A rare mid work posting but…
Ted, nice call on palin as originally seen in the comment sections of a few postings on BccList.com here, here, here, and here. As I commented back, it still doesn’t help the ticket.
For example, what happens if this grossly aging man dies within the next 4 years? Do we really want a 44 year old with experience in Alaskan politics leading the free world? Also, isn’t this pick a little too abstract for middle America to understand? Either abstract or idiotic.
Update: The Obama camp of course came out with the following statement… “Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9000 with zero foreign-policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency.”
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For a taste of Palin on Polar Bears please read the following op-ed from the NY Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/opinion/05palin.html
She suggests that scientists have found polar bears to be a stable population and therefore did not need to be added to the endangered species list. unfortunately, it seems those scientists actually found that the polar bears would be dead by 2050
Conor, nice work! I’m not quite sure the conservatives are down with protecting wildlife though. But, if we don’t protect the wildlife, there won’t be nothing to shoot. I just spit tobacco.
I just don’t get it. Why pick a woman with no experience from a non-battle ground state? I understand the move by McCain to pick a woman, a good move in my opinion, but it seems like he is off the mark here. I don’t know much about politics, but even I know this doesn’t quite get it done. Having sons named Track and Trig doesn’t help her cause either. Nor does hatin’ on Polar Bears. Do you think Obama will have a “Polar Bears for Obama” bumper sticker soon?
Polar Bears for Obama! I love it.
I agree w/commenter #2:
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/erbe/2008/08/29/palin-could-help-mccain-attract-hillary-supporters-if-she-can-address-troopergate.html
I didn’t know they considered Alaska a state.