wow… so john mccain says, "game on."

that's… interesting.

Question for Sarah Palin, "used much?"

Are Hilary supporters going to vote for him because he has a woman as his running mate?

This is such a slick move…. The country is screaming for change and Mini-Bush is trying to prove he's different. She's 'inexperienced'…. like they accuse Obama of being, Not the 'Old white man' norm….which clearly Obama is not…. and all those crazy Hillary supporters who have gone republican instead of (God forbid) voting for Obama will be thrilled at the idea of a female on the other ticket……SOOO slick.

SMH….

8 IS ENOUGH!YES WE CAN!

And the plot thickens….

Man, this isht is outstanding! Are you serious? Palin!?

Your biggest trump card, your strongest attack, is calling the opponent inexperienced, too young, an outsider, and you pick a 44 year old woman who has less than 2 years experience as governor, with a scandal hanging over her head to boot?

Shoot yourself in the foot much, McCain?

Please read up on this woman. Her wikipedia page shares some interesting tidbits about the former beauty queen who had tried marijuana but "didn't like it".

Pro-lifer, anti gay marriage. Under investigation for "abuse of power" for firing her brother in law (while he and her sister were getting a divorce).

Do they think Hilary's supporters will vote for her just because she is a female and not on the issues?

McCain=More of the Same.

Eight is Enough!

So, if he's elected then dies, she's our new president?

1969,

YES!!!!!!!!

The HRC supporters who wanted a woman on the ticket and had already said they were voting for McCain will be elated. Geraldine Ferraro will be shuttling them to the polls herself!

J,

yep a woman who less than 2 years ago was the part time governor of a city with 6,500 residents. Its a ridiculously foolish choice.

what a pathetic, desperate move. McStain is such a loser.

Her kids' names are Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. Trig? I scratch my head at anyone who names their kids Track and Trig.

Thanks, ME. I just wanted to make sure we were all still on the same page and the Constitution wasn't changed or anything.

Wait just a darn second; for all of you who think that Palin does not have enough experience to be VP.

Just consider this; before she was mayor of a city (population 9000) and before she was Gov. of one of the least populace states in the Union, she was a city council member!

Lmaoooooooooooooooooo!

Fox just mentioned her city council credentials, this is hilarious.

And Palin's husband is a fisherman!!! Lmaooooo!

Good move by McCain:
She is a women (diversity)
Conservative on social issues
Younger
and kinda hot (really means nothing, but voters are dumb)

Why didn't Obama pick Hillary *Bangs head against wall*

Monie, I "gots" to work. You are gonna have to stop saying these sorts of things before they put me outa here for having too much fun.

They will know that is not related to work, lol!

She's an anti-abortion, pro capital punishment creationist freak.

Dude, she wants to push creationism in school classes. Barf.

I already hate this stupid woman so much and I want to punch her face.

They are saying her nickname is the "barracuda". LOL

All I know is, their biggest trump card was Obama's lack of experience. And now this?

Nice move McCain.

She is um…photogenic

He is trying to get those Hillary voters while shoring up the Conservative base. But she sounded way out of her league when speaking

Am I the only one who just got a huge lump in her throat…I have a bad feeling about this VP choice. I really hope that people are not detracted by this deeply political move and focus on the issues. McCain did a great job of moving attention away from arguably the best speech Obama has ever delivered and his historic race!

Emmy, most voters aren't stupid. Many people should be able to realize that this is a sneaky desperate move.

In fact, I am willing to bet that Hillary will probably pump up her Obama support even more and urge her supporters to vote for Obama.

I hope so DFP, but the results say otherwise. If voters aren't stupid, how did George W get elected for a 2nd term?! I'm no Hillary advocate, but if she was on the ticket, this thing would have been a done deal…

She sounds like an elf. Not good. She will be eaten alive during the debates. Oh, man and if Hillary gets after her she'll run for an Igloo.

