So I am back for moment to comment on John McCain's choice for his VP running mate. No, I did not post anything about the Dems convention. I may post something on the Republican's convention, well maybe.... Too much going on on the home front to deal with at this point,but i had to say something today.
John McCain's choice was a poor one and will not get him any further than what he has been with Obama. First of all, there are several women he could have chosen to be his running mate who could have gave the Obama campaign a cause for concern. You have Maine US Senators Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and the awesome Kay Bailey Hutchison from Texas. I am not a Republican but I know that Hutchison is a powerhouse and she could give Biden a run for his money in the debates, especially foreign policy. And we can not forget Elizabeth Dole from North Carolina! If he could have picked anyone of these ladies, we would have pause to worry, seriously. But he picks this women. So as usual McCain played the defense. A weak one.
Sad to say, but when the debates happen between Biden and Palin, he is going to eat her alive and rip a new one on her.
This here is a classic case of McCain taking the women's vote for granted. Women voters are not going to support another women because she is a women. She will be supported if she has our issues and concerns in mind. Palin does not, but the other's do. Just go look at their voting record. They have align themselves with Hillary Clinton on several legislations.
So what does McCain do? He picks someone to be his running mate who is even younger than Barack Obama and has less experience. He picks someone to thumb his nose at Obama. Are you for real?!
And in quoting from CNN's commentator Jack Cafferty, "Sara Palin is 44 – Obama is 47. Sara Palin is in her first term as governor of Alaska, a state that has 13 people and some caribou. Obama is a member of the United States Senate from Illinois." Now who has better experience the McCain keeps egging Obama about? You get the picture.
McCain's pick was a big fat joke. Instead of offense, he takes defense. It makes no political sense and it is a contradiction to what he has been giving over the last several months.
Have a good Labor Day weekend.
