McCain picks Alaska Gov. Palin as running mate

It’s McCain-Palin in 2008!
(Obsolete Feed) — CNN is confirming the historic pick: She catapulted to the post with a strong reputation as a political outsider, forged during her stint in local politics. She was mayor and a council member of the small town of Wasila and was chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska’s oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004. The conservative Palin defeated two so-called political insiders to win the governor’s job — incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski in the GOP primary and former two-term Democratic Gov. Tony ...

So If President McCain Has to Check Into an Anger Management Clinic, the President Will Be...
Hoffmania! — ... ...Sarah Palin? The one-term governor of Alaska? Again, the McCain campaign flies off the tracks. They're so intent on pushing the PUMA myth and the drill drill drill promise, that they've actually saddled McCain with a campaign meme, not a running mate. They have barely two months to make her, at best, aware to America. It's a Hail Mary pass which really smacks of desperation. Worst for them, it erases the "experience" from the ticket. Seriously. McCain has real issues about his age, and the possibility of her becoming president is just ...

McCain delivers a strong, left hook
Stones Cry Out — John McCain, after congratulating Barack Obama for his historic nomination, appears to have chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his pick for VP. (see CNN, FoxNews) Palin, the Barracuda. CHANGE… we can believe in. In an essentially 50/50 race, this is an awesome, gutsy, risky, and potentially brilliant move. Can we say… Maverick? Kind of makes you wonder what Hillary is thinking now, doesn’t it? (image: McNamee/Getty)

Vice-President For Oil
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — It's quite a symbolic pick in the current climate: She was mayor and a council member of the small town of Wasila and was chairman of the state Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, which regulates Alaska's oil and gas resources, in 2003 and 2004... Palin has focused on energy and natural resources policy during her short stint in office, and she is known for her support of drilling in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge, a position opposed by McCain but supported by many grass-roots Republicans. Her biography on the state governor's Web site says one ...

Minneapolis, we have a problem…
The Moderate Voice — ... John McCain has announced that Sarah Palin, the first term Alaskan governor, will be his running mate. I know I am going to get in trouble over this but I have got to let it out. It is official: John McCain has just had his first moment of dementia. As I looked at the possible signs of this terrible disease, I found the following symptoms: ...

Fait Diver: The Dead Lumberjack Sketch
David E's Fablog — by David E | (Visited 106 times) As I trust you know by now John McCain, in his infiinite cluelessness has chosen Alaska Governor Sara Palin to be his running mate. [image] “Why?” you ask. “She’s got the grit, integrity, good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today.” Plus zero foreign policy experience, a history of being an elected official that only goes back so far as 2006, and an ongoing investigation into whether she ordered the firing of her sister’s ex-huband from his job. In other words she’s about as useful to ...

Wha????
Rook's Rant — Who the hell is Sarah Palin?

McCain’s own Dan Quayle
The Reaction — By J. Kingston Pierce Presumptive Republican’t presidential candidate John “100 Years War” McCain celebrates his 72nd birthday today by choosing as his running mate Sarah Palin, the 44-year-old first-term governor of Alaska. An unconventional choice, to be sure, but one that also smacks of desperation and pandering. A developing meme this afternoon seems to be that McCain’s choice ...

Sarah Palin and the Sham of Feminism
Pajamas Media — In the eyes of the 'women's movement,' the right woman is never a woman of the right. [image] John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has ...

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition: Sarah Palin's Extremist Ties
Daily Kos — ... It was only slightly over a month ago that America was swept up in the carefully orchestrated GOP storm known as Sarah Palin. On August 29, 2008, John McCain told Americans that Palin is tenacious, tough, and could handle the job of Vice President just fine. He praised her "grit", "integrity", and "good sense". He said that: ...

Hannity and Palin Blame Rahm Emanuel And The Obama Administration For Her Resignation
News Hounds — ... very troublesome and expensive for you, which led to the resignation?” “Absolutely,” Palin said. “But it wasn’t just me. It was the burden put on the state administration. The millions of dollars, the thousands of hours that my staff had to spend just to respond to the frivolous things that were thrown our way and that was all quite unfortunate.” Obama and Emanuel must have remarkable clairvoyant powers. The Troopergate investigation, for example, began before her nomination. And Rahm Emanuel wasn't working for Obama until after the election. ...