Politiconerd | 9:37 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
1. How is it that an article on the VP pick, Palin, is mostly about Romney? Yeesh!

2. McCain's argument about "readiness for the Presidency" is DOA.

3. Palin got elected exposing Republican corruption in Alaska. Won't this just bring it up on a national level: DeLay, Hastert, etc?
Experience? | 9:38 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Isn't it hilarious to read all of the pro-Obama posts bashing Palin's lack of experience? Can you name something Obama has done? I can name some things Palin has done, such as vetoing pork spending and blowing the whistle on some unscrupulous practices that were occurring with in her own party.

The fact is, the more I read about her record, the more sense this nod is for a running mate for McCain.
Romney's campaigning | 9:40 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
It will be interesting to see if Romney continues to campaign vigorously for McCain, or if he backs off now that he was not chosen as the VP.
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Ha Ha!!!!!!!! | 9:41 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
The liberals are shaking in their boots!!! I love it!!! Brilliant move McCain!!!
You are kidding | 9:43 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Is McCain's choice supposed to be a reflection of his years of experience and judgement. Wow, what n idiot. As a woman I am offended that he would be so shallow as to pick Palin just to get the female vote. Voting for McCain/Palin would be a disaster for our country. The people of this great nation need to find their heads and their souls and wake up. Obama/Biden any day over this.
Anonymous | 9:43 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
" John Pack Lambert | 8:56 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I see that Gov. Palin has a good record. I especially like the Down Syndrome Child Issue."

And that is such an important issue in our world today, with all we are facing with the economy, big oil, the Middle East, record debts and a crumbling infrastructure.


Experience? Please. I am from alaska. she's been a year (not term...YEAR) governor from a state that has a smaller population than a mid-sized city.

Palin is in for a rude awakening. Alaska is nothing like the national scene.
to mr lambert | 9:43 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I agree with what you said and will take it one step further. We need judges that not only protect religious freedom, but will also keep religion out of the public checkbook.
JL- Albuquerque | 9:45 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
John McCain is just pandering to the women's vote with the choice of Palin here. It is so easy to see! As a working woman with 3 children at home, I know how extraordinarily difficult it is to balance home, family and extracurricular activities. How can a woman with a 4 month old special needs child effectively do both in this case? The media will have a field day with her as she runs all over the country trying to get elected, all the while championing family values. I will not be voting for McCain or Obama.
re: "bush voters" comments | 9:45 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
where do i start... please do some research for your own sake. we have reason to "knock obama" due to the facts or lack there of, and by the way that is not a "judgement", just truth. so everybody had "poor judgement" to vote bush two times, you probably would have called a vote for gore and/or kerry as "good judgement", now we know you are a few quarts low or have sipped a few quarts too much. i bet clinton was your guy also, wow, what a great example for a president. and please be fully aware, that if perot had not screwed things up, and split the votes between himself and bush senior, we would have never been stuck with billy boy (adulteress) clinton, and those are the facts, clinton still has that stupid look on his face. gore or kerry, now lets see, which one would have been better, no question about it, both would have been just as bad as the other, both losers. i agree with the comments that this a sad state of affairs, this choice we have before us today.... hey think michael phelps could run for president and dara torres for vice.
Kenneth in Texas | 9:48 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I do not yet know much about Governor Palin, as I suspect many of you do not. Maybe she has limited political experience, but she has more Chief Executive experience than anyone else on either party's ticket. From what little I know, I think I like the values and principles she stands for. I am much more comfortable with someone having two years leadership experience standing up for sound, good principles than someone with 20+ years experience pushing and supporting legislation that takes power away from the people and puts it in the hands of "big brother" government.
kids... | 9:48 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
You don't understand. This is the best possible move that McCain could make. She is well spoken and will resonate with poor to middle class faithful (particulalry White) Americans in a way that McCain, Biden or Obama could never hope to. She resonates because she is a real person. Whether she is well known, has a long record, etc. etc. will matter very little. These are things that matter to political junkies, not to the average Joe. Average Joe decides who becomes president.
Lifelong Republican | 9:48 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Can you REALLY visualize Sarah Palin one heartbeat away from the presidency????? The thought makes me shudder.
kathyn | 9:49 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Sarah Palin is a breath of fresh air! She's not much closer to the presidency than Nancy Pelosi. Now that's a true nightmare! (Nancy is only two steps away.)

