CNN & NY Times report Palin VP choice

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nitrah55 · #1 Post by **nitrah55** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:46 am

So maybe she'll win the "Hottest VP' constest eventually.

ne1410s · #2 Post by **ne1410s** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:48 am

Her brother was a stitch on "Monty Python".

gsabc · #3 Post by **gsabc** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:50 am

ne1410s wrote:Her brother was a stitch on "Monty Python".

Maybe she'll create an undersecretary of silly walks or pet shops.

Jeemie · #4 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:54 am

Interesting tidbits.

Her husband is a native Eskimo, and her five kids are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig (who has Down's Syndrome).

NellyLunatic1980 · #5 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:54 am

I think Christmas just came early for the Obama campaign.

Anybody still wanna challenge me on my "Obama/Biden by a landslide" call earlier?

But seriously, please tell me this is a joke. Somebody tell me that we're not having a discussion about Sarah Palin being the running mate.

Tocqueville3 · #6 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:58 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I think Christmas just came early for the Obama campaign.

Anybody still wanna challenge me on my "Obama/Biden by a landslide" call earlier?

But seriously, please tell me this is a joke. Somebody tell me that we're not having a discussion about Sarah Palin being the running mate.

You might wanna ask some Hillary supporters that question. If she is the nominee, it was a very savvy move on the part of McCain.

If I were you, I would quit fretting over Sarah Palin and start fretting over Joe Biden.

Jeemie · #7 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:02 am

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:I think Christmas just came early for the Obama campaign.

Anybody still wanna challenge me on my "Obama/Biden by a landslide" call earlier?

But seriously, please tell me this is a joke. Somebody tell me that we're not having a discussion about Sarah Palin being the running mate.

I revised my opinion that it's just a "woman" thing.

Palin is VERY conservative...McCain's playing a "run to the base" campaign, which worked quite well for George W. Bush the past two years.

And Nelly, I know you are a die-hard leftie and can't see the forest for the trees, but a lot of Americans obviously still have doubts about Obama.

With the way Bush and the GOP are disliked, he should be up by a bunch right now.

That he isn't (even in the electoral college, although I haven't seen any post-convention polls) is very telling.

andrewjackson · #8 Post by **andrewjackson** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:07 am

Jeemie wrote:Interesting tidbits.

Her husband is a native Eskimo, and her five kids are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig (who has Down's Syndrome).

BTW, because it will surely come up, "Eskimo" is a widely used term in Alaska for Yup'ik and Inupiat peoples. Inuit is the term used in Canada but is not exactly correct in Alaska since it doesn't cover the same range of peoples. Yup'ik are not Inuit.

Lots of debate about whether or not Eskimo is a derogatory term but Alaska Natives (the regional term for all native peoples) seem to use it pretty freely.

Probably more correct, though, to say that Todd Palin is Yup'ik.

Jeemie · #9 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:10 am

andrewjackson wrote:
Jeemie wrote:Interesting tidbits.

Her husband is a native Eskimo, and her five kids are named Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper, and Trig (who has Down's Syndrome).
BTW, because it will surely come up, "Eskimo" is a widely used term in Alaska for Yup'ik and Inupiat peoples. Inuit is the term used in Canada but is not exactly correct in Alaska since it doesn't cover the same range of peoples. Yup'ik are not Inuit.

Lots of debate about whether or not Eskimo is a derogatory term but Alaska Natives (the regional term for all native peoples) seem to use it pretty freely.

Probably more correct, though, to say that Todd Palin is Yup'ik.

Thanks for the clarification.

AnnieCamaro · #10 Post by **AnnieCamaro** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:10 am

gsabc wrote:
ne1410s wrote:Her brother was a stitch on "Monty Python".
Maybe she'll create an undersecretary of silly walks or pet shops.

I have a silly walk, and I love pet shops (or, at least, PetSmart, which is the only one I've ever been inside.) Maybe I can be the undersecretary.

/:P\

ne1410s · #11 Post by **ne1410s** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:12 am

"Muktuk. The other white meat."

Jeemie · #12 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:12 am

AnnieCamaro wrote:I have a silly walk, and I love pet shops (or, at least, PetSmart, which is the only one I've ever been inside.) Maybe I can be the undersecretary.

/:P\

I wouldn't mind being under Palin!

mellytu74 · #13 Post by **mellytu74** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:19 am

Aren't there any conservative women who aren't under investigation that McCain could have chosen?

NellyLunatic1980 · #14 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:24 am

mellytu74 wrote:Aren't there any conservative women who aren't under investigation that McCain could have chosen?

Yes. Any conservative woman who isn't Sarah Palin.

But I would still probe her.

Bob Juch · #15 Post by **Bob Juch** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:26 am

mellytu74 wrote:Aren't there any conservative women who aren't under investigation that McCain could have chosen?

Ann Coulter?

ne1410s · #16 Post by **ne1410s** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:27 am

Ann Coulter is a woman? Who knew?

