Chicago Tribune: It's Palin for VP

[longeyes]

And her husband is a Native American.  Yup'ik.

[agricola]

lol @ Rove on Fox:

"He (McCain) has been looking intently at this young, fresh faced Governor"

 

Referred to on some blogs as a GILF

Did you just double quote me?

[Headless Thompson Gunner]

Wow, maybe McCain really does want to win this election.  Whoda thunkit??

[fletcher]

She's done a lot of proactive spending reduction while in Alaska; even cut her own salary - I'm impressed.

[AJ Dual]

New acronym in the lexicon....

VPILF...

[Manedwolf]

New acronym in the lexicon....

VPILF...

I plan to afford her a bit more respect than that, myself.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

The local republican radio hosts here in San Diego have their panties in a twist.  The really wanted Romney.  Rick Roberts says "He could have picked Romney and coasted to a win.  Now I'm not so sure."

[Ezekiel]

Oh, geez.

What a token.

What, because she happens to be female?

She IS rather qualified, if you look at her credentials and her reputation for forceful politics.

Was that a chauvinistic kneejerk, or what?

She wasn't chosen due to credentials, unless you consider breasts credentials.

She was chosen to suck Hillary supporters: those that desired to vote for HER because of breasts.

"Token."

[lupinus]

I think it's a good pick.  From what I've seen she's very much a conservative pick, but moderate enough that she wont scare anyone off.

His VP was extremely important.  The man just turned 72 so he VP could very well end up POTUS.

Also, theres very little about her they can attack.

Speaking of which, he's introducing now.

[Ezekiel]

I think it's a good pick.  From what I've seen she's very much a conservative pick, but moderate enough that she wont scare anyone off.

His VP was extremely important.  The man just turned 72 so he VP could very well end up POTUS.

Also, theres very little about her they can attack.

Speaking of which, he's introducing now.

I'm not saying it is a bad pick -- very shrewd, actually -- but let's not pretend it was all about her being the "best person" for the job.

This is politics at its BEST.

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

http://www.livenewscameras.com if you want to watch the announcement.

[Scout26]

Zeke,

She's been a kick ass and take names, no-nonsense governor.  She's had the honesty and itegrity to take on the corruption and sleaze at both the local and state level.  NRA life member, pro-life, hunts, fishes, pilot mother of 5 (including one with Down's Syndrome).  Has the track record and more experience then BHO as an executive (Mayor and Governor).

The fact that she has different plumbing makes not a whit a difference to me.   I had previously thought that her and Bobby Jindal would make an unbeatable ticket in 2012.  And they still will. 


Who would you say is a better pick ??

[MrRezister]

Do those calling "Token" on Palin get the same treatment as someone who called "Token" on Obama?  Nah, but anyway - Palin seems like a great choice.  Shrewd, yes - but also wise.  Her record will be a great comfort for those of us who are deeply concerned about McCain's Conservative credentials.  On the whole, I might actually be a little mad at McCain for such a great swerve-job, and giving me a reason to get excited about this campaign again.

[Dntsycnt]

"We'll just get a midget even stumpier than his!"

[agricola]

The Obama response:

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzAxN2RjNjE4ZDZkNzc5Y2Q5YjQ5OTkxMjczMTA3ODc=

Huge mistake, IMHO. 

[Manedwolf]

The Obama response:

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YzAxN2RjNjE4ZDZkNzc5Y2Q5YjQ5OTkxMjczMTA3ODc=

Huge mistake, IMHO. 

   

Barack Obama's campaign is blasting John McCain for putting "the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency."

    The scathing description of Sarah Palin, from Obama spokesman Bill Burton, comes as Democrats scramble to gather a response to a selection that nobody in the political world expected.

    "Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies  that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same," added Burton.

    Democrats will likely push the inexperience line against Palin as they race to comb oppo files from Wasilla to Juneau.

Town of 9000? Yes, they're too small to understand what arugula is. And they probably cling to guns and religion.

And funny, I thought her current position involved more than a town of 9000. That was her FIRST position.

Obama's first position was...oh, right. Working with the terrorist William Ayers.

[Sergeant Bob]

Lifetime NRA member, Hockey mom, used to get up a 3 am to go moose hunting with her dad.
What's not to like?

[Scout26]

Yep,  McCain takes the time, effort and $$$ to broadcast to tell BHO "Congrats on your historic nomination."  BHO response is to blast Palin.  I'm surprised they didn't mention that she was "only" head of her kids school PTA.  

[charby]

I knew the Barry camp would just have to include "Big Oil"

[charby]

Yep,  McCain takes the time, effort and $$$ to broadcast to tell BHO "Congrats on your historic nomination."  BHO response is to blast Palin.  I'm surprised they didn't mention that she was "only" head of her kids school PTA.  

McCain just has a lot more class than Barry does. I was actually surprised when I saw the McCain ad, I'm still interpreting it as neener neener Barry.

[Manedwolf]

Reposting this here because it's just such a picture of win and awesome.



VP who can truly defend herself.

[Perd Hapley]

 

Barack Obama's campaign is blasting John McCain for putting "the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency."

    The scathing description of Sarah Palin, from Obama spokesman Bill Burton, comes as Democrats scramble to gather a response to a selection that nobody in the political world expected.

    "Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies  that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same," added Burton.

    Democrats will likely push the inexperience line against Palin as they race to comb oppo files from Wasilla to Juneau.

FUNNIEST THING EVER!!       Is The Onion running his campaign now?   

[RadioFreeSeaLab]

Yeah, go ahead and push that inexperience line, Obama camp.  Really, really smart.

[Perd Hapley]

If you don't think this will help McCain get Hillary supporters, then you haven't been paying attention.  Plenty of Hillary supporters have already said they will vote for McCain, and plenty more are upset about the alleged sexism that kept Hillary out. 

Doesn't mean he'll win, of course. 

[AZRedhawk44]

She wasn't chosen due to credentials, unless you consider breasts credentials.

She was chosen to suck Hillary supporters: those that desired to vote for HER because of breasts.

This choice has the power to swing me back from voting libertarian, to voting for McCain.

I was hoping she'd be the pick, but I was terrified it would be some eastern tenderfoot sissy efite big city blueblood lib-appeaser like Romney.

This woman will FIGHT for us.  To demean her as a viable choice purely by anatomical reasons is so ridiculous I cannot even begin to describe it.  I challenge you to find a better libertarian-oriented republican, issue by issue.  There may be a couple, but it's a damn short list and none of McCain's other Veep choices are on it, that's for damn sure.