All About McCain

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

Oh sure. No one here ever buys my theories unless they bode ill for the republican...

You got a problem with that?

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I was actually thinking of this from another aspect. In 1996 Bob Dole was the republican nominee because no one wanted to run against Clinton. It could be that the school of thought is that McCain is going to lose so no one with future Presidential aspirations wishes to be on a losing ticket....whether that be Pawlenty, Romney, whomever. Instead of others being rejected BY McCain, perhaps the others rejected McCain. It actually may make sense since McCain had only met with Palin one time.

One of my favorite liberal thinkers made this point also.

[Sub la Goon]

They may have to put off the convention (and blame Gustav) while they sort out this scandalous rumor:

Sarah Palin's 5th child is actually her oldest daughter's

Don't know if it has an ounce of truth, but that won't stop the speculating.

This pregnancy scandal is hitting the internet, and supposedly people “in the know” from Alaska are stating it is true, and that Sarah Palin hid her daughter’s pregnancy. And that the child, Trig Palin, might actually belong to her daughter, Bristol.

But could this just be a smear campaign?

I am not sure about the insurance fraud implications, but the juicy-ness of it alone make for excellent conjecture. And who is the dad I wonder? Inuit? Maybe not so Down's Syndrome after all... Or worst yet - a Chinatown scenario! "He's my brother" He's my son!.."

But then again, this is just my demented brain talking.

[scaeagles]

So supposedly her whole pregnancy as governor was faked? That would be a trick.

If not true (and I'm suspecting it isn't), it's rather despicable.

[wendybeth]

What if it were true?


I find it a bit unbelievable, but it is odd that she didn't announce it until she was nearly due, and that no one noticed. Oh, well- true or not, it's not the sort of thing one can hide for long. I'm more interested in the fact that she's in the midst of a scandal that could get her impeached, yet she's chosen to run as VP?

[scaeagles]

Must have missed that, Strangler. My thoughts were original in my mind.

[scaeagles]

I read it.

Seriously, though, one speech to me does not mean that her political history goes out the window. I somewhat doubt that if Bush came out with a speech contrary to what your current viewpoint is of him that it would sway you much. You'd wait to see what he actually did rather than what he said.

[scaeagles]

One thing that does not seem to be good for Obama at present is that while Gallup had him up by 8 immediately after his speech, a recent poll by Zogby has McCain up 2 and CNN has Obama only up one. The reason I say that does not look good for Obama is that there will be a (small) bounce for McCain after the republican convention. McCain's announcment of Palin immediately after the Dem convention seems to have negated the expected Obama bounce (which it seems like he got - going up 8 in the Gallup poll) when Gallup had had it tied for the previous couple of days.

Granted, it's still very, very close, but I'm sure Obama and his team expected a lead to hold for a bit before the Republican convention.

[alphabassettgrrl]

I'm appalled at his choice of running mate. Well, as someone hoping for an Obama presidency, I'm delighted, but trying to be neutral, I think Palin was a terrible choice.

[scaeagles]

Why?