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McCain Running Mate

ProfessorRabbit · 2008-08-29T15:21:29Z

This morning, as I was driving in to work, I listened to NPR, which I do every day. Today, however, they were talking about the likely running-mate for John McCain. When the name came out of my speakers, my jaw dropped. At this point, I'm a little too shocked and a little too frightened to really process this, but it's bad. For those of you who haven't heard this little tidbit, the name was... ...Sarah Palin. Damn. Okay, sure, she'd grant him a dose of that "celebrity" status that Obama seems to have, and she IS a female, which gets the minority thing on his ticket. And I suppose her policies probably jive with his. But... but... Sarah Palin? You've got to be kidding me. She has been really tearing this state through Hell. Worst mistake of our lives. She's got that deceptively pretty face, but I contest that the woman is pure evil. She's twisting the hunting laws to take the power away from the government and put it in the hands of a big-money committee. She wants to drill in ANWR. She favors the mining industry. She opposes a woman's right to choose. Etc. Oh, and the Public Safety Commissioner thing. Suffice to say that we (read: I and the people I hang out with; I can't speak for everyone) don't care much for the woman, and the possibility that she might someday be President (because, let's face it, McCain is OLD) is terrifying! Anyway, here's an article I found: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/08/29/palin.republican.vp.candidate/index.html I tried to find an article about Palin's policies and such, but Google was flooded with articles about the VP thing, so I gave up. EDIT: FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS 09/02 - Here's another link to consider: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26501863/?GT1=43001 Evidently, McCain made a rush decision, here. I'd also like to point out that no one seems to be mentioning the whole Public Safety Commissioner thing. She's doing a bad job in Alaska, folks. How good of a job do you think she'll do as President if McCain dies? It's not something we can ignore. Dude's old.

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Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:24 pm

ProfessorRabbit says... · Tue Sep 02, 2008 3:24 pm

Moriarty wrote:I have to concur with Professor Rabbit. She came in, destroyed Juneau's chance at a road leading out, which would have created an economical boon.

...I was totally against that road.

Nate wrote:Moriarty ->> This topic is not in the Debate forum, so please do not start debating with others here. If you wish to pick a bone with others and try to start fights despite only being a member of the site for a few days, go ahead. But do it in the proper venue. Not here.

It seems to me that everyone is discussing/debating this choice in this thread. Perhaps you could move the whole thing to the discussion forum instead of the lounge?

Chevy wrote:McCain chose Palin as a political stunt.

Yes.

EDIT:
Here's something else to consider. Just found this on MSN:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26501863/?GT1=43001

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Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:09 pm

Nate says... · Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:09 pm

There is a thread for debate. It's here:
topic35413.html

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