Who should be McCain's VP?

[Ninja]

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Intersting article on Sarah Palin from the Seattle Times.
Paints her as a bit of a tyrant.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...palin01m0.html

[Frankie's Market]

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Well articulated, Frankie. Surely this exact scenario has played out in families everywhere, and absent politics, would definitely fall into the "none of our business," "not relevant" category. But Palin has definitely played to her audience and deftly turned this pregnancy to her advantage. She's a working mom who worked right up until the last moment! She's a staunch pro-lifer that wouldn't ever second guess bringing a special needs child into this world! She made Trig's birth part of her public persona... and the scrutiny is, IMHO, not out of line.

Not to mention the very simple fact that if one chooses to run for President or Vice President, the normal expectations of privacy that is afforded to John Q. Public don't apply.

What President Truman said over a half century ago still applies. If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

While I do feel some sympathy for Bristol Palin for the embarrassment she must be going through right now, she's paying the price for mother Sarah entering into the national arena. The fact that she was a largely unknown political figure suddenly thrusted into the national limelight must have come as a shocking jolt to the Palin family. Hopefully, Sarah knew what she getting herself into before accepting McCain's nomination offer. If she thought it was going to be all glamour, excitement, and a walk in the park, then she was sadly, sadly mistaken.

Morevoer, if there's any truth to these rumors about Sarah actually being the grandmother of Trig, I wonder if the Palins' scheme of subterfuge was designed to withstand the scrutiny of an aggressive national media, instead of merely pulling the wool over the eyes of the local Alaskan yokels.

An updated post at the admittedly uberbiased Daily Kos makes an even stronger case... mentioning, among many things, the questionable medical advice to get on the plane, the disappearance of information related to her doctor, and more than a few photos of Trig and Bristol Palin.

You know, if it was just one or two things that were true, I would've dismissed this whole thing out of hand. But when you look at all of the strange circumstances, coincidences, and you add them all up,..... as the old saying goes, where there's smoke, there could very well be fire.

[sansei]

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hi this is sansei and as i've shared.i'd only vote for Mccain and palin is they are the best choice,mccain for Pres and Palin for Vp and they could win over obama and Biden and mccain and Palin have my vote.

well thank's for your time

[Kalihiboy]

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hi this is sansei and as i've shared.i'd only vote for Mccain and palin is they are the best choice,mccain for Pres and Palin for Vp and they could win over obama and Biden and mccain and Palin have my vote.

well thank's for your time

Sansei, you already mentioned this a few times. We get it.

Aj

[Vanguard]

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Gov. Palin is unfamiliar with the VP post (although to be fair, they seem to cut that clip off real quick)

"In the aftermath of the Walt Monegan firing, one question keeps surfacing over and over again; why does the governor's husband, Todd Palin appear to hold so much power?"

Local Alaskan coverage concerning Troopergate scandal

Cindy McCain touts Palin's experience as PTA President, proximity to Russia

Alaska 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionaire. Palin (on "under God" phrase in Pledge of Allegiance): "If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me"

Wikipedia: Pledge of Allegiance "under God" addition

Recent Sarah Palin article edits on Wikipedia

McCain and Graham Repeat False Claim That Palin Opposed The ‘Bridge To Nowhere’

[LikaNui]

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I just now saw this story on CNN.com:

Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will keep the baby and marry the father, a senior aide to Sen. John McCain confirmed to CNN Tuesday.
Republican presidential candidate McCain was aware of Bristol Palin's pregnancy before he chose her mother for his running mate, the aide said.
"Senator McCain knew this and felt in no way did it disqualify her from being vice president," said the aide. "Families have difficulties sometimes, and lucky for her she has a supportive family."
The 17-year-old, a senior in high school, is about five months along, in her second trimester, according to the aide.
The aide said it was decided the campaign would reveal this information now because of rampant Internet rumors that Sarah Palin's 4-month-old baby, who has Down syndrome, was actually Bristol's.
"In the course of correcting that, we needed to get the truth out," said the McCain aide.
Sarah and Todd Palin issued a statement saying they are "proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."
(...)
The McCain aide insisted a key point to keep in mind is that Bristol decided to keep the baby, a decision "supported by her parents."

[Vanguard]

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I think Palin will quit for personal reasons, and then McCain will pick Pawlenty or Jindal (the latter if he is perceived to have handled Gustav well)

[matapule]

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Th story gets more bizarre by the hour! Now we are asked to believe THIS story? I predict that Bristol Palin will have a miscarriage within the next few days because of all the stress caused by the media attention. I also predict that all records of the miscarriage will be sealed as confidential. She will devote all her love toward her baby "brother" to compensate for post partum depression.

It is time for Sarah Palin to pull out of the race and go back to Alaska.

[TuNnL]

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One thing is for certain. The Palin family does NOT need a fertility drug.

[matapule]

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This is not looking good for Sarah Palin's judgement. No matter which way you want to spin this, this is a disaster.

Let's presume the latest story is false. So we have another lie to cover up a lie to cover up a lie. When will the lying stop? Sarah Palin, Shame on you.

Let's presume the story is true. This is what the Washington Post says:

"Senator McCain's view is this is a private family matter. As parents, (the Palins) love their daughter unconditionally and are going to support their daughter," said McCain spokesman Steve Schmidt.
"Life happens," he said.
"An American family," added Salter.
"The advisers said Palin told them about the pregnancy during lengthy discussions about her background. At several points during the discussions, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense and that there was nothing she could do to prepare for it."

Why would Sarah Palin put her 17 year old daughter through this. She knew this was going to come out. Why would you put your daughter through this just to further your own personal ambitions? Sarah Palin has demonstrated she is insensitive and self centered when it comes to her own family.

Shame on you Sarah Palin! My sympathies go out to Bristol. She has a mother who doesn't consider her the most important thing in her life.

This is indeed sad.

[tutusue]

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[...]
Let's presume the latest story is false.[...]
Let's presume the story is true. [...]

And, herein lies my now ongoing problem with Gov. Palin. I will be applying "true or false?" to everything she says or is said about her. Any vestige of credibility is out the window, afaic.

Could this be Bristol's 2nd pregnancy? It's possible. I have an acquaintance who, at 16, gave birth to her first child. Seven months later she gave birth to her 2nd child who, for all of you with raised eyebrows, was 2 months premature!

There's just sumthin' very, very wrong with this whole Gov. Palin picture.

[TuNnL]

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In my experience (and I’m sure the videophiles on HT will agree with me) is that video is a lot more telling than a single photograph. AlaskaPodShow interviewed Palin as she briskly walked to work on a cold February morning. She is supposedly seven months pregnant at the time. The rendezvous occurs about four minutes in. Considering how big she has gotten in previous pregnancies, I think the truth is clear.

[Kalalau]

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They seem to be the poster family for "Abstinence Only". Only teach kids to say no, but don't give them any knowledge about how to actually avoid pregnancy--that would be indecent. How could her candidacy be anything other than toast?

[Leo Lakio]

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Only teach kids to say no, but don't give them any knowledge about how to actually avoid pregnancy--that would be indecent.

A common trait amongst those who are conservatives in this realm - they feel that teaching about or providing condoms or other forms of birth control will only lead teens to have more sex.

[Kalalau]

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War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength
Orwell