How is this historic?

protip subby: lady VP choice has been done before.

thurilok: How is this historic?

beat me to it.

Historic in that she's the first major party VP pick from Alaska ... duh!

/worst.vp.pick.evar

What, McCain picked another woman 20 years younger than him?

Pope George Ringo: What, McCain picked another woman 20 years younger than him?

28 years actually.. Going for a trifecta.. Trophy wife, Trophy veep, who next?

Cindy McCain's Nervous Level:

You should hear my mom go on about Palin.

And she's a dyed in the wool Republican.

Also all my aunts and uncles - way past belittling and into denouncing (Republicans all - very conservative, though).

If she's not prepared for the "belittlement," it strikes me she shoulda stayed on the tard-farm. Hell, McCain probably benefits, since everyone will be busting on Palin so much they'll forget he's a senile Bush-clone flip-flopper with anger management issues, a smoldering prostate, and a moral compass which points straght at Charlie Keating.

Where's the belittling? She is anti choice, she is a religious fundamentalist, she is in bed with big oil, she is an NRA member she does walk in lock-step with the right wing.

Honestly, I couldn't care less...

Though I'm guessing the debates are going to fun as hell to watch.

keylock71: Honestly, I couldn't care less...

Though I'm guessing the debates are going to fun as hell to watch.

Joe Biden vs. Sarah Palin is going to be akin to those 30-second wrestling matches we used to get on TV in the 1980s: a Superstar vs. a Jobber.

It WILL be fun to watch. I'm laying even money on Palin crying by the end.

major-kong: and a moral compass which points straght at Charlie Keating.

Yes, but but Obama and Ayers!!!!

I thought it was funny that Palin mentioned John Glenn in her acceptance speech. Another Keating 5 member...

Though I'm guessing the debates are going to fun as hell to watch.

Watch is the operative word. My ears were bleeding by the third line of her speech.

Was she doing a Jerry Lewis imitation or is that the tone of her voice?

tnpir: It WILL be fun to watch. I'm laying even money on Palin crying by the end.

Then the spin will be that Joe Biden is a big meanie beating up on a poor defenseless woman. Mark my effing words. Remember John Roberts' wife crying because those nasty Senators were asking him questions and being mean to him? Remember all the unnecessary attention that got? Mark my words, they're prepared to play it that way for her as well.

"Democrats will likely push the inexperience line against Palin as they race to comb oppo files from Wasilla to Juneau."

ehhh...?

MuckSP: /worst.vp.pick.evar

I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them. So, inevitably, they had to pick someone relatively new to the political world. Palin's had a fast career, moving from being a relatively unknown mayor to governor in only a few years. Plus, this makes them look like they care about the female vote. There were certainly worse choices than her. Lieberman, for instance, would have been worse.

timujin: There were certainly worse choices than her. Lieberman, for instance, would have been worse.

That's a stunning endorsement right there.

Hey at least he didn't pick Ronald McDonald or Grimace. And Charles Manson? McCain had the vision and leadership not to pick him.

timujin: I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them.

Then they certainly didn't make a good choice.

/Window seat, please.

Reggaenomics: timujin: I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them.

Then they certainly didn't make a good choice.

/Window seat, please.

May I join you? 'cause that comment had me on the floor.

kronicfeld: tnpir: It WILL be fun to watch. I'm laying even money on Palin crying by the end.

Then the spin will be that Joe Biden is a big meanie beating up on a poor defenseless woman. Mark my effing words. Remember John Roberts' wife crying because those nasty Senators were asking him questions and being mean to him? Remember all the unnecessary attention that got? Mark my words, they're prepared to play it that way for her as well.


I see your point, but it's a bit different in this case, I think. Roberts' wife was playing the dutiful spouse brought to tears by the perceived unfair treatment of her husband. Of course that's going to get sympathy.

Biden will most likely be attacking Palin on the issues in a forum where Palin has chosen to be in the hopes of becoming the number 2 person in the country. Now maybe if her husband starts blubbering like a baby...

Again, I don't know too much about this woman, but my guess is Biden will chew her up and spit her out and if she cries, she's just going to look like a weak choice to the GOP and it's supporters. Could be wrong though...

thurilok: How is this historic?

Ferraro wasn't the candidate for the GOP

October 2nd will be a fun time.

kronicfeld: Remember John Roberts' wife crying because those nasty Senators were asking him questions and being mean to him? Remember all the unnecessary attention that got?

no.

/which i think answers your point

KaponoFor3: Ferraro wasn't the candidate for the GOP

Ah, yes, run with that angle.

/Ferraro wasn't an Alaskan, either.

