I dont understand why the left is spending so much time forcusing on her—because, now they now women are “fair game”? Look, no one wil vote for McCain because of her—so you should be glad! He made a dumb pick—surprise—and GOOD!A few PUMAs might—but, from the ones I talked to—they wont, in the end.And, WHO CARES? Does the left do the “right” stuff now? The personal attakcs about parenthod, personal sex life, etc?? Lets leave that to the neo-cons, OK neo-liberals? Lest we BECOME them!

And, there it is Blacksphere…

This is exactly what we all hoped, wished and even prayed for after the Coup, when GW took up residence in the Oval Office as the President. We fervently hoped that he would appoint good advisors, because we knew we had a moron with ZERO experience in the seat. Would you say that he has used good judgment in making ANY decisions?

•  “..And therein lies the question, in spite of Palin’s lack of experience does she have the inherent ability of good sense should she somehow become the president?

And herein lies the answer..NO! There is nothing in even her limited political leadership or her personal life that gives even the slightest indication that she has the inherent ability of good sense required if she should ‘somehow’ become the president, which is a damn good possibility.

***The problem with Sarah Palin, argues speechwriter Dan Conley on the Political Wire, isn’t that she’s inexperienced—it’s that she’s a total unknown. Where does she really stand on anything?***

Well, she has been labeled as pro oil/drilling, anti-environmentalist especially when it comes to ‘drill or protect the polar bears, she believes in teen pregnancy, she likes to hunt caribou, has been described as ‘not a great communicator’; sounds like the perfect republican stooge for maintaining failed public policy by enhancing the ‘elites’ at the cost of the environment and what is left of the middle class. I say she makes mccain unelectable but, the supreme court over rode in 2000 the defeat of w, and now that voter fraud has been identified in at least the past few elections since 1996 or so, I have to look as mccain as electable at a 50/50 chance. And a good bit will depend on other higher forces’ choice of who they want as the leader of the US.

The breaking news that Palin’s daughter is pregnant and not married is irrelevant.

What is relevant is McCain priorities: his politics, his election is more important than anything else.

But still the abject cynicism is there for John McCain, as well as an in-your-face, people-be-damned attitude. It is the same George W. Bush/Karl Rove trademark: be bold, seem daring, steal headlines, and shock the pundits.

Rolling out of the dunghill of Rove’s (Turd Blossom’s) reactionary cynicism, McCain advisors must believe that because Palin is a woman, most women voters – all starved for a female leader and who were Hillary-jilted—will turn to McCain-Palin. McCain must believe that Palin’s maverick reputation will re-energize a false maverick status he so carefully forged over the years. He must believe that a 44 year old attractive newcomer will make their ticket young again.

Never mind the obscenity of putting the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency of a 72 year old man with a history of cancer, and one who has also been characterized with mood swings. After all, they share the trite and worn-out ideas borrowed from a failed president.

Well, there certainly has been a plethora of posts regarding McCain’s selection of Palin as his running mate.  Its obvious why McCain picked her and no doubt Bush the first’s successful choice of Quayle must have been in the back of his mind.

Th biggest problem with Palin is her apparent lack of overall experience, both national and international. However, the office of the President is such a complex job in today’s world that no one person can actually be aware of or knowledgeable of all the issues.  The President relies on a cadre of advisers, staff, and so called experts to provide answers, alternatives, and pitfalls on the issues.  All we can ask of the president is that person uses good judgment when making the final decision.  And therein lies the question, in spite of Palin’s lack of experience does she have the inherent ability of good sense should she somehow become the president?

McSamme did this for purely political reasons—to get some conservative Dem Hilary supporters—althought she, herself, would not aupport either of them.It’s cynical as hell. Thats why we need to change the two-party system.That being said, why should he “not be able to get away with this”?? If its a BAD pick—HOPRAH! He’ll lose! That IS part of he prob.—tghe “peoples’ choice” almost never enters into politiocnas deciison making anymore.

And don’t forget, she’s being deposed in October.

DKos has a diary up about her involvement in the Alaska Independence Party.

No one in Alaska remembers her being against the bridge to nowhere.

Etc. Etc. Etc.

Some have compared McCain’s Palin pick to Bush’s Meiers pick for SC justice.  I actually think it’s much worse.

I compare it to Bush’s decision to invade iraq, using aides and cabinet holders to obscure his personal decision process with manufactured facts. 

And, yes, I believe this political move reeks of the sinister and bodes ill for the country.  At 72 years old, McCain can easily keel over and I do not think he is capable of such a job for two terms at his age.  To have this woman as president depicts a country that is completely out of sync with my vision of a democracy, allowing McCain to arrogantly appoint someone whose, in his words, “experience in the PTA” is more credible than the experience of his competitors and of all other Republican legislators and presidential candidates.

I don’t think he should be allowed to get away with this and I plan to write letters to the editors,to the senators, op-eds, posts, EVERY SINGLE DAY venting my disgust at this insult. 

