Her selection just seems like a reach. I am trying to organize and make what allot of people are thinking public, that this was a mistake and we still have time to change it.

about how to go after Palin & she is a GREAT pick

The media spent the entire 1st day telling everyone how she was dangerous and not ready. Conversely when Biden was picked the time was spent praising him

seem to like her, assuming this siteis legit.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1547

Now, lets pray they handle the hurricane right.

McCain has brought in 4 million dollars in the last 24 hours over the internet.

does he have to spent that by sunday? what are the rules for primary and general election funds? why wouldn’t have have switched his website over to the Victory campaign?

anyone know what the deal is?

Last night at the bar, I asked four different tattoed/pierced riot grrl types what they thought of Palin. Three in their mid-twenties basically repeated the inexperience off the table/Hillaryites won’t be fooled meme word for word. The fourth, early 30′s, looked down and almost guiltily said, “I think it’s pretty f’n cool, to be honest”.

My 74 year-old mother, her friends, and my older aunts & uncles, all non-religious, non-judgmental types (albeit have lived almost their entire lives in lily-white suburbs); who think Bush has done a lousy job, hate the Cheney/Rove nastiness & Rush/Hannity/O’Reilly screamfests, and think McCain is too old, all to varying degrees love the pick of Palin, and have indicated it’s swayed them to vote for McCain.

If the above “numbers” hold nationwide, and Palin doesn’t turn into Quayla Eaglenew, McCain will probably win.

Palin’s going to remind a lot of seniors and rural folks of their daughters and grand-daughters, and sadly or not, will also provide “cover” to vote against a liberal black man for POTUS, regardless of his non-theatening appearance and soothing eloquence.

I absolutely love Palin! I was so hoping she’d get picked, but thought it was just a pipe dream. I love her politics, professionalism, personal life and balls to walls representation of her constituents. She’s honest, ethical and tough. Palin is the new face of the GOP and I’m loving it.

I’ve been reading for RedState for a couple of years and just ponied up the nerve to comment today. My regular conservative site has too many Republican commenters knocking her as the VP choice – it was killing the first political joy I’ve experienced in many months,……. so I left.

If you say so…but I have one question..

Is Sarah Palin the best qualified Republican for the job of Vice President?…do her credentials trump Mitt Romney’s experience?…or even Pawlenty’s?

Be honest..

Sarah Palin made a decision without consulting her doctor to fly to the Governor’s conference in Texas when she was 36 weeks pregnant.

While on this self-promoting trip to deliver a speech, the fetal membrane ruptured.

Most women go to the nearest hospital when their water breaks. Sarah Palin decided instead to make an 11 hour flight back to Alaska. She did not inform any of the flight personnel that was in premature labor.

She was immediately hospitalized when arriving in Alaska, and labor was induced within an hour.

The “family first” Palin returned to work within 3 days of giving birth to a premature special needs baby. Is that dedication to the job, or more stupidity?

at the invitation of Gov Haley Barbour to look at hurricane plans firsthand. Excellent move. Obama places a call to Nagin. Eh.

I listened to Gov Bobby Jindal on CSPAN talking about the evacuation of New Orleans. Orderly, planned evcuation using buses & trains as could have been done for Katrina had a competent governor been in charge of the state. Medical teams, food, accomodations, everything in place. Outstanding job by Jindal, who I as much as Palin.

The convention can be delayed or it can be rearranged, etc. to accomodate the disaster in the Gulf. Palin is a Governor, she knows how to handle these disasters, an excellent chance for her to shine, also Cindy McCain who is a great humanitarian. This is an opportunity for Republicans to demonstrate competence, humanity, etc in the face of natural disaster.

This is masterful, our team will continue to demonstrate leadership and dominate the news cycle as they have for the past few days.

