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Originally Posted by tater

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Originally Posted by Von Tonner

I would have to agree with you. IMO McCain had far better choices - some of whom would have been more of a challenge to the Dem ticket. Just can't see Obama or Biden losing any sleep over McCain's choice.

Then you really don't have the first clue about American politics.

This was a great choice, and Obama is plenty worried.

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Less than 12 hours after Obama accepted the Democratic presidential nomination, McCain introduced Palin as running mate, surprising the political world.
So far, according to the poll, 4 in 10 Americans are not familiar with Palin; 38 percent of those questioned viewed her favorably and 21 percent unfavorably.
Men appear to have a slightly more favorable opinion of Palin than women; 41 percent of men view her favorably, five points higher than women.
Americans seem evenly divided on whether McCain made a wise choice in selecting Alaska's first term governor, who's been in office for less than two years.
Fifty-two percent rate the selection of Palin as excellent or pretty good; 46 percent rate it as fair or poor.
Is Palin qualified to be president?
Fifty percent say she's not qualified to assume the presidency if that becomes necessary; 45 percent say she is qualified.
In recent history, the only running mate to earn less confidence from the public was Vice President Dan Quayle in 1992.
Ultimately however, the Palin pick may have minimal effect on the race for the White House.
Almost 6 in 10 Americans say Palin's selection as McCain's running mate will have no effect on their vote. One in five say it makes them more likely to vote for McCain; one in five say it makes them less likely.
Three quarters of all voters think McCain chose a female running mate specifically because he thought adding a woman to the Republican ticket would help him win in November.
"If McCain was hoping to boost his share of the women's vote, it didn't work," Holland said.
"Women now appear slightly more likely to vote for Obama than they did a week ago, 53 percent now, compared to 50 percent. But McCain picked up a couple of points among men. "More important, McCain solidified his party's base with the Palin selection, dropping Obama's share of the Republican vote six points to just 5 percent now. The Palin selection did not help among women -- that may come later -- but it did appeal to Republican loyalists."

These latest stats IMO would appear not to support either of your two assertions above.

Heres some input from a phone in radio station talking about this.

American women now living in the UK and is a Democrat

"Thats just great he will most likely have health problems and even drop dead before full term letting in this no body who will blow us all to hell when Russia coughs over the USA".

American man on holiday in the UK swing voter
"This has to be one hell of a Ace card or the biggest joker ever."

British women
"Have they all gone stark mad over there!"

British Man
"She may not have the know all but when it comes to war she knows what direction to point a gun."

Over all I would say most callers gave the thumbs up. And even one said America could have there first Margret Thatcher is she dose a grand job and stands at the next presidential elections.

I heard one recent quote referring to them on UK tv...."They'll have all the gear but absolutely no idea"

I have a relative living in Hawaii, and is a registered Republican. She thinks that McCain made a bad choice in selecting Palin as VP.

No matter what, the media will bash Palin. But the fact they're so vocal about it, kinda gives me the clue that they're worried about it from the standpoint that it may help McCain. I personally am not moved either way. As I only give a passing interest in who the VP will be. I've never seen so much buzz surrounding VP picks in Presidential politics. Someone's gotta ask why. Elections for President have never been decided by VP choices. The ones I care about are at the top of the ticket, and Obama is not even an option for me. The Democrat nominee gets worse every election. This particular one is so awful, I really don't think this choice hinders McCain at all. If the McCain campaign properly highlights Obama's glaring weaknesses, and keeps the focus on Obama's own lack of experience, we may yet avoid an Obama Presidency. Come November, nobody will pay any attention to the VP slots on either side....as usual.

http://www.latimes.com/news/printedi...0,284198.story

He he he.

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Taylor Griffin, a McCain campaign spokesman, said that when Palin became mayor in 1996, "she faced a system that was broken. Small towns like Wasilla in Alaska depended on earmarks to take care of basic needs. . . . That was something that Gov. Palin was alarmed about and was one of the formative experiences that led her toward the reform-oriented stance that she has taken as her career has progressed."

Palin, he said, was "disgusted" that small towns like hers were dependent on earmarks.

Public records paint a different picture:

Wasilla had received few if any earmarks before Palin became mayor. She actively sought federal funds -- a campaign that began to pay off only after she hired a lobbyist with close ties to Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), who long controlled federal spending as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. He made funneling money to Alaska his hallmark.

On a more serious note - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG1vPYbRB7k

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Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right also for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending them out on a task that is from God, that's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that plan is God's plan.

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/c...ewart-ann.html

Jon Stewart did not even have to work hard to make this clip.

Ya just gotta love politicians.

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Originally Posted by Platapus

http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/c...ewart-ann.html

Jon Stewart did not even have to work hard to make this clip.

Ya just gotta love politicians.

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Brilliant clip:up: