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Well she may not be the best pick, but sure is the best looking.
Biden is going to have her for lunch.

Sarah Palin? Who the h3ll is Sarah Palin? This, IMO, is a HUGE mistake! McCain has been hammering Obama about his lack of experience, and then he picks a governor from Alaska with only two years under her belt. He just shot down his own argument.

I dont know anything about Palin, I hope she brings something else to the ticket.

You are right Delta, Biden will destroy her.

he's a Maverick in his own mind.

Maverick (\'mav-rik\) : an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.

How does he figure he is a maverick?

We just handed the keys to the white house to Obama! I may just throw away my new McCain t-shirt.

ITs about time the Rep. has a self proclaimed pot smoker in office Puff Puff give

From Wikipedia - She admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.[9

Don't forge the Pot

good luck Marty. McCain big jab at Obama lacking experience, do you think Palin is prepared after 2 years of being Gov. to lead the US of A. Nice try, but no way. With McCain known for straying at times, I think he has an alterior motive.

Actually I like the move..always liked out of the box thinking . Out of the 4...pres and vp hopeful...she has actually had to make executive decisions that she has had to stand by...
Highlights of Governor Palin's tenure include a successful push for an ethics bill, and also shelving pork-barrel projects supported by fellow Republicans. Palin successfully killed the Bridge to Nowhere project that had become a nationwide symbol of wasteful earmark spending.[10][11] "Alaska needs to be self-sufficient, she says, instead of relying heavily on 'federal dollars,' as the state does today."[12]

She has challenged the state's Republican leaders, helping to launch a campaign by Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell to unseat U.S. Congressman Don Young[13] and publicly challenging Senator Ted Stevens to come clean about the federal investigation into his financial dealings.[10]

In 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s.[12] A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%.

In the first days of her administration, Palin followed through on a campaign promise to sell the Westwind II jet purchased (on a state government credit account) by the Murkowski administration. The state placed the jet for sale on eBay three times. In August 2007, the jet was sold for $2.7 million.[36]

Palin's tenure is noted for her independence from big oil companies, while still promoting resource development.

Shortly after taking office, Palin rescinded thirty-five appointments made by Murkowski in the last hour of his administration, including the appointment by Murkowski of his former chief of staff Jim Clark to the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority.[16][17] Clark later pled guilty to conspiring with a defunct oil-field-services company to channel money into Frank Murkowski's re-election campaign.[18]


in response to high oil and gas prices, and in response to the resulting state government budget surplus, Palin proposed giving Alaskans $100-a-month energy debit cards. She also proposed providing grants to electrical utilities so that they would reduce customers' rates.[25] She subsequently dropped the debit card proposal, and in its place she proposed to send Alaskans $1,200 directly and eliminate the gas tax.[26][27]


Having the stones to call "bologna" on your own "side" is much more valuable (and rare) than someone who will "go across the isle to get things done". In fact, the absence of this value in today's politics is (IMO) how we ended up with the joke of an administration that we currently have.

I actually think it might be a good strategic move.

I suspected he was going to nominate a woman, although I figured it would be Hutchison of Texas. He's obviously decided his primary strategy is to woo disaffected Hillary supporters. However, aside from being a woman, her views would not be acceptable to most of them.

I'm sure he'll pick up some of those votes with her pick but will he lose just as many or more because of the choice? Only time will tell.

how and why would that matter? I know your Marty and nothing more, getalife is getalife, harvstf is harvstf. why would you want to know anything more than delta1124? and theat I've been around since 2005. I like the anonymity of having just a "handle".
Like everyone else I can just say whatever I want.

If you want to know me I'll be lurking around sherman lake all 3 days this weekend, although tomorrow afternoon I plan on going out and exercising my 2nd Amendment rights at the range in Concord. I will put a little McCain bumper sticker out at 100 yds and see if I can't take out the "Mc" letters. Red, white and blue skeeter with old glory flying on the back deck.

IMO, I am not ready for another 8 years of a failed administration as what we just have had , and to bank on another 4 more for a Bush Clone doesn't give me confidence either.

Not to say it was a bed of roses with Clinton, ,When it came to time of being a Commander In Chief. That skunk showed what side his stripe ran too.

Now Mc Cain picks a 2 year Governor of Alaska ? Who is under investigation for attempting to fire her brother in-law from the Sheriffs office because he was locked into a messy divorce with her sister ?

This is only going to get worse, with the mud slinging.

But what I am really waiting for are the DEBATES !!!!. To me that is when the gloves come off and we finally get to see what they are both made of.

an approval rating for a state with big exports, no income tax and every resident getting a check each year isn't hard to do. she sounds great, just not as my president. thanks but no thanks.

Words out she's a Seahawks fan.



Can I vote Obama/Palin?

