Palin 2012 Graphic created by J Wilhide, Liberally Beautiful Blogs"He was advocating her long before anyone knew who she was, and he saw something in her that was special before anyone else ever saw it," said Lorelli, who works for a manufacturing distributor. "I don't know one person who knew who she was before Adam's blog."
Palin 2012 Graphic created by J Wilhide, Liberally Beautiful Blogs
No claim of authenticity of this photo is implied"This is like a cat covering up crap in its litter box," she says. (Political Punch)
(New York Times)“It’s a risk,” said Dan Schnur, a former McCain aide who now directs the Jesse M. Unruh Institute of Politics at the University of Southern California. “No matter how great the candidate, it’s a significant risk to put someone on the ticket” who hasn’t been publicly scrutinized.
“They obviously felt it was worth the risk to rev up the base and potentially reach out to Clinton supporters,” Mr. Schnur said. (New York Times)
Where Sarah Palin began her executive career.
Reed: He needs a running mate who is 1) a proven, credible conservative to energize the grass roots of the Republican Party; 2) someone with a demonstrated crossover appeal among women, independents, Democrats, and preferably Hispanics; 3) can pass the laugh test among both voters and the chattering class as someone ready to become president down the road.Whatever one thinks of Dick Cheney (and I think he's gotten a bum rap), he has transformed the vice presidency into the second most important office in the nation. This is a real change, and the bar is now higher for running mates.
And given McCain's age, he needs a running mate who will be seen by voters as someone who could succeed him.
Finally, if Obama does not pick a woman, especially after beating Hillary, then McCain should look seriously at qualified women. I'd prefer not to get into names because the bench is so deep and there are so many qualified people (and I don't want to offend any friends who are on the list!)
John McCain was obviously not shy of offending the long list of qualified candidates. But with only having met Sarah Palin once and that just six months ago and with a very fast and incomplete vetting process, is McCain ready for the Pay-dirt that will soon come rolling out about Sarah Palin? Already rumors are starting to swill and bubble up. (Who scrubbed Wikipedia the day before the announcement?)
Did she overstep the power of the Governor's office to fire Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan? What is the controversy about her fifth child with some speculating that Trig is actually her grandchild? And if this is false, then was it grit or incredible lack of judgement that moved Palin to continue with a thirty-minute speech at a conference in Texas on April 18th even though she was supposedly already in labor? After the speech she did not check into a local hospital in Texas but flew over 12 hours to get back to an obscure hospital in Alaska and then returned to work just three days after delivering a premature, special needs infant. Either she is the last of the idyllic prairie woman type that delivered a baby and then went back to the field to plow or there is more to the story.
For McCain to have offered and for Palin to have accepted the veep slot for the Republican ticket says volumes about them both and only time will tell exactly what that is. It is sure to be a long walk in mukluks to Washington, DC for Sarah Palin as her splash on the national scene plays out over the next two months. Whatever you think of Sarah Palin, it would behoove all those that believe to keep her and her family in their thoughts and prayers. It's going to be a bumpy ride. (picture of Sarah Palin from Vogue Magazine story, Feb '08)
As it turns out, McCain has more in common with the "antichrist" than
Obama. McCain wants to stay in Iraq (Babylon) for 100 years. According to many
scholars of the Book of Revelation, the Antichrist will try to rebuild the
ancient city of Babylon in order to use it as a springboard for an international
effort at world domination. (bomb bomb bomb iran?) Ultimately, the Antichrist
will marshal forces from Babylon to spark a showdown with Christian and
Jewish-led forces in the battle of Armageddon.
But it gets better...
According to the Bible, the Antichrist is likely to be Romanian. As it
turns out, McCain's great-grandfather was from ... Romania. Only McCain's
grandfather was named John Mihai instead of John McCain. Mihai means "who is
like the Lord."
Even more strangely, McCain's name literally means "Son of
Cain" As everyone knows, Cain was the first murderer. He was the son of Adam and
Eve who committed the first murder by killing his brother Abel and is considered
by many to be the progenitor of evil.
I've been asked again and again for my response to the now infamous McCainAdditional reading:
celebrity ad. I actually have three responses. It is a complete waste of the
money John McCain's contributors have donated to his campaign. It is a complete
waste of the country's time and attention at the very moment when millions of
people are losing their homes and their jobs. And it is a completely frivolous
way to choose the next President of the United States.
