Update: McCain Selects Gov. Sarah Palin as Running Mate

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by firstdown

Reading these post the people I believe to be democratic from their prior and current post have made sexest and racest type remarks. Funny isn't that what they say consevatives do.

Yep. The Bush administration has put more Hispanics, Blacks and other minorities in HIGH-LEVEL cabinet positions and staff than the Clinton admin...yet Bush is still the racist and Clinton, who had an all-white cabinet is the one who represents minorities.

Aren't stereotypes great?

[mheisig]

I don't like McCain or Obama, but frankly I think McCain's VP selection is brilliant compared to Obama's.

Biden seems like nothing but more of the same Washington political garbage.

McCain has managed to solidify his base of evangelicals, pro-lifers and NRA members. Mock them all you want or disagree with them all you want, but you can't deny they make up a massive portion of the vote.

At the same time he's brought in someone young and fresh to combat his decidedly aged image. A pretty face doesn't hurt either. Again, you can disagree all you want, but my experience in marketing and advertising has taught me that a pretty face goes a long way in convincing an audience of a point.

Look how much Obama's youth and charisma have gotten him - McCain getting a dose of that when he's seriously lacking in that area helps tremendously.

I think two things are very interesting about this: assuming Nader doesn't make some kind of surprise end-around, whoever wins the election will make history. First black president or first female vice president any way you slice it. Fascinating.

Second, of the four (Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin), as far as I know Palin is the only one with actual experience running and administrating a government. The other three are Senators and, as far as I know, never spent any time actually running a local or state government.

Once again this race gets very, very interesting. Either way we're watching history in the making.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by mheisig

I don't like McCain or Obama, but frankly I think McCain's VP selection is brilliant compared to Obama's.

Biden seems like nothing but more of the same Washington political garbage.

McCain has managed to solidify his base of evangelicals, pro-lifers and NRA members. Mock them all you want or disagree with them all you want, but you can't deny they make up a massive portion of the vote.

At the same time he's brought in someone young and fresh to combat his decidedly aged image. A pretty face doesn't hurt either. Again, you can disagree all you want, but my experience in marketing and advertising has taught me that a pretty face goes a long way in convincing an audience of a point.

Look how much Obama's youth and charisma have gotten him - McCain getting a dose of that when he's seriously lacking in that area helps tremendously.

I think two things are very interesting about this: assuming Nader doesn't make some kind of surprise end-around, whoever wins the election will make history. First black president or first female vice president any way you slice it. Fascinating.

Second, of the four (Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin), as far as I know Palin is the only one with actual experience running and administrating a government. The other three are Senators and, as far as I know, never spent any time actually running a local or state government.

Once again this race gets very, very interesting. Either way we're watching history in the making.

While people think conservatives do not care about the enviroment she is very pro enviroment.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by mheisig

I don't like McCain or Obama, but frankly I think McCain's VP selection is brilliant compared to Obama's.

Biden seems like nothing but more of the same Washington political garbage.

McCain has managed to solidify his base of evangelicals, pro-lifers and NRA members. Mock them all you want or disagree with them all you want, but you can't deny they make up a massive portion of the vote.

At the same time he's brought in someone young and fresh to combat his decidedly aged image. A pretty face doesn't hurt either. Again, you can disagree all you want, but my experience in marketing and advertising has taught me that a pretty face goes a long way in convincing an audience of a point.

Look how much Obama's youth and charisma have gotten him - McCain getting a dose of that when he's seriously lacking in that area helps tremendously.

I think two things are very interesting about this: assuming Nader doesn't make some kind of surprise end-around, whoever wins the election will make history. First black president or first female vice president any way you slice it. Fascinating.

Second, of the four (Obama, Biden, McCain, Palin), as far as I know Palin is the only one with actual experience running and administrating a government. The other three are Senators and, as far as I know, never spent any time actually running a local or state government.

Once again this race gets very, very interesting. Either way we're watching history in the making.

Good post man. Intersting indeed. I do love the game of politics almost as much as football. Being from Washington must have ingrained that in me.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Buster

Yep. The Bush administration has put more Hispanics, Blacks and other minorities in HIGH-LEVEL cabinet positions and staff than the Clinton admin...yet Bush is still the racist and Clinton, who had an all-white cabinet is the one who represents minorities.

Aren't stereotypes great?

It's about quality not quantity.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by saden1

It's about quality not quantity.

I think you can say the quality of the positions the individuals in question were appointed to is pretty damn high. The quality of the individuals however... that's another story.

[Monkeydad]

Originally Posted by saden1

It's about quality not quantity.

Colin Powell, Condi Rice, others aren't quality?


You could say that if Clinton's quantity wasn't zero.

[saden1]

Originally Posted by Buster

Colin Powell, Condi Rice, others aren't quality?


You could say that if Clinton's quantity wasn't zero.

Colin Powell? Yes with an astrik. Condi Rice? Absolutely Not! Senior Alberto? No comment.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by saden1

Colin Powell? Yes with an astrik. Condi Rice? Absolutely Not! Senior Alberto? No comment.

So quality is only if they have the same ideas as you?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by Buster

Yep. The Bush administration has put more Hispanics, Blacks and other minorities in HIGH-LEVEL cabinet positions and staff than the Clinton admin...yet Bush is still the racist and Clinton, who had an all-white cabinet is the one who represents minorities.

Aren't stereotypes great?

Clinton had an all-white cabinet? That doesn't sound right. What about Ron Brown, Henry Cisneros, and Mike Espy?

[FRPLG]

Bill Richardson too.

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

Clinton had an all-white cabinet? That doesn't sound right. What about Ron Brown, Henry Cisneros, and Mike Espy?

Wait...how did Mike Espy have time to being a Cabinet Official while being on our practice squad?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Bill Richardson too.



Wait...how did Mike Espy have time to being a Cabinet Official while being on our practice squad?

That's why he could never make it as an NFL receiver, he just wasn't committed to the job.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

That's why he could never make it as an NFL receiver, he just wasn't committed to the job.

Time management is EVERYTHING!

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

That's why he could never make it as an NFL receiver, he just wasn't committed to the job.

But he fought his guts out!!