After seeing her photos I support her right to bare arms, her right to bare legs and her right to bare anything she wants to bare.

I have been to Alaska 26 times and have many friends up there. They are not very sophisticated but I know one thing--they are tough and they are honest people who are not afraid of some tea totling *** who never had a real job going after them. She is an odd pick but she took on the head of the republican party in Alaska for corruption and got him thrown out. Maybe a small town honest human being will be too much for America to handle but my money says Biden better be careful or he will have his nuts removed.

Ringer wrote:...but my money says Biden better be careful or he will have his nuts removed.

A real ball buster huh? I lived in Fairbanks for two years - most fun I ever had in my life. Was engaged to Miss Fairbanks - the runner-up for Miss AK for 1967. Played rock and roll music in bars you guys wouldn't want to walk through and got shot at and missed once because I couldn't play Wooley Bulley. LOL

My lead guitarist and I on break at midnight June 21, 1967 - no flash
at Murphy Dome early warning radar station.

Greg, sounds like the same kind of woman. I just saw a photo of Palin shooting an AR-15 and I am in love again. You need to go back up before you kick the bucket. I say that every year and just keep on tickin'.

Words out she's a Seahawks fan.

Damn, She's hot! Me thinks McSame is looking to do some of his own drilling in the wilderness of Alaska.

Was there a speech last night - McCain upstages Obama with VP Selection of Sarah Palin. The liberal media is piss off that everything is about Sarah Barracuda as VP on the McCain ticket. McCain put the coup de vile to Obama big speech. Talk about leading – I have new insight into McCain.

And the best you liberals can come up with is:

Damn, She's hot! Me thinks McSame is looking to do some of his own drilling in the wilderness of Alaska.

Today I have a dog in this race!

Greg – which one is you?

Was there a speech last night - McCain upstages Obama with VP Selection of Sarah Palin. The liberal media is piss off that everything is about Sarah Barracuda as VP on the McCain ticket. McCain put the coup de vile to Obama big speech.

Yeah, McSame stole Obamas thunder. Only problem is that he's a little too late. That's why the latest poll has Obama up by 8 points.

Here's a great site for those of you who are political junkies like me:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls ... a-225.html

it's an unusual choice to be certain, if he did so to attract women voters I think it won't help, being that she is staunchly anti-choice. the issue I have with it is simply this, she is not qualified to be President, McCain has had 4 occurances of cancer over the years, it's likely he will have another, this gal is no more qualified to be President than I am. Being Governor is great, but Governor of a state with fewer than 700K people, well honestly thats like being Mayor of San Francisco or San jose, not a real big deal. We'll see how her little family squabble with her former brother-inlaw all plays out as well. Best of luck, it isn't going to fly.

Her ex bro-in-law tasered his own son and she didn't like the moron. Do you think cops should be allowed to taser their children as punishment?

my dad would of tasered me a time or two if they were around back then. there is going to be some explaining that needs to take place, just because your governor doesn't mean you can start dealing with family issues out of a public office, allow your husband to contact state officials and discuss family members and possibly discipline with them. first look not good, but hey I'm not going to vote for McCain an yway so it's not my opinion that matters, it's the 18 million Hillary pro-choice voters they want to attract with an absolute pro-life candidate. good luck with that.

You are a male chauvinist pig.

I bet McCain won't be healthy enough to make it through term one. Wouldn't that be ironic.

Marty it is the law of this Nation and it has been determined by our highest court, the Supreme Court of the United States of America, that a woman has the right to shoose what is best for herself and that of the fetus. This Nation made a very wise and noble choice at it's inception, that of the seperation of church and state. You have the right and freedom to make your choices however you see fit, why would you want to force your religous beliefs down the throats of others? Do you believe that you own beliefs trump that of others? And then you state that you believe that all pregnancies through incest, rape, or if a mother is at risk, so now it's OK to choose, and what moral ground gives you the right to choose when it's OK or not? Words like fetus, pro-choice, abortion are clinical terms, how can there be somthing wrong in that?

Jump up on your soapbox and tell me how evil I am, I will ask you how many times this year you have bothered to help unwanted children, how many children have you adopted? what plans do you have to take care of unwanted children? how about their upbringing, are the conservatives going to take care of them? Have the ever taken care of them?

Given what you have recently stated, you must really believe it's a simple solution, vote for conservatives and your troubles will go away. Well guess what, we have had 8 long years of compassionate conservatism and it didn't work, it has been a failure.

If you hold life so precious, how is it you justify over 4000 American mena and women DEAD, and 50K, 100K Iraqis DEAD, for a war they didn't start, in a place that didn't have what we were told it did, by a President who actually changed the rules (look up Bush Doctrin) How does a moral society justify this? How can you justify it?

Marty wrote:Greg – which one is you?

