Early today McCain picked for his Vice-Presidential nominee a 44 year old woman named Sarah Palin, the current governor of Alaska and a strong social conservative. In her opening speech to the crowd of McCain supporters she praised Hillary Clinton's brave fight in the Democratic primary and mentioned that she would continue what Hillary began. This coming from the woman that called Hillary a 'whiner' earlier in the primary is a very interesting claim. McCain is trying to woo the women who were so behind Hillary and angry about her supposed treatment by the DNC. So let's get into the negatives of this woman because she was not a common sense pick, atleast on the surface.
#1 McCain has made this issue about experience from day one (video proof) Palin has served as a mayor for six years and as a governor for twenty months. This makes the McCain camp look more than a little hypocritical for his pick of a position that would take his place if he died.
#2 Palin was seen stating earlier this month that she didn't know what the VP position entailed (interview here) P.S. this interview also discusses another liability - an investigation into an alleged firing of her brother-in-law from the police force
#3 Obama has called McCain a candidate of and for oil and Sarah Palin's husband happens to work for BP. This would be the 4th term in the last 30 years that big oil has a direct connection to someone in the Whitehouse. Jr & Sr. Bush + Cheney are the other established connections.
Interesting pick though, we'll see how it pans out in the coming months.
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I don't quite see the pick as hypocritical. McCain has the experience, and he's running for the top spot (not #2 spot). He obviously is rounding out and filling in for weaknesses, much like what Obama did by picking Biden as his #2. So, no difference there.
As for the hypothetical situation of McCain kicking the bucket while in office, are you tellin' me that's more important than what a candidate does while *IN* office? Like as in...Gee, your Plan A is great, but Plan B really sucks. Guess I better vote for someone with a not-so-good Plan A and a much better Plan B, so Plan A + B is optimal. That's crazy talk.
I have to respectfully disagree with your comment about Barack having similar experience to Palin. It is a laughable comparison. Palin has a bachelor's in journalism and Barack Obama has a J.D. in Constitutional Law. Barack was a teacher of constitutional law for ten years and then became director of the harvard law review. He was a state senator for eight years and a senator for almost four. Compare that to someone who was on city counsel for four years and a mayor for six years and governor for 20 months. The truth is that Barack has been focused on national problems and problems of constitution for most of his life while Palin has spent most of her life as a local politician. The scope of their accomplishments is very different in a way that absolutely favors Barack. If you really want to hear what Republicans think of 'executive experience' then look at what republican talking heads and bloggers have said about a potential Obama running mate, Tim Kaine. Karl Rove made sure to blast him for his 3 years as governor implying that his resume was just as thin as Obama's. Now most of them have done a complete 180 with the phrase executive experience and it is just sickening. Another whitehouse candidate ran with only executive experience and his name is George W. Bush.
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