everywhere i look, people are talkin' about how smart it was for crotchety old fuddy-duddy John McCain to tap neophyte Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate to give his campaign some youth and star power. Plus, Barack Obama had a helluva time putting away Hillary Clinton, and analysts argue that a big chunk of Hil's female voters really want to support a woman (so as to put more "cracks in the glass ceiling") badly enough that they'd be willing to ignore McCain's policies long enough to cast a vote for Palin for Veep.
while i'm happy to concede that this was an answer to the "Rock Star" status of Barack Obama (according to fine folks at AP, 40 million viewers tuned in to hear Palin's speech at the convention Wednesday night), i doubt that this will turn out to be the stroke of genius analysts are making it out to be.
in fact, i would go so far as to say that it won't mean much in raw votes. sure, if the election was held today, Palin's surprise addition to the GOP ticket would help a ton. but a lot can happen between now and November... a poor showing at the Veep debate or a possible background scandal, leaked at just the right time, and Palin could actually HURT McBush... er um McCain's chances at the Oval Office. the selection of Palin, after working hard to make experience an important bullet point in McCain's campaign, is an example of another half-assed strategy that talks down to the public, who largely fall for it. but we will see how long it'll be till it backfires...uno.
-gM
Man I can't trust media. Of course she's smart. All sales people sound smart and these days I walk in with the screwface. Even on Obama.
ReplyDeleteThe difference is at least he's talking about some common sense things.
I'm mad skeptical when it comes to politics because the intentions leave me with too many questions of "what do you REALLY want?".
Of the two though, Obama seems to at least know more about taking action. Besides when McCain got Palin it was like one of those special moments I get talking to some white folks I knew in the burbs of Texas:
"Yes why some of my best friends are black (in this case "women")"
the sales pitch isn't reaching everyone...
ReplyDeletein the last 24 hours, the Obama campaign has received more donations from first-time contributors than ever before.
John McCain and company (or maybe i should say Gov. Palin and Co.) had all week to make their case, and they didn't do it. The whole Republican convention went by without offering a single idea about how to improve the lives of regular folks.
looks like at least SOME people noticed.
that bitch crazy. she need to sit down somewhere... she ain't ready to be anybody's vice president.
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