How does everyone feel about Mccain's VP pick ?

So i did my poll on Obama's pick, so now how do you feel about  Sarah Palin.    The only opinion I have so far is.....who ??? lol

[NautyOne]

Who the hell is Sarah Palin......lol.  I think it was an interesting strategic move on McCain's part.  I don't know where it's going to go........I saw her speak, and I don't like her....lol.  I really have no opinion until I see who the heck she is, and goes toe-to-toe with Joey......did you see Biden's speech......Jooeeyyy  bloody the bullys nose, Jooeeyy.....lmao!!!!  What a dork.

AND THE PLOT THICKENS...............

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

Very interesting move isnt it? At least the Alaska Gov says that she wouldnt allow a "bridge to nowhere" ....

[catmagnet]

??????LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[VicUser]

I think it was a really bad move on McCain's part, he may have just given the election to Obama.  There were so many good choices he could have made, so why an unknown with even less experience than Obama.

[allaboutmary]

I was thinking the same thing. This was a really important pick because of McCain's age. I think McCain was more interested in being a mavrick than making the right choice.

Nauty,  LMAO   I can't even imagine the debates with her and Joeeeyyyy. He's gonna kick her ***, but then again Joey could kick most canidates ***'s.

Theeagle,
She won't be building a bridge to no where, but she is under investigation for trying to get her brother-in-law fired. We'll just have to wait and see. lol

[NautyOne]

Yeah, and then her relationship to  Charelton Heston....lol.  "Sara Barracuda"  Thats enough to turn me off, and the fact that she kills moose......heartless Btch !

The only thing she has going for her right now is her "hottie" hubby.  Could you Imagine a mother of 5 taking over the country when McCain drops dead?.......HOly Oiy !!!  I'm sorry if I sound prejudice, but A mother of 5 screaming kids should NOt be in the White House. she should be home baking brownies and taking her kids to hockey practice...

I also think it was a bad choice.  Floundering is a sign of fear, and Obabma should take that as a compliment.  

And the Saga Continues....................can't wait for the debate !!

Nauty...........

[flmagi]

I myself feel she was an excellant pick.
Of course, I'm for Obama.
I have to laugh though, the republicans are just trying so hard to back McCain's choice and to say she was a great choice. LOL What else can they do? Say "we want a do-over, and this time the old senile guy doesn't get to pick the VP?".
Oh this poor woman going up against joey. tisk, tisk.

[flmagi]

Naughty,   You were/are a Hillary follower.  Are you telling me, that McCain didn't fool you into backing him by putting a woman in the VP spot?  Like we stupid women would maybe think it was Hillary?  
Bay Buchanan (Rep.Stratagist) on CNN just said something along the line of , Palin knows how to balance a buget and has real life experiance, she runs a household.  OMG

[starfish1963]

I guess Im the minority here because of my profession and Faith.
I think it's a good thing.

[allaboutmary]

Does your faith say that millions should die because they can't afford health care, or lose their social security.  Does your faith tell you to vote Republican ?

[sterling_silver]

What an irresponsible pick. He is 72 and has had cancer. If something happens to him, he has left 300 million people in her hands. Now he can't bring up how inexperienced Obama is in the debates. It was clearly a desperate move. Or, is it possible the Republicans don't even want to win? Dump the war and the economy in Obama's lap.
However the republicans spin this. THIS WAS A CRAZY PICK.  

[sterling_silver]

They also have her on video and in print in the newspaper from 2006, saying the bridge to nowhere was a great move.................oi      she lied in her first speech.

[NautyOne]

I was not for Hillary because she is a woman.  I was for Hills cause I think she has more balls then Osama and McClain put together.  And, with Bill behind her.....it certainly couldn't hurt.

McCain made a very desperate choice.  He knows he is probably going to lose, and the other three jokers, romney, ex-sec of defense, and good lord libbyman.....He probably found out about their last minute scandals.......He wanted to slap a few faces (hillary), before he gets beat by a black man 1/3 of his age.  I think this whole thing is like a bad acid trip.....

I just can't wait to see Jooeeyyyy bloody the barracuda's nose to make his mommy proud....lmao !!!   I am still gettin my kicks over his speech....hahhhaaaa.  If McCain whips out some names of who he will be putting in charge of defense--he might get half of an eyebrow raise........I don't know what I am saying anymore.......lol.  My tylenol pm is kicking in..........

And the SAGA Continues............until next time MY FELLOW AMERICAN'S.

