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Sarah Palin is McCain's VP!
The Latest on Air America —
Sarah Palin is McCain's VP! By LionelShow I’M SORRY…SARAH WHO??! By Dermott McCallscreener Breaking news, evra-buddeh – John McCain has picked Sarah Palin as his running mate . What’s the tactic here? Who is the McCain campaign playing to with this “WTF” pick? Are we witnessing a rare Republican Machine miscalculation? Or will a healthy dose of soccer-mom spin make this work for McCain? Post your thoughts and reactions below. Best, Derm Login or register to post comments FILED UNDER: Host Posts August 29, 2008 SHARE x Delicious Digg StumbleUpon Reddit Newsvine Facebook ...
Sarah Palin On The Environment
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... The New York Times writes that the selection of Palin could help pacify Republicans who wish Sen. McCain would support drilling in ANWR: ...
Open Sarah Palin Thread
Crooked Timber —
... Interesting choice. My immediate reaction is that it’s a funny old world. We’re guaranteed either an African-American or a woman in the White House next year. ...
MIDDAY ROUNDUP
News —
MIDDAY ROUNDUP John McCain's surprise running mate selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has conservative bloggers enthused. But Palin, according to liberal bloggers, is even less experienced than Barack Obama and will undercut McCain's message. Political blogging pundits agree that Palin is a risky, attention-getting pick. Palin is a pro-life hunter and a reformer who will keep the Republican Party united, writes RedState's Erick Erickson . Palin is a "principled conservative" and a first-term "reformist" governor who could take away Barack Obama's monopoly on "change," writes The Corner's Mark Levin . The choice of Palin will buttress McCain's ...
The Hail Sarah Pass Open Thread
DownWithTyranny! —
Picking Sarah Palin was a real desperation move on McCain's part-- and it's going over badly. I'll keep updating all day. Even Rahm Emanuel gets this one right: "After trying to make experience the issue of this campaign, John McCain celebrated his 72nd birthday by appointing a former small town mayor and brand new Governor as his Vice Presidential nominee. 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 ...
Obama: McCain Puts Sarah Palin in 2nd Place
ScrappleFace —
... (2008-08-29) — Sen. Barack Obama today slammed his Republic opponent John McCain as “a sexist who sees women as subordinate to men and who intentionally puts them in his shadow,” just minutes after Sen. McCain announced he had selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his ...
That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine
the talking dog —
... Yes, that too is an S & G title; those guys were good . And the occasion fits perfectly for the utterly brilliant (I can't exaggerate on its brilliance) choice of 44-year old Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. With this one move, McCain has solved his problems with the Limbaugh contingent, the religious right, and the corporate contingents of the Republican base, quite possibly made a huge inroad in independent voters, and quite possibly, if there is any lingering resentment re: Obama's edging out Hillary for the number one chair, for those who want a woman ...
And Along Came Palin
The American Spectator —
They said the evangelical movement was dead. The pronouncement came soon after the 2004 election, when values voters turned out in record numbers and propelled Bush to an encore performance in the White House. A ruling that year by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court redefining marriage in the state had a lot to do with the evangelical surge. Marriage amendments were on the ballot in 11 other states that November. All of them passed by an average three-to-one margin. Exit polls showed that moral issues were foremost on voters' minds, despite the ongoing war in Iraq and the threat of Islamic terrorism. The media was baffled, but they didn't wait long to proclaim ...
Those Machiavellian Republicans
Daimnation! —
Sarah Palin: Alaskan "hockey mom" (five children, youngest with Down's Syndrome), pro-life, NRA member, PTA member, mayor, corruption fighter, governor, husband a fisherman and oil field production operator (member of the United Steel Workers)--as well as current and four-time winner of the "Iron Dog" 2,000 mile snowmobile race, son soon to be serving with the US Army in Iraq...
John McCain has not nominated someone who just pushes a few buttons; Sarah Palin pounds a whole keyboard. Indeed she paid tribute in her brief speech to Hillary Clinton (and Geraldine Ferraro). But she does say I-raq and I-ran... ...
On The Job Training
Talking Points Memo —
... McCain advisor Charlie Black on questions about Sarah Palin's foreign policy competence. "She's going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that long." ...
Top McCain aide says McCain won't die during his first term in office, and admits Palin isn't ready to be commander in chief
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth —
Putting aside the creepiness of a top McCain adviser having to reassure the nation that McCain, at 72 years of age with four bouts of cancer, won't die in office, what Charlie Black said today was particularly damning of McCain's VP choice, Sarah Palin: ...
Top McCain lobbyis advisor: 'he's not dead yet!'
WTF Is It Now?!? —
Oh good: inexperienced newbie expected to "be able to be educated quickly." "She’s going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he’ll be around at least that long,” said Charlie Black, making light of concerns about the cancerous old coot's health.John, probably doing a major face-palm, replies: "She can learn on the job over the next four years, you know, like night school." And STILL the media is gushing over this.
Top McCain Adviser Jokes: Palin Will Learn National Security From McCain Before He Keels Over
TPM Election Central —
... We already noted this in today's roundup, but it deserves its own thread. A top McCain adviser has come up with an awfully creative way of justifying the decision to make Sarah Palin McCain's candidate for back-up president, despite McCain's own frequent claim that national security experience is essential in our next commander-in-chief... ...
Saturday Reading: Digesting Palin
Ben Smith's Blog —
The GOP grassroots love her.
She's online fundraising gold.
Her family aren't Republican, and local GOPers don't like her -- both perhaps good things politically, though the willingness of prominent Alaska Republicans to trash her readiness may not be.
VandeHarris say this means McCain is desperate.
A Sullivan reader calls it assisted suicide.
Charlie Black says she'll spend the first term learning.
Wolfson says it's Obama's to lose.
Inappropriate Palin boosting has been going on for months.
John Fund is tired of the Obama camp's caginess with ...
Rick Hasen: The Palin Pick and Talk of Sen. McCain's Mortality
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
An initial reaction to the McCain VP pick: Does it not accentuate the talk about McCain's age in a way that a more experienced VP choice would have neutralized?
I've seen a lot of coverage about whether Palin would be ready in the event of the the death of McCain.
Consider even McCain advisor Charlie Black's quote in today's NY Times:
"She's going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that long," said Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain's top advisers, making light of concerns about Mr. McCain's health, which Mr. McCain's doctors ...
FRAGILE! McCain campaign handles Palin’s exposure with care…and sexism
The Moderate Voice —
At the post, “Sarah is the Fresh Air,” on Blogher, I found this comment today:
When can she be interviewed by reporters - I find it disturbing that the McCain campaign isn’t allowing Ms. Palin to be interviewed by reporters. What are they hiding?
According to Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, possibly never: ...
