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McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate

Rats. Pawenty was so light weight he would have become a liability immediately.

The only other light weight being considered is the woman gov. of Alaska. Talk about inexperience!!! If she gets the nod the case of women running for higher office will be set back 40 years!

She is not ready for prime time either.

Demos are going to win anyway. Why? Because Bush and the gop have messed up this nation so badly that we have one or two allies left, an economy in ruins, and an army stretched so thin that we cannot even respone to any new crisis.

Vote demo. and end this misery.

Romney is in Ohio as we speak!

I am thrilled that Gov. Palin is the nominee. She has a compelling story with her history of whistleblowing when unethical conduct is involved, her approval ratings as governor in the 90's. her outdoor sporting, her decision to go ahead with the decision to have a child when gene testing indicated that the child had Down's syndrome, etc. etc. It seems that her family is truly middle class and she will understand the majority of Americans. Mitt Romney had too much baggage with comments on the campaign trail, his numerous houses, no history of military service in the family, etc. Governor Palin will be able to appeal to some of Hillary's disappointed women constituency.

It's Tim Pawlenty. Get over it! Romney is history. He can go back to sending American jobs offshore.

Please, Rats. If you're talking inexperience, Obama doesn't have a resume very long either. His background is shallower than Utah Lake and his policies of taxation and his knowledge of foreign policy could be put between two pieces of bread and you'd still have no meat. Every politician cries "change". I supported "change" eight years ago when I allowed my mother-in-law to move in with us on the guise that she didn't have much longer to go. Eight years later, I feel better about Bush than my choice to allow that.

SARAH WHO?? GAME OVER (FOR REPUBLICANS)!!

Gov. Palin has more experience than Obama.

The really sad part of this whole process is this. The USA is currently the leading power of all nations here on earth, and the best we can do is have Obama vs. McCain for President. Come on, as a nation we have got to be able to do better than that. It's just sad, really sad.

It doesn't matter who or what McCain picks. Anything is better than Obama/Biden.

I am not surprised that the pick will not be Mitt Romney. Remember, earlier Romney was the front-running candidate until the Evangelical Christians went against him. The turning point was in South Carolina after over 70% of the EC said they would not vote for a Mormon President and Huckabee's inane question about Mormon beliefs.

A second reason why Romney would be a liability to McCain is Mitt's wealth. McCain, between him and his wife, are extremely rich but how wealthy Americans do not know (the McCains don't even know how many homes they own). Romney is well known to have over 200 million dollars.

This race is becoming one of "haves" vs "have nots." The American public has perceived that the current administration, and the Republican Party in general, have catered to wealth, i.e. oil companies, Wall Street, Lending agencies, lobbyists.

It takes extreme amounts of money to run for a national or a state office and once there people tend to get richer and more powerful (Bramble and the pizza deliverer, for example), while the rest of us try to keep our homes from taken away from us.

Q: McCain and Obama are on a boat in the middle of the ocean. The boat sinks. Who survives?

A: America
Ba ha ha haaa

Poor Mitt loses again. Maybe he should have focused on a second term as Governor.

Darn! I was just getting used to the idea of calling Mitt, Mittens. It was going to be fun. Oh well, my fellow Mormons, now your guy will get another shot in 4 years when McCain loses. That should make you happy. Eight is Enough!

She has 2 years as Governor of Alaska and a beauty queen title. There goes the "inexperience" issue when McCain is 73 and has recurrent melanoma.

All this election will be about is his age & health and her vapidness.

As hard-core Republican, McCain was always a stretch. Now he's lost me completely. You pick a Vice-President who could be President if needed. McCain is 72 years old. She's 44 years old. Do the math. SHe has no foreign affairs experience, no economic experience. I'm already fearing the debate between her and Joe Biden on foreign affairs isues. What a disaster. He deserves to lose.

Talk about the most transparent move in political history (if McCain chooses Palin as his running mate). "Hmmm let's see. There are all these women ticked off that Hillary wasn't chosen. So if I pick a woman VP, they will all flock to us! I'm a genius!!"

The only problem with this is that Palin has NO experience or expertise to bring to the table that will help fix the mess the country is in. She's an ex-beauty queen, fishery worker, part-time sportscaster who eloped with her husband to save a couple of bucks. A first term governor?? Please tell me this isn't true.

She'll be funner to look at in long, boring meetings than Pawlenty or Romney for sure, but this is what our political landscape has degenerated to?

Good call, McCain. This will cost you the election.

You all knock Obama and say he can't do the job for one reason or another. The problem is I don't trust YOUR judgment. You had the poor judgment to vote for Bush two times. I'm going with my gut. I had good judgment 4 years ago and 8 years ago when I said no thank you George W. Bush two times!

OBAMA '08

The politics in Washington DC iss becoming a huge joke. No wonder no one notices or even cares to vote. That's the result of our lack of democracy... too much freedom or not enough motivation to push toward our country being on the right track.

Poor little Utah Republicans; they don't understand that the Mittster will not be McCain's running mate because he, McCain, can't stand him

Sorry Romney Fans:

On paper, he may seem like the best choice. But let's face it: the GOP doesn't respect him and neither does McCain.

He sold his soul and put up $50 million to come in third in the GOP runoff.

McCain used him as an attack dog to pave the way for the real VP choice.

McCain makes fun of Utah and has in the past made fun of Mormons.

Take a stand, Utah.

OBAMA 08