NEWS: McCain Picks A Vagina

POLITICS: McCain Picks A Vagina

Yes, I wrote that headline. Mostly because it’s true. In the most cynical Vice Presidential choice I have ever seen, McCain picked a woman, simply because she is a woman. In doing so, he overlooked many other conservative women who are far more qualified to be Vice President. McCain chose Sarah Palin because she’s attractive and she hates abortion. I honestly can’t think of another reason to select this walking disaster of a choice.

McCain is obviously going for the disgruntled Hillary voters. Picking Palin will possibly earn him precious few Hillary voters, while turning off millions of independents. Palin's inexperience is astounding, unless you count her awesome time in as city council member and mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. The town had a massive population of 7,738 people. She ran for governor in 2006 and won, mostly because Alaska is a backwards land full of idiots. Palin has been governor for less than two years – and now John McCain has selected her to be vice president of the United States. Considering McCain is so old he could die at any moment, this is a stunningly pathetic choice for vice president. Let’s just look at the past 36 hours.

It was discovered that Palin lied on Friday when she claimed to have opposed Alaska’s famous “bridge to nowhere.”

We also learned Palin was a member of an Alaskan secessionist group in the early '90s and apparently still thinks it’s a great idea to stay connected. Here she is addressing the Alaskan Independence Party's 2008 convention.



What does the Alaskan Independence Party want? The same things any crazy lunatic wants.

Oh, good. Worthwhile effort.

Also, Palin admitted yesterday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.

Yes, she will grow up faster than ever planned, especially because you just agreed to be John McCain’s running mate, putting your daughter and her pregnancy in the nation’s spotlight. You are a genuine and caring woman for putting your child in front of a bloodthirsty American media. Wonderful values you have there.

By all means, throw the kid to the sharks. That’s what a good Christian does. Ambition first, kids second. Oh, and this news probably won’t help the abstinence only cause.

And bestest of all, Sarah Palin just hired a lawyer because she is about to be deposed by a special investigator.

The special investigator’s report is due on October 31st. That makes some fantastic timing for the election. Genius move on McCain’s part. Even if it clears her, you can be sure someone will pull something out of the report that reflects poorly on Palin. That’s how it always goes.

More than anything, this is insulting to the women who supported Hillary Clinton. McCain actually believes women will vote for him, just because he picked someone with a vagina as his running mate, even though she has the opposite political views of Hillary on every issue.

How could a Hillary supporter not climb aboad that train?

Palin is also a religious fanatic who was selected by a "cabal" of other religious fanatics.

Yes, and she is just what Hillary supporters want in a female candidate.

FAIL.

McCain is treating women like they don't have brains and he will be punished because of it. He could have picked from a number of conservative women, who would have at least appeared to have earned the selection with their accomplishments. Women like, Kathryn Ann Bailey Hutchison, Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Olympia Snowe, Christine Todd Whitman, M. Jodi Rell and Condoleezza Rice all would have made it appear as if McCain was not just looking for someone with a vagina. And nearly every one of those women are far less scandal-plagued. Up until this point I thought McCain would win the election, but I now think he will be crushed, which means I will owe Subrosa a six pack. That is very disappointing.

FearTheReaper is a writer, actor and stand up comedian. You can read more of his nonsense and see a picture of Sarah Palin with her young child standing over a dead animal on his blog, Stop All Monsters.

That didn't occur until 2006. In 1996 she had just won a spot on the Wasila city council for the second time. Let's not give her TOO much credit here.

No fair trying the reverse-jinx.

Palin's hometown of 6,000 people got $27 Million in Federal Earmarks from her buddy Ted Stevens, who she happened to run a 527 group for.

John McCain allegedly hates both Federal Earmarks and 527 groups.

This VP nomination is such a trainwreck, it's amazing.

It's 3 am in the White House and the Phone Rings .... john McCain is drooling in his sleep....

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hahahahahah! well done !

Mmm, but she's kind of hot, wouldn't mind doing some drilling in Alaska, if you get my meaning.

At least we know that if she made it to office she'd probably end up shooting someone in the face.

McCain really should have gone with




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So say we all.

I disagree as usual with reaper's assessments. Palin was choosen to appeal to CERTAIN hillary voters, the ones who are not die hard pro choice. That group includes the so-called "racist" and often male blue-collar workers and certain soccer moms. Some women voted for Hillary mainly because she is a woman.

Its a gamble on McCain's part that could swing either way. He might skim a few extra points from horny males (she's not ugly) and pissed off females. He may piss off pro choice hillary voters that would have otherwise stayed home.

Attacking the woman on her daughter and inexperience is very unwise considering Obama is the product of a teenage mother and has very limited experience as well and she is only running for VP. Obama is running for President.

