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We Have Not Come A Long Way, Babe
Taylor Marsh — ... Yet McCain, after looking into her Miss Vice President soul, channeling the Bush strategy for leadership once again, evidently saw someone he thinks can be commander in chief if he drops dead. I ...

Soulmate
Eschaton — As I wrote to a few people yesterday in email, I think Palin's on the ticket because McCain's an old guy with a crush.

The Willies
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What Was McCain Thinking When He Decided On Palin?
DownWithTyranny! — ... McCain is a disgusting old man and a freakish lech. Did he pick his "soul mate" based on the same way he picked his two wives-- because she was a beauty pageant contestant? Ruth Marcus at the Washington Post doesn't always get it, but she sure ...

Excuse me, Senator McCain, but the nomination isn't for auditioning your next wife
Brilliant at Breakfast — ... McCain. After all, payback's a bitch, isn't it? And I don't think Palin is at all dazzled by John McCain, but she's a shrewd operator who'd be a damn fool to turn down an opportunity like this. Still...it'll be interesting to see what people who spent eight years blasting Bill Clinton for thinking with his dick think as they watch John McCain do the same thing. Only don't you think that the entire country is a bit extravagant as a gift to a hottie you're obsessed with? And you're not exactly being subtle about it, either. Ew.

When the little head does the thinking
Newshoggers.com — ... in the back forty at Sedona, interrupted only by Cindy. Today he told Fox News that in that time he discovered a partner and a soulmate in Palin. His 'thought process' on this choice is painfully apparent. ...

McCain-Palin: Sloppy To No Vetting? How Can Anyone Trust McCain?
Firedoglake — ... I mean, honestly, any vetting process at all should have uncovered something this basic, shouldn't it? If, in fact, there was any vetting process other than "she's my soulmate, let's pick her." And if John McCain and his staff are so sloppy that they missed something that has been all over the evening news and newspapers in Alaska? What other corners has McCain been cutting that the public ought to know about? What other really obvious details is McCain missing on an array of other important matters? How ...

Agghh, my farking head
WTF Is It Now?!? — ... [Senile old crock] John McCain, in his first television interview since his shocking vice presidential pick, said that he saw in Sarah Palin "a partner and a soul mate." ...

Moving The Eagleton Window
Firedoglake — ... about when her new "partner and soulmate" might decide to go in a different direction has been abundant. But instead of being limited to the fever swamps of the liberal blogosphere like all those George W. Bush scandals that we just knew would result in his impeachment or electoral defeat, the Sarah Palin deathwatch has gone mainstream. ...