Mrs. Palin's views and values are closer to mine than are any other candidates'. It's Obama's agenda rather than his inexperience that truly scares me. He is the most liberal, left-wing Senator and has surrounded himself with people who do not love this country and what it stands for. He and his wife have shown their disdain for America by choosing to attend a church that was clearly a black militant church for 20 years and yet didn't notice it? His wife was not proud of our country and felt discriminated against? Yet she has had many opportunities to go to college and become a very successful lawyer.

And lastly, Obama's stand on abortion (especially partial-birth abortion and voting not to save the lives of babies born alive during an abortion) make him totally reprehensible to me.
Louise | 9:50 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I like Mitt and felt he was the best candidate for President. As a VP choice for McCain how can anyone think he was a serious choice? A VP is supposed to be an insurance policy, not a star.

This is as surprising as Hillary not being Obama's choice, which means it was no surprise whatsoever.
Jimi Hendrix | 9:54 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
What's the deal w/ so & so has no experience?

Isn't this America where anyone has the opportunity to do anything?

Why Utah is so blindly following someone (Mitt) so obviously part of the status quo. Reagan once said, "Status Quo is Latin for the mess we're in."
John Pack Lambert | 9:55 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Palins resume,
lets see, she was involved in fishing with her husband who owned a fishing boat. She once broke her fingers doing that. She was a sports journalist in Ancorage. She was on the Wassila City Council, Wassila Mayor, head of the Alaska Oil and Natural Gas Commission and now has served for nearly a year as governor.
Her husband Todd is at least partly of Yupik Eskimo descent. He is an operator for BP, involed in seperating oil and natural gas. He has worked on Alaska's North slope since 1989 (except when fishing in the summer, and he did take a leave just after Sarah got elected).
I guess this means Mrs. Palin has "oil industry connections". However this is "we want to drill more in Alaska" connetions. In fact, even that would not really help her, since as long as they drill her husband can have a job, so this is not about investment grade connections to the industry.
It is hard to imagine someone from a background more different than McCain.
At the same time Palin is a strong Christian, without the anti-Mormon baggage of Huckabee.
Anonymous | 9:56 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Come on republicans, with one voice now, SHE IS READY TO BE PRESIDENT, obama is NOT. RIGHT.....! ! ! When you have nothing to run other than going after the Hillary voters! who else is there to pick
Anonymous | 9:57 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
"First of all, I AM a democrat...."

Er, sure you are. LOL.


Kenneth in Texas, exactly what Chief Executive experience does Palin have??? Mayor of Wasilla. 6,700 people.

Governor of AK. 650,000 people.

Swept in office on an anti-corruption, political insider wave with NO experience.

There couldn't be a worse choice for McCain.
Not Romney? | 10:00 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
He didn't pick Mitt for VP? Too bad. I guess the GOP will have to win without Utah's vote.
Re: Maggie | 10:02 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
You live here does that mean you are goofy?
Go Alaska! | 10:03 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Looks like McCain has Alaska all wrapped up.

First rule in running for president: make sure to cement your lead in a meaningless state that is already leaning GOP.

How is McCain going to figure out the complexities of the Middle East is he doesn't understand his own country?
Good for Romney | 10:04 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
This is great news for Mitt! If he had been selected on this losing ticket headed by McCain, it would have severely hampered his chances in 2012. Jack Kemp's future was blighted by running with a loser. Obama will screw up royally and Rommey will finally get his opportunity to come in and rescue us. I'm glad McCain didn't saddle Mitt with the stigma of being a loser this time around! Let's just hope that none of the old liberal justices on the Supreme Court kick the bucket in the next four years...
Paperboy | 10:05 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Wow! McCain and the Republican Party just threw Mitt Romney, the hardest working Republican in the world, under the bus.

Wonder what significance this has? I mean, Mitt's got the pedigree, the resume, the brains, the showcase family *and* the good looks. Gotta make you scratch your head and wonder if the Republicans think Romney and his LDS affiliation is a boon or a bane.

Maybe it's time for LDS members to wake up and smell the coffee (er, coke?) and take a look at the Democratic party.
RE: Re Bush Voters 9:45 a.m. | 10:10 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Actually I voted for Perot, twice. Do you have psychic powers? If not, you can't ever know for sure what kind of job Kerry and Gore would have done, now can you. I'm still going with my gut (and my heart and prayers as a member of the religious majority here.) Sorry, you can't get to me today. It's a great day to be an American! :)
Oh Please | 10:11 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Miss Alaska? Why not my secretary? She's prettier and has more of a resume!
wow | 10:12 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
The tickets are set. I hope that the pageantry of the whole election does not lose the focus of the issues at hand.