Palin's story can be narrated in many ways. The coverage will define her impact. Also note that they are vetting the Palin october surprise issues right now, which will be forgoten by Nov. They have also succeed in steeling the spotlight from Obama less than 24 hours after the obamalama's just okay speech; sorry bill clinton's performance was a lot better.

You just made me spit tea on my keyboard. Well done.

How is stealing the spotlight with her underage pregnant daughter and her complete uselessness any good for the Republican campaign?

Sure, people are paying attention. But they're paying attention to the fact that this woman has no place being VP.

1) Its takes those eye that looked during labor day weekend off of the issues (iraq, economy, etc.)
2) This was a news dump during labor day which minimizes exposure.
3) Obama's speech and the dem convention are forgotten.

I know some of this seems contradictory. This was an intentional labor day dump which limits the downside risk of exposure but it may hurt the obama bump, maybe not.

I see you're taking the stance of the right-wing fucktard talk-radio hosts. This is not an attack on her daughter. Nobody (at least nobody with a brain) gives a shit about her daughter as an individual. The attack is on her backing of abstinence-only sex education and the ironic failure of that policy.

As for her inexperiance . . . they opened the ball, they don't have the right to get butthurt if we dance.

Minimizes exposure? Good luck with that one.

I theorize that McCain picked Palin BECAUSE she had a pregnant teenage daughter.

He needed to convince the anti-Choice lobby that he would suck up to them sufficiently. So, he picked a running mate who was demonstrably anti-Abortion: a woman who not only had just had a baby, but had a teenage daughter who was just about to have a baby herself. It wasn't just Palin who threw this daughter to the wolves: it was McCain and the entire Republican party.

Anyone who even mentions Palin's pregnant teen daughter is anything even remotely resembling a critical manner can and WILL be attacked by the McCain campaign the same way John Kerry was attacked for DARING to mention that Dick Cheney loved his lesbian daughter. A pregnant teen making a difficult CHOICE to carry her baby to term, continue with her education, and get married is a precious commodity in this election. It is an issue that one side can present in ANY argument they wish to make on the subject of abortion, but any attempt to counter that argument by the other side will quickly be seen as an attack on a pregenant teen making a hard choice...whether it is an attack or not. Want to use the fact that Palin advocates abstinence-only education as a possible explanation for why her daughter didn't use birth control and is now in the mess she is in? Congradulations! You just called Palin's heroic daughter a whore without even knowing it! You will be branded a sexist, an amoral opportunist, and probably a pervert! Want to point out that Palin's daughter CHOSE to have her child, but that if she had her way Palin would remove that choise from other women by forcing them to not be able to choose an abortion? Hallelujah! You just suggested that Palin's pregnant daughter should be FORCED to have an ABORTION! You'll be called a baby killer, a pro-Abortionist, and probably a pervert for good measure! Perhaps you want to praise her for having the courage to carry her baby to term? This is fine, if you are a Republican. Not a Republican? Jackpot! You are encouraging teenagers to have sex before marriage and have babies! You will be called a moral relativist, a bad example to children, and MOST DEFINITELY a pervert!

Obama has wisely suggested...or rather, demanded...that Palin's daughter (her whole family, in fact) be off limits. This not only allows his campaign to maintain the higher ground, it makes it difficult for McCain's campaign to seize it.

This move wasn't about picking up Hillary voters. That is what they are disguising it as, but they know it won't work. The only way they could have picked up Hillary voters was to pick a pro-Choice running mate (male or female) and that would have alienated the group he really needs to appeal to: Evangelical, anti-Choice Christians with LOTS of money.

McCain just wants to do her. Plain and simple.

Democrats have an easy in to the white house if they stay focused on the issues. Instead, like idiots, they are talking about a 17 year pregnant girl. That will only piss people off and give the right wing ammunition and that is why Obama told people to stop it.

Anything that distracts people from the issues is a positive for the republicans. they are that desperate and you obama fans keep falling into their traps. Stick to the issues. That is where the republicans are weak.

I guess it's safe to assume Palin never educated her daughter about contraception but rather told her not to have sex, unless she wants a child. And it didn't work out that way. Now the girl's pregnant, and stuck with a husband at seventeen (and I really wish her all the best with that) and a mother, who's showing her "love and support" by being off on the campaign trail with McCain, where she most likely will repeat ad nauseum her abstinence-only sex education bullshit and how young people should not have sex. Her daughter is in for a massive guilt complex on top of everything else. It's really quite infuriating.

It's not like the daughter has been getting much mothering, anyway. She's been living with an aunt 43 miles away from mommy. Just another good old Christian family.