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Debate:Is Sarah Palin an asset or a liability to John McCain's candidacy? (view source)
Revision as of 19:00, September 2, 2008
, 19:00, September 2, 2008Comments yes and no.
==Palin is an Asset==
==Palin is an Asset==
This is obviously a transparent attempt to get the women's vote, but that doesn't mean it won't work. And she has some good experience too - both in business, and as govener of a city. That's a definate plus. Unfortunatly I've had to make some criticisms in another comment, as she is far from perfect. [[User:NewCrusader|NewCrusader]] 15:00, 2 September 2008 (EDT)
Disagree 25
Disagree 25
This pick was a Hail Mary pass, and it's turning quickly into a Democratic interception. If I didn't know better, I'd think the Obama campaign scripted this pick. --[[User:Jareddr|Jareddr]] 14:28, 2 September 2008 (EDT)
There are already scandels brewing - it looks as if Palin has a few skeletons in the closet:
This pick was a Hail Mary pass, and it's turning quickly into a Democratic interception. If I didn't know better, I'd think the Obama campaign scripted this pick. --[[User:Jareddr|Jareddr]] 14:28, 2 September 2008 (EDT)
* Her daughter, 17, unmarried, is now confirmed to be pregnent. This is a big turn-off for the values voters - if she can't keep her own daughter under control, how can she be trusted with the values of a nation?
* Five children, one seriously disabled, and she is going to take on a job as demanding as Vice President, with a significent chance of president in future considering McCain's age. She might talk a lot about family values, but she doesn't seem to care that much for her own. Even more so in light of the above - doesn't her daughter need all the help she can get from an experienced mother right now?
* She brags of fighting the 'bridge to nowhere,' yet records show that she voted for it before changing her mind to vote against it.
It appears Palin is intended to be a safe pick to please the social conservatives - who, to be brutally honest, seem to care about abortion and gay marriage but very little else, and espicially little about the competance of candidates so long as they say the right magic words. That's why he picked someone with immaculate pro-life credentials, even to the point of having a child with Down's. Trying to appeal to that voting block, though, is pointless - McCain already has the social conservative vote, even if they dislike him, because they '''loathe''' Obama and the democratic party. Instead he has just picked up someone they are going to look at as a poser, a VP who puts on a big pro-family show in public while caring nothing for her own.
This is part of why I dislike McCain... has the social conservative positions, but he is just dropping with 'politicianness' - that oily residue that comes from trying to win at all costs, playing the games, manipulating the voters, putting his own power above all else. Clinton had it too, perhaps even more so. McCain is just using Palin as a tool, a way to get elected, to push the voters' buttons without any regard to her suitability as a VP. [[User:NewCrusader|NewCrusader]] 15:00, 2 September 2008 (EDT)