Scary – is Sarah Palin going to end up being US President? Somewhere else Hillary Is Smiling

Posted by Marshall Sponder on August 30, 2008 | Link It

This is pretty scary – and funny – at the same time, as covered by the New York Times in an article today titled Sarah Heath Palin, an Outsider Who Charms.

Sarah Palin in a 1984 studio portrait as Miss Wasilla.

I suppose what’s really interesting here - Sarah Palin was choosen – to drive a wedge between Hillary Clinton supporters and Barack Obama’s campaign. Somewhere, Hillary must be Smiling, according to Monica Crowley, Ph.D

According to Crowley:

“… A few months ago, Obama put down people like her, saying they “cling to their guns and their religion.”

Something tells me Governor Palin is going to be a rock star in the states that really matter — Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan. They like their guns and religion, too.”

I really hope that’s not what happens; we’ll see.  I think people are smarter than just voting for Palin because she’s a woman – her values are directly opposite what Hillary Clinton’s views are.

According to the New York Times:

“…She wouldn’t have articulated one coherent policy and people would just be fawning all over her,” said Andrew Halcro, a Republican turned independent, who along with Tony Knowles, a Democrat, ran against Ms. Palin for governor in 2006. “Tony and I looked at each other and it was, like, this isn’t about policy or Alaska issues, this is about people’s most basic instincts: ‘I like you, and you make me feel good.’ ”

“You know,” said Mr. Halcro, invoking the Democratic presidential nominee, “that’s kind of like Obama.””

It’s not like Obama – except that McCain is fighting one type of persona with another and attempting to divert and confuse voters, hoping they’ll fall for it.

Clearly, John McCain is desperate – and willing to roll the dice  – he figures he has nothing much to lose, but we have alot to lose.

Radian6 – Top 10 Posts on Gov. Sarah Palin – 8/28/08

Whoopi Weighs in on Sarah Palin and Reader Comments on Her Obama Post!

Radian 6 targeted the Woopi Goldberg post as being the most important in the last 24 hours, for Sarah Palin profile I’ve set up.  Here’s the main part of what Woopi said – which Radian6 targeted on:

Whoopi Goldberg

Well, as I’m watching television this morning, it appears that John McCain may pick Gov. Sarah Palin, of Alaska, to appease all of those angry women — the ones who were going to vote for Hillary and then threatened to vote for John McCain — by just picking a woman. It’s expedient, and should make everybody feel better. After all, what do women actually know? They’ll pick any female, as long it’s not a guy. That kind of thinking is so insulting I don’t know what to say.

I’m sure Sarah Palin (we’ll find out more information on her) is a wonderful woman, but if you’re a Democrat why would you go for a Republican female that you don’t know much about just because she’s female? Has John McCain missed the point? Or is that the point? That these angry women are angry because a woman was not picked … not Hillary Clinton … but a woman.

I looked at some of the comments to my Barack Obama post this morning and I thought they were fantastic. There was one lady who was irritated with me, I guess because I called Barack Obama an African American.

Governor Palin is attractive, I’ll give her that – but that’s not a qualifer to hold elected office.



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