McCain punches shark, gives away Presidency...

Dr. Hess wrote: Got my vote.

Hot conservative chick with a gun....works for me!

foxtrapper wrote: Looks like nothing more than an attempt at demographics. Which I agree, will cost him. Particularly since she represents everything he bashes Obama for.

Actually she represents everything Obama is against: drilling for oil, gun ownership, reducing the size of gov't, and conservative values. Everyone says she is a heartbeat away from being President and has no experience but Obama is a half a heartbeat away and has even less experience!

wreckerboy wrote:

Jensenman wrote: Yep, she plays buddy buddy to all those oil companies that mail checks to her constituents back home. Makes a damn sight more sense than saying 'I'm cutting off your money.' In that way, she's like the Dems who want to fling entitlement money everywhere. The difference: she ain't picking my pocket to do it.

Um, yes she is, but in a slightly more indirect way. Where do you think the oil companies get the money to give to her from?

Yeah, I know that. Difference: I don't see it and cuss every April 15. I also get SOME benefit out of it; I get to drive Casper and the Abomination

ignorant wrote: http://selfishpolicies.com/ * We are at odds with the world community and have fewer friends than in fifty years. * We are more fearful of the future than in decades. * We're back to deficits, big deficits. The surplus has been spent... and then some. We've gone from a $236 billion annual surplus to a $521 billion deficit! The ten year projection has changed from a $5.6 trillion surplus to a $5 trillion deficit, a $10 trillion swing. * Unemployment has reached over 10% of the work force, as high as it was in 1982. Over 2.7 million jobs lost. * The stock market has cratered, wiping out millions of people's retirement savings. * Corporate scandals by high-flying companies (and big Republican supporters) have rocked the economy. * Corporate taxes are now only 1.3% of GDP, the lowest in twenty years. In 2002, less than half of actual corporate profits were subject to corporate income tax. *last point please*******

Next time you're looking for statistics on unemployment, the U.S. Dept. of Labor's website is generally a little more accurate than "Republicansareevilgluttonswhoeatyourbabies.com."

Unemployment as of July 2008 was 5.7%. Teenagers had the largest increase (2.2%) from June to July (Ohnooez, no more hot chix @ starbux!!!)

US Dept of labour, bureau of labor statistics (your tax dollars hard at work:)

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Also, GDP ShmeeDP, the US has some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world. Yeah, I read "How to lie with statistics" too:

http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/22917.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122002155637283431.html?

....In the summer, when it's always light, she'll sometimes run as late as midnight. In the dead of winter, when it's dark, she sneaks in an afternoon run, or else grudgingly runs on the treadmill at home or at the gym in the evening. Gov. Palin keeps dumbbells at home, but she says most of her upper body strength comes from snowmobiling with her family. "It's the best upper body workout you could ever have," she says. "You're maneuvering through hundreds of pounds of powder." (Todd is a four-time champion of the Tesoro Iron Dog, the world's longest snowmobile race.) Diet pitfall "My family and I eat a healthy diet heavy in wild Alaskan seafood, moose, caribou and fresh fruit," she says. "I guess my biggest pitfall is breakfast. I know it's the most important meal of the day but I still haven't bought into it. I hate to admit it, but a skinny white-chocolate mocha is my staple in the morning." Workout gear "My ideal fantasy is to be running on a hot dusty road just wearing running shorts and some kind of top that wicks away sweat. But in reality I'm running in 20-below temperatures, so I wear layers of fleece and always a good outdoor waterproof trail shoe. Right now I've been running in Nike Air Structure Triax. And I always wear sunglasses. My kids tell me to put them on so I don't freak people out when they see me with a goofy hairdo and no makeup."

If this is the real news, I can't wait for my next Onion

My ideal fantasy is to be running on a hot dusty road in North Georgia just wearing running shorts.

There. That's better.

bastomatic wrote: I have to say it's a bad pick. Now McCain can't harp on inexperience, and it's particularly obvious why he made the choice - try and grab Hillary's votes. If Hillary would have been the VP candidate, what do you wanna bet McCain would have picked differently? Seems like an obvious pandering ploy to me, and Hillary's supporters won't fall for it - she wouldn't let them. I didn't think she was all that great speaking today either. Came off as someone who is in over their head.

