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Debate:Is Sarah Palin an asset or a liability to John McCain's candidacy? (view source)
Revision as of 23:36, September 2, 2008
, 23:36, September 2, 2008→Palin is a Liability
::First of all, thanks for the poll info Jareddr! I think that Palin is a very odd choice and is going to be a liability. Choosing her tends to negate the "lacks experience" criticism leveled at Obama. That line of criticism was really pretty effective and in fact as a Clinton supporter, it was something that made me shy away from him. Now he looks pretty good in comparison to Palin. Palin is under investigation. Even if she ends up being exonerated or given a slight slap on the wrist, it just doesn't seem like a good thing to have going on while running for VP. Palin is very young looking and makes McCain look really old. He looks like her grandfather! Not a good picture. It ends up putting a double whammy on the age/health issue for him. It makes him look like he could die in office and then what? President Palin? If he was trying to attract women and conservative christians, it seems like he could have done better. [[User:MichaelAnderson|MichaelAnderson]] 16:30, 2 September 2008 (EDT)
::First of all, thanks for the poll info Jareddr! I think that Palin is a very odd choice and is going to be a liability. Choosing her tends to negate the "lacks experience" criticism leveled at Obama. That line of criticism was really pretty effective and in fact as a Clinton supporter, it was something that made me shy away from him. Now he looks pretty good in comparison to Palin. Palin is under investigation. Even if she ends up being exonerated or given a slight slap on the wrist, it just doesn't seem like a good thing to have going on while running for VP. Palin is very young looking and makes McCain look really old. He looks like her grandfather! Not a good picture. It ends up putting a double whammy on the age/health issue for him. It makes him look like he could die in office and then what? President Palin? If he was trying to attract women and conservative christians, it seems like he could have done better. [[User:MichaelAnderson|MichaelAnderson]] 16:30, 2 September 2008 (EDT)
:::One question I ask about potential VP candidates is a simple one - if their running mate died between winning the election and being inaugurated, would this person be ready to be a credible, effective President, and would the restof the world agree or try to take advantage of a perceived weakness? Palin has potential, but having only been a small-city mayor, and then the Governor of a state holding only 0.22% of the U.S. population for a couple of years, she simply doesn't have the qualifications to lead the western world yet. --[[User:DinsdaleP|DinsdaleP]] 19:36, 2 September 2008 (EDT)