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.
3 comments:
Simone,
It's great to hear from you. I know the Convention has kept you busy.
I agree with you on McCain's choice, it totally came out of left field. On his short list of candidates from Romney, Ridge, Lieberman and others, he definitely had options.
If many believe that psychology, the concept of cognitive dissonance applies to those who have difficulty with the issue of race and wrapping their head around the idea of having a black man as president, as opposed to the "norm". Then McCain is going to have somewhat of an uphill battle to sell them on the idea of an inexperienced woman being 2nd in command, especially in light of his age.
Even with respect to Hillary, there was always the question in my mind, of whether or not America was ready for a woman in office. Many white males have stated that they'd much rather have a black man in office than a woman period.
Aside, from that I want to get your thoughts on the networks running a list of Obama's accomplishments, background, income, education, etc.. on the screen as they ran a recap of the speech. Is that normal? I don't recall that being done for other presidential candidates.
Besides that, I thought that Obama's speech went quite well and that he addressed many issues, including responding to the attacks made by McCain. So much so that, McCain puts out a "job well done" ad.
Let me know what you think.
Nina
Hey Nina,
I have never paid any attention to that kind of stuff. I know that they recently listed Cindy McCain's assest. Never really thought about it.
Hi,
My name is Tia and I am an editor at Opposing Views. I came across your site, liked what I read, and wanted to introduce us because we both write about political issues.
Opposingviews.com is a debate site where experts go head-to-head on a variety of topics. With Election Day approaching, our experts are discussing some of the most interesting and high-profile ballot initiatives from across the U.S. I encourage you to check out those of interest:
I believe you and your visitors will appreciate these debates and might want to weigh in with votes or comments. If you like our site, I would appreciate it if you blog about us or give us a link to the debates. You can create a profile page giving readers information and links to your site. Or, if it is easier, I can do this for you. In the near future we’ll add a blogosphere section to each debate so we can directly feature outside blogs like yours.
Thanks for the time and consideration. Let me know if you have any questions or recommendations for experts or debates.
Tia
www.opposingviews.com
Post a Comment