With the hat. Band was Smokey and the firefighters.

steve0806 wrote:You are a male chauvinist pig.

I hope you're talking about me.

I go to that web site all the time – and you are correct we are a bunch of political junkies. But your call on the polls is incorrect – that lead was yesterday numbers and not today after the Sarah Barracuda was pick as VP. After last night speech I knew Obama would get a big bump on the polls as much as 10 points. I would say it is no more then 3 points by the time you go to bed and start dreaming of conservatives in the white House.

Agreed, it is too early to see the impact of the DNC convention OR the vp pick. My point was that if that one early poll is an indication, Obama got a bump of at least 6 points by the convention. I seriously doubt the selection of a VP could makeup for that. Also, that was just one set of polls, and part of that data was actually taken before Obama's speech.

We'll know by early next week how much of a total effect the convention and VP pick has had. Then we get to wait another week to see how much effect the Republican convention had.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that whoever is ahead in the polls by mid to late September will win. There are so few undecideds right now, I can't imagine that number being more than a few points at the end of the conventions. I know there are still the debates to occur, but in the past I don't remember the debates having any effect at all. Most people will have made up their minds by then and will simply see their candidates as having won no matter what.

Marty, on the Realclear website you should click on the figures from the 2004 election (left column). What's interesting is that the polls were neck and neck right up until September, where Bush takes the lead for good. I'm sure it's no coincidence that that's when the party conventions were held.

In any event, it's an exciting time to follow politics!

Just got off the phone with my Republican Brother from Minnesota. He'll be at the convention. He said that Palin was McCain's 5th choice but the other four made up some excuses.

probably. but she is hot for a politician.

delta1124 wrote:probably. but she is hot for a politician.

John, this is Bob Dole. Wanna buy some Viagra?

Pretty impressive person....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3jnbiHAMuY good snipit on her views on her state helping the rest of the states...to sue the fed government because they are not letting drilling go on.

I agree, well spoken and proffessional.

My initial reaction, and the reaction of most Americans, was:

Getalife wrote:Sarah Palin? Who the h3ll is Sarah Palin? This, IMO, is a HUGE mistake! McCain has been hammering Obama about his lack of experience, and then he picks a governor from Alaska with only two years under her belt. He just shot down his own argument.

Now I have had a chance to think this through and to learn a little more about the lovely Sarah Palin (she really is hot), and I am now realizing how brilliant this pick is. I dont think she will bring in many of the hillary hags, but we really dont need them.

Think about it. The day after Baracks big night, Juan brings out this hottie and now no one is talking about Barrack. Palin is all that is being discussed on radio and television... Brilliant!

Her views on drilling are in sync with mine, her views on global warming are right on, she is a real fire cracker and just what the republican party needed.

I dont think she will be attacked on her experience because it is more significant than Barracks. She cant be attacked on womens issues, she has a son in the military, she fishes, she hunts, she's a an NRA member, she's hot! My god... I think I'm in love.

I will keep my t-shirt Marty, and I will wear it proudly.

Greg wrote:I bet McCain won't be healthy enough to make it through term one. Wouldn't that be ironic.

Thats what they said about Dole, and he's still kicking (I think)

Greg wrote:Just got off the phone with my Republican Brother from Minnesota. He'll be at the convention. He said that Palin was McCain's 5th choice but the other four made up some excuses.

I don't believe that for a second. Romney would not have turned the job down.

Marty wrote:So Ash you never smoke it? McCain is the only one that has not smoke pot. Pot ant’s shlt!

Your right but ask Cindy McCain about prescription drugs, I heard her and Rush Limbaugh were sharing the same Rattler Vics, Percs and Opiates Oh My!

Read massiah Obama's book. He was a crack ho.

getalife wrote:Thats what they said about Dole, and he's still kicking (I think)

Viagra wasn't invented when they said that. It gave him a reason to live

Geesh, when I lived in Alaska, a pretty girl with all her teeth was called a tourist. Guess that's all changed now.

Messiah, not at all, sounds like you were listening to another channel, and didn't actually hear what the candidate had to say. Not that that matters, but it makes what you say sound a bit silly. I am certain that the republican base will do what they do best and that is attack his charachter, I think there are more than enough character flaws in McCain to go around. Cheat, a man who would leave his sick wife, now if he can't hold a wedding vow, how in the world will McCain be able to uphold and defend the constituion? appearance of corrupt behavior, McCain has shown extremely poor judgement in the people he has chosen to pal around with, while no formal charges were ever brought, many including myself know that accepting many trips to the caribibean paid from the pockets of a guy like Keating looks improper. I expect to see plenty of mud thrown, after all why would this election be any different than the past. But I do get a laugh out of comments like Messiah, really is that all you have?

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How do you get those photos into your posts