That was my first thought. Second thought, Boy, she is good looking.

Will she pull in undecideds, or just reinforce those who wouldn't vote for obama any way?

edit other than female voters who cant see past their overies

She's got a kid in the military.

Maybe that can lay to rest the bull$#!+ about how we'd never go to war if politicians' own kids were in it.

At least the republicans can find a good looking woman....

Any one else think she looks like president Roslin from BSG ???

Tigh-Roslin for president !!!

For those of you who arn't nerds BSG = Battlestar Galactica

poopshovel wrote: I'm a big selfish bitch and don't like helping people.

fixed it for you

and BLS statistics include even those who do not want jobs so it's 5.7% of everyone.. or 10% of those who are actively seeking employment..

you lose. again.

and you're selfish.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12997.html

1. He’s desperate. 2. He’s willing to gamble — bigtime. 3. He’s worried about the political implications of his age. 4. He’s not worried about the actuarial implications of his age. 5. He’s worried about his conservative base 6. At the end of the day, McCain is still McCain.

CATHERINE A. "KIKI" MCLEAN Senior adviser to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and a principal with the Dewey said:Women don't vote for women because they are women. Women have high expectations -- and have always had to meet them. The McCain campaign should not assume that adding Sarah Palin to its ticket will attract female voters in margins large enough to turn the Obama tide. In fact, this choice might be yet another example that he is out of touch.

yup

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/29/AR2008082901777.html

belteshazzar wrote: She's got a kid in the military. Maybe that can lay to rest the bull$#!+ about how we'd never go to war if politicians' own kids were in it.

so does biden..

who cares.

you are on a tear today, ignorant. i especially like how you ignored all the other comments about Palin in that link and went straight for one that supported your opinion

Strizzo wrote: you are on a tear today, ignorant. i especially like how you ignored all the other comments about Palin in that link and went straight for one that supported your opinion

actually.. her pluses are also minus'

outsider = inexperienced (it could go on and on)

the baiting women from hillary is interesting to me.

Hmmm. I see it as McCain very cannily kept his VP choice cards close to his vest, waiting to see what Obama did. Obama picked an old white guy, not what people were expecting, really.

Then he sprung his surprise. Did it work? Lemme ask: how much have you heard about Biden in the last couple of days?

Pretty damn smart, actually. He picked a conservative with ovaries. Good move.

Can she do the job? Hell, I dunno. I don't know enough about her. There was a series of short man in the street interviews with people in Alaska on Comcast. The majority said she was doing a good job, even the ones who didn't vote for her said that.

so can we get mccain/cougar bumper stickers on cafepress yet?

Wow. The BSG Resemblance is uncanny!!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/151517/393

mccain has gambling habit.

apparently that extends to picking vp canidates

ignorant wrote: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/29/151517/393 mccain has gambling habit. apparently that extends to picking vp canidates

The link you provided also shows that Obama has a gambling habit, too.

Apparently that extends to his entire career.

Duke wrote: So why on earth do you think you only have TWO choices? Look around. Vote your conscience - it's never a wasted vote.

How you figure? If I throw my vote in for a miniscule-sized pot how will that make a difference? Not flaming here, just looking for more opinion on that statement...

chknhwk,

Basically, your vote is worth 1/100 millionth of the ultimate decision. Why bother choosing whether to throw that vote to someone you don't believe in when there are people you do believe in running? We need a 3rd party (or 4th or 5th) in politics to upset the status quo and we'll only accomplish that if people get rid of the notion that they only have two choices for everything.

chknhwk wrote:

Duke wrote: So why on earth do you think you only have TWO choices? Look around. Vote your conscience - it's never a wasted vote.

How you figure? If I throw my vote in for a miniscule-sized pot how will that make a difference? Not flaming here, just looking for more opinion on that statement...

There is always the hope that the circus will get a third ring. I'm waiting for Ron Paul and RuPaul on the Style and Substance ticket myself.