Palin What If's, plus music and poker bonus links
I've been thinking about what kind of Palin posting I could do for some time, but she makes rational analysis overly complicated. So here's some top of mind thoughts:
a. Her choice by McCain was designed to win the election, not to assist his governance, nor replace him. He doesn't care about who replaces him, and he doesn't intend to ask her for any help. Any.
b. Her debate expectations were so low that she won. So what?
c. She remains steadfastly immune from being examined for her positions and her beliefs. Let's put her experience to the side. She IS a governor (side note: Who's running Alaska? How many full days has she spent in office since her nomination?). But she does not believe in things that MOST Americans DO believe in.
d. If HRC had SP likability quotient, she'd be President. If BO had chosen HRC, SP would not have been nominated.
e. What do you think Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and most important, John McCain would have said about Palin if she had run for PRESIDENT. If she was on the stage in NH and IA last year? Think hard about this one.
f. If McCain loses:
What will the GOP establishment say about her afterwards?
What do you think the odds are that she will win the nomination next time?
What do you think the odds are that she'll win reelection in AK?
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From the Ritz to the Rubble from Arctic Monkeys
Bonus Great Not Good Song of the Day that I can't offer a link to as the band is apparently broken up:
St. Louis by Junior Varsity
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a. Her choice by McCain was designed to win the election, not to assist his governance, nor replace him. He doesn't care about who replaces him, and he doesn't intend to ask her for any help. Any.
b. Her debate expectations were so low that she won. So what?
c. She remains steadfastly immune from being examined for her positions and her beliefs. Let's put her experience to the side. She IS a governor (side note: Who's running Alaska? How many full days has she spent in office since her nomination?). But she does not believe in things that MOST Americans DO believe in.
d. If HRC had SP likability quotient, she'd be President. If BO had chosen HRC, SP would not have been nominated.
e. What do you think Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and most important, John McCain would have said about Palin if she had run for PRESIDENT. If she was on the stage in NH and IA last year? Think hard about this one.
f. If McCain loses:
What will the GOP establishment say about her afterwards?
What do you think the odds are that she will win the nomination next time?
What do you think the odds are that she'll win reelection in AK?
Great Not Good Song of the Day:
From the Ritz to the Rubble from Arctic Monkeys
Bonus Great Not Good Song of the Day that I can't offer a link to as the band is apparently broken up:
St. Louis by Junior Varsity
But it's a great song!
Bonus Amazing New Poker BBS:
Poker Road Pro Dialogues
Regardless of the outcome of this election, I'm profoundly disappointed in JM's choice of Palin. As you say, the selection was completely cynical and desperate in that it was designed to win the election (and what a ridiculous choice even with that premise!) with utter contempt for the singular qualification of the job of the Vice President, which, to paraphrase Powell, is to be capable of being the President. Even if he was hell bent on selecting a woman, the other two Republican female governors would have been far better choices. Rell in CT and Lingle in HI both have more experience as leaders and administrators. Lingle, in particular, would have been a sympathetic choice to those on the fence and even to Democrats. As for Republican Senators, he had his pick from 5 distinguished women, including Alaska's own Murkowski (daughter of the former Gov.). JM somehow managed to pick the absolutely least qualified (and from what we've seen, f@#$ing dumbest) of the Republican women. Even my parents, who would vote for a stone if it were Republican, are having a very difficult time with Palin.
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