Obama is being proven correct by the Palin pick. His "bitter" comment

[pdxmom]

may have been inartful, but the reaction on the right to Palin shows that his analysis was true. These folks are clinging to guns and God and their embrace of Palin, based almost exclusively on her positions on guns, God and abortion, despite her complete lack of qualifications regarding anything of most concern to the country, shows that Obama was right on the mark.

His pick is only going to shore up the base, and I don't see it will pull in the independents. This isn't a minor point, because without the base, any candidate loses. But to see the reaction from that far right fringe just puts the proof to Obama's point.

Check out the article on Politico http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/13016.html

Some choice quotes:

“My wife and I watched an MSNBC special on her last night,” he said. “My wife knew nothing about this woman. But she was in tears listening to her articulate the views she had.”
<snip>
“’Boy, what kind of prayers have you been saying for McCain?’” he said with a chuckle about the question asked on one phone call. “He went and chose a Pentecostal for his running mate!”
<snip>
“Every shooter, every hunter, every gun owner, every competitor needs to understand that it is time to, in the words of Bruce Willis, ‘cowboy the 'f...' up.’ ”

McCain has gone after the fringe. It's the fringe who is excited. And it's my belief that the independents out there, who actually are concerned about national security, the mortgage crisis, rising gas prices, etc., aren't going to be swayed by the social issues this time. This election is still about McCain and the idea that things will stay the same under a McCain presidency. The social issues are actually on our side, in regards to guns and abortion. And the more people hear about Palin's ultra-conservative views, I think the less likely they are to let those things influence them.

[Divernan]

1. NRA membership vs. foreign policy understanding, experience & education?

As someone commented here yesterday, I'm worried about Al Quaeda, not Al Carribou.

[pdxmom]

3. No kidding! I loved the quote about the woman who knew nothing

about Palin, but wept that she was chosen. How the hell do you get that excited over someone you know nothing about? It's shallow and dishonest thinking. Or not thinking at all.

[Berry Cool]

2. Excellent point!

They really are clinging bitterly to "God, guns and gays" at this point, aren't they? Or at least the Republicans are, in a desperate attempt to win.

Only I firmly believe it's just not going to work this time. They have gone to the well one too many times, and this time, they're going to find it awfully dry. They just don't know it yet.

[Donkeykick]

4. And Hillary supporters are going to...

flock to Palin because of her position on guns, God and abortion?! Yeah, OK. :eyes: :wtf: :rofl:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

5. The extreme right-wing does not care for this country...

The rapture is coming any minute now. Preserve the environment? Why? Protect our constitutional freedoms for future generations? No point in that, really. We're not going to be here that long.

It being the end times, it really doesn't matter that the country is being lead by imbiciles, as long as they are god-fearing, gun-toting imbiciles. You know, our kind of people.

[Wise Child]

6. When Obama made his "cling to" comments,

Wasn't he referring to swing Catholic voters during the primaries?

Rather than the Protestant Fundie abortion and anti-gay rights two issue voters who are pretty much a lock, and have been between the 1980 and 1988 elections.

Of course, when Obama made his off-record gaffe, they had their Democratic candidate-as-elitist talking point, and wanted to extend that to their demographic, they wanted to own that because acting offended and claiming persecution is fun.

Now, this VP selection is a reaction to the elitist meme that Obama gloriously smashed to pieces on Thursday.

[Bread and Circus]

7. Obama is right most of the time...how many times does he have to be right

before people wake the heck up?

[1corona4u]

8. It's offical. These people are psycho, and so is McAss.

[high density]

9. The fringe worked for Bush

Whether or not the dummies (err, I mean "moderates") buy it remains to be seen.