The risks get higher
Does anyone read this thing anymore? I can’t tell. Should I stop prattling on about politics?
Anyway, the risks the great American experiment faces just got much bigger with McCain’s selection of VP. A young, conservative Christian with virtually no experience other than leading a small town in Alaska and a state that is virtually unpopulated? Is this really who we want leading the country when McSame either slips into dementia once and for all, or keels over and croaks?
This is so obviously a pandering to the women who supported Clinton it reeks of desperation. But since Clinton’s supporters are largely middle-aged, educated mothers, I refuse to believe they are as stupid as he thinks they are. I certainly hope not, because if a McSame/Palin ticket wins, this country is officially over folks. Seriously. This country as we know it – over. The concept of democracy in this country is already teetering on the edge, and if you don’t want it tipped over into theocracy – vote Obama/Biden. Please. I implore you.
I think she’s kinds scary. And it doesn’t hurt his campaign to be a beauty pageant winner. Too many Americans vote for who they wanna look at.
kaphine said this on August 29, 2008 at 12:52 pm |
Oh, and I’m reading your blog.
kaphine said this on August 29, 2008 at 12:52 pm |
I always read, but then I can’t decide where to comment, here or LJ. LOL
j3ss said this on August 29, 2008 at 1:13 pm |
I’m reading, too!
I’m with Kaphine. She’s the perfect Republican trophy wife to stand next to McCain and give the voters something pretty to look at while they spew their propaganda.
Greg said this on August 29, 2008 at 9:03 pm |
Well, she has more experience in the executive branch than McCain Biden or Obama… actually a fairly artificial distinction, but one that has at least some propoganda value.
Some of this election seems to come down to the people who are pissed off at their party’s candidate: it seems unlikely that they (I’m talking Hillary fans and Xtian right people who dont like McCain) would choose the GREATER of two evils, so either they will suck it up or they wont vote. Probably pretty hard to predict how those numbers will fall out, but if having a chick vice pres nets McCain a few (misguided) Hillary supporters, all the better for him… Unless it makes an equal or greater number of Xtian righters disgusted enough (by her gender, that is- i think she has pretty strong socially right wing credentials [but then again, I only ever heard of her this morning]) that they stay home.
I think the bottom line is it will be another extremely close election… and I am fully prepared (emotionally) for McCain to be the next president.
Anonymous said this on August 30, 2008 at 2:21 am |
I’m afraid that quite a few people are exactly as stupid as you fear they are, and that the McCain/Palin ticket will attract female Hilary voters who believe they should vote for a woman (or a ticket with a woman on it) out of gender solidarity. I have had this argument a terrifying number of times with all kinds of women … about the fact that feminism isn’t about voting for a woman — it’s about having the freedom to vote for the candidate you actually believe in overall, and that simply voting based on gender solidarity is insulting to the entire concept of gender liberation. But, as I’ve repeatedly been told, apparently I just don’t understand these things because I’m, you know, a guy. *shrieking in frustration*
I’m sure this next remark will get me assaulted if I ever voice it in public (or maybe even if I voice it here) … but Palin has a potential draw with the “Down’s Syndrome child” card she can play. It’s a big emotional pull, and I’ll be interested to see whether it’s mentioned as much as I’d be willing to bet it will be. Governor of Alaska. Loving wife. Mother of five children, including a developmentally disabled baby. Cue the violins, please.
davidrochester said this on August 31, 2008 at 1:44 am |
oh, im that anonymous comment above
yano said this on September 5, 2008 at 9:00 pm |