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Who do you think McCain selects? (not who you think he should choose)

I said Lieberman, but after a nanosecond's worth of thought it occurs to me that in spite of what might appear to be the upside of selecting an independent who caucuses with democrats, his semi-liberalism and his full blown Jewishness are probably threatening to the party base. Then again, it's not like they're all going to rush out and vote for a liberal, black, muslim, terrorist, America-hating socialist either.

Surely, despite all the talk of it, he recognizes that picking Romney would be a certain death sentence.

I guessed Pawlenty because I don't know much about him, and everyone else seems like they'd piss off some faction.

Pawlenty will drop the average age of the ticket to 68  :P

He will probably be o.k. with the base and really shouldn't be a controversial pick. Except that they'll try to pin that pesky bridge collapse on him. I actually think he's done a good job as governor here.  But nationally I'm not sure he registers. Then again, I just don't think the VP matters all that much. Especially this year.

I put Lieberman down just to be snarky, but I think he'll take Crist because mccain understands he can't afford to take the risk that all of the jewish retiree's in florida will do something completely against every last particle of their physical being and vote for a muslim negro.

It's too risky to take the chance that Lieberman will deliver Florida just because he's a peep.  No, they need a homie to deliver this one, even one with a vestigial machine.  Doesn't matter if he's probably ghey.  NTTAWWT with exploiting gheys.

To tie a few threads together, if Gustav slams into Louisiana early next week, look for Bush to rush all available FEMA personnel, national guard, etc to Florida.  Maybe even take his vacation there.

Florida really is that big.

It's Pawlenty, by all reports.

Selecting Liberman could very well have caused a floor fight at his OWN convention, and Ridge wasn't much better.

Romney was the choice for The Big Money Wing of the Republican Party, but his abject failure to get any traction as an attack dog, shaky support among Evangelicals, and the fact that McCain just *goshdarn* hates him made that not a good choice.

Charlie Crist has The Ghey, and it would have taken about 8 minutes for somebody to show up with some solid evidence. On the up side, Crist can now divorce his brand new wife, specifically selected on the off chance that he was gonna be the Veep.

Jindal's way too young, and he has some interesting skeletons in his closet.

I picked Crist, because it looks a lot Christ. That will certainly firm up his base.

I picked "other" because "I'm goin' golfin' with Spanky" wasn't an option.

Breaking:

Pawlenty and Romney both say it isn't them, and a certain smokin' hot Gubinatah apparently flew in from Anchorage last night....

CNBC
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick: Source (http://www.cnbc.com/id/26454655)

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LOL.  ABC saying she's still in Alaska.

They've done a good job at building buzz and keeping everyone guessing.

Hillary is going to be so mad

ps, looks like McCain's edumacation plan (National Betterz Punctuation Campaign) is off to a rip roaring start

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LMAO  I suck at making polls.

lol at this old VPILF (http://www.golfhos.com/topic-8638.html) thread.

LOL  VPILF!   ;D

IMO this selection of Palin could backfire. Selection of a relatively unknown and inexperienced woman known more for her looks than really anything else just killed the McCain camp's ability to continue using the "he's not ready" angle against Obama unless they want downplay the importance of the VP position which then makes this appear to be token pick.

This is a huge tactical error by McFart.

I agree.  Surprising pick IMO(which means little).

I figured T Paw was the guy, if not, Romney was a lock to shore up The Right.  Seems McSame has a lot of The Middle and all of The Old.

It certainly deserves a nomination even though you didn't post it.

lmao, what a horrible choice. 

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/ak_gov_says_staffer_pressed_for_troopers_firing.php

yep, props to MFAWG

he called it

In my estimation aside from courting perhaps some of the disenfranchised pantsuit vote, this pick does little more than allow the McCain camp to say "hey, my ticket can be history making too!"

Of course, you are spot on.  This is so true.

But the question is, will (male) voters overlook mcGrommits lack of judgment and give him props for his taste in women. 

It seems to me the Republicans have decided that if they are going down in a flaming heap, they are going to carry this whole 'governance by superficiality' thing (aka 'smoke and mirrors') to its natural end.

Maybe he's so senile he thought he was picking wife #3, not a VP.

WootenGate!   LOL   [sm_laughing]

Synopsis: *fudge* my sister?  *fudge* you.

This is almost as good as a Slick Willie back seat trooper cruiser romp!

I lol'd

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good stuff, sorta reminds me of Mrs Blader, if I must say so myself
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121993453813079803.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
headline FTW
lol

With the help of about  10 **** tablets.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_veepstakes_palin;_ylt=Aj8FSc4Q_YbQgKS4L_wFDK8b.3QA

 [sm_shock] Double Blackberry user!  Take that, Clive!

LOL  WTF?

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... jeebus this chick is a disaster

She's PERFECT:

A pro-life redstater who knows how to play the crony game, attracts the last of the deadenders from The Hillmonsters camp, and best of all she's a relative nonentity who is entirely expendable if McCain goes down in flames.

The last part is why I suspect Pawleny and Crist told Grampy to go get bent.

spitting image of my mom in the late 70s just prior to birthing me

I wonder how many of the Fignuts shot their loads upon hearing the news of Palin's selection.

I, for one, could use a new monitor.  :-[
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If I could've gotten to a computer around 10 this am I was gonna give Ol' MFAWG his due props for making the call.  I guess this'll have to do now.   ;D

Am I the only one to see the similarity?

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LMAO

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I don't see how a pro-life redstater has an ounce of appeal to anyone who was a Hillary supporter.

McCain's #1 bullet was Obama's lack of experience and he just got water in his powder. The oldest guy to ever take office would have a 44 year old nobody as his #2.

I think he botched this one big time. I feared Tom Ridge as his pick. It would have delivered PA and OH and the election. The only think he now has going for him is that Biden might look like a bully when he kicks her teeth in on stage.

Not to mention, she favors the teaching of creationism in schools, so she's going to have to deal with the wrath of blader industries.

My wife, whose appetite for the political has risen to insatiable, reports reading from more than one pundit that Ms. Palin will decline, citing her 4-month-old with Downs Syndrome.  McCain will be seen as progressive and will be free to pick some older, richer white guy, in accordance with Holy Scripture.

She's big into the conspiracy *feces* these days, if you hadn't noticed.

You can't see how a woman on the ticket appeals to the deadenders who were leaning McCain anyway?

You're just not in touch with your bitter, post menopausal side. 8)



Shores him up with The Base, and he needed alot of help there. They NEED them to win. It's not a question of they may vote for Obama, it's a question of them staying home, a very real possibility with Romney or Ridge on the ticket.

(PS: Obama can win without Pennsylvania or Ohio, but not without Pennsylvania AND Ohio.)



That may have been the point: She's untouchable, as far as the WorldNet Daily readers are considered. Any ill speaking of her will be a double dose of bias from the evil media, etc, etc, etc.

I was telling my wife this very thing earlier today.  It wouldn't surprise me at all. :-\

I bet you are a very attractive young man

I'm not so sure she shores the base, or that the base will really welcome her more than just tepidly.  The hard core creo base prefers external plumbing in their leaders.  To the extent they'll follow a woman, she's better if post-menopausal (ie, Phyllis Schlafly).  They really don't like the idea of taking a robustly fertile woman out of the gene pool and away from her progeny, just to do a job any good Christian man could do just as well. 

Assuming she gets to Washington, it will chew her up and spit her out in the first 60 days.  That is not a town wheret outsiders do well.  I don't care how tough she's been in Alaska running the youth hockey leagues.  She's completely ill-prepared to survive inside the beltway, much less contribute to governance.