According to the Wikipedia hagiography, Palin eats moose, has been in the NRA since she was an embryo, drives snowmobiles, came second in a beauty pageant, played aggressive competitive basketball, ran a (small) business, eloped with her high school sweetheart and drafted in seniors from an old people's home when she discovered the wedding needed witnesses, and generally crushes brazil nuts with her testicles - which is why she's been described as 'Alaska's own Thatcher.'
In a straight fight with Chuck Norris, Norris would not be a sure thing.
She's a huntin', shootin' and fishin' Republican pick, marred only by being a straight arrow with little obvious interest in corrupt get-rich-quick lobbying schemes. (If you're a Republican this is known as 'Not having any experience.')
If she weren't insane I'd probably respect her. She has a record of making ethical stands, and her only ethical issue is allegations of pressure to fire a state trooper who was divorcing her sister, and is by all accounts a real psycho.
She's certainly not another smooth guy in a suit.
Biden should be concerned. She's not going to win it for McCain, but the debates are going to be interesting.
Palin, a first-term governor of a state with more reindeer than people, will have to put on a few pounds just to be a lightweight. Her personal story is impressive: former fisherman, mother of five. But that hardly qualifies her to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible. Suddenly, McCain's age and health become central issues in the campaign, as does his judgment.
For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible. Suddenly, McCain's age and health become central issues in the campaign, as does his judgment.
The 'experienced' line is one of the funniest running jokes of the campaign. McCain's only experience has involved being born rich and then marrying richer, crashing a few planes, being a POW (yay!) and hanging around Washington pretending to represent his state.
He's almost, but not quite, even more experienced than Dubya was.
Clinton's experience mostly involved being married to Bill. She spent some time in the White House and put together a health care plan which bombed, but apart from that, she's been a senator for a while. Does being a senator make you experienced?
Apparently not, because Obama is a senator, but he's not experienced enough either.
Biden is almost experienced enough after 35 years, but he wasn't experienced enough to put together a winning campaign. Therefore - not so experienced after all.
What does it take to make everyone agree that you're experienced?
An in with the Associated Press, apparently.
I think you're missing the real hits here. Ragging on Palin for her lack of experience isn't the issue. It's highly unlikely that Palin decides this election, because veeps can really only move things a little bit in one direction or another.
But what's being talked about among the Very Serious People is McCain's horrible judgment here -- judgment, of course, being the core Obama pitch for himself and against McCain on issues like Iraq.
It also raises the issue of McCain's age, which ties back in on the judgment hit. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Romney - too many houses. Huckabee - mutual hatred. Jeb Bush - more Bush. Condi - yet more Bush. Pawlenty - an unusually 'interesting' business history.
So picking an unknown isn't totally insane, even if political heads are exploding everywhere. Palin will bring in the evangelicals - what's left of them - and probably also swing a state or two.
The choice has also made everyone forget yesterday's triumph of Obama awesomeness.
What's keeping me entertained is how the wingers are being outraged and stunned when the self-styled maverick does something genuinely mavericky.
We'll see. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Also, there's another, different (at least I think it's different) firing story involving one of her longtime friends, then an employee in the governor's office, who was dating the -- let me see if I can type it right -- ex-wife of Todd Palin's friend.
I'll be curious to see if there's any merit to it, although I'm skeptical due to the source. WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Just got up from a nap. Can't swear properly till I get 2 cups of coffee down. When the music's over, turn out the light. Jim Morrison, the doors
