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I really would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during the vetting process when the McCain campaign picked this woman. I mean, surely there are bigger dart boards they could have used.

If only it were written down somewhere.

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good find

It's not important. She's just going to be VP.

Oh, this is gonna get good.

ouch.

Subby here. Actually, I'd like to hear the rest of the sentence as it was obviously cut off. I doubt it would completely change the meaning, but I'd still like to know where she was going with that comment.

bulldg4life: It's not important. She's just going to be VP.

I said that in 2000, and look what happened. Scowly McFaceshooter has built himself an entire new 4th branch of government. Plus McCain is being stalked by death already. Picture him 8 years from now.

As I have said in other threads - I have heard interviews with her and she has a bigger set that 99% of the politicians out there. Agree or disagree with her views, (I like mostly - not all) she reminds me of a better Thatcher. (get of of my lawn - Ronnie was my man and Maggie was awesome!)

exvaxman: I have heard interviews with her and she has a bigger set that 99% of the politicians out there. Agree or disagree with her views, (I like mostly - not all) she reminds me of a better Thatcher.

That kind of hyperbolic insanity, yet McCain supporters have the unmitigated audacity to scream "lol MESSIAH!!!" at Obama. Wow.

This is a really, really bad (purely) political move to gain all the sour-grapes-cheesecakers out there. Let's all pray to FSM that there aren't enough of them to swing the vote.

/by purely political i mean, stupid in real life.

kronicfeld: exvaxman: I have heard interviews with her and she has a bigger set that 99% of the politicians out there. Agree or disagree with her views, (I like mostly - not all) she reminds me of a better Thatcher.

That kind of hyperbolic insanity, yet McCain supporters have the unmitigated audacity to scream "lol MESSIAH!!!" at Obama. Wow.


It would have been hilarious if Fark were around during the Reagan years... The way some people feel about Obama pales in comparison to the way some folks were slobbering over Ronnie and that shrew in England.

sarty: Subby here.

*high five* nice jerb :)

exvaxman: As I have said in other threads - I have heard interviews with her and she has a bigger set that 99% of the politicians out there. Agree or disagree with her views, (I like mostly - not all) she reminds me of a better Thatcher.

bwhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahaha

50mm: bulldg4life: It's not important. She's just going to be VP.

I said that in 2000, and look what happened. Scowly McFaceshooter has built himself an entire new 4th branch of government. Plus McCain is being stalked by death already. Picture him 8 years from now.

Scowly McFaceshooter? I LOL'd :)

Karl Rove from "Face The Nation" a few weeks ago:

I think he's going to make an intensely political choice, not a governing choice," Rove said. "He's going to view this through the prism of a candidate, not through the prism of president; that is to say, he's going to pick somebody that he thinks will on the margin help him in a state like Indiana or Missouri or Virginia. He's not going to be thinking big and broad about the responsibilities of president.

With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor for three years

I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that he's done. He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America.

So if he were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice where he said, `You know what? I'm really not, first and foremost, concerned with, is this person capable of being president of the United States? What I'm concerned about is, can he bring me the electoral votes of the state of Virginia, the 13 electoral votes in Virginia?'

And...Palin?

bulldg4life: It's not important. She's just going to be VP.

...to a really really old president with a fairly recent history of cancer. Odds are better than usual if he's the pres, she'll inherit the job.



Also, I think they should put Sarah Palin and Cindy McCain on stage and send John out for coffee. Not sure I'd vote for it, but that's a campaign I'd damn sure tune in and watch.

sarty: Subby here. Actually, I'd like to hear the rest of the sentence as it was obviously cut off. I doubt it would completely change the meaning, but I'd still like to know where she was going with that comment.

Palin replied: "As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question."

It took a Google search and 2 mouse clicks.

keylock71: It would have been hilarious if Fark were around during the Reagan years...


No it wouldn't have...none of us could have afforded a TF membership.

The Onanist: sarty: Subby here. Actually, I'd like to hear the rest of the sentence as it was obviously cut off. I doubt it would completely change the meaning, but I'd still like to know where she was going with that comment.

Palin replied: "As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question."

It took a Google search and 2 mouse clicks.

Thanks for taking the time:) It kind of sounds like she thinks the VP doesn't do much of anything; or at least, much of anything of value.

UberDave: keylock71: It would have been hilarious if Fark were around during the Reagan years...


No it wouldn't have...none of us could have afforded a TF membership.


Hell, I didn't own a computer until 2000...

I was still using an electric typewriter in college.


Still would have been hilarious... especially during the Iran-Contra fracas.

Biden is smoking a fat cigar with a nice cold beer tonight

Sarah Palin, because Clinton voters can't tell women apart.

/Republicans manage to be hypocritical, shallow, and condescending all at once. Kudos.

As long as she wears the skirt around the Oval Office, I'm sure old John McCain and his traditional family values will be quite happy.

Historically, the VP slot is a backup position. He or she isn't supposed to do anything. It's only in recent decades that the Veeps became more pro-active in order to increase their visibility to set themselves up for future runs at the POTUS slot.

So, Palin saying she doesn't know what the VP is supposed to do is a non-issue. They officially do nothing.

And I'm quite sure that in the realm of stupid, clueless sound bites, this one is a flyspeck compared to some of the gaffes that have come out both Obama's and McCain's mouths.

skunkmasher: Historically, the VP slot is a backup position. He or she isn't supposed to do anything. It's only in recent decades that the Veeps became more pro-active in order to increase their visibility to set themselves up for future runs at the POTUS slot.

So, Palin saying she doesn't know what the VP is supposed to do is a non-issue. They officially do nothing.

