Crow…Yum: McCain/Palin ‘08!
August 29th, 2008 at 10:19am Leo Pusateri
Yesterday, I thought I had some impeccable information from inside sources, when I reported that it was almost sure that Tim Pawlenty would be McCain’s choice for Veep.
It appears that reports of such an occurrence were greatly exaggerated; however, at the time, the inside sources appeared to be sure of that occurrence, as well.
Nonetheless, I await to be pleasantly surprised by what will hopefully be the choice of Sarah Palin.
In a few hours we’ll all know the story.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, RNC08, Republicans
46 Comments
1. coulterfan | August 29th, 2008 at 10:25 am
HAHAHAHAHA!
Did McCain choose her for her extensive foreign policy experience? How many times has she visited Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
Doesn’t Palin kind of undermine the argument that Obama’s not qualified to be Commander in Chief?
2. Kirsten | August 29th, 2008 at 10:30 am
Ummmm, let’s see. One would be president on day one if elected, the other would only be president in the next four years if something happened to the president. Therefore, one could learn from the experienced president while the other wouldn’t be prepared when they were elected. So, no, it doesn’t undermine the argument.
3. coulterfan | August 29th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Doesn’t it tell you something when Buchanan, Scarborough, Goldberg, are lauding Obama’s speech and campaign as exceptional?
Doesn’t the way Obama has selected his staff, the people he’s chosen to manage his campaign (whom Scarborough describes as “good people” who always ask about his family and talk about their kids), the way he’s run his campaing. . . doesn’t that tell you something about the competence and seriousness of a potential Obama administration?
Contrast that with the juvenile campaign McCain’s been running (”Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran!”) and his choice of Palin. . .
4. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Did McCain choose her for her extensive foreign policy experience?
Unlike Obama, McCain doesn’t need a VP to shore up his TOTAL LACK OF FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE.
How many times has she visited Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan?
Only 3 fewer times than Obama. Now, in all fairness, that’s not including a trip Obama made to Pakistan as a college student.
Doesn’t Palin kind of undermine the argument that Obama’s not qualified to be Commander in Chief?
She has as much executive experience as Obama does Senate experience; in fact, more if you count actual days on the job. Even with the recent dust-up involving a state trooper formerly married to her sister, Palin’s approval rating is 80%. Everything I’ve read over the last couple months indicates that Palin is the one VP candidate most feared by Democrat insiders. She brings virtually NO negatives to the ticket. REALLY NEAT LADY!!
5. coulterfan | August 29th, 2008 at 10:37 am
The Palin-Biden debates should be fun to watch!
6. hermie | August 29th, 2008 at 10:39 am
Hey Leo…At least you got the first two letters of the last name right.
7. coulterfan | August 29th, 2008 at 10:47 am
>She has as much executive experience as Obama does Senate experience<<
Is that right? He’s been a Senator since 1996- 8 years in Illinois and 4 in the Federal Senate.
So Palin has 12 years as Governor in Alaska. Are you sure?
8. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 10:48 am
The Palin-Biden debates should be fun to watch!
Coulter, here I actually agree with you, although I think you’re going to be (un)pleasantly surprised, particularly when the subject of energy comes up.
9. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
So Palin has 12 years as Governor in Alaska. Are you sure?
Don’t be dense. Sorry, I should have said “U.S.” Senate.
Come on, Coulter, pour out all your nasty comments about Governor Palin. Just let it all out — your good at it.
10. coulterfan | August 29th, 2008 at 10:56 am
Joe Scarborough on Palin:
How, indeed?
11. Bull | August 29th, 2008 at 10:59 am
HAHAHA. coulterfan had the same post in the pawlinty thread. if rommney gets the nod we get to see the same thing. truth of the matter is, the vp doesn’t need to go to iraq because they aren’t running for potus.
palin knows something about energy. she knows how to run a government. she knows about budgets, and payrolls, and taxes where senators lack. yes even mccain. but mccain’s pick will be a governor which make better leaders than senators. and with two know nothing senators on the dems ticket….the choice is clear.
mccain-palin
mccain-rommney
doesn’t matter. either one is the winning ticket in november.
12. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:02 am
my God, how does she do that?
How indeed does a no-nonsense, articulate woman overcome the bloviating of Biden on any subject? When the smoke clears, I hope Leo’s cat saved a little crow for you, Coulter.
13. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am
Coulter, I’m not sure why you think Biden is such a great debater, because he’s not. He’s very weak when it comes to making short, concise statements. But let me clarify my previous comment. It’s based on the debate moderator enforcing the time limit on Biden. If there’s no time limit, or if it’s not enforced, then you probably have a point. I just don’t think that Biden is capable of making getting his point across on ANY subject in the short time allotted during political debates. Just watch him try to get her into a town hall setting, much like McCain is trying to do with Obama.
