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Originally posted by marinesniper
reply to post by mental modulator
Does anyone really think McCain made this decision on his own in a dark room with no one else giving him advise...? You think McCain does not have any female advisers, do you think he would not take all of these things into consideration...?
The man is a deep thinker, from all the years alone in a cell with just your thoughts...he is not dumb and I do not believe this decision was made on a whim...remember we still have time for woman if scourned to forget about why he picked a female (if this is what you think). Woman will come around once they see her in speeches and in the spot light over time...
I believe he played the media and Dems very well on this VP pick...
Originally posted by poet1b
A final point is that she is married to a blue collar guy, who races snow mobiles.
Originally posted by Leo Strauss
There are about 100 thousand more people living in Obama's old Illinois state legislature district than the entire population of Alaska (approx 627K).
The population of the state of Illinois is 12 1/2 million compared to 627 thousand of Alaska.
Barack Obama is tough and smart.
Originally posted by kosmicjack
Whether you vote for McCain or Obama, please pay attention to what's really important. Palin's pick is relevant - not because she is a woman and a mother or that her family is facing serious issues but because she is simply unqualified for the important position for which she has been tapped.
Originally posted by jamie83
Obama totally screwed up thinking that Biden was going to be some sort of surrogate for Hillary Clinton to get the blue collar vote. The rank and file guys look at Biden just like they do their fat cat union leaders who sold them out. Todd Palin on the other hand IS one of them.
Originally posted by ScienceDada
Bark bark bark bark bark bark. The liberals scramble because they have been trumped. Deal with it... the McCain campaign blew the Obama campaign away and total stole his thunder. Boo hoo. This pick was truly brilliant.
Originally posted by ScienceDada
I am so astounded by this decision that I have a hard time imagining another so significant in my lifetime. I am too young to have known how it was with JFK, but I imagine that it was a similar atmosphere.