Emmy, yeah I'm worried too. I'm fucking scared shitless. John McStain will drag this country down to hell. He's gonna do his best to destroy everything that our forefathers and motheres have worked and fought for.

oohhh. but you guys do know that if Palin gets challenged to a debate, she'll probably burst into tears and put on a bullied woman's act? It'll bring her sympathy. I won't be surprised if she tries to pull off the soccer mom act.

I really really fucking hate her so much. She's like a fucking trophy wife who pretends to know shit about politics.

You guys,

If he had picked Clinton, it would have been a FIELD day with the media. Plus, I just don't see how he could have picked Clinton. It seems like the great choice, but it was great choice wrapped in barb wire with a bow made out of thorns.

No one ever accused the Republicans of being stupid. This is the most brilliant move of the campaign so far. Brilliant. The evangelicals are going to be so on board with this they might throw a parade in her honor. T.D. Jakes might even do a sermon about her. This is how republicans take the White House, the Congress, The Senate and America.

If Clinton had run just a little different, if Bill had decided to shut up a few more times, then we would have the Golden Ticket that everyone dreamed of having. I can't say what would have been, but I can only say what is. And this is that F-ckery!

@ Michelle:

You are so right in your last paragraph. Clinton would have been a great choice but the primary race was not so easily erased once it was over.

As all have pointed out though, Palin is NO Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton is a proven strong, tough, and SMART woman. her issues and policies aligned with Obama's. Palin's do not. I am a woman and I don't vote for a woman just because she is a woman.

McCain's picking of Palin, seemingly primarily due to her gender, and Obama's not picking Hillary, points to a big personal difference between Obama and McCain.

Integrity.

Obama displays it. McCain, well, he can spell it, and that's about it. Obama didn't pick someone solely on their chromosonal makeup. I would've been disappointed in who I thought he was if he'd picked HRC after the despicable race she ran.

I wont lie. I am worried about this VP pick. I finally realised that there are certain PUMAs (hard core Clintonites) that Obama can never reach and this current VP pick is a gambit directly for that ilk. I suspect that deep down inside these PUMAs are resentful of the fact that the woman who will be sleeping with the president is a Black woman. They are used to f***ing Power, they see it as their sole right. They hate that the kids that the whole world is fawning over are a Black woman's children. They HATE it. You know the Black woman is supposed to be the perenial best friend but never the main act. With Michelle as the First Lady and Jill Biden as the 2nd everything these women thought of themselves has been swept away……Now enter the pretty cookie-cutter from Alaska. The PUMAs can claim their feminism back without owning their racism…well, well,well…Geraldine Ferraro alert.
Forget that she is running on the ticket that wants WAR WAR WAR and thinks that the economy is a-okay and doesn't care about your healthcare, at least these PUMAs will be f***ing power again and that is all that matters

I just remembered that the VPs debate, and Biden is very good at that

Smart move McCain… smart move.

"oohhh. but you guys do know that if Palin gets challenged to a debate, she'll probably burst into tears and put on a bullied woman's act?"

I was JUST thinking the same thing. For as much as Obama's campaign has been accused of "playing the race card" the effed up thing is as soon as Joe Biden goes in on her, McCain WILL be all "Look at all that sexism over THERE!" And if it works, it will be because MCCAIN and not Palin points it out.

Well played. On the surface that is. Now to see how smart the American people are.

Biden is going to eat this chicken for lunch at the debate. Her foreign policy experience is that Russia is just across the Bering straight? She's so done come debate time.

@ Daria… exACTly

Is John McCain saying that Governor Palin is the most qualified Republican woman he and his team can find?

If the PUMA set votes for McCain because of this, my faith in humanity would be destroyed. The only thing this woman and Hillary have in common are that they are white females in politics. This woman is EVERYTHING that Hillary is against. If Hillary won the nomination, it's the equivalent of people voting for McCain for choosing Alan Keyes as his running mate. If what they are (age, gender, race, etc.) means more than what they stand for, this country's in deep sh-t.