And I'm quite sure that in the realm of stupid, clueless sound bites, this one is a flyspeck compared to some of the gaffes that have come out both Obama's and McCain's mouths.

Yeah, because McCain's health is totally not an issue, he is no more likely to die than any first term president. . .

Oh wait, he's had cancer and he'll be the oldest first term president ever and is permanently handicapped due to injuries recieved in Vietnam?

VP means something for both candidates. Obama because a VP will be an advisors. McCain because the VP could very will become president.

This choice just seems dumber and dumber. The scandal in Alaska story seems like enough to drag McCain's campaign further down than it already is.

skunkmasher: Historically, the VP slot is a backup position. He or she isn't supposed to do anything. It's only in recent decades that the Veeps became more pro-active in order to increase their visibility to set themselves up for future runs at the POTUS slot.

So, Palin saying she doesn't know what the VP is supposed to do is a non-issue. They officially do nothing.

And I'm quite sure that in the realm of stupid, clueless sound bites, this one is a flyspeck compared to some of the gaffes that have come out both Obama's and McCain's mouths.

Normally you would be correct. HOWEVER, in this year's race experience and readiness have been hyped up so this is definately fair game.

Quadraton: I really would have liked to have been a fly on the wall during the vetting process when the McCain campaign picked this woman.

Realistically, it went something like ... "so considering all of these factors John, Sarah Palin is your running mate." "What? I'd really prefer Joe or ..." "No. We've been over this. You can't alienate more of the base. Either we lure enough Hillary voters to win, or we lose. Now here's what you'll say at the announcement."

I_Approve_Of_This_Message: As long as she wears the skirt around the Oval Office, I'm sure old John McCain and his traditional family values will be quite happy.

where did you find this picture?

skunkmasher: Historically, the VP slot is a backup position. He or she isn't supposed to do anything. It's only in recent decades that the Veeps became more pro-active in order to increase their visibility to set themselves up for future runs at the POTUS slot.

So, Palin saying she doesn't know what the VP is supposed to do is a non-issue. They officially do nothing.

And I'm quite sure that in the realm of stupid, clueless sound bites, this one is a flyspeck compared to some of the gaffes that have come out both Obama's and McCain's mouths.

"I don't know what the responsibilities of my job for which I'm running are" is not a non-gaffe, sorry. Touching yourself is for TFD.

Neither is her sucking up to Hillary supporters with the "18 million" comment today and, what, praying the Obama campaign doesn't put out an ad highlighting her calling Hillary Clinton a whiner?

The mayor from "Northern Exposure" as POTUS.

It's all one 72-year-old's heartbeat away...

VP Job Description (D-ecent): Negotiate. Instruct government agencies to negotiate.

VP Job Description (R-eload): Shoot. Order government agencies to shoot.

sarty: sarty:
Thanks for taking the time:) It kind of sounds like she thinks the VP doesn't do much of anything; or at least, much of anything of value.

It depends on the Administration. I don't recall Bush-41 doing anything in 8 years as VP other than go to State funerals around the world.

If Hillary's Health Care Plan hadn't been such a debacle, Gore probably would've been relegated to the same.

On the other hand, Cheney's been busier than most VPs, I imagine.

"When I asks yous "what's the difference" I didn't mean for you to explain to me the difference. I meant 'I don't give a damn what the difference is'"

And she can't even remember that she was adamently FOR the Bridge to Nowhere two years ago before she and the rest of the Alaska Legsilature was shamed into turning it down...
Nice FLIP FLOPPING!!!
Oh, and did anyone notice how she kept shying away from Mccain as he tried to move close to her during the "Here's the arm decoratin" introduction?

The life expectency of the average American Male is 72 years old. Putting aside his bouts with cancer, statistically McCain is living on borrowed time.

Voters pragmatically should look at it as Obama vs. Palin.

American Observer makes a nice point here Link (new window)

Obamas pick: "Wow!"
McCains pick: "Who?"

neonfish07
I_Approve_Of_This_Message: As long as she wears the skirt around the Oval Office, I'm sure old John McCain and his traditional family values will be quite happy.

where did you find this picture?

Somebody else posted it on an earlier thread. I'll be happy to make sure everybody sees it - especially those ultraconservative, ultrareligious old ladies in places like Owensboro, Kentucky.

i submitted this the minute after her name was floated today. just curios how the mysterious world of greenlighting works.

Guys! Enough with the debating. Diebold will be deciding these elections for you. (new window)

I apologize for the wacky Ron Paul tag on the top of the page.

i would vote for her if....

she released a sex tape
made out with cindy mccain
whispered in my ear how she loves to drill

Corvus: Obamas pick: "Wow!"

You misspelled "Meh."

PresidentPutz: And she can't even remember that she was adamently FOR the Bridge to Nowhere two years ago before she and the rest of the Alaska Legsilature was shamed into turning it down...
Nice FLIP FLOPPING!!!
Oh, and did anyone notice how she kept shying away from Mccain as he tried to move close to her during the "Here's the arm decoratin" introduction?

FLIP FLOPS FLAP JACKS PANCAKES YOU CAN BELIEVE IN

She's an empty suit.

The SCOTUS is reviewing how they can twist the constitution to get the Old Man and the Milf into Office.

Actually, the rest of the quote did affect the meaning - this is just some mud slinging from the opposite side. Full quote:

"As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question."

In effect, she's saying that the VP spot is rather ineffective, so if she was even going to get it, she'd want to make sure she would actually be able to accomplish something.

Although that "especially for Alaskans" bit makes me want to donkey punch her.