This pick makes the Dan Quayle pick look brillant!

McCain's always been a skirt chaser.

President Obama!
Glad for the change.
Glad for the breath of Fresh Air!

Oh, SShhhhh......

You've got to be kidding me. Who in the world is advising McCain!

Someone at a bar smoking dope must of said, "Hey, let's get a young woman as a VP. All the Hillary girls will jump ship and we will win the election"

Dumb, real dumb. I give up. I'm turning the political brain cells off. I can't take this anymore.

Well...what fraction of a fraction of a doubt I had that Obama would lose to McCain is now gone.

great pick I needed that push to the right and Palin was the pick to do that and I know I won't be alone.

Mcain in 08'

McCain will receive a cane today on his 72nd birthday!

Skin cancer 4 times.
High Cholesterol to boot.

How's his health???

This nuetralizes the Obama's inexperience issue.

His VP:
Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She hunts, eats moose hamburger, ice fishes, rides snowmobiles, and owns a float plane. Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association.

She admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.

Great move, Johnny!

A shrewd political move to make this announcement the morning after Obama's acceptance speech. The focus and talk is now away from Obama.

Saw her in an interview with Glenn Beck a few months ago and was very impressed. What a brilliant pick for the GOP.

Maybe there is hope after all. It'll be a lot easier pushing the button in November.

big mistake.....an unknown for VP?? He should have gone with Romney, a recognized name...He just blew the election

Great Pick!!!!!!

McCain 08!

Well, I am still voting for McCain. The VEEP didn't matter too much, but I wonder if she can get the youth/feminist vote away from the Democrats.

I don't think he had a lot of great choices. I like Joe Lieberman, but didn't think that he was a realistic choice. Romney had the name recognition and great persona, but ...well, this should indeed be an interesting campaign. I do like the NRA membership. I would be happy to embrace a woman for President or any person of any race, sex, or ethnicity. It is about principles to me. McCain is the best fit, but Obama has the rock star qualities and the ad campaign which seems to have won all the media. Overcoming a PR campaign that is set up like a rock star tour may be tough since style and glamor seem to prevail over values and substance in our current culture.

NO IT WONT!!!!! LOL - this is a woman who has just taken a 'handout' simply for being a woman! She would not be selected if it were not for all the work Hillary put in! I sure as heck didn't support Hillary before, but I sure as heck do now! This Palin woman is AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT HILLARY FOUGHT FOR!!!! No Hillary supporter would go completely AGAINST Hillary's beliefs just because she's a woman! Besides, she was a big supporter of Pat Buchanan! Poor judgment here 'my friends' LOL - putting here in a debate with Biden is just cruel and unusual punishment! And she is under a State Investigation, and she belongs to a group called 'feminists for life' - LOL, that explains the investigation which I imagine will jsut 'go away' now!! (She's being investigated for ethics violations because she used her position - Governor of one year - to get revenge on a man who allegedly 'mistreated' her sister!
Anyway, for a Hillary supporter to vote for this woman would be a slap in the face to Hillary because Palin's stand on the 'issues' (which is the most important part of choosing your candidate by the way -ahem - McCain!), they are way too opposite. Hillary voters voted PRIMARILY on the issues, being a female came secondary for most of them. You would never see a black man vote for Clarence Thomas would you - so why would a female vote for Palin?

Hunts, fishes, and an NRA member. Great!!

Republicans should be furious over this pick. All this does is focus things on "a heartbeat away" at McCains age. This woman cannot be ready to lead the country. McCain failed another judgement call question. His job was to pick a VP who could take the job on day one.

As for picking up womens votes, not going to happen with this one. Women vote for security and on economic issues since they usually keep the family checkbook. McCain is confused and either has bad judgement or impaired judgement.

BTV ... we AGREE on something....
But dang it, I was rooting for Charlie to be VP. That way we wouldn't have to put up with him anymore. I truly thought he'd be a good gov, but I made a mistake, IMHO.

McCain seems to think that by picking a Woman for VP that automatically all Women will rush to vote for the Republicans.. Just HOW patronising and totally sexist is that? Does McCain really think that Women are SO shallow and sheep like that they will buy this?
McCain sure is showing his age and boy is he OLD!

OUT with OLD in with NEW!

I'm concerned for her 4 month old son with Down Syndrome. She needs to be a mom not a VP. She has 5 kids which is great....but being the VP of the USA will be her first priority not the kids.
I'm voting for Mickey Mouse!!!

