i'll admit that i was only mildy interested to hear that mccain was about to publicly choose his veep today, since i assumed it would be pawlenty or romney or something predictable like that. then i got home tonight to find out.....palin ?!! who??!? what?! so i'm junking out on this currently.
Palin's addition to the ticket takes Republican faux-feminism to a whole new level. [...] this is in fact a condescending move by the GOP. It plays to the assumption that disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters did not care about her politics -- only her gender. In picking Palin, Republicans are lending credence to the sexist assumption that women voters are too stupid to investigate or care about the issues, and merely want to vote for someone who looks like them. (link)
wow. this is crazy. i guess he successfully diverted the media's attention from obama's amazing speech last night, but not in a positive way. this appears a last ditch effort akin to shooting himself in the foot. AND he can no longer attack obama for lacking experience.
vice presidents aren't necessarily a huge factor in elections but in this case mccain is OLD! his camp's response:
“She’s going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he’ll be around at least that long,” said Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain’s top advisers,making light of concerns about Mr. McCain’s health, which Mr. McCain’s doctors reported as excellent in May." (link)
isn't that a weird thing to say? "the master??" So, Black's joking, right? right? or not. what the heck?
as some have noted, this smells like bush's botched nomination of harriet miers.
i can't wait for the rnc to start. will it approach even half the energy of the dnc? not bloody likely. this is fun stuff.
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