This is a very short diary as whole population of Alaska relates to the people Barack Obama represented in Illinois.
How can John McCain choose a candidate that is literally a heartbeat, bullet, a choke on a pretzel away from running our economy, foreign policy, and the best military in the world.
Are you freakin' kidding me McCain ??
You are like a parent on Christmas morning putting together a toy for a child. "Uh, where did these extra pieces come from ??!!"
Sarah Palin ?? Of all the qualified Republicans for VP you choose Sarah Palin ??
You need your "gray matter" checked !!
Here goes... Post by President of Research 2000....
If he was going for the PUMA vote, methinks that John McCain really doesn't respect women. Blacks did not vote for Alan Keyes and women whom are not "stepford's" will not vote for Palin.
If the women that voted for Hillary really believe in Hillary's causes than I would have to think that the 10 million women that voted for Hillary cannot vote for the antithesis of Hillary's causes in a person like Sarah Palin.
Click he name and check her on the issues. You will find pretty much a blank slate, except on social issues. WHAT ???!!!
NO WAY !!!!
Sarah Palin will wow cultural conservatives in areas where they may not have come out to vote before the selection. This is right out of Karl Rove's strategy of getting more of your own to show up and vote.
However, in many of the swing states that Bush carried in 2004, there were anti gay ballot measures to motivate the cultural conservatives to vote. There are very few of these measures on the ballots in those key states in 2008. Palin may not be enough for them to get out and vote. Clearly Rove felt in 2004 that Bush would not have been enough, thus the ballot measures.
In fact, as
Palin's cultural views become better known -- she oppose abortion in all cases and opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples -- she will undoubtedly scare the hell out of the soccer moms and 98% of Hillary voters.
In fact, many of these women may feel insulted by this choice in that McCain and the GOP think they are stupid and would bypass their own interest (reproductive and economic) to vote for the ticket due to gender and anger that Hillary was not the nominee.
In my estimation as a pollster and analyst, while historic for the GOP in selecting their first woman on a national ticket, this choice may be the worst selection by a major party nominee for President in modern times.
She opposes what ???
She opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples and abortion in all cases including RAPE and INCEST.
Clear thinking women cannot be confortable with this choice.