And just when we were told--at length--that the American Dream is dead. Maybe he "gets" it a little!

to hear the next GOP attack on Obama as too young and untested.

that's pretty bold

There goes the all-important conservative misogynist vote. You know, the "Mommy's place is in the home" crowd.

Wow, I really thought they'd be smart and cynical enough to pick Condi Rice, versus this dead letter candidate. Biden will shut her down. This is a desperation move on the part of the Republicans, making me think McCain is this season's Walter Mondale.

i think it's M-C-C-A-I-N.

she's been governor for one year and before that a city councilwoman. just TONS of experience there.

talk about a desparation move. stick a fork in old johnny. he's done.

This thing keeps playing out as if it were a movie or TV show. Good Lord.

Her job will be to say:

#1) "I'm a woman! Want a woman? I'm one!"

#2) "I'm from Alaska & we have a saying:DrillDrillDrillDrill!"

(blowing coffee on my screen)

Talk about meager records!

Does he really think this woman can win over Hillary supporters? No Way! I think they know they're going to lose and he picked a pawn.

She's probably the only one who'd say "yes"

A few posters (in the previous War Room post/thread) have stated that just because of Palin's gender, some die-hard Hillary supporters may be ever more inclined to now support McCain. However, Palin is a staunchly against abortion rights -- wouldn't that temper any "true" Hillary die-hard's support for the McCain/Palin ticket? I know McCain's similar stance hasn't stopped some from already supporting him, but I tend to think that number of Hillary-for-McCain voters is small and only made to seem significant because of the media coverage a few have received. Additionally the historical nature of her candidacy for vice-president is tempered by the fact that she isn't the first (Democratic Party and Green Party beat the Republicans to it already).

Lifelong NRA member, pot smoker when it was legal to in Alaska, approval ratings in the 80s, husband is a native American who works for BP and races snowmobiles, has 5 children, the most recent one under 2 years old and severely disabled, came in 2nd place in miss Alaska contest, hunted moose with her dad who's a science teacher, used to work on a fishing boat at one point breaking two fingers during a boat collision.

She's got two x chromosomes!

Who's a racist misogynist to vote for in this election?

Shorter McCain:

"PUMAs - you have vaginas, My VeeP selection also has a vagina."

Unfortunately for McCain, that may be where the similarities stop.

Does that mean that if we criticize her lack of experience we're hypocritical and sexist? Shrewd, McCain, shrewd.

It's Quayle in drag.

At its finest. This is supreme pandering of the highest kind, I'm John McCan't and i approve this message.

I assume the "strategy" behind McSame picking Palin is that he thinks Hillary Clinton's supporters will vote for any woman that comes along, as opposed to a woman who has earned the opportunity.

The republican party never runs out of ways to insult the American people.

All women are totally sexist and will vote for any woman over any man. All men are sexist pigs who will vote for a nice pair of tits and ass. All black men want a white woman, so they'll get lots of those votes, and best of all she has loads of foreign relations experience from living in Alaska that was once part of Russia. Brilliant!! Even though McCain is old and sick God won't be able to call him home with a clear conscience, if he gets elected.

She has a bachelor's degree in journalism. Minors in politics. Wow, just wow. Mayor of a town of less then 9000. What the hell is he thinking? Does he really think women are that dumb?

Have to step over Joe Lieberman's lifeless corpse to claim the job?

And whatever happened to that investigation into her firing of the Alaska Public Safety Commissioner-- allegedly because he refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law?

Is more executive experience than McCain, Obama, and Biden have COMBINED.

On the one hand, Palin is great balance for multiple constituencies. A much better pick politically than any of the other names on the short list, except possibly Huckabee.

On the other hand, if I'm not mistaken, she's currently under investigation for pressuring a state employee to use his authority to get her sister's ex-husband fired. No smoking guns so far, but I'll be surprised if this doesn't hit the news cycle soon...

It seems that McCain has only been watching Fox News, and was convinced that the PUMAs would be enough to put him over the top.

Blowback is a bitch, especially when you choke on it. McCain just handed the election to Obama.

two words: Dan Quayle

An obvious attempt to pander to Hillary voters and young voters, who McCain thinks are all too stupid to see through this ploy and look at her actual stance on the issues. And isn't Palin currently under investigation?

McCain just lost the election.

Palin was McSame's second choice -- apparently Ted Stevens wasn't available!!!

With two anti-abortion candidates on the Republican ticket, there can be no doubt - as Gore pointed out last night - that if elected this team will pick up to three Supreme Court justices and ensure that Roe v. Wade is overturned. Anyone who votes to help elect McCain will be a party to this. If you're OK with that, then fine. But don't deny the fact that abortion will again be illegal in America if McCain is elected and own your part in it.

Bold pick -- it'll be interesting to see how this goes over! She seems perfect for McCain's ticket except for the experience issue. This choice would seem to really blunt his ability to attack Obama as a neophyte.

...but isn't she under investigation for abuse of power (firing of a state trooper who had wronger her sister)?