Vice President Sarah Palin?
Posted on May 29, 2008
Just spreading the rumor I found at Hot Air from Weekly Standard via Wizbang! A big possibility she’s being looked at.
A tipster sent us word that John McCain’s VP advance man Arthur Culvahouse has been spotted in Juneau, Alaska. There’s only one reason he would be there - to meet with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin about the Vice President position.
This comes on the heels of McCain’s Memorial Day weekend barbecue attended by Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Florida Gov. Charlie Crist, Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, Kansas Sen. Sam Brownback, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, former White House budget director Rob Portman, and Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman. Supposedly that was an informal affair, not a vetting session, but it appears that the VP selection game is very much afoot.
This would be a very interesting choice. Thomas Cheplick at the American Spectator makes the case that she is the only choice that could balance out the ticket and win against Obama.
Mrs. Palin is one of conservatism’s own, and would be the first female vice president. She’s young being only 44 (two years behind Senator Obama), she is wildly known to despise government corruption. She defeated a horribly entrenched and corrupt Republican political machine in Alaska. She has a son in the U.S. military. She’s strongly pro-life, belonging, in fact, to Feminists for Life.
Gov. Palin could become the Republican Party’s Segolene Royal, the French Socialist Party’s glamorous leader known for her heels and political bite. She is the perfect antidote to Sen. Obama’s cheap thrills, and would help rejuvenate conservatism.
If Camille Paglia or the huffers on Huffington Post are anything to go by, the standard line that will be repeated often against John McCain will be that he’s an “old coot”; a vintage George C. Scott-style warmonger; old; hypocritical; and just plain odd.
As McCain’s advisers most surely know, the best way to combat that line of attack is to choose a running mate who in no way can be seen as old or as a “coot.”
Hot Air makes many good points as well.
If McCain picks Sarah, and the rumors on Obama’s pick for VP turn out true…there will be no way out of history being made this coming election.
She’s definitely not an old coot, and easier on the eyes than ol’ McCain too.
Verdict: Not a bad choice at all. Better than Crist or Huckabee by a million miles. Don’t get too excited though, we don’t want an anti-climax over a simple rumor. Romney or Jindal wouldn’t be that bad of choices either. Just pray it isn’t Lieberman that McCain ends up picking.
As Freeper Deo volente says:
Strongly Pro-life
Lifetime member of the NRA
Opposed to gay “marriage”
Despises government corruption
Favors energy independence, drilling in ANWR
Mother of five childrenWORKS FOR ME!
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Sarah Palin: Hot, Hot, HOT!!!
Palin is Team Obama’s worst nightmare since she’s got a very decent resume–way better than Obama’s, she’s an extremely popular Western gov, she doesn’t put up with s***, and with a son in the Army (and McCain’s son in Iraq), she blows the “chickenhawk argument” out of the water.
I’m praying “Maverick” will either pick this gal or Bobby Jindal. They’d add major gravitas to the ticket.
Here’s an important piece of advice: If it looks like it’s going to be McCain/Palin anyway (and that should be a “no brainer” for Team McCain), McCain should announce NOW or VERY SOON, rather than later towards the convention. There’s currently a growing chorus for Obama/Hillary (as VP) ticket (in fact the Dems are likely aware of the Palin phenomenon). If the GOP waits while movement for Hillary as VP grows — even worse until after it is solidified that Hillary will/could be VP pick — selecting Palin will be portrayed by Dems/liberal media more as a reaction by GOP selecting its own female (overshawdoing Palin’s own remarkable assets), rather than McCain taking the lead on this. Selecting Palin now or early (contrary to the punditocracy) will mean McCain will be seen as driving the course of this campaign overwhelmingly, and the DEMS will be seen as merely reacting. And, there’s absoultely no down-side to this because even if Hillary is a no-go as VP for Obama, the GOP gains by acting early. McCain the maverick. Palin the maverick. Do it now!
There’s no reason, and actually substantial negative, in McCain waiting to see what the Dems do first insofar as his picking Palin as VP, because, no matter who Obama picks, Palin is by far (and I mean far) the best pick for McCain and the GOP, especially in this time of GOP woes. The GOP can be seen as the party of real ‘change’ (albeit I hate that mantra, change, change, bla bla), while not really having to change from GOP core conservative values, which Palin more than represents.
In light of the current oil/energy situation, as well as the disaffected female Hillary voters situation, and growing focus on McCain’s age and health, Palin is more than perfect — now.
(Perhaps Team McCain is already on to this.)
The way a large number of voters who call themselves conservatives, start foaming at the mouth every time a new name is mentioned for McCain’s VEEP reveals to me a lack of seriousness. Jindal is being floated as a wonder child and now Palin comes along as a hot hot governor. That will go over real well with older Republican women.
McCain’s only hope is his experience, military knowledge and world view.
Obama is being sliced to pieces for lack of experience. So it makes sense for McCain to pick a candidate who has little government experience, and has no documented world view credentials except a trip or two out of Louisiana or Alaska.
You can’t have her she’s ours!!!
We in Alaska love this woman. Conservitave, straight talker, very smart, takes no guff from anyone. Cuts money from the proposed state budget and pisses the politicians off (we LOVE her!!)
Would hate to lose her.
Are you aware of the fact that Sarah Palin-Chavez proposed and pushed through the largest socialistic tax increase in the history of the world? It’s a 400% increase on the state’s #1 taxpayer that funds roughly 90% of the state’s budget. (See ACES)
Speaking of budgets… do you know that she increased the fy09 operating budget by 23%?
And what do you think of her left-wing socialist energy rebate debit card for $100.00 and utility reductions for every Alaskan resident? And people wonder why she has high approval ratings… ha! If you can’t figure that out, you’ve never been to Alaska were people love free money from the government!!!