GOOD NIGHT, AND ......GOD BLESS AMERICA.....DA DA DA DAAAAAA

[newgirl2708]

He just handed it to Obama.

She's Tom Ridge with b@@bs.

[flmagi]

I will never understand how people can think being a republican means they're on the side of God.  This is an oxymoron and hypocritical. It is a fact that Republicans start more wars and support only big bussiness. How can someone be against abortion, yet all for unnessary wars that kill thousands of living people? Does God really look down on us and think "Yes, kill many with your wars, hoard your profits and your guns, built me expensive shrines and ignore the needy. Let those middle and lower classes die from lack of medical access. Suck the life out of the earth I gave you to live on, all for the almighty dollar. Do not care for your elders, make them struggle. I have given some of you money, protect it at all costs and never give a thought to the rest of your fellow humans in need".    God is not a republican.

[VicUser]

Mexican-American War: James K. Polk, Democrat
American Civil War: Abraham Lincoln, Republican
Korea (1876); Ulysses S. Grant, Republican
Spanish-American War and Philippine Insurrection: William McKinley, Republican
World War I: Woodrow Wilson, Democrat
Nicaragua: Calvin Coolidge, Republican
World War II: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat
Korean war (1950-54): Harry S. Truman, Democrat
Vietnam War: Lyndon B. Johnson, Democratic
Grenada: Ronald Reagan, Republican
Persian Gulf War Operation Restoring Freedom: George HW Bush, Republican
Bosnia, Kosovo: Bill Clinton, Democrat
Afghanistan and Iraq: George W. Bush, Republican

Hmmm, looks like more Democrats than Republicans to me!!!!

[VicUser]

ok so at first look you will say hey there are more Republicans than Democrats, but if you really look at wars vs skirmishes you will see that the Dems lead. However the point should be how many of these have lead to the betterment of the country or the world. Just to say one party is more ready to go to war not looking at why things happened.

[Coolio Hernendez]

She has the same experience as obama...but you have heard of obama so much that you think he has more.
Its a good pick...if Mcain dies i mean c'mon the vice pres wont take over....She will just be the figure head.

But i dont know %$#@

[starfish1963]

Im a registerd Democrat.  If someone in the United States needs health care it's available, you just have to go through some red tape.  Millions of babies are killed everyday and that's ok but lets not hurt a turtle or cut down a tree.  Palin is agaisnt abortion.  If Obama gets into office our taxes will go up and the services will do down.  If you think he is going to give all Americans health care I have some property I want to show you at low tide ;)  I'm tired of the last 8 years and we need a change but Obama isn't it.  He has a good chance of being killed just because of his color which is sad.  I lost my cousin I graduated high school with in building number 2 on September 11 and a lot of others I knew.  It took 6 months for my bil port athourity police to go through all the memorials.  God clearly tell us there is a time for war.  Do I think we should still be there no.  Is there any easy solutions no!  You can not change a nation who thinks it's a honor to die and kill people PERIOD!  If we didn't go there you could believe they would have attacked us again.  I have no problems with black people it's always been the white people who hurt me, besides the few times I was mugged in Manhattan (being in the wrong place doing the wrong thing) but hey your entitled to your opinion as am I.  I welcome yours so please don't put down mine.  I guess it's true, don't talk politics or religion lol
Peace!

[allaboutmary]

Sorry, it's just that it always seems that people of faith think they must vote republican. This is a sore spot for me, as more times than not the republican's are just out for them selves and not "love thy niehbor" (sorry spelling).  I just can't understand why people vote by faith and not issues. I guess this is why it is so important to have separation of church and state.

[starfish1963]

It's all good I have thick skin now that I live in the deep south lol
Your known by your fruit.  
I base my vote by qualifications and yes my faith.
I think it's just a matter of picking the lesser of the 2 evils this year.

[MJIthewriter]

Mods please don't link block this.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1051&tstamp=200808

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[MJIthewriter]

BTW Gustav is a category 3 now.

[MJIthewriter]

oops I thought I was posting in the hurricane topic.... I'll slink away and find the apprropriate place to post....

[Savas]

You have to remember that the democratic party was technically the republican party pre-1880's. Technically, it was the democratic-republican party vs. the federalists.

Later the party split and the dem's and repub's had essentially reversed policy to that of today's dem's and repub's (a modern day republican would have been considered an 1860's democrat by our standards, and vice versa. Keep in mind this is a vast simplification).

I don't like either of 'em.  the republicans have only one hope of winning; a miracle in Iraq. Which I doubt they'll get.