Dawn Clark Netsch · #17 Post by **Dawn Clark Netsch** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:30 am

Jeemie wrote:
AnnieCamaro wrote:I have a silly walk, and I love pet shops (or, at least, PetSmart, which is the only one I've ever been inside.) Maybe I can be the undersecretary.

/:P\
I wouldn't mind being under Palin!

She doesn't look like a pool player. I'll bet she can't even run the table, though she may have been bent over a few of them before.....

NellyLunatic1980 · #18 Post by **NellyLunatic1980** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:33 am

Dawn Clark Netsch wrote:
Jeemie wrote:
AnnieCamaro wrote:I have a silly walk, and I love pet shops (or, at least, PetSmart, which is the only one I've ever been inside.) Maybe I can be the undersecretary.

/:P\
I wouldn't mind being under Palin!

She doesn't look like a pool player. I'll bet she can't even run the table, though she may have been bent over a few of them before.....

She has five kids. I'd say she has been bent over them more than just a few times.

Tocqueville3 · #19 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:37 am

ne1410s wrote:Ann Coulter is a woman? Who knew?

Whenever David sees her on the tube he always says her Adam's apple is bigger than his.

starfish1113 · #20 Post by **starfish1113** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:39 am

This is just pathetic. If anybody started spewing blatant racist rhetoric about Obama like the blatant sexist rhetoric I'm reading here about Palin, everybody would rightly be up in arms.

Maybe I'm missing the outrage and it's in other threads. I'll go check.

BackInTex · #21 Post by **BackInTex** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:42 am

Tocqueville3 wrote: If I were you, I would quit fretting over Sarah Palin and start fretting over Joe Biden.

Actually, quit fretting over Palin and start fretting over Obama.

Not being 'qualified' to be President may be a good thing. I know it hasn't hurt Obama any. At least with his party.

mellytu74 · #22 Post by **mellytu74** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:43 am

No, I'm serious here.

This isn't some juvenile T&A wet tee shirt contest we're talking.

I have to go through the other threads. Perhaps it's been answered by one of our conservative friends. But I would like to know.

McCain wanted to shore up credentials with the conservative base, right?

A conservative woman, a fine tactic. Outsider - fine idea.

But, she's a reform governor who could not deliver the reform candidate for Senate running against Ted Stevens - the man with the bridge to nowhere.

Does that undercut her message of her ability to reform?

She's under investigation for not making good judgements under fire.

Can John McCain make the case that she'd be ready to step in to the role of President?

This morning, Kay Bailey Hutchinson admitted she didn't know much about her, except "youth."

McCain needs to introduce her to the Republican party, much less the country.

Can he do that in a low-key convention that will be overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav?

Was this a choice to pander to disaffected Hillary voters? On gender alone, maybe. On issues? Not so sure.

Tocqueville3 · #23 Post by **Tocqueville3** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:43 am

starfish1113 wrote:This is just pathetic. If anybody started spewing blatant racist rhetoric about Obama like the blatant sexist rhetoric I'm reading here about Palin, everybody would rightly be up in arms.

Maybe I'm missing the outrage and it's in other threads. I'll go check.

REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!REC!

Jeemie · #24 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:43 am

starfish1113 wrote:This is just pathetic. If anybody started spewing blatant racist rhetoric about Obama like the blatant sexist rhetoric I'm reading here about Palin, everybody would rightly be up in arms.

Maybe I'm missing the outrage and it's in other threads. I'll go check.

Well- I'm allowed to do this- I'm a conservative!

So it's expected of me anyway!

Jeemie · #25 Post by **Jeemie** » Fri Aug 29, 2008 9:46 am

mellytu74 wrote:No, I'm serious here.

This isn't some juvenile T&A wet tee shirt contest we're talking.

I have to go through the other threads. Perhaps it's been answered by one of our conservative friends. But I would like to know.

McCain wanted to shore up credentials with the conservative base, right?

A conservative woman, a fine tactic. Outsider - fine idea.

But, she's a reform governor who could not deliver the reform candidate for Senate running against Ted Stevens - the man with the bridge to nowhere.

Does that undercut her message of her ability to reform?

She's under investigation for not making good judgements under fire.

Can John McCain make the case that she'd be ready to step in to the role of President?

This morning, Kay Bailey Hutchinson admitted she didn't know much about her, except "youth."

McCain needs to introduce her to the Republican party, much less the country.

Can he do that in a low-key convention that will be overshadowed by Hurricane Gustav?

Was this a choice to pander to disaffected Hillary voters? On gender alone, maybe. On issues? Not so sure.

These are all very good quetions.

I don't know the answers to them.

And last I herard, though, I thought the investigation was winding down, and nothing was going to happen to her.

Not being able to get Stevens unseated might hurt, although many times, it isn't whether you succeed, but that you tried that counts in politics.