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McCain picks Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin
By Creature Certainly unconventional , but hasn't McCain has just blown his experience argument out of the water? Does he really have time to introduce her to the country? Is this not the ultimate pander to the conservative base (not to mention Hillary voters)? I say this pick will fall ...
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Reflections on the Palin Pick
The Moderate Voice — ... destroys McCain’s experience argument. And it also destroys his gravitas argument. Sure, it’ll be pointed out that he’s the presidential candidate, not her, but she’s on the ticket now as his first “presidential” decision, and, if they win elected, she’ll be right there, next in line for the top job. With all due respect to Gov. Palin, this is a terrible and pathetic pick. (Which gives us reason to rejoice.) (Cross-posted from The Reaction.) ...

a whiter shade of palin
skippy the bush kangaroo — the reaction has some reactions to mcmuffin's veep pick: mccain picks alaska's gov. sarah palin mccain's own dan quayle mccain chooses sacrificial lamb for vp mccain vp confusion: staff had canadian actress sarah polley in dayton hotel for htree days

The “Real” Sarah Palin
The Moderate Voice — ... of the Bush administration and the recent Republican Congress, able to invigorate a McCain administration and to govern beyond it.” But of course, as you all know, Krazy Kristol occupies a world that is not our own, a world where this sort of BS — seriously, this is what passes for political analysis in Kristol’s world — is taken seriously. ********** For refutations of the Krazy Kristolian view, and criticisms of the Palin pick, see here, here, and here. (Cross-posted from The Reaction ...

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Palin views on oil, polar bears may be liabilities (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News
AP - Democrats are probably cobbling together the campaign ad right now: "John McCain's running mate is for big oil and against the environment," a somber voice intones as cute baby polar bears scamper across the screen.