Obama is just mouthing typical "I have a dream" platitudes. Neither side has presented a plausible method of making serious changes in this country that will fix anything in the long run.

McCain...I've said time and again I won't have anything to do with the republican party until the make a clean, honest break from the evangelical right.

Big Business has it's grip so tightly around our governments nuts that I can't see any real change coming about..

Frankly, it's what I liked about Hillary. She took them on in a big way a while back...and yes, she did lose. But that wasn't ger fault, to many other corrupt and lily livered politicians were afraid of losing the extra cash from bribes, kickbacks and investments.

I had high hopes that she was gonig to use the presidency to take a second run at big business, with more success.

Ah well, now we'll never know.

Blech. I think I'll vote for myself. ;)

[NautyOne]

Good post.  Except for the 1880's stuff.....lol.  had to throw that in, hun......lol.  So true what you said about hills......now we will never know.  I have learned a whole new and interesting side on prejudice.........I won't go into that, but.......

I don't know what to think anymore.  I believe McCain will prevail this.  What is said, and what is put on the ballot are a different story.  I am learning more and more each day about each candidate and what they propose, and I am not afraid anymore.  I believe Obama is blowing a lot of steam, and I don't know about taking from the rich and giving to the poor.......I know we need to get out of Iraq for economic reasons.......will take a long time , but either way, we will make it, whether it be McCain or Obama.

Its in the hands of you.........MY FELLOW AMERICANS.  THINK WISELY BEFORE YOU CHOOSE.  USE YOUR HEAD & NOT YOUR HEART.

NAUTY........

[NautyOne]

geez that sounded so retarded........up above......I have so much I want to say, but i would be typing all night.  haha....i don't usually read what I post.  I think i better start...lol...........

and the SAGA continues.............

nauty.....

[VicUser]

Don't count Hillary out, I think we will see her running in 2012.

[allaboutmary]

I'm betting Hillary will have some place in Obama's administration. Hopefully something to do with health care.

[NautyOne]

I hope hills will be back in 2012, but I doubt she will be in Obama's administration...lol.  I wonder who it was more difficult to support Obama......I would bet on Bill.  They HATE each other !!

I think its pretty much over for hills, but I love her hutzba !!  hutzba??? oh, no ....here i go again.  I swear I'm not drinking........hehe.  I am just celebrating this weekend in complete solace.  Some of you might know what I am talking about !!  Oh, and did I tell you.....I watch FOX NEWS~~fair and balanced !  I think I am getting political OVERLOAD....dang they are dramatic--fox news that is......its funny.

I feel bad cause I am watching this hurricane thing like a car wreck.  But, I really feel bad for these people........fox is really playing it up......I best stop now.....I am rambling , babbling again..........break.

AND THE SAGA CONTINUES........MY FELLOW AMERICANS......CHOOSE WISELY....

NAUTY.........

[allaboutmary]

Fox news fair and balanced........your kidding right ?  right ?    It's can be so hard to tell if someone is joking through the computer.

[Savas]

Heh heh...I can't help talking about history. I'm becoming more and more obsessed with the past.

You REALLY want to make a difference? Be sure to take part in the pre-election polling. Ironically, it's more important than the actual vote.

After all, the electoral college decides who the president is (the people's vote is in case of an electoral tie). So...take part in opinion polls to let your electoral representatives know what you want.

Sadly, I don't think there will be another female presidential candidate for 12 years minimum. 20 years if the state of the country actually improves over the next decade or two.

The thing that makes me sad about the whole Hillary affair is it's history repeating itself. I can name at least five other instances off the top of my head where the order of earned equality went:

White - Black - Women, dating back to the civil war (blacks did get their freedom before woman did...(and the suffrage movement in the early 1900's all but failed).

It would have been NICE for once to see America not be repetitive and boringly typical. It's not as if Clinton was a Geraldine Ferraro (who, ironically has finally come into her own) who was a terrible pick for Mondale's BP at the time in the 80's.

[allaboutmary]

How do you store all this information in your head. You remind me of my x. Everything he ever heard or read he remembers. I'm so jelous, I have trouble remembering garbage day. lol

[flmagi]

I would like to see Hillary as part of the Obama adminisration.
I really think McCains time has passed. He's to old and is not makeing good dicisions. Maybe in his younger years, but not now.
Go Obama !!!

[alienshadow]

Looks as if hes counting on the womens vote
Hope his plan works
No Bin terriost in office I repaet etc.................................