I'll bet everyone in the Obama camp is going, "He, he, he, he...."

They must be tickled pink at McCains VP choice. Shallow, lame, incompetent choice.

I will have to admit, though. She's a fox! Kinda the dirty minded sexy librarian look, don't you think?

Shocking choice,not so much for it being a female who cares about sex gender but how is she going to help get the midwest states that Pawlenty would have gotten. Who knows maybe it will turn out to be a great pick as opposed to Lieberman or Romney.

This going to be one crazy election.

Sunflower, why can't the daddy be a stay-at-home daddy? Just because she has five children and one happens to have Downs doesn't mean she can't be a VP or anything else for that matter. I don't know much about her (now that McCain has chosen a running mate I'll have to do my homework on her), but just because she's running for VP doesn't make her less of a mom. What about all the "daddys" who have been president/VP, does that make them less of a father? If Daddy is home, who cares?

Well-played, McCain. Very smart move.

NO THEY DON'T RYU!!!!!

It's the same as taking away Obama and replacing him with Clarence Thomas and expecting to have the black vote!!!

It's patronizing, and sends the signal that women don't THINK!!!!!!! It is actually quite infuriating to suggest all women are the same! It is no different to suggesting all blacks are the same or all Hispanics are the same!

RockfordGrad - Obama did not choose a woman because he wanted the best person for the job. He also chose his wife the same way - Michelle is a strong woman, and not someone who could be chained to the kitchen sink. If he were even a little bit sexist, a man of his caliber could have gone for a 'trophy' wife. He did not, and that says a lot about him. He didn't choose Hillary because of Bill actually - he did not want to be rummaging around in Bill's past. It was not a reflection on Hillary. If he chose any other woman, it would have been disrespectful to both Hillary and HER supporters.

NaplesCracker, Biden maybe 65 but Biden is not going for President....

Obama has time on his side, McCain doesn't.

Four Score years and Ten remember. McCain is well past his sell by date. He should retire and move to... aw blasted..

I guess McCain's last resort is "sex sells"! Wonder how Cindy feels - will she be remembering the old saying "If he'll cheat WITH you, he'll cheat ON you!" LOL

How many of you have actually read up on her background and accomplishments? She is a great pick.

The Republicans have always been good at the divide and conquer strategy. You divide people along race and gender lines, and win the election. It has worked well in the past. I must say that this is a brilliant pick by McCain to continue that strategy. The question is: will it work again? Can the Republicans pull it off after the past eight years? If they do. I will leave the country.

Ryu, you have to be the dumbest, most illiterate person in the Naples area. You would lose any debate with your backward thinking and moronic points. You make no sense. Everything you post is subjective. You have no proof to back any of it up. You just blab your mouth on here. At least post something meaningful or debate worthy, if you are going to post at all.

My mother was president of the Down Syndrome Association of a major city for two years and a delegate to the National Down Syndrome Congress. She did this with four children (two of them Special Needs). We never felt unloved or neglected. She and my father worked very hard to raise us together. Parents- plural. You can do anything if you budget your time wisely and believe in what you do.

McCain/Palin '08!!!!!!!!!

You've got to be kidding me. When he loses his marbles or keels over, she is going to be our Commander in Chief? What a mistake.

I'd rather see Sara Barracuda on the TV screen than Obama, Biden or McCain anytime!
Any State Governor that can fly her own plane, hunt moose, ice fish, play hockey and play championship basketball, and walk down the Miss Alaska runway while raising 5 children has my vote!!!

SARAH PALIN could be a heartbeat away from being the President of the United States
By Ironside

Sarah who?

McCain is telling the American People that, God forbid, in the event something happens to him while he's president, Sarah Palin is the best person in America to be President of the United States of America.

WOW! McCain's first huge decision was a huge mistake! Stick a fork in the election, it’s DONE!

Wouldn't Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX) have been a much stronger ticket? This is a slap in the face of not only Kat Hutchison, but also Condoleezza Rice.

This is a remarkable sign as to what kind of decisions John McCain makes.

Sarah Palin's husband worked as a production operator on the North Slope for BP. This could be another sign of McCain being in the pocket of big oil companies. Sara Palin is in favor of drilling in Alaska’s ANWR, which barring another flip flop, John McCain opposes.

She is suing the federal government of making the polar bear an endangered species because that prevents drilling in ANWR.