14. Sunny | August 29th, 2008 at 11:16 am
This is a remarkable woman with judgment and good common sense. She should appeal to a great many Americans - mother of five, lifetime member of the NRA and very articulate. She is extrememly attractive as well which is a big plus. She may not have the experience the rest of the vp potential candidates had but she also does not have the baggage they have. We will see where she stands on the issues, but I suspect that the American public will fall in love with this woman. Should make for a very interesting race to the White House in November.
15. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:16 am
BTW, Governor Palin is the one who shot down that symbol of Republican largess the bridge to nowhere. Think that might appeal to moderate and conservative Democrat women? I do.
16. SEW | August 29th, 2008 at 11:18 am
18,000,000 HRC voters to vote for Obama/Biden?
Yea, right. Palin–drill, drill, drill. Bevis/Butthead–we need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil–no drilling, no drilling, no drilling. Yee haw.
17. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Sunny, perhaps there’s hope for you yet. Good post.
18. WhatChange | August 29th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Expect liberal crossover votes–just because she is a woman! Sunny the perfect example of that mentality. Oklahoma liberal–put a black man up with nothing but snakeoil to sell—sold. Put a woman up that has a brain–Palin–sold.
19. kimberly4victory | August 29th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I believe “the One’s” slogan of Hope and Change goes right out the window with this pick. Palin is an excellent choice!
20. Mark Noonan | August 29th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Her oldest boy deploys to Iraq on September 11th…and not as a lawyer…
21. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:35 am
One of Palin’s first acts as Governor was to sell her predecessor’s lavish private jet on ebay.
Ya gotta love this woman!!
22. Autorotate | August 29th, 2008 at 11:35 am
I can’t wait for the former hockey player Palin to drop the gloves with Biden.
23. Mark Noonan | August 29th, 2008 at 11:36 am
coulter,
She does it by tapping into conservative, Reaganite ideals and thus getting it right…unlike Biden, who is locked into a miserable, ideology-bound liberalism.
24. William Teach | August 29th, 2008 at 11:37 am
No offense intended, but I am really glad you are eating crow, Leo, because this is an awesome pick.
LOL, Autorotate! It’d be great watching the VP debate and having her say “Wanna go?”
25. Mark Noonan | August 29th, 2008 at 11:38 am
…one is almost ready to say “start measuring for drapes, John”…
26. JPL | August 29th, 2008 at 11:47 am
Hey coulterfan, I’ll be even you can think of at least 3 ways in which Sarah Palin helps the Republican ticket. I mean, if your life depended on your coming up with such a list, what would you include?
27. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 11:53 am
JPL,
Coulterfan can’t answer right now. His fax machine where he receives his talking points from the DNC is jammed.
28. The Bane | August 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I don’t think I’ve seen the base this energized since … I can’t remember the base this energized.
Spook, can we get behind McCain now?
29. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Spook, can we get behind McCain now?
D’ya think, Bane? I’ve often questioned McCain’s judgment in the past, but not this time. What a freakin’ awesome choice!!!!
Interesting lack of Lib comments on this thread. Must be waiting for instructions from KOS or the DNC.
30. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 12:10 pm
Wow guys I am so happy. I am used to the repubicans making dumb decision when it comes to things like this. I thought we were gonna get Ridge and i was gonna be pissed. I am so hyped. Expect the repub base to be enrgized. We are going to be rocking. Now Obama camp has just talked trash by denigrating her for being a mayor of a small town. Guess what morons, those are the voter’s Obama is having problems with. Jeez are these guys dumb. Huge gaffe.
Coulterfan- Nice that you could get the lotion cleaned off your keyboard and join us today. Palin- ran a government. Obama- ran the failed Annenburg project.
P.S. McCain had class by running an ad congratulating Obama on being the first black candidate, now Camp Obama is attacking Palin (poorly) before she has even made a statement or appearance as the first female vp candidate on the republic side. Big mistake.
31. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 12:11 pm
One of Rush’s first comments today was that Palin doesn’t have to wear pant suits and her husband is not a crook. ROTFLMAO!!
32. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
My Mom just called me. She is super pumped up. She had never even heard of Palin. She said she sounds like a really cool lady. Guess what people, there are millions of women seeing her for the first time as we speak, and they are going to like what they see.
33. Retired Spook | August 29th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Rich,
You’re not excited, are you?
34. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Oh my god I have a Chris Mathews tingle coming up my leg. McCain is about to introduce her. Any one else super charged up?
35. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Holy Crap look at the resemblence to Jackie Kennedy.
36. William Teach | August 29th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
She is doing pretty good with the speech!
37. Dasein Libsbane | August 29th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Our Maggie Thatcher?
38. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
I really believe the Obama campaign should continue their attacks on Palin for being the former mayor of a small town. It will not go over nicely with the bitter clingers of the nation. Also please continue to say she is inexperienced. i’m sure somone will point out that a governor is an executive position that has to work every day, wheras a senator is a legislative position where one works maybe two days a week. So we can say that Palin has roughly five hundred days on the job. How many days has Obama gone to work as a Senator?
39. Danish Artist | August 29th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
It will be easy for Obama and the Democrats. They can continue the sexist campaign they used on Hillary.
