I don't know what your sick twisted little game is. If it is to get people to support Hillary, you utterly and completely failed. I was trying to be polite, find some common ground by giving Hilary some sincere praise, but the fact that she attracts people like you makes her look far worse in my eyes than she did before.

Since you are really Karl Rove I guess you succeeded to some extent, I would probably vote for a Bush in 2012 rather than a Clinton, but if you think I am voting for a Republican this term you are out of your mind.

P.S. Newsflash- Sillhouette, want to know the thing that I really hate about the Clintons? The fact that Bill's total inability to keep it zipped and Hillary's enabling of it led directly to W's Presidency. If God forbid, Hillary somehow managed to get to the White House, her term would be followed by James Dobson's. Boy, women would be in great shape then.

You're a real class act 'Mr. -167'… a real class act.

Do you judge the qualities of a candidate by those of their state?

Do you think Alaska is just an average state comparable to all others as if there were no differences in geography, natural reasources, government owned lands, endangered species, physical seperation from the 49 other states, and the fact that it is the only State that borders 2 foreign nations?

I can't deal with her views on creationism, environmentalism and abortion.

How could he possibly lose?

Answer: Palin.

Hillary Clinton 2012. I'm on photoshop messing with campaign signs already..

No sense in not getting a jump on the inevitable..

They leap to “inexperienced,” even though she, the #2 Republican, has more experience that matters than Obama, the #1 Democrat. You're chumps; try again!

What will come next is the lack of support for her as an accomplished female, a true pioneer; she'll be attacked in the most vulgar manner just as Thomas, a black pioneer in this country was similarly attacked, for being traitors against the PC and Democratic Party goose-stepping plantation. If you thought the sometimes vulgar and disgusting attacks (including frequent sexist attacks) on Clinton by the Obama people wanting her out of the way were bad, just wait; we're seeing rumblings on the Left, in society's lower GI tract, already threatening much worse sewage to come against McCain's Vice President.

Add to that the jealousy over McCain and his VP stealing the show from Obama and his lurid Britney-Spears-style political-tainment extravaganza last night and the clear threat seen by the few on the left with their heads not still up their asses that with this choice, McCain and the GOP have surprised everyone by indicating they are far from dead, after all, and there may be a contest this year, after all.

The Obama people so often are children (as some of the writers on this site have demonstrated, including Stickings frequently). What was one of the problem with the Clinton voters? Entitlement when it came to the nomination. The Obama children (whom we saw to great, though in ways embarrassing, effect last night) are no different. Bush's adminstration is weak and discredited; McCain has been weak; everything pointed to Democratic victory provided the Dems would not be overconfident. But McCain and the GOP have changed that. So much of the initial stupid as well as childish (and already threatening hateful) reaction by the Left is due to that same sense of childish, conceited entitlement — they have expected to win this election this year, and now they're starting to throw a tantrum because it's not guaranteed.

Way to go, McCain. He chose a VP that puts life back into the GOP this year as well as in to his campaign (and the convention, if the GOP is smart), and also puts Obama *** FOURTH *** among the four executive candidates when it comes to qualifications.

Alaskans receive more federal dollars per capita than any other state. And Alaska get's 90% of the oil and mineral royalties from federal land while every other state only gets 50%.

And she's already hinting that she'll use the position to provide even more wilderness welfare.

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

IOKIYAAR strikes again.

Is it that they cared about the poor? Created 22 million new jobs? Brought our nation to the best economy ever and produced a SURPLUS budget?

If that's dangerous, then bring it on …I have a taste for that type of danger….lol…

So neither Clinton nor Obama was your top pick. Who was it then? Ron Paul?

I think this thread is about the democratic vs republican VP picks…but hey, the subjects do tend to wander a bit..

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/indiv…

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What's funny is that is coming from someone who might likely would've backed the continuous accusation all throughout the Clinton administration that Hillary was indeed the sitting president then; people's main objection to her in fact back in the day. She had every bit to do with Bill's success and everyone knew it then.

Odd, how convenience provides a different description… : )

Finally, I have no idea what kind of campaigner she's likely to be (I didn't hear her speech this morning). If she turns out to be a loose cannon, or a gaffe machine, or if they get her talking about creationism or something, she could sink McCain fast.

I mean, that goes without saying.

Newsflash:

people like Kathyrn vote…

That said, there are some flaws that can quickly be brought up, such as voting against polar bears and consistently for oil in a supposed new era of alternative energies and when 20% of American children have cuddly polar bear stuffed animals somewhere in their room.

The proof will be in the pudding here. Can she hang with Biden in a debate? Can she seem thoroughly knowledgeable and prepared on a large range of national issues that she's never had to deal with as a governor? Obama and McCain have had over a year to prep for this. She's had one day to get up to speed? Not saying she can't; just pointing out it's tough.

Anecdotally, I just got off the phone with my father who I believe has voted Republican down the line probably since birth, who shocked me by saying he and step-mom were contemplating going for Obama, as they viewed McCain as a screw up, but at least the step-mom was elated by the pick of Palin and has immediately moved firmly back into the McCain camp. If she was the target politically for this choice, it worked.