parah salin?

[Sarcasmo]

Chuck, let's just call it what it is: A farce. If Americans fall for this one...we fucking deserve what we get. Even if that means John McCain dies of a stroke and we wind up with a petty, ruler-of-bumfuck-nowhere, former-almost-beauty-queen running this place.

I talked to a good friend of mine 5 days ago who pretty much brought me around to thinking that Joe Biden was a pretty saavy choice, and I honestly can't wait to see him eviscerate Palin on national TV.

And yes, Bush got elected to a second term even though he had no fucking right to, so I can totally believe people are falling for this.

[Sarcasmo]

Originally Posted by cacophony

shut up, cindy.

Has this woman said anything substantive at any point she's been on TV, or is she just some kind subliminal evidence of McCain's virility?

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by dubman

religion loves a redemption story more than a perfect slate.
though its still funny to hear "everybody makes mistakes" in politics. lol ok.

a preggers teen from a religious right family is one who makes mistakes.

a preggers teen from a liberal family reflects her parents' broken "moral compass."

see the difference?


anyway I love how mccain thought to sway disgruntled feminists by picking betty crocker with a shotgun.

nice try, you raging colostomy bag.

[Strangelet]

Originally Posted by chuck

"From McCain's wife, Cindy, came a geographic assessment of qualification: "Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia. So, it's not as if she doesn't understand what's at stake here."

not that I expect cindy to know this, but alaska used to be russian. that means palin and putin are basically cousins, by her logic. They should have a family meeting and discuss dr zhivago over borsht and moose burgers. make the world a better place.

[dubman]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

a preggers teen from a religious right family is one who makes mistakes.

a preggers teen from a liberal family reflects her parents' broken "moral compass."

see the difference?

yeah but the liberal family were a bunch of godless heathens to begin with. limbaugh would be surprised that they wouldnt perform a public abortion right then and there at the announcement.

Has this woman said anything substantive at any point she's been on TV, or is she just some kind subliminal evidence of McCain's virility?

i'd ask that about palin as well

seriously, this choice is more than latently perverted. ughhh

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by Sarcasmo

Has this woman said anything substantive at any point she's been on TV, or is she just some kind subliminal evidence of McCain's virility?

she's pretty much a cardboard cutout of a woman selected from the "generic politician's wife" bargain bin. i'm willing to bet somewhere on her body there's a stamp that reads, "made in hong kong."

i usually try to avoid critiquing politicians' wives but this particular one keeps trying to inject herself into the political conversation, when she's about as useless as hen shit on a pump handle. she's like linda mccartney to paul mccartney, injecting herself fairly pointlessly into her husband's fame as though she has any relevance there.

[holden]

Originally Posted by chuck

Bingo!

Very nice!!!

[Future Proof]

Originally Posted by Strangelet

a preggers teen from a religious right family is one who makes mistakes.

a preggers teen from a liberal family reflects her parents' broken "moral compass."

see the difference?

It's all just double-standards from a bunch of party supporters watching the race deep-six on them. They take offense when people raise questions about this pregnancy, but have never been unwilling or ashamed to call others in similar situations sinners (or worse, usually worse). I wonder what fat, necrotic puss-bag Falwell would've had to say about this. Is Pat Robertson still around? There's 2 right there that are completely painted into a corner, because they either have to lambaste the GOP VP pick (bad) or exonerate her, and therefore go against decades of spew from their judgemental perch (worse).

It's truly a dirty tactic from what are supposed to be a lot of moral, "high-ground" people. I think Obama did the best thing when decreeing that Bristol Palin's pregnancy was off-limits -- the media will still pursue it (and other questionable things) while the Obama campaign can just hold its hands up and say "What? We told them no, they didn't listen!"

I'm shocked at how well Sarah Palin's coming out of this, but I'm equally impressed at how well Obama will come out as well, since he's spoken against attacking Palin's family. Politics is funny like that.

[Sean]

So I just got back last night from a little over a week in Bermuda. We watched a tiny bit of news here and there - mainly just a few of the big speeches from the Democratic convention, and then Palin being selected for VP, but I'm just now catching up on all of this. Un-be-lievable.

So in McCain's first "Presidential" decision, this is who he chooses? Clearly he's in a tough spot, having to try to soothe his conservative base while also trying to entice independents, but really? He's blown his entire "dangerously inexperienced" line of attack on Obama out of the water. He's insulted a huge portion of the female vote by assuming that all it takes to get their support is a pair of breasts and a vagina. He's invited a bucket-load of unfolding scandal into his ticket. He's alienated independents who don't feel a rush of inspiration from watching Palin shooting machine guns, hearing her positions on abortion, or her not-so-well-informed understanding of the pledge....I'm just floored.

And I also believe that it's important to consider McCain's history with skin cancer and the simple fact that someone around 70 years old is more susceptible to numerous ailments than someone around 50 is. It shouldn't be the deciding factor, but it would be irresponsible not to consider in selecting a VP. And frankly, it doesn't seem to me that this was considered. So far, Palin doesn't strike me as someone I'd be comfortable with at the healm of our government.

So I don't know. It's a ton to absorb on my first day back from the tropical island, but it certainly seems like a bonehead choice to me....

[gambit]

Originally Posted by Future Proof

It's all just double-standards from a bunch of party supporters watching the race deep-six on them. They take offense when people raise questions about this pregnancy, but have never been unwilling or ashamed to call others in similar situations sinners (or worse, usually worse). I wonder what fat, necrotic puss-bag Falwell would've had to say about this. Is Pat Robertson still around? There's 2 right there that are completely painted into a corner, because they either have to lambaste the GOP VP pick (bad) or exonerate her, and therefore go against decades of spew from their judgemental perch (worse).

It's truly a dirty tactic from what are supposed to be a lot of moral, "high-ground" people. I think Obama did the best thing when decreeing that Bristol Palin's pregnancy was off-limits -- the media will still pursue it (and other questionable things) while the Obama campaign can just hold its hands up and say "What? We told them no, they didn't listen!"

I'm shocked at how well Sarah Palin's coming out of this, but I'm equally impressed at how well Obama will come out as well, since he's spoken against attacking Palin's family. Politics is funny like that.

I just happened to be watching CNN right after they did a news story on Palin's daughter's teen pregnancy, and they had a small panel that included Bill Bennett. All he did was huff and puff and chastise CNN for running the story and reitirate what Obama said that families are off limits.