And another thing, you may want to read this… http://community.adn.com/adn/node/124285
I was very opposed to this pick at first, but the more I learn about Palin I start to change my mind.
Ben K - I am the exact opposite of you. The more I learn about Palin the more of a RINO she seems.
I don’t like higher taxes and bigger government, do you?
There’s been noted buzz of late on rising GOP star Louisiana Gov Bobby Jindal as a McCain prospective Veep. Certainly Jindal is more than very good, However, I believe there’s some “strategerie” going on here. The “real” beneficiary of the Jindal talk is the other rising GOP star, Alaska Gov Sarah Palin. Palin’s got everything that Jindal has (new/exciting, wildly popular, ethics and spending reformer, core conservative etc.) and more — mother of 5 w/remarkable bio, she’s 8 yrs older than Jindal, Alaska energy issue, and set to garner the disenfranchised female Hillary voter (I don’t believe Dem leaders can dump Obama).
Getting Jindal’s name out first — at Team McCain’s BBQ for instance — sets the stage for the obvious choice, Palin. For example, albeit Rush Limbaugh introduced Palin’s name, and later Jindal’s as good Veep choices, of late Rush has been praising the name of Jindal while on his very same shows discussing at great length the frustrated female Hillary voter and the global warming hysteria/need for energy development, without mentioning Palin’s name as the obvious beneficiary of those two issues. Rush walks a fine line, introducing Palin, yet can’t, at least yet, reiterate much, knowing that his praises may be counter-productive to many a swing, moderate and/or formerly Dem voter (who’s against Obama and switching to McCain). Moreover, while I feel that Palin has more real accomplishment, experience and qualification than Obama (and Hillary combined, albeit w/Obama the bar is pretty low), the only potential argument against Palin is she’s a newbie to the national scene. By having Jindal out there first as a VP prospect “passing” the “experience” and “new to the national scene” test, implicitly passes Palin as well. (For that matter Palin’s got as much if not more experience and accomplishment than Florida Gov Crist who’s only been Gov for 2 yrs — and the media has been touting Crist as a VP prospect.)
That’s my thinking at least.
FWIW, I’m one of those Hillary supporters that will never vote for Obama.
Ted, I agree with you that Jindal is a rising star in the GOP and I have read all the buzz about him as a possible VP choice.
But now that I know about Sarah Palin, I would be ticked off if McCain chose Jindal. Palin is older and has several years more of executive experience than Jindal. So if McCain chooses Jindal over Palin, it would look like he is going out of his way to not choose a woman vice president.
I’m willing to vote Republican, but not if McCain chooses the “same old, same old” VP.
Executive experience? Pahleeze…
She was on the city council and mayor of Wasilla (population 5,469 in 2000), an Alaska Oil and Gas Commissioner for 9 months, and now Governor of Alaska for a little over a year.
National experience and expertise? None.
International experience? None.
If the GOP is seriously looking at Sarah as a VP candidate, they are truly desperate.
Penny, Palin took on and was victorious over the entire old-line Republican Rino establishment. For heavens sake, Palin Is more accomplished, experienced and qualified — by a country mile — than the Democrat’s nomineee for President!
Ted - She won an election against on of the least liked governor’s in the U.S.
The people of Alaska could have elected the Loch Ness Monster to take up residence in the Juneau Mansion. “Nessie” would really only have had to not buy a personal jet, not fly to China first-class for no apparent state business reason, and not appoint her daughter to swim around the Loch posing for occasional photo-ops for the folks back home.
Approval ratings should be based on actual accomplishments, not on the ability to avoid a predecessor’s mistakes.
Palin is in waaaay over her head. Keep an eye on new oil and gas development in Alaska. They are in jeopardy under Palin. Need I remind you of the fact that the oil industry funds 90% of Alaska’s budget?
You go back to the debates in the gubernatorial race and it is obvious the Dems could run SpongeBob Square Pants up there and make Palin look foolish.
Palin does well because Alaskans are not the sharpest tools in the shed. If the American public gets a 5 on a 1-10 scale of gullibility, your typical Alaskan scores a 2.
Palin literally knew nothing in terms of details during debates. She had her platitudes and talking point fluff. That can fly nationally but only if you are articulate and know how to sound kowledgeable even when you are not. Palin is quite incompetent, she does not know how to do that unlike say, Obama, who is very good at it.
Incidently, Obama is slowly starting to be exposed. If this country was not caught up in an Iraq backlash, Obama would be in trouble. As it is, 2008 should be a runaway for the Dems in the current atmosphere. The fact McCain appears to be ahead in states worth around 200 electoral votes is a testament to how weak a candidate Obama is.
And Palin, Chavez in drag is not being seriously considered by the way.
Strongly Pro Life? Really? I think she swings both ways
http://www.alaskaprochoice.org/
Here’s what Palin said about abortion…
“I’m going to respect the sensitivity and the privacy aspects of this issue and as governor, I will abide by the laws that have been interpreted by the Supreme Court.”
When asked if the opportunity arose as governor for her to ban abortion, would she?
Her response: “Theoretical, hypothetical questions that have to do with a subject like this, that are being led by a campaign in order to divide, it’s unfortunate. That’s my final comment on it.”
http://www.newsweek.com/id/139335/page/1
“Ever the populist, Palin has asked the legislature to pass a bill that would give every resident $1,200 to help pay for gasoline. This proposal isn’t a slam-dunk either, but no doubt Hugo Chavez would be proud.”
Bottom line, with Palin as VP, McCain WINS.
Without Palin, McCain likely does not win.
Case closed.
Q&A How can McCain SIMULTANEOUSLY attract both Hillary AND Bob Barr voters?
Answer: PALIN Veep!”