Posted by
Jesse "The Mind" Norman on Friday, August 29, 2008 12:21:00 PM
In one word, genius. No one really has heard of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin before, so when rumors were flying it might be her I was wondering "who is this". I thought it was going to be Joseph Lieberman because Lieberman can hold Joe Biden, Obama's attack dog at bay. That would have upset many conservatives. With this pick McCain can still hold Biden at bay and not upset the conservative base. Already Obama's people are saying she's too inexperienced, even before she was introduced. Nobody is less experienced than Obama is, so for them to throw around the "I" word is ludicrous. No, not Obama's rapper friend. Ridiculous ludicrous I meant : )
Not only will Mrs. Palin keep Biden at bay, but any considerable attack towards her will be perceived by Hillary Clinton's disgruntled followers as another attack by Obama's people at women. He already has that problem facing him as everyone knows. This will also make those women who really are either refusing to support Obama or willing to look elsewhere to find the McCain candidacy more appealing. Finally the republicans get to play the victim card. Let's see how the liberals like it.
I still have my concerns over this pick but after hearing Palin speak I can see she has tenacity and a brain. A deadly political combo. She isn't going to be pushed around. Obama and Biden might try to accentuate her inexperience but she is the ONLY one running for anything that has executive experience. Biden doesn't. Obama definitely doesn't. Even McCain doesn't. This brings some executive experience to at least one ticket.
Palin brings attention to McCain, which he is sorely needing. Obama again at his speech last night missed an opportunity to get specific but said nothing new. All he spoke on was change, hope, shooting stars, and lucky charms. He won't speak about tangible, specific things because he doesn't have the ability to. With McCain suffering from Bush withdrawal symptoms this country is having and not having the media behind him is if he was their lord and saviour, and still somehow for two days was actually leading Obama in the polls during the Democratic National Convention this week. Amazing and telling. Now McCain gets his jumpstart towards the rest of the campaign season that he needed. Imagine Obama's attack dog attacking Sarah Palin at the debate. Imagine them going after her on stump speeches. We get to play the victim card for once. A page out of the old democrat playbook. Oh boy! Woops. I mean oh girl!