Mr. McCain Picks a Woman for V.P. Mate

[treelizard]

And it's okay if people lie, cheat and steal as long as you are happy with the outcome?

Yes, I used to be a Randroid but I grew out of it.

[gregimotis]

has nothing to do with me or my integrity. I am just a bystander with a strong desire not to see a marxist as president.

By the way have you ever read atlas shrugged, it might be worth looking at.

I've read Atlas shrugged.

She makes some great points:




Anyone who is rich got there by their own effort, nobody who inherits wealth remains rich any amount of time. (At the 'party')

Everyone who lives outside a city is a lazy, shiftless bum who spends all day on the porch, watching weeds grow (After she is fired for success, she moves to the country and tends her lawn. See, rich people take care of things, whereas poor people... well, don't)

Nothing should be given to anyone. Everything should be sold/rented/loaned at interest. This includes advice. (at her first arrival in the Mountain utopia)

Artists and thinkers should be paid a stipend by the government (one of her many rambling 20 page essays). Ayn Rand won't be having to depend on book sales - Atlas isn't shrugging her, apparently.

[jubaji]

I really, really want McCain to win just because it will be fun to watch the campus liberals (and those who imagine themselves the same way) grind their teeth to dust and tear their hair out! I bet some over-inflated heads will literally burst like balloons, releasing a lot of hot air!

[treelizard]

omg, you said hair. that is soooo sexist.

[treelizard]

in what respect, Charlie?

This is like watching someone fail a thesis defense; it was so funny.

[treelizard]

McCain *couldn't* be as low as his own campaign

[darrianation]

That is bullshit and you know it. He's been using the same exact quote for years. Maybe he didn't get the memo that told him he wasn't allowed to use the word "lipstick." This is the guy who said that Palin's family was off limits to the media. I think the pathetic and stupid part is that the Republican party is trying to attribute anything he does to sexism because they do not have the issues to stand on. They are running a dishonorable campaign. Did you see the latest bullshit ad about how Obama supported "sex education for kindergarteners" because he was supporting a program that protected children from predators...the same program used by the Cub Scouts? It is just dirty politics as usual. At least Obama has the integrity to rise above it. McCain/Palin obviously don't--their true colors are showing.

Listen I do not belive he was talking about Palin but as Excessive said

As they say, Timing is everything.

I think it shows a lack of good judgement (one of many).

[darrianation]

Treelizard- Republican party is trying to attribute anything he does to sexism because they do not have the issues to stand on. They are running a dishonorable campaign. Did you see the latest bullshit ad about how Obama supported "sex education for kindergarteners" because he was supporting a program that protected children from predators...the same program used by the Cub Scouts? It is just dirty politics as usual. At least Obama has the integrity to rise above it. McCain/Palin obviously don't--their true colors are showing.

OMG. Are you so blind to the fact that it was a Obama surrogate who said something to the effect that how can she (Pailn) raise her kids and be a good VP? That isn’t sexist? No one asks that question of a man.

At least Obama has the integrity to rise above it.

That's BS! Barrack has sent 30 lawyers and investigators to Alaska to dig up dirt on Palin. That's staying above it?

[treelizard]

Darrin, you need to stop watching Republican ads and taking them at face value and start looking for the truth.

[treelizard]

Listen I do not belive he was talking about Palin but as Excessive said

I think it shows a lack of good judgement (one of many).

Does McCain have bad judgement for using the same comment to refer to Hilary Clinton's healthcare plan? Or is "lipstick" only considered sexist when used to refer to female Republicans?

Personally, I think picking a VP candidate who even after days of intense briefing doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is shows a lack of good judgement, but let's talk about lipstick instead.

[darrianation]

treelizard- This is like watching someone fail a thesis defense; it was so funny.

It is evident to me Gibson was hostile towards Palin from the very beginning especially how he put her down here:

GIBSON: And you didn't say to yourself, "Am I experienced enough? Am I ready? Do I know enough about international affairs? Do I -- will I feel comfortable enough on the national stage to do this?"

PALIN: I didn't hesitate, no.

GIBSON: Didn't that take some hubris?

[darrianation]

Darrin, you need to stop watching Republican ads and taking them at face value and start looking for the truth.

I don't watch TV (rarley anyway). But the truth is the truth just becuase you don't like it it doesn't make it any less true.

And sounds to me you are buying into the Obama celebrity and rhetoric where he can do no wrong.

[treelizard]

The McCain campaign CHOSE him as an interviewer. I thought he was quite fair. And I think the hubris question is perfectly acceptable considering that a month ago Palin said she "has no idea what the Vice President actually does."

[treelizard]

I don't watch TV (rarley anyway). But the truth is the truth just becuase you don't like it it doesn't make any less true.

You're watching unsubstantiated ads from a party that keeps repeating lies even after called on it by the media. Most politicians stop after they are called on their bullshit, but I guess that is too much to expect from the GOP. Even their own analysts are shocked and are trying to pretend that McCain secretly didn't approve his own ads.

[darrianation]

The McCain campaign CHOSE him as an interviewer. I thought he was quite fair. And I think the hubris question is perfectly acceptable considering that a month ago Palin said she "has no idea what the Vice President actually does."

I am sure you did becuase anything is fair game on Palin as long as it is negative.