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Thanks Dad….er…Sen. McCain

It appears as if Sarah Palin, the recently selected republican vice presidential candidate, is celebrating her selection with a bear-hug from her father. [EDIT - it appears as if the older gentleman in the above photo is actually the republican’s presidential candidate, John McCain.]

I must admit that I was a little worried about Sen. McCain’s VP selection and the resulting ability of the republicans to secure undecided votes (including Hillary supporters), however, after sitting back and digesting this pick with a few people, I think I like it. After the pick, I quickly thought about a few ways that the selection of Gov. Palin might add a few votes to the republican tally:

1. Supports McCain’s lead argument against Sen. Obama - that he is “not ready to lead”.

Two years ago Gov. Palin was the mayor of a town of 6,000 people. I am fairly certain that there are more than 6,000 people working on my block right now.

2. She will bring a set of strong ethics to Washington.

Gov. Palin has a ongoing ethics investigation RIGHT NOW.

3. She will be able to upstage Sen. Biden in the VP debates.

I think my money is on Sen. Biden on this one.

4. She will pull some of the pro-Hillary Dems to vote for the republican ticket.

Gov. Palin is a very strongly ANTI-choice republican, that does not support a woman’s right to choose and is a true conservative that will not sway any of the PUMAs.

So…on second thought, well done Sen. McCain, well done. I can almost see Sen. McCain smiling with a smug “I know more than you” look on his face and telling republicans that his pick was great “strategery”.

August 29th, 2008 Posted by admin | Blog | 2 comments