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This mud slinging is really interesting.
I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

It's really not that common that you see more mud slung against the VP on the ticket than the P on the ticket.

resedit wrote:

This mud slinging is really interesting.
I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

It's really not that common that you see more mud slung against the VP on the ticket than the P on the ticket.

By "the left" do you mean Colonel Panic?

resedit wrote:

I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

And what would that be?

res, the McCain-Palin campaign set the tone and threw down the gauntlet by their own attacks and the holier-than-thou attitude they assume. Is it any wonder that the media is hunting for these types of stories?

radarman wrote:

1) Wasilla is a small, rural town. Meth labs thrive in these places. I'm not sure how it necessarily says squat about Palin.
2) All of this mudslinging is taking away from the Obama campaign. Seriously, when was the last time you heard anything from the Obama camp that wasn't a rebuttal.

Well, there was that recent convention.

You're doing what the McCain camp wants you to:  Associating any and every attack on Palin with the campaign.

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

And what would that be?

I honestly don't know.

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

And what would that be?

I honestly don't know.

Ah, but we do know the crap she's bringing to the campaign.
So we'll just work with what we have.

bratboy wrote:

radarman wrote:

1) Wasilla is a small, rural town. Meth labs thrive in these places. I'm not sure how it necessarily says squat about Palin.
2) All of this mudslinging is taking away from the Obama campaign. Seriously, when was the last time you heard anything from the Obama camp that wasn't a rebuttal.

Well, there was that recent convention.

You're doing what the McCain camp wants you to:  Associating any and every attack on Palin with the campaign.

While I suppose you could interpret #2 as saying that, I was actually not accusing Obama's team of the mudslinging. Most of it seems to be from lib-tard blogs, but the major 'news' organizations keep picking it up, and running it mainstream.

My point was that all of the attention, good or bad, is focused on Palin, instead of the two actual candidates. It's reached an absurd point where we are spending more time talking about one candidate for VP than we are the two candidates for President. I am hoping it dies down soon, so we can get back to the business of finding out more about McCain and Obama's positions, policy ideas, and general demeanor.

Frankly, I don't agree with Palin, but barring McCain's death, she will likely be a bit player. As it is, she is turning into a major distraction - similar to the way Monica Lewinsky distracted us from all the other serious crap that was going on during the late 90's.

resedit wrote:

Maybe they don't want the right to be the first to put a woman in the white house.
Maybe they are afraid having a woman on the ticket will attract a lot of the older woman voters who have stated numerous times that they would vote for Hilary just to see a woman elected in their lifetime.

But I honestly don't know.

...or maybe your ticket's just loaded with scumbags.
Occam's razor and all....

resedit wrote:

Maybe they don't want the right to be the first to put a woman in the white house.
Maybe they are afraid having a woman on the ticket will attract a lot of the older woman voters who have stated numerous times that they would vote for Hilary just to see a woman elected in their lifetime.

But I honestly don't know.

Frankly, I'm a bit amazed there are so many women willing to throw a whole life's worth of ideals away over the gender of the candidate. Life long democrats willing to either stay home, or worse - vote for McCain, because Hillary didn't get the nod? That's retarded. Yes, I know they are disappointed - but they are going to be a whole lot MORE disappointed if we have another 4-8 years of BushCo. How many generations of women have lived and died without seeing a female President? Yeah, lots.

I forget whose sig it is, but the truth this there is a difference between being disappointed, and having a madman in the White House.

Ironically, the more I learn about Obama's positions, the more I really have fallen away. I find I don't like a lot of what he is proposing. However, I like McCain/Palin even less. I fear they will simply serve out Bush's 3rd term with more of the same crap. Frankly, as much as I may distrust Obama, I don't think our nation can afford another term or two of BushCo politics.

The VP pick says tons about the candidate.
This one says McCain's a smurfing wingnut.

resedit wrote:

ShnickyShnack wrote:

resedit wrote:

I think the left may be scared she brings something valuable to the McCain campaign.

And what would that be?

I honestly don't know.

I think there is some fear. Fear of the unknown, because no one knows anything about her. And I suspect a lot of conservatives will think she'll be a distraction to the issues, and at the same time they feel that the Dems will be too afraid to attack a woman.

But personally I don't see any of this being important because it's still early days yet. Her whole life is now an open book, and people are poring over every detail. Meanwhile best-case scenario none of this has anything to do with the issues.