[Savas]

Luv, I honestly don't know. I think it's a relative thing. My wife is far from impressed by my memory.  She's convinced that every little piece of "useless" knowledge I pick up causes something "useful" to conveniently be kicked out.

Say, for example...her birthday... or what to pick up at the store.

I've always read a lot, from an early age. I grew up in a country area where the nearest kids my age were a half hour drive away. And with two older brothers who thought playing with their little brother consisted of leaving him tied to a tree...well, you get the idea. :)

I find myself fretting more and more over all the things I used to know that I seem to be gradually forgetting. I used to be able to recite passages of Shakespeare or philosophical tracts. Now?

Uh-huh, I'm lucky if I can SPELL Shakespeare on a good day.  And I find myself mixing up facts and names more and more as I get older.

If i was a computer, I'd give myself an upgrade. :)

[margypops]

Well I want to jump on this Band wagon , I had hoped for Hillary as I thought we Gals would make a better Job as President but what the Hey, I will vote for O"Bamea rather than vote for a Republican and more importantly Mc Cain will be doing the same as President Bush has done the last 8 years, why would I want that !!   As for Ms Paling well I bet Hillary had a giggle at the News , can anyone tell me why Hillary wasnt asked to be Vice President I still dont know, who didnt want her there I wonder?

[margypops]

Sorry Sarah I meant Palin .

[flmagi]

I don't really know why Hillary wasn't picked for VP, but my guess is that Bill ruined it for her.

[swampcritter]

(in response to:)

After all, the electoral college decides who the president is (the people's vote is in case of an electoral tie).

---

In the case of an electoral tie, the election goes to the House of Representatives. They must choose among the three top candidates, by popular vote. Each states congressional delegation gets one vote. Swampy hasn't done the math so he is not certain who would win, but small states and large states have the same voting power.

Anyway, this discussion is theoretical, as it is a safe prediction that whoever wins, there will be no electoral tie.

[wait2long]

GO OBAMA!!
this country needs change, not more of the same.  
we have already been put in a hole by bush's decisions
with mcain we would be digging a hole to china...
Obama will make the changes needed for a better
country for ALL, not just the special interests and
big business.
what ever happened to "we the people?"
and separation of church and state is
a very important issue...to me.

[lovepat906]

Ya reallly gotta wade through the BS to get to the truth. For example- Palin decided not to build the bridge to nowhere because she could keep the money and use it for other projects. The ROAD to the nonexistant bridge still got built- cause she would've had to turn that money back in!
I have a major problem with hypocrisy. How is it a "Family Value" to endanger a high risk baby by taking a 13 hour air trip in labor? How is it a "Family Value" to take on a full time campaign when you have a special needs infant and a teenage daughter in crisis?
How is being mayor of a tiny little town where your only duties are 1) ceremonial duties and 2) presiding over city council meetings- " executive experience"? And how is being governor of a state that has less diversity and fewer people  that most cities and is oil wealthy to boot - for less than 2 years- preparation for national office?
How is living"close to Russia" foreign policy experience? And how does this jibe with the Republican claim that Obama isn't ready for national office due to his " lack of experience"?
She is a nice lady, I'm sure. But it is scarey to think that she will be a heartbeat away from being president with John McCain's age and health issues. I see her as a very cynical choice. John McCain proved to me that he put politics first- not the country.
I just hope that a majority of people  really care enough to seek the truth and study the issues.

[peekawho]

She believes that Creationism should be taught in public schools.  

'Nuff said for the Peekster.  

[allaboutmary]

lovepat........I couldn't agree more.   When is she going to have any time to spend with her disabled baby ?  I know she says her husband is going to care for the baby, but come on......Is there even one women here that could be away from thier 5 mo. old baby for days at a time ?  I don't think she had time to think this through.
She also has admitted that she knows nothing about foreign affairs. Obama might not have actual experience, but he knows his stuff. He can tell you what is going on in any part of the world.

I watched the speaches last night for the Republican convention.  It was all about war and the military. It said nothing about our problems here at home. Then watched a video from one of MCain's fellow POW.  He was there 2 more years than McCain and doesn't feel he is presidential material. He is also upset how McCain is using his POW experience to pander to the public.
Sorry but McCain throws out threats to Russia & Iran.  McCain =War !

I am so sick of them saying our soldiers will come home with honor. Our soldiers have honor the moment they inlist !  Win or lose they deserve respect and honor. McCain is stuck in the Viet Nam mentality.

WAKE-UP AMERICA !