Demons & Politics

[giftederic]

So, John McCain has chosen Sarah Palin the noted conservative, 44 yr old mother of 5, former beauty queen and governor of Alaska for the last 20 months,  as his running mate....

I can't help wondering if someone has just done a deal with the devil somewhere. My suspension of disbelief is under considerable strain right now. It just doesn't feel like a choice that is going to give the republicans any chance of winning the election. So either, the democrats secured that veep choice thru magic and trickery, or the Republicans feel they are going to win, regardless of the 'real' outcome.

Hmmm.....

I guess even 20 months is more 'executive' experience than McCain, Obama & Biden have between them....

Comments

[giftederic.livejournal.com]

I love the fact that he his so at odds with his party. They don't want him almost as much as ye don't want him, how can you not feel good about that atleast? :)

I think its great that he wanted to put Joe Lieberman on the ticket aswell, it shows that he is thinking truly bipartisan, though admittedly you guys probably think of Joe as a traitor or something.

I remember last time around McCain was approached by the Kerry team to be his running mate... Even then, he was refered to as a maverick and was considered an astute choice as a veep.

To get back to the Palin shenanigans however, I agree that she is a big risk and not at all what I expected or hoped for (I wanted Condi or Mitt). I also agree that McCain has sucked for a few months now as he has leaned further and further to the right to try and get his 'base' fired up. My hope now is that he will be able to put that crap behind him and start to be the McCain that many people have respected for many years.

Only time will tell.

[(Anonymous)]

I think Lieberman's an asshole. He's uncritically supportive of Israel, which makes him recklessly bomb-happy when it comes to the Middle East (like bomb-bomb-bomb-Iran McCain).

He's also supported and enabled a lot of very bad Bush policies (like McCain - and, in fairness, a lot of congressional Democrats).

Being bipartisan is not a virtue when it means surrendering your principles and letting the other side do as it damn well pleases. There is no moderate, centrist, bipartisan consensus position on unwarranted wiretapping, suspending habeas corpus, engaging in torture and extraordinary rendition to facilitate torture, ignoring congressional subpoenas.

Lieberman also bears an unsettlingly striking resemblance to Chancellor Palpatine. :)

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[kaleandwine.livejournal.com]

Lieberman also bears an unsettlingly striking resemblance to Chancellor Palpatine.

LOL! Holy crap!

[kaleandwine.livejournal.com]

I despise Lieberman, you're right, but I would have respected McCain for choosing him. I do NOT respect McCain for bowing to Rove et al and nominating his second/third choice on a whim. Ick.

Your post did make your discomfort with this pick clear. But you'd still vote for him? The Republican platform is suddenly looking a lot less clear ("time will tell" indeed). I think everyone who intially signed on to the McCain camp because of his independence, bipartisanship and so-called stability ought to be paying very close attention to the next month's RNC talking points.