Etchy333: That's a stunning endorsement right there.

Hey at least he didn't pick Ronald McDonald or Grimace. And Charles Manson? McCain had the vision and leadership not to pick him.

The original comment was that this was the worst VP pick, I was only pointing out that there were others that would have been worse.

KaponoFor3: Ferraro wasn't the candidate for the GOP

So, she's the first woman for VP on the GOP ticket.

Well if that's how we're going to define history, let me be the first white male in all of history to utter the phrase.

"The baby claptrap Governator refaltrad golf clap flibertigibbet."

/historic post

Well, if winners were chosen by how many men wanted to f*ck her, she'd be the goddamn Queen of the Universe.

timujin: The original comment was that this was the worst VP pick, I was only pointing out that there were others that would have been worse.

I was told there would be no reading...

/oops

Is this a thread where I can say Shut the f*ck up?

The Onanist: Ah, yes, run with that angle.

People just asked why it was historic -- it's historic because she's the first non-white, non-male to be on a GOP ticket.

... and if we are talking about historic moves made by the GOP, they had the first black secretary of state (Colin Powell), first black female secretary of state (Rice), and first Hispanic Attorney General.

/see, this is fun

KaponoFor3: The Onanist: Ah, yes, run with that angle.

People just asked why it was historic -- it's historic because she's the first non-white, non-male to be on a GOP ticket.

She's not Caucasian?

BigDumbGuy: Is this a thread where I can say Shut the f*ck up?

only once. More than that and you know what happens.

timujin: I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them....

Not "smell". The word you looking for was "taint"... Bush's taint.

KaponoFor3: People just asked why it was historic -- it's historic because she's the first non-white, non-male to be on a GOP ticket.

From Wikipedia:



She has English, Irish, and German ancestry.

Source (new window)

Not what now?

AirForceVet: She's not Caucasian?

Yeah I dunno what I did there. I meant to say the GOP has only had 1) White 2) Men on their tickets. This is historic because it knocks one of those two down.

KaponoFor3: People just asked why it was historic -- it's historic because she's the first non-white, non-male to be on a GOP ticket.

According to Wikipedia (FWIW) she has English, Irish, and German ancestry. Non-white?

timujin: According to Wikipedia (FWIW) she has English, Irish, and German ancestry. Non-white?

The Irish, obviously.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Not "smell". The word you looking for was "taint"... Bush's taint.

yeah, but the comments I got from "bush smell" were funnier than what Bush taint would have probably brought.

/maybe not

KaponoFor3: Yeah I dunno what I did there. I meant to say the GOP has only had 1) White 2) Men on their tickets. This is historic because it knocks one of those two down.

You're no fun! You're supposed to unashamedly defend your typos as undeniable fact!

/or at least blame your wife

KaponoFor3: AirForceVet: She's not Caucasian?

Yeah I dunno what I did there. I meant to say the GOP has only had 1) White 2) Men on their tickets. This is historic because it knocks one of those two down.

It happens. I get too excited with my keyboard and things just happen. :-)

Etchy333: You're no fun! You're supposed to unashamedly defend your typos as undeniable fact!

Yeah I know, I know. I take all the fun out of it.

AirForceVet: It happens. I get too excited with my keyboard and things just happen. :-)

I was thinking in my head "only had white males" and that came out. Either way, that's why it is a "historic" pick.

KaponoFor3: People just asked why it was historic -- it's historic because she's the first non-white, non-male to be on a GOP ticket.

Larry Doby, Buzz Aldrin, and the entire Kansas City Chiefs like the way you think!

Folks, the only thing non "male" about her is her lack of a Y chromosome.

She's a neocon fundy Godbotherer who really doesn't like women too much, and thinks they should be squeezing out unwanted babies.

She's in bed with Big Oil so much that her bedside Anal-Lube pump probably smells like North Sea Crude.

To her credit, she understands the 2nd Amendment and she's hot. Probably won't be enough.

A black man who worked his way out of obscurity and campaigned for over a year on mostly with grass roots support to beat an established and well-known candidate and get his party's nomination for president = historic.

The second woman to be picked for VP so she could be a foil to the historical nature of Obama's candidacy, and attract bitter Clinton supporters = not as historic.

Reggaenomics: timujin: I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them.

Then they certainly didn't make a good choice.

/Window seat, please.

Epic man. Flawless Victory.

timujin: MuckSP: /worst.vp.pick.evar

I disagree, I think they were desperately looking for someone, anyone who didn't have much Bush smell on them.

Palin is as fresh as a Summer's Eve.

/went there
/failed save vs. snark