Sounds like a really good choice from a strategic standpoint.
Seriously? I know I'm not the target audience (that is, I have some sense) but it feels like pandering to me.
I don't give a good gorram about relevant, Wash. Or objective. And I ain't so afraid of losing something that I ain't gonna try to have it. You and I would make one beautiful baby. And I want to meet that child one day. Period.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
lisah - Aug 29, 2008 6:14:23 am PDT #6130 of 10003
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javachik - Aug 29, 2008 6:15:30 am PDT #6131 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Well Tom, I think Gillian Anderson's daughter is named Piper...
lisah - Aug 29, 2008 6:16:36 am PDT #6132 of 10003
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also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MEARA!!!!
Every time they showed Joe Biden last night I had to do the STEVE HOLT cheer from Arrested Development. JOE BIDEN!
Tom Scola - Aug 29, 2008 6:17:10 am PDT #6133 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The girls' names are much better than the boys', at least. It says little about her qualifications for the office, though.
javachik - Aug 29, 2008 6:18:16 am PDT #6134 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
STEVE HOLT!!
(and how much do I love that lisah is a fellow cornholer?)
Happy birthday JenK!
tommyrot - Aug 29, 2008 6:18:53 am PDT #6135 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
McCain's 72 and has battled cancer. Is a first-term Gov ready to serve as President?
Since God favors the Republicans, I'm sure He'll keep McCain alive....
Jessica - Aug 29, 2008 6:20:44 am PDT #6136 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
but it feels like pandering to me.
I think pandering is the only thing the GOP has going for them right now, so...yeah. It's a good strategic choice.
Gudanov - Aug 29, 2008 6:21:35 am PDT #6137 of 10003
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Seriously? I know I'm not the target audience (that is, I have some sense) but it feels like pandering to me.
Well, you have a woman which may help with the PUMA crowd, but also that helps deflect from McCain who does not have a great record on woman's rights.
You have someone who is NRA supported, that is really, really important where I live and I suspect in a lot of places. I think gun control is underrated in importance.
She is apparently strongly pro-life and anti-gay marriage, which should help appease social conservatives lukewarm about McCain.
She is an advocate for drilling, which fits in very well with McCain's energy policy.
She also is a Washington outsider, not a bad thing when everybody else is coming from the senate.
So, a good choice. I agree that experience is the risk with this choice.
Trudy Booth - Aug 29, 2008 6:24:35 am PDT #6138 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Sarah and Todd Palin have five children: boys Track, 19, and Trig, 4 months, and daughters Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7.
Favorite sport, favorite class, favorite small English city, favorite Lucas film and favorite personal aircraft?
lisah - Aug 29, 2008 6:27:32 am PDT #6139 of 10003
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Other than the PUMA thing, who supports those positions who wasn't already going to vote for McCain?
And on the PUMA thing, I really think it has been blown out of proportion by the media and McCain's campaign. I mean really how many Democratic women are going to vote for McCain because they are pissy Clinton didn't get nominated, not very many at all I don't think.
I don't know, maybe it's easier for me to be optimistic because of where I live and who I know.