Comments on: McCain finally excites the base with Palin pick

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Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:34:14 +0000

[...] political entrance in the McCain campaign put an extremely positive effect onto the conservative base, but in doing so moved the McCain campaign significantly to the [...]

By: Reactionary

Reactionary — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 16:09:25 +0000

Alaska population = 670,053 (2006, ranked 48th of 50 state by population).
Delaware population = 843,524 (2005, 45th by population).

And Joe Biden has no executive experience…

By: Brian

Brian — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:58:28 +0000

The slogan adorning Delaware’s highway welcome signs is “Small Wonder” (or at least it was when I lived in MD about 5 years ago).

The Decatur Daily’s editorial board is useless.

By: Johnny Reb

Johnny Reb — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:46:46 +0000

Once again the Decatur “Day late, dollar short” Daily proves just how far left their editorial board resides. In an editorial today (http://decaturdaily.com/stories/17514.html)about McCain’s choice of Palin, the Daily stated that proclaimed that all of Palin’s “political experience is small-town and small-state; she’s never held office in Washington.” Well, excuse me for wondering, but last I checked, Alaska was twice the size of Texas, with a multi-billion dollar budget. Funny how they don’t discuss Joe Biden’s HUGE home state of Delaware.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:17:13 +0000

Republican base are not the only ones excited:

went over to hillaryclintonforum to see for myself. The most viewed thread is McCain’s pick for Palin. Over 57,000 views (nearly 4x more than any other). Most OPers are not only voting for McCain/Palin, but also DONATING to McCain and RNC!!! WOW…WOW

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:44:41 +0000

I agree with the democrats…she is a bad pick…bad pick for them but outstanding for the Republicans :-) :-)

All the whining and the usual false, negative attacks won’t change it.

Recommendation: fear the loss of control in the house and/or senate now!!! There is a new sherrif coming to town and you ain’t going to like it. But we will, even when she cleans out some of our own!!! :-)

By: Don

Don — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:19:23 +0000

In addition to my prior comments under “Sarah Palin” (http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/08/29/sarah-palin/) I’d say that the remarks about Palin coming from Obama’s camp seem to be saying in so many words to circle the wagons because we’re in trouble. Governor Palin at least has some executive experience while Obama has none and neither does Biden or even McCain.

By: James Downing

James Downing — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:43:27 +0000

What an amazing pick by McCain!! Gov. Palin brings in a distinguished record of executive experience, running a successful and popular Government in Alaska. An ideal ticket is one where 1 person brings in the Washington experience/foreign policy/national security experience and the other brings in executive/administrative experience. This can be seen from all winning tickets in the past few decades. The republican ticket is the perfect ticket now. She has a record of clean governance, bipartisanship and reducing wasteful spending and is an ideal choice for McCain’s VP.

For all those who wish to raise the ‘experience’ question – do you honestly believe that Gov. Palin is too inexperienced to be President (a post for which, btw, she is NOT running for) despite being the Governor of Alaska for nearly 2 years and a mayor for many years before that, while Sen Obama is experienced enough to be President (a post he is running for)? If you honestly believe Palin is inexperienced, there is now way you could support Obama. Palin brings in executive experience, McCain and Biden bring Washington, foreign policy experience – what exactly does Obama bring in? Neither of the 2.

Also, it is incorrect to see the choice of Gov Palin as a gimmick to pander to the women voters. While that is a bonus, the most important point is that she would be an excellent person for the role of VP in McCain’s administration, with the executive experience, to help him run the country effectively. None of us know too much about her, but whatever little Ive heard so far is immensely impressive. I request all voters to give her a fair chance, do some research and find out about her, and you will see that her candidacy is no gimmick.

By: Mike Ball

Mike Ball — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 11:55:27 +0000

I am particularly pleased with this selection because she has made her mark in Alaskan politics by making a strong, consistent stand against public corruption.