Sarah Palin is currently under investigation over the controversial firing of a public safety commissioner.

QUOTE:
http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/pali...

State lawmakers approved an investigation late last month into whether the governor retaliated against former commissioner Walt Monegan for not firing a state trooper entangled in a divorce and ongoing custody battle with Palin’s sister. The investigation will also examine whether Palin or any of her family members pressured Monegan to fire state trooper Mike Wooten because of the messy divorce.

UNQUOTE

I smell oil! ANWAR here we come! BP got it made now!

Biden will slaughter her in their debate. What does she know about the economy? Can you imagine her on stage trying to out wit Biden on national security? Furthermore, who in the hell is she? Thanks Mr. McBush for sealing the deal with this selection.

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008!!

#56

He knows we're squandering money in IRAQ. BIDEN knows national security.. "sugga britches" knows how to hunt for moose and shoot a gun. Can't get much Republican than that!

So the Republicans were able to find a woman Vice-President but the Democrats couldn't. Trust me, the Obama camp is totally stunned. Either way we will have a woman Vice-President or an African American president the first week of November. So history will be made.

Old man McCain picks a local mayor as his running mate, the mayor of a town the size of Marco Island.

e is the oldest presidential candidate ever, had cancer twice, shows signs of Alzheimers and he picks one of the least experienced Governors (18 months) in the nation.

Nice judgment

RockfordGrad it took my that long to get over the shock of McCain's ultra-stupidity.

#22 mothernature: we agree on more than one thing. I was also hoping he would pick Charlie. I didn't vote for Charlie, but know many who did and feel the same way we both do.

see you at the next storm party blog? ;-D

ALASKA???? Are you kidding me? McCain just lost the race....Go Obama!

WOW... great choice. What a shocker to a lot of folks. I wonder what Hillary followers will do now? Any news out there covering that issue?

I was worried he'd pick Crist and clearly win the election. Kate Hutchison (R-TX) and Condoleezza Rice would have added so much to the ticket than just a skirt.

She is CURRENTLY under investigation and her husband worked for BP.

McCain just made it easy for Obama.

This is hilarious!

Kneejerk...she is a governor not local mayor. Did you read the article?

My feeling is that no matter who McCain picked that the DNC camp would find something wrong and rail on about it.

As I say, I think this choice is interesting. I am still voting for McCain as I feel he is the best person for the job, period. The VEEP choice didn't matter too much to me. Obama's choice did matter. If I had entertained ANY chance of voting for him, the VEEP choice completely turned me off. Old line DNC does not compute with the philosophy of change espoused by his camp. Bait and switch seems more the case now.

My vote stays. I look forward to getting ALL of this over. The 18 months of political rhetoric and histrionics has been an unwanted cacophony of baloney.

I just watched her speak, she is very amateur - not on the same level as other leaders. She won't get the respect of other countries because she appears weak. Certainly no Margaret Thatcher. She is not a strong candidate - but then neither is McCain. This should be very funny to watch! Great entertainment up until Obama & Biden are sworn in!

NaplesCracker you have only posted what her and her attorney are saying. What do you expect them to say? That she's GUILTY?

This is a joke! Way too funny!

Obama/Biden '08

Obama hit a home run last night, however McCain hit a grand slam today.

PS - Hillary will be out in full force to make sure that her supporters know the difference - Hillary will tear her apart! Did anybody see Joe Scarborough's immediate reaction to the news? It was...

"What??? That won't work!"

well, first time i've agreed with that guy!

It's going to be a tough sell convincing the American People that Sarah Palin is prepared to be President of the United States should something happen to McCain.

I can't believe anybody that claims Obama lacks experience would claim Palin doesn't.

This is great for the Obama campaign.

McCain stole the spotlight alright, but in the worst way possible. With a bad decision.

Obama/Biden '08

Rockfordgrad, You are quite correct. I should have said 3 score years and ten. Geez all this politics is making me dumber than a box of frogs.

Perhaps I should run for President?

McCain & Palin. The Dead and the Undead!

#65 Kneejerk-try Governor of Alaska. Vs. Senator of Illinois, hmmmmmm. HHUUGGE difference. Right on Cracker

McCain just lost the moderates. She's also another status quo candidate. She supports everything Bush stands for.

THANK YOU John McCain!

Perhaps he didn't really want to be president.