Last night I posted about the fact that I’d not heard from one female Republican legislator like Kay Hutchinson, Elizabeth Dole, Olympia Snowe, Collins their thoughts about the McCain beauty queen wolfgal.  This morning, however, Laura Bush was trotted out to represent the Republican women.  When told that Kay Hutchinson had demurred from making a comment by saying that she didn’t know much about her, Laura piped up quickly, “well, I know her. I remember her from the governors’ breakfasts. I think she’s an exciting choice and with more experience than any of the 3 candidates running.” More experienced than even McCain? the reporter asked. “Well, differently experienced—she’s a mother of five children and a governor, too.”

Well, Barack has 2 children, Biden was a single parent of 2 and now has 4.  But I guess the magical number is 5. 

And THEY LET HER GET AWAY WITH THAT!!

My fellow Americans, this isn’t change, this is the same old s…!

Actually, they know a great deal about her in parts of Alaska.  Remember that she’s from a small town and everybody knows everything about everyone in a small town.

This person’s blog is blowing up with lots of places publishing links to it, so you won’t be the first to visit, but here it is anyway.

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/

But now the cleanup crew has started.  Palin’s praise of the Obama energy plan that was on her website?  Scrubbed.  Photos on the website during the time period she was supposedly to have been pregnant? Allegedly scrubbed too.  John McCain’s organized vetting team?  Supposedly on their way to Alaska right now.  (Note to McCain staffers:  Vet FIRST…it works out better that way.)  The National Enquirer?  Supposedly all over this already. Photos of the pregnant (or not) Palin are circulating everywhere. One thing is certain, the rumor mill has started, and there’s no getting this toothpaste back in the tube.

I’m not so sure that the convention is being mostly canceled due to Gustav…

The strategy as I see it is to ride the wave for the next eight weeks and to have her peak in November. In order to that, the needed someone who is an unknown. By the time the MSM get around to vetting her, it may be too late.

Ah MackTN,

You noticed this too eh?

•  “Finally, someone who gives us “straighttalk.” And they continue to hide her, which is why they’ve been so quick to cancel their convention, to avoid scrutiny.”

And the canceling of he convention, (for all intents and purposes) and blaming it on a hurricane bearing down on the US Gulf Coast just doubles the heaping of the cynicism.

And yes, THEY GET AWAY WITH IT!!

They have drug Barack Obama over the coals, though the fire, and stabbed from every direction to every major organ, at least a dozen times or more.

And yet….. NOTHING here.

I find I need to remind myself, so I’ll remind ya’ll, it’s not as if McCain makes such huge GOP decisions all by his CooCoo lonesome.  That would explain everything, and we could wipe our collective brow.  This is even more cynical, insulting, undemocratic, and darkly entertaining than it appears.  It’s not the lone maverick getting frisky.  We are witnessing the implosion of the most corrupt and poisonous political party this nation has ever nightmared up.  Good Riddance and Giddy Up!!

Hey!!  Republican’ts!!  It’s the Kool Aid Kid (Oh Yeah!)  Down Your Brother Truckin’ Hatches!!
Yee Ha!!  Yipee-Yi-Yay!!  Ya-Hoo!!

It’s true Palin was initially a nobody, but she is gradually becoming a somebody.  Unfortunately, we’re learning that somebody is not very truthful. A few days ago, Palin tells a McCain crowd:  “I told Congress, thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere.”  Yet, news sources show there was a time when this Palin was very much for the Bridge to Nowhere.  In fact, it appears she actually campaigned on a build the bridge platform when she was running for Governor in 2006.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/51273.html

This strategy is cynical, undemocratic and frankly, unpatriotic.  Americans have a right to know who they are elevating to the Presidency.  The McCain campaign is using Gov. Palin for tactical political gain with no regard for the voters’ right to select a candidate who they know and trust.

Finally, someone who gives us “straighttalk.”  And they continue to hide her, which is why they’ve been so quick to cancel their convention, to avoid scrutiny. 

McCain acts like he’s immortal, that because he’s been given a clean bill of health, he won’t die in office and leave us with President Palin. 

Tim Russert had a clean bill of health, too, and he was 58.

Compounding this lack of patriotism is the response of the MSM who actually allow these politicians to outright lie during interviews.  Fred Thompson saying she’s more qualified than any other Republican to be commander in chief!  But then assuring us that McCain won’t die. His 96-year old mother will be at the convention.  And perhaps you’ve had the experience of trying to keep up with McCain during his campaign. Whew!  The guy’s an energizer bunny. 

AND THEY LET HIM GET AWAY WITH THAT!!

“This strategy is cynical, undemocratic and frankly, unpatriotic.  Americans have a right to know who they are elevating to the Presidency.  The McCain campaign is using Gov. Palin for tactical political gain with no regard for the voters’ right to select a candidate who they know and trust.”

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And…that’s not the half of it. NOBODY knows ANYTHING about this woman, outside of Alaska. And even THEY can’t know much about her, because it was a teeny tiny place where she conducted her Hockey-Mom turned Mayorship, turned Governor.

So did he hide her? Probably not. I read that he’d only met her once, and semi-recently. This is even lower than the Cheney trick of making himself dictator by proxy.