If he cant do that, then his crowd has just reached for irrelevence.

You may think they Sarah Palin wouldn’t be in that spot if it weren’t for being a woman. I don’t necessarily disagree. But I can guarantee you Barack wouldn’t be in his position if he weren’t a black man. That is just reality.

The thing is, I am not willing to excuse or overlook the one because it was also the case with the other. If “electoral affirmative action” (my term but I think you know what I mean) is bad for the Democrats, it is at least as bad for the Republicans because we say we are against that sort of thing.

You may think they Sarah Palin wouldn’t be in that spot if it weren’t for being a woman. I don’t necessarily disagree. But I can guarantee you Barack wouldn’t be in his position if he weren’t a black man. That is just reality.

For me, I’ll take Palin over Barack any day and work like heck to make it a reality. YMMV.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083002377.html

You and I disagree about what John McCain was thinking when he picked Palin as his VP. I am not a mind-reader, and you did not say you’re a mind-reader so unless McCain tells the public what he was thinking then we’ll never know.

Instead of just listening to a video, Zoot, you can read the McCain introduces Palin as running mate transcript

An excerpt that may offer a clue of what McCain was thinking:

She’s not — she’s not from these parts and she’s not from Washington. But when you get to know her, you’re going to be as impressed as I am.

She’s got the grit, integrity, and good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today.

(APPLAUSE)

She knows where she comes from, and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what’s right, and she doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down.

(APPLAUSE)

She’s fought oil companies and party bosses and do-nothing bureaucrats and anyone who puts their interests before the interests of the people she swore an oath to serve.

She’s exactly who I need. She’s exactly who this country needs to help me fight…

(APPLAUSE)

… to help me fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second.

You and I disagree about what John McCain was thinking when he picked Palin as his VP. I am not a mind-reader, and you did not say you’re a mind-reader so unless McCain tells the public what he was thinking then we’ll never know.

Instead of just listening to a video, Zoot, you can read the McCain introduces Palin as running mate transcript

An excerpt that may offer a clue of what McCain was thinking:

She’s not — she’s not from these parts and she’s not from Washington. But when you get to know her, you’re going to be as impressed as I am.

She’s got the grit, integrity, and good sense and fierce devotion to the common good that is exactly what we need in Washington today.

(APPLAUSE)

She knows where she comes from, and she knows who she works for. She stands up for what’s right, and she doesn’t let anyone tell her to sit down.

(APPLAUSE)

She’s fought oil companies and party bosses and do-nothing bureaucrats and anyone who puts their interests before the interests of the people she swore an oath to serve.

She’s exactly who I need. She’s exactly who this country needs to help me fight…

(APPLAUSE)

… to help me fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second.

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For Biden:

Watch out , Sir, when you debate Sarah Palin. You may offend the American people by using your usual foul words to the…

NEW AMERICAN SWEETHEART… SARAH PALIN.

Who says that Republicans can’t play the Democrat’s Hollywood thing! But in contrast, we do with a respectable, family-oriented, wholesome Woman with class and intelligence.

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.

Kos should consult Orbitz before saying a word

The closest I have ever come to that is severalmonths ago I noted that as governor of Alaska she vetoed a bill that opposed gay marriage; saying (that it would be declared unconstitutional. But even then I have noted that she was strong conservative and a rising star within the GOP.

My problem with Sarah Palin is that, quite frankly, I do not think she is experienced enough for the position she has (or most technically, is about to be) nominated for.

My problem with John McCain is that he has always stressed that he would choose a candidate who is prepared “on day one” to be the President if something should happen to him and, quite frankly, Sarah Palin is not prepared “on day one” to be President if something should happen to McCain.

Indeed, as a sidebar, and I admit that I may very well be mistaken because I have only looked at the tape once, it is interesting that at her introduction in Ohio I don’t think McCain himself said Sarah Palin was qualified “on day one” to take over if something should happen to him; which, again, is what he has always said would be his first consideration.

Where I see the problem this pick poses for conservatism is that many conservatives are hailing this pick because they think Sarah Palin, a pro-life hunter (which in my opinion, is a good thing) will somehow attract disaffected pro-abortion Hillary supporters — which is the argument for identity politics. But conservatives are, and conservatism is, supposed to be opposed to such “identity politics.” Thus. when conservatives play that game, it makes conservatism look hypocritical.

And that is a bad thing for conservatism.

You also appear to be bummed because McCain made his pick for Palin based on identity politics. Are you a mind-reader? How can you possibly know with absolute certainty what McCain was thinking when he chose Palin?

I get what you are saying about how some posts here at RedState promoted Palin from the identity politics point of view. I read them, and I do not like those comments any more than you like them. I just do not see how those posts have anything to do with John McCain picking Sarah Palin.