Election '08: Veepwatch
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semperfionaIn a very cynical attempt to wrest the media coverage away from Obama's fantastic acceptance speech, McCain has announced his VP pick: the first-term governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.
Apparently McCain believes that he can pick off some of Hillary Clinton's former supporters by choosing a female VP candidate: that women won't notice that this woman is as anti-choice and anti-feminist as you can get, at the same time that he hopes those very positions of hers will reinforce his standing with the Religious Reich. Clever attempt to play both ends, but I think it's doomed to failure.
The Clinton supporters will not fail to notice her beliefs and positions on the issues, and the Religious Reich will not fail to notice her gender.
Apparently McCain believes that he can pick off some of Hillary Clinton's former supporters by choosing a female VP candidate: that women won't notice that this woman is as anti-choice and anti-feminist as you can get, at the same time that he hopes those very positions of hers will reinforce his standing with the Religious Reich. Clever attempt to play both ends, but I think it's doomed to failure.
The Clinton supporters will not fail to notice her beliefs and positions on the issues, and the Religious Reich will not fail to notice her gender.
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Date: 2008-08-29 05:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-29 05:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-29 06:05 pm (UTC)I want to ask the McCain camp "What Eva Braun or Mrs Atila the Hun not available?"
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Date: 2008-08-29 09:45 pm (UTC)Don't forget Evita Duarte, and she even has a biographical musical!
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Date: 2008-08-30 03:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-29 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-30 03:06 am (UTC)I think that is why for the first time, in a long time, I am actually looking forwarded to the VP debate(s). I have a feeling its going to take a boat load of cart wheels and triple axels when the Right gets to that.
Why do I think we have just seen the beginning of a colossal train wreck.
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Date: 2008-08-29 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-08-30 03:40 am (UTC)None of this is bad. She's had almost two years of experience as governor of Alaska, and by all accounts has done well.
But she has no Washington experience, no experience dealing with diverse interests, not a bit of foreign policy exposure, and no experience as a legislator.
Obama is rightly criticized for having little experience. I intend to vote for him anyway, but I admit that I wish he had more experience. But he has been a US Senator for the past four years, learning how Washington works. He spent seven years in the Illinois legislature, and twelve years as a professor of constitutional law; plus he spent enough time in foreign countries as a boy to have a solid understanding and appreciation of how America is seen through foreign eyes. I don't worry about him fumbling the White House.
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Date: 2008-08-29 09:46 pm (UTC)I hope you're right.
Andy Tanenbaum
Date: 2008-08-31 12:45 pm (UTC)Hope the storm doesn't find you at all. ;-)