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Originally Posted by sleepyjeff
Does it bother you that Obama chose a running mate who pretty much has said that Obama is not ready to be President?
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Well at least Obama is sticking with his message.
Does it bother you that McCain had to drop his entire campaign motto ("Experience you can count on") and adopt HIS OPPONENT'S CAMPAIGN MOTTO ("We need a change in Washington") after he selected his VP pick?
Here's the thing. Obama's said publically that the reason he picked Biden was because he wanted someone to discuss things with, to provide him with opinions, to be a voice, even if it doesn't always agree. In that way by picking Biden he chose someone with a lot of experience to help Obama get a second opinion... instead of picking someone just like him, who would agree with him on everything. I mean, that's what Bush did, and now he's got an entire Cabinet full of yes-men.
That is, Obama chose Biden for the purposes of helping him with his presidency.
McCain chosen Palin because she is a fresh face, charismatic, and a fundamentalist Christianist. She brings excitement to the campaign by galvanizing the conservative core of the party, a group he was having real trouble connecting with (he's changed his views over the years but conservatives still remember him as being quite liberal on abortion, etc.).
That is, McCain chose Palin for the purposes of helping him with his election.
By the way if anyone hasn't read it yet, Eve Ensler of the Vagina Monologues has
an editorial up on Huffington Post giving her view on the Palin nomination.
Personally, I think we should treat Palin like Democrats treat Karl Rove; with derision, but without elevating Rove to anything more important than an adviser.
The bottom line is it was McCain's decision to choose her. The election boils down to do we want a 72-year-old man, who has had skin cancer numerous times, and whose body was broken many times (NOT NOT NOT "tortured" mind you---just used advanced interrogation techniques on, just like in GITMO)? I am just dumbfounded that people think this is even a serious question.