McCain picks Palin as VP Options

[Rogue_Ewok]

WTF? I guess he's lost it... I did not see this coming.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25970882/

Discuss.

[coconutter]

Did any of you see her on an interview where she said "What exactly does a vice president do? I'm still waiting for someone to tell me this". If McCain were to die, which is likely, he has a history of cancer and he's 72, we'd all be screwed. We've had enough troubles with Bush in office for eight years, we REALLY don't need more.

[brooklyneast05]

Well, if she's really that bad, if it comes to the point where she is president, and times are really tough, she could just be impeached.

considering Bush has made it this whole time i don't find that much comfort in that

[firechild]

McCain Sucks. Period. End.

[*paperplane*]

considering Bush has made it this whole time i don't find that much comfort in that

no seriously

[coconutter]

She was also involved in some type of scandal, and at the end of this video she asks "What exactly does a VP do?"

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/washingtonpostinvestigations/2008/08/mccains_vp_pick_palin_facing_e.html ://http://voices.washingtonpost.com/wa..._facing_e.html

Pleeease don't let her get VP!

[hi-C]

So, Diddy is a nutcase, but I think he expresses a lot of the concerns of regular people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thmueS0ngAs

[KryMeARiver]

Diddy is the dude who was bitching because gas prices are so high, that he has to fly first class instead of on his private plane.he s

[technicolour]

Well. Ok. Everyone's all up in arms because she wondered what a VP actually does. Does anyone actually know what a VP really does?


And, no, she won't get impeached. They didn't impeach Clinton for lying on national TV, did they? Bush is still in office, right? Nah, it won't happen. Plus, it means that people over in Washington would actually have to do something. God forbid.


And Diddy is dumb. Just...ugh.

[hi-C]

Diddy is the dude who was bitching because gas prices are so high, that he has to fly first class instead of on his private plane.he s

Diddy is an arrogant a-hole, but he's only expressing how his lifestyle has changed, like the millions of Americans who can no longer afford to fly, albeit on a grander scale. Also, just because he's an arrogant a-hole, it doesn't mean that his opinion on politics is any different from those of people who aren't making as much money or money than he is.

AND... OH SHIT LOOK AT THIS: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/3.../137/486/580223
An interesting read, even if it's gossipy.

[hi-res]

So, Diddy is a nutcase, but I think he expresses a lot of the concerns of regular people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thmueS0ngAs

True, he does express a lot of concerns regular folk have running around in their heads about Palin, but I would have rather seen Diddy a least make an effort to provide a somewhat educated and informed plea as to why Palin isn't qualified. He comes off as kind of ignorant.


And he could have did without the camera spinning around, seriously.

[KryMeARiver]

I'm actually hoping for an ineffectual VP. People complain about Cheney all the time, and they still want a strong VP? Dan Quayle was hilarious, we need more VPs like him.

and lol @ the dailyKos link. Glad to see the liberal elite is so much more classy than DEM REDNECK CONSERVATIVES.

[*paperplane*]

Well. Ok. Everyone's all up in arms because she wondered what a VP actually does. Does anyone actually know what a VP really does?

Have you never taken a government class?

[towntown2]

Michelle Obama.

Oh, man.
That would create something of a Shriver-Schwarzenegger situation going on.

[technicolour]

Have you never taken a government class?

Yeah, it was required. My teacher was, well, he was a great teacher he just focused on different things. Plus the class was 20 days, so, not a lot of time to cover a lot of things.

[DontStealMyNameI...]

AND... OH SHIT LOOK AT THIS: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/3.../137/486/580223
An interesting read, even if it's gossipy.

Wow, if all that is true than yeah this was one hell of a bad choice for McCain.

[sixfive]

Have you never taken a government class?

Everyone knows that the only role of a VP is to be a tiebreaker.

[coconutter]

Well. Ok. Everyone's all up in arms because she wondered what a VP actually does. Does anyone actually know what a VP really does?
And, no, she won't get impeached. They didn't impeach Clinton for lying on national TV, did they? Bush is still in office, right? Nah, it won't happen. Plus, it means that people over in Washington would actually have to do something. God forbid.
And Diddy is dumb. Just...ugh.

Uhh I know what a VP does. Their main job is to preside over the senate, and if they wish they can take a more backseat role when helping with presidential jobs or they could be like dick cheney and pretty much be the president.

Oh yeah, and I'd hope someone who has a masters in political science (like sarah does) would know what the VP does. I'd hope even MORE the person running for VP would know what the VP does.

That's like saying the presidential candidate doesn't know what the president does. Wouldn't you be "all up in arms about it"? The future of your country could lie in the hands of someone who doesn't know what they're doing and that's not something we need right now. Who cares if other people don't know what the VP does, it's not their job. But the person who has the potential to be the VP should know what the hell they're doing.

[technicolour]

Okay. Good point.


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I'll quit.

[hi-C]

Ahem.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/pal...eref=rss_latest

[coconutter]

Ahem.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/pal...eref=rss_latest

I think they picked her just to throw away the election.

It really doesn't matter if her daughter's pregnant, that's irrelevant, but I'm sure the conservatives will have some negative feedback on that.

[hi-C]

I think it's relevant. Not in a "oh, she doesn't know how to run her family, how is she going to run a country?" way, but in a policy way, i.e. her stance on abortion and sex ed.

[*paperplane*]

Abstinence only education doesn't work? No wayz!

[dannyordinary]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thmueS0ngAs...feature=related

[hi-C]

I guess you missed this, huh?

So, Diddy is a nutcase, but I think he expresses a lot of the concerns of regular people: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thmueS0ngAs

[coconutter]

I think it's relevant. Not in a "oh, she doesn't know how to run her family, how is she going to run a country?" way, but in a policy way, i.e. her stance on abortion and sex ed.

Oh, the abortion and sex ed stance is definitely in relevance to her daughter's pregnancy, but I was saying it's not relevant to the election, though. Which it isn't because why would her daughter's pregnancy affect her ability to run for office? It wouldn't. It should however, change her stance on abstinence only education, because obviously it didn't work for her daughter, and it most likely won't work with anyone else.