What the VP Choices Say About the Candidates

Surely, she's not even a good choice for McCain.

So very true. Palin did energize the conservative base but mcCain should be very careful about his misleading and deceptive ads. He's taking it to another level and this could be the rope that hangs him in the long run.

Ellie but she is.

She is a great diversion and her biggest qualification is her woman parts. If McCain had picked Romney we would have to focus on the issues because everyone is familiar with Romney and it wouldnt be this big media feeding frenzy we have now.

And people would realize the "maverick" McCain is about as much a reform candidate as George Bush.

The last thing McCain wants is anyone to focus on the issues.

It says everything we need to know about the character of Obama and McCain - and those who support them.

Brian true. I think McCain is getting too complacent and thinking he can get away with any lie then turn around and say that the press is just attacking Palin.

He is working people and more specifically womens emotions.

The last thing McCain wants is anyone to focus on the issues.

So that's what we should do - and tie those issues to his corrupt party.

It says everything we need to know about the character of Obama and McCain - and those who support them.
Sandy Knauer, Sep 15, 2008, 3:46pm EDT

Sandy couldnt have said it better myself.

Sandy yes we should but now how to get people to do it is the question.

She doesn't talk to the press because she's still being coached.

The choice of Palin shows that McCain isn't calling the shots in his campaign.

That is scary right there Josephy.

Sarah and exactly what track record of Palins are we supposed to look at?

And by marching to her own drum does that mean do whatever she wants regardless of what is good for the people?

And the use of her power for personal gain?

And her "do as I say not as I do" form of leadership?

That is what I am seeing.

The choice of Palin shows that McCain isn't calling the shots in his campaign.

Thank you, Joseph! This election is about the issues and parties. McCain/Palin are puppets for their corrupt party and we should not let anyone forget or distort that.

Give it time, the pick will implode.

The economy will sink Bush/McCain.

Give the poor woman a break. She's part of a team she just joined. She can't be familiar with all the positions and issues because she's been running the state of Alaska. She has granted interviews. There'll be debates. We'll know a lot more about her and she'll know a lot more about McCain's vision for America if she has a chance to study it.

No matter who you want to vote for, there is no way you can say Palin is establishment. She definitely marches to her own drummer. And no matter what you want to hope about Obama, he's definitely given in to the party faithful since making whatever deal he made with the Clintons. I suspect she's counting on him not winning and running herself in four years. Particularly after all the horrible things she said about him, how can you believe she's now decided he's someone she trusts to lead the country. Be honest with yourself, what has he said that is new?? He says change, but he spouts off the same old "I care about the factory worker" stuff that Clinton said and in fact Bush has said in his State of the Union speeches for the last 8 years and most of the Presidents before him. They all want you to think they care about the little person, but the truth of the matter is that Obama's part of the elite, not a little person. He went to a fancy private school in Hawaii. He went to Harvard. He's in the top 1 % of income earners in the US.

Look at what people have done, not what they say. If you don't like McCain's reforms and bills submitted (passed or not) don't vote for him, but to trust someone like Obama who has no actions to stand behind his words, that's a little scary. At least we know that McCain was willing to put his country first when he was a POW, and when he sponsored campaign reform when no one else would. He adopted children who needed help long before he was a national candidate for President.

A very wise man said, "It's not the kind of man you are when everyone's looking, it's the kind of man you are when no one's looking."

Sarah's comment disappeared, but I'll respond. I hope anyone who is enamored by a flippant, 40-something cheerleader will check into her record, and her dominionist background.

I'm not a party voter. I don't like the whole idea of voting because someone tells me how to vote. Before Palin had the smidgeon of a thought of running for VP, she was doing things in Alaska that were good for Alaskans. She has a rating of over 80 % in her state. That means that those voters, in both parties, are excited and happy about her leadership. Can't recall any President with that large a percentage. Or one who has worked as hard as McCain against his own party for the issues he believes in. And the truth is campaign reform is an issue that hurts the party candidates, but he did it anyway.
That's what I mean by looking at someone's actions.

I'd love to hear what Obama's done, besides having friends who openly say they want to blow up the United States. How can he stomach talking to those people if he loves his country so much?

Oh geez, Sandy! Like this pastor doesn't have a personal axe to grind with Palin! Are you really that naive?

Folks, only time will answer which team the electorate puts more faith in.

I think Obama's choice, of Sen. Biden, for his running mate does speak volumes about any deals he made with the Clintons. After all, he's been chanting "Hope" and "Change" to anyone who'll listen for well over a year.

And who does he pick? An aging, 36-yr. veteran of Washington. Doesn't sound like an agent of that "change" and "hope" type, now does it?

No, Biden (who should really consider simply duct-taping his mouth shut until after the election - I mean really, the man is an SNL skit all by himself) is an insider who will give Obama the backing of party leaders that he will need if he gets elected.

The choice of Palin for a running mate was sheer upstaging of the Obama campaign. The "hope" and "change" candidate finds himself facing a truly remarkable pairing. The elder maverick and the young, no-nonsense, non-political, firebrand. True "change", and true "hope" for a campaign that was seriously in need of a boost.

This entire election is one for the history books, and I am glad I was here to take part in it.

Sarah Honenberger....your very wise man should have said, "it's not what the woman says when she has been coached and is speaking when everybody is listening...it's the kind of woman she is when she is speaking behind closed doors and only her Christian supporters are listening."

thanks for sharing

CA..."Folks, only time will answer which team the electorate puts more faith in."

You got that right CA...more religious faith.

I think McCain did personally pick Sarah Palin, and it was from a gut impulse based on his opinion she is a maverick such as he considers himself to be. She helped McCain at+ first, but I think she will continue to reveal her lack of knowledge of the serious issues as she repeats the party line exactly as she is being coached. She is a terrible choice for a presidential candidate who is 72 years old and has cancer in remission. It shows he has bad judgement.

Lori, stop spiking the ice cream. :)

The whole religious agenda of sarah's church freaks me out and the more I read and that's quite a lot, about her, the more I despise her agenda.

These people are zealots and she is their anointed one.

I'm the biggest feminist around and I woulld not vote for her or anyone else because of her gender.

I make my decisions based on the context of the person's character and she is extremely lacking.

Give the poor woman a break. She's part of a team she just joined. She can't be familiar with all the positions and issues because she's been running the state of Alaska.

Sarah, I hoped you were kidding when I read these lines. Did I miss something? Was she not a Republican before this week? How could she be Governor of a state in this country and not be familiar with the positions and issues of her party, or know what is going on in her country?

I'm flabbergasted. I can't believe anyone would try to excuse her responsibility to possess the knowledge and experience for the position she accepted.

I didn't mean context I meant content. Damn.

McCain picked who was good for McCain..not who was good for the country. Typical of his politics..