The liberals are talking about her lack of experience being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Uh, well I guess they have more of a problem with that than they nominating a guy with no experience for President.
As GOVERNOR, Palin has executive experience….. something that Barak Hussein Obama does not have at all, unless you count the director of the board position he had with Ayers.
40. Ricorun | August 29th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Palin is a very interesting selection. I’m going to have to think about this one for a while — and get to know her. But off the top of my head, this is what occurs to me as the pros and cons.
Pros:
1. She has outstanding anti-corruption creds. I think this will be an important asset, and it severely erodes Obama’s “business as usual” or “change” meme.
2. She’s a social conservative, which will help boost the enthusiasm of the GOP base.
3. She’s strong on domestic drilling which is popular with a large section of voters.
4. She’s a woman, which could help to woo disgruntled Hillary supporters.
Cons:
1. Very thin resume. Mayor of a town of pop ~8000, 18 mos as governor of one of the least populated states, and zero experience on a national level or in foreign policy. She severely erodes McCain’s “not ready” meme, and it might make McCain’s age (and cancer history) more of a factor.
2. She’s relatively unknown.
3. She’s under investigation.
41. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
Rico- While Palin was mayor of a small town, Obama was handing money out in Chicago, not really a winning argument as lots of small town people will associate with her. Remember this is the demographic that Obama is already having trouble with. She is the Governor of Alaska. That means she is an executive and has executive abilities, ie commander of national guard, budget, hiring and firing etc.. Like I noted earlier, this is a everyday, 24 hour a day job, unlike being a Senator where you might show up twice a week. Given that Obama started running for President the year he came into office, he isn’t exactly having the thickest resume on experience. Obama’s executive experience is quite slim and I would like one of you libs to highlight it for us. The unknown part is a bonus. People are going to just be learning about her, and many are going to like what they see. They are going to see that she has the same values and interests that they do, and in the small towns in Ohio and Wisconsin, Pennsyvania etc that is going to be huge. As far as the investigation it doesn’t seem to be a big deal (Biden had to abandon his first pres bid when he got busted for plagiarising a speech from a british politician). Something somone in her office did it, not her. I’d point out to you the 18 million voters that voted for Hillary that overlooked countless things Hill and bill have done over the years. Heck Blago got re-elected here in illinois and he has had a few problems. Finally i would just like to say that the Dems started this idea of identity politics and have bet the farm on the turnout of 15 percent of the U.S. population with the black community. By putting a larger percent of 55% of the population in play, McCain has seriously upped the ante.
42. Ricorun | August 29th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Rich: People are going to just be learning about her, and many are going to like what they see. They are going to see that she has the same values and interests that they do, and in the small towns in Ohio and Wisconsin, Pennsyvania etc that is going to be huge.
I’d say this is the big unknown. If she does what you say she will do, then that would help McCain’s chances considerably. If she doesn’t connect, I suspect he’s in trouble. But I don’t think either are a foregone conclusion.
I see you’re convinced that she has the chops to be second in line. I’m not. I don’t know enough about her. I want to hear what she has to say. I will say this though — I think she’s a better pick than most of McCain’s other choices.
43. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Rico- We just had Bill Clinton give a speech at the Dem convention where he highlighted Obama’s inexperience as a good thing. If the Dems want to say she is inexperienced, and that experience does matter, than they are really using some twisted logic to say Obama should be President. They are really splitting hairs when touting Obama’s thin resume (which they just said didn’t matter), who is running for President, to Palin’s resume, who is running as vice president.
As far as connecting, most conservaties I’ve seen today are energized, and that was not the case yesterday. That is why this is a game changer. Conservatives are much more reliable voters than the youth vote, and they will solidly be behind this ticket.
44. Ricorun | August 29th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
We just had Bill Clinton give a speech at the Dem convention where he highlighted Obama’s inexperience as a good thing. If the Dems want to say she is inexperienced, and that experience does matter, than they are really using some twisted logic to say Obama should be President.
I would agree that if the Dems criticize Palin for inexperience, that is some pretty twisted logic. Unfortunately, there’s the other side of the argument — McCain and Republicans HAVE argued that experience is important. And by picking Palin he has significantly weakened that argument. And yes, I realize that Palin is the VP candidate, not the P candidate. But that logic gets a little twisty too.
Personally, while I recognize that experience is an important factor, it is nowhere near a conclusive one. So I don’t have a problem with that part of Palin. The question I have is what exactly DOES Palin bring to the table?
And as far as connecting with conservatives goes, they weren’t going to vote for Obama anyway. It might help with the GOTV, and maybe fundraising, but that still remains to be seen. That’s all I’m saying.
45. Rich | August 29th, 2008 at 7:30 pm
Good points rico- I think it will energize a base that was not too happy.
46. LiberalNitemare | August 29th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
I dont know about experiance as a factor in this particular contest, but its pretty easy to find a list of Palins accomplishments since she took office.
Not so easy to find anything about Obamas accomplishments.