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by mornin77 @ 2008-09-04 - 20:44:45

Houston, we have a possible problem. if you chose your Vice-President, after supposedly meeting with them for fifteen minutes, does that mean that you fly by the seat of your pants, or that it doesn't matter what they have done, you just want to shake things up because, you are slip, sliding away? If after you select this individual, you learn that she is under an investigation into possible abuse of power as a Governor, that her husband was a member
of an Independent Political party, which wanted to sucede from the United States of America, that she taught abstinence in schools while her underage, unmarried poor, exposed daughter was expecting, that it was announced on CNN this morning that the National Enquirer (which is not usually reliable until recently, when it proved the story about John Edwards' infidelity was true), is reporting that the Governor had an extra-marital affair. Senator John McCain is threatening a lawsuit, if they don't retract the story. The reporters and editor of the Enquirer are saying that they have three reporters in Alaska and they are sending four more, to work on the story. Think there is any good, in fully vetting a candidate more than fifteen minutes? When I saw who Mr. McCain chose, my reaction was, he is going to have to find another Vice-President for this race. Maybe I was right, maybe I was wrong, time will be atelling. David Gergen, CNN commentator said a few nights ago, after Mr. McCain's selection of Governor Palin, that this was the riskiest thing he had ever seen in his political life. Mr. Gergen has advised about four past Presidents. Oh yes, one final tidbit, she is under investigation for firing the Deputy Commissioner of the State Troopers, (title may not be accurate) but the gentleman was in charge), because her sister was undergoing a messy divorce, and the Governor wanted her brother-in-law fired. The commissioner refused, so she fired him, not only does this appear to be abuse of power, but if the commissioner was dismissed without cause, he has a civil suit under the EEOC, which he may very well win. There were twenty-four telphone calls made to try to get the man fired, some made from the Governor's husband, others from her staff. She said she had nothing to do with it. This is who Mr. McCain decided on for his first big decision. Mitt Romney, MiKe Huckabee, Tim Pawlenty, Mr. Portman, former Budget Director or Tom Ridge, were all second rate to the Governor of Alaska. I don't even think he will use her in the real sense as his governing partner. She will be a facade, and someone else will do the second-in-line job. He, as someone said, wanted a person with female body parts, he got her. She made a rip roaring, base rousing speech on Wednesday evening, filled with scathing assults on Senator Obama. They won't allow the press to ask her anything, and now the Enquirer story. Lordy me! Judgment, judgment, where did you run to?

Please visit: www.newsflavor.com/the-maverick-mccain-versus-the- candidate-mccain.235047
Also: www.newsflavor.com/upbeat-democratic-national-convention.237349

Try blowing air into your brain, by holding your nose and blowing like a blowfish, to relieve headaches. Sometimes your brain just needs oxygen. Do not blow hard.

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menhirmenhir [Member]
2008-09-04 @ 21:38

McCain is 72, this vice-presidential candidate, who sounds like a sharp shooter and a loose canon has every possibility of coming out of the limelight if he becomes president. As the commentators here say, she's just a heartbeat away. What McCain does meantime, if he takes the presidency to keep Palin in the wings, if she can be kept in the wings, would be immaterial if he pops his clogs. What would be material is what Palin would do in the USA and globally.

The Republicans were smelling a right wing revolt, they had to do something to bring that wing back on board. The other possibilities for 'boring and stable' VP's were not going to achieve that requirement. So what you've got, is an under-vetted candidate who is going to shoot with anything she is taught to, apart from what she knows already.

It doesn't say much for the Republicans if they can bring to the forefront another insular character who admits to knowing little about the big world outside of the USA 'that there are others who can get on with that'. You've got to have some idea, show willing to embrace some knowledge, even if you don't have the expertise.

What will it say for and about America, if the Republicans repeat the presidential 'successes' of the previous eight years?

Obama is not shrill, he is thoughtful and he has shown himself to be a consumate politician. He appears to be taking on board the need to broaden America's horizons and present a new political face. His running mate seems unexciting, which can make him interesting, as he may be sensible; he certainly has knowledge of foreign affairs, he was therefore, carefully selected.

Let's trust that there isn't another disenfranchisement at the next election, whatever the outcome. That was a dreadful and undemocratic state of affairs. It is generally quoted that the poorer communities in Florida were affected by it. I know from people I knew in that area that it went wider than that, that they too were affected and frustrated by what happened.

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