The best part was that as she was supposed to come to the mic and say something, NPR's feed was cut and there was dead silence on the channel.

Goldwater wasn't the antithesis of socially conservative Republicans. Nelson Rockefeller was. Or maybe Dan Evans, who actually drove the John Birchers out of the state party here after Goldwater went down in flames.

The fact that she may have minimal presidential qualifications is of little consequence in an electoral sense. The Republicans are looking for a slice of votes on the margin that everyone agrees will make the difference.

Palin will absolutely energize the right wing. Obama can forget about conservatives staying home. This is a Rovian choice, pure and simple, and much as it pains me to say it, a brilliant one. At least on Day One.

Cellophane is less transparent than this VP choice, even to concerned Republicans.

Why didn't he choose Condi Rice, then?

What if Palin wasn't a woman? Bet you "he" wouldn't have been even looked at.

OK, this choice is going to make the Evangelicals happy and maybe insure that they vote, but was there any doubt of that? They'd either have ended up voting for McCain anyway, or at worst, not voting at all. But this choice doesn't make much sense when it comes to going after the indie voters. I think people like to think they're dumb, or wishy-washy about voting unless a candidate appeals to them, but that's just not so. She is an unknown, she's completely inexperienced in national affairs and with McCain as a very elderly president there's a good chance she could end up as president herself. And by picking Palin, the Republicans just cut themselves off from using the "Obama is not experienced enough to be president" charge as an effective campaign tool.

And, do you really think Hillary supporters are going to ditch Obama by the droves to vote for this woman because she has a vagina, "just like Hillary!"?

It's a bizaare choice.

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Imagine, for a second, a conservative party that was pro-legalization, pro-gay rights, pro-all the good social issues. And their fights with liberals would be over degrees of foreign entanglement, free trade, big vs. small government—you know, they way it's supposed to work in a two-party democracy. Instead everyone's wasting time on blowjobs and marriage rights and Drug Wars—shit that either doesn't matter or doesn't work or is so self-evident it doesn't require debate.

I want the conservatives to be better than they are, for our sakes and for theirs.

Now I'm even nauseating myself. Excuse me while I go change my Pollyanna panties.

apparently their is no internet.

I don't see why people think Biden will be forced to debate Palin one on one.

Hillary, Jr. won't be voted for by Evangelical housewives who will resent her because she's a woman and/or because she's abandoned her family; won't be voted for by bigot class voters who don't want anyone but white men in the White House; and won't be voted for by anyone with a brain.

That leaves the Fox viewers who were going to vote Republican anyway and the Hillary voters who are completely out of their minds -- which, media appearances to the contrary, are a tiny minority of American voters.

Nothing's changed, except that McCain has acknowledged he has no chance of ever being President and has made himself look more pathetic and irrelevant than ever.

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Hee! I sought out this thread just now to make that exact same comment. It'll be nice to see Tina Fey on SNL until November.

ugh now i'm really scared now.

Does that mean they now believe dinosaurs DIDN'T appear on earth a mere 6,000 years ago?

Or does it mean they believe oil can be created from fossilized biomass in less than 6,000 years?

I'm really confused on this one...