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Washington is home of the Oligarchy! It could be too, that they want females to vote WOMAN by presenting her as and ordinary mom with a horny brat!
posted by
Soul_Builder101
on September 6, 2008 at 3:01 PM
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Re: Fear and Loathing
exactly. Its as if McCain is hoping to "Hollywood" his way into the White House at best, deliberately lose at worst.
posted by
calmcantey75
on September 5, 2008 at 3:32 PM
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Fear and Loathing
McCain chose Palin as an act of desperation. He's hoping some of the effects will be as corbin_dallas describes in his comment, but basically he's pandering to the Religious Right. Palin favors teaching Creationism along with science in schools, she opposes abortion and choice in the matter even in cases of pregnancy resulting from rape or incest, she tried to have books banned from a public library because they contained "inapporpriate language". All issues near and dear to the hearts of the religious base. But hardly likely to appeal to Democrats or Independents.
Maybe McCain is hoping that this will be such a surprise, no one will bother to look at her record. Or maybe the sensational stories of Palin and her family will be enough distraction to stop people from thinking about whether they want her a hearbeat away from the presidency. One must hope people will calm down in a few days, and start asking serious questions. And then think about what this choice shows about McCain's judgment. Does he think a pretty face and a good tale is enough to get by on in national politics? Is that going to cure the woes of the economy? Does he think most Americans are that shallow?
posted by
mousehop
on September 5, 2008 at 3:27 PM
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On this we have to disagree.......
I just got this from Dick Morris.......it's a pretty good summary of why the choice is so good.....
First, the GOP convention managed to disprove the central premise of the Democratic assault on McCain: that he is a clone of President Bush. The Republicans wisely marginalized Bush to a non-prime-time videotaped speech, and sprinkled disappearing dust on Dick Cheney.
The speeches, and the very fact of the Palin designation, repudiated Washington and focused on how McCain is an agent of change - this ticket is populist, reformist, anti-establishment, grass-roots and anti-corruption.
And McCain last night made the point plain: "Let me offer an advance warning to the old, big-spending, do-nothing, me-first-country-second Washington crowd: Change is coming."
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If Bush were the nominee, this campaign wouldn't suffice to push voters away from Obama. But now that McCain has moved decisively away from the administration, Obama's lost much (at least) of his advantage on the issue of reform. Now other doubts about Obama could elect McCain.
The turning point was the designation of Palin and the personal attacks on her. By stirring up a storm, Democrats assured that Palin would speak to 37 million Americans - just a million fewer than watched Obama's acceptance speech.
Anecdotal evidence already suggests that women may have a gut reaction to the establishment's sexist assault on a woman candidate - and flock to McCain. They've seen him stake everything on this one big move of turning toward a woman - in direct contrast to Obama's deliberate decision not to name a woman.
They've seen the media and Democrats gang up on her and do their worst. And they've seen Palin stand up and stuff the challenge right back down the establishment's throat. All this may have created an entirely new dynamic in the race.
Now the Republicans must battle to underscore the threats this country faces, economically and internationally, and that we can't let an ingenue take over. They must capitalize on McCain's aggressive determination to bring reform to Washington and to emphasize Obama's inexperience and failure to grasp how to change Washington.
But it was McCain's gutsy selection of Palin that opened the door to victory.
They've seen the media and Democrats gang up on her and do their worst. And they've seen Palin stand up and stuff the challenge right back down the establishment's throat. All this may have created an entirely new dynamic in the race.
Now the Republicans must battle to underscore the threats this country faces, economically and internationally, and that we can't let an ingenue take over. They must capitalize on McCain's aggressive determination to bring reform to Washington and to emphasize Obama's inexperience and failure to grasp how to change Washington.
But it was McCain's gutsy selection of Palin that opened the door to victory.
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on September 5, 2008 at 3:07 PM
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