Any true conservative could be upset with this pick. This woman is the epitomy of what true conservatives love. She even has a streak of independence in her that attracts middle of the road voters. I have only voted in 3 elections so I dont have a long history to go on. But the fact is this women has me pumped about the FUTURE of the conservative movement. Dont get me wrong now. I love Dubya and think history will show him to be truly great. But the past 4 years I have been looking around and wondering when I could have the feeling my Dad speaks of when we talk of Reagan. It just seemed to me that there was no young vibrant stars on the horizon. But then Palin, Jindal, and Cantor have a coming out this election cycle. And I now have a feeling of overwhelming excitement over these fine Americans.

I am amazed at the talk radio callers that are worried about this woman. It is astonishing to me that they are worried about a VP pick not having enough experience when the actual Presidential candidate on the other side has less experience. Does she need an education on foreign affairs? Yes! Will she get that education from one of the finest in the business John Mccain? Yes! Not to mention the team Mccain will put together. I would rather have her learn about 1 facet of the presidency in 4 years. Than have someone learn EVERYTHING about governing on the job.

All in all I think this will all be sorted out over the next month. I truly believe she will be fully prepared to go toe to toe with Biden and come out of it looking great. That will squash all this nonsense people are talking. She has already proven herself an excellent speaker. And according to the other side. Thats all you need to be President.

One of the important attributes of a vice president is that she is in charge of taking heat to protect the boss. It might be a nice idea to test Palin during the convention by having her head over to the shadow convention in Minneapolis headed by Ron Paul.

It’s only a gallon of gas and maybe 2 hours (1 1/2 with a sweet police escort) out of her schedule and would totally put the Ron Paul supporters off their game. It would show team McCain to be above personal attacks with even the hard right and might convince some of the hard cores to give the campaign a second look for donations and grassroots activities.

The idea is floating around at least one libertarian leaning Republican blog.

You could say the same thing about Biden. Was he more qualified than the person who got 18 million votes?

You simply cannot have it both ways. On one hand saying Washington is corrupt and needs to change. And that Republicans are the old white guy party. And then bash a person who defies all of those ideas.

And to answer your question. Yes I truly believe she is the best choice for VP. And I am being honest.

You could say the same thing about Biden. Was he more qualified than the person who got 18 million votes?

You simply cannot have it both ways. On one hand saying Washington is corrupt and needs to change. And that Republicans are the old white guy party. And then bash a person who defies all of those ideas.

And to answer your question. Yes I truly believe she is the best choice for VP. And I am being honest.

You could say the same thing about Biden. Was he more qualified than the person who got 18 million votes?

You simply cannot have it both ways. On one hand saying Washington is corrupt and needs to change. And that Republicans are the old white guy party. And then bash a person who defies all of those ideas.

And to answer your question. Yes I truly believe she is the best choice for VP. And I am being honest.

Just watch the speech, for Pete’s sake: gracious enough to candidly acknowledge Hillary and Geraldine’s accomplishments as female candidates, she also exuded her own confidence without any of Hillary’s fake put-ons. Talk about someone knows how to hit the ball when they get to the plate. The woman is a winner. Let’s help her get the rest of the way there.

Is the the ‘most’ qualified out of all the possible running mates? Who cares, Biden wasnt either. If the question is ‘is she qualified?’ the answer is she’s VERY qualified. A dozen years of executive experience is pretty good in a general sense, but when you look at her fantastic accomplishments, then you realize her experience is really pretty GREAT. She’s proven her leadership abilities in ways that neither Obama or even Biden ever have, and in fact her leadership skills can even be compared to John McCain’s, its a record of tremendous achievement and results, and isn’t that what elected officials are supposed to be about? Obama has no results to speak of, Biden has very little that I can think of despite the fact that he’s been in the Senate for 35 years, only McCain and Palin have major, concrete results.

We know they are both ready to lead on day one because they’ve PROVEN it, we don’t have to look to a speech they gave or a promise they made, we can just look at what they’ve already done and know that if they simply keep doing what they’ve been doing America will be much better off for having them in the White House.

Looks like he only got a 3-4 point bounce from convention, which is very good for R’s. Appears that the McCain VP announcement was timed perfectly.
It remains to be seen how this week’s convention being overshadowed by Gustav affects the bounce that McCain is sure to get.