McCain's VP pick - Sarah Palin

I heard on the radio this morning that a private plane from Alaska landed in Ohio today ahead of John McCain's announcement of his VP choice.

Speculation abounds that he may have chosen Sarah Palin, first term governor of Alaska (kind of a female republican equivalent to Tim Kaine of VA AND she's best known for supporting drilling in ANWR.)

Boy wouldn't that mix things up!

Some people are still saying they think it will be Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty.

We don't have to wait long to find out, eh?

well unless Palin has an liberal like immigration plan.... Clinton supporters may not swing that way.... she had a large following in the hispanic community.... my guess it's not gonna happen.... no way McCain would show support for an immigration plan that didnt involve tightening citizenship beyond achievability!!!

Original Post by sportstergirl:

well, for instance we never really heard from al gore....well until he won his...~cough~cough~ nobel piece prize!

Well, I'm not going to go there, but I think it can be said that Cheney hasn't exactly been slacking off.

Original Post by yellagirljay:

.... no way McCain would show support for an immigration plan that didnt involve tightening citizenship beyond achievability!!!

Didn't McCain co-author a immigration bill that allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the country and provided an easy path to citizenship? Sometime last year? Before he started changing his positions to toe the party line? 

You weren't paying attention when Gore worked with both parties to cut government waste.

Vice President Gore, however, went far beyond preparing a report and led an effort that evolved into the longest-running and most successful reform effort in U.S. history to date.

It wasn't a very exciting thing to work on.  Not like having secret energy meetings and hiding out in undisclosed locations and stuff.

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by yellagirljay:

.... no way McCain would show support for an immigration plan that didnt involve tightening citizenship beyond achievability!!!

Didn't McCain co-author a immigration bill that allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the country and provided an easy path to citizenship? Sometime last year? Before he started changing his positions to toe the party line? 

 Yes he did, but since then he's said he would vote against his bill.

Yes he did flogging. He got slammed by his own party. I think this was about 2 years ago.

http://www.ontheissues.org/celeb/John_McCain_ Immigration.htm

"I think we can set up a program where amnesty is extended to a certain number of people who are eligible. Amnesty has to be an important part because there are people who have lived in this country for 20, 30 or 40 years, who have raised children here, paid taxes here and are not citizens. That has to be a component of it."

since 2003 he has agreed with his party (and the majority of America) that legislation to secure the borders should be separate priority from an immigration policy for legal immigrants. Most legislators, including president Bush, agreed that there would be some form of amnesty, (AKA pathway to citizenship and the "guest worker plan")  the main sticking point why nothing was passed was  the 2 parties couldnt decide wether they could have a separate bill for border security, and another bill for immigration policy, the Dems wanted them all lumped together.  Most likely it was just a stall tactic to be sure nothing was accomplished while GWB was president. Basicly the "worse off" the general population feels they are, the better it is for the opposing party in the election. Judging by the approval ratings for congress,  "doing nothing"  may not have been the best idea.

Original Post by nomoreexcuses:

Original Post by floggingsully:

Original Post by yellagirljay:

.... no way McCain would show support for an immigration plan that didnt involve tightening citizenship beyond achievability!!!

Didn't McCain co-author a immigration bill that allowed illegal immigrants to stay in the country and provided an easy path to citizenship? Sometime last year? Before he started changing his positions to toe the party line? 

 Yes he did, but since then he's said he would vote against his bill.

Kinda like the global warming bill he also co-authored and then recently decided he was against? 

Am not in the least surprised by the pick McCain made. Can't wait for the debates to finally get a truer sense of where they stand. At this point my vote, however, is Obama's to lose.

and it's 'alligator'. just sayin. ;)

Wow - it didn't take long to get a "McCain-Palin" banner at the bottom of my browser.

I might be imagining things, but I swear in that picture she looks like the receptionist at my son's elementary school.

Original Post by santonacci:

Wow - it didn't take long to get a "McCain-Palin" banner at the bottom of my browser.

I might be imagining things, but I swear in that picture she looks like the receptionist at my son's elementary school.

 The unprofessional graphic alone should tell us how unprepared and out of touch this candidate is.  I could do better in 5 minutes with PhotoShop.

I am choosing to believe that the republicans have been itching to put a woman on the ticket since Hillary started her run. I choose to believe this rather than believe that she was picked for purely PR reasons, as an afterthought.

I am having trouble with the fact that she doesn't know what a VP does. Let's just hope Dick Cheney doesn't mentor her.

If the Reps lose, they won't allow a woman on the ticket for at least twenty years.  *bites nails*

id be curious to see this clip of her saying she doesnt know what a VP does,  was it a tongue in cheek comment?  Or was she actually snapping her gum valley girl style and saying "Um,,, Oh my Gosh!  What do they do? I hope its not too hard, like math!"

seriously people,  get real.

"The unprofessional graphic alone should tell us how unprepared and out of touch this candidate is.  I could do better in 5 minutes with PhotoShop."

perhaps during the VP debate, we can have Biden and Palin show their Photoshop and HTML skillz to see who wins! Palin may be fluent in C++,  but i hear that Biden pownz in AS400!    ;-)

Original Post by hooligan:

id be curious to see this clip of her saying she doesnt know what a VP does,  was it a tongue in cheek comment?   

Don't know, as it was reported in an article (which Nomo did provide a link to).  It's possible, but unless someone finds a tape of it somewhere, I don't know how we could know. 

But, as I stated earlier, I'm more interested with her statement implying that the VP slot should first concentrate on the concerns of Alaskans.  Isn't the VP supposed to serve all the states?

easy hooli - it was just a joke. (sorry I forgot to add the winkie thing.)

I believe she said it was important for the country, and especially for Alaska. I read it to mean that the prestige of having the first female VP would be great for Alaska. Im sure it would be especially important to Chicago to have Barak Obama to win the election. I know some people in this website who are from IL that are particularly proud of their "native son". Also, isnt the ratio of men to women in Alaska way off, where there are a lot more men than women? Wouldnt that make her selection as VP even more remarkable?  Just a thought.

Original Post by moonikins:

Original Post by laurensking:

I hate how liberals claim to be open-minded and then bash conservatives for having different view points.

Is "psychobeast" the PC term for us these days?

I'm so far behind.

I hate how liberals are always characterized as bashers of differing view points. While I agree that calling names isn't helpful what you did is no better. You lumped all liberals together just like the other poster lumped conservatives together.

You're right. I don't hate liberals for bashing conservatives.  I hate you all for murdering babies.

: )

98: No, but it makes her election as a Republican Governor quite remarkable. IMO