, are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Legislature. "I won't have religion as a litmus test, or anybody's personal opinion on evolution or creationism," Palin said.
So, she doesn't want it TAUGHT in class, but it should not be a banned subject. You know... like freedom of speech, inquisitive minds, and open debate(even if creationism can't stand up to many logical tests). - TWillz, on 08/29/2008, -12/+42Trig and Track? Seriously... WTF?
- MrPat8oHed, on 10/09/2008, -22/+52Just wait until Playboy's Girls of the Republican Party issue comes out.
- sancho, on 08/29/2008, -5/+35"Can't wait for the VP debates. Biden will eat her alive. "
No offense, but this is pretty naive. The debates are a joke these days. It's all about how well you can deflect your opponents attacks--it's not really about the issues. - nmessick, on 08/29/2008, -11/+40I'm really starting to like this lady. If she Pisses off PETA members I'm behind her 100%
- jxfallout, on 08/29/2008, -14/+43If it were up to McCain:
McCain/***** 08 - PlantGod72, on 08/29/2008, -45/+73
Hmmm....seems Johnny boy has ditched his old one for a newby AGAIN!
Oh well, Cindy, you got your beer (fortune) and pills to soothe the pain.... - FanofFilm, on 08/29/2008, -4/+32wrxpert
7 of the last 17 presidents were governors right before becoming president
only 2 of the last 17 were senators right before - falstaff, on 08/29/2008, -11/+37There are a number of her quotes floating around, but the usually leave off this part:
"She added that, if elected, she would not push the state Board of Education to add such creation-based alternatives to the state’s required curriculum." - whataboutdave, on 08/29/2008, -17/+43You assume all women are strongly pro-choice.
You assume incorrectly. Palin is a woman, which will be enough for many, many Hillary supporters. Watch and see. - Richandler, on 08/29/2008, -77/+103Huffington Post needs to remember that more than half of America doesn't share their view. What a biased article.
Of the 4 candidates she is the only one who has actually changed and influence government positively recently. - jakereilly, on 08/29/2008, -1/+26I'd beat her with shovel.
- falstaff, on 08/29/2008, -4/+29The whole "experience" debate, as it has played out and as it will in the months ahead, is completely off base. Experience itself means nothing. Bush Sr. was the ultimate experienced insider and only lasted 4 years. Unseated by an upbeat guy from backwater Arkansas.
What really matters is judgment and insight. Experience helps, but it's not strictly necessary. Does Obama have the right judgment? Does Palin? Those are the important questions. Experience is one way to get there, but it's not the only way. - shadowman99, on 08/29/2008, -5/+30@blakecr - Just sayin' that's going to be the response.
No, I'm not going to make any arguments for or against her qualifications. Honestly, 99% of everyone in this discussion never heard of this chick before 10 hours ago.
The best thing she has going for her is she's the only candidate you can rub one off to. - pintomp3, on 08/29/2008, -5/+28that's why cindy avoids driving around arizona, she doesn't want to get in a car crash and end up like mccain's last wife.
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