Lower Gas Prices
Pull Out of Iraq
National Debt

If Obama wins, I hope he grows a spine. If McCain wins, I hope he grows a heart.
Lee | 10:14 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Knock it off my fellow Republicans! I am talking to you only. I know you are dissappointed with Mitt not being selected. But you are sounding like a bunch of whining Democrats! This is a fantastic pick. The Utah Republicans are the only ones talking like this.Mitt has been the whipping boy for all the bigots out there.I didn't like it either how he was treated,and he was my choice for President!This Sarah Palin is the pick that will get us the election.Plus,she has a lot more experience than that jr. senator from Illinois.
Grant | 10:15 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Romney's LDS affiliation is definitely a bane, a scourge, an embarrassment, and a liability. Palin is an excellent choice!

Go GOP!
Typical | 10:16 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Watching Fox news is nauseating. Karl Rove a Utah native transplant beating the drums of Palin getting the female vote for the McDuff ticket. This Rove is a PUKE period! They have just gone one too many with this guy being their orchestrator. I GUARANTEE a complete landslide in this upcoming election for Obama-Biden.
John Pack Lambert | 10:16 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Some of your attacks are turly uninformative.
Palin has more experience actually running government than anyone else in the race. Who else in this race has been the governor of anything? Who else has even been the mayor of anywhere?
She has been a governor and a mayor. If someone who spent their career running a major investment firm like Romney comes along you say "he is untrusted because he is rich".
If someone who has helped her husband run his fishing boat comes along you say "she is untrusted because she has done meanial jobs, and has no 'real' experience."
You then mock her for having been in a beuty contest. This is pure sexism. You do not relentlessly mock men for having played football, although it takes less mental ability.
Holy Cow! | 10:16 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
McCain did what Nobama didn't have the guts to do.

He chose a woman as his running mate.

And not only that, SHE had MORE experience than Nobama does!!!

Go McCain!
Get over Mitt | 10:17 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I'm surprised to see how so many people are in love with Mitt Romney, and write off the McCain ticket automatically just because "Romney" isn't attached to it. I too was at first surprised by the choice of Palin, but after DOING SOME RESEARCH and looking at the choice more objectively, I have to say I'm pleased with the choice. People keep saying "Washington is broken." Well, of the four people in the spotlight, she's the only one unaffiliated with Washington, and will bring something REAL to the White House. Sure, experience is good, but it seems that the more experienced someone is in politics, the more corrupt they are. Palin will be a breath of fresh air and just what this country needs. Heck, I'd even choose her over McCain. Call me crazy, I know, but I've never been excited about either candidate.
sb | 10:19 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I was really hoping for Mitt Romney, but am happy for Sarah Palin. She will do a great job.
Good Choice | 10:20 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
McCain/Palin 2008.
Very Disappointed | 10:25 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
McCain's choice is just too gimmicky. If he thinks he can snag the Sisterhood of the Pantsuits, I think he made a serious tactical error. I'm an independent and would have considered voting for him if he had chosen either Lieberman or Romney. Now I am resigned to the fact that Mr. Obama will be our next President. Accordingly, I do not plan to vote.
Steve | 10:26 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
So much for the argument for inexperience for Obama. It looks like the only ticket with conservative credentials that match true guiding conservative principles is the Libertarian candidate Bob Barr. That where my vote will be cast!
Panderer | 10:29 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
McCain just did this to try and win over some of the Hillary supporters. He is listening to the wrong strategists, and certainly doesn't care about the nation if he were to die in office. Palin is another Olene Walker. Some reports are that McCain will have difficulty winning his own state (after all he was the only presidential candidate to win with less than 50% of the primary voters in his home state). People will get over their bigotry about Mitt's religion in 4 years, and they will be clamoring for him to save us from the folly of Obama/Biden.
James Stowe from Florida | 10:30 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
As I have said before God will save this country!!!



NO MITT IN FERDERAL GOVERNMENT!!!


Utah LDS it will NEVER happen!!!!!!!!!!!
Change | 10:30 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I agree with Obama it is time for change. It's time to change Roe V. Wade, it's time to change our policy that won't allow us to tap our own natural resources, it's time to change our gun laws which have only punished law abiding citizens. Palin is a great pick with no strings attached! Obama you've been trumped.

The stategic error the dems made was having their convention first. The party is over.
Palin is Perfect | 10:31 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I can't wait to hear that she has been in office long enough to be qualified. Sounds like another candidate we all know running for pres.
Anonymous | 10:32 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
McCain's just nuts. Much as I didn't want to see Romney in there, at least he would bring some experience to the table. It's hard to say what kind of experience, in that one can't possibly get to know him while he's flip-flopping at breakneck speeds. But c'mon....Is this choice supposed to appeal to women? Earth to McCain: We have brains. We can see she adds nothing to the ticket and we sure don't want to see her as president if something happens to you.

