Sarah Palin, Republican Vice Presidential Candidate

[Rhinox]

His mom is 100...he's got the gene potential.

Is that the same Gene Potential that gave him Skin Cancer twice?

[Yangsing]

If elected, McCain would keel over within the first year.

[Beckwin]

I just don't think people will place as much emphasis on a VP candidate's experience vs. a presidential candidates experience. Just my opinion. We'll found out in a few months.

You're right in that people will still be focusing on the Presidential candidates, but McCain just threw away his celebrity and inexperience arguments to woo a tiny segment of PUMAs.

[Churchill]

Clinton to Lincoln?

I think Bush and Kennedy are similar too.

[recuperi]

both presidents right?

[Beckwin]

Clinton to Lincoln?

I think Bush and Kennedy are similar too.

you might not like clinton but c'mon, the guy made a better-than-most president. he had the ability to do the job.

[Deejay]

His mom is 100...he's got the gene potential.

Keyword is mom.

[Amele]

Amele: don't forget the journalism degree!

fuck I should be the last person to bash someone with a non-political or economic or business bachelor's from a state university, but then again I'm not a heartbeat away from from leading the free world.

or Miss Congeniality!

srsly though, who here thinks media has an overall liberal bias? anyone? Murdoch? anyone? Murdoch?

[Churchill]

The reasons I dislike Clinton are the reasons he was a bad president, comparing him to Lincoln is pretty outlandish. Kennedy was also pretty flawed but came around near the end, plus he started the special operations community which began it's path to what it is now.

[Churchill]

I think the media has a monetary bias.

I just think it's odd they media isn't touting McCain more because of his Iran policy and how that affects Israel, unless...well I can't get into that but yeah. It's odd.

[Amele]

I think the media has a monetary bias.

I just think it's odd they media isn't touting McCain more because of his Iran policy and how that affects Israel, unless...well I can't get into that but yeah. It's odd.

the media is touting McCain. especially the AP.

it's just they're doing it by omission primarily. (and abetting the distribution of smears by the back room).

[Maxxthepenguin]

An utterly fascinating choice. I have no idea how she'll do, I don't know her at all.

She could wow us all in debates or she could be a complete dud; only the 10 people who live in alaska have any kind of clue.

What a strange, strange election.

[Feedmenow]

Because McCain is in perfect health condition amirite?

Yeah... I'll just leave these here.

So Mr. McCain’s prognosis for the recurrence of melanoma can be gauged only by talking to experts not connected with his case. Those experts say his prospects appear favorable.

The melanoma removed in 2000 was Stage IIa on a standard classification that makes Stage IV the most serious. For Stage IIa melanoma, the survival rate 10 years after diagnosis is about 65 percent. But the outlook is much better for patients like Mr. McCain, who have already survived more than seven years.

For patients with a melanoma like Mr. McCain’s who remained free of the disease for the first five years after diagnosis, the probability of recurrence during the next five years was 14 percent and death 9 percent, a study published in 1992 found.

No spread has been detected in the three or four dermatologic checkups Mr. McCain has undergone each year since 2000, stress tests show no evidence of heart disease, and “his doctors consider him in very good health,” his campaign staff said in a recent statement.

http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...ain-Health.php

[Beckwin]

The reasons I dislike Clinton are the reasons he was a bad president, comparing him to Lincoln is pretty outlandish. Kennedy was also pretty flawed but came around near the end, plus he started the special operations community which began it's path to what it is now.

I think you missed the point of my comparison: guys with little experience going on to win and be able to do the job. I'm sure you hate bill for some asinine reasons and maybe a few good reasons, but saying he was incompetent is dishonest. Dude had a surplus, which is more than most can say.

[Krandor]

McCain essentially chose a celebrity to boost his ticket. He's a hypocrite.

A politician being a hypocrite? Unthinkable.

It's a smart move by his campaign, especially timing it directly after the DNC.

And as for Bill Clinton, he ran the country very well, but of course 90% of people are only going to remember him for the Lewinisky scandal and assume that he was horrible.

[Rhinox]

Yeah... I'll just leave these here.


http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/...ain-Health.php

http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1291.

[Rhinox]

It's a smart move by his campaign, especially timing it directly after the DNC.

Fail to see how it's a smart move considering the Women voters that were spurn by the democrats were not gonna vote for Obama anyway. I'd Say it was overkill but that would insinuate that Palin is Qualified to begin with.

[Krandor]

http://healthcare.zdnet.com/?p=1291.

That doesn't mean or prove anything.

Fail to see how it's a smart move considering the Women voters that were spurn by the democrats were not gonna vote for Obama anyway. I'd Say it was overkill but that would insinuate that Palin is Qualified to begin with.

It's an attention getter, which with the media feeding off Obama's every word like an army of lamprey's, he needs.

[Amele]

It's a smart move by his campaign, especially timing it directly after the DNC.

Considering if he didn't announce today he'd have to announce tomorrow (since his convention is this coming week) he didn't really have a choice with timing after he didn't declare a VP last week.

[Beckwin]

A politician being a hypocrite? Unthinkable.

It's a smart move by his campaign, especially timing it directly after the DNC.

And as for Bill Clinton, he ran the country very well, but of course 90% of people are only going to remember him for the Lewinisky scandal and assume that he was horrible.

It's not smart to be hypocritical of your main campaign themes in the middle of the damn campaign. I guess there's a point in causing some hooplah right after the most successful political address of our era, but I don't see this working out well for McCaine in the long run.