Any thoughts on McCain's VP Pick?

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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,897
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    I've been hearing that Christie Todd Whittman's name is being tossed around, and that she is now a serious consideration for the nomination. Interesting choice, but she's pro-choice so I don't know how that would sit with his right wing supporters.


    I've always liked her...hadn't been hearing her name for years though.

    While I am against abortion...I no longer believe there will be any change in this department and will not compromise some of my other beliefs to vote for only pro-life candidates any more. It's one issue I think the religious right is actually right on, but the bad outweighs the good with them.

    I hope McCain does move away from that base...I hope the entire party moves away from that base.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    mammasan wrote:
    I don't think she has enough name recognition. 99.9999999999% of voters wouldn't know who the hell she is. Hell I'm sure there is a good percentage of voters who wouldn't be able to find the state she governs on a map.

    I don't think that matters. They would know who she is after she is announced. I doubt most voters knew who Joe Biden was, either (based on the fact that most do not know who Nancy Pelosi is).

    http://www.gov.state.ak.us/photos/Gov-Palin-2006_web.jpg

    She's young, attractive, and obviously female. I think she would get a lot of the pissed-off portion of the Hillary base that refuses to vote for Obama. Being young, she'd sway some of the undecideds as well...especially horny dudes who like the idea of seeing her walking around on tv.

    Edit: I just read that Sarah Palin eats mooseburgers. Sign me up!
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    DCGARDEN wrote:
    I've been giving this a lot of thought and I really think that McCain should not select Romney as VP -

    The way I see it - Romney would be to somewhat pacify the conservative base - and would be a good choice given the state of the economy ....but
    Conservatives are not going to fucking vote Obama anyway and everyone knows it..... So, why not choose someone more in the middle, solidify Mac's reputation as a moderate and try to pull in some votes from people on the fence - Lieberman may just be the right guy after all..........

    If he picks Leiberman, he loses. Period.

    The only way for a Republican candidate to win is to get votes from the evangelical bloc.

    You're right in that the evangelicals aren't going to vote for Obama.

    But if you pair McCain, whom they are already wary of, with Lieberman, whom they despise -- they just won't vote at all. In which case, Obama wins anyway.
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  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    please god let it be Lieberman. that guy is such a tool. he couldn't motivate grass to grow.
  • jhinkle1114
    jhinkle1114 Posts: 212
    Pawlenty is my guess. With Romney as the 2nd possibility.
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  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    jhinkle1114 wrote:
    Pawlenty is my guess. With Romney as the 2nd possibility.

    I know in the long run VP choices really do make all that much difference, but I would love to see a Biden/Pawlenty debate :)
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  • mammasan
    mammasan Posts: 5,656
    SuzannePjam wrote:
    I've been hearing that Christie Todd Whittman's name is being tossed around, and that she is now a serious consideration for the nomination. Interesting choice, but she's pro-choice so I don't know how that would sit with his right wing supporters.

    I like Whittman, she was my former Governor, and I voted for her when she ran and would tip my hat to McCain if he selected her, still wouldn't votr for him though. It probably would not be her because she is way to moderate to please the bible thumpers in the Republican party which is a shame because she would make a great VP and maybe even President.
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  • jhinkle1114
    jhinkle1114 Posts: 212
    blackredyellow wrote:
    I know in the long run VP choices really do make all that much difference, but I would love to see a Biden/Pawlenty debate :)

    I do wonder if it will matter more this time.

    With McCain, you have a 72 year old so people are rightly concerned who his VP is since with his age there's a higher risk he could keel over during his term.

    With Obama there's concern of his lack of experience, so it was important to have someone like Biden on the ticket. And though I hate to say it, being black he has a higher risk of assassination as on top of the plain old nut jobs he has the white supremacist nut jobs to worry about.

    On top of that, we're coming off 8 years of Cheney which saw the role and power of the VP vastly expanded.

    I still don't think it will matter greatly, but I do think at least people who pay attention at all rather than just voting the party line will pay more attention to the VP choices and debates than in the past.
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  • daystar143
    daystar143 Posts: 367
    Pacomc79 wrote:
    I'm with lewis black... why not just pick a dead guy?


    Worked for Bush, didn't it? Goodness, when is Cheney going to just go ahead and lay down in the nice pine box?
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  • DixieN
    DixieN Posts: 351
    On the nominee, if you pull down the guy's pants, you'll see Cheney's seal of approval stamped on his ass, which will include the words "property of," along with an unmistakable stench of sulfur coming from the general area.
  • Solat13
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    fanch75 wrote:
    I don't think that matters. They would know who she is after she is announced. I doubt most voters knew who Joe Biden was, either (based on the fact that most do not know who Nancy Pelosi is).

    http://www.gov.state.ak.us/photos/Gov-Palin-2006_web.jpg

    She's young, attractive, and obviously female. I think she would get a lot of the pissed-off portion of the Hillary base that refuses to vote for Obama. Being young, she'd sway some of the undecideds as well...especially horny dudes who like the idea of seeing her walking around on tv.

    Edit: I just read that Sarah Palin eats mooseburgers. Sign me up!

    Well CNN and CNBC are saying it's her.

    A very interesting choice if it is her.
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  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Fact: Fanch said she'd be a great pick about six months ago.

    Also Fact: Fanch said in 2006/2007 that Rudy would win the nomination.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,897
    What a great choice!!!!!

    Shows McCain is going to fight for this...it's not over yet. Way to steal Obama's thunder as well.

    This could get very interesting.
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  • harrymanback
    harrymanback Posts: 435
    she's cute in that tina fey kind of way
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  • MrBrian
    MrBrian Posts: 2,672
    cincybearcat wrote:
    What a great choice!!!!!

    Shows McCain is going to fight for this...it's not over yet. Way to steal Obama's thunder as well.

    This could get very interesting.

    The reaction from the Obama side this morning? "She has less experience than Obama"

    I swear!....Obama is gonna try and beat the McCain 'experience' talk by saying that McCains VP choice is the least experienced.
  • fanch75
    fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    MrBrian wrote:
    The reaction from the Obama side this morning? "She has less experience than Obama"

    I swear!....Obama is gonna try and beat the McCain 'experience' talk by saying that McCains VP choice is the least experienced.

    That's hilarious!

    Aesthetically, she's a great choice. Squeaky clean, too. I believe she got elected by going after the GOP governer in office at the time for ethics violations?

    Played basketball, went back to work three days after having a baby. Has been a sportscaster. Eloped with her HS boyfriend to avoid a crazy expensive wedding. Tells me she's pretty grounded.

    She has a son on his way to Iraq.

    On the surface, great pick. He listened to me six months ago when I was preaching Mrs. Palin.
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  • cincybearcat
    cincybearcat Posts: 16,897
    fanch75 wrote:
    That's hilarious!

    Aesthetically, she's a great choice. Squeaky clean, too. I believe she got elected by going after the GOP governer in office at the time for ethics violations?

    Played basketball, went back to work three days after having a baby.

    On the surface, great pick. He listened to me six months ago when I was preaching Mrs. Palin.

    I may have to switch from all teh good beer I drink to Natty Light...it's made you a genius!
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