HappySqurriel said:
Sqrl said:
You are aware that the politically sound thing to do with a running mate like this is to get all of the bad news out early before the convention..right?
The McCain Campaign has been pretty clear both on and off the record about the fact that they vetted her thoroughly and well before he made the pick (note the comments of this article and that even internet active GoP leaning nobodies were aware of Palin as a good choice in May). If I can find the article they actually explained the process a bit, they basically had 25 people working on her vetting proces.
And while the story that McCain didn't send a team to check the newpaper clippings archives in Alaska Libraries is true, it is only true because the rumor that you can't access that information online is false. They actually did get paper copies from quite a few places anyways by request, the only place they didn't was her home town because they felt they couldn't keep it under wraps if they had.
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"First, a team of some 25 people working under Culvahouse culled information from public sources for Palin and other prospective candidates without their knowledge. For all, news reports, speeches, financial and tax return disclosures, litigation, investigations, ethical charges, marriages and divorces were reviewed."
Source
McCain vetted Palin. In advance. Thoroughly. Hopefully we can get over the hump on this rumor sooner rather than later..its becoming somewhat of a routine honestly =P
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Another way to look at things is that the 25% of people who are extreme-Democrats are going to demonize Sarah Palin regardless of who she is (if Hillary Clinton was John McCain's running mate she would now be the worst candidate in the world), and 25% of people who are extreme-Republicans are going to support Sarah Palin regardless of who she is.
This means that there are (approximately) 50% of the population who will be somewhat swayed by who she actually is ...
Inspite of what many of the extreme-Democrats may think, the sleazy and hypocritical nature of the attacks (as well as the impending question "Would this be an issue if she was a man?") may actually gain her a lot of simpathy from a lot of voters who may end up more likely to vote for her because of her flaws.
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Which is why i sooo wanted Joe Liberman to be the VP. All the attacks against Liberman would of been fun, not to mention the right wing support.
Though honestly, it wouldn't put it past me for the Right wingers to dislike Liberman.
They don't really like McCain.
The Repubs seem a bit more honest with themselves where there canidates stand, and vote more based on how they are a better option then the other guys.
While the Dems seem to see every candidate as someone with there exact views. Odd considering the demcorats seem more diverse.
