Well, the cable channels love the Palin pick.

[riverdeep]

It's given them another angle to work with, dissect, pontificate. Pat Buchanan was going apeshit over her- 'this girl is a pro-life feminist', 'she'll please the conservative base so McCain can go out and challenge in the suburbs' and my favorite reason- 'she eats mooseburgers'.

[Andy823]

1. Yeah but

She was one of the 25 people in the country who were "actually" working to get Pat elected when he ran, you know Pat is going to rave about how great she is! :evilgrin:

[riverdeep]

2. That's true.

But I'm seeing it across the board. Chuck Todd, Wolf Blitzer, all these people acting like this is some brilliant choice. This is Harriet Myers 2.0.

[endthewar]

3. They are portraying her as "risky" though

The McCain campaign dropped the ball. They should have had surrogates out on TV to try to squash this talking point. The desire for a horse race is too hilarious. Last I checked, most people around this country don't eat mooseburgers. Also, I'd love to see the McCain campaign continue the celebrity talking point with the beauty queen on the ticket.

[billyoc]

4. She was a Buchanan fundraiser in the '90s.

Let me say that another way:

She supported Pat Buchanan for President.

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[FLAprogressive]

6. LOL hardly

[riverdeep]

9. Seriously, was that worth the registration?

Could you expand on this part "She has more in politics than him."?

[billyoc]

11. Was there a specific policy issue you agreed with her on,

or do you just listen to the signals from your car radio?

[Arugula Latte]

13. Yeah, goodbye to you, a-sswipe-rock.

:hi:

[regnaD kciN]

"Goodbye" indeed...

...hope you enjoy that tombstone!

[...of J.Temperance]

16. She was a Mayor of a TINY town, she's been Governor for 18 months

That qualifies her to be Veep, that qualifies her to be a possible President?

Lol!

[VP505]

7. Blitzer had a couple on

doing their best to spin her as being well qualified and a great pick. Fortunately crusty Jack Caferty was there to keep them in check but no matter what he said they kept babbling on.

[...of J.Temperance]

19. The GOP and their media whores are going to have a nerve

EVER saying that Senator Obama isn't qualified now.

He was in the Illinois State Legislature for what 8 years, and has been in the Senate since 2005.

Palin ran a TINY town in the middle of nowhere and has been "Governor"* for 18 months, aside from that, she's done jackshit except....have a bunch of kids.

*"Governor" or is Todd Palin the actual Governor?

[ChristopherL]

8. Oil

She will help with the energy problem. Being from Alaska.

[riverdeep]

10. If you mean she's doing her durndest to open up ANWR, then that's accurate.

But that won't affect oil prices for years.

[Arugula Latte]

12. At least Jack Cafferty is reporting very negative reaction to her:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6MVmv1OY6Q

[Trekologer]

20. In his own words...

Its "game over" for McCain.

[...of J.Temperance]

14. 'this girl is a pro-life feminist',

Isn't "pro-life feminist" an oxy-moron?

It's not very feminist to suggest that the Government gets to decide what a woman can and cannot do with her own body....it's not very feminist to tell a woman or a girl who's been the victim of a rape or incest and is pregnant as a result that they have to carry and give birth to a baby that was created from the result of their body being violated.

Which is what Sarah Palin believes, that ALL abortion should be outlawed, EVEN in the cases or rape and incest.

[noel711]

15. If you are Pro-life you CAN'T be feminist...

Feminism means self-determination.
A feminist says: YOU are in charge of your life, your body, your reproduction.

She's a sham, and she's being used.

Gag, this is awful..

[...of J.Temperance]

17. Exactly, the GOP and Buchanan are talking out of their asses

"She's a sham, and she's being used"

Well she's the typical Hardcore Fundie Stepford woman, they don't mind getting used, I mean they have no mind of their own or independent thought process of their own.

Now it appears that Todd Palin could be the Alaskan Governor and Barbie Doll Sarah is just a little puppet on a string.

[riverdeep]

18. They're trying to co-opt the feminist mojo.

Which is strange because they demonize feminism any chance they get. Just because you're a working woman doesn't make you a feminist- it's what you're working towards that counts.

And what she's working towards is big government. Government so big it says it knows better than you and your doctor what to do with your body. Strange they can't see that inconsistency.

[...of J.Temperance]

21. And if people fall for this crap

Then it's really going to be totally pathetic.

I mean based on the GOP definition of a feminist then, that'd mean that Ann Coulter is a feminist because Ann works....Lol!

Palin wants the Government IN peoples' bedrooms and she wants the Government to FORCE women and girls to have babies created from rape and incest, regardless of what psychologically damage that might do to those women and girls.

Palin NEEDS to be exposed as the extremist she is.

[riverdeep]

24. Yes, pro-life is really compulsory pregnancy.

However, one point with nuance. I know you're just trying to point out the fact that she's out of step with the majority of Americans in her siding with anti-abortion no matter what, but we don't always need to go the extreme situation to point out that pro-choice is right.

Pro-choice is right even when the mother's health is not in danger, even when no rape occurred. It's the right choice when the woman decides it is, period. There will always be a few, but almost all women aren't going to make a decision on terminating a pregnancy lightly. We can entrust the decision to them and know they'll make it for the right reasons for their situation.

[Arugula Latte]

22. Not to mention, you refer to yourself as a "girl" when you're 44?

:wtf:

[...of J.Temperance]

23. Did

She call herself a "girl"?

These people are strange.

[riverdeep]

25. No, that was Pat.

He was veering between calling her 'girl' and calling her 'gal'. Now, men of his generation did that, and he probably has a hard time getting out of the habit, especially when he's excited.

Interestingly, Chris Matthews called him on it. Probably still smarting from the beating on his comments about Hillary before New Hampshire.