Politics as usual. The GOP beat Obama over the head with the inexperience stick and then McCain names her as VP. No disrespect to her as a person, but the same hypocrites who have been systematically picking apart Obama welcome this pick. I've been watching all the news stations and all I have been hearing is how great of a mother she is. Um…ok…and Obama hasn't been a great father and husband? If John McCain dies, SHE is going to be the POTUS. Politics aside, come on people. She is against abortion even in the case of INCEST & RAPE…shouldn't a woman have the right to make that decision herself. It pisses me off to hear the GOP say they are not for big government involvement, yet they want to regulate a woman's body.

After last night, McCain changed from Roomney to Paris Hilton,…..wow I guess this is one more barbie doll ready to serve……McCain Judgement is flawed and sad. He will not win in NOv….go Obama!

Really McCain, really? For a man that locked up the Republican nomination in February and has had 6 months to think about this decision, is this the best he could do??????? He must really think that we are all gullible fools! Of all the women in the Republican universe and he chooses Alaskan Barbie! As a woman, I am insulted that he thought that this would be a viable alternative for a Hillary Clinton. Hillary is refined, super intelligent and actually knows what is going on. This lady has been totally outclassed. McShame has reacted to the Democrats decision and history making convention, this was a very rash, Bush-like move! She spent the first part of her speech talking about her husband, WTF? Why are we just meeting her. Apparently McCain has only met her ONCE before. So he does not even know her! SMH!

One of the talking heads on MSNBC said she would make a great VP because she used to run the PTA.

The last time I checked, that wasn't the same as potentially running a country.

Don't know if it's all fabricated? But…

The buzz is…

The baby boy the governor says is hers? Is actually…HER DAUGHTERS!

It's sooo Desperate(Housewives), and all those pundits that sneer and call Michelle 'baby momma'?

How ya like it now?

No way. That baby is her's. We should be so lucky that it is her daughter's.

You know, if Hill had won, perhaps hard core Obamaites (read: Blacks) would not have voted for her. But there is no way in the world that they would have voted for McCain. And McCain would never have picked a Black man to be his running mate just to try and woo Black voters, never! And, if he had, Black people would have been up in arms if he had picked someone like Alan Keyes or Harold Ford, Blacks (read hard core Obamites) would have run, RUN, back to Hillary and Bill and would have hoped for the best.

#45,

Obamaites(read: Blacks) well,

I encourage you not to get it twisted!

Black people realize that Obama is not our Black leader, he is our American leader!

Please, don't fault people for having a powerful representative…What about the mega years of 'Blacks' voting for non-Black candidates?

There are people(read:Blacks) that are staunch Republicans you know.

Your opinion is absurd, and you underestimate the character of an entire race.

Pity you don't invest your energy in researching the man for his policies, not the color of his skin…

The story behind the baby not being hers is gaining steam. It is pretty clear to see from videos and photographs of her during the time of her pregnancy that she was NOT with child. She's a 44 year old, thin, self professed runner. The evidence points to the child belonging to her unmarried teen daughter. But, we all know that a republican VP pick with firm family values and hard right leaning views would NEVER allow their pretty teen daughter to engage in unprotected sex and have a baby out of wedlock now would we?
Want picks and discussion? Here's some link love:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-69834

http://www.236.com/news/2008/0.....1_8598.php

People are even starting to make fun of the flimsy claim of the baby belonging to Sarah Palin.

http://img364.imageshack.us/im.....linla4.png

And the saga continues…

Now it's reported that the daughter is 5 months pregnant, and soon to wed(?).

I imagine that within the next months, the daughter will mysteriously lose the baby, and the wedding called off! Why, because you can't be 5 months pregnant after giving birth 4 months before…

I just don't trust that party (republicans) to be honest! It's not in the character fiber of the party!

I think McPain thinks the worst scandal has been brought forward…Truth is, it's just the tip of the Alaskan ice berg…

OBAMA 08!!!!!! How can she run the country and she cant run her household. I know its common now for a 17 year old to be pregnant but that still dont make it right. Its so funny how when her family came out her pregnant daughter was covering her stomach by holding her moms baby. They should have known it was going to come out.