Ok...let's face it. The R's know that McCain's only good for 4 years at best. She'll never be a viable candidate for Pres, so I guess this was throwing a bone at Romney, who'll want to run in 4 years.
Vote for improvement, not change | 10:35 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Go Palin!!!

She would be excellent! I hope McCain picks her. There is probably too much controversy around choosing Mitt, when those two don't really get along. Mitt should be President, but working with McCain as VP? I just don't see it.

I predict the country will continue shouting ignorantly for change and blindly vote Obama in, despite the poor changes that he would bring. A couple years later and we will then shout for improvement, instead of just change. Romney will be President in 4 years.

Still, Palin could end up being the best choice we have on any current ticket, giving me reason for hope in the present. She didn't have any experience before making drastic improvements in Alaskan politics, either. But she now has the proven record to do what unexperienced Obama can only promise to do--change old and corrupt policies.

Obama is unrealistic. We will still be at war, tax breaks to bad workers will only further a bad economy, and we will still pay terrorists for oil as other energies are still far off.

Palin knows best on how to maintain but use our best energy resource--Alaska--in the meantime.

Anonymous | 10:35 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
mccain is a wimp. scared to surround himself with presidential talent. palin seems to be a nice lady--with no experience. and he rips on obama for being inexperienced? palin has been governor for two years and a mayor of a town with a population of 6000. romney has been successful in everything he's done in the public and private sectors, yet many of you continue to expose your jealousy. who cares if he has multiple houses? any successful businessman would diversify his portfolio with real estate along with stocks, bonds, and other assets. i have been a long-time republican, but with no economic expertise on the ticket, i'm going to have to vote democrat this year--sad, but mccain's a pompous idiot. i respect romney's credentials but don't respect the fact he is still supporting a guy who continues to stab him in the back.
Realistic | 10:37 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
The irony here is that Barack Obama's side wants to narrative to be Obama triumphing over racism. I know the percentage of voters who would not vote for a Mormon, no matter what, are in the double-digits. (If this number seems high to you, you've lived in Utah your entire life.) I'll bet that the percent that won't vote for a black individual, no matter what, is in the single digits. Sorry, Obama, there is an -ism here at work, but it isn't what you think
Anonymous | 10:39 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Surprise, surprise. Not all surprises are good - think Trick-or-Treat, or a scary medical diagnosis. I am heartsick. I was voting for McCain based on his experience and judgment - I felt safer with him - I felt I knew him. Now he is choosing a VP that is totally unknown to most of us. He has removed the experience factor from the campaign. My friends today are saying they will not vote at all. The most patriotic thing Palin can do is to refuse the selection and allow another choice before it is too late. You insult women when you mistakenly believe they choose a candidate based on gender - it is all facets of the person - primarily experience and the trust factor. I would vote for an independent if we just had a good choice. Obama must be laughing now.

S.Faux | 10:41 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
As far as I am concerned McCain just lost the election with his VP choice of Palin. If this is the kind of judgment he offers, then I am definitely NOT going to vote for him.

The country has some serious problems and we need highly skilled leaders. The McCain/Palin ticket does NOT seem to have the required skills.
Who Knows? | 10:42 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
I suspect this choice for VP candidate is to get some of the votes away from the Hillary camp now pro Obama. If McCain is elected president and something happens to him while in office, we could be looking at the first female president of the USA.

Clint | 10:44 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
HEADS UP VOTERS YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO POLITICS! EITHER party would be lucky to have her. She is not beholden to anyone the way most of the old Repub. hacks are. When she was elected governor she had scores of the "old boys" arrested no matter which party they belonged to if they were corrupt. She is a TRUE conservative which means she won't raise your taxes and tell you its some kind of economic voodoo being performed to help less fortunate. I first read about her about a year ago and concluded that if she were a govenor here in the lower 48 she would have been nominated for pres. already! I challenge everyone reading this to research her and see if you don't come away as impressed as I was. All the voters have to do is learn about her and McCain/Palin will be a shoe in.
Reformed Utahan | 10:51 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
Gee, pander much, McSame?
Scary selection | 10:53 a.m. Aug. 29, 2008
This is very, very scary for America. If McCain, a 72 year old man is elected president, and develops serious health problems from the stress of the job, Palin will become president of the United States. A woman who has done nothing at all and has been governor for 2 years. This selection by McCain should scare the living daylights out of the American people.

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