Commenter Ted brings my attention to a rival to Mitt Romney for the VP slot: Sarah Palin. Ted - who I think may have a crush on Mrs Palin - seems to think she's the obvious choice for John McCain, and that any attempt to suggest otherwise must be part of a liberal conspiracy of some sort. I have to admit, I've read quite a lot about McCain's possible veep choices, and I haven't come across her name. But thanks to Ted, I now have, and she sounds quite excellent.
Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska, which isn't a fecund source of presidents or vice-presidents (have there been any?). But it's a young state and she might be the first. She is young (44), nice looking (and I mean nice in that sort of midwestern way, not nice as in hot, although she did win the title Miss Congeniality in the 1984 Miss Alaska contest) and currently the most popular governor in America, with an approval rate somewhere around 90%. She is staunchly pro-life, and pro-guns. She's a happily married mother of five. She might help McCain win more of the Democrats that voted for Clinton and aren't sure about Obama. So actually, he really could do a lot worse. Thanks Ted.
Although Palin is attractive, the fact or not of a crush (I've never met nor spoken with her) is irrelevent and misses the point (I'm happily married with 2 kids).
I do have a CRUSH ON AMERICA, however! And my interest here is that Palin is in a position to do more for McCain, the GOP, and America than any other possibility.
Posted by: Ted | July 02, 2008 at 01:42 AM
Well, it’s either gonna be McCain/Palin or …
Barack Obama starring as “Change” the Gardener in remake of movie classic, “Being There”, starring Peter Sellers as “Chance” the Gardener!
*HT to hs commenting on
puma4palin.blogspot.com
Posted by: Ted | July 07, 2008 at 07:21 PM
Ted,
I remember that movie too.
I would even use another term for Obama:
The Hollow Man
No convictions, no experience, gaunt looks, soulless. Win or not, we will NEVER know Obama's true convictions even to the end of his life. NEVER.
Posted by: Tom | July 09, 2008 at 03:53 AM
If this brand new McCain ad is not an announcement that Sarah Palin is gonna be Veep on his ticket, I don't know what is. It's even got the McCain/Palin campaign slogan vs. Obama: "Don't hope for new energy, vote for it" -----
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=135403
Posted by: Ted | July 21, 2008 at 05:28 PM
OT a bit, but at 2:50PM EDT, per Rush Limbaugh, Bob Barr's Libertarian challenge is essentially all over (Barr endorsed Algore's Socialistic/Marxist Global Warming Plan)
Great News for Team McCain
McCain/Palin '08
Posted by: Ted | July 21, 2008 at 07:59 PM