I'm voting for Obama!

Obama has this race in the bag.

McCainiac's Alaskan pick is perfect for his campaign...she lives in the dark nearly half the year, which is how Repubby's like to keep their voters informed on issues.

WHY tell them anything when Repubbies can keep them IN THE DARK.

Obama will take voters out of this DARK SIDE!

A change is drawing closer!

Obama in 2008!

ROFLMAO.
Like we know who Obama is when he throw his name in the Presidential race. Matter of facts we still don't know who Obama is.

#88

The Senator from IL has several CITIES that are more populated than the entire STATE of AK. I agree, there is a BIG difference between them. Sugga britches Sara I believe is simply eye candy for "Playboy McCain". BTW, is she taller than him?

OBAMA/BIDEN '08

This age business is ridiculous. Who would I rather have? A 44 yr old or 65 yr old? On face value alone the older candidate would of course be a better choice for leader. And 72 years old is NOT too old for a president. This isn't 1920 for God's sake!
I was on the fence leaning toward McCain. Even though he's part of the rot in the core of our government, Obama needs a track record.
But this token choice is another ploy for the sheeple to eat up and I see it's working like a charm. This will hurt our country if John McCain wins. I know a neo-con on the ticket is a preference for most of you "Gays, God and Gun" types, but get real here, Career woman? Hubby's now going to be the "Mother"? Yeah, right. How does this work in the framework of the neocon brain?

GATORHATER: you are correct. Obama will be kicking himself for not choosing Hillary.

A percentage of women who voted for Hillary will definitely vote for Palin...smart move. If people voted rationally and considered all the facts, results would be different. But let's face it: some people vote for skin color, gender, creed, solely. This pick helps McCain. I think McCain wins. It was there for Obama if he just would have picked Hillary. Obama has been compared to JFK in so many ways...... Unfortunately, he should have done like JFK did: swallowed his pride, put his primary opponent (Johnson) on the ticket and win the election. Obama blew it big time.

leftovers is right - Romney wants to run for President himself someday. He knows that being part of this campaign would give him an unfair disadvantage. When he DOES run, he'll be able to say "I told you during the primaries I was right about McCain" LOL.

Bill Barnett is better qualified to be President than this Palin - and at least he's not married to an oil exec!

McCain/Barnett 08 LMAO

And she's from soewhere further away from here than Argentina! And we thought McCain was out of touch!

Juan "Capt Amnesty" McBush has finally given the Republicans their "Macaca" moment!
Congradulations Barack Obama and the Democratic Party.

Five children, PTA Mom, mayor of a little town.
Governor for 2 years but in that time she gets pregnant and has a baby? and goes back to work within 3 days of giving birth to a down's baby?

Where are her priorities?
Clearly NOT her children.

Experience?? Knowledge of the world?
Has she ever traveled out of Alaska, not likely as she was raising 4 kids.

Where is the experience the right wing screamed about for the past 18 months?

YIKES...McCain's judgement is questionable!

I WUV U opnmind and your thoughts on his new pick.

I WEALLY DO WUV U!

And I'm voting for Obama and his FIRST WIFE, Michele, and his cute kids while I'm at it!

Eisenhower and Kennedy had never been Governor, nor had GHW Bush or LBJ. The last time I checked being Governor wasn't a qualification to be president. The last president with Governor experience was….um, the current (p)Resident George Bush and we see where that got us.

We know less about Sarah Palin than any candidate in the race.

McCain just made this an easy race for Obama. Obama's speech last night rocked the nation.

This is awesome. I can't thank McCain enough.

Obama/Biden '08

One heartbeat from the leadership of the free world.

I am lost in this choice.

I like John McCain but he is if fact out of touch.

Obama has VALIDATED and PROVED himeslf over the course of this long, heated, and rigorous campaign - against a very popular former President and a strong former first lady. This woman Palin is simply riding on the coat-tails of McCain's vanishing campaign.

Hardly a comparison now is there trehugger and Cracker.

I hear Hillary just got her 3am phone call - this will get quite viscious - I can't beleive i'm saying this but GO HILLARY LOL!

most of the left wing commentators and Democrat players think McCain pick is " Interesting ". For all you dimwit out there. In political arena, the word " INTERESTING " mean it is good but I am hate to admit it.

leftovers...DON' B RUDE....there are PLENTY OF VOTERS IN GOLDEN GATE ESTATES WHO FAR OUTNUMBER THE ABSENTEE VOTERS OF THE CONDOS COME THE ELECTION.

Esaters are educated citizens who prefer the clean air of the estates to live in, rather than the pollution of I-75 to live by and suck fumes from. They also prefer to have acreage, rather than living in a tight fishbowl, where the sharks eat the little fish of the city life.

Ironside-

Governors who became president:
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Andrew Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

Do with that what you want.

I know nothing about this woman so I won't throw any stones at her yet.

But I do wonder how much "PC"edness had to do with McCain's choice. Or if he and his crew think so little of the Hillary voters as to get them to jump on his bandwagon just because she is female.

I have to ask myself how much of McCain's choice was dictated by who was the best for the job of running the country or who was best for the job of getting elected.

Until I learn more about her this is definitely another mark against McCain for me.

But he still leads against the candidate with no substance as far as I'm concerned.

There are some real republican IDIOTS in this part of the world.

Her husband is an oilman-----more of the same oil policies of the Bush Administration which fattens the wallets of oil companies and causes prices to jump (yes, I guess this is the stupid politics republicans like)

Hillary supporters did not support her b/c of her sex; they supported her policies. It is very shallow and offensive for those to even think that McCain will get Clinton supporters just b/c she is a woman. Reality: Clinton (and her supporters) want her to be the first female president. A vote for old man McBush means that you are also supporting the potential of this chic becoming president before Hillary. No way!!

You FL republicans are either greedy rich $%&holes or you are too stupid that you are supporting the very person that makes your lives more difficult. This economy is S&^T because of you stupid republicans.

#116 - we also prefer having NO CONDO ASSOCIATION / HOA DICTATORS TOO!

It's pretty clear to McCain that he cannot win without some of Hillary's voters. The Republican ranks are diminished. He needs a whole lot of help. Even here in Collier County, a Republican stronghold, people are wary. People are afraid to even associate with Republicans. I haven't seen any gathering of Republicans here in the county that was full of excitement. The ones I've seen have been dead, and lethargic.

Palin will at least give the Reps something to talk about. The number one topic will be: Who the hell is she!

17 out of 43 Presidents have Governor's experience. That far less than half of them.

Most Presidents have never been a Governor.

Thank you marcoislandgal for helping me make the point.

ANYBODY who thinks this McCain ticket is better than the Obama ticket is either a blinders-on party-line Republican or is being just plain stubborn.

Give me a break! Use your brains, people! Step back and consider!

Sarah Palin has less than 1/2 a term as Governor.

My point is that Kate Hutchison (R-TX) and Condoleezza Rice would have brought much more to the ticket than just a skirt. They have paid their dues to the Republican Party, and John McCain has ignored it. McCain's pick is rather patronizing.

SHAME ON John McCain!

Obama/Biden '08

I have sat here for months and read the posts that people type.. I can keep quiet no longer... my opinions are just opinions but lucky me I get to state them..
I have grown up a Democrat in a Republican world I have watched good change and bad...
I am not Joe Biden's biggest fan but I find it ironic that one of the biggest complaints from McCain's complainers (and yes I meant that) was that Obama has no experience and yet his choice has less...
That we need oil reform and her husband is an oil exec...
I am a female...who was for HRC I will not change my vote from Obama to McSame because he chose a woman..

I feel better now for stating what I felt.. again this is just my opinion...

gatorhater- there you go again putting words in people's mouths attempting to divide as usual. Please read on-
I'm an independent and have been my whole life. Why? Because of big foamy mouthed extremists who turn everything into a black and white we must win at all costs scenario. We all don't walk the easy trail of pick and choose the facts that fit. Some of us have seen and experienced the varying shades in between.
I asked a simple question which you can't answer because of the hypocrisy that exists and the inability of black and white thinkers to deal with it.
Either way, If McCain wins, he's much more my man than yours. I remember that first republican primary when George W Bush's machine trashed John McCain's war record and made claims that he was a coward and a traiter and a brain damaged meanie to boot! Has your brain remembered?
McCain is pandering to the neocons at our country's expense and giving you guys something you don't deserve.

McCain is a moderate and will attract the independent vote. It was brilliant to choose Sarah Palin, a pro-life, pro-gun conservative who will secure the conservative vote.

Palin has more executive experience then Obama- the community organizer.

I can’t wait to see this unfold.

Isn't it true that Palin's huusband used to be a professional wrestler?

BLUE I read the article did you read more than the first line of my post, the second line said Governor, least experienced 18 months, Palin has very little experience and no offense to Alaska but Alaska has 3 electoral votes the lowest number, which is based on population, she is governor of a large state filled with caribou and no people.

They pay people to live in Alaska

Not a real test.

Presidents who have been Senators:

James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Willima Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
Warren G. Harding
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon

Please note that the following were also governors:

James Monroe
Martin Van Buren
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Andrew Johnson
Warren G. Harding

#131 - ????????????????????

you've lost me there????????

Palins husband is a champion snow blower racer.

Leaving a baby at three days old is clearly a bad mother.

And McCainiac made a bad choice, 2.

Generally, I have been negative on Obama platform.

But am intrigued by his reported idea to replace the national anthem with "Imagine" by

John Lennon.

The Star Spangled Banner is a tough song to sing well and even tougher to have to listen

to poorly done so so so many times.

Let's put it to rest!

"Imagine" will send just the right message to the youth and the world that we no longer

plan to go bully around counties like Sudan, Afganistan and Georgia.

John Lennon ended up a great American!

Beetlejuice- you should be ashamed.

This woman chose to have this child, knowing he had Down syndrome. How can you say she is a bad mother?

Bad mothers would have aborted

Other Presidential Credentials:
George Washington- General
John Adams- Lawyer/Delegate to Continental Congress/Foreign Diplomat/1st V.P.
Madison- Secretary of State
Zachary Taylor- General
Millard Fillmore- V.P.
Ulysses S. Grant- General
Chester A. Arthur- Lawyer-Civil Servant/Educator/V.P.
William Howard Taft- Solicitor General/Civil Gov of the Philippines/Sec of War/Prov. Gov of Cuba
Herbert Hoover- Sec of Commerce
Dwight D. Eisenhower- Supreme Allied Commander Europe
Gerald Ford- Congressman/V.P.
George H.W. Bush- Congressman/U.N. Ambassador/Chief, U.S. Liaison Office (China)/CIA Director/V.P.

#144 - that's hardly surprising considering reading and understanding some of these comments requires an IQ somewhere in the '60' region. I'm not prepared to stoop that low - no offense to those of you who are.

R_Popoff - there's nothing like memories of Roseanne Barr's version of the Anthem.

OMG oldtimer - you're using the same copy and paste that LavendaLou has been using on every article since Biden was announced. Oldtimer suits you well. No doubt your name is a tribute to your candidate of choice.

"Change our National Anthem from "The Star-Spangled Banner" That's un-American."

We are in a state which once chose a different National Anthem, a tune called "Dixie"

Who are you to accuse those who fought and died for Dixie of being Anti-American?

Brilliant choice. We got ourselves a horserace.

can anyone link the "imagine" replacement for "The Star-Spangled Banner" please

Anyone read the bio? She was runner up Miss Alaska, but won Miss Congeniality. Sounds like the "right" gal to me! Perfect choice McCain. Now you have the women's vote sealed up. Pathetic pandering. Any Clinton supporter that jumps parties for this bimbo is an idiot.

Gator,

I'm pretty sure that's not true re: anthem. Popoff is a troll.

What a great choice! She looks just like Tina Fey -- the writers on Saturday Night Live must be going nuts.

Seriously, best GOP VP choice since Spiro Agnew.

Mycane's infatuated, Be careful Cindy, your man is a skirt chaser.

And they called it puppy love...

He probably can't function, but he can look and touch.

Why is it pot calling the kettle black? Experience was a huge GOP concern when it came to Obama. Why not apply the same experience test to their own candidate?

poor charlie crist he rushed to get hitched so that he might be VP

She's a soccer mom...oh, no, excuse me, a "hockey" mom. Did you hear her speak today? She sounded like she was addressing the PTA! And, just like Bush, she mispronounced nuclear. It is NOT nuc-U-lar!!

I might chat with her at my child's sporting event, but there is no way I would ever want her running the country.

And, Biden may be in his 60's, but he comes across much younger than old turkey-necked, wife dumping, bitter, crusty old McSame!

Oh, and did you see the cover of Vogue that she posed for? In lingerie? Maybe she could be VP of Victoria's Secret, but the country?

Obama/Biden '08!!!!

The soldiers of the Confederacy put slavery before country, that is UN American when you attempt to divide your country so that you can own another human being.

(2) Attorneys running the USA...you make your own summation

She is a brilliant, beautiful choice!

Add McCain's demonstrated heroism, rational approach to Hispanic immigration and realistic world view and there is NO OTHER CHOICE that makes sense, IMHO.

Man o man! Excellent choice!

McCain/Palin '08

Regarding the anthem. Read the Snopes site. But only read it if you want the truth.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/...

Ref: Changing the National Anthem,

Popoff, you gotta big pair to go sayin sumthin like that to folks down here!

Ther's good O'l boys out in their beat up swamp buggy pickups a huntin you down right now, yes sir.

This is a decision that fails to recognize the gravity of the VP’s responsibilities. McCain is 72. His VP could very well end up as commander in chief and her main experience is as mayor of Wasilla - a town of fewer than 8000 people that had all of one murder during her tenure. How can that prepare her for governing the bureaucracy of washington or recognizing the problems of citizens who live in Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, LA, Detroit, Chicago, Miami et cetera. Her main qualification seems to be support for more drilling in Alaska.

This choice reflects the profound irresponsibility of McCain.

McCain attacks Obamas experience and the Dems get all fired up. Now they are attacking Palins experience. NEWSFLASH...Obama is running against McCain. He has the experience. The time to learn more about foreign policy etc...is as VP...NOT as Pres.
This is a great decision.
I wonder if anyone has a photo of Hillary finding out that people will vote for a woman VP as long as it isn't her....LOL

Re: Post #172 - No, that's not "truth". That's "spin". And, Senator Obama has an army of people who work for him just for that purpose (as does Senator McCain).

"Truth" is a matter of perspective. It has nothing to do with what acutally may or may not have happened.

Any good politician will tell you that the truth will seldom, if ever, get you elected. And, it will never get you re-elected.
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Snopes is not political. Snopes gathers info - usually urban myth type stuff - and investigates the truthyness of that info.

Your idea of truth is frightenting.

As my earlier posts have proven, experience does not dictate success as a President. Some of our best have had little to no experience. Some of our least successful failed miserabley. You never know how someone will do in the Oval Office until they get there. Listen to what they say on the campaign trail and how they say it. That will tell you everything you need to know.

What a great choice for McCain. While her experience is limited, she has certainly proven herself capable in a short period of time. Also for those that are giving us population numbers of Alaska and Electoral Vote numbers, I have to ask why? It is required to be from a big city or a high population State to be president? What does that have to do with anything? Finally someone other than a Lawyer and a career politician is going to be in the VP spot. It is going to be refreshing to have a real person. She fishes, hunts and is a working Mom. What better person to give us some real perspective? I for one am happy with the pick. If McCain had succumbed to the Right Wing pressure, he would have surely picked Romney. This move shows he is making moves based on what is best for the country first and foremost.

For all of those pointing to Senatorial Experience as important, ask yourself when was the last sitting Senator elected President of the United States?

It was JFK. That was long before the type of scrutiny that candidates go through today. Senators create a voting record (or a non-voting record) that is examined and detailed in the press and on the internet today.

We are going to have a Senator elected this time and it is going to be very interesting. Two of the four candidates have no prior executive experience and if you discount McCain's military squadron assignment it is 3 of 4.

It is going to be difficult to pick, and I predict very close in the Electoral College.

While most women will not vote on gender alone, some will. Many women will see their values reflected in this woman, many saw their values reflected in Hillary.

Truth is truth. No matter who declares it or how many times it is said, an untruth is still not true. If you choose to believe otherwise so be it. Live in your world of lies -it matters not to me.

"Ref: Changing the National Anthem,

Ther's good O'l boys out in their beat up swamp buggy pickups a huntin you down right now, yes sir."

It's estimated that John Lennon's estate & Yoko Ono, possibly semi-illegal immigrants, have invested more that $billion in this country.

You nitwit, what have you meanwhile invested?

Certain no more than 63 points of IQ!

LOL, what a lot of vitriolic clap trap against this successful, constiuent oriented, articulate young woman. I can only conclude Sen. McCain has truly struck fear into the hearts of the Obamaniacs with this brilliant choice.

Carrot-Stick: You don't think some voters voted for Hillary simply because she was a woman? I bet you also don't believe that some percentage of the 92% of the black vote went to Barack simply because of his color. Wake up....

I think this pick makes him look like even more of a moron. There are not many women that would have voted for Hilary that will switch just because she's a woman. They have few, if any, shared positions on political topics. She has done everything she can so far to rape the land in Alaska and if they win, well, we can kiss goodbye any hope of environmental change, alternative energy sources, animal protection, and the rights of just about everyone that doesn't lean so far to the right that they are about to fall over. I wonder what she thinks of McCain's "c@#&" remark about his wife since she seems to be pretty heavy on the make-up, too - that trollop.

"Truth", according to one recently disgraced politician, "Depends on what the meaning of is, IS."

We have a new definition of Trollop. Married mother of five selected as VP running mate on her 20th Anniversary.

Simply wearing makeup is sufficient to attack someones character!!!

cgbex..she's a working Mom who put her family last on her to do list of life.

She also has very limited experience, and I'm thrilled by McCainiac's poor choice as it gives more umph to Obama's campaign.

beetle -

I, too, am not impressed with her "family values" - just as I'm unimpressed with McCain's.

He had an opportunity here to choose a running mate with a lot more substance. This candidate, though she may be popular in her state, is a poor choice.

What exactly DOES she bring to the table other than being female? She has nothing to bring in ANY area. She's pro-life? She's pro-guns? Well, so is McCain. I'm really baffled that McCain would openly offend so many Hillary supporters by thinking they'll vote for her when their main priority was HILLARY, secondary was her health-care plan. Not what was or was not in Hillary's pant-suits.

Philly - I said it before and I'll say it again. Black people would NOT vote for just any black man or woman. Put Clarence Thomas on a ticket and he'll be lucky to get 0.5% of the black vote.

I suppose that you never heard that McCain called Cindy a "c - - -" in front of a group saying that she wears her make-up like a trollop, you "c - - -" - it's still all over YouTube. As for Alaska, she had been more than happy to hand over land to logging and drilling. When it comes to environment and wildlife she fails miserably. She's the same old b.s. as what we've had for too long.

Its NOT a slap in the face to working moms. She chose to run for governor, and chose to accept the VP candidacy. She doesn't have to run for political office. Of course, I'm not in any way suggesting that a mom can't or shouldn't run for office. But the fact remains that she isn't working to simply put food on the table or cover the bills.

She has a four month old baby with special needs. VPOTUS? I don't think its right. But then again, she's the one that has to answer to her family.

nickismom.

If it is all over youtube where is the link? Looks like you are very familiar with BS.

JunkYardDog-

McCain is Southern Baptist, though he was bought up Episcopalian.

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

Here you go, and naplesconservative, after 8 years of this administration, everyone should be familiar with BS

Another BS post. That is a clip without McCain, making a charge that was originated by Cliff Schecter, a cellar dwelling hack from the Huffington Post that is out flogging a book.

JYD- That's true. I just wanted to keep everyone honest.

#215 - so you think it's not true? There are many more videos discussing it that are on YouTube, this one was just the "lighten up" version, for #213. How can anyone who would say this, disrespecting his wife, in front of a group of people, be expected to carry himself in the face of challenge or diversity and hold his (very well known to be bad) temper? What if someone calls him short, or pasty, or squirrel-ly? Is he going to send in the nukes? Maybe he needs a woman behind him to reel him in when he starts to lose it. Too bad he picked Sarah-git-yer-guns.

Whatever... just like so many others in your party who are somehow completely brainwashed by the golden boy and his mess of an administration.

Of course there are other videos discussing it. There are plenty discussing alien invasions, abominable snowmen, etc. There is nothing that supports the story but political attacks as stupid as the attacks on Obama's MUSLIM background. It is all BS. That is what is so wrong with the political process. People like you see something on the internet without any proof and spread it as rumors just like the Jacka**es that spread the BS about Obama.

I have no commitment to any party, just some principles.

nickismom - Facts are our friends. Surround yourself with them not rumors and BS.

naplesconservative is in denial. It's common knowledge he called her that.

How does one vote "NONE OF THE ABOVE'?

thank you for the compliment. Common Knowledge is something I never rely on and have no respect for anyone that does.

At least John McCain didn't lie about calling Cindy a c***. I'll give him credit for that much.

http://www.politicalplace.com/phpBB3/...

CommonKnowledege:

Obama is a Muslim,
Hillary is a Lesbian,
Romney believe that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers,

etc, etc